texts: Time machine not deleting Mobile Backups after backing up on external harddrive

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This is a followup question to Can't find 68GB local backup folder (regular backups on an external hard drive)
I found out that this folder, now 75GB, is my Mobile Backup folder from Time Machine.

From my understanding the local Backups should be removed after making an external backup. However that's not happening anymore. I've used Time Machine since 2007 and never had that problem.

I did a backup yesterday (27.Feb.) but I still have local backups from the 22.Feb. 24. Feb and 25. Feb. And the folder from the 22nd is 60 GB.

I'm still using El Capitan and backup at least once a week.

Has anyone encountered something similar?
Is it save to just delete these folders after an external backup?


texts: Apple Mail font is Helvetica Neue despite setting Arial as default font

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My emails get sent with font type Helvetica Neue not matter what I try.
I selected Arial as default font in Apple Mail. Still my emails get sent with Helvetica Neue.

This is somewhat annoying because Windows users mostly do not have that font so they receive the mail and it gets 'Times New Roman' as font instead.

Anybody any ideas how to change it?


texts: Is it possible to install flash firmware update without having access to OSX?

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So I erased my HD and wanted to install Mac OSX Mavericks on my MacBook Air mid 2012 model and after I booted from the USB and was about to install Mavericks the damn thing tells me it can't do so because I first need to install some MacBook Air Flash Storage Firmware Update 1.1 before I can install Mavericks.

Obviously I can't do that since I no longer have any OSX installed and do not really want to download and install Mountain Lion just to install this update.

Is there a way to run this flash firmware update from the EFI boot/setup section ? Perhaps there's a way to suppress this check for the 'flash firmware' update ?


texts: Keys falling off from butterfly: change keycap is enough or do i need to change clip?

texts: My "a" and "s" letters' keycaps are falling off. I want to order new ones from the internet, found a cheap solution. The question is: is it enough to buy keycaps or do i need to change the clips too?


texts: iCloud storage downgraded to 5GB for no reason

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Some months ago I had increased the iCloud storage from 5GB to 50GB, paying €0.99 monthly. This week I got an "iCloud storage full" message and noticed that storage got back to 5GB.

Any clues?


texts: How to import icloud notes or restore them?

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After 10.3 update all of my notes just dissapeared, all my gamesaves too and other stuff. I wouldnt even care because of other stuff on icloud but notes are pretty important for me.

I went to the website version of icloud and found that there is nothing left but notes. I'm even ok with that.

Now the question: how do I restore them on my IPhone? And even more important: how do I import them to my PC in .txt or other text format.


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As much as I hate the new Pages, I use it because it was a resource all my devices could update/re-upload before Microsoft Office came out on iOS devices. However, there are some fonts missing that are clearly OS installed.

Furthermore, it's valid, in my Font Book and in my System > Library > Fonts folder. I use it in Xcode and am trying to create a PDF in Pages to include in my application, so naturally, keeping the same font would be fluid and professional. However, it's not displaying as an option to choose and there is no preferences settings for fonts and I've tried repairing disk as a just-in-case measure. All my custom installed fonts display as an option to choose in pages but not select system fonts. this is not pages in iCloud Any suggestions?

EDIT: Not that it would matter, because it's more than this one specific font, but the font in question is 'Heiti TC Light' [an OS installed Font]. I just know I'll get a comment asking this. But again, it's more than this one.


texts: How to enable FileVault after upgrading SSD on a MacBook Pro with no Recovery Partition

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I have been using a 1 TB SSD with my 17" MacBook Pro Early 2011.  With the recent availability of 2 TB SSD's, I wanted to upgrade to the larger size.  I have upgraded my HD several times since I purchased this MacBook four years ago, including two years ago when I installed the 1 TB SSD (as well as having upgraded a previous Early 2009 model).

Each time, I used SuperDuper! to transfer the partition to the new HD (connected via USB), and then put the new HD into the MacBook Pro.  I then turned on FileVault, and the new HD partition was encrypted.

However, this time was different -- when I tried to turn on FileVault, I got the message that I can't enable FileVault because the recovery partition is missing.  Using diskutil list, but not Disk Utility, I can see a recovery partition on the old HD.  Of course, I believe my MacBook came with the operating system (which I think was Lion) on DVD's, before the operating system was being shipped on the recovery partition.  I had previously upgraded the old 1 TB SSD to Yosemite.

There are a few mentions of this problem online, including Can't Enable Filevault because Recovery Partition Missing from 2011, suggesting reinstalling Lion.  http://www.techrepublic.com/article/pro-tip-restore-the-recovery-partition-in-os-x-10-10-yosemite/ suggested reinstalling the operating system, but also suggested that that might result in system instability in the future, and therefore suggested using Carbon Copy Cloner 4.  https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-re-create-missing-recovery-partition-os-x-mattia provides instructions about creating a new recovery partition, but doesn't specifically mention the problem with FileVault, or whether following that process would allow FileVault to start.


texts: On an iPhone, how can I find out how full my voicemail box is? I'm not talking about how much space voicemail is taking up on my phone's storage. I believe each cell provider sets some limit of how much space your voicemails can take up until people won't be able to leave you voicemail. How do I find out how close I am to that limit? Is there any indication on the phone when it's full?


texts: I have download an app called DoodleCam. But I can't see where it saves the photos I take, It only shows me the videos I record.


texts: How to identify the originator of an URL call under iOS/iPadOS?

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I am sometimes testing my apps on iPhone/iPad with Charles http PROXY to debug URL calls. I have noticed, that when I lock my iPhone and Charles is still running, I can see various URL connect calls to some sites in regular intervals. For some of the calls I can guess the app that is making the call, but some calls it does not ring a bell.

On Linux I have commands to find all open ports/connections and corresponding processes and I seek an equivalent way to do this on iOS/iPadOS.

How can I find the originator process or app for these calls?


texts: Google Chrome Helper for "GPU Process" constantly shown as non responsive in OS X 10.9

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I upgraded to OS X 10.9 yesterday, and since then, one Google Chrome Helper is constantly red in Activity Monitor. I checked the PID (375) in Google Chrome's own task manager, and it is GPU Process. I don't think it is used often, but I also fail to see why it is constantly non-responsive.

Does anyone else experience the same thing? Is this a problem of GPU handling of the new OS? Maybe there are some GPU-accelerated websites/videos (I mean video player) out there so I can test whether there is a problem? Thanks.

By the way, my machine is a MacBook Pro 13'' mid-2012 non-Retina.


texts: How to push GMail to iPhone without Exchange?

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Since Google has ended support for Google Sync aka Microsoft Exchange on Janurary 30th, how can I continue to get mails from GMail pushed?

As far as I know, IMAP does not support push.

I know that there is the offical GMail app, that uses iOS Push notification service, however I would prefer the default Mail App.


texts: How to find out which file triggered an action from spotlight

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I've created an applescript application (in automator) to open ssh urls. The application is bound to the ssh:// url.

I've got a lot of user@host.inetloc files and search these in spotlight. Selecting the file from spotlight opens the associated application, but i cannot figure out what the filename is which triggered the opening of the application.

It works if i add the "get selected finder items" action and open the .inetloc file from the finder.

I've searched the net and the applescript reference, but it's just too specific.


texts:
What's the simplest way to format a USB stick and write some video files to it in order for the Samsung TV to read it? As far as I know Samsung TVs support the FAT format (or maybe ExFAT too), but if I format the USB to FAT then I can't seem to be able to write to it (or even see it in Finder).

PS: I don't have access to a Windows machine


texts: How to set network devices priority on afp/smb transfers?

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I've got ethernet and wifi in the network devices. I use internet through wifi and file sharing over ethernet (we got an access point with DHCP and an ethernet switch with static IP - the access point and the switch are using two different subclasses) And yes, I got the LAN on the top of the devices priority.

We don't have any NAS, we just use the "File Sharing" feature on OS X.
What drives me crazy is the fact that when I click on the server list on the left sidebar in Finder I can connect to other iMacs, but - I don't know why - sometimes I connect through wifi and sometimes over ethernet.
I disabled gateway and DNS on the ethernet configuration, and for a while it seemed to fix the problem.

I solve it by disabling wifi, so OS X is forced to use only ethernet.
How can I force AFP/SMB sharing to use ethernet instead of wifi?
Should I look for some bonjour tweaking?
It would be great to block bonjour discovering over wifi.


texts: Does the motion co-processor chip register if your iPhone hits the floor when lost?

texts: I lost my iPhone 7i on the concrete floor. Is there a way to read out from the motion tracking a time stamp when this happened?


texts: Why do apps which are not installed run from an external bootable drive?

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After a disk crash in my MacBook Pro running Lion, I replaced the drive, installed Mountain Lion, and am rebuilding my system. I used Migration Assistant to transfer from an external bootable clone drive (with the old Lion system)  'users' and possibly 'settings', but not 'applications' or 'other files.' I wanted a clean, new system, but Migration Assistant sure is helpful for not having to re-enter user id info, passwords, network settings & passwords, etc! Half my apps are reinstalled so far.

In the Dock, apps which used to be, but are not yet installed show as a question mark: [OOPS, can't post the pic:"as a spam prevention mechanism, new users aren't allowed to post images"] I guess this means the Migration Assistant transferred info like "apps which are in the dock." An earlier question:
Is there a complete and detailed description of what Migration Assistant copies over?
failed to enumerate precisely what Migration Assistant transfers. I could not find any SystemMigration.log file on my new system.

Now the weird part: When I have the external bootable Lion disk attached, all the missing apps show up in my dock and are executable! Is this is normal? not supposed to happen? It was particularly disconcerting and confusing--I am a pretty novice OS X user!--when the new system had Pathfinder 6 installed and running--and from the backup drive Pathfinder 5 showed up in the dock and got started somehow. Suddenly the drive and other icons on the desktop were showing up twice, with the duplicates often overlapping each other. Plus Pathfinder started asking me to purchase & register! It took me a while to figure out this was from a separate instance which wanted its own license key!

Similarly odd: I have not yet been able to install the great little muCommander app (security violation in Mountain Lion?), yet with the backup drive attached, there it was in the dock and fully runnable.

I have routinely had drives with backup, bootable partitions attached and mounted (when running Lion); e.g. a 1T drive with 400G bootable backup and 600G data. I never have seen this behavior. Is this normal or dangerous? Might I have gotten inconsistent settings onto the 'clean' new system via Migration Assistant? Any other possible causes?

Edit: I later (Feb 2013) discovered a partial solution for this problem provided in a July 2012 post by Martin Bay
http://martinbay.net/reset-dock-os-x/      which I quote below:

  I’ve just installed Mountain Lion and wondered how the new dock would look like from a fresh installation – so had to figure out how to do that – no problem!

  To completely reset the dock back to the original settings do the following:

  Delete the files com.apple.dock.plist from /Users/”user name”/Library/Preferences. Remember to replace “user name” with your OS >X account name.
  Enter ‘killall Dock’ command in the terminal and press enter

  rm /Users/"user name"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist

  killall Dock

This nicely cleaned up (removed the question marks in) my dock.

Finally (March 2013) answered the remainder of my question. Apparently Migration Asst. copies "Login items" = startup programs from the backup disk/system and places them in System Prefs/Users/Login Items, with the link back to the applications directory on the backup drive. So if my external drive was detached these items were 'Unknown' and if attached, they started upon login, from the backup drive. Solution: delete old items from Login Items. Ya live and learn.


texts: Combining diacritic marks don't work in iCloud Pages?

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Here is what it looks like if I type an "e" followed by an acute accent combining character, in macOS Pages (and in most good text editing programs).

Here's what happens in iCloud Pages.

I sent something via the "submit feedback" menu item.

Are others seeing this? Is there a fix or workaround? It's too bad. This will force me to Google docs.

I need them for stress marks on Cyrillic characters, so I cannot use the standard Mac dead-key shortcuts.

Safari: 11.1.1. macOS 10.13.5


texts: Unlocked 5s won't connect to new carrier (docomo) data network

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I recently moved to Japan and got a new SIM card, with a contract, from docomo (one of the major carriers here). I had my iPhone 5s unlocked by a third party, and inserted the new SIM card into this phone. While my new phone number works fine for phone calls and texts (sent to the number), I cannot connect to the mobile internet network.

Now, 3G appears in the top bar next to "docomo," but no apps that use the internet will load unless I'm connected to WiFi. Usually the error simply states "unable to connect to the internet," but occasionally it will appear as a PDP Authentication error. I have tried all the simple fixes (restoring the phone, resetting network settings, toggling airplane mode on and off), but none of them have any effect. I have also been to the docomo store, but the clerk there was only able to tell me that instead of 3G appearing LTE should appear, and that it was a problem with the phone-->I should talk to Apple. Again, Apple support over the phone was only able to direct me towards the simple fixes, and asked me to go to my nearest Apple store, which is pretty far from where I currently live.

I think the problem has to do with my not having the correct docomo APN settings, but don't know what might work for changing this. Again, the clerk at docomo was not helpful on this front. Any direction would be greatly appreciated.


texts:
I have a long script that I use for a while but just realise that I have an error.

The first parameter of the if statement don't seems to be taken in consideration

set GUID to "demo"
set FoundGUID to "Not good"
set trustitemOnMyList to "TRUST"
set trustitemOnMyList to "2step"

if GUID is equal to FoundGUID and trustitemOnMyList is equal to "TRUST" or trustitemOnMyList is equal to "2step" then
    display notification "True"
end if

In this case GUID and FoundGUID is not equal but the script seems to ignore this.

PS: to make it more clear, to be valid, I need the GUID to be the same than FoundGUID, and I need trustitemOnMyList to be either equal to "TRUST" or to "2step"


texts: MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019) with a 4k monitor mis-identifies monitor

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I've got a:

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019)
LG 32UK50T-W 32-Inch 4K UHD (3840 X 2160) with Radeon Freesync Technology and DCI-P3 95% Color Gamut
The HDMI cable the monitor came wiht
Apple USB-C port dongle providing 4k HDMI and two types of USB ports

All these things claim to be 4k @ 60hz.

My Mac is fully patched 10.15.3

My Mac thinks my monitor is not capable of 60hz at 4k? It actually wants to run it at 1920x1080@30hz but if i choose "scaled" it offers "3840 x 2160 (low resolution)" though still capping refresh rate to 30hz.

What am I missing?


texts: MDM iPad - Mass update without downloading update X times

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This is a difficult one. I'm going to update around 30 iPads (iOS 8 to 9.2.1) on location with a bad internet connection. Because of the speed and wifi signal I want to download the iOS update only once and install it on all iPads. The problem is, when I connect the devices to my macbook it wants to configure as new or want to use my own last backup.

Does anyone know how to update all iPads without downloading the same iOS update X times?

Thanks a lot!


texts: Mac Office 2011 - Exporting a Color Palette

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Just got into using Mac "full time" for work, and as I'm a bit of a nit-picker, I want to get things looking/behaving just so.

Thanks to the help of the group, I've been able to get my Category list looking "right" (see Outlook 2011 category colors - Windows Color Palette?) but now that I have my "Office 2010 Categories" Color Palette, I have had a couple of co-workers ask about getting it into their systems:

The thing is, looking at the "gear" menu in the Palette, I can see options to IMPORT new palettes, but not to export/save them:

Any idea of how to export them for re-use? Or how to create a "palette" file I could import in several systems?

Thanks!

Javier

PS: BTW, I wonder why Outlook Mac doesn't import the categories from Exchange as it does in Windows -- I've set up Outlook 2007/2010 in several computers and in all of them the Category list is "synched" automagically...


texts: How to get Mail.app to display (rather than hide) duplicate messages

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Prior to Yosemite, setting the following invisible preference would cause Mail.app to show duplicate messages rather than its default behavior of hiding them:

% defaults write com.apple.mail AlwaysShowDuplicates -bool true

This no longer seems to have any effect in Yosemite (OS X 10.10).  Does anyone know of an alternate method to achieve this?


texts: Automator SCRIPT NEED: Select part of name file, find file with containing name, then copy this in item in another folder

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I have 3 folder:

JPG folder: contains my modified JPG files, the name of file is (examples): DSC02996 20181027 201438 (LR).jpg

RAW folder: contains my RAW files, the name of file is (examples): DSC02996.RAW

DESTINATION folder: i want to copy here my RAW file.

I need a script that looks for the beginning of the name in the JPG folder, then looks for the file in the RAW folder and copies the result to the DESTINATION folder.

It's possible?

Thanks in advance.
Guido


texts: Why doesn't Google Maps Location history work reliably with iPhone?

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I just switched from an Android phone to an iPhone. With the Android phone, my location history was perfect, with the iPhone it is all confused.

In Google Map app I've set Settings → Personal Content → Location History to Always.  I also have Background App Refresh enabled in the Settings app.

The symptom is it sort of works, sometimes location is working, other times it has me "Walking" for 7 hours or "Driving" for 3 hours, or it has me leaving home before I did but arriving at work at the right location. Very sporadic.

How can I get Google Map timeline to reliably track my location on my iPhone XS Max?


texts: iPhone 5s battery draining when in Airplane AND Sleep AND Low-power modes together, as if I am using it

texts: My iPhone 5s battery is being drained very fast when in sleep mode (30-40% over night). I put it in airplane mode and in low power mode, and it still drains very fast in sleep mode. The battery however is fine during the day, lasts about 3/4 of my day when I use it.


texts: How to enable Double-Tap to Drag in Mac OS X Catalina?

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I found a few solutions how to enable this(double click and drag) feature

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13048479

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8094988

so on...

But on Catalina OS I can't find this feature...

What am I doing wrong?


texts: 2017 13-inch Macbook Pro will only charge at 12 Watts

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Recently, I have been having battery issues. I lost the 61W charger that came with my Macbook several weeks ago, and in the mean time used a 12W iPad charger. This didn't work fantastically well but I did not expect it to.
Since I have found the original charger, it does not appear to be working any more. There is no apparent damage to the charger (although I did buy a new cable, since the original was discoloured).
Therefore, it did not seem that there was an issue with the charger.
However, my Macbook has still been charging slowly and, according to the System Report, it is only receiving 12W. This is despite using the original 61W adapter and a new 60W cable.
I've tried turning the Macbook off and on again, as well as resetting the SMC, with no effect.


texts: Configure keyboard combination to switch apps

texts: Command-Tab displays app list to switch between them, well nice feature. But can I customise this keyboard combination to use a single key to accomplish application switching?


texts: Can I get system sound along with QuickTime Player screen recording?

texts: In Lion, Quicktime can do screen recordings. Is there a way to capture system audio also and then sync the two tracks into a movie with both system video out (The screen) and system audio out? I own WireTap Studio, which I just upgraded to work with Lion, if that helps. I'm fine using any of the tools that ship with the system and any software I already own (like WireTap) but would rather not go out and buy more software.


texts: Default paper size for 4" x 6" label printer - Mac OS 10.15.7

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I have two 4" x 6" label printers. Every time I print a label, I have to MANUALLY select 4" x 6" output (which is often forgotten -- screwing up several labels) ANNOYING!

So I remember -- head smack -- default paper size setting in System Preferences! But go there and there is no selection for 4" x 6"

I feel like I am not the first to have this issue.
How can I set a label printer to have 4" x 6" as its default media?


texts: Disk utility has no option to expand HFS+ volume?

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I'm trying to expand my HFS+ volume (selected in picture) to use adjacent space, but there is no option to do it in disk utility (!)

I just resized my APFS partition in order to create the free space, so I know that this doesn't apply anymore:

Disk Utility won't touch things once you have a BOOTCAMP partition.

Disk utility in recovery mode as well as Gparted (Ubuntu 19.04) also seem unable to do it. What's going on?

Details

Macbook Air 2012, i.e. no UEFI boot for Windows
Bootcamp partition, i.e. hybrid MBR, i.e. creating another partition is out of the question
MacOS 10.14.4


texts: Why does macOS set xattr com.apple.quarantine, when saving a shell script on a usb stick

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Problem

macOS sets xattr com.apple.quarantine, when I edit and save the file myscript.sh on a usb stick

We're on the USB stick

[stick128] pwd
/Volumes/stick128

The textfiles xattributes before being edited

[stick128] ls -la@ myScript.sh
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 schmelzer  staff  28 22 Okt 02:16 myScript.sh
com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_vmtpkn3xxtzmlwr5m34qap3z4a  185

The textfiles xattributes after being edited and saved

[stick128] ls -la@ myScript.sh
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 schmelzer  staff  30 22 Okt 02:20 myScript.sh
com.apple.quarantine    24
com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_vmtpkn3xxtzmlwr5m34qap3z4a  201

Cause

??

Temporary Solution

Remove the xattr manually

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine myscript.sh

Thanks to
-bash: Applications/mvim: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Operation not permitted

But he next time, I edit the file, the xattr get's added again by whom?

by the texteditor?
by macOS (as part of the SIP System?)

My Environment

macOS Sierra, Version 10.12.6
Texteditor: CotEditor, Version Version 3.2.2 (203)
USB Stick: SanDisk 128GB Connect Wireless Stick, plugged into the USB Port

My research 1

Q: Is the problem only on the USB stick? Or is it on my harddisk, too?

A: Problem is not on the harddisk. Only on the USB stick

Details for research 1

We're on the macs harddisk, where macos is installed

[Desktop] pwd
/Users/schmelzer/Desktop

The textfiles xattributes before being edited

[Desktop] ls -la@ myScript.sh
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 schmelzer  staff  30 22 Okt 02:20 myScript.sh
com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_vmtpkn3xxtzmlwr5m34qap3z4a  201

The textfiles xattributes after being edited and saved

[Desktop] ls -la@ myScript.sh
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 schmelzer  staff  28 22 Okt 02:25 myScript.sh
com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_vmtpkn3xxtzmlwr5m34qap3z4a  201

Testresult

The quarantine xattr has not been added to the file. Thus the problem does not exist on the harddisk. Only on the usb stick.

My research 2

Q: Is there a file with the quarantine flag set, on the USB stick?
mount is adding a quarantine flag, causing: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Operation not permitted - but not the usual suspects

A: Yes, there were many.

Details for research 2

List xattributes of all files on the stick

xattr -r /Volumes/stick128/

Remove the xattribute com.apple.quarantine from all files on the USB stick

sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /Volumes/stick128

Try provoking the error again, by editing and saving the myScript.sh file

Result

No error
The xattr com.apple.quarantine is not beeing added to myScript.sh

My research 3

Q: When I use a different Texteditor, does the problem remain the same?
mount is adding a quarantine flag, causing: /bin/bash: bad interpreter: Operation not permitted - but not the usual suspects

A: Not tested

My research 4

Just for reference:

This post describes the "bad interpreter: Operation not permitted” Error", which happens, when you try to execute a shell script with the xattr quarantine flag set.
-bash: Applications/mvim: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Operation not permitted


texts: Google Chrome mysteriously requests information from Keychain

texts:
A few weeks ago, Google Chrome suddenly started to request my linkedin password from the keychain on startup, before any web page is loaded.  Every time I open the browser window, after a few seconds, the following message pops up (I remove my email address from the image):

Even more annoyingly, once I click "Deny" the window closes only for a few seconds before re-appearing!  In total I have to click away this message between 2 and 4 times every time I start the browser (the exact number differs between runs).  Whether I try to use the browser or just let it sit idle seems to make no difference.

My questions:

Why is Google Chrome requesting this password and how can I make it stop doing so?
How could/should I debug issues like this myself?

Things I have tried unsuccessfully:

I have remove Google Chrome from the computer and deleted the directory ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome.  After re-downloading and re-installing Chrome the message reappears.  Thus I believe the problem is not due to something contained in my configuration files.
I synchronise my settings, bookmarks, etc. via the cloud storage tied to my Google account.  Since the problem only appears on one of my computers, I don't think it has to do with my settings.  To make sure I searched for "linkedin" in the "Bookmark Manager" and the "Cookies and site data" pane, but there are no hits.
I tried to visit chrome://net-internals/#events quickly, so that I reach the events listing before the first keychain popup appears.  Nothing linkedin-related shows in the list.

After this I couldn't think of anything else to try.  Help would be much appreciated.


texts: I am going to buy an old iMac G3 Over the next couple of days/weeks, and I want to make sure that I am buying a system with no problems. I usually ask for the serial number and good pictures before buying, but I want to know what to do when I physically meet the person I decide to buy from. What should I do when with the buyer to test the system to know what defects it may have? The system would either be running Mac OS 8 or 9 (classic), or OS X. If there is a set of things I should do, or a program I should run what would that be?


texts:
The man page for tmutil mentions that Time Machine records checksums of files, and lists a verifychecksums command. The man page is sparse on details, and does not otherwise mention checksums. I was wondering whether Time Machine ever automatically verifies these checksums (or if these are only verified when you run verifychecksums manually)? The page also says checksums are not retroactively computed, so how can I list the files in my latest backup for which no checksum is available? Also, is it known what checksumming algorithm is used?

 verifychecksums path ...
         Compute a checksum of data contained within a backup and verify
         the result(s) against checksum information computed at the time
         of backup.

         No output is generated for matching checksums. Issues are
         reported using the following legend:

             !    The file's current checksum does not match the expected
                  recorded checksum.
             ?    The file's recorded checksum is invalid.

         Beginning in OS X 10.11, Time Machine records checksums of files
         copied into snapshots. Checksums are not retroactively computed
         for files that were copied by earlier releases of OS X.

The above is from the tmutil man page in OS X 10.11.6, maybe the one in macOS Sierra has more details.


texts: Can an ios application access sms messages?

texts:
I've read some articles that tend to say that app store downloaded apps on a non jailbroken iphone can't read sms messages, which seems to be confirmed by the fact there's no "messages access" category under settings>privacy.

However, I remember that some apps sending OTP through sms can automatically detect reception of the SMS and pull the OTP without intervention. There are also some apps that claim they can spy on a phone text messages.

So I have a doubt, and I would appreciate your input on this.


texts: How can I keep my iPhone / iPods cooler in a hot vehicle?

texts:
Sometimes I have to leave my phone in a hot car and don't have any other options other than leaving it in a locked car in the summer heat. What are ways to keep the phone cooler and not overheat it or worse cause damage to the batteries, etc.

The other day I got a overheat warning on my iPhone after having to leave it in the car. What are some ways to prevent this?


texts: How to remove an eroneous system update from the App Store?

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I recently ran the 10.14.6 updater on my MacPro and the installer glitched and deleted my admin privileges from my boot drive. The computer still worked, but constantly stalled since it thought I didn't have permission to do almost anything.

I tried several fixes and none of them worked. The solution that did work was to clone my 10.14.6 boot drive from my MacBook Pro. That worked fine, but it came with an annoying thing that I can't get rid of.

During the update process to Mojave I skipped 10.11 El Capitan, but the app store had already downloaded the beginning of that update.

Now, even though the computer is running 10.14.6 it tries to download the 10.11 update, but then realizes it can't and quits, but it never deletes the update file so it repeats every night.

Really annoying. I have tried several searches for the hidden cache file, but I can't find where Apple hid this file that keeps trying to do this.
Does anybody know where this file is so I can delete it?


texts: I wrote an application in Applescript to open a black picture and fullscreen it in preview. I need the app to "cd" to itself, no matter where it is. That means if it is on the desktop it can pull up that picture from within the apps files, and if the app is moved somewhere else, it can still pull that picture from within the app. Should the app just create a directory in the Application Support folder or is this possible?


texts: Safari does not restore tabs / not Resuming

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It seems my Safari is not resuming correctly.

I open some tabs, then quit and when fire up Safari again it's opened like wasn't have any tabs opened before.

Is it some version bug, or i should look for something in Safari prefs?

Safari 5.1.7 (7534.57.2)
MOX 10.7.4 (Build 11E53)

EDIT:
In reaction to Michiel i've checked whether i have Resume turned on.


texts:
I’m looking to understand how to test and evaluate chargers so this is a bit technical a problem. Since MagSafe is proprietary, I can’t consult a USB power distribution specification to know how things are designed to work.

What is the voltage output of an Apple 85W MagSafe 2 model A1424 without a load?


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I would like to start an ntpd on my MacOSX 10.8. ntpd is configured correctly and runs when started manually.
I would like to start it on boot time with lauchdaemon.

I created this com.stefan.ntp.plist file in /Library/LaunchDaemons:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>com.stefan.ntpd</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/usr/sbin/ntpd</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
            <string></string>
        </array>
    </dict>
</plist>

Added it to the Launchdaemon with

launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.stefan.ntpd.plist

However, it does not start.

sh-3.2# launchctl list | grep ntpd
-   0   com.stefan.ntpd
sh-3.2# launchctl start com.stefan.ntpd
sh-3.2# launchctl list | grep ntpd
-   0   com.stefan.ntpd

Any ideas?


texts: What date format was this file I downloaded in?

texts:
I downloaded a HTML template as a ZIP a few years ago and one of the files was in this form:

20160822105352-testing-1.html

What sort of date format is that in, UNIX or some other?


texts: Is there an Ubuntu documented build to run on 2018 MacBook Pro?

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I have a 2018 13" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports, and I wanted to know where I lie with Ubuntu (or another distro) for dual booting.

I have successfully booted Ubuntu onto my Mac, from a USB drive and it works with an external keyboard and mouse, but that's not perfect and I'd like it fully working if possible.

I have come across this and it looks promising, however my Mac is a 15,1 and I can only find a 15,2 there. Strangely, there are two 15,2 MacBook Pros - 15" 2018 and 15" 2019. Mine, of course, is neither. I’m basically a little unsure how the marketing / model year numbers are supported for Ubuntu.

Is there an easy to install (i.e. well documented) distribution of Ubuntu that works on a 2018 MacBook Pro?


texts:
Now Spotify is useless I've shifted Grooveshark, however there's a distinct lack of being able to use the media controls at the top of the keyboard to control it.

Is there an extension or (non-web)app to enable this? Grooveshark responds to space, ctrl+arrow, for play and skip to next/prev track, but only when focused. I'd like to remap these to the media controls, and if possible not have to have focus on Chrome and the grooveshark tab.


texts:
There is a shortcut to switch to desktop 1...N in OS X.
But usually I have only one desktop and other apps (Chrome, iTerm, etc) in full screen mode.

Is there a way to make shortcuts to switch to these apps?

For example, I would like this configuration:

F1 - switch to desktop, it holds Skype, Finder, etc (already done)
F2 - switch to Chrome (full screen)
F3 - switch to iTerm (full screen)
and so on


texts: Is it safe to buy a MacBook Pro from some guy on eBay?

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A guy on eBay seems to has a lot of new-in-box machines for sale for much less than you'd pay at the Apple store. In fact he has one with the specs I want.

(I'll refrain from linking to him as I don't want to seem like I'm advertising for him. But you can turn him up and several similar sellers in a search.)

There must be some downside. What am I missing?

And where do these eBay guys get all these newish Macs?

Also, this particular seller is offering AppleCare warranties at a discount. Is that even possible? Would Apple honor an extended warrantee they didn't sell themselves?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!


texts: iMac 2020 shuts down when I'm working in Photoshop or Bridge

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I have new iMac 2020 with AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT 8GB. I am using macOS Catalina 10.15.7, Photoshop 2020 21.2.3 and Bridge 10.0.2.131. Are they 32-bit apps? I didn't know that. Sometimes when I work in Photshop or in Bridge it shuts down. After the restart it shows this error:
CPU Machine Check Architecture Error Dump (CPU: UNKNOWN, CPUID: 0x80000009000A0655)
Core: 0
  IA32_MC3_STATUS=0xBE00000000800400
  IA32_MC3_CTL=0x0
  IA32_MC3_ADDR=0xFFFFFF7F97C9D07A
  IA32_MC3_MISC=0xFFFFFF7F97C9D07A
Core: 0
  IA32_MC4_STATUS=0xFE00000000800400
  IA32_MC4_CTL=0x0
  IA32_MC4_ADDR=0xFFFFFF8013A590B3
  IA32_MC4_MISC=0xFFFFFF8013A590B3
Core: 0
  IA32_MC11_STATUS=0xEE0000000040110A
  IA32_MC11_CTL=0x0
  IA32_MC11_ADDR=0xFF71EC00
  IA32_MC11_MISC=0x43880000086
Core: 0
  IA32_MC12_STATUS=0xEE0000000040110A
  IA32_MC12_CTL=0x0
  IA32_MC12_ADDR=0xFF71CA00
  IA32_MC12_MISC=0x7880000086
Core: 0
  IA32_MC13_STATUS=0xEE0000000040110A
  IA32_MC13_CTL=0x0
  IA32_MC13_ADDR=0xFF71CA40
  IA32_MC13_MISC=0x7880000086

Meanwhile, when I work in Final Cut with big and heavy files, effects etc. it never shuts down! What's wrong with Adobe? Can someone explain to me, please? How to fix it?
Update: I reinstalled all Adobe apps and for quite a while everything was fine until I tried to open several photos from Bridge into Photoshop today.
Here is the report:
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffff016bf0cec): x86 CPU CATERR detected
Debugger message: panic
Memory ID: 0x6
OS version: 17P6610
macOS version: 19H15
Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 19.6.0: Thu Jun 18 20:30:46 PDT 2020; root:xnu-6153.145.1~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8010
Kernel UUID: 828E8E47-4C82-3639-83B9-4F7DB86934F6
iBoot version: iBoot-5540.140.12
secure boot?: YES
x86 EFI Boot State: 0x16
x86 System State: 0x0
x86 Power State: 0x0
x86 Shutdown Cause: 0x7
x86 Previous Power Transitions: 0x70604000400
PCIeUp link state: 0x89271611
Paniclog version: 13
Kernel slide:     0x000000000ec24000
Kernel text base: 0xfffffff015c28000
mach_absolute_time: 0x44fd1007a74
Epoch Time:        sec       usec
  Boot    : 0x5fa7493c 0x00039bfd
  Sleep   : 0x5fa74941 0x00065aa1
  Wake    : 0x5fa74941 0x000f2e00
  Calendar: 0x5faa4cd7 0x00023c5c

Panicked task 0xffffffe000448200: 2861 pages, 183 threads: pid 0: kernel_task
Panicked thread: 0xffffffe000714a90, backtrace: 0xffffffe015f534b0, tid: 318
          lr: 0xfffffff01647c860  fp: 0xffffffe015f534f0
          lr: 0xfffffff01647c6bc  fp: 0xffffffe015f53560
          lr: 0xfffffff016597770  fp: 0xffffffe015f53610
          lr: 0xfffffff016a495d8  fp: 0xffffffe015f53620
          lr: 0xfffffff01647c024  fp: 0xffffffe015f53990
          lr: 0xfffffff01647c37c  fp: 0xffffffe015f539e0
          lr: 0xfffffff0171ca974  fp: 0xffffffe015f53a00
          lr: 0xfffffff016bf0cec  fp: 0xffffffe015f53a30
          lr: 0xfffffff016be211c  fp: 0xffffffe015f53aa0
          lr: 0xfffffff016be4044  fp: 0xffffffe015f53b50
          lr: 0xfffffff016be1854  fp: 0xffffffe015f53be0
          lr: 0xfffffff016ba8cb8  fp: 0xffffffe015f53c10
          lr: 0xfffffff0169b6b14  fp: 0xffffffe015f53c50
          lr: 0xfffffff0169b6398  fp: 0xffffffe015f53c90
          lr: 0xfffffff016a54514  fp: 0x0000000000000000


texts: In iterm I can't put directly some characters like ~ or "

texts: When I try to put characters like " or ~ in iterm it gets underscores and waits for next one to be finally put, how I can stop it?


texts: macOS Sierra Internet Accounts Google login stuck

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I am trying to add a Google account using System Preferences > Internet Accounts.

I already tried the following.

able to reproduce this in 10.12.3 and 10.12.2.
disabled OTP, same issue
able to reproduce in Macbook Air and Macbook Pro
same issue with both Gmail account (tried two) and Google Apps account
I am not using any iCloud
it appears to be similar to this issue but the fix does not work: Can't login with Google using Internet Accounts
adding LinkedIn works
I already tried to VPN to California and Singapore to check if something is wrong with Google mirrors
creating a new user account and adding the Google account from there, same issue
as advised by Apple Support tried https://www.google.com/accounts/UnlockCaptcha

It gets stuck right after a successful login. I took a screenshot.

Anybody experiencing the same issue?


texts: Have iOS apps. Can I use them on my Mac Mini?

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I bought many iOS Apps on various iPads and iPod touchs. This Wednesday I will have my first Mac, a Mac Mini, so my question is: Will I be able to download these Apps without any charge, if they are available on Mac Store?

I ask this because I have been watching some videos and have seen GarageBand on the Mac but I don't know if it's the same App. I know that the App Store and Mac Store are different, but, like some Apps on AppStore have a plus symbol on their icons corners saying these Apps can be run on iPad, iPod touch and iPhone I wonder whether there will be some Apps for both iOS and the Mac.

Also, I don't know if GarageBand was released on Mac before iOS devices.


texts: Unable to start firefox profile manager on MacOS

texts:
I am trying to start the profile manager for Firefox running the following command in a terminal:

/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin --ProfileManager

But this opens just Firefox. Probably a new session, but I'm not sure. It surely does not start the Profile Manager. Is there anything else I can try to start the Profile Manager?

macOS Mojave, Firefox 72.0.2


texts: MAC Catalina Upgrade error The disk doesn't use the GUID partition

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I have this problem  when I want to upgrade my MACOS from Yosemit to Catalina

My pc specs are as fallow:

When i'm going to volume I can't select anything

And if I go to erase, the same problem happens

When I diskutil list & diskutil cs list

ADMINs-MBP-2:~ ADMIN$ diskutil list & diskutil cs list
[1] 641
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found
ADMINs-MBP-2:~ ADMIN$ /dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                  Apple_HFS Untitled                251.0 GB   disk0s1

[1]+  Done                    diskutil list
ADMINs-MBP-2:~ ADMIN$


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I am not a pro at Mac / OS X. But I know my way around.

I just installed OS X El Capitan. However when I first started up, my harddisk used 30GB with 'other'. With time the capacity just keeps shrinking. If I just stare at the screen, I just see the available space drop and drop. Until it hits Zero Bytes at capacity.

Does anyone know what I can do about this? I cannot seem to find anything on this on Google.

The only thing it returns on my keywords are things like how to remove temporary files, re-index size with Spotlight, Startup in safe mode. None of these things seem to work.

@Edit 22:02 06-04-2016

I have checked Activity Monitor and got the following results:

I have sorted on Bytes Written, that does not seem very strange.

However if I check the Graph Data Written below it gives:

As you can see the data Written is around 8.33 GB and a few minutes later already 10 GB,.. I checked; 'sudo fs_usage -f filesys' this keeps trying to get some attribute lists from mdworker? Don't know if that is normal?

@Edit 20:30 07-04-2016
With 'sudo fs_usage -f filesys' I see that the following processes write;

nsurlsession
nsurlstorage
IMRemoteUrlC
cfprefsd

With using Daisy Disk App I see the following:

So the private and library grows a bit, however the Core grows massively. I see that it produces a 'core dump' of around 528 mb every now and then. This tells cores is a folder for a core dump;

OS X El-Capitan - /cores directory taking up a lot of space?

What/why is this happening? (Like the post I have set the core dump limit to 0 and it seems to have stopped generating.)

PS: This is not a duplicate of Over 25 gb of Space Disappeared, I do not have time machine / Backups turned on.


texts: What's the difference between the normal Mac Mini and Mac Mini Server?

texts:
I'm planning to buy a Mac mini i5 as it's fitting my budget.
Will be making it a server for hosting websites, so before I buy the i5 version I wanted to know if there is any hardware difference between the mini & mini server.
Hardware difference as in working of the motherboard or any thing added extra.

i will be upgrading the mini with 16GB RAM & an SSD


texts: After Lion can't access NTFS shared folders any more

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After upgrading to Lion, my NTFS shared folders are no longer accessible. I can see the shared folder, but when I try to enter from Windows 7 box it says Windows cannot access \path\to\usbsharedresource.

Even BOOTCAMP partition which was shared and working now inaccessible...

SMB is ON.


texts: MBA & VGA monitor, using strange reduction Thunderbolt-HDMI-DVI-VGA

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I have latest Macbook Air and I want try to use VGA monitor. I don't have MiniDisplayPort to VGA reduction, but this:

I know that DVI-VGA worked fine on with my old PC, so I don't understand, why doesn't work the HDMI-DVI?

EDIT:
 I tried the white adapter with HDMI cable and monitor and I doesn't work the same way. The MBA knows about monitor, but the monitor is without signal..


texts: Java application install requires root password?

texts:
I am currently switching over from Linux to OS X, and in the process have found a few surprising differences between the two systems.

I am quite used to the concept of installing most applications into my user's home directory, as a general security practice. To my surprise, however, when installing an application that runs with JRE, I am immediately greeted with a message "java wants to make changes. type your password to do this". This prompt comes before even asking to which directory the files are to be installed (e.g. ~/Applications/). Needless to say, this is not something I am used to when installing similar Java-dependent applications in Linux.

My question: is this java prompt granting the whole process admin privileges? Is this prompt something that can be avoided by separating the root and user accounts completely, or is this just how Java works on OS X?


texts: Git autocompletion is not working with homebrew

texts:
Here is my setup:

brew install git bash-completion
Warning: git-2.1.3 already installed
Warning: bash-completion-1.3 already installed

In .bash_profile:

if [ -f $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion ]; then
    . $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion
fi

But I still don't have autocompletion for git commands. (I used macports before, but completely removed it because I couldn't get git commands to autocomplete no matter what I tried.)

I am on OSX 10.10


texts: iPhone 3G cannot send mail - rejected by the server because it does not allow relaying

texts:
I am trying to send an email from my AOL account from my iPhone 3G, however everytime I try and send a mail I get the following error:

  Cannot Send Mail

  A copy has been placed in your Outbox. The recipient
   was rejected by the server because it does not
  allow relaying.

I used to be able to send emails from this handset and haven't had this phone connected to iTunes for a few weeks now.


texts: Selecting which application opens a file with given creator/type codes (System 7)

texts:
In System 7, when the user tries to open a document of a type which multiple installed applications can open*, it pops up a dialog asking which one to use. After one is chosen, that application seems to always be used to open that type of file, by default (although it can be manually opened in the other application(s)).

How would a user bring this dialog back -- thereby allowing them to choose another default application? If it's not possible to bring back the dialog per se, how can the user change the default application?

* I'm not sure which of the type code or the creator code, or both, the Finder is using to determine the available apps and the default app to open the document. I know how to change type and creator codes using either ResEdit or -- since the System 7 I'm using is emulated on OS X -- using SetFile -c and -t from OS X. But, seemingly, the initial choice of default application makes the Finder behave a certain way for all files similar to the one double-clicked; it doesn't change the type and creator codes.


texts:
Why is it that I can sync Apple Notes with Exchange on Mountain Lion but not with iOS 6?

Is there any way to sync iOS notes with Exchange like I can with iOS Reminders?


texts: Safari Networking is using all my memory

texts:
Safari Networking is using more memory than I even have on my computer (only 16 GB RAM).

This process, Safari Networking, seems to be constantly rising in memory usage. From the time I opened stack exchange to the time I took the screenshot it had raised from 15.48 to 19.03 GB, and as I am writing this it is at 20.41 GB.

Also, it has the highest CPU usage, of about 90% (kernel_task is similar here).

What's going on and how can I "fix" this? (Does it need fixing?)


texts: Wifi connected but can't access any Website

texts:
When trying to connect to Wi-Fi it connects without a problem and it is showing that Wi-Fi has full signal strength. However when trying to access any website it shows that it is trying to load it and just hangs at that point. What is causing this?
What can be done to resolve this? The router in question is a Aruba Networks Router with WPA2 enterprise.


texts: Mail on OS X: Choose which X.509 certificate to use for signing mails

texts:
I've got multiple X.509 certificates from different CA's for different purposes -- for example, one from CAcert.org, and another one from my university. Both have different advantages and disadvantages, and I want to decide which one to use in a by-case manner.

Sadly, I cannot find any preferences, not even for selecting a default. In the account settings there is an option for a TLS certificate, but this is only for authentication against the mail servers. How to either

select a key/certificate when composing an email (preferred) or
select a default certificate per mail address or give some certificate ranking?

Currently my only option is removing the one I don't want to use which is rather frustrating.


texts:
It has been a while since last using Fritzing, and I was trying to open one of the files I saved almost 2 years ago.

The iMac was purchased early 2018, and everything copied from my MacBook

I have updated my iMac to the latest Mojave release, and got strange errors.

I looked at /Applications/Fritzing.app to see what I could change and found it was owned by my daughter (who has a login on my computer)

I used chown to change this, but a few other apps were also owned by her.

I seem to have a collection of root, ian (me) and bec (even one owned by my wife).
Neither of these would have installed any apps on my computer, so I don't know why.

My question is what is the correct ownership for files in /Applications


texts:
HiI am using Numbers on OS X

It show me column names with letters

But I want to show it with numbers, like Rows.

Thank You.


texts:
Is there any way to sort files in any way other than NAME while in ICON view? This is typically when in a file dialog (i.e. browser upload window) there are no options for sorting by Last Modified or similar, you have to be in DETAIL view for that.

Please see this screen shot as an example: http://cl.ly/0w0f3L0z3z0Q2n2E042F


texts:
I installed the new EFI update for my MBA Mid 2011 (the software updater said it is recomended). The update went fine and restarted the mac afterwards.

Then while booting the apple logo turns into a grey forbidden sign and nothing happens from there. I turned the mac off and tried again. Same thing.

Then I booted the recovery partition and tried to repair my disk. It says that it can't repair the disk because it is corrupted.

An ideas but erasing the disk?


texts: How can I use a blue yeti on iPad Pro while still being able to her the audio output from the built in speakers?

texts: I have to record myself for music lessons over zoom. I need a better input than the built in mic but I still need to be able to hear the person on the other end. Is there a way I could use a blue yeti but still be able to hear the audio output from my iPad?


texts:
I have reason for suspicion that I'm being hacked. On top of that, my MacBook's screen will light up (several times a week) when it is asleep, showing the log in screen. It will fall back asleep within a minute or so. It happened this morning, and I wondered if this had anything to do with my hacking suspicions, so I looked at the system log. I don't know much about systems, but I notice the second line says something about the Sandbox being exited. It would be great help if any of you know how to decipher this and could let me know if anything is out of the ordinary.

Feb 25 08:33:00 Rachels-MacBook-Pro syslogd[40]: ASL Sender Statistics
Feb 25 08:33:01 Rachels-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.sandboxd[7218]): Service exited due to SIGALRM | sent by kernel_task[0]
Feb 25 08:33:02 Rachels-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.bsd.dirhelper[7246]): Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.bsd.dirhelper
Feb 25 08:33:03 Rachels-MacBook-Pro systemstats[52]: assertion failed: 18G103: systemstats + 668620 [D8A96B8F-0E65-3EA8-9EEE-982901402221]: 0x7fad6ce07390
Feb 25 08:33:48 Rachels-MacBook-Pro systemstats[52]: assertion failed: 18G103: systemstats + 668620 [D8A96B8F-0E65-3EA8-9EEE-982901402221]: 0x7fad6ce07390
Feb 25 08:34:05 Rachels-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.airport.wps): Service only ran for 6 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 4 seconds.
Feb 25 08:34:33 Rachels-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.airport.wps): Service only ran for 8 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 2 seconds.
Feb 25 08:34:44 Rachels-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.airport.wps): Service only ran for 9 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 1 seconds.


texts: How to pass path of selected file from Finder to Automator Shell script

texts:
I am creating Automator Service to unzip selected files in the same folder they are located.

How can I get selected file absolute path in Automator, so I can pass it into my shell script ?

As you can see I am only passing filename for now, but its not unzipping in same folder.

I would like to change folder before unzip, and then execute unzip. I tried cd ~ but it unzips to my homefolder. I would like to unzip in same folder as selected files exists.


texts: Mavericks Server Open Directory behind AirPort Extreme

texts:
I had a PPPoE dial up connection that returns the same IP, and a domain name that is registered to that IP.

Now I had an AirPort extreme at that IP address, and I've setup DMZ to my Mavericks server so that all incoming traffic should go to that server.

When I setup Open Directory, it responds that none of that known name can be resolved to my server.

I can't provide any logs for the process, if anyone can point me to a directory, it will be very helpful.


texts:
I am potentially going to be buying a MacBook on finance from Apple. As it's my first Mac, I'm not 100% certain it'll be for me and so might re-sell it in the unlikely event it isn't.

If it isn't, am I able to just sell it on or is re-sale not allowed as long as I am still paying Apple?

If I can, am I allowed to use the money I get from the re-sale to re-pay a larger amount off my finance agreement? (E.g., if my finance agreement is for £80 per month and I sell it for £1500, can I say to apple "instead of taking £80 this month take £1500 to pay more off", thus shortening the agreement?)

Edit

Just spoke to Apple, for anyone else searching for this answer you can pay the finance agreement off early if you do have the funds available.


texts: Creating boot disk for Windows 7 on MacBook Pro

texts:
EDIT: I gave in and burned the DVD from a windows PC and I was able to install Windows on my MacBook Pro with Bootcamp. Sorry, that I don't have a satisfying solution.

My goal is to install Windows 7 (32-bit) on my MacBook Pro (late 2007) with Boot Camp. (I'm trying to do all this on Mountain Lion.) I am running into multiple problems creating the disk image for Windows 7. I have an ISO file of the Windows 7 DVD. I am fairly certain, that the ISO image is not corrupted. I downloaded it twice, with the DreamSpark download manager, with the same results.

Initially I tried to create a bootable USB key. The USB key is formatted as Mac OS Extended (HFS+). I opened Disk Utility, went to the restore tab, chose the ISO as source and the USB key as destination. The following errors occurred:

When the ISO-image is unmounted: "RESTORE FAILURE Could not validate source - Invalid argument"
When the ISO-image is mounted: "RESTORE FAILURE Could not validate source - error 254"

After repeating this a dozen times, I tried solve the problem from the Terminal as suggested in many forums:

$ sudo asr restore -noverify -source /path/to/windows/windows_7.iso -target /Volumes/Untitled/ -erase
    Validating target...done
    Validating source...
Could not validate source - Invalid argument

Since this also didn't work, I then tried to burn the image on a DVD. So I went into disk utility, chose the Windows 7 ISO, and chose burn.

I get prompted

  Waiting for a disc to be inserted…

I insert a brand new DVD-R.The drive starts to do something and notifies me

  Waiting for the drive.

And then immediately ejects the disk again and prompts me for the a disc.


texts: How to know where file is going to be saved?

texts:
I have an application that is going to save a file to my MacBook Air El Capitan.  Trouble is, I cannot seem to find a way to determine where it's going to save the file in the dialog.  How do I find the FULL PATH of where it's going to save it?

The file save dialog appears to give me no way to determine this:

Where is it going to save the file?


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I am very much a newbie here, but saw something on StackExchange that someone here might be able to help me with. I have a Seagate 2TB portable that I use as a backup drive for my 2017 Macbook. It was working fine and I left it for about an hour while it was backing up. When I came back there were 3 or 4 "Improperly ejected" error messages.
When I tried to reconnect the drive Finder would not recognize it. However, I can see it in DiskUtilities, but it shows as Unmounted and when I click "Mount" nothing happens, and I get this error message "Could not mount “Seagate”. (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error 0.)"
I went through all the troubleshooting steps with Seagate technical support, including running their "Premium Recovery Suite" but they were not able to help me either. I have started looking at Data Recovery Companies, but saw the following on your site. External drive does not mount after plug off without eject

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If you can see it in diskutil list, locate its identifier (comes in the form of /dev/diskx) and run:
diskutil mountDisk /dev/diskx
while replacing /dev/diskx with your disk identifier.
If even that does not work,
diskutil mountDisk readOnly /dev/diskx
will mount your disk as read-only so that you can get your data off in the case that you have corrupted your disk's partition table (very, very unlikely caused by hard-unplugging your disk). If so, you will need to format your hard drive, through the steps found here, along with the man page obtainable through man diskutil if you need more information.

Is this potentially something that might work for me and my drive? I don't want to risk damaging the disk further and losing the data, but also don't want to pay $500-$1500 to recover my data.
If this is a potential I may need someone to walk me through how to do this. I have not used terminal commands since MS Dos days.
Thanks for any help you can give me on this!
TDGooldy


texts: Text shortcuts reset to older settings in System Preferences

texts:
I use the Text shortcuts replace function provided by Mac OS X's System Preferences' Keyboard panel quite often. It helps me type things faster in most applications, such as my phone number, my full address, etc.

Lately, I've noticed that the text fields that I have recently updated got deleted/replaced by older values (maybe it's synchronized with a Cloud backup?). It's not the first time it does that.

This is what I have in situation 1 (correct information):

And after a few days when I'll use one of these shortcuts, I'll find that they have been replaced to previous info. Situation 2 presents old info as such:

So I have to go back to Keyboard preferences, and re-type my current information where needed each time.

Where is this old info coming from? Another Cloud-linked device? Since this happens on a computer connected to the internet, why won't the info update on all devices when I edit it?


texts: "Run First Aid from Recovery" while in Recovery

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I have a late-2013 Retina Macbook Pro running Sierra 10.12.5 with a myriad of issues that I've been trying to work out. Today's problem: First Aid says there are problems with the partition map that might prevent booting, and to fix them, I need to run First Aid from Recovery. Easy enough.

So I boot into Recovery and run First Aid and get the same message: run First Aid from Recovery, even though I'm already in Recovery. I get the same message in Internet Recovery and when running Disk Utility off an external macOS installer USB. How can I get First Aid to run in Recovery?


texts: Access to NAS mount during Power Nap wake up

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On my mac I have Time Machine configured to backup to a Sparse Disk Image Bundle that is located on my Raspberry pi, which it connects to over SMB and mounts on boot. As long as the mac is awake there is no problem at all to backup or retrieve files.

However, the problem occurs during sleep when Time Machine tries to backup during Power Nap. Once it wakes from sleep it displays the error message that TM backup failed and in the console I can find the somewhat more detailed message: "No destination resolvable"

To me it seems that during sleep the system dismounts all mounted volumes because it loses ethernet access at the point when it goes to sleep, but once it briefly wakes during Power Nap it does not remount the volume from the SMB share, but rather just looks for the previously mounted Sparse Disk Image Bundle at /Volumes/MyBackup/.

Once the system wakes fully from sleep it remounts the disk image without any problems.

So my questions is: is it possible to have the mac remount the Sparse Disk Image Bundle that is located on an SMB share to backup during Power Nap?


texts: Does uninstalling and installing a MacOS App Store App do anything?

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I have some issue with a Mac OS application that I got from the App Store. The support suggested to uninstall the app and install it again.  My question is: Is there any way this can help?

There is a separation of programs and user data in MacOS, so uninstalling the program and reinstalling it should be no-op in total. Is it?


texts: How can I tell if a Mac App Store app is a universal purchase?

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Apple has announced that it is officially launching the ability for developers to sell Mac and iOS apps as a single purchase.
The macOS version of your app can now be included in a universal purchase, allowing customers to enjoy your app and in‑app purchases across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS by purchasing only once.
(source)

For example, GoodNotes 5 is a universal app, but I know it only through the linked support article. Its Mac App Store page only says the iPhone and iPad counterpart apps are available, but nothing about those being universal (or not).
The other app I'm looking at is iA Writer for Mac OS (but could be any other app, really), and unlike the Good Notes 5, I couldn't find any external mention of iA Writer being bundled with the iOS and ipadOS apps as a single purchase.
So can I somehow tell myself, without contacting the developers every time I need an answer, just by looking at the App Store pages, it's source code, or maybe making and API call of some sort?


texts: selenium IDE 101 - how to visit any page

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I've used the SeleniumIDE extensively on Linux (Ubuntu) a while ago, now I'm trying to get it working on a Mac (OSX v10.9) in the Firefox browser.
I have it installed but it doesn't seem to be interacting with the browser.  When I try and record scripts, nothing happens.  If I manually add a test case for open('http://www.google.com') I get

[info] Executing: |open('http://www.google.com') | | |
[error] Unknown command: 'open('http://www.google.com')'

See this screenshot for more background:


texts: Yosemite Can't start Xcode 6.1.1 with error -10699

texts:
Recently i upgrade to Yosemite,

but i can't start my Xcode, when i try to start it via terminal using

open -a xcode

i got error:

failed for the application Xcode.app with error -10699

Any ideas?


texts: Tethering SIM-disabled on iPad but SIM can be used to tether on Windows phone?

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I've got a SIM from a windows phone for which tethering (internet sharing over wifi) works fine.

When I put the same SIM into my iPad (3rd Gen, iOS 8.1) - it tells me that I need to contact my carrier to enable Tethering. (I have a second SIM for which tethering works just fine on the iPad).

My question is: Is it possible for tethering to be SIM-disabled on one device - but work fine on a device from other vendor?


texts: How can I transfer backed up iphone 6 files from Itunes to new iphone XR

texts: Iphone 6 was submerged in water and died. It was periodically synced to iMac desktop via iTunes to upload books on CD. iMac uses High Sierra 10.13.6 operating system


texts: What techniques for disk, volume and file system management are possible with OS X, but troublesome within Disk Utility?

texts:
In the past, Disk Utility was the best starting point for the vast majority of disk-related tasks.

As technologies within (or possible with) OS X have developed – without equal development of Disk Utility – so it may be useful to have:

a shortlist of actions that are best attempted/begun without Disk Utility.

This question

I'd like answers to form something like:

a shortlist of things that appear illogical or impossible in Disk Utility.

I'll seed at least one answer to exemplify what I have in mind.

For some of the things mentioned, there will be answers elsewhere in Stack Exchange – so here, commentary may be minimal.

Background

Maybe more noticeable with Mountain Lion than with Lion:

some capabilities that are integral to the operating system are
misrepresented or impossible within Disk Utility
some capabilities that are added by third part software are misrepresented within Disk Utility

… and so on.

I'm fairly familiar with routines for HFS Plus and for ZEVO implementations of ZFS. Less familiar with routines for other file systems (both native and not native to OS X).

Recall that features such as Core Storage and FileVault 2 are relatively new, and without native support in Snow Leopard, so let's be gentle in our observations – for any peculiarity, assume that an overriding mantra of 'first do no harm' is applied by Apple.

Beyond this question

A redesign of Disk Utility, by Apple, is desirable but that will be beyond the scope of Ask Different so please: no design suggestions here.

Discussion in Ask Different Chat

2012-07-28
2012-07-29

Additional context (November 2015)

http://forums.macrumors.com/posts/22209602 for a public record of what was originally a private enhancement request (ER), made through AppleSeed in 2012.


texts: Upgrading from Yosemite to El Capitan, but not Sierra

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We have an older iMac (Model A1311, Mid 2011). It has been running Yosemite. We have run into some of the WIFI issues associated with Yosemite.

Is it possible to upgrade to El Capitan but not Sierra?

El Cap has been out longer. Its my wife's computer, its older, and I really don't want to be debugging Sierra until a few  more "dot" releases come out.


texts: How to create a new partition for OS X, then remove the original one

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I want to clean install a new version of OS X, so I was thinking to create a separate partition, transfer all applications and settings from my old system and then remove the old partition and make a new one the only one.

But when I created a separate partition for El Capitan, I realized it is not possible to resize it or remove the original one. Here is a message I get from Disk Utility:
"You can only merge this partition with the one before it. To do it, click -"
When I click "-", all data will be erased and free space merged into the first partition.

What is the best way to do a transition in my situation? Is it possible to create a new partition "before" the original one?
Here is the info from Disk Utility:

And from the Terminal:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         427.1 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s5
   4:                  Apple_HFS El Capitan              72.2 GB    disk0s4
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *426.8 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 991EF790-B05D-45BB-B326-6CDC7D75A172
                                 Unencrypted


texts: MacBook Pro 15: Is it normal that the discrete GPU will activate when using an eGPU?

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I've been having heat problems with my MBP15 for a while when running external displays. I believe this is partly caused by the discrete AMD 555X GPU being active. In order to avoid this, I have tried the following:
Set up an external eGPU with Radeon 580 8GB and have a 2k monitor plugged into that eGPU. I have only only USBC/Thunderbolt cable running to the eGPU.
To my surprise, I see that the internal discrete Radeon 555X is active for the built-in display still, while I was expecting the Intel integrated GPU to be running the Built-in display now.

I'm not running anything my Spark, Chrome and Apple apps right now. Can I force the integrated GPU for this setup somehow?
P.S. I looked into gfx.io to force Integrated only but this doesn't work when there are external displays, hence I fear this may not be possible.


texts: I switched from my Mac to a PC that runs Windows 10 and have all my notes from the notes app on my Mac. How can I get all my notes? Thanks!


texts:
Since updating to iOS 11, search is unable to find my apps. Is this a new feature of iOS 11; a bug; or something that will eventually resolve itself over time?

I have so many apps that the only practical way to find them is to search for them, and in the past this has worked perfectly. E.g. simply typing "stack" (in fact just "st") suggests several apps including the one I'm looking for, 'Stack Exchange' listed right at the top of the screen.

Now however I get a very different result:

A bunch of useless search results at the top, and a suggestion from the app store for an app I'd never want. No sign of the frequently used app sitting right on my device.

What's going on here. Is there anything (short of restoring iOS 10) that I can do do address this?

Judging from the behavior I'm seeing I wonder if Apple hasn't changed the meaning of the Siri setting for apps from meaning "search in the app" to "search for the app": the only apps I see at all are ones where this setting is enabled. Is that perhaps what's happened (or does having this on just get those apps indexed first)?


texts: How do you change the size of the images sent from an iPhone using MMS?

texts:
I have an iPhone 4, my wife has a jailbroken iPhone 3G on Simple Mobile (T-Mobile's network).
She's able to send and receive MMS messages, but images that are taken on my iPhone are flagged as too large and she receives a message that she has received an image from me but it has been blocked due to size.

Older phones and other limited plans have this implementation, so this question should be useful to others.

Is there a way to change the size of images when sending them via MMS like you can when emailing a picture on the iPhone?

If not, how can I work around this?


texts: Devices cannot connect to my shared Wi-Fi

texts:
I have a Late-2016 MacBook Pro without Touch Bar.

When I create a shared Wi-Fi network through System Preferences -> Sharing (while I have my machine connected to ethernet via a USB-C adaptor), no device can connect.

The network is configured with WPA-2 personal security (just a password, though I have also tried with no security and end up with the same result).

When I try to connect with security enabled, my iPhone always says incorrect password (though I've confirmed the password is correct). When I try to connect without any security, my iPhone just says unable to connect. I have had colleagues try with their phones and computers with the same results.

Any recommendations?


texts: How do I transfer audiobooks from iPod Touch to iTunes?

texts:
I have an older iPod Touch (Model MC547LL/A) with audiobooks purchased from iTunes.

The iTunes Store won't let me re-download the audiobooks and I don't have a backup.

How can I transfer the audiobooks from my iPod Touch to my iTunes library?


texts:
On macOS 10.15.3 I’d like to adjust the date metadata of some pictures.

How do I change the date of all photos and videos in Photos.app from BC to AD?


texts: If the boot camp partition of my mac gets a virus, will the macOS part be safe? If the macOS part gets a virus, will the Windows part be affected?


texts: How to confirm iPhone calls routing through a Voice Pro

texts:
Background: I have a fairly new (1-2 months old) Voice Pro from Sprint.  How I ended up with this device is a long story, involving dozens of hours of support calls and debugging, but to try and summarize, my wife and I got new iPhones (an 11 & a second gen SE).  They didn't work well with our Airave 2.5.  We tried WiFi assist, a Casa Pebble, and eventually were sent the Voice Pro - because call quality was not improved via those other methods.  The Voice Pro seemed to be working really well (blew the Casa Pebble completely out of the water in terms of call quality) in the first weeks, but apparently sometimes randomly, call quality is crap - as if calls are not being routed through the Voice Pro.  With the Casa Pebble, I had learned that I could confirm I was connected to the device by dialing 3001#12345# and see that the phy_cell_id was between 488 and 502.  Given the random crap call quality, right after a call that was so bad the person on the other end (a land line), stated they couldn't understand me at all because it was too choppy...
I decided to call Sprint and ask if there was a way I could confirm my calls were actually going through the Voice Pro.  They confirmed there was a way to confirm similar to the Casa Pebble connection check described above.  They described it like this:

Dial 3001#12345# (which launches an app called FTMInternal-4)
Tap LTE
Tap "1xeb"
(from here on, I'm fuzzy due to not getting this far, and a difficult accent communication issue with the support guy - who was very nice/helpful...) Tap "do"?
Tap "64 chips"?
Tap? CDMA
Confirm that the number shown is one of (500, 504, 507, 508, 168, 336, or 510)

However, I could not complete step 3, because there was no option even close to "1xeb".  None of the options even started with "1".  The support guy even called me on my google voice line and had me explore the options in the FTMInternal-4 app.  He had me reboot the Voice Pro and confirm it was working properly (both by the 4 solid green lights and by checking on his end).  He didn't understand why the 1xeb option was not shown and eventually gave up and promised me that with the merging with T-Mobile, the tower signal in my house would improve.
Reading between the lines of that Sprint support conversation, I got the sense that he suspected my calls were not going through the Voice Pro at all.  And that's entirely possible.  Without a signal booster, in my experience, my calls when I'm in the house (regardless of room) seem to be of random quality.  Sometimes calls (without a signal booster) are completely fine (with minor choppiness).  Other time, calls are completely unintelligible.  Like, the call with the sprint support guy (right after an unintelligible call to a land line) was 100% clear.  My guess is that my calls are going though different towers, which determine the call quality?
Either way, my only question here is: "How do I confirm calls are routing through the Voice Pro?".  Though there are obviously other possible questions to answer, such as: "Why is the 1xeb option missing in the FTMInternal-4 app?", "Is my 'FTMinternal-4' app up to date and how do I update it?", "Do you have a network issue causing the choppiness?", or "What alternative means are there for improving call quality?", I really want to just figure out how to confirm calls are actually going through the Voice Pro.


texts: Booting from Windows USB Key Overwrote EFI - Mac No Longer Boots

texts:
I'm using a macbook pro running Yosemite. I was trying to create installation media to install linux on an SD card, and I used a USB key that had a bootable windows installation on it. I thought I had overwritten it, and booted from it, expecting the linux installation to boot up. Instead, the old windows OS started up, and after I shut it back down, it kernel panicked every time it tried to restart. After glancing around, it appears that the windows installation added an MBR boot partition where it shouldn't have been, and overwrote the normal EFI scheme.

I cannot paste output directly, as the only way to boot from the computer in question is to boot with a yosemite install drive, but currently the partition map is one "disk0" with no partitions, of the full size of the hard drive, and then various other disks representing the Yosemite install disk. I've tried to use dd to copy the EFI scheme from the Yosemite Install "disk1s1" to the hard disk "disk0s1" but it returns "Operation not Supported."

Let me know if I can give any more information. Thanks!


texts: How to keep application data when synchronizing iPhone with new iTunes?

texts:
I want to enable app-synchronization between the iPhone and iTunes on a new computer.
I already transferred the apps from the iPhone to iTunes but when checking the box for synchronizing apps, iTunes still displays the warning message that the phone apps will be replaced by the iTunes apps.
The last time I did this, I still had all my apps but the in-app purchases got lost as well as any saved progress in my games.
This meant that I had to re-download the maps of my navigation app (skobbler). I'd like to avoid this as my monthly data volume is currently very limited.

Is there a way to synchronize without losing the application data?


texts: Can I make an OS X ESD (or other USB drive) read-only?

texts:
I have a USB Flash drive onto which I've used Disk Utility to restore the Mac OS X Install ESD:

Is there a way I can make the result read-only, in order offer it at lease some semblance of protection from accidental change?

I assume (but don't know for sure) that I cannot make the raw disk itself read-only, so higher levels of protection are okay, but the lower the better.


texts: Prevent iPhone "Trust this computer" on work PC

texts:
I would like to charge my iPhone using a USB plug on my Windows PC at work.
However, any time I begin charging with the phone unlocked, it prompts me:

  Trust This Computer
  Your settings and data will be accessible from this computer when connected.
  Trust Don't Trust

In my case, I never want to trust this PC, and I never want to accidentally click "Trust".
Is there a way to keep the phone from prompting me?


texts: Can I get any compensation for 2-week turnaround on 2015 MacBook Pro battery recall?

texts:
I have a 2015 MacBook Pro (still under AppleCare) that is covered under the battery recall issue. However, the machine is my primary work computer, and the Apple Store has said that they have to ship it out to have it repaired, since they do not have the tools in-store to safely replace the battery.

Being without this computer for two weeks will significantly hinder my ability to do my work. Is there any way to receive compensation from Apple due to this?


texts: Now that "Activity" is gone from Safari, how do I find and download a streaming flv file on a Mac?

texts:
Is there a plugin (for any browser) anyone can recommend? An app?

It seems like all browsers got rid of this easy resource tracking feature (Chrome too).


texts:
The basic question is:

  How can I pass a filename to the Spotlight search module in Automator?

The essential problem:

I have hundreds of broken aliases scattered throughout a particular directory on my HD. The original files DO STILL EXIST, but for some reason the aliases have lost their connection.  I would like to replace them all with symlinks, so that they can be backed up by Rsync.

Here is a scaled-down example of a folder with broken aliases in it:

Now here is an example of a sub-directory that contains both the originals of some of the broken aliases, as well as additional copies of the SAME alias, that still point to another location for their originals:

And lastly, here is an image of a directory that contains the master files to some of the aliases that were located in both of the previous 2 locations:

So what I need to do is:

Identify all aliases in a user-defined directory
Use the filenames of those aliases to locate their original files, in a second user-defined directory (recursively and ensuring not to identify a second alias as an original)
remove the alias
create a symlink to the original file, in the former location of the alias

I'm using Automator wherever I can, and Applescript wherever I must.  Prior to the response that prompted these edits, my workflow did the following:

Prompt for the location to look for original files
Prompt for location to look for aliases
Get POSIX paths to all aliases
Get text filenames of all the aliases

Now, it gets a bit further but with some problems:

I had an alias titled "3dfx & ambience.rfl" (changed already in the screenshots to "3dfx and ambience.rfl").  The applescript provided would fail on that file due to the ampersand.
After fixing #1, the script ran and did indeed remove broken aliases and replace them with symlinks.  But the symlinks pointed to the parent folder that contained the originals, not the originals themselves.  So I ended up with 2 symlinks, "Luftrum 1 - Thor Ambient.rfl" and "Luftrum 2 - Thor Ambient II.rfl", that in reality pointed to the "Luftrum" folder shown in my third screenshot above.

Hopefully this will be enough detail to ultimately arrive at a working solution.  I can tell it's very close.


texts:
According the iOS 5 features page on Apple's web site, the 3GS is supported. When I push the "Check for Update" button in iTunes, it says "This version of the iPhone software (4.2.1) is the current version." I'm running iTunes 10.5.142 on Windows. I have also used this same setup to upgrade my iPhone 4.

Is there something else I need to do here? Could it be refusing because this phone does not have a carrier anymore and I use it only over WiFi?


texts: Installed Apps not showing in Cellular Allow Data for section

texts:
I have iphone 5s , IOS 9.3.1

All the apps like whatsapp , facebook , twitter , skype etc from IOS Store are installed in my iphone and is available in Background app refresh section

But all those apps are not appearing in "Allow Data For" section in cellular section in IOS.


texts: Command+Tab doesn't switch between full-screen apps

texts:
If I put iCal.app or Mail.app or iPhoto.app in full-screen mode, I'm unable to access those apps via Command+Tab from my main desktop interface. This seems like an oversight.

What's also puzzling is that if I manually switch to one of the full-screen apps (via clicking on its dock icon) and then use Command+Tab, I'm able to switch between that full-screen app and any other full-screen apps via Command+Tab, but as soon as I switch to a non-full-screen app, then I'm unable to return to a full-screen app via Command+Tab.

Is there a preference setting I'm missing?


texts: Strange bug in MacVim 7.4 and some others apps on MacBook Retina

texts:
Bug (excuse me for bad quality)

Explanation: In full screen mode in MacVim 7.4 i see the background panel.
I tried set transparency=0 but it does not work, Is it good to see backpanel in fullscreen vim and some other apps?

Thank you.

PrintScreen


texts: facetime with same apple id and on different devices

texts: I will be setting up one apple id to use for all the apps for all my three kids on their three ipads, will they be able to facetime each other using the same apple ids?  Or do I have to create different ids for them in order to facetime each other?  Thank you.


texts: Deleting files for freeing the disk space

texts:
My MBA (OS 10.9.5) is showing messages of full disk. So I checked the big files in the system. However I don't want to mess with system files as I don't know anything about them. So asking the fellow gentlemen, if it is safe to delete any of the following files:

snapshots.db 2.1 GB '/private/var/db/systemstats/snapshots.database'
swapfile1    1.1 GB '/private/var/vm/swapfile1'
sleepimage   1.1 GB '/private/var/vm/sleepimage'
general.svc 488 MB '/System/Library/Speech/Recognizers/SpeechRecognitionCoreLanguages/en_US.SpeechRecognition/Contents/Resources/lm/combined/general.svc'
dyld_shared_cache_x86_64 , dyld_shared_cache_i386 386 & 274 MB '/private/var/db/dyld/dyld_shared_cache_x86_64'
safebrowsing.db '/private/var/folders/s2/_szqd_q13kq9lyl32lv0jz7h0000gn/C/com.apple.Safari/SafeBrowsing.database'

It's not about the memory(RAM), it's about the hard disk space.

Also I'll be glad if someone can point me to which other junk files I can delete from the mac. I prefer to delete files manually rather than using any app but if there's any simple no frills utility app which works, I'll happily use that.


texts: Mac OS 10.15 TextEdit will not save edited documents "The document “1969 GREYHOUNDS email ref.txt” could not be saved"

texts:
The problem does not seem to occur on the machine hard drive (when saved to the desktop); only on mounted server drives.
A variant on the message is: "The document “1969 GREYHOUNDS email ref test copy.rtf” could not be autosaved."
The server is also running Mac OS 10.15  Catalina.


texts: Playing a video from on iCloud Photos player is low quality

texts: My videos played by iCloud Photos Video Web Player are lower quality bu. Is there a setting to set a the quality to higher level? This problem doesn't apply to a photos.


texts: The new created terminal can not find the file use which in Mac

texts:
After I installed the mysql in my Mac, it locate in the:

/usr/local/mysql

And after I use export add the PATH to the $PATH, I can use which mysql_config find it:

aircraftdeMacBook-Pro:/ ldl$ which mysql_config
/usr/local/mysql/bin//mysql_config

But however when I use Command+N create a new Terminal, in it can not searched the mysql_config now:


texts: using iSync plugins in OS X 10.7 and later

texts:
iSync is being phased out from OS X. In 10.7 Lion, it doesn't come with it pre-installed any more.

I have purchased an iSync plugin for my mobile phone. I am currently using iSync in Lion using a version downloaded from the Internet (in a previous version of this question that didn't work, but this has since been resolved, it was an installation glitch). So at the moment, everything is fine, but I'm not sure for how long this will work.

Will I still be able to sync contacts and calendars with my mobile phone (a Samsung B2100) once iSync won't work on OS X at all any more (presumably when Mountain Lion comes out in may)? Is there a product that will continue to work that can deal with iSync plugins?


texts:
Is it possible in the command line to have the same sort order for files/folders as Finder. If I run find . -type d, I get as output:

./Folder 1
./Folder 10
./Folder 11
./Folder 2
./Folder 3
...

I tried find -s . -type d, and also added some sort options. No luck.

What I want is this:

./Folder 1
./Folder 2
./Folder 3
...
./Folder 10
./Folder 11


texts:
I am trying to install gource via homebrew. It yields in the following error:

$ brew install  gource
==> Downloading https://github.com/acaudwell/Gource/releases/download/gource-0.41/gource-0.41.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /opt/boxen/cache/homebrew/gource-0.41.tar.gz
==> ./configure --prefix=/opt/boxen/homebrew/Cellar/gource/0.41 --without-x
checking for IMG_LoadJPG_RW... yes
checking for boostlib >= 1.46... yes
checking whether the Boost::System library is available... yes
checking whether the Boost::Filesystem library is available... yes
configure: error: Could not link against -lGLU !

How can I install gource?


texts:
Problem:
When using my mouse, a single scroll-click scrolls several pages.
I have read that this is due to scroll smoothing -
a single scroll actually issues multiple scroll commands:
tiny teeny 1-line teeny tiny
thus the appearance of a smooth scroll.

If this is the case, then when in single-page view,
each scroll moves a full-page increment.

Is there a way to disable this?
I requested help from Logitech,
but they have repeatedly only offered me a new mouse,
rather than a driver fix.

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I have read several questions regarding mouse scrolling,
and have not found a consistent answer.

Background:

I purchased a Logitech M705 "Marathon" mouse.
It worked fine, except that
its auxiliary buttons are not accessible through the default macOS drivers.
To remedy this, I installed the Logitech drivers,
known as LCC (Logitech Control Center).

When I installed LCC,
the auxiliary buttons worked,
but scrolling became terrible.

Scrolling is choppy in most programs,
which is at least passable if clunky,
but there are a special case
where I cannot achieve acceptable usability:

Full Page View:

For several .pdf programs (Skim, Preview, Adobe),
I use Full Page (also known as Whole Page or Single Page) view.

In this view, the zoom is set such that one full page is shown.
If a scroll is commanded, the page does not move up or down,
such that one line of the current page disappears and
one line of an adjacent page appears.

Instead, a scroll command moves to the next page completely.
The whole page is always shown in full.

This is not to be confused with Single Page (Continuous) view,
which simply sets the zoom to the level needed to show the whole page,
but still allows partial views of two adjacent pages.


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I need to re-install OS X Leopard on a computer that has broken DVD Drive. Also I don't have firewire cable.

So I created a .dmg file from the install disc and then copy that on a usb drive using SuperDuper. When I check my startup disks from preferences I can see the usb drive so I select it and click restart. When it restarts I just get a grey screen and nothing happens.

Also as soon as I open the computer (and desktop appears), the flash drive opens and I can click on "Install OSX", same window that pops from the DVD. It asks admin password then restart and again the same grey screen.

You think the problem is with making the bootable drive or with the .dmg file?
I had to convert the installation disk from .iso to .dmg using "convert" from disk util and then renamed the destination file to .dmg> convert.


texts: Merge SUB-folders replaces instead of merging?

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I can not beleive more people don't have a problem with this. Merge contents in Lion or ML does NOT merge contents if 1 or more of those "contents" is a subfolder

Merge contents of two folders works great if they are files inside the merging folders.. But if they have same named subfolders, the merging folder will REPLACE, not merge the destination's subfolder

EXAMPLE:

Drive1 / Folder1

               - text1.txt
               - text2.txt
               - / subfolder /
                         - text3.text

MERGE TO

Drive2 / Folder1

               - text1.txt
               - text2.txt
               - / subfolder /
                         - text1.text
                         - text2.text

this should get text3.txt merged into Drive2's subfolder from Drive1's, but instead this subfolder is REPLACED, and NOT MERGED!! The resulting subfolder only contains text3.txt and text1 and text2 have vanished!

Anyone else experiencing this? I can't find any acknowledgement from Apple that this is even an issue.

Anyone shed light on this be appreciated, as well as fix or work-arounds for doing proper merge when (almost identical) subfolders exist


texts: OS X Application for Scraping HTML of a Set of Tweets

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I recently went to a Tweetup event and want to scrape from my Twitter account all the tweets made during that either by selecting a date/time range or by matching to a hash tag.

Is there an app to pull all these tweets out (hopefully with links intact) and all so I can "archive" them on my own web site?


texts: When looking at photos on google images or on facebook, the photos flash like a screen shot. I just got a new phone and it is doing this. I had an old iphone and this happened too. I have no idea if its a virus but my phone is only 2 weeks old. Its very annoying. help.


texts: How can I figure out why my Apple TV drops connection when using AirPlay

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Hi – I have a really frustrating issue with my Apple TV(s). I have two of them, and several iOS devices, and this issue exists for all combinations.

The issue: I'll be streaming something in Safari, YouTube App, etc. and AirPlay it to my TV. It works fine for awhile, but then all of a sudden, the video will stop playing. On my iOS device, I get a message that says the connection has been dropped (or something along those lines).

Like I said, I have this issue on both Apple TVs. One is hardwired to the router, and one is operating via WiFi. At this point, I have to believe that it's something happening on my network causing packet loss.

My main question is how to troubleshoot this issue. Anyone have any idea where I can get some sort of log from the Apple TV, or perhaps the iOS device? I could go through my router settings and just guess at stuff (which I already did) to try to improve network quality, but I really need to be able to narrow down what the issue is.

Any insight on how to troubleshoot this issue would be much appreciated. Thanks!


texts: How to leverage a desktop iMacPro with a Macbook Pro?

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Trapped at home with COVID (not diagnosed, but sheltering in place).  My company will not allow me to install VPN software on my desktop (an iMac Pro).  However, I have my Macbook Pro 16 with me that does have VPN.

My hope was to be able to mirror the screen via Thunderbolt so I could take advantage of the larger monitor.  I was also hoping to reuse the wireless keyboard and mouse from my iMac Pro.

Is there an easy way to in effect turn the iMac Pro in to a display while (easily) switching the mouse and keyboard between desktop and laptop?  I am fine twice a day reconnecting Bluetooth between them if necessary but hoping there is a more lightweight solution.

Stay healthy and safe all!


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I have a 15" Macbook Pro in a Speck protective case.

Will this fit into a Twelve South BookArc Desktop Stand for Notebooks comfortably? The protective case adds a little to the body of the Macbook, my concern is that it won't fit.


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texts: Is there any way to optimize the macOS Sierra Screen Share application for a LINUX VNC?  It's so much slower when compared to a connection from an iMac to another MacBook.


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So, interesting problem, whenever I plug my iPhone 6 Plus into charge, I get massive disruption across my whole network, wired and wireless. Once it starts, the only solution is to either disable the phone's WiFi or reboot the device. The image below shows a PingPlotter graph of the problem in action.

Has anoyone seen this sort of behavior before? If so, any recommendation on troubleshooting?


texts: Magic Mouse not working Properly after upgrading to macOS High Sierra!

texts: Today I upgraded my late 2014 iMac to macOS High Sierra, for the first few hours the mouse was working fine (even before upgrading to High Sierra) but after a few hours it suddenly started malfunctioning the left  or the right click is not working properly then double tap to zoom is not working properly even selecting a text is not happening properly. Everything is hanging and freezing with the mouse gestures after updating to High Sierra!


texts: How to use pinch to rotate using keyboard/mouse (without trackpad)?

texts:
I'm trying to rotate texts and images in Preview without using the multitouch 'rotate with two fingers'. It works fine with a laptop trackpad but on a desktop with only a keyboard and mouse I can't find a way to rotate things.
edit: I'm using the LogitechMX Master, but what I was hoping there was a solution just using right/left click and the keyboard, or some setting in Preview. Basically any way of doing it that doesn't require the use of the trackpad.
edit2: Specifically, I want to rotate elements inside of the image, such as text.

I believe that any solution, if it exists, should not be particular to Preview but instead some way of doing the "rotate with two fingers" trackpad gesture, without a trackpad.