texts:
skype informed me that they no longer support OS X 10.4 Is it possible to update my computer or should I trash it.
the processor is Dual 800 MHz powerPC G4 , 2MB SDRAM , Start up disc macintosh HD, Built around 2001.  It has 2 extra hard drives.

I would get a mac mini if I could use The 22" plasma screen monitor but it is connected with a large plug so I'm not sure it would work.


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I used to use personal WIKIs to organize personal info, but due to increasingly strong browser security control and poor mobile support, I switched to Mac/iOS Notes and find it very comfortable to work with, except for one quirk:

I can't find a way to cross-reference info like WIKI does.

Is there a workaround?


texts: Playlists are not synced after copying Music Library.musiclibrary with Music.app

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I have two Mac machines both running Music.app and I'd love to share Music Library.musiclibrary between the machines.
Problems
However, after copying the .musiclibrary from one machine to the other, the playlists I created are not synced over.
Also, after I export the library from menu: File > Library > Export Library, the actual library.xml is a small XML that stores no metadata about actual songs or playlists.
Expectation
I expect that the .musiclibrary would work the same way as .photolibrary, i.e., a portable self-contained personal collection containing all the metadata including playlists.
Question
How should I reliably backup and restore .musiclibrary between machines just as I do with .photolibrary?


texts: How to have two different versions of MongoDB installed at same time?

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Is it possible to install both mongodb 2.6 and 3.2 on the same Mac?  I’ve been using mongodb 3.2 (Installed with homebrew) for a while but needed to install 2.6 to support an older project.  I used brew install homebrew/versions/mongodb26 and got some issues with conflicting files, which I could sort out later.

Possible conflicting files are:
/usr/local/bin/bsondump -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/bsondump
/usr/local/bin/mongo -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/mongo
/usr/local/bin/mongod -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/mongod
/usr/local/bin/mongodump -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/mongodump
/usr/local/bin/mongoexport -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/mongoexport
/usr/local/bin/mongofiles -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/mongofiles
/usr/local/bin/mongoimport -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/mongoimport
/usr/local/bin/mongooplog -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/mongooplog
/usr/local/bin/mongoperf -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/mongoperf
/usr/local/bin/mongorestore -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/mongorestore
/usr/local/bin/mongos -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/mongos
/usr/local/bin/mongosniff -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/mongosniff
/usr/local/bin/mongostat -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/mongostat
/usr/local/bin/mongotop -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/mongotop

But if I try to start mongod, by running /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.10/bin/mongod I get the error 2016-11-15T14:26:08.132+0000 [initandlisten] exception in initAndListen: 28574 Cannot start server. Detected data files in /data/db created by storage engine 'wiredTiger'. The configured storage engine is 'mmapv1'., terminating.

I’ve also lost my database for 3.2, which appears to have been overwritten while installing 2.6.

Has anyone got this working?


texts: Stop iTunes from attempting to update carrier settings every time I connect my iPhone

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I'm irritated by the iTunes prompt to check for update to the carrier settings every time I connect the iPhone (or when the lightning cable moves, which happens a lot of times).

Even after allowing it to check, nothing happens and the dialogue pops up next time.

I have enabled settings to prevent iPods, iPhones, etc. from syncing automatically:

iOS: 12.1.1
macOS: 10.14.2 (Mojave)

Please help me with stopping the appearance of this dialogue box.


texts: 2013 iMac 27" SSD Failure, Power Supply or Both?

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I have a late 2013 27" iMac i7, 8GB RAM, 500GB SSD, running the laster version of Sierra 10.12.4 (I think) Two days ago I suddenly got the spinning beachball while browsing in Safari. However, after a few seconds it just froze completely - the first time ever! I had to hold down the power button to shut it down. I restarted and then a few hours later it happened again. I shut it down again but this time it would not start. Nothing happened when I pressed the power button. I tried a SMC reset and it started so I ran disk utility. There were a couple of minor permissions errors, which were fixed but then it froze again. After 2-3mins A black screen appeared saying there was a problem and the computer had to be shut down, which it did by itself.

From that moment, it's gotten worse. Now it won't start properly at all. I press the power button and nothing happens, then maybe 3-4 mins later it starts and I get the flashing folder.

I tried starting in safe mode, recovery mode and also from a Disk Warrior start-up USB drive but when I run disk utility I don't see the hard drive, only disk0 > OS X Base System.

I thought it might just be the SSD but why would it be so difficult to power on from safe mode, recovery or the Disk Warrior USB drive? Do I have a power issue, an SSD issue or both?

Many thanks

Additional Information: As requested, I tried to run tests holding down Option + "D". As before, it was very reluctant to power on at all. Pressing the power button did nothing. I pressed it a couple more times and then suddenly about 3mins later I got the startup bong. I immediately hit option+d and it started the diagnostics. I then got a black screen with the following message:

There may be an issue with a storage device. Ref Code: VDH002
...followed by instructions to contact Apple.

I also took it to an Apple service centre today and the engineer confirmed that the main hard drive was not appearing, so it does look like the SSD has failed, but why does it have so much trouble starting up? Why doesn't the power button work properly?


texts:
I have two networks, a WiFi and a cable LAN.

I want use them together, but I want to force the iOS Simulator to use only WiFi, because, the LAN is under proxy, protected, with a lot of limitations.

Any ideas?


texts: I have set up a hot corner for my screensaver on system preferences but it does not activate when i move my cursor to the appropriate corner of the screen.


texts: Why does this AppleScript not run in Outlook?

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I would like set up an inbound rule in Outlook to run applescript on certain messages.

However the rule fails with the following message:

While processing message "Test" (ID 39523), the rule "untitled" could not be successfully executed. An unknown error has occurred in Outlook.

I've tried with scripts that different things, such as displaying a dialog in another application:

Tell application "Adobe Illustrator" to display dialog "hallo"

or in Outlook itself:

Tell application "Microsoft Outlook" to display dialog "hallo"

or do a shell action:

do shell script "touch /Users/cesansim/Desktop/iamapony.txt"

and all of them work OK when launched from the command line via osascript, but do not from within Outlook.

Also, other actions (for example setting the message to read) run by rules work OK. Is it possible that on my corporate Mac there's a security setting blocking AppleScript? And how do I turn that off?

Thanks.


texts: Why hasn't XNU kernel been extensively used?

texts:
Why hasn't the XNU kernel been extensively used despite the open source licence offered by Apple?

Is it because of  specific licensing issues? Or because Linux is technologically  much better for reuse ? Or is it a market with one winner, Linux?


texts: “softwareupdate -l” on Mac terminal doesn't return anything

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I am trying to update my mac OS software to the latest version (10.12.6) from my current version (10.12.4) and unfortunately the app store 'updates' section freezes for me and I can't update it from there. I found another solution, which was to use the terminal to install the update. The problem is that when I type "softwareupdate -l" it returns nothing (I'm aware that this specific command won't actually install it). Not that it doesn't find updates, it's as if it won't stop searching.

Last login: Thu Nov 2 18:48:50 on ttys000
User ~ $ softwareupdate -list
Software Update Tool
Copyright 2002-2015 Apple Inc.
Finding available software

Any help would be appreciated!


texts: Open a picture with Photoshop or Preview based on file location

texts:
Let's say I want to open pictures from those specific folders with Photoshop by default (with double-clicking the file):

/Users/bob/Project1/
/Users/bob/Project3/

And to open pictures with Preview by default in any other location.

I'm not aware of any solution out of the box. Maybe someone has an idea about it?


texts:
Oftentimes, after I wake my Mac from sleep, powerd (which is the power management daemon? Which in particular deals with sleeping the Mac and waking it?) uses high CPU, usually around 25% to 50% on my i7 CPU.

Anyone know how I can find out what's causing it, and what I can do to fix it? It seems to be a problem with waking from sleep but I don't know what.

This problem started happening after I updated my Mac Mini to 10.10.2, a few weeks ago.


texts: Tag selected files in Finder with single keyboard shortcut

texts: It's been well covered how to create a keyboard shortcut for the Tags... menu option in Finder. What I want is a way to tag selected files or folders with a single keyboard shortcut. The same shortcut should untag them.


texts: MacBook Pro with retina display external monitor connections

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Is it possible to connect two external monitors to a Retina MacBook Pro without using Thunderbolt displays?

For example, one connected with HDMI and another using Apple's DVI connector and also use the screen on the laptop.


texts: Does the installer give root privileges to applications?

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I wish to avoid giving administrative privileges to applications that I do not completely trust. It seems like a reasonable design to me that if I install an application using a pkg file (or something like sudo port install emacs using macports), the installed application never gains root access, but instead I grant another process privileges to install the file.

The way I think things are designed seems to contradict the popular question How can I open a .pkg file manually?, where the OP says: "Some applications come in .pkg files, and ask for you administrator password". We can see from the dialogue that when a package is opened it is the installer that asks for the password.

I also imagine that the installer might allow for applications to be installed in such a way that they gain privileges when being run after they are installed and that it is possibly up to the user to verify that the application does not ask to be installed in critical directories. For example, I can imagine there is a directory that contains binaries that e.g. launchd runs with root privileges.

So my question is: Does the installer give administrative privileges to applications, either in this first direct way, or perhaps in some indirect way?


texts: verizon iphone4: if it has access to wifi and 3G which will it use and what's best for battery life

texts: At home, my iphone has a strong signal to Verizon's 3G network and my home WiFi network.  In the interest of battery life, which connection will iphone use if it has access to both networks?  Also, given strong connections to both networks, what's the best way to optimize for battery life?


texts:
Under previous Mac OS's there were widgets like "Modern Moments" and "Desk Photo" to display photos on the Dashboard. I tried them under Mac OS 10.10(.1) and they do not seem to be working. I'd like to see photos of my family/partner occasionally, e.g., when I use the Dashboard. Are there widgets that still work?

(Hope this question isn't too specific.)


texts: How can I get Outlook to stop asking for a Keychain login if I don't want to use keychain?

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I don't want to use keychain for my passwords so I have not added any passwords to keychain.  This means that every time Outlook checks for mail it creates a popup window asking for my keychain password.  I have seen this question but this seems to require that I use keychain for password management.

Is there a way to get Outlook (actually everything) to stop looking for my keychain password?

I am using OS X 10.5.8


texts: In sales and trends, why does proceeds divided by sales only = 66% and not 70%?

texts:
Recently Apple started including "sales" in iTunes Connect Sales and Trends which denotes the total revenue your app has made before Apple takes its 30% cut, while "proceeds" is what you made after the cut is subtracted.

Why is it when I take my lifetime proceeds and divide it by my lifetime sales, I only get 66-67% instead of 70%? What is happening to this other 3-4%?


texts: The new iMacs come with AMD HD 6770M or HD 6970M. How do they compare?

texts: the 27" versions of the new iMac come with either the AMD HD 6770M or HD 6970M GPU. How do they compare performancewise? Is it worth its money?


texts: How to forward local DNS queries to a VM when macOS is in offline mode?

texts:
For a project I need to intercept/redirect DNS queries to a VM, which in turn runs dnsmasq. This VM is hosted by xhyve and when connected to the network, the setup works well; I have an file in /etc/resolver.conf/test.io which has:

nameserver 192.168.64.20
search_order 1

Doing dig node.test.io @192.168.64.20 or dig node.test.io give the expected results.

But when going offline, there is a problem. It seems that when macOS is not connected to a network, it only allows /etc/resolver.conf/* entries to work when they use 127.0.0.1.

I tried setting up a port-forwarding, like:

$ echo "
rdr pass inet proto udp from any to 127.0.0.1 port 53 -> 192.168.64.20 port 53
" | sudo pfctl -ef -

and changing /etc/resolver.conf/test.io to:

nameserver 127.0.0.1
search_order 1

However, the domain test.io can not be found when I try to do a nslookup or dig node.test.io @localhost. The VM is still reachable as dig node.test.io @192.168.64.20 still gets resolved.

scutil --dns gives the following:

resolver #9
  domain   : test.io
  nameserver[0] : 127.0.0.1
  flags    : Request A records, Request AAAA records
  reach    : 0x00030002 (Reachable,Local Address,Directly Reachable Address)
  order    : 1

Note: nslookup does not seem to handle resolver well, so I have also tried to use curl/wget and the browser to see if queries got resolved correctly. Also, no difference with dns-sd. All failed...


texts: RAM - Can this configuration support dual channel?

texts:
I'd like to upgrade my 27" late 2013 iMac. The current 8GB is a bit too little for me, and upgrading all the way to 32GB is a bit too expensive for me at the moment. For the time being, I'd like to upgrade with just one 16GB (2x8GB) kit, with the opportunity to upgrade with another kit later on.

Current configuration:

Channel 0:

empty
4GB

Channel 1:

empty
4GB

8GB total, Each channel has 4GB, therefore dual channel mode is supported.

Desired configuration:

Channel 0:

8GB
4GB

Channel 1:

8GB
4GB

24GB total, each channel has 12GB, but not all chips are the same. Will this configuration support dual channel mode?


texts:
I need to configure my company email to iPad. Following is screen shot of the manual for mail configuration which company mailed to me. I tried giving incoming mail server as specified but it didn't work . Where will i add port no? i didn't come across it while configuring. Whenever i try they send me an error "would you like to configure with out using SSL?" Any method for knowing incoming and outgoing server?

Screen shot :

7.Give Incoming server as 10.0.4.24 and Port as 50110

8.Give Login ID(if different from e-mil address)as SR NO

9.Give Outgoing server as 10.0.4.24 and Port as 25
Click Next


texts: Make sure App Store doesn't update apps over Mobile Data

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I know one can turn off Automatic Updates with Mobile Data using Settings. I am wondering if it is possible to ensure that no apps are updated using Mobile Data by accident. For example, I just updated all my apps because I didn't notice I wasn't on Wi-Fi.

Is it possible to turn on some sort of alert or notification?


texts: How to backup and access iOS Safari's reading list?

texts:
I have an iPhone, with iOS 7. In Safari, I have a lot of pages saved in the reading list.

How can I backup the reading list to a computer and then access it ?

On a PC, I have a backup of my iPhone. I have explored the backup with iBackup Viewer, free version, on Windows. I have managed to access the open tabs of Safari. But I don't find the reading list.


texts: Alternative to iOS 10 Music app which is now missing star rating

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I'm using the phone to categorise my ripped music while I'm on the train or whatever. I sync this with iTunes to have the same information available on my Mac. With iOS 10 I am no longer able to do so, because Apple seems to think like/dis-like is enough choice.

I don't concur with this view.

What iOS Apps are you using on your Mac and iPhone to categorise music ? I'm even open to leave the iTunes universe all-together.

The star system is cumbersome, but still quite ok to classify songs in a simple way:

1 - defect , 2 - like, 3 - party song, 4 - mixtape song, 5 - reserved

This is definitely more information that love and hate.

So what's your take on listening and categorising to your mp3 files on your iOS device and Mac ?


texts:
Is there a Mac app for viewing all the characters of a font?

Font book doesn't seem have this feature.


texts: OSX programs crashing, 'Kernel: file: table is full'

texts:
Over the last few months, I've seen increasingly erratic behaviour on OSX (10.8.5). Chrome won't load elements on a page, my dev tools crash etc.

Recently I had a look in Console and found that whenever an app crashes, the message that seems to go with it (or before it) is:

'Kernel: file: table is full'

A reset seems to help, but these are getting increasingly often. This is the first time I've been really frustrated owning a Mac, my last one was trouble free for years. This is a MBA purchased about August last year.

Any clues on what this is, how it could be sorted? Google yields very, very few results.


texts: If I delete music from an iPad will it affect music stored on any other iCloud-connected device?

texts:
Asking on behalf of my mother.

The music came on via iCloud syncing AFAIK so I wanted to make sure that removing it in one place wouldn't remove it somewhere else as we'll.


texts: How to properly remove a Linux partition without messing up your drive?

texts:
I know this seems like an beginner / dumb question, since an obvious answer would be:

Open Disk Utility
Remove Linux partition

However it seems that it might not be that easy, and that following those steps could actually lead to pretty messed up partition schemes:

Remove Linux partition on Mac. CoreStorage problems
OS volume shows as type 'FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF'
Hardrive will not mount after deleting Linux partition. Can’t boot into Mac OS X
Remove Ubuntu and grow Mac partition

I am therefore asking this question in hope for a proper, safe way to remove a Linux partition after a dual boot Mac / Linux, without having to fear going to an hex editor to repair your drive or to use the internet recovery and losing all your data.

I'm running High Sierra 10.13.6 and Ubuntu 18.04, without REFind and no swap partition.

$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         180.8 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data                         69.8 GB    disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +180.8 GB   disk1
                             Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume macOS                   69.9 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 23.2 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                515.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4


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After doing diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            140.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

and sudo gpt -r show disk0:

    start       size  index  contents
        0          1         PMBR
        1          1         Pri GPT header
        2          4         Pri GPT table
        6      76800      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
    76806   34169245      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
 34246051     158692      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
 34404743   87733384
122138127          4         Sec GPT table
122138131          1         Sec GPT header

I deleted some partitions I was using for a dual boot with Ubuntu using gdisk, but now Disk Utility nor diskutil will show empty space from deleting the volumes. Although my GUID_partition_scheme shows I have 500 gigs on the disk, the space is just gone and no longer able to be expanded to the "Macintosh HD" partition. I tried rebooting but nothing seems to work. Any ideas?


texts: Wrong email given when trying to update apps

texts: When trying to update my whatsapp version, the email that is provided when required to input my password is incorrect? I am also unable to change it my correct email??


texts: macOS High Sierra 10.13 briefly flashes screen content last seen before locking the screen when awaken

texts:
On macOS High Sierra 10.13.2, when I manually lock the screen (shift+ctrl+power) and later press any key to turn it on, the screen content which was shown at the time I locked the screen is briefly displayed on the screen (something like 1/30 or 1/60 of a second — I can measure it with high speed camera but it doesn't matter much) before it finally displays the login UI.

I've never seen it before High Sierra, but now I can reproduce this 100% of the time. This is really annoying because this might allow a stranger to capture screen contents which were shown immediately before the screen was locked.

I found one workaround which is far from perfect: lock the screen, wake up and press 'esc' to turn off the screen again. Then at the next wake up, nothing is revealed.

Are there any better workarounds? Is it worth reporting to Apple as a security/privacy bug?

Update:
If I use cmd+ctrl+Q to lock the session as suggested in comments, it makes the bug less frequent, but doesn't really solve it. In other words it turns a suicide self shot into a Russian Roulette.

Update 2:
macOS 10.13.3 is affected as well.

Update 3:
still not fixed in macOS 10.13.4.

Update 4:
still not fixed in macOS 10.13.4 with Security Update 2018-001.

Update 5:
still not fixed in macOS 10.13.5.

Update 6:
I am not 100% sure but I think I saw it again in macOS 10.13.6 too.


texts: How to show the users and IP connected using GUI or command line?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro with El Capitan. I have followed the instructions to enable File Sharing, it is working through a new user account of Sharing Only type - let's name it RemoteUser. I can access it from other Windows users (7 and 8)

Note it only to work through LAN connection.

The purpose of this post is know:

How through a GUI and Command is it possible to show the users and ip connected to the account?

For example about a command/terminal report:

User         IP             [OS]
RemoteUser   192.168.1.8    Windows 7
RemoteUser   192.168.1.148  Windows 8

Where RemoteUser is the user that can access through many Windows machines in the same LAN and same time. Yes, the username and password is used to access from different machines in the same time.

If the [OS]info can be shown, it would be perfect.


texts: How do I disable iOS home screen "swipe-down search bar" gesture?

texts:
Basically if you use an iPhone or iPod touch, if you swipe down from your home screen, the home screen will fade, and a search bar appears on the top (for spotlight search, I guess). If Siri suggestion is on, you also see suggested apps there.

I would like to disable the feature completely, so that swiping down from home screen does not trigger any action.

Reason: I found it very often that when I swipe home screen pages left and right, it is detected as a down-swipe and triggers the search bar --
 especially often on a bigger screen like iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s. This is very annoying and disturbing. Also, it could be very laggish on an old device.

I did not see any related option in Settings. I could turn of Siri suggestions and spotlight search contents for each application, but there does not seem to be a way to disable this gesture action. Is there anything in Accessibility that could help?


texts: Permissions of /Users keep changing back to drwxrwxrwx

texts:
I use the Disk Utility to repair it. But the permissions change back after reboot.

  Permissions differ on “private/etc/aliases”; should be lrwxr-xr-x ;
  they are -rwxr-xr-x .
  Permissions differ on “Users”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are drwxrwxrwx .
  Permissions differ on “Users/Shared”; should be drwxrwxrwt ; they are drwxrwxrwx .

System: Mac OS X 10.9.3


texts: Which iPhone apps to become more proficient speaker in foreign language?

texts: I use Livemocha but it does not work with iPhone due to the lack of Flash. Which apps are good to learn pronunciation and articulation of foreign language?


texts: How can I launch the device simulator on a Mac and specify which specific device I want, for example an iPhone 6s or an iPhone X, without having to launch Xcode (which takes forever on my old Mac)?


texts:
I need to access my computer running nginx on port 8080, but I do not want to turn off the firewall. I know that I can allow application to connect, but I can not figure this out with nginx.

The binary is added to the "Firewall Options..." from /usr/local/Cellar/nginx/1.8.0/bin/nginx

I have also tried creating a code-signing certificate, but no luck.


texts: How can I remove geolocation info from a picture on an iPhone?

texts:
Since geolocation info is usually preserved when I share a photo from my iPhone, I was wondering what the simplest way is to remove this geolocation info from an existing picture.

To be clear: I don't want to take a new photo, and I don't want to disable the option that geotags my photos. I just want to take an existing photo, remove the location info (e.g. by duplicating it, while retaining the original size), and then send it to a friend.


texts: Why can't I see my latest photos when I try to add a picture to facebook?

texts:
I just imported a bunch of photos from my iphone 6 to my mac book and I have migrated to the new Photos app.  When I go into the Photos app, I do see these pictures that have been imported but when I go to another app (like facebook) and try to add a photo to a post, I go into Media => Photos and none of the newly uploaded photos are showing up.

I am not sure if this is related to migrating from IPhoto to Photos on the mac but any suggestion or explanations on what could be going wrong here?


texts: Is it possible to mod the MacBook keyboard to be backlit? Is there any website or business that can help or would do it for me?


texts: Highlighting a eBook on one Mac not showing up in another Mac?

texts:
I highlighted one of my eBooks purchased on the Apple Books store on my work Macbook Pro, and then waited and closed the app.  Rebooted the computer, opened the app and closed the app.  By now the highlightings should have been sync'ed.  My iCloud is only half used (50%).

But when I opened up that book on another Mac, none of the highlightings were there.  One Mac was running Catalina and one was running Mojave by the way.

Does that mean I can highlight the whole book and in the future, it is likely that all my highlightings can just vanish like vapor?


texts: Can I open a PDF file that is possibly locked on mac?

texts:
I have one book that I purchased online, and the company seems to allow users to read the book only through their app (which I'm not 100% sure, but the error message below implies it).
However, I could no longer access the account so I could not read it on app. The book data is under ~/Library/ApplicationSupport as PDF file. There is another file with an extension .dat on the same directory.
But when I tried opening the PDF file, the dialog appeared, saying it may be damaged or use a file format that preview doesn't recognize. I tried installing Adobe Acrobat Reader but there appears the same error message.
Is there any way to read the PDF file, possibly on iBooks?


texts: Is there a PDF annotation application for OS X that doesn't suck?

texts: I am starting to hate OS X. I've tried many PDF applications to read and annotate PDF documents. Skim was good until OS X El Captain. It became useless for annotation (by annotation, I mean drawing lines in the document. I use this way in PDF documents where words are not recognised). Preview has just stopped working 10 minutes ago and I lose a lot of annotations. Is there any sophisticated app that works well on my mac?


texts: Cancelled wireless Migration Assistant... best way to start over?

texts:
I was using the Migration Assistant utility to transfer data from my old MacBook Pro to my new Mac.  I didn't anticipate issues using Wi-Fi, but the transfer of 250 GB of data using wasn't going to end within a day of starting, so I interrupted it and I intend on starting over using a wired network (or target mode disk connection) to speed the transfer.

However, now it says my HD on the new one has 60 GB occupied and I dont know where this exists. My created account has no documents/apps/etc.  I want to delete this and start fresh if the software won't clean up an aborted transfer reliably.

What is the best way to start over?


texts: How can I make autocomplete in the shell work with case-folding?

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How can I make the autocompletion for files and folders in the bash shell work case-insensitively?

Ideally, cd ~/doc + tab autocompletes to cd ~/Documents (correcting the case as it autocompletes), but if that's not possible autocompleting to cd ~/documents is acceptable too.


texts: My MacBook Pro has two graphics chips and automatically switches between them. How can I tell which one is currently in use? I'm just curious really; it's plenty fast enough whatever it's doing by default!


texts: I have an SSD installed on a mac I do not use, how do I use it on another desktop?

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Do I have to format an SSD from OS X in order to re-use it on an Windows desktop?
Or Is there no limitations to where to format the drive?


texts: Create a file which when opens and writes a line in Terminal

texts: Is there any way to create a file which, when clicked, opens up Terminal and types in and executes a specified line? (eg: say hello world)


texts: Apple Watch will not activate: Pair→Update→Pair→Update→etc

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iPhone 7+ updated to 13.4.1 this morning.

Refurb Apple Watch 3 delivered this afternoon.  Pairing always says "must update to latest Watch OS to finish pairing.  Tap update, says "may take a few minutes" but in less than a minute, it is says "unpairing" and than asks me again to pair it.  If I tap "skip update and continue," it asks which wrist, says "connecting," and then "unpairing" and I'm back to where I started.

Where do I wave the dead chicken?


texts: MacBook Pro does not detect the third screen

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I am trying to connect two Dell screens to my Macbook Pro 13" via a Dell dock. One screen is using HDMI cable and the other one a DisplayPort cable to connect to the dock and I am connecting the MacBook using a type-c cable. My mac is running the latest version of Catalina.

However, the third screen is not detected by my MacBook Pro. It just recognises the screen that is connected by HDMI. The third screen is just mirroring the second one.

How can I configure it to detect the third screen and stop mirroring?

Thank you very much!


texts: Need to Switch from Mac Thunderbird to Apple Mail. But First I want to backup Mac Thunderbird. How Can I Do It?

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I recently switched to a new company. As I am the sales head, I receive a lot of emails to look at daily. Earlier I was using Mac Thunderbird as my daily email client but now here it is mandatory to use Apple Mail. So I need to switch from Mac Thunderbird to Apple Mail. The only thing that I require is to backup all my emails before I make the switch so that I don't loose any while migration. I am looking for a quick backup solution that won't take long to do the backup procedure.

Thanks for the help in advance.


texts: Where/how are default input methods stored?

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I use the Cangjie input method to type Chinese characters. The one bundled with macOS is an older "version" of the input method that I don't particularly enjoy using. So far I've been getting by with using a third-party IME (Rime) but for various reasons it's not ideal either. I know that Macs support custom plaintext *.cin files but I'm looking for something different.

I'm curious where and how default Chinese and Japanese input methods are stored in general. Maybe a filepath, and if the file is in some esoteric format possibly external software to read/edit the data? My goal is to see if I can write a script to change the character mappings to the ones I'm accustomed to.

Hope this question isn't too specific. If this is better suited for another StackExchange forum just give me a heads up and I can ask it somewhere else.


texts: What is the difference between `on` and `to` in AppleScript handler declaration

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What is the difference between on and to in AppleScript handler declaration? When to use one or the other?

For example the following handlers do the same:

on demo1()
   return 1
end demo1

to demo2()
   return 1
end demo2


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I plugged my hard drive as usual and it does not mount. I go into Disk Utility it tells me that there are 2 parts to my hard drive.
The first part is titled AppleAPFSMedia and is uninitialized. I have tried using First Aid on it, but it just fails.
The second part showing in Disk Utility is titled APFS Physical Store disk1s2 and is saying not mounted. I clicked on the Mount option in Disk Utility and it does nothing. I also ran First Aid on it and it said that it was successful and then I tried clicking on Mount again with no luck.
I have done a google search on this and it seems to be the only answer is to format the drive to that it initializes. That means I would lose all the data, which of course I do not.
Here is the output from the First Aid Disk Utility:
Running First Aid on “” (disk2s2)
Repairing storage system
Performing fsck_apfs -y -x /dev/disk2s2
Checking the container superblock.
Checking the space manager.
Checking the space manager free queue trees.
Checking the object map.
Checking volume.
Checking the APFS volume superblock.
The volume Elements was formatted by diskmanagementd (945.200.129) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.141.1).
Checking the object map.
warning: Unable to read apfs_keylocker prange for fs (0x402) : Bad file descriptor
Checking the snapshot metadata tree.
Checking the snapshot metadata.
Checking the extent ref tree.
error: (oid 0x148df0) apfs_extentref: btn: invalid o_subtype (0xb, expected 0xf)
Extent ref tree is invalid.
The volume /dev/disk2s2 could not be verified completely.
Storage system check exit code is 0.

I found a guide online using something on GitHub https://matt.sh/apfs-object-map-free-recovery but I could not understand how it works.
Any advice other than formatting it or purchasing iBoysoft software?
Hi I added the new request information
MacBook-Pro-new-talal:~ talalzahid$ sudo fsck_apfs -nlS /dev/rdisk2s2
Password:
** Checking the container superblock.
** Checking the space manager.
** Checking the space manager free queue trees.
** Checking the object map.
** Checking volume.
** Checking the APFS volume superblock.
** The volume Elements was formatted by diskmanagementd (945.200.129) and last modified by apfs_kext (1412.141.1).
** Checking the object map.
warning: Unable to read apfs_keylocker prange for fs (0x402) : Bad file descriptor
** Checking the snapshot metadata tree.
** Checking the snapshot metadata.
** Checking the extent ref tree.
error: (oid 0x148df0) apfs_extentref: btn: invalid o_subtype (0xb, expected 0xf)
   Extent ref tree is invalid.
** The volume /dev/rdisk2s2 could not be verified completely.
MacBook-Pro-new-talal:~ talalzahid$


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I want to connect to my Sierra Mac from another external location, but not with Screen Sharing/VNC but just like when I connect within my local network and view shared folders/files. I have an external shared USB Seagate drive that I need to access most of the time from other locations. Now I had my provider setup a static public IP address and he opened port 631. I also gave him the Mac's local IP address 192.168.x.xxx

I am definitely missing something here and the guy that opened the port does not know much about Macs. Bottom line.... what am I doing wrong because if I type the external IP address xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:631....it just connects to the CUP printer service.

The sharing protocols in use are SMB and AFP. The router model is: MikroTik FB20111L


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I want to see if somebody has tried to log in on my computer, which is running Mavericks. I am primarily interested in tracking ssh log in attempts, as well as tracking people physically typing passwords on my keyboard to try to log in.

Related

I have seen How to log login and logout on Mavericks?, but last seems to list only successful logins, or at least it mostly shows successful logins.

I have also seen an answer about looking in system.log or "all messages", using the console utility, but those files/messages seem very cluttered.

Related Q&As for older OSX versions

How do I detect failed remote login attempts and block them?
Where do I find the logs for OS X authentication attempts?


texts: Stop screenshots on my macbook appearing on my ipad

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I often take screenshots or partial screenshots on my MacBook.
For some reason, these immediately appear on my iPad - the screen turns on showing them, and they are stored on there.
This is annoying. I want it to stop.
So... Any ideas how I can prevent this happening? Thanks!


texts: How can I add all of the text strings in all of the cells in a row together?

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I am building a tracking sheet in Numbers for when I need to send my clients lists. I can't seem to figure out how to build a text string that contains information from all of the cells in one row.

I have columns that contain the subject's name, whether or not they have done an action and then the url to their personal gallery.

The last column is a formula to put together the name, , url link.

What I want to do is have a footer cell that then puts all of those text strings together.

Sum doesn't work on cells with text.

How can I add all of the text strings in all of the cells in one column together, without having to manually input each cell into a formula?

Some projects have 5 rows, which isn't too bad. However, the job I am currently attempting to track has 70 people.

It gets a little unwieldy to have to build a formula of A2&" "&B2"&etc etc etc.

Can I automate that in Numbers?


texts: How to properly and for once reinstall PHP/Apache

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So I'm struggeling with this since a long time and I'd like to find a proper solution.

I have php5.4.. install and I want to upgrade to Php 7.

No matter how hard I'm trying to do it I can't seems to touch my goal.
I tried to remove php54 and other with homebrew, to remove it manually by command line, to overwrite it with new version nothing work. What ever Im doing when I type php -v I always end up with php5.4 :

Marjorie:~ Mawel$ php -v
PHP 5.4.45 (cli) (built: Sep  6 2015 20:56:23)
Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies

So I'm asking my self have I messed up with my php/apache conf ? Shall I try a clean-install of my system and would it be efficient ? I don't know ! I'm kinda lost and really need some help even for comprehension (is there a reason I can't get rid of old php version ?)

Anything would be helpful

Edit

So here is more information for answering the questions :

Output of brew tap

Marjorie:~ Mawel$ brew tap
homebrew/dupes
homebrew/php
homebrew/versions

As of what I've tried with home brew :
So here is step by step the idea :

brew remove php54
brew install php70
brew link php70
Warning: Already linked: /usr/local/Cellar/php70/7.0.4

Lets add this information :

Marjorie:~ Mawel$ sudo find ~/ -iname "php"
/Users/Mawel//Code/agencedevoyage/sos-partenaire/vendor/phpunit/php-code-coverage/tests/PHP
/Users/Mawel//Code/agencedevoyage/sos-partenaire/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP
/Users/Mawel//Code/agencedevoyage/vendor/phpunit/php-code-coverage/tests/PHP
/Users/Mawel//Code/agencedevoyage/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP
/Users/Mawel//Code/PHP
/Users/Mawel//Code/Site Perso/dev/vendor/phpunit/php-code-coverage/tests/PHP
/Users/Mawel//Code/Site Perso/dev/vendor/phpunit/phpunit/src/Util/PHP
/Users/Mawel//Documents/Cours/BTS SIO/Developpement/PHP
/Users/Mawel//Documents/Cours/BTS SIO/Developpement/web/php
/Users/Mawel//Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Cache/PHP
/Users/Mawel//Library/Enthought/Canopy_64bit/User/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/html/static/components/codemirror/mode/php

And finally, my bash profile :

Marjorie:~ Mawel$ vi ~/.bash_profile

alias composer="php /usr/local/bin/composer.phar"
PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
export PATH
export PATH=~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH
export PATH="/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH"

source ~/.profile


texts: How to change 'date added' to 'date modified' for a bunch of mp3 files?

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Straight to the business.
Recently I bought new Mac and unfortunately I didn't correctly import my old music library to iTunes.
I always sort my music by 'Date Added' in iTunes, but since I imported the library wrong the date is now the same for all 2000+ files.
'Date Modified' is pretty much correct though.

The question is: Is there a way to replace 'Date Added' with 'Date Modified'?


texts: Different keyboard mapping on external keyboard

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Currently I have a challenging keyboard setup. My MacBook Pro has a fr_FR (French AZERTY) keyboard, but the layout is currently set to fr_CA (Canadian QWERTY). Even if the keys are not labelled right, it works perfectly fine for me who's used to a French Canadian keyboard.

Now, I recently bought an external Mac keyboard that turns out to be en_US (American QWERTY). I would like it to also have the fr_CA "feel", but it seems to behave differently – seems like it simply applies the locale from my physical keyboard without "assigning" the keys based on the different layout that en_US is compared to fr_FR.

How could I make sure that the location of the keys on the en_US honours the layout of a fr_CA, different from the physical fr_FR keyboard?


texts: Finder stuck at "connecting to server" via afp/smb

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I own a NAS (a D-Link DNS 320, to be more specific) which has two hard drives and multiple network shares. I can connect to these network shares using the AFP or the SMB protocol.

When I want to connect to a share on drive #1 with Finder, everything works okay. But if I want to connect to a share on drive #2, it starts connecting but does not come to an end (the window "connecting to server" stays open and the progressbar keeps spinning). I tried both smb and afp.
If I abort the process of connecting, Finder freezes and I cannot restart it, even with some "brutal" methods. It seems that some mounting points get damaged: If I use terminal or Forklift after aborting the process, they crash when browsing to "/mnt/Volumes".

The reason I ask you on apple.sx for help is that both drives work well via smb on my android phone or my windows machine.

I already tried:

 Create a new user account and connect from there: same problem (so it is not the .GlobalPreferences.plist-problem)
 Mount from Terminal: the "mount" command gets stuck
 Disable TimeMachine and remove TimeMachine shares (TimeMachine had some problems with my NAS in the past)

I use Mountain Lion 10.8.2 on a MBP late 2011.
Thank you for your help.


texts: iPhone 4 Filters won't show up on Instagram

texts: When I take a photo with my camera and use a filter, I try to upload it to Instagram but it doesn't recognize the filter. It just shows the pic without the filter.


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I'm switching from PC to a MacBook and wondered the best convention for installing new software.

For example, I've downloaded the Atom IDE, unzipped the 4 files and put into the /Users/userName/Applications Directory (which was empty, but seemed like a good place).

I then added the /Users/userName/Applications/Atom directory to the \etc\paths file, but when I type 'atom' from the bash prompt, it is not recognized.

How should I be installing software, is there a convention on where it goes?

Do I need to update the \etc\paths file or is there a location where exe's are picked up by the command line?


texts: Boot Camp Assistant crashes when partitioning drive (exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS)

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I run Mountain Lion, a fresh install, brand new Macbook Pro. HD: Samsung 840 Pro 512 GB SSD.

When trying to go through Boot Camp Assistant / Setup it works fine until it wants to repartition my drive. It then quits unexpectedly and returns these errors:

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000000000003c

Everything else on this new machine works like a charm. I checked permissions, verified the disk - no issues whatsoever.

I tried running the Assistant as root - it also crashes when partitioning but then in the Terminal i get a

Segmentation fault: 11

Can anyone help me out with this?


texts: Disable Documents and Desktop iCloud sync but keep all files locally?

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macOS Sierra

I enabled Documents and Desktop iCloud sync and it looks fine to me at the moment (after moving one huge folder out of the Documents folder). But I tried to disable it and it told me that local files will be deleted but kept on iCloud. This makes sense as it is the same logic as with the Photos.app.

But is there a way of keeping the local content and deleting the iCloud content of the Documents and Desktop folder? Essentially, how can I revert my enabling and have everything local again?


texts: Is there a way to group iCloud calendars so I can turn on/off several at once?

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For instance, I'm subscribed to 3 different sports teams calendar. Which is nice for me knowing when games are, but can be cluttering when I'm working. Now I know this is only 3 calendars so it's not a big deal to just uncheck them. But say I wanna add more.

Is there a way I can create a "sports" group or something and add them all in. I believe this feature used to exist, but now I'm on Yosemite and don't see anything like it.


texts: Will a 1.8GHz MacBook Air be much faster than a 1.3GHz model?

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I am looking to purchase a refurbished Macbook Air from Apple's refurbished store.

When comparing the models there are two I am looking at. The difference between the two is slight but one of the difference is the processor.

One has a processor of 1.8GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.8GHz) while the other has a 1.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.6GHz).

I am experienced with PCs but not Macs. The price is nearly identical ($20 dollar difference.)

The newer model is 1.3Ghz.

Am I going to see a big difference in speed between the two Macs?


texts: Macbook Pro is unresponsive for about a minute when waking up. Is this normal?

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Whenever I wake up my 2012 Macbook Pro after it's been asleep for a few hours, the screen turns on, but it is unresponsive for about a minute.  During this time, the mouse cursor does not move at all whenever I touch the trackpad and the computer is unresponsive to the keyboard.  I also see the WiFi icon in the taskbar act as if it is searching for WiFi (the WiFi icon is gray, but each bar turns black consecutively from bottom to top repeatedly).  The computer is finally responsive after a minute or so and the WiFi icon stops searching.

Is this normal behavior for a Macbook Pro when waking?  If not, what could a potential issue be?

My computer is a 2012 Macbook Pro 13 in, non Retina Display.


texts: What's a normal value for kernel_task RAM usage?

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Just bought a new MacBook Pro 12.1, early 2015 (Yosemite 10.10.4). I'm observing memory usage from kernel_task varying between 0.8-2.0 GB. Is it normal? Couldn't find a question referring to normal values.

Thanks


texts: Cannot Repair Macintosh HD, after loading into OS X, it becomes an X

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When I restart the computer and it's loading with the Apple logo, waiting for few seconds, then the apple icon becomes an X.
My Mac is OS X El Capitan (v10.11.3).
I used Disk Utility "First Aid" and found that ‘incomplete or inconsistent CoreStorage Physical Volume’.

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            121.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            1.6 TB     disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3

$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 932901B0-86C0-489B-B492-D3CB3F6BE923
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Offline
    Size:         1717036040192 B (1.7 TB)
    Free Space:   -none-
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 4DD9C769-C5EC-4CBE-9A00-B126B6E746A5
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Checking
    |   Size:     120988852224 B (121.0 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 391CC257-4157-411B-8001-837851BFB255
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    1
    |   Disk:     disk1s2
    |   Status:   Checking
    |   Size:     1596047187968 B (1.6 TB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 6996BC17-40A4-40A6-8590-758665B98BC4
        ----------------------------------------------------
        (No properties)

I am trying to repair my disk with 0 Free Space.
I checked How to add free space to a Logical Volume Group? (Resizing Partitions) but it doesn't work.


texts: If I try to download a game from the AppStore from an iPhone 3G, and the game says in the requirements that it only supports 3GS+, will the AppStore immediately disallow me the download or will it let me download nonetheless?


texts:
I have new macbook pro and I format whole drive to one partition and restore my backup (time machine).

Now I have no "Recovery HD" partition. How can i create it?


texts: Why does my Early 2015 MacBook Pro thinks it has a Touch ID sensor?

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Touch ID preference pane is shown on my Early 2015 MacBook Pro that doesn't have a Touch ID hardware.

Clicking on it says fingerprint limit has reached. Apple Pay says unknown error occured while adding a card.


texts: Possible to hide or de-prioritize an application from spotlight?

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Is it possible to hide an application from Spotlight?

I have an annoyance of sorts. This will probably seem trivial to others, but it happens to me enough that I find it rather frustrating. I have Quicken and of course, Quicktime is bundled with macOS. If I bring up spotlight and start typing quic it is showing quicken. But if I proceed to put in the "k" before hitting enter, spotlight switches from Quicken to Quicktime and that's what ends up getting opened. Often there is just enough of a delay that I see Quicken while pressing enter.

Since I do not use Quicktime at all (vlc person), I would just force uninstall it, but it seems like there should be a way to hide applications from spotlight or give some applications priority over others.


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I am working under OS X 10.9.1 (Mavericks), using Terminal, which reports that it is GNU bash, version 3.2.51(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin13)

I noticed some weird issues where history was not working properly: history -a and history -a filename.txt don't do anything.  history shows the history I would expect.  This breaks my .bashrc synchronization of history across terminals.

I started to investigate by manually changing bash HIST variables.  Here is how I am able to reproduce my problem under somewhat controlled conditions:

I disabled my .bashrc
I opened a new terminal window and cleared the history

history -c

I confirmed that my PROMPT_COMMAND is back to normal/default:

echo $PROMPT_COMMAND

This returns: update_terminal_cwd;
I manually set the relevant HIST variables:

export HISTFILE="/Users/rsage/temp_history.txt"
export HISTSIZE=20000
export HISTFILESIZE=20000

I confirm my test history files are deleted:

ls *history*.txt # To make sure I know what I'm about to delete
rm *history*.txt

I attempt to save the history using history -a with no luck

history -a
history -a history_a.txt
ls -ltr ; date

This latter shows no history files:

...
drwx------+ 40 rsage  staff   1360 Dec 20 14:16 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x   4 rsage  staff    136 Dec 20 18:48 webApps
drwxr-xr-x   8 rsage  staff    272 Dec 22 09:11 code
drwxr-xr-x  17 rsage  staff    578 Dec 22 09:26 stuff

Sun Dec 22 10:17:50 PST 2013
...but I stumbled across the history -w command (I know it overwrites the file, which is fine with my nominal bashrc) and this seems to work fine:

history -w
history -w history_w.txt
ls -ltr ; date

which produces the expected results:

...
drwx------+ 40 rsage  staff   1360 Dec 20 14:16 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x   4 rsage  staff    136 Dec 20 18:48 webApps
drwxr-xr-x   8 rsage  staff    272 Dec 22 09:11 code
drwxr-xr-x  17 rsage  staff    578 Dec 22 09:26 stuff
-rw-------   1 rsage  staff    461 Dec 22 10:19 temp_history.txt
-rw-------   1 rsage  staff    494 Dec 22 10:19 history_w.txt

One last note.  It occurred to me that my sizes might be too large, so I just tried 200 and no change to behavior (the thirties are the history output numbers):

34  export HISTFILESIZE=200
35  export HISTSIZE=200
36  history -a
37  history -a history_a.txt
38  ls -ltr ; date

The ls outputs show no new files.


texts: All new icons are now piling on top of one another on top of my Hardrive icon.  How do I fix this? I did not see a similar question when I googled it.


texts: Matlab freezes after connecting to monitor while in fullscreen mode

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Everytime when I am running Matlab (2016a) on my Mac (Air Mid 2013, Sierra 10.12.5) in fullscreen mode, Matlab freezes when I connect my laptop to my external monitor. The fullscreen window stays in the old (smaller) dimensions and has black around it. I cannot take a full screenshot of it since it's frozen, but I can make a picture when I minimize it. It looks like this:

Does anyone know a way to solve this?


texts: Need British Siri & date formats, but US Google. Possible?

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I'm a Brit living in the USA. I use the UK English Siri so that he understands my accent. I also like dd/mm/yy dates. I'd like to have my iPhone default to USA Google though, since that's where I am. UK-specific results aren't much use to me over here.

As far as I can tell, it's all keyed off the Region Format setting. By setting Region Format to United States I get USA Google searches - correct. I can then override Voice Control back to UK English and I get my butler, Mr. Siri - also good. Problem is I'm stuck with mm/dd/yy date format - confusing.

Is there a way to force USA search results in Safari without changing other region settings?


texts: What external monitor to buy that has same clarity as the MacBook?

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I want to buy and external monitor for my MacBook 13 inch 2015. What I want is the monitor to have the same clarity as I have on my Macbook.

I am not very familiar with the resolutions, I just know I want "retina" clarity.

Will any 4K will do ? Or do I need a 5K monitor ?


texts: Can Chrome v.21 be used without freezing my Mac?

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Chrome throws many errors, and after a few minutes my Mac freezes. What can I do?

Here is the error message.

  Unsure about the internals of CFAllocator but going to patch them anyway. If there is a crash inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, please report it at http://crbug.com/117476 . If there is a crash and it is NOT inside of CFAllocatorAllocate, it is NOT RELATED. DO NOT REPORT IT THERE but rather FILE A NEW BUG.

 Google Chrome Helper[2839]: Failed to look up domain bootstrapper during domain extension: 0x44c

Chrome 21.0.1180.89 - no extension.


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Does anyone know if iCloud backs up ALL of your files (including files outside of the Documents folder AND even the stuff outside of your user directory /Users/USERNAME) or only the ones inside of the Documents folder (So Downloads, Movies, Music , Desktop and Library are out of the question).

If it backs up everything then does anyone know how to configure it to only backup your Documents folder?


texts: Find my Mac is locked I wanted to know if there is a way to rebuild a Mac with find my Mac being locked to an Apple ID. I can't remember what I put for my 6 digit pin. Also, is there a way to just get back into it so I can back up my information.


texts: Minimized/closed windows keeps popping up

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Something happened to my macOS after upgrading to Catalina some months ago (I'm currently on 10.15.5). In short, minimized/closed applications keeps popping up. This is mostly noticeable with Mail.app.
As an example, I usually have iTerm.app in full-screen while working on code or similar (tmux + vim etc). Then periodically, Mail.app will randomly just pop up within that full-screen environment and split it.
This however is not limited to full-screen and Mail.app. It also happens in regular mode with other applications (such as Sonos.app). I have failed to find a clear pattern, but appears to happen to both closed and minimized windows. My only remedy to this has been to fully quit mail.app. It does however not appear to affect all windows. I've for instance has Sketch.app running for a few days, along with Calendar.App and a few others, and they never appear to break out of their minimization/closed state.


texts: Disable user's ability to change FileVault recovery key

texts: How can we disable user's ability to change FileVault recovery key using fdesetup changerecoverykey ?


texts: AppleScript to find files by exact name match from an Automator variable

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I have a workflow that gets the track name of a single track in my mp3 player and stores it in a variable. I then use this in the Spotlight action to find that track in my iTunes Library, but the Spotlight action gives multiple results when I want only want the exact track not all tracks that contains the name.

I need some way or a script to replace this action. All searches gives Terminal commands that I don't understand or how to use with Automator.

Here's an applescript I found that works but is really really slow, it beach-balls the Finder on every loop, Is there a way to speed this up,my library has over 10,000 tracks? thanks
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o14eb19b2459vdo/by%20default%202018-07-19%20at%20Thursday%2C%2019%20Jul%20%2017.55.18.PNG?dl=0


texts: MacVim: difference in syntax highlighting in terminal and GUI

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I installed MacVim with homebrew, and specified the option to override system vim. It can be confirmed by looking at the version of vim in terminal.

However, I don't understand why the terminal (mac)vim and the gui has different color in syntax highlighting. And I prefer the GUI's coloring. Why the difference and can I set the terminal's syntax highlight the same as the GUI's?

Terminal:

GUI:


texts:
My chrome is not able to display my regional language like Hindi.

But I can see that page properly in Safari.

Chrome:

Safari:

I am using:

iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011)
MacOS Sierra (10.12.2)
Chrome version : 54.0.2840.98 (64-bit)

It was working properly few week ago.
I think some Sierra OS update make this change but I am not sure about this. I try to find the solution online, follow some steps and download some font but nothing still works.

If anyone has faced this kind of problem and solve I will like tp try that solution. Thanks for your time.


texts: MacBook Pro 2009 question mark folder screen - holding down option shows my mouse

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My MacBook Pro 2009 (A1278) is having an issue. When I power it up it shows a blinking folder with a question mark. I have tried most of the options that I've seen, none of them showing any signs of doing anything:

Command and R just shows the missing folder
Command Option and R shows missing folder
NVRAM Reset doesn't do anything

The only thing that shows any sign of progress is holding down the option key after powering up. It shows a blank screen with a mouse cursor that I can move.

Very rarely, it shows a glowing globe with a sort of hard drive underneath it, but it just fades away into the mouse cursor again within a few seconds.

I have even tried putting an external hard drive that's formatted for Mac, but  my MacBook doesn't recognize it at all.

Is it a problem with the cable that is plugged into another SSD while I have an external SSD? I have no clue.

I have another MacBook with me that has helped me reformat the external hard drive for Mac use.

How do I proceed to troubleshoot this?


texts: Is there an iPhone drop-in charging cradle?

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Is there a third-party accessory that plugs into the iPhone's dock connector and lets you literally drop it into a (supplied by the same manufacturer) cradle to charge by way of electrical contact?

This question is NOT asking about a SYNCING cradle.  ONLY charging is sufficient.

This question is NOT about "charging pads" that work without electrical contact by way of RF or magnetic flux.

Some models of blackberry have small electrical contacts on the bottom of the device that allow it to be "dropped" into a charging dock.  Is there an iPhone accessory that enables the same kind of behavior?


texts: El Capitan can´t see or remove partition but it shows up in Terminal

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EDIT: managed to reformat the partition to JHFS+, after accidentaly creating another partition i merged the new and the old one i dint want, then it let me merge all of them together.

I created a partition to originally use for linux. I gave it 30 GB and installed Linux no problem. Now I am in need for space in El Capitan and I can not remove the partition to give me more space. I managed to reformat it to HFS+ and it is not a corestorage(?) unit.

Here are screenshots of Disk Utility and the output of diskutil list:


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I have nsurlsessiond eating all my bandwidth. That's because I have iCloud Drive enabled. But I wouldn't like to deactivate it for good, 'cause when I'm at home, where I have a fiber broadband, I like it to keep iCloud content in sync with my local drive. However, when I'm traveling I like to be able to stop this guy from eating all my paid LTE mobile service. I tried to uncheck iCloud but it pops-up a message saying that all my iCloud documents will be deleted from my local drive. If I press the button to keep a copy, it sais it need to finish synchronization before stoping the service.

I tried links like the one below, which recommends stopping the nsurlsessiond process, but it keeps coming back.

How to know what nsurlsessiond is downloading

Is there a way to just pause iCloud drive or to make it work only when I'm at home?

Thank you


texts: Moving the current window to another desktop only with keyboard and mouse

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By desktop I don't mean like desktop on an external monitor, I just mean the virtual desktops that Mac provides
The mouse I am using is also a PC mouse, so not a Magic mouse or track pad.
The keyboard tho, it is the Apple keyboard.

So How Can I move the active window to another desktop ?


texts: need help on font rendering from website to safari, preview and adobe

texts: I am on an iMac with high Sierra 10.13.6.  Have been having this issue over multiple os for a long time.  When i go to my financial website and view A monthly statement I n safari pop up, the font is hard to read and too close.  Same in Adobe reader when opened in the downloaded .pdf.  If I do the same in Firefox it looks good until I download it then its too close again.  No issues on a pc.  ive tried to change the screen resolution with no effect.  also checked the Mac fonts and all seem to be good - no corruption.  any ideas on what to check.  the attached is a small sample of adobe / safari too close together and what I would expect and like to see form firefox.  Still troubleshooting this one. Spent another hour on the phone with the bank - no luck. Have now discovered that while the file can be viewed ok with Firefox, I get the messed up fonts when printing from there.  Also have tried to export from Firefox as .pdf file with no luck either - then the fonts stagger between small-normal to oversized. Still trying to figure it out.


texts: Swap right command with right alt/option on external bluetooth keyboard

texts: I can swap/remap (only) the right command with right alt using Keyremap4macbook for the built in Macbook keyboard, but would the same be possible for the Apple's external Bluetooth keyboard?


texts: How can I make in-app purchases with a different Apple ID than the app was purchased with?

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I have three children with three iPods and recently gave them all their own Apple ID accounts so that their iTunes money would be separate. However, now they cannot buy apps to add on to their games because the games were bought on our original Apple account.

How can I get the purchase to go through?


texts: What is the proper way to save Application Information Before Reformatting My macbook?

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My mid-2009 17" Macbook running Mavericks is running really slow and constantly freezes. I went to Disk Utility and ran "Repair Disk," but after about 3 minutes it said: "Disk utility can't repair thsi disk, Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files."

I have already ran Time Machine for back-up but I'm afraid that some expensive Applications, specifically Adobe Master Collection CS5, Max/MSP, and Ableton Live will lose their product keys / licenses when I whip my drive? I don't have any of that information written down, so I'd have to find it on my Macbook somewhere.

Will Time Machine back that up, or do I need to find the product keys and serial numbers? If so, where are they stored?


texts: Getting a basic screen for app store, and not showing further updates

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I don't know how to fix this, it is a friend's 2017 Macbook Air running High Sierra, thought I would update it to Big Sur finally.
There is an issue with my mac running High Sierra. Now that I need to update, it is showing this.


texts: What is the "wake for wifi network access" setting in energy preferences?

texts: Can anyone explain the "wake for wifi network access" setting in energy preferences for me?  I do not understand it.


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The question has been answered but it's unclear.
Why can't I just dd an entire APFS disk?
The original question posts the dd command that was used to perform a byte-for-byte copy of a block device.  As pointed out, that command resulted in a incorrect clone.  The accepted answer explains why it failed but doesn't provide the correct dd command.
If I understand the explanation correctly, I should use the following dd command:
dd if=/dev/rdisk0 of=/dev/rdiskX bs=4096 obs=512

Or should I first re-initialize the target block device with a GPT partition scheme, create an APFS partition, and then perform a dd?
The goal is to take /dev/rdisk0 (source block device) and perform a byte-for-byte copy to a brand new external SSD (target block device).
Related Questions:

I haven't been able to find a clear answer as to whether or not using dd is possible if the source block device has encrypted APFS partitions.

Should I be using rdiskX or just diskX?


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I wonder if there is any way, how to turn off / disable the wireless network interface or driver, so I cannot connect to WiFi from running OS. I have MacBook Pro with OS X Mavericks.

The reason for this is I have some exams at the University and if I want to use my own notebook, I have to turn off the WiFi in some more permanent way (for example from BIOS, if I had PC).

I have installed rEFIt so I can enter to some kind of EFI Shell, but I honestly don't know, what I can do here to not destroy my computer.


texts: Darken Background Illumination When There is No Window

texts: I have a MBP in a dualscreen setup with the laptops display as secondary. I'd like to know if there is an application that dims the display's illumination when there is no window drawn on the laptop.


texts: "No output device found" after Sierra upgrade

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I upgraded my iMac (model 14,2) from Mac OS X El Capitan to macOS Sierra yesterday.

The update went smoothly except that once the update finished and I logged in, the volume icon in the menu bar was greyed out. I immediately opened settings, assuming the update had somehow deselected my default audio-out device (a pair of external speakers in this case). However, when I went to the sound menu I was surprised to see "No output device found".

I've looked around quite a bit and haven't found anyone else with this issue yet. I became so desperate to get my audio back that I even tried installing the 3rd party "Voodoo" audio driver, however this only gave me the option for "Digital-out (HDMI)" which is of no use to me.

One thing this did clarify however is that somehow during the upgrade my AppleHDA driver got deleted and never replaced, or installing an 3rd party driver wouldn't have added any output devices to the list (albeit greyed out and entirely dysfunctional ones). So at this point I am at a loss, I don't know how to replace the driver, nor where or how I would install it.

UPDATE:

I've browsed the /System/Library/Extensions/ directory to discover I have both AppleHDA.kext and AppleHDA892.kext, which makes the situation more confusing as the system possesses both drivers which should be required to recognize audio output devices as well as playback sound.

My setup is as follows: iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12), 27-inch (Model 14,2).


texts: Installing ghostscript on MacPorts failed

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I am trying to install ghostcript on Macports 2.2.1-10.0-Mavericks. I get the following message:

**checking for gcc... /usr/bin/clang checking whether the C compiler works... no configure: error: in `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_print_ghostscript/ghostscript/work/ghostscript-9.10':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details Command failed:  cd
"/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_print_ghostscript/ghostscript/work/ghostscript-9.10"
&& ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-compile-inits
--disable-cups --disable-dbus --disable-gtk --without-luratech --with-system-libtiff --with-x  Exit code: 77 Error: Failed to configure ghostscript, consult
/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_print_ghostscript/ghostscript/work/ghostscript-9.10/config.log
Error: org.macports.configure for port ghostscript returned: configure
failure: command execution failed Warning: targets not executed for
ghostscript: org.macports.activate org.macports.configure
org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install Please
see the log file for port ghostscript for details:
    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_print_ghostscript/ghostscript/main.log
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets Error: Processing of port ghostscript failed**

Any ideas how to solve this?


texts: What about the Apps that I bought on the App Store when I buy a new iPod?

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Will the App be synched when I connect my new iPod on my Mac ?
Do I have to do something special before selling my old iPod ?


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I was browsing Google Chrome and switched tabs from Discord to a new tab and then my Mac laptop crashed. I was then greeted with my minimal bash GNU GRUB screen whenever I try to run Linux without the OS hard drive plugged in. Nothing wrong with that screen.

I'm just wondering why my laptop decided to have a seizure.

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80063371b0): "zalloc: zone map exhausted while allocating from zone kalloc.8192, likely due to memory leak in zone kalloc.64 (3617955840 total bytes, 56530555 elements allocated)"@/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-3789.51.2/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:2413
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff91fb8db7e0 : 0xffffff80062ec3ec
0xffffff91fb8db860 : 0xffffff80063371b0
0xffffff91fb8db9b0 : 0xffffff8006837387
0xffffff91fb8db9e0 : 0xffffff7f88bccf67
0xffffff91fb8dba00 : 0xffffff7f88b2d1dc
0xffffff91fb8dba30 : 0xffffff7f88b16297
0xffffff91fb8dba80 : 0xffffff7f88b1c9ea
0xffffff91fb8dbae0 : 0xffffff7f88b1dbf0
0xffffff91fb8dbb20 : 0xffffff80068e3c61
0xffffff91fb8dbb80 : 0xffffff80068ecc81
0xffffff91fb8dbcc0 : 0xffffff80063c01f8
0xffffff91fb8dbdd0 : 0xffffff80062f166c
0xffffff91fb8dbe30 : 0xffffff80062cdff1
0xffffff91fb8dbe80 : 0xffffff80062e2667
0xffffff91fb8dbf10 : 0xffffff80063ed0d8
0xffffff91fb8dbfb0 : 0xffffff800629dd66
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2(311.11)[41BE9F49-4998-3297-9EF6-9972DD38B09E]@0xffffff7f88b01000->0xffffff7f88b90fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[C6E3195E-A0D7-3B71-B5F4-9EE9E182D4FC]@0xffffff7f86be0000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(514.10)[E197EF14-F55B-3B9C-B903-91258C9CA382]@0xffffff7f8798f000
         com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD5000Graphics(10.2.4)[D1DEEF45-4013-31E7-BCE7-97B67875A726]@0xffffff7f88ba0000->0xffffff7f88c14fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSurface(159.6)[85BD985C-2B78-3C1A-9606-6A6B0CB77E24]@0xffffff7f87846000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[C6E3195E-A0D7-3B71-B5F4-9EE9E182D4FC]@0xffffff7f86be0000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(514.10)[E197EF14-F55B-3B9C-B903-91258C9CA382]@0xffffff7f8798f000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2(311.11)[41BE9F49-4998-3297-9EF6-9972DD38B09E]@0xffffff7f88b01000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer

Mac OS version:
16E195


texts: Get my computer's current city and state from terminal

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How can I get my computer's location to the granularity of city and  country using the command-line?

I know I could get the IP of the correct network interface and do an IP lookup but I wonder if the system has a quicker way to access this. The system clock has the location so I am wondering if it's possible to get it that way.


texts: MacPorts gcc_select doesn't contain gcc_select

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I want to use different gcc versions easily (to build some whimsy python library). I've installed gcc_select-0.1_6… but it doesn't contain "gcc_select", is it a bug or gcc_select is just a stub now an I should use some different method to select default gcc instead?

What should I do?


texts: MacBook Yosemite WiFI drops when other devices possibly interfere

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I am having serious WiFi issues on my MacBook Pro (retina Mid 2012 with Yosemite) where the connection continuously drops making Internet impossible to use.

I have already tried all of the options described on various blog posts, including Fix Wi-Fi Problems in OS X Yosemite.

The problem is only happening on my MacBook Pro. While everything works fine on my MacBook Air, PC Win8 and two Android phones.

The router (UPC Ubee EVW3226) is set to:

2.4 GHz
802.11 bgn
WPA2/AES
Bandwidth 20 Mhz
Channel Auto
Beacon interval 100
DTIM int. 1
Fragment Threshold 2347

…and all other settings as recommended by Apple in Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points.

These are the devices I have:

MacBook Pro                  (WiFi drops all the time when laptop PC is on)
MacBook Air                  (works perfectly)
Lenovo Laptop with Windows 8 (works perfectly)
Android Phone 1              (works perfectly)
Android Phone 2              (works perfectly)

The problem actually only seems to happen when the Laptop PC is on, which makes me lead to believe it might be an issue with interference (though it's strange that it doesn't affect the MacBook Air (which is in the same room of the MacBook Pro).

I am getting really frustrated with all this and not sure what to try anymore.
Does anyone know if there is a solution apart from switching to Ethernet?


texts: Command line: Sending a zip file via e-mail

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I am using "mail" to send e-mails from command line on my OSX 10.6

the "< filename" however doesn't work quite well, as I don't really see the file as "attachment" on any standard e-mail client. Is there any solution for this with the standard tools that come pre-installed with OSX 10.6?


texts: Is it possible to upgrade Mac Pro 2.1 to 5.1 firmware? Does it also make sense -- is the hardware different? Has it been done before?


texts: Macbook Air failing to reconnect to network after sleep

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I have a Mid-2011 13" Macbook Air running OS X 10.9.2 (the latest version). When I wake my Mac from sleep, sometimes, the Wifi will fail to find my network. The network icon will display the connecting symbol. The only way to stop that is to turn off wifi and turn it back on, where it will reconnect almost instantly.

A video I made showing my problem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtwPg9ff4WE&feature=youtu.be


texts: Change Date Created based on the filename

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I've downloaded a bunch of my Instagram images but the Date Created of the files is set to the time that I initiated the download. What I do have though is the Date Created in the filename. What I want to do is take the date in the filename, which I've changed to YYYYMMDDhhmm, and set that as the creation date of each file.

I changed the date in the filename into the YYYYMMDDhhmm because this is the format that the touch -t command likes. Now all I need is a way to take the first 12 characters of the filename, pass it to touch -t as the date to touch the file with and follow that with the full filename.

I imagine this could be accomplished with a combination of Hazel and a shell/AppleScript so that the date could be passed on from each individual image.

Cheers for any help :)


texts: What does the app name means above music player in Control Center

texts: Mine is showing "App Store", when clicked, it brings me to App Store, but what is the reason of it showing up in Control center?


texts: Safari prompting for local user account password on Apple websites

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When navigating to an Apple login page in Safari on macOS 10.15 it shows a Apple ID login window and prompts me to enter my local user account password (not my Apple ID password). From what I can tell, this is a Safari feature and is not a part of the webpage.

Is there anyway to disable this? I have all Safari autofill settings turned off as I use a third-party password manager. It is super annoying to wait several seconds for this window to be displayed and then have to click "cancel" before I can log in.

EDIT

It appears there is no way to disable this behavior. I have opened an issue in Feedback Assistant (FB7582188). Feel free to dupe it. https://openradar.appspot.com/radar?id=5003428010917888


texts: Cannot access administrative share (c$) on a Windows 8 PC from Mountain Lion

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I'm having an issue trying to access administrative shares on my Windows 8 PC from my MacBook Air running OSX 10.8.2.

Here is the process, errors and background info:

On the MacBook, Go menu > Connect to Server > Server Address:  smb://megaman/c$ > Connect
Connect as: Registered User > Name: Zach; Password: my password  [This is an admin account on the Windows 8 PC]
"There was a problem connecting to the server "megaman". You do not have permission to access this server.

Ok, fine....So as a sanity check, I make sure the administrative share (c$) exists on the Windows8 PC, and that the 'Zach' account is a member of the Administrators group. That all checks out. Next, I create a new share of the 'c' drive on the Windows 8 PC and in the share settings, only give the user account 'Zach' Full permissions.

I run back through steps 1-3, but this time I just enter 'smb://megaman' for the server address. I get the 'Select the volumes you want to mount on "megaman"' dialog box on the MacBook and 'c' is listed as a share. I select 'c' and click OK. The share mounts without error.

I've also tried mounting the c$ share via command line and get a "Permission denied" error. I've tried disabling the firewall, but this doesn't make any difference. I've tried deleting and recreating the administrative share, and also creating a new admin account on the Windows 8 PC, but none of those make any difference either.

Perhaps it's a setting in local security policy on the Windows 8 PC? I can't say for sure, but my guess is that this issue began with Windows 8, since I used to be able to access the c$ share when my PC ran Windows 7.


texts: iPhone 4 will not connect to any computer and will not show up in device manager

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My iPhone 4 will not connect to my computer or iTunes anymore after I updated to the new iTunes, and I have looked in other threads and posts and no one seems to have the same issue.

I see other posts about it not connecting, and it says to go into "Device Manager" and find the iPhone under "Portable Devices" but the Portable Devices tab isn't even in my Device Manager on my Laptop (windows 7).

I've deleted all apple appliances on my computer and re-installed iTunes and that didn't work. it's not the cable cord because my iPhone WILL charge while plugged in to my computer, it just will not connect.

and I've looked for an iPhone 4 Apple driver to re-install on my computer but no luck, and also tried plugging it into a different computer to see if it will connect and it still will not.

Please help, I cannot afford to fix this if it is an internal problem with my phone, it has to be a driver on my computer


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I am looking or a website, which will monitor the price of an application on the Mac App Store and send me an email notification when the price of the application drops.

I have already tried appspy.com, but they did not send me email when the price dropped.


texts: Unable to add account in Google Hangouts

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I've been unable to login to Google Hangouts via the iPhone mobile app. I keep getting "Unable to add account". I've tried restarting my phone, nothing changes. If it helps, I am using a legacy business account from Google.

iPhone: 5s
OS: iOS 7.1.2
App: Hangouts from Google Inc, 2.1.0


texts: Time Machine restore is asking to install MacOS and use Migration tool

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My MacBook Pro came from service center and I am trying to restore from Time Machine back up. I performed the following step.

Started mac and pressed command + R
Selected option to restore from Time Machine
Selected my hard drive as the source
Clicked on continue

After this I am suppose to get the option to select Mac hard drive to continue but instead I am getting a pop up. The pop up is asking me to do a fresh install of MacOS and then use Migration tool or select a different source for back up.


texts: How can I mount a backup drive only on demand?

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I have a MacBook Pro 15" with the SuperDrive removed. As the primary boot drive I have an SSD, and in the SuperDrive slot I have a larger spinning disk.

Each night, I use SuperDuper to clone the SSD to one (of three total) partitions of the spinning drive.

This gives huge advantages, in that even in the event of a total SSD failure, I only have a minute or two of downtime, as the backup is always with me, and bootable.

However, it also means that the MacBook also sees two copies of every installed app (this is really annoying). It also means I have a disk showing in the Finder that I'd just as soon have hidden (less annoying, but would ideally not show).

Enough intro... what I would like to do is have the Backup Drive NOT mount at startup. In fact, I would like for it to mount ONLY immediately before a SuperDuper backup, and then unmount as soon as the backup is finished. I want to keep the OTHER two partitions on the spinning drive mounted at all times.

Surely someone already has a script/solution to do this. Can't be that of an off-the-wall request, is it? Or am I missing a feature of either SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner that does this already?

EDIT: I have discovered where SuperDuper does this... kinda. If you have a Scheduled Job (run backup at 2am) and you run it manually (with the "Copy Now" button) then it will mount an unmounted drive, do the backup and then unmount the drive. However, if you do it this way, SuperDuper will not quit automatically. This feature also does not seem to work when the job runs at it's scheduled time.


texts: I want to know how long I used my external HDD. The HDD is WD My Book model. How can I know that?


texts: In Terminal, how to erase typed command quickly?

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In Terminal, let's say I type a long command, but before I press Enter, I decide that actually I don't want to run this command, and want to run another new command instead.

In such case, how to quickly remove everything I have typed, so that I can start typing the new command?

Pressing Delete for a few long seconds is not a good solution, I am looking for something faster.


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For how I use my laptop, it would be extremely helpful to be able to use Spaces/Desktops in OS X to break up different projects. One project may have a couple of websites/URLs, a pdf and a spreadsheet. It would be very useful to be able to put these in a space, eg have a browser window with tabs for each site that's related the project, the local files, and anything else that's related (maybe an email, document, etc.), close the Space and then open it later as needed.

Is there a way to save Spaces/Desktops like this so that all files, browser tabs, etc. can be reopened at once by "opening" the Space/Desktop?

I am running Mavericks.


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I had a problem when I turned on my Macbook Pro, I would just get a flashing "?" when I booted up.

I decided to grab a recovery from another mac I have, I put this onto a memory stick and my laptop went into recovery mode etc.. I then went into Disk Utility only to find out that it wasn't actually recognising my hard drive..

I then tried another hard drive from another macbook and it wasn't picking up that hard drive either.

NOTE: I placed a CD a few weeks ago and it didn't like it, caused the fan to go crazy and I had to remove the CD through a command in terminal.

I tried cleaning the wire that runs from the Macbook to the hard drive and this picked up the hard drive at boot-up but then when I restarted, it went back to the same old flashing "?" mark.

Could it therefore be the wire that is running from the hard drive to the main-board? If so, would this be expensive to fix (From Apple directly) or would it be cheaper for me to purchase online and fit it myself?


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As of late I can't uninstall any Mac App Store apps once they've been installed.

I follow the standard procedure of opening Launchpad, pressing Option ⌥, and clicking on the little x on the top left corner of the app's icon.

What happens is that the icon vanishes for a second, and then reappears in Launchpad.

This is a typical error I get in the Console right after trying to uninstall an app:

  LaunchPad: Uninstall failed Error Domain=com.apple.uninstalld.request Code=2 "ErrorMissingBundle" UserInfo=0x7fa12509b4f0 {Missing bundle string=/Applications/OmniFocus.app} file://localhost/Applications/OmniFocus.app/

I am running Lion (10.7.4).


texts: "sudo crontab -e" not updating /etc/hosts

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In my /etc/hosts file, I have records like this:
127.0.0.1    www.youtube.com
To keep me from getting distracted. When I need something on one of the sites I have blocked, I add # to the beginning of the line. Running this command, I can make it so all of the lines can be uncommented to remove access again:
sudo sed -i '' 's/\#//g' /etc/hosts
To automatically remove access, I run sudo crontab -e and add this line
*/10 8-15 * * 1-5 sed -i '' 's/\#//g' /etc/hosts
I also tried with sudo crontab -e -u root
After saving it, mac asks for permission for terminal to admin the machine, which I grant, and I figure it should be all good, but it doesn't see that the command is ever run (the file doesn't get updated). Is there something I need to do to get it to update the file?


texts: copy folders to user library using Terminal on OS X

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I would like to copy a folder to the user library using the OS X Terminal. The command line I use is cp -r. The problem is that the command runs, but it doesn't copy the folder and it returns no error.

Exist a special command for copying folders to user library?

Thanks a lot.


texts: Resized with iPartition but MacOS still reports old partition size

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I resized an external drive partition from 800 to 900 GB with iPartition but MacOS still reports old size.
Did unmount drives, did restart, but still.
MacOS 10.12.6
iPartition 3.6.2 (216)

Update:

diskutil list command does report correctly the ~900GB the partition has, but finder keeps reporting ~800GB


texts: Use MacBook Pro as second monitor for iMac?

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Is it possible to use a MacBook Pro as a second monitor for my iMac? Both of them have a Thunderbolt port.

If not, is there any other way?


texts: How can I open a port (not application) in the OS X 10.6 firewall?

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Let me preface this by saying:

I do not want to drop my firewall completely
Yes, I really do need particular ports rather than an application.

So I see that there is the option to allow particular applications through the firewall, but no equivalent way of opening ports.  It seems hard to believe that this is actually impossible.  How can I open a specific TCP port in OS X 10.6 while keeping the rest of the ports firewalled?


texts: How to add custom extension for QuickLook?

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Does anybody know of a method of previewing .WebM files in QuickLook?
 I've searched on google but didn't find anything helpful.


texts: iOS 6 broke gmail email account (not imap type) - Send is extremely slow (5-10 minutes)

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A lot of people, myself included, cannot use their gmail account with the iPhone anymore because of an annoying iOS 6 bug. It will not send anything no matter what you do. If you switch to IMAP type then it works, but IMAP type is much worse than the gmail type which has flags, keeps sent messages synchronized and other nice things.

Does anyone manage to somehow fix that? Here are a couple of links to the problem:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4367006?start=0&tstart=0

http://www.iphoneforums.net/forum/ios-6-101/gmail-account-not-working-io6-upgrade-47163/


texts: Using night shift/f.lux on external monitors Mac OS 10.15

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I’m having an issue using Night Shift, f.lux, or any blue light filter application on 2 of the 3 external monitors I have hooked up to my MacBook Pro via a Dell docking station. This is my hardware:

MacBook Pro 2019
Dell D6000 dock
Dell 24 in monitor
Dell 24 in monitor
LG 34 in monitor

I’ve tried reseating cables, reinstalling display link drivers, and downloading other blue light filter applications like f.lux.


texts: How to disable Safari Frequently Visited?

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How can you disable the Frequently Visited section in the Safari 9 Favorites tab?

I do not like how these auto-generate and need to be manually removed.


texts: Unmap key combinations in KeyRemap4Macbook

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This is a follow up to How can I map the Windows key to option in Microsoft Remote Desktop version 8?. The answers to that question are a huge timesavers for OSX RDC users; however, there are some key combinations I don't want remapped. For example, Command+Q and Command+W would ideally still function the same as they do before remapping.

I tried adding this definition:

<autogen>
    __KeyToKey__
    KeyCode::Q, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L,
    KeyCode::Q, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L
</autogen>

But to no effect.

Update: here is the full private.xml:

<root>
    <appdef>
        <appname>Microsoft Remote Desktop</appname>
        <equal>com.microsoft.rdc.mac</equal>
    </appdef>
    <item>
        <name>Swap command and option in Remote Desktop</name>
        <identifier>private.remotedesktopswapcommandandcontrol</identifier>
        <only>Microsoft Remote Desktop</only>
        <autogen>
            __KeyToKey__
            KeyCode::Q, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L,
            KeyCode::Q, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L
        </autogen>
        <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::TAB, MODIFIERFLAG_EITHER_LEFT_OR_RIGHT_OPTION, KeyCode::TAB, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L</autogen>
        <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::OPTION_L, KeyCode::COMMAND_L</autogen>
        <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::COMMAND_L, KeyCode::OPTION_L</autogen>
        <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::OPTION_R, KeyCode::COMMAND_R</autogen>
        <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::COMMAND_R, KeyCode::OPTION_R</autogen>
    </item>
</root>


texts: Create a new iTunes column for "Play count/skip count ratio"?

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Is it possible to somehow create a new column in iTunes for "Play count/skip count" ratio? I usually use Play Count as a way to determine what songs I like the most, but this typically excludes newer songs (unless I limit the playlist by date).

However, if I had a new column that took a song's play count and compared it to the song's skip count (such as 50 plays to 2 skips, 25:1; versus 20 plays and 5 skips, 4:1), then it'd be easier to see what songs I truly like, regardless of its age.

So, can this be done in iTunes at all, or is it absolutely not feasible?


texts: How can I screen share/VNC to a Linux system (Ubuntu 16.04) from my MAC (10.11)?

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I'd like to use screen sharing/I'd like to VNC to a Linux OS desktop from my Mac. Mac OS version: OS X El Capitan, 10.11.15A2301. Ubuntu version: 16.04.5 LTS. I have my Mac configured to accept VNC connections by enabling file sharing, remote login and remote management and I use it to VNC to other Mac systems but I'd like to VNC to a Linux system this time. I'm assuming I'd have to use some kind of sudo apt install command to install something and enable this functionality?

Please do let me know any methods you may be familiar with, thank you.


texts: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError (Trying run Alda on OS X)

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I've hit a wall with trying to get Alda to run on OS X.

It's an executable I downloaded from here; then, as per the installation guide on GitHub, I ran chmod +x alda on it, and then moved it to my /usr/local/bin. After that, though, I've run into any number of issues:

The first error I've been getting occurs whenever I try to run Alda from command line.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: alda/Client : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:637)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:621)
    at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:58)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:197)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
logout

I also got an Invalid memory access of location […] Segmentation fault error a few times, FWIW.

I've looked into Java version (I'm running java version "1.6.0_65"), tried updating, all to no avail.

How do I get around this?


texts: Is there a way to create a custom keyboard shortcut in OSX?

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I'd like to press a custom set of keys (i.e. CTRL+`) to instead act like I am pressing a different set of keys (i.e. CTRL+]).

How can I accomplish this? In the keyboard shortcuts menu I'm only seeing ways to set keyboard keys to launch applications or change how the modifier keys work.


texts: Shift + Esc doesn't work on MacBook Pro with touch bar

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There are some apps that use the Shift + Esc combination. But it's doesn't work when I use the Esc on touch bar. Apps behave as just the Esc button pressed. When I connect external keyboard or even use the embedded keyboard viewer ShiftEsc works!
Karabiner Event Viewer shows keycode 41 for Esc both for touch bar button and regular button pressed on an external keyboard. Seems that ShiftEsc should work in both cases but it isn't.
Any ideas what can be done in order to make the ShiftEsc work with button on touch bar? I usually use this combination in Slack and IntelliJ Idea applications. E.g. in Slack ShiftEsc marks all messages as read. That's how I check combination working or not.