texts: Is there an app that will let me drag/drop and copy/paste across two Macs?

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I've got two Macs sitting right next to each other and I'm logged on to both of them. Is there some app that will allow me to drag and drop across the two of them? Specifically, I'm trying to share snippets of text. I could upload the text to a website or put it into a file and sync it via AirDrop or DropBox, but if there's an app that would "combine" the desktops while allowing me to remain logged in to both machines, that would be phenomenal. Is there such an app?

Edit:

To clarify, I'd like my two desktops to behave as though they were two "spaces" next to each other on one computer, despite that their both logged in from separate user accounts on different machines. I'm not looking for a file-sharing solution.


texts: Planning to triple boot with macOS, Windows, and Linux. Do I use/do Bootcamp before or after installing Linux?

texts: Pretty much just the title. Does the order that you do it in matter?


texts: Full Disk Encryption with Time Machine Backup

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I don't know the appropriate setup to encrypt whole disk drive using FileVault 2 and Automatically backup it without issues. Currently, I'm using a 2nd-gen Intel i7 MBP running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G5019), One Internal Crucial SSD, APFS volume, and using Time Machine for Backup on a G-technology External Drive, Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         499.9 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +499.9 GB   disk1
                             Physical Store disk0s2
1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            456.0 GB   disk1s1
2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 20.4 MB    disk1s2
3:                APFS Volume Recovery                512.0 MB   disk1s3
4:                APFS Volume VM                      10.7 GB    disk1s4

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *4.0 TB     disk2
1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
2:                  Apple_HFS G-DRIVE USB             4.0 TB     disk2s2
3:       Microsoft Basic Data G-UTILITIES             4.1 GB     disk2s3


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I am using macOS Catalina, and I would like to change the system font to something other than San Francisco.

I tried TinkerTool, but it doesn’t really work.


texts: iPhone shows 1.3GB of photos but I don't have any

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Edited:

Orginal question:
My iPhone 4S shows that I have 1.3GB of photos but I don't have any.
How to empty this amount of space and make it available?

I go to "settings" -> "general" -> "usage" -> "manage storage" and then "Photos & Camera" shows that there is 1.3GB of using space but I have no photos at all. So I go to that "Photos & Camera" and I see that "Shared Photo Stream" takes most of it, so about 1.3GB but I don't share any photos.
But! If I take one photo using camera and then it appears in "Photos" -> "Camera Roll" then I go to "settings" -> "general" -> "usage" -> "manage storage" -> "Photos & Camera" then it shows that "Photo Library" uses almost 1.3GB of storage space in my iPhone and "Shared Photo Stream" almost none. And if I delete this one photo then "Shared Photo Stream" shows that there is almost 1.3GB using space and "Photo Library" uses almost none.

I use iOS 8 but before when there was iOS7 the problem was the same and it was the main reason why I updated to iOS8 because I was hopping it resolves this problem but the problem is still there.

Help please
End of original question.

Added latter:
No matter which iOS and build is installed same problem was even if the newest iOS is installed. I said was coz
only solution is to instal for example iExplorer on PC then plug in iPhone to PC and using iExplorer delete all picture cache data on iPhone. It seams picture cache on iPhone is kept even if iPhone was restored to complete factory setting and set as new. As I said problem solved by third party software. Apple has had no idea how to fix it.


texts: Get Size of Folder Containing Hardlinks (like Time Machine Backups)

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I'm using an rsync script to make incremental backups of a specific folder, in very much the same way Time Machine does. I'm very interested to know how large my backup destination folder is. However when I Get Info in the Finder, it tells me the size as if each hardlink is it's own unique file.

Is there a way I can calculate the actual disk space used by a folder, where hard-linked files aren't being counted again and again for each link?


texts: Disable Photos auto-import when connecting memory card

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I use Lightroom and external CF card reader on a MacBook with 10.11.6. Every time I connect a memory card the Photos import dialog pops up, which is quite annoying since its starts reading from the memory card and often locks up.

How do I disable it globally?


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I stated having this behaviour recently when I tried executing my sh script via sh my_script.sh.
It was a simple script with some pyinstaller command.
Now, the issue that I'm having is that my terminal is not able to access/read file in present directory.
If I give ls, I can see the file in the directory, but when I try to run that file, my terminal just shows
zsh: command not found: hulusubs_dl_osx
Binary file that I'm trying to run is hulusubs_dl_osx.
xonshiz@MacBook-Pro Downloads % ls
Bills
Notes
Some Important Things
hulusubs_dl_osx
xonshiz@MacBook-Pro Downloads % hulusubs_dl_osx
zsh: command not found: hulusubs_dl_osx
xonshiz@MacBook-Pro Downloads %

As you can see that the file hulusubs_dl_osx shows up, but when I try to access it, I get command not found error.
But, if I were to provide full path to that file, then terminal is able to run that file
xonshiz@MacBook-Pro Downloads % ls
Bills
Notes
Some Important Things
hulusubs_dl_osx
xonshiz@MacBook-Pro Downloads % hulusubs_dl_osx
zsh: command not found: hulusubs_dl_osx
xonshiz@MacBook-Pro Downloads % /Users/xonshiz/Downloads/hulusubs_dl_osx --version
2021.01.08.3
xonshiz@MacBook-Pro Downloads %

I can access my other installations like Python, brew etc., just fine. But, I can't access any file. It's not just the case with this hulusubs_dl file, but with any given file. I was able to run the file directly few days ago.
Does anyone have any clue what might be happening? What I might've changed that caused this?
P.S: I'm on Catalina


texts: Does OS X continue to copy files when my laptop goes to sleep?

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I am currently backing up a large amount of files to a portable hard drive on my Macbook Pro running High Sierra.

It should take a few hours, and generally in around 15 minutes my laptop screen goes dark, and when I wake it, it asks me for my password again.

Does my computer continue to copy files when this occurs?

If so, does it do so at the same rate, or a reduced rate due to the computers state?


texts: My 2014 MacBook Pro is not able run external monitor at high refreshrate

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I recently bought a Acer 2K 144Hz monitor to pair with my 2013 Retina MacBook pro. I am connecting the monitor to the MBP via Thunderbolt port to DisplayPort cable. As far as I know, my MBP should  support Thunderbolt 2, which should be able to drive the monitor at 2K 144Hz.
Even though I do see the monitor running at 2560x1440 resolution, I see the refresh rate is only 60Hz. Going to the display settings, the refresh rate option is greyed out and is set at 60hz.
Any pointers on what could be the issue here? Could it be caused by a faulty Thunderbolt to DP cable?


texts: Set up a password policy that has a maximum failed login attempts and a reset after a certain period of time

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I tried using pwpolicy to set this up.  I was able to set up maxFailedLoginAttempts, but setting minutesUntilFailedLoginReset doesn't seem to do anything.  When I query pwpolicy using:

 pwpolicy -n /Local/Default -getglobalpolicy

I keep seeing that minutesUntilFailedLoginReset=0 even though I just set it to 60.  I even tried changing this for one user, and it claims it was changed but when I query the user's policy or the effective policy nothing has changed.


texts: How to block specific websites without using Parental Controls?

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I know I can block websites in Parental Controls, but accessing that option requires the "Limit Adult Websites" option, which I find to be overly strict.

Is there a way to block specific websites without third-party software?

I'm running High Sierra on my laptop.


texts: How to Remove Default Web Browser Option

texts: I installed Private Internet Access VPN and then uninstalled it with CleanMyMac. As far as I can tell there is no PIA folders or files left on the computer (I could be wrong of course). I noticed that in the default web browser options under system preferences, Private Internet Access is listed as an option. How would I go about removing this? Do I have to edit a .plist file? Where would the available default web browser options be kept in MacOS Serra? Thank you.


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I blocked the com.apple.geod process with my software firewall but after 2 days of non-stop 1 second attempts I just pkill'ed it.

I want to know what services are using this so I can disable them from running com.apple.geod if possible.

Edit:
Scratch the pkill.  That didn't keep it away for long.


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Now that the 10.8.3 update is out for Mountain Lion with Windows 8 support, I would like to update my existing Windows 8 installation (upgrade from 7) to have the new drivers without re-installing Windows.

Does the Apple tools in Windows handle the update or is there a process that I must follow?

The reason for wanting to update the drivers to get newer graphics drivers specifically.


texts: Photos plugins: use TIFF instead of JPG as interchange format

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I recently had to move from Aperture to Photos for organising and editing my RAW format photos as Aperture no longer lets me order print products. I use quite a few plugins for the editing bit, which in Aperture could be done with the lossless TIFF file format. However, when using a plugin in Photos I see the image file has been converted to JPG. Is there a way to change this to also use TIFF or PNG?

I'm unable to see any quality loss with my own eyes, but I prefer to keep my photos as high quality as possible for print etc.


texts: Syncing iOS devices to multiple Macs with same Apple ID

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Not really a duplicate to the specific question but related:
  Sharing music in the iTunes library with multiple accounts and iOS devices.

I got a 2011 13-inch MacBook Air for my upcoming college courses.  This is my second Mac, I also have a 2010 Mac Mini.  Part of the reason for the Air is it's lightweight and mobility.  Part of this sacrifice is a somewhat small 128gb, means it just isn't reasonable to store my music library on the Air.  I'd like to keep my verging on 40gb music collection on the Mini.

I also have an iPad and an iPod touch.  I would like to sync my iPad and iPod to my Mini for music and my Air for documents, such as PDFs, school files, iCal and Address Book.  Is this possible?  Is there anything I have to do before I start syncing to the Air?

A Google check didn't bring up anything relevant to what I was attempting to do.

Yes, this is possible.

This was tested using an iPod touch 4th generation, a 2010 Mac Mini and a 2011 MacBook Air.  iPod running iOS 4.3 and Macs running Lion

Sync your iPod to the Mac storing your music library.
Ensure to select 'Manually manage music' from your device's main screen in  iTunes.
Manually sync your music to your device.  (This didn't take long as the  iPod didn't delete the existing music before attempting to sync.)
Sync the iPod to the 2nd Mac.  At the iTunes prompts to replace music and photos select 'Cancel', optionally select 'Don't remind me again' as well to avoid the prompt.
Manually sync other info to your device, such as iCal, Address Book and Mail Accounts.

This way you can have music/videos on a storage machine and your other important info on a daily user.

Of course...iCloud makes this a little obsolete.  But, good to know for when you have limited Internet access.


texts: Black screen (no boot up) after upgrading RAM to 16GB on mid 2010 macbook pro

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I have a mid-2010 (core2duo) macbook pro with 4GB (2x2) RAM. I bought 2x8GB RAM Crucial 8GB Single DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL11 SODIMM to upgrade RAM to 16GB. Now after replacing these DIMMs my laptop would not start up and just shows black screen without anything on it.

Both the DIMMs are fine since if I try one of the new ones with one of the old ones my laptop boots up fine and shows the correct total of 10GB RAM. But using both the news ones together seems to be causing the problem.

I have read online that 16GB is supported by mid 2010 macbook pros. Also as per the Apple support site the mid 2010 mbp supports PC3-8500 DDR3 1066 MHz while I have the new ones as  DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800). But I have read online that this should work just fine. (PC3-12800 are cheaper compared to PC3-8500 so I thought I would give this a try)


texts: Mac swift process blocks system, high memory pressure

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Recently, since XCode 11, my Mac starts a process (it seems like it does so when indexing or building files) called swift and my Mac soon starts to lag. This process gathers a lot of memory (sometimes it gathers up to 70 GB) from my computer and I have to kill the process every time in order to get back to normal and start using my Mac as before.

How do I stop this memory pressure from increasing this much ?


texts: Why is an application running so slowly when started with launchctl?

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I've written an application in C++, using OpenGL and Cinder. When I launch the app file from the Finder, it runs nice and smoothly at 60FPS. However, when I launch it using launchctl load the performance is terrible, the UI is sluggish and in general it runs at about half the desired FPS.

I'd like to use launchctl to keep the application alive in the event that it crashes or needs to restart for content updates. I've read through this tutorial: http://www.launchd.info/ and found some configuration settings that might be useful, namely Data, MemoryLock, NumberOfProcesses, ResidentSetSize & Stack, but I'm not sure what values to set these at, or if they are even useful.

One interesting note, is that I've noticed that in the Activity Monitor, that the CPU usage is much lower when using launchctl.

Here is my current plist file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>

  <key>Label</key>
  <string>PROCESS_ID</string>

  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>

  <key>KeepAlive</key>
  <true/>

  <key>ThrottleInterval</key>
  <integer>30</integer>

  <key>Program</key>
  <string>PATH_TO_EXECUTABLE</string>

</dict>
</plist>

Update:
I figured out a work around for this problem. Rather than pointing to the executable, we can use open and supply a path to the app file. I haven't figured out what the difference is between launching the executable directly, but it seems to remediate the problem.

Here is an example:

<key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
  <string>/usr/bin/open</string>
  <string>-W</string>
  <string>/Applications/Safari.app</string>
</array>


texts: Old Mac Pro with consistent, mysterious ailment

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"MacPro 8-core", aka "8x", aka "MacPro2,1", from 2007-8.

Frequent syndrome with always the same two symptoms together: at the end of boot sequence, right when desktop is supposed to display, monitor goes dark and USB mouse can't move, but can click. Symptoms always happen together.

Many SMC (and nvram) resets, tests from different startup disks, Apple Software Diagnostic (both the EFI and the OS versions) passing all tests, different mice, etc. Reseated graphics card, RAM, airport and bluetooth.

While the problem is happening I control with Apple Remote Desktop, so that's how I know the mouse can click (but not move! weird!) and the OS is up and running while monitor is dark, etc.  In this state system report sees no monitor.  But again this is not just a display issue.

And if the startup finishes normally, then monitor stays on, and mouse moves, and all work indefinitely until shutdown/restart.

Wondering if someone here has insight with this particular, peculiar clue.


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I just formatted my Mac and upgrade it to El Capitan,
When I open Terminal I see that I am always logged in as root:

How can I get my usual user name every time I open a new Terminal window,

I have tried su -l username and it worked, however when I close the window and open another the root user comes back.


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I am trying to figure out how to use this command with mac os x

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth2 -j MASQUERADE

The only thing I have found that seems like it might work is

ipfw add m all from me to 0.0.0.0/0

but I get: ipfw: invalid action m\n'

Does anybody know how I could translate the iptable code to mac compatible code?


texts: Kernel Panic and continuous beeping when restarting

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I have a MBP (mid 2010, 13") and this is the usual kernel panic that I see each time that it restarts (sometimes it doesn't restart and it makes a continuous beeping).

Kernel Panic log here:
https://jpst.it/Rvu7

What's the problem?


texts: Is there a Safari plugin to remove mackeeper ads?

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I don't mind ads, banners and the like.

What I do mind is the fact that almost all the ads I see recently are ads for Mackeeper. Popups, banners, it's everywhere.

Am I the only one that has this problem?

I've recently installed AdBlock 2.5.13 to take care of the popups, yet the banners remain.

These banners state stuff as: "is your Mac slow? Use mackeeper to make it 21% faster!" I'm really getting frustrated, because:

my Mac is lightning fast,
I've tried Mackeeper on my friend's Mac, and it really is a textbook example of a bad Mac citizen. I really dislike the app (just an opinion).
I'm not going to buy an app to make my Mac faster, because I know there is no such thing.

Perhaps this is a google ads problem?


texts: How to enable remote (mobile) user at login time?

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I used to be able to login with my Active Directory Credentials at boot time.

But after the upgrade to Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) I can't see the remote login anymore. I have to log in with a local account and then logout in order to be able to log in against the AD.

Any clue how can I make remote login available every time?


texts: Where did music scan go on my iOS 4.2 iPod Touch 2nd Gen?

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A week ago, I had a slider when playing music that let me scan through music really quickly. Now it's gone. Here's a screenshot:

Did I change a setting or something? I can't find anything about it. The slider used to be near the top. I only have the standard fast-forward/rewind buttons now.


texts: An old email address is being associated with my Apple ID. How can I remove this?

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When I signed up for my first Apple ID, I used a Yahoo email address.  Then when gmail came out, I somehow switched my Apple ID sign on email address to my new gmail.

A few days ago, on a new Apple ID (on a clean install of iOS 13 on an iPhone SE) I used the “friends” feature to add my gmail email address so I could use location sharing between my iPhone 10 and SE .  The gmail address was successfully added, however the email address being shown is the old yahoo email.

I’ve gone through every setting on both iPhones and iCloud and no where is the yahoo email used.  I strongly suspect this is being stored somewhere in Apple’s back end.

Does anyone know where this might be stored and how to fix it?  I’m using some third party software where it’s expecting to get the current email address of the Apple ID, not an old one.


texts: How do I get to medications in Health.app?

texts: In this MacWorld article it shows a screenshot of Health.app with a section for medications but I can't find it in my Health.app. Was this functionality moved or removed at some point?


texts: macOS Catalina: Preview > Print... > Save As PDF, not really working

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I upgraded (whatever that means) to macOS Catalina.

If you visit https://apple.stackexchange.com using Safari and do a Print... and select Save as PDF, then you can create a pdf file. All is well so far. Now, using Preview, open the pdf file that you just created, and say you want to print pages 2-3 (or the entire document, it does not really matter) as a new pdf file. On my end, this is not working. I get an error message: Print. Error while printing.

Do you know of any resolutions, or should we just wait for the next update of macOS to solve this?


texts: Connecting to a remote machine with a public key using Fugu

texts: How do I connect to a remote server with a public key using Fugu? I'm using Amazon EC2, so I have .pem public key, but I'm totally new to Fugu and I can't see any form or input for the public key. In the "connect to" text input shall I enter in my public DNS?


texts: Keyboard Shortcut for "Export Unmodified Original For 1 Photo..."

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I'd like to make a keyboard shortcut to export unmodified originals in Photos.

The menu entry changes and shows the number of photos that are selected (sometimes it also says items).

So if I create a shortcut (in System Preferences, Keyboard, then Shortcuts) that says Export Unmodified Original For 1 Photo... it works for one photo but not for two.

Can I create a shortcut that works regardless of the number of photos selected?


texts: Getting my MacBook Air (2011) into Windows faster

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Is there a way to reduce the time spent in EFI?

It seems more than 15 seconds that the Mac (Macbook air 2011) stays with the screen grey before beginning to boot (or resume from hibernate) to Windows.

Booting into MacOS is faster and getting to the grey apple symbol is very fast.

This video shows it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HITe9-VOrDI

I need to add that I currently run Windows 10, but did boot camp assistant with Win7 because no native support of boot camp for my hardware and no Win8 product key.

Within Win10 it shows me: BIOS Mode Legacy and SMBIOS Version 2.4

(please give me a hint if you think this subject is better placed on a Windows part of Stackexchange.)


texts: Send keys to app in background / send keys to other app without losing focus of current app

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How can I make some automated service type something in a non-focussed application without making that other application the frontmost?

I found a StackOverflow answer which suggests using AppleScript:

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Google Chrome"
        set frontmost to true
        key code 4
        key code 14
        key code 37
        key code 35
    end tell
end tell

Unfortunately at the time of that answer in 2018 there were apparently no ways to make this AppleScript and its target application run in the background.

How can I simulate keyboard input to a background application on macOS Catalina 10.15.5?


texts: Limit the use of my Apple ID on my kid's iPod Touch

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I've had an iPod Touch (4G) for a couple years. Now I have an iPhone 5, so I want to remove all "my" apps/profile info from my iPod Touch and set it up for my children to use.

Right now, both devices use my apple ID, and share some (but not all) applications (mostly free ones). But that means, for instance, when I get an iOS message, it is going to both devices, which I don't want. Both devices sync to my laptop. I have music that I'd like to be able to keep on both devices.

What's the best set-up? Is my best scenario to create a new Apple ID for my kids' use, and reset my old iPod Touch and start over with the new ID? (is there any way to keep the set-up, like if I back-up and then restore? Or should I continue using the same ID for both devices? I'm worried about getting apps/profile info mixed up and accidentally downloading ones I don't want the kids to have to the iPod (e.g., I don't want them to be able to send messages to my contact list, which is mostly business!).


texts: I want to use apps that are in Mandarin Chinese but I can’t speak that language. Are there any app translation apps? I’m picturing an app that translates text shown by another app on the fly. At present I’m limited to copying/pasting or taking a screenshot and passing that through a translation app. Are there any slicker solutions available now or foreseeable?


texts: Double click to open documents and folders

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Before I installed Lion I was able to open folders and documents by using double click/tap on the trackpad. Now it doesn't work anymore. Did this happen to anyone else?

How do I resolve this problem?


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Yesterday I tried to use Apple TV, it connected but I realised that I don't have Airplay so I disconnected the Apple TV. I then transfered some files using a USB and after that I have no sound on Mac. I get a stop sign when trying to change volume. There is no output device listed. I have restarted many times, tried using the headphone port and USB headphones. USB headphones work, but the headphone port for regular headphones wont work at all. I can get sound through USB headphones or if I pair Mac with Apple TV, we get sound on our tv but no picture. I just want sound back on my Mac.

Please can anyone offer any advice or solution?


texts: How to get Mail files from Mountain Lion Time Machine backup in Mavericks?

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I have upgraded my MBP to Mavericks and got the system to how I like etc. Tt has since backed up using Time Machine onto an external HD. Now it slipped my mind that I would like to have my e-mails on my new system from Mountain Lion.

I thought that a simple Enter Time Machine and then restoring the selected files that I need to make this happen would work, but upon entering time machine I cannot get into my ML backups on Mavericks.

Is there any way that I can get to my Mail files?


texts: Sidecar shows blank screen. Unless I reboot

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My iPad shows this blank screen after it disconnects due to poor connection and I start sidecar back up. After rebooting the computer, and connecting with Sidecar, the problem is resolved.
I don't want to keep rebooting, however, every time this happens. So far, everything I've read refers to toggling 'Mirror Displays' as a potential solution. This doesn't work for me.


texts: Editing Boot Menu options Mac (Bootcamp)

texts: I had a problem where I was wanting to make my windows partition bigger using Winclone. I also used a file-based backup in Windows. I made the wrong, move and after restoring the Winclone image, I then restored the file based backup on the wrong partition. Luckily I had a backup of my Mac from a few hours before, so it was nearly a train smash. I've restored my Winclone image to a new (bigger) partition.Just wondering how to get rid of the 'recovery-10.xx.x' drive from the boot menu after pressing option key? Bootcamp and MacOS still show up fine by the way.


texts: Hide iPad mail icon without jailbreaking

texts: I need a way to hide the mail icon on an iPad as my business the emails need to be secured. I know you can jailbreak the device and achieve it but this is not viable for me.


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When I try to get information about apropos, I get the following:
$ which apropos
/usr/bin/apropos

$ apropos --version
apropos from man-1.6g

I tried apropos -r '^report but I get an error:
$ apropos -r '^report'
apropos: -r: unknown option

The man page about apropos is very simple:
apropos(1)                                                                                apropos(1)

NAME
       apropos - search the whatis database for strings

SYNOPSIS
       apropos keyword ...

DESCRIPTION
       apropos  searches  a set of database files containing short descriptions of system commands for key-
       words and displays the result on the standard output.
...

The above command works on Ubuntu/Linux.
I am not sure if it is because of the macOS apropos BSD?
Is there any way I can install Linux compatible apropos?
On Ubuntu/Multipass, I get the following. The man page has all options:
ubuntu@shin-instance:~$ which apropos
/usr/bin/apropos
ubuntu@shin-instance:~$ apropos --version
apropos 2.9.1
$ man apropos
APROPOS(1)                                       Manual pager utils                                       APROPOS(1)

NAME
       apropos - search the manual page names and descriptions

SYNOPSIS
       apropos [-dalv?V] [-e|-w|-r] [-s list] [-m system[,...]] [-M path] [-L locale] [-C file] keyword ...

DESCRIPTION
       Each  manual  page  has  a  short description available within it.  apropos searches the descriptions for in‐
       stances of keyword.
...
OPTIONS
       -d, --debug
              Print debugging information.

       -v, --verbose
              Print verbose warning messages.

       -r, --regex
              Interpret each keyword as a regular expression.  This is the default behaviour.  Each keyword will  be
              matched  against  the page names and the descriptions independently.  It can match any part of either.
              The match is not limited to word boundaries.

       -w, --wildcard
...


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My Magic Mouse at work looses right-click functionality every day, although System Preferences says it's enabled. I usually leave the computer at the "Login window" before leaving, and authenticate again to resume the session the next day. When I do that, right-clicking doesn't work anymore. I have to turn the mouse off and back on again to re-enable right-click functionality. I'm running OSX 10.7.5, but the problem is present at least since I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion (an year ago, maybe?).

I've googled this issue several times, and many other people have similar complaints, but I couldn't find a permanent fix. Does anyone know how to solve that? It's driving me crazy!

I tried replacing the mouse, but the problem persists. So, I think the actual cause must be one of the following:

A problem with my iMac's bluetooth hardware
A bug on the Magic Mouse's firmware software
An on OSX bug


texts: Is Other World Computing's 1.5TB Toshiba Aquarius laptop hard drive legit?

texts:
I have pretty high storage needs, which are constantly increasing. Fortunately, the largest drives available seem to be scaling with the amount of space I can occupy. The 1TB disk I currently have sitting in the Superdrive bay of my 15" Macbook Pro (Mid 2010) is making me nervous with its loud seeking. I'm going to replace it for sure, but it seems as though laptop disks above 1TB are not yet readily available (besides the 15mm tall form factor, which is no good for MBPs). I noticed that Other World Computing is selling this drive, Toshiba part no. MQ01ABD150, but I can't seem to find any info outside of OWC. I know they carry some specialist products not always readily available elsewhere, but am I right to be skeptical of this drive? Anyone know anything about it, i.e. whether it will truly fit a 15" unibody MBP?

Update

An OWC representative said that the drive would actually be too big to fit a MBP, in either bay.  So the wait for a larger-than-1TB laptop drive continues.


texts: How to setup OS X Server to not to be accessed via localhost, but other different host?

texts: I have installed MAMP on my MacBook, and I use localhost to manage my website repositories. Previously once I installed OS X Server I was not able to manage my websites because there was OS X Server. Is it possible to configure OS X Server under the different name than localhost (example: osxhost)?


texts:
I just got my first iPhone and created my Apple ID. I tried to download some apps from the AppStore, but it keeps telling me

this Apple ID has not been used yet, please review account to continue

and asks for password, but then goes nowhere. It just keeps bringing me back to requesting the password over and over.
I have tried to put in billing/shipping info in settings to no avail. Unfortunately I don’t have a Mac, nor do I have a computer that has iTunes  on it so I can't log in there.
Any ideas how to resolve this issue?


texts: How do I increase sudo password remember timeout?

texts:
I already know that I need to tune /etc/sudoers file but I would like to see full information and also a solution that would not require me to use vi editor.

Update: never, ever try to edit the file with something else than visudo.


texts: Is there a way to see current CPU frequency in macOS from terminal (not Intel power gadget)

texts:
I am aware of these answers:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9948987/detect-current-cpu-clock-speed-programmatically-on-os-x

View the current clock Speed of a CPU in OS X?

Which refer to Intel Power Gadget as a way to obtain current CPU frequency, is there a program/method to obtain this information from the terminal?

sysctl hw.cpufrequency only shows the nominal frequency of the CPU, i.e. what the manufacturer has stated. It does not consider Turbo Boost or lower frequencies when CPU is idle. (For example if CPU is i5, 1.4GHz, it will always state 1.4GHz)

The C solution given it SO using sysctl.h has the same effect.


texts: Command+C (copy) not working in Finder (Sierra)

texts:
I just update from El Capitan to Sierra on my iMac, and the Cmd+C shortcut stopped working in Finder.

This means I cannot copy files nor filenames.

I tried both Cmd keys, neither works.

Command+V works, and copying via mouse (right click, select copy) works.

It all worked perfectly up until yesterday, before the upgrade!

I already rebooted my iMac.

Any ideas?


texts: How to "chroot" a terminal inside a DMG?

texts:
I'm doing security research and for that purpose I use an SHA-2 encrypted DMG to store the tools and files I work with (containing confidential client info), to protect them from forensic examination of my hard drive.

Thinking further, I'd like to know how (if possible) I could open a shell environment    inside this mounted DMG, so my .bash_history, .ssh/config and keys and an ./sbin/ binaries folder are available from a shell but only when the DMG is mounted to protect the info they contain. I also hope to make it portable from mac to mac, with my tool and my key, on any mac on which I open the DMG.

Any idea on how to do that?


texts: openssl claims to use /private/etc/ssl, but appears not to, What The Heck?

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In the course of trying to help a friend with a problem with pip and ssl sites (GitHub issue here), I've become confused about how the High Sierra /usr/bin/openssl finds its certificates.  My "keg-only" openssl does not have any trouble with the site.

Here's the test case that I've been playing with:

(alice)[14:22:06]~>>/usr/bin/openssl s_client -connect files.pythonhosted.org:443 | head 2>&1
depth=1 C = BE, O = GlobalSign nv-sa, CN = GlobalSign CloudSSL CA - SHA256 - G3
verify error:num=20:unable to get local issuer certificate
verify return:0
CONNECTED(00000005)
---
Certificate chain
 0 s:/C=US/ST=California/L=San Francisco/O=Fastly, Inc/CN=r.ssl.fastly.net
   i:/C=BE/O=GlobalSign nv-sa/CN=GlobalSign CloudSSL CA - SHA256 - G3
 1 s:/C=BE/O=GlobalSign nv-sa/CN=GlobalSign CloudSSL CA - SHA256 - G3
   i:/C=BE/O=GlobalSign nv-sa/OU=Root CA/CN=GlobalSign Root CA
---
Server certificate
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
^C

I've been scratching my head because an appropriate key resides in the Keychain utility (Determined by downloading the Mozilla cert bundle from the Curl site, finding the one cert that rescues the test case when provided via -CAfile, and comparing its fingerprint to certs in the Keychain app.  See the pip issue for gory details).

The value of OPENSSLDIR in the openssl version -a output suggests that /usr/bin/openssl should be using /private/etc/ssl:

(alice)[14:05:27]~>>/usr/bin/openssl version -a
LibreSSL 2.2.7
built on: date not available
platform: information not available
options:  bn(64,64) rc4(ptr,int) des(idx,cisc,16,int) blowfish(idx)
compiler: information not available
OPENSSLDIR: "/private/etc/ssl"

And, in fact, pointing at that directory with the -CApath command line option rescues the test case:

(alice)[14:26:32]~>>/usr/bin/openssl s_client -connect files.pythonhosted.org:443 -CApath /private/etc/ssl | head 2>&1 < /dev/null
depth=2 C = BE, O = GlobalSign nv-sa, OU = Root CA, CN = GlobalSign Root CA
verify return:1
depth=1 C = BE, O = GlobalSign nv-sa, CN = GlobalSign CloudSSL CA - SHA256 - G3
verify return:1
depth=0 C = US, ST = California, L = San Francisco, O = "Fastly, Inc", CN = r.ssl.fastly.net
verify return:1
^C
(alice)[15:21:22]~>>

What's going on?  Do the CApath/CAfile commands enable behavior that doesn't otherwise occur?

I'd love to understand what's going on.


texts: Changing color of text in terminal for program output

texts:
This might be answered already but I could not figure out a good way to phrase it to look for an answer so I hope you'll bear with me.

I want to change the color of the text output on Terminal if it comes back from running a program. Ex: I make a script called test.py that just prints "Hello World!" and run this by entering

$python test.py

Now this will come back with Hello World! but it's hard to distinguish what's output from the program than from what was written by Terminal since they have same font and color and the terminal may look all convoluted like

User$ ls
FolderA FolderB
python_test.py
random_test.py
User$ cd
User$ python test.py
ImportError: No module name test
User$ vim test.py
Error detected while processing /User/.vimrc:
line xx
XXX: Something Something
Press Enter to Continue
Hello World!
Error Undefined Something something.
User$ cd /User/python/xxx.py

etc etc,

It's hard to debug, look at error messages, see the output of the script to decipher what is happening in the terminal, etc. I was wondering if it was possible to set it up so that each of the messages will come back in different color such that usual Terminal console messages are in black font, any error messages comes back in red font and the output from the script, say "Hello World!" comes back in green font.


texts:
I've seen this option in one Ubuntu machine and I want to replicate it in my mac:

Hold a Key for 2 second to activate it.

What I have seen is this:
Hold down a Key for 2 second (Shift for example).
Then write something and the written text was as if the Shift key is pressed (and it acts like the Caps Lock pressed).
Then the key is pressed one time to deactivate it.

Is it possible to achieve this on a mac too?


texts:
Is there any way for me to protect my home folder and keychain from other users with admin privileges on a single machine?

EDIT: Here's some background on the situation. In my office, we have several shared workstations. Everyone on the development floor has access to a general admin account that we use to maintain the software on the machines. I'd like to be able to personalize an account on the machine, but I worried about leaving myself open to the possibility of the other "admins" accessing my files. (I'm not keeping anything particularly sensitive; just my ssh keys for GitHub, my work Dropbox folder, leaving gmail logged in, etc.)


texts: How Do I Stop the Native Podcast App from Removing Played Episodes?

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I often listen to podcasts as I fall to sleep.  The result is a podcast may finish playing without me actually having finished it.  The annoying thing is the Podcast then removes the episode thinking it's played & no longer needed.

Is there a way to stop this behavior.  I would rather the app simply keep the last X episodes, regardless if it believe they had been listed to or not?

I know I can add them back, but it's somewhat tedious to keep doing that.

I tried looking in both the settings for the Podcast app & while it's connected to iTunes, but couldn't find anything.


texts:
I have a MacBook Air running Yosemite.

I have an external SD drive that I save files to frequently.

Info on SD drive says it's READ-ONLY all of a sudden?  I am the ONLY person that uses this drive and it worked literally minutes ago!


texts: Mouse not Working, need to operate Mouse through Keyboard

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I have been working on my computer and my Mouse has stopped working. Its optical light is still on, but the cursor is not moving.

But i have no time fix mouse.
I am in real emergency to operate the mouse. In my college times, i have heard of 'Moving and dragging mouse cursor with Keyboard keys'. But i dont know how to do that.

Anyone having knowledge about how to operate mouse cursor with Keyboard keys.
Help would be appreciated.


texts:
I "bought" a free book on iBooks Store, the book is on my iCloud.
Now I would to remove it, but I cannot find a way to do it.


texts: How do I troubleshoot appalling write performance on DIY Fusion Drive?

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I recently bought a 120 GB OCZ Vertex 3 and stuck in my 2009 Macbook White, together with a optibay-adapter for the old 500 GB HDD and configured them as a corestorage "fusion drive" by using the Jolly Jinx recipe.

It seems to work as expected, that is, as one big volume and I even think I have seen the system move data between disk 0 and disk 1 after accessing some files heavily.

However, as I am copying a 50 GB VMWare disk image from a usb HDD, the write performance is quite poor due to a ginormous amount of "stuttering".

I have tried running iostat -w1 and it shows me that a) almost all data is written to the HDD as expected, and b) the disk activity shifts between 2-8 seconds of writing 15-50 MB/s to the HDD followed by 25-40 seconds of no drive activity at all neither on the SSD or the HDD.

Output from iostat -w (disk0 = SSD, disk1 = HDD, disk3 = USB-HDD).

        disk0           disk1           disk3       cpu     load average
KB/t tps  MB/s     KB/t tps  MB/s     KB/t tps  MB/s  us sy id   1m   5m   15m
0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00   4  5 90  0.62 0.71 0.93
0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00   4  2 94  0.62 0.71 0.93
0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00   4  5 91  0.62 0.71 0.93
4.17   3  0.01     0.00   0  0.00     4.00   1  0.00   3  2 94  0.62 0.71 0.93
0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00   4  4 92  0.62 0.71 0.93
0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00   3  2 96  0.57 0.70 0.92
19.61 131  2.50   844.32  37 30.45   128.00  99 12.35  12 12 76  0.57 0.70 0.92
14.56 100  1.42   914.73  41 36.55   128.00 306 38.30   6  8 86  0.57 0.70 0.92
20.40 120  2.39   916.84  43 38.42   128.00 304 38.04  22 16 62  0.57 0.70 0.92
12.20 141  1.68   856.36  45 37.59   128.00 305 38.08  24 14 63  0.57 0.70 0.92
24.24  99  2.34   896.00  43 37.55   128.00 305 38.18   9 11 80  0.53 0.69 0.92
21.40 120  2.50   906.89  47 41.55   128.00 307 38.43   4  8 88  0.53 0.69 0.92
12.14 145  1.72   868.67  42 35.56   128.00 306 38.31   6 11 83  0.53 0.69 0.92
21.51 119  2.50   906.89  47 41.58   128.00 307 38.33  12 10 78  0.53 0.69 0.92
13.71  63  0.84   856.00  16 13.35   128.00 188 23.45   6  9 85  0.53 0.69 0.92
0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00  16  5 79  0.56 0.69 0.92
0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00  36 12 52  0.56 0.69 0.92
0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00   9  4 87  0.56 0.69 0.92
0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00   9  6 85  0.56 0.69 0.92
0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00     0.00   0  0.00   7  3 90  0.56 0.69 0.92

The system doesn't seem overloaded cpu-wise and there are no other programs doing IO heavy stuff. The 510 GB volume is around 45% full and the system is freshly installed a week ago. Both drives are running at SATA2 speed of 3 Gbps acc. to system information.

I'd expect it to write a steady 40-50 MB/s to the HDD, once it has filled up the write buffer on the SSD.

Is this normal Fusion Drive behavior and if not, how do I troubleshoot it?

Update: After some days of no response here nor at ocztechnologyforums, I decided to backup and reinstall the system on the SSD without the fusion drive and with the HDD mounted as /Volumes/Data. This revealed that there is a problem writing to the HDD while reading or writing to/from the SSD. Reading from HDD while writing to SSD works fine. So the problem appears unrelated to fusion drive.


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I'm trying to setup custom A records for domains via /etc/hosts on my OSX 10.13.2 MBP.

It usually works just fine, first time that it works only for 1 of the 2 domains:

1.2.3.4 dev.com (works; points to 1.2.3.4)
1.2.3.4 admin.dev.com (doesn't work; points to live IP 5.6.7.8)

I tried flushing DNS cache as well without success using:

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

Pinging both domains returns 100% packet loss

PING dev.com (1.2.3.4): 56 data bytes
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1
Request timeout for icmp_seq 2
Request timeout for icmp_seq 3
Request timeout for icmp_seq 4
Request timeout for icmp_seq 5

Also tried different browsers (Opera, Firefox, Safari) as I know Chrome is pretty agressive with DNS caching.

Any idea?

EDIT: IP adresses and domains are pure fiction here.


texts: Mac OS Sierra - Can't merge former time machine partition on external hard drive

texts:
I have an external hard drive with two partitions. One partition was used to save files and the other was dedicated to Time Machine. Now I have a new hard drive which I use exclusively for Time Machine, so in the first hard drive I simply want to delete the Time Machine partition and merge its empty space in the other partition.

The problem is that using Disk Utility I was able to delete the content in the Time Machine partition, but I can't merge it. The minus sign which I would normally use to remove a partition is greyed out and there's a message saying "You can not remove the first volume on the disk".

I read that using diskutil from the command line might work, but I'm not sure how to do it.
This is the diskutil output:

~ ❯❯❯ diskutil list disk2
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Time machine backup     750.0 GB   disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Files                   1.2 TB     disk2s3


texts: How can I determine the resolution of an image saved to Photos on iOS11?

texts: If I download/save an image on iOS, how can I determine what the resolution of that image is?


texts: How do I export contact photos from iCloud?

texts:
I am trying to export contact photos for my iCloud Contacts. I initially tried exporting my contacts as a vCard, but iCloud doesn't include profile pictures when exporting. (Interestingly, iCloud Contacts can import photos from a vCard)

Manually saving the photos from the iCloud Web app didn't work either, as the Save Image as option was missing when right clicking my contact photos.

Is there any way to export my contact photos from iCloud?


texts: iOS 7 music app's volume slider is disabled for iPhone 4

texts:
I am facing a very strange issue while using iOS 7 on iPhone 4!

I have updated my os from iOS 6 to iOS 7 and I can't hear any sound except ringtones. Please have a look at the screenshot of my music app below.

Here you can see volume slider is disabled, that is without pointer.
Any help will be appreciated.


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I just captured a video with my new iPad, then used the iPad's built-in tools to upload it to youtube.  I selected "high quality" but it appears to be only a 720p video on youtube (caution: kids and baby chicks herein).

Is there a way to upload a 1080p video from the iPad to Youtube?


texts:
I've followed practically all the tutorials on cracking hashes for a macOS password, but I've come up empty handed.

I've ultimately come up with this hash:

Admin:$ml$28169$d144a9af9619163e3a77170cb41e3f6e554b22f9683f3c3c8a05676a87b41056$8c6f600a6f3d73a3edd45e6010669da4ed68ba1291489b31dd744af96b12f39d07abe5fbeac0db3cf377e2531d66a2d6d4eb1e281be21b10dea21b6cf13c432c1cb7299c827b891d72c98f5df375b0947f6eb5b2b42e33b1a16212671b71f2671dbd108314335674cad1dee8f281b6221600920abba7a2512bf3493b4cebfd69

I have tried both hashcat -m 7100 and john the ripper, but still nothing.

Any help would be immensely appreciated. I am trying to crack a Yosemite password.


texts: Run html+css+js application as a Mac OS X app

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I'm completely new to development for Mac OS X but I want to have a Mac desktop app for my  own small project. What I have in my mind is to have web application (will use the same app running on the web) running in some kind of wrapper window and pack everything in .app file so it could be run just by clicking icon and will not run in a browser.

So in short - I have web application written in html+css+js and want to run in some kind of wrapper and make it look and act like desktop app. The best way to do that?

Do I need to write some kind of wrapper app in Objective-C which basically will have window and will use WebKit to load my files? Or maybe there is already a solution for it which could be used?

The best example I can find quickly of this is http://brackets.io/ where a web app is packaged to look like a compiled app and runs on my Mac.


texts: Is there a QuickLook app that will highlight search terms within MS Word documents?

texts:
I have a client with a large number of Word documents that he needs to be able to search. He's been using Spotlight and Quick Look, which has worked pretty well.

He asked me if there was a way to have the Quick Look image automatically highlight the search terms within the Quick Look preview.

I've been googling for a Quick Look plugin, but I haven't found one?

Does anyone here know of something like this?


texts:
I'm partly new to Automator and since there is no application for Mac to control my Pioneer AVR I use some commands in the Terminal. But I'd like to automate some of my commands with the terminal.
I have to say that I don't know much about the Terminal and Networking. But I know that it's not so easy in Automator or in Xcode (with swift) like in the Terminal.
In the Terminal I use this code:

telnet vsx-923.fritz.box.

Response:

Trying 123.456.789.10...
Connected to vsx-923.fritz.box.
Escape character is '^]'.
BridgeCo AG Telnet server

vd //which means Volume down

Response:

FL004D2E564F4C20202D33302E356442
VOL100

In Automator in the Shell-Script I typed

telnet vsx-923.fritz.box.
vd

Where I got the error "Connection closed by foreign host."
In a forum I found out that I had to use echo
why I get a response now.
But If I type in

telnet vsx-923.fritz.box.
echo 'vd'

I only get the response that the avr is connected but for the Volume I don't get a response.

In the future hopefully I am able to build an application, but for now It'll be enough to make it this way.
I hope you can help me with the solution.
Here you get the PDF of the pioneer commands if you'd like to have them. http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/StaticFiles/PUSA/Files/Home%20Custom%20Install/VSX-1120-K-RS232.PDF

Thanks in advance.

Jonas


texts: Isn't there a faster way to delete events from the Calendar on my iPhone/iPod-touch?

texts:
Do I really have to:

Enter the event
Select the Edit button
Scroll down
Select "Delete Event" button
Confirm "Delete Event"

Isn't there a faster way to delete an event on my iPhone/iPod-touch?


texts: Bluetooth keyboard stopped working after upgrading to Yosemite

texts: I've upgraded to OS X Yosemite and now my wireless bluetooth keyboard is not connecting anymore.  I have a bluetooth Belkin 10 keyboard.


texts: Is it possible to decrypt external hard drive without losing data?

texts:
I have a USB 3 external hard drive that I use for video media, it's HFS Journaled Encrypted. I have about 1 TB of data on it, but I no longer need it encrypted because I need the faster speed.

Is is possible to remove the encryption on the drive while still retaining all the data?


texts: Preview in full screen mode has scrollbars

texts:
I'm on MacOS 10.12.2. I want to use Preview to give a PDF presentation. But here's a screenshot:

It's hard to see, but there's a scrollbar on the right and the bottom has space for a scrollbar but none is there? How can I get rid of these scrollbars, seeing as the entire page fits fine.

The same thing seems to be happening when the PDF first opens, so maybe that's a clue:


texts: How do I export Notes from iphone to PC with images?

texts: I have keeping track of my expenses within the notes app on my iPhone. It consists of a series of headings and pictures of receipts for the entire month. How can I get this on my PC in some format with pictures included?


texts: Remove Facebook apps sidebar in iPad browsers

texts:
Is there any way to remove or hide the sidebar on apps.facebook.com in an iPad browser? I found questions like this one:
https://superuser.com/questions/783581/whats-an-easy-way-to-remove-the-facebook-apps-sidebar?newreg=748cba73733842e997a41a908a030402
but the answers pointed to extensions and greasemonkey scripts, and iPad browsers don't allow those. I am including an image of the sidebar for reference...in a browser on an iPad this sidebar pushes over and covers up a significant part of the app you are in, making the entire page unusable!
EDIT: To add additional information, this sidebar causes this problem in iOS Safari, and also in the iOS versions of both Firefox and Chrome.


texts: Newly installed Debian stuck on loading on MacBook Pro "Core 2 Duo" 2.16

texts:
I made a successful installation of Debian 10.6 32 bits on my 2007 MacBook Pro "Core Duo" 2.16 GHz (T2600). 2007 MacBook Pro 15-Inch "Core 2 Duo" 2.16 2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo (T7400)
Intro.  October 24, 2006
Disc.   June 5, 2007
Order   MA609LL
Model   A1211 (EMC 2120)
Family  Core 2 Duo/Late 2006
ID  MacBookPro2,2
RAM 1 GB    (upgraded to 3GB)
VRAM    128 MB
(MacBook Pro model includes an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics processor with 256 MB 128 MB of GDDR3 video memory and dual-link DVI functionality)
Debian version is: i386/iso-hybrid/debian-live-10.6.0-i386-gnome.iso.
After some fixing such as installing the firmware-linux-nonfree packages,
I now boot and get the following message:
"fb: switching to radeondrmfb from EFI VGA"
Once this message displayed,  the system is stuck.
What does this message mean?
Is there something I could do to unblock the situation?
Any help is greatly appreciated.


texts: Import HEVC video from iPhone 7 to Final Cut Pro

texts: The video format in iPhone 7, new iOS 11, changed to HEVC and will not show up in Final Cut Pro browser. Can not drag from Photos to FCPX.


texts: USB Mouse Wakes Up My iMac Immediately After Entering Sleep Mode

texts:
I have a Macally Wired 3 Button Optical USB Mouse ("BUMPER MOUSE") plugged into my iMac running Mavericks. When I put my iMac to sleep, the screen goes dark, but after about 10 seconds, the red LED on the bottom of the mouse flashes rapidly for about 5 seconds, then the LED turns solid for about 2 seconds, and then the iMac wakes up.

An entry in the syslog confirms that the Macally mouse is issuing a "remote wakeup" signal:

  Jul  1 21:51:55 imac kernel[0] : Wake reason: EHC2

  Jul  1 21:51:55 imac kernel[0] : The USB device HubDevice (Port 1 of Hub at 0xfa000000) may have caused a wake by issuing a remote wakeup (2)

  Jul  1 21:51:55 imac kernel[0] : AppleThunderboltHAL::earlyWake - complete - took 0 milliseconds

  Jul  1 21:51:55 imac kernel[0] : 169.011637: ar9300WowWakeUp: Skip PCIE WA programming

  Jul  1 21:51:55 iMac kernel[0] : The USB device Macally BUMPERMOUSE (Port 3 of Hub at 0xfa100000) may have caused a wake by issuing a remote wakeup (3)

  Jul  1 21:51:55 iMac kernel[0] : full wake (reason 1) 72 ms

I sent an email to Macally Tech Support but I'm not holding my breath....

Is there a setting (or script?) to tell OSX to ignore remote wakeup signal from a USB mouse?

Thanks.


texts: My icloud account was hacked, I changed the password, what else should I do?

texts:
This morning I woke up just to find several messages sent to a Chinese number in my imessage app. I also found an email in my mail by Apple saying that someone had log in with my credential on an iMac (I don't own that).

Apple did good and blocked my account and asked me to change my password and I did so. The questions I have now are the following:

Should I be worried? I have several password stored in my icloud keychain, are all of them compromised now? Should I change them all one by one? Are credit card details also compromised?


texts: MacOs BigSur update 11.2.3 hangs with Error Domain=SUMacControllerError Code=7749 in logfile

texts:
My iMac (Retina 5K, 27", 2020) is not updating to latest MacOS BigSur 11.2.3 from 11.1.
It hangs in the UI with "10 minutes left" in the progress bar.
The install.log file exposes the following error messages (see below). Any idea what could cause this issue? Found nothing on google for the error message.
021-03-13 20:25:03+01 imac-ts SoftwareUpdateNotificationManager[764]: Successful call to queueAutoUpdatesForLaterWithCompletionHandler
2021-03-13 20:25:03+01 imac-ts SoftwareUpdateNotificationManager[764]: SUAppStoreUpdateController: install later for <none>
2021-03-13 20:25:03+01 imac-ts SoftwareUpdateNotificationManager[764]: SUAppStoreUpdateController: Triggering user side stash early for later updates
2021-03-13 20:25:03+01 imac-ts softwareupdated[273]: No keys specified for install-later registration
2021-03-13 20:25:03+01 imac-ts SoftwareUpdateNotificationManager[764]: SUOSUAuthenticationManager: No LocalAuth required
2021-03-13 20:25:03+01 imac-ts softwareupdated[273]: Queued (
      "<SUOSUProduct: MSU_UPDATE_20D91_patch_11.2.3>"
    ) for later
2021-03-13 20:25:03+01 imac-ts SoftwareUpdateNotificationManager[764]: SUOSUShimController: Armed: 1, with mode: 1, date: (null), updates queued for later: (
      "<SUOSUProduct: MSU_UPDATE_20D91_patch_11.2.3>"
    )
2021-03-13 20:25:03+01 imac-ts SoftwareUpdateNotificationManager[764]: Failed to create stash & update local policies: Error Domain=SUMacControllerError Code=7749 "[SUMacControllerErrorCommitStashInvalidState=7749] Committing the stash requires a valid prepare yet none is currently available (currently preparing)" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=[SUMacControllerErrorCommitStashInvalidState=7749] Committing the stash requires a valid prepare yet none is currently available (currently preparing), NSLocalizedDescription=Sichern der Benutzeranmeldedaten f<C3><BC>r das Softwareupdate zurzeit nicht m<C3><B6>glich.}
2021-03-13 20:25:03+01 imac-ts SoftwareUpdateNotificationManager[764]: Successful call to queueAutoUpdatesForLaterWithCompletionHandler


texts: Windows automatically sets start disk to Bootcamp

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I have a kind of annoying problem with my Macbook Pro 15 2018. I have installed Windows 10 with Bootcamp, and it works very well. The only issue is that every time I boot into Windows the system somehow sets the default start disk to the Bootcamp partition, meaning I have to manually reset the start disk to Macintosh HD. Furthermore, I suspect that this affects the PRAM as I experience many kernel panics after the default start disk is changed. I can fix this by resetting the PRAM, but it gets tedious and annoying to do everytime i want to use Windows.

I'm running MacOS Mojave, and Windows 10. My system specs are:
Macbook Pro 15-inch, 2018
2,6 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 ram
512 GB storage

Has anyone experienced similar problems, or have any idea what could fix this? Thank you in advance


texts: Use AppleScript to play an iTunes Radio station vs. an iTunes Internet Radio station?

texts: Looking for hints or a code snippet that will show me how to use AppleScript to play an iTunes Radio Station (with cover art, add to iTunes wish list, play more like) vs. playing an iTunes Internet Radio Station. I know how to do the latter.


texts: Can you batch rename files if they contain certain criteria?

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I have a list of filenames containing country codes, for example:
File1_BG.srt
File2_CS.srt

I'm looking to rename them based on the country code to:
File1_BG.srt becomes Facebook.BG_bg.srt
File1_CS.srt becomes Facebook.CS_bg.srt


texts: How to hide previous commands/history in terminal and start like the beginning of the tab?

texts: There should be a command on terminal that hides the history belongs a specific tab and lets you start from the beginning of the tab like it is new, but when you scroll up with a mouse you can see your history. I can't remember and find it online. I hope someone can tell it.


texts: Is it legal to run Xcode on OS X Lion Server in a virtualized environment in Windows?

texts: Just wondering if it's legal to run Xcode on OS X Lion Server in a virtualized environment on Windows? I know it's not for the client but I've heard that it's legal with the server. It this true?


texts:
I am migrating from Entourage to Mac Mail. Entourage has a tool called MyDay which is quite handy for getting an overview over my appointments first day in the morning.

Is there a competitive product available which snycronizes with iCal appointments and todo list?


texts: How to determine the absolute path to a file in a shell script

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I am writing a generic script that can get passed both absolute and relative (to the current working dir) paths to existing files.

I need a fail-safe way to turn all those passed paths into absolute paths because I need to pass the paths to the "open" command, which in won't pass the current directory to the launched app.

One idea I had is to check if the path starts with a "/", and if not, then I'd prepend the current working dir's path to it.

However, I wonder if there's a smarter solution to this. Also, as I'm quite inexperienced with shell scripting and related tools, I don't even know how to test for a variable's value to start with "/". I'm looking for a portable solution to run on multiple Mac, so installing extra tools or configuration would be less than ideal.

Can someone suggest a standard script using only shipping tools that takes a variable (let's call it $path) and turns it into a absolute path if it's not already absolute?


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I am trying to automate the installing procedure of iPhone apps (i.e) installing apps for around 5000 phones. For this I am planning to deploy an MDM server in Windows Server 2008 containing Active Directory. Once the successful registration of handsets is established the complete control of iPhone can be taken by the admin. I have following doubts:

1) My main objective is to push the apps that are available in the app store, hence Apple Push Notification Certificate will be sufficient to set up my MDM server and install apps?

2) Once the user registers his iOS device will I be able to install/uninstall applications into the device?

3) Can I implement payload mechanisms like AppLock Payload by just having Apple Push Notification Certificate?


texts: Is there a way to (re)generate a keychain password so that it contains two numbers?

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I am creating an account that requires a password with at least two numbers. I would like to use Apple suggestions of keychain strong passwords but it is generating only passwords with one number.

Is there a way to regenerate the strong password suggestions to contain at least two numbers?


texts: How can I migrate my Evernote notes to Apple’s Notes?

texts: How can I quickly migrate my notes from Evernote to the new version of iOS’s Notes shipping with iOS 9? Most notes are just text or simple images with text.


texts: iPhone almost always defaults to Music app over Spotify

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Before iOS 7 it seemed like if I had a "music" app open, when I would hit the play button (from the lock screen, ear bud button, bluetooth speakers, etc.) the music from that app would start playing. Now however, it only does that sometimes. For example, last night, I was listening to Spotify on my phone. When I was on my way to work this morning, I hit the bluetooth play button in my car, and it started playing Spotify (exactly what I wanted). Then after I have been to work for about an hour, I plug my ear buds in and hit play, the Apple Music app takes over.

Before I hit the play button, the Spotify app was open and the Music app was closed.

Any idea why this is happening? My phone also randomly restarts from time to time and I am worried that there is something bigger going on with my phone than the Music app just wanting to take over all the time. I would love to know if other people are having this problem or if it's something rare.

My device is an iPhone 5s with the latest version of iOS 7.


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I just bought a 2020 Mac Mini with 10 gigabit ethernet. I plugged in a cat6 cable into the mac mini's ethernet port and connected it to the wireless router, but it won't connect to the internet, saying that it has self-assigned the IP address. If I use the wifi, however, everything works as expected.

Here are the things I've tried that did not fix the problem.

I re-booted the mac mini as well as the router a number of times, which did not do anything.
I can also confirm that all ports on the router and the cables (cat6 cable on asus dual band gigabit router) I tried are not faulty as they all worked on my other laptop and desktop (windows and ubuntu).
I factory-reset the router and also did a fresh install of OS on the mac mini, which didn't solve the problem at all.
As recommended by a few online articles on this issue, I also deleted some of those .plst files in the preferences directory and re-booted the mac mini, but this didn't do anything too.
I did try hitting Renew DHCP Lease button a number of times, and reset the network configurations, followed by a few re-booting. This did not resolve the issue at all. (Note that when I got a new macbook pro a few years ago, I had the same issue, and Renew DHCP Lease is what fixed the issue)
After hours of googling around, I realized that this issue is potentially caused by the router's DHCP server not giving the mac mini a correct IP. So I changed DHCP settings in the router so that the router will assign a static IP address to the mac mini's MAC address. This also did not do anything.
To see if the mac mini's NIC is even functioning. I connected the mac mini directly to the modem using cat6 cable, and the internet worked this way, but I am not sure if I can rule out the mac mini's hardware being faulty based on this evidence.
On one occasion when I factory-reset the router, the mac mini was successfully given an IP from the router, and everything worked briefly until I configured WPA2 password. After the password was configured, it stopped working and went back to saying it has self-assigned the IP. And now I am not even able to reproduce this at all.
On another occasion when I factory-reset the router, the mac mini was given an IP of 192.168.1.12. However, the ethernet connection kept dropping, was very unstable, and while the connection was there, the internet was still not working. I tried to assign a static IP to the mac mini, but its IP address remained the same (192.168.1.12).
Disabling firewall on my router did not fix the problem too.
I also checked to see if there's any settings that block devices with certain MAC address from being given IP, but I could not find such settings in the router.

One last thing I did that actually fixed the problem was that I configured the mac's ethernet network settings manually by entering IP address, subnet mask, router, and dns server. And it finally worked. I first put 192.168.1.1 as DNS server, but the internet was still not there. I then entered google's public DNS address, which is 8.8.8.8. This made everything work.

I have literally tried every solution that I could find online regarding solving this issue, and  the only one that worked was the manual configuration of the ethernet network settings.

I am literally clueless as to why this is happening.

Is the mac mini's network hardware broken? (It works with manual network configurations, and it even worked when directly connected to the modem)

Is my wireless router's hardware broken? (Note, all other devices in my network are working just fine whether wired or wireless)

Is my wireless router (Asus RT-N65U) not compatible with 10gb ethernet in the mac mini? (If so, what router should I get?)

If anyone can give me more information as to what exactly is going on that's causing this issue, I'd be grateful as this has been bugging for me the past few days.


texts:
I recently moved on Mountain Lion. It seems that the OS does not allow midi playback in browser anymore. I can't find more informations but this threads: 1 ; 2

Can you help me to find a solution to get back my good old midi files in web pages?


texts:
When I try to update an app, it says Verification Required, and when I try to fill in my PayPal account, it declines due to an issue with my PayPal account, and I think the same problem applies to credit and debit cards (I don't have a credit or debit card).

I tried reading many tutorials, and people who had the same issue as me, and none seemed to have fixed my issue. (I can't choose None when I try to edit my Apple ID payment information, and I don't own a iTunes gift card or a Mac.) I am clueless, and confused. I really need some help.


texts: Limitations of external monitors with MacBook Pro Retina mid 2012

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I'm using a MacBook Pro 15 inch retina (mid 2012) and I'm using a 27 inch iMac as an external display (connected using Thunderbolt) and another 23 inch display connected using HDMI.

I'm looking to replace the 23 inch display with a larger one and looking at my options. I've read a few posts on here and the general gist of what I'm reading is that it's possible to hook up a 4K display via HDMI running at 3840 x 2160 @ 30 Hz. My first question is if this would still apply when I keep the 27 inch iMac as a second external display. Does anyone have experience with this? It's working fine with my current setup, but the 23 inch display is only running at a 1920x1080 resolution.

Update 9/6
So I decided to give it a shot and went for a Samsung U32H850UMN display. I'm connecting it to the HDMI port of my Macbook and at the same time the iMac is still connected in TDM using the thunderbolt port. The Samsung display is running at 3840 x 2160 @ 30 Hz (as expected). The Macbook is running in clamshell mode. I'll keep an eye on the Macbook's temperature to make sure it doesn't get too hot. If it does I will just switch to just the Samsung monitor as my main display.


texts: I would like to know if I can connect and use a Behringer Xenyx 1002FX mixer, with an C-1 (Behringer) condensor mic connected, to my iPad for recording with Garageband or Audacity.


texts: Restore from a Fusion Drive to a standard hard drive

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I have an iMac with a built in Fusion Drive. I have switched to using an external Thunderbolt SSD as my boot disk, and I would now like to back up and wipe the internal Fusion Drive so that it can be a Time Machine volume for my new SSD - I'm just backing it up to  make sure I won't miss any files that are accidentally left on there.
I've read about using the 'Restore...' functionality in Disk Utility to image one disk onto another, so that you basically have an exact clone of it. However, when I go to "Restore" from my Fusion Drive to a regular disk (separate to the ones I've mentioned so far), the Fusion Drive shows as two devices in the Source list (the SSD & the HDD part).
Can you image the entire contents of a Fusion Drive onto a single HDD?


texts: Windows 8.1: how to update Broadcom driver without using external drive

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I am looking for a way to update a Broadcom driver without using BootCamp or external boot drive.

I have a Macbook pro mid-2012 (non-retina) and successfully had Windows 8.1 running on it, except it does not detect any ethernet and wifi devices.

I used Bootcamp through which I believe I got the latest Windows-support drivers and firmwares.

I do not have access to any external drive to build a boot drive and to any network which I might download softwares directly from a Windows partition. The entry point is the OS X partition.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Keychain says "Access to this item is restricted" after upgrading to Lion

texts:
I recently upgraded to Lion and since then I haven't been able to use Keychain to look at my stored passwords.  When I click on the checkbox to show them it prompts me for my master password, then pops up a dialog that says "Access to this item is restricted".

Based on reading questions here and on other support sites, I've tried using the Keychain Access program's "Keychain First Aid" feature.  It reports that there are no errors.  I also used Disk Utility to Repair Disk Permissions, and this didn't fix the problem either.

I looked in ~/Library/Keychains/ and it looks like I do have owner permission to read and write the keychain file, and my main account is the owner.

Is there anything else I can try to fix this?  I'd hate to lose my keychain passwords.

Update:

I also tried dragging my login.keychain file from Finder into Keychain Access, and had no luck.  I tried some digging around in the security command line app as well, but have made no progress...

Update 2:

After trying all the suggestions I commented on here I was still getting this error, but then I did a software update, and rebooted, and now my keychain is working again.  So, I have no idea what went wrong, but it is now fixed!  I'll just pick an answer as accepted.


texts: How can this folder be significantly larger on disk than the sum of its files?

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I'm using an APFS-formatted drive under macOS 10.14, and I have found that various folders on my hard drive read like this when I use Get Info on them:

2,959,512 bytes (4.1 MB on disk) for 19 items

...and I'm trying to figure out why they would take so much more space on disk than the information they contain. Across the whole HD I think there may be a total of 4-5GB of unexplainable disk usage.

If anyone is interested in examining the specific folder, I've taken the uncommon step of uploading it here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i4uwuky1dp9qkf1/Player.zip?dl=1 . When I unzip it, the resulting folder gives me the same readout in Get Info as the original folder, so you should be able to see what I'm seeing.

If you examine these files, please note that all but one (the application) contain no data in their data forks, only in their resource forks. I don't believe that is relevant to the curious amount of space taken up on disk, but maybe it is. There's also a small amount of metainformation in the directory (the 19th file) which does not explain the space being taken up.

= = = = = = =

To those who are thinking it's the HD's block size: my block size is 4KiB (both device and allocation size) according to diskutil, so clearly a folder with 19 items that contain 2.96MB would not take up 4.1MB due to block size inefficiency. I do see that each file counts as 2 files internally due to the two forks in each, but at most that should add another 72KiB to the storage on disk, not 1.1MB.

I will say that for some reason the allocation of space on disk for each file does not seem to be in multiples of 4KiB like I usually see for files on my hard drive. For instance the file "Acircle" has about 27KB of data but occupies 29KB on disk; shouldn't that be 28KB? [Edit: This is explained by @klanomath in the comment below.] Nevertheless, the sum of the unusual on-disk sizes of these files is still 3.0MB, not 4.1MB. And I see no invisible files in the directory that could be hiding the extra 1.1MB. Can anyone solve this puzzle?


texts: How can I get Siri to list all relationships?

texts:
As can be seen in this screenshot:

Siri seems to be able to list all of the relationships which it understands.

Does anybody know the command for this? I've not been able to work it out.


texts: How to mute a FaceTime iPhone call on OS X through a shortcut?

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When using FaceTime on OS X 10.10 to initiate a call using the iPhone, is there a shortcut that allows me to mute the call from the keyboard?

Is there a keyboard shortcut (or a way to setup a shortcut) to trigger the Mute function?


texts: How to resolve the 100% disk usage on my iMac 27" (late 2013) when in Bootcamp bootup

texts:
I own an iMac from the late 2013 series, it is the core i7 with 32GB RAM. I eventually established that using Bootcamp would allow for a better experience when working in Windows land (I am both an iOS developer and a C# developer).

However, on booting to Windows the hard drive in resource management (listed as an APPLE HDD WDC WD10EALX-408EA0) goes into 100% usage for around 10 minutes before the computer is responsive to use. This is without loading additional applications, just loading into windows in the first place.

After the system has loaded, it is fast and responsive (i.e. no additional paging or anything). Does anyone know what the resolution for this is?


texts: Better way of using the iPhone with a Bluetooth speaker

texts:
I got a Bluetooth wireless speaker and it is great in many ways.  I can listen to podcasts and music without wires to get in the way.

I have one small first-world problem.  If i want to type up a quick text message, it lags because it seems that for each character typed it has to play the sound on the bluetooth speaker.  It probably takes time to send each audio snippet.  This is not horrible, but oh well.

The problem is much worse when I use speech recognition to "type" a message.  It insists on using the microphone on the bluetooth speaker and seeing how it is not right in front of me - the speech recognition fails almost always.  Or comes up with unbelievably hilarious renderings of what I said.

Siri has a workaround for this: when I bring it up, it has a small bluetooth icon in the bottom left where I can select the audio source.  But the speech recognition applet on the keyboard does not.

Or am I missing something simple here?

P.S.  I looked at the bluetooth references for the device - the only thing there is to "Forget the Device".


texts: Is it true that the text-to-speech functionality would make my mac run slower?

texts:
I have been having some issues with my macbook running very slow.  I read an article which stated that disabling the text-to-speech functionality could make the mac faster. Is that true?

For a year I have been using that functionality to "read" blog posts. Now, on chrome I need to go edit -> speech -> start speaking (there is no shortcut). If I re active the text-to-speech would my mac still run slow


texts: Block Internet but not the local network using an Airport Express

texts:
The situation is as follows:

Internet modem <-> Airport Express (DHCP + NAT) <-> rest of the network

I have a ISP-modem which handles my Internet connection. I have an Airport Express that routes all my traffic and handles DHCP and NAT. The rest of the network is a collection of Switches, IoT devices, and apparatus that use 'the Internet'.

The problem for me are the 'internet of things' (IoT) devices on my local network. I want to be able to acces my IoT devices using my normal network but I do not want my IoT devices to acces the Internet (World Wide Web).

Can I block Internet traffic but allow local network access for some MAC addresses using my Airport?

It seems that Timed Access Control is not the solution as it does block ALL (local network and Internet) traffic of a device by excluding the device from the network.


texts: How to fix choppy scrolling on 10.9 Mavericks?

texts:
I just upgraded my mid-2012 MacBook Air to 10.9. Now whenever I scroll down a page, the effect is very choppy. The scrolling seems to stop and start very quickly. Also, sometimes the left part of the page will scroll down but the right part of the page will stay put for a fraction of a second. The net effect is very flickery and distracting.

Any ideas on how to fix this? Slighly different case, but this guy was able to solve a very similar problem (external monitor) by opening AutoCAD (what the heck?).

I also tried resetting the SMC as recommended here. Still no luck.


texts: What is "Paused (On Battery)" mean in Mail.app?

texts:
I saw the message "Downloading Messages Paused (On Battery)" in Mail.app in El Capitan.

What does this mean? The MacBook was plugged in to the wall, not running on battery. What would cause downloading to stop/pause?


texts: How to change Default alert sound in iCal?

texts:
I would like to change the default sound ("basso") that plays when an Alert is fired from iCal in the notification center?

I have tried changing the sounds in notification center, but it seems to be overridden by the iCal settings. Can the sound be changed to "glass" or any other?

One way, I can do it is by changing the Alert sound when I create a Calendar Event. This is just too cumbersome to do everytime.

Please assist.


texts: Is there a way to make Siri listen properly?

texts:
When writing a message using Siri, the software will stop listening for the message at the slightest pause.
For example:

Me: Send a message to John
Siri: Okay, what would you like it to say?
Me: Hi John...
Siri: Okay, your message to John is "Hi John", would you like me to send it?

And this continued every time I left a pause to think what I wanted to say next.
Really annoying. Especially when driving or cycling.
Is there a way to make Siri wait and listen properly?


texts: MacOS Catalina left headphone sound problems

texts:
It started after Mojave update, when I plug in my headphones, left one has a bad quality or low sound. Balance is okay and only workaround I found is go to midi setup -> set left channel to maximum -> go configure speakers and run noise for the left side.
Then I get my left side working properly, but this solution works until I plug out headphones.
Is there any other thing that can help to make it stable?

Ps I think it's not hardware problem, cause I got bootcamp working on my mac and It was fine with windows.

MacBook Pro 13-inch, 2017 no touch-bar


texts: Microsoft Remote Desktop sessions closed when Macbook Pro display turns off

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I'm using Microsoft Remote Desktop on OS X Yosemite to control a Windows desktop and a few virtual machines.

Whenever the display on my Retina MacBook Pro turns off, it closes all remote desktop sessions.

Is this because it is also disconnecting the network connections when the screen turns off? Is there a setting I can adjust to prevent this from happening?

Thanks for any help!

EDIT:
I think this was actually an issue with a wifi connection issue that many people are having with Yosemite. RDP connections were being dropped when wifi went down, I just didn't notice the wifi dropping when I wasn't actively using the computer. Many people with the same issue here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6601963


texts: Is scrolling considered a "keyboard input"?

texts:
Context: I installed an app called "Scroll Reverser" which will allow me to use the natural scrolling setting for my trackpad and the opposite scrolling setting for my mouse scroll wheel. The application requires the Privacy permission "Input Monitoring". The description of this is to "Allow the apps to monitor input from your keyboard even while using other apps".

So does Apple just consider mouse inputs, like scrolling, an "input from your keyboard"?

The app was recommended by another user on this site: How to separate "mouse" and "trackpad" settings?


texts: Mavericks Internet Sharing over Ethernet stopped working

texts:
I'm on 10.9, and I had been using internet sharing successfully again for the first time since Lion. Today though, it just decided to stop working again.

Network layout:

Modem -ethernet-> Router -ethernet-> Mac Pro -ethernet-> MacBook Pro Retina

The internet works fine on the Mac Pro, but it is no longer forwarding the proper DHCP settings to the MacBook.

Previously, the MacBook would get the IP address of 192.168.2.12, and was able to surf the web fine. (Though it wasn't able to connect to any AirPlay/AirPrint devices while on the ethernet interface)

Sometime today, a setting got messed up, and I'm not sure how to fix it or what setting it is.

The MacBook now has a "Self-assigned" IP of 169.254.121.24, even though it is set to use DHCP. The ethernet port on the Mac Pro that the MacBook Pro is connected to is showing a "Self-assigned" IP of 169.254.36.53, even though it is set up to use DHCP as well.

The internet sharing options appear to be correct: share connection from Ethernet 1 to Ethernet 2.

But alas, for no apparent reason, I'm not getting internet access.


texts:
I switched from PC to Mac, in pc when you're in explorer, you press a key and it highlights the first result of a file/folder that starts with the pressed key,  and when you press again  it goes to the next result

In mac, when i press a key in finder or anywhere contains files, it only shows the first result and ignores my repeated key presses that is supposed to move to the next result highlight

how to do this ?


texts: Is it possible to auto-expand the Alert when received?

texts:
so i JUST noticed today, that if you hover over the lower boundary of an osx Alert, or notification, you can expand it to read the whole message / text / ect. however, once its closed, the next one will go back to the original 2 line mode.
Is there a way to open it to the full size, always?


texts: Launchd network access control in Mac OS Lion

texts:
First of all, I've used pf extensively on OpenBSD so I know its rule set quite well. Even though I'm more used to the more recent versions.

However, I would like to know if there is a simpler way to regulate network access to launchd, or more specifically afp.

I tried putting ALL: ALL (or launchd: ALL and other combinations) into /etc/hosts.deny but I don't think launchd uses these files at all. Can someone please confirm this? hosts_options(5) shows extensions made to it, by Apple perhaps, yet I can't figure out how to reload launchd to use these files.

My solution right now is to block all connections to port port 548 and then only allow my home computers. To do this I've modified /etc/pf.conf as follows, added the last line.

#
# Default PF configuration file.
#
# This file contains the main ruleset, which gets automatically loaded
# at startup.  PF will not be automatically enabled, however.  Instead,
# each component which utilizes PF is responsible for enabling and disabling
# PF via -E and -X as documented in pfctl(8).  That will ensure that PF
# is disabled only when the last enable reference is released.
#
# Care must be taken to ensure that the main ruleset does not get flushed,
# as the nested anchors rely on the anchor point defined here.
#
# See pf.conf(5) for syntax.
#

#
# com.apple anchor point
#
nat-anchor "com.apple/*"
rdr-anchor "com.apple/*"
anchor "com.apple/*"
load anchor "com.apple" from "/etc/pf.anchors/com.apple"
include "/etc/pf.userrules"

And in /etc/pf.userrules which is my own creation that might get overwritten at the next Apple update.

block in inet proto tcp from any to port 548
pass in inet proto tcp from { 10.10.10.11, 10.10.10.12 } to port 548

This works, but I wish I could uses the hosts access files.


texts: How to get Apple Mail badge (n. of unread messages) from script?

texts:
I'd like to know in a (applescript|bash|python|whatever) script, running on my Yosemite OS X, the sum of unread messages in all accounts of the Apple Mail application - in other words, the same number that appears in Mail's icon badge with the default Apple Mail Preference settings.

Is this scriptable via AppleScript or other means?


texts: not resolve local domins from /etc/hosts

texts:
Somehow I have a problem (previously everything was ok), hosts form /etc/hosts can't bre resolved.

I have local domain in /etc/hosts, like

127.0.0.1 test.local

It's loading in browser well but too long, from firebug i see that biggest part of time spending for DNS lookup.

I tried nslookup test.local

I see

$ nslookup test.local
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

but ping test.local working well :)

my DNS settings are next:

$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 192.168.1.1

I did not modified that file manually, it just represent GUI settings situation.

    $ scutil --dns
    DNS configuration

    resolver #1
    nameserver[0] : 192.168.1.1
    reach    : Reachable,Directly Reachable Address

Everything become solved if I turn OFF mac os included firewall.
How I can make local pages opening faster and keep firewall turning ON ?


texts: Use independent scanner and printer as one (specifically for photocopy)

texts: I have a Canon Lide 110 (scanner) and an Epson L120 (printer) which I want to combine to achieve the feature set of an off the shelf all-in-one printer-scanner. Is there a software that I can use to do this on my MacBook Pro?


texts: Did Apple introduce a white list of hard drives (for MacBook Pro A1278)?

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I have here a very strange case...
I have a MacBook Pro 13" (A1278) from 2010. Inside it is a 1TB FireCuda SSHD (ST1000LX015) hybrid hard drive.
The MacBook was working perfectly until a recent system update.
Suddenly, the hard drive became totally undetected when within the MacBook: the system cannot boot and the hard drive is totally unvisible; it does not show when holding down the Alt key at start (just after powering the MacBook on).
However:

The hard drive is physically in perfect condition, with all SMART values checked OK.

The volume is in perfect condition. (checked with OS X disk utility)

The partition table is in perfect condition (checked with the disk utility from another MacBook, with the drive in an external enclosure)

The system loads perfectly if the hard drive is put in an external enclosure and the MacBook booted from there.

So, I first suspected the SATA cable (altough looked in perfect condition), but:

Some hard drives with the Apple logo are detected.

Other hard drives from all brands (Seagate, Western Digital, Toshiba, Hitachi), but with non-Apple firmware, are not detected.
By "not detected" I mean that the drive is not listed when holding down the Alt button at start.

I tried several times to make sure that the problem was not coming from the cable.
The Apple Store told the problem was coming from the hard drive, but it is wrong as thus is in perfect condition.
Conclusion:

I suspect some white list of hard drives was introduced at BIOS level by some upgrade of the system, possibly to attract customers into Apple stores.

I don't know yet if there is a firmware white list or a hard drive model white list.

I would like to hear if some of you experience similar cases.

Apart from using Apple-branded hard drives, any solution to solve this issue is welcome.

Note: holding down Cmd + Alt + P + R did not solve anything.


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I just took my computer into the Mac store and had it upgraded to El Capitan. I had iPhoto on my old version, I believe it was Lion. Before I took my computer in, I backed my computer up to a Seagate external drive.

When I got my computer back, I realized that iPhoto is no longer being used by Mac. So, based on advice that I read on this site, I re-downloaded iPhoto onto my computer; however, it will not let me import pictures from the hard drive. There is a grey "X" through the iPhoto icon and when I click on it it tells me that "You can’t open the application “iPhoto” because it is in a Time Machine backup." I have 7 years of pictures on there, and I am afraid I may have lost them for good.

Any ideas on how I get my pictures off my hard drive and back onto my computer? I don't care if they are in Photo or iPhotos, I just want them back.


texts: Transfer sensitive data from Ubuntu to iPhone

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I'm new to the Apple ecosystem and I'm using Ubuntu as my primary OS on desktop. I have my computer set up as ssh server, and I have generated a public/private keypair on it which I want to transfer to my iPhone. I have just picked a top App Store hit for the ssh client (Termius), but I cannot import my key into it, except by iTunes.

For obvious reasons, I don't want my private key touching the Internet (and besides, there's no iTunes for Linux), let alone upload it on any cloud service, and would rather copy the keys through my USB cable. However, copying it to the app's data using AFC went unnoticed, and I have no idea if putting it anywhere on the filesystem would do any good (mounting using idevicepair and ifuse). Is there an app or a technique that supports what I'm trying to do?


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I've been doing a lot of organising of my files using terminal commands (mostly for further terminal education).
I've learned about bulk renaming in terminal, e.g. replacing all underscores with spaces, bulk case changes, etc.

What I'm trying to do now is insert a character, or set of characters, either in a specific place in the file name or conditionally.

Essentially I'm trying to add a hyphen "-" between the track number and title of a list of audio files.

So where I have:
"01 First Track.mp3"
"02 Second Song Title.mp3"
"03 Third.mp3"
"04 Fourth and Final One.mp3"

I'd like to replace the " " in the third position to be " - ", leaving:
"01 - First Track.mp3"
"02 - Second Song Title.mp3"
"03 - Third Thing.mp3"
"04 - Fourth and Final One.mp3"

Is there a way to append a character conditionally?  Say, check for a number (anything between 0-9), and replace the character directly after with another character?  Logically:  for i in *; if $i === "0-9" and + === " " replace + with " - "   .... something like that?

Alternatively, could I just point to the third position of the file name and insert "- "?

The problem with simply replacing ALL " " with " - " is that this would replace each space in the file name with a hyphen.

Perhaps there is a way to only consider the first instance of the " " in the file name and ignore later instances?

But I'd like to learn if there is a way to replace characters conditionally.
I've been googling with:
"terminal bulk replace character conditional"
"unix batch file name conditional"

and similar, but so far have only found character removal/replacement, or plain appending (i.e. replace all X with Y, or for each file, append a sequential number to the beginning).

Many thanks.


texts: Photos: Delete Photo with Command or Option-Command

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In Photos 3.0 (from macOS 10.13 High Sierra) there is apparently two distinct ways to delete photos.

Delete by holding Command in the menu, or Command+Backspace (⌘⌫).

Or delete by holding Option+Command in the menu or Option+Command+Backspace (⌥⌘⌫).

What is the difference?

If there is no difference, why is there two different keyboard shortcuts?


texts: "Use F1, F2 as standard function keys" no longer there: how can I control my volume through keyboard?

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Apparently this option is now gone in the keyboard settings on OSX Lion, or maybe it does not appear because I am using a Dell keyboard

Now, I am not particularly concerned about it. If I press F12, I get the dashboard. The problem is that I have no keys to set the volume anymore. How can I set the volume, considering I can't create a keyboard shortcut (there's no menu name to bind) ?


texts: Can I use a USB Wi-Fi adapter to extend a Wi-Fi connection on my MacBook

texts: I want to share an internet connection (Wi-Fi) through my laptop. I understand that you can't receive internet data and create a network simultaneously using the same internal adapter, but what if I bought a Wi-Fi adapter, like this one, so one can receive data and the other transmit it?


texts: If the iPad 2 is not HD, why does Apple advertise them as able to watch HD movies?

texts: If the iPad 2 and iPad mini do not have native HD resolution, then why does Apple market them to be able to watch HD movies? Isn't '720p' 1280 x 720, yet the iPad 2 or mini is 1024x768?


texts: Using iPhone7 as a microphone for MacBook

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I want my iPhone7 to be an external mic for my MacBook Pro (2015, OS 10.14.6).  I have followed this article -

https://www.macworld.com/article/2367142/understanding-the-limitations-of-a-macs-microphone.html

I’ve followed the instructions (which are very clear). And I’ve double checked. Everything seems to be right BUT the microphone is unresponsive.

Audio-MIDI setup seems fine, except I cannot adjust the ‘Master stream’ levels (this can be done with the built in mic)

Also, the ’Sounds’ preference page says that the selected device has no input controls (again, there are controls for the built-in mic).

Any suggestions please?


texts: How can I use aliases in the Go to Folder dialog?

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Can I somewhere define aliases that I can use in the Go to Folder dialog?

More specifically, can I somehow setup Finder such that when I type Pictures it goes to the ~/Pictures directory?


texts: What tools can i use to test the speed of communication between a server -> webserver -> client

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in our company, we have to evaluate and compare the Mac Pro (2019) and the Mac mini (2018) in their usage as a client management server.
We already know that the Mac Pro will be the better alternative/ upgrade to the now in use Mac mini (2012), but we still need to perform benchmark tests to further proof our standpoint to the department of finance. For that, i have already written several test scenarios.

Some background details: Our clients cant get any kind of updates via the app store. Every single update will go through a short evaluation from one of our team members, before building a package out of it, the server then distributes the update.

But for a few software titles, a webserver from the developer itself will contact our server, which then forwards the communication between the webserver and the client to distribute the udpdate.
My colleague proposed a "simple webserver test". From that i take, that we need to test (1) the speed of our server to forward the communication between webserver and client and (2) the power of the webserver (?, if that is even possible for us).

I have some kind of experience with macOS in restricted enviroments like ours is, but no idea what to do with that webserver problem. To start, i searched the web for some tools, but could only find ones that could test your own webserver or just looking for the reachability of one.

Am i missing something? Did i just not realize what my colleague wanted (He's a really smart guy, but maybe he wasn't expressing himself right)? That is the only thing delaying the tests, but i dont want to steal everyones time with asking (simple) questions, where one could say that you should know this when working in IT, as we are loaded with other work right now.

Thanks i advance. Any tips, tricks, guides or tools are much appreciated! (I hope, that i tagged this question right)