texts: If an iPhone stolen and they restart it can it be tracked?

texts: If my iPhone was stolen and they reset and everything got deleted will I still be able to track it if everything has be deleted?


texts: How would I identify what's causing my Mac to permanently hang on shutdown?

texts: Whenever I try to shutdown or reboot my Mac (Macbook Pro 15" Retina late 2013, OS X 10.11.3) it closes all programs like normal and then it goes into that black screen with the progress bar. When it gets to about halfway it permanently hangs and won't ever finish rebooting. I looked at the log viewer and couldn't find anything in particular. Is there a way to monitor a shutdown more closely and find out what's causing it to get stuck?


texts: Where the ambient temperature sensor is located on 27" iMacs?

texts:
I'm using iStat Pro Dashboard widget to get live system data of my mid-2010 27" iMac.

Under temperature readings it lists Ambient. Where the sensor is approximately located?


texts: El Capitan Spotlight returning no results for natural language searches

texts: After upgrading to El Capitan, I wanted to try the natural language search feature in Spotlight, but for me Spotlight behaves exactly like in Yosemite, it doesn't exhibit any of the new features. For example, no results are coming back for searches like "Weather in Cupertino" or "Documents I've worked on last week". Do I need to enable the new functionality somehow?


texts: change proxy settings for Chrome and not for entire operating system

texts:
How can I change proxy settings for Google Chrome without changing the proxy settings for entire operating system? I know that I can go to Network in System preferences, but that changes proxy settings globally.

Is is possible to do it just for Chrome? Firefox for example doesn't require changing global proxy settings.

EDIT: I am open for dirty hacks too :D


texts: How do I clear data listed as "Other" on my iPhone?

texts:
Since iOS 1 I have always lost Gigs of storage to the "Other" category on my iPhone.

I have cleared my Safari data, told my phone not to sync music, apps and just about every other syncable option and yet I still find myself loosing 2-4 gigs of storage after about a month of use.

I have read that the issue lies in the way iOS and iTunes handle deleting data, incomplete synchronization and building the iTunes library on the Phone.

The "Other" Section in iTunes normally does contain 70 - 200 MBs for system information but 2-4 gigs is clearly an error. How can I fix this or am I stuck Restoring my phone every month?

Problem Details:

iTunes is up to date and I have tried on both OS X 10.6.x and 10.7.x
Have Had issue with iPhone, 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S, iPad and iPod touch 2nd
Gen.
Devices are not and have not been jailbroken
Application data has been accounted for
Safari Data has been cleared
5.1GB Audio/0.01GB Photos 3.1GB Apps/0.04GB Books


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i have one free application on app store, two months before my developer account was expired and recently i have renewed my account.But in iTunes account i am getting pending contract request.Can any one suggest me how to resolve this issue.

Regards
Bodul Babu Shaik


texts: Why these "Earlier" shown in Finder's column title for one of my NFS mounts?

texts:
It suddenly appears just now for one of my NFS mounts:

Other volumes still plain old normal:

What these "Earlier" mean?


texts: Need help using Homebrew 'Services' command

texts:
I installed MongoDB using homebrew recently. A few articles on the web advise to start mongo using the following command,

brew services start mongo

But when I use this command, I get the following message,

Error: Unknown command: services

I tried searching about this problem online. But no luck so far. What could be the problem here? I installed homebrew as it was specified on their website. Why is this feature not working for me?

And the man page has no information regarding the 'services' command.


texts: What determines the relevant version of OpenSSL in a given network connection?

texts:
My own system is I think fully "up to date" as far as Apple security updates through the App Store, but the version of OpenSSL installed on my system is 0.9.8zg, a version that was current during the past year, but lost all security support as of Dec 31, 2015.

https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160128.txt

I read elsewhere that, when one uses a VPN, and that VPN client comes bundled with a different, later version of OpenSSL (say, version 1.0.1r), that VPN client's version will supersede--that is, the more up-to-date version will mediate the negotiation with a network connection in a browser.

My two, related questions are:

(1) is this accurate? If so, it would seem that running a VPN with a current version of OpenSSL would nominally 'protect' the user better than a deprecated version installed on the OS, correct?

(2) If a user has no VPN, is the user then relying on the vulnerable version of OpenSSL in the OS alone for that layer of security? Or are later versions of OpenSSL somehow 'bundled' within specific applications--the browser, Skype, iTunes, etc.--just as it is 'bundled' with a VPN client?


texts: launchd StartCalendarInterval not working reliably

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I have several tasks that I run from launchd using StartCalendar interval.

Under Yosemite these do not necessarily run. (Under Mavericks and earlier they did run)

How do I see what launchd is doing and thinks should happen, how can I get launchd to log what happens(The tasks themselves write to logs but if they don't run I obviously get nothing)

For example I have this task which is due off at 1212 and 1412 and 2039 and on at 0601. The log gives all at the same time

2014-11-08 15:29:56.082 tdtool_mwb[9383:329594] Turning off device 3, Other
2014-11-08 15:29:56.684 tdtool_mwb[9387:329601] Turning on device 3, Other
2014-11-08 22:32:18.563 tdtool_mwb[14594:523323] Turning off device 3, Other
2014-11-09 18:16:52.844 tdtool_mwb[21630:891263] Turning on device 3, Other
2014-11-09 18:16:52.844 tdtool_mwb[21626:891252] Turning off device 3, Other
2014-11-09 20:42:37.353 tdtool_mwb[23789:973903] Turning off device 3, Other

My machine does turn at 0600 and I was logged in at midday to 2100 on both days.

Note I have other scripts that have the same issue it is not just something with tdtool_mwb (or even if it was how do I debug this)

If I reboot then they run correctly for a day or two.

If the machine is running and not sleeping then also seems OK but if it sleeps then it fails.


texts: How to use iFunbox software for my computer to transfer CoC data

texts:
I'm wondering how to transfer my Clash of Clans (CoC) data from one iOS device to another.

My gamecenter is really messed up so I need a new way to transfer CoC data. Can iFunbox (or other utilities that read iOS storage filesystem) help me with that?


texts: The loops in GarageBand aren't listing the original from Apple Soundtrack circa 2005. Where can I find them?


texts: 2015 Macbook Pro running Catalina keeps restarting while in use

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I've had this issue intermittently over the last ~month or two where I'll be doing something on Chrome on my laptop and it will suddenly restart; usually the screen freezes, the audio repeats its last beat a handful of times, and then it goes through the rebooting process.
The only known issue is that I have way too many Chrome tabs, but I also use a plugin to keep them from using too much memory (The Great Suspender).
Does anyone know what is causing this and what I can do to stop it from happening going forward? The main concern is that it might reboot while I'm in the middle of an important video call (which thankfully hasn't happened yet).
If it would be of assistance and if it doesn't contain any identifying information, I could post the problem report (the message is all greek to me and very long so I don't know if it's okay to post or not).
Thanks in advance!


texts: Horizontal or Vertical stand for cooling a Macbook?

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro (2010 model) that I like to connect an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse too. I like to keep the lid down, and have it running almost all the time, 24/7.

There are several laptop stands and cooling pads out there, most of which I've seen the laptop is placed horizontally on. But there are some that hold the Macbook vertically.

My question is: Which is better to help cool the Macbook, a vertical or horizontal stand? Is it negligible?

If it helps, say the Macbook is being used for something graphics intensive where it heats up quite a bit. My concern is that when the lid is down, and the heat can't escape as easily.


texts: Is it normal for a MacBook Pro to run so hot?

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I have a new MacBook Pro 16" and I've noticed the physical temperature between the touch bar and the screen is really hot to the touch and with a thermal gun measures 105 degrees F.  The same location underneath is also just as hot.  Reading the internal sensors the temp hovers around 150 Deg F and when the system is in control of the fans they appear to be barely running.  When I override them and speed the fans up things will cool down but that seems a bit strange that the system control to allow the internals to get that hot.

I've tried doing an SMC reset and that didn't help.  It also doesn't matter if I'm charging it or not it will still run as hot.  I have it sitting on the top of my desk with a lot of space around it for good circulation.

If I'm doing non-cpu or non-gpu intensive operations:

Should the temperature be that high if all of the airflow systems are working correctly?
If the components would normally generate that amount of heat shouldn't the fans speed up without having to be forced to?


texts: iTunes shortcut to delete files from disk

texts:
I remember iTunes has a shortcut "Cmd + Opt + delete" to delele files from disk, it works in any playlist in iTunes. But now it's no longer available.

Thank you for your help.


texts: How to Sync Messages from iPhone to Other Devices (iOS 11.4, macOS 10.13.5)?

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With the arrival of iOS 11.4 and macOS 10.13.5, I am looking forward to having messages up-to-date across all my Apple devices. The master set of messages lies on my iPhone which I have had the longest. My Mac only has messages from a certain point, and also has many messages shown in mixed up order.

I want to be able to use my iPhone message history as the 'master ' message history that will be downloaded to my mac. I fear that if iCloud tries to reconcile my iPhone and mac message history some data will be messed up. There are no messages that are on my mac that is not on my iPhone. So, what are the exact steps I can take for this?

(I am in the process of updating iPhone and Mac.)


texts: Why does Safari sometimes bookmark a different URL?

texts:
I noticed this in Wikipedia redirect pages using iOS 12.1.1

For example, if you open this URL

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UK&redirect=no

Then use “Add bookmark” or “Add to Favorites”, iOS instead bookmarks this URL:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK

(Wikipedia then automatically redirects it to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom .)

“Add to Reading List” seemingly uses this amended URL too, while “Add to Home Screen” uses the unchanged https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UK&redirect=no .

Is there a technical explanation for how/why this happens?


texts: How to remove unwanted text from a string?

texts:
I have an applescript that returns the title from a website, the only issue is, it also contains lots of unwanted HTML (I think?). Most of the time, I can overcome this by removing the common characters using the following code.

on CharacterRemover(inputString, ReplaceChar)

set TID to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ReplaceChar
set pieces to text items of inputString -- break string apart at commas
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "" -- or whatever replaces the comma
set inputString to pieces as text -- put string back together using whatever
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to TID

return inputString

end CharacterRemover

set FirstTitle to "<!-- react-text: 45 -->“<!-- /react-text --><!--
react-text: 46 -->Megan Fox<!-- /react-text --><!-- react-text: 47 --
>”<!-- /react-text -->" --the format of the returned title
set FirstTitle to CharacterRemover(FirstTitle, "-")
set FirstTitle to CharacterRemover(FirstTitle, ">")
set FirstTitle to CharacterRemover(FirstTitle, "<")
set FirstTitle to CharacterRemover(FirstTitle, "!")
set FirstTitle to CharacterRemover(FirstTitle, "/")
set FirstTitle to CharacterRemover(FirstTitle, "reacttext")
set FirstTitle to CharacterRemover(FirstTitle, ":")
set FirstTitle to CharacterRemover(FirstTitle, "”")
set FirstTitle to CharacterRemover(FirstTitle, "“")

set z to 0

repeat 10 times
set FirstTitle to CharacterRemover(FirstTitle, z)
set z to z + 1
end repeat

set FirstTitle to CharacterRemover(FirstTitle, " ")

display dialog FirstTitle

However, since this code removes the numbers, when I get titles such as

<!-- react-text: 477 -->“<!-- /react-text --><!-- react-text: 478 -->iPhone 8<!-- /react-text --><!-- react-text: 479 -->”<!-- /react-text -->

it returns as "iPhone" instead of "iPhone 8"

edit: on the website "higherorlower.com" I am using javascript "document.getElementsByClassName" to return the title of the given search amount

any ideas to overcome this?


texts: How can I get value for AQI on apple watch?

texts:
I want to see the latest AQI (Air Quality Index) on my Apple watch, but it just show '--'.

How can I get it to show the actual AQI figure?


texts: IPhone Notes App is not loading all my notes but I can search for them from Home screen

texts:
I am using the Notes app on iPhone 7 plus running  iOS 10.2.1. I don't use icloud.
However, a few days ago, the Notes app stopped loading all my notes. My notes app shows nothing.
However, when I search for a note using Spotlight Search, I can see the search result. When I tap on it, it opens the Notes app and showing an endless loading animation on the top of screen. Again, it doesn't load the notes.

Is there any way to fix this problem and recover my notes either by transferring them to a Mac/PC or just fix the Notes app to load all my notes?


texts: Copying and pasting text between applications without style

texts:
When pasting text, some applications (Chrome, Microsoft Office, etc.) will do what they can to re-render copied text with style, and some of those applications do not appear to offer an option to paste without style.

This results in spending lots of time removing formatting (where it is even possible) and then cleaning up the mess left behind, just to get clean text.

I want to prevent text styling from attaching itself to text that I copy and paste between applications. Is there an OS-level way to do this, i.e. one that can apply to all applications? Failing that, is there a per-application way to tell Chrome, Safari, Word etc. not to copy and/or paste with style?


texts: Same iTunes, different iTunes! (whishlist shortcut disappeared!)

texts:
In iTunes I have my whishlist, sometimes I go to check that searching special prices. Since last iTunes version, I used to click on my username and use the shortcut to see my whishlist. With last update I noticed (with lot of disappoint!) that this shortcut disappeared!

Then I went on my other Mac and I noticed that here the shortcut survived!

What could be the difference?


texts: Does the Catalina XNU kernel still recognize 32-bit binaries? Does 10.15's dyld?

texts:
I've seen lots of commentary repeating the end result "32-bit apps are no longer supported."

But that leaves many unanswered technical questions.  Does 10.15's XNU still recognize 32-bit binaries?  Does 10.15's dyld still recognize them?


texts: iMac and connected external displays, all as monitors for MacBook Pro?

texts:
Say I had an iMac (assume newest models) with 2 external displays (USB-C/Thunderbolt 3?) in my office. If I bring my (assume latest) MacBook Pro into the office and would like to use it rather than the iMac, could I connect the MacBook Pro to the iMac and then use the iMac and the 2 displays connected to the iMac as monitors for the MacBook Pro?

If so, what would I need to do to accomplish this?

Update: (I realized I didn't clearly state my goal)

Goal: I would like to have a desktop station in the office, but a laptop for when I'm out and about. If I was working on something on the laptop and don't feel like waiting/causing some sort of syncing between the laptop and desktop, i'd like to just use the laptop as the computer and the displays for more screen real estate. (Usually, I would just use the iMac in the office and the laptop when i'm not in the office)

Update 2: Perhaps a KVM switch is the way to go? Maybe they don't yet exist for thunderbolt3, but maybe this would be the best way? Have 2 monitors that go through a KVM to get to the iMac, but could also get to my laptop this way?


texts: Screensaver does not offer option to use any photos

texts:
On iMac with Yosemite, my screensaver has lost the option to use photos.  Where there should be an option to select a photos folder there is only a bar "Screen Saver Options" i.e. color, speed etc of the cg saver options which are still available.  If I try to select a photo option e.g. "Photo Mobile" I get an endless rotating color disk.

I have tried reinstalling Yosemite, deleting all screensaver-related plists in preferences and rebuilding iPhoto, with no luck.

Any suggestions?


texts: Problem with audio output on OS X 10.10.4

texts:
I recently upgraded my OS to Yosemite 10.10.4

After done my volume icon is greyed out and no sound is found. This is not the bug where it is set on HDMI since when i open output there is no internal speakers nor does it find a pair of head phones.

It will still detect bluetooth and HDMI sound.

Any takers on a good answer?


texts: How to change the the screensaver using terminal (without using Preference Panel)?

texts: I would like to change the screensaver "Flurry" by the Ken Burns without using the Preference panel, directly using terminal or command.


texts: No search results at all in the iOS App Store

texts:
I've got iPad 3 with iOS 7.0.2.

I can't find anything using search option in App Store. No matter what I search for - even well known apps. I've got internet connection, no special search filters. It's been going on for days. I tried restarting the tablet, turning internet on and off. No success.

I'll be very thankful for any ideas how to solve it.


texts:
So I was messing around in terminal, and when i opened it, I typed cd applications .

Nothing bad here.

Then, I typed ls -a\ in applications (or maybe /, I don't know, but it opened the > thing after for a multi line command.

Not remembering how to exit, I tried to type exit but instead typed xi and hit enter on my MAcBook Air. It said that it was doing something, but i tried to quit the terminal seeing it was deleting/restoring something (pls don't question my logic here).

Have no idea what it did, but when i go up in terminal, it says i typed ls -axi

What did this do?


texts: Automator - Shell Script - ffmpeg: image sequence to video

texts:
Terminal can generate video from PNG seguence (0001.png, 0002.png, ...) via ffmpeg:

ffmpeg -i %04d.png -r 24 -codec prores output.mov

But how can I tell ffmpeg use for input image sequence in Automator? With this variable it's not working:

for f in "$@"
do
    /opt/local/bin/ffmpeg -i "$f" -r 24 -codec prores ~/Desktop/output.mov
done

Looks like variable is for file than for sequence ... Log list looks like script runs 10 times for sequence of 10 images. Error probably comes from second and all others loops where is asking for overwriting existing. I was able to create video only with full path to image sequence like ~/Desktop/PNG_Folder/%04d.png, but thats not solution. Script was asking 9 times for overwriting anyway (skipping error with -y hides error but keep loop process) and I need of course to use files selected from Finder, not specified in full path written in a script :) Here is a screen of Automator just to be sure other things are set right. Thank you for help.

Plus: original Terminal command lets generate video into image sequence directory. Is this possible also with Automator's Shell? Also variable would be better if can be set for any file name and more formats than PNG (JPEG, EXR, ...?) t be more versatile. Thank you.


texts: Get WET54G working with Airport Extreme Base Station with WPA2 Password

texts:
I am attempting to get my Linksys (Cisco) WET54G Wireless Ethernet Bridge working on my Airport Extreme Base Station. I know you have to connect via ethernet and change your ip settings so you can connect to the device itself and get to its configuration page on Macs.

My problem is that while I can get on that page I don't think its ever authenticating. I have a WPA2 password set on my base station and it can detect it and I do chose the right type of password for WPA2 passwords on there, but no matter how patient I am in setting the password when I go to the status page I see absolutely no Wireless TX/RX whatsoever.

I did do a factory reset on it and keep setting it to my wireless network and configure the password, but it never seems to get onto my network. I also can't seem to get the updated firmware to upload. It says it uploads the file to the WET54G but it never successfully updates it.

It is just bizarre that I got this working fine on a less secure network in an apartment, but now I can't get this working at home on a more secure network. It also seems to do little odd things like even though in scanning for wifi networks it detects my network as being on Channel 7 when I go to the main setup page it shows Channel 6 there, odd.

Any ideas on what to do to get my Wireless Ethernet Bridge to play nice with my Airport Extreme Base Station?


texts: MacBook Pro 2016 Left Click lag in games?

texts:
I've recently purchased a 2016 13-inch MacBook Pro w/ Touch Bar and I've noticed something incredibly strange when playing games. Left-clicking with any pointer (either the trackpad or mouse) results in a noticeable delay in a game's response. So far, I've noticed it while playing League of Legends, Borderlands 2, and Mark of the Ninja.

In the case of League, left clicking doesn't cause the game to freeze up, but rather the game does not register the left click unless the click is held down for a longer time. This is true for both a mouse and the trackpad.

For BL2, left clicking anywhere, either in the menus or in the 3D environment , will result in a slight delay before the click is registered, but will then visually lock up cursor movement. Objects in the 3D environment still move at full FPS, but the player First Person camera will briefly freeze, then cut to where it WOULD be if the freeze never occurred. In this way, left-clicking doesn't freeze the game per say, but rather freezes movement of the game camera briefly.

Mark of the Ninja has an issue similar to League, where left clicking is not registered unless the click is held down.

From these three scenarios, I am led to believe that the issue does not lie exclusively with the trackpad or mouse (since the problem occurs with both input mechanisms). I also believe that the problem exists outside of Steam (which was used to play both BL2 and MotN) since LoL was affected. I have tried adjusting double-click speed in Trackpad and Mouse settings, which did not help. I also tried turning off Force-Click and Three-Finger Drag for the trackpad, which also did not help.

The problem seems only to occur in games; navigating around the Desktop and Finder is speedy and responsive.

Has anyone else had this issue and/or knows how to fix it? I am running MacOS Sierra 10.12.5.


texts: Where are crontab files stored in OS 10.8

texts:
I've already looked at this question:

Where is my crontab file?

But there is no real answer except for 10.7.  I'm trying to migrate crontab from an old drive that I can't boot so using crontab -e is out of the question.  Just need to read the user crontab file to pull existing jobs to a new server.


texts: Trademark and other characters not working since Mojave update

texts:
Prior to the Mojave update, I could type Shift+Alt+2 to produce a trademark symbol (tm superscript). This, and others (Shift+Alt+{1-6,q,p,h,j,k,l,n,m,§}) do not work any more.

Is this intentional? If so, that sucks. If not, is this a known bug?

I'm using a Macbook 2015 if that makes any difference. I also found this question very difficult to search for ("shift+alt characters", "trademark symbol mojave", etc yielded no results, so apologies if it's a duplicate).

Edit: I've tested some more and it turns out this also affects regular Alt+ keys: e, r, p, s, f, h, j, k, l, n, §


texts: Can I run two external monitors on a 2012 MacBook pro?

texts:
computer: MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) - 1TB SSD - Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB - 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 - 2.9 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7
Currently, have one monitor setup using a thunderbolt to HDMI adapter all good there, but how can I add another external monitor? The second monitor has a VGA, DisplayPort, HDMI, and USB 2 port. Both monitors are HP.
What's the cheapest way to run two external monitors in this situation? I would prefer an HDMI cable method since I already have two of these. I will not have my MacBook open when using two monitors. Thank you in advance for your time and help!


texts: Is it possible to jailbreak an iPad 2 (A1395) after updating to iOS 6.0.1?

texts:
I have a jailbroken iPad 2 (A1395) running Version 5.0.1 (9A405).

If I update to 6.0.1, can I jailbreak untethered?

Will I have to re-install all my Cydia apps & settings, or do they get backed up and restored?

Confused by too many Google results!


texts: App store to forget programs on Iphone 6s

texts:
Over the past few years, I have downloaded various apps onto my iPhone from the App Store. I have noticed that the App Store remembers the apps that I have downloaded. So, for instance: If I download an app and then delete it from my phone and go back into the App Store, the download icon is different (it doesn't say "+Get" like apps that I have never downloaded before, instead it will have an icon of a cloud with an arrow pointing downwards).

How to I get the App Store to forget these programs?


texts: How do I find out what is keeping my Macbook from sleeping?

texts:
My Macbook will drain of battery when it's not plugged in. I thought it was a bad battery (it says it needs serviced) but even if it's a bad battery it should not be taking power when the lid is closed and it's in a sleeping state.

I figured it must be software since it's been software that sometimes prevents my computer from restarting (usually because I have an unsaved document):

  "Application X has prevented shut down of your computer."

But I also figured that if software was preventing the computer from sleeping that I would see the same message, "Application X has prevented your computer from going to sleep". But I've seen no message!

But I've been working on an app recently that requires an internet connection and this is what I see in the console after opening the lid to my laptop after a few hours:

  The network has changed! You may now be connected or disconnected. 19:47:48
  The network has changed! You may now be connected or disconnected. 19:48:11
  The network has changed! You may now be connected or disconnected. 20:48:33
  The network has changed! You may now be connected or disconnected. 20:48:56
  The network has changed! You may now be connected or disconnected. 21:49:14
  The network has changed! You may now be connected or disconnected. 21:49:39
  The network has changed! You may now be connected or disconnected. 22:49:59
  The network has changed! You may now be connected or disconnected. 22:50:25

It looks like something is keeping the computer awake because the app I'm working on reports the network has been connecting and disconnecting.

What is keeping my computer awake? Or is it just a bad battery?

I'm running OSX 10.11.4 and Macbook AIR Mid 2011

UPDATE:
I have not checked if it occurs when it is not plugged in. I will do more testing. When it is plugged in, the network is enabled for about 25 seconds every hour, even when the laptop is closed.

UPDATE 2:
I ran pmset -g and this is what I get:

Active Profiles:
Battery Power       2
AC Power        -1*

Currently in use:
 standbydelay         4200
 standby              1
 womp                 1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 powernap             1
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            10
 sleep                0
 hibernatemode        3
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         60
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1

Here is the results from using the assertions flag:

Assertion status system-wide:
   BackgroundTask                 0
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   UserIsActive                   1
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0
   PreventSystemSleep             0
   ExternalMedia                  0
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     0
   NetworkClientActive            0
Listed by owning process:
   pid 102(hidd): [0x0002cf38000901c3] 09:14:50 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle"
    Timeout will fire in 3596 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
No kernel assertions.
Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler


texts: AirDrop: How to access AirDrop from command line?

texts:
I was looking for an option to use Airdrop to sync a set of directories between two computers.

I want to achieve this wirelessly (hence chose Airdrop without having the computers connect on a network or with cross cable wires).

Is there a command to send files to another Mac?
Also, is there a way to allow a Mac to automatically receive the requests?


texts: Is there any way I can set up a Brother HL2030 to print on MacOS Sierra?

texts: The brother supported Apple printers site shows the HL2030 model as unsupported on MacOS Sierra. I have tried Gutenprint which says it supports the HL2030, but it doesn't work, I think due to this bug. Is there anything else I can do?


texts:
I have the latest iMac. I plug in ordinary Windows style keyboard (which I used when I worked on Windows PC).

I'm aware of the Karabiner tool. Is there a complete rule-set that enable me to feel absolutely comfortable (like on Windows) while working with iMac? So I want to just import rule-set, and all my Windows-keyboard experience back to iMac.


texts:
I have some Stickies notes on different Desktop spaces. The problem is, every time I have to restart OS X, because of an OS update for example, a Stickies note does not restore to the Desktop space it was on before restarting. Thus, I have to move every Stickies note for each Desktop manually and I have 9 Desktop spaces to deal with. Why can’t they remember which Desktop they were before restarting?

Does anyone know an AppleScript to save Stickies note state?

UPDATE 1
Now I have one!! I have created one myself. https://github.com/lucasribeiroufrj/sortStickies.
Unfortunately It still needs an external dependence (cliclick) to work.


texts: USB Win 7 boot disk shows in rEFInd but booting from it loads BootCamp partition instead

texts: I'm having issues with my BootCamp installation of Win 7 Ultimate and want to troubleshoot it using a USB Win 7 boot disk. I created the USB disk in yet another Windows system in Parallels Desktop, using an ISO of my Windows 7 DVD and the USB/DVD Download tool available from Microsoft. When I reboot the computer, the drive shows up in rEFInd, but if I try to boot from it it just loads my problematic Windows installation (with Boot Camp as the C: drive). Any ideas what I should try next?


texts: MacBook Pro Retina, questions about 2nd monitor for gaming

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro Retina, and I'm gaming a lot with bootcamp windows 8. I'm considering buying a external monitor for better gaming (might be a BenQ, has to be 120Hz). My questions:

Does a 2nd monitor affect CPU performance?
If I buy a good monitor, is there only the latency from the monitor, or is there also other latency? (Some monitors have latency of 1ms, 5ms, which is quite good, and not a problem, but if there's more latency because it isn't my primary screen or something, I need to reconsider).

Thank you

EDIT:
And, I've also heard people say that it's useless to connect a 120Hz monitor to a MacBook because the videocard is only able to handle 60Hz. Any confirmation? (Hopefully not)


texts: What python editors have syntax coloring and don't need much training to learn?

texts:
I have a friend who is trying to learn Python on Mac OS X. She does not have prior experience with programming. I am looking for an editor that is:

Free and easy to get started with
Support at least for Python syntax highlighting

What are her options? Anything available in the App Store?


texts:
I am trying to open an application on a different desktop on my MacBook (macOS Sierra Version 10.12.5).

In the screenshot, I assigned Chrome to a different space (Desktop 1). I go to Desktop 2 and when I click on the Chrome icon, I am automatically switched to Desktop 1. How could I stay on Desktop 2?

EDIT

Maybe the logs are helpful. Which process does trigger the desktop switch?


texts: Macbook Pro mid 2012 connect to projector via thunderbolt

texts: Maybe I need to duplicate this question here I am not sure. I need to connect my macbook pro to HDMI port on 3d projector to be able watch full hd or 3d video. What cable should I buy/use?


texts: Generate redemption code programatically - Apple Volume Purchase Plan

texts:
I have an enterprise application which will be distributed using Volume Purchase Plan. I've read the documentation and understand the method of generating and downloading the codes in a spreadsheet and sharing to users.

I want to automate this process from a Java application. Does Apple provide any API to query for the redemption codes using a valid VPP-enabled Apple account. I was going through the forum and found generate promo codes for in app purchases thread but couldn't find the solution with the accepted answer. Also followed the suggested methods in these Apple documents App Store Connect API, App Store Connect, Private Distribution and business it but couldn't get clear information on implementing in Java application.


texts: The play/pause and backward and forward buttons on my MacBook are not working properly

texts:
The play/pause and backward and forward buttons on my MacBook are not working as they should. When I press the play/pause button, nothing happens or it quickly pauses and plays again. Backward/Forward buttons are skipping previous/next song and play the second one in order.

I don't have Google Play Music installed. I've also reset SMC but it didn't help.

Anyone know what could be a possible problem?

I'm using macOS High Sierra.

https://imgur.com/a/VoY3w


texts: How to clean ._AppleDouble files from unix packages?

texts:
Introduction

Here's my problem. On occasion, I create the odd deb package using dpkg-deb (e.g., dpkg-deb --build "folder" file.deb). The problem is that any file with an extended attribute, carries along an ._AppleDouble file to the package. So when the user installs the bit of software, their system is littered with ._AppleDouble files.

For example,

-rw-r--r--@  1 cksum  staff      18305  9 Sep 22:42 ScreenShot.png

would carry with it a ._ScreenShot.png file.

Current Method of Coping

Currently, I'm using the incredibly agonizing xattr command to list the extended attribute and then strip them. For example, the above would be carrying the following as shown by xattr,

com.apple.FinderInfo
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemIsScreenCapture
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemScreenCaptureType

In this case, I would have to strip the resources one at a time, again using xattr,

xattr -d com.apple.FinderInfo ScreenShot.png
xattr -d com.apple.metadata:kMDItemIsScreenCapture ScreenShot.png
xattr -d com.apple.metadata:kMDItemScreenCaptureType ScreenShot.png

This is quite arduous when you sometimes have dozens of files and has become far too much of a pain.

I'm aware of the utility BlueHarvest, but I'm not keen on paying for something I won't use all that much. Additionally, I've trialed the software and have noticed that unfortunately, it sometimes fails to remove them all. Lastly, it is more suited for the management of disks used by different operating systems than it is for local folders.

Ideal Solution

An ideal solution would be to continue using xattr (as it is the most reliable) but having the process automated. It is important that I remove the ._AppleDouble files before I package them. This, however, is not the only solution and I am certainly open to all manner of ideas. But I am hoping that I can accomplish my goal without the need to install additional programs or rely on daemons.


texts: Why do I get my own text message sent back to me in a group message on iphone 5S?

texts: I just got an iphone 5s.  I was sent a group text message from a friend.  When I responded, it showed my response in the group message, but then chimed and showed a new text from myself which was the exact thing I just sent to the group.  So I send a response, but instead of sending it just to the other people in the group, it also send it to me?  Then when I read through the group messages, I duplicates and it gets confusing.


texts: Internet not working well on MBA, after switching network?

texts:
Let's say that I turned on my MBAir at home; wifi networking works. Then I close the lid (MBA goes to sleep) and go to different place with different wifi network. When I change the wifi network (eq when I go to nearby coffee shop) something strange happens: from that point I can not reach most of the internet. Even when I come back home, the same problem exists! This is a summary of what I have found:

DNS is working
reseting DNS (using com.apple.discoveryd.plist) does not help
ping is working
traceroute works
turning wireless off and on does not help (via ifconfig)
however, I can not connect to port 80, for example, using wget results with "connection timed out".
browsers doesn't work (obviously)
this issue is not related to a target web site, this happens all the time.
other devices in my network work fine, so its not a router issue.
re-adding network doesn't help.

The only thing that helps is switching computer off and then back on; but this is not a solution for me.

Can any one recommend a solution, preferably in terminal (so I can issue the fix everytime when I experience it)?

I have MBA 2013 and Yosemite installed.


texts:
I coded this little AppleScript using Automator:

tell application "Terminal"
do script "myscript"
end tell

This perfectly works but has a side effect: when I close the window, there's always the Terminal window to close, so there are two windows, the one that executes the script and the Terminal.

Is there any way to have just one window running?


texts: What's the purpose of removing an iPhone from Account in icloud.com > settings?

texts:
According to Apple in the article below, you can temporarily remove an iOS device from the list in icloud.com/settings so it doesn’t appear in this list until it goes online again.
I’m curious to know why would anyone ever want to do such a thing.
I’m just trying to grasp the ins and outs of Find my iPhone and Activation Lock.
Any clarification much welcome.
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/icloud/mmfc0eeddd/icloud


texts: Apple Macbook Mid 2010 Ram Upgrade & Equipment & Windows Compatibility

texts:
Now I have 2 gb (1gb x2) as standard I want to upgrade it. "Hi-Level 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 Notebook Ram (HLV-SOPC8500D3/4G)" is it okay to be upgraded? and after I replaced that one with one of my standard ram should I dislocate the other one? I mean can I use 5 gb ram (4+1) ?

And my second question is about removing process. Which equipments I'll need? If it is not obligatory I don't want to buy as a kit. Could anybody name these equipments I need?

Finally, will 16 gb or 8 gb RAM work for windows (dual-boot) properly? (LAST QUESTION DID NOT ANSWERED YET)


texts: Dropbox to continue backing up images until it completes

texts:
I come from Andriod where Dropbox did an amazing job of backing up all my phone's pictures. Since I moved to iPhone I noticed that Dropbox backs-up a few pictures and then stops, popping-up the following message:

How come Dropbox can't continue backing up until it is finished?
Is there a way to make it continue automatically?


texts: What are the differences between terminal types supported by iTerm2?

texts:
I am looking for a brief comparison of the terminal types supported by iTerm2, mainly to see what setup to pick in order to minimize problems.

Mainly, I am connecting with Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) servers, using tmux a lot (scripted to be started by default on ssh).

Also I do use Midnight Commander most of the time and I do still encounter lots of problems related to ESCaping.

Here is the complete list:

vt100
xterm
xterm-new
xterm-256color
ansi
rxvt
linux

My current one is xterm-256color, but when I ssh remotely I observe that it becomes TERM=screen, probably because tmux usage.

Now, what should I use to avoid having problems with mc running in tmux, i want to be able to use mouse, simple escapes, and stop seeing weird characters appearing on screen (related to escapes, like OBOB)


texts: What is it when you are in "private" from the home screen?   What does private browsing do for me and what are the pros and cons in using it?


texts: Apple Wireless Keyboard not connecting automatically on wake

texts:
Recently I'm using my MacBook Air mostly in clamshell mode, with an  Wireless Keyboard and an  Magic Trackpad paired. Sometimes, weeks pass by without even opening the lid: connecting it at the office, putting to sleep, connecting it at home etc.

From time to time, the bluetooth keyboard does not connect back on wake automatically, as the bluetooth trackpad does: I have to open the lid, type in my password, then pair the keyboard to use it.

What is the problem and how can it be fixed?


texts: A better way to remove keyboard grease from a MacBook Air's normal keyboard?

texts:
The grease stain on a black keyboard looks awful. What are the recommended steps to remove the grease?

I have found some posts online suggesting pure alcohol as a solvent. (one such CNET forum)

Is this advice trustworthy?


texts: Open arbitary file from Finder in TextMate

texts:
In Finder, I see a file with the ".rel" extension.  I'd like top open it in TextMate.  I don't see TextMate in the list of choices, and, in fact, can't find it anywhere in the list of applications when I try to choose the application to open it with.

How can I tell Finder to open the file in TextMate, either now or always (by default)? How can I open an arbitrary file (i.e. even one with a known extension) from Finder in TextMate?

TextMate v2.0-beta.6
OS X Yosemite 10.10.1


texts: iTunes local backup of iOS device: can't disable encryption

texts:
I have a strange problem with iTunes local backup of an iOS device (an iPod, in this case).

I know I've backed up the iPod to my computer before, but iTunes states, "Latest Backup: Your iPod has never been backed up to this computer."  The last local backup was a long time ago, under older versions of iTunes and OS X.  Maybe the current version of iTunes doesn't entirely recognize the old settings.

The iPod's backup settings in iTunes had "iCloud" selected.  I know whatever backup is in iCloud is very old and incomplete, since I didn't have space there to complete the backup.  Although "iCloud" was selected, the "Encrypt local backup" option is checked under "This computer" (which wasn't selected).

I want to change to local backup, but I don't remember what password I might have set when I used that option before.  I tried using the "Change password..." button to change it, but since I can't remember the current password, I can't specify a new one.  I've also tried disabling the "Encrypt local backup" with the idea of enabling it again later, just before the backup.  However, disabling that also prompts me for the password which I can't remember.

I've tried various passwords I've used before, including my current and recent ones for my OS X account.  I've tried my current and recent AppleID passwords, and my iPod's current and recent 4-digit passcodes.  None of them worked.

The "Devices" panel of iTunes preferences doesn't list any device backups.  The ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup folder is empty, too.

Since my computer doesn't seem to have any backups on it, I'd like to get iTunes to think that a password hasn't been set for encrypting local backups.  I've already checked Keychain Access and it doesn't have any passwords set for "backup" or any variations of my iPod's name.

Does anybody have ideas of how I can get iTunes to forget about the old settings for encrypting local backups?


texts: How can I stop apps I do to not want appearing in the dock?

texts: I have got into system preferences and there is no recents uncheck. How do I stop app icons from sticking in the dock?


texts: Can't record audio with Macbook + Earbuds

texts:
I have a 2013 MacBook Pro Retina and I always used the EarBuds to talk on skype etc.. Suddenly it stopped working as the Audio Input. I still can listen to stuff, control the volume and everything else. The only problem is that It stopped capturing the microphone. I didn't change anything recently and this is how my sound settings are:

Can you give some tips on things to check? Thanks for any help


texts: How to fix broken partition process - lost space

texts:
I've started to partition my SSD in my MacBook Air (2011). Somehow it get stucked in this process for quite a while. I decided to stop it and restart my Mac.

But now: My allocated space on my hard drive is gone (around 18 GB), but also: there is no second partition.

  What can i do to fix this?

EDIT: To make it more clear:

Starting to partition my hard drive

partition was getting shrinked by 18GB

The 2.partition was not yet there
Paritioning failed

So: No second partition, no 18GB on my first hard drive.


texts:
MBP 15 inch 2018, 2.9 GHz i9, 32 GB, 2TB; 10.13.6

If I leave my system unattended for several hours, it will restart itself - as if someone selected applemenu>Restart...

Apple has been no help so far. AppleCare determined "can't troubleshoot remotely". Made appt with Genius Bar. They determined "Cannot be SW - must be HW". After some muttering behind the desk: "We've had a few reports of this behavior, but Engineering does not have misbehaving HW - please sell us back your system for FA, and order a new one". So I did. New system has the same problem.

All along, I had been trying to get them to parse the logs. They have so far refused. So I guess it is up to me. Problem: while I have experience in such in Linux, MacOS seems opaque to me. How do I get info on what I should be looking for?

Will Console search all logs, or only currently selected (seems the latter?)?
What text should I be looking for -- in what log -- for the restart signal. "shutdown -r" hasn't turned up anything so far.

My assumption is that some running process is sending the restart signal. I want to find this event in the logs, and make a determination as to how I can prevent this errant process from doing so.


texts: Apple 12W adapter for 4th generation iPad?

texts: I bought a 4th generation iPad in 2013 and it is still serving me well. However, I recently broke the 12W power adapter that came with the iPad. I have looked for a replacement on the Apple website and have found a 12W adapter that looks the same as the one I received with my iPad. However, on the list of devices that are said to be compatible with this adapter, the 4th generation iPad does not appear. I was wondering if the adapter that Apple sells is still the same or if it is different now? If it is different, would I be able to use it with my iPad? I want to make sure to take these precautions so that I don’t damage the battery life on my device.


texts: How to install Windows 10 into a 2013 MacBook Air with or without using the Boot Camp Assistant?

texts:
I've been trying to install Windows 10 (1909 ISO) on my MacBook Air Mid 2013 with or without Bootcamp for over three weeks.

I have freshly installed CatalinaOS 10.15.4 on my MacBook Air.

Under the listed Link (Windows 10 install without BootCampAssistant), I successfully come to point 14 and then the following screens come up and the system is restarted again and again.

I also tried to install Windows 10 with the Boot Camp Assistant (BCA), but after the installation there was an error message after the first restart and the installation is canceled and the MacBookAir is restarted again and again.

Does anyone know the problem or can help me here?

How to install Windows 10 into a 2011 iMac without using the Boot Camp Assistant, an optical (DVD) drive or third party tools?


texts: MacPorts issue, "Error: Port aircrack not found" on OS X El Capitan

texts:
Using MacPorts 2.3.4 on OS X El Capitan, I get an error when issuing the following command:

sudo port install aircrack -g

I get the message, Error: Port aircrack not found.

I've updated the list of ports using, port upgrade outdated.


texts: Why does a video file get bigger after editing it with iMovie?

texts:
Input File:

Kind: MPEG-4 File
Size: 305 MB
Dimensions: 640 x 360
Codecs: H.264, AAC
Duration: 52:07
Audio Channels: 2

After using iMovie to trim a bit from the beginning and end of the file, I tried to export the file via File → Share → File… with the following settings:

Format: Video and Audio
Resolution: 720p (iMovie only offers me 540p as alternative)
Quality: High (according to an answer to a similar question this means H.264)
Compress: Better Quality

The estimation on file size shown by iMovie is 4.35 GB. My questions:

How come the file size increases after I cut something from it, encoded both with H.264?
Why does iMovie not offer me the input resolution as an output resolution?

I'd like to be able to trim a video and save it with roughly the same size/time ratio.


texts:
I've been having this problem for some time now - first I thought it was some temporary thing with CNET servers, but it doesn't seem so.

I can see the index pages of CNET sites (download.cnet.com, news.cnet.com), but when I delve deeper by clicking some application link on download.cnet.com or get direct link to some news from Twitter, I get error 'page not found' as seen on the image:

It seems that all links that point to CNET URLs having .html in them yield errors constantly. Other pages (e.g Mac software etc) are mostly OK (at least for the first click, but repeatedly refreshing gets me few random errors too)

This happens with all my browsers (Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera), whereas it does not happen with IE 8 running on Win 7 inside a VirtualBox on the same Mac, so it is not related to my network, but with my Mac borwsers somehow or Mac OS X.

BTW, all other websites are totally OK and this is only related to *.cnet.com sites. I have extensions and add-ons in Safari, Chrome and Firefox, but Opera is vanilla as I only use it for testing purposes, so could not be caused by some extension.

Specs:

Mac OS X 10.6.7
MacBook Pro 6,2
Safari 5.0.5
Chrome 11.0
Firefox 4.0.1
Opera 11.10


texts: How do I make keyboard viewer to automatically show up only when I'm holding the option key?

texts:
I'd like keyboard viewer to show up while I hold the option key or after pressing a "dead key" such as option-e, but to hide otherwise.

I know where the letters are. But it would be nice to get an automatic reminder of how to type special characters, especially since my keyboard layout (known as "qwpr") allows typing hundreds of special glyphs.


texts: Safari behavior - strange url - adware or what?

texts:
During last few days, when I click on certain web pages and this strange URL comes for a second and then website gets opened.

http://203.94.248.63:3000/noti/?tm=1503169905239&fingerprint=c2VwLW5vLXJlZGlyZWN0&json=%7B%22url%22%3A%22%2F%22%2C%22referer%22%3A%22%22%2C%22host%22%3A%221blocker%2Ecom%22%2C%22categories%22%3A%5B0%5D%2C%22reputations%22%3A%5B1%5D%7D

http://203.94.248.63:3000/noti/?tm=1503167584314&fingerprint=c2VwLW5vLXJlZGlyZWN0&json=%7B%22url%22%3A%22%2F%22%2C%22referer%22%3A%22%22%2C%22host%22%3A%22me%2Ecom%22%2C%22categories%22%3A%5B0%5D%2C%22reputations%22%3A%5B1%5D%7D

Is my safari browser infected with something, any steps to avoid this irritating url behavior. Happened on chrome once too.

Edit: lengthy/detailed post on security.stackexchange , proposed solution is to modify hosts file.


texts: How do I change the location of screenshot in OS X Lion?

texts:
The old method that works for Leopard/Snow Leopard doesn't work any more on Lion:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/kamus/Pictures/snap

Has something changed or does anyone have some good workarounds?


texts:
I have an automator workflow which works fine except for a part of it - applescript.

This is how the workflow goes -

Run applescript (this part works fine) -

on run {input, parameters}

    tell application "Mail" to set theMessageText to content of (get first message of inbox)
    set x to text ((offset of "9" in theMessageText) + 2) thru ((offset of " " in theMessageText) - 1) of theMessageText
end run

Set value for variable (The name of the variable is 'number')

Get value for variable (I have made sure that this receives no direct input from previous actions. I am calling the variable 'number' here and I have duplicated this process 2 more times to call 2 more variables)

Run Applescript (This is the code I have problem with) -

on run {input, parameters}
    set cat to first item of input
    set x to second item of input
    set o to third item of input
    tell application "Contacts"
        set thePerson to make new person with properties {first name:"Testing", last name:"Auto"}
        make new phone at end of phones of thePerson with properties {label:"Main", value:x}
        repeat with z from 1 to o
            set a to item z of cat
            add thePerson to group a
        end repeat
        save
    end tell
end run

The error shown here is "Syntax Error - Can’t get item 2. Invalid index".

The point of the workflow is to get some contact details from an email and add them as a contact in address book (This isn't the full workflow as it is a fairly big one. I have shown only the relevant actions).

I would be grateful for any help.


texts: How can I remove a signature once it's saved in Preview.app?

texts:
How can I delete a signature that I inserted using Preview.app?

I can edit or delete all the text fields but the signature seems locked somehow.


texts: Get french accent on Linux terminal connected via ssh from MacOS High Sierra

texts:
I come on this forum since no answers or suggestions on other forums.

I am often connecting from a MacOS High Sierra terminal via SSH to a Debian 8.0.
The locales on my MacOS are :

LANG=
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"

Everything on MacOS side works fine, I can type on this MacOS terminal all french characters, even combined for example to get "ê" character with key "^+e".

My issue is that I am often connected via to a Debian 8.0 and I can't get to have french accents like I have on MacOS.

I have done on Debian 8.0 :

# locale-gen
Generating locales (this might take a while)...
  fr_FR.ISO-8859-1... done
  fr_FR.UTF-8... done
  fr_FR.ISO-8859-15@euro... done

So the locales on Debian 8.0 are :

locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_NUMERIC="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_TIME="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_COLLATE="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_MONETARY="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_MESSAGES="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_PAPER="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_NAME="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_ADDRESS="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_TELEPHONE="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_MEASUREMENT="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_ALL=fr_FR.ISO8859

I have also tried with :

# locale
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
LANG=fr_FR@euro
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_NUMERIC="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_TIME="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_COLLATE="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_MONETARY="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_MESSAGES="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_PAPER="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_NAME="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_ADDRESS="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_TELEPHONE="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_MEASUREMENT="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="fr_FR.ISO8859"
LC_ALL=fr_FR.ISO8859

I don't see where is the problem, anyone could help me to have french accent on Debian terminal from my MacOS keyboard like I have on my MacOS terminal ?

UPDATE 1 :

I tried the solution suggested by @Spiff by doing :

 $ locale-gen "en_US.UTF-8"
Generating locales (this might take a while)...
  en_US.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.

$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_PAPER="C"
LC_NAME="C"
LC_ADDRESS="C"
LC_TELEPHONE="C"
LC_MEASUREMENT="C"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="C"
LC_ALL=C

But this doesn't seem to work since when I type on french accent character, nothing displays.

UPDATE 2 :

I have found a partial solution : if I put into a new file ~/.bash_profile :

LANGUAGE="en_US.UTF-8"

Then, I can type french accent characters.

But now, the issue is that I have no more the file ~/.bashrc executed (so no more environments variables, no alias, nothing more).

If I do at the end of ~/.bash_profile : source ~/.bashrc, nothing happens.

How to circumvent this issue and make take into account my ~/.bashrc file ?


texts:
Apparently someone has given my number has his telephone number to a whole bunch of offices, and I am getting a lot of calls on my phone asking for him!

Is there a setting on the iPhone 3GS - OS 4.0.2 to set a phone number to not ring, and not vibrate?


texts: Permanently allow Chrome to access location

texts:
Recently, Google Chrome keeps loosing the ability to detect my location. When I open Google Maps, it has the icon indicating This site has been blocked from accessing your location and when I click it, a dialog containing Location is turned off in Mac system preferences is shown:

So I have to go to Enable Location Services:

But I am sure that I have done this several times recently. It seems that this setting is lost regularly (maybe for every Chrome auto-update?). How can I make this setting permanent?


texts: Is every program that ran on Intel Macs capable of being run on the new M1 Macs?

texts:
I am aware that the M1 is a different chip and requires programs to be rewritten to run on that new chip. I am also aware that some programs which have not yet been rewritten to work on M1 chips can still be run on an M1 device through emulation in Rosetta 2 (albeit less efficiently, but they'll still work and can still be used).
Question: can every single program that ran on Intel chips still run on M1 devices one way or another?
Note: the practical thing I am trying to answer is: if someone buys an M1  device, can they be extremely confident that all of the programs they ran on Intel Macs will work (in one way or another) on the new M1 Mac? Or are there some programs which simply will not work at all (yet)?


texts: How can I automatically focus Finder windows after CMD-TAB to one in a different space?

texts:
CMD-TAB to Finder in a different space and the focus will always bet set to the Desktop. As a result, keyboard interaction is impossible until the Finder window is focused with CMD-` (backtick) or clicked in.

If Finder is fullscreen (OSX 10.9+), the window looks focused but isn't. All keyboard interaction is sent to the Desktop: SPACE will quicklook over the fullscreen Finder window whatever file/folder is highlighted, even though you can't see them.

This was in 10.8 at least. It's really frustrating having to hit an extra keyboard toggle just so I can keep using the keyboard on the window that was meant to be focused.


texts: iPhoto not launching after upgrade to Yosemite, I don't know how to execute the fix

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I migrated a MacBook pro to a new iMac with Yosemite.  I then upgraded iPhoto to v 9.6, and when I try to launch iPhoto, it does not launch, stating: iPhoto cannot be opened because of a problem.

I found the fix to the problem on a related question on this site that references: http://www.sanebutdifferent.com/iphoto-11-nyxaudioanalysis-crash-error

This appears to address my issue, based on the error report.  I've downloaded the replacement file, but I don't know where to put it.  I don't seem to have a /library folder. Where should I be looking?  Finder will not let me create a /library folder either.


texts: Tell iPhone that this wifi is a hotspot so it doesn't download 1MB/s for no reason when idle

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I've just connected my iPhone to my mobile 10GB wifi hotspot. Went to the hotspot's setup page and it turns out the iPhone is consuming about 1MB of data per second.

iCloud Drive and Backup is turned off, automatic App Store updates are turned off, iPhone is in low-power mode and I've tried force-closing all apps with no success.

I'm really frustrated with this, what else is there to deactivate?


texts: Holding down delete key in macOS Sierra doesn't keep deleting

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Under El Capitan, if I try to delete a line of text (like this sentence) by holding down the delete key on my Logitech K750, it keeps deleting until I release the key.

Under Sierra, I have to hit the delete key repeatedly until I get to the end of the sentence.

How can I restore this functionality to what it should be?


texts: Finder not displaying a folder icon. How do I get it back?

texts: In the screenshot above, my Real Estate folder on the right (a dropbox folder) isn't showing the littel blue folder icon. It isn't affecting anything functionally yet it just drives me crazy every time I see it. Is there a way to get it to show?


texts: Can't print on OS X Lion via shared printer connected to Windows Vista. Fix?

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As the title states I am not able to print from my Mac to a shared printer that is hooked up to my Windows PC running Windows Vista. I am currently running OS X Lion 10.7 on a Mac Mini. My Mac is able to find and add the printer on my network to its list of printers. However when it comes to printing a document the status of the print job becomes: "On Hold (Authentication Required)" regardless if I correctly enter the correct credentials of the PC which the printer is connected to.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? How do I fix it?

Notes: Printer is a Cannon MP210 and I have the most recent drivers for it.


texts: Launching commands in separate windows using bash

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How can I launch commands in new terminal windows?  I've tried the below
#!/bin/bash
open -a Terminal "" -e "/usr/local/bin/zookeeper-server-start /usr/local/etc/kafka/zookeeper.properties"
open -a Terminal "" -e "/usr/local/bin/kafka-server-start /usr/local/etc/kafka/server.properties"

However I get

the file /usr/local/bin/kafka-server-start /usr/local/etc/kafka/server.properties does not exist.

The file does exist: e.g.
ls /usr/local/bin/kafka-server-start shows that the file is in there.
How can I tell it that the properities file is a parameter and not part of the path? Assuming this is the correct way to open a terminal with a new command.
I'm on MacOS Catalina, if it helps.


texts: How do I find which IP address softwareupdated daemon is downloading Mojave from?

texts: I have started downloading macOS Mojave and went to Activity Monitor to check the download speed and it is disappointingly low. Activity Monitor shows me that a process called softwareupdated is downloading the update and the PID is 410. However doing lsof -p 410 shows me nothing. How do I proceed?


texts: Prevent Finder from restoring previous tabs?

texts: For some reason Finder always restores all my previously open tabs even after I've restarted the system. This is unnecessary for me and in just several days my Finder is really clustered up and I had to close the tabs one by one. There must be a setting to disable such behavior?


texts: How do I use the Logitech Webcam 9000 on my Macbook Pro?

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I have OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion installed on my Macbook Pro. I want to use my Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 webcam with it, but Logitech does not include drivers for OS X.

I need an camera that is not on the laptop.

Is there third-party software I can use to make this work on my MacBook?


texts: How to Connect a Macbook Pro A1501 to an HP Z24i Monitor?

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I was wondering if there was any software to make my Macbook compatible with my external monitor. I've got a HDMI to DisplayPort adaptor connected to an HMDI cable coming from my mac, but the mac is not detecting the monitor.

The other issue: I am in South America, so other types of connectors would be difficult to come by.

Any thoughts? I really appreciate your help. Here are my specs:

Macbook Pro A1502 with:
2 Thunderbolt ports
1 HDMI port
3 USB 3.0 ports

My monitor is the HP Z24i. It has:
1 USB 2.0 port (lame; won't work with my Mac USB 3.0)
1 DVI Port
1 DisplayPort 1.2 port


texts: Parallels VM: Is there a way to run a script on the host when launching a VM?

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My Parallels VM is configured to use some network services on the host mac via the virtual network, but as the virtual network is not up when the mac host's services are started at boot they aren't listening on the virtual interface and the VM can't connect to them. After starting the VM I have to remember to manually restart those services on the mac host so that they are listening on the virtual network. It's annoying when I forget to do so...
I'd like to automate this process if possible. Is there any way to configure Parallels to run a shell script on the host after a VM is started and the virtual network is up? (Suggestions for how to run a startup script on the guest VM are not germane.)


texts: How can I merge two photos using software that is provided with OS X?

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I have two photos of a group of ten people. Unfortunately, one person has the eyes closed in each photo.

I would like to merge one person from one photo into the other so that everyone's eyes are open in one picture.

Are there any tools or applications that are provided with OS X by default that will allow me to do this?


texts: I have an iOS 5 iPad 2 and my homescreen is a bit confused. My apps are stored in pages of like content but the pages aren't logically ordered. Is there a way I can move a whole page of apps/reorder them (not just one app at a time)?


texts: Using my iMac in a country with a different power supply standard

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We may be relocating to a different area of the world where the power standards and outlets differ considerably from what I've got here in North America.

Is the power supply in my iMac auto-adjusting, universal? Can I just buy a new IEC cable for it to match the local plug standard and run it straight in to the wall? Or do I need a transformer?

Edit: I have an older iMac. 2007. 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo.


texts: I tried updating my iPad to iOS 6.  I plugged the iPad into my computer and it showed that is was backing up, however the update never showed up on iPad.  What do I need to do?


texts: Turn on and off MacBook Pro Retina connected to a Thunderbolt Display monitor

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I would like to know if there is a way to turn on and off a Macbook Pro Retina connected to a Thunderbolt Display monitor when it is closed.

Should I open my MacBook Pro Retina each time I need to turn on my computer?

Is the only solution to not turn it off and putting it into sleeping mode?


texts: I'm afraid I messed up my Iphone.  I plugged it into my computer for the first time ever.  It prompted me to backup so I did (silly me).  At the end of the back up it prompted me to log in with my son's account instead of mine.  Now my phone info is gone and my son's phone from 2011 is on my phone and my phone is gone!  Help


texts: Swollen battery for the past few days - MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

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I checked with Macbook Pro mid-2015 15" swollen battery and I am asking this question. My MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), details enclosed, is working perfectly. For the past two days I noticed a strange bulge in the bottom and the lid isn't closing correctly.

I have been handling it really carefully - dust free, never dropped down, etc. And here are some more information about the machine. Should I continue using it with the bulge or should I do anything to reduce the bulge? As this is my only source of income with the work I do here and there's no alternate for me.
I always use it in a clamshell mode (lid closed, power connected, external monitor, keyboard and mouse always connected). I cannot remove the power cable, if I do so, the system switches off in clamshell mode.

To use closed-display mode with your Mac notebook, here's what you need:

An AC power adapter or an external display that provides power over USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C).
An external keyboard and mouse or trackpad, either USB or wireless.
A USB-C to USB adapter or cable if you're using a USB mouse or keyboard with a Mac that has USB-C ports.
An external display or projector.

I have been using my MacBook Pro in the above setup for about three years. It's been 39 months since I bought it and here's the Battery Information:
Model Information:
    Serial Number:  D86XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    Manufacturer:   SMP
    Device Name:    bqXXXXXX
    Pack Lot Code:  0
    PCB Lot Code:   0
    Firmware Version:   702
    Hardware Revision:  1
    Cell Revision:  3244
Charge Information:
    Charge Remaining (mAh): 8623
    Fully Charged:  Yes
    Charging:   No
    Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 8909
Health Information:
    Cycle Count:    8
    Condition:  Normal
Battery Installed:  Yes
Amperage (mA):  0
Voltage (mV):   12817

AC Charger Information:
    Connected:  Yes
    ID: 0x0aa1
    Wattage (W):    85
    Family: 0x0085
    Serial Number:  0x00XXXXXX
    Charging:   No

I recently installed coconutBattery and here are some details about that.

The cycle count is also very less. I am not sure why it got so much swollen and it also affects the trackpad and other things, I really hope it doesn't come out breaking. Should I continue using? I have booked an appointment with AASP on Monday, but I do have a heavy usage on this weekend - tomorrow and day after. Geographically, I am in London, if it helps. Please advice me.
Happy to provide more information if possible.


texts: Is it possible to browse my iTunes backup files?

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I use to store older backups of my iPad, iPod and iPhone made using iTunes.

So, as long as some data (i.e: photos) is stored on one of these backups, I feel free to delete it on the devices.

If, in a future, I need only some specific data (say music, document, video, email... etc), may I access to the backup to...? :

Browse it to see what is there inside.
Extract some specific info.

If yes, what kind of data could be extracted? :

Only files like photos, videos or documents?
Or is it possible to dig for some more complex data like SMSs, notes, emails, phone lists... etc?

Remember that I don't want to restore any backup. I just want to look inside it.  Also, I don't want recommendations on software that reads the files. I'm looking for how to understand what's on the filesystem.


texts: Why is a Retina MacBook running 1440x900 grainy under Boot Camp?

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I have a MacBook Retina running Windows 8 RP, with the driver that comes with Boot Camp.

I understand why running in a none native resolution like 1920x1200 is grainy. But 1440x900 is exactly half resolution of the native 2880x1800 resolution, meaning that there are 4 pixels to paint 1 pixels (aka pixel doubling), and thus should look great.

When running 1280x720 on my 27" Cinema Display (exactly half of 1560x1440) the picture is sharp and crisp, so why is this a problem on the Retina display?

PS: Running 150 DPI is not an option. Windows is really ugly when changing DPI and many applications have UI problems. Many Apps like Chrome and Skype does not support DPI but windows scales them so the look grainy. But worst of all, attaching an external screen forces this to run in 150DPI as well (turning my 27" into an 18"), and some programs like Remote Desktop are note scaled at all, so every thing is very small.


texts: What are the implications of leaving the XHC20 interface "up"?

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In order to sniff USB traffic on macOS, the XHC20 interface must be "brought up" by executing the following command:

sudo ifconfig XHC20 up

Many online tutorials also suggest to disable the interface after the sniffing is complete. This can be done by executing:

sudo ifconfig XHC20 down

My question is: can I leave the XHC20 interface "up" even when I'm not actively sniffing it?

What are the implications (performance, memory, security, etc.)?


texts: Remove shift key augmentation for Mission Control animation

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I recently upgraded to Mountain Lion and all of a sudden my key bindings for Sublime Text 2 multi-selection editing are no longer working. Specifically, I had key bindings set up for Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down arrow.

Now Mission Control has taken over that key binding. How can I remove the Shift key augmentation (that causes the transition to be slower) for the shortcut?


texts: In bash, how to open .png file in a Mac app which only has “import” in the app menu

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I'm using 'engauge Digitizer' to digitize the charts (.png file). When to automate the process, I wish to write bash script or to use Python Subprocess library to control it. The first step is to import .png file to the app.

However, 'engauge Digitizer' doesn't work like other Mac apps, which can use bash "open".

$ open -a Preview '/path_to_file/picture.png' # This works.
$ open -a 'engauge Digitizer' '/path_to_file/picture.png' # This does not work.

Could you give some help?


texts: Can a 2015 Macbook Air MagSafe 2 connector be filed down to work with a 2009 Macbook Pro?

texts: The title pretty much says it all. I ordered a MagSafe 2 power adapter before realizing my MacBook Pro uses the Original MagSafe. After looking at both connectors, it appears the MagSafe 2 connector would fit the MagSafe power port if it were filed down on the edges a bit. However, I'm concerned the power delivery would not match what the computer can handle, and I don't really want to go through returning and buying a new power adapter. Likewise, I wouldn't want to destroy both the adapter and the computer at one go. Does anyone know the specs – whether these two are "electrically compatible?"


texts: Is it possible to put ios 10 on an ipod touch 4?

texts: I want to put ios 10 on my ipod touch 4 so that I can get the podcast app on it. Is this possible? How do I do that? I went into settings and saw if there was an update to ios and it says its up to date at ios 6


texts: How do I resize an ex-CoreStorage volume?

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I've got a Macbook Pro Retina (with the PCIe drive ‘blade’, instead of a traditional 2.5" laptop drive). I've recently upgraded the internal drive from 500GB to 1TB, and dd'd the old drive over the new one to retain my partition setup and Bootcamp partition.

Unfortunately, this didn't go well: for whatever reason, OS X wouldn't recognize, once I'd booted up on the new 1TB drive, that there was 500GB of new space available. It was showing up in Disk Utility as greyed-out space.

To aid in debugging this, I wiped out the Bootcamp partition entirely (I have backups. I intend to restore that later, once I've got the drive fixed up from within OS X.); and eventually, after getting fed up trying to get diskutil cs resizeStack to work, I diskutil cs revert'ed the boot volume entirely.

Now I have this situation:

> diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Fannie's HD             499.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
> diskutil cs list
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found
> diskutil resizeVolume disk0s2 limits
For device disk0s2 Fannie's HD:
        Current size:  499.4 GB (499418034176 Bytes)
        Minimum size:  330.0 GB (329959456768 Bytes)
        Maximum size:  499.4 GB (499418034176 Bytes)

After trying to drag the single partition in Disk Utility from 500GB up to 1TB, and then clicking ‘apply’, the process appears to proceed, and complete; but as soon as the completion message appears in the bottom-right, the partition map reverts to what you see in the screenshot. It never succeeds in re-sizing to 1TB. (Here's the verbose log, along with some other details obtained from the command-line.)

(Attempting to do the same from the recovery partition's Disk Utility gives an ‘Error: could not unmount disk.)

At this point, all I want in the world, is to re-size the single partition on my drive from 500GB to fill the available 1TB of space. Once I succeed with this, I'll be able to convert it to a CoreStorage volume, encrypt it, partition for Bootcamp and such.

Please help!

Edit: Other posts I've read through: Christian's, and Chrisii's summary of undocumented CoreStorage commands


texts: Same user multiple times - Sharing & Permissions

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My account at work (rtonneyck), is a Windows domain account. That's what I use to login too. I noticed the permissions for my Shared windows drive has my user name listed multiple times. Why is this?? Is this a bug with Mavericks?

Screenshot:

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), Using Windows domain


texts: How do you start and stop the Spotlight server in Yosemite?

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There are many forums answering this question for previous versions of MAC OSX, but 10.10 doesn't seem to have the service 'com.apple.metadata.mds.plist' in /System/Library/LaunchDaemons. It has 3 others (com.apple.metadata.mds.index.plist, com.apple.metadata.mds.scan.plist and com.apple.metadata.mds.spindump.plist).

When I try any mdutil commands I get:

-07 08:55:25.673 mdutil[2360:239343] Metadata.framework [Error]: mdsCopyStorePaths failed: (268435459) (ipc/send) invalid destination port
Spotlight server is disabled.


texts: Open Images in Preview doesn't work in Automator (How to use Automator task to open screenshots in Preview automatically)

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I've read another post that seemed to address how to use Automator to open screenshots automatically. (Automator task to open screenshots in Preview automatically) I've followed the steps exactly, but the last step still doesn't work (opening the screenshot in Preview)

So, I'm stuck.  I really want the easiest solution to get Preview to open after I take an Interactive or Full Screenshot.  I thought this may be it but...


texts: Formatted hd disk wrong. Can’t restor time machine or install new OS. MacBook Pro 2017

texts: I was trying to restore a time machine backup but then messed everything up as I had erased the wrong disks and was just being a downright idiot for erasing drives. Now I can’t install a fresh OS or restore time machine. Is there any way I can reformat the drives in disk utility to be about to reinstall a new OS? Here are the images:


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Two volumes mount when it's in:

so it looks like I partitioned it when I tried to install something on it but "Partition" cannot be clicked.

"Erase" fails on both partitions:

I tried the SD app called "SD Card Formatter" but this also didn't work.

Can I wipe this Micro SD card clean, and is there a way to test it to see if it's usable (I have a lot of issues with it)?


texts: If I connect an Ethernet cable, will my Mac automatically select the fastest route for local network traffic?

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Background

I have a fairly robust network setup at home, but am a little unclear on internal Mac networking. My LAN consists of two bridged AirPort Extremes and a cable modem. Everything is connected using Cat 5e inside the walls, and Cat 6 patch elsewhere. Additionally, I have a Netgear Gigabit switch in my office.

I use my MacBook Pro throughout the house on Wifi. When I bring it in the office, I connect an Ethernet cable for 1000BASE-T awesomeness. Elsewhere on the network I have backups and a media server.

Question

When I connect the MBP to Ethernet, will the Mac software determine the fastest route for local network traffic? I can see by the activity lights on the switch that I have a full Gigabit Ethernet connection, but since Wifi is still on, I'm not clear which network mode is being utilized.


texts: Airport Extreme and 10/100 Ethernet Switch

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I have an Airport Extreme (with Gigabit Ethernet) connected up to my cable modem, my Mac, and my PC.  I have one spare port on the AE and thought about hooking up a spare 10/100 Ethernet Switch I have (D-Link DES-1105).  I could hook up the Blu-ray player, etc, to this.

Will hooking up a switch like this (and 10/100 Ethernet devices to that switch) drop the Gigabit Ethernet on the rest of the AE to 10/100?  Or, will the AE keep the Gigabit devices running at full speed, and keep the 10/100 Switch running at 10 or 100 Mb/s?


texts: How can I easily test sound (speakers and Mic) on my ipad?

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I do a lot of webinars and sometimes ipads viewing the webinar have sound problems.

I'm looking for a really easy way for them to test their speakers and mic.
(Speakers are relatively easy to test, and often very commonly used, so it's more obvious (to them) if they aren't working.)  But would be good to test both at the same time.

Thanks!


texts: Is there any Terminal command to find the files installed by a particular App?

texts: Is there any terminal command which allows the user to input the name of the application along with the command, executing which shows you all the hidden files and folders the app has created or installed on your mac


texts: Using CMD on Very Old PC Keyboard During Boot

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I use a circa-1987 IBM Model M keyboard (with a PS/2 to USB adapter) on my 2011 Mac Mini.  For the most part it works well, after some tweaks in System Preferences and third party software.

However, one thing I can't figure out is whether I can send the Command signal during boot.  This would be helpful for booting into recovery mode, etc. On newer PC keyboards I could just use the Windows key, but this old beast doesn't have that.

I'd rather not have to keep another keyboard around just for this purpose, although that's not the end of the world.


texts: Button "Use as Defaults" are missing in View Options panel (Mountain Lion)

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I'm a very new user of Apple and Mac OS - coming straight from Windows so please bear with me if my question is a bit foolished.
I'm looking for a way to set my View Option as a default property applying for all folders on my system. I've google this and every answer I'm getting points that I need to press the button "Use as Defaults" in the View Options windows.
Unfortuneately and strangely I do not have that button. I press CMD+J and I've the option to set all my View properties but no button.
I've attached a screenshot of my View Option panel and hopefully it shows it correctly, I couldn't quite figure how to make a screenshot either :-)
Cheers


texts: Completely reinstall everything on the Mac

texts: Let's say that I am paranoid and I want not only to wipe and reinstall OS X, but also recovery, SMC, firmware and everything in the Mac hardware that could have been infected with malware. Is there any way to accomplish this?


texts: How to animate different objects at sametime?

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I think this is very basic question but I could not find solution online. I have keynote 7.0 on OS X EL Capitan 10.11.16.
The problem is I have 3 objects and I want them to disappear at the same time. I tried to select all of them and put Build out animation on it but the objects go 1 by 1. And if I try to change one of the objects order to 1 another changes to that objects value. I was thinking i could put all of them to 1 but not possible.
I am very lost over this right now.


texts: Accidentally created a folder containing a copy of itself and so on

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I have a folder MyProject. It's an Xcode project folder (not sure if relevant).

I am well aware that this folder is around 800MB. Recently I noticed that Get Info said that it was 17GB large.

I inspected the folder, and all the files were there just fine... and then I noticed that it contained another folder called MyProject. When I opened it, it was the exact same case: all the files were there, and there was another MyProject folder in it. And so on. That's right: Folderception.

I solved this by simply deleting the first duplicate MyProject in the chain.

However, I am curious, how could this have happened?

In order for it to copy itself enough times to yield 17GB, it would have to take quite a while - and I didn't even notice. But the more bizarre question is, what action could I have done to implicitly create a chain like this?


texts: I receive ical event invites from my boss all time. Once I accept the invite and it goes to the ical on my mac, the color of the event changes into the default blue on my mac. My question is, how do I keep the original color of the invite reflect on my calendar? For example, if the color of the event on my boss' mac was orange, how do I keep it's orange color once I accept the invite and it appears on my calendar?


texts: iMac running OS X 10.2.8 doesn't get an IP address on Wi-Fi

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I just bought an old iMac (model identifier PowerMac6,1) running Mac OS X 10.2.8. Everything is working great except the internet connection. There is an Airport option for connecting to WiFi, so I'm assuming the iMac has the hardware/software capabilities required.

I can successfully connect to my AT&T U-verse WiFi (I select the network, put in my password, the Airport icon shows the signal strength, etc.) but I'm not connected to the internet. Every time I try to load a webpage, Safari alerts that the server can't be found. All my other devices are able to connect to my WiFi with no problems.

Is my iMac just too outdated to be able to fully connect to an AT&T U-verse WiFi connection? If not, how can I successfully connect?

UPDATE

Okay, when I go to System Preferences > Network on the old iMac, the TCP/IP tab is selected. Along with the following options:

Configure: Using DHCP
IP Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (self-assigned)
Subnet Mask: xxx.xxx.x.x
Router: --
DHCP Client ID (optional): --
AirPort ID: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
DNS Servers (optional): xxx.xxx.x.xxx
Search Domains (optional): gateway.2wire.net

UPDATE

Connection info:

There were no devices in the MAC Filtering list


texts:
Is there any way to make the phone content inaccessible when connected via USB to PC. I want to do some settings on iphone itself so that the Internal storage isn't visible on laptop/PC to which it's connected.

I want to use USB only for charging.


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My gf and I regularly go on trips and each take pictures from our own phones that we then share to with each other to a common shared folder.  When I look at the "For You" folder and find the pictures that she's uploaded I attempt to save them to my own device so that I can do with them what I choose.  I'm only able to do this for some unknown number at a time.  When I try to save like 15 or so at a time, I select them, then at the bottom choose the option that saves "Save n [n = 15 in this example] Images" and it then it ALWAYS throws the same error.  The error makes no sense.  It says "Unable to Share - There was an error preparing to share.  Please try again later.'  When I do like a few at a time it doesn't seem to have this problem.
The really weird thing is, I'm not trying to share anything.  They are already shared.  I'm trying to save them to my device.  I'm baffled.
Iphone 6, latest iOS.


texts:
I have 2 Macs. I usually work on one, but would like to be able to quickly continue work on the other. That means the following:

open important apps that are in use (e.g. for develeopment)
open all iterms and set the correct path
open Chrome with all the tabs
copy files changes (in one way only) from main Mac to the other

I do use BTSync for some of above, but still, would be like to be able to continue work in a better way.


texts: I have the following scenario. I have shell scripts that I want to run remotely on my mac pro, so I ssh in, launch them with nohup, and log out.  I've done this for years on linux based machines, and I just started trying it out on the new mac pro.  However, I find that the mac goes to sleep while these are running, and it takes much longer to finish.  Obviously I can disable sleep in the energy preferences, but there are definitely times when I want it to let it power down.  Is there anything I could do, in terms of a command line argument, that would disable sleep while the process was running?


texts: How do I automatically split video files into separate clips?

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I imported a lot of super 8 film using iMovie. While the import worked great it didn't split the video into separate clips. I've read that iMovie does this automatically for DV tapes. Is there any OSX software out there that will detect when one clips ends and another begins and automatically split the two into separate files. I imagine it would have to compare adjacent frames and determine if the difference between the two was great enough to warrant a split.

FYI I'm looking for a simple application that will do the above without breaking the bank. I don't want to invest in a video editing suite right now.


texts: Add custom OS images to bochs on iphone?

texts: im trying to get DSL (Damn Small Linux) to work on the iphone version of bochs but i cant figure out how to configure the os.ini file, please help?


texts: Parallels: Make windows can select Wi-Fi hot spot

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I'm using Parallels for running windows 8. My question is: In windows 8, the network icon always shows ethernet although I have selected Wi-Fi network in the settings. If my mac is connected to internet, my windows will connect normally.

My question is: How can I make windows 8 see list of Wi-Fi? And my windows 8 can select a Wi-Fi to connect.


texts: Can you talk on the iPhone and use Siri with Monster beats headphones?

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I want a set of Beats by Dre headphones and have seen that they come with a control on the cord. Does this have a Mic? and can it be used with Siri in the same way the official Apple ones can?

I have looked at online reviews etc, but little is mentioned with iPhone voice compatibility.


texts: Get list of discoverable BT devices with power (RSSI) and MAC address

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Is there any way to list all discoverable devices in terminal? Something like this: http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/28/find-scan-wireless-networks-from-the-command-line-in-mac-os-x/

I need to get MAC address and RSSI, nothing more. I checked blueutil but couldn't get what I want.


texts: Gmail App on iPhone 4S doesn't complete entire "Push" of email

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So the Gmail app on my iPhone 4S notifies me with a badge that says I have 1,2,3...n unread messages.  In true push format, when an email is sent to the account it notifies me fairly quickly, but when I click into the app it still has to download them so it's a bit of a pain to have to wait the 2-10 more seconds to able to READ the actual email.

Is this the way it's designed or is there a setting I'm forgetting about?


texts: MacBook fans are running high even under normal load

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My MacBook (non-pro) Aluminum is a few years old. Lately I experience the problem that my fans are running high even with moderate usage and the body really heatens up.
It did this before, but only under heavy load (videos, flash or compiling of source files). Now it seems like a regular thing.
I also have the comparison to another MacBook Pro, which is definitely not showing this behaviour, so I am quite sure that I am not imagining things.

Also one night when I closed the lid of my macbook, fans would not stop running (it seems it did not go to sleep mode).

Any Ideas what might be the reason?

The only thing I can imagine is actually to open up the body and remove the dust from there with a spray duster.


texts: OS X 10.10.4 update on 2009 Mac Pro: stuck at "Missing bluetooth controller transport" on boot

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I have an early-2009 Mac Pro at work that had 10.10.3 on it. I attempted to update it (using the cached update on the local OS X update server) to 10.10.4 but, after boot, it got stuck on the grey screen with the progress bar at 50%.

Rebooting in verbose mode shows "Missing bluetooth controller transport".

Internet searches suggest that this is GPU related and also Hackintosh related. The latter is not in my case because this is a genuine Mac Pro.

I tried anyway booting into single-user-mode and following the suggestions of moving the Apple Intel HD graphics drivers out of place and touching the Extensions folder. This did not solve the issue.

This computer has two Nvidia GeForce GT 120 cards in it, though only one is actively used.

So: how do I fix it short of reinstalling the OS?


texts: Shortcut for search bar in Dictionary.app

texts: I was hoping that there was some shortcut for the search bar in Dictionary.app. I tried ⌘+L as one can do in Safari, hoping it would work, to no avail. Does anyone know a shortcut for this?


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I have iCloud Photo Library turned on for all my devices (iPhone, iPad, IPod).

My question: Is there any way to have iCloud turned on but have photos save to just one device with out having them saved to all devices?

If I try to delete the picture or video it deletes from all 3 devices, is there a way to have iCloud Photo Library turned on but still be able to just have pictures on one device?

Thanks for any help!


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I am planning to buy iPhone 11 Pro in US and move to India.

If I buy the iPhone and add AppleCare+ with theft and loss coverage, would I be covered in India?


texts: MacBook Pro 2019 (macOS Catalina) - Is it possible to automatically increase screen brightness to 100% when plugged in?

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Currently - when unplugged, the screen brightness decreases
I want to keep this functionality, but in addition I want the screen brightness to automatically increase to 100% when plugged in
Is there a way to achieve this?


texts: How can I tell if I have the bootcamp windows drivers installed

texts: What things should I look for in Windows to determine whether I have the bootcamp drivers installed? Are there some files or registry settings I can check for?


texts: How to block a range or list of phone numbers

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I get spam calls that begin with the same 6 digits as my own number. It's always a different number so I cant individually block them. Is there a way to block a whole list or a range of numbers?

The app Hiya tells me that these numbers are "spoofed" but does nothing to block them. I do not want my phone to ring. I do not care about false positives. I don't mind if a few legitimate calls get blocked along the way.


texts: Minecraft crashing on Mac OS with Java 8 - any fixes?

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When I load or start a new game on Minecraft it crashes. It only happened after I installed Java 8.

Minecraft Version: 1.7.10
Operating System: Mac OS X (x86_64) version 10.9.4
Java Version: 1.6.0_65, Apple Inc.

The interesting thing is this started after install Java 8 that I downloaded from Oracle.
Any tips for fixing this?

The error says:
Description: Unexpected error

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException
    at java.nio.Buffer.checkIndex(Buffer.java:512)
    at java.nio.DirectIntBufferU.get(DirectIntBufferU.java:248)
    at bma.a(SourceFile:271)
    at bma.a(SourceFile:220)
    at bao.a(SourceFile:1694)
    at bao.a(SourceFile:1652)
    at bjb.a(SourceFile:125)
    at hd.a(SourceFile:70)
    at hd.a(SourceFile:13)
    at ej.a(SourceFile:174)
    at bao.p(SourceFile:1585)
    at bao.ak(SourceFile:774)
    at bao.f(SourceFile:728)
    at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:148)


texts: Question regarding restoring from Time-machine backup

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I'm having a problem with an slightly older iMac owned by a friend. It has behaving in a problematic fashion for some time ending with it refusing to boot properly. He has a complete time-machine-backup from november. So here is the problem: When we boot up in safe-mode with cmd-R the machine starts fine and we can select the time-machine-backup from the attached external drive as the source for the operation. BUT when we try to select the target drive, which is the internal harddrive, we cannot choose it and proceed. The machine sees the internal harddrive, but we can somehow not restore to it. There seems to be one big 1TB partition on the internal disk, but we can't choose it as destination. See the attached picture.

I've tried running fsck -fy from single-user-mode (cmd-S) on the internal disk and this is possible, but it doesn't solve the problem. I'm a mostly Linux-oriented sysadmin and doesn't have so much experience with The Mac. But I have done this operation before with succes on other machines. Any suggestions? Should we try to reformat the system disk, install the OS againfrom the internet and see if we can then do the time-machine-trick? Or maybe change the system-disk? New year greetings from Denmark


texts: Installing Xcode with iOS 4.3 device simulator?

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I installed Xcode 4.3.1 two days ago. I need to access the iOS 4.3 device simulator, but it is not available in the new Xcode. So I went to Xcode > Preferences > Download (tab) and downloaded the Xcode 4.3.1 developer library and the iOS 5.1 library, hoping I could add the 4.3 simulator.

But, this hasn't worked. So far I haven't got the 4.3 simulator installed on my Xcode. What is the solution for this?


texts: iPhoto - Removing image files that weren't taken by a camera

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I recently attempted to import my archive of 20000 photos into iPhoto - unfortunately I found out that some of the imported images were not photos but things I downloaded from the internet.

I would like to know how I can filter these images according to their Exif tags. I want to specify the cameras whose photos I want to keep - and the rest I want to delete. Is this possible using iPhoto / is there a script that will do this?

Any help is much appreciated.