texts: iPhone 4 unable to connect to any Google service on Wi-Fi

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Today I found my iPhone 4 (iOS 7.1.2) is unable to connect specifically to any Google service (Search, Google.com or YouTube) when on Wi-Fi.

Any other website will load.

I get the message "Safari cannot open the page because it could not create a secure connection to the server".

All other browsers show a similar error - Google Chrome says: ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED.

All my other devices on the Wi-Fi network work with Google ... my Win8 PC, my Android Tablet and Smart TV.

I have tried resetting network settings but with no luck.

Anyone else had this problem?


texts: AirPlayUIAgent wants to access an old wifi network

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I frequently get an alert that tells me AirPlayUIAgent wants to access information for an old wifi base station, which I haven't had for a long time.

I always click "deny", because the network it's asking about does not exist, so the message is nonsensical.
I've looked in Keychain Access (as described in the answer to a similar question), and there are no entries that contain the old network name. I have no idea why it wants to access this network, or how to stop it from requesting credentials.
Why does it keep trying to access a network that doesn't exist? How do I make it stop?
I'm using macOS Big Sur on a 2013 13" rMBP.


texts: New "Local Items" Keychain in macOS 10.9+: What's it all about?

texts: macOS (10.9 Mavericks) created a new keychain "Local Items" for me that can't be deleted. What's the idea here and why is there a second keychain in addition to my login keychain?


texts: Emailed image included in email message is different when the receiver replies

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(That title is rather garbled but I don't know a better way to describe it)

I email with someone who uses a PC – I don't know what OS version or email program he uses. I'm using OSX 10.11.6. Recently I've sent a few images in a couple of emails using Apple Mail. When my friend replies he includes the whole message including any attached images (not my preferred email etiquette but whatever).

The issue is that some of the images in his reply are different than the ones I've sent! In one email I included two images and in his reply one image was right and the other was wrong. In all cases the "wrong" image is the one below of... a danger marker?

At first I wondered if the correct images were getting through but they seem to be (or at least he hasn't said "why the heck are you sending me a danger marker..."?

Is this a case of his email program being stupid about attachments?


texts: Possible to access/restore past versions of Notes in iCloud?

texts: If I mistakenly delete or otherwise mess up a Note that is stored in iCloud, is there a way to restore a past version of the Note?


texts: How to find "file-release" in OS X El Capitan 10.11.6?

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I can not find file-release through command line on OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.6. On my virtual machine in Ubuntu I can do "ls /etc/*release" and it shows me two files with all needed information:

$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.0 (Maipo)

$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server"
VERSION="7.0 (Maipo)"
ID="rhel"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VERSION_ID="7.0"
PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 (Maipo)"

No idea how to find the file with release information on Mac. Please give me a hint or a hint how to search it?


texts: Can I control the music player on my iPhone from a PC?

texts: Is there any app (or otherwise) that allows me to select audio tracks to play, or even just skip to the next track on my iPhone 4 via a PC connected to the iPhone by USB?


texts: Are there hidden files taking up 10GB on my hard disk?

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I was cleaning up my hard drive this morning, 128GB ssd in a macbook pro, and there seems to be about 10GB of data that isn't appearing in the exposed file system.

I'm using the GUI interface with cmd+click -> get info, here's the breakdown:
Hard Drive: 98.8GB on disk

then in the Hard Drive Directory:
System: 6.5GB
Applications: 23.7GB
User:47.5GB
Library: 11GB
opt:174MB
User Information: 4 KB

that adds up to ~89GB. Where are the missing 10GBs? I'm starting to regret not springing for the bigger hard drive, though I guess it would just postpone the issue.

Are hidden files hidden from the file-by-file get info panel?


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I just upgraded my iPhone 6 to IOS 10 and half of my notes are missing. I have a few notes under the cloud, gmail, and my phone but nothing is showing up under my email (not sure if notes were ever there).

Seems any note created or edited in the past 12 months are gone. I have already restarted the phone.


texts: How to use iPhone with hotspot as a router/modem for entire home network

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Reason: I recently moved from one house to another and my internet provider doesn't cover the new area. The other internet providers take over a month to supply me with a connection.
I have to work from home, I would like to watch Netflix and game on my PS4.

Situation at this moment: I bought a simcard with unlimited data. Put it in my iPhone and activated the hotspot. I can use this to watch Netflix and browse the internet on my Mac etc. I however cannot work from home or play PS4 with an open NAT type. This is (so I have read) because of my internet coming from a hotspot.

Looking for: Help to set up my macbook as a router or something like that to provide open NAT type.
Thanks so much in advance for any help given. I have searched for days but cannot find a way still.

Another example of someone with this issue and his progress is here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/6hklpx/help_iphone_usb_tether_to_ps4_using_mac_as_a/


texts: Can I modify a terminal command to do additional stuff?

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I've looked into aliases, functions... but I have not come up with anything satisfying. Let me give you a couple of scenarios:

95% of times that I cd into a folder, I follow up with a ls
command.
90% of times that I mkdir, I cdmyself into it.

You get the idea.

What would be the "cleanest" way to bind those commands together (or other functionality)?


texts: I am an admin but several preferences are grey and say "your system administrator has not given you access to this preference pane"

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I have admin rights on my mac laptop at work.

In the last several days I have lost access to several system preference pane items.  Most notably "security and privacy" and notifications.

The icons are now grey and when I hover over them they display "your system administrator has not given you access to this preference pane"

How do I re-enable these preferences?


texts: How can I upgrade Mac OS X for free on a recently bought rMBP?

texts: I've recently bought a rMBP. I've heard I could ask for an OS update for free. Im not sure what that means as I'm new to the Mac. What should I do?


texts: Are there viable and cheaper alternatives to Photoshop?

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Is there any software like Photoshop that can also open .PSD files? I don't need an enterprise / extremely feature laden editor, but I do wish to have the following required features at a price point less than a Photoshop license:

Able to crop
JPG compression optimization
Work with layers
Able to open PSD format files
Save in PDF format


texts: Can you access an AirPort Extreme (5th Gen) disk from an iPad

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I have a need to share data between a MAC (Catalina) and an iPad Pro (13.7) and do not want to send it up and down to iCloud due to demands on the home broadband (joys of living in the U.K. countryside).
I have a AirPort Extreme 802.11n (5th Generation) running 7.8.1 with a USB disk but every time I try to access from the iPad Files app it just reports 'Could not be completed' as it's not supported.

I tried by name, by IP and with / without the smb:// at the front but the above is the result. (I know afp:// is a no-go but Apple do not say this anywhere).
I've tried the USB on the family router but it impacts surfing and creates router crashes.
I could leave the Mac on and share the data directly but I'm trying to cut down power use (esp as it's just gone up 8%) and the poor old Mac is 8 years old (hurry up ARM chips)... I know I could use an SD card and 'sneaker net' but I'm lazy...
Third party firmware for these boxes just does not exist - shame as the are solid boxes I think they were just a casualty of limited sales.
I'm not at a point to buy a NAS and do not to get a Pi to share the disk so was wondering if you have any ideas or know of an AirPort that can share its disks with an iPad?


texts: How to make the OSX text substitution available everywhere?

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As it currently stands, the OSX text substitution feature seems to require an application to actively support it to be available - which many do not.

Is there a way to make the text substitution available everywhere? If I'm not wrong this should be possible, I am thinking of a program that achieves this by doing something like hooking into the keyboard input on system level and performs the substitution by sending additional keystrokes after detecting that a shortcut has been entered. (E.g. after entering (c) it sends three delete keycodes followed by the substitution.) However I didn't find anything like this through my Google searches.

I'd also be content with a solution that requires me to select the text-to-replace and hit a keyboard shortcut to perform the action.

Does a program like this exist, or is there any other way?


texts: rEFInd boot manager not showing EFI shell

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After succesfully installing the rEFInd tool from https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ on a macbook with macos 10.15, restarting the laptop does bring me into the rEFInd boot manager. But the only option available is to launch macOS. I downloaded this tool to use the EFI shell and there seems to be no option to launch the shell.

Is this some sort of package I need to install to the EFI mount?


texts: Why cant I go to this path? it says I don't have permission but I am the administrator

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So I got grand perspective because I wanted to clean the 70gb worth of system and other storage on my Mac but this one file which im pretty sure I deleted long ago still shows up and is taking up a massive 6 gb of space so I decided to go delete it but after I followed the file path It keeps telling me I dont have permission what can I do?
this is the error

and this is the path


texts: What's the easiest way to get contact info from gmail into Mac's Address Book?

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Do you know how mail.app makes it easy to add address info from an email sig into the Mac's Address Book?

Well, I don't use mail.app, but I'd like to find a similar way to do that with gmail.

Basically, when someone sends me an email with their name, address, phone number, etc, I want to easily add that info to my address book.


texts: Logitech T651 connecting to MBP as an Apple Mouse instead of as a trackpad

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I'm trying to connect a Logitech T651 trackpad to a MBP with a built in functioning trackpad (maybe there's some sort of conflict between the two trackpads and this is causing the issue?) I go to the trackpad settings in System Preferences and add the trackpad from there in paring mode. However when it connects the icon of an Apple Mouse shows up on the screen. Further, the only multi-touch gesture available is two-finger scroll. Finally, when changing the settings in the mouse menu of System Preferences, (like tracking speed,) this external trackpad is affected, (but not the built-in one.)

How do I make it so my Mac recognizes it properly as a trackpad?

I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) running 10.15.3 (19D76)


texts: One of my calendars is stuck on my iPhone. I tried to double-click the home button, but the Calendar app is not one of the icons showing in the task bar, so I can't close it manually. Can you assist?


texts: How to show a list of processes that are launched upon a login?

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There are some processes that are launched upon a login, how to get a list of these processes?
I want to prevent some processes from being launched automatically.


texts: Unable to Turn off Battery Percentage Indicator

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A few years ago when I had my iPhone 3GS, and wanted to see the battery displayed as a percentage (before this was implemented as a feature of iOS).  I achieved this via jailbreak.  Now my issue is this:  I can't turn it off.  I am several versions of phone and iOS beyond where I was when I implemented the jailbreak, unfortunately I (incorrectly) figured that when I migrated hardware this issue would resolve itself.

I am wondering is there somewhere I can go in the filesystem and remove a file or flag or something to resolve this?

The accepted answer to this question goes into more detail regarding this jailbreak hack.


texts: long long ago through updates or whatever apples AU Lab stopped working on my MacBook Pro. Every attempt to reinstall, even latest version didn't bring it back to live. Currently a new attempt is made with the 2.4 version on Yosemite 10.3. But after selecting a configuration the same as ever: No document window is opening. May be there are old settings hidden in special places? So I need to know how to TOTALLY delete any traces of the app from my computer to start a new attempt. Any infos desperately appriciated!! THX.


texts: iOS development: GameCenter and In-App activated default

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So I've created an application in XCode and I've tried to put it in the store.
However, the options In-App purchases and GameCenter are activated and I cannot uncheck them.

Why are these on? And why can't I turn them off? I don't see why they should be active as my application has neither one of these.

Thanks in advance


texts: Is it safe to eject my timemachine backup whilst its decrypting?

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I encrypted my Time Machine backup (A Western Digital 2tb external drive) then realised that Airport wont mount the backup over wifi, so am currently decrypting the drive (via Disk Utility).

I found the command:

diskutil cs list

which shows me the progress of the operation (it took a while to register at the under the the menu-bar icon).

Here's a snippet from the output:

    Sequence:               13
    Encryption Status:      Unlocked
    Encryption Type:        None
    Encryption Context:     Present
    Conversion Status:      Converting
    Has Encrypted Extents:  Yes
    Conversion Direction:   backward

Encrypting the backup took about 24 hours, and the time machine icon currently shows 'Decryptig Backup Disk (28%)'.

My question is: can I eject the drive without losing the backup?  Will the decryption continue when I mount the drive again?

TIA, Tim


texts: Why is Preview blacking out pages in a PDF file?

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Someone sent me a PDF. Here's what it looks like in Preview. I can see the pages in the thumbnails, but in the main window they are black. Any idea what's causing this and how to fix it.

When the program first opens the file, I see the pages for a fraction of a second before it blacks them out.

Update

I tried calibrating my displays, as suggested in a comment, but the pages are still black. I have two monitors - the MacBook Pro's screen and an external display.


texts: macOS no longer recognizes environment.plist

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I need to set up environment variables for Pixar RenderMan Pro Server in macOS 10.13.

Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra and High Sierra no longer recognize environment.plist located in a hidden .MacOSX directory:

<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH</key>
        <string>/Applications/Pixar/RenderManProServer-21.5/lib</string>
        <key>RMANTREE</key>
        <string>/Applications/Pixar/RenderManProServer-21.5</string>
    </dict>
</plist>

At the present time I'm using .bash_profile to set up environment variables:

echo RenderManProServer environment variables are set...

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Applications/Pixar/RenderManProServer-21.5/lib/
export RMANTREE=/Applications/Pixar/RenderManProServer-21.5/

  What else methods besides the described above allow Mac user to set up environment variables in macOS High Sierra?


texts: Slapd daemon can't start: TLS init def ctx failed: -1

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Yesterday I had to restart my Mac OS X Lion Server and after reboot I observed that I do not have any connection to my LDAPv3 on the localhost as well as no users available in Server application.

Next, Server application has showed three outdated certificates. Their names starting with "APNS".

I am not sure whether the issue is connected to those certificates specifically, but unfortunately "slapd" refers to issues with main certificates for my internal domain.

Following is the log from slapd itself:

Oct 27 17:49:57 apple slapd[723]: @(#) $OpenLDAP: slapd 2.4.23 (Jun 24 2012 23:35:56) $
    root@grace.apple.com:/private/var/tmp/OpenLDAP/OpenLDAP-186.5~1/servers/slapd

Oct 27 17:49:57 apple slapd[723]: daemon: SLAP_SOCK_INIT: dtblsize=8192
Oct 27 17:49:57 apple slapd[723]: main: TLS init def ctx failed: -1
Oct 27 17:49:57 apple slapd[723]: slapd stopped.

System log obviously shows:

Oct 27 17:53:19 apple com.apple.launchd[1] (org.openldap.slapd[879]): Exited with code: 1
Oct 27 17:53:19 apple com.apple.launchd[1] (org.openldap.slapd): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

While trying to start slapd from command line (using: /usr/libexec/slapd -d -1), I receive the following message before crash:

TLS: attempting to read
 `/etc/certificates/domain.com.456DACFFC771F8EB2F5A8E0EBB269969B8164097.key.pem'.
execv failed
TLS: could not use key file
 `/etc/certificates/domain.com.456DACFFC771F8EB2F5A8E0EBB269969B8164097.key.pem'.
LS: error:0D07207B:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_get_object:header too long
/SourceCache/OpenSSL098/OpenSSL098-49/src/crypto/asn1/asn1_lib.c:150
main: TLS init def ctx failed: -1 slapd destroy: freeing system resources. slapd stopped.

If I remove TLS configurations options from "/etc/openldap/slapd_macosxserver.conf" then I am able to start the daemon (using: /usr/libexec/slapd -d -1 -f slapd_macosxserver.conf. All my users a back, I can log-in via Workgroup Manager or Server application.

Meanwhile the Server Admin in the Open Directory entry shows that:

LDAP Server is: Running
Password Server is: Stopped
Kerberos is: Running

I have tried couple of things, but still have no idea how to fix the problem.


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I have a file open in Preview.app. I can easily view the full path for the same by  ⌘  + clicking on the file proxy icon (the icon shown besides the filename in Preview's title bar).

How do I copy the full path to clipboard?


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My iPad isn't updating its iOS version (10.3.4). How do I fix this?
My iPad is the iPad 4 (doesn't show option to update).


texts: How to disable special history editing on bash command line

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The letter g at the end of a path entry in either Terminal or iTerm2 is being captured and processed - I think by bash.  Here is what typing cd /git/ciderg looks like:

Notice the g is not typed.  If I type ESC it does show:

But if I hit g again it looks like some kind of history editing happens: a command from way long ago is posted and replaces the command I was typing
It seems that gg is being something like History | Go to beginning .  How do I disable that?
I had already removed the ~/.vimrc  and ~/.vim directory.  I do use set -o vi but that had been working for years - and without this strangeness.


texts: Dock flush with windows in Catalina is distracting

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For years, I have always placed the MacOS Dock on the left side of the screen.  This means that when I ask a window to open to full size, the left side of the window is next to the dock.  This never bothered me until Catalina.  Now if I have a text editor open to full size, the left edge of the text is immediately next to the Dock, which is visually distracting.  Of course I can move the window or hide the dock, but this is a very common situation for me, and it's gotten kind of annoying.
I'm not sure whether there was a small space in between the Dock and windows in earlier versions of MacOS, or whether all windows had a small border on the left. If there is a way to configure either, that would solve the problem.
(However,there does seem to have been a difference.  This question complained about space next to the Dock several years ago.)
EDIT: It looks like there is a subtle shadow from the Dock onto whatever is next to it.  I think that this is part of what I find distracting.  (I generally use a light background in apps.)  So maybe turning off the shadow would help, if there's a way to do that.
ANOTHER EDIT: In fact, by default the dock overlaps a fully expanded window.  More specifically, there are black boarder pixels from the dock that are on top of/inside the window that is fully expanded:

(The problem is annoying enough that I may end up moving the Dock to the other side of the screen, but I'm so used to it being on the left, I'd rather not.  I'm used to having a clean area on the right, and looking to the left to see what's running.)
Any suggestions?


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The AppleScript code:

on dialogBox(theMessage)
display dialog theMessage default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "Search"} default button 2 with title "Pick a search engine"
end dialogBox

dialogBox("Google, YouTube, Wiki, Dictionary, Apple, Adobe, or Google Images")

if text returned of result = "Google" then
set search to text returned of dialogBox("Enter Google Search")
tell application "Google Chrome"
    activate
    open location "https://www.google.com/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=4fJgVJ6SM8yD8QfJjYGICA&gws_rd=ssl,cr&fg=1#q=" & search
end tell

else if text returned of result = "YouTube" then
set search to text returned of dialogBox("Enter YouTube Search")
tell application "Google Chrome"
    activate
    open location "https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=" & search

end tell

else if text returned of result = "Wiki" then
set search to text returned of dialogBox("Enter Word")
tell application "Google Chrome"
    activate
    open location "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" & search

end tell

else if text returned of result = "Dictionary" then
set search to text returned of dialogBox("Enter Word")
tell application "Google Chrome"
    activate
    open location "http://Dictionary.Reference.Com/Browse/" & search

end tell

else if text returned of result = "Apple" then
set search to text returned of dialogBox("Enter Apple Search")
tell application "Google Chrome"
    activate
    open location "http://www.apple.com/search/?q=" & search

end tell

else if text returned of result = "Adobe" then
set search to text returned of dialogBox("Enter Adobe Search")
tell application "Google Chrome"
    activate
    open location "http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?term=" & search

end tell

else if text returned of result = "Google Images" then
set search to text returned of dialogBox("Enter Image Search")
tell application "Google Chrome"
    activate
    open location "https://www.google.ca/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=890&q=" & search

end tell
end if

The Problem:

At the top, it says ("Google, YouTube, Wiki, Dictionary, Apple, Adobe, or Google Images")

I want to make it so it puts a question mark at the end, like so: ("Google, YouTube, Wiki, Dictionary, Apple, Adobe, or Google Images?")

The Google Images has a question mark but when I type "Google Images" in the text box,
it closes. Can someone help so I can type Google Images with the question mark and the program doesn't close?


texts: I think I opened an unsafe unix exe file! Can anyone tell me what this file might've done?

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I was downloading a crack file for premier 2019 pro cc as something went wrong with my subscription and now I don't have premier, so when I opened the dmg. It showed an installer and I went through with the installation...(stupidly) nothing changed, but I am scared that I might have caused an issue to my computer.

How can I make sure that my system didn’t get infected by malware?

PS: I still have the .dmg on my computer in case I need it to see if damage can be reversed.

I don't know how to read the script or anything and I am just worried I might have given someone access to my personal and private information or might have caused an issue for may computer.


texts: Set permissions for sharing only user through terminal

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I am sharing my media folders on my local network by means of a sharing only user. The "sharing only" user is given read access to these folders, and anyone can connect with the user's log in credentials over smb in order to gain access to the files. However, when I add a new file to the shared folder, the sharing user does not have access to it, and I need to change the file permissions manually. I do this with finder by selecting folder info and reapplying the current read/write privileges to all enclosed items.

Are there any quicker methods for this procedure? Can it be done via terminal? Note that I cannot log into the shell as a sharing user. Can the read permissions be added automatically whenever a new file is added to the folder? Also, the machine in question is running Lion, so simple solutions are preferred.


texts: tell-tale file to know whether Mojave is installed

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I'd like to revert to High Sierra from Mojave via Time Machine.  I've already wiped the drive and installed a Mojave Time Machine backup, but I'd like to go back even further.  The presence of what directory or file in the Time Machine history will be indicative of whether Mojave or High Sierra is installed?

Thanks


texts: Does AirPlay online stream to Apple TV still go through the iPad?

texts: When we AirPlay the online stream on iPad to Apple TV, does the iPad remain in the chain (online stream to iPad and then iPad to Apple TV) or does the Apple TV virtually get and play that stream (online stream to Apple TV)?


texts: Save videos directly to flash drive in IOS 10.3.3

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So I have a small YouTube channel. Ive been trying lots of different cheap cameras ive had lying around to see which is best. My Dad just got a new iPhone, and I want to start using his old iPhone 5c as my camera. Problem is, it only has less than 3GB of storage with all unnecessary apps deleted and no photos or videos. I need to use an external storage device (Lightning flash drive) to store my videos on. Theres not even enough storage for a single longer shot tho, so I need to store the video directly on the flash drive when recording. Can this be done on IOS 10.3.3? If so how? Thanks!
Edit- Im gonna buy a Lightning flash drive. Is there a professional camera app with manual functions( like ProMovie) that lets you save clips directly to a flash drive?


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I want to use ntopng to monitor my internet availability. I installed it following the instructions shown here and Run ntopng. However I'm getting the following error:

...(some messages here)
07/Jan/2015 11:22:00 [Ntop.cpp:206] Welcome to ntopng i386 v.1.2.1 (r1.2.1) - (C) 1998-14 ntop.org
07/Jan/2015 11:22:00 [PeriodicActivities.cpp:53] Started periodic activities loop...
Segmentation fault

I compared what I got with the text given in the first link, and everything is ok except that at the end I don't know why I'm shown: Segmentation fault instead of

12/Sep/2014 08:32:34 [NetworkInterface.cpp:800] Started packet polling on interface en0 [id: 1]...
12/Sep/2014 08:32:34 [NetworkInterface.cpp:800] Started packet polling on interface en1 [id: 3]...
12/Sep/2014 08:32:34 [NetworkInterface.cpp:800] Started packet polling on interface lo0 [id: 5]...

as shown in the first link. I appreciate your help.


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I want to upgrade Xcode but it tells me I first need to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6.6 (I have 10.5.8).

However, the links I find online all seem to expect me to use Leopard or Lion.

How to I get there (without buying something)?


texts: I have deleted a bunch of music from iTunes on my Macbook Pro, but am not gaining any free space

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I am trying to clear off a lot of extra space on my hard drive. I started with about 90 gigs of music today when I had about 45 gigs of space left available. I just deleted almost 40 gigs worth of music from iTunes and emptied the trash. But it doesn't show any increase in available space.

I have been using the df -H terminal command to look at disk usage. This is the result:

Filesystem                          Size   Used  Avail Capacity    iused    ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2                        249G   195G    54G    79%   47650435 13189307   78%   /
devfs                               188k   188k     0B   100%        636        0  100%   /dev
map -hosts                            0B     0B     0B   100%          0        0  100%   /net
map auto_home                         0B     0B     0B   100%          0        0  100%   /home
localhost:/klncoWvMIai4qlXuHftSwz   249G   249G     0B   100%          0        0  100%   /Volumes/MobileBackups
/dev/disk1                          3.3G   3.3G     0B   100% 18446744073707931462  1621231 1712789607586623232%   /Volumes/GSP1RMCPRXFRER_EN_DVD

I have also verified my disk, repaired it, and repaired permissions. Nothing is changing though.


texts: How do I, after opening the iOS 5 built-in dictionary, look up the definition of a word that appears in a dictionary definition?

texts: I can look up the definition of any word that I can select in iOS.  However, once the dictionary is open, I can't figure out how to further look up the definition of a word that appears in the dictionary definition.  This seems like basic dictionary software functionality.  Is there a way to do it?


texts: Delete photos in the photo folder on mac

texts: There is a very annoying problem that is bugging me, when I delete a photo in the photo folder on my mac, and I use the photo preview window where I can slide with two fingers on the touchpad to browse the photos, the next photo is showed, but it is unselected . If I try to tap one of the arrow buttons, the preview window browses back to the beginning. How to solve this?


texts: MacBook Pro NOT syncing desktop to iCloud

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UPDATE: After months of doing research and trying a vast array of different things I finally decided to call Apple. I was on the phone with them for over 2 hours and they could not figure it out. Finally they had me download some special software that would scan my computer  and then they'd have it analyzed by an engineer. Then this morning when I woke up, lo and behold it was magically working! I'm thinking they may have done something server side for me. But ya thats what it took to get it working again.

TDLR: Call Apple to get it fixed.

OLD POST:
My MacBook Pro is not uploading or downloading its desktop to iCloud. It works flawlessly on my iMac, iPhone, iPad, ec...

I can't figure out what the heck is going on, here are somethings that I've tried,

1) signed out of iCloud, shutdown computer and waited for a few hours
2) unchecked and rechecked desktop & document syncing
3) checked to make sure I have enough space in iCloud (I do)
4) checked to make sure I have enough space on my computer (I do)

How can I fix this!?


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I teach a class that uses R as part of the lab and one of my students uses an iPad for her primary computer.  Is there anyway to install R on an iPad?

I found some old blog posts that say it isn't possible but I have not been able to find any information less than about 5 years old.


texts: Safari creates Zero bytes instead of actually downloading files

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Each time I Cmd+S an .mp3 or .mp4 file, it saves it, but as it turns out, as an empty Zero bytes file. Even if I'm explicitly choosing Save As and Format=Page Source, it doesn't work. I doubt this is an expected behaviour as it has let me down several times since some of the files are no longer online.

This issue is very similar to After Maverick, Safari will not download PDF files, but the solution there doesn't work for me as I don't even have that "Allow Plugins" checkbox in my version, nor do I use any.

I have Safari 11.0.3 on Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6

This is very frustrating. Please help


texts: Installing a C/C++ library with homebrew on M1 Macs

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In Linux, when a C/C++ library is installed through a package manager, the C/C++ compiler on the system is immediately able to find the installed library. I haven't used Intel Macs but this is definitely not the case in M1 Macs.
On M1 Macs, homebrew package manager installs software and libraries under /opt folder. It seems that clang that comes with XCode is not able to recognize this path so each time I compile my program against a particular library, I need to specify the library path using compiler's appropriate flag.
Is there a way to make clang compiler in M1 Macs recognize installed C/C++ library paths by default?


texts:
I bought the 450GB SSD that already have mac os el Capital file for laptop, I also bought SSD USB to connect the laptop.

Before installing it, how do I can install or set Mac os el capital from SSD into the same SSD before I replace with the hard drive!

If I'm doing wrong way, is this mean that I have to replace the hard drive with SSD first before installing it! because once I have tried that and the press Options key button is unable to read from start SSD.

I would appreciate your time with help thanks.


texts: "This Card is Already in wallet" message when I'm trying to add card to Wallet & Apple Pay which was removed

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I removed credit card and I'm trying to add it again in "Wallet & Apple Pay", but I get the message as in title.
At iWatch I removed and added the same card without problem.


texts: Multiple Time Machine backups, both encrypted and unencrypted

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I have an unencrypted Time Machine backup with a long history. I'm planning to add a brand new disk to the Time Machine, and use both to do backups simultaneously.

The new disk will be stored in an off-site location, so I would like to have it encrypted. Is it possible to encrypt only the second backup drive?

Specifically, I do not want to enable encryption on the original backup as well. In part because I understand that this requires Time Machine to make a new encrypted backup, potentially losing the history?


texts: Archive mails in Apple Mail plus Office 365 setup

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I am using my company mailbox since 2011. It has 18gb and >120.000 emails. I feel it very slow since several weeks and would like to archive a bunch of mails. Whats the right approach for archiving in an Apple Mail + Exchange (Office365) environment?

I would prefer to keep the mails online, not on any of my machines
I would like to automate it
I expect to significantly increase search speed on normal searches...
... but to be able to search through archived emails as well

Looking forward to your input. Thanks!


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With the release of iTunes 12.7, Apple removed the ability to install apps on a connected iOS device by removing the App Store from iTunes.

I tried installing an older version of iTunes which still has the App Store, iTunes 12.6.3. However, when trying to log in, I need to authorize the computer, but when trying to sign in it gives me an error saying This action could not be completed. Try again. If I choose not to authorize the computer, it threatens to delete literally all of the apps on my device.

Is there another, better way to install an app on my iPhone?


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I have a 2016 MBP with Big Sur and 170GB of internal drive space free and when trying to use Bootcamp to partition the drive with an 80GB disc for Windows 10 and it is stuck in the partitioning phase at ~40%...

What can I do to complete the process?
Attempting to quit the app complains that the process hasn’t been completed so it can’t quit. My only choice has been to close the MBP until later.
Here is the output of diskutil list:
$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         500.0 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +500.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data     313.4 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 292.7 MB   disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                611.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      6.4 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            15.1 GB    disk1s5
   6:              APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 15.1 GB    disk1s5s1

/dev/disk2 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-GB... +5.4 GB     disk2

After what amounts to 2.5hrs (the MBP was closed for about a day, but went to sleep and awoke just fine) I see "Your disk could not be partitioned":

I then ran the First Aid in Disk Utility which claimed to be successful:

However, upon running Bootcamp and going through the disk partitioning again, I had the same result as first seen above ("Your disk could not be partitioned.")


texts: How to get sound to headphones through my USB speakers vs. the internal speakers?

texts: I have AKG headphones with a USB or dual prong jack that I want to use with my MacBook Air. I can plug them into the USB port but how can I get the sound to come through the headphones instead of the laptop speaker?


texts: Automator: Service to move files into new subfolders based on file extension *within any selected folder*

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I've been searching for quite a while now but can't seem to find relevant instruction for this particular task. I'm brand new at this so apologies if I'm missing something basic.

Like many photographers I come back from a shoot with a card containing RAW (CR2), JPG, and MOV files all in a single folder. Once I copy this folder to my hard drive, I have to do the following actions, for which I would like to create a single service, so that I can run this same process for any folder I choose.

So here's what I'd like to automate:

Create separate folders for Raw, JPG, and Video within selected folder.
Identify files of each type and move them into the folders created in the first step.

I thought this would be simple, but the problem seems to lie in my need for this to be a generic service, not tied to any specific folder path. I need it to be repeatable for other folders, but I can't seem to figure out that essential versatility aspect.

I've already found and adapted an Apple Script (see below) which creates the subfolders I need. That part works fine as a service on its own. But I can't seem to perform the second step which would do the actual file-moving.

I know how to move files of a certain type to a specific folder but that's not what I need. I need all the JPGs in a certain folder to be moved to a new subfolder called JPG within the selected folder and likewise for the other file types. I understand how to filter those file types, but so far I can't figure out how to move them to a folder without having to specify a path, I don't know how to point to folders that don't yet exist. Even if I could, those paths will be different for each folder I need to work on.

Can any one give advice or point me to a relevant discussion?

Many, many thanks.

///

Here's the Apple Script for my subfolder creation service:

Script text:

on run {input, parameters}
    set output to {}
    tell application "Finder"
        set {source_folder, source_name} to {it, name} of first item of input
        repeat with prefix in {"JPG - ", "RAW - ", "Edits - ", "Video - "}
            make new folder at source_folder with properties {name:contents of prefix & source_name}
            set end of output to result as alias
        end repeat

Note: The file-moving part of the automation won't involve my the "Edits - " folder. This is just a container for future files.


texts: Is my password vulnerable to recovery using my Apple ID?

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For some time, in Mavericks, I had an option, which I had disabled, in Users & Groups > Password to reset the password using Apple ID

This option vanished after a migration, under Mavericks, to a new machine

and remains absent after an update to Yosemite

So I can't tell: Can a I reset my password using my Apple ID or not?

I had explicitly disabled this earlier for security reasons, but now I can't tell whether it has been enabled or not (or how I'd change it if I wanted to).


texts: Why does my blutooth output sound bad when input is on?

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When I have my bluetooth headphones connected to my mac, if an application is using the Input, the quality of output is extremely degraded. Why is this? How can I fix it?

This can be reproduced by going to the input tab of system preferences while listening to music in the background.

Here's video of whats going on in Audio MIDI setup, the Format seems to be degraded to 16kHz.

https://i.imgur.com/qi356xp.mp4

Kinda of relevant. I found this app and in the description it says something interesting:

  Get the best audio quality. macOS will normally use the SCO codec if it think you're going to use the microphone.

Could this be the issue I am having?

I just checked by holidng the option key (suggested by @bmike) on the menu bar icon. The codec does indeed switch from ACC to SCO when the mic is activated.

Also relevant:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7814292?answerId=31255072022#31255072022
https://audaciousfox.net/2017/airpods-macos-call-quality-fix


texts: How do I get the American Flag back on my menu bar?

texts: I'm new to Macs and got a 2011 MacBook Pro a few weeks ago and when I first set it up there was an American Flag on my menu bar.  Somehow it has disappeared and I can't figure out how to get it back.


texts: Policy on users of Internet sharing on Mac OS X Mountain Lion

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I have an ADSL Modem directly connected to my Mac 10.8.2 in bridge mode, the PPPoE connection is initiated by Mac and internet is shared to user computers / mobiles using WiFi.

Question:
Can i limit the speed of a specific IP / Mac address or other restrictions like blocking website ?

Regards


texts: How to solve audio sync issue on the Mac? (and it is not just by a constant out of sync amount)

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I downloaded a clip from 56.com or youku.com, and then found that the video and audio is out of sync.  At first, near 6:00, the video is about 0.7 second slower, and I used iMovie to "detach audio" and then drag the audio to play 0.7 second later and saved the video.  However, I found later that at around 50:00, the video was about 4 to 5 seconds slower.  So the video is constantly slower, not by a fixed amount. (I suspect that it is some 23.97 or 24 frame per second issue, but 4 seconds out of 50:00, and that is 0.13% off... (and 23.97 vs 24 is also 0.125%, so they seem quite close).

Is there a way using HandBrake, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, or any other tool to fix it?  I only saw that in iMovie, I can set the video to play at 101% speed, but then it will be too fast.


texts: I have an iPhone 5s and ever since I updated to iOS 8.1.3 I can't play videos. Online videos, such as YouTube, look like they're playing (the progress bar/timer moves) but it is just a black screen. Videos that I have recorded using the iPhone camera just won't start (the first frame of the video shows up on the screen, but no playback happens). Is anyone else experiencing this? Any ideas on fixing it?


texts: How do I Bounce only part of a project in Logic Pro?

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In Logic Pro X, I wish to export only part of a project (I'm not yet happy with the end, but I don't want to remove the WIP).

I selected the zone I want with the yellow bar at the top, and pressed "Bounce selected region", but it doesn't seem to do what I want, which is only export the first 22 measures.

What is the proper procedure?


texts: How to access a symlink pointing to a place outside the share?

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I have a share on Lion Server, and a symlink pointing to a directory outside the share. The symlink is working properly when user is logged into the machine via ssh (so permissions are fine), but when  accessing the filesystem via AFP or CIFS, the link is broken.

Is there a setting that allows to follow symlinks outside shared folders?


texts:
In OSX Calendar (El Capitan) I am on the "Month" view. I browse around and then I see a date that interests me and want to see a full day-view for that date.

My instinct is to double-click on the date, but it creates a new event.

How do I zoom into a specific date?


texts: Wacom tablet. Endless error messages in OS X systemlog

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I am running a Wacom intuos tablet with the latest software driver v6.3.16-12 on OS X El Capitan. I have noticed endless error messages in the OS X console e.g

27.07.16 16:00:59,520 WacomTabletDriver[416]: handleNotification:Wacom ToolID Message
27.07.16 16:01:04,596 WacomTabletDriver[416]: handleNotification:Wacom ToolID Message
27.07.16 16:01:04,684 WacomTabletDriver[416]: handleNotification:Wacom ToolID Message
27.07.16 16:01:22,624 WacomTabletDriver[416]: handleNotification:Wacom ToolID Message
27.07.16 16:01:51,127 WacomTabletDriver[416]: handleNotification:Wacom ToolID Message
27.07.16 16:02:22,511 WacomTabletDriver[416]: handleNotification:Wacom ToolID Message

Here’s what I tried

I’ve reinstalled the Wacom Driver 2 times.
Repaired OS X system permissions
It also happening on another Mac running OS X Yosemite

The tablet seems to be working correctly. Who else is seeing these messages? What else can I do?


texts: Why can I boot into the recovery partition without entering a password even though I have FileVault 2 with full-disk-encryption enabled?

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Apple has released this support document for FileVault 2 in Lion which says:

  FileVault 2 uses full disk, XTS-AES 128 encryption to help keep your data secure. With FileVault 2 you can encrypt the content of your entire drive.

I understand that full disk encryption requires me to enter the login password right upon start and before the boot process.

But why then can I boot into the recovery partition without entering a password?


texts: App Store is insanely slow on Mac OS X Lion

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I'm not sure if it is a problem with Lion, but my App Store is insanely slow.

I Googled and tried the solutions available online, but none of them work.

And I just keep seeing the beach ball.

One thing I noticed is, on my Mac, when I click "see all" in the App Store, the list of apps first show in 3 columns, and after a while of beach ball, it becomes 4 columns. That's different from other people's video showing slow app store. (in their video, it is automatically 4 columns.)

Has anyone encountered the same problem? Is there solution available?


texts: kernel_task and softwareupdate constantly hogging .5 GB of RAM each

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I have a 2011 MacBook Pro. It had 4 GB of RAM and I upgraded it to 6 GB last year as it was getting a bit sluggish with the newer versions of OS X and running Vagrant VMs on it.

Lately, I’ve noticed my MacBook’s really slow upon waking up. As in, it takes up to a minute before it’ll accept keyboard and trackpad input, and app switching is woefully slow. And when input is recognised, it’s just very slow to operate.

After working on my MacBook through this sluggishness for about half an hour, and the fans kicked in, I decided to open Activity Monitor to see what’s actually going on.

Vagrant’s using nearly 2 GB of RAM (that’s fine, that’s what I set it to use, and I can scale that down), but I also noticed that two processes—kernel_task and softwareupdate—are both using .5 GB each. Add this with Chrome using around .5 GB and other applications, this quickly adds up and puts pressure on my poor 6 GBs.

The softwareupdate process is self-explanatory, but why is it using so much memory? I imagine it’s only hitting Apple’s servers to check for software updates. Does it really need .5 GB for that? And what about the kernel_task process? Why does that need .5 GB of memory as well?


texts: How to restore my disappeared addresses/contacts after upgrading to El Capitan?

texts:
I just upgraded to El Capitan. I don't know if that caused the problem, but my Contacts folder on the dock is empty. I am sure the addresses and groups still exist since, if I create an email and type a group name into, say, BCC, they all appear.

How can I restore the Contacts "book?"


texts: How to export photos from the new Photos app in full quality?

texts:
I noticed that the new Photos.app reduces image size on export. If I drag & drop a photo from the Photos library, the size is reduced by at least 50%.

How do I get rid of this behavior and recover my original photo file?


texts: Automator fails. Is there a better solution?

texts:
Recently I was trying to train an Automator script to run some mundane tasks - unfortunately it stops at the first step.

I clicked the "record" button on my old Mac OS 10.5 machine, opened Keychain and did a few more steps. It failed on the first step unfortunately - the cursor just points to the spot a little to the right of where Keychain shows on the bottom dock. (Yes, I tried turning off autohiding, and the jumpout effect)

On a newer Mac it was actually worse, when recording and playing back the steps it didn't give an alert saying it failed, it just kept pressing the mouse down, down, toward the icon, and never clicking it.

If Automator isn't the best tool for what it says it does, what is the best solution?

Since this will be programmatically called, one natural choice might be the Java Robot class - unfortunately it seems this does simple key press, key-up, mouse movement, but doesn't seem to have the smarts Automator has.

Sikuli seems like possibly a good solution, but I can't test right now as it apparently only works on OS 10.6+ (and earlier than 10.10). It also sounds a bit hacky, how it uses image processing to find what you're looking for.

I know there are OpenSSL commands that do the same as the Keychain, but for the purposes of this automation it has to be known by the system - which from what I can tell requires certs to be in the Keychain. I need a solution that can be scripted.


texts: How do I reset Camera and Microphone permission on macOS Mojave?

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I'm using macOS Mojave and I want to use my camera and microphone to make a New Movie Recording in QuickTime Player. But when I try it gives me this error.

  QuickTime Player is not authorized to access the microphone.

I looked in System Preferences but the list is empty, and there's no + plus button for me to add an app, and I can't drag apps into the list. I think maybe this came up once before and I clicked Don't Allow. Now I can't get this prompt to come up again. How can I reset permissions so that the prompt comes back?


texts: Badge disappears for an app after an hour of no usage?

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I have a todo app that shows a badge indicating how many tasks are due today. For some reason, recently the badge will disappear one hour after I last opened the app. The app has not been updated in months, and I talked with the developers and they can't figure out what the problem might be.

Could this be somehow a problem with iOS, perhaps? And if so, is there a fix I can perform for it?


texts: brew cask install java6 - Cannot install on volume / because it is disabled - MacOS 10.15 beta

texts:
I've un/reinstalled brew,
turned off macOS Gatekeeper,
csrutil is disabled,
and a bunch of other things but brew cask install java6 always results in this:

> $ brew cask install java6                                        ⬡ 8.11.4 [±OLYM-152-optimizely-web-per-banner ✓]
==> Satisfying dependencies
==> Downloading https://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1572/en_US/javaforosx.dmg
Already downloaded: /Users/mmooring/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/ef0dff3db9496248774373eb3eba27a50a91e83edda3fe32d2197db15a5ffc69--javaforosx.dmg
==> Verifying SHA-256 checksum for Cask 'java6'.
==> Installing Cask java6
==> Running installer for java6; your password may be necessary.
==> Package installers may write to any location; options such as --appdir are ignored.
installer: Cannot install on volume / because it is disabled.
installer: A newer version of this package is already installed.
==> Purging files for version 1.6.0_65-b14-468 of Cask java6
Error: Failure while executing; `/usr/bin/sudo -E -- env LOGNAME=mmooring USER=mmooring USERNAME=mmooring /usr/sbin/installer -pkg /usr/local/Caskroom/java6/1.6.0_65-b14-468/JavaForOSX.pkg -target /` exited with 1. Here's the output:
installer: Cannot install on volume / because it is disabled.
installer: A newer version of this package is already installed.
Follow the instructions here:
  https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask#reporting-bugs
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/system_command.rb:111:in `assert_success'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/system_command.rb:52:in `run!'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/system_command.rb:29:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/system_command.rb:33:in `run!'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/artifact/pkg.rb:59:in `block in run_installer'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/artifact/pkg.rb:65:in `with_choices_file'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/artifact/pkg.rb:52:in `run_installer'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/artifact/pkg.rb:34:in `install_phase'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:214:in `block in install_artifacts'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/set.rb:777:in `each'
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/set.rb:777:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:205:in `install_artifacts'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/installer.rb:103:in `install'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/install.rb:23:in `block in run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/install.rb:16:in `each'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/install.rb:16:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd/abstract_command.rb:36:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:92:in `run_command'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:158:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cask/cmd.rb:123:in `run'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmd/cask.rb:9:in `cask'
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb:102:in `<main>'

I've tried and answers from this Apple StackExchange Question:
How to run an app that require Java SDK on macOS Catalina 10.15?

Any help will be greatly appreciated as I've been blocked now for a few days. ♂


texts: Is there any disadvantage of buying a refurbished iPhone 6s/7?

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I found some websites which sell "Refurbished" iPhone 6/6s/7 . Refurbished iPhones claim to work like "new". Is it really true?

Some people told me that - the battery in refurbished iPhone is Not new. Is it true?

Most of the websites give 60/90 days warranty for refurbished iPhones. Why don't they give 1 year warranty? Does it mean that refurbished iPhones don't last long because the phone was already used by someone else (which causes the phone to lose some of it's lifetime) ?

If there is NO disadvantage of a Refurbished iPhone (for eg: I will get 1 year warranty with Refurbished iPhone) , then what is the point of buying a Brand new iPhone spending extra money?


texts:
Can I load and play audibooks on the iPod shuffle 2GB?

If so, how many standard novels can I fit on there, am I only allowed to download from the iTunes shop or can I also load from the library?


texts: NAT port forwarding from host to client in VMWare Fusion 5?

texts: How do I forward ports from my host machine to the virtualized machine when I'm using NAT to share my network connection? I found some instructions for earlier versions of VMWare, but I don't see the files they mention in the same location in my installation.


texts: No sound output from Macbook to TV via HDMI?

texts:
I’ve got an LG OLED TV with HDMI support. I have a 2018 Macbook with USB-C ports running Catalina 10.15.4.

I bought a USB-C to HDMI 2.0 cable and hooked up my Macbook to my TV.

The pictures come out perfectly, but the sound continues to output through my Macbook.

I have verified that the TV is selected as the output under System Peferences -> Sound -> Output.


texts: Mac freezes at startup at apple logo after permission changes

texts:
I executed

chmod go-rwx /

Command on my Macbook pro yosemite. Since then its not able to boot up. It just sticks at apple logo.

Things I have tried:

Mac repair  > Disk Utility > Repair file permissions. Completed Ok.
Mac repair > Disk Utility >  Repair Disk. Completed Ok.
Pressed (Cmnd+S) during boot > fsck -fy . The volume appears to be Ok.
Pressed (Cmnd+S) during boot > verified permissions of all folders inside the / with another mac book of same specs. All were same.

Am I only left with re-install ?

Ps: I got that command from here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6419695


texts:
I live in China, which requires me to use several VPN's to access the outside web.  Occasionally, some VPN's are either totally blocked or suffer from high packet loss.

In Windows, it is easy to see statistics such as the packets in/out, the compression ratio, and most importantly for me, the packet loss ratio.  Is there a way to see VPN connection quality information OS X?


texts: How can I delete Apple OS X application such as Photos, iPhoto, and others that I never use?


texts: Using ACL to allow users to add files but not subdirectories in a folder

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I am on Mac OS Lion and wants to prevent users from creating sub directories inside a folder but at the same time users should be able to add files to the same directory

The following command does not allow user to add files to the folder

chmod +a "user allow add_file" test

What should I do to allow users to add files and not sub directories?

here are links to
Screen Shot 1
Screen Shot 2


texts: 2011 i5 27" imac wired keyboard does not power up

texts:
I have tried 3 keyboards and every one does not get power until after OS X starts it's boot sequence, it seem the USB bus is not getting power until about a minute after startup. I am therefore unable to launch diagnostics, reset NVRAM, PRAM and all the other good stuff I need at present because my SSD is dying and I'd like to upgrade it's firmware

Any ideas?


texts:
I'm trying to add a movie file to iTunes 12. I've tried dragging and dropping and "Add to Library" from the iTunes File menu, but neither work. The movie isn't being sent to the "Home Movies" section, either.

Any ideas as to how I can resolve this?


texts: I accidentally removed all files with "rm -rf *". How can I recover?

texts:
I accidentially deleted every single file in my home folder of my Mac using rm -rf * in iTerms. I intended just to clear one folder, but clearly did not know what I was doing. Yes feel free to laugh, it's terrifying as well!

How can I recover my deleted files?

The files are not in Trash.
There is no Time Machine backup.
OS X Yosemite 10.10.4


texts: Why are some streaming players not playing no matter how long you wait?

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Unfortunately, most streaming players I'm currently using, except YouTube, have this exact same problem. Sometimes they simply don't play, even though they should have been loaded far enough. But in other times, they work perfectly fine. So, it's surely not that the video is defective.

Another thing which also happens regularly on these streaming players is, when I pause the video I always have to fear that it doesn't play anymore, even though it should have been loaded far enough, and hence I have to reload the whole site. Jumping to different places on the progress bar sometimes changes the still image, but it doesn't play nonetheless.

And sometimes the video plays again after a moment of waiting (it can go up to a few minutes) which is still strange since it has already loaded quite far and just by pausing the video shouldn't have made it load again.

Since none of these problems occur on YouTube, does that platform use a different way to play its videos or does Safari play a part in it? And is there a way to fix that problem?


texts: Applescript: How to move a file after finishing processing it?

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I'm very new to writing applescript, but have been painfully working through it.

I have successfully written scripts to download specific csv attachments from an email inbox, then create an SQL insert statement from them. I'm now trying add a statement to move the original file to an archive folder so the SQL insert script does not act on those files the next time it runs. The variable"DEP_name" is the name of the file captured earlier in the script:

        tell application "Finder"
            set orgpath to "Macintosh HD:Users:me:Documents:source_folder:" as string
            set originalFolder to (orgpath & DEP_name) as string

            set newpath to "Macintosh HD:Users:me:Documents:Archive:" as string
            set newFolder to (newpath & DEP_name) as string

            move originalFolder to newFolder with replacing
        end tell

With this version I get the error: "Finder got an error: AppleEvent handler failed." I have also tried using the Posix file path, but I am getting a different error with that attempt. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: What is the equivalent of ipconfig/displaydns (and flushdns) in OS X?

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I need to find how to display my DNS cache on the mac. I have tried
multi Google searches but failed to come up with a good solution.
The best I found was how to remove the cache with the command
sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder which is great but I need to see the cache to see if the change works.


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I just bought a new iPhone. I'm trying to sync music to it. iTunes get stuck in "Waiting for changes to be applied..." for what seems like an endless period of time.

Furthermore all of the songs appear on my phone, but they have the cloud icon next to them, which means they aren't actually present on the phone, only the metadata is.

Photos and other data syncs without a problem.

I've tried unchecking the "Sync Music" button in iTunes, but now it still hangs.

How do I even start to figure out what's gone wrong? Does iTunes have crash logs or something?

edit The following message appeared in my Console: 12/18/14 09:49:39.223 AppleMobileDeviceHelper[2164]: 2164:2072015632|AppleMobileDeviceHelper.m:_getDisabledDataClassNamesFromLockdownForTarget| ERROR: Could not find a device with the target identifier d595ce677d5209b98bbdfcfba7d0b020388da8cb. Assuming there are no disabled data classes.

The device is plugged in to my laptop directly (no 3rd party USB adapter)


texts: My MacBook is slow recently. How do I fix this?

texts:
My MacBook has become very slow recently and not because of any software update. But it just became suddenly slow. Logging in to my account takes 2 minutes and even opening a terminal window takes a while to load. Apps take a while to open and quit. I even tried to reinstall macOS without formatting my drive but my MacBook is still as slow as a snail.

PS. I have 24GB left on my 120GB drive.

EDIT: I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) with 8GB ram. I am using this MacBook for 3 years.

What ideas should I consider next?


texts:
I want to install Firefox browser on my Mac laptop. I go to the Firefox website from Google and click on download.
It downloaded a Firefox 77.0.1.dmg file.
How do I install Firefox using this file? This does not look like Firefox icon.


texts:
When I try to launch Test.jar apple pops up with the error The Java JAR file "Test.jar" could not be launched. when I do java -version it says...
java version "15" 2020-09-15
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 15+36-1562)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 15+36-1562, mixed mode, sharing)

I have seen other questions and posts but none seem to answer the question.
I am running macOS Catalina 10.15.7
The file I am trying to run is https://cdn.cosmicclient.com/download/Launcher.jar
I would appreciate some help to play Minecraft. Any ideas?
Edit:

Where does Test.jar come from?

Test.jar was a variable that I previously used to rename the .jar for simplicity purposes however it is the same exact file as Launcher.jar

Can you show us the documentation or description of the jar.

https://cosmicclient.com is the source of the .jar thank you I should have put that into my first message. IF you are wondering if there is a virus, I have downloaded this on 2 different computers, 1 windows, 1 mac and then run an anti-virus software that didn't detect anything and the computer still run as they did. If you would like more evidence the virus-total scan (virustotal.com) is https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/c82150f000b7a9042f54756312b802494f149a57f75fd11247a7e823f915cb70/detection.


texts:
I have 2 macbook pro A and B. I want to transfer A to B to make them identical. I have done something similar before by creating a disk image and then retoring a new hd from the same disk image. However, I tired the following and it seems I am missing something:

plug-in external HD with a newly created disk image from computer A into computer B
Launch disk utility on computer B
Click restore on the 1 and only partition
Select the source to be the image on the external hd (.dmg file)
select the destination to be the partition.

Then I get a promted to scan the disk image but it fails with error unable to scan Resource Busy.

What am I doing wrong? Am I supposed to boot in recovery mode before?


texts: Partition type for boot drive FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF and more

texts:
I was trying to install Ubuntu onto my MacBook Pro 2011 (Catalina running via Catalina Patcher) which already had Windows 10 with bootcamp. When I tried to run Windows again, I couldn't so I decided to delete Windows 10 and Ubuntu and just keep MacOS. I deleted the partitions but couldn't get the deleted space to combine with the MacOS partition. When I checked the type, it said unknown type. So I rebooted my computer but when it turned on it started flashing the question mark file. I found a previous question that matched my problem so I followed it.
Data Not Backed Up, Partition Type: FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF
I got to the step where you do gpt remove then I realized I needed my original numbers to be able to do gpt add. Is there any way I can get my boot, data and settings back?

This is my first time posting, I usually read other questions and the answers a few times over but this time I really messed up. Any and all help is very much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
TLDR: Forgot to note down the size and starting before gpt remove.
output from the commands export LC_CTYPE="ASCII";dd if=/dev/disk1 count=1 skip=409640 | vis -c

After running the gpt command that @David Anderson said below. I was able to boot using an external drive and see my MacOS partition. I restarted and was able to boot into my original drive. The only problem is that there seems to be 187.85GB of memory available rather than the full 240GB.
Edit: I was able to remove the "free space" partition from Disk Utility and now have access to all 240GB.
Thank you so much @David Anderson, you saved 4 years worth of my data and settings.


texts: iTunes starts playing music automatically when watching Apple TV

texts:
Every time I pause or unpause Netflix on Apple TV it starts playing iTunes music on my computer, even with wi-fi and home sharing turned off.

How do I disable iTunes from launching when using Apple TV?


texts: Why should disabling wifi on Router speed up internet connection?

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I'm having an odd issue with my home network.

I have a TPLink Archer D7 connected to my phone line and wired to an Airport Extreme in my basement.

Each of these is connected (by cable) to a MacMini.

We have 3 x iPad, 2 x iPhone and 1 x AppleTV that connect to the 2.4GHz and 5GHz wifi networks.  Mostly to the Archer D7 but also, less frequently, to the Airport Extreme.

The problem I get is that from time to time my internet speed becomes horribly slow.  Impossible to stream video.

What I have discovered is that if I disable both WiFi networks on the Archer D7 then the internet speeds go straight back up to normal (acceptable to good for video).

This happens when none of the connected devices are in use, or they maybe in use for games that do not require an internet connection.

When the Archer's WiFi is disabled the devices automatically connect to the Airport (which is just within range) and can be used as normal without disrupting the internet speed.  So unless they are causing some sort of priority setting on the router then I don't see how they can be choking the connection.

I have SSID broadcast off and have strong WPA2 passwords on all networks.
I have MAC addresses set for all devices, filtering on and no guest networks enabled.

I'm starting to think it can only be someone piggy-backing my connection but I'm not sure what else I can do about that (if it is the case).

Do any other possible causes of this type of problem spring to mind?

I have no idea if this is an Apple specific problem because I have no non-apple equipment I can use to check it.

Turning off the main WiFi is a pain because without that network I can't use my AppleTV.

All suggestions gratefully received.


texts: Is it possible to COMPLETELY delete a Book from my purchased books?

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Yesterday, I saw that my brother has downloaded an "hentai" on my Mac (shame on me, I didn't lock it !) I deleted it, but it stays on my purchased books, and I don't want it !

Is it possible to totally remove a book from my account's purchased history?


texts: Impossible to sort iBooks PDFs in Bookshelf view?

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I can drag and drop all day long, but it won't let me so much as touch the data source. Whether I'm dragging cover art around on the Bookshelf or moving rows in the List view's table, there is a major piece of missing functionality.
Titles and art will duplicate, leaving some PDFs apparently gone, but as soon as I leave the app (or even just change the view), it reloads and gives me the random-sort that I really don't want.
List view works for finding sometimg to read, minus the completely ineffective reordering action, but it has absolutely no influence on Bookshelf view, which is the one I want.
I did somehow manage to get one -- ONE of 41 PDFs -- to move. I'm amazed it hasn't reset on me.

Running iOS 5.1.1 on an iPad 1, not that it should ever matter with first-party software.

From Apple's website:

Can I rearrange books on my iBooks bookshelf?
Yes, you can rearrange books in your iBooks bookshelf by touching and holding a book, then moving the book where you would like it.  You can also sort books in iBooks by switching to List view and tapping either Bookshelf, Titles, Authors, or Categories buttons. PDFs are conveniently stored on a separate bookshelf.

Helpful.


texts: Black sun animation in iTunes. Does anyone know what it is?

texts:
I got this black sun animation inside my iTunes.

It was triggered by some shortcut, but I can't remember which one.

Does anyone know what it is?


texts: I keep on having glitches with my Mac, and then after it freezes with 3 beeps.I have to press the power button for about 8 seconds before it stops. Sometime it turns on back, sometimes it doesnt. What could be the cause of this problem?? My Mac is 2012


texts: How can I find out the command line of a process that changed a specific file?

texts:
I am trying to find out what process is modifying my /etc/sshd_config file.  It happens due to a background process that runs based on periodic intervals or based on a trigger.
What I want to see is when this change happens, I should see what app and what command line was used to modify the file.
Example:

Start monitoring /etc/sshd_config
A process with PID 1000 modifies the file
I capture what the command line was for PID 1000

I tried sudo fs_usage -w | grep sshd_config, but that will only show me the PID of the process that modified the file.
What I need is the actual command line.  In Linux, I can get it from cat /proc/<PID>/cmdline.  Am wondering if a similar facility exists in macOS.


texts: How to Use Keyboard Shortcut ⌘; when ; doesn't exist as a single key?

texts:
The ⌘+; (command + semicolon) hides all guides in Adobe Illustrator. The problem is that I'm using a Swiss keyboard layout. The semicolon for me is located on the comma (,) key and I type a semicolon with Shift+, (shift + comma). However, neither ⌘+, (command + comma) nor ⌘+Shift
+, (command + shift + comma) seems to trigger the actual keyboard shortcut. I am aware that I can change system specific keyboard shortcuts within the keyboard settings of Mac OS but this doesn't work in Illustrator and, unfortunately, there's no keyboard shortcut setting in Illustrator either.

Is there any general way how I can access a keyboard shortcut if one of the keys is not accessible by a single key press?


texts: Will upgrading to a 32 GB RAM Macbook Pro significantly speed up Adobe Illustrator?

texts:
I use Illustrator to create large, detailed pattern designs. The .AI file size of one of these designs typically exceeds 500MB. When I’m working on a large file like this, Illustrator performance is so slow, taking about 5 seconds for even the simplest operations, like zooming in and out. I’ve tried avoiding Overprint view, and switching to Outline view, and those help only a tiny bit.

Here’s a screen recording showing how moving a group of objects takes about 10 seconds:

https://youtu.be/lrAD9yBE1Pk

The file shown is an 800+ MB .AI file.

Edited just to add stats on Illustrator according to Activity Monitor during the screen recording:

CPU 93.3%
Memory 4.43 GB
Disk 1.6 MB

I’m wondering whether upgrading to the latest Macbook Pro will significantly speed up this process. Or if I just can’t expect to efficiently work on large files on a laptop, and should just switch to an iMac. Or if it’s just that Illustrator performance is really slow compared to Photoshop and InDesign, and it’s an Adobe issue, according to this:

Why is Illustrator throttled to 2% speed when it's in the background?

My current Macbook Pro specs:

Macbook Pro 15-inch 2017
3.1 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR memory
Radeon Pro 560 4096 MB memory
Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB memory
1TB SSD storage

The specs of the Macbook Pro I’m eyeing:

Macbook Pro 15-inch (2018 or 2019?)
2.9GHz 6-core 8th-generation Intel Core i9 processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.8GHz
32 GB 2400MHz DDR4 memory
Radeon Pro Vega 20 with 4GB of HBM2 memory
1TB SSD storage

(I’ve also thought about moving to other vector software which have been specifically designed for Mac OS, like Affinity Designer and Sketch, but they seem to be lacking some of the Illustrator features I rely on.)


texts: Iphone 6 plus keyboard letters uppercase

texts:
I bought my Iphone 6 plus yesterday, and i was wondering is it genuine because keyboard letters when typing messages and emails are all uppercase no matter caps lock. Is it good, sorry for stupid question, but I`m new to Apple products.

Thanks


texts: Catalina Safari "Proxy Automatic Configuration" (PAC) is not used

texts:
Running Catalina (10.15.6) My SOCKS5 proxy is a DynamicForwarddeclared port on a ssh session.
My pac file is ultra simple and tested good using online test tools, as well as Chrome which uses the OS's PAC setting.
To eliminate a filesystem sandbox issue, I host the PAC file using a python SimpleHTTPServer. I can see the file being downloaded when I configure it in Network prefs, as well as when I launch chrome and safari.
For some reason, Safari doesn't use my proxy. If I configure the proxy address and port directly under "Proxy" in network prefs, safari uses it fine.
Any clues or troubleshooting suggestion is welcome!


texts: Why do some contacts on the favorites screen on Phone.app show initials and others an icon?

texts:
In iOS 7 the contacts in my favorites screen in Phone.app that don't have a photo show either initials or a person icon. Why not just one or the other and what determines which image a contact will get?

I think this is best shown with a picture:


texts: I recently changed the password for my gmail account. I was able to register the account on my iPhone but when I do the same on my iPad it tells me that the user id and password are incorrect. I changed the password again but the problem persisted. When I access gmail via Safari or Chrome there is no problem.


texts: Can the Apple 10W USB charger be used with a 7-port USB hub to charge iPad 2, iPhone 4S, and other devices at the same time when traveling?

texts:
When traveling, I probably will have the iPad 2, iPhone 4S, a USB backup charger, and some misc devices such as a Kindle Fire and a Sony digital camera that uses USB to charge its battery.

So instead of hooking them all up to the computer to charge them overnight, in the event that I actually need to charge every one of them that night, is it possible to use Apple's 10W USB charger that Apple makes (it is 100V to 240V compatible):

and then hook it up to any USB hub, such as this Belkin 7-port one:

and be able to charge all the devices listed above at the same time?  (by the way, it seems that the smaller Apple USB charger with the green dot is 5W, so probably that one is not very powerful to charge all devices at the same time).


texts: How to import authoritative (primary) zone data into Lion Server DNS?

texts:
Our current authoritative DNS server suffers from random reboot issues.

That is why we would like to import our DNS zones into a Lion DNS server (BIND). We could not find an option to import DNS records via zone transfer (AXFR).

How to import DNS zone data into Lion Server DNS?


texts: Screen sharing not working on OS X 10.11 El Capitan

texts:
I'm running OS X 10.11 El Capitan and Screen Sharing has become more and more tedious. I have a MacBook Air, my usual laptop, and a Mac mini to which I want to connect with Screen Sharing (on my MacBook Air).

However, most of the time I cannot see anything on the Sidebar of the Finder on my MacBook Air. If I manually Go → Connect to Server and enter vnc://myhomemini (which is the server that my Mac mini's Sharing settings suggests I use), I just the popup message:

  Unable to resolve “myhomemini”
  Verify the name you entered and make sure your network connection is working.

Neither computer has a firewall enabled. Both are on the same home network that belongs to me, of course, and both are online without issues individually. On the Mac mini (destination computer, whose screen I want to see on the MacBook Air), the Sharing settings have both Screen Sharing and File Sharing enabled. Nothing else like Remote Management etc is enabled.

What else? Apple's support website is utterly useless. All the advice on the Internet is also speaking of random things from 2012, etc. Welcome any ideas.


texts: Both Quicktime Player and VLC keep stopping the video (but not the audio) since 10.6.8. Any ideas?

texts:
Since I updated to 10.6.8 yesterday (and this might be coincidence), both Quicktime Player (I still use 7) and VLC (current version) keep stopping the video (but not the audio) of movies I am watching. This happens whether they are in the background or fullscreen and fixes itself when the program gains focus.

Is this a faulty video driver that came with 10.6.8 or what could be the reason?

Mac Pro 2009 2x2.26 GHz, 24 GB, ATI Radeon HD 4870.


texts: How to schedule run of .command file (bash)?

texts:
I have a bash script (saved as myfilename.command) and would like to schedule its run. I've tried to use Calendar event for this (which works fine with Automator scripts), but I get the following error -

  “myfilename.command” can’t be opened because CoreServicesUIAgent is
  not allowed to open documents in Terminal.

Is there any way to fix it?


texts: MacBook Pro won't recognize USB keyboard any more

texts:
I have a "MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)" running Mojave (v10.14.5).

I'm trying to use a Microsoft Natural 4000 v1.0 USB keyboard, because it's one of the few keyboards that fits my hands comfortably.

One of my quirks is that I'm a heavy user of the command line and Emacs, and my fingers know that the key to the left of the "A" is supposed to be a control key.

Up until last night, it was working fine. However, something broke when I had my laptop away from power and my USB hub and let the Mac drain so much that it shut down.

When I restarted it this morning after being plugged in all night, it wouldn't recognize my external USB keyboard as anything other than a generic keyboard; for example, this dialog box in System preferences used to show something like "Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000" but now shows just "Keyboard":

This wouldn't be so bad, except that now I can't get the Caps Lock key to behave as a Control key. When I choose in "Modifiers" to get it to behave as "Control", what happens is that it becomes a Control Lock key, not a Control key: that is, pressing the key to the left of "A" and then releasing it will make every key after that act as if Control is held down, until I hit that key again. I've double-checked and I don't have "Sticky Keys" set. (Besides, on the keyboard that's part of my laptop this works correctly: there, the key to the left of "A" behaves as a control key should. It's only a control lock on my USB keyboard)

Clearly some part of the system knows that it is not just a generic keyboard; here's a snippet from system_profiler SPUSBDataType:

    Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000:

      Product ID: 0x00db
      Vendor ID: 0x045e  (Microsoft Corporation)
      Version: 1.73
      Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
      Manufacturer: Microsoft
      Location ID: 0x14200000 / 6
      Current Available (mA): 500
      Current Required (mA): 100
      Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

I've tried deleting the com.apple.HIToolbox.plist file from both /Library/Preferences and ~/Library/Preferences and deleting the /Library/Preferences/com.apple.keyboardtype.plist file. I've tried reseting the PRAM with Command-Option-P-R at boot. None of this has allowed the Mac to recognize my keyboard again.

Here's the output of kextstat | grep -v com.apple:

Index Refs Address            Size       Wired      Name (Version) UUID <Linked Against>
  167    0 0xffffff7f838e9000 0x4000     0x4000     com.protech.NoSleep (1.5.0) CB8F75A7-9009-31D3-A758-8C157CFEA5EC <6 5 3>
  168    0 0xffffff7f838ed000 0x4000     0x4000     com.paloaltonetworks.kext.pangpd (1.0.0) 2EB7232F-AC35-3CB5-81B3-D81783A18EEF <6 5 3 1>
  169    1 0xffffff7f8222e000 0xf000     0xf000     com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftKeyboard (8.2) F2145396-D787-803F-EA32-59BCD2024DDD <43 6 5 3>
  170    0 0xffffff7f8223d000 0x3000     0x3000     com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftKeyboardUSB (8.2) 97C6123F-A83C-7B6E-5109-210C185B5AA1 <169 54 43 6 5 3>


texts: I want to buy an iPhone, and would like to ask whether the iPhone 6 Plus has either Persian or Farsi language support.


texts: What are my hardware upgrade options for a late 2009 iMac?

texts:
It is now July 2019 and I have this Late-2009 iMac.

macOS High Sierra Version 10.13.6 iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) Processor: 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4670 256

I can't use it anymore because it is super-super-slow. But I am considering upgrading it.

Will adding memory and replacing the HDD with an SSD turn this into an acceptably running machine? Or is the processor simply not up to it? 'It' being mostly email and browsing (and, eg, YouTube).

So what exactly are my upgrading option on this iMac?


texts: Kensington SD4000 / Displaylink USB Hub not working with MacOS 10.15.6

texts:
I have a Kensington SD4000 USB Hub which I'm using with a Samsung U28E590 4k monitor.
And actually I have a seperate ASUS USB Hub with a another 4K monitor, and this is working fine.
This had been working fine up until a few days ago, which I assume coincides with MacOS update.
Now, the screen and computer seem to not detect each other. I don't think the monitor has a problem as it works when I plug it into the ASUS hub.
I have installed the most recent Displaylink driver here.
This article here suggests looking at your info in the System report.
There is no mention of a display adapter in my USB devices.

Other people suggest putting a check on DisplayLinkUserAgent in System Preferences / Security and Privacy. However DisplayLink isn't in any of the options there.
Any suggestions for fixing this?


texts:
In the midst of plugging in my monitor and three-finger swiping up to move Chrome to the second desktop I got this.

I couldn't access my top bar (with the time and battery) and if I clicked the side that is not blue the blue would switch to the other side.

Unplugged my monitor and it stayed on my laptop screen.

What did I do?


texts: How can I mark an arbitrary file as Restricted (using SIP)?

texts: I am looking for further information on protecting certain files so they cannot be edited unless the system is rebooted in Recovery mode. Is SIP the direction to go in? What are the steps to make an arbitrary file restricted?


texts: Can I charge my iPod Nano 2012 with the iPad USB plug?

texts: I have a brand new Nano, and was wondering if I can use the same electrical connector that I've received with my iPad2 to charge the Nano? Will it be armfull for the Nano?


texts: Problem enabling journaling in order to resize partitions on an external drive (Mac)

texts:
So, heres the situation:

I have a 500GB external USB hard drive that is formatted with the GUID Partition Map and has 2 partitions, both formatted as Mac OS X Extended (Journaled). one partition, TEMP (~120 GB), is barely being used and I have moved all data off it for this. However, the other partition, MAIN, is being used for backups and is about 320GB and is already mostly full.

In order to avid having to spend hours and hours creating a brand new backup after formatting the drives, I found out that you can apparently resize partitions on disks that are formatted the way I have them. Which is great, except I can't increase the size of the MAIN partition because of the following error:
The volume “MAIN” is not journaled. As a result it can not be resized. To enable journaling, cancel partitioning and use the “Enable Journaling” command under the “File” menu.

I have verified and repaired both partitions numerous times with nothing bad coming up, everything is normal, however, when I go into terminal and try and manually enable journaling like it says, i get this:

 diskutil enablejournal disk1s2
Journaling was already enabled for volume MAIN on disk1s2

 diskutil disableJournal disk1s2
An error occurred journaling the file system: The underlying task reported failure on exit (-69860)

So it thinks journaling is already enabled... bit it thinks its disabled.... and i can't turn it off and back on again to test if that works... can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

EDIT: While the drive is our primary backup drive, the backup partition has been full and no backups have been completed since July so I will probably end up formatting the drive anyway, but would still be interested to know what this issue is in case anyone else has this issue.

EDIT 2: here's the diskutil list info for the drive:

/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk1
1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
2:                  Apple_HFS MAIN                    380.1 GB   disk1s2
3:                  Apple_HFS TEMP                    119.5 GB   disk1s3


texts: How to Backup Apple Mail Gmail database to External Hard drive?

texts:
from quite some time I am using Apple Mail signed in with my Gmail Account. I have almost 20K emails and I need to clean up my Gmail account, make separate folders and categorize them. But before that, I want to backup all the email database that I have in my Apple Mail. I am using the export function but it's taking too long and I am not a big fan of TIme Machine as it backs up all the other things as well along with your database folder consuming too much space, so I disabled it long time back. Is there any solution with which I can backup my Apple Mail Gmail account automatically at regular intervals to an external hard drive?

Looking for real helpful answers. Thanks


texts: Root User Can't run Files Off Desktop or Documents? Mojave 10.14.3

texts:
Anybody else have this issue with root in Mojave (10.14.3)? I have root enabled and I try to run a simple .txt/.png/.pkg off the root desktop. It doesn’t run, I get an error in Console “Unable to load Info.plist eGPU Overrides.” and Finder crashes.

I have the same file in the Downloads Folder and try to open it and it runs just fine. I thought this had to do with TCC so I added Finder and TextEdit into the Full Disk Access inside System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Full Disk Access. Nothing, still same bug.

All my permissions seem to be set correctly for the root's directories and the files. This happened right after I upgraded to Mojave. I also tested this with a clean Mojave install. Same issue.

TLDR - Mojave 10.14.3 - Root Desktop - can’t open a file, Root Downloads Folder, yes I can open same said file?

Here is a gif: https://imgur.com/a/aSG15KH


texts: Record network traffic to plain text similar to nettop

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I have been monitoring my network traffic by app with

nettop -P

The result is similar to this:

               interface   state   bytes_in    bytes_out   rx_dupe    rx_ooo     re-tx   rtt_avg
syslogd.50                            0 B         57 KiB     0 B       0 B       0 B
systemstats.63                        0 B          0 B       0 B       0 B       0 B
configd.65                            0 B          0 B       0 B       0 B       0 B
...

If I quit an application, I loses the record of its traffic.

I would like a method to record network upload and download traffic of all applications that launched between startup and shutdown. Does that exist?


texts: I have multiple Macs and I want to update all those macs using a dmg file. From where I can get the dmg file.And how to update if the minor version difference is more than one. i.e. from 10.10.1 to 10.10.5?


texts: Cannot ping a single website when I am logged into my account

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I am having an issue connecting to my website. When I ping sample.com the server, I IP address I get is 192.168.0.12, but when I do an NSlookup, I get the correct IP. When I switch user account or go to the recovery mode, the name of site is resolved correctly and I can get to it.

Note that I am trying to access my website from the outside world, not from the local network.

I tried:

dscacheutil -q host -a name sample.com

and I got:

name: sample.com
ip_address: 192.168.0.12

To solve the issue I tried deleting the preferences from the library and resetting the NVRAM:

sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

sudo killall -INFO mDNSResponder

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist

But the name is still resolving wrong. I am running macOS High Sierra 10.13.2.


texts: Play/Pause buttons - different application?

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Given the age of this question, and the fact that it's about the remote, I think there's merit in asking this again, and separately:

On a Mac keyboard the F8 key is also a play/pause button. By default, it controls iTunes. I would like to use it to control another program (specifically Vox)

Is this possible?
Is it possible without third-party software?


texts: Can't see Macbook WiFi-access point on Android smartphone

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I'd like to connect my Android phone (Samsung Galaxy Nexus running Stock JellyBean) to my Macbook Pro (early-2012, running OSX Lion) via an access point created by my Macbook Pro.

Sadly I can't even see the access point on my Android phone.

Does anyone know a possible solution to this problem?

Additional information: A nearby Windows-PC and iPhone can connect to the AdHoc-network of the Macbook. The android phone can connect to all other wifi.


texts: How to change Sound device without visiting System Preferences?

texts: Are there any alternative ways to switch your Input/Output sound device in OS X?  My goal is to avoid going through System Preferences and have as few keystrokes/steps as possible.


texts: Are there general or specific iOS6 performance issues on iPhone 4?

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I would like to upgrade my iPhone 4 to iOS6 but I'm wondering if I will get performance loss (as when I upgraded my iPhone 3G to iOS4 : terrible).
Can someone confirm that it won't affect my day to day use?


texts: Is it okay to run Apple's Thunderbolt Display in portrait mode?

texts: Will it overheat when used in portrait mode? (The air intake holes are in the bottom of the monitor when it is used in landscape mode, which provides good ventilation. When you put the monitor in portrait mode they're on the side. Will that be a problem?)


texts: Can I mount the root (system) filesystem as writable in Big Sur?

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After updating to big sur, I can no longer mount the root as writable (even with SIP disabled):
sudo mount -uw /
mount_apfs: volume could not be mounted: Permission denied
mount: / failed with 66

How can I fix this?


texts: Differences between Snow Leopard Server and Desktop?

texts: I have a friend who is wanting to get a Mac Mini to do iPad development.  He says the server version is cheaper than the desktop version.  I've only ever used the desktop version.  Is there any reason not to get the server version?  What are the main differences between Server and Desktop?


texts: Automation on iOS not triggering when connected to WiFi

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I have set automation on my iPhone to turn on DND when it connects to work WiFi, however, the automation doesn’t work.

Does anyone know why this wouldn’t work?

Here’s a screenshot of rule:


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I have an android phone connected using PTP over USB. (A Fairphone FP1)

OSX used to launch Photo's every single time I plugged in the phone to charge, which was very annoying, so I unticked the box that said "Open Photos for this device"

Now Photo's cannot see the device. Not at all. Not ever.

If I open Photo's manually, the device is not shown at all in the sidebar or anywhere else.

I also checked this question and the phone doesn't appear in the devices on Image Capture either.

Any suggestions how I can get photos of this device again?


texts: Allow macOS to use nameservers provided by tap0 interface

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I have a script that establishes a VPN connection and assigns an address to tap0 via DHCP. It looks like the DHCP server is providing nameserver entries (in resolver #2):

$scutil --dns
DNS configuration

 resolver #1
 nameserver[0] : 1.1.1.1
 nameserver[1] : 8.8.8.8
 flags    : Request A records
 reach    : Reachable

<snip>

DNS configuration (for scoped queries)

resolver #1
 nameserver[0] : 1.1.1.1
 nameserver[1] : 8.8.8.8
 if_index : 4 (en0)
 flags    : Scoped, Request A records
 reach    : Reachable

resolver #2
 search domain[0] : sub.domain.com
 nameserver[0] : 192.168.A.X
 nameserver[1] : 192.168.B.X
 nameserver[2] : 192.168.C.X
 if_index : 9 (tap0)
 flags    : Scoped, Request A records
 reach    : Reachable, Directly Reachable Address

However this is not made available to the OS:

$ networksetup -getdnsservers Ethernet
1.1.1.1
8.8.8.8

What's a good way to augment my script to put the new nameservers as top priority while the tap0 interface has an address?

Thanks!


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I have a weird problem on my mid 2013 27" imac. A few days ago, I started getting kernel panics and crashes every few minutes. After discarding software issues, I started testing the ram sticks. I have 2 sticks, 4GB each. I ran memtest and Apple diagnostics. Memtest gave a clean bill of health. I ran apple diagnostics individually for each stick, in every slot, and always came out OK. However, with the 2 sticks inserted (I tried all slot combinations several times), I occasionally got a memory warning.

I then took out one of the sticks, and ran my imac on 4GB. Worked perfectly for a week, no kernel panics.

I then re-inserted the ram stick, and Kernel panics again.

I am now using only the other ram stick, several days now, and again, perfect performance, no panics.

So it seems to me that the 2 sticks work fine, individually, but can't seem to work toghether. They are both identical, Elpida 4GB sticks that shipped with the imac.

Does anyone know if this is a RAM issue or a problem on my iMac? What should I do? I need my 8GB.

Thanks in advance,

Albert C.


texts: Why is the accountsd process eating so much CPU?

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Why are the accountsd and securityd processes using so much CPU on OS X 10.10.3?
I am on a Early 2011 Macbook Pro.

What are these processes for? Is it safe to kill them? The machine has only been up 4 hours so has been rebooted recently.


texts: Proper backup procedure for upgrading to iOS 5?

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I keep telling my Dad to upgrade his iPod touch from iOS 4 to iOS 5, and his response is "but I'll lose all my data". Can I be confident that simply backing up by right clicking in iTunes and clicking "backup" from the menu will backup the iPod exactly as it is, so that it can be restored with the only difference being the new OS? I seem to remember reading that iOS devices keep two partitions, one for data and one for the OS, so in theory this should be good to go. I'm just not sure if there's anything obvious that I'm missing.

Does backing up in iTunes preserve absolutely everything from photos to contacts to home screen layout? If not, is there a way to back it up manually?


texts: Disk Could Not Be Partitioned - First Aid not helping

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I am trying to install Windows by Bootcamp on my MacBook Air (2017) 128 GB. I am using the newest macOS, so High Sierra. Unfortunately I am getting "Disk Could Not Be Partitioned" error. I tried to use First Aid and "/sbin/fsck -fy" from Single User Mode and there aren't any errors.

What can I do to fix my problem?


texts: Why can't I remove this top entry in the firewall options?

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I go into the System Preferences, Firewall, then Firewall Options. I can't select the "File Sharing (FTP)" entry to remove it. How can I?

Update: I'm running OS X 10.7.5, and nothing is enabled in the Sharing preference pane. At some point I must have turned on an FTP daemon for some testing, and forgot about it.  I can do this:

$ ftp localhost
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
220 127.0.0.1 FTP server (tnftpd 20100324+GSSAPI) ready.

Turns out I could shut it off with:

sudo /bin/launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist

I still feel like I should have been able to block it in the firewall preferences pane.