texts: Garbled screen after upgrading to Mavericks on Retina

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I upgraded then later clean-installed Mavericks on my Macbook Pro Retina 13".  In both installations, my screen suddenly started displaying (I believe after screensaver or screen shut-off - the computer itself wasn't asleep) these artifacts on the bottom half of the screen (whose colors etc. change as things change on the rest of the screen).  I've attached a screenshot, which actually captures this.

I tried suspending and resuming but the artifacts persisted.  I was able to make it go away by changing my display resolution.  Also, it just happened again, but this time the entire screen was garbled (unlike in the screenshot below)—I got very lucky in fumbling my way toward changing the screen res, otherwise I'd need to reboot the system.

Only software I have installed are VirtualBox (prime suspect), OSXFUSE/SSHFS, Tunnelblick, iTerm2, and Google Chrome.  I have uninstalled VirtualBox for now to see if the problem goes away, but unfortunately I need it for work.

This problem hadn't happened before upgrading to Mavericks.  Another issue, which may or may not be related, was that my system did entirely freeze up once yesterday some time after the upgrade (but before I had seen any screen garbling).  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.


texts: How do I prevent my Mac from switching Wifi connections when at home?

texts: I have a MacBook Pro, running Mac 10.9.5.  I connect wirelessly to the Internet through my home Cisco LinkSys E900 router, which sits just 10 feet away from my computer.  However, frequently when I leave my computer inactive for a period of time and then return after waking it from hibernation, my Internet is connect to an xfiniti Wifi hotspot, without my having done anything.  How do I configure my Mac so that it will ignore the xfiniti Wifi hot spot and remain connected to my home network?


texts: Account Info text in Apple Mail is not displaying right, truncating half of the words, making it hard to read

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System info: Apple Mail V 11.5, On Mac OSX High Sierra
The history: A long long time ago I set mailbox fonts to Avenir and larger for easier reading...after that I noticed the text in these menus get large without expanding the size to fit the full text:

I recently changed the font to try and change it back, so I can read everything (having to revamp my email organization), but when I changed the Preferences->Fonts/Colors fonts, changes are not reflected in the account info menu.  Font stays the large Avenir font.  The menu I'm talking about is found by option clicking on a mailbox and select "Get Account Info"  Is there another way to access that font preference so I can go back to seeing the list appropriately?


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I have a macbook air 2018 edition which has bad thermals from long usage which makes my screen flicker as a thin line on the very bottom edge of the screen. If my warranty is over, will apple still fix this issue for free? Because I do not understand why using a computer for a long time say max 5 hours a day will cause damage to the hardware.

Edit: here is a  picture
of my issue

There are these lines on the bottom edge that was not here yesterday, but here when I turned on the computer this morning.


texts: 'System' occupies 100 GB - why? How can I reduce the amount of data? (macOS 10.13 High Sierra)

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Any idea why is system taking so much space? Also the free space + used space on my system is not showing correct data. It shows available space is 154.76 GB and when I add the used space (171 GB) it goes beyond the capacity of my internal SSD.

Any suggestions to why is my Mac showing such behaviour?


texts: Shortcuts App (iOS 13.1.1): How can I realize a text output in a bigger font size, a specific color, font-weight, ...?

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I have a shortcut which results in a text output.

It is shown to the user by the action "Overview".
The font size is the standard size of the iOS.

My question:
How can I realize an output in a bigger font size, color, font-weight, ...?

Thanks.


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Hi I have a problem with restoring a backup on my phone right now. This is my situation:

I recently upgraded my iPhone to iOS 10. After a while I didn't like the interface so I wanted to downgrade it to the previous OS which is 9.3.5.

Before I did that I backed up my files with iTunes and proceed to revert my iPhone back to iOS 9.3.5. After reverting, i tried to restore my backup but iTunes couldn't see my backup file that I did before reverting.

On my iTunes, it shows that I have two backups: one on iCloud in April and the other was before I reverted to iOS 9. I can find both backups in the backup folder but iTunes can only see the one in April.

Please help me with the problem. I have tried various solution but it did not work.


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I use my calendars very often to keep track of things.  Ever since I upgraded to iOS 8.1.2 (or possibly 8.1.1) the phone lets me create a new event with my timezone, but as soon as I create the event and try to edit it, the times are converted to GST (which is not my timezone).

Is there a way to fix or disable this so that iPhone Calendar is easier to use like before?


texts: Can I copy the PDFs I have on my Mac to the iPad?

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Can I copy the PDFs I have on my Mac to the iPad ?

I want to download them from example from Google Scholar with the Mac (or iPad) and then read them on the iPad.


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I have a Samsung 28" U28E590 4K Display and a 13" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (Intel Iris 550 1536 MB Graphics). I have a dongle for HDMI output.

The problem is that the external monitor flickers, displays white noise and sometimes cuts out completely. I've tried SMC reset and buying a new HDMI cable, but the issue persists.

How do I resolve the issue?


texts: Smart mailbox for senders who are not members of a group

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I want to set up a smart mailbox in Mail that contains messages from any sender who is not a member of a particular group in my address book.

There's an option in the smart mailbox rules for "sender is member of group," but I don't see a way to negate it. Is this possible?


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My Fusiondrive has split and I really need your help.
I made a backup and I am ready to delete everything clear slate.
How can I get everything fixed?
Thanks a lot for your help.

diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            121.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            2.5 TB     disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data 200gb                   208.6 GB   disk1s4
   5:       Microsoft Basic Data 200gb2                  208.5 GB   disk1s5
   6:                        EFI NO NAME                 104.9 MB   disk1s6
   7:       Microsoft Basic Data 4                       354.4 MB   disk1s7
   8:                        EFI NO NAME                 104.9 MB   disk1s8
   9:                        EFI NO NAME                 104.9 MB   disk1s9
  10:                  Apple_HFS 3                       67.5 GB    disk1s10
  11:       Microsoft Basic Data 5                       471.9 MB   disk1s11
  12:                        EFI NO NAME                 104.9 MB   disk1s12
  13:                  Apple_HFS 1                       471.9 MB   disk1s13
  14:                        EFI NO NAME                 104.9 MB   disk1s14

/dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            Macintosh HD           +2.6 TB     disk2
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2
                                 E6BEBC47-429D-4A0B-BBAA-78283E95CE02
                                 Unencrypted Fusion Drive


texts: MacOS Mojave and Dark Theme - Preview for .png file with transparent background not white

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Not surprisingly at all, with MacOS Mojave and Dark Theme OS Mode, Preview displays transparent background with gray. How can I set it to be white only for preview but keeping MacOS Dark Mode ?

File opened with Safari which is perfect:


texts: How can I determine where mouse input is coming from? Is there a way to log click events? No other mice are connected

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I am experiencing the strangest behavior. My computer is clearly receiving mouse clicks that I'm not doing, as though they're coming from another mouse, but the cursor never moves on it's own, which I'd expect if another mouse were connected to my computer. I have a MacBook Pro with a Bluetooth Trackpad. For awhile, I thought the trackpad was just uber sensitive, because the clicks would often happen while my finger was resting on it (lightly). But, it's clearly happening when my hands are completely away from the trackpad, keyboard, etc. Maybe my trackpad is just going crazy?

And it's not just single clicks. At times, text on my screen will highlight like a double click. I've also had right-click menus come up while I'm not touching my mouse.

Steps taken:

I've triple checked that no other devices are connected through Bluetooth.
I removed my mouse and keyboard (and re-paired), hoping it would clear the problem.
Per this similar problem with Macs connecting, I turned off bluetooth sharing, and internet sharing was already disabled. No dice.

Ideas/questions:

Is there a way to log click events so I can see if it's coming from my trackpad, or another source? I've found several mouse "recorders", but I don't see any that provide a log of where the clicks are coming from.
Is it even possible to receive click events from another mouse without receiving movement events?

I'm baffled. I'm on 10.11.1.


texts: CLI options do not work if passed at the end of command

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In brief: ls -a /tmp works but ls /tmp -a does not.

I recently started using Macbook Pro.
Coming from a Linux background, command like ls /tmp -a seems perfectly fine to me.

But for some reason these do not work in the same fashion in Mac. Argument flags are not recognised if they are specified at the end after the path.

Here is a demo:

/tmp/demo  ➜ ls -a ./
.           ..          .hidden-bar foo
/tmp/demo  ➜ ls ./ -a
ls: -a: No such file or directory
./:
foo
/tmp/demo  ➜

I am using latest zsh 5.0.5 (x86_64-apple-darwin14.0)

I can see similar behaviour of several other commands like du, rm etc. Almost all such are in /bin folder. I wonder if it has something to do with UNIX and Linux differences.

Does anybody know the reason behind the difference and if possible a fix for it?


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I accidentally formatted my SSD's GPT while formatting a USB in Linux's gparted. Now, when running gpt in Mac's command line, this is  how my SSD looks like:

My-MacBook-Pro:~ user$ sudo gpt -r show disk2
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34  1000215149
  1000215183          32         Sec GPT table
  1000215215           1         Sec GPT header

I used to have 2 partitions on this drive: Mac OSX and a Windows 8.1 bootcamp partition. I wouldn't mind loosing the latter.

I have heard about being able to restore the partition with the gpt command in Mac. Is this possible in my case?

Thanks, Martin


texts: Disable HDMI sound output when using optical (TOSLINK) output on AppleTV

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I have Apple TV and have both HDMI and TOSLINK (optical) port connected. But the problem is that when i turn on the video via Apple TV I have double sound from the sound - from the TV set connected via HDMI and the sound system connected via TOSLINK. The later is deleyed due to the fact that TOSLINK is coverted RCA.  This makes me turn off sound in the TV set.

Is there a way to not transmit sound via HDMI in Apple TV if it is anyway transmited to TOSLINK?


texts: Where did the list of flagged message go in Mavericks Mail?

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In Lion and Mountain Lion Mail, the "Mailbox List" included an entry for flagged messages, with an sub-entry for each kind of flag. This appears to have been removed in Mavericks Mail. Is there a (perhaps hidden) setting to restore this, or is it gone; and if so, how can I get a list of my flagged messages (of each kind).

I've tried creating a "Smart Mailbox", but that doesn't seem to work.


texts: Set Messages app to show Names and Pictures by default for all conversations

texts: I know I can set show names and pictures for conversations. How do I set this as default for all conversations? I set this and then exit messages and re-open it and it is back to only showing the pictures. I tried to delete the plist files from ~/Library/Preferences for iChat.


texts: Cannot install macOS Beta version on MacBook Pro July 2019

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I just got the new MacBook Pro, which was released few days ago. It is running macOS Mojave 10.14.5.

I am trying to install macOS Catalina beta version, either beta or developer beta. I have installed both profiles separately to try, however I get the following error.

I even did a fresh installation of macOS Mojave just to make sure something was not wrong with the installed OS that came with the machine.

Is it because the machine is too new and not recognized? If so, I doubt it as I see this machine in the supported devices for the beta version on Apple's support: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201300

Any idea why am I not being able to install a Beta version of any kind?


texts: Sparsebundle is reported to be 16mb but actually empty

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I have a sparsebundle which I made for some documents, and Finder reports its size at 16mb. The capacity I created it with is 41mb, at least that is its reported capacity.

It is encrypted; when I mount it the folder is empty.

Output of du:

How can this be? I'd rather not have lost all these files.


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I've disabled hibernation, and removed the sleep image file. I shutdown my Macbook Pro (15" retina), unticked the box to open windows on restart, and started my MacBook again. As soon as I'd logged on I went to Activity Monitor and saw kernal_task is using 1GB of RAM.

This is a problem as I use parallels and when using Parallels, Parallels itself uses ~3.5GB of RAM and the kernel_task jumps up to over 2GB of RAM. So I have hardly any RAM left for the rest of the computer and it slows down to a crawl.

This has only been a problem since recently. Before I could run Parallels, Mail, Tweetbot, and Safari all at once (and in Parallels on Windows 7 I was using Visual Studio 2012 and/or SimCity). It was only once I ran SimCity along with the rest that it started slowing down. But now it slows down as I say above with nothing open in Windows 7 in Parallels, let alone VS2012 or SimCity.

Is there a way to see what the heck kernel_task is doing and to cut it down?

Will reinstalling OSX work (without wiping my hard drive first so I can keep my files)? I'd rather not do this as it takes about 24 hours to download OSX Lion on my connection.

EDIT: It's now ridiculous I can't open Parallels at all because after a few minutes the computer runs out of RAM and I'm forced to crash it by holding down the power button. I will offer a 500+ bounty (Can't atm because of the stupid 2 day wait) if that helps.


texts: Why is the iphone 6s battery inferior to the 7?

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https://www.cnet.com/reviews/apple-iphone-6s-review/

CNET 2018 indicates the 6s has:

  Inferior battery life, camera performance and processor speed compared
  to newer iPhones.

What exactly is the battery life inferior? Possible reasons comprise:

fewer mA-hours battery?
CPU voltage swing greater? (greater power consumption?
Display power efficiency?


texts: What is the added benefit of the vendor provided FTDI USB to Serial driver?

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Future Technology Devices International Ltd. provides a driver for their USB-to-Serial chips specific for MacOS 10.9 and above.

When I first connect a device with such a chip, I can see the additional devices in /dev, for example tty.usbserial-A92XHN3R and cu.usbserial-A92XHN3R. Apparently, MacOS (10.12.6 in my case) provides a driver out of the box.

After installing the vendor provided driver (and rebooting), nothing changes on first sight. I still see the two additional devices when I connect an FTDI adapter to a USB port.

But there is at least one change: libusb works with a PN532 breakout board connected to the Mac via an FTDI adapter. Before installing the driver, I got an error, even though the adapter seemed to work fine.

After this long preamble comes the question: What exactly are the benefits of the vendor provided driver? Does it have additional functionality over the Apple provided driver? Less bugs?


texts: WD External Drive Automatically Unmounts

texts: I am running OS X 10.10 on a Mac Pro and I am connecting a 2TB My Book VelociRaptor Duo to it via Thunderbolt.  If I leave the drive formatted in RAID everything works just fine.  I need it formatted in JBOD, but whenever I do so, the drive mounts for about 3 seconds and automatically ejects itself.  After it ejects I can see it in Disk Utility, where I can right click and mount it again, but it still only stays mounted for about 3 seconds.  Can anyone help?  I can't even use this drive because of this.


texts: Lost connection after spoofing MAC address

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I've changed the MAC address using

$ ifconfig en1 |grep ether
    ether b2:n7:v8:x6:31:k2
$ openssl rand -hex 6 | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g; s/.$//'
69:b5:32:54:75:38
$ sudo ifconfig en1 ether 69:b5:32:54:75:38
Password:
$ ifconfig en1 |grep ether
    ether 69:b5:32:54:75:38

After that all my network connections got lost. Why is this happening?


texts: Why does my music not play through FaceTime?

texts: When I'm on FaceTime with my friend and we both want to listen to music, how come if I turn on my music on iTunes, the person I'm facetiming with can't hear it?


texts: How do you move up one folder in Finder?

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I used search to find a folder, and so using the back button takes me back to search. I would like to view folders that are in the folder-I-searched-for's parent folder, but I don't know where it is on my computer.

Finder does not tell me where it is from what I can tell.


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⌘+ no longer zooms in Safari content for me.  ⌘- works just fine for zooming out.  Selecting View -> Zoom In menu item does work as expected.

I have also tried using an administrator account that has little to no additional software installed, but get the same results.

Running macOS 10.12.2 on 17" Early 2011 MBP


texts: In Yosemite Mail, setting Signature to None does not remove signature like in Mavericks

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Trying to understand if changed behavior in Yosemite is expected or a bug.

In Mail.app in Mavericks, when I compose a new email, my signature would default to being there. If I then set Signature to None, Mail would automatically remove it from the mail body.

In Yosemite, setting Signature to None does not remove the signature. In fact, if I set Signature to None then back to my signature and repeat, it keeps inserting new copies of my signature.

It seems like Yosemite doesn't keep track of where it inserted my signature the way that Mavericks did. Does anyone know how to get the previous behavior?


texts: How do I uninstall Trend Micro Security Agent?

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I have been trying to uninstall the Trend Micro anti-virus software on my Mac (10.13.6) and have been encountering a lot of difficulty. Trend Micro's website refers to a couple of uninstaller options, but none of those are anywhere to be found on my computer.

There's a fairly technical (i.e., using terminal) instruction set by Trend Micro here, but I keep having trouble with it. At one point it tells you to remove the directory /Library/Application Support/TrendMicro, but I get "Permission denied" even when I attempt to remove it using sudo!

What do I need to do to permanently remove Trend Micro Security Agent from my computer?


texts: Install macOS, Linux, Windows in the same USB External SSD

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I have a 960GB External USB SSD and I have MacBook Air.

I would like to know if is it possible to install, macOS Catalina 320GB, Windows 10 320GB, Linux CentOS 7 320GB in the same External HD.

I don’t know how to find a guide to know how to install these sequentially.


texts: Accessing fine-grained volume control using external keyboard volume wheel

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In macOS, the Volume keys change the volume in full steps, but it is possible make fine-grained changes using Option-Shift-Volume{Up,Down}.
I have an external keyboard connected which provides a volume wheel. Moving this wheel modifies the volume very quickly, in full steps. Pressing Option-Shift while moving the wheel is the perfect precision for me.
Is it possible to configure macOS (or the external keyboard) so the internal keyboard behavior isn't affected but the VolumeUp/VolumeDown keys from the external keyboard act in small steps, without pressing Option-Shift?
Otherwise, is it possible to modify the entire behavior so volume control always acts in small steps? (regardless of whether it's the internal or external keyboard)


texts: Can I make a shared link in Mail.app appear above my signature?

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When I click the Share arrow in Yosemite / Safari, then select 'Email this page' Mail.app opens a new email with my signature and the link below the signature:

I want the link to appear above my signature. Is there any way to change that?

I feel like the link used to be above my signature, but I can't find a preference that seems to affect the location. I tried the 'signature appears above quoted text' checkbox which some people implied could change this, but no dice.


texts: Can't launch JetBrains Toolbox on macOS Mojave 10.14.5

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I'm trying to launch the JetBrains Toolbox, but it seems I can't. When I launch via Spotlight search, nothing appears to happen. But when I try to run the launcher manually from the command line, this happens:

> /Applications/JetBrains\ Toolbox.app/Contents/jetbrains-toolbox-launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/jetbrains-toolbox-launcher
2019-06-07 10:08:56.436 jetbrains-toolbox-launcher[47157:731143] Staring wrapper...
2019-06-07 10:08:56.437 jetbrains-toolbox-launcher[47157:731143] Running app file:///Applications/Calculator.app/ with arguments (
)

and then, indeed, the Calculator launches.

I just upgraded to macOS Mojave 10.14.5 and I believe the app was working before the upgrade. I recently accidentally deleted large parts of /usr/local with an inadvertent rm -rf /usr/local (non-sudo). I interrupted it fairly quickly and was able to restore my Homebrew apps to apparently-working order by re-linking all of them. I successfully launched the Toolbox application once after that happened, but was unable to do so again.

Unfortunately, I don't remember for sure how I installed Toolbox, but I think I installed it directly from the web rather than with brew cask.

I can see the Toolbox app icon in Launchpad, and just as when launching from Spotlight Search, nothing seems to happen when I try to launch it from there.

Any idea what's going on here?


texts: Buying iphone connected to a carrier for wifi

texts: As of right now I don't have a smartphone, but am debating getting one in the near future (although not sure in how long that will be.) My old itouch just broke, so i wanted to know if it is possible to buy an iphone off ebay, one that is connected to verizon (not unlocked) and use it with just wifi until I decide to add it to my network?


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I bought an Apple Developer Program. I submitted one of my app, and they rejected. They advised me:

If you have code-level questions after utilizing the above resource, you may wish to consult with Apple Developer Technical Support. When the DTS engineer follows up with you, please be ready to provide:

How many times I can ask TSI question? Is it any limit?


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I have an iMac, now running Mountain Lion; about six months ago I started finding that the mouse would lose connectivity whenever I banged it, even lightly, on the mouse pad; I also got a couple of kernel panics while the mouse was disconnected. Usually it would reconnect within 20 seconds or so, but not always. I took it in to Apple; there were bluetooth service failures associated with the kernel panics. They upgraded me from Lion to Mountain Lion and said the mouse looked OK. Things were fine for a while, but now the mouse is failing again.

I have no way of knowing whether the mouse is hosed, the bluetooth connection sucks, or there's a hardware problem in my box. If it's the mouse, I'm happy to buy a new one, or a trackpad, but don't really feel like laying out the bucks if it won't solve my problem. Ideas?

system.log shows the following:

Feb  2 11:03:58 rogers_imac kernel[0]: [AppleMultitouchDevice::willTerminate] entered
Feb  2 11:03:58 rogers_imac kernel[0]: [AppleMultitouchDevice::stop] entered
Feb  2 11:04:00 rogers_imac kernel[0]: [BNBMouseDevice::init][75.19] init is complete
Feb  2 11:04:00 rogers_imac kernel[0]: [BNBMouseDevice::handleStart][75.19] returning 1
Feb  2 11:04:00 rogers_imac kernel[0]: [AppleMultitouchHIDEventDriver::start] entered
Feb  2 11:04:01 rogers_imac kernel[0]: [AppleMultitouchDevice::start] entered


texts: `brew link unbound` returns `/usr/local/sbin is not writable` error

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I'm trying to install unbound using brew command.

Here's output for brew install unbound:

Warning: unbound 1.6.7 is already installed, it's just not linked.
You can use `brew link unbound` to link this version.

As you can see, I was asked to use brew link unbound to link to unbound 1.6.7.

But I failed to link to it because I got the following error:

Linking /usr/local/Cellar/unbound/1.6.7...
Error: Could not symlink sbin/unbound
/usr/local/sbin is not writable.

I've the other stackoverflow here.

And the answer sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local creates the following error:

chown: /usr/local: Operation not permitted

I'm using macOS High Sierra Version 10.13.2. And my homebrew version is 1.4.3.

How can I solve this problem?


texts: iPhone detected but "could not be identified properly"

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I receive this message when I connect my iPhone to my PC:

  An iPhone has been detected but it could not be identified properly. Please disconnect and reconnect the iPhone, then try again.

When I disconnect and reconnect, the message reappears.


texts:
I purchased a MacBook Pro in March of 2011.  I plugged a mini-to-HDMI cable from my laptop into my Sony receiver.  I have no a picture, but no sound.

There is no external source listed in the sound options, only internal speakers.  I power cycled both my receiver and my laptop, but it didn't change anything.  I am running Lion and all of my software is up to date.

What am I doing wrong?


texts: How to use Hungarian tax reporting application called ABEVJAVA on Mac?

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I have installed Hungarian tax reporting software called ABEVJAVA. I put into my home folder. Then for test it I downloaded a report template called NAV_1408.jnlp On windows I have to double click it, and after that in ABEVJAVA a new item will appear to use the new report.

But on Mac I can not double click it. I tried to run run jnpl file from terminal with JAVA like this below, but I get an error. What can I do now to get it work on Mac?

Ks-MacBook-Air:~ kukodajanos$ java /Users/kj/Downloads/NAV_1408.jnlp
Error: Could not find or load main class .Users.kj.Downloads.NAV_1408.jnlp
Ks-MacBook-Air:~ kukodajanos$


texts:
Is there a way to set the options for scrolling in the following way :

Use this option when the trackpad is used for scrolling and navigation | Keep this option checked.
"Move Content in the direction of finger moment when scrolling or navigating"

And when the mouse is being used, I want the above option to be unchecked.


texts: launchd plist with large StartInterval never runs

texts:
I'm trying to run a command once per day like so:
<?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>local.borgmatic</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/local/bin/borgmatic</string>
        <string>--syslog-verbosity</string>
        <string>1</string>
    </array>
    <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
    <dict>
        <key>HOME</key>
        <string>/Users/mike</string>
    </dict>
    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>86400</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

The problem is this job never seems to run on its own. If it was just failing, I'd expect to see an error message from launchd in system.log, but I don't see anything, even after leaving my computer running for several days with hibernation disabled. The job shows up in launchctl list and runs fine when I start it manually via launchctl start. It also runs automatically when I reduce StartInterval to something smaller, like 10. Does StartInterval have some undocumented maximum?
Incidentally, this looks like the same problem reported at OS X launchd.plist.


texts: Scale ARD to match client screen size, rather than host size?

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When accessing a host machine using Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) that has a bigger screen that the client machine, is it possible to scale the clients view so that their remote desktop window is actual size for their computer ?

EG. if the host has a 24" display, but the client has a 13" laptop display ARD would scale the view on the client machine, so that it would look like the host machine also had a 13" display.

Microsoft remote desktop on OSX dose a similar thing and ive found it really useful. I think the way it achieves this is only by locking the host screen so that it can rescale the view on the host.


texts: Can't restore disabled iPhone because not enough disk space

texts: I am trying to restore a disabled iPhone 4s so my daughter can use it but iTunes gives the error not enough disk space. Obviously I can't delete anything from the phone because it's disabled. Is there any way to clear up storage space while disabled?


texts: Deleting and creating users with terminal in recovery mode?

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would anyone know how to delete and create user accounts in recovery mode? Precise steps would be awesome because im not too experienced with UNIX.

I already tried the userdel and useradd in urs\sbin folder.. "command not found", sudo or not.

I managed to bust up my OSX lion so it freezes in the grey apple start screen.
Steps I took to succeed in that was:

1.Renamed my user account
2.Removed all permissions from "everyone" from my homefolder

I've tried all the basic NVRAM/PRAM resettings, repairing disks and user permissions with disk utility and restarting in safe-mode without any luck.
The symptoms are not exactly the same but I thought to try this one trick from a post that I saw here, deleting the renamed user account and creating one back with the old name (though not with terminal here):

Last comment:
How Should I Correct the Owners and Permissions in an OS X User Folder?


texts: Files wrongly considered as damaged in encfs volume

texts:
I am using encfs @1.7.5 and osxfuse @2.6.4 installed via MacPorts 2.2.1 on my MacBook Pro Retina Late 2013 which is running OS X Mavericks 10.9.2.  When opening certain files (e.g. xlsx, pdf) in my encfs volume, I get an error "X is damaged and can't be opened." as well as a suggestion to move it to trash.  However, when I copy that file elsewhere (i.e. not on the encfs volume), it appears to work just fine.  Why is this?

EDIT: I looked online and found a post involving disabling GateKeeper.  It did the trick.  In essence, you go into "Security Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Allow applications downloaded from: Anywhere".

I understand that the solution works, but I would like to know why it works.  Thanks in advance.

EDIT 2: Also, if someone could tag my post with encfs, it'd be very appreciated.


texts: What do the Terminal menu item icons under Window mean?

texts:
Where is terminal app window menu symbology documented as I can't find out what the icons to the left of the existing terminals open under the Window menu mean.

I understand the check mark is the current window in the foreground, but what does the dot mean?


texts:
I have an iMac 2013 with Catalina.
I need to turn off the screen and continue able to clicking the mouse with AnyDesk/AppleScript.
But when I turn off the screen, I can move the mouse but clicking does not work.


texts:
My MacBook Pro (2007) on Lion has a strange behaviour.

Sometimes Chrome browser stops working. When I then launch Safari, it can not load any web page.
When I try to download a large file, it can be unresponsive.
Sometimes working with PDF files (even small files) has the same result
Sometimes I can not view files in my folders because Finder loads them very slow (it's showing spinner indicator).

I haven't found another way to resolve these situations besides restarting the laptop every time they happen.

What can be the issue? At first I thought about my HDD but my S.M.A.R.T. Status is Verified. Any additional ideas are highly appreciated!

Update :  Activity Monitor shows


texts: Can I switch between multiple Macs connected to an iMac with Target Display Mode?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro that I use with a pre-Retina iMac in Target Display Mode, using Thunderbolt.

I'm thinking of also getting a Mac Mini, and I want to run it in TDM on my iMac.

Can I connect both the MBP and the Mac Mini with Thunderbolt cables to my iMac, and thus use ⌘ + F2 to rotate between all three desktops, so that I can switch to display any of these at any time:

The MBP
The Mac Mini
The iMac native display


texts: Raid set add member: com.apple.StorageKit error 118

texts: I have a failed RAID set, and am trying to add a replacement drive.  Every time I try to repair, add member, or add spare, it fails immediately with com.apple.StorageKit error 118.  Does anyone know what this error means?  Any suggestions on how to resolve?


texts: Can you restore deleted messages on iPhone 6 from iPad?

texts: While trying to delete a few messages, I accidentally deleted all messages from a contact on my iPhone, but they're all still there on my iPad. For some reason, iCloud backup doesn't include the messages. Can I restore the deleted messages on the iPhone using my iPad? And how do I include messages in iCloud backup for the future?


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I had pinch to zoom working fine after installing Yosemite but after a month or so it's stopped working. The setting is enabled in Trackpad > Scroll & Zoom and it seems none of those gestures are working anymore. I can use 4/5 fingers outwards for Expose though.

How can I get the full functionality back?


texts: iPad update/restore iOS 8.1 stuck at 10%; cannot exit recovery mode

texts:
I wanted to upgrade my iPad from iOS 7 to iOS 8.1. I downloaded an IPSW from ipswdownloader.com and tried updating by alt+clicking the update button. The update process stopped at around 10%. I tried restoring the same way, again stuck at around 10%. See this: http://cl.ly/image/2a1S37272C27

The iPad is now in an infinite recovery loop. I tried several tutorials available online to exit out of recovery mode but no success. Tried entering DFU mode and then restoring, nope.. again stuck at 10% as shown in the image above.

Can anyone help me with this?

Update: I also tried using TinyUmbrella for OSX but the application get stuck at "Verifying libraries"

It's like every door I go to, slams shut on me. :(


texts: Why nc doesn't response even if the "w" option set?

texts:
For some servers:

nc -w 1 -z x.x.x.x 22

doesn't work. It has no response, but is looking like very busy: only ctrl + C can help.

So -w 1 seems to be a useless option, to specify the timeout.

Does somebody know what is going wrong: how specify a real timeout?


texts: How to Open .dist extension as folder on Mac OS X?

texts:
I'am currently developing Java application with Eclipse IDE and having this folder named "workspace.dist". This contains the deployed portlet to be deployed to a framework. Now my problem is, Mac OS recognizes workspace.dist as TextMate extension (a text editor). For the mean time, I had to "Show Package Content" thru context menu to open this file.

So my question is if there a way to associate .dist extension as Finder?

Thank you!


texts: Somewhat bizarrely, on both my iPhone and iPad, TV Provider is not an option in the Settings menu. If I search in Spotlight, it shows up, but when I click on it it just opens the Settings app (does not open TV Provider). It's a bit frustrating because I recently canceled my FiOS subscription and switched to Spectrum, but have no way of changing my TV provider settings in any of my apps.


texts:
I'm trying to create a Service where I can select an individual file, right click, go to Services and tap Perm Delete using Automator - i.e.:

rm <path>

I've looked around and i just can't find how to get the file path of the selected file.

Can anyone help.

Thanks


texts: Force quit app still listed in Force Quit Applications window

texts:
Sometimes, when I try to force quit an app after it fails to quit using command ⌘+q, it doesn't appear to work. It still shows up in the dock as if it is running, still shows the app in the list when I hit command ⌘+tab to switch between apps, and is still listed in the Force Quit Applications window. However, the app doesn't show up in the list of running processes under the CPU tab in Activity Monitor, so it would appear it isn't actually still running.

I've tried killall appname.appin terminal, and that doesn't seem to work either. It just returns No matching processes belonging to you were found.

If I try to run the app again, I get the error The application “appname.app” can’t be opened. -600. So it would seem that at least some part of the app is still running.

Often this happens with Find Any File.app, but sometimes it is some other app I'm running. And occasionally this even happens with Finder when I try to relaunch it. But when Finder won't quit, instead of seeing an error -600, there will simply be no response at all when I click on the Finder icon in the dock to try launching it again.

So far, the only way I have been able to resolve the "unquittable/unlaunchable app" problem is by rebooting my Mac. But sometimes it will hang while trying to restart, so I need to hold the power button down to force it to shut down.

Forcing a shutdown is never a good thing. So I am hoping there may be some other solution to this problem. Perhaps there is some persistent UI process, or some other background process/task that is causing this to happen? Maybe there is something else that I can forcibly quit from Activity Monitor or Terminal that will effectively do a soft restart of OS X?

By the way, I've noticed this tends to happen more often when I have awoken the system from sleep.

In any case, I've searched here for a solution to this (other than doing a hard restart), and haven't been able to find one. So if anyone can help, I would really appreciate it.


texts: iPhone 4 Battery Leaked if I Don't Charge to 100%

texts:
Related question here.

I find out that when I charge my iPhone, if I don't charge it to 100% before I pull out the charger, sometimes the battery will leak out very fast.

The leak manifested in these ways:

From the iPhone setting, I can see that the usage time since last full recharge is the same as the time now minus the time I pull out the charger. This means that the phone is effectively being in used right after I stop charging it, even though there is no one using it.
The iPhone battery decreases at the rate of 10% per hour, much more higher than the normal idle decreasing rate.
If I restart my phone, the battery % will still remain the same. So this means that the battery loss is for real.
If I restart my phone, the leak stops. The battery now decreases at normal idle rate ( which is about 2-4% in 8 hours time)

This problem is intermittent, and I can't reproduce it for sure but it happens from time to time.

Any idea how to fix this?


texts:
Is there a benefit to copying (with Carbon Copy Cloner) large amounts of data (400 GB) from one physical drive to another (both WD My Passport external USB 3.0 HDD), rather than to a separate partition / volume on the source drive?

I imagine that using the same drive might be slower, since it must do both read and write. While with separate drives, each drive does only read or only write, so maybe it's faster.


texts: Mitigating iPhone Headphones Design Flaw/Poor Usage

texts:
I've got a first generation iPhone.  About once a year, like clockwork, the standard Apple iPhone headphones will start to crap-out on me.  Audio will flake out in a channel, the clicker will stop answering the phone, and ultimately they'll give up the ghost.  The flaking out is an audio-on/audio-off thing, eventually becoming a completely off thing.  This is not the schmutz in the iphone problem.

I think I've tracked down the physical defect (but am not a headphone/electrical engineer)

The image above shows two flakey headphone jacks with their protective covering pulled back.  It looks like, over time, the plastic covering wears away and exposes the bare wires which, I assume, interferes with the magic that makes the headphone work.

Is there a way to salvage these headphones? How can I keep this from happening to future headphones?  Will that happen to all microphone-clicker headphones, or are there's others that will be more resilient?  Are there low budget third-party headphones with comparable average audio-quality, a clicker, and will work with a first gen iPhone? I've been wary of trading up lest I'm buying for a new $100 pair of headphones every year (instead of a $30/pair).  Is it the design of the iPhone itself that causes this (i.e., something that won't happen with the newer models)

When I'm not using the headphones they get wrapped up in my pocket like this. Is this damaging them? You can also see how the base of the jack casing has split.  This is something else that happens to the headphone.

My goal here is to make my headphones last as long as they can.


texts: Results of find cannot be encapsulated in quotes

texts:
On Linux, handling spaces when I am using the results find only requires wrapping the variable in quotes. This doesn't work on OS X. This code, for example, doesn't work:

for file in $(find . -name "*.txt")
do
    ls -l "${file}"
done

Even wrapped in quotes, parts of file names separated by spaces are treated as their own result. How do I fix this?


texts: How to view expiration date of code signing cert?

texts: I know pkgutil --check-signature and codesign -d -vvv but neither of them show the expiration date. Is there a way to view the expiration date of a code signing cert? Say for instance...macOS installer.


texts: How to get stationery back in Apple Mail on macOS Mojave?

texts:
According to this article, Apple has removed the stationery from Apple Mail.

  Apple Mail Stationery Removed. According to the release notes for the
  macOS Mojave beta, Stationery, the HTML email feature that allowed
  users to choose from pre-built email templates, has been removed from
  the app.

I have installed the first beta of macOS Mojave and it appears that this is unfortunately true.  Is there anyway to regain this functionality of Apple Mail and add stationery to Apple Mail v12.0?


texts: Samsung SSD Firmware Update Power Cycle on MBP

texts:
I am trying to install the firmware update for my Samsung 840 Series (250GB) on my MacBook Pro 13" (early 2011). As explained in Samsung's installation guide I downloaded the respective .iso file and created a bootable DVD.

Just before I wanted to reboot from the DVD I read in the installation guide that for some systems the firmware update utility will ask you to power cycle the drive meaning that you have to disconnect the SSD from the SATA and power cable for a short moment.

So I guess, the only way to install this firmware update is by removing the SSD and putting it into some SSD enclosure which will be connected to my MBP, right? Is there really no way to update while still having the SSD inside my MBP?


texts: Basic question. I have a licensed copy of Snow Leopard Server, and I want to run it in Parallels 8 as a guest OS. Can this be done?


texts: How to check if any audio is currently playing via Terminal?

texts:
Sometimes I turn up the audio on my MacBook, but then forget to turn it back down. Is there a terminal command I could use to detect if audio is currently playing (sound coming from the speakers)?

I need something similar to How to detect that the sound is currently playing in Linux? or Testing if audio devices / sound cards are currently playing?, except that neither of those work as they are for Linux.


texts:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8563977

A strange process is running on an un-logged-in user and taking up tons of resources.  It's called "DataclassOwnersManager."

I was able to force quit the process, but am still not comfortable with it.

Any idea what this process was?


texts: macOS Mail: How to remove background color of a message in message list?

texts:
In MacOS Mail, we can change the background color of a message in the message list.  This could happen in two ways AFAIK: (i) Select a message, go to Format -> Show Colors, then choose a color, or (ii) Setup a rule that automatically set the background color based on some conditions.

The question is: once the background color is set, I can't seem to find a way to remove the background color.  I can only change it to another color.  This does not work well when we switch between dark mode and light mode. What I would like to do is to remove the colors all together (or equivalently, make the background transparent).  Is there a way to do this?


texts: How to view certificates from my keychain on iOS?

texts: On macOS the keychain allows me to view all certificates and if I want manually revoke trust to a certificate. I was wondering how I could do something similar on my iPhone as my school forces me to install their intermediate certificate to use their Wi-Fi, which I would like to revoke when not at school to prevent the school from man in the middle attacking/creating fake SSL certificates for websites I view outside of school.


texts: I have bought a ipad 2 32gb wifi and 3g it came with ios 4.3.5. how would i jailbreak it?

texts:
i have seen many people among my friends who have jailbroken their ipad 1. I have just bought an ipad 2 yesterday and wish to do the same . how would i jailbreak it i have also tried downloading an ios 4.3.3 firmware

thanks in advance


texts: Shell set environment variables for command

texts:
I want to run a program in Terminal and set its environment variables. According to my research one can do this using:

VARIABLE="value" VARIABLE2="value2" run_program

Now I'd like to set a variety of variables using a configuration file. Indeed, I could inject variables into the active shell using:

. program_variables.config

I then can use echo $VARIABLE in the terminal.

Anyway, when I now run

. program_variables.config run_program

I cannot access the variables within the program. I also tried separating the two parts with ; and &&.

After thinking about what's happening there I had the following ideas:

cat program_variables.config | xargs run_program
cat program_variables.config | tr -d '\n' run_program

and a few more.

I didn't write the called program myself so I cannot change the behavior how variables are read.

Any ideas how I output the file as if I would have written its content in the shell myself?


texts: HI I was given an ipad as a gift but my kids played with it and now it is asking for a pin no. every time i turn it on kids cant remember any pin no. so can anyone help me please?


texts: I was able to change lock screen wallpaper but can't change of that screen which comes after sleep on MacBook pro

texts:
I was looking some ways to customise my mac, and I saw a way to change lock seer wallpaper by keeping the same name "com.apple.desktop.admin.png" as of the automated lock screen wallpaper

When i opened my mac after shutdown

I got that blurred image after i closed my mac's flap or lid and even by pressing sleep in the apple menu, how can I change it also?


texts: Disable automatic "remind me on a day" in Reminders?

texts:
I use Reminders simply as a set of todo lists.

Today I created a reminder to "buy a shirt, size 14-1/2 32/33", and Reminders added a due date of "2016-01-14 12:00" (not sure how it calculated that exactly).

This addition of unwanted reminder dates commonly happens with other inputs, too (though I don't have another example before me at present).

Is there an app pref I could set through Terminal to disable this feature?

Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)


texts:
I had some trouble with my wifi connection so I figured, I could switch on logging for airport via

sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport debug +AllUserLand +LogFile

Now as far as I remember, the +LogFileshould redirect the airport debug log from kernel.log to wifi.log. Checking Console, I notice that there is no wifi.log under /var/log/. On a closer look, I noticed that kernel.log disappeared as well.

After some googling I found this post, in which it says that kernel.log was merged into system.log. Now if that is true, I'm suspecting that the reason I can't locate wifi.log might be that it was perhaps merged with system.log as well. Does anyone have some further info on this?


texts: OS X 10.8 installed over pre-release version, still shows as needing download after the installation has completed

texts:
Several months ago I received a new Mac Mini from my employer with a pre-release version of Mountain Lion in one of the partitions.  Running in the pre release, I went through the App Store and purchased the release version of 10.8.  It downloaded the 4Gb in about 3 hours.  It then copied some files, then rebooted and seemed to go through the installation process for over 30 minutes.  The normal login screen appeared.  Going back into App Store, it shows 10.8 with the download button, so it seems that the install hasn't worked?  Shutting down, rebooting and restarting several times has not helped.

The apple menu / About this Mac / More Info / shows:    Software OS X 10.8 (12A269)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.8#Release_history suggests the build is 12A269 (GM), but I don't know if the GM is significant.

Is this a concern? If so, how can I download and install the final version of Mountain Lion from the App Store?


texts: In iOS, where are "Recently Deleted" folders located? (Jailbroken iDevice)

texts:
I have a jailbroken iPad 4th gen with 15,000 pictures in Recently Deleted folder that iPad is unable to either recover or delete. Probably too many files for those functions to work.

I've installed NoRecentlyDelete tweak but it's a bit late.

So my question is, where is the folder(s) that holds those pictures so I can manually delete or recover them.

Note that I have access to raw file system on my iPad both via PC and iFile on iPad.

Cheers.


texts: Can I use a different carrier with my iPhone 4s received from provider?

texts: I've got an iPhone 4s from a provider, but they gave it to me without a sim card. It worked but I am wondering if I could buy a sim card, put it in the slot and use the phone with a different carrier, like a prepaid one?


texts:
I accidentally deleted my iPhoto Library last night and cleared my trash as I saw I had 2 iPhoto Applications. Today when, I opened up my iPhoto, the only photos remaining were the ones from 2011.

I have tried recovering the photos and the previous iPhoto Library with Wondershare Data Recovery to no avail. I managed to get the previous iPhoto Library. However now when i open it states that it may be damaged or incomplete.

What can I do to get back all my photos and make iPhoto run as it should?


texts: IPhone 6s+ stuck in infinite loop screen

texts:
I was playing on the computer today when I went to the toilet. After I came back, I saw a loading circle on my screen. I thought its just a update but that wouldnt make sense because I didnt click anything. Then I thought I can just wait some minutes but now its already 4 hours. Ive been looking for solutions but I got a specific problem!
I cant press the Home and Power Button at the same time since my Home Button is broken. And I cant find any solution how I can restart my phone otherwise.
I tried everything but I just cant restart it.


texts: MacBook Pro mini displayport to DVI D doesn't show anything on the Compaq 2021 monitor

texts:
I am using a MacBook Pro running 10.6.8. I have been using a Compaq s2021a monitor with mini displayport to VGA adaptor and cable until now. I bought a mini displayport to DVI adaptor and DVI - DVI cable and connected to the monitor. The laptop is detecting the display and allows me to change the resolution but nothing is seen on the display of the monitor. There is a flicker on the screen when the resolution is changed to 1024x768 when I click on the calibrate button.

Can someone help me to resolve this?


texts: Can I get my iPhone to see the "Other Calendars" from Google Apps for domains Calendars?

texts:
Our office is using Google Apps.  I have it set up to sync calendars against Google, but none of my Other Calendars appear when I click the calendars button on the iPhone.  Is this possible?

I've tried the sync instructions, but navigating to google.com/sync from safari on the iPhone assumes you will log in with a Google account, not a Google apps account.


texts: Is there some way to keep the mail.app always opened?

texts: Is there some way to the make mail.app open on boot, and maintain always opened? Like a service in linux. It would be perfect if it continues to run even when not showing on Dock or on "command+tab", but still showing notifications.


texts: Soundflower + AU Lab + Mavericks results in incessant clicking

texts:
I have successfully routed my system audio through AU Lab via Soundflower, but it clicks.
To my knowledge, that clicking sound usually means that buffer sizes are out of wack (either too small, or not consistent across any applications in the signal chain).
Yet, trying to match the settings as follows doesn't seem to fix the problem.
My settings:
• In Soundflowerbed, buffer size = 2048
• In Info pane for AU Lab (CMD+i), selected 'Open in 32-bit mode'
• In AU Lab preferences, buffer size of all devices = 2048
• In System Prefs > Audio Midi Setup, Format of Built-in Output = 44.1k, 32 bits, to match Soundflower.
A few observations:
• In AU Lab, regardless of what settings I've selected in Preferences, it shows the Frames settings of Built-in Output to be 512, which is not necessarily what I have it set to. That figure gets updated for Soundflower. Not sure what that's about.
• Setting all buffer sizes to 512 to match the above does not fix the problem either.
• Clicking is present with all audio, consistently, and begins as soon as audio starts. If there is no audio, there is no clicking.
• In Audio Midi Setup, Soundflower says its audio is of the 32-bit integer variety, while the closest option Built-in Output has is 32-bit float. I don't know enough about digital signal processing to know if that's an issue.
I am on the Mid-2014 model MBP with OSX 9.4, Soundflower 1.6.6, and AU Lab 2.3.


texts: File selector list not starting at the top

texts:
When I go to attach a document in mail, I press the attach button, and the file selector dialog opens. However, the list starts 3 or 4 items from the top, so I have to scroll up a little to see the first few (and then back down to see the rest).

Any ideas what would cause this and how I would fix it?


texts: iCloud backup restore from iOS 8.4 to iOS 9.3 possible?

texts:
I’m sending a relative my old iPhone 5s running iOS 9.3.2 because her beloved iPhone 5c has finally given up the ghost. Her iPhone is running iOS 8.4.1. Ordinarily I’d advise her to upgrade to iOS 9.3.2, but unfortunately her device only has 250 MB available, which I don’t believe is sufficient to update iOS. And she doesn’t have access to a Mac or PC for performing the update via iTunes.

My question is will she be able to restore an iCloud backup made with iOS 8.4.1 on to the replacement iPhone running iOS 9.3.2? I know that sometimes the restore process can be fussy about major version number differences.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to fix Terminal error DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable (/usr/bin/login) is setuid or setgid?

texts:
Any time I open a new terminal window (independent of terminal app), the console stderr displays dyld: DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable (/usr/bin/login) is setuid or setgid before the first bash prompt.

The start of this error coincided with my install of 10.8.

How can I get rid of that message?

Below is my .bash_profile:

export PS1="\u@MBP:\W ->"

##
# Your previous /Users/segiddins/.bash_profile file was backed up as /Users/segiddins/.bash_profile.macports-saved_2012-04-19_at_21:00:04
##

# MacPorts Installer addition on 2012-04-19_at_21:00:04: adding an appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
# Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts.


texts: Blocking Incoming Connections to Open Port Daemons

texts:
OS:  macOS 10.13.5 High Sierra; HW:  Mid-2010 MacBookPro7,1  13” 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo

I am interested in blocking incoming connections to Apple’s two persistent daemons with internet-facing open ports—specifically apsd and rapportd (pid 276 & 317 respectively below):

$ netstat -avp tcp
Active Internet connections (including servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address        (state)     rhiwat shiwat    pid   epid
tcp4       0      0  192.168.0.2.49271      17.252.28.71.5223      ESTABLISHED 131072 131072    276      0
tcp4       0      0  localhost.ipp          *.*                    LISTEN      131072 131072    470      0
tcp6       0      0  localhost.ipp          *.*                    LISTEN      131072 131072    470      0
tcp6       0      0  *.49157                *.*                    LISTEN      131072 131072    317      0
tcp4       0      0  *.49157                *.*                    LISTEN      131072 131072    317      0

Using the Application Layer Firewall control daemon (socketfilterfw), I have added and then instructed the firewall to block incoming connections to both daemons as indicated here:

$ socketfilterfw --listapps
ALF: total number of apps = 2

1 :  /usr/libexec/rapportd
     ( Block incoming connections )

2 :  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ApplePushService.framework/apsd
     ( Block incoming connections )

The machine was then rebooted.

However, using Activity Monitor—>Network, it indicates that apsd is still receiving packets and as netstat above displays, it maintains an ESTABLISHED connection state. I am not proficient enough to verify blocking of rapportd, as it is perpetually in LISTEN state and never seems to receive data, but since its active buddy doesn’t appear blocked, I doubt that it is as well.

I know there are other routes to disabling these services (launchd/lingon, pf/murus, afw/vallum), but would prefer to resolve it through ALF/socketfilterfw if possible, if for no other reason than I would like to understand exactly why it doesn’t seem to work as advertised.

Than you all for your guidance in resolving this conundrum.

Bonus ’tard question:  How do I log out of this site? The place is like Hotel California—I can’t seem to find the logout link, LOL!


texts: How do I encrypt an external drive with FileVault 2 in OSX Yosemite

texts:
Ok, so according to https://www.apple.com/osx/what-is/security/ I should be able to encrypt ANY external drive..."with ease" using FileVault 2.

I have a brand new (empty) 2TB Fantom Drive model: GFP2000EU3 (Hitachi Drive)

Disk Utility:

I tried to erase and format the drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) Returned Error: "A GUID Partition Table (GPT) partitioning scheme is required."
Selected Logical Volume in left list, then went to Partition tab, clicked on dropdown, showing "Current," changed it to 1 partition, clicked Options button, then selected GUID Partition Table radio button > clicked OK, then Apply on main window. No errors came during this step.
Tried step 1 again, different error message: "Unable to create a new Core Storage logical volume group."

Finder:

Attempted ctrl+click>Encrypt *Drive Name* drive icon on my desktop, same error: "Unable to create a new Core Storage logical volume group."

I also tried a disk repair before trying again. Then tried all these steps again in Recovery Mode (command+R during startup), then tried under Safe Mode (holding shift at startup), and then under another user account. All come back with same error: "Unable to create a new Core Storage logical volume group."

Update 1:: I was able to successfully encrypt a 8gb Sandisk thumb drive. Still need to take care of the 2TB.

$diskutil list

/dev/disk3
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk3
1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk3s1
2:                  Apple_HFS MyDrive                 2.0 TB     disk3s2

After chats with Apple tier 1 & Senior Support, they've ran CaptureData and a Systems Engineer is looking into this, may take a day or two. They said they have little to no documentation yet on my problem. Seems unlikely that I'm the only one...

Update 2: I received repair authorization from Fantom and overnighted the drive (at my expense). After inspection I received this message: "We've completed diagnostics on your drive and regret to inform you that the hard disk inside the case has failed. As such, the damage is now beyond our ability to repair- we will replace the disk drive mechanism and return the repaired unit."

I find this interesting, because I may not have found out about this problem until after I loaded critical data on the drive. I was able to format the drive and copy to and from the drive without issue...encrypting the drive exposed the problem. I still need to confirm that the "repaired unit" will encrypt as expected, hopefully I will receive that back soon.

Final update: after receiving the new drive, everything encrypted as expected. My advice is to try to encrypt every drive when you first get it, as a failure may detect some glitches that you'd want to see sooner rather than later...


texts: Why does my external USB drive power off even when set not to?

texts:
My understanding of standby modes in MacOS is they will not be triggered with an external disk. However even though I explicitly set my power settings not to sleep the disk, it still does.

$ pmset -g
System-wide power settings:
Currently in use:
 standby              0
 Sleep On Power Button 1
 womp                 1
 autorestart          0
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 powernap             0
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            0
 sleep                60
 autopoweroffdelay    14400
 hibernatemode        0
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         10
 standbydelay         4200

Why is this happening and how do I stop it?

I should add I've been using this Mac Mini with this drive and it never used to have this issue. It is my OS drive so if it turns off, things go wrong so I would've noticed.

I wonder if it's linked to autopoweroff AKA Deep Sleep but shouldn't the disk come back on at power-up anyway?


texts: How can I control the default save location for PDFs in Microsoft Word for Mac?

texts:
In Microsoft Word for Mac 2011, I often need to save a copy of a document as a PDF. To do this, I open the print dialog, and then choose "Save as PDF" from the dropdown menu at the bottom:

However, this seems to, by default, open the last location I've saved a PDF in. It would be far preferable for it to default to the location of the .docx file I'm working with. Is there a way to achieve this result?


texts: sudo: setrlimit(8): Invalid argument after switching Mac OS shell from BASH to ZSH

texts:
After updating to Mac OS Catalina some months ago, I followed the prompted suggestions and changed my shell from BASH to ZSH.

Since that time, whenever I use sudo in Terminal, I get sudo: setrlimit(8): Invalid argument. The sudo'd command runs fine, but this error shows every time.

I don't have any plugins or modifications to my shell - it's vanilla ZSH in default Terminal.app

I've searched the Googs but I can't really find anything that seems like a good match - only generic "increasing limits on sockets in osx". I could try that, but I don't understand why I should be having an issue in the first place when I have not and do not doing anything peculiar or fancy with shell - I use it for git, npm and occasionally other commands.

Does anyone have any ideas? Not sure what other information you'd need, but let me know if there is.


texts: Where can I see modifications made to the PATH environment variable by the Go installer

texts:
I've identified several changes to the PATH variable in Bash that aren't listed in e.g. /etc/profile, ~/.profile, .bash_profile, ~/.bashrc.

The following snippet from the Go installation page mentions that packages may change the environment.

How can I see changes to the environment made by packages?

https://golang.org/doc/install

  The package should put the /usr/local/go/bin directory in your PATH
  environment variable. You may need to restart any open Terminal
  sessions for the change to take effect.


texts:
I have a MacbookAir 11" from 2011, with only 64 GB of disk storage. Originally came with OSX Mountain Lion and now I'm thinking on updating it to macOS Sierra.

My question is: How much space does the macOS take? Will it take most of my storage space only for the OS? Or will I have enough space to work with?


texts: Macbook Air + Logitech G773 headset speeding up videos and not detecting mic input

texts:
I recently bought a Macbook Air (Late 2020 M1). I also bought a Logitech G773 headset. Since the receiver is USB-A, and the ports are USB-C, I have an adapter/hub that I am plugging the headset receiver into. If my computer is on when I plug the receiver in, the audio works, but the mic input does not (even after selecting the proper audio input/output in both the app and System Settings). The weirder thing is that when watching videos, such as on Youtube or elsewhere, the video will speed up and go back to normal speed, somewhat randomly.
Things I have tried:

Rebooting audio via this answer
Unplugging and plugging it back in.
Uninstalling/reinstalling the Logitech app
Using a different USB adapter (with no other devices)

Restarting fixes the problem, but it is kind of a pain to do it every time I plug in my headset. Has anyone had a similar issue and can offer a solution?


texts: Where did the command-backtick keyboard shortcut go in 10.7 Lion?

texts:
With every Mac OS X I've ever used, hitting command-backtick (`) cycled to the next window.  I just installed Mac OS X 10.7 (on top of a perfectly fresh 10.6), and command-backtick does nothing at all.

Did this feature go away?


texts: Does "Masters" folder in Photos package contain everything?

texts:
Theres a folder called /Masters in the Mac Photos App, when you "Show Package Contents". I was wondering if this contained all Photos and Video including Hidden content.

One recommended way I've seen to Merge two Photos Libraries is to take master from one and drag it into the Photos app. I just want to make sure this is correct before I delete the "merged" Photos Library.


texts: Export Notes from Entourage to Apple Mail

texts: Is it Possible to export the notes made in Entourage 2008 V 12.0.0 to Apple Mail notes? How do I do it?


texts: Copy and paste between Mac and Ubuntu using keyboard shortcuts via VMware Fusion

texts:
I use OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 and have VMware Fusion 7.1.1 where Ubuntu 14.04 has been installed. Moreover, I have installed VMware tools patches.

Copy and paste between Mac and Ubuntu using keyboard shortcuts (Cmd+C then Cmd+V) worked fine before. I don't know if it is because of the recent upgrade from VMware Fusion 6.x to 7.1.1 or the installation of the VMware tools patches, copy and paste does not work any more. Here are some screenshots of the settings:

Could anyone help?


texts:
I'm having a hard time working with Mac OS screen coordinates.  I can use ⌘+⇧+4 to get them, but each of my monitors does not have a unique coordinate system??!?

I have a desktop of 4 screens arranged in a 2x2 pattern. Each screen has a size of (2048 pixels x 1152 pixels).  (And the Apple Menu Bar is on the top-left screen).

⌘+⇧+4 gives the upper-left of each screen as (0,0) and the lower right as (2048,1152).

But each screen does that!

Technically, the coordinate system "should" run from (0,0) to (4096,2304). How do I differentiate the coordinates of the individual monitors?

Furthermore, when I create a window at (500,500) it creates it in the top-left monitor at (500,652)

So I just don't understand what's going on. How can I get an accurate coordinate map for the Mac OS desktop with multiple monitors?


texts:
I have a printer that only works from the office and not from home.  The driver start searching at startup and shows a lot of pop-ups trying to connect. The driver is a custom HP printer driver from the office provider.
Is there any way to disable a printer driver temporarily via bash script or similar?   I'm using MacOS Catalina on a Macbook Pro 2020.
thanks


texts: Do downloads continue when lid is closed?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is there any way to set a MacBook Pro to not sleep when you close the lid?

If I close the lid on my Macbook Air (OS X 10.5.8), will it continue downloading files - say from Firefox or Dropbox?  Is there any way to make it do this?


texts: Does the Apple Watch Workout app overstate active calories?

texts:
I know the Apple Watch Workout app differs from the Activity app in its tracking of calories burned but what accounts for this huge discrepancy described below?

I ran the "7 Minute Workout" app yesterday (Dec 8 in the image) and used the Apple Watch Workout app to track the exercise but forgot to stop it for about four hours. When I noticed Workout still running and finally stopped it, it showed me that I had exercised for 245 minutes and burned around 1100 active calories! Now, that's more than half of my allotted calories for the day. If it were only true for when I was simply driving to dinner and then gorging on pasta and wine!

When I didn't forget to turn off Workout the other day (Dec 5 in the image) after doing two 7 MWC sessions (total about 25 minutes), I got what looks like a normal calories burned reading.

So, in theory, if I run the Workout app from when I wake up until I go to sleep, I'd expect it'll show me that I burned a ton more calories than the Activity app would.


texts: Security implications of Lock Screen vs. Sleep vs. Log Out vs. Shut Down for physical access

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro with full disk encryption. I'd like to secure my information from someone who steals my computer or has physical access to it while it's unattended. Are any of these methods more effective than others?

Lock Screen with password required
Sleep
Log out
Shut down

I'm interested in attacks that would allow them to unlock and use the computer as well as ones that would allow them to access information stored on the computer without unlocking it.

This question is partly theoretical, so for the current purposes please assume that:

The attacker can't guess / brute-force the password
I'm not concerned about hardware attacks like inserting a hidden microphone or physical keylogger
I'm not interested in options to remotely wipe or lock the computer
I understand that there's no such thing as perfect security; I'm just interested in differences between the options


texts: How to select and dial contact from input with iOS Workflow app

texts:
I would like to know if it's possible to use the new Workflow app to do the following.

My company has 50 stores. Each store is in my contacts as:

Store 101

Store 102

Store 103

Store 104

etc. etc...

I have to call one of these stores frequently, for whatever reason. Each store only has a single phone number listed to be available to call.

I would like a workflow that takes input and selects and calls the contact.

For example I want to launch the workflow, have it prompt me for the store number only, and pass "Store (input)", determine which contact that would be and dial its number.

So:

Launch workflow app shortcut
Shortcut prompts for store # only
Parses text "Store" plus input variable #
Dials number for the contact


texts: What's the services/running processes manager in Mac OS X?

texts: I installed MySQL but I am unable to see if it is running or has stopped. How do I see what are the currently running services corresponding to the "Services" interface in Windows?


texts: Control Safari via Bluetooth keyboard on iPhone 4

texts:
I have an old iPhone 4 with the latest iOS 7.1.2.

This Phone is still working and the battery is still good enough - So I thought it could be a good device (cheap and light)  to show my simple presentations in my class.

I have the fitting VGA adapter so that no further hardware is necessary.

As I would like to create my presentations on my PC, I would opt for the webbased presentation service slides.com. I have wifi in my class so online access to slides.com from the iPhone is not a problem.

The first issue I had to solve was the problem, that the internet page is not shown on the projector via the VGA adapter. I found out that only keynote has the built-in function to show the page on the vga monitor but with websites shown on safari it didn't work.

But I found an app that actually opens a webpage and displays it also via VGA.
Great so far.

The next problem is now: I want to control my slides via a remote. The standard presenting devices for laptops have a USB dongle which you have to attach to one of the usb ports. In case of my iPhone 4 I thought I could try it with a bluetooth device but my first tests with a normal apple bluetooth keyboard showed that this bluetooth keyboard cannot control the browser (also Safari) at all.

So this is my question: Is there a way to control safari on my iPhone 4 with iOS 7.1.2 via a bluetooth keyboard?

Would the accessibility features maybe help?

Thanks a lot!!!


texts:
I use Control+F2 to highlight the menu bar pretty frequently.  How does the Menu Bar decide what menu to select in the list when a key is pressed?
Typically the character pressed on the keyboard is the first item in the list but after experimenting with this it seems inconsistent.

Sometimes pressing "H" will correspond to the to the first item in the drop down and other times the second.  Another example is selecting View in the menu.  Sometimes v will select View and other times Window.


texts: Why would my external USB3 drive (a Drobo) keep getting disconnected?

texts: I have a mac mini (Mid 2011) running High Sierra (10.13.4) that I've been trying to use a home server. I'm not sure what the cause is, but my external USB drive (a 3rd-gen 4-drive Drobo) keeps disconnected after 16-48 hours. The Drobo is out of warranty and since June 2017 Drobo doesn't provide any community support so I haven't been able to figure out if the issue originates with the device. Aside from power cycling (which isn't the cause in my case) what might cause a USB drive to disconnect ?


texts: Save attachments from Mail.app based on subject

texts:
I have been trying to write an Applescript to help me saving attachments, but realized quickly that I do not have the knowledge to do such a difficult script. Here is some background.

We receive daily sales reports, and flight manifests. The format in the subject should be: dd.mm.yyyy/"two letter airline code".DSR.Weight.

I.e. 30.01.2013/VS.DSR.1110KG

In the case of the manifest, in the same format, substitute DSR with MNFST.

I.e. 30.01.2013/VS.MNFST.1110KG.

There are however countless variations to the subject, and we are all human, and sometimes , is used, or more / etc. Our staff are great and work extremely hard, and the last thing they need me to do is be on their case about subject formats.

Therefore I was trying to get an Applescript to look at the two things that are always in the subject. The airlines two letter code, and the word DSR or MNFST/MFST/Manifest

We have the following two letter codes, sometimes in lower, or uppercase or a mix.

CV VS SAA TK DHV LH

Now the DSR can be in the subject in a number of ways, its not always seperated, ie. 30.01.2013/VSDSR1110KG

Same applies for MNFST/MFST/Manifest.

Ideally, I need a script to work in two parts:

DSR:

Check the subject for the flight code and DSR
Save the .xls attachment to /DSR/Airline two letter code
If File is more recent (A correction might be sent later that day/early the next morning.), add 1, if another 2 etc.

I.e. 30.01.2013/VS.DSR.1110KG.xls: Macintosh HD/Users/(My username)/Dropbox/DSR/VS
I.e. 30.01.2013/CV.DSR.1110KG.xls: Macintosh HD/Users/(My username)/Dropbox/DSR/CV

Manifest (Sometimes a .xls/.pdf/.zip file. It varies.)

Check the subject for the flight code and (Manifest or MNFST or MFST)
Save the .xls/.pdf/.zip attachment to Manifests/Airline two letter airline code
If the file is more recent (I.e. a file conflict with the same name. A correction might be sent later that day/early the next morning.), add 1, if another 2 etc.

I.e. For VS: Macintosh HD/Users/(My username)/Dropbox/Manifests/VS

From the 3 hours I spent attempting this and getting nowhere fast, I thought someone might find this an interesting challenge, and it would be greatly appreciated!

Meanwhile, I am going to be reading up on Applescript in my free time, very powerful tool and time saver!


texts: How can I send an iMessage from my iPad to my iPhone?

texts: I'm going on a trip where I'm taking my iPhone and leaving my iPad home with my wife. Is there a way for my wife to send me an iMessage from the iPad? Both devices are mine, so currently any message sent to one also goes to the other. But shouldn't there be a way for her to use my iPad to send my iPhone a message?


texts: Can I keep my iTunes library after I get an Apple Music subscription?

texts: If I get an Apple Music subscription, can I still keep the songs in my iTunes library without moving them to the cloud? I ask because I understand that Apple Music will swap your songs for the closest thing in its library. I'm fine with this, except that I have a lot of classical music and I prefer the specific recordings and interpretations that I've been collecting for years. Will I still have immediate access to these tracks? Also, if Apple Music doesn't have the song I'm looking for, can I still use iTunes to download it? Thank you.


texts: Is it possible my neighbor could hack in and read my files on my Macbook?

texts: I have a very sneaky neighbor who is a state cop and wouldn't put it past him to try and hack into my network or computer. Oftentimes I find files open that weren't open. He is obsessed with us and harasses us continuously (video cameras looking in my house, calls cops on us when we haven't done anything, hates us because we had to sue him and won- etc).


texts: How can I tell if my friend is broadcasting their location from an iPad vers an iPhone?

texts: I wondered if there was a way to tell the device being used to broadcast a location in Find My Friends. As in, if someone switched over their location from iPhone to iPad to show that they were at one place and left their iPad there to broadcast the location but weren't actually there?


texts: How to cancel a program's large upload happening via nsurlsessiond?

texts:
I launched a program (Apple's Feedback Assistant) on Big Sur that uploads files to Apple via nsurlsessiond. I neglected to observe that one of the files was >500MB, and after I submitted it, I wanted to cancel the upload. Note that the upload proceeds in the background (i.e., even after I quit Feedback Assistant).
I cannot find any user interface to cancel it. Meanwhile, the upload kept running in the background for hours.
Following the advice at How to know what nsurlsessiond is downloading I ran
sudo lsof | grep nsurl

and was able to spot what I believe is the large upload file at:
/private/var/folders/bh/sqXXX/0/com.apple.nsurlsessiond/XXX/XXX/Uploads/CFNetworkUpload_XXX

(where XXX represents a long string of characters and/or hex digits).
I cannot access the enclosing folder, even if I give Full Disk Access to Terminal or enable the root account and log in to that. I keep getting "Operation not permitted". (I haven't tried disabling SIP, which I am reluctant to do.) Even if I could get access to the folder, it is only a guess that deleting the file to be uploaded would give the desired result - it might also cause nsurlsession to stop working altogether, which would be bad.
I was eventually able to stop the upload, by using Little Snitch to identify the endpoint of the upload (cssubmissions.apple.com) and deny that.
It's still waiting to keep sending that big file, though. If I reboot, it's still there. If I turn off the rule blocking that domain, then a little while later the upload starts up again.
I'd like a better way to cancel that upload and see that half-gigabyte file go away.


texts: Am I being hacked? Why can't I change the firewall settings?

texts:
I'm attaching a picture of my Privacy Settings and there is a screensharing and file sharing settings that I cannot modify. Can someone tell me if this is default, or if I got hacked. If so, how can I disable these seemingly hard coded settings?

I'm using High Sierra 10.13.6


texts: Is it possible to backup my iCloud contents?

texts:
One of the major features in Mountain Lion is the ability for almost all programs (certainly all the pre-installed ones and any newer MAS based apps) to store the files that they create and/or edit in iCloud.

I think this is a great thing on the whole, and I will be using a lot for certain apps from now on.  Ignoring the argument about (for example) having a txt file that you can only open in Textedit because it is in the Textedit ubiquity container for example, I think it's a good system for those files that are not inherently truly portable between apps.

Anyway, my question is that whilst I like the system, I cannot necessarily totally trust it (yet).  I am concerned about the following scenarios, some short, some possible longer term.

What happens if my internet connection dies and I cannot contact iCloud
What happens is iCloud suffers an outage
What happens is iCloud loses or corrupts my documents
What happens if someone gains access to my account and deliberately deletes things

These are just some scenarios that could cause me to lose my data.  Previously with iDisk, at least you could keep a 1:1 local copy of all your stuff.

Now, I am aware that cached copies of the documents are located at ~/Library/Mobile Documents/..., but from my understanding these files are just the latest versions that the computer knows about, and it's possible that other computers have more recent versions etc, and that also sometimes what you have is just the metadata, with the actual data waiting to be transferred.  I'm not sure it is safe to call that a canonical copy for backup purposes (or even that it's safe to open anything in there directly), and anyway it looks a horrible old mess in there and it's barely possible to work out what is what, made worse by the fact that you can see all your iCloud stuff in there on your Mac, even the iPad app data for which there is no Mac app version:

Is there any way to do any or all of the following:

Force iCloud to complete any downloads so that you can take a point in time backup
Backup those files (I am presuming that the above folder is not excluded by Time Machine, so this could be simple (but a specific 'certified' local copy like iDisk used to provide should be ok)
Safely navigate and use the files within the backup for emergency access to files and folders

In short, if I don't trust iCloud, what can I do to feel safe that my data is secure.


texts: I recently upgraded to MacOS Mojave using Dosdudes patcher and have been getting a few graphical anomalies in certain apps. I have included an example. It manifests as large black boxes over certain text or graphical windows/items and it doesn't seem to have much of a rhyme or rhythm  to when or where it appears. Restarting apps and switching from light to dark mode or vice-versa does temporarily fix the issues sometimes.


texts: Mac Pro Memory - Should I use 8 RAM slots in dual-channel mode or 6 RAM slots in triple-channel mode?

texts: I have a Mac Pro tower with a 2 x 2.66 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon chipset, and 8 RAM slots. I have been told because of the processor's triple-channel memory capability that I should be installing RAM modules in sets of three. I do a lot of compiling on this machine and want to maximize all the hardware I've got. Does it follow that I should avoid installing RAM in the last two slots?


texts: How to prevent wifi from not working after a long (2 hour sleep)

texts:
OS:
macos high sierra (17G8030)
issue
I work on my mac, then I close it to let it sleep. I do something else for 2-3 hours and suddenly the wifi refuses to work. It connects, but the internet connection refuses.

'turning the wifi on and off'
changing the date/time

these don't work.

cannot be assed to forget wifi & type a long password in.
i will NOT restart my macbook, its a pain in the ass to close everything then open everything back up as it starts up slow when I open everything. (restarting works)

this was a recurring theme since yesterday and I am not letting this go on for a 3rd day.
note that I have opened activity monitor to force quit these processes more than once:

finder
dock
mds related

I also have a vpn software open essentially for the whole duration of this.


texts: where can i find my back up for my ipod?

texts: my computer had to be restored to factory setting and i had a ton of music on it. Well i backed my ipod up to my computer, because it said it would have a complete back up on my computer. For anyone who has done this, where could i find it? or what was yours under?


texts: What causes the temporary loss of around 20GB of hard drive space while using XCode?

texts:
I've got a hard disk of 120GB (20GB free space). I'm a developer in XCode and sometimes I get the "low disk space error"-message that I can't even save my coded files before cleaning some of the space.
I don't know why this happens because without performing anything I'm losing about 19GB of space. This lost space regains if I restart the mac. I asked around with my friends, and they don't get this kind of behavior, so it seems I'm the only one.

I've tried MACKeeper Utility to clear unused things but it's only a temporary solution!
Does any of you have an idea what to do?


texts: My iPhone won't send texts and I can't recive any texts unless I'm on Wi-Fi.  My iPhone says I have LTE but nothing that requires internet will load. I have cellular data for all my apps turned on. I've tried rebooting my iPhone, and turning the cellular data off and on. My family members who are hooked up with the same data package can use their data just fine. Any advice on how to fix this?


texts: I use Notability, a journal app, on my iPad and backup my documents to Dropbox using the app's proprietary .note format. How can I read my .note files on my Macbook? I am willing to convert the files to another format before reading them.


texts: Moving pictures from Mac to iPad without iTunes

texts:
MacPro 5.1 running Yosemite 10.10.5 and iTunes 12.8.1.3. iPad Pro, 2015 model now running 14.1.
Until the 14.1 update, the iPad was happy to transfer a folder of pictures from the Mac to the iPad via iTunes. Now, after update, iTunes gives a warning that 10.11.4 is the OS needed to let them talk. Aside from the fact that I wish I knew this prior to updating the iPad, I'd like to find a way to continue this one process.
(Note: Over the years, I've accumulated a lot of paid software, and when I loaded 10.11 to another drive to test it out, there were loads of casualties. To the point where I decided I'd keep Yosemite on my main Mac, and buy a mini when Mojave was needed, as it will be to do my taxes with TurboTax in April. The jerry-rig solution would be to use the mini to do this.)
I see software such as "Waltr" which performs such a function for audio. I'm hoping to find a method that will work for photos.
FWIW - I have math problems or images that I need to screenshot and move to the iPad into Penultimate (a sister software of Evernote). This lets me write and create an assignment I can present via Zoom or turn into a PDF post edit. The Mac screen shooting avoids the need to edit the image, VS looking at original work on the iPad and screen shooting that. The process was tedious but manageable when iTunes let me bulk transfer the images.


texts: How to smoothly transition my iPhone back to iOS 11 non-beta?

texts:
I signed up and have been using iOS 11 Beta due to ability to record screen video.

But now that iOS 11 is officially released, I am still getting the newest Beta of iOS 11. How do I smoothly transition back to using iOS 11 non-beta?


texts: Trying to hide a big scratch on iPhone 6S screen

texts:
I've always been a "naked iPhone" kinda guy since I love the design and hate the way cases feel in my pocket. I've managed pretty well for the past 6 or 7 years, and even when I DO get scratches I don't really mind. My latest iPhone, though, somehow got a pretty large scratch across the front (and a smaller one above that).

The thing is, I'm worried that I won't be able to trade it back in to T-mobile with a big ugly scratch on the screen. I know there's no way to "fix" a scratch, but I'm wondering if there are ways to lessen it--or at least make it look better. I've googled this several times and come up with things like toothpaste or vaseline, but I've also read that some of these things can make the screen worse.

I've also read that screen protectors can make scratches look better (and I've already ordered one), but when I return it to T-mobile I'll probably have to take that off.

Note: I've included a picture of the scratch(es) below, and the slight blurriness of my iPad camera does make the scratch look even worse. Just keep in mind that it's a big scratch, but not quite as deep and nasty as the picture suggests.


texts: What is the difference between Personal VPN vs VPN Configuration profiles?

texts:
I noticed that the VPN menu in the iPhone settings menu has two different kinds of VPN connections and I am troubled by it. There are two different types of VPN connections shown, Personal VPN profiles and a type for VPN Configuration profiles. After searching for a while, I haven't been able to find out the difference between the two. ( iPhone 5, iOS 8.3 )  Do the two different types have different types of encryption? Different types of connections?Should one be preferred over the other? Any clarification would be appreciated. Thank you.

EDIT: After reinstalling the profile, I realized the Personal VPN configuration isn't signed like the regular VPN configuration.

EDIT #2: Often times when I use the normal VPN configuration connection, it gets detected by the wifi I am connected to as a proxy and I receive warning messages because of it. If this is relevant I hope it helped.


texts: On a Mac, is there a way to switch spaces only using the keyboard?

texts: I want to be able to do this only with the keyboard.


texts: Extending crosshair arms for partial screenshot on Mac OS

texts:
I very frequently use Command ⌘+Shift ⇧+Control ⌃+4 to take a partial screenshot and store it in the clipboard.

However, the arms of the crosshair which appears are very short, making it hard to select the right area on the first go, especially when I want to select a large area with no border.

So, I'm wondering whether it's possible to extend the arms of that crosshair, perhaps to span the entire screen?


texts: Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys not working

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro with touchbar and macOS 10.14.1
I'm using a non apple docking station to which I plugged in an LMP keyboard (Model KB-1243) via USB.

Now I want to use the function keys in IntelliJ as shortcuts without having to press the 'fn' key. So I checked the checkbox 'use F1, F2 etc. keys as standard function keys' but it's not working. I still have to press the fn key. I guess this setting is only for the internal MacBook keyboard, because there it works.

But how can I get it enabled for my external USB-Keyboard?

I just tried it with the Karabiner-Elements, set the function keys to the corresponding function key. But it still doesn't work.


texts: Change output color of terminal (in Mac) to be different from typed text color

texts:
I know how to change the color of ls output, but I would like to change the color of all terminal output.

To make clear what I mean, below is a picture of my terminal. My text color is orange.

However, I would want the -bash: p: command not found, test, and the output of df to be a different color, so that it is easier to see the difference between what I type. Is this possible?

This is how it looks with @jmhindle answer. You can change the number after setaf for a different color (e.g. 2 for green).


texts: Can you make Mac remember password for appleid?

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My macbook pro keeps forgetting the apple id password all the time and asks me to reenter it. This happens way to often. Something like once in every two days.

Can Mac not remember the password once it has been entered?


texts: Automatic App Updates not in the Background anymore since iOS 10

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Before updating to iOS 10, I never actively saw the updates happen (the icon going dark, etc), apparently they always happened during the night or something.

Since updating to iOS 10, every morning when I first look at my phone, I see various apps starting to download updates at the same time, which I find pretty unnerving.

iOS 10.0.2 14A456 on iPhone 5S ME435DN/A. I always had Automatic App Updates activated, and never touched the setting. I do not turn my iPhone off during the night, and do not activate night mode or power saving mode. Just Night Shift.

Anyone else noticed this as well? Is there anything I could do?

Thanks,
-M


texts: Where is "configd" process logging file?

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in macOS X the process configd log some information about ipv4 changes and dos changes to the Console application, all I wanted to know is where this logs are, there aren't on system.log.

An example:

0   0   configd 57  por omisión 11:22:05.861090 +0000   configd network changed: v4(en3+:172.17.188.9) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB


texts: Homescreen changes via iOS Enterprise Remote Device Management

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I'm trying to find out if it is possible on the iOS Developer Enterprise Program to remotely add a home screen bookmark to a website.

For example: a user can visit a website and add a shortcut to that webpage to their home screen in Mobile Safari via the Share context menu and picking "Add to Homescreen". I want to be able to reproduce this remotely to all the devices under my control as a matter of automation.

I understand that Apple have a Mobile Device Management Protocol (MDM) that can be used to install a configuration profile to devices. The documentation lists the following about configuration profiles:

  A configuration profile contains a number of settings that you can
  specify, including:

  Restrictions on device features
  Wi-Fi settings
  VPN settings
  Email server settings
  Exchange settings
  LDAP directory service settings
  CalDAV calendar service settings
  Web clips Credentials and keys

So there's nothing there about home screen configuration.

Is there any way of remotely adding home screen bookmarks to iOS devices?

PS. I'm aware that a work around to this is to create a browser wrapper application and remotely push this app. However, that is not what I wish to do.


texts: How can i aggregate two pairs of headphones/microphones into one audio stream using Audio MIDI Setup?

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I am trying to use the Audio MIDI Setup program to aggregate two USB Sennheiser PC8 stereo headsets so I can use both simultaneously on Skype calls and GarageBand recordings. So far I am only able to use one at a time by deselecting the other USB device under the newly created aggregate device. How can I get both two work at the same time!?

Thanks!

Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.2
13in Macbook Air Mid-2012
Sennheiser USB PC8 Headsets (http://en-de.sennheiser.com/usb-pc-headset-stereo-pc-8-usb)


texts: Is it possible to display my Mac on my iPhone using a USB cable?

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I've tried AirDisplay and Splashtop but they aren't fast enough, they are always delayed . I need something to see videos and play games without any kind of delay. Because AirDisplay and Splashtop use wifi connection they doesn't work the way I want. Is there any option to mirror my Mac to an iPhone but using a USB cable so it can't be delayed?

Thank you.


texts: MacMail - POP3 missing email after recreating local account

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My Macmail stopped checking/sending email so I recreated the account within MacMail. Upon recreating the local account in MacMail, I'm now able to send and receive but...

The emails that were recovered are only beginning 5/4/20. I expected further back. And, sent emails are gone.

Any way we can recover those?

I setup my MacMail as POP3 (vs. imap).
My email was in the cloud and I had folders stored locally on my Mac.
After recreating the account, my local folders for the original account are not found.
I'm using MacMail to access a 3rd party email provider, not icloud.