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I'm trying to do a fresh install of OSX on a new hard drive and the  MacBook keeps ejecting the installation DVD. To see if the dvd reader has the problem itself, I tried another random dvd. The problem is it didn't get ejected and now I'm stuck because holding down the eject button doesn't eject it. I can hear that it is being read though.. since the hard drive is new, there is no OS in it so I'm stuck with the blinking question mark upon bootup and I can't also eject the random dvd i put in.

Any ideas what to do?


texts: 2015 MBP (Thunderbolt 2) output to Thunderbolt 3 Dock

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I have a 2015 MBP (Thunderbolt 2), and I want to output to a new Thunderbolt 3 docking station. The new dock is connected to 2 monitors.
Seems like what I need is a male to male Thunderbolt2 to Thunderbolt3 cable. But, from googling around, doesn't seem like such a cable exists.
I see USB C to Mini DP male to male. But that's used for new laptops (USB C) to drive older displays (Mini DP).
I also see that Apple provides a Thunderbolt 3 to 2 dongle.
https://www.apple.com/us_smb_83039/shop/product/MMEL2AM/A/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-to-thunderbolt-2-adapter
Thunderbolt 3 is male, Thunderbolt 2 is female. So I guess I could connect a Thunderbolt 2 cable from may MBP to the dongle. But even then, I'm not sure if that would work. Also, I'm not sure if it'd be driving 1 display or 2.
Can anyone help?
Thanks


texts: See messages search matches in OS X High Sierra

texts: I do a search in the messages application on High Sierra and it lists the conversations that have matches. But it only shows one match on the screen even it says there are multiple matches. How can I scroll to the next match in the same conversation?


texts: How to edit the Plist so as to remove all reference to wireless cards and drivers if it involves no risks?

texts:
I need to start a new, totally new wireless config.  My 17" MBP 4,1(1261) wireless died. Card removed was 3 wire but new one has only 2.  ifixit.com says connect black, then blue, and grey does not get connected.

El Capitan does not see that card at all even after resets of all 3 types with battery out.  Since, I've used at least 3 different USB adapters; now, I just want to start clean.

And this OS install was a clean install on to a 1 TB SSD which runs fast with the full 6GB RAM.


texts:
When we double-click or ⌘O a file in the Trash, we’re greeted with a message that it cannot be opened.

But there it no technical reason for this, as evidenced by the fact we can circumvent this limitation in a number of ways (such as opening it via an app’s Open dialog, or the Terminal).

But I’d rather be able to open them with ⌘O or double-click. Note I’m not interested in solutions that require an external script or a new shortcut.

Is there an option to disable the default behaviour (that leads to the dialog)? Seems like a candidate for a defaults write solution.


texts: Is there a way to configure Mac OS X Snow Leopard server as an Internet gateway with bandwidth tracking per user?

texts:
I'd like to use Mac OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Server as an Internet gateway.  My router would connect to the Internet facing NIC on my Mac Mini server and the internal NIC would connect to a WiFi access point.

I want to be able to track the bandwidth users on the WiFi network are using, but I am aware of the fact that MAC addresses on wireless clients are easily changed.

How can I do bandwidth accounting based on WiFi clients without MAC addresses, logons each time and having the Internet gateway server act as a DHCP server ?

UPDATE - It appears I want to run RADIUS for WiFi auth and usage accounting...is this available in server/daemon form for Mac OS X 10.6.x Snow Leopard Server ?

Thanks,

Scott


texts: How do I turn off MacBook display when I have an external display?

texts:
I went through a similar question, but the answer was informing how to hide the monitor, but not how to disable it.
I do not want any new windows to creep into the laptop display when the external display is connected. I could not find any in the Display Settings (under System Preferences).
I don't want to close the lid because I think it impacts the air flow of the MacBook Pro.
I don't want to close the lid because the sound quality is reduced.


texts: Text file preview failing in Finder (perhaps due to Sublime Text?)

texts:
I can no longer preview text files (e.g. .txt) in Finder.

All I get is a preview pane showing a black square and TEXT.

Other files such as .tex files show a normal preview of the contents just fine. I think this changed after I installed Sublime Text, although I could be wrong.

I've tried installing qlstephen but this hasn't helped my problem.

Any suggestions much appreciated!

OS X El Capitan (10.11.6) MacBook Pro Retina.


texts:
I ran into a rare situation - I want to snag a picture of my screen while using cmd+tab to show people how I navigate around in this how-to post.

The regular cmd+shift+3 or 4 didn't do anything. Thoughts on getting around it?

I run lion 10.8.3 on a MBA.


texts: I have a locked appointment on my iPad that doesn't appear on the laptop or iPhone. I can't delete it either... any ideas?


texts: Custom screen resolution for a VirtualBox Mac guest?

texts:
TL;DR - How do I set a custom screen resolution for a VirtualBox Mac guest?

I'm in a situation where I need to keep Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6.8) alive in a VirtualBox setup to run some legacy software. The host machine is a 2013 MacBook Retina 13" running El Capitan (Mac OS X 10.11) Honestly, things are running pretty well... better than expected! The one irritation is that I can't set the resolution to something reasonable.

I've scoured the internet and followed lots of tutorials. The only thing that has been effective, has been this:

  To control GOP, use the following VBoxManage command:

  VBoxManage setextradata "VM name" VBoxInternal2/EfiGopMode N

  Where N can be one of 0,1,2,3,4 referring to the 640x480, 800x600,
  1024x768, 1280x1024, 1440x900 screen resolution respectively.

While this is useful, I need a custom resolution of 1440x856... which will allow me to put the VM on a 1440x900 display with VirtualBox's top and bottom utility bars exposed without having to scroll the window around.

Is there a way to set a custom screen resolution for a Mac host and guest in VirtualBox?


texts:
I have a DVD that somebody recorded and burned for me, and the DVD has no chapter markers.  I ripped it to a MP4 file with Handbrake so I could put it on my iPod/iPad, but I also want it to have "chapters" like a DVD, so I can skip to the parts I want.

Is there an easy way to do this?  I didn't see an option in Handbrake (it seems to be ripping only), or in iTunes.  Can iMovie help me here?  Is there a cheaper/easier way?

It doesn't have to be exact, or terribly easy to use.  I'm perfectly willing to just provide a list of MM:SS points (there's only 4 or 5).


texts: WiFi keeps turning off (logging out) automatically

texts:
I own an iPhone 5 running on iOS 6.1.2. It is jail broken.

I connect to the internet via the university WiFi system, which provided each of us a unique username and password, and we have a set download limit.

After logging in through my iPhone, after about 10 minutes, the iPhone disconnects itself and reverts itself to my data plan.

I do not understand the cause for this. How can I rectify this? Are there any jailbreak tweaks availabe from cydia?


texts: MacBook Pro Mid 2009 has a recovery partition?

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Does my computer (Snow Leopard, MacBook Pro mid 2009), have a recovery hidden partition? How can I access that?

I have the DVDs that came with my laptop, but when I start my laptop, and press and hold C key, nothing happens! I hear the noise from optical drive, but it is stuck to the gray initial screen, with the circle rotating.

Any help is appreciated.


texts:
We seem to have a lot of problems with genuine Apple power supplies for our MacBooks failing at the spot where the cable enters the case. So I've got some questions:

Suggestions for best practices for keeping the power supplies alive?
Are there alternative power supplies that are either more robust or more repairable (either from Apple or from third parties – for example are the original MagSafe supplies more durable than the MagSafe 2, or vice versa)?

I'm getting tired of replacing these technological wonders…

Our failures are worse than shown in How to fix a frayed cable on a MagSafe Power Adapter? when we notice them… The current one is at the point where I can't reliably get the cable into a position where it works – which is what I think it would take for the methods suggested in the answers to this question to work.


texts: We share iCloud accounts on two devices, can both backup photos to iCloud?

texts: Can 2 devices back up each one's photos with same iCloud account into iCloud?


texts: Stuck on Connect to iTunes boot logo and can't connect to iTunes

texts: My phone was/is jailbroken, and now I tried to update it from 8.4 to 9.0.2 to try and remove the jailbreak without restoring my phone. Then iTunes said there was an error. It did not say any code. Now my phone is stuck on this screen no matter what I try.


texts: encrypted time machine backups to a single external hdd from more than one mbp

texts:
I am planning to get a external HDD for time machine backups for 2 macbook pros.

Can both of them backup to the same HDD
Can the disk be time machine encrypted and still be accessible to both?


texts: Is latest 16" MacBook Pro powerful enough to stream 4k video from Plex to AppleTV without buffering issues?

texts:
Scenario:

I have a mid-2015 MacBook Pro running 10.15.3. I've downloaded some 4k movies to that computer. They're in MKV form. I use a program called Plex to stream the movies from the MacBook to an AppleTV. Plex Server runs on the Mac and the Plex Client runs on the AppleTV. The AppleTV is connected to a 72" Sony OLED TV where I view the content. Both the Mac and the AppleTV are hardwired to the network via 1gb Ethernet. WiFi never comes into play. The 4k video quality is absolutely beautiful and audio is fantastic too.

Problem:

Once every five minutes or so the movie freezes. Plex shows a temporary error popup indicating that either the network is too slow or the CPU on the Plex server isn't powerful enough to convert the file. After a few seconds the error message disappears and the movie resumes at full quality.
The problem can be eliminated by telling the Plex client to play the content at 1080p instead of 4k but I much prefer the visual quality of 4k.

Question:

Will upgrading to the latest 2020-era 16" fully spec'd MacBook Pro (2TB SSD + 32GB RAM) eliminate the buffering issue when delivering 4k content from Plex Server to AppleTV? Is there a way for novice consumers like me to figure this out on their own by looking at the more modern Mac's specs? It feels like my current 2015 machine is almost powerful enough to do it, but not quite. I'm hoping a Mac upgrade would solve the problem.

UPDATE:

The CPU specs for my 2015 Mac are: 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7

The CPU specs for the current model Mac I'm considering for purchase are: 2.4GHz 8‑core Intel Core i9, Turbo Boost up to 5.0GHz, with 16MB shared L3 cache


texts: How can I make Finder start not in "All my files"

texts:
I don't like that Finder shows me "All My Files":

It also delays Finder start a little.

How can I make Finder start in some different place (not in "All My Flies")?
Can finder start in my home directory ~ or anywhere here:


texts: Insanely high kernel RAM usage (over 9GB) in Mavericks

texts:
I upgraded to Mavericks yesterday, and everything seemed to go fine, but today I noticed that my computer was becoming a bit slow. I checked Activity Monitor, and CPU / disk were at normal levels so I checked memory use, only to find this:

The kernel is taking over 5 GB of memory? Surely this is not normal? The machine has 16 GB of RAM. Any ideas on what would cause this and/or how to debug?

Update: it's now at 9 GB.


texts: Does the new Macbook Air have a 1000 battery cycle limit?

texts: I know that since 2009 Apple has been advertising the 1000 battery cycles that'll last for around 5 years under normal use for Macbooks and Macbook Pros. I don't see them advertising it in the new Macbook Air, is it the case that they have the same long lasting battery or not?


texts: How can I share all document revisions with another Mac?

texts:
Mac OS ‘Lion’ introduced a version control system with a fancy user interface called Versions. I’m slowly getting used to working with it and find it quite powerful.

I have found out how to share the master (head/current) version (revision), and one specific version with another Mac. But how do I share the whole version three including all revisions with another Mac?

Using, for example, TextEdit.


texts: How can I unsubscribe from iOS pre-releases?

texts: I added the pre-release profile to my primary iPhone so that I could use Night Shift. I considered the stability risk a fair trade off, because f.lux significantly improves my life, and I wanted that benefit on my iPhone as well. iOS 9.3 is out now, and I'm currently on a stable version. I don't need any pre-release features anymore but, I still get prompted to update to new beta versions. To prevent this, I've removed the profile in Settings.app, but the update prompts continue to appear. How can I re-enter the "stable releases only" upgrade path?


texts: I've got a (current other than this latest update - edit macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Update) OS X which has stopped updating.  It lists the update, goes through the install, says to reboot.  However, after rebooting the same update is in the list.  Looking at the history it has "installed" probably a dozen times now...  Obviously it's not working, but whatever is failing is happening silently.  No error messages.  Looking for debugging suggestions if not outright solutions such as "yeah that latest update is just bad".  :-)


texts:
When trying to drag various items into a folder in Finder in OS X and some of the items have the same name, OS X will ask if you wish to replace the items in the folder you are dragging to.

However if you wish to merge the files from the first folder to the second folder:

How do you accomplish this ?


texts: Unable to partition external disk after using diskpart in Windows

texts:
I was trying to follow a tutorial online that included using diskpart on Windows 10 to format my 1TB external drive, with commands such as clean and partition. But after learning that it would not produce the results I wanted, I decided to stop and erase the disk from Disk Utility on macOS Sierra (10.12.4). So I completely erased it and formatted it as Mac OS Extended Journaled, but now I am unable to partition the drive because the button is greyed out.

I have tried erasing the drive multiple times, including writing zeros over the data (which took forever) but nothing has changed. Help?

Mac mini (Late 2014)
2.6 GHz Intel Core i5
macOS Sierra 10.12.4


texts: A website to upload my ios app that anyone can download

texts:
Hi there I am looking for a website to upload my ios app(with swift) there and get it's link so that anyone can download it through the link.
thanks for your help :)


texts: Dictated input in OSX is underlined with Blue dots

texts:
Dictation provides a great way of entering text. However, the documentation I found so far is scarce, and for instance I do not know what the blue dots underlying some parts of the text:

For instance, is it possible to chose an alternate text (solution)?

Note: I tried any possibility as right clicking, but no luck there...


texts: Can't delete an event in iMovie because 'the library must contain at least one event'

texts: When I try to delete an event in iMovie it tells me, 'the library must contain at least one event.' I have made so many events just to try to delete this one and yet the same message appears.


texts: I am trying to restore G5 Mac for audio recording purposes. I believe the hard drive has failed and I will need to replace it. My research on this computer shows the latest compatible OS X to be 10.5.8. Where can I find this OS X?


texts: Migrate Mac to Mac with external iTunes & iPhoto

texts:
I've got an iMac with 2 external hard drives.
One 1.5TB external hard drive for iTunes and iPhoto (750GB combined) and one 3TB external hard drive for Time Machine backups.

I want to migrate everything to my new MacBook Pro which has 512GB storage.

How can I do this? Migrate assistant won't work because there is not enough storage on my MacBook.

Or can I just plug the external hard drives into my MacBook and select them as my iTunes & iPhoto library?


texts: Can I launch an iPad application in a different locale than what iOS uses?

texts: My iPad 3 is configured in French for the family but I prefer my apps un-translated. Is it possible to force an application to launch in a specific locale? Is it feasible without a third-party tool?


texts: Does an iPhone battery drain faster in cold?

texts:
I have an iPhone SE and I have noticed the battery drainage is quicker when outside and in the winter.

I have heard some websites and people say that batteries drain faster in cold. Is this true?

I know another reason it could drain faster outside is because I’m using Cellular Data and not WiFi.

One quote I found:

  When lithium-ion batteries are exposed to cold temperatures, their performance suffers. When cold, a phone battery can drain faster than normal, or it might say it has ample power remaining and then suddenly go dead.

My phone has recently saying it has ample power and then turns off like it said in the quote.

Is this true and is there an official statement from Apple?


texts: How to emulate mouse right-click in Microsoft Remote Desktop?

texts:
I use the ctrl button to emulate the right-click in OS X on my MacBook with an integrated trackpad.

When I connect to a windows computer with Remote Desktop I do not get to use the ctrl button in the same way.

Is there a way to configure this to get right click from the trackpad?


texts:
I have an unusual request.

I'd like to slow down MacPorts. It sometimes uses a ton of CPU resources, and rather than having it run at full speed, I'd like it to run slowly and in the background.

So, instead of it compiling things in parallel (e.g. four instances of clang, each at >80% CPU usage according to top), I'd like it to use at most N cores, or perhaps some maximum total percentage of the CPU.

Obviously running in serial and/or throttled means it would take longer to complete. I'm okay with that. I'm looking for some extra control for special circumstances.

The benefits of this behavior include more computer resources devoted to whatever else I'm doing and not heating up my old laptop too much. :-)


texts:
When an update is released I have to manually update apps.
How can I do to update apps in the background auomatically.
Does anyone know how to do this?


texts:
What about USB C to Thunderbolt via Apple supplied adapter with USB C, HDMI and USB. Then you could go from HDMI to Thunderbolt?
Could this work?


texts: Using regex.extract with capture-groups argument fails when capture-group is null

texts:
Using regex.extract in MacOS 11.0 Big Sur numbers app version 10.3.5 (7029.5.5) on MacBook Air M1.
Using a regular expression which contains one or more capture-groups that are not filled by a match, bizarre things like null results occur. It doesn't always happen or different things happen but typing in the following into a previously empty cell produces a null cell instead of "|D|E||" consistently in my environment:
        =CONCATENATE("|",REGEX.EXTRACT("DEX","(D)(E?)|(F?)",1,1),"|"
                ,REGEX.EXTRACT("DEX","(D)(E?)|(F?)",1,2),"|"
                ,REGEX.EXTRACT("DEX","(D)(E?)|(F?)",1,3),"|")

Change the 1,3 on the third line to 1,2 and you get "|D|E|E|" as expected. Change 1,2 back to 1,3 and you still get "|D|E|E|" (?!?). This bug has been there since the first release of Numbers 10 a few months ago on Intel silicon.
To me it looks like a null C-string missing its terminator byte.


texts: Macbook Air - old battery charges, replacement battery does not

texts:
Apologies if this is a duplicate, but I have searched and not found anyone with the specific problem I'm experiencing.

My MacBook Air (A1466, Mid 2012) has a third party battery that is nearing the end of its life. It has about 250 cycles, but can only power the computer for about 30 minutes.

I have bought 2 second hand official Apple batteries from different eBay sellers. The Air doesn't recognise either of them.

With my current (old but working) third-party battery:

Plugging in the PSU charges the battery to full capacity
Capacity drops to about 50% within 30 minutes
I have to plug in again, or the computer will shut off without warning

With either of the replacement batteries:

The computer doesn't recognise the battery
Coconut Battery and System Profiler report no battery present
Computer shuts off immediately if power cord removed

Things I have tried:

Resetting PMU
Resetting NVRAM
Connecting power cord first, and then the battery terminal second

The last step gets the computer to recognise the replacement battery, but I cannot get it to charge.

I can read the battery's serial number in Coconut Battery, but it is reported as zero capacity.
The system battery level menu extra reports the battery as 80% full, but not charging
Disconnecting the power cord causes the computer to shut off immediately
The mac cannot be started up from battery alone.

If I replace my old battery, it charges and performs as normal.

This is weird. Surely I can't have bought 2 separate dud batteries? Any advice on how to proceed would be appreciated.


texts:
I installed mysql with homebrew.

mysql --version
mysql  Ver 8.0.11 for osx10.13 on x86_64 (Homebrew)

and

which mysql
/usr/local/bin/mysql

but when I try to use it after a pipe, I get the following error

unzip -p dump.sql.zip | mysql
zsh: command not found:  mysql

Why is that and how can I fix it?


texts: How do I get Safari Mac's bookmarks to overwrite Safari iOS bookmarks?

texts:
I recently pruned and edited my Mac's Safari bookmarks. I was very dismayed the next time I synced to discover that the bookmarks from my iPhone had been merged with those on my Mac, even though before the lists had been identical. So now I had even more bookmarks than before I started, many of them duplicated.

As an experiment I've tried deleting just a few bookmarks on the Mac and resyncing, and they just come back.

How do I get the Safari Mac bookmarks to overwrite the Safari iOS bookmarks instead of merging? I don't want to have to delete boomarks on the Mac and then grab the phone and do they same thing over again, unless that's the only way. Which would suck. Because I also have an iPad, so I would have to do it three times.

Thanks.


texts: How can I discover which files were deleted by `rm -rf`?

texts:
I had a little problem when running a script: this script reads a config file on $HOME, and it had ~/Downloads inside it.

Instead of saving a file inside ~/Downloads when I executed the script, since I executed it inside ~/Library, it created ~/Library/~/Downloads.

Inside ~/Library, I did rm -rf ~. After 1-2s I realized my mistake and stopped using ˆ-C - it was deleting my $HOME.

I know some files were deleted, but don't know which ones. Some hidden files (bash_functions, bash_aliases) were deleted and I had a backup, but some files on $HOME aren't backed up.

I did a quick verification on my files (seeing the modified dates of the folder on $HOME), it seemed okay, but I know I can't trust my eyes using this approac.

I know that if I change a file inside a Folder, Mac will change the "modified" flag for that folder, but only if a direct child of that folder was changed. Example:

~/Downloads
    - file.txt
    /Mp3
        - music.mp3

So, if you change file.txt, ~/Downloads will have it's modified flag changed, but if you change music.mp3, ~/Downloads will not have it's modified flag changed.

So here lies the problem: I don't know how rm -rf starts deleting my files. Is is sequentially? Is it in an arbitrary order? Could it be it started deleting ~/Pictures/Wedding and suddenly went do ~/Videos? I don't know. I believe it doesn't delete sequentially, so now I can have a really deep directory without important files after my rm -rfmistake.

Is there some place on the mac where all deleted files with rm -rf are kept (just the filenames)? I didn't find anything like that, so I did

find ~ -type d -mtime -1 > modified_folders.txt

on my terminal since I did the mistaken rm -rf today. The result of the find command, the changed folders (if you delete a file, Mac changes modified flag of it's direct folder parent) seems to not have a "deep arbitrary" structure like ~/Pictures/Personal/Birthday/2010/Cake... can I then assume rm -rf didn't touch the wrong files and I were able to stop the armageddon just by stopping rm -rf ~ after 1-2s (so it deleted just some of the hidden files on $HOME)?

(I have already restarted my machine, it's working fine. I'm on Snow Leopard, so tmutil isn't a solution I think...)

(I already know some solutions to recover like TestDisk exist, but I'm trying to use it as a last approach (if I'm wrong in my assumptions about the find snippet).


texts: Unable to backup my iPhone using iTunes. Error: Insufficient space on my Mac

texts:
I am trying to backup my old iPhone 7 to my Mac, so that I can restore it to the new iPhone XS. iTunes keeps giving me an error stating Unable to backup due to insufficient space on the computer. The iPhone that I am trying to back up is 128 GB capacity (with 70 GB free, and I have 128 GB free on my Mac.

What's the probable problem here? Software on all of my devices are up-to-date (macOS Mojave on my Mac and iOS 12.1 on the iPhones).


texts: Mount APFS Volume to /Users with the Disk Utility during the installation

texts: I’m trying during the installation from MacOS High Sierra to separate the system and user data. I splitted the SSD with Disk Utility, but I can’t mount the second APFS Volume to /Users with the Disk Utility. Is that possible at this stage?


texts: How to disable/bypass Safari outdating/blocking/disabling plugins?

texts:
Although I wrote the question in a general way, my example is pretty specific. Tonight, as soon as I got into a site that uses Java, Safari told me (nice alert window, though :-)) that Java should be blocked because it's "out of date".

OK, I understand the risks, lots of vulnerabilities, yadda yadda yadda.

I would like to keep the current installed version, because I don't have the time, because I like it, because I can, whatever.

I'm not provided with that option. It offers me to download the newest version or go on with Java ALREADY disabled. I would like to go on, but with my current Java.

Any way to do that? I anticipate that I checked System Preferences > Java and also Safari preferences, and the plugin is enabled in both places.

BTW, I did update Java. I needed to access the site. Still, I would like how to regain control in those situations.


texts: Is the 3.5 mm headphone jack of a Macbook Pro Retina also a line in port?

texts:
The question is in the title of the post. :)

The Apple website says:

3.5 mm headphone jack

Support for Apple iPhone headset with remote and microphone
Support for audio line out (digital/analog)

Does this mean that the port is also a line in for the microphone?


texts: Tcl/tk for Mac OS X 10.6, not possible to download?

texts:
I've upgraded git today and in its README file I found the following excerpt:

  If you don't already have Tcl/Tk Aqua
  installed on your computer (most MacOS
  X installs have it), you will get this
  error message. To resolve it, simply
  go to the website for Tcl / Tk Aqua
  and download the latest version:

  http://www.categorifiedcoder.info/tcltk/

  If you have an older version of Tcl /
  Tk Aqua, you'll benefit from
  upgrading. There have been many
  usability improvements since the
  version that comes shipped with MacOS
  X Leopard.

I tried the link and it redirects to Daniel A. Steffen LinkedIn page, who is the lead developer of Tcl/Tk for Mac, as far as I understand. I tried googling to find alternative links, but they all redirect to the same LinkedIn page. From this I gather that either this alternative version is already included in the Mac OS X, or there is some ongoing conflict. Can anybody enlighten the situation?


texts: Login problems with Automount and SMB shares

texts:
I am using automount to mount a set of network shares on my macbook. My problem is that when these shares are not available, e.g. when I am out of the office using a different network, I cannot login to my mac. The login screen progress bar stays stuck forever (I've let it go well over 12 hours to test).

Currently, my /etc/auto_master looks like

#
# Automounter master map
#
+auto_master        # Use directory service
/net            -hosts      -nobrowse,hidefromfinder,nosuid
/home           auto_home   -nobrowse,hidefromfinder
/Network/Servers    -fstab
/-          -static
/-  auto_smb    -soft,noowners,nobrowse,rw

Network shares are mounted in the /etc/auto_smb map file, which looks like this:

/mount/mnt1 -fstype=smb ://<user>@<server>
/mount/mnt2 -fstype=smb ://<user>@<server>
/mount/mnt3 -fstype=smb ://<user>@<server>
/mount/mnt4 -fstype=smb ://<user>@c<server>

I am certain that automounter is the source of the problem, because if I comment out the last line of /etc/auto_master, I can log in normally no matter what network I am using.

Is there any way I can fix this so that automount fails gracefully on login when the mounts are not available?

I am using macOS Mojave 10.14.3


texts: I would like to know how to block a specific phone number from calling or texting my phone. How do I do this on my phone?


texts: I stopped Time Machine and I lost my files

texts:
I have a huge problem. It seems that I erased 1TB of my husband´s pictures (he is a photographer).

He has a 2TB Verbatim external disk and today I was kind of playing with Time Machine. I don´t really know how I clicked into "selected the backup disk" and I clicked the Verbatim one. The backup started saying "preparing disk..."but immediately I thought that something is going wrong so I switched off this external disk.

Now the problem is that if I open the external disk, Finder says that "can´t read this disk". In finder it looks empty, except a new folder created by Time Machine called backup.backupbd or something like that.
Time Machine didn´t ask me at any moment something like "are you sure you want to format/erase the content?". So I presume the files are still there!

Please help!!!
Thanks for your patience!


texts: Apple Mail - extra notification on specific mailbox

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I'm using Apple Mail on my MAC, switched notifications on (working). Connected account is hosted by Google so I'm using labels feature very offten (Mailbox in Apple Mail). However, if I move incomming message into specific label (without getting into Inbox), I'm receiving no notification.

Point is that as developer, I'm using extra label (mailbox) for server errors and would be really fine to have any notification on it, or better, special (more annoying) one.

Any clue? Thanks.


texts: Can't edit "Gmail SMTP Server" on iOS 10.3.1

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I'm having problems recently with sending email from my gmail account on my iPhone using the mail app (keep being told username or password is incorrect, when they definitely are not).  In trying to troubleshoot, I wanted to edit my SMTP server settings, but there is only one "Primary Server" shown and when I tap it to edit (it has no username or password so I wanted to manually add them in), everything is greyed out, and nothing can be edited.  Not only that, but I can't even turn it off because when I flip the switch to deactivate it, there is no way to "save" the change, and as soon as I back out of that page in any way, the change is lost and the server remains activated.

How can I edit this SMTP server's settings?


texts: Is there a voice-activated command prompt?

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I injured a hand six weeks ago, and, being a programmer/sysadmin, I'm looking into ways to control a Terminal application using my voice (or, I suppose more broadly, not using my left hand).

I am getting a feel for the built-in Mac Dictation (in OS X 10.10), but have not found it to be fruitful with terminal, even when I created advanced commands (which didn't work for me in Terminal.app).

Has anyone had success using Mac dictation (or some other technology) for accessing the command line?

I am aware of Using Python To Code By Voice and http://voicecode.io/.  Both look very interesting.  If I knew it'd do the trick (and that my injury will take long enough to heal to warrant it), I'd come up with the money for Dragon Dictate and add-ons.  [Is there anything like DragonFly that uses Mac Dictation?]
I have briefly tried some other Terminal apps -- MacTerm in particular looks promising.


texts: Why does a Java based app in OS X have 2 different user interface designs?

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I quote 2 images from Google.

Look at the tabs. They are totally different. I have just finished migrated to OS X. I always believe that OS X provides a uniform user interface to make their apps more elegant. Additionally, How to turn app's UI in the second image to look like that in the first image?


texts: Filtering with multiple criteria using OR in Console.app

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It seems that using multiple criteria within search in Console implies an AND operator. So if I add a TagA and a TagB filters, it will find only messages that contains both TagA and TagB together.

Is it possible to filter using OR? That is, that the results will show messages with either 'TagA' or 'TagB'?


texts: I like the autocorrect feature, but sometimes I want to revert to the word I typed. If i backspace to the word, I see an overlay with the word as I typed it, but can't figure how to revert to it without using the mouse. Any suggestion?


texts: How to create a disk image from an APFS volume?

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I have an APFS encrypted 1TB SSD that I pulled from my now-dead MacBook Pro.  I placed the drive into a USB dock and can mount it fine after entering the disk password.  I cannot, however, take an image of this drive from Disk Utility.

When I select the volume, the New Image -> from "macOS" on the menu bar is grayed out.  As I understand it, this is normal for APFS volumes; you can only create images of APFS containers or physical disks.  When I select either the container or the disk, I can select New Image -> From [container or disk], but when I give it a file name and hit Save, all it does is tell me "Operation canceled."

I tried unmounting the volume first but got the same results.  I also tried to hit New Image -> From folder and selected /Volumes/macOS.  Then it gave me the error "Operation not permitted."

Thinking this was an issue with Catalina, I booted into Mojave and tried the same thing.  This time, Disk Utility created the image as expected, but when I try to open the it, I get an error "Disk image couldn't be opened.  Reason: No mountable file systems."

How can I take an image of this drive? Bearing in mind, I do not want to use 3rd-party software.  This is something that can be handled natively for non-APFS disks, and I don't see why it shouldn't work for APFS containers.

Oh, and one more thing:
First aid reports no errors with the volume.  I can read and write files to it just fine.  I just want an archival snapshot so I can re-purpose this SSD.  Thanks.


texts: How can I make existing permissions apply to new files?

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I have an SSD that I have created two partitions on. The first is used for the OS X to install the OS (Mavericks) and the other to place all the source of code of my projects and data that I don't want to lose when I do a format. Both partitions are formatted as Mac OS X Extended.

Right now everything is working fine. I have created a partition called Data and placed the files. I have edited Apache files to load my http://localhost from the right folder on the Data partition and do my development that way.

My only problem that when I create a new project and put the WordPress files there I cannot start using it if I don't go edit the permissions every time. I tried to use this command:

sudo chmod -R 777 /Volumes/Data/

and even though it works for the existing files it does not work for new projects, so every time I start a new one I have to do it again.

Do you know if there is an adjustment I have to make somewhere in order to avoid having such permission problems? What am I doing wrong? Is this problem related to the format of the partition?


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I have a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. Touch Bar shows default buttons for brightness, volume, play/pause, etc.

I know there is the option to add applications to the shortcut bar in system settings to have the function keys F1…F12 on the Touch Bar, but I want them ALWAYS.

I need them for programming (and I'm lazy and don't want to change my behaviour — imho it is part of the job of my computer to adapt to me, not the other way around) and so I have added PHPStorm to the apps, showing F1…

The problem is, when I'm in my browser, calendar etc. Play, etc. is showing. So I never know whether I have to push Fn or not to pause the music.

Is there any way to make the display of the Touch Bar consistent?
And consistently showing F1…F12?


texts: Windows 7 computer not showing up on Apple TV

texts: Both iTunes on Windows 7 and the Apple TV 3 are updated to the latest versions.  My PC is connected to the router via Cat 5 and the Apple TV is connected on wireless.  I can AirPlay with my iPad or iPhone. I've had this work just fine before with other computers. Home sharing is enabled on both devices and connected to the same account with the correct password. I can't figure out what's going on.


texts: "Command not found" when attempting to cd in Terminal

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I am getting errors trying to set up web starter kit via Terminal. I get an error trying to install the kit:
$ cd web-starter-kit $ npm install returns -bash: $: command not found.

How do I get this to work?

Davids-iMac-3:~ david$ git clone https://github.com/google/web-starter-kit.git
Cloning into 'web-starter-kit'...
remote: Counting objects: 4397, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (102/102), done.
remote: Total 4397 (delta 12), reused 81 (delta 3)
Receiving objects: 100% (4397/4397), 7.15 MiB | 196.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1572/1572), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
Davids-iMac-3:~ david$ $ cd web-starter-kit/app
-bash: $: command not found
Davids-iMac-3:~ david$ $ cd web-starter-kit $ npm install
-bash: $: command not found
Davids-iMac-3:~ david$


texts: How to find the source of a sound on an iPhone?

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In the last few weeks my iPhone occasionally makes some kind of notification sound.   It's not any of the built-in sounds, and I've gone through all the "Sounds" settings just to make sure.  It's a two-step tone on a marimba or something like it, but not the built-in one.  It happens about once every 10 minutes.

How do I figure out which app is causing the sound?   There is no other notification.  It's infrequent enough that it's hard to tell whether killing any particular app fixes it,  and I use enough apps that killing them is impractical.


texts: Fastest method to network two machines for direct file sharing?

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I have two Macs and need to provide the fastest possible connection between them at the most affordable cost for file sharing of video editing resources.  These are older Mac Pros (2010) and so I cannot simply use Thunderbolt between them.  I was thinking about 2 10GbE NICs and simply setting them up under a different isolated subnet between them.  It seems that FW800 would still be slower than 10GbE.

I was hoping to find a PCIe Thunderbolt adapter, but clearly that's not available from what I'm seeing.  I suppose I could run 2 USB 3.1 cards, but I don't know if there's a trick to do USB<->USB networking on macOS with that.

Are there any other options that are superior or more cost effective to accomplish this?


texts: Is there an OS X terminal program that can access serial ports?

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What programs can act as a terminal and access serial ports?

This is not for terminal access on an IP connection, this is so I can access a hardware device plugged into a USB/serial converter running at 9600/8/N/1.


texts: Issue when syncing iPhone to iTunes when adding movies

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I'm having some trouble with my wife's iPhone (4 running ios5.1.1).

First what works

If I plug it into iTunes (10.6.3) it will sync happily, backup happily and appear to work.
I can also change without issue the photos and apps that are sync'd.

Then what doesn't

If I try and change the movies (or music) that are sync'd (currently none are) then when I click apply the following message is shown.
"The iPhone “XXX’s iPhone” is synced with another iTunes library. Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?"

With options of Cancel or Erase and sync

I've tried following the instructions here:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

But that doesn't appear to have resolved the issue.
I would like to be able to add movies or music without losing the existing content (state of apps etc.)


texts: How to load a 2nd copy of OneCast with a new license?

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I am trying to use OneCast to control 10 Xboxes, I have successfully got up to 6 that I can control, I can view all 10, but can't control all 10. The issue I am having is that when I load the app multiple times it loads it under the same User ID, and due to license limitations of the app I can only connect up to 3 Xboxes under a license.

I was able to load 3 more copies of OneCast as a root user giving me access to a total of 6 Xboxes. When I load as another user other than the root user I cannot control the apps with a controller as the bluetooth does not recognize the apps under a different user as the bluetooth connection is ran as a root user which gives it access so far to at least 2 user accounts, the root user and the one that I am currently logged in as. I need to boot up Onecast as the current User I am using but need to have it boot from scratch so I can enter in multiple License keys, giving me access to control all 10 Xboxes.

Here are the commands I have used.

This command lets me view the connected Xboxes but not control them

echo "Password" | sudo -S -u User2/Applications/OneCast#2.app/Contents/MacOS/OneCast

This lets me control up to an additional 3 Xboxes for a total of 6

echo "Password" | sudo -S /Applications/OneCast#2.app/Contents/MacOS/OneCast

Is there a way I can edit the .plist file to adjust how OneCast Loads? How do I find where the app's code verifies which user is loading it?


texts: USB Flash Drive as a main hard drive (Macbook Pro Retina 13" Mid-2014)

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My hard drive on my mac has died. It became clear as I had the hard drive replaced at a repair shop that the problem is somewhere on the motherboard, thus uneconomical to fix. However, the repair shop tested that a USB drive still works.

As I see it the only option is to get a SDXC hard drive, or a USB 3.0 powered one. The SDXC doesn't support UHS-2, therefore the maximum bandwidth will be around 150MB/s.

As I have researched this I've come to the conclusion that the write/write speeds on high-quality flash drives reach above 300MB/s(for example Sandisk Extreme Pro ), which is comparable to a high quality external SSD, but a lot more portable.

My question is therefore: Is this bandwidth between the hard disk and the CPU  sufficient for the operating system to run smoothly, or is it a completely lost cause?

As I have 16GB of RAM I expect it to work out, am I on the right track or completely lost?

Thank you!


texts: iMovie still will not download, despite having no other apps, and ~2 GB of storage available?

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I've been trying to download iMovie for a long time, and I have never had enough space. I have an 8 GB iPhone 5C. I have a project in particular I want to get done, so I deleted all my other apps (other than pre-installed ones, of course) in order to try and download iMovie. According to iTunes, after this, I have 2.04 GB available. I figured this would be enough to download iMovie and get this project over with before deleting it and redownloading all my apps again. And, yet, again I got the dreaded error code declaring that iMovie could not be downloaded at this time and that I didn't have enough storage. I don't know what to do. I know that apps are always more than the number that appears on the App Store page, but even ~2 GB should be enough to download iMovie, right?

How can I download iMovie?


texts: Is there a way to prevent predictive text from learning what the user typed

texts: I want to prevent predictive text from being stored on the iOS device. Is there a way to do it? If I turn off predictive text, the app doesn't show the predictive text toolbar, but it still learns the text. I know if the we implement a custom keyboard, predictive text does not get saved to the dictionary on device. I was wondering if there was another option than implementing a custom keyboard


texts: What are good ways to sign up Apple Developer Program without using my legal name?

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Let's say a man named San Zhang (张三), a citizen of China. He may be living in China or The US. He has a English name "John Smith", which he wants to use as the "seller name" of his apps on App Store.

However, when he tried signing up Apple Developer Program, he was told that the "seller name" will be same to the name on credit card, which will be used to pay for the program fee and receive payment for apps he sold.

Now, the problem is:

China government doesn't let him use John Smith as legal name.
China government doesn't allow him to use a name different from 张三 when opening a bank account.
The US government doesn't allow him to use a name different from San Zhang when opening a bank account. (Not sure this one)
He cannot migrate to the US before the planned release date of his first Mac/iOS app. Or he doesn't want to become a citizen of a country where he is allowed to use John Smith as legal name.

In such a case, could he use John Smith as "seller name" of his apps on App Store? Or he has to open a company to sell apps? (In other words, could he achieve this goal, which seems not being allowed/expected/supposed by Apple?)

Another case is, could a US citizen use another name than his legal name as "seller name" on App Store?

Thank you very much.


texts: Using command line how to open a specific section of GUI System Preferences?

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It is possible to open a specific section (sub section) of the GUI System Preferences via command line terminal?

Example:
If I want to open just the main System Preferences window, I just run open /Applications/System\ Preferences.app/ but what about (for example) I want to open the System Preferences > Security and Privacy section?

Thank you so much in advance for your help.


texts: I'd like to exclude all podcast-type items from a Smart Playlist my iTunes library.  How can I identify podcasts so that I can exclude them from results?


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I am searching for a Apple Script command which is similar to Visual Basic Script Sendkeys command.
I want to let a programm type something at itself.


texts: Boot Camp missing Coprocessor, SMBus Controller Drivers

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I installed Windows 7 on a user's Macbook Pro yesterday (Aug 2010 model I believe) using Boot Camp, then I used the Mac OS X disc to run the Boot Camp Drivers installation.  I then restarted as normal and went about the myriad other installs, when I entered devices and noticed the "!" symbol on the computer.

Lo and behold, 3 drivers were missing: Coprocessor, SMBus, and a third that I can't recall at the moment.  I found several references to the missing Coprocessor and SMBus online, but the posted solutions (to install nVidia drivers, to run the Intel Update service, to let Windows 7 try to find the drivers itself) all failed (some of the driver installations reported the incorrect hardware, some installed but didn't resolve the missing drivers in Devmgmt).

I've installed Windows 7 on 10+ Macbook Pros and never once run into missing drivers after installing the boot camp driver pack.  Everything seems to be working fine: display, ethernet and wireless, sound, track pad, eject button all function perfectly, but the ! in Device Manager are driving me crazy.  Any ideas?


texts: Outgoing e-mail server from Safari / text document

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When I send/share a URL in Safari I want the default outgoing sender to be my gmail and not iCloud address.  How do I set that. Also when I'm in a text document and I want to share/email it, the default shows my iCloud email, but I want it to be gmail.  I know I can change the outgoing in the e-mail program, but I want it to be the default.

Inside the e-mail program gmail is set as the default outgoing server.  The problem arises only when I'm sending/e-mailing/sharing straight from Safari or a document on my MacBook Pro.  When the e-mail program comes up the @iCloud account is the default outgoing server.


texts: What is the difference between thunderbolt and displayport iMacs when used as monitors?

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Somewhat confused by the Thunderbolt/Mini DisplayPort compatibility rules, and the apple store people were unhelpful, so I ask here (maybe I should ask here first :)  Hopefully we can come to a complete compatibility matrix.

I have a 27" iMac from December 2010 ("old imac") and another 27" iMac ("new imac") from July 2011.  The first is MDP and the second is TB.  I also have a MBP from July 2010 (which is MDP)  and a MBA from August 2011.  I would like to make a unified setup.

What devices can be used as monitors for other devices?  For example, I know that I can use an MDP cable to connect the MBP to the old imac.


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Generall Safari automatically prompts to save form data like Username, Password.. But on some pages, it never asks for the same.

How can we force it to ask for saving form data on any website?


texts: macOS 10.13 High Sierra - Location Services will not enable

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I'm running macOS 10.13 High Sierra on my 2011 15" MacBook Pro. Whenever I try to enable Location Services, the checkbox momentarily turns 'checked' and then goes back to disabled.

How can I enable Location Services on this Mac? Is it not an option because the Bluetooth is limited to v2.1?


texts: I have El Capitan and can not install a DMG file

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I get an error message that says:

  Warning. The following disk images couldn't be opened.
  Image Reason SurveillanceClient.dmg invalid checksum

Does anyone have ideas on how to install this file?


texts: can not open download folder mac os sierra

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when I drag and drop files from my dock download folder it crashes randomly.  When I try to open the folder it does not respond or there comes a empty blank folder.

Sometimes the dock is crashing and I am not able to click on any icons.

Here is a video about it, who can help me to solve this iritating problem? After a restart it fixes itself but it comes back.

https://youtu.be/ZG5Zg-co5JU


texts: Is it normal to hear the MacBook fans all the time even if they run at 2000rpm?

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I have an early 2011 15” MBP (2.3GHz i7 8GB) and I’m annoyed about the sound of the fans. I know how a defective fan sounds, but these do no sound abnormal, but what what is abnormal is that I hear them even when computer is almost not used.

The fans are running at ~2000rpm and ~64 C.
I do have a SeeThrou Satin Case which I bought from Apple, so I suppose it should have a major effect
No signifiant HDD or CPU activity observed with Activity Monitor
Yes, usually I do keep it on my lap, eventual on bed and have to use a pillow or something else to isolate me from its heat.

This annoys me because I would like to have a quiet work environment and not having to to start music just to hide the FAN noise.

What can I do to solve the noise problem?


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Cmd-D splits the terminal screen horizontally.
How do I disable this "feature"?
(Every time I accidentally this key, I have to undo it using Shift-Cmd-D and then re-maximize the window).

This answer offers a command line which does not seem to change anything on OS X 10.11.6 (15G1004). Also, I would like a "permanent solution" - do I add the command to the .bashrc? .profile?

People also recommend iTerm2 - I do not want to install anything, I am quite happy with tmux on top of the regular terminal - except for this stupid problem.

Thanks.


texts: Is there any way to batch convert .jpg files into single .pdf files?


texts: Installing 1600Mhz memory in a Mac Mini that uses 1066Mhz memory

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I have an old Mac Mini (2009, Core 2 Duo) which uses 1066 Mhz DDR3 RAM modules. However, I haven't been able to find them near me; the closest I've found are 1600Mhz modules, which have otherwise the right specs (DDR3, SO-DIMM, etc.). Will it work?

(I thought there would be no problem, but the guy in the store told me that some computers might not boot if they detect a faster memory than they are prepared to use. Can anyone confirm?)


texts: Restore Firefox & Thunderbird user data from Time Machine

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I have a fresh installation to which I want to transfer my Firefox and Thunderbird user data. I have my Time Machine backup available from Other backup disk and could in principle restore the hidden Library folder. However, I don't want to migrate everything from my old Library to the fresh install.

Which Firefox and Thunderbird user data folders do I have to migrate to my fresh installation?


texts: Is there a way to burn into a virtual CD-R instead of burning into a real one?

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There is some .m4b files from the iTunes store that I bought, and from what I understand, these files cannot be converted into .mp3, unlike the .m4a files.

To put those files into another audio player that I have that can only support mp3, I need to convert it... and it looks a way to do it is to burn the .m4b into a CD-R, by first creating a playlist, and then burn the playlist into a CD-R, and there are up to 7 times that can be done.  Then, once the CD-R is made, then it can be ripped as an .mp3

But since I don't really need a CD-R version, so an extra CD-R will be wasted.  Is there a way to burn the .m4b onto some virtual CD-R and then rip it instead?  (for Snow Leopard or Lion).  But if it involves installing questionable shareware that might slow down the machine overall, it may be not as desirable -- so if it is shareware, it'd better be a reliable and trustworthy shareware.

(as a side note, the .m4b protection doesn't seem very strong... since anybody can just burn it and rip it, and then it is DRM free... the cost is only about 10 cents for CD-R, for about 16 songs... so the use of .m4b as a protection together with the ability to burn it onto a CD-R is somewhat strange to me)

Update: it seems like we can use a CD-RW and write it and erase it... and there won't be any wasted CD-R...  the only thing is I don't know how many times they can be erased...


texts: Can Login Items be added via the command line in High Sierra?

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Can Login Items be added via a command in terminal?

I would like to add a few essential utilities like ShiftIt and Alfred to my Login Items via a script when I'm configuring a new Mac. In versions of macOS previous to High Sierra these items were stored in a plist in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginitems.plist but since High Sierra has been released it seems they've been migrated to be loaded via a new mechanism.

I am interested in ways to set Login Items from a terminal primarily for High Sierra but interested from an academic perspective to know how it could be done in prior releases of macOS.


texts: How to hide the Dock from Mission Control in macOS Big Sur?

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How can I stop the Dock from ever appearing in macOS Big Sur?
defaults write com.apple.Dock autohide-delay -float 9999 && killall Dock

Makes it practically never appear, apart from in Mission Control.
How can I get rid of the Dock from Mission Control?


texts: Is there any need to update again on ios 7 when i have updated it one month ago using ios 7 beta version?

texts: I update my iphone 4 on ios 7 beta version one month ago. Is there any need to download ios 7 full version and update again? However in settings (software update tab) it is showed that your software is up to date.


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Possible Duplicate:
  Do you know a simple sound booster app for Mac?

Is there an app to amplify sound output on Mac OS X, I've put the volume to max and it's still quiet.


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I recently tried out the beta of Big Sur on a separate APFS container. I don't need it anymore so I deleted the container. There is now one more container left called "Update". Does anyone know if this container belongs to Big Sur? Can I just delete it as well?
EDIT
This is the output of diskutil list:
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         500.1 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +500.1 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Daten    312.2 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 91.4 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                528.8 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            11.2 GB    disk1s5
   6:                APFS Volume                         14.0 GB    disk1s7
   7:                APFS Volume Update                  819.9 MB   disk1s8


texts: How to actually select the tab that you search for on safari

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I love how you can search for tabs in safari by typing shift⌘\ and you get something like this

However the most important part to me is actually simply selecting that tab and start using it. Right now after the search I have to leave the keyboard and tap with my mouse, which is a huge productivity fail. I should be able to simply select it with my keyboard. How do I do that?


texts: iTunes match is on but I can't copy songs from my PC to my iphone without redownloading them on my iphone from the cloud

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iTunes match is on but I can't copy songs already downloaded to my PC to my iphone without redownloading them on my iphone from the cloud.
Is this by design or am I missing something. Seems like an odd thing.


texts: Trouble with Macbook display -- brightness cuts out or gets wavy if I move the screen around

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Macbook Pro, 2008, 15 inch Running Mavericks 10.9.2

If I move the screen around at all while it's running the brightness will almost always reset to as if it was zero or it gets these wavy interference pattern-like regions of bright and dim. (Image similar to my situation: http://www.lavproductions.com/images/macbookpro_screen.jpg)

Now I'd say this was a hardware issue, but once it does this, I can just put the display to sleep and then it's always fine after that. The screen is back to normal. I don't move anything at all. If it was a loose connector then putting the display to sleep would presumably not help.

Here are some other sites describing the same issue:
http://www.geekinheels.com/2008/05/02/apple-replaced-my-macbook-pro-for-free.html
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1633312
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1627678?threadID=1627678&tstart=0

But they're fairly old and I have been going through them and I don't see anything definitive. Some say it's a bad connection, but then why would putting the screen to sleep fix it?

Possibly related, but probably not, is sometimes the trackpad cuts out completely, and other times the keyboard cuts out as well. Putting the computer completely to sleep usually fix the former, but not the latter, so when the keyboard cuts out it would
And for long periods of time I won't have any problems. Went nearly a month without either the trackpad or the keyboard locking up. I can't say for sure, but I think it only started after Mavericks, and I don't think the firmware updates to fix the issues people were complaining about covered my model.

I realize it's an old Mac, but I'm very confused by these problems as they seem to be both hardware and software related...

Thanks for your help!


texts: Unexpected Safari Extension -- Download Video

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After a very recent install-from-scratch of Mojave, I was installing a Safari extension and noticed one already there called "Download Video".

It claims to be version 1.0.0 and that it "Downloads video from a webpage". It was not active (i.e. its box in the Extensions manager was unchecked) but I've no idea how it got there. I certainly didn't knowingly do it myself

I did notice one other inactive extension -- "Open in Internet Explorer" -- that I also did not explicitly install myself. However, it says it came as part of Parallels Desktop and I did install that. So that leads me to conclude that the installation of certain apps may also involve installation of Safari extensions. And I certainly have installed some apps since after my clean Mojave install, so maybe the Download Video thing piggy-backed in off one of those? But most of what I've installed is fairly well-known, standard stuff -- MS Office, Emacs, and the like. Nothing I'd expect to have a sneaky video downloader hanging off it.

Any idea where in could have come from?

Safari 12.0.2
Mojave 10.14.2
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)


texts: External Hard Drive won't mount. How can I transfer the files?

texts: I have a Buffalo mini station that I believe has died. It will not mount and will not repair in disk utility. It will not mount in terminal. How can I transfer the files from the dead external hard drive to another external hard drive? Please help before I throw it trough the window. Many thanks


texts: What would cause an iMac to have a white gradient glow on boot?

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Searched the archives but didn't see this question asked or a similar instance when searching on Google and looking at Google images.  I have a mid-2011 iMac with stock internals and a AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB graphics card.  Only on boot and after logging in on the right side of the monitor it has a white gradient glow going up the right side.

It's very noticeable on boot but after the monitor warms up (I'd assume)  it fades away.  I'll try to edit with a pic later this afternoon but I was curious to know what internal part would cause this issue and a solution?

I haven't moved the iMac in a long time and don't recall it doing it when it was moved but I only boot this about once a week.  I do have an SSD to swap out the stock hard drive this week but if I need a new part for the monitor if this isn't normal I'd like to know.


texts: Can I use basic iPhone 5/5s/5c with Aio Wireless "Aio Basic" plan?

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I would like to buy an unlocked iPhone 5 or iPhone 5s, and use it with the Aio Basic plan from Aio Wireless, an AT&T prepaid subsidiary launched in mid-2013.

On their web-site, Aio Basic @ 40 USD/mo is described as including 250MB of unlimited data at 4G and 4G LTE speed (with throttling after you reach the limit), but is annotated to be "Basic phones only"; whereas Aio Smart @ 55 USD/mo is described as having 2GB of unlimited data, but it said to be "Basic or Smartphones".

Provided I don't mind being throttled after 250MB/mo for getting the savings, will Aio Basic work for my basic iPhone 5 or 5s?


texts: iPhone 8: Home button doesn't move inward when pressed, but iPhone makes a click sound

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I recently upgraded from an iPhone 5s to iPhone 8.

Whenever I use my iPhone 8, the Home button doesn't move inward when pressed. It sure works, I try a bit hard to press, but it doesn't move inward like it used to on iPhone 5s. Instead I feel a different kind of buzz/vibration in my iPhone.

Is there anything wrong with my iPhone 8? There is no visible physical damage on the device, the iPhone is working absolutely fine, but I am concerned that something may be wrong with my iPhone 8 and the button isn't pressing fully, possibly due to some manufacturing defect.

I bought the iPhone around a month and a half ago and have original warranty, so I can ask Apple to replace the unit.

What should I do?


texts: I was using a public WiFi spot at the airport and noticed that certain websites on Safari were being blocked. I was able to go to these websites when I used my own data, but I have limited data so is there a way to bypass this?


texts: Assign keyboard shortcut to change network environment

texts:
How do I assign a keyboard shortcut to change the network environment?
They networks are accessible under Apple menu → Environment → [name].

I wish want to quickly switch between the wired and the wireless network environment without leaving the keyboard.

UPDATE: I assigned the shortcuts under Keyboard System Preference, but pressing the assigned keys does except generating error sound. The shortcuts are assigned as shown:


texts:
my MacBook Air (Early 2015) with Sierra (10.12.2) is rebooting very slow (more than 10 minutes).
How i can fixe this issue?
How i can see the log file, when MacBook is rebooting? (to understand where is the problem)


texts:
Yes, I know Acorn isn't Visio, but still let me ask the question:

How can you draw an arrow with Acorn?

I am talking about the kind of arrows that Skitch or Jing would draw, and that you typically add to a screenshot to take the viewer's attention to part of the image.


texts: How do I know what to put in DefaultKeyBinding.dict?

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I am trying to create a few system level key bindings. I know about ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict but I am not sure what to put in there/or how to go about finding the commands and codes.

I would like keybindings to

Opt <-   //Move cursor back a word
Opt ->   //Move cursor forward a word
Opt Cmd <- //Home
Opt Cmd -> //End
(the same commands, but adding Shift to select instead of just move

Is there a good resource to help me figure this out?


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I am running the built-in apache server on an iMac to serve my personal website, just some static page. I have been using this machine for a couple of years. I just start it with

sudo apachectl start

But, after the upgrade to 10.9 a problem has surfaced (I'm not sure if these are related). Sometimes the httpd daemon stops answering requests. That is, I try to telnet mymachine 80 and it just hangs there.

But, I still can ssh my machine and that works. Immediately after I connect via ssh the httpd daemon starts responding. So, I am guessing it was sleeping? But then, right after I disconnect from ssh the httpd also stops responding (sometimes, other times it runs fine).

I have already checked under System Preferences → Energy Saver. I have it set to Computer "Never go to sleep".

This is also true when using the $20 "OS X Server" app to run the web server.


texts: I created free space and I don't know to recover it

texts:
So I followed this answer here
Merge partitions with Macintosh HD

And I ended formatting my old bootcamp partition into free space.
But now I am unable to see the free space anywhere. When I go to disk utility it just says that I am using 200 GB of storage even though I have 256 GB with 50 GB just gone, somewhere.

Diskutil cs list
Shows nothing


texts: Can't get VGA output to work with MacBookPro5,3 OS X 10.6.8

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I have a ~2009 MacBook Pro (model MacBookPro5,3) with OS X 10.6.8.

I'm trying to use a Apple Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter to connect to an external monitor. I've tried two different monitors and two different VGA cables so far, and no luck.  Both work fine with my ThinkPad; simply plug and (dis)play.

I believe I've already tried every permutation of the order of connecting things, as well as with power on or off.  But the MBP just doesn't seem to recognize the monitors.

For example with monitor powered on, when I insert the DisplayPort adapter, the MBP screen turns blue for a second or two ... but then I don't see anything on the monitor or anything change in System Preferences > Display.

I've never tried to connect an external monitor to a MBP before -- I didn't expect it to be this difficult.  Is there something dumb/obvious I'm overlooking??

EDIT: Showing System Profiler result for Graphics/Displays when the external monitor is connected but not recognized via the mDP. Note that it shows two adapters:

1.

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M:

  Chipset Model:    NVIDIA GeForce 9400M
  Type: GPU
  Bus:  PCI
  VRAM (Total): 256 MB
  Vendor:   NVIDIA (0x10de)
  Device ID:    0x0863
  Revision ID:  0x00b1
  ROM Revision: 3448
  gMux Version: 1.8.8
  Displays:
Color LCD:
  Resolution:   1440 x 900
  Pixel Depth:  32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
  Main Display: Yes
  Mirror:   Off
  Online:   Yes
  Built-In: Yes
Display Connector:
  Status:   No Display Connected

2.

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT:

  Chipset Model:    NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
  Type: GPU
  Bus:  PCIe
  PCIe Lane Width:  x16
  VRAM (Total): 256 MB
  Vendor:   NVIDIA (0x10de)
  Device ID:    0x0647
  Revision ID:  0x00a1
  ROM Revision: 3448
  gMux Version: 1.8.8
  Displays:
Display Connector:
  Status:   No Display Connected
Display Connector:
  Status:   No Display Connected


texts:
What happened to the celebrity AppleMasters† program that used to live on Apple's website? Is it closed down? Are there any fan sites out there for the AppleMasters?

†) link defunct


texts: Downgrading from iOS 6.0.1 to iOS 5.1.1?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to downgrade from iOS 6 to iOS 5.1.1?

So i have an iPod Touch 4th Generation that is iOS 6.0.1 and i recently bought an Apple Peel 520 2nd Generation. I could be wrong but im pretty sure that the Apple Peel 520 2nd Generation doesn't support iOS 6.0.1 and if it doesn't which Apple Peel Device (or something similar) does? I looked up some stuff and so far what i found out is that the Apple Peel 520 2nd Generation supports iOS 5.1.1 but here's the catch. I bought my iPod Touch 4th Generation a few months ago at Walmart and it already had iOS 6.0 and a day or two later iOS 6.0.1 came out and i downloaded that. But that was BEFORE i found out about the Apple Peel 520 2nd Generation. So does that mean that i can't downgrade? And if i definately cannot downgrade, does anyone know of any other Apple Peel Device (or something similar) by Yosion or other similar companies that will?


texts: Java Applets refuse to work in Safari or Firefox

texts:
Mac OS X 10.7.5
Safari 6.0.2
Firefox 18.0.1
Java 1.6.0_37 64 bit
Firefox Java Applet Plugin v 1.6.0.37

Safari Preferences has the "Enable Java" box checked. Firefox has the Java Applet Plug-in installed and enabled. I don't understand why Java Applets refuse to work in either browser.

What do I need to do get to them running?


texts: How can I replace a hard drive running BootCamp?

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I have actually looked online a bit and found this: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2069302?start=0&tstart=0

I have a user that sent me their Macbook Air running OSX 10.6.4 and bootcamp.  They only use Windows 7 on it, never booting to OSX, and now their bootcamp partition is full.

I have bought her a new drive from here: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/SSDAPMB240/

However, here's my issue (besides not knowing macs):

I don't have the original OSX DVD, and neither does she.  I've decided to order one from Amazon Prime (10.6.3) which is close enough I'd presume to get this done and will work on the mac without causing licensing issues.

My question now is: am I going down the right path to get this user a new hdd?  Are there other means/methods that are more commonly used to do this in the mac community?


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Apple Watch should connect automatically to any network I was previously connected with on my iPhone.

At my university I need to register devices for network access by providing them with a MAC address. There are no further logins required and the network is open.

I connected to this network with my iPhone and it works. Then I registered another device using the MAC address from settings -> General -> About -> MAC Address.

However, the Apple Watch just doesn't connect.

How can this be debugged?


texts: Is it possible to show subtitles in an embedded movie in Keynote?

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I have an embedded movie in a Keynote presentation that I’ll be giving to a set of people who don’t have english as a first language. I looked for the option to turn on subtitles but with no luck. Is this functionality missing?

I’m using Keynote 8.3 (the current version at time of writing) if that makes any difference.


texts: Not able to read Command line argument in shell script using getopt in OS X Terminal

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I am trying to write a program (using shell script or bash script) which accept command line argument using getopt.

It is working fine on Linux terminal but when I am using it on OS X Terminal it is not able to read the provided command line argument.

a sample code :

OPTS=`getopt -o f:l: --long FirstName:,LastName: -n 'parse-options' --   "$@"`
if [ $? != 0 ] ; then echo "Failed parsing options." >&2 ; exit 1 ; fi
echo "$OPTS"
eval set -- "$OPTS"
NEWLINE=$'\n'
while true; do
case "$1" in
  -f | --FirstName ) FirstName="$2" ; shift 2 ;;
  -l | --LastName ) LastName="$2" ; shift 2 ;;
  -- ) shift; break ;;
  * ) break ;;
esac
done
echo "${NEWLINE}"
echo "--------------------------------------------"
echo "FirstName=$FirstName"
echo "LastName=$LastName"
echo "${NEWLINE}"
sleep 1

Input :

sh try.sh --FirstName foor --LastName bar

Output on Linux (FC19):

--------------------------------------------
FirstName=foor

LastName=bar

Output on Mac :

--------------------------------------------
FirstName=

LastName=


texts: How to see previews of old quicktime movies (old codec)

texts: Since I updated to Yosemite, the .mov previews in Finder no longer show up for videos with an older codec. (When I double click the video, it starts a conversion process.) Is there any way I can see previews of my videos without needing to convert them all? Even if there's a software I can download to see the previews, that is fine. It's too much work to convert all of the videos to see what they are.


texts: Macbook Pro late 2016 (Touchbar) / WD elements HDD not in Finder

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I have a Macbook Pro late 2016 with Touchbar etc. and a Western Digital Elements external HDD of 1 tb.
When I plug in my HDD it wont show up in Finder. It takes about ~20 minutes to recognise it, if it recognises it. Sometimes it does, sometimes it does not.

When I type the diskutil list

I get the following:

/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            250.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            Macintosh HD           +249.7 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 F81477CF-32B7-44F7-A787-C280104BB711
                                 Unlocked Encrypted

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:       Microsoft Basic Data LTKort                  1000.0 GB  disk2s2

But it wont show in Finder, So I tried to eject it with: diskutil eject disk2 but it says: Volume timed out while waiting to eject

Why doesn't it show in Finder directly and what can I do about it?


texts:
Today I opened mail.app and my mail attachments showed up as "missing plug-in". I faced this issue before, at that time I quite the mail.app and opened again were fix the problem. Now that also not working.Please help me to fix this issue.

The Following are the content types in the mail:

Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
Content-Type: multipart/related;
Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Type: image/gif Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Type: multipart/related;
Content-Type: text/html;
Content-Type: image/jpeg   Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

This is how my mail look like:


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We recently bought a used iMac, (iMac7,1 running Mac OS X 10.4.11 Build 8S2167), from a garage sale.

When I plugged it in I saw that the previous owner didn't factory reset it.

He left his admin account registered with password, so I can't just erase his account and make a new admin account. Apart from this it limits me to some programs I'd like to install.

I don't have the installation disc I need (as read looking around through other forums).

And Command R is not working for me on startup. (or Control  R  since I'm using a Windows keyboard).

I've read that I can download a digital version of the installation program.

Can I start it up from a USB? as i do not have "FireWire" or another Mac.

If so can I have a link to the right torrent I'm looking for?

What are the steps I need to make this work...?

I have little to no knowledge about Macs, this is my first Mac.


texts: How to fix the mail sent (whoosh) sound when disappearing intermittently, especially after iTunes is opened?

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The "whoosh" sound continues to disappear intermittently, especially after iTunes is opened.

I've restarting my iMac restores the sound but usually not for long.
I've Googled and searched for solutions and have found similar
complaints but no lasting solutions.

How can I fix this?


texts: What is the difference between bootstrapping a service and bootstrapping a service into a domain?

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On macOS (Darwin, 4.4BSD derivative), you have this nifty process manager called launchd controlled by launchctl analog to systemd and systemctl.

Executing launchctl alone yields a list of subcommands. Among them are bootstrap and load. What is(are) the difference(s) between them?

Subcommands:
    bootstrap       Bootstraps a domain or a service into a domain.
    bootout         Tears down a domain or removes a service from a domain.
    enable          Enables an existing service.
    disable         Disables an existing service.
    uncache         Removes the specified service name from the service cache.
    kickstart       Forces an existing service to start.
    attach          Attach the system's debugger to a service.
    debug           Configures the next invocation of a service for debugging.
    kill            Sends a signal to the service instance.
    blame           Prints the reason a service is running.
    print           Prints a description of a domain or service.
    print-cache     Prints information about the service cache.
    print-disabled  Prints which services are disabled.
    plist           Prints a property list embedded in a binary (targets the Info.plist by default).
    procinfo        Prints port information about a process.
    hostinfo        Prints port information about the host.
    resolveport     Resolves a port name from a process to an endpoint in launchd.
    limit           Reads or modifies launchd's resource limits.
    runstats        Prints performance statistics for a service.
    examine         Runs the specified analysis tool against launchd in a non-reentrant manner.
    config          Modifies persistent configuration parameters for launchd domains.
    dumpstate       Dumps launchd state to stdout.
    dumpjpcategory  Dumps the jetsam properties category for all services.
    reboot          Initiates a system reboot of the specified type.
    bootshell       Brings the system up from single-user mode with a console shell.
    load            Bootstraps a service or directory of services.
    unload          Unloads a service or directory of services.
    remove          Unloads the specified service name.
    list            Lists information about services.
    start           Starts the specified service.
    stop            Stops the specified service if it is running.
    setenv          Sets the specified environment variables for all services within the domain.
    unsetenv        Unsets the specified environment variables for all services within the domain.
    getenv          Gets the value of an environment variable from within launchd.
    bsexec          Execute a program in another process' bootstrap context.
    asuser          Execute a program in the bootstrap context of a given user.
    submit          Submit a basic job from the command line.
    managerpid      Prints the PID of the launchd controlling the session.
    manageruid      Prints the UID of the current launchd session.
    managername     Prints the name of the current launchd session.
    error           Prints a description of an error.
    variant         Prints the launchd variant.
    version         Prints the launchd version.
    help            Prints the usage for a given subcommand.


texts: macOS Sierra 10.12.6 not saving Screenshots

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I bought a new macbook pro and everything was running smoothly but some days ago I noticed that the screenshots (command+shift+3) are not saving to the Desktop (it was working before), only saving to the clipboard.

It is not a wrong shortcut since I can hear the screenshot sound.
I have already tried to Force Quit Finder or restart the Mac and none
of these worked.
I have already tried this terminal command  defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop/ and killall
SystemUIServer but they didnt work as well.
I do not have DropBox Installed

I am a developer so I install new dependencies every day, it may have changed some default configurations?


texts:
2017 MacBook Air running OS X 10.12.6.
1.8 GHz processor
8 GB memory

The wifi switches on and off every few seconds: one second on, three or four seconds off. (Note: I don't mean that it drops the wifi connection. The wifi shuts off, then turns back on.) This has been an intermittent problem for several days, but at first it was only an annoyance: the wifi would switch off briefly, then back on, and everything would be fine. Starting today, though, it's rendered the computer unusable. I have tried the following remedies:

Restarting
Disk Utility first aid
Network Diagnostics (which froze)
Cycling the router
Trying to activate the wifi manually using ifconfig, as described here.

Other observations:

The wifi connection on my phone is fine, so I'm inferring that the
problem is not with the router.
Activity Monitor shows the airportd
process using 16%-25% of CPU

What is going on here, and how do I fix it?


texts:
I have a client who has asked me if we can distribute electronic copies of a Keynote presentation I prepared for him in "slideshow-only" mode, such that other people can only view (not edit) the presentation and so that they'll always see the animation when they flip through it.

The animation is the biggest sticking point, he is concerned that people will normally just open the file and flip through it in editor mode.

Does anyone know how to accomplish this with a keynote presentation? Bonus points if you also know a good way to share it with Windows users.


texts: What is a Mac OS X equivalent of McAfee Security network mapping?

texts:
We have multiple computers of different OS in a network. Mine is Mac OS X and most others are Window XP or 7.  I will need to help monitor what computer gets connected. In past, I use Windows and have McAfee security which products a real-time map of all connected computers including each IP and Computer name.

Now using Mac OS X, I find nothing I can use. I tried nmap and Zenmap, but neither provides computer name, and neither is real-time monitor and scanning takes forever. There is NetworkView but it only works on Window machines.

What can I use?


texts: Mac OS X Applications Windows Stack Order

texts:
When you right click an application in the dock, a list including the opened windows for that application is open, like this: http://cl.ly/image/350Q2J0q0e25

The problem is this: I would like to specify the ordering of these windows some way. Or at least understand what is the criteria for ordering these windows. I see no apparently logic for this window order.

Look the following: http://cl.ly/image/2I0E1A0y2A1q

The first window is in the desktop 3, in the second monitor. The second window in the desktop 4, in the second monitor. The third window is in the desktop 1, in the first monitor. There is no aparent logic, and they are not ordered by the most recent use, I'm sure.


texts: Can [Update Needed] be removed without disabling/enabling FileVault?

texts: I have an additional user [Update Needed] appear on login screen at every boot, which doesn't affect usability but a bit annoying. I googled for solution, but all of them are just disabling and enabling FileVault again. That would be time-consuming, somewhat harmful to the SSD, and would leave bits of sensitive data unencrypted on the disk. Is there any other way? Like some terminal commands?


texts: Which programing languages can be used for publishing to the Mac App Store?

texts: What are the programing language requirements for publishing to the mac app store? Obviously Obj-C is the main one, but can someone publish using something like C++? Or Java?


texts: How to display tagged files inside hidden directories?

texts:
Keeping hidden files hidden, how can I see content inside hidden directories using Finder tags.

I can assign a tag to directory A, but it does not show in Finder when I list all tag-tagged content.

.hidden_directory/
├── A
│   ├── a
│   │   └── 1.0
│   │       ├── bin
│   │       │   └── abc
...

Is this possible?

EDIT: I was able to successfully retrieve any content inside directories like Documents, even if those directories have been deliberately hidden via chflags hidden <FILENAME>.

This is not too bad, but it would be useful if I could add tags to some of the contents inside .directories to quickly access them via the GUI, but without turning hidden files on.

EDIT2: This could help some people, but it's not quite exactly what I want to accomplish.

EDIT3: The first answer here also helps, but I was hoping I could use tags instead of dragging a directory to the sidebar.


texts: I'm using iOS 5.1.1 (9B206). I want to upgrade my iPhone to iOS 6.1.3, but I don't know how to do this. I have tried downloading the IPSW of iOS 6.1.3 to upgrade, but it doesn't make any changes. The second time, I try building file SHSH with IPSW, but that didn't work either. Any ideas for this problem to upgrade from 5.1.1 (9B206) to ios 6.1.3 ?


texts: iTerm spits out text every time I start a new session - why, and how to stop it?

texts:
Whenever I start a new session with iTerm, it sends sudo su and PS1="[web stage | \d \t \w]:" to the terminal window. I'm think this is something that someone set up for me in iTerm a long time ago. It's very irritating and I want it to stop. :-)

I looked all over the settings/prefs in iTerm and can't find any sign of what could be doing it, nor the string sudo su or PS1= anywhere. (And yes, Profiles > Command > Send Text at Start is empty-- that was my first thought but nothing there.)

I am 99% sure this is something from iTerm and not bash because when I launch the Terminal app, I don't get this behavior.

Where would this be stored and how can I stop it?

-- EDIT to add details:

It's not "Send Text at Start."

This is happening only in iTerm, not Terminal. Here's my iTerm Preferences/Profiles screen:

And, here's my ~/.bash_profile file:

export EC2_HOME=~/.ec2
export PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:EC2_HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin
export EC2_PRIVATE_KEY=pk-afv_db1.pem
export EC2_CERT=cert-afv_db1.pem

And my entire ~/.bashrc file:

alias myip=ifconfig | grep 'inet ' | grep -v 127.0.0.1 |
   cut -d\   -f2
export EDITOR="/usr/local/bin/mate -w"
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin


texts: Trying to connect to a device based wireless set up on a ship

texts:
I'm on a ship in the Canadian Arctic and trying to link up to a wireless network that has been set up on a Windows 7 laptop, this is connected to the satellite system.  My MacBook Pro shows the signal under device when I click on the wireless symbol on the top right tool bar.  When I click on it and it connects with a check mark, all I get at the top is a greyed out computer network icon symbol.  What do I need to do under wireless network connections to make this work?

Here a couple of pics to show you what I am looking at.enter image description here

Thanks, Captain Marc


texts: My Apple iPad went dead over night and in the morning I plugged it in. It shows a little battery icon with three red bars so I plugged it in and I thought it would charge for about 4 hours I came back to see how it was. The same thing was on the screen and when I unplugged it from the charger, it flashed that the battery is low and I need to plug it in. So I plugged it back in and ever since it still has that bar with the three bars and will not charge or do anything. I've already held down the home and the other button for 15 seconds, and still it has not started to work and I do not know what to do!


texts:
I got my MacBook Pro in December so I haven't had it for that long. After a while, on youtube the screen would act up a bit and move around or display transparent grey rectangles or a massive (transparent again) pause button.
Until one or two days ago. I think it may have started yesterday or it might have been the day before. The letters displayed on the screen are just weird lines and you can't even recognise what the text is supposed to say.

I'm not sure why this is happening and also I don't know if it's something internally or just something I've installed.


texts: Converting HTML to PDF using convert utility in Mac OS X

texts:
I'm trying to convert a bunch of HTML files into PDF files. I'm looking for an automated solution so that i don't have to open each HTML file individually and convert it to PDF. In Mac OSX, convert utility can be used to convert HTML files to PDF. I'm facing two problems.

convert utility is not applying CSS style to generated PDF content.
My AppleScript for batch convert is not working.

Here's my AppleScript:

on open input_documents
    repeat with this_document in input_documents

        if this_document is not document file then
            set this_document_path to POSIX path of this_document
            do shell script "/System/Library/Printers/Libraries/convert -f " & quoted form of this_document_path & " -o " & quoted form of this_document_path & ".pdf"
        end if
    end repeat
end open

I use this script to create a .app and then drag the documents folder onto the generated .app file. Note that all images associated with images are placed in a subdirectory/subfolder. My document structure looks like this:

/HTML
/HTML/Images/
/HTML/a.html
/HTML/b.html

Any suggestions?


texts: Identifying an accounts username upon login

texts: I am trying to run a launch agent upon a user logging in, but the script encapsulated by it requires knowing who is logging in. Previously I could identify the user logging in by checking the owner of /dev/console but this no longer works. The owner of /dev/console is root upon a user's login or more precisely when the launch agent runs as it changes to the user afterwards. Is there anywhere I can find out the username of a person logging in for the purposes of a launch agent?


texts: Changed premissions in home folders and computer won't boot

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I thought would be a good idea to run chmod o-w,o-r,o-x in my home folder and /var/root.

After doing that, programs were unable to start properly, saying they couldn't write to /var/folders. I moved folders to folders 2, but no joy. I ran chmod -R 755 in both folders and things were kind of fixed, but programs couldn't access the keychain. I restored back the original /var/folders, but now all I get is the Apple loading bar stuck at boot and can't boot to safe mode. macOS Sierra, SIP disabled.


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I come from the land of windows, where the ipconfig command shows four important pieces of information: IP address, netmask, gateway address, and MAC address.

However, on a Mac, ifconfig only shows IP address and MAC address.

Where can I find the gateway address (e.g. 192.168.1.1) and the netmask (e.g. 255.255.255.0)?


texts: Bootcamp does not recognize anything other than Windows 10 on the new MacBook Pro running Sierra. Anyone know how to get around this? Thanks! I am using Boot Crap version 6.1.0


texts: How do I use/enable Tor when using Terminal?

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I live in a country that blocks most types Internet access and protocols so I need to utilize Tor from the command line. I haven't come across much useful information in this regard, so any information would be helpful.

I've already downloaded the Tor/Vidalia bundle, although it appears to only work through the provided web-browser that it utilizes. That is great for searching the web, etc. but I need to ssh and use curl, etc., too.


texts: Get serial numbers of connected USB devices

texts: I'm searching for a terminal command to find out the serial numbers of connected USB devices on macOS computers. Is there any equivalent to the linux command "usb-devices"? I tried "ioreg -p IOUSB" but the output does not contain the serial numbers.


texts: Is there a way to configure Finder to move files to external drives by default, rather than copying them?

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I was recently helping somebody move their Mac's information to Google Drive, and the best solution turned out to be using the Google Drive client for Mac. I moved the relevant files to their Google Drive volume in Finder, then created a few aliases from some folders inside Drive back to the Desktop.

We discovered a small issue when attempting to drag files into the folder aliases: Files will copy, as opposed to move to the destination. The person that I was helping is accustomed to the behavior of a real folder, where files move into a folder when they're dragged on top of it. I believe that this is because the alias refers to a folder on a (technically) removable volume, so the alias is treated the same way as a removable USB drive would be.

Is there a way to configure Finder so that it will prefer to move files when dragging them to external volumes, as opposed to creating a copy? I specifically want to find a way to make this happen automatically, as opposed to using keyboard shortcuts.


texts: Boot Camp OS startup selection not available with Windows Alt

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I am using iMac (Yosemite) and Logitech K800 wireless keyboard http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/wireless-illuminated-keyboard-k800 (specifically the Finnish version of it).  When I press Alt on bootup, regardless of when I start pressing it, the operating system selection menu does not appear. I have tried 30 times, with different keys etc. No use.

Is it really impossible to go to the selection menu with a Windows keyboard?

I do have an Apple wired keyboard connected too. No problem with the Option key and selection menu appearing with that. I just don't want to keep the Apple keyboard solely for this purpose. If there is no other choice, will http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ help me (are there any cons with that rEFInd, I've never tried that)?


texts: How can I loop through the results of an AppleScript to find the variables that have a boolean value of 1?

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I'm using Applescript with Pashua: Native macOS dialogs for scripting languages. I'm using checkboxes in the dialog box, and I can get the output of those as a result in the script editor, i.e., when cat and cat 2 are checked, I get:

{cat:"1", cat4:"0", cat2:"1", cat3:"0"}

But what I need to do is loop through the checkboxes to find only those that have been toggled to 1, and I don't know where to start.

How can I loop through all categories - cat, cat2, cat3, cat4, etc. - in the result, find only those that are boolean 1, and then output those in one variable, separated by a comma.

I.e. using this script result

{cat:"1", cat4:"0", cat2:"1", cat3:"0"}

how can I loop through and get a variable that has a value of:

cat1, cat2

This is the script that generates the dialog box and the checkboxes:

tell application "Finder" to set thisFolder to (container of (path to me)) as text -- get the folder path
try
    set thePath to alias (thisFolder & "Pashua.scpt")
    set pashuaBinding to load script thePath

    tell pashuaBinding
        try
            set dialogConfiguration to my getDialogConfiguration() -- configure the dialog
            set dialogResult to showDialog(dialogConfiguration, "") -- show the dialog

        end try
    end tell
end try

on getDialogConfiguration() -- return the configuration string
    return "

# Add category checkboxes
txtcats.type = text
txtcats.default = Categories
cat.rely = -18
cat.type = checkbox
cat.label = Category 1
cat2.type = checkbox
cat2.label = Category 2
cat3.type = checkbox
cat3.label = Category 3
cat4.type = checkbox
cat4.label = Category 4

"
end getDialogConfiguration


texts: How to change the default Mail account in El Capitan?

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This Question is the same as this one : How to change the default Mail account in Mountain Lion?

I have 2 mail accounts configured. When composing a new message, it will default to the account for the currently selected mailbox, which is fine. However, when no particular mailbox is selected (when viewing the combined Inbox for example), it will default to the first listed mail account.
How can I change the default mail account when no particular mailbox is active? IIRC, you used to be able to drag them into order, but this no longer seems to work.
I am aware that you can specify a default mail account for all new messages, but I'd like to preserve the behavior where it will default to the account of the currently active mailbox, if one is active.

The answer doesn't work anymore on El Capitan.
When no particular mailbox is active the default account is the first in the alphabetical order of the emails address, not names, which is a bit difficult to modify !


texts: I am not able to see or use cut/paste in lion

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I upgraded to lion on the day it was released. After that I updated my system twice even then I am not able to see any cut paste option as specified here.

Mine is still:-
Note: Command+Option+V  is not working for me. Nothing happens :(