texts: El Capitan losing bluetooth mouse and pan connection after sleep

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I already gave up of using my iPhone as Internet connection by Bluetooth PAN because if I close the Macbook, or it sleeps, after re-opening the connection is gone, and will not come back. But I have a good mouse: Microsoft sculpt touch mouse. It lost too, I have to pick a wired mouse or restart the Macbook.

This mouse already has the random lost of connection when Macbook is awake but it always reconnect (I am aware this is a common problem with bluetooth mouses, at list with El Capitan). As the PAN connection, bluetooth is lost almost every time I close the Macbook or after sleeping. Sometimes, the mouse come back after a while (minutes later) - mysterious!

I have researched around the web about, there was a solution for Yosemite by command line to restart the service, but won't work on Capitan. I could kill the Bluetooth but could not restart it.

Yosemite solution in githubgist

I found a complex solution that needs home-brew and blue tools installation, will monitor the wake up and restart the bluetooth service automatically (If I understood right). But is not an end user solution, imo.

El Capitan complex solution

Is there any simpler solution?

EDIT: Sometimes the mouse is back when Mac sleep and awake again. One thing was working: move the mouse to wake it BEFORE opening the Macbook. Always worked. I did reset all Bluetooth and delete the .plist file - observing the behavior...


texts: OS X Cmd+G starts searching for same text in different programs

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I've noticed the following behavior, but cannot find a reason or a bug report on why this may be happening. Maybe this is normal on OSX?

The situation:

With the terminal open, I search for some text, say "hello", which exists in the terminal. I get a few matches and Cmd+G even searches for more occurrences.

I then switch to Chrome which has some web page open, and search for some text, say "world".

Here is the kicker: when I switch back to the terminal and press Cmd+G, the terminal is now searching for "world" instead of the original "hello" I searched for in ther Terminal.

Is there some option to fix this or is this a bug/designed behavior in OSX?

Version: OS X Yosemite 10.10.4


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I'm repeatedly being asked to download the "Apple Dictionary" when I open the dictionary application.

  Dictionary application needs to download dictionary "Apple Dictionary" before use.

This doesn't happen every time I open it. I haven't pinned down specific usage cases where this message appears, but I think it may be every time after I reboot my computer.

Is there anyway for the Dictionary application to remember that I have "Apple Dictionary" permanently? This has only started happening after I upgraded from OS X Mountain Lion to macOS Sierra.


texts: How to star-rate "Apple Music" files in iTunes on OS X

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I like rating music as I'm listening to it so I can find my favorite stuff easily later.  But I'm now an Apple Music subscriber and listening to a LOT of new music that the service has found for me.  Unfortunately those streamed songs, don't appear to allow star ratings!  They only allow a "heart" rating.

But here's the weird part.  I discovered that you CAN see the star ratings if you right-click an Apple Music song and Get Info on it.  BUT, you cannot actually edit the rating, it's disabled.

But here's the weirder part.  If you select MULTIPLE files at once (at least two), then you CAN edit the star ratings!

So, is this a bug?  An intended feature?  Is there some other way to actually star-rate a single Apple Music streamed song?


texts: Brother Scanner does not work with macOS Catalina

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I have a Brother MFC-8890 DW.

When I upgraded to macOS Catalina, my Scanner Control Center 2 software does not work. Printer works.

Brother site says go to use the iPrint&Scan software, but this model is not supported.


texts: Folder name with space in iCloud path lead to error

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I've a folder inside my iCloud drive which has this absolute path:
/Users/myName/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/myFolder
and inside myFolder I started a NodeJS project and I'm using npm to manage all packages.
The problem is that running (e.g.) npm install -D parcel@next leads to an error since the absolute path contains a space in the folder's name ..../Mobile Documents/.../myFolder.
So, since I'd like to sync my folder with iCloud, how can I bypass this?


texts: Transferring files using ssh on terminal

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I am trying to transfer a file to Computer A (my computer) from Computer B (the remote computer). I have looked through different threads, but nothing is working. First, I log onto Computer B using ssh which works fine. My code for the file transfer is

scp userB@hostB:~/Desktop/(file_name) ~/Desktop/

when I plug this in, it asks for Computer Bs password, which I enter. Then I get the error

scp: /Users/userB/Desktop/(file_name) : No such file or directory

I know that the file is there, however. What am I doing wrong?


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I keep getting a message on my PC that my iCloud is almost full.
I moved the photos on my phone to my computer by cable and store it in my photos.

Can I remove iCloud from my PC, and still keep it on my iPhone and iPad?

If I remove it from my computer, will I still be able to keep iCloud on my iPhone5 and my iPad2?

I want the photos to work between my iPhone and iPad2 only.

I can email my photos I take with my phone to my computer or I can connect it to a cable and just download it directly right?


texts: Difference in font rendering between iTerm and Terminal.app

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I've just installed iTerm 3.2.0. I'm using default settings and noticed that fonts look slightly different, compared to Terminal.app. A bit thinner, and glyph heights (or maybe distances between lines) are smaller. In fullscreen mode, Terminal.app fits 59 lines on the screen, while iTerm fits 65. Why is that?

I'm running macOS Mojave, with Use font smoothing when available on. Also checked that in iTerm's Preferences, under Profiles->Text, Use thin strokes is set to Never.


texts: How do I remove file access for unknown user (as reported by Finder's File Info)?

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File Info, under Sharing & Permissions, says "You have custom access" and lists:

Name          Privilege
joe (user)    Read & Write
staff (group) Read & Write
everyone      Read only

But ls -le says:

-rwxrwxr-x  1 egbert  staff  22806528 Jun  4 08:57 somefile.ext

This agrees with output from stat -x somefile.ext

Mode: (0775/-rwxrwxr-x) Uid: (  501/ egbert)  Gid: (   20/   staff)

joe is not a known user on this system (check with dscl . -list /Users UniqueID and "joe" is not in the list)

Finder won't let me "Choose new owner...". It says "The operation can't be completed because you don’t have the necessary permission." Yet I am egbert (see above) and I am owner and I have write privileges.

There does not appear to be any ACL on the file or any extended attributes (@ or +). sudo chmod -N somefile.ext fails with chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file somefile.ext: Operation not supported.

So who is joe if he's not known or listed among users? And how do I remove this user's access and restore privileges to me (egbert)? And why is there a disagreement between the Finder and what is reported by ls and stat?

Help!


texts: Is there a proper way to insert micro cd's so they are less likely to get stuck inside the cd slot on my MacBook pro?


texts: How to quickly remove all useless iOS applications on my Mac?

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I have 900 apps on my Mac because I sync both my iPhone and iPad.

There are a lot of apps that I deleted a long time ago which are useless. I have amassed 40gb of apps.

Is there a quick way to delete all the useless apps?


texts: How to enable Open "safe" files after downloading in Safari

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I have checked Open "safe" files after downloading as shown below in Safari. But it does not open the downloaded file. In the past, I might have touched some related options via Terminal, which I don't remember what it was.

How can I enable this option?


texts: Built-in iSight camera in MacBook Pro stops working in Skype

texts: I'm using macbook pro mid 2009. Everything is working good but my camera. The problem is camera stops working after 1-2 minutes in skype chat. And during the conversation I can't close my camera because camera icon is not working. Is that problem about camera or skype? And how can i fix it ?


texts: Can you use a single partition for two different time machine backups?

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I have a hard drive which has one HFS partition of 1TB that is being used as a MacBook backup.

Can I backup another MacBook to the same partition without overwriting or convoluting data?


texts: Is it safe to edit App Bundles in Core Services?

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There is a default preference I want to edit (or delete and recreate in the English.lproj) in the Dock bundle in System/Library/CoreServices.

What are the possible negative repercussions to editing these app bundles?


texts: Accessing certain diacritical vowel characters in the Spanish layout in Mac OS X

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I need the following Portuguese characters: ã, õ.

I write in Spanish/Portuguese all the time, but I am used to the Spanish keyboard layout. I can do anything but write the mentioned characters.

I do NOT want to constantly switch between Spanish/Portuguese layouts.

I would like to remap the key combinations: "option+a" and "option+o" to ã and õ respectively. Right now on those keys, I have these (å and ø) which are almost useless to me.

I cannot find a way to map those key combinations to my desired characters.

Can someone please help me? I downloaded keyremap4mac, but couldn't find a way to do it. Do you know a piece of software that would let me define the combination and the desired characters?


texts: I track user login times on a couple of shared computers running OSX 10.10.5 using the last command in terminal. It seems after updating from 10.9 the wtmp file gets frequently deleted and only show a few days of history. Is there a command that can stop this from happening? Or an alternative way to track user logins times for the previous month?


texts: My Iphone 6 died. Trying to activate a different Iphone 6 with my sim card. Entered my Apple ID and password. Recieved message stating that the verification code had been sent to my trusted number (which is my phone that has died). Tried to then access the verification code from my Ipad which also sent the verification code to my phone that I cannot access. How do I move past this point since I cannot get to the verification code?


texts: How to copy apps between 2 devices using the same Apple ID?

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Is there a way to copy an application from an iPod Touch gen.2 to an iPad 3G gen.1 while both devices are under the same Apple ID? The application is no longer present in the Apple Store.

Using iTunes is there a way to back up and restore individual applications?


texts: How do I combine 5 pdf documents I created in Word and put in one pdf file? I have tried several things, none of which work.


texts: How can I place a shortcut to a network folder in my sidebar?

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My ultimate goal here is very simple:  I want to place a shortcut to a specific network folder (on another machine my home network), in the sidebar of my personal machine.  But I am getting some very strange behavior, as demonstrated in the following video:

https://www.loom.com/share/41174425ff9b40f49c4eccd6b7b61b3f

Here is what the video shows:

Mount a network volume
Choose a folder on the volume, and drag it into the Finder sidebar
Eject the volume
Select the alias you just added, from the sidebar.  Volume and folder mount fine.
Eject the volume.  Receive error dialog that the item can't be ejected because it is in use, but a few seconds later the volume is in fact ejected.
Dismiss the error dialog(s) and select the alias from the sidebar again.  Receive error that he item cannot be opened because the original item can't be found.  In the background you can see the volume is in fact mounted.
Dismiss the error dialog and select the alias from the sidebar again.  It will open up just fine since the volume is now mounted.

I can recreate these results every time, with any network folder.  The remote machine is a 2012 Mac Mini running Sierra, and my machine is a 2018 MacbookPro running High Sierra, in case the OS version matters.

Why is this happening and is there a way to make this functionality work without all the confusing and incorrect error dialogs?


texts: Under Usage my Messages shows 1.1GB Used but I don't see any messages. How can I find and delete them?

texts: Under Usage my Messages shows 1.1GB Used but I don't see any messages. How can I find them and delete all 1.1GB of the messages?


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I have an HTML email signature with Outlook.com where I can only use inline CSS. I'm styling the telephone number to lose the iOS blue underline link but want to retain the "tap to phone" functionality
This line is the troublesome part;

Tel: 01234 567 890

iOS will respect the colour declaration but will completely ignore the text decoration declaration and continue to underline.

Any ideas why would be appreciated.


texts: How to migrate from Windows 7 to Windows 10 double bootcamp boot on Macbook late 2011 - MacOS High Sierra

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I am running from long time windows 7 on double boot with bootcamp on a Macbook late 2011 i5 with MacOS High Sierra 4Gb mem.
Due to discontinuation of win 7 support I wish to migrate to win 10.
I read some similar questions but I get confused and, therefore, I ask for HELP.
Thank a lot
Dino Vitale


texts: Can I configure my Macbook to unmount all external drives when I close the lid?

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I have a new 13" Macbook Pro running Mavericks. This computer is connected to an external USB drive which I use for my Time Machine backups and for external storage Time Machine backups occur a few times per day and the drive is largely inactive for most of the day.

When I am rushing to a meeting, to the server room or I'm heading home at the end of the day, I would like to do the following:

Close the lid on my Macbook, quickly.
Have the Mac automatically unmount all external drives, as quickly as possible, and forcibly if required. I'm willing to wait a few seconds for the all of lights to turn off.

Is there a way to get the computer to automatically unmount all external drives as soon as I close the lid on my Mac?

Currently if I forget to unmount the external drives, my Mac chastises me later with the error "The disk was not ejected properly. If possible, always eject a disk before unplugging it or turning it off."

I know it is best practice to always unmount a disk cleanly before removing the disk interface, but I'm looking for an automated solution. I am not very concerned if one Time Machine backup image is interrupted or corrupted, as one of the next subsequent backups will work and I very rarely ever need to restore from backup. Since the filesystem is a journaling filesystem, the journal transparently takes care of many other filesystem corruption errors.


texts: Does iPhone have a Wi-Fi & Bluetooth toggle widget in Notification Center?

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I've just recently bought an iPhone with iOS8 last month. I noticed that although iphone has a control center when locked, it doesn't have any way to toggle Wi-Fi and Bluetooth from the notification center, that's available via apps/default in android phones.

Is there any free app with a widget in iOS8 that can let me toggle these settings via notification center? I searched online, but couldn't find any app.

I don't intend to jailbreak my iphone, although I found some web-blogs suggesting to jailbreak and use Cydia...


texts: How can I reformat the internal drive and install Mountain Lion from an external drive?

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I have a very weird problem - I messed up with the partions when I installed Bootcamp.

I want to upgrade my 10.7.5 to 10.8.5. I have bought the 10.8.5 from Apple Store. I downloaded it and when tried installing it, it failed because there was no Apple-formatted disk.

So I guess I have to reformat the whole drive. I have backed up all my data (I don't have enough hard drive space to make a Time Machine backup). I have just saved necessary files and also the installer for OS X 10.8.5 that I just downloaded from Apple.

Now, how can I reformat and install OS X from the installer placed in the external hard drive?


texts: How do you entirely backup Google Chrome?

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Google Chrome account sync does not sync everything. For example, it's missing the configuration of extensions that do not make use of cloud sync.
What is the best way to backup Google Chrome in case you want to reinstall it on another machine or in case your current machine dies?
PS: Would Time Machine completely restore Google Chrome or would parts be missing?


texts: Make all occurrences of string superscript

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I'm currently using Pages to write a rather long essay and have run into an annoying problem I can't seem to find the answer to. I have included a bibliography in my document and have referenced the bibliography elsewhere in the essay with [1] where 1 is the book number I am referencing. Here is an example sentence:

  Here we see , "the quick brown fox"[1], jumps over the "Lazy dog"[2].

My intention is to format the sentence like this:

  Here we see , "the quick brown fox"[1] , jumps over the "Lazy dog"[2].

Whilst I understand you can select the text, click Format, Font, Baseline and select Superscript; this would take an extremely long time to do as there are around 100 places where I would need to do this.

Is there a way to find and replace a string, e.g. [1] with [1], throughout the whole document?


texts: Able to join captive WiFi network, but not connect to internet

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I know there are similar questions on the site, but I'm not quite seeing an answer that works for my network.

I work in a hospital, and we have a guest network that uses a captive portal forcing the user to accept terms before use.  On iOS devices, this network connects without issue.  The Apple Captive Network Assistant (or whatever its equivalent on iOS is called) pops up and shows the portal page.

Using my Macbook Air running the latest version of El Capitan, I get very inconsistent results connecting to this network.  I immediately get a connection to the WiFi network, but I do not consistently get the pop-up for the portal to accept terms.  I also cannot force the page, either.  I have tried entering into Safari http://captive.apple.com/hotspot-detect.html.  I've tried 1.1.1.1 which is the address that pops up with the captive portal.  None of these work.

I have also tried to delete my network preference files.  I have tried to manually assign a DNS server 8.8.8.8, etc.

None of these things seems to work.

Sometimes, shutting down and restarting the computer works.  (Software restarts do not typically work).  Or, occasionally letting the computer sit connected for upwards of 30 minutes it will suddenly connect.

Why would I be able to connect to the network on iOS and an Amazon FireStick without issue, but not OS X?


texts: How to save a file quickly and no need to wait for the external hard drives to "wake up"?

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Recently I have decided that since Mac does such a nice job for indexing the files, I will store many files on the Mac, so I bought a 6TB Thunderbolt external drive which is in RAID 0 Strip mode, and another 2 external drives that are 4TB each, and use them as the RAID 1 mirror mode.

The iMac is 1 year old, so it is still using USB 2.0, but the drive using Thunderbolt is fast.

However, if I just right click an image on a website and choose "Save Image As", now I have to wait 30 seconds for the drives to "wake up", before the "Save As" will pop out the window to let me click the "Save" button at all to save the file.  Since some Mac can now boot up in 25 seconds, I need to wait a longer time than the boot up time just to save an image, which 99.99% of the time is by default just on the Mac's internal hard drive, under ~/Downloads.

Is there a way to improve this?  I also turned off the "Put the hard drive to sleep when possible" in the System Preferences, but it is still doing the same thing.  For example, if the "Save Image As" can let me choose the "Downloads" folder, and just to wake the other drives up when I do select to look into them.

One method I can think of is, write a shell script that will ls /Volumes/WD6TB and ls /Volumes/WD4TB (the drives' names), just to wake the drives up whenever I start using this iMac.  Or else if there is a way to cause the screensaver to wake up the drives whenever there is a mouse move or keyboard action, wake the display (which it can do), and wake the hard drives, that will be a good solution too.


texts: Is it possible to use Apple Watch with AirPods to detect a "left hand double tap" vs a "right hand tap"?

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The help instructions for AirPods say I can double tap either my left or right ear to perform an action.

Apple Watch already has a setting for left hand usage vs right hand usage, and that is used by the accelerometer to figure out  when it should turn on the display.  To my mind, this feature could be extended to determine which hand is used to double tap a pair of AirPods...

Does the AirPod / Watch hardware support such a theoretical usage?


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Albergue in Spain asked me about their WiFi.  I have used the same access point (AP) last year with MacBook Pro (MBP), iPad, and iPhone.  Now, none of them are able to use it, and I have reason to believe the LONG Cat-5 cable has gone bad.  However, I took it to another room and plugged in another cable that has been running a working AP.  Plugged in there, my Nexus 5X phone can connect to it and `contact outside websites.  But a MacBook Pro and an iPad Pro cannot even see the AP.

This AP is driven from a DSL modem/router/AP which does let me surf.  I find it highly unlikely that this AP is capable of identifying and blocking all Apple devices, nor that the owners would hv any reason for setting it to do so (nor that they would even know how).

Nexus and MBP were in the same room, about 1.5 meters from the AP.  iPad Pro was one room away, about twelve meters, in a spot where it was able to detect the AP that I unplugged to plug in this one.

What might explain this?  The AP is currently routing packets on this cable for at least one device, but on the other cable, for no devices.

To clarify the layout:  DSL feeds device one, router/AP/modem.  Device one feeds devices two and three.  Three is router/AP but router ports not being used.  Two is normally on a long cat-5 cable and is only an AP.  It does not route packets there but the SSID can be detected.  Moved to swap with three, and it routes packets for a Nexus running Android, but MBP and iPad Pro cannot see the SSID.

UPDATE: We replaced the AP with a two-antenna router, and replaced the cable with a new one.  A tester verified that one wire of the old cable was open, and since we could not talk to the admin port of the AP, we don't trust it.  Now, the Macbook still says the SSID does not exist but the iPad uses it with no problem.  iPad bought in Spain; MBP bought in USA, replacing the one that worked last year with the old AP.

Does Apple intentionally disable European WiFi channels on machines sold in USA?  Or is there a bug or hardware problem?


texts: Calendar wiped out on iPad 4th Generation

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I have an iPad (4th Generation) I just went to check my calendar and everything is gone. I don't have cloud back up because I don't have a recent enough Windows OS on my PC.

I just noticed that all the info seems to have been transferred to my iPhone. Is there a way to get it back to my iPad?


texts: Trying to install fonts to Font Book (Mac) using the Terminal

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I've been trying to add "official company Fonts" to my DeployStudio workflow imaging new Macs. I'm testing it a terminal and in the DeployStudio Runtime environment (like WinPE for PC).

Here’s the actual command:

find /Common/Fonts/ -type f -exec cp {} /System/Library/Fonts \;

The many fonts are in a folder structure that has many levels, hence the find command…

Each time I get a permission error using local admin or root user.

What am I missing? It's right in my face right?


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As it says in the title, "Can't quit app launched through launchd"—or more precisely, I can quit it, but it then automatically restarts again.

Background: I prefer to use BusyCal, not iCal, but there are some calendar-ish things that have to be done by iCal before BusyCal can get the results. I figured I'd create two launchd scripts: one to launch iCal every day at 5 am, and another to quit it a few minutes later.

Here's the plist to launch (in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.dori.iCalLaunch.plist):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <false/>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.dori.iCalLaunch</string>
    <key>OnDemand</key>
    <true/>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Applications/iCal.app/Contents/MacOS/iCal</string>
    </array>
    <key>ServiceDescription</key>
    <string>iCal Launcher</string>
    <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>5</integer>
    </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

My understanding was that I didn't need the KeepAlive and OnDemand keys, but I put them in anyway to try to stop the relaunching.

Here's the plist to quit (in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.dori.iCalQuit.plist):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.dori.iCalQuit</string>
    <key>Program</key>
    <string>/usr/bin/osascript</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>osascript</string>
        <string>-e</string>
        <string>tell application "iCal" to quit</string>
    </array>
    <key>ServiceDescription</key>
    <string>iCal Quitter</string>
    <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>5</integer>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>10</integer>
    </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Based on my log files, they both run just fine—but after the Quit runs, iCal relaunches.

Any ideas for things to try, or things that might be causing this?


texts: How to add a "mobile data ON/OFF" shortcut?

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This is one feature I have to toggle frequently and there doesn't seem to be a shortcut for this. By default it is a 3 step click : Settings -> Mobile -> Mobile Data.

Is there a way to add a shortcut for this ?

The web site brdrck.me/settings/wifi used to give custom shortcuts, but not anymore.


texts: Is it possible to a full system Copy and run it in Parallels?

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i have Mac Server and i want to have a full copy of the System.
So i can play around and test new Software and Upgrades before i apply it to the real System.
I am using Parallels and want to create a image from the System with the Disk Utility.
But i cannot find any Tutorials to do so.

Is it even possible ?


texts: Can’t delete payment method because active subscriptions but no active or hidden subscriptions

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I keep getting charged every month but there is no active subscriptions or hidden payments showing.
How do I track it down and remove the subscription?
The payment shows it is from Apple Pay.
And why won’t it let me delete the credit card.


texts: Locate phone with Find My iPhone without locking it

texts: Can you use the Find My iPhone app without it locking the phone your trying to find? I only want the location, not to lock it.


texts: My internet broadband package at home is limited to a volume of 40GB. Ever since I bought my iphone 6s, 40GB finishes within half the month. I have disable all auto downloads, auto update, iCloud backup over wifi; but yet my iPhone wastes about 3,5 gigabytes per day for nothong. I can't understand why. Longer I keep the phone connected to my home wifi connection the more my wifi internet volume drops. It doesn't happen over cellular data anyway, only when my phone is connected to home wifi. Please help me to solve this problem.


texts: How do I save ftp.plist file when using sudo nano?

texts: I edited ftp.plist by using sudo nano in terminal, and I saved by control + O but after reboot, it changed again. How can I save the file?


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I use Xquartz.app (latest stable version, 2.77) fairly regularly. In Yosemite (fresh install) I've noticed that it takes a long time to start up (I've got a SSD so it shouldn't take so long to launch).

Here's the relevant part of my Console:

30.10.14 17:51:05,527 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx[2371]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx
30.10.14 17:51:05,593 org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx[2371]: lockfile: Sorry, giving up on "/opt/X11/var/run/font_cache.lock"
30.10.14 17:51:05,594 org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx[2371]: font_cache is already running.
30.10.14 17:51:05,594 org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx[2371]: If you believe this to be erroneous, please remove /opt/X11/var/run/font_cache.lock.
30.10.14 17:51:05,752 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[2363]: xauth:  file /Users/lucas/.serverauth.2364 does not exist
30.10.14 17:51:17,821 org.macosforge.xquartz.startx[2363]: /opt/X11/bin/xinit: XFree86_VT property unexpectedly has 0 items instead of 1

Does anyone know what the problem might be / how I can fix it?

Thanks!


texts: How do I detect malware and remove it from iPad?

texts: I was an idiot, clicked on a zip file from a scam (notice to appearing court). How do I know if the malware did in fact get installed and if it did, how do I get rid of it?


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Due to a stroke, I have had some vision impairment in that I sometimes have a hard time locating my mouse pointer on the screen.  I have tried making the mouse pointer larger which helps but is still not the solution.

I am new to the Mac world and would appreciate your help.

In Windows, there is an option where pressing the CTRL key will help to identify the mouse pointer using a temporary display of several radiating concentric circles around the mouse pointer.  Is there something like this on OS X?


texts: Apple Watch Not Allowed to be Activated by New Owner

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I recently purchased a used Apple Watch.  The previous owner had already unsynced the apple watch from their phone and removed it from their iCloud account. However when I try to sync it to my phone it said that this Apple Watch was still liked to their Apple ID.

What can the both of us do?


texts: Which program installs *osxfuse* files in / (root folder)?

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$ ls -al /*fuse*
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   25400 Dec 17  2011 /libmacfuse_i32.2.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   25400 Dec 17  2011 /libmacfuse_i64.2.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  388048 Dec 17  2011 /libosxfuse_i32.2.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel     990 Dec 17  2011 /libosxfuse_i32.la
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  388080 Dec 17  2011 /libosxfuse_i64.2.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel     990 Dec 17  2011 /libosxfuse_i64.la
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel     332 Dec 17  2011 /osxfuse.pc

Is it ok to delete them?


texts: How to download and install Darwin 13 OS in x86?

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I've conducted a research on UNIX operating systems and found out that an experimental OS (Darwin) is used for development of the OSX; just like Fedora on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Darwin OS has a license of "Apple Public Source License" or freeware.
Darwin OS can be installed on x86 computer architectures according to Wikipedia.
I've searched all over the net and torrent sites but it seems that the links to recent versions of the OS like 13, 12, etc. are very hard to find.
I've tried the site "opensource.apple.com" but the "Download" section could not be found. I think that the links are hidden.
1) Where can I download a recent version of Darwin like 12, 11, or 10? I just found Darwin 8.0.1 here.
2) Can I download the source code and just compile it to ISO format?
3) Can you give me direct links?
Answers will help me a lot for studying Objective-C (Java programmer here).
Thanks!


texts: MacBook pro stops charging when the laptop closed

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I'm using MacBook Pro 13 inch 2019 version with USB-C cable.
The problem is that while charging, it stops when I close the lid.

Does anyone know why this happens? and How to solve this?


texts: How can I disable iMessage suggestions in iOS 13’s share menu?

texts: In iOS 13, when I try to share something, the first row is all suggestions about who I should text whatever I’m reading to. How can I disable this “feature” so that it stops taking up space in the share menu?


texts: How do I show who created/owns a file in the Finder?

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I wish to see who created a file or who has ownership of a file within the list view of Finder.

Specifically I'm looking at a network Samba volume and can see the owner and group within Terminal.

UPDATE: Using the finder to show the permissions is not enough as it does not tell me who the owner is. Notice below two users have the "Read & Write" permission.

Inspecting the file with terminal shows that the file is owned by 'rpopp'.

Also note that I wish to show this property in finders list view for all files at once.


texts: How do I change parts of my terminal prompt?

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In Terminal it says

Last login: Mon Jan 13 00:00:14 on ttys000
Logsdon:~ DomGomez$

How do I change the DomGomez part in Terminal?


texts: not using Apple Mail, but using Calendar

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I use gmail through the web interface, but have Apple Calendar synchronising with google's calendar. I don't want to use Apple Mail for anything at all. Every time the calendar synchronises with Google, Apple Mail opens and asks me to set up an account. How do I stop Apple Mail from doing this?

I have Mac OS 10.8.3. In System Preferences, under Mail, Contacts & Calendars, I have my Google account specified, but with "Calendars & Reminders" checked and the remaining options (Mail, Messages and Notes) unchecked.

EDIT: after some poking around, it seems the problem is that Calendar wants to open Apple Mail to send me reminders about my events. Can I stop it from doing that?


texts: How to add ImageJ to list of apps that can access system's camera (or other USB wecams)?

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I would like to add a program to the list of apps that can access my laptop's camera.  I have a MacBook pro with OS 11.1.  Specifically, I want to use the ImageJ's webcam plugin to control a USB endoscope.  I can get the endoscope to work with PhotoBooth, but I want to use the features in the webcam plugin.  ImageJ just says "No webcam detected" and I can't find a way to add programs to the list of allowed apps in the Security & Privacy settings. I looked through some previous threads and didn't see a solution.
Thanks!


texts: Blinking folder icon - safeboot, recovery hd does not work

texts: When I try to start my MBP early 2011 with Mavericks OS installed I get a blinking folder icon. SMC reset, PRAM reset did not resolve the issue. The MBP does not boot into the safe mode too. When I attempt to perform internet recovery, the hard drive does not show up in the list of hard drives. It looks like my hard drive has crashed. Is there some way that I could recover my data?


texts: iPhone 5 won't activate without SIM card

texts: I just purchased an unlocked iPhone 5 from the Apple store today, and I can't activate it to use it because it says "please" insert a valid SIM card to use it. I'm not using this phone as a "phone" to make calls. I'm a developer and am just looking to use it for development purposes. How can I go about using the iOS 5?


texts: Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini only getting 250MB/s read and write

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I have a Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini with dual 4TB drives in hardware RAID0 (the enclosure has a raid switcher).

I have formatted the drive to APFS.

I am connecting to a 2016 MBP w/TB using the supplied Thunderbolt 3 cable.

Could anyone tell me why I would only be getting MAX 250 MB/s read AND write, and how I could possibly remedy it.

The enclosure advertises up to 860MB/s

Enclosure: https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/external-drives/owc-mercury-elite-pro-dual/mini


texts: With File Vault ON are time machine backups encrypted?

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I have been using time machine to back up to a wireless external drive since I got my mac. Today I used filevault to encrypt my hard drive.

Will this affect how Time Machine backs up my files?
Will the new backups be encrypted on the external drive?

I am running Lion on the mac.

I found this on an apple support page - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/21241.html

'If you must back up to a network or external disk that’s not under your control, you can turn on FileVault to encrypt data stored in your home directory. This data will also be encrypted in the backup. However, Time Machine will perform backups only when you are logged out of your user account.'

How can I check to see if the Time Machine backups are actually encrypted?


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I installed Python 3.8 on MacOS Mojave (10.14.6) using pyenv. I then installed selenium.  There was an issue missing the geckodriver. I then installed the geckodriver.  After that I ran the program. google_search.py
Code:
> `import unittest
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait

class GoogleSearch(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.driver = webdriver.Firefox()
        self.driver.implicitly_wait(30)
        self.base_url = "https://www.google.com/"

    def test_google_search(self):
        driver = self.driver
        driver.get(self.base_url)

        element = driver.find_element_by_idname("q")
        element.clear()
        element.send_keys("Selenium testing tools cookbook")
        element.submit()

        WebDriverWait(driver, 30)\
            .until(expected_conditions.title_contains("Selenium testing tools cookbook"))
        self.assertEqual(driver.title, "Selenium testing tools cookbook - Google Search")

    def tearDown(self):
        self.driver.quit()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main(verbosity=2, warnings="ignore")`

*I then get the following error message:*
Manus-iMac:chapter01 Manu$ cat err1.dat
test_google_search (__main__.GoogleSearch) ... ERROR

======================================================================
ERROR: test_google_search (__main__.GoogleSearch)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "google_search.py", line 9, in setUp
    self.driver = webdriver.Firefox()

  File "/Users/Manu/.pyenv/versions/3.8.7/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 170, in __init__
    RemoteWebDriver.__init__(

  File "/Users/Manu/.pyenv/versions/3.8.7/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 157, in __init__
    self.start_session(capabilities, browser_profile)

  File "/Users/Manu/.pyenv/versions/3.8.7/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 252, in start_session
    response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters)

  File "/Users/Manu/.pyenv/versions/3.8.7/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)

  File "/Users/Manu/.pyenv/versions/3.8.7/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response

    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: Expected browser binary location, but unable to find binary in default location, no 'moz:firefoxOptions.binary' capability provided, and no binary flag set on the command line

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 1.839s

FAILED (errors=1)

-------x-----------x---------

I am not sure what is going wrong and why? Thanks in advance.


texts: How to prevent auto mounting of encrypted APFS volumes by diskarbitrationd

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running 10.14.5 on a 2019 iMac.

diskarbitrationd is responsible for noticing the appearance of new block devices and mounting them. this kind of auto mounting can be prevented by configuring /etc/fstab with lines such as the following:

LABEL=VolumeName   none   apfs   rw,noauto

This works for all types of filesystems (including unencrypted APFS) except encrypted APFS. On restart, diskarbitrationd attempts to mount the volume and a popup appears with an authentication dialog (one for each encrypted volume) requesting the encryption passphrase. Does anyone know how to stop diskarbitrationd from automatically mounting encrypted APFS volumes?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Can't Rename Images Sequentially Via Applescript Because Other Images Already Have That Name

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I am trying to automate batch renaming of images sequentially by using a simple Applescript. But I am having difficulty telling the script that there are images in the same folder that already have the same name.

For example, I have three images of a cat that are named Hello World 1, Hello World 2 and Hello World 3.

In the same folder I also have three more of the same image but with the name Test Image 1, Test Image 2 and Test Image 3.

I want to rename all of the "Test Images" to Hello World 4, Hello World 5 and Hello World 6 but I get the following error:

  error "Finder got an error: The operation can’t be completed because
  there is already an item with that name." number -48

How do I tell the script that there are other images in this folder that have the same name and that it needs to start from "Hello World 4" and continue renaming the rest of the images?

Please note that I will be using this as an embedded script in an application called Hazel (noodlesoft.com) and it does not accept handlers. So I will need a solution that does not use a handler.

Here is the script I am using that gives me the error when I try to rename the "Test Images":

tell application "Finder"
    set all_files to every item of (choose file with prompt "Choose the Files you'd like to rename:" with multiple selections allowed) as list
    set new_name to "Hello World"
    repeat with index from 1 to the count of all_files
        set this_file to item index of all_files
        set {itemName, itemExtension} to {name, name extension} of this_file
        set index_prefix to " "
        if itemExtension is "" then
            set file_extension to ""
        else
            set file_extension to "." & itemExtension
        end if
        set the name of this_file to new_name & index_prefix & index & file_extension as string
    end repeat
end tell


texts: lost Mac OS X partition after resizing bootcamp

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Recently I tried to resize my bootcamp partition. I first resized the Mac osx partition to a smaller one with diskutility and appended this space to the bootcamp partition from within windows 10 (with the program ease US partition manager). Although this worked perfectly fine for the bootcamp partition, I unfortunately lost the Mac OSX partition. This became clear when I restarted my machine and I did not get the startup options (using ALT-key). Instead it directly started to load windows 10.

What I did so far:

I tried to restore the GUID table (?) from windows with a program called GPT fdisk.
I tried internet recovery and reinstalled Mac osx on a usb drive
I tried to first aid the partition which failed

I tried to use other posts like this one: How can I make my Mac partition bootable again?

gpt -r show disk0 gave:

The "dd" comment unveiled that my ssd is formatted with AFPS scheme. However when I tried to add the AFPS partition it said: no space available on the device.

I have good hopes that my partition is still healthy, but I'm getting on uncharted territory in terms of knowledge, so hopefully you can help me out on my quest to recover my partition. Many thanks in advance

Renier Braam


texts: Which format should I choose for a Time Machine backup volume?

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I'm using Catalina on an formatted APFS SSD and am finding a correct way to backup the OS. In the plugged in external HDD, I create a backup volume with APFS format using Disk Utility. But when I choose it as the backup volume in Time Machine, Time Machine requires the volume have to be erased. I did it and then go to Disk Utility to check, the volume is now formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Should I continue to use it? Will it occur any problems when I make a restore from backups on a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) to an APFS SSD? Thanks for any help.


texts: Green Flickering on Black Pixels - Macbook Pro 2011 (Auto Graphic Switching)

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So, I had a panic an hour or so ago because randomly my Macbook Pro 2011 screen decided to display flickering green on black pixels.

This looked quite bad on my desktop as it has so many dark colours:

After a frantic Google and Stack search, I found THIS that basically says to open up the Macbook, disconnect the screen cable, clean it with a can of air and reconnect.

I did this twice, but it didn't work for the most part.

I then went on to find THIS on this exchange, that suggests the first port of call is to disable "Automatic Graphics Switching" before trying anything else.

So that's what I did... I think...

I actually went into the Energy Preferences and ticked the box, so it looks like the image above...

It's worth mentioning, (and something I've only just realised), at the time, I had a couple of web browsers open, one with youtube playing, just as I opened a Word doc in Microsoft Word! I believe this is around when It happened. (Although I had just moved the Laptop back from another desk as I was cleaning too), Possible irrelevant but worth noting.

Anyway, could Word opening have caused the Macbook to enable/disable graphics switching some how?

So basically, my questions are, firstly, does it mean I've just enabled or disabled Automatic Graphics Switching? Secondly, why are the dark pixels flickering green? And thirdly, has it fixed the problem, or is there still a hardware problem somewhere?


texts: iPhone 6: battery replacement and display problem

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I'm planning to have a battery replacement procedure for my old iPhone 6. However, at the same time, I'm also experiencing another problem with it: the bottom of the display seems like not to be fully glued any more - there feels a bit of looseness and some very minimal freedom. I understand it's a sort of common problem for old devices, like adhesives did dry out, or something like that.

Now, my question is the following: while replacing the battery, will they also remove the display? And then like put it back?

I mean, is it possible that they would fix this display issue at the same time while replacing the battery? Or is it a completely unrelated maintenance, and I should order/pay separately for it?


texts: Unscrupulous apps on iTunes -- bank account hacked by iTunes merchant?

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I recently had $500 stolen from my bank account via the iTunes store. I am not certain whether the charges are directly from Apple or via some other company whose iPhone app has somehow circumvented whatever security is on the system.

The specifics are that I had 3 phantom charges amounting to just under $500 on my credit card, but there were no charges on my itunes statement!

Apple of course will not even look at the case. It is the job of 'local law enforcement and credit card companies to assure that your account has not been compromised'.

I am looking for somewhere that has compiles/maintains a list of unscrupulous/hacked/hacking iphone apps so that I can compare the applications that are on my phone with untrustworthy ones.  Also, if anyone has advice with respect to cutting through the bureaucracy and receiving real support from Apple, that would be appreciated.

NOTE: Manually migrated from Super User


texts: My MacBook Pro runs El Capitan. I am trying to install Nokia's maemo Flasher 3.5, which is an application (or better a command line tool) designed for a 32-bit system (I think it would work on Leopard). If I launch the installer, I end up with a warning (the package is not compatible with my system and may be harmful). Is there a way to get it work?


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This has to be my #1 wish for iOS, bar none. I swear the look of the GUI in iOS 6 fits my brain far better than that of 7/8. It's not just a matter of cringing every time I look at it; there is no contest in terms of my productivity being much higher on iOS 6.

Is there any way (via Cydia etc) to make all apps (or at least some of them) use the old GUI style?

I know there are lots of apps in the app store that simply haven't been updated and so use the old style so it seems that a small amount of runtime injection could achieve this.


texts: Adding Apps to "Security & Privacy" Settings (Automatically)

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I am looking for a way to automatically add applications to the "Location Services" and "Accessibility" (Mavericks only) lists in the "Security & Privacy" settings pane.

Optimally I could just change some file (eg plist) to add applications to these lists. If that's not possible, there's maybe some terminal and/or AppleScript way to achieve that?


texts: How do I keep from activating facetime while on a call

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When making a call my cheek hits the screen and turns on facetime etc.

How do I stop this?


texts: How do I change ctrl and clicking to be interpreted as separate functions and not as right-clicking?

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Karabiner has the option to disable ctrl-clicking entirely and register it as regular clicking, but that’s not what I want. In many videogames, Ctrl and Click are buttons you use simultaneously all the time, and I wanted to know if it’s possible to register those two without right-clicking.

What I want to happen when ctrl-clicking:
Ctrl + Click, no right click input

What actually happens:
Right click

What Karabiner does:
Click


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On my macbook, I've found that sometimes it gets into a state where it cannot open up a new terminal - a blank terminal window just appears, and it hangs.  Rebooting solves this, but it seems to happen again within a week or so.

Activity monitor reveals that login is running, but it never gets to zsh as a child process.  If I leave a terminal open, this terminal is still usable.

I can open a bash terminal on a different program, and in that case the system hangs if I run login, zsh, or, interestingly when I run ls /dev/tty*.

Even typing ls /dev/tty and hitting tab to autocomplete causes the terminal to hang and become unusable.

When these processes hang, the terminal is useless - CTRL-C does not stop them.

I suspect it is hanging on accessing /dev/ttys00*.  It may be having trouble allocating a pseudo-tty? I don't think it is running out of available ptys because w only shows one or two open.

Here is some of the output from sample suggesting it is hanging on lstat:

Call graph:
    2893 Thread_2786263   DispatchQueue_1: com.apple.main-thread  (serial)
      2893 start  (in libdyld.dylib) + 1  [0x7fff5f9c43d5]
        2893 ???  (in login)  load address 0x105e34000 + 0x17b0  [0x105e357b0]
          2893 ttyname  (in libsystem_c.dylib) + 158  [0x7fff5fa3ba19]
            2893 ttyname_r  (in libsystem_c.dylib) + 146  [0x7fff5fa3baff]
              2893 devname_r  (in libsystem_c.dylib) + 175  [0x7fff5fa10e4d]
                2893 lstat$INODE64  (in libsystem_kernel.dylib) + 10  [0x7fff5fafba0e]

Any ideas?


texts: OS X displays weird pattern randomly freezes and shuts off

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I recently upgraded an early 2011 MacBook Pro, installed 2 new Kingston SSDs and two new 4 GB RAM sticks (unsure of brand, and I think what may be causing the issues, but wanted to get a second opinion).

I installed the new drives in RAID 0 for a performance boost and the 8 GB of RAM at the same time.

The problem started about a month afterwards. It wasn't until recently that it started becoming more of an issue.
The problem is that the screen gets lines "unsampled" display (I'm unsure how else to describe it) it starts beeping and shuts down.
As such this week I backed up the computer on an external drive and reformatted the drives as two separate drives (no RAID 0 anymore) thinking this could possibly be the culprit.
A couple days go by with no issue, then bam the screen comes back and shuts down not backing up any unsaved files. This time however there are no beeps, just weird screen and shuts down.

I have tried starting the computer in safeboot and starts no problem, just is unusable for my wife as the graphics runs at a lower level and graphs and data are just too slow to load. I have also tried to clear the PRAM but the issue still occurs.

Here is a picture of what happens.


texts: What to do with "There was a problem enabling iCloud Backup" on iPad?

texts: I just upgraded to iOS 5 on my iPad and during the intro session it asks you if you want to "back up to iCloud".  Choosing yes, gives the error "There was a problem enabling iCloud Backup".  Any ideas?


texts: My legal-sized document prints out with the bottom 4 inches cut off

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My legal-sized document prints with the bottom 4 inches cut off.  If I send the document to myself as an attachment by e-mail, it prints fine.  I'm using a brand-new iMac El Capitan and Word 2016. The Apple rep at the store where I bought it says he doesn't know why it does that.

How can I fix this so it will print legal-sized documents without having to e-mail them to myself first?


texts: Apple terminal no home and end key - Use cmd left or cmd right

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How do I make

⌘+← and ⌘+→ move the text cursor very left and right of the terminal entry line. This keyboard shortcut works on most things on my mac book but not the Terminal.

Usually I use the home and end keys on other non apple computers. Strangely enough ⌃+A and ⌃+E achieve this in the mac terminal but it is the wrong key combination in my opinion. I want to do it using ⌘+← and ⌘+→.

It is similar to this question, however I want to specifically map it to ⌘+← and ⌘+→.

Can home and end keys be mapped when using Terminal?


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My MacOS (10.13) would not boot normally. So I restarted it into recovery mode. Then connected an external HDD, reformatted it to APFS, and started cp -r /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD /Volumes/External_HDD

After 3 hours, I decided to quit the task and find out why it is taking so long. The Macintosh HD directory contains 395GB. The external drive contains 550GB (and this is just half of the files). Per this article, sometimes "sparseness" fails. Is there a faster alternative to cp in this case?


texts: Macbook battery information (cold weather & plugged in usage)

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I kinda have two questions but they're both battery related so I just made one post.

1) Does it harm the battery if I cary my MacBook around with me and the weather is really cold? This has been a very harsh winter with temperatures going even below -15C. Sometimes when I take it out of my bag and then its pouch, it's so cold I can barely hold it in my hands.

I don't boot it up instantly when getting inside but it's usually sleeping nonetheless so technically turned on. I've read it's a bad idea to start using it since it could heat up too fast and condensate, but is it also harmful for the battery or for the laptop itself to expose it to low temperatures while in a bag? If so, what could be the damage and how can I avoid it?

2) I'm always trying not to use the MacBook while it's charging. Does this matter at all? Should I charge it only when it's sleeping or turned off? How about charging time? Should it be charged only until it gets 100% or I can leave it over night?

Model: 12″ Retina MacBook

Fabrication date: August 2015


texts: Can Third-Button Paste be emulated on the Mac?

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On Linux if you highlight a section of text then click somewhere with the "third button" (on some mice its the scroll wheel, often its just clicking the right and left button together) it will paste the selected text at your new location. I know it sounds like a small thing but if you get used to its work flow you'll notice just how annoying it is to have to click CMD-C, move mouse, CMD-V every time you want to copy / paste.

I'm using the touchpad on my MacBook Pro and with all the nice things you can do with three finger scroll, etc., I assumed there must be some way to duplicate this behaviour in the Apple world - can I configure my touchpad to paste?


texts: Disable system-wide ctrl-click as right-click in Mavericks

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Disabling ctrl+click as right-click is useful because:

Many web app rely on ctrl+click (typically for multiple selection).
There is little use for this combo (mice have 2+ buttons and trackpad emulate right-click with two-finger click or clicking in the right zone).

Can it be done in OS X Mavericks?

This question has been asked before for Lion and answered negatively (i.e. a third party utility is needed). Has this improved for Mavericks?


texts: I am new with this prodcast application.can anyone please tell me where can I see my downloaded prodcast?Can't I see it in default music app of iPhone?


texts: How to stop mac from moving windows from external display to laptop when opening laptop lid

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I have an external monitor connected to my MBP via HDMI. I can use my laptop in 'clamshell' mode, where I close the laptop's lid and work off of my external monitor.
The problem I have is that when I open the laptop's lid some of my windows move off the external monitor to the laptop. Some trial and error shows that if a window is on the laptop when I close the lid, that window will reappear on the laptop if I reopen the lid, even if I move the window around while it is on the external monitor.
How can I prevent my mac from moving windows to the laptop. I want all windows to stay on the external monitor until I physically move them to the laptop, and once I close the lid they should stay on the external monitor even if I re-open the lid.


texts: How can I prevent my old iPhone from getting Facebook messages?

texts: I have an iPhone 5 and now my husband has my old iPhone 4S. For some reason everytime I have a message on Facebook, he's also getting them on his phone under the "Facebook Messenger". How can I fix this, so he doesn't get them?


texts: Should I be worried about doing a hard reset on my iPhone?

texts:
Just for my curiosity and knowledge, from a Software and Hardware stand point prospective, the other day I was having a discussion with some iPhone users.

The topic was the Hard Reset that you can apply by press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least ten seconds, until you see the Apple logo. As you already know, most of the time, this method fix so many iOS issues.

Now, some of them say that it is safe to do, as many time you want the hard reset, some other say that even if it is safe to do it, it is always recommend to have an iCloud or iTunes backup before do the hard reset due to kernel panic, lost of pictures during the rebuild of the library, etc.

What is the real answer on that?


texts:
I'm annoyed that when I arrange a folder "by Kind" while in Icon View, each section is a single line with a cover flow collapsing all the icons that don't fit in the line.

(I very rarely use icon view, but the folder in question contains a mix of images, GIMP files the images were generated from, and a great many subfolders; I'd like to be able to quickly look at the icons for my png  images.)

Is there any way I can get a grid view of the files sorted by kind, or better yet by type (e.g. separate .png and .xcf files.)?

(The results from finding *.png are perfect layout (not shown), but mix in images from folders, which does not serve my purposes.)

Arrange By: None

Good:  Grid arrangement.  Bad: files and folders mixed.

Arrange By: Kind

Good: Files and folders separated.  Bad: most icons hidden in cover flow scroll area.

This question has been asked before on other versions of OS X, but the solutions given there (arrange by none and then clean up by kind) don't work for me, as "Clean up by" is grayed out on the top menu and completely absent from the context menu.

Ref:
Stop finder using cover flow in icon view

Remove horizontal scrolling in finder with big thumbnail view

As per the accepted answer below, the solution was:
1. Arrange By: None
2. Pull up the options with Command-J or Control-click on the window
3. Sort By Kind


texts: Migrating from Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS) to OS X (dev environment)

texts: I'm about to migrate from Linux to OS X and I wonder if will encounter issues with development, as I probably will need lots of packages which are available in apt, yum package management systems. How can I find out whether these packages are available for OS X as well?


texts: How do I prevent my iPhone from getting alerts when using Messages on my Mac?

texts: I like to use Messages on my Mac, but it's generally incredibly annoying because every time I receive a message from someone, my iPhone lights up and plays its alert noise, which is a loud ding. I want it to do that in general, but not when I'm actively using Messages on my mac. Is there anyway to fix this situation?  I have considered turning on "Do not disturb" on my phone, but I don't want to because I'm liable to forget I did and then miss important messages.


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I just switched from Linux to OS X and I am still getting used to it.

I know I'll need to use Homebrew, as I rely on many CLI tools. Also, I just read about Cask, what make me wonder about one thing. How does software (not from the App Store) get updates? Windows-like, i.e. a message notifying about a new version so I can download it, or somehow integrated with the system, so that I don't need to download a new .dmg every time I want to update an app?

If it's "Windows-like", is it better to use Cask for things like Firefox, VirtualBox, VLC, LibreOffice...?


texts: Stop my phone from messaging "Good morning" and "Good afternoon" and "You have a new memory" to me

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I'm not the target Apple user and use my iPhone in a limited way. I also have a hard time understanding when computers do things I didn't tell them to do (that's just me, again not the target Apple user).
Why would Photos suddenly decide to say "Good afternoon" to me? (see also Photos - "You have a new memory")
I don't remember typing Search, but this search screen suddenly appeared when I wasn't looking. Could its sudden appearance be related to the "Good afternoon" message?
How can I stop things like "Good afternoon" and "You have a new memory" from appearing, so I can at least have the illusion that I'm in control of my device :-)
(iPhone 6, upgraded from ancient to iOS 12.4.5 somewhat recently)


texts: iTunes Match restarts on step 3 when trying to upload files

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When I add new songs to iTunes and Match needs to upload them (on step 3), it restarts back to step 1. So it gets stuck in an infinite loop by reaching step 3, trying to upload but failing, then resetting back to step 1.

How can I fix this? I already tried the simple things like restarting my computer and turning off and on iTunes Match, and deleting and re-adding the songs back to iTunes.


texts: Is there a way to use my mouse or trackpad with my iPhone

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I'm looking for a way of using my trackpad to virtually tap things on my iPhone screen.  I realize this is a long shot, and iOS quite possibly makes this impossible, but I'm sure I'm not the only person who wants this, and this is the best place to ask.

I can use any bluetooth keyboard with my phone, and using Type2Phone I can direct a bluetooth signal from my laptop to my phone while it charges, and while I'm mainly using my laptop.  But then using the touch screen is very awkward.  I'd like to do the same thing with my trackpad that I do with my keyboard, so if I need to briefly use an iOS app while I'm working, I don't have to repeatedly take it off the stand every time.


texts:
For some reason, ever since Apple released QuickTime X, QuickTime won't open files with an associated .srt file anymore. I get the error QuickTime can't open it and if I would like to open it in QuickTime 7. And the strange part is, the .srt files are working with Preview.
I have Perian installed correctly.

I don't mind using QuickTime 7 and I know VLC is far better in using .srt files, but still. This question intrigues me a lot.

How can I make QuickTime X work with .srt files?


texts:
I'm planning to add a Samsung 830 (256GB) SSD to a MacBook Pro 13" (Mid-2012 model). It'll be installed into the default HDD area and the existing HDD will be moved into the optical drive bay.

Obviously Apple only enable TRIM on SSDs installed by themselves. Is there an official way to enable TRIM on an SSD the 'Apple way', or will TRIM Enabler be required? Can anyone offer some reassurance on using this software? I'm very wary of using it given that it's essentially a kernel hack.


texts: Move external HD to a new drive, but have Time Machine think it's the same?

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I have two external drives, one for data and one for Time Machine backups. Time Machine backs up both my internal HD and my external HD. My external HD is dying, so I bought a new one and plan to migrate the data over.

Is it possible to somehow move the data to the new HD and still have Time Machine think that the new HD is the old one, since the data is the same? I usually just use Finder to move files from the old HD to new one (and then remove the old HD and rename the new one to use the same name), but from what I understand that wouldn't copy over the Time Machine data, however.


texts: Sorting of Spotlight's search results is disabled in Lion

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I can't sort Spotlight's search results - sorting by Name, Date Modified, et. al appears to be disabled.  Google seems to be useless in finding a resolution to this - although I suspect a previous installation of Quicksilver had something to do with this.

I have forced Spotlight to reindex, but it still doesn't work.

Finder otherwise functions normally.


texts: Can you run a 4k monitor at 30hz with a late 2011 MBA?

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Is it possible to run an external display connected to a late 2011 MacBook Air at 3840x2160@30Hz.

I realize having this resolution at 60hz exceeds the bandwidth limitation of a Thunderbolt 1 port. This is why I am asking specifically about 30hz.

Hardware: Late 2011 MBA running 10.9.3

Monitor: Samsung U28D590D, connected to MBA with Mini DP to DP cable

This isn't a duplicate question. The other related asked-and-answered questions all point out that this impossible for 4k@60hz. I am inquiring about 3840x2160@30hz specifically.


texts: Mail browser has 20+ viewer windows open but can't close them all, even with a force restart

texts: When I click show all viewer windows, they pop up on the bottom and allow me to pick one by one to close them. Is this my only option to close them all?


texts: My Facebook "click to post" in the notification center is not working. (Mac OSX 10.8.3)

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When i click the "click to tweet" button, it works,
but when i click the "click to post", nothing happens---plus my twitter button wont work afterwards. :( so i have to restart my mac again.
tried removing my fb account then adding it again, but still doesn't work.
Any solutions?


texts: Enable Two-factor authentication without being logged into an iOS/macOS device

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The Apple ID I use for my developer account is separate from my personal Apple ID. All my devices are signed in with my personal Apple ID.

I was trying to set up Xcode on my machine, and when I went to sign in to my developer account, it told me I had to set up Two-factor authentication.

Upon going to the Apple website to do so, however, it told me I had to be logged in to the account from an iOS or macOS device to set it up, which I am not. So how can I use Two-factor authentication (presumably via a trusted phone number) with my developer Apple ID without being logged in to that Apple ID on a iOS/macOS device?


texts: Is there a way to in either Mac programs or third-party programs to click 2 keys repeatedly until I stop it?

texts:
Automated key presser is perfect but it doesn't work on mac.
Lets say I want to press T and K alternating indefinitely until I stop it. How do I do that?


texts:
I have a folder with screenshots of a document, in every image I have an article number in the same exact position. Ideally, I would like something in a text file or to add to numbers table.

what is the favorable approach to take in order to perform this action?

I thought about mash slicing those images only to the specific area of information

then use Create ML image classifier but I couldn't really understand the next steps


texts:
I have an external disk partitioned in three

/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:               Windows_NTFS Windows                 100.3 GB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Data                    400.1 GB   disk1s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS TimeMachine             499.7 GB   disk1s3

Now, the whole drive started to work bad: on the partitions that work, Windows and Data, to open a folder in Finder takes time, like ten secons to "list" what's inside. But TimeMachine doesn't work at all. It cannot be mounted by the system, so I can't access it.

Apart from that, once mounted (a weird thing is that I have to mount the partitions manually, before it automounted and the three partitions used to appear in the Desktop) I can't unmount them, nor eject the hard drive.

What can I do? Since I can access the data in Windows and Data, I can copy it (although it goes horribly slow) but what about TimeMachine, is there any way of accessing it if the system says it can't mount it?

I want to copy its contents and then format the whole drive to see if everything gets back to normal.

Any additional info needed, just ask.


texts:
Is there a website to check iPhone and iPad device ownership similar to the way we can check iOS's version ownership like this website:

https://developer.apple.com/support/app-store/

Thanks...


texts: Localhost refuses to connect after upgrading to Sierra OS

texts:
I have downloaded and installed apache, php, phpmyadmin, mysql via macports. Everything was working fine before upgrading to macOS Sierra.

After the upgrade whenever I try to access localhost I get the following error message: "This site can't be reached, localhost refused to connect."

This is happening although my settings in the apache http.conf file remain the same.

I am also providing the content of the hosts file

127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost

Any advice?


texts: Can an MDM system (e.g. GOOD) report on iOS app usage?

texts: If a company uses an MDM system (like GOOD or MobileIron) to deploy apps to their iPads and iPhones does iOS provide the MDM system data about when the app is used, so it will show up in their usage reports?


texts: What are “Pickups” in the Screen Time report?

texts: In Screen Time introduces in iOS 12, part of the report is a graph for “Pickups”. What are these?


texts: How can I get notifications to show up on my Apple Watch again instead of my iPhone?

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For a few hours after I set up my Apple Watch, I saw iMessage and other notifications on my watch instead of my iPhone. At some point, however, the notifications started appearing only on my phone; the watch didn’t seem to catch them at all.

I understand that notifications will go to my phone if I’ve been using my phone recently, but I’m pretty sure I’ve exceeded that threshold. What can I poke or prod so that notifications start coming to my watch again? I’ve already tried restarting both devices and disabling and reenabling Bluetooth on my phone.


texts: Exporting MobileMe Contacts into Outlook

texts:
I've just been through a bit of wringer with this! :-)

I have a client with a MobileMe account and about 350+ contacts in there. He asked me to see if there was "an easy way" to copy the contacts from MobileMe into Outlook 2011 (Mac).

My background is primarily Windows-centric so I researched possibilities this way.

The first thing I did was export all the contacts from me.com into a multi-vcard file. I found out quickly that Outlook doesn't support importing multi-vcard formatted files. I found applications that would do it, but I preferred to stay away from buying something if possible.

So, I happened upon an Apple KB article about syncing with Outlook. It looked dead-on-simple. Turn on the option and away one goes. I did this on a Windows machine with Outlook 2010 x64.

Welll, it didn't turn out to be that simple.

What ultimately happened is that any MobileMe contact information that didn't conform neatly to Outlook's built-in fields was simply lost. This was a bit of a disaster since that malformed data then neatly (and succinctly) synced BACK INTO MOBILEME and spread it's erased mischievousness across the client's iPhone and three other Macs.

I had made a backup, so I've just finished restoring the original exported data. It's not perfect. Group memberships and contact photos were lost, but the client is not worried about those things.

So, I'm doing now what I, perhaps, should have asked in the first place. Can I accomplish the original goal?

I am loathe to reconnect MobileMe and Outlook through any sort of sync partnership. I have the original exported vCard but I still have the issue of fields within the vCards that do not conform to Outlook fields.

Has anyone else successfully done this? Any tips?

Cheers,

M


texts: Is it possible to make vertical slides with keynote? Can they be turned around? I'm trying to make a slideshow for an installation using monitors placed vertically.... but I'm not sure if that's possible. Thank you for your help!


texts: Can I upgrade my MacBook mid 2010 to 16GB of RAM? (2x8G)

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I bought a MacBook mid 2010 which I have upgraded to 8GB of RAM. But now, 8GB is not enough for me. I need more RAM for my work.

Can I upgrade my MacBook's RAM to 16GB? I know the new Macbook Pros can do it, but I am not sure about mine.


texts: Download photos from iCloud Photo Library to an iPhone without uploading everything from this iPhone

texts: From time to time I am uploading photos from my PC to my iCloud Photo Library. I would somehow like to set my iPhone XR so it will automatically download those photos to it's Photos app. It seems to me that I can do it only if I allow uploading from it too. I would like to prevent that, if that is possible (I do not want to upload all 10K+ photos from iPhone to iCloud).


texts: Installing (any) App asks for my password again and security question's answers

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is this “Security Info Required” prompt legitimate?

I am trying to install Wunderlist (pick any other App), the App Store asks for my password which is fine. But once I key in my password, I get this prompt.

Security Info Required

To help ensure the security of your Apple ID, you must choose and answer security questions. (Cancel / Continue).

If I click on Continue, I am asked to enter my Apple ID password?

Is there a virus or a malware on my iPhone 4S?


texts: Does a modern MacBook's green "camera light" always turn on when the camera is activated?

texts:
Many people are seen to put strips of tape and other adhesive materials on their MacBook camera in an attempt to thwart any potential hacker from accessing their system and camera. MacBooks have a green "camera light" on the right side of the FaceTime camera on the front that seems to turn on when the camera is activated (i.e. the sensor is provided energy and transmits a signal to the motherboard).
Does the camera of a modern MacBook require that the green camera light turns on as well? In other words, is the camera light hardwired to the camera in such a way that if the camera is supplied electricity, that itself would enable the camera light? This would prevent a hacker from being able to obtain any information from the camera without the user being notified by the green light.
I've seen this question come up again and again, but no satisfactory/definitive answers were provided. The last time such a question was posted received an answer that linked to a research paper showing that it is possible to activate the camera without activating the camera light—but only on pre-2008 Macs. The answers to another question question come to a similar conclusion. A user did say that there was "[no] proof that you can do the same in post-2008 laptops," but this doesn't prove that the camera light is in fact hard-wired to the camera.
The fact that there is no proof for such an important security feature is rather strange. There must have been a group of designers and engineers who created the camera system—surely they would know and would have publicized this perhaps in an Apple support article or in an interview? Or perhaps this could have been discovered in a teardown by a group at iFixit (although I am no electrical engineer), but this doesn't seem to have happened yet. Most importantly, I would expect Apple to tout this as a security feature, but there is no mention of it on their site. Is there really 'no proof' as to whether the camera and camera light is hardwired or not?


texts:
This is the error message I am receiving as I try to attach something from my desktop to an email.

  “Desktop” can’t be opened because the original item can’t be found.

What should I do?


texts: Unable to access external drives over the network - original item can't be found

texts:
From my new macbook pro I can connect to my iMac over the local network and access files on the iMac's internal disk. I can share the screen on the iMac and view all of the connected external storage devices. From the iMac's system preferences, I have explicitly made these eternal devices available for sharing. However, although these external devices appear in the finder on my laptop, when I attempt to access these external drives directly from the finder on my laptop I get the following error: "The operation can't be completed because the original item for "mydrivename" can't be found".

I have tried relaunching the finder on the laptop with no effect.

This is how the remote computer and it's external drives show on the laptop finder.

And this is the result of clicking on any one of the external drives.

Can anyone help please.


texts: What do circles in dock right-click menu mean?

texts:
For some apps, I see this on right-click:

The checkmark: the top window.

The diamond: the minimized window/s.

The circles: what do they mean? Do they have a general meaning across different apps?


texts: Deleting mail without selecting next one in Yosemite

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Is there any hotkey to delete mail in Mail.app without selecting next message in Yosemite?

In Mavericks it was "Option + backspace" (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14900?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US), but this doesn't work anymore.


texts: Sierra - Image Capture PDF file size too large

texts:
Since upgrading to MacOS Sierra, the PDFs I scan with Image Capture are much larger.  My typical settings are 8.5x11 size, 300 DPI, "Text".  With Yosemite, an average page of text was around 100KB.  Now, an average page is around 1MB - 10x larger file size with no noticeable difference in quality.

Examining the scanned PDFs in Acrobat Pro, I see that the new one is using 8-bit grayscale.  Previously, in Yosemite, it used 1-bit.  Now there seems to be no difference between the two Image Capture options: Text and Black & White.

Is there any way to get 1-bit PDF scanning back?  As a workaround, I am now using PNG for now, which has smaller file sizes.


texts: Services running in a VirtualBox VM have poor upload speed

texts:
I'm using an early 2009 Mac Pro as a server that's running a number of services in docker containers. Because the computer is too old to use the latest version of Docker, I have these docker containers running inside a linux VirtualBox VM using docker-machine.

However, I noticed that all of them have poor upload speed. It serves data to local connections over gigabit ethernet at around 20 MiB/s when it should be going at or around 100 MiB/s. Remote connections tend to go at around 1.0-1.5 MiB/s when my internet connection's bandwidth is 2.5 MiB/s. So it's able to utilize about 20-50% of the available bandwidth -- quite poor!

I've found that this is the case for multiple different services running inside a docker container, so it's not just the fault of one service. One way I tested this was by running a simple Python HTTP server in one of the docker containers and found it had exactly the same poor upload speed as every other service. The same server running outside the VM had no issues with slow upload speeds.

Is there anything I can do to improve VirtualBox's upstream network performance?

I did see this thread in serverfault suggesting that the issue is VirtualBox's buffer sizes when VirtualBox is set to NAT mode. However when I tried tweaking those settings it made the issue considerably worse, not better. Making the buffers as large as I could simply got me back to the same poor upload speed I had before.


texts: Accessing Apple Hardware Tool on MacBook Air 2010 running Yosemite

texts:
I charged my MacBook Air (Late 2010) up to 100% charge overnight however my battery died within 1 hour. Because of this I want to use the Apple Hardware Tool (AHT) to diagnose the issue.

My Mac is 4 years old and holds up to 70%-75% of its original capacity (6,700mAh).

I have tried holding the D key when booting my computer however it boots up normally.

How would I accesses the AHT?


texts: Will closing a MacBook cancel restoration from Time Machine backup?

texts: I'm currently restoring a MacBook from a Time Machine backup. Estimated time for completion is 3 hours. I'm traveling and will have to pack it up in 30 minutes. Will that cancel the restoration process? If so, how delicate would such a cancellation be? Might it lead to a corrupted state?


texts: Mac Automator: combine images in PDF and resize

texts:
I not too familiar with Automator for Mac. I am trying to create a quick action to combine several images in a single PDF file and reduce its size with a quartz filter. The actions does indeed create the pdf but it does not reduce its file size. This is what I did:

If I create two separate quick actions (one to create the pdf from images and another one to reduce the size of a pdf file) and apply them sequentially they work correctly. But not combined into a single action. What am I doing wrong?


texts: Scroll button on Logitech mouse won't left/right "click"

texts:
I just got a Mac and couldn't stand the Mighty Mouse it came with, so I got a nice little Logitech wireless USB mouse (Model M325).

It's much nicer, but when I have Finder in column views and go to back up or go forward directories with the middle mouse button (tilting the scroll button  left and right until it clicks), it doesn't work.

I'd understand if Apple just didn't support 3rd party mice, but I have another (much older) USB mouse (Logitech RX 650), and it works as expected out of the box...

Any ideas? Seems like the new Logitech mouse should work fine. Am I missing something?


texts: Strong inteference from mini DisplayPort

texts:
I have a 2015 Macbook Pro 15", and when I connect the mini DisplayPort to my external monitor, the WiFi speed drops significantly (from > 100 Mbps to < 10 Mbps). I noticed that the WiFi noise level jumps from -95 dBm to -75 dBm after I plug in the DisplayPort cable. I tried several different WiFi channels (1, 6, 11) and there is no significant difference between them, so it's some sort of broadband noise. Since the SNR is so low, the MCS index is set at 0.

The other annoying thing is, once MCS is set to 0, even after I unplug the DisplayPort cable and the noise level drops back to -95 dBm, the MCS is still stuck at 0 and my WiFi speed will not recover. Even turning WiFi off and on again won't help. But this is a secondary issue. My main problem is why display port will introduce such strong noise which kills my WiFi speed in the first place.

The cable I use is a Monoprice mini-DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable.

UPDATE

I got a new mini-DP to DP cable and this time the noise level dropped to the normal level of -95 dBm. However, the MCS is still at 0?? The WiFi speed increased to 20+ Mbps but still not where it should be.


texts: Unable to move Yahoo mail, to junk folder with IMAP account

texts:
Unable to move political ads to junk folder on iPad, yahoo mail IMAP.
When attempting, the junk folder is shaded, and not available. I am constantly “unsubscribing”, but then receive another. Any help most appreciated!


texts: cp- copy a file in many folders, but only if it already exists there

texts:
In another forum I saw this command:

  ls -1 | xargs -n 1 cp ../y/info.txt

It copies info.txt into sub folders (e.g. folder a, folder b, folder c) in the current working directory.

Now I want to copy the file info.txt to sub folders replacing existing info.txt files, but do nothing when the sub folder doesn't contain info.txt.

So I need the opposite of -n.

How can I accomplish this?


texts: What is the difference between “/private/var/vm” and “/vm”?

texts:
I’m wondering why my Mac (running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6) has both /private/var/vm and /vm:

$ ls -l /private/var/vm /vm
/private/var/vm:
total 4194304
-rw------T  1 root  wheel  1073741824 May 17 19:12 sleepimage
-rw-------  1 root  wheel  1073741824 May 26 13:29 swapfile0

/vm:
total 2097152
-rw-------  1 root  wheel  1073741824 May 14 23:49 swapfile0

I know these have to do with virtual memory, but why are there two of them; what's the difference?

Are both of the files named swapfile0 being used or can I delete one? I assume that if I would delete one, it would be the second one, as it hasn’t been modified in over a week, whereas the first one was modified only a few minutes ago (I rebooted my Mac just now). But how can I tell for sure whether it is safe to delete? Why does it exist to begin with?


texts: Are there any replacement keyboard apps?

texts: I'm coming from android which offers tons of keyboards and options. iOS seems like it has no customization to keyboards. Are there apps that offer a different layout or that edit the existing keyboard? I like being able to see the key I will get when I long press a key, etc.


texts: Switch off keyboard backlight on new MacBooks

texts:
Older MacBooks had a dedicated key to switch off the keyboard backlight (like the mute key). It was F8 if I'm not mistaken.

Is it possible to replicate its functionality (e.g.: keyboard shortcut) on the new models?


texts: I have an MBP (lid closed) that drives two monitors. However, I only once in a while need the second monitor. Is there a way to put it to sleep, without sleeping the other monitor? Note that the monitor that I want to sleep is an LG specifically made for Mac, and which doesn't have any buttons (and it also serves as a USB hub for keyboard, ethernet, sound system).


texts: Is there a way to disable incremental search search on a Mac, especially in Preview?

texts:
Sometimes when typing a search term in the search bar in Preview or Spotlight the text entry locks up for a few seconds. I assume this happens because it is beginning to search on the letters I've already typed to return a fast result. The problem is if I mistype my search, which happens often, I now have to wait for it to catch up on the incorrect search just so I can correct my text.

Is there a way, even involving Terminal hacking, to turn off the automatic searching as you type functionality in Preview, and maybe across the whole OS so that when I hit enter it sends the search and not before?


texts: Why is "Send Movie to Final Cut Pro" completely missing from iMovie 10.1.3?

texts:
I'm running OS X Sierra and the latest iMovie, 10.1.3. I have a project and I'm trying to send it over to Final Cut Pro... the "Send Movie to Final Cut Pro" option in the File menu is missing. Not greyed out, just totally not there at all! Why? How can I get it back so I can get my movie into FCP?

My only idea is that it isn't an option because I'm running the 30-day trial of FCP (downloaded from Apple's web site), but I can't imagine why they would remove the option.

Here's my iMovie's File menu:


texts:
I have a 2015 MacBook Air 128GB with Sierra Recent purchase as new from Apple, still under warranty). A couple of months ago I was looking at the SSD using DiskUtility and saw that the SSD seemed to be a lot more than 128GB, it looked like it was 256GB. 128GB was available to me and the rest was a CoreStorage partition. (Give or take a few GB for the Recovery partition.) So I thought that if I could remove the CS partition, I would have 256GB available to me, not 128GB.

A couple of manoths later, I finally got time to try it. Much to my surprise, there is no CS partition anymore. HD Utility doesn't show one, so I tried Terminal and still no CS partition, whereas previously there was a CoreStorage partition shown. And the SSD is only 128GB.

So where did the CS partition go?


texts:
I noticed that every time I upgrade OS X to a newer version, a significant amount of disk space (10-20 GB) is freed up.  This applies both to minor (10.9.4 -> 10.9.5) and major (10.9 -> 10.10) upgrades.  When upgrading to Yosemite, no less than 27 GB was freed.

What exactly gets deleted that returns all this space, and how can I free up (or control) this supposedly unneeded space when not doing an upgrade?


texts:
What is the reason that /proc does not exist in OS X? I was curious to find file descriptors that a process was using in my Mac. The way I do it in linux is to go in /proc/fd folder of that process.

How do I find what fds are used by a process?


texts: Airport Express network keeps showing up as protected after soft reset

texts: I have an aiport express,of which I have forgotten the password. After it has started up, I pressed the reset button for 1 second, but the network stil appears with a lock icon. How do I get back into the network?


texts:
I'm trying to assign an icon to my AppleScript bundle, but without success.

Steps:

Added the icon (applet.icns) to the bundle's /Contents/Resources directory
Modified the bundle's  /Contents/Info.plist:

<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>applet.icns</string>

** edit **

I ran the 'Set Bundle Icon File' script in the Applet Bundle Tools.  It did not change the situation.

What am I missing?


texts: Changing Notification Sound in Yosemite/El Capitan

texts:
the new "ding!" notification sound in Yosemite really gets on my nerves (and I don't like any of the default ones), I would like to add (or replace one of those with) a custom sound I have.

I found out a dirty solution is digging into
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ToneLibrary.framework/Versions/A/Resources/AlertTones

and replacing one of the default tones files with my own, converted to .caf (core audio file) using the afconvert command line tool.

Is there any better way of doing this?

EDIT: Due to the new System Integrity Protection feature in El Capitan, the previous solution does not work anymore (without disabling SIP). Is there any way of adding a new notification sound?


texts: ~$ files created when transferring files from MacOS to thumb drive

texts:
I am facing this issue on Catalina where ~$ files are created when transferring/copying files from MacOS to thumb drive. The ~$ files are sometimes created and appearing from different folders. The ~$ files created are all corrupted and unable to open. As observed, most of these original files are .docx.

Hoping someone out there could advise on this or point out where is the issue as it is causing confusion and I am afraid that it would corrupt the original files.

Thanks all!

Edit 20200330 (adding in example)

Files created in Sub-folder A2 (in local machine/drive), when copied to thumb drive (with the entire folder hierarchy/ all folders listed, copied to thumb drive), the ~ file is created in sub-folder B4.1 in the thumb drive, with the Word software being unopened. It is not limited to only one file, but many ~ files created in different folders and not in the parent folder.


texts: Bluetooth is not working (maybe reconnecting ...)

texts:
after update, on my MacBook Pro 15 inch mid 2015, from 10.14.5 to 10.14.6 my bluetooth stoped working. All of my 5 devices were listed in the System preferences -> Bluetooth, but I could only see their addresses (12 letters). There was no button to connect to any of my device.

I tried:

Removing .plist files (~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist, ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/ com.apple.Bluetooth.XXX.plist)
Resetting SMC
Resetting  bluetooth module + Removing all devices

But none of them helped to solve my issue. In 10.14.6 when I clicked on Remove all devices (Bluetooth Debug option) I didn’t see any device in System preferences, but when I restarted Mac I did see them (addresses).

I hoped that this bluetooth problem would resolve Catalina, but it doesn’t. Bluetooth is still not working, only change is that after I removed all devices and after restart I didn’t see devices (addresses).

In Catalina I can only see my bluetooth mouse and when I click on connect button, I can see how it is trying to connect, but not successfully (changing text from Connected to Not Connected repeatedly ... this problem I didn't have in 10.14.6). I can only see that mouse, any other devices are not shown.

Do you have any ideas how it could be fixed? Any idea would be very appreciated.

Thank you


texts: I've been looking for hours now on how to edit a profile on Apple Configurator but to no luck. There are some similar responses, but none of them were of too much help. I am trying to edit a profile that exists on a iPad Air, but not the mac. Can anyone help me?


texts: I have a MacBook Pro 2011, i7, 8 GB RAM, Apple SSD, but I don't know if the display is Retina or not. I also got two monitors. I am using a Thunderbolt cable to connect the first Monitor. Can you please tell me what is the name of the port between the Ethernet and the Thunderbolt port and if it's possible to use it to connect the second Monitor? This is the photo of the MacBook Pro.


texts: Why Itunes keeps stubbornly grey my songs out, while they are still available on apple music?

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I can imagine a few reasons why some songs become greyed out and not available for listen/donwload: for instance song removed by owner from apple music, or it was probably rearranged to another album. While my sense of fairness revolts when it happens to my beloved songs, I'm pretty sure apple has it explained somewhere deep in their user agreement.

But what logic is behind the situation when song keeps getting greyed short time after I added it to my library, while it hasn't been removed, rearranged and I can totally add it one more time, just to find it greyed out again after a while?


texts: How do I disable the "Syncing iPod. Do not disconnect." warning in iTunes?

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When syncing my iPod to iTunes, I always get this message:

I've had my iPod for several years now and I'd like to disable that warning, so I can see what's copying, how long it will take, etc., since I already know that I'm not supposed to disconnect my iPad. I know that I can click the little triangle on the left side to see the progress, but I don't want to have to do that. Is there a way to disable that warning?


texts: I can't shrink my OS X Yosemite partition

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I recently reformatted my machine and am trying to shrink my OS X partiton to make room for a linux partition, following instructions at http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-linux-macbook-pro/ . I am at the Resize Partitions step, and when I opened up Disk Utility, there was no way for me to drag the existing partition to shrink its size and create free space.

When looking at the GUI, the normal resize handle is missing, and the help text sounds much more restrictive than it has in the past.


texts: OSX Terminal no longer save my commands in history

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Here's my issue. Last week I realized that my OSX (10.11.13) Terminal no longer saves the command I execute in the history file(s).

To be more clear:

I type the command test
On the same terminal window, I press arrow up: it's ok, test is there
If I close the terminal, reopen it and press arrow up: test is no longer there (so it jumps to a command I executed weeks ago).

Here's what printenv returns :

NVM_RC_VERSION=
rvm_bin_path=/Users/my-user/.rvm/bin
TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal
GEM_HOME=/Users/my-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
IRBRC=/Users/my-user/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/.irbrc
TMPDIR=/var/folders/4x/y0j5261j7j3142sx_82m6fxm0000gn/T/
Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.JLKMtkE4S1/Render
TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=361.1
MY_RUBY_HOME=/Users/my-user/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2
TERM_SESSION_ID=B48F774F-86DA-4AA1-BAB7-888DCBA65E5A
NVM_DIR=/Users/my-user/.nvm
USER=my-user
_system_type=Darwin
rvm_path=/Users/my-user/.rvm
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.550eXpVGiK/Listeners
__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0x0:0x1
rvm_prefix=/Users/my-user
PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin:/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.5.3/bin:/Users/my-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/bin:/Users/my-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2@global/bin:/Users/my-user/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.2/bin:/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/Users/my-user/.rvm/bin:/sdk/android/platform-tools:/sdk/android/tools
NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR=https://nodejs.org/dist
PWD=/Users/my-user
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
_system_arch=x86_64
XPC_FLAGS=0x0
_system_version=10.11
XPC_SERVICE_NAME=0
rvm_version=1.25.15 (stable)
SHLVL=1
HOME=/Users/my-user
LOGNAME=my-user
GEM_PATH=/Users/my-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2:/Users/my-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2@global
NVM_IOJS_ORG_MIRROR=https://iojs.org/dist
_system_name=OSX
_=/usr/bin/printenv

Any help?


texts: How to disable Facebook push notifications in iPad 2

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I have an iPad 2 with iOS 4 and the Facebook for iPad app installed.

Even after disabling all the Push Notifications from Settings > Facebook > Push Notifications, I still get push notifications.

Is this a bug in either Facebook or Apple's part or is there a hidden setting somewhere to disable the notifications?