texts: Using Javascript | Applescript to click button in Safari

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I realize there are several threads about this and they are all very specific to certain website . My background is in Python, not Javascript or Applescript, and I'm confused on exactly how to achieve this action .

I've seen several scripts doing this action, namely:

tell application "Safari"

activate

do JavaScript "document.forms['search']['order_list_search_batch'].click()"

end tell

What is the best method to act this out ?

i'm confused on what goes in between "document.forms[WHATGOESHERE?].click()"

I'm trying to click the Proceed button on http://rna.tbi.univie.ac.at/cgi-bin/RNAfold.cgi.

I went to "Inspect Element" on the Proceed button and got this code:

<input style="cursor: pointer;" value="" name="proceed" class="proceed" onmouseover="this.style.cursor=&quot;pointer&quot;" type="submit">

How do I know what to put in script to click this button based off of the Inspect Element results ? I want to understand so I can use this method in more than one case. There's not a href link that it goes to.

Current code is not working

tell application "Safari" to activate
open location "http://rna.tbi.univie.ac.at/cgi-bin/RNAfold.cgi"
delay 3
tell application "Safari" to do JavaScript "document.forms[0].elements[document.forms[0].elements.length-1].click()"


texts: Click a tab item in system settings using AppleScript in Automator?

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I'm trying to create a shortcut to start system preferences and open the sound settings in the "in" tab.

So far I have started system preferences and opend up the audio settings, maybe not in the most elegant way possible but for having started with applescript today I'm quite proud.

Anyways, currently this is my "code":

on run{input, parameters}

    activate application "System Preferences"
    delay 0.8
    tell application "System Events" to tell process "Systeminställningar"
        tell menu bar item 4 of menu bar 1
            click
            click menu item "Ljud" of menu 1
        end tell
    end tell

    return input
end run

Bare in mind that my system is in Swedish so the "Systeminställningar" means "System Preferences" and "Ljud" means "Audio" and "Ljud in" means "Audio in"

Thanks in advance.

Update: Actually just a few minutes after I wrote this I figured out a way to do (new code):

on run{input, parameters}

    activate application "System Preferences"
    delay 0.8
    tell application "System Events" to tell process "Systeminställningar"
        tell menu bar item 4 of menu bar 1
            click
            click menu item "Ljud" of menu 1
        end tell
        delay 1
        tell tab group 1 (*New code starts here*)
            click
            click radio button "Ljud in" of tab 1
        end tell
    end tell (*Ends here*)

    return input
end run

But I still would love some constructive criticism for how to do this better since I'm fairly certain that this is far from effective.


texts: Anyone know about /private/var/keybags/backup_keys_cache.db

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Today I got a popup message in my iPad2 (jailbroken using absinthe) that it have 0 free space.

Using ssh, I check the size of folders in the iPad and found out an interesting file that took 4.1G space and keep growing.

The file is /private/var/keybags/backup_keys_cache.db

The owner is root user and wheel group. Curious, I rename the file into backup_keys_cache.db.orig. I do ls again and found that the file got created again and now keep growing in size.

AbiFathirs-iPad:~ root# ls -alh /private/var/keybags/
total 4.1G
drwx------  2 root wheel  170 Feb 18 23:54 ./
drwxr-xr-x 30 root wheel 1.2K Feb 18 23:52 ../
-rw-------  1 root wheel  97K Feb 19 00:03 backup_keys_cache.db
-rw-------  1 root wheel 4.1G Feb 18 23:56 backup_keys_cache.db.orig
-rw-r--r--  1 root wheel 2.9K Feb 18 18:44 systembag.kb

I want to know if anybody else have this problems? I tried to uninstall newly installed application, from cydia and from app store, but the process that wrote to this file is still running and the file continue to grow.

I tried to install lsof, but when I run it, it crash with message Cannot allocate memory

Update Feb 19, 2012:

One of my friend suggest a temporary solution to prevent the process writing into this file. Delete/rename the original file, then create new file as symbolic link to /dev/null

cd /private/var/keybags/
mv backup_keys_cache.db backup_keys_cache.db.orig2 && ln -s /dev/null backup_keys_cache.db

Now with the file become symbolic link into the black hole, it should not hog down the storage space. I still have the original 4.1GB file saved in my laptop, and smaller file that created after the original file got renamed.

I tried to use db4.6_dump to read this file but I got this message:

DATA=END
db4.6_dump: backup_keys_cache.db: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database verification failed

My friend suspect it could be from sniffing tools, but he also curious why the file could be that big.

Update Feb 28, 2012

Today I found out that the application (malware?) might have ability to learn and find a way to always write the backup_keys_cache.db file. It could detect and delete the softlink that I made into /dev/null with the same name. I tried to delete the file, make a directory with the same name, but today the directory have been renamed and the backup_keys_cache.db file now had 1.9M size.

If the file not got into 4.1GB, I might not aware about it's existence. I need to know if any other iPad 2 users had the same problem. Please check your device and see if you had the file in there or not.


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I have googled this and there have been already lots of people facing this same issue; but after trying the various suggested methods nothing changes and I just wanted to give it one last shot and see if anyone can take a look at my specifics and help me fix it.

I receive emails flawlessly on the mail app, but cannot send them without receiving this message: Cannot send message using the server stmp.atlas.cz:mariya@atlas.cz

I suspect it may have to go with the foreign (Czech) email server? Anyway, here's the setup.

If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate it so much. If this is just because my email server is too obscure that's alright, it's not too big a deal, I'm still receiving emails through the app and that's more important.


texts: Can I safely delete from my iphone photos shared by friends?

texts: I would like to free some space on my iPhone 4S by deleting my local copies of photos from a friend's photo stream. Can I do that without affecting my friend's originals and without signing out from the stream? Ideally, I would like to do that selectively, i.e. delete some of the photos and keep others. Also, I would like to continue to receive my friend's newer pictures.


texts: Do I have a stuck pixel on my iPod touch 5?

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So, today I picked up my iPod touch 5th generation to use it as normal, and after a few minutes of use, I noticed that a there was a vary tiny white dot at the top of my screen, and about half way from the middle of the screen to the end.

I thought it might be a stuck pixel, but it's not always the same tone of white. It seems just to be a bit brighter then what it should be, not entirely white.

I did put a case on that has a built in screen protector, and I noticed this the next day when I took it off.

Do you have any idea what this is, and maybe how to fix it? (I would greatly like to avoid swapping it for a new device). Thank you very much.


texts: Moving iBooks library to an external drive

texts: Is there any way to move the existing iBooks library on my MacBook (Mavericks) to an external drive and also ensure iBooks treats that as the new location for all future purposes? I am running out of space on my default drive and need to unclutter it.


texts: Are my MacBook Pro 2015 (15-inch) fan parameters correct?

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Are the fans on MacBook Pro 15inch always on? If so should they be audible when ear against keyboard?

I am not sure but I think my fans were not audible before but now I can hear them if I put my ear there.

Using istats menu I can see them running at ~2100 rpm left fan, ~2000 right fan.

The computer temperature is between 35-45 degrees celsius.

All I am asking are the temperatures, fan speed and subtle noise normal?


texts: Is it possible to change the SSH_AUTH_SOCK path?

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I would like to have the ssh-agent socket inside my home directory, but currently it is created inside /private/tmp.

I see that the agent is managed though launchctl and this plist: /System/Library/LaunchAgents/org.openbsd.ssh-agent.plist, but I don't know how to modify this file to have the socket, for example, at ~/.ssh-agent.sock.


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What options are there for plugging a MIDI-device that offers only a standard DIN-5 MIDI connector into a MacBook Pro?

The marketing print on the box of my Rock Band 3 Wireless Keyboard talks about plugging the keyboard into a computer for use as a general MIDI instrument when not playing Rock Band, but there's no cables inside the box to accomplish this, and again, the only port it offers is a DIN-5 port.


texts: Can I create an iTunes U course indepedent of an educational institution?

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I would like to create a course to share on the public iTunes U Catalog, however I do not want the course to be associated with an educational institution. Rather, I just want the course to be available to everyone as an independent instructor.

How would I do this in iTunes U?


texts: How can i have numbers from 2 columns match and return a third result?

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I would greatly appreciate some help with this task. Is there any formula could I use in Excel to have cells in 2 columns find a match and produce a third result? The table below is the example:

The 1st column is random numbers. The second column contains the same numbers but is ordered. the 3rd row has numbers that correspond to the ordered number row. I'm trying to figure out how you can have the random number row find its match in the ordered row and return the value of the third row.

Here is what I need to happen...

Cell A1 is 1030303, the matching number is in cell C10. I need the formula to have A1 return the value of E10 and for all the other numbers to do the same according to their match


texts: The free vs. inactive memory ratio on a Mac with 16 GB RAM has me concerned

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I am looking for clarification since I am seeing large allocations of RAM on my Mac. I have 16 GB of RAM and recently installed Windows 7 on Parallels. When the machine runs, I see 3.55 GB Free memory and 8.39 GB Inactive memory. I do not want my RAM to be hogged by Windows if I only need it for a small task and am concerned about a slowly running Mac in this case.

Might the huge amount of inactive memory be due to Parallels being run recently? I am not sure if Parallels is the culprit. Moreover, Wired and Active memories show 2 and 2.13 GB, respectively. The total Used memory is 12.54 GB which means the majority (12.54 GB of 16 GB) of RAM is committed now.

This seems too much. How can I diagnose what is exactly eating up my RAM? I have a retina MacBook Pro and the 10.8 release of Mountain Lion. When I launch Parallels, the increase in memory is allocated to "Wired" yet Inactive memory is still 8GB.

Is what I am seeing explainable?


texts: Why do I have to verify payment when downloading a free app?

texts: I've downloaded free apps in the past without requiring verification. But now it makes me verify. Why? Can I turn this off?


texts: Bluetooth file transfer between Mac and android phone

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I am trying to transfer a couple of images from android device to mac. As per the following links it seems that this transfer should be possible:

Apple support
HowToGeek - how-to-use-bluetooth-file-transfer-between-os-x-and-android-5.0-devices

But the android device is not visible in mac's list of discovered devices and similarly mac is not visible in android's discovered devices list. I have tried searching for possible gotchas but unable to find any.

Android device specification:
OS : 5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Bluetooth version: 4.0

Mac Specification : MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
OS : El Captain
Bluetooth version: 4.1 (LMP version 0x7)

I can do the transfer by other means but trying to understand that what's the trouble here. Any help will be appreciated.


texts: How to hide favourites bar in mac os using bash script?

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I'm trying to disable and enable the favourite bar in mac os "Yosemite" using bash script, I used the following command in terminal but it didn't work even after I restarted Safari, so am I doing something wrong?

defaults write com.apple.Safari ShowFavoritesBar -bool false


texts: What is the 41GB of "System" on my MacBook?

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I have a 2012 MacBook Pro, and it's running out of storage:. What I cannot understand is, what is the 41GB of "System" (grey). I installed an app called Disk Inventory X which scanned my drive and said that the largest folder on my device was Applications, which is only 26GB. Here is a screenshot of the results:

What is causing this? Is it all the non-application/photos/documents/iTunes stuff combined? Or is it something else?
Here are my System Specs if that helps:


texts: Outlook notifications keep coming in spite of uninstalling app

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I was running Outlook as my main mail app, and while doing that the notification alerts were showing with just the generic 'app' icon.

For various reasons, I switched back to Mail.app, but everytime I get a new email I get not only the (correct) Mail notification alert, but also the faulty Outlook alert. I use an Exchange account with push.

I have uninstalled Outlook, and rebooted my MacBook Pro.


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After upgrading to Lion, X11 doesn't start. I downloaded XQuartz 2.7.0, it doesn't start either.

The crash dialog mentions the following problem:

  X11:
  Dyld Error Message:
    Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libpixman-1.0.dylib
    Referenced from: /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin
    Reason: Incompatible library version: X11.bin requires version 21.0.0 or later, but libpixman-1.0.dylib provides version 17.0.0

  XQuartz:
  Dyld Error Message:
    Library not loaded: /opt/X11/*/libfreetype.6.dylib
    Referenced from: /Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app/Contents/MacOS/X11.bin
    Reason: Incompatible library version: X11.bin requires version 14.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 10.0.0

Unsetting DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH doesn't help either.

EDIT: I also reinstalled X11 from the Lion installer package as described here, but the problem is the same.

Can anyone help?


texts: Facetime Calls on Mac: Audio/Video calling buttons greyed out

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Topic pretty much sums it up. I have verified that I am properly set up to do cell calls over my Mac using these instructions. I've rebooted both devices a couple times now. Strangely, I can receive calls from my phone on my mac. but when I try to put a number into the Mac FaceTime app, the buttons to place the call are always greyed out and never change.

What's going on?


texts: Installed Safari Extensions disappear after restarting Safari

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I have a problem with my Safari. I can not install any extensions. Whenever I install one they work fine, but the next time I open Safari, the extension is not there. So I have to reinstall them at every launch.

I have tried to clear my Safari stuff, like plists and Library folders. Im using Safari 8.0.1.


texts: Stream matched/uploaded music when local files are not available

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I use iTunes a lot on the go but I have my music at home on an external harddisk. Every time I try to play a song in iTunes I receive a message that the original song cannot be found. The laptop I use on the go is the same as the one I used to index my iTunes library. Only after clicking cancel in the dialog box the song is streamed.

Is there any way to directly stream the music? That's kind of the whole idea of Match right?


texts: Applescript to quit all active browser processes

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I am trying to quit all the active browsers using the below code, but am unable to get the list of all active browsers to quit.

tell application "System Events"

    set appList to every process whose visible is true

    repeat with thisApp in appList
        tell process browser
            quit
        end tell
    end repeat
end tell


texts: How can I send an iMessage from a different Apple ID than the one the device is registered to?

texts: We have a family iPad that is registered to my Mom's Apple ID. I'd like to be able to use iMessage, but with my Apple ID, not her Apple ID. Is there a way to do this without deregistering the iPad?


texts: Time machine over samba, "The identity of the backup disk has changed"

texts: Samba recently added the ability to host time-machine backups over a local network with version 4.8. I set up an old Seagate goflex with Arch linux and followed this guide to get samba running. It's working except that every time a backup is started on either of my two laptops I get a warning that "The identity of the backup disk “ArchBackups” has changed since the previous backup." and have to click through. Any idea why my mac isn't trusting the backup server? There is this old question but that seems to be a more intermittent problem on an older version of OSX and never got a satisfactory answer.


texts: Does Windows 10 support the AAC codec over A2DP for Bluetooth headphones when installed on a Mac via Bootcamp?

texts: Unlike MacOS, Windows 10 itself does not support the AAC codec for the A2DP profile for Bluetooth headphones; only the SBC codec. However, when installing Windows 10 on a Mac via Bootcamp, lots of drivers are installed to make Windows run smooth on the Mac. Will this enable the AAC codec as well?


texts: Re-install MacOS (High Sierra) with terminal

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This may be a bit of an open-ended question:

I am would like to do an OS reinstall of High Sierra, but block it from converting the disk to the APFS format. This would necessitate the use of terminal with this section of command executed:

--converttoapfs NO

added after the file location of the High Sierra installer.

I have some software issues, and need to do a reinstall through the command + R boot procedure. I upgraded to 13.6 without converting to APFS and want to solve this issue and reinstall whilst keeping the disk HFS+ formatted. I have some technical knowledge, enough to fix most problems on my own, but this is something I would rather hash out with more guidance and advice.

Therefore, which is the best method of me doing this?

Reinstall High Sierra normally with Finder and terminal?
Reinstall in the MacOS UEFI using terminal?
Some other method I haven't thought of/don't know of

Any responses and help would be much appreciated.

Thanks, Meriones.


texts:
I use Sublime Text 2 (ST2) both on Linux & OS X Lion. When entering text, interacting with menus etc, ST2 is very laggy - I can type a few sentences very quickly, then take my hands of the keyboard and watch ST2 catch up.

I've tried reverting ST2 by deleting the ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2 folder, but the issue persists.

Does anyone know what can cause this lagginess?

Update: Activity Monitor shows ST2 idles at around 5-16% CPU. When typing, it spikes to 80-100%.


texts: How can I use Lion's "look up" feature without the trackpad?

texts: Lion introduced the new "Double-tap with three fingers" to Look up, which pops up a small definition of whatever word you double-tap. Is there any way to invoke look up without the trackpad? For example, if I'm on a desktop Mac (with a normal mouse) is there any way to quickly look up a word by using this same look up feature?


texts: Why my iBook G4 superdrive spits out the Mac OS X Leopard Install Disk?

texts: The SuperDrive of my late 2005 iBook G4 died, so I installed a new one. But now the new drive does not mount the Leopard Install Disk. But it mounts any other DVDs/CDs (music, movies). The disk mounts on my MacBook Pro. Can anyone answer me why it is happening ?


texts: Want to start a new Castleville account on my iPad

texts: I downloaded my friends Castleville account on my iPad. Now I would like to start my own Castleville game. I uninstalled her game and removed all the data from Game Center. Next I went to the App Store to install the game but it has the little cloud icon with the down arrow on it. When I install it the game is still hers. Is there a way to download a game as if it's never been used before on my device so that I can play my own game from the beginning? Thanks


texts: Yosemite keeps adding Spaces without apparent input

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I am using a Mac Mini with Yosemite, and I noticed that the Spaces desktops keep increasing. I delete them to keep one desktop for each of the monitors I am using, and I end up with 26 of them on the main monitor.

What is causing this, and how can I fix it?


texts: Macbook Pro Dock appearing randomly during movies and applications running

texts: Macbook Pro with Sierra 10.12.4. When in full screen view, while watching a movie or a video, the dock will randomly appear. Same issue when running application in window mode. Example Skype, not touching the pad and it seems like ghost clicking. The smaller camera window will appear, like I clicked somewhere to do multitasking. Any idea why this is happening?


texts: Send a (push) message to everyone who is in the range of my Wi-Fi router?

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I have a large property and rent it out to clients who rented a holiday home. Now I would like to send to everybody an automatic message over Wi-Fi.

I have an old router with Wi-Fi, for example to let all (in the Wi-Fi range) the people know that we have today a BBQ. How could I achieve this?


texts: Is there a sandboxing program like Sandboxie for Mac?

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With Sandboxie for Windows, you are able to run applications that you don't entirely trust in a sandbox; it tracks all files the program creates and modifies, and although the files technically go to the system, you can roll back the changes by deleting this sandbox. This removes all the files created by the program and restores modified files to their previous state. In a way, it's like a system restore when you restore the system to a previous point; in this case, it would only restore the files that the program in question affected, so is much easier to use. At least, that's how I understand it works.

On macOS, there are three(ish) ways to do this I know of:

Make a Time Machine backup, and then install the program. After using it, restore from the backup and everything will come out intact as it was before.
Use a VM to run it in; however, I'd like to avoid doing this as it complicates matters greatly
Use AppCleaner to remove files the program left behind. However, this doesn't do anything for files the program (perhaps maliciously?) modified, and if you install a program with administrative privileges or a package, it most likely will install files in the system that AppCleaner won't be able to get out. Also, I'm not sure if it is 100% accurate for normal apps, anyway.

So is there any way to do this on a Mac without using a VM?


texts: Scroll lag after external display connect

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After connecting or disconnecting external display some lag appears on every scroll in every app. Only restart helps (or windowserver restart).

This problem was on Mavericks and still on Yosemite. It was problem on mba 2013 and also on mba 2014.

This bug only affects scrolling, but this is driving me crazy, because I often connect external displays on work.


texts: I just set up an old white Macbook (early 2008) with a fresh install of OS X 10.7.3, which I think is the most recent version that will run on it.  I was surprised to see the installer did not include a version of iPhoto, but I guess in those days the iLife suite was bundled separately, rather than built in to the standard install.  As far as I can tell there's no way to download iPhoto (any version!) from Apple.  Any suggestions?


texts: MacBook lid opened while away (possible bug?)

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I was recently trying out the command:
log show —style syslog | fgrep ”Wake”

I noticed that there were two EC.Lidopen events at a time when I had left the MacBook in my locked apartment. The two logs had simultaneous time stamps at 15.30:05, which strikes me as bug-like since a normal wake-up would just render one EC.Lidopen event... not two of them in the same second?

Powernap is disabled for battery mode, and the computer wasn't plugged in.
The computer was put in sleep-mode after I last used it, and had WiFi but not Bluetooth enabled. I have double-checked that other events are correct time-wise so that it’s not a time-setting issue. Is there a possibility that it might be due to a bug?

Here is the output:

2019-03-20 08:13:49.131203+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver) [HID] [ATC] AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService::processWakeReason Wake reason: Host (0x01)

2019-03-20 08:13:49.854413+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver) [HID] [ATC] AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService::processWakeReason Wake reason: Host (0x01)

2019-03-20 08:13:54.971671+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: ?

2019-03-20 08:13:54.971673+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: ?

2019-03-20 13:30:04.130464+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver) [HID] [ATC] AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService::processWakeReason Wake reason: Host (0x01)

2019-03-20 13:30:04.845262+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver) [HID] [ATC] AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService::processWakeReason Wake reason: Host (0x01)

2019-03-20 13:30:07.350598+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: RTC (Alarm)

2019-03-20 13:30:07.350601+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: RTC (Alarm)

2019-03-20 15:30:00.162154+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver) [HID] [ATC] AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService::processWakeReason Wake reason: Host (0x01)

2019-03-20 15:30:05.378599+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: EC.LidOpen (User)

2019-03-20 15:30:05.378601+0100  localhost kernel[0]: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: EC.LidOpen (User)


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Why my iPad cannot find the wireless printe?
When I am using my laptop it is working fine because I installed the printer cd.How can I print when using my new iPad?


texts: Windows key does not work on Amazon WorkSpaces Client with external USB keyboard

texts: I'm using Amazon WorkSpaces Client 2.5.11.120 on macOS 10.15.3 with an external USB keyboard. The Windows key ⊞ Win doesn't work. All other keys work except the Windows key; is there any solution or workaround to get Windows key working?


texts: Securely allow SSH from Parallels to Host MacOS w/o risking Network threats?

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I want to enable SSH on OSX from only my Parallels VM.  My fear is that by opening SSH I'm putting my host OS at risk for remote exploitation.

  How can I configure MacOS to only allow connections from the local Parallels' Windows machine?

Perhaps I can establish a dedicated VNet for the two machines, but I'm not sure how to restrict MacOS to listen only that subnet / IP address.


texts: How can I stop Microsoft Word from switching to another space when last window in current space is closed

texts: If I close the last window of Microsoft Word on Desktop 1, and there is an open Microsoft Word window on Desktop 2, I am automatically swooshed over to Desktop 2. This behavior does not occur for other apps like Safari or Finder. How can I disable this automatic space swooshing for Microsoft Word?


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today i'm trying to use the typical 'caffeinate -t 1000' on terminal and get this output:

Gabrieles-MacBook:~ black$ caffeinate -t 1000

-bash: caffeinate: command not found

So i read the man page and i saw the path was /usr/bin/ and no binary of caffeinate there.
What can i do? I tried caffeine and owly from the appstore with no results. I don't understand.
I used it every day when i had mountain lion or el captain. Now i did a downgrade on macbook because el cap is too slow and now i have lion 10.7.4

Thanks, Gabriele.


texts: How to stop kernel_task from constantly using over 400% CPU?

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Configuration:

Model Name: Mac mini (Late 2012)
Model Identifier: Macmini6,2
System Version: OS X v10.11.3 (El Capitan)

For the past few weeks, kernel_task has been using over 400% CPU and its virtual memory size has ballooned up to 68.97 GB. Even after restarting, kernel_task starts hammering the CPU right away. In addition to kernel_task, there is also another process high up in Activity Monitor’s list that is always running and is constantly using between 90% to 100% of the CPU:

Python (running under the user: _devicemgr)

I’ve tried quitting this process, but to no avail… the process just reopens using the same amount of CPU resources.


texts: Preparing my Mac for sale: deleting/clearing disk in Disk Utility

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I am preparing to sell my 2012 Macbook Pro, which runs 10.12 (Sierra). I have erased my hard drive using Disk Utility, but am a little confused on where to go next. I'm following this official Apple guide, but my screen shows this:

In Apple's official guide, no disks are listed at the left of the Disk Utility interface. How can I get rid of this disk1 object? Or is this something I need not worry about? Why is this appearing?


texts: Printing Error - Stopped - The file '/private/var/spool/cups/tmp/...' could not be opened

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When trying to print a PDF document using Preview (as well as printing any other document from any application), I'm getting the following error about how Stopped - The file '/private/var/spool/cups/tmp/0076a5fa0ea54 could not be opened.
Every time I print a new document the last section of the path changes.
I went into Terminal and listed the contents of that directory (/private/var/spool/cups/tmp) in sudo mode, and the file doesn't exist. Only one different file with a different name.
Tried restarting the computer, printer, and deleted the printer from macOS and re-added it.
Any ideas on how to fix this? I'm running macOS 10.15.7.


texts: Can new files created in ~/Desktop be made to appear on a monitor other than the Main Display?

texts:
I have two monitors. The left one is designated as the Main Display (in System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement, it has the little white menu bar dragged onto it).

I'm happy with the left monitor being the Main Display. I'm sitting in front of it and looking at it most of the time. It's filled with windows.

What I want is that when new files are created in the ~/Desktop directory, they should appear on the right hand monitor's desktop, not the left's. That way, I will actually see them, as the desktop on the right monitor is not usually covered up by windows.

An example of a file being created can be done using this command in Terminal.app: touch ~/Desktop/something

Is it possible to change which monitor newly created files in the ~/Desktop directory appear on, independently of changing which monitor is the Main Display?


texts: Don't prompt for opening certain external apps in Chrome

texts: Chrome prompts me before opening external apps. Is it possible to add certain apps to an allowlist (e.g., Zoom, Notion) so that I'm not prompted each time?


texts: How do I turn a pdf (4meter x 24 centi-meters) into a multipage pdf?

texts:
I have a very long pdf file spat out by anytrans of texts.
The file is searchable but is not readable by normal people. Yes, I asked anytrans why their app does give a page size option. They said that they don't see anything wrong.
I would like to split this edit: "single page" document into a multipage document in A4 size, for example. I'm on a Mac and have Adobe, but would like to use anything to solve this problem. I do not have access to a Windows machine.
I need to search the text.


texts: Deleted Files not going to Trash, Catalina

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I have recently updated my Macbook to Catalina and since then everytime I delete a file using "Move to Bin" option or by dragging it to the Trash can I get a message "This item will be deleted immediately. You can’t undo this action.".

Any help is appreciated.


texts: What are the use cases for case sensitive HFSX as opposed to default HFS+?

texts:
I just want to know when it does make sense to use HFSX instead of HFS+?

HFS+ is the default partition type.


texts:
The other day, I was mad so I took my anger out on my blanket and come to think of it, my iPod touch 5 was inside of it and I didn't realise it until I took it out. It was overheated so much, so I put it in a case so I wouldn't burn myself. When I put my usb port in, it showed a black screen and it says its charging with low battery, but when i take it out, none of the buttons work and it wont turn on, what can I do?

I had all my photos on it and now it wont do anything at all! theres a hole in the back of my iPod touch back case and I'm worried it cant be fixed.


texts: How can I prevent a popup from opening in another desktop?

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I'm using a Macbook Air with an external monitor (I finally converted from Windows, don't know what took me soo long ;-) ).

When I have a Chrome browser window open in the external monitor and click a link that opens in a popup, the popup will open hidden on my Macbook.
I can't find a setting to open it in the same window my browser is in.

A few times I even had a pulldown open in a different window. Weird ...


texts: How can I view the root directory along with all its subdirectories in Finder?

texts:
I want to view the all (sub-)directories on my Mac partition in Finder. Both hidden and unhidden directories.

How can I do this?


texts:
I'm on Yosemite (10.10.2). Since upgrading I got some DNS issues, it seems my loopback isn't working any more. When I'm talking to my app locally via http://localhost:port, localhost in some cases (sorry for being vague here) gets resolved to my current local IP. (observed with rails and openstack)

some analysis:

mac:~ me$ scutil -r localhost
Reachable,Local Address,Directly Reachable Address
mac:~ me$ scutil -r loopback
Not Reachable

etc/hosts:

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

etc/networks:

loopback        127             loopback-net

And a maybe related issue: DNS sometimes stops working completely. The only thing that helps, is a force quit of the discoveryd process.

I appreciate any help guiding me in the right direction to solve this issue.
Thanks in advance.


texts: Any way to force command line terminal to control a Mac?

texts:
I'm experimenting a little with Automator at the moment and often get stuck with some pre-recorded automation running very slowly while the whole Mac (an 2010 iMac in my case) doesn't respond to any input - either by keyboard or mouse.

For now I connect via SSH from another machine and issue a killall Automator to get controls back.

Is there any solution available which enables me to halt / freeze a Mac and issue commands using a terminal?


texts: How do I locate an app on the iPhone spring board / home screen?

texts:
As an iOS developer I have many (>150) apps installed on my iPhone. Sometimes I cannot figure out on which home screen an app is located.

I know how to start the app by using the search. And if the app uses a lot of storage I can go to "Settings -> General -> iPhone Storage" and delete it.

But is there any way to find the installed app in the spring board without looking at every home page and in every folder?


texts: How to stop my text messages from appearing on iPad

texts: My son is under 13 and shares my Apple ID I would like to stop my texts from appearing on his iPad does anyone know how to do that?


texts:
With AirDrop it seems that my MacBook Pro can have multiple Wifi Connections, so can I connect my iPhone to my Macbook at the same time as the macbook is connected to a Time Capsule's Wifi network.

I have both 5GHz and 2.4GHz Wifi in my house, and the 2.4GHz only just reaches my room, whereas the 5GHz signal is much better. Sometimes my iPhone cant connect to the 2.4GHz network without moving closer to the base station.

Is it possible to use my MacBook as an extender, so that my phone can connect to the Macbook and then use it's 5GHz connection, and it won't drop out and become unconnectable?


texts: What is the function of `Library/Application Support/updater_mcy/updater_mcy` file?

texts:
My Avast security app has isolated the following file:

Library/Application Support/updater_mcy/updater_mcy

Since this has happened, I think it has resulted in me getting error messages on my Mac saying that some software will not be compatible in the future. Was it justified to have this file isolated by Avast or should I put it back?


texts: Is there a beginners guide to Unix from the OS X point of view?

texts:
I'm hoping to build on my embarrassingly-limited knowledge of the command line, and I know there are a ton of great resources out there. I'm wondering if there are any books or other resources that are tailored specifically to the OS X user running Terminal.

Thanks.


texts: Bug in iTunes Connect preventing TestFlight submit

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I have an issue submitting an app build for review in TestFlight.
(Yesterday, a new version of TestFlight was released in iTunes Connect, this might have caused the issue)

Steps to Reproduce the issue:

Log in to iTunes Connect
Select the app
Go to tab 'TestFlight'
Click a build (in this case, 1.0.1)
Click the '+' sign next to 'Individual Testers'
Select 'Add New Testers'

Expected behavior: screen to enter information of test users
Actual behavior: loading spinner is displayed and web inspector console displays error:

Anyone else experienced this issue? I can only reproduce it for one of my apps. It seems to be some bug on Apple's part, and I have reported it, but no answer until now :-\


texts: How can I import photos not in the camera roll from iPad to mac?

texts: The photos in my iPad is synced from iPhoto in my mac, so they are not in the camera roll. But unfortunately I formatted my drive so the iPhoto library in my mac is gone. Now all the photo is in my iPad, but it seems no convenient way to get them out. I hope I can keep all the file name correct.


texts: Dock icons not showing correct application icon

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Randomly my dock icons will show the default application icon. Sometimes they return again. I have previously reset the dock and deleted the .plist, which temporarily corrects the problem, but it returns soon enough. Removing and adding the app to the dock again also restores the icon, until the next time. It's tiresome to do this all the time, obviously.

The apps usually affected are the default Mac OS ones. The above screenshot shows my current situation: Mail, Safari, Reminders, iTunes and Terminal are not showing their icons.
I didn't find much on Google by way of people complaining about similar behaviour. Is anyone else suffering, and can anyone suggest a more "permanent" solution?
Thanks in advance.


texts: How to instruct OS X to wait for an application to close before interrupting a shutdown?

texts: I'm using several virtual machines that take time to be paused when I want to reboot the system. It prevents OS X Lion from shutting down properly, because the VMware process is still running seconds after the reboot has been initiated. How can I tell OS X Lion to disable this shutdown interruption and simply wait for the process to be terminated? I know that I could manually pause the VMs before doing the reboot, but I really do want to change this behavior instead of using this kind of workaround.


texts: Macbook Air power saving with Thunderbolt to Gigabit adapter

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I am considering buying a Thunderbolt to Gigabit adapter to save my MBA power consumption as I can shutdown the Wifi, assume it use a lot of power.

Anyone tried before and it works? How many % of power can be saved? e.g. increase the battery life by how many %?


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What are the correct default owner and permission settings for directories in Applications?

For me most are either Rax admin (me; sometimes Rax staff) or root  wheel. The latter permissions are almost exclusively associated with apps installed by the App Store; but I have a few exceptions that, mostly for apps that were originally installed long ago. That seems like a security issue. Should the owner for all non-Apple application directories be me (Rax admin or Rax staff; does it matter which)? Should the owner for all Apple application directories be root  wheel?

Who should own directories in Applications?


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In Mail (connected to my work Exchange server, if that matters), when I forward an email which contains inline images they are preserved.  However, if I reply to the email then they are not preserved.  They are instead replaced with something like this:

<image001.jpg>

Is there a way to preserve the images in a reply?


texts: A colleague has sent me a load of photos via Google Photos. Can I move them from Google photos to my Apple Photos and/or iCloud without having to download the Google Photos app?


texts:
Using Safari Downloader+ on iOS 8.

How can I prompt download for streamable media?

Direct links to files work without any problems whatsoever, but streamable media doesn't prompt anything more than streaming (in what seems to be Apples QuickTime player).


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In the recent weeks I've noticed each morning that my clock would be behind by 2-3 minutes. I've noticed that opening the 'Date & Time' dialog from System Preferences will trigger the clock to resynchronize to Apple's time servers. I am running OS X 10.7.4 Lion on an 8,2 MacBook Pro.

What might be causing this lack of automatic resynchronization?

EDIT: I compared my /etc/ntp.conf file to a peer's also running Lion, and we noticed that my file contained:

0000000: 7365 7276 6572 2074 696d 652e 6170 706c  server time.appl
0000010: 652e 636f 6d2e 0a                        e.com..

while his had:

0000000: 7365 7276 6572 2074 696d 652e 6170 706c  server time.appl
0000010: 652e 636f 6d                             e.com

His last modification date on the was mid-2010, while mine was last modified only a week or two ago (around when the issue started?). I certainly did not manually edit the file. Possibly related?

EDIT 2: I noticed that, if I change my time server in 'Date & Time' to, say, Asia, my /etc/ntp.conf file becomes:

0000000: 7365 7276 6572 2074 696d 652e 6173 6961  server time.asia
0000010: 2e61 7070 6c65 2e63 6f6d 2e0a            .apple.com..

complete with trailing 0x2e character. So, it seems that OS X adds the trailing . automatically, but a fresh Lion system does not contain this trailing character. Still unsure whether this is affecting the synchronization though.

EDIT 3: It's been 24 hours since I changed the time server to 'Apple Asia' and then back to 'Apple Americas' -- no time drift. Bizarre.


texts: Copy the 'explicit' or 'E' symbol from songs in the iOS Music app

texts:
I have songs in my Music app that are marked as 'explicit'.
Is there a way to copy this 'explicit'/'E' symbol so I can use it somewhere else?


texts: How to compare the performance difference between the 13" and the 15" MBP for graphics & dev work?

texts:
I have a 2011 Macbook Pro (with a SSD and 16GB RAM upgrade) that I'm very happy with, but it's aging, some ports aren't working anymore, etc., so I'm in the market for a new device.

I do some amount of print design with Adobe CC, and web app/mobile app development. I seem to be pushing the 2011 MBP to the boundaries quite often: it will frequently (and annoyingly) start running its fans are when I work on complex, 500+-MB documents in Adobe CC, and when I code using Visual Studio (with npm, some linters, and usually an iPhone or Android simulator running at the same time).

My favourite new choice would be a 13" MBP (2015 or '16) but I worry about missing out on the performance edge that the 15" MBP offers with its quad-core processors and discrete graphics units (in some models).  GeekBench has a clear opinion on which device class is more powerful, but do those benchmarks really apply 100% to the type of work I do? How important is processor speed for me? Is a discrete GPU really that relevant when doing relatively run-off-the-mill print design rather than video? Does a multi-core configuration really make a difference when the main goal is avoiding the system from heating up and running the fans? (I'm happy with most of the 2011 MBP's speed - the fans are the real annoyance.)

Are there more comprehensive benchmarks out there that allow for a performance comparison that is more tailored to specific fields of work?


texts: Where does cydia store documents for tweaks?

texts:
I'm working with someone on reddit to develop an app capable of writing amiibos on iOS. I need to send a key_retail.bin into the documents folder of the app.

I enabled NFC Entitlement and then converted it to a deb so I could use it as a tweak.

The documents (via filza file manager) is no longer in Apps Manager

I also checked (root)/var/mobile/containers/data/applications

It's not there, it's also not in (root)/Applications/ (Well the .app is, but not the documents folder)


texts: How do I build FFMpeg with non-default libraries when using Homebrew

texts:
I am trying to build FFMpeg with libvpx so that I can encode a WebM video. How can I re-build FFMpeg with libvpx using Homebrew?

I tried encoding a video with FFMPEG and libvpx installed separately I get the error Encoder (codec vp8) not found for output stream #0:0


texts: The phone number "is not registered with iMessage"

texts:
Right now I can't seem to send some text messages from my OS X. Here is a list of things I have done that will have caused the error:

I fresh installed Yosemite about 2 days ago
I updated my iPhone to 8.1 this afternoon
I paired my device (I was able to send some texts from OS X)
I fresh installed iOS 8.1 on my iPhone
I can't send some text messages from my computer

When I start a new conversation on iMessage, the name of the person remains red. When I try to send a message I get a popup saying: " is not registered with iMessage". The handoff is well configured because I am able to see an icon appear in the dock when I use the notes app.

What can I do to make this functionality work again?

Thanks


texts: How can I check the build number of the current available macOS / OS X installers?

texts:
I operate a small-medium fleet of macOS and OS X computers. For various legacy software and licensing reasons, the fleet operates on each release from 10.9 (Mavericks) to 10.15 (Catalina, current). All of these releases are free to download via the App Store and from Apple directly via their website.

I am not a member of any Apple program that provides access to early and/or special macOS / OS X builds. I am reliant on common sense and trial-and-error to maintain a set of OS installers from official sources. Sometimes the App Store installers are silently updated, especially when minor updates are applied outside of a combo updates release.

Right now, I check every couple of weeks and spend time downloading ~5-8GB, check the build number and invariably see it hasn't changed, then ditch the download. This seems wasteful.

I would like to be able to check a location online that can tell me the current build number of the active release, for example the one that's downloadable from the App Store.

Is there a location I can check that will tell me the build number of the freely-available macOS & OS X releases?

Thank you.

Edit #1: addressing @Jay-Way's post below with a screenshot. It looks like Mactracker doesn't have 10.15 (Catalina) details at all, so I'm guessing it's a manually-maintained list by the author or a third party.


texts: Where can I see the installed profiles in iOS9

texts:
Where is Settings > General > Profile in iOS 9?

I was part of a testing-team for an iOS app and using testflight. Back then, under iOS 6, I had to install a profile on my iPhone. Now, years later, I am again helping out to test with testflight, and I am having problems with certificates. I just wanted to check which profiles are installed on my iPhone, however, the Settings > General > Profile menu is not here any more under iOS 9.

How can I see the profiles that are installed?


texts: How can I reset my password with "reset password"?

texts: I cannot find my password. Tried to reset from terminal by typing reset password  I see the prompt, but it does not allow me to fill in any blanks


texts: How can I tell if someone logged in to my macOS Sierra?

texts: It seems as though the activity in my Console has been deleted. Is this possible? There is no data before the login that led me here tonight.


texts: Why does my phone sometimes unlock with TouchID, but not go to home screen/app?

texts:
I have an iPhone 7 running iOS 11.0.1. I just started using TouchID to unlock the phone, and I've occasionally encountered an unexpected behavior.

I thought that when pressing the home button it would unlock and go to the home screen, or last app. I have on multiple occasions pressed the home button to find myself at the lock screen, with the "Press home to open" message at the bottom, and the lock missing at the top. I can't seem to replicate this with any consistency.

The end result is exactly as if I pressed the hold button to wake the phone, and then touched the home button to unlock.

Is there some specific way that I'm pressing the home button to cause this?

I would prefer this behavior to opening to my last app because my natural grip on the phone makes it easier to press the home button than the hold button, and I like to check notifications on the lock screen.


texts: Pre-emptively mute notifications from tab in Safari

texts:
I have messenger.com open in one tab. Sometimes I get messages and they play a ding.

How do I prevent these dings from ringing out?

I know it's possible to mute a tab that is playing audio by clicking the speaker icon in the tab title, but Messenger is not always playing audio.


texts: Is there any way to transfer mp3 files from PC to iPhone without uploading them to the cloud first?

texts:
When I do a search for how to transfer mp3 files from PC to iPhone I invariably come across answers that mention iTunes. E.g:
How to copy MP3 files from my PC to my iphone?
My guess is that what's happening here is that the files are first getting uploaded to the cloud and from there they are downloaded to iPhone. Is that correct? If not, then why does one have to use iTunes?
I have very large amount of data. Is there any way to transfer files directly from PC to iPhone via USB without them being uploaded to the cloud first? The files could even be confidential and so I don't want to upload them to the cloud.


texts:
Is there a way I can make a keyboard shortcut for this?

Tab, Tab, ⬇, S, Return ⏎, Return ⏎

Is there a way I can bind this to a keyboard shortcut, i.e. ⌘ Command⌥ OptionG?


texts: How do I Convert FLAC files to ALAC for iTunes?

texts: I have a pretty large music library in FLAC, and I need to import it to my iTunes library somehow. I want to use the ALAC format to keep everything lossless so I can transcode to different lossy formats later if I need to.


texts: Restore Macintosh HD to its original partition configuration

texts:
I seem to have badly botched a Boot Camp installation of Windows 8.1.  I used Boot Camp Assistant to create a 200 GB BOOTCAMP partition on my 1 TB Fusion Drive.  I then rebooted and failed to install Windows because I did not know at the time that having my external backup drive plugged in would cause the Windows installer to not work.  From the Windows setup partition tool, I tried formatting the BOOTCAMP partition.  That did not help, so I tried deleting it and creating a new partition in its place.  That did not work either, which leads me to where I am now.

I have a ~800 GB Macintosh HD partition and a 200 GB Free Space partition I need to get rid of to be able to give Boot Camp another go.  These are depicted below.

Notice in the above screenshots, there seems to be no way to change the sizes of those partitions.

When I try to use Boot Camp Assistant now, I get the following error message:

The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.
The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.

Note:  I have attempted (twice) to reboot and use the Disk Utility from the recovery menu, but I get the same results.


texts: How to prevent iPad from using Personal Hotspot?

texts: My iPhone5 keeps advertising itself as a Personal Hotspot even though I set that to off. My WiFi only iPad keeps connecting to the iPhone HotSpot every time my WiFi router fails. This is driving up my data usage. How do I make the iPad forget the Personal Hotspot? I have already factory defaulted the Network Settings but it appears anyway. I have also changed the Personal Hotspot password on the iPhone and it connects anyway.


texts:
I am trying to make a bootable USB with the dd command since Boot Camp does not work. If I execute this command:

sudo dd if=Win10.iso of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m

I get a disk formatted as Universal Disk Format with a GUID partition scheme making it unbootable. The way I changed it to Master Boot Record (FDisk) partition scheme was to erase the failed USB contents, change it to FDisk, and run the dd command with disk1s1 instead of disk1 (disk1s1 was the identifier of the only partition on the USB).

What that has done was made an unmounted partition called disk1s1, formatted in FAT and with the FDisk partition scheme, but it is unmountable and I cannot boot from it. When I try mounting it, nothing happens, and the terminal command output is Volume on disk1s1 failed to mount. I cannot repair disk and Verify disk says Invalid BS_jmpBoot in boot block: 000000

As far as I can remember, Ubuntu's bootable USB showed similar behavior with the unmountable disk, but it was detectable by rEFInd.

UPDATE:

The error message I get in VirtualBox is:

VD: error VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED opening image file '/Users/username/RawWinDisk.vmdk' (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).
VD: error VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED opening image file '/Users/username/RawWinDisk.vmdk' (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).
Failed to open image '/Users/username/RawWinDisk.vmdk' in read-write mode (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).
Failed to attach driver below us! Not supported. (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).
AHCI: Failed to attach drive to Port0 (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).

I am using OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks), and I have a 13-inch, Mid 2012 MBP


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My iMac's HDD has died so I need to replace it. I don't just want to go like for like, does anyone know what the upper limits of the machine are?

I have a 1TB USB drive plugged in, so I'm assuming the BOIS can cope with up to a TB which is fine. What I'm more interested in is restrictions on the SATA version and buffer size.

I'm not well versed on the mechanics of a HDD, so forgive me if any of this sounds naive. I just want to get the most bang for my buck.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Rich


texts:
sometimes when i login facebook the profile picture icons just won't load. I tried reseting safari, nothing. When i use chrome everything is ok. I googled it and someone said something about deleting a cache file but i could not find in library the safari cache file (i have no idea what it means, i guess some of you will understand).
I have the safari Version 7.0.2 (9537.74.9) and OS X 10.9.2. Anyone got an idea of how to fix it? Thank you in advance


texts: How do I collect all of my notes and highlights from iBooks?

texts:
I've got a lot of highlighting and notes in iBooks that I've read, and would like to be able to collect them in one easy to use and manipulate format (e.g for writing papers and citing quotes).

For example, I'd like a highlight like this

to produce something (e.g., in CSV) like

  Quod me nutrit me destruit – that which sustains me also destroys me,14,Tamburlane Parts One and Two,Christopher Marlowe,Anthony B. Dawson ed.,Bloomsbury,https://itun.es/us/qSrZ0.l

I can see how to do this (sort of) laboriously, one note at a time, using iBook's "sharing" feature (or copy and paste, of course) but I don't see any way to do it in bulk, for all of my notes from a book, or even all my books.

Is there a way to accomplish this, with an Apple Script or using Automator for example? Or perhaps there is a text or XML file containing my notes and highlighting that I could write a script (in Python, preferably) to parse.


texts: Out of warranty MBP ,Burned Magsafe port and frayed charger cable - repair option and cost?

texts:
I have a MBP 15" 2011 model and has is the burned magsafe port (leftmost pin melted) which i noticed today.

The connector gets too hot sometimes ( but remains ok when I charge in sleep mode). Sometimes the charging will stop and LED will become green and then I reconnect it to get it in charging mode.

The Frayed cable: very light cut at connector side

and heavily frayed at brick as shown.

So what should I do now and how much would it cost to repair this? Should I buy a new charger?
Also I live at a place where there is no Apple Service Center (nearest one is 300 km away). So, can I use these things as they are for 2 weeks i.e. by charging in sleep mode or when the port doesn't get hot while charging.


texts: Macbook Pro random shutdowns (AppleThunderboltNHI.kext and IOThunderboltFamily.kext fix for 10.15.5?)

texts:
I've got a mid-2014 Macbook Pro that suffers from frequent random shutdowns. The screen will turn black while the backlight remains on, the fans will usually spin up, and then after a couple of seconds it'll power down. The shutdowns will occur within the first 30 minutes of use, becoming more frequent after each subsequent reboot - occurring every 5 minutes or so after a couple of restarts.

This issue has been covered and solved previously: https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/433516/MacBook+Pro+Shuts+down+randomly

However, previous fixes (removing and/or renaming AppleThunderboltNHI.kext and/or IOThungerboltFamily.kext) do not appear to be effective at solving the problem on systems running Catalina 10.15.5


texts: Which Macs support macOS internet recovery?

texts:
I know that all modern Macs support internet recovery, but I'm not quite sure how far back that started. How can I tell if internet recovery is supported on a specific model? And when was this feature introduced for each computer in Apple's product lineup?

I'm specifically asking about internet recovery that does not depend on the built-in recovery partition.


texts: Is there a way to recover a disk when FileVault is used?

texts:
I'm trying to restore a crashed hard drive. Using Softtote Data Recovery for Mac, I have recovered 8000+ files. I can't use any of them. Brainstorming with the user, he forgot that he has FileVault enabled.

Is there any way to recover data from a crashed hard drive with FileVault enabled?

The drive in question is an external drive that connects to the Mac using FireWire 800. We are running Mountain Lion so this is a FileVault 2 situation.


texts: Delete photos from icloud but keep in macbook and phone

texts: I find iCloud really annoying and I want to remove my files (mainly photos) from it but still keep them in my phone and laptop. How should i go about doing that?


texts: Will a mac ssd (it already have the os x) boot on a pc?

texts:
So I broke my macbook and I believe that the ssd is still alive with latest os x on it. If I take out the ssd and put it into a pc will it boot?
I saw that apple forbid using their os on a non mac machine.


texts: I don't have administrator account on my mac

texts:
On my mac I have 2 accounts and the both are normal account. So in this moment I don't have a Administrator account, only one that was in the past a administrator, but now is not.

How I can have again a Administrator account?


texts: How to Stop Encrypting process in external hard drive?

texts:
I Have an external 8T external hard disk on "encrypting" process since 10 days in my MAC ... and stuck in 27% ...
* Seagate with APFS.
How can I stop the process and access to my info ?


texts: Text cursor (I-beam) in screen sharing is too large

texts:
I have an issue where the mouse cursor(I-beam) on my Mac (High Sierra) is extra large. The large size only appears when viewing this Mac via Screen Sharing - the client Mac I'm on shows the correct size for the mouse cursor in local application, but whenever I select/hover text in the remote/host Mac the mouse cursor is huge. If I look at the local display for that Mac, the mouse cursor is the correct size, so it's not a system setting on the host, but some kind of display issue with Screen Sharing itself.

Does anyone have any idea how I might be able to reset this or adjust the size? (See below for a screen grab showing the large cursor on the far right. Compare with the second image showing the correctly-sized cursor, grabbed from the host Mac.)

Update: It appears that this only happens in certain applications. I get the large cursor in apps like iTerm and VS Code, but not in other text editing apps like Sublime Text, TextEdit, etc. - even if the selected display font for each app is the same. This just leaves me even more confused.


texts: iPad mini: Download images from webpage preserving file name

texts:
One of my hopes in getting a tablet was convenient webcomic reading. However, I am also in the habit of archiving my favorite webcomics. And for that purpose the file name is pretty important.

Sadly I found that when saving images from webpages the iPad has a total disregard for original file names. It just calls them IMG_0001 etc.

While I can preserve file names using the Download Lite app, it comes at the cost of many conveniences such as Chrome's tab synchronization.

Is it possible to make iOS preserve file names when saving images to the gallery?

Also: No jail breaking. If I have to tinker around to that degree anyway, I'd rather stay with Android.


texts: server-staus in Apache on Catalina: Can't get past "client denied " error

texts:
I'm trying to configure /server-status on my Apache vhosts setup.
I have https running, and the vhosts.
The Mac is running its own httpd, but with my configurations.
Everything works as it should,  except that I can't find how to configure the server-status thing.
I get this in the error log.
client denied by server configuration: /Users/robert/www/Chalmers/server-status
I have the required modules enabled;
# Required modules: mod_authz_core, mod_authz_host,
#                   mod_info (for the server-info handler),
#                   mod_status (for the server-status handler)

and in httpd.info.conf I have
#
# Allow server status reports generated by mod_status,
# with the URL of http://servername/server-status
# Change the ".example.com" to match your domain to enable.

<Location /server-status>
    SetHandler server-status
    Require host robert-chalmers.uk
</Location>

#
# ExtendedStatus controls whether Apache will generate "full" status
# information (ExtendedStatus On) or just basic information (ExtendedStatus
# Off) when the "server-status" handler is called. The default is Off.
#
ExtendedStatus On
#
<Location /server-info>
    SetHandler server-info
    Order allow,deny
    Require host localhost
    Require ip 127
</Location>

I know the system is looking at it because at one point, I have .robert-chalmers.uk in the conf file and it returned this in the error log.
client denied by server configuration: /Users/robert/www/Chalmers/server-status
access check of '.robert-chalmers.uk' to /server-status failed, reason: unable to get the remote host name

I have now reverted that to localhost. But I still can't get it to check the server-status. Or server-info either for that matter.
Does anyone have any experience of this on the Mac OSX 10.15.7
thanks
Robert


texts: Firewall on. I blocked IP 93.184.220.29 with PF but it still popsup in netstat -n

texts:
The firewall is on. I blocked IP 93.184.220.29 with PF but it still popsup in netstat -n.
How is that possible?

jen:~ jen$ sudo pfctl -t blockedips -T show
Password:
No ALTQ support in kernel
ALTQ related functions disabled
   93.184.220.29

Output of

netstat -n

tcp4       0      0  192.168.2.4.51402      93.184.220.29.80       ESTABLISHED
tcp4       0      0  192.168.2.4.51401      93.184.220.29.80       ESTABLISHED

Output of

 sudo pfctl -s all
Password:
No ALTQ support in kernel
ALTQ related functions disabled
TRANSLATION RULES:
nat-anchor "com.apple/*" all
rdr-anchor "com.apple/*" all

FILTER RULES:
scrub-anchor "com.apple/*" all fragment reassemble
anchor "com.apple/*" all
block drop quick on ALL proto tcp from any to any port = 80
block drop quick on ALL proto udp from any to any port = 80

DUMMYNET RULES:
dummynet-anchor "com.apple/*" all

Output of:

sudo pfctl -vvv -s all
Password:
No ALTQ support in kernel
ALTQ related functions disabled
TRANSLATION RULES:
@0 nat-anchor "com.apple/*" all
  [ Owner : nil          Priority : 0     ]
  [ Evaluations: 179894    Packets: 0         Bytes: 0           States: 0     ]
  [ Inserted: uid 0 pid 68 ]
@0 rdr-anchor "com.apple/*" all
  [ Owner : nil          Priority : 0     ]
  [ Evaluations: 574091    Packets: 0         Bytes: 0           States: 0     ]
  [ Inserted: uid 0 pid 68 ]

FILTER RULES:
@0 scrub-anchor "com.apple/*" all fragment reassemble
  [ Owner : nil          Priority : 0     ]
  [ Evaluations: 1133714   Packets: 0         Bytes: 0           States: 0     ]
  [ Inserted: uid 0 pid 68 ]
@0 anchor "com.apple/*" all
  [ Owner : nil          Priority : 0     ]
  [ Evaluations: 574091    Packets: 0         Bytes: 0           States: 0     ]
  [ Inserted: uid 0 pid 68 ]
@1 block drop inet from any to 93.184.220.29
  [ Owner : nil          Priority : 0     ]
  [ Evaluations: 574091    Packets: 812       Bytes: 51968       States: 0     ]
  [ Inserted: uid 0 pid 68 ]
@2 block drop inet from any to 93.184.220.70
  [ Owner : nil          Priority : 0     ]
  [ Evaluations: 573678    Packets: 210       Bytes: 13152       States: 0     ]
  [ Inserted: uid 0 pid 68 ]
@3 block drop quick on ALL proto tcp from any to any port = 80
  [ Owner : nil          Priority : 0     ]
  [ Evaluations: 574091    Packets: 0         Bytes: 0           States: 0     ]
  [ Inserted: uid 0 pid 68 ]
@4 block drop quick on ALL proto tcp from any to any port = 53
  [ Owner : nil          Priority : 0     ]
  [ Evaluations: 0         Packets: 0         Bytes: 0           States: 0     ]
  [ Inserted: uid 0 pid 68 ]


texts: Unable To Change File Name on my external Hardrive pluged in my Mac

texts:
I can't seem to see any options to rename a folder on my external Hard Drive. Please help! :( I have already checked and its not locked and I have the read and write privileged.

P.S
I'm on MacOS Catalina Version 10.15.3


texts: Desktop Safari: Disable "This webpage was reloaded because it was using significant memory"

texts:
My computer has 20 GB of memory, but Safari insists on forcibly reloading Slack for using a few hundred megabytes.

Is there a defaults write command, or some other type of tweak, that can disable or at least raise this threshold?


texts: Do I need to implement anything special to enable VPN access within my iPhone app?

texts:
I have an iPhone application that I would like to use to access a VPN.  I've configured the VPN through the Settings app on the iPhone, but my app still can't access the VPN to get data.   A similar Mac application I developed worked without issues through this VPN.

The connection for VPN used is "PPTP".  In Safari on the devices, typing the url as http://vpnip shows a page with IIS.

Is there anything I have to programmatically enable or configure inside the app to look for the virtual private network?


texts:
I'm in trouble with my Linplug - Morphox plugin; I mean, yesterday I installed the morphox.component into the right folder Macintosh-Library-Audio-plug ins- component.

When I open Logic Pro 9 (32-bit) and I choose the new AU, I put the correct serial number and everything works perfectly.

Today when I open Logic Pro 9 again, and I choose the AU morphox, any kind of wave, in the waves window, is shown, so no sound for me, but yesterday everything was working fine, and I saw the waves in the "OSC1" and "OSC2" windows.

I've attached a pic of morphox so that you can see what I mean at the left top of the pic, two windows without any wave.

I tried to uninstall it, but if I remove the component and the I paste the component again, I have the same problem; I would try to delete the validation key as well, so that when I restart it, I type the validation key again and maybe it would work, but how can I completely delete all files of the component?

Any idea how to fix this?


texts: How do I get my mac to re-scan for devices? -> Keyboard stops working after usb hub/dock with keyboard/mouse connected

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I have a Dock at home and work.  They both use versions of the pluggable usb 3.0 chipset.

Each dock has a keyboard and trackball attached.  When I move from one dock to another the   keyboard and trackpad on the Macbook stop working.  Is there a way to reset the device subsystem without rebooting?

Details that may be relevant:
  Model Name:         MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier:       MacBookPro11,2
  Processor Name:         Intel Core i7
  SMC Version (system):   2.18f6

  System Version:   OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)
  Kernel Version:   Darwin 13.2.0

Could be related to When reconnecting my laptop to an external monitor, the USB ports stop working, as I do use outlook.

Also similar to Internal keyboard and trackpad stop working after plugging in USB device

These questions do not ask how to reset the subsystem, which is a hack.  I can work around the issue if I know that piece of information.


texts: Problematic performance of Adobe CS5.5 suite on OSX (Snow Leopard)

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We are running some 17 iMacs ranging from 2008 models to 2010 models, all with 4gb ram. Most are on 10.5, the newest one on 10.6

We upgraded from CS 4 to CS 5.5 last month. We also upgraded from suitcase fusion 2 to 3 because of this. Both apps with the latest updates.

Now I've got some annoyed designers on my hands ;) The performance is abominable. Just moving a shape sends the CPU into overdrive.

Only one the two cores goes to 100% CPU. Memory is available, no swapping. Disk almost empty. No extreme disk io.

We have implemented all illustrator and indesign performance settings we found on the fora of adobe. This improved the situation somewhat but it's not really workable.

Maybe related, an illustrator file, using only shapes, no fonts, with terrible performance when moving the shape. We tried saving as PDF, from local disk to local disk, 8mb PDF, 1 minute. Opened from our server (Windows, but with AFP sharing via Extreme-Z IP) the PDF is 37mb and it takes 10 minutes.

I'm at a loss so I hope there is some kind of magic bullet :)


texts: How do I share an optical drive with Windows?

texts:
I need to install something from a CD on my PC, but it doesn't have an optical drive.  I have an optical drive on my Mac.

I have enabled "DVD or CD Sharing" from System Preferences:Sharing.  However, when I browse to my Mac on the Network (e.g. \\OSXHostName I don't see the optical drive show up.)

If I add the drive as a shared folder, then I can see it under (e.g.) \\OSXHostName\OFFICE12 but when I double click on it, I get a dialog box telling me it "is not accessible. You might not have permssion to use this network resource..."  But in file sharing everyone has at least read-only access.

I did find one trick mentioned, whereby one creates a symlink from the mounted optical drive to one's home directory, e.g. ln -s /Volumes/OFFICE12 ~/OFFICE12.  But when I do that it doesn't show up (it seems to be hidden) and if I try to manually enter the path into Windows Explorer it says "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action..."

I have no problem accessing the home folder on my Mac.

All the instructions I seem to find mention sharing an optical disk on a Windows PC to a Mac, or sharing an optical disk from one Mac to another.  How do I share an optical disk from the Mac to Windows?  I expected it to "just work".


texts: Does TechTool Deluxe still come with AppleCare?

texts:
I have always purchased AppleCare with new Macs, and I seem to recall TechTool Deluxe being an important part of the bundle. I bought an iMac at the beginning of the year and neglected to pop in the AppleCare DVD at that time since I knew I was already registered for support and the TT app was migrated from my old computer.

However, today when I got the urge to investigate some drive integrity issues, the migrated version of TT wasn't compatible with the current OS and I couldn't seem to find my AppleCare DVD. Some Google searching shows that as recent as last December, the app was available for download from apple.com, however, those links are now dead and Apple's product page makes no mention of TechTool Deluxe whatsoever. (Micromat's own website has a sneaky past-tense "was" in their product description now.

So, what's the low-down? When did the bundle expire--did the AppleCare I purchased in January contain this on the DVD? Am I screwed if I can't find that DVD, or are there other download options? Any reasons I might not want to use that software?


texts: Accessing Gmail via IMAP using Lion's Mail client

texts:
I've been using POP to access my Gmail account pretty much since Google offered it. I've been meaning to migrate to IMAP access for a while now, and initial attempts to switch yesterday caused quite a bit of pain. I had problems ranging from 55000 messages trying to download, to being locked out of my account with the error message 'Account exceeded command or bandwidth limits.'

I've found a useful looking reference, http://tidbits.com/article/10253, but it was written back in 2009, so I'm not sure how much of the information has been superseded in subsequent Mail upgrades. Does anyone else have experience and/or links to resources about using Gmail IMAP and Mail in Lion effectively?


texts: How do I search by file extension in MacOS Finder?

texts: In trying to search for a .ai file, I have tried doing kind:ai, and have also tried doing it via the kind selector (see image below). I know how to do this using the linux "find" command already, but I really want to find a way to do this using the native finder interface.


texts: Give assistive access to a single applescript

texts:
I have this script:

#!/usr/bin/env osascript
activate application "SystemUIServer"
tell application "System Events"
tell process "SystemUIServer" to keystroke "q" using {command down, control down}
end tell

It needs assistive access. It seems I have to enable this access for the whole terminal application (iTerm2 in my case) to get it to work. This seems like giving a lot of privilege to iTerm. What are the security implications? Is there a workaround?


texts: How do I sync notes between two macs with the new Notes.app in Mountain Lion?

texts:
I've tried the following to sync notes between two macs with the new notes.app in Mountain Lion:

System Preferences > iCloud and check the "document and date" service.
System Preferences > Mail Calendar, select the iCloud account and check the sync notes box, then click add. It unchecked itself after I quit system preferences.
System Preferences > iCloud and check the sync notes box. It asked me to specify or create a @me.com account.

How do I sync notes between two macs with the new notes.app in Mountain Lion?

Is the only way to do this is to create a @me.com account?


texts: Continue moving files when process stopped

texts:
I was transferring (moving) files from one drive to another. Then the computer was out of battery and it did a shutdown.

Now I see the group of files I wanted to move "50% opacity" in the destination folder. I can do nothing with them. And if I try to move again from the source, it says that the files are in use.

How can I resume the move?

Did I lose any files in the source drive? I ask this because some of them moved, and now they are not in the source folder... but the destination folder is "untouchable".


texts: Running Say Command When Mac Is Logged Out

texts: What would happen if I (remotely) ran a say command on a Mac that's logged out? Would the command run? Or wait until the user logs in to run?


texts: How can I access call history that no longer shows up on my phone?

texts:
I understand that the call log on the iPhone only holds 100 calls.I missed a call a few weeks ago and I know the approximate date and time I received it. Scrolling through the call log on the iPhone I don't see the call any longer, I also don't see it in the log from AT&T as I didn't pick up the call.

Is there a call history on iCloud (or somewhere else) which I could use to figure out where the missed call was coming from?


texts: How do disable iOS keyboard from displaying?

texts:
When I press my finger down on the iPad in any app, the iOS keyboard pops up automatically. How do I disable this? It is very distracting when trying to paste text or a screenshot into OneNote for example.
iPad 12.9 2018
IOS 13.7


texts: Error trying to install any macOS version in macbook 2010 mid

texts:
I have a problem that I have not been able to solve for weeks, and nowhere do I find a solution to this, perhaps someone with more knowledge will help me and help others with this thread, the problem is as follows
I have a 2010 macbook mid, and I had high sierra installed, I want to go to catalina, use the catalina patcher to perform the entire procedure exactly as indicated by others as well

usb botteable utilize 2
format use all
Also try to install it without usb
use OS image from internet downloaded via torrent or download it from the catalina patcher app itself
use also mojave patcher and high sierra patcher

when entering the bootable formatie as apfs guid, and also use the mac os format
I have the same error
after starting the installer after 2 minutes it goes to a screen that shows the error
"MacOS cannot be installed on your computer"
an error occurred while installing macOS, to use apple diagnostics to check your mac's hardware, turn off the computer, etc, etc
To see the diagnostic error, it does not show anything, only the planet and an exclamation point, nor using the internet cable.

I also changed the DATE to finish changing the date from 2016 to 2021 and I don't solve it

I think from my point of view that the error is in the image that is downloaded by OSX (although the downloaded megabytes seem the correct size), can it be that you have to use a virgin image? I do not know what to do, if someone can help in this it would be appreciated in a huge way
imagen for error


texts:
Once a week or so, Mail.app will not display the contents of a mail message. Selecting Mailbox -> Rebuild fixes bandaids the issue until next time.

I only have one account in Mail.app, pointing to a Microsoft hosted Exchange server. This has happened consistently for the past 3 months.

What information would help to solve this problem, or what is a solution to this problem?


texts: What to do about a bad video card in a 2010 Mac?

texts:
It seems it was just 2013 when Yan asked a question about a Mac showing a strange display. I'm now getting exactly that display, on a Mac that seems to me to be around the same vintage as Yan's, 2010.

The responses to Yan's question talked about plugging in an external monitor. But if the video card is bad, won't the image in the external monitor be just the same one Yan photographed? In other words, doesn't the video signal to every monitor emerge from the same bad video card?

What can I do to retrieve the files from my Mac without allowing anyone else access to these files? I would be willing to replace the Mac if that would somehow facilitate. Is there really a way to just plug in another monitor, or some other new hardware, into the old Mac? If I have to take the Mac to the shop to replace the video card, will that allow the repair shop access to my files? Is there a way to get the files from the Mac without replacing the video card? What are my options?


texts: Wifi: no hardware installed, then flashing question mark when restarting

texts:
I bought my laptop ( MacBook Pro mid 2012 or 2011) I have 10.11.2 OS X elcaptain.
This entire thing started few days ago. I was watching a movie late at night on my laptop and I think I probably slept and forgot to close my laptop. I woke up closed it. Few hours later, I opened it to access the internet I get the option of wifi: no hardware installed. I've never seen something like this before. So, I restarted. It didn't work. Today, my friend told me to shut it down then press command and r when I open it and restoring my laptop that might make it work. Now, I did this and the computer asks for Internet recovery, but it can't connect in the first place. I shut it down. I opened again and there's a question mark in a folder flashing. Then I shut it down pressed command and r and it gives me option to choose a network and the option is x literally. I can't ask for Apple support's help as I am out of the country for vacation and I can only wait until I'm back by the 8th of January, and I really need my laptop to work. Any suggestions? Please?


texts: I am a complete amateur at this. How would I get this AppleScript to work on my Macbook Pro on boot? What steps do I need to take? What does the script do?


texts: Notes app broke on Mac Pro after macOS Sierra upgrade

texts:
I upgraded to macOS Sierra and my Notes app crashes as soon as its launched.

Has anyone else faced this issue?

Crashed Thread:        13  Dispatch queue: NSManagedObjectContext 0x6080001c41a0

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'CKException', reason: 'data can not be nil'
abort() called
terminating with uncaught exception of type CKException

Application Specific Backtrace 1:
0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff9adb052b __exceptionPreprocess + 171
1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fffaf488cad objc_exception_throw + 48
2   CloudKit                            0x00007fff9a6d71d0 -[CKEncryptedData initWithEncryptedData:] + 0
3   CloudKit                            0x00007fff9a6d747b -[CKEncryptedData copyWithZone:] + 92
4   CloudKit                            0x00007fff9a6976cc -[CKRecord copyWithZone:] + 1706
5   NotesShared                         0x00007fffaa6ede18 -[ICCloudSyncingObject newlyCreatedRecord] + 75
6   NotesShared                         0x00007fffaa803ce0 -[ICNote(CloudKit) newlyCreatedRecord] + 65
7   NotesShared                         0x00007fffaa6be0aa +[ICCloudContext deduplicatedRecordsForCloudObjects:] + 703
8   NotesShared                         0x00007fffaa6b8e76 -[ICCloudContext operationsToModifyRecordsForCloudObjectsToSave:delete:deleteShares:saveUserSpecificRecords:addDependencies:] + 1037
9   NotesShared                         0x00007fffaa6c2208 -[ICCloudContext _processCloudObjects:completionHandler:] + 1914
10  NotesShared                         0x00007fffaa6c19fd __53-[ICCloudContext processObjectIDs:completionHandler:]_block_invoke


texts: How to respond to reminder notifications using the keyboard

texts:
I can respond using the mouse, but it feels too slow:

move the mouse pointer to the "Options" button
click on it
select an option

Is there a way to do this with the keyboard?


texts: Sync Chrome passwords with Apple iCloud Keychain

texts: Is there a tool or a process where I can export/sync my Google Chrome saved passwords into iCloud Keychain?


texts:
So I'm buying a used Mac Pro 1.1 next month. It has an original dual Intel Xenon dual-core CPUs, and I'm aiming to upgrade it to Intel Xenon X5355s and I already bought them.

I've read a lot about it online and some people say that they needed to upgrade the firmware. Youtube upgrade demonstrations were helpful though.

My question is - how can I tell if Mac Pro needs a firmware upgrade, and if it does, how is it upgraded?

Also, is firmware same thing as BIOS in PCs?

Sorry if this has been asked before, but most topics address these terms as something common, but I've never used a Mac before. An in-depth explanation would be great.


texts: Rails Command Fails Because of Space in Path

texts:
I tried setting up a Ruby on Rails project on my nice safe volume called "Data RAID". The set up failed with some strange errors that I eventually tracked down to the space in the path name. It works if I execute it on another volume. I tried setting up a symlink to the directory, which works fine with the cd command, but doesn't help with the set up. Is it possible to get an application to use a symlink or other method that avoids the pathname with a space?

The Terminal command I'm running that errors out is

rails new projectnamae

One other twist is something I set up to specify the location of the gems:

mkdir ~/.bundle
touch ~/.bundle/config
echo 'BUNDLE_PATH: vendor/bundle' >> ~/.bundle/config

It is with the gems that I'm getting the error.


texts: jailbreak gone bad - how to fix? (running ios 7.0.3 and used evasion)

texts:
I've tried jailbreaking my 4S running 7.0.3 using evasi0n, but this resulted in a bootloop (i.e. stuck at apple logo) which seems to be quite common! :/

Anyway, I've searched the net for solutions and it seems the only way to get this fix is to restore using IPSW.

But since I'm running on iOS7, I wanna keep it that way.

Is there a way to restore my phone running iOS 7.0.3 to the same version? I've always seen replies where people says they can't downgrade to an earlier version because Apple has stopped signing. So I'm not really sure how this works when it comes to staying on the same but old version.

Thanks! :)


texts: iPhone charging gives warning: "[cannot connect USB device]" then "[enter passcode]"

texts:
I am using iPhone 6 running iOS 12.4.

I had been having trouble getting good connection between lightning cable and charging port. I cleaned-out lint/dirt from the port about 1 month ago, and all was ok.

Then, starting 7 days ago, 5 times since then when I insert lightning cable to re-charge I get an error that reads something like: Cannot connect USB device. Enter passcode. But, there is no clear presentation of how to enter the passcode (which doesn't matter because I would not do it anyway).

Each time, I pull-out the cable. Blow into the re-charge port. Choose a different lightning cable and re-insert. On either the 1st or 2nd re-insert, and wiggling it around a little, with the new cable, the Cannot connect USB device message goes away and charging happens ok. I've never heard of "connecting USB devices to iPhones", so is this a clue?

That is such a strange error message about "cannot connect a usb device to the phone", but is this a standard progression of a complete hardware failure of my charging port?


texts: Airplay from iPhone to Airport Express, but use iPhone LTE

texts:
is there a way to stream content (music) to an Airport Express from an iPhone, but using that iPhone’s LTE data instead of the WiFi connection for internet?

Basically the LTE is a ton faster than our WiFi. I don’t need the Airport Express for anything but music streaming to a set of speakers. A natural way of doing that would be to open a personal hotspot on the iPhone, and connecting the AE to that - unfortunately the iPhone hotspot does not show up as a network in Airport Utility; it seems making a direct connection isn’t possible. Is there another option?

edit: think I figured it out. Disconnected the AE from LAN, but it’s still in “Create a wireless network” mode. When connecting to that WiFi from iPhone, it will show up with a “No Internet Connection” warning on iOS, and the iPhone falls back to cellular..

however, the connection keeps dropping out and reconnecting. Airplay keeps glitching out / there is intermittent silence a few times per minute. Seems like either the iPhone or the AE or both don’t like this connection. Quite annoying!


texts: How to focus on list of found files after search in Finder using the keyboard with full keyboard access activated?

texts:
I like using the keyboard as much as possible. In particular, I'd like to be able to activate a search, type my search term, press a key to move to the search list, and then use the arrow keys to navigate to my search result.

I can trigger a search in Finder in a number of ways:

commandf
commandoptionspace

When I search "This Mac", pressing the tab key six times enables keyboard access to the search list. When I search within a particular folder, pressing tab gets me as far as "This Mac", and then the tab key stops working.

Pressing the tab key six times is not a particularly efficient option, and it doesn't always work.

After a little exploration, I learned that if I switch Full Keyboard Access from "All controls" to "Text boxes and lists only" (in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts), it only takes one tab keypress to activate search results. However, in general I like to have full keyboard access.

I was hoping there would be some key combination that could be used to focus on the list of files in Finder. Thus, my question is:

How can I focus on a list of found files after search in Finder using the keyboard with Full Keyboard Access set to "All controls"?


texts:
So I was using my iPhone and then, all of the sudden my home button stopped working randomly. I can’t figure it out I replaced the home button and it still doesn’t work. It seems to be software related because Siri randomly turns on and also I tried resetting it in dfu mode. Also the fact that I could put it in dfu mode which means it must be software because the home button is required to put it in dfu mode.

Has anyone ever experienced something similar or has any tips to get it working?


texts: Stop dock moving between monitors while moving mouse to the bottom of screen

texts:
We know why it is moving: Why does my dock keep moving back to my other monitor?

Now, how can we stop it? Some terminal command or even paid software?


texts: Mail Mac automatically creates a link, even if I remove it manually

texts:
When composing an email using Mail Mac (OS X El Capitan), if I write something .cc, an hyperlink is automatically created. Since I do not want this, I manually remove the link. Anyway, when the email is sent, in the inbox folder the link appears again.
Is there a way to prevent Mail to automatically add the link after I remove it?


texts: Custom mail check interval in Mail App on OS X?

texts:
I've already disabled "IDLE Command" so it won't push emails as soon as they arrive in my IMAP (Google Apps). I have set my mail check interval 1 hour (the longest available).

I can close my Mail App after finishing with my email routine but I sometimes forget that.

Is there a plugin or a command line script to extend the 1 hour mail check interval to, say, 3 hour or 4 hours.


texts: How to get the default compiler of c++ on Mac os x

texts:
I am new in c++ on Mac os x and I need to know how to get some details:

How to get the default compiler c++/c?
How to change the default compiler?
How to set the compiler in a CMakelists.txt file when using CMake?


texts: OS slows down when I connect external monitor

texts:
I'm currently using a Mid-2015 MacBook pro and running Catalina's latest build on it. Although for quite a long time anytime I connect the MacBook to an external display it seriously slows down. when I check the usage via activity monitor I'll notice a huge spike in activities even if I'm not doing anything on the system

I've tried so many things like mission control, Pram reset e.t.c


texts: How to make spotlight index files shared over AFP

texts:
I'm sharing a local folder on a 10.8.5 Mac Mini server via AFP. The share is set to allow a certain user group to write to it. When users in this group place files in the directory, they are owned by that user.  The problem is that spotlight will not index these files.  If I chown one of the files to the local admin user, it immediately gets indexed by spotlight.

# Observe the initial file ownerships:
$ ls -el /Shared/mds-test-doc.pdf
-rw-r--r--+ 1 otheruser  wheel  36279 May  7 15:23 /Shared/mds-test-doc.pdf
 0: group:somegroup inherited allow read,write,execute,append,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity
# Observe that mdfind doesn't see it (or any other files containing a period
# character within that directory)
$ mdfind -count -onlyin /Shared '.'
0
# Change the file's owner to adminuser:
$ sudo chown adminuser /Shared/mds-test-doc.pdf
# Sanity check the new ownerships:
$ ls -el /Shared/mds-test-doc.pdf
-rw-r--r--+ 1 adminuser  wheel  36279 May  7 15:23 /Shared/mds-test-doc.pdf
 0: group:somegroup inherited allow read,write,execute,append,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity
# Now mdfind sees it:
$ mdfind -count -onlyin /Shared '.'
1
# Remove the -count to confirm it's the expected file:
$ mdfind -onlyin /Shared '.'
/Shared/mds-test-doc.pdf

So as you see, just re-owning the files allows them to be indexed (instantly I might add). Obviously one fix would be simply recursively owning all the folder contents.  Many web solutions I've found suggest doing this or making the Repair Disk Permissions tools to do it for you.  Such a solution isn't ideal because:

the files are supposed to be owned by otheruser
a recursive chown only fixes files at that moment, so it would need to be executed periodically (launchd/cron job) to keep the files up-to-date and indexed

Is there a better way of fixing this?  Maybe I'm missing a server or spotlight setting somewhere?


texts: How can I disable Safe Boot or the Shift Key?

texts:
After a spill on the keyboard of my unibody MBP 17", the ⇧ key reports as always on.

Under Windows (BootCamp) and Linux (LiveDVD) I can easily get around the problem by using an external keyboard.

However, when trying to boot into OSX, the system always starts into Safe Mode (as is intended when holding ⇧). This prevents many features from working.

Disconnecting the internal keyboard from the main board will also disable the power switch, which is thus not an option.

Is there any way to disconnect the ⇧ key on its own or disable safe-boot altogether?


texts:
Alot of existing iPhone 4 cases are now being marketed as iPhone 4S cases; but I'm not sure that all of them would be compatible with an iPhone 4S. Can anyone who has found a case that fits add it to the answers?

  For example my girlfriend has two Incipio iPhone 4 cases (DermaShot
  and NGP) and neither of them fit my new iPhone 4S (due to the position
  of the mute switch and the volume buttons) despite the Incipio site
  saying that they are iPhone 4S cases.


texts: Removing the “unread messages” indicator when messages were deleted by bug

texts:
So, I recently experienced what seems to be quite an old bug in the default Messages app for the iPhone: while I was typing a text message, my phone’s battery died, and when the phone was powered back on, my text message history seemed to have been entirely deleted. However, there’s still the little number in a red bubble on the app’s icon indicating unread messages, which I don’t seem to be able to remove since I can’t read the deleted messages.
Is there any way to recover the messages so that I can read them (other than using a cloud backup I haven’t made), or a way to reset the unread messages indicator to display the correct value for the messages it has access to?


texts: My iPhone 4S power button is no longer functioning properly

texts:
As the title says, my iPhone 4S's power button has suddenly stopped "depressing", making it very hard to do push. I understand that Apple offers their own Limited Warranty for a year, but sadly (inevitably?) my phone is a few months beyond that.

As I live in the United Kingdom, I know every product has to have a six year warranty, even Apple's, and that's reflected on their website.

So, what are my options? Will Apple repair my phone for free? Do I need to go back to the company I bought my phone through? Is this sort of defect even covered by the two year warranty?


texts: How to find out which cipher suites an iOS application uses?

texts: I'm trying to find out which cipher suites and SSL/TLS protocol an app uses. In the privacy policy it is written that it uses SSLv3 but when I tested the server of the app's developer using an SSL checker it said it supports TLS 1.2 1.1 1.0 and SSL 3.0. Is there any way to determine the cipher suites used and the exact protocol an app uses to send data to a server?


texts:
Has anyone compiled doom3, released here:
https://github.com/TTimo/doom3.gpl ?

I have never done something like that before (compile c++/xcode project) and a how-to would be more than welcome.

Also how do I know if it can run in my macbook?


texts:
I need an AppleScript application on the desktop to watch a folder, also on the desktop, for files that have been moved to it.

So far, I have:

global folderSpool
tell application "Finder" to set folderSpool to folder "Spool" of desktop

on adding folder items to folderSpool after receiving the_files
    repeat with each_file in the_files
        set theDialogText to "File is: " & (each_file) & "."
        display dialog theDialogText
    end repeat
end adding folder items to

When I export the script as an application, I set it to: "Stay open after run handler." I then open the application and keep it running.

However, when I move files to the "Spool" folder, nothing happens.

I tried the on idle option, but it kept creating dialogue after dialogue, rather than doing so when files were moved to the folder.

Any ideas?


texts: How can I extract/use icons in an icontainer file?

texts:
I want to change dock view so I downloaded an icontainer file that should contain files to replace some in /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Resources...

But how to extract files from icontainer files?


texts: diskutil eraseDisk results in Error: 12: POSIX reports: Cannot allocate memory

texts:
I'm trying to format my usb drive that is partitioned with FAT32 by the following command in Terminal:

$ diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ UntitledUFS disk1

However, I get this output:

Started erase on disk1
Unmounting disk
Error: 12: POSIX reports: Cannot allocate memory


texts:
Every few months or so, my iPhone 6S becomes unable to charge via the lightning port without jiggling the cable. I am able to fix this problem by using a paper clip to clean pocket lint out of the port. A surprising amount always comes out!

However, I'm always a little nervous about damaging my phone while cleaning the port. Is there a better method?