texts: How to create custom text format style and apply to hotkey in Pages?

texts:
There are paragraph styles that you can create and tie to the function keys.
This is all great and dandy, but not if I wish to switch style in the middle of a paragraph and then revert to the one I used to begin with. The whole paragraph will change to the one I just selected.

Is there a way to do what I want, or do I have to manually apply the same font, size and colour every time?


texts: How to determine what is modifying com.apple.loginitems.plist?

texts:
The application DISH Anywhere Slingplayer (currently at v. 1.1.0.386) automatically attempts to add itself to the current user's Login Items, both at login time and at app startup time (I use Little Flocker, so I see the attempt to modify ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginitems.plist.)

I am trying to disable this, without uninstalling or locking com.apple.loginitems.plist, but I can't figure out what setting/code is pulling this really crappy stunt.

Where can I start poking around to find the offending entries? (I already looked in /System/Library/StartupItems/, /System/Library/LaunchAgents/ and ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ but nothing obvious in there.)
[OS X 10.11.6]


texts: How do I update the primary email address used by my Apple ID when using Find My iDevice?

texts:
I have an Apple ID that I use for both the App/iTunes Stores and for iCloud. Because I originally created it years ago, it's an email address I no longer use, let's call it dan@old.com. I would like to replace it with dan@new.com.

This is easy enough to do from the Manage My Apple ID web interface, however when I change the address and attempt to update my iPhone and iPad I hit a snag: in order to Sign Out of my Apple ID in iCloud Settings, I must first provide my Find My iDevice credentials, since that prevents a thief from simply punting me out of my device were they to steal it.

The problem is, it asks for the Apple ID password for dan@old.com, and when I enter that, it fails (with the incredibly helpful message "there was a server error"). I have to assume this failure is because that combination of email address and password is no longer part of my Apple ID.

Can someone provide me with a sane, step-by-step way to change my primary Apple ID email address from one email that I control to another, given the use of iCloud and Find My iDevice on multiple devices?


texts:
I've seen this question. I have the same problem, except that the incorrect contact list is on an iPhone. My iPad, and MBP are in sync.

How can I resend the iPhone so as 1. Not lose the correct contact list, and 2. Get the correct list onto my iPhone?

I've tried "turning it off and on again", thank you @Roy.
I've signed out and back in to iCloud on my iPhone.
I've turned off contacts on the phone, deleted the local set, and reconnected to iCloud, and turned on Contacts again.

I have over 500 contacts in iCloud, but only 50 on the device.

Thanks for any help.


texts: What does `System Preferences.app` sync to iCloud?

texts:
If we go into System Preferences → Internet Accounts → iCloud → iCloud Drive (Options…), we’ll see System Preferences.app is syncing with iCloud.

What exactly is it syncing? I’ve just performed a fresh install on my machine (El Capitan to Sierra) and none of my settings carried over. So what is this doing?


texts: Is there a way to see what permissions an ios app store app asks for, except manually opening it?

texts:
I am looking for a way to see what permissions an app asks for without opening it.
For Android you can view it in the store as seen below. Is is maybe possible to get the info.plist file for an app store app and see it there?


texts: How to use Cocoa Emacs as editor for Mutt

texts:
I'm taking yet another run at Emacs.  I've installed Cocoa Emacs, and so far so good.  Now I'd like to use Cocoa Emacs as my  editor for Mutt.  With MacVim,  it's trivial to use Macvim, i just put:

set editor="vim -o -f"      # editor to use when composing messages

in my .muttrc, and everything works.  When I want to compose a mail, I type m in Mutt and a new Macvim window opens on top, when I quit, I'm in the Mutt mailing screen (where I can put in cc, attachments, and type y to send).

When I've found anything about using emacs with Mutt it's always been a very complicated explanaition.

Surely there is a simple way to get emacs to do this?

Thanks,

John V.


texts: Adding Mac-specific directory to PATH when home is shared

texts: My /home/myusername/ directory is provided through a network, and looks exactly the same on my Linux machine and my Mac Mini.   I'd like to add to PATH a directory of Mac-specific software in my home, e.g. /home/myusername/SW/bin_mac/ and have this happen only when I'm doing command line stuff on the Mac, and not have PATH contain this when on Linux.  If I edit .bashrc (or tcsh's equivalent) it'll affect PATH in both cases.  What are some tricks to do this?


texts: How to add a timer between wget html downloads?

texts:
I found this very useful script that does the job for what I'm looking to achieve.

It's been taken from this post: Batch download URLs from a .txt file

  To use the following method, you will need to install wget.
       Make a file with the extension .sh in the same directory as your file containing the links and add this text to it:

mkdir ~/Desktop/download

while read line; do wget -E -H --directory-prefix=/Users/username/Desktop/download -k -p $line; done < file.txt

cd ~/Desktop/download

  Make sure to edit the script and change username to your username
       This reads file.txt for the URLs and runs the wget command multiple times with all the links one-by-one and saves them to a
  folder named download on your desktop.

I just need to make a small edit to make sure that between one request and another the script waits 5 minutes.

Could you please tell me how to edit it?


texts:
My iPhone shut down, and asked me to restore and update, which I think means that it's going to delete all my data, which I'm nervous I won't be able to get back.

After that, I haven't been able restore it.

I plugged it into the charger, and the Apple logo pops up for 5-8 minutes, then it vibrates and turns off, in a loop.
I plugged my iPhone into a laptop, to try and back it up, then restore it on iTunes, but it wouldn't go to the screen that told me to attach to iTunes anymore.

My sleep/wake button is broken. So I can't reboot it.

I got it plugged in iTunes, and it kept saying "unknown error" and now it's not getting past that.


texts: gfortran compilation error (installing Quantum ESPRESSO)

texts:
I'm trying to install Quantum ESPRESSO, but I keep getting an error when I'm configuring the make files (this installation procedure is addressed on page 8 of the manual).

In particular, I invoke sudo ./configure in my terminal, and I get the following error:

checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0
checking ARCH... mac686
checking setting AR... ... ar
checking setting ARFLAGS... ... ruv
checking for ifort... no
checking for gfortran... gfortran
checking for Fortran compiler default output file name...
configure: error: in '/Users/malxmusician212/Downloads/qe-6.1':
configure: error: Fortran compiler cannot create executables
See 'config.log' for more details.

My config.log is posted here.


texts: About to sell my 2013 rMac. Is 3 pass zero enough?

texts:
I plan on selling my late 2013 rMBP  soon. I was wondering what your opinions are on me using a 3 pass zero on a SSD? Is it enough? I do have some sensitive data on there (bank info, passwords to important things at work, etc.). I also don't want to damage the SSD because I hear these passes can hurt the hard drive. Apple said that I don't even need to do that because SSD are just that great. Is that true?

Thank you.


texts: how to clean the memory termed as 'others' in iphone 4s

texts: since a couple of days iam facing the problem with internal memory of my apple iphone 4s device so can you help me to find a solution for this. my ios software is 7.1.2 and not the jailbroken piece


texts: How to start to recovery mode in a Mac OS X VM in Parallels?

texts:
Is it possible to start into Recovery/Internet recovery mode in a virtualized Mac OS X in Parallels?

It would come in handy to take screenshots of those UIs or running apps to exemplify some steps especially here at askdifferent.


texts: Someone has told me they can read my messages I send through iMessage. Is what they are saying true? Can someone do this?


texts: Cannot Update iMac, OS X, From 10.11.2 to 10.11.6

texts:
I have attempted multiple times to update my iMac from the App Store updates section like I did when I updated to Mavericks, Yosemite, then to El Capitan. It would finish the download and then nothing. No attempt at installing the update.

Next I found the update in a dmg file at Apple's website. I would run the package contained inside but would get the error during the installation:

  "OS X El Capitan Update can't be installed on this disk. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update."

What must I do to get my Early 2009 iMac updated?

(I am still learning about Macintosh computers.)


texts: How to find the list of icons that can be used in mac cli applications

texts:
I'm currently developing a node cli application and having used npm tools, my interest has been piqued by the use of npm-check and its use of icons in its cli interface. eg:

There must be plenty of other icons apart from the heart illustrated, but I'd like to know how to access them, so I can use in my own cli applications.

I'm currently using macos, but hopefully these icons are platform independent(?)

The list of icons is static and not likely to change. This is not a request for recommendation, it a request for factual information. There must be a list of icons that the terminal can use. I am trying t find out what this is.


texts: How to fix a Windows partition after removing Bootcamp?

texts:
I have a 2009 MBP. For a long time I've had a Bootcamp partition on the hard drive, recently I bought a second SSD and installed it in the Optibay and installed Windows on it. As it was going well I thought I'd give OSX the full hard drive so I used Bootcamp Assistant to remove the Bootcamp partition on drive #1. Drive #2 still has the Windows 7 so I restarted expecting REfit to pick up the changes and assumed I would be working as normal. However when I try to start Windows I get a black screen and the words:

Bootmgr is missing.
Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart.

Furthermore REfit is still showing the old partition-based Windows install as a boot option but I know its not there.

Is there a way of fixing all this without wiping, repartitioning and reinstalling Windows using Bootcamp?


texts: Mountain Lion: How do I see the description of a software update after I've installed it?

texts: When OS updates are available in the app store, there is usually a short description near the update button. Is there a way to see this description after I've installed the update?


texts:
I just found out that when you share a picture in iPhoto via email, the email screen does not go away until the photo has been completely emailed. This means, if its a large photo that I am trying to 'share', depending upon my bandwidth, it takes quite a while to send, during which, I cannot browse any other picture in iPhoto. Is there a way I can background the sharing via email process such that the email screen goes away as soon as I hit the send button and I can proceed on to share other emails. I am fine with the system queuing up the pictures to upload.

The iPhone does it very nicely. Seems like the programmers forgot this backgrounding feature in Mountain Lion...


texts: Mounting Encrypted Core Storage Volume(s) On Startup

texts:
Okay, so I have three main volumes for my system; one for the OS (SSD) one for users and files (Fusion Drive) and one for backup.

All three are encrypted Core Storage volumes.

The problem is that only the OS volume is unlocked on startup, the other two won't be unlocked until a user logs in. That's fine except that only my system's administrator user is on the OS volume, all the others are on the users and files volume, so they can't login until that volume has been unlocked.

Currently this means that on start-up I need to login as the administrator so that the drives unlock, and then logout and login as the correct user which is is kind of annoying, as really I don't want to login as the administrator at all as it's only there for permissions or recovery).

The two non-OS volumes have their keys stored in the system keychain, with CSUserAgent permitted access, however the name of this tool suggests it won't run until a user logs in.

What I'm wondering is whether there's a way to trigger an unlock sooner without having to do something insecure (like put the password into a script)? Since the passwords are in the system keychain, I thought perhaps I could just permit access to the appropriate process, or even that a script run as root (i.e - a LaunchDaemon with RunAtLoad) might be able to unlock the volume(s)?


texts: There was some recent news about the release of an HTML5-powered offline Gmail and Docs.  But it looks like these won't work on the iPad. Is this true? If so, is there a way that I can use these tools on my iPad?


texts:
I want to save the following spoken text to an audiofile that I can play on my iPod (so .mp3 or something).

say "the company [[slnc 1200]]" using "Alex"
say "une entreprise [[slnc 1200]]" using "Thomas"
say "a farm [[slnc 1500]]" using "Alex"
say "une ferme [[slnc 1200]]" using "Thomas"

So everything that my mac says during the run of this AppleScript should be saved in one audiofile. I don't want 4 different audiofiles, instead, I would like to have one (big) audiofile with all the audio. Is this possible?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Does MacBook Pro 13" 2017 and 2018 with Touch Bar have the same bandwidth on all 4 ports?

texts:
I learnt from this article:

https://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/28/macbook-pro-tb3-reduced-pci-express-bandwidth/

...that the right ports on MacBook Pro 13" 2016 with Touchbar deliver reduced throughput for Thunderbolt devices.

I wonder if this is also the case with the 2017 and 2018 MacBook Pros.


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro mid 2011.
I've installed a SSD on the main bay, removed the optical drive and installed a caddy with the a regular HDD on it.
The OS was installed on the SSD.
This setup works fine!

Last week I had to force a shut down by pressing and holding the power button. After that, my system didn't boot.
(a question mark apperars)

I install El Capitan again on my HDD and right now I'm trying to format/erase/restart my SSD.

If I change hard drives places (putting SSD in the caddy and HD on main bay) it works… I can erase the SSD, reformat, etc, using Disk Utility.

But with the HDD on caddy and the SSD on the main bay, my mac dont recognize my SDD and I can't erase, or format it.

My goal here is to reinstall El Capitan on SSD using it on the main bay because its faster and have a better performance.

Does anybody have an idea about it?


texts:
I have a 256GB SSD which usually sits at around 30GB available space, but recently I've had a problem with what appears to be over zealous caching which has on a number of occasions eaten the entire 30GB.

Last time it happened my system was grinding to a halt with no space left at all, its amazing what breaks when there's no disk space, so I just deleted the offending files. This caused issues with my Keychain but I managed to recover.

Yesterday I got the warning again, and I was down below 10GB, I'm now sitting at 18GB without deleting anything since, so it seems to be rapidly up and down.

I've used Disk Inventory X to investigate and the culprit seems to be the folder:

  /private/var/folders/l2/khdpc8h92l187pz9yl490fhc0000gn/C/com.apple.WebKit.Plugin.32/fsCachedData

Currently there's 30,110 files in that folder using up 8.8GB, which seems a little excessive on its own! I'm pretty sure thats the same folder that eventually swells to fill up my HD.

As far as I know, WebKit is safari's engine? I use 4 Safari extensions which are: 1Password, AdBlock, BetterTTV and Reddit Enhancement Suite.

Any idea what specifically is causing this? or how I might identify the culprit? I'm also on Sierra 10.12.2 beta.


texts: How to make sure MacOS Recovery creates a Recovery Partition with Time Machine Restore?

texts:
I took a Time Machine backup to an external drive from old MacBook (Sierra) and then put it to a new one (High Sierra automatically) using macOS Recovery and "Restore From Time Machine Backup". Drive on the old Macbook was encrypted using FileVault but the backup I took wasn't encrypted as it takes ages to encrypt one.

Installation went fine and I was able to boot and setup the new MacBook, but now I can't turn on the FileVault. Trying to do so says "FileVault can’t be turned on for the disk “Macintosh HD”. Some disk formats don’t support the recovery partition required by encryption. To use encryption, reinstall this version of Mac OS X on a reformatted disk". I erased the data on the disk when using Restore from Time Machine and I thought it would've done the partition that way that using FileVault is possible. How should I make sure that if I now do Restore from Time Machine again it correctly sets up the disk for FileVault?


texts: Automatically move files into correct folder on server

texts:
I often need to move files from one location on a server into a set of hierarchical folders.

The filenames are usually 7 digits long - sometimes with some extra characters at the end.

The folders are set up as nested sets for each digit - 3 deep. So, a file named '6753687a.eps' for example would need be filed in the '675' folder, which is in the '67' folder, which is in the '6' folder, which is in the 'Images' folder at the root of the volume. There is no '6753' folder.

Ideally, I'd like to be able to drop groups of files into a folder or a droplet or something, and have the files automatically moved into their correct folders.

Does anyone know of a way to do this?


texts: Typing option+s results in surprise emoji () instead of eszett (ß)

texts:
Up until a few days ago typing option+s resulted in the German eszett (ß). Currently typing option+s results in the insertion of the surprise emoji (). If I bring up the Keyboard Viewer and press the option key by itself, I can see that in theory at least typing s should insert ß as I would expect. Clicking on the ß character in the Keyboard Viewer also inserts a .
I have tried

a different keyboard layout which provides option+s as ß: surprise emoji
activating the standard German keyboard and pressing the key to the left of 0 (zero): ß
disabling Karabiner, although nothing in the settings suggests such a substitution to be active: surprise emoji

As indicated in an older question, the emoji substitution check doesn’t work on Big Sur.
Do you have any idea how I can debug what is causing this? I cannot recall installing anything recently which might be causing such a change.


texts: Where to insert a custom item in /etc/hosts file?

texts:
The default /etc/hosts file looks like this:

127.0.0.1   localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost

If I want to insert a custom item, should I insert it after the first line?

127.0.0.1   localhost
127.0.0.1   website.dev
...

Or should I add it after the last line?

...
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
127.0.0.1   website.dev

I've seen both, but can anyone explain what the difference is?


texts: New iPhone 11 crashes and reboots every day

texts:
I have a new iPhone 11 with iOS 13.3. It crashes about twice a day. The log file always says:

{"bug_type":"210","timestamp":"2020-01-04 15:39:19.96
+0100","os_version":"iPhone OS 13.3 (17C54)","incident_id":"B567F658-
1564-4CC2-B16E-5C9F0688A6FA"}
{
  "build" : "iPhone OS 13.3 (17C54)",
  "product" : "iPhone12,1",
  "kernel" : "Darwin Kernel Version 19. 2.0: Mon Nov  4 17:46:45 PST
  2019; root:xnu-6153.60.66~39\/RELEASE_ARM64_T8030",
  "incident" : "B567F658-1564-4CC2-B16E-5C9F0688A6FA",
  "crashReporterKey" : "b1ee133c43136a8fa3db5290258fc370a6cc6fe6",
  "date" : "2020-01-04 15:39:16.75 +0100",
  "panicString" : "panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffff01129e068): AOP PANIC - No pulse on 0x116b1c0 - main(3)\nNo pulse on 0x116b1c0\nRTKit: RTKit_iOS-1264.60.6.0.1.release - Client: AppleSPUFirmwareBuilder-233.0.4~13261
...

It always fails with the error AOP PANIC - No pulse on 0x116b1c0 (always this exact address). Any idea where this error could come from?


texts: How to transfer MKV file from Windows PC to iPad Mini

texts: How do I transfer MKV file from Windows PC to iPad Mini? I have installed iTunes on Windows PC but I can't any option to transfer file.


texts: How to map the bottom right Trackpad corner to right-click programmatically?

texts:
I’m looking for a command (defaults write …) to enable right-click by tapping the bottom right Trackpad corner.

This can be enabled as follows: System Preferences → Trackpad → Point & Click → enable Secondary click and select “Click in bottom right corner”.

However, I’m looking for a way to do this programmatically.

More details

To find out which settings to modify using the defaults command, I usually do something like this…

Disable the desired setting in System Preferences and close the preference pane.
Then:

cd /tmp
defaults read > before

Then, change the setting in System Preferences and close the preference pane.
4.

defaults read > after
diff before after

A long time ago (I think it was still on Snow Leopard) this brought up the following solution:

# Map bottom right Trackpad corner to right-click
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadCornerSecondaryClick -int 2
defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad TrackpadRightClick -bool true

However, it seems like there’s more to it than just these two settings. I’ve tried disabling the setting in System Preferences, then running these commands, then logging out and back in again, but it had no effect.


texts: Shouldn't Apple consider allowing use of Apple Pencil while it's charging?

texts:
I have an iPad 2018 with 1st generation Apple Pencil. I am trying to use it for taking notes while it is connected to USB-cable charging, but surprisingly it doesn't work even though it is recognized by the iPad already! (I can see its charging status on notification page)

So I am wondering shouldn't Apple consider the issue and fix the problem?

Is it worth it contacting them for that?


texts: Is it possible to convert a MagSafe 2 connection to MagSafe (original MagSafe 1)?

texts: Is it possible to convert a MagSafe 2 adapter to a MagSafe 1, original, adapter?


texts: OS X Yosemite spotlight search wikipedia and web content missing

texts: One of the new features in spotlight was supposed to be information from wikipedia, web when anything was searched. However, I don't seem to be getting this information when I search in spotlight. Is this feature only available in certain countries? (Im in India, and all the reviews I've read about Yosemite are US or Europe based websites).


texts: How can I open terminal windows in different desktops?

texts:
I recently switched from Ubuntu to macOS, and I'm in the initial learning curve for adapting my workflow in Mac. In Ubuntu (and other Linux distributions) I can simply switch to any workspace (similar to mac mission control/multiple desktops) I want and I can open a new terminal instance in that workspace. In Ubuntu Unity, there is a nice way to see the terminal instances open in the current workspace only.

Is there a way for me to open terminal instances in specific desktops like 1 & 3 etc in macOS?


texts: iTerm2 does not kill processes when tab is closed

texts:
If I work in terminal, and, say run rails server in it attached to the current terminal and then close the tab it will not terminate the process making it hang around indefinitely without ability to bring it. Is it possible to fix it?

Steps to reproduce:

Open new terminal tab (cmd + t);
Run a process in it (e.g. irb);
Close the tab (cmd + w);
List processes to see that irb is still running (ps ax|grep irb).

Quitting iTerm doesn't finish these processes either.


texts: Can I make/receive phone calls with phone number attached to iPad's Verizon account?

texts:
Just a few days ago I got an iPad Air 2 via Verizon. On the account, there is a phone number associated with the line for the tablet. Is that number functional? I guess what I mean is, can you answer phone calls or make calls with the number associated with the tablet? I've tried calling the number from a different number and nothing happens, but I'm not sure if it's just me.

If it is supposed to be a functional number then is there a way for me to add that number to an already existing Apple ID that is associated with my iPhone phone number?


texts: Multi-Monitor Mac -- Possible to keep one screen static in Mission Control?

texts:
I have a rMBP and a Thunderbolt display, and I love using both displays simultaneously. I also use Mission Control to have several separate work spaces.

What I would love is for a way to have my secondary monitor NOT participate in Mission Control though. I'd like to leave things like chat windows open there that I would like to be present in every workspace.

Is there any way to make this possible?

It is really annoying to not be able to keep one screen from switching.

Thanks!


texts: Can't stream iTunes purchased movie from Mac to Apple TV

texts:
I'm currently running into the infamous "Authorization is required. To play this content on your Apple TV, choose Authorize This Computer from the Store menu in iTunes on your computer, then enter the Apple ID and password used for the purchase." error.

This is a well known error, and has caused problems for people in the past. It seems the last time it was prevalent, Apple was having a server outage.

Here's what's happening:

I purchased an HD movie on my iPad
I can send this movie to the Apple TV via AirPlay with no problems at all
I can do a "Transfer purchases" to put the movie into iTunes on my Mac, and it plays  perfectly on my Mac
If I try to play the movie through "Computers" on the Apple TV, I get the above error.
I can also stream the movie from the Mac to my iPad using the iPad's "Videos" app and Home Sharing
If I start playing the movie on my Mac, I can use AirPlay to send it to the Apple TV

I've tried putting it on two different Macs, and I get the same issue. Other content requiring authorization (digital downloads, and a single SD movie I purchased from iTunes) work just fine.

Any thoughts? This is a brand new Apple TV, brand new iPad, and both Macs are running the latest version of iTunes.


texts: What is the function of the triangles and circles that appear in the ruler when working with text in Keynote?

texts: I just discovered that two downward-facing triangles appear whenever I'm working with a text object in keynote; those serve to define the initial and final tabs. But I noticed that clicking on the ruler between these triangles creates additional shapes (left and right-facing triangles, a rhombus/diamond, and a circle). I've tried moving them around, but I haven't seen any change in the text. Maybe I don't know how to insert proper tabs while I'm typing. Any ideas?


texts: Is there anyone out there using a Synology DiskStation running Directory Server (their LDAP implementation) to provide authentication AND network homes for OSX?  I've tried setting it up and have hit a roadblock with getting the OSX clients to automount the NFS export where the home folders reside on Synology.  I would love to know if anyone out there is doing this and how they configured the clients to automount the homes.


texts: MacBook Air (2013) doesn't restart or shutdown after upgrading to OS X 10.10 Yosemite

texts:
My MacBook Air (2013) doesn't restart or shutdown from the Finder menu after upgrading to OS X 10.10 Yosemite. I have to press the power button.

Moreover, it shows the Apple logo and progress bar loads for few seconds and then starts normally but could not restart or shutdown.


texts: Reinstall Purchased Mac App from AppStore

texts:
After fresh install the Mac OS X Lion, when I tried to download again my purchased mac apps with App Store, I found that they are checked as installed.

How can I reinstall my paid apps?


texts:
Is there a way to turn on do not disturb for a single app rather than all apps?

Specifically, I would like to mute notifications from Outlook for Mac for about an hour.

Is it possible to do this in OSX natively, or alternatively through a third-party app?

(I am running OS X Mojave, version 10.14.6)


texts: How to compile/install mplayer on MacOS with subtitle support?

texts:
In order to play video files with a sub title file on MacOS 10.13.6 on the command line: How to install mplayer so that I am able to use subtitles?

I tried the following suggestion made in some other post:

brew uninstall mplayer
brew reinstall freetype
brew reinstall fontconfig
brew install --build-from-source mplayer

The last command provoked an error:

Error: Xcode alone is not sufficient on High Sierra.
Install the Command Line Tools:
  xcode-select --install

and so I did install the Command Line Tools. Then I repeated the mplayer install command. It was installed with the following configure line:

./configure --cc=clang --host-cc=clang --disable-cdparanoia --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.3.0 --disable-x11

But then running the command as follows

mplayer  testvideo.mkv  -sub SubTest.srt

with the content of SubTest.srt as follows:

1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000
TEST TEXT

does NOT show any subtitle, nor any error.

The output of brew info mplayeris:

mplayer: stable 1.3.0 (bottled), HEAD
UNIX movie player
https://mplayerhq.hu/
/usr/local/Cellar/mplayer/1.3.0 (11 files, 28.8MB) *
  Built from source on 2019-01-11 at 07:40:20
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/mplayer.rb
==> Dependencies
Build: yasm ✔
Optional: libcaca ✘, libdvdnav ✘, libdvdread ✘
==> Options
--with-libcaca
    Build with libcaca support
--with-libdvdnav
    Build with libdvdnav support
--with-libdvdread
    Build with libdvdread support
--HEAD
    Install HEAD version
==> Analytics
install: 1,198 (30 days), 3,569 (90 days), 15,129 (365 days)
install_on_request: 1,140 (30 days), 3,408 (90 days), 14,307 (365 days)
build_error: 0 (30 days)

What else can I try? I rather would not like to install and use a virtual box ...


texts: How do I use the Time Machine command line interface to backup to an internal ip server?

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I have a Time Machine server which uses a manually defined internal ip (not dhcp assigned.) It is using 169.254.x.x this case.

How do I use the Time Machine command line interface to configure backups?

UPDATE: The Time Machine Server is a QNAP NAS server. I make the DHCP off on my router. I am able to connect to it via 169.254.x.x to the server either.

I can't get known the Time Machine on the client site via the Time Machine client tool. So, I just wonder to use cli to connect to the Time Machine server.

I make an explanation for that.


texts: Fix accepted invitation with "floating" timezone?

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I'm using OS X 10.8.2, iOS 6.0, and an iCloud calendar shared between the two. I have timezone support enabled. When I accept an emailed ics calendar invitation, it shows up in iCloud calendar with "timezone: floating". The invitation originated from EST and I am on PDT, so it shows up on my iOS and OSX calendars three hours late.

None of the calendar apps will let me change the timezone of the event. Looking at the ics raw data, I see that it was created by MS Exchange Server and I see that it specifies a timezone:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
METHOD:REQUEST
PRODID:Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:16010101T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:16010101T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT

Possibly something could be done by the originator or by the Exchange admin, but it's a serious imposition to ask folks to go hunting for configuration problems because of what will look to them like a problem on my end.

How can I fix this? Is there a way to force iOS, OS X, or the iCloud web site to correct the timezone?


texts: How to disable the animation for rollout of content when clicking disclosure triangles

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Ever since Mountain Lion, when I select any item in a list (Finder, Xcode) that has sub items and a disclosure triangle (a folder in list view), the items to be displayed rolls down instead of displaying instantly as they were in the past.

I vastly prefer the previous method in Lion and Snow Leopard where the contents were displayed instantly or were hidden instantly.

To see this, open a list view in the Finder and select a folder with contents in it.  Press the right arrow or click the disclosure triangle to display the contents.

In Mountain Lion, the content rolls down before appearing fully.

In Lion and Snow Leopard, this used to be instant, which I greatly prefer.

From what I have been able to research, this is an NSOutlineView.  What I can't find is the specific property or additional class that does this animation, nor how to stop it.

While Apple goes to extremes to animate everything possible in the interface, all I want is to turn all these useless animations off and get my data displayed as fast as possible… just like in the previous OSes.  Why Apple adds these features and doesn't let us turn them off is beyond me. Is there any NSUserDefault to turn these off?  Preferably systemwide?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Flash player unable to proceed with the installation

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I have difficulties installing the latest version of Adobe Flash Player (14.0.0.125) on my Mac OS X 10.9.3 (Mavericks). Every time I do so, it fails at 90% with the following error message.

Error: Unable to proceed with the installation

When I go to troubleshoot the problem, I find that I have version 13.0.0.214 of Flash Player installed on my system, and that the (alleged) latest version (for Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8) is 13.0.0.201 (see following URL).

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-rvm.html

Further research has revealed that the latest version of Flash Player (for Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 and 10.9) is 14.0.0.125 (see following URL).

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/installation-problems-flash-player-mac.html#main-pars_heading_7

This is not the first time I have experienced problems upgrading Adobe Flash Player. I experienced a similar problem before upgrading to Mac OS X 10.9 except with different version numbers of the same software. That is, the version that was installed was greater than the version that was downloaded. Note that I did not experience this problem with prior versions of the OS (i.e. Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7).

This time I went one step further and used a different default browser to locate, download and install (what I presumed was the latest version of) Flash Player. No difference....

My question is, why does my default browser point to an older version of the installation software, and how can I resolve this? Also, correct me if I am wrong but, the reason I have a 'later' version of the software (that is, version 13.0.0.214) is due to the OS upgrade? I do not recall ever upgrading Adobe Flash Player....

Not sure whether or not this is relevant, but I also have Adobe Creative Suite 5 installed on my system (which was also successfully upgraded during all OS upgrades).

UPDATE: Did a bit more searching on the Adobe forums and found a link to a previous version of Adobe Flash Player version 13.0.0.223. Although not the latest version, I have successfully installed it. That is, after I uninstalled the older version of Flash Player. The problem I experienced sounds almost identical to this installation problem.

I am still, however, experiencing the same problem when upgrading to version 14 of Flash Player (even through System Preferences). Seems to be a problem with the installer, and not my system configuration since, to resolve this problem, I uninstall Flash Player (like before) and successfully installed Flash Player version 14 OS X, which I found and downloaded from the same web site.  Note that all attempts to use the install program that updates Adobe Flash Player have failed.

UPDATE 2: It appears that the problem I described is a known issue regarding installing Flash Player on OS X 10.9 using the shim installer from get.adobe.com/flashplayer. For further details, see the following thread from the Adobe Forums.


texts: Does the mail app in iPhones still use POP for Gmail? Or is it updated to use IMAP?


texts: Microsoft Teams Camera Shows Black Screen

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Having tried a Mac Mini and MacBook Pro, Microsoft Teams shows a black screen in the video preview during calls. Others on the video call see the same black screen.

This issue has manifested on the MacBook with built-in camera, and with a Mac Mini using an external Logitech C922 camera connected via USB.

On iPhone and iPad using the Teams app, the same user can make video calls perfectly.

How can this be fixed?


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Ran into the same problem tonight as this question from SO that wasn't fully answered.

I'm trying to uninstall an old installation of MacPorts, and run into SIP:

mybox:~ me$ sudo rm -rf /opt/local
rm: /opt/local/var/macports/home/Library/Preferences: Operation not permitted
rm: /opt/local/var/macports/home/Library: Operation not permitted
rm: /opt/local/var/macports/home: Operation not permitted
rm: /opt/local/var/macports: Directory not empty
rm: /opt/local/var: Directory not empty
rm: /opt/local: Directory not empty

According to the original question, the answer seems to involve SIP… but why has SIP decided to protect this (empty) directory?

EDIT: Here's the results of ls -a in the directory:

./ ../

And here's the results of ls -leOd /opt/local/var/macports/home/Library/Preferences:

drwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel  - 64 Nov  8 19:45 /opt/local/var/macports/home/Library/Preferences/

.

EDIT 2018-11-12:

Here's the results of ls -laeO@ /opt/local/var/macports/home

drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  - 96 Nov  8 19:42 ./
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 root  wheel  - 96 Nov  8 19:45 ../
    com.apple.FinderInfo    32
drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel  - 96 Nov  8 19:42 Library/

EDIT 2018-11-13:

Here's the results of xattr -l /opt/local/var/macports

com.apple.FinderInfo:
00000000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |........@.......|
00000010  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000020


texts: Cannot run refind-install from Recovery because "/usr/bin/env: bad interpreter"

texts:
I have managed to change the present working directory to the folder containing downloaded rEFInd files. I have booted to Recovery Mode. The refind-bin-0.11.3 folder was downloaded to my Downloads folder.

I came across a new problem: ‘bad interpreter: no such file or directory’.

How can I fix this problem?


texts: Jailbroken iPod Touch (5th generation) erase all content & settings problems.

texts:
I’m on the iPod Touch (5th generation)—that is a jailbroken device—and did an erase all content and settings an was. I followed all kinds of steps but it didn’t work because I got to the restore part but there is an update that came out and I can’t restore without updating.

When I try restoring and update the update is first and can’t go past that. The error says

  There was a problem downloading the software for the iPod ipod network
  connection was reset make sure your network settings are correct and
  your network connection is active, or try again later.

I’ve been trying over and over but same thing happens.


texts: Take screenshot of window on Mac without using spacebar then mouse click

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I want to take a screenshot of a window on a mac.

I'm currently using shift + cmd + 4 then space then mouse click.

The process is very awkward, you got to do it in that order or you'll have to repeat it again..

I'm wanting a simple keyboard shortcut to do what shift + cmd + 3.

I want to use as simple a shortcut for taking a screenshot of a window.

Is it possible?


texts: Third party USB Ethernet adapter won't wake up

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I have a mid 2015 Retina MBP 15" and regularly use multi screens and hard wired ethernet. So I've bought a third party HandAcc USB ethernet adapter with Realtek 0x8153 chipset (the device also includes a 3 x USB port hub).

Waking up after sleep the USB hub seems to be working, but the Ethernet has disconnected and won't reconnect without hot (un)plugging. This is particularly annoying if I have hard drives connected to the hub as they will disconnect (seemingly still working after waking).

Has anyone had this or a similar problem and found a decent solution?


texts: Apple MacBook air is stuck on log in loading screen

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I am running mojave os, When I enter password to log in, the loading bar start to fill up but it never get log in. Even if it completes 100%, it stucks there. I tried with safe mode same issue happened.
Then i tried with recovery mode, the apple logo appears with loading bar but it never make it to the disc utility screen. It get stuck on the apple screen. After that i tried cmd + opt + r for over internet recovery, it downloaded, but after that the apple screen appears and stuck there.

After that i ran diagnosis but there was no issues found. I don’t know what exactly the problem is and what is the solution for this. I can’t make it to the disc utility or log in to mac.
If anyone can help I will be really glad.
Thank You.


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I upgraded to OS X El Capitan via a clean install. While erasing the disk, I renamed it from Macintosh HD to Hard Drive. After installation, I copied all data from an external hard drive back into its original location. I checked if everything was working, including if all images, faces, locations, etc. showed up in Aperture. Nothing seemed amiss.
Only now, days later when trying to edit a few older images did I notice that at the top of the Adjustments tab of the inspector it said Image Offline for every single file in my library.
I immediately tried Show in Finder on some random image which returned

The file 'filename'.jpg could not be found because the volume on which it resides is currently offline.
Volume: Macintosh HD

I did a grep search for Macintosh HD within the Aperture library database (Aperture Library.aplibrary) using grep -nr "Macintosh HD" . to see if the problem was fixable by replacing Macintosh HD with Hard Drive in a couple of places. It searched for a few seconds before turning up two or three matches. A few seconds more, and it went into a frenzy, basically spitting out the path to every single image in my library.
After that, I dropped everything and fled here so as not to damage anything further. Any ideas on how to fix this without doing another clean install to change the volume name back to its original? Help will be greatly appreciated.


texts:
I created the following bash script in OS X 10.7.5:

$ cd ~/Documents/github/scripts
$ vim hello_world.sh

#!/bin/bash

clear

echo "The script starts now."

echo "Hi, $USER!"

echo "I will now fetch you a list of connected users:"
echo
w
echo

echo "I'm setting two variables now."
COLOUR="black"
VALUE="9"
echo "This is a string: $COLOUR"
echo "AND this is a number: $VALUE"
echo

echo "I'm giving you back your prompt now."
echo

Then I make sure it is executable:

$ chmod ugo+rwx hello_world.sh
$ ls -l
-rwxrwxrwx  1 GuardDog_02  staff  325 Mar 13 18:51 hello_world.sh

Then I add the directory to the contents of the PATH variable:

$ vim ~/.profile
export PATH=/Users/GuardDog_02/QtSDK/Desktop/Qt/474/gcc/bin/:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin
PATH=$PATH:/Users/GuardDog_02/Documents/github/scripts
export PATH

I then run the following to have the effect applied:

$ . ~/.profile

Then I open a new controlling terminal window, and I run hello_world.sh, but get command not found:

$ hello_world.sh
-bash: hello_world.sh: command not found

Why isn't the shell script recognized from the interactive bash shell in the controlling terminal? I tried the same thing in Ubuntu and it worked just fine.


texts: How to disable preview for some types (EPS) of files thumbnails in Mac finder?

texts:
I am stocker and draw tons of images in Adobe Illustrator. All images are being saved in pair of EPS and JPG format. I updated to Catalina on my Mac and the Finder now shows preview for both EPS and JPG Thumbnail and it is impossible now to work for me with tons of duplicated files visually.  Before my Finder is shown only preview for JPG and all was polite and good.

I attached how I what to see all in finder. Buy the way, all old folders still as I want, but all new files created - there is .eps file preview


texts: Downloading an old version of iPhoto onto Mac OSX Lion (10.7)

texts:
I'm in a very frustrating situation. About a year ago I acquired a white Macbook (model A1181, 2007 version) running OS X Lion. I was using it happily until last week, when my hard drive suddenly failed. I installed a new drive into it, and got it going again, though I had to start from scratch. A lot of my stuff is saved in Google Drive, so for the most part I was ok, but one really annoying thing is that iPhoto was no longer on my computer, which I use quite a bit. I went to the App Store to re-download it, but it said you need OS X 10.10 to download iPhoto. And my computer doesn't support any OS past 10.7. So I'm kind of stuck. I don't know what to do, but I need iPhoto. It seems ridiculous to get a whole new computer for just a single app, and one that I had before my hard drive failed! Is there any place I can download an older version of iPhoto?

PS, I'm having the same issue trying to download 1Password and Pixelmator. I was able to get a 30-day trial of pixelmator online, which I'm using for now.


texts: Mac Pro booting to Kali Linux screen without HDD installed

texts:
I'm in a bit of a predicament. Once upon a time, I installed rEFInd on my 2012 Mac Pro. I eventually removed it.

I believe I also once tried to install Kali Linux in a dual boot environment.

Fast forward and I have tried to follow the steps in this guide to make a Windows-bootable external drive.

My final (and fatal) step was selecting the Windows disk in "Startup Disk" in System Preferences like so:

...except it said "Untitled" instead of BOOTCAMP. Also not to confuse you, I am running 10.12.3 and did not install Bootcamp.

Upon restarting, my Mac Pro passes POST and chimes, but boots to a white/gray screen with NO logo, and then proceeds to run some sort of ISOLINUX bootloader that then presents me with the Kali Linux efi splash screen that does not respond to input:

That was very unexpected, so I shut it down, pulled all the hard drives, every last one, and rebooted. Same behavior.

I'm a little worried, because clearly something has been written to the NVRAM onboard, and it is not responding to my Cmd + Opt + P + R

Also the Mac bootloader is not showing up. It does not respond to any keyboard input. Holding Opt does nothing.

How do I get out of this?


texts: Apply audio filters (AU/VST plugins) to microphone for video conferencing

texts:
I am looking for a way to apply filters (AU/VST plugins) to my microphone before using it for video conferencing.
I am able to do using Audio Hijack with my microphone as input, adding the filters and sending a new virtual audio device created using Loopback.
While this works, it's very inconvenient and not suitable for daily use. That is why I am looking for an easier way to do this, not involving multiple applications that can be run in the background.
Currently running macOS Big Sur.


texts: External Display is connected but only shows blue

texts:
I have a early 2015 Retina Macbook. I recently got a Dell 1707FP monitor to use as an external display and I have an Aukey CB-C26 hub that provides me with an HDMI port. I'm using an Amazon basics HDMI to VGI cable. When I connect the monitor, the laptop recognizes an external monitor is connected but the monitor is just a blank blue screen. I know the cable works because when I connect using the same cable to my Windows laptop the monitor works fine. I also know my Aukey adapter works when I connect it to my TV using an HDMI cable.

Here's the odd thing. If I restart my Macbook while it's connected to the external display, when the login page appears it appears on the external display. As soon as I put in my password, the display flickers and goes blue while the Macbook screen wakes up. So, the display is getting a usable signal at least some of the time. Any idea what is causing the blue screen on the external display and if there's anything I can do to change it?


texts: How can I make Apple's keyboard shortcuts work in Chrome?

texts:
Mavericks has a TextExpander-like feature that lets me create text shortcuts for long phrases. (When I type "ttys," for example, it replaces it with "talk to you soon.")

The feature works beautifully -- except in Chrome, where it won't work at all.

Any advice on how to make it work?


texts:
I see that Safari stores three things: Cache, Cookies, and "local storage."

I know what cache and cookies are, but what is "local storage"?

Semantically, cache and cookies are local storage, but presumably this is a third type.


texts: How do I hide all windows, past and future, of an App in macOS?

texts:
I have a script that is continually opening a new window of an App and then that window closes and the process repeats. However, even if I click Hide on the App, it only hides the window open at that time and all future windows still pop up in front of everything else that I'm doing.

If I assign the App to another Desktop, it switches to that Desktop every time a new window from the App opens. I basically can't do anything else on the computer while the script is running.

For reference, the App is being opened through an Automator Folder Action, so perhaps there is something I can set there. The app is ABBYY FineReader.


texts: Is this nice extension of Mac OS 9 still available on OS X?

texts:
There was an extension on Mac OS 9 system that I could not live without : This extension offered the following feature :

When a "Choose a file / folder" dialog box appeared, you were able to click on a "visible" opened window to make the selection box "jump" to that particular place in the tree structure of the disk (on the network).

Is there something like this on OS X ?


texts:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15", Late 2013) is crashing frequently. Specifically, for about five seconds, the screen dims but does not turn off and the backlight on the keys remains on, and then the computer turns off. When I turn the computer on, I have to select the user, enter the password, and login, after which applications start normally. There does not seem to be a pattern to when it will crash. It has crashed less than a minute after restarting, during Internet browsing, and while using R Studio (for statistical analysis). It seems to crash more frequently when it is not connected to the power supply, but it also crashes when it is connected to the power supply.

To troubleshoot, I deleted applications that were in preview (Microsoft Office 2016 and R Studio 0.99), updated all applications and deleted one I recently installed (Fantastical), and ensured the operating system was updated to OSX 10.10.2. This didn't work as the MBP crashed soon after, so I then decided to erase the disc and reinstall the operating system. This didn't work, either, as it still crashed multiple times within the first 6 hours of use.

As a result, I brought the computer to a local Apple repair shop, who ran diagnostics, and also erased the disc and then reinstalled the operating system. They found no issues and moreover were unable to reproduce it, which led me to post here. They reported on the invoice that it "passed all AST diagnostics." Apart from bringing it back to the repair shop in order to try to reproduce the issue, I'm not sure what to do to fix the computer. I do wonder if there are logs I could access or if anyhow has an idea about what could be the cause of the computer crashing?

EDIT: Here is a screenshot of part of the console log from when it crashed earlier:

EDIT (Take II): Here are two more screenshots of parts of the console log from when it crashed:


texts: What point is there in using an everyday non-admin account on OS X?

texts:
This piece of advice is old but is coming back into fashion. I have seen it a lot recently, on a number of Mac websites or forums. "Your ‘everyday’ user account should not be an admin account. It should be a standard account created for this purpose, and you should log to the admin account only to perform actual admin tasks. »

This seems to be common advice in the Windows world, but for an up-to-date OS X system, I just cannot understand what kind of benefits it brings. Let’s dig into it:

OS X admin accounts are not root accounts. Any app wanting to go root will ask for your password anyway, so I see no additional security layer here. Try to put /var into the Trash.
Deep OS modification or code injection into most critical files has been prevented by SIP from El Capitan, whether your are admin, root or nobody. What’s more, in sensitive places where they are still allowed, such modifications would require a root password at the very least, even from an admin account, bringing us back to the first argument.
For spyware, privacy concerns and this kind of stuff, using standard accounts provides little additional protection, if any. As far as I know, even when used from a standard account, apps have full access to the user’s personal files and have full network access (minus any firewall, etc.). If a bad app wants to send home your docs, it can perfectly do so from a standard account.
Basic lines of defense (firewall, running trusted apps, and so on) are system wide.
On the other hand, it is a pain to switch to your admin account, then switch back to your standard account, back and forth. This may actually end up with the user delaying updates or admin maintenance, just to save time and postpone dealing with the hassle.

So, why not use an admin account? I hope this won’t be marked as duplicate, other questions related to this issue didn't address these arguments.

Edit: the question applies to a computer that you own and control.


texts: Why doesn't my name show when I send a text message?

texts:
When I send a text message, my name does not show up to the recipient; only my number.
Is there some way to change the settings to have my name show up instead of the number?


texts: Which Apple Watch Faces Support Modular Large Complications

texts:
I've been searching everywhere for this and I can't find it anywhere. I'm learning how to develop WatchOS apps.

In the tutorial I'm working with they're working on building a Modular Large Complication.

I found that the Siri watch face supports Modular Small complications (the only watch face I could find supporting that).

Unfortunately after extensive searching I can't find a watch face on my Series 5 Apple Watch with Watch OS version 6.1 that supports a modular large complication.

Any ideas?


texts: Issue with burning Linux .iso file using Disk Utility

texts: I'm trying to create a Linux installation drive. I have an empty hard drive (MS-DOS format), and I already dragged the .iso file to the sidebar in the Disk Utility app. However when I press it the "Burn" option is still greyed out. Also, when I double click the .iso file it says "no mountable file systems". Does anyone know the solution to this?


texts: Set restriction code automatically when i update my iPhone to iOS 9

texts: I didn't set restriction code on my phone, when i update on iOS 9 it shows pass code and i don't know about it.


texts: How to remove group membership from user using the Lion Terminal?

texts:
How to remove a self created daemon user named '_denyhosts' from group 1025(workgroup), 403(com.apple.sharepoint.group.2), 404(com.apple.sharepoint.group.3) and 405(com.apple.sharepoint.group.4) using Lion Terminal?

Background

To create a reduced privileged daemon user account, to run denyhosts.py using launchd, the example on http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Tutorials/Create_a_Mac_OS_X_startup_daemon has been helpful.

However the created Lion daemon user account "_denyhosts" seems to have to many groups assigned:

$ id _denyhosts
uid=300(_denyhosts) gid=300(_denyhosts) groups=300(_denyhosts),1025(workgroup),12(everyone),61(localaccounts),403(com.apple.sharepoint.group.2),404(com.apple.sharepoint.group.3),405(com.apple.sharepoint.group.4)

In my opinion the groups membership of:

1025(workgroup)
403(com.apple.sharepoint.group.2)
404(com.apple.sharepoint.group.3)
405(com.apple.sharepoint.group.4)

can be removed.

I have been trying to accomplish to remove the user its groups memberships using:

$ dscl . -delete /Groups/workgroup GroupMembership _denyhosts
delete: Invalid Path
<dscl_cmd> DS Error: -14009 (eDSUnknownNodeName)

$ dscl . -delete /groups/workgroup GroupMembership _denyhosts
delete: Invalid Path
<dscl_cmd> DS Error: -14009 (eDSUnknownNodeName)

$ sudo dscl . delete /Groups/workgroup GroupMembership _denyhosts
delete: Invalid Path
<dscl_cmd> DS Error: -14009 (eDSUnknownNodeName)

$ sudo dseditgroup -o edit -d _denyhosts -t user workgroup
Username and password must be provided.

I guess that these commands fail because group "workgroup" is not located in a local directory but an LDAP directory:

$ dseditgroup -o -read workgroup | grep AppleMetaNode -A 1
dsAttrTypeStandard:AppleMetaNodeLocation -
        /LDAPv3/127.0.0.1

But that is not all, because com.apple.sharepoint.group groups are /Local/Default, there $ sudo dseditgroup -o edit -d _denyhosts -t user com.apple.sharepoint.group.2 doesn't output an error, but also doesn't remove the _denyhosts user from the group:

$ id _denyhosts
uid=300(_denyhosts) gid=300(_denyhosts) groups=300(_denyhosts),1025(workgroup),12(everyone),61(localaccounts),403(com.apple.sharepoint.group.2),404(com.apple.sharepoint.group.3),405(com.apple.sharepoint.group.4)

https://superuser.com/questions/279891/list-all-members-of-a-group-mac-os-x helped to know that group membership can also be assigned by inheritance. Guess is that such inherited membership is what happens here.

$ dscl . -read /Groups/com.apple.sharepoint.group.2 | grep NestedGroupsNestedGroups
NestedGroupsNestedGroups: ABCDEFAB-CDEF-ABCD-EFAB-CDEF00000050 ABCDEFAB-CDEF-ABCD-EFAB-CDEF0000000C


texts: How to deactivate ALL transitions/fades/motions in iOS 9?

texts:
Is there a way to deactivate ALL transitions, fade and motions effects throughout the iOS?

When I tap on the Safari app, say, I want to open Safari immediately, not sit through a split-second of fade motions before opening Safari. When rapidly switching between apps this is very aggravating.

I'm already on Reduce Motion and Reduce Transparency. But I want to go beyond this and have no motion whatsoever.


texts: Selectively force Siri to send SMS instead of iMessage

texts:
I carry an iPhone.  On occasion, I will use Siri to send a quick text message to a person, e.g. "Text Alice I'm on my way."

My problem is that Alice has a non-Apple phone and an iPad, and I've used both SMS to communicate with her phone and iMessage to communicate with her on her iPad.  If I'm using the Messages app directly, I can pick either the SMS conversation or the iMessage conversation, but if I say "Text Alice," it seems unpredictable which mode of communication Siri will select.

Annoyingly, even if I say "SMS Alice," Siri can choose iMessage.  Is there any way to specify which mode I wish to use?


texts: Reinstall macOS Mojave on MacBook Pro with Windows installed

texts:
I was installing Windows 10 on my MacBook Pro without Boot Camp, because it's SSD capacity is only 128 GB. But now I need to revert back to macOS Mojave. Is it possible?

I tried downloading the installer for macOS Mojave and make a USB bootable drive, but somehow my MacBook doesn't recognize the USB at first boot (holding the Option key).

Any solution?


texts:
I was downloading clash royale . First it asked me my password.
Then it said verification required for app purchase.
I can download the apps which i have downloaded before and deleted.


texts: How do I edit Parental Controls for allowed web sites in macOS?

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We have our family computer (currently running OS X 10.12.6) set up so the kids can only access whitelisted sites.  That is, under System Preferences -> Parental Controls -> Web we have selected "Allow access to only these websites".

Today our younger daughter was trying to access a web site for school, so I needed to whitelist the site.  But then it kept denying access so I have to try to figure out what is going on.

My best guess is that it is not whitelisting by domain, instead it is making us whitelist every single page on the site.  Obviously this is ridiculous.  I went to look at which sites were currently whitelisted, but all it will show me is the title of the page, which is useless.

Even sillier is the fact that it will let me edit the title!  What does this do?  Surely it's not matching off the page's title, as that would break the whitelist if the page title ever changed!

I was hoping to be able to right click or get info or something and see what actual URLs it whitelisted when I authorized the page, but I can't figure out how to get this information.  I'm assuming if I could do that I could put a wildcard or something.

My questions:

Is there some way to edit the URL of whitelisted pages directly in the settings?
If not, is there a plist or other config file somewhere I can edit to accomplish this?


texts: How do I generate a random even number with Applescript?

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I'm trying to create an Applescript that will change the MAC address of my router automatically. Some fields need to be even numbers but I can't figure out how to generate even numbers only. Heres what I have so far ..

set rand1 to (random number from 10 to 98) as string
set rand2 to (random number from 10 to 98) as string
set rand3 to (random number from 10 to 98) as string
set rand4 to (random number from 10 to 98) as string

tell application "Safari"
    activate
    open location "router-address/WanMAC.asp"
    tell application "System Events"
        delay 1
        keystroke "login"
        keystroke tab
        keystroke "password"
        delay 1
        keystroke return
        delay 1
        keystroke tab
        keystroke rand1
        keystroke tab
        keystroke rand2
        keystroke tab
        keystroke rand3
        keystroke tab
        keystroke rand4
        submit via javascript?
    end tell
end tell

Pretty rudimentary I know. But the basic idea is to fill in my login credentials, tab to the form fields that need to be changed, inputs a valid MAC address and then submits the form. Can anyone help? Thank you.


texts: How to open a folder in Finder by a single mouse click? (using Icon view)

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Is there a setting, key combination or similar to open a folder/subfolder in Finder with a single mouse click ?  I need a general solution which works on any folder in effort to minimize needless clicking ... that tiny triangle aside the folder icon will work yet its just too small and only appears using list view ... inspired by same behavior on osx inside a browser to hold down command key and single click a web link ... forcing users to double click is so 20th Century

Is there a way to enable this on macOS (High Sierra or higher)?

On ubuntu this single click preference is a simple setting ;-)


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I have a new MacBook laptop and I can not get a remote printer installed.
When I do "Add Printer" it comes up with a screen that lists the remote
printer I want (and a few others), and when I select it finds the
location and driver, but when I hit "Add", it says it is setting up the remote printer, but the printer does not get added.  If I connect
the same printer directly via USB, I can install it.

How can I get the printer recognized?


texts: Migration Assistant (MA) in Source remain "looking for other computer" state forever

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I am trying to migrate my data from one Mac to another. The transfer is from my MacBook Pro running OS X 10.9.5, to my MacBook Pro (Retina) running OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

I followed the suggestions in this forum for the config/settings:

Turn off the firewall on both the machines
Turn off WiFi on both the machines
IP Address of the Ethernet is reachable from both ends

Then started Migration Assistant on the source first. Selected "To another Mac" option and it begins waiting for the other computer.

Then I started Migration Assistant on the receiver. Selected "From another Mac…" option and its able to see the source. I selected the source and clicked next. It then showed the code.

However, the source is still stuck in the "Looking for other computers" state and does not progress.


texts: Is it possible to automatically back up my mac to Microsoft OneDrive?

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I'm not sure there is a way to do what I want to do.  Now that I have Office 360 + 1TB of free space, I'd like to set my mac to do monthly backups to OneDrive.  I'm looking for the following features.

Sync + Upload

Sync: would be great if it just uploaded changed files
Direct Upload: rather than just dropping files into the OneDrive folder, so my local Hard Drive doesn't explode.

Starts automatically, runs in the background

Is there any combination of software that can accomplish this?  I've done a fair amount of googling and can't seem to find a solution.  Basically looking for "Carbonite" but instead - using Microsoft OneDrive.


texts: Is there a way to not only mute a call, but stop it hijacking the entire screen? I don't want the person to know I'm not answering their calls, so don't want to decline it and have it get sent to voicemail early.


texts: Is it possible to change the company behind a developer account?

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A few years ago I created a company to start an app project. I released the series of apps but things did not work very well. The apps did not generate any significant revenue and I gradually abandoned the project. The company did still exist, but my accountant charged me an annoyingly big amount of money to just keep the company, which had nearly no income and nearly not expenses, alive.

After a while, and after a big bill from the accountant, I started the process of shutting down the company to avoid the expenses. This process just managed to be completed when something happened...

On a day with some extra time on my hands I did some small changes to the apps on the account registered to the deleted company, and in the following weeks things started really rolling. Now the apps are making a lot of money...

Everything is functioning properly, and money is paid out to my personal bank account. I did not think of this as a problem until my accountant responsible for doing the accounting for my personal company, doing my taxes etc, notified me that I could not write off expenses for some ads that I had run to get more downloads of the now revived apps.

After thinking about all of this for a while I am now very worried that I am in big problems. What will happen if I tell Apple that the company behind my app-account is no longer active? Will they shut down the account and all my apps?

Can I change the company behind the developer account if I start a new company?

I am unable to create a new account and transfer my apps as all the apps uses Auto-Renewable Subscriptions which for some reason cannot be included when transferring an app between accounts. The extremely bad timing of shutting down the seemingly "dead" company is really torturing me. Now I am afraid Apple will suddenly shut down my account and stop all payments as the company no longer exists.

Can someone please help me regain some faith that I am not in deep trouble? I am very nervous about this.

I am worried I have made a big mistake.


texts: MacPort : Is a given package a dependecy for another one ?

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My MacPort package are becoming the huge mess. I probably won't use some of them and I was wondering how I could know if a given package is a dependecy for another one.

For example I have GTK3 installed. How could I know which other installed package needs GTK3.


texts: macOS installations shows less space than I have

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I cleared my system to install the BigSur beta:

So I have 62 GB free space.
But when Im in the installation process its shows the following:

Just 28 GB free space. How can I fix this?
when I look up my HDD via finder it shows me:

So that 34 GB should be purgable. But how to delete this stuff since my recycling bin is empty.


texts: Programmatically read both per-tab Terminal.app titles

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When bringing up the Inspector (⌘I) in Terminal.app to edit the title (⇧⌘I), there are actually two titles that can be entered. The first is known as the Tab Title and affects the terminal window title (but only when that tab is selected). The second is the Tab Subtitle and affects the text in the tab header only. [The naming seems strange, with Tab Title affecting the title of the window, and Tab Subtitle affecting the title of the tab.]

Preferring osascript, but open to other approaches, I wish to programmatically get both of these titles for each tab. In going through AppleScript dictionaries, Cocoa framework docs, etc., I have only found how to read the Tab Title, surfaced as the "custom title" (custom_title) property of the tab. This is the one that all search hits on getting/setting the title via osascript refer to. Even though there are other title properties in the window and tab.current_settings it seems that they all reference only this first title field and there is therefore some redundancy.

I am setting each title programmatically using terminal escape sequences, as I similarly do not know how to set the Tab Subtitle.

Although it is possible to use UI scripting, I expect that such an approach will have to visibly cycle through all Terminal windows/tabs in order to read them all when producing the overall output that I desire. I would prefer something that can get at the data without causing selection/focus changes.

My last option seems a little heavyweight (though may still be preferable to UI scripting) which is to export the settings (Shell > Export Settings...) which produces a large XML file which does include both fields. Surprisingly the data structures in this file match the AppleScript structures almost identically, except that it includes the field I'm otherwise missing.

Being quite new to programming on the Apple platform, can anyone enlighten me to how I can get at this data that seems it should exist in the place I am looking but that I am unable to find?


texts: White MacBook ca 2009/2010 slower and vibrating

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I have scoured the net for some advice on a recent issue with my MacBook.
It was for several years fast and silent but now the browser (fx 18.0.2) is perceptibly slower and there is a hum where I touch the keyboard which is not the fan - so I'm guessing hard-disk.

Core-2 duo 2GB ram

I have repaired permissions (which btw broke iPhoto and Preview so I had to reinstall them) AND verified the hard-disk.

Is it advisable to ignore the hum as a suspension issue from dried out rubber and add a folded napkin between the HD and the battery as some suggested?
is it worth it to add some RAM (I think I know the answer ;)
The real question: is it worth getting a new SSD and get rid of any moving parts?

My biggest fear is getting a new mac for some 1500 usd to find that it is NOT as silent as this used to be

Thanks


texts: How to remove third-party menu bar elements

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I would like to remove third-party menu bar elements, e.g. a menu left by an application which I have removed from the Applications folder.

I know that I can rearrange the elements if I command-click and drag them. And if they are made by Apple, control-dragging them away from the menu bar removes them. But with third-party elements the control-drag only allows for the rearrangement, but not for the removal.

I am looking for a method valid for any third-party elements, but to be specific, an example is Coppertino VOX music player, which has a menu item to manage the cloud library.
 - List item


texts: Get unlock passcode of a jailbroken iPad/iPhone using TransLock Bruteforce Tool

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I have a jailbroken iPad 3 that I haven't touched in a couple of years, and forgot the 4-digit passcode. The MacBook Pro that I used to backup and sync the iPad recently crashed. So, I cannot connect and restore the iPad without losing my precious data; particularly a book's manuscript that I was partially writing in Notes.

After 9 failed attempts, I am down to my last attempt before the iPad is locked. I've tried numerous applications to try and backup the iPad in DFU/Restore mode to no avail.

Then I came across: Majd Alfhaily's post http://blog.alfhaily.me/2015/03/bruteforce/ where he was able to accomplish the exact task that I am trying to do using his TransLock Brutefore tool. I tried to replicate his work, but my programming skills are limited. I got as far as downloading his libTransLock file on my GitHub...(https://github.com/freemanrepo/libTransLock).

Does anyone know how to compile or execute his work? Has anyone else been successful at bypassing the passcode on a jailbroken iPad/ iPhone using TransLock or another tool? Any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated.


texts: I can not connect to SMB shares after upgrading macOS from Mojave to Catalina

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Before I upgraded, I used Command K to connect an SMB share. I had upgraded macOS from Mojave to Catalina yesterday. When I use Command K to connect that SMB share, it doesn’t work.

Does the new macOS disable SMB? Help me please, it has decreasesed my work efficiency.


texts: iPhone 5s automatically opens applications by itself even after performing a factory reset

texts: My iPhone 5s touchscreen is not working the way it should. Every time i unlock my iPhone 5s, it automatically opens applications by itself. It has been happening for the past few months. I've removed the glass protector, did a factory reset but to no avail. How can i solve this nagging issue?


texts: How to update Dock preview to Applications folder after hiding apps with chflags

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I am using chflags hidden method to hide apps in /Applications folder.

It immediately hides the application in Finder, but when I click on the Applications folder in Dock (image below), I can still see the hidden applications there, until I restart the computer.

So the question is: Is it possible to also update the visibility of the application in the Dock preview to Applications folder without restaring the computer?


texts: Restoring an 10.9 TM backup onto an iMac running 10.6.8

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My original hard drive has failed. Would not go beyond grey screen.

It is in course of being repaired with a new h.d. The Apple tech said the machine would be returned to me with mac o/s 10.6.8 installed (this being the latest version possible without passwords etc, apparently)

I have a Time Machine backup on a separate HD. This backup has the latest 10.9 o/s on it together with the latest Iphoto app. and several other apps I use.

My question is: EXACTLY what is the procedure for restoring my repaired machine to it's former state, (Applications, Settings, Stored information etc.)

I would appreciate a simple step by step answer to this point.


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I want to install the ssmtp (http://archive09.linux.com/feature/132006) on my Mac (El Capitan).

I have homebrew installed but ssmtp isn't one of the packages available.

What are my options for getting ssmtp installed? I'm guessing the only way is to compile it from source code but I'm not sure where to get the source code and what commands to run.


texts:
something awful happened to my mini.
I placed it under my aircon, and for some reason, the aircon started to drip.
right on the fan grills on the mini.
not a lot, probably like an eighth of a glass of water.
so, i rushed to unplug everything from the mini.
and leave it to dry.
problem is... when i plug it all in, i start with the power cable.
just when i plug it, the fan gone furious. like 6000rpm furious.
the state of the mini is currently OFF.
that's one thing i'm confused about.
second, after a while the fan speed goes down..
but never really really low.
even when it's off, and the room is cold (not just cool) it's still noticeably whirring.
and the mini is still OFF.
when i turn it on.. after just 15-20 minutes the fan goes furious again.
like 6000rpm.
what can i do to fix this, and how much damage have i done.
and to answer a few preliminary questions.
the mini is a late 2009 mini, C2D, 4GB ram, and usually running on 18C room.
and i've never upgraded any hardware, RAM, HDD, everything.. still as it was.


texts: What software can rip high quality audio from a DVD? (losslessly if possible)

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In Mountain Lion, how do I rip only the audio from a DVD as losslessly as possible?  I have several concert DVDs that I would like to listen to on my iPod.  I have an extensive music library, which is mostly ripped from my own CDs in Apple Lossless format, so my best-case scenario is getting lossless audio off of the DVDs and converting it to ALAC.

I realize that the audio tracks on DVDs might already be lossy if they're in AC3 format, but PCM is lossless.  If there is PCM audio on the DVD, then I want to rip that from the DVD and convert that to ALAC.  If there is AC3 audio on the DVD, then I want to rip that from the DVD and pretend that I'm not annoyed by a lossy resampling in the conversion of AC3 (which I can't listen to on any device that I own) to AAC (or something else).

I know that Handbrake is great for ripping video, but its FAQ says that it doesn't do audio only.  AudioHijackPro will record the audio, so that's introducing an unnecessary layer of loss if the audio is PCM, and I'm not sure if resampling an AC3-to-AAC is less lossy than recording an AC3 track into MP3.

I'm willing to deal with a convoluted workflow to achieve my goal.


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osascript is behaving weird after upgrading to 10.12.1. Prior to this version, the command works as below:

In 10.12, the output is in whatever case the input is:

deppfx : ~ $ osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\" to keystroke \"Hello\""
deppfx : ~ $ Hello

In 10.12.1, the output is forced to uppercase:

deppfx : ~ $ osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\" to keystroke \"Hello\""
deppfx : ~ $ HELLO

Does anyone know what's going on here?


texts: Kernel panic after using Android Emulator for Mac OS X Lion

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I experienced a kernel panic.

When I run Android emulator on a MacBook, iMac, or Mac mini, I sometimes get a grey screen for unexpected shut down and instructions to press and hold the power button to restart the Mac.
After I upgraded to OS X Lion, only this grey screen came; it was working fine when I had Snow Leopard.
When I update software, the issue disappears for week or month but then it starts happening again.

Do I need to do something special to prevent these unexpected shut downs?

Should I downgrade it to Snow Leopard?

Or is it coming because I'd upgraded the same Lion install on 3 Macs? I've read somewhere that we can use OS X Lion on only five Macs.


texts: Is it fine to update my phone to 9.3.2 iOS if I'm using iPhone 4s

texts: Is it fine if i go and update my phone to iOS 9.3.2? I am using iPhone 4s. I don't know if it's fine to update it or not. Cause I see lots of people not updating there's


texts:
I want to return default all keyboard hotkey

Now my mac

command + w is Screen Brightness up

command + e is Screen Brightness down

but i want to command + w is close this app (default)

can anyone help me?

My karabiner


texts: Is it possible to upgrade original iMac (1998) memory (RAM) to above 256 MB?

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I am looking into buying myself an original iMac, and I want to mess with the older system a little bit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G3

Also, is it even remotely possible to change the RAM in the system to being over 256 MB. I am willing to do it even if it means changing out other parts to allow it to be possible.


texts: How can I detect that sound is being generated

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I wish to use a mac mini as a home theatre system.

I would like the mini to send commands to the power amplifier to turn on/off depending on whether there is any sound generated (like a screen saver but for sound).

Anyone have ideas on how this can be done?

UPDATE:

Power Amp is Cambridge Azur 650R, which can be controlled by IR or RS-232.

Amp manual says not to keep on at all times, and I wish to conserve energy.

I am looking for something equivalent to the 'Sleepwatcher' utility (for the display, that I will use with my projector), but which works for sound.

I have found that the HALLab utility, from apple's XCode developer kit, can show that sound is 'Running somewhere', so it's possible in software.

Anyone know of a tool that uses this? Or which library calls I could use to do the same thing as HALLab?


texts: Password resets itself after each reboot

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Macbook with OS X 10.11.3. No iCloud account, regularly updated via
softwareupdate -i -r && brew update && brew cask update. Rather
restrictive firewall(ing) via LittleSnitch and pf. Case-sensitive
partition.

Two user accounts, let's say ROOT and USER. First is used for
exceptional cases like installing new software and the second one is for day-to-day tasks, web browsing, etc.

Since very recently, password for USER is being set to unknown value after each reboot. I am able to login as ROOT and do sudo passwd USER, but I'm concerned this could be a consequence of malware or so.

Parts of various log files I've found a tad suspicious:

accountpolicy.log:

Feb 18 22:10:45 (75.25.1) PasswordChangeAllowed completed: record "USER", result: Success (0).

system.log

Feb 18 22:10:33 USER com.apple.preferences.users.remoteservice[481]: ### ODFDEResetPassword failed
Feb 18 23:36:33 USER com.apple.preferences.appstore.remoteservice[2230]: Failed to connect (_asnPasswordSettingsManager) outlet from (AppStorePref) to (ASNPasswordSettingsManager): missing setter or instance variable

Before reinstalling the system, is there any recommended recipe I should try?


texts: How to change secondary/fallback language on iOS 8?

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I'm using an iPad mini 2 with iOS 8. My language has always been set to Mexican Spanish and the iPad falls back to English by default, which is my native language.
However, recently I installed a Japanese keyboard so I can enter specific words from anime to my friends easier, but I don't actually speak a word of it. Now my iPad is in Spanish with Japanese as the fallback so some buttons and apps are in Japanese even though I never changed any display language settings and just installed a keyboard. Going into my language preferences I get this.

When I tap on either of them, they highlight but nothing happens. If I go "Agregar idioma"(add language) and select English, the iPad asks me "Are you sure you want your iPad to display in English?" Which I don't. So how do I change or remove the second language?

EDIT:
I added English as a language and this added English to the bottom of the list so now I have the exact same issue with random words being in Japanese and no way to remove Japanese from the list.


texts: Fusion drive only shows the SSD partition

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Ok, I am at my wit's end.  Last week after 10.13.3 failed to install twice, my late 2014 5K Retina iMac became painfully slow.  Eventually it just bricked.  I tried to restore from Time Capsule over ethernet but it would get to around 28% and slow to a crawl.  Like 200 hours crawl.

After numerous attempts at this I bailed and tried reinstalling the OS.  No dice there, it would just stall at the startup screen.

Next I installed macOS to an external drive and then using SuperDuper tried cloning it back to the iMac.  This worked and I ran Migration Assistant which looked promising but again, stalled around 1/3 through.

Canceled that and now when I go into Disk Utility I see this for the internal drive:

APPLE SSD SD0128F Media (Solid State) 121GB
Macintosh HD (CoreStorage Logical Volume) 120GB

The Fusion drive is supposed to be 3.11TB, I seem to have lost almost all my storage space.

I suspect this is why all my efforts to restore have failed, it gets to the new available capacity of 120GB or 240GB and doesn't know what to do.

I have not been able to find a solution to reclaiming the 3.11TB and recreating the Fusion drive, am I out of luck here and just need to bite the bullet and go to an Apple Store?

Much appreciated.


texts: Display problem with macbook pro mid 2015

texts:
Recently my macbook pro 2015 has screen problem as the picture below.
Could anyone help me identy find the problem?


texts: How can I mute phone ringing with exceptions?

texts: My mother is ailing and I want her to be able to reach me all the time. Also when asleep etc. Is it possible to disable all (phone) sounds with exceptions?


texts: How to fix a broken recovery partition (remove it) when repairing it is not possible?

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My main system is bootable but disk utility says it needs to be repaired.

I can start disk utility from Live-USB which can verify my OS X partition but gives errors on checking the whole disk. The error is "unknown file system" - but it appears only after it found the main file system.

I guess my (hidden) recovery partition might be broken, since I cannot boot into it. Maybe this is the cause for disk utility to bring the error.

I would like to repair the recovery partition or at least delete it. I know there are tutorials of how to create a new one.


texts: Fullscreen on multiple displays and swiping moves all screens

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This worked up until May 16th.
Before and after updating to macOS Sierra 10.12.5 did not solve problem.

Config / Specs:

MacBook Pro
Dell monitor
iPad using Duet app

Previous functionality

I could expand fullscreen any app/program in Mac (the green button top right) and use 3 fingers on the trackpad to toggle between 'screens' on that individual physical screen.

Current bug

When I fullscreen an app on one display and swipe with three fingers, swiping controls all 3 physical displays. The display in question swipes to the app, but the other two displays also swipe to the right showing blank black or white backgrounds and are mouseover-able.

Desired functionality -- the Previous Functionality

Swiping on a screen only controls that display.


texts: After resetting iPhone, does Find My iPhone remain activated?

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Suppose the following scenario.

iPhone is disabled and the "Continue with iTunes" message is shown. The passcode has been forgotten.
iPhone restored via recovery mode using iTunes.
iPhone is restarted. Activation steps are followed.
Connected to Wi-Fi and SIM card install message is shown.

Is the Find My iPhone feature still ON in iPhone?


texts: Is there a Quick switch for trackpad mouse pointer MBA 10.9.1

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Here is the situation.

When working inside the current mouse pointer is fine on my MBA 10.9.1.

However, when I decide to use my MBA outside in the Sun, I can't see my mouse pointer very well.

Is there a way to use a shortcut or script to switch mouse pointer to something highly visible when working in the Sun light.

Yes, I know Preferences + accessibility + Size change, just wondering if there is a keyboard shortcut or something like it.


texts: Disable the "None of your preferred networks are available" dialog on OS X

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How do I disable that horribly annoying dialog that tells me I am not connected to any wifi network?

None of your preferred networks are available.
Choose the Wi-Fi network you want to join from the list below.

Edit:
I use the wifi.
So why do I want the dialog gone?

The dialog only shows up when I have no internet connection. Great. That dialog won't magically help me know encryption keys to random networks I am around. There is only like one time that it was useful, and thats the first time I ever turned this machine on.
The dialog is annoying.
The dialog has zero uses. I can use the status bar icon to do all the needed work that the dialog provides, except I get to chose when to stop and use it, not the dialog choosing "stop what ur doing and connect to the f-ing internet"


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In order to make an app I'm developing Retina compatible, I enabled the "HiDPI" mode on my Mac (OS X 10.7.4 Lion), since I don't have a Retina MBP. The Quartz Developer Tool worked as indended, and I can select the HiDPI modes in system preferences. However, almost everything is rendered in scaled mode, i.e. pixelated. Only some parts of the "shell" are rendered with sharp fonts; the menu bar, the dock, Launchpad and Mission Control, and the "About this Mac" window. Everything else looks bad, including the app I intended to fix.

I remember this used to work, at least for a couple of applications (and my own, if I edited the Info.plist file accordingly). Is something broken on my system, or did maybe an update remove this feature for non-retina-MBP Macs?

The screenshot doesn't really do it justice. You can see the effect better if you view it in another tab. Also note that while the Firefox version shown might not have Retina support (I don't know), this happens with every other app on the system.

Compare the window controls and fonts, between background and foreground windows (and please excuse the German text :-)).


texts: I just ran rm -rf /*, but nothing happened

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You know that one command that every idiot knows not to type? Yeah.

I was in  a directory that I  wanted to wipe, by typing rm -rf /*. For some unknown reason, I added /* to the end of the command. 10,000 iq, I know.

It started deleting stuff. I was like "huh, this seems like a lot of files. That folder had like 20 things in it. Wait, why is it deleting from the numbers application? Sh*t." I quickly terminated the terminal. (After about 5 seconds). I launched numbers. Everything is fine. I can't find a single thing wrong with the computer. My last time machine backup is a few months old, and before I updated to Catalina.

Any advice?


texts:
I've read reviews about 3 external screens for late 2013 macbook pro 15 retina, and looks like there are different opinions about that. Some of videos I saw demonstrates the fact that it is possible connect all three screens at once.

But before buying all necessary components I would like to show what kind of screens I would like to purchase and what type of adapters I am about to use.

Could you please take a look for my build and let me know your opinion if it is going to work and if not, could you please describe correct way of connecting it.

3 BENQ Screens (1920 x 1080, 2 ms, VGA, DVI-D, HDMI)

2 screens will be connected using mini display port to HDMI Adapter

1 screen will be connected directly on HDMI port.

Do you think that build would work?


texts: Is there a way to open a HTML file in TextEdit without it rendering the file but just showing it as source (and possibly edit it)?


texts: Can You "Turn Off" Order of Preference For Wi-Fi Networks

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As far as my MacBook is concerned, I have 3 Wi-Fi Networks in my house, with different names (it is actually one network, with 2 repeaters). I move around the house and frequently use the 2 repeaters in particular. Quite often I lose connection to one of the repeaters, and my laptop will reconnect, but possibly to the farther repeater with a weaker signal, depending on the order of preference set in advanced network preferences. Because this signal may be quite weak, I may lose Internet connection using this Wi-Fi repeater, but my laptop will not try to connect to the repeater with the stronger signal.

The only way to get round this is to continually change my network preferences whenever I move around the house, which is very annoying.

Is there any way I can get my laptop to have no preference between the two repeaters, and to connect to which ever has the stronger signal?

This is not a duplicate question because the other question is asking how to enable an order of preference on an iphone and this question is asking how to disable it on a Macbook. Not surprisingly, none of the answers there answer my question.


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I installed http://www.parallels.com/ on my Macbook Pro. Using an ISO image I installed windows on it.

I have an ISO image on my desktop. If I delete it, Parallels says: it's missing, but shall turn on (the operating system).

Is the ISO needed? If so, can I move it to another folder so my desktop stays clean of ISO images? Or do I not need it? (ISO)

I am using OS X 10.9.2 (Mavericks)


texts: Changed user names and now those accounts have been reset

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I have 3 accounts set up on my mac. I went into the user folder on the main admin account, the names for the other two accounts in here were different to the ones on the login screen (they were the old names of the accounts before I changed them in System Preferences). I then changed the names to match, now when I log into the other user accounts they have been reset as though they have not been used before.

As far as I can see the files from those accounts are still in the user folder, they just aren't linking up to the correct account.

How can I fix this?


texts: Apache "Client denied by server configuration"

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When I am running my localsite/~user.name/ on OS X 10.7.5 it is loading the the correct page but in the log /var/log/apache2/error_log it's recording this message.

[Fri Mar 14 00:17:07 2014] [error] [client ::1] client denied by server configuration: /usr/~

Here is my httpd-vhost configuration for localhost

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName localhost
  DocumentRoot "~/Sites"
  <Directory  "~/Sites">
    Options Indexes Multiviews
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

A check of apachectl -t shows no unexpected errors since I'm using localhost and don't need fully qualified DNS:

  httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using MacBookPro.local for ServerName
  Syntax OK

I am serving plain text files with basic html in them. What could be the reason for this?


texts: Can I configure Accessbility settings using Terminal instead of Preferences Panel

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I have a problem with my MacBookPro, the left click button on (any) mouse doesnt work and the trackpad doesnt respond to any clicks, so the only thing that works properly is the keyboard and Mouse Right Click/Middle Click.

I was looking at the Accessibility preferences and can see there is something call Enable Mouse Keys, does this option allow you to effect a left-mouse click with a keyboard combination, I also Speakable Items. Both would make my life easier until computer fixed, but unfortunately without a working mouse there seems to be no way of selecting these items.

Is there a way I can set these values from the commandline, because mouse right-click and middle-click work I can open a Terminal Window and enter commands from there.


texts: Cannot add any apps to Security & Privacy preferences on Mojave

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I recently updated my Mac to Mojave.

I have several apps (e.g. Dropbox, Backblaze, Stay) that require specific permissions that can be granted via System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy.

Since the update to Mojave, I can no longer add any apps to the mentioned Preferences pane. For example, when going to the "Accessibility pane ("Allow the apps below to control your computer") and adding an app via the + button or by drag & drop from the Finder, the action is simply ignored and the list stays empty.

Any idea to work around it?


texts: Add RSS feeds to google reader from iPad

texts: When using iPad, with Safari or some other application, once I find an interesting blog with its RSS feed, how can I add it to my google reader feeds?


texts: Web Sharing won't start after I enable vhosts

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This is the first time I've ever used apache, so there's a pretty good chance I'm doing something horribly wrong. I followed some instructions online to edit /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf make my web root folder at ~/Sites. I have a couple projects that I want to have inside that folder, so I looked into it and saw that I had to set up virtual hosts.

When I uncommented this line in httpd.conf: #Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf. I try to restart apache by enabling web sharing, but it flashes yellow and then turns off. The vhosts file is the default one, and commenting out the VirtualHost entries makes it so it works again.

Any ideas what is going wrong, or where I could check a log where it tries to start up? /var/log/apache2 folder does not have logs that show it starting up and failing.

Here's my vhosts file:

#
# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
NameVirtualHost *:80

#
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for all requests that do not
# match a ServerName or ServerAlias in any <VirtualHost> block.
#

<VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot "/users/me/Sites/mysite"
   ServerName mysite.dev
</VirtualHost>


texts: View contents of a ICO container file on macOS

texts: ICO file extension is a container file format that may include several icon images of different sizes. I'd like to know how I may access and view what is inside a ICO file, i.e. the different images it contains, and possibly any metadata.


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Well, this got put on hold from regular StackExchange for being a general software questing, but I don't know specifics about this. I'm just going to copy and paste my original description. Also, please don't say it's not a good programming question also I don't know if this community is only programming or not. I would like an answer that doesn't require messing with my phones OS too much, but if not, oh well.

Ok, I'm new to iOS 10, and I was just using 4.4.4 (KitKat). With headphones, on Android, when you would hit the play button, it would play your queue. On iOS, it will shuffle all my music. How can I make it not do this? It only happens when I clear the music app from multitasking, which I accidentally do (ALOT). I have the regular Apple earbuds, and I have the iPhone 7. Can anyone help?

EDIT: Please don't just downvote. Ask me a question if you don't understand. I know the title doesn't ask a question, but I HAVE NO CLUE HOW TO ASK THIS....