texts: Trying to reinstall El Capitan but the download never finishes

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my MacBook is a bit too slow for me so I'm looking to sell it. I'm trying to wipe it so it's ready to set up for the new owner, but after erasing everything on the hard disk I'm now trying to reinstall El Capitan OS X but it takes hours and starts with 29 hours remaining, and then slowly increases up to 62 hours (sometimes more) and then it randomly stops and says it failed, so I should try again. And every time it does the same thing.

Any known reason why that's happening?

Thanks!

Edit: I have an old white MacBook that came out mid-2009 but it has recently been refurbished. 4 GB RAM. To get here I pressed Command+R during restart, clicked on Disk Utility and erased what was on the Macintosh HD disk, and then tried to reinstall OS X in the same menu.


texts: How to find Google Calendar app on my MacBook after downloading with iTunes?

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I would like to download the Google Calendar app on my Mac.

I found Google Calendar in iTunes and clicked on Download. It looks like the app was downloaded, but I can't find it on my Mac.

Here is a screenshot of iTunes

How I can find this app on my MacBook?


texts: I repartitioned my harddrive while installing Windows 8 and lost my OS X installation, can I get it back?

texts: I tried to install Windows 8 on my MacBook using Boot Camp. Because the normal installer did not recognize the partition that was made by Boot Camp, I opened up the command promt and ran DISKPART. I selected my drive, selected my partition and entered CLEAN – and boom, my entire hard drive shows up as being totally empty. I do have a 1 week old backup and rolling back to it would not be too terrible, but I wonder: is there a way to restore my files?


texts: iPhone not connecting to cellular service

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For about two weeks now the service bar on my iPhone 7 Plus only says searching. I contacted my service provider and they said it was the SIM card but I switched my SIM card with another iPhone user and they had service and when I put my SIM card in their phone I still had no service. I then tried to restart everything and connect it to my computer, so I can erase everything on my iPhone, yet it says it needs a SIM card and I had my SIM card in my iPhone with still no service.

How do I resolve this issue?


texts: Terminal does not accept root password (just changed it)

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Using dsenableroot I've just changed the password to a very simple one and terminal says

***Successfully enabled root user.

Then I run a command with sudo and it won't accept the password I just set.
Tried setting different passwords and opening new terminals but it doesn't help.

What can be the problem and how do I even debug this?


texts: Some application screens won't redraw in MBP

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I have a MacBook Pro running 10.6.8. It has all the latest updates (except for an item each for iTunes and Safari). Having not used Mail for a week or so, I've run into some problems with it - plus similar problems with Colloquy and LimeChat (both IRC clients). For all three, the problem is that the screen is not being redrawn; it appears to be acting transparently, and so screen furniture (scrollbars etc) are leaving a trail where the application content should be.

I've tried an array of things to fix it - obviously tried rebooting, and also shutting down fully before turning back on.

Also, I've deleted ~/Library/Preferences/info.colloquy.plist, with no change in Colloquy's behaviour. To be honest I'd not expect it to be an individual application issue, since it is affecting these three applications.

I've tried a few graphics things too. I've turned off the energy saving graphics mode in the Energy Preferences pane (although it has worked since new with that feature enabled). I was also running gfxCardStatus, now removed from the boot sequence and not running.

I've tried removing most things from opening at login, again to no avail. I've tried a new user account, and the same problems are exhibited in LimeChat. Not yet tried Mail in the second account - will do so - but am not hopeful.

As a long shot, my colleague suggests that I try verifying my primary (only) disk, and this turns out to be fine (verifying permissions as I type all disk permissions have been fixed, no change).

The last thing I installed was a modem driver, but it's been working fine with this, so I don't think it was that that has upset the system. Not sure I've done anything differently that might have caused this, tbh. So... I am now a bit stuck. Any ideas?

Edit: just tried Adium as well, another chat client. Same redraw problems again!


texts: iPhone 4s replaced battery, still drains quickly

texts: I replaced the battery in my mom's old iPhone 4s. Battery is direct from iFixit. I've replaced iPhone batteries before and everything seemed to go right. Problem: I charge it fully before bed, and when I wake up it has like 30% power. My iPhone 6 will have battery percentage above 90% in the morning. I understand the 4s battery is 1430 mAh vs the 1810 mAh in the 6. But the drain difference seems too big. I did a DFU restore of OS 9.3.5 (the highest a 4s supports). Didn't help. Ran battery to zero once to condition it. Auto-lock is set at 1 minute. Mail accounts are set to fetch, most notifications turned off, etc. Seems like the iPhone just doesn't fully go to sleep to save battery. Any ideas on how to slow the battery drain? Is that just how it's supposed to work? Should I give up and get her a newer iPhone?


texts: Does iCloud Calendar Backup Include Local (Non iCloud) Calendars?

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First, my basic question:

If I have an iPhone and it is using a local calendar ("On This Phone", I think), and my backup is to iCloud, does that backup include the local calendar?

Edit: to be clear, the backup I'm referring to is:

iCloud.com > Settings > (Advanced section) > Restore Calendars and Reminders

Second, and the reason for my question:

I've performed a series of steps that's left me in a mess with migrating a local calendar to an iCloud calendar whilst also (around the same time) sharing iCloud calendars between two users...

The sequence has been something close to this (unfortunately I didn't note them down 100% as I was going):

iPhone A and iPhone B, separate Apple IDs, both backing up to iCloud
iPhone A uses iCloud calendars, only
iPhone B uses a local calendar, but also has an iCloud calendar containing some events that were invites from iPhone A
iPhone A shares an iCloud calendar with iPhone B. It all works as expected. The calendar is name "Calendar"
iPhone B considers sharing a calendar with iPhone A, but realises they're using a local calendar, so goes through the process of merging/migrating that local data to be in an iCloud calendar
(I think, this was achieved by turning on the Calendar option in the iCloud settings, then answering "yes" to "do you want to keep local calendar data?")
iPhone B now has iCloud calendars only; the iPhone B user checks on their Mac and they now see the iCloud calendar on their, too. Yay!
iPhone B now shares their iCloud calendar with iPhone A. The calendar is named "Calendar"
This time, the sharing from iPhone B to iPhone A only kinda works. New events on iPhone B are immediately propagated to iPhone A. However, existing events on iPhone B are not seen on iPhone A (this was not the case when iPhone A was shared to iPhone B)
Upon seeing this, the users of iPhone A and iPhone B tried things like: un-sharing and re-sharing, re-naming calendars, re-synching... None of which worked.
Unfortunately, a side effect of the above was that (and I'm not sure at what point it happened) - the existing events on iPhone B became readonly on iPhone B. New events on iPhone B went into the re-named calendar. So, the calendar on iPhone B was renamed from "Calendar" to "Ciara". Existing events were listed as being under "Calender" and new events were listed as being in "Ciara"...
Further un-sharing and showing/hiding calendars resulted in the pre-existing events on iPhone B disappearing completely...

Note:

Unfortunately, I did not export any of the calendars before doing this (I know, I should have)

What I've tried:

I've tried un-sharing all calendars, then using iCloud.com for iPhone B's account to restore a calendar (only) from before any of the above was started
It did not work
However, at the time of that backup, the Calendar option in Settings -> iCloud was turned off. When trying to restore the calendar via iCloud.com, the Calendar option is still turned on

What I'd like to try:

Turn that setting off, so iPhone B is not using iCloud calendars
Restore a calendar backup from iCloud.com
If it works, and I see the pre-existing events, first do an export, and second try to migrate to iCloud calendars on iPhone B before doing any sharing

The reason for this question:

iPhone B belongs to my wife ;)
I've already lost a whole load of her events; I don't want to mess it up further ;)
I'll try the above, if I know that the older iCloud calendar backups will have contained the local, calendar data...

Thanks


texts: Finder "Arrange by date" splits into Today, Previous 7 Days, Previous 30 Days, etc

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When I use Finder on OSX 10.11.6, selecting any of the "Arrange by date [modified/last opened/created/added]" splits up the window into various vertical subcategories which I can either horizontally scroll through or go through one by one and select "show all" to have them treated like regular files.

Is there anyway to disable this and just have all the files in the folder sorted chronologically in the same way it treats files when you sort by name? I believe the behavior I'm looking for is the same as Windows 10 behavior.

[EDIT]

Just to clarify, I am wanting to achieve this in icon view, not in one of the other views.


texts: Why can't I mount a Samsung SSD 850 EVO?

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I just bought a Samsung ATA III SSD drive, the Samsung 850 EVO.  I installed it in an external enclosure that I know works with an ATA II drive, but I don't see the new drive in Disk Utility.  Thinking the drive was DOA, I exchanged it for a  new one.  This second one just arrived and I have the same problem.  This is all on modern hardware (MacPro Tube, MacBook Pro Retina).

I can tell from reading the forums that others have gotten this drive to work, but what are the chances I would get two DOA drives?!? Pretty remote, I think.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

jclarkv


texts: Can a website on safari give you a virus?

texts: I was browsing around on good ol' Sarari when all of a sudden, when I tapped on a website that I had successfully visited before, I was redirected to a site simply called Addware Detected !! On screen a notification popped up telling me that Addware/spyware may be on my iPad (2). It give a list of effects that it may have and tells me to contact IOS Tech support and list a number. There is a "ok" button at the bottom of the pop up but when ever I tap it it just comes back up and I cannot change tabs or open the history or anything. I had to download the Google app just to post this. Now what I want to know is is this real? And should I contact the number?


texts: Macbook Pro detects the screen, but external screen stays black (mini dp to hdmi)

texts: I am trying to connect my MacBook Pro (OSX 10.9.3, 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB DDR3) to Panasonic Viera TH55AS670D LED TV through Mini DP to HDMI connector. When I connect the wire my laptop screen blinks (which means it detects external screen) but the TV stays black. When I go to System Preferences and open the Displays tab - it shows the exact model of my screen, but nothing shows up on my screen.


texts: How do I stop DVD player from autoplaying?

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When I insert a movie DVD into my USB superdrive, the DVD player starts.  I want it to stop doing that.

I've tried the following to disable this behaviour:

System Preferences -> CDs & DVDs -> When you insert a video DVD: set to Ignore (actually moved all of them to Ignore)
DVD player -> Preferences -> unchecked "Start playing disc" for when DVD player opens and when a disc is inserted.

Neither of these made a difference; insert the disc and the DVD player still starts playing it. Any other options?


texts: Why does Apple allow factory reset if passcode is forgotten?

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I just came across the instructions to factory reset Apple device if one does not remember the device passcode: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204306

I am very new to Apple and I don't understand how come Apple allows such a thing. What if someone stole my device and wants to clean the device before selling it? Should the iTunes on the connected computer be logged in with the same Apple ID as the locked device? Is that what would prevent a thief from cleaning a stolen device? Would the above instructions work if the iCloud account on the device is locked as well?


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having recently taking my phone into an Apple Store with what was a manufacturing fault,2 months before the warranty ran out they exchanged it without hesitation,
12 weeks on and now the new replacement phone has a number of faults now happening,
Did the warranty begin again on the new replacement phone or does it just transfer over meaning the warranty ended in January as it would have on the original phone?


texts: Show unshortened day of the week @ OSX menu bar

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Currently clock menu bar item shortens day of the week like Sat instead of Saturday.
Is there any way to change this without additional software?

(tried regional formats but it ignores any custom changes for some reason, OSX 10.8.2)


texts: OneNote's box-outlines and text caret randomly become unresponsive on Sierra and High Sierra

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When you hover your mouse over a "box" in OneNote, it should look like this:

Instead, randomly, the application stops responding with the box outlines (my mouse is in the same place both above and below, i.e. where the caret is):

The box outlines don't matter that much, actually. It's the fact that the caret disappears, so you have no visual cue as to where you're typing, and also that when you Backspace, you start deleting from some other place (the previous line, I think).

No amount of clicking anywhere else in the application (menus, other notebooks) or clicking out and back fixes the problem. It's really frustrating!

Is there a workaround?


texts: when I dragged a folder to ⌘I (info) it displayed


texts: Cannot ping IPv4 address, but IPv6 ping works

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I have a Macbook and an Android device (Oneplus phone) on same network and the Macbook connects via USB LAN (or Wi-Fi), Android device via Wi-Fi. I detected the following anomaly:

I can ping the Oneplus from the Mac:

64 bytes from 192.168.1.127: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=30.433 ms
--- 192.168.1.127 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss

I can ping the router from the Oneplus
However I cannot ping the IPv4 address of the Mac
I took a look at the traffic in Wireshark and I got the "host unreachable" message to the ICMP requests
I also started to host a simple HTTP server, but it seems the Mac does not response to the TCP SYN segments, because I could see RTO flagged segments (Retransmission Timeout). (3-Way handshake never completed)
Fan fact, recently my ISP started issuing IPv6 addresses and I tried to ping the Mac from the Oneplus:

--- 2001:*:*:*:*:*:*:7e50 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3005ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 6.737/33.397/108.664/43.467 ms

It was working as the above log shows.

Mac's firewall is disabled and there is no firewall rule applied in the router. I removed all network interface under the System Preferences / Network menu and added them again.

I also selected the Link-local only option at the System Preferences / Network / interface / Advanced / TCP/IP / IPv6 Configuration tab. Unfortunately none of them worked.

My question is why did IPv6 ping work and IPv4 not? Could be the problem the recently introduced IPv6 addresses?

[Edit]

I created a Hotspot with my iPhone and connected with both of the Mac and the Oneplus. This Hotspot does not have any IPv6 configuration, but I experienced the same issue.

I also created a Hotspot with my Mac to eliminate the router from the circle and I connected to it with the Oneplus. Like every time, I could not ping the Mac, despite the Oneplus gets IP address via DHCP from the Mac. (So there was network traffic)


texts:
With Apple One rolling out, I was thinking about how much money I spend on Apple services each month.  I pay for the various services in my family (4 of us) so any chance that I can save money by bundling, I'll take it.
To know how much I'd save, I first need to know how much I spend.  I thought I'd be able to go to the Subscriptions section to get this info.

However, this only shows a subset of total Apple charges each month.  It shows Apple Music, Apple News+, Apple Arcade, and Apple TV+ monthly charges but not iCloud-related monthly charges.
Yes, I could go thru each of my Apple emails to get the charges but I really thought Apple provided one place to see all the things they charge you for on a monthly basis.
Am I just overlooking this Apple page or does anyone know where this info is listed?  This way I can do a simple, straightforward comparison on Apple One charges vs separate monthly charges.


texts: AppleScript add new filename and path in mail only when files extension are .pdf and .doc

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I have a Mac running macOS Mojave.

this script sends a mail to multiples user when someone adds a new file in my folder.

How can I add the filename in the mail Subject and the path file in the mail body?
How can I apply this action only when the file extension are .pdf or .doc?

here is my script:

property dialog_timeout : 30 -- set the amount of time before dialogs auto-answer.

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
try
    tell application "Finder"
        --get the name of the folder
        set the folder_name to the name of this_folder
    end tell

    -- find out how many new items have been placed in the folder
    set the item_count to the number of items in the added_items
    --create the alert string
    set alert_message to ("Folder Actions Alert:" & return & return) as Unicode text
    if the item_count is greater than 1 then
        set alert_message to alert_message & (the item_count as text) & " new items have "

    else
        set alert_message to alert_message & "One new item has "
    end if

    set recipientName to "New file added"
    set recipientAddress to "user1@gmail.com, user2@gmail.com"
    set theSubject to "new file" & fileName
    set theContent to "¡Hello! new file added: pathName fileName"

    tell application "Mail"

        ##Create the message
        set theMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:theSubject, content:theContent, visible:true}

        ##Set a recipient
        tell theMessage
            make new to recipient with properties {name:recipientName, address:recipientAddress}

            ##Send the Message
            send

        end tell
    end tell

end try
end adding folder items to

I try many times to use this example, but was impossible:
Applescript to return name of new file added to folder

Thanks so much in advance!


texts: Is there a way to use my iOS 8 device as USB Mass Storage Device for Windows

texts: I want to download a file to my iOS device, connect it to my windows xp computer as a USB Mass Storage Device and transfer it.


texts: macOS Sierra Right Alt Key mapped to Ctrl

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Since installing macOS Sierra my right alt key is being mapped to ctrl. This behaviour is also visible on the keyboard viewer, where pressing the left alt key clearly activates the alt functionality, but pressing the right alt key activates the ctrl functionality.

How can i change this back?

I am using a Swiss German keyboard, but the problem is present in all keyboard settings. The problem must be computer-specific, since i do not have the issue when using the same keyboard on another computer with the same settings.

The device is an iMac 21.5-inch, late 2013 (i7)

Thanks for your help


texts:
TLDR; Is there a way to simultaneously open all iCloud tabs saved on iPhone, on a Mac?

I use my iPhone for browsing and as a means of "read it later" I just leave the open tabs there with the purpose of opening them all later on my Mac. Is there a way to open them all (much like Chrome allows in the "Tabs from other devices" in History page)?


texts: How do I restore an album that Apple Photos deleted by itself?

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I use Apple Photos, with iCloud Photo Library, and I created an album, but after a while I noticed that the album disappeared. I never deleted it. The album is called "Nexus vs iPhone", and it no longer appears in the sidebar:

I checked on two Macs, and on iPhone, and it appears nowhere. I also checked on iCloud.com, and it doesn't show there, either.

How do I get it back? Recently Deleted shows photos, not albums, and View > Show Hidden Photo Album does nothing.

The only thing that happened in the couple of weeks before I noticed that the album disappeared is that I signed out of iCloud on my iPhone, and then signed in.


texts: How do I virtually disconnect an external monitor?

texts: I have a iMac that is connected to an external monitor to extend my screen. Into that same monitor I have a separate Windows box that I need to run sometimes. The Windows box goes in through VGA and the iMac through HDMI. The problem I'm running into is that when I want to use the monitor for Windows, there is no simple way to get my iMac back to just that monitor. If I leave it extended, some apps are open in the other 'monitor' and I can't access them without work arounds. If I turn on mirroring, the resolution on the iMac drops significantly, even if I tell it to keep the iMac screen size. I can't turn the other monitor off as that defeats the point. I have to unplug the HDMI to get it to perform correctly. Is there any way (command line, an app, preferences, etc) to toggle between using the display and not on my Mac?


texts: On macOS, it is possible to increase the text size of a webpage using the ⌘+ or ⌘- gestures. This even works on Chrome on macOS, as well as many other browsers. Is it possible to do something like this on iOS Safari, or iOS in general?


texts: How can I troubleshoot USB drivers on El Capitan

texts:
I'm a developer and use Motorola Device Manager, and Android File Transfer to work with my Moto X devices.  Prior to the upgrade to El Capitan, I was able to use the USB port, run "adb" and all other developer level commands.

Now, ever since I did a clean install of El Capitan, (not an update), MDM and the system no longer sees my device.  I suspect this has to do with installing the driver After the OS install vs before.  Why? this forum post seems to indicate that at least one user is able to use the USB port in El Capitan.

Some troubleshooting I've done:

Verified USB functionality by plugging in an iPad (works)
Disabled System Integrity Protection (SIP) just in case it breaks the driver
Uninstalled and reinstalled MDM
Enabled / disabled developer mode on the phones
Updated to the latest developer build (besides general release) of El Capitan
Plugged in the device and ensured that power was flowing.
Looked at USB power stats in the screen below (unplugging and plugging in)... no change in OS reported power consumption on MacBook Pro 2013

More troubleshooting steps:

Plugged device into PC. Works.  (Android 4.4)
Used a second phone (Different Moto X, Android 5.1), same issues as above.

What else can I try to get OSX to "see" the Android devices?

Soon I will boot into Bootcamp and see if that makes a difference....


texts: Apple Pay: is card holder name stored on Apple servers?

texts:
For Apple Pay, is the card holder name of a debit card stored on Apple servers?

  After you authenticate your transaction, the Secure Element provides
  your Device Account Number and a transaction-specific dynamic security
  code to the store’s point of sale terminal along with additional
  information needed to complete the transaction. Again, neither Apple
  nor your device sends your actual payment card number.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht203027

What is the additional information referred to here?


texts: Group Settings in Mavericks Profile Manager

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I have successfully setup my Mavericks server with Profile Manager.
I have enrolled my devices and all is working fine.

(For example) I have a group with 40 users in it. I want to apply Calendar (CalDAV) settings to that group.
It asks me to enter the username and password for the user. It's a group....

Is there a way to add the settings as a "template" and the user only has to add there username and password?
I assumed that when the user enrols the device, they have to authenticate to the /mydevices page, so it already has the users credentials?

Am I missing something?


texts: How to create a VPN connection via terminal? explains how to use Terminal to enable a VPN connection previously configured via System Preferences. I want to go one step further and configure a VPN connection without using System Preferences. How can I do this from Terminal?


texts: I have an iPod 5 gen, how do I view my wifi password? I've lost the wifi password

texts: My iPod 5 gen is connected to wifi, I've lost the wifi password, how can I view the password on my iPod, could you please give me a step by step guide on doing this as I'm not tech savvy....


texts: How can I automatically modify the text of any new reply or forward I compose in Mail.app?

texts:
I would like to immediately change the text of a new reply or forward in Mail.app.  I am most interested, specifically, in removing the quoting from the attribution line on replies, or the "begin forwarded text" line on forwards.
I would be perfectly happy to have some AppleScript triggered for any new reply/forward, I can probably manage changing the message myself from that point.  How can I accomplish triggering the AppleScript on any new reply/forward message? EDIT: I actually cannot figure how to change the content of a message being composed using AppleScript, aside from just sending keystrokes, which is going to get hairy since replies put input focus in the message body whereas forwards put it in the recipient line.
How can I trigger some AppleScript and have it edit a new reply/forward I just created?
I don't want to have to hit a special key combination or button.  This should happen no matter how the new reply/forward message is created in Mail.app: ⌘R, hitting a button on the toolbar, hitting the reply button in the message window, etc.
I'm asking to see if there is some alternative to the Mail.app plug-in QuoteFix, particularly since Apple supports Mail.app plug-ins so poorly.


texts:
When running (for example) a java application (Minecraft) in it's own space (in Mavericks) the menu bar disappears, but then a grey bar appears on top of the space.

Is there anyway to fix this? It happens in Eclipse as well. Immediately after giving it its own space it's fine, but after the screen saver or sleep mode (I am unsure what set of events causes the problem in Eclipse) it shows up.


texts: family sharing - no apps are showing on other family member devices

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So I setup family sharing with myself as the organizer. I invited several family members and they're using their own Apple ID on the iTunes section of the iDevice's settings.

When my wife went to Appstore => Updates => Purchased Apps => my name, no apps are showing. I'm pretty sure I haven't hidden anything and even if I did, I'm pretty sure I didn't hide ALL the apps I've bought under my name.

In saying that, I setup Family-sharing on my Macbook since it's easier to type but I don't think that matters?

Any ideas on how to fix it? thanks

edit: just logged in again to iCloud using my Apple ID and I have enabled "Share my purchases".


texts: How can I fix or diagnose problems when Find My Mac doesn't work?

texts:
I have 13" MacBook Pro (Early 2011) with Mac OS X 10.7.2. I can't make Find my Mac option in iCloud to work.

I've try turning off and on again the location services as well as the Find my Mac option in iCloud preferences. I've also tried turning off the firewall, but my MacBook Pro just doesn't appear on my iCloud.

Am I missing some configuration? Any help is appreciated.


texts: Previewing my HTML in Safari Using TextWrangler.

texts: I've begin to construct a simple website with TextWrangler, and I have a question. In the online tutorial I'm following, the guy previews his website in Chrome. However, he is using Notepad++. Is there any way I can preview my code in Safari using TextWrangler? Thank you!


texts: My IDE runs tests slower when in a different workspace

texts:
I am developing a server-side application using Java and OSX and quite often I have to run a rather large test suite to make sure everything is alright. I am using IntelliJ IDEA (Java-based IDE).

When I use one workspace only, tests finish in about ~3 minutes no matter whether the IDE has focus or not. It just has to be in the same workspace.

When I move the IDE to a different workspace (so I'd have 2 workspaces) or into fullscreen mode (which essentially creates a new workspace), test execution is ~100% slower (takes about 6 minutes).

When I keep the focus in the second workspace for the whole execution time period, we're back to ~3 minutes.

This is really puzzling to me. I measured it using various number of workspaces and various number of applications per workspace, same results.

Clarification from the discussion from the comments, to avoid confusion:

  If the focus in in the workspace with the IDE or full-screen IDE, it's fast. Once the focus is on a different workspace (so the IDE is either on a different workspace or in a full-screen mode (but with no focus)) then it is slower.


texts: How do I remap Home/End key behaviour in Java Swing applications?

texts:
I am using a Java Swing applications as a code editor. I find it hugely annoying that the Home and End keys behave differently on macOS than the rest of the world. Under macOS they go start and end of document instead of start and end of line. Is there a convenient way of fixing this, for instance by setting an AWT/Swing property on the command line, without diving into Java code?
I have already added a ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict rebind file as described in Remap “Home” and “End” to beginning and end of line, but that has no effect though it does work on TextEdit. I forget and it is inconvenient to use ⌘← or ⌃A for Home and ⌘→ or ⌃E for end.


texts:
How do I make the play/pause button (F8) on my mac keyboard play/pause in the Amazon Music app.

I'm running Catalina.

I have an apple wireless keyboard. https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MQ052LL/A/magic-keyboard-with-numeric-keypad-us-english-silver?fnode=56

It has media function keys (rewind, play/pause, fastforward).

I am currently listening to music on Amazon Music. (https://www.amazon.com/b?node=16962657011)

Right now, when I press the play/pause button, it launches [Apple] Music.

How do I make it so that pressing play/pause affects Amazon Music?


texts: iTunes library pointing to completely wrong files

texts:
Somewhere along the way, a significant portion of the songs in my iTunes library seem to be pointing to completely incorrect files (1640 of 9160, to be exact). I know there are tools and means for fixing files that are simply in a new/different folder and still have the same filename, but is there an easy/automated way to fix thousands of songs that are pointing to completely unrelated files?

Example from iTunes Library.xml:

    <dict>
        <key>Track ID</key><integer>13712</integer>
        <key>Name</key><string>Lover's Spit</string>
        <key>Artist</key><string>Broken Social Scene</string>
        <key>Album Artist</key><string>Broken Social Scene</string>
        <key>Album</key><string>You Forgot It In People</string>
        <key>Genre</key><string>Indie</string>
        <key>Kind</key><string>MPEG audio file</string>
        <key>Size</key><integer>11613871</integer>
        <key>Total Time</key><integer>382302</integer>
        <key>Disc Number</key><integer>1</integer>
        <key>Disc Count</key><integer>1</integer>
        <key>Track Number</key><integer>11</integer>
        <key>Year</key><integer>2002</integer>
        <key>Date Modified</key><date>2012-07-25T18:48:35Z</date>
        <key>Date Added</key><date>2010-10-20T18:39:51Z</date>
        <key>Bit Rate</key><integer>241</integer>
        <key>Sample Rate</key><integer>44100</integer>
        <key>Comments</key><string>Source: eMusic</string>
        <key>Play Count</key><integer>7</integer>
        <key>Play Date</key><integer>3427320429</integer>
        <key>Play Date UTC</key><date>2012-08-09T08:27:09Z</date>
        <key>Album Rating</key><integer>60</integer>
        <key>Album Rating Computed</key><true/>
        <key>Artwork Count</key><integer>1</integer>
        <key>Persistent ID</key><string>B664192E9854A1F1</string>
        <key>Track Type</key><string>File</string>
        <key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/Applications/_Productivity/Pages.app/Contents/Resources/Templates/Modern%20Photographer%20Invoice.template/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj/</string>
        <key>File Folder Count</key><integer>10</integer>
        <key>Library Folder Count</key><integer>3</integer>
    </dict>

Notice the Location node, in particular. It's pointing to a Pages template file rather than its MP3 file: file:///Users/administrator/Music/Broken%20Social%20Scene/You%20Forgot%20It%20In%20People/11%20Lover's%20Spit.mp3.

Not even close to what it should be!

I've already tried the following things, to no avail:

Re-add Music folder to library — Unfortunately, this leaves me with duplicated entries. The broken item still remains, with play counts, ratings, etc. and the new item is started over from scratch. Not really ideal.
TuneUp and Rinse — I tried running it through the trials of TuneUp and Rinse, which didn't seem to catch on to the problem I was having.

My last resort idea is to setup a script that parses the XML and checks for non MP3 Location strings. When one is found, attempt to re-construct the filename based on iTunes's automatic filenaming convention (e.g. Lover's Spit above becomes 11%20-%20Lover's%20Spit.mp3. This likely would get me 90-95% there. The remaining items could be manually fixed.

Of course, that would involve a lot of scripting time and trial and error. I'm hoping there's a simpler solution to my problem.

Ideas?


texts: iOS 8.1.2, how to make Music app stop using Bluetooth?

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I have an iPad Mini Retina running iOS 8.1.2.  I also have a MagicBox II bluetooth speaker.  I want to use the speaker via bluetooth with my phone, but I also sometimes use it via its AUX jack with a non-BT capable device.

What happens is I will be streaming via BT from my iPad using Apple Radio, and decide to start using my speaker in non-BT mode.  I plug in my other device and the speaker switches and all is well.  But my iPad will not stop using BT, and so there is no sound.  The music app will not recognize that BT is no longer available no matter what I try.  Even turning BT off entirely doesn't help, the music app still plays but there is no sound.  Quitting/relaunching the music app also does nothing.  A reboot of the iPad will fix this issue.

Is there any way to manually tell the Music app to stop using BT and go back to the built in audio?


texts: Issues with Google + Auto Backup, how do I troubleshoot?

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I'm trying to set up a Mac to auto sync pictures and videos already available on the Mac with Google+, mostly because they allow an unlimited amount of photos and videos to be uploaded as long as they are downsized to X amount of pixels, which is fine by me (edit: I'll also accept suggestions on other services to use as a resolution to this problem, as long as they also allow unlimited storage for videos and images).

So I have installed the software, it seemingly works fine as pictures and videos are indeed showing up in Google+, but two things are worrying me.

When I click the icon in the task bar, it tells me that there is a total of 3000 or so items to backup. However, it consistently stops at random numbers. This time, it has stopped at around 1400/3000. It stops at different times, which brings me to:
Every time I restart the application, for example by restarting or logging out, the counter "resets". It starts counting from 0 up to 3000, slowly, which indicates to me that it doesn't understand that a lot of these things are already uploaded. It then freezes at some other random number.

I have tried running the app both via Wi-Fi and via Ethernet (with Wi-Fi shut off, to be sure), but this doesn't seem to affect the end result at all.

So where do I go from here? Googling for troubleshooting steps have proven useless, are there any logs I can look at or any verbose way (command line?) of running this application to try and figure out what is going on?

Thank you in advance!

Update: Taking a hint from this post I have tried disabling the resizing functionality, I will report back if this allows the backup to proceed beyond X of 3000.


texts: High Sierra not detecting Trackpad - Trackpad settings

texts:
Recently upgraded to High Sierra, Trackpad only searches for bluetooth trackpad,

And shows "No trackpad found".

My trackpad functions very well and it's not defective so it's not a hardware issue, I can see the relevant information of my trackpad in system information.

I want to edit settings for my 13" 2011 Macbook Pro internal trackpad/touchpad.

On Sierra I had:

Now on High Sierra I have:

System Information: (Taken from Sierra)

System Information: (Taken from High Sierra)

My Mac:


texts: My cursor on my Macbook Pro has a box around it that enlarges everything

texts:
One day I was surfing the web when suddenly a large clear square appeared around my cursor!

I honestly don't know what to do about it, but it seems like there could be a simple fix.

You can see in the picture below what the box around my cursor looks like compared to the normal screen.

Is there something I can reset or do to clear the box that encircles my cursor?


texts: Keyboard shortcut for show window.(opposite function of Command-H)

texts: If I press Command-H, an activated window disappear. How can I make it appear with shortcuts?


texts: Average start up time for Macbook Pro running Lion?

texts:
I have a new MacBook Pro 13 inch 2.4GHz and I am noticing that the start up timeis about 60 seconds from power on to launching Safari.

Is this an average start up time?


texts: Issues with replacing the internal hard drive in a mid 2007 macbook

texts:
I have a white 2007 MacBook with a 2.0 GhZ intel Core 2Duo processor with a 80GB Serial ATA @ 5400 rpm. Recently my hard drive crashed so I got a new 500Gb Western Digital AV-25 WD5000BUDT 500GB 5400 RPM 32MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal AV Hard Drive. I registered the hard drive and tried installing the hard drive into my machine. When I try to partition using the disk utility it gives a " Failed to partition ,I/O read/write error". Interestingly for some reason the disk utility tool says that the hard drive is 3.6TB when it is actually a 500Gb hdd. Has anyone ever faced this kind of problem and if yes what is the solution?

Alternatively should I go for a Hitachi hard drive?

Additional information: When removing my old hard drive I somewhat damaged the hard drive bracket. Do you think that this damaged hard drive bracket is the reason?

Any help will be really appreciated.


texts:
My MBP (mid 2010) is suffering from the Intermittent black screen or loss of video issue. More specifically, it may happen that when switching from dedicated to integrated graphics, the screen goes black. Only a reboot helps in this case.

So I tried to disable the automatic graphics switching (via "System Preferences" -> "Energy Saver"). Nevertheless, graphics switching still occurs; I can't say when or what's causing that, though. It always appears to be the case after waking up from sleep / suspend-to-ram. As per gfxCardStatus, "Dynamic Switching" is enabled then, which is exactly what I seeked to prevent via the systems preferences.

Is there a way to permanently disable the dynamic graphics switching and only work with the discrete graphics? I wouldn't mind the shortened battery lifetime if that helped to prevent the black screen issue to occur.


texts:
When I connect to various VPN servers (Windows PPTP, Cisco IPSEC) the hostname of my laptop gets updated.

Is there a setting somewhere that will stop this from happening?


texts: How do I make multiple screen recordings with the exact same portion of the screen

texts:
I can only select the portion of the screen to record manually. I want them all exactly the same so that when the videos are played sequentially, it all lines up.

I'm using quicktime and would ideally like to just stick with that if possible.


texts: iMac - Can't install a Supplemental Update (10.8.5)

texts:
Just the other day, I had an iMac issue resolved by a AskDifferent member, but part of the solution pushed me to go from 10.8.4 to 10.8.5.  I am locked to 10.8, due to applications I use that are dependent on it, but I felt it was a good idea to finally take it to the last update of 10.8, which is 10.8.5.  I did it through the 10.8.5 combo installer versus the app store updater.  I also installed the latest security updates.  Now, I'm trying to install the Supplemental update for 10.8.5 and I'm getting an error message.  Here it is:

Any idea what's going on here?  Much appreciated.


texts: How can I change the number of times my iphone tries to notify me when I receive an SMS message?

texts:
I would like to change the number of times my phone 'pings' me when I receive an SMS message.

I'm not sure who decided that 2 pings was enough and there would be no visual indicators but I would like to at least change the number of times it tries to tell me I got a message.


texts: Is the iPhone 6 waterproof or water-resistant?

texts:
Before the iPhone 6 was officially announced by Apple, several reports claimed that the device will be waterproof.

However, the announcement and specifications on Apple's site make no mention of it.

It would seem clear that the device is not waterproof, but has this been specifically reported or verified after the announcement?


texts: Upgrade from Mac OS X 10.6.8 "Snow Leopard" to OS X 10.10 "Yosemite"; App Store takes over 20 hours

texts:
I have an old Mac, currently running Mac OS X 10.6.8 "Snow Leopard" that I must upgrade to OS X 10.10 "Yosemite". It has 8 GB RAM.

The "About this Mac" gives me the following information:

  Mac OS X Version 10.6.8
  Processor: 3.6 GHz Intel Core i5
  Memory: 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

The "more info" gives me (among others):

  Model name: iMac
  Model identifier iMac 11,3

I first did the "Software Updates" which was ready in a few minutes.

When I try the update to Yosemite, though, I get the spinning cursor and it stays that way. I thought that maybe it was just a huge download, so I left it on for the night. The next day, after more than 20 hours, I still saw the spinning cursor.

This Mac belongs to the workplace. An internet search told me to check the "Purchases" tab on the App Store, but for that I need my boss's password. I'd rather not need that.

I do have admin privileges on the machine.

I've found the Console Messages, but the only thing I see there is "This isn't a bitmap context. Forcing destination format to ARGB_8 for CG_Context".

I've looked at this answer but I find that the CRL is already set to "off".

Network connectivity seems OK. Regular browsing works fine.

So - without access to the purchase record of the machine, but with admin privileges, how can I see what is going on? Ideally, how can I upgrade this machine to Yosemite?

Edit:

The problem seems to be with the App Store. I'm trying to install a free utility (Caffeine) and I get the same problem: the spinning cursor, but no actual progress.


texts: How to Restore the Default Permissions in Sierra?

texts:
Let's assume if SIP is disabled and permissions get either maliciously or intentionally, but misguidedly changed.  How to restore these permissions to their factory settings?

What is the Current Best Practice to Remedy Such a Situation, Once it has Occured?

It doesn't really matter exactly how a Sierra installation might end up with  less than ideal, 'broken' or 'breaking', or simply altered permissions on its system files or directories.

The question from the title is in slightly longer form:

How do you reset the file system permissions in Sierra that are relevant to the systems operation to their default settings?


texts: Can't answer my phone call with yosemite

texts:
Whenever a phone call comes in I can answer it on my iPad but not on my macbook(2008) running yosemite.

I also can't call my contacts from my contact list.

Any thoughts on this?


texts:
I am having trouble with my 5 Airport devices. I have one Airport Extreme connected to the internet and four other Airport devices. The configuration I would like is the following:

Invariably what happens is that the system reconfigures itself into the following:

The problem with thi configuration is that "upstairs" cannot seem to work with the DHCP server in "closet", therefore anything connected to it is unable to talk to anything else.

So how can I force the ideal configuration, or how can I get DHCP to work for the whole network?


texts: Where to find "Up Next" on tv.apple.com?

texts:
I have a MacBook running High Sierra, so I don't have the Apple TV application. I use a web browser (Google Chrome in particular, but it doesn't seem to matter) to watch the shows on tv.apple.com.
But it's inconvenient having to scroll through all the shows to find the one I want to watch. I added the show to "Up Next", but I can't seem to find that on the web page. Am I missing something, or is that feature only available when using the app or an Apple TV device?


texts:
Safari 12.0.1 (14606.2.104.1.1) / macOS Mojave 10.14.1 (18B75) / both Mac Mini late 2018 and macBookAir late 2018.

Each time I type a character in a password field, instead of being displayed as a unique dot, it generates lots of dots after a micro-delay. I know it's hard to believe, but in the first example below, I have actually typed one single character; in the second one, two characters:

Same behavior on any web page with a password field.
Safari only. No problem on Chrome or Firefox.
Asking 1Password to fill in the field works. BTW, I thought 1Password was the culprit, but disabling its extension had no effect.
Deleting type="password" with Safari's inspector makes the problem disappear, but of course that reveals the typed characters.

So I am left scratching my head. Any lead?


texts: Is it possible to control the CPU core clocks on macOS?

texts:
I would like to have any direct control of CPU core clocks. Is this possible on new MacBooks and macOS ?

I use Intel Power Gadget and Macs Fan Control tools for monitoring the CPU and fans speeds on MacBook Pro 2018 with i9.

Underclocking in Mathematica

While running some specific calculations in Mathematica it happens that the CPU gets underclocked from 2.9G to 2.3G in serial and even to 1.5G during parallel computations. This might be Mathematica related, but so far I see no reason for underclocking so heavily. At the start of computation the Turbo Boost is acting, the clock speed is higher and then after about a minute it abruptly reduces, simultaneously after the CPU temperature touches 100C. The average temperature is probably 80C, but with Turbo Boost adjusting the clock, at some point temperature touches 100C and the CPU gets underclocked. The temperature reduces to ~60C, but until the end of computation this process never gets higher CPU nor Turbo Boost. After some more time (5-10 minutes) it will underclock for the second time, although the temperature is stable.

However, if I run another application on the side, the Intel Power Gadget can read higher core frequency (it shows just the average or the maximum, not per core/thread). Also the total core power increases, but only while this second process is running, as if the Mathematica process is forbidden to use CPU on higher clock. It's like the OS does not allow higher CPU frequency for the "dangerous" thread, although the temperature can decrease eventually to <50C.

Mathematica task is long but does not change in nature, it multiplies big matrices over and over again just with different numbers.

All of this is followed with fans running on higher than default speeds, because I increase them with the Control tool. I am absolutely sure the system could support higher CPU frequency during this, but it does not go for it. My suspicion is on OS, since CPU does not even reach to throttle and there is a clear process preference. Increasing the process' priority did not make a change.

I am not sure about what is happening here, which is the reason I give longer description of the problem. Also because there might be a different solution to it other than changing the frequency manually, especially if this is impossible to do.


texts:
I'm getting these log messages repeatedly:

Sep 14 11:52:17 paulbook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[288] (com.apple.FolderActions.folders): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Sep 14 11:52:17 paulbook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[288] (com.apple.FolderActions.folders): Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds
Sep 14 11:52:23 paulbook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[288] (com.apple.FolderActions.folders): Throttling respawn: Will start in 3 seconds
Sep 14 11:52:25 paulbook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[288] (com.apple.FolderActions.folders): Throttling respawn: Will start in 1 seconds
Sep 14 11:52:28 paulbook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[288] (com.apple.FolderActions.folders): Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds
Sep 14 11:52:32 paulbook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[288] (com.apple.FolderActions.folders): Throttling respawn: Will start in 5 seconds
Sep 14 11:52:33 paulbook com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[288] (com.apple.FolderActions.folders): Throttling respawn: Will start in 4 seconds
...

How can I stop this?


texts:
When I purchase an app in iTunes on my Windows computer, I get an *.ipa file that is a self-contained iOS application package. I can browse the contents of these IPA files with 7-Zip and even extract resources and other details, which suggests these IPA files aren't encrypted at all.

So if they aren't encrypted, how does DRM work? What's stopping me from copying an IPA file to someone else's computer and importing the IPA into iTunes and then installing it on someone else's device?

Also, can someone please confirm that so long as I keep the IPA file I will be able to install it to my iDevices (under the same Apple ID, of course)? I'm just concerned that in future an app might be updated to remove features or might even be pulled from the app store completely.


texts:
A while back, I got a friend to share an app with me which was no longer on the app store. He logged in to his Apple ID on my iPhone, went to 'Purchased', and downloaded the app for me(Which, according to Apple, is perfectly legal- the app was free to get).

Now, I'd like to transfer the app to another friend. However, the app in question doesn't show up in my 'Purchased', because I never downloaded it from the app store. Is there any way I can give that app to my friend without the use of my first friend's Apple ID?


texts: Change date in menu bar from "DAY MONTH" to "MONTH DAY"?

texts:
The date in my menu bar is in "DAY MONTH" format (e.g. 23 Oct) but I want it in "MONTH DAY" format (e.g. Oct 23). How can I do this? Also, it shows "Tue" as the week day when I'd prefer seeing it in full (e.g. "Tuesday").

In System Preferences -> Language & Text, "Region" is set to "Custom" because I changed a few things on the page. Under "Dates", I see: "Thursday, January 5, 2012", "January 5, 2012", "2012-01-05", and "2012/01/05".

Is this date format based on my location and is therefore fixed? (I'm not in the US at the moment.)

I'm using Mountain Lion now, but I recall a few versions ago that it was much easier to modify the date/time appearance in the menu bar by copying and pasting a few elements in the Date/Time preference pane.


texts: AppleScript to add files to an iOS app under iTunes

texts:
I know it's possible to write an AppleScript to add music and video files to the iTunes library. Is it also possible to write AppleScript to add files to iOS apps that use file sharing?

For example, I have an iPad app called Comic Zeal, and I normally add files to it by dragging files into iTunes. I would like to write a script to add files to Comic Zeal from the command line.


texts: Exchange invites accepted twice - once from mail, once from calendar

texts:
When I receive an exchange meeting invite, it appears in my email inbox (with controls to accept/decline) and also in my calendar (under the small invitations icon). When I accept from one, the other remains. To clear them, I have to accept in both applications, and two  replies are sent to the organizer.

How can I avoid this? I would like them to sync, so that when I accept an invite in Mail, it is no longer listed in Calendar.


texts: How do I make a mac have a faster boot time?

texts: I have a Mac desktop 2017 that has 8  Gigabytes of ram and a 1 TB HDD running Catalina. I was wondering how I can make the boot time faster because of work-related reasons. Thank you


texts: How to make screen zoom little bit less terrible?

texts:
You know how you zoom-in whole screen with your magic-trackpad + ctrl + 2fingers in snow leopard?

The result is not-so-nice-looking screen. You can see pixels and basically the resolution is crapy... how do I fix that?


texts: How do I run two AppleScripts simultantiously

texts:
I'm trying to figure out how to have two AppleScripts run simultaneously by clicking on the one icon. Currently I'm trying to use

set contentFile to myFolder & "Contents/Resources/Secondary.scpt"
do shell script "afplay " & quoted form of contentFile"

But I know the "afplay" is for audio not scripts. Any help would be great.


texts: "Where is FinderSyncAPIExtension?" (Google Drive)

texts:
For the last week or so I have been periodically getting this dialog popping up, shown below. It would seem from googling around that this is related to Google Drive.

I have tried the recommendations on Apple Support Communities, specifically I have used the Browse button on the popup and selected FinderSyncAPIExtension by going to the finder and opening Google Drive > Show Package Contents > Contents and dragging FinderSyncAPIExtension.appex into the Browse window. That did not resolve the problem. I have also tried deleting Google Drive and installing it fresh from Google.

Currently, after I get this popup (and cancel it), GDrive stops syncing and I have to quit it and start it again to get it to start syncing again.


texts: Printing 2 pages per sheet results in 4 pages

texts:
Every now and then, I use the "Layout" option in macOS's print dialog to fit two pages on a sheet, for instance when printing presentation slides. For some reason, this sometimes leads to 4 pages being printed per sheet, rendering the slides hardly readable. Happened twice to me today.

Does anyone know why this is happening and how to prevent it?

Update

In response to Tetsujin's comment:

I'm running the latest macOS Sierra 10.12.4 (16E195) but I've been experiencing this issue with previous versions of macOS (formerly OS X) as well so I don't think it matters.
I print from Preview and Safari and the problem occurs in both cases.
I usually print two A5s onto one A4. I'm fairly certain, there's no spilling over.
The print dialog shows the correct number of pages.
"Is this happening at the app or at the printer?" - Not sure what is meant.


texts: iPhone 4S iMessaging to a iPad and iPhone - compilation of message threads

texts:
I have an iPhone 4s.
When I have conversations via iMessage to friends with an iPad a new message thread is created for the conversation, however when I iMessage their phone another message thread is created, resulting in having two conversations from the same people and as they are both iMessages it is hard to tell the difference!
I know one is iMessaging through a phone number and another through an email, but it there a way to compile the conversation thread? Or a way to put a note on the contact so I know which conversation is which?

please note: the contact has both the email and phone number on it, I realise I can make them separate but is that my only option?


texts: How do you browse and upload a photo from an iPhoto Library to a website using a browser like Safari, Chrome, Firefox, etc

texts: I've at a site that wants me to upload a photo.  I choose Browse... but when I get to iPhoto Library, it's opaque.  Is there some way to browse and choose one?


texts:
With grep, I can search through the content of all the files in a directory, for an instance:

grep 'program' *.md

searches for the pattern program within the content of all .md files in the current directory.

How do I search the Bear notes in Terminal using thegrep command?


texts: Why can't I turn on Location Services in OS X?

texts:
Each time I open System Preferences, I authenticate and turn on Enable Location Services. The check box appears to turn on, but if I close System Preferences and look, it's off again.

When this happens, this is logged:

12-03-16 10:06:37.206 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: ERROR,Time,353610397.205,Function,"CLInternalSetLocationServicesEnabled",CLInternalSetLocationServicesEnabled failed
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,1   CoreLocation                        0x00007fff8b2b77be CLInternalSetLocationServicesEnabled + 110
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,2   Security                            0x000000010effc65c SecurityPrefDebugLog + 4356
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,3   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff909c075d -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:] + 61
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,4   AppKit                              0x00007fff88adecb2 -[NSApplication sendAction:to:from:] + 139
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,5   AppKit                              0x00007fff88adebe6 -[NSControl sendAction:to:] + 88
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,6   AppKit                              0x00007fff88adeb11 -[NSCell _sendActionFrom:] + 137
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,7   AppKit                              0x00007fff88addfd4 -[NSCell trackMouse:inRect:ofView:untilMouseUp:] + 2014
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,8   AppKit                              0x00007fff88b5dd04 -[NSButtonCell trackMouse:inRect:ofView:untilMouseUp:] + 489
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,9   AppKit                              0x00007fff88adcbde -[NSControl mouseDown:] + 786
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,10  AppKit                              0x00007fff88aa76e0 -[NSWindow sendEvent:] + 6306
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,11  System Preferences                  0x000000010a238a17 System Preferences + 31255
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,12  AppKit                              0x00007fff88a4016d -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 5593
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,13  System Preferences                  0x000000010a237c61 System Preferences + 27745
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,14  AppKit                              0x00007fff889d61f2 -[NSApplication run] + 555
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,15  AppKit                              0x00007fff88c54b88 NSApplicationMain + 867
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,16  System Preferences                  0x000000010a232d9c System Preferences + 7580
12-03-16 10:06:37.208 AM [0x0-0xee0ee].com.apple.systempreferences: STACK,Time,353610397.205,17  ???                                 0x0000000000000002 0x0 + 2

What do I need to do to turn on Location Services?

This is an iMac7,1 running 10.7.3. I've tried turning on location services with every release, and it hasn't worked yet. WiFi is on, though I'm connected via a wire since I'm on the edge of my range here.


texts:
I just updated my iMac to Mojave, and am still trying to setup my preferences.

I tried dark mode, but did not like it (half of me apps seem to ignore it anyway).

I switched to light mode, but this too has problems.
The File Save dialog shows a list of Directories and existing files, but the latter are very light grey, almost indistinguishable from the background.

I have searched the Preferences menu, but can't seem to find any setting to set normal contrast levels like in High Sierra.


texts:
I have a windows 7 PC with multiple monitors.

It is possible to display the ITunes visualizer across multiple monitors?

It currently only uses the one that I am on.


texts:
I grew used to the azerty layout (which was a bad idea, but I don't have energy to spend months relearning to type).

I would really like however to have the numbers row behave as it does in the normal qwerty layout (number input on press rather than symbol).

This is less for typing purposes than for keyboards shortcuts relying on numbers, which depending from the app either force me to add an awkward shift press or just don't work at all.

Ideas?


texts: Does Apple make a keyboard with a wide "return" key, and modifier keys with their symbols printed on them?

texts:
I happened to notice in a picture that the Apple "German" keyboard had the modifier keys labeled with their symbols, e.g., the option key is labeled as "⌥".  (It's confusing as heck that the Apple's U.S. keyboards don't display that, but I'm not going to ask why they did that.)

But unfortunately for me, the German keyboard has a tall and skinny 'return' key, which I'm sure would be frustrating for me.  I looked through the keyboard pictures I could find, and the U.S. and Japanese keyboards are the only variants I could find with wide 'return' keys -- and they're also the only ones I found without the modifier symbols printed on them!

Does Apple make a keyboard, for any region, with both a wide 'return' key, and the modifier keys labeled as in the UI?


texts: Make a bootable Lion disk for fresh start

texts:
I just bought a used MacBook Pro from a friend. He left the OS discs in Iraq so he did not have them to give to me. The laptop is currently running 10.6.8.

I would like to start with a fresh install. If I upgrade to Lion and then follow the instructions here to make a bootable disk, can I wipe the system and start fresh?


texts:
I was trying to install windows 10 on my MacBook Pro 2012,  I was following apple tutorial (https://support.apple.com/pt-pt/guide/bootcamp-assistant/bcmp09f5f773/mac)(or in English). I chose 100GB to windows partition. Everything was going great until I came across "no bootable device insert boot disk and press any key" message.
I went back in MacOS to remove the Bootcamp partition to repeat the process again, but I couldn't find it.
Here are some prints from disk utility:

what can I do to undo and resize the original MacOS partition to try to do the bootcamp again?

Thank you in advance and have a great weekend!

diskutil list:


texts: Why does text occasionally render poorly in Safari for Windows?

texts: I don't quite understand why certain websites like Twitter render text so badly in my Safari browser 5.1.2 (under Windows 7 x64). The same problem doesn't occur in Chrome or Firefox or IE. And it doesn't happen on all websites but quite often. Anyone have insight on this? I've attached a screenshot with the example.


texts: Share part of monitor in screen sharing apps

texts:
I have a Ultrawide monitor (21:9 aspect ratio 3440x1440px) and my colleagues find it annoying that when I share my screen on Zoom, Slack, Google Meet etc. it will get zoomed out so the wide aspect ratio will fit on their regular 16:9 monitors. In addition to that I often find that I like to keep something like a meeting agenda on the same screen without necessarily having it visible to meeting participants.
Does anyone know of a piece of software for Mac OS that will allow me to assign a portion of my screen (i.e. the 16:9 bit, so the first 2560px in width and all 1440px in height) and let me expose that to screen sharing apps as an additional "virtual monitor". With Quicktime screen recording you can select a portion of the screen to record. I'm looking for something similar that will allow me to pipe that portion of the screen into screen sharing applications.
Any ideas?


texts: Why is it that "Mac OS X Snow Leopard can't be installed on this computer"?

texts:
I'm trying to install Snow Leopard on a MacBook (32-bit, Dual Core, ca 4 years old).

I am presented with: "Mac OS X Snow Leopard can't be installed on this computer."

Is it because of the 32-bit architecture? Should I just go with Leopard instead of Snow Leopard?


texts:
I've installed vsftpd via Homebrew, and I found that the vsftpd.conf file should be modified in order to set write_enable=yes and put file.

I googled and tried to find vsftpd.conf in my MacBook, but I couldn't find where it is.

Generally, in Unix and Linux, vsftpd.conf exists in /etc/vsftpd/ but I cannot locate that directory in my computer.

Could you tell me where vsftpd.conf is in macOS?


texts:
For years now, I have managed a mixed-device shop, with Windows 2008/2012 servers. Typically, connections are made using smb://share_name, users authenticate, and file shares are then selected. For whatever reason, as of today, this is no longer working for a subset of Macs.

I have tried the alternative cifs:// protocol, using IP instead of device name, connecting via Ethernet instead of wireless, using FQDNs instead of machine names, changing DNS addresses, etc. and I still cannot see my Windows shares.

All Macs are running El Cap 10.11.5. The servers in question are Windows 2008 R2 and 2011 Home Server. All Macs and servers have been rebooted and are at their current SP/patch levels.

Does anyone have a fix for this issue?

EDIT: I am seeing the same problem in other networks connecting via afp://. I have no issues connecting to the same machines via RDP, or VNC. It's just a file sharing issue, and it's not relegated just to Windows servers.

EDIT 2: I have noticed also that there are no devices displaying under the Network sidebar tab, even though there are dozens of known devices on our network, and these devices are displaying fine on other Macs.


texts:
I have a Mac Mini with two drives: a 256GB SSD and a 500GB HDD. From what I've read, the new Fusion Drive does all of it's magic in software, using the Core Storage APIs.

Can I get my setup to behave like a Fusion Drive? That is, I want the two drives to appear as a single logical volume, with the system automatically moving frequently accessed files to the SSD. I understand that we can easily stripe or extend or RAID drives, but the automatically managed tiered storage features of Fusion drive would be great to have without investing in new hardware.


texts: Is it necessary to disconnect the battery when installing new RAM in the early 2011 MacBook Pro?

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I want to install additional RAM to my early 2011 MacBook Pro.

I originally was only looking at the official Apple guide, but then while searching for a better screwdriver I found the iFixit guide, which tells you to disconnect the battery.

Is this necessary? Apple's guide doesn't mention it.


texts: High Sierra: "An error has occurred" and app won't finish downloading

texts:
I am trying to download the latest version of Xcode from the AppStore so I can continue with my development. I am on a MBP 2016 touch-bar running MacOS High Sierra 10.13.4. I did a lot of digging and can't seem to find anything recent or something that works.

Xcode will download part of the way, but if I disconnect from the WiFi or leave my computer closed for too long it will tell me "An error has occurred" when I come back to it to check on it. The "An error has occurred" message will not go away to let me start up the download again. The only way to fix this (that I know of) is to completely restart my computer. This causes all my download progress to be lost (I live in a country with really bad internet, so I can't just download it in an hour like in America)

I've tried:

Restarting my computer (this works but I lose all my download progress)
resetting the storedownloadd in the activity monitor
activating the debug menu (it doesn't activate no matter what I tried)
signing out and signing back in

How do I force the download to restart and get rid of "An error has occurred" message?


texts: I Have some mp3 files in my iTunes library that will not go through iCloud, i.e., the cloud icon has a line through it.  When I disable iTunes Match on the pull down menu, iTunes still has "iTunes Match is on".  Please Help!


texts: Automator folder action leaves files ghosted in Finder

texts:
This is my action:

When I drop an item in ~/Downloads, this happens:

I've redacted other files in that pic - they are black ink and I can do normal things with them in Finder. The pic-of-bigmac.jpeg item is greyed-out (ghosted) just added to the folder after I created the automator action, but I can't do anything with it . It stays like that for ages. Maybe it stops being ghosted after an hour but who would want to wait that long?  What have I done wrong?
And where are automator actions stored, as it is not clear?  I mean this one downloads-run-script (.automator I suspect)


texts: If I upgrade to OS X 10.7 (Lion), will Intuit Quicken still work?

texts: I heard that my Intuit Quicken 2007 which I use for balancing my checkbook and other business accounts won't work on Lion. Is that true?  I am so dependant on it that I have postponed my Mac's OS upgrade to Lion.  What can i do to work around this issue?


texts:
I am using Yosemite 10.10.5.

I am using a set of text replacement defined within:

System Preferences > Keyboard > Text

as follows (partial view focused on interesting cases):

.

The -> and => are working in TextEdit:

But within Calendar, -> is working and => is failing:

.

A test with a newly created account give the same abnormal behaviour.

What may cause this inconsistent text replacement behaviour?

How may I further analyze or debug this inconsistent behaviour?


texts: Use Siri to play currently selected podcast in Overcast

texts: Is it possible to use Siri to play the podcast that's currently open in Overcast? Saying "Hey Siri, play Overcast" opens the app, but doesn't start playing the audio.


texts: How do people who recently bought a Macbook Pro get the free upgrade to Lion?

texts: When I bought my Macbook Pro I was told that when Lion came out I could get the upgrade for free.  How do I go about doing this?  I've searched the Apple.com website extensively and can't find information on this.


texts:
A week ago I noticed a weird Lion symptom, and posted a vague description of one this problem.

Today, after some tests, I came to a conclusion that this bug reproduces whenever a the computer is logged into while plugged to a certain display, and then being plugged to a different display.

The only thing I can think of is that the display data is saved, and a conflict occurs upon the plugging of a different display.

Any idea as to how I can delete or reset this data?


texts:
I have an external monitor LG 27GL850 which displays greenish colors when connected to MacBook Pro 2016.
I had a similar problem when I connected the monitor to other devices, but the problem was easily solved by changing the colorspace of the monitor from RGB to YCbCr444.
The problem is, that I can't find a way to change the color space of the monitor in the "System Preferences"
Is it possible to change the color space of the external monitor? If yes, how?


texts: iOS VPN configuration: which ip do apps see?

texts: If I have a VPN configured on my iPhone, which ip address is accessible by some other app on my phone? For example, if I use some news app, will the app's server know my true ip address or the ip assigned by the VPN?


texts: What is default (factory pre-loaded) iOS for iPhone 3gs

texts:
I was so happy with my iphone when I bought it. It was so fast... now, after dozen of upgrades i hate my iphone....

does anyone remember what was the original version of iOS when they bought their 3GS


texts: As of the latest Apple TV software update, YouTube is no longer showing up on the home screen, apparently replaced by Vimeo (which I like, but which has a very limited video selection). Is there any way to get YouTube back on the Apple TV home screen?


texts:
I'm using my iPad to show several presentations. I use the Apple Keynote App. But it's not handy to run back to the iPad and flip to the next slide.

  Is there any Hardware-Presenter (Bluetooth) for the iPad which works fine with the Keynote App?

There are quite a few for the Macintosh, but do they also work with the iPad?

There's an App for the iPhone, i know, but i haven't one at the moment.


texts: Parental Controls with FaceTime app does not work properly on iPad Air

texts:
We have a problem about the FaceTime app and Parental Controls on our iPad Air.

Even after we disabled the FaceTime app by Parental Controls, our iPad Air(Wi-Fi model) tries to connect to the FaceTime server (init.ess.apple.com).

We see a lot of the same kind of packets going out to the Internet and our firewall drops them although we use our iPad Air only for internal services in our LAN.

Apple technical support said that iPad Air should not try to connect to the FaceTime server with the FaceTime app disabled by Parent Control.

Could you please let us know if you have any idea about this issue or have the same problem?

Thank you,


texts: How to configure Xserve to go into sleep mode when Energy Saver setting don't work?

texts:
This question relates to an earlier question, but as it seems a unique and contained problem I thought it merited its own.

To review I have a home office network comprised of:

Time Capsule
27" iMac with dual cores running Mac OS X 10.6.8 and
2 Xserves each with 2 quad cores running Max OS X Server 10.6.8
All networking by Ethernet

I access the Xserves through Finder -> Share Screen.  This works fine.

I use the Xserves to run parallel calculations for about 5 minutes a day. As the machines run hot and loud as well as use a considerable amount of power, I want them to "Sleep" when I don't need to actually run the calculations, even better if they fall asleep on their own!

So, I went into the Xserver's System Preferences, opened Energy Saver, and configured the settings as you can see below:

The Xserves should fall asleep after about 5 minutes of inactivity. They don't.

Not even when I have the "Share Screen" window closed.

Note, I need "Wake for Ethernet network access" checked because I want to use "Wake On LAN" capability to wake the Xserves from a remote computer.

I can put the Xserves to sleep manually from the "Share Screen" window, but having to do that just seems silly.

Any ideas of what I need to do get them to fall asleep?


texts: Usually I find ebooks/PDF I want to read while browsing on my PC from work or my Mac at home. I'd like to send them to Dropbox (or any other service) and have them automatically sync to my iPad so I can read them offline while commuting to home/work. My iPad is always connected to WiFi while I am at work or home.


texts:
Let's say I have:

A txt file
A 1920x1080 image

I would like to generate a video like this where text is scrolling and audio is the output of the say command using automator (even a bash script is enough).

I was digging a bit with ffmpeg but with no success.

Can you help?


texts: What's the maximum power delivery in Macbook Pro 2016, 2017 Thunderbolt 3 ports?

texts: I now this interface is capable of 100 watt, but I couldn't find what's the voltage/current capability for these machines through the USB-C ports (neither for the Macbook 12-inch 2015/16/17).


texts: Split an Apple-supplied Fusion Drive back into two separate volumes?

texts:
Is it possible to take an Apple factory-created Fusion Drive and downgrade it into two separate volumes?  I understand this would also necessitate reinstalling the OS and Recovery Partition etc.

The reason to do so is that the company-mandated Sophos SafeGuard disk encryption software won't work on a Fusion Drive (unsurprisingly), and FileVault 2 is prohibited (for now).


texts: QuickTime Player 10 doubles track duration

texts:
My copy of QuickTime (10.5) on Mojave (10.14.6) is duplicating the duration of (some) tracks I open with it. It isn't modifying the files themselves; it's just the track window that displays twice the time it should. The entire second half is just silence.

Quitting QuickTime Player and reopening it doesn't help. Neither does restarting my computer. QuickTime 7.6.6 (of which I have the Pro version) also does this.

I tried Finder's preview(in column view) and it played the audio for the right duration.

It seems to be problematic only for m4a files, but not all m4a files.

What's going on, and how can I fix it?


texts: Bug: System Services Remain In Context Menu, Despite Being Disabled

texts:
I have found that if one disables the built-in "Search With Google" and "Look Up in Dictionary" systemwide "Searching" Services, they are not actually disabled.

In this post, I focus on the "Search With Google" Service in particular (as it is more problematic for me; I explain why in a moment), but the "Look Up in Dictionary" Service misbehaves in exactly the same way.

The "Search With Google" system-wide "Searching" Service, enabled on Macs by default, opens up a Google search containing the selected text in a new tab in Safari. While the search engine can be changed, the browser cannot be changed in this Service.

However, my web browser of choice is Google Chrome.

I would like to disable this Service because I have recreated an identical version using Automator and AppleScript (so that I can implement the search in a new Chrome tab, instead of Safari). I am having trouble disabling this Service.

As you can see, the "Search With Google" Service and "Look Up in Dictionary" Service are unselected in System Preferences:

Yet, these two Services reliably pop up in my context menu:

I've tried restarting my computer and resetting the PRAM and SMC.

Following the instruction of this Stack Exchange answer, I've tried creating a custom Service with the same title as the built-in Service, hoping that my Service would "overrule" the original. But, alas, this did not work; my custom Service shows up as a "Text" Service, not in the "Searching" category. They have identical titles, but they coexist.

By the way, I noticed this problem as soon as I started paying attention, around 1 year ago.

It may be worth noting that if (and only if) I am in Chrome.app, the "Search With Google" Service does in fact disappear ("Look Up" still appears, though). But, I think that the reason for this is because Chrome, by default, inserts Search Google for "selected text" into the context menu when one is in Chrome; I am guessing that Chrome has some mechanism of automatically disabling the Safari Service, irrespective of the setting in System Preferences.

Is there a way to do so system-wide, maybe via Terminal?

Do you experience the bug on your Mac? I could not find even one account of this bug online.

OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.


texts: Software to horizonally flip (not rotate) OSX's monitor output?

texts:
For display reasons we've got a setup where a user watches videos on a MacBook via a mirror.  Of course, this works okay for videos normally, but the user would like to be able to do more than watch videos, including play some games and read comics and the like.

Since the user views the display though a mirror (there are disability issues around this - I'm aware it's a relatively odd question) obviously the text is backwards. Is it possible to horizonally flip OS X's output? Either to the main screen or a external monitor? At the moment it looks like two mirrors is going to be the only solution and that's going to be tricky to arrange.

To be clear - I'm trying to flip horizontally, not rotate by 180 degrees. So the Apple menu is in the top right and the spotlight Notification Center are top left.

Please indicate/edit and OS version requirements in your answer.


texts: 10.12 Sierra Mail not rendering some emails correctly

texts:
I have Apple Mail and Airmail 3 running side by side. Emails from lists which used to be perfectly rendered are now rendered by Apple Mail as text, while still being correctly rendered by Airmail 3. What's up?

Example, rendered by Apple Mail:

And here's the same message rendered by Airmail 3:


texts:
I was checking the workload of my CPU cores during a use case of computation. I noticed that only one half (odd only) is used as you see in image.

Why are the others not inactive?

Notice that this computation has took more than 15 minutes.

With radeon Pro 560X and CPU


texts: Multiple Apple devices under one Apple ID - iMessage issues

texts:
We have three iPhones and an iPad all assigned to one Apple ID. Anytime I try to iMessage my mum on her phone (from my iPhone), it appears on my brother's iPhone. Then, when he replies (thinking the iMessage was to him), I receive the iMessage which is addressed from my mum - despite it being sent from his phone. I've deleted the Apple ID from received iMessages to see if that would fix it, but it has failed to give the desired outcome.

How do I need to configure iMessage on the iPhones so that each person is their own "entity" and prevent "crossing wires"?


texts: When I use Command + L I get a zsh terminal in Chrome. How can I focus on address bar in Chrome

texts: Some how my Cmd L shortcut is assigned to another thing. How can I make it default so that it will focus on address bar in Chrome?


texts:
I'm planning to show a presentation of my websites to friends on Firefox, but I do not want them to exit full screen and terminate the Firefox application, but only to click the elements on the screen, similar to the browsing of computers in a store?

How is this possible?


texts: Keyboard shortcut for jumping directly to a specific input method

texts:
I'm leaning Japanese, and so I have my Mac set up for three different input methods: English, and two different Japanese character sets. I can change between the three input methods using ctrl-alt-option-space.

However, because there are three input methods I have to press this key combination a different number of times depending on what the current state is. For example, if I want to switch back to English then I have to press it twice if it's currently set to hiragana, but only once if it's set to katakana. Because of this, I keep pressing it the wrong number of times, which results in typing unwanted characters and then having to cycle back through the three input methods to get to the one I want.

So instead of using one key combination to cycle through the three input methods, I'd like to set up a specific key press for each one. For example, I'd like to set up something like ctrl-alt-command-E that always switches back to English, no matter what the current input method is, so that I can always get to where I want to be without worrying about where I am. But I can't seem to find a way to do this. Is it possible?


texts: Why are there empty circles next to these voice memos in itunes?

texts:
I am having a problem finding voice recordings in my iPad. I already had this problem on my phone and none of the blogs nor threads on Apple's site have worked.

I upgraded to iTunes 12.1.2.27

On my iPhone I already did a sync with voice memos. Ever since I put to import audio files as mp3 there is nothing showing up. Just these empty circles

So i used the voice recorder app on my iPad and now in my iTunes I don't see anything that I can even play. Nor do I even know what those circles are.


texts: Should I write app reviews to Mac App Store in English or in my native language?

texts:
While browsing the apps in Mac App Store I can see the majority of the reviews are posted by users with Finnish sounding names. Some of the reviews are written in English and some in Finnish.

I have set the App Store's language as Finnish. Does App Store show only reviews from users that have set the same language? Should I write my reviews in English or in Finnish, ie. in my native language?

Confusingly enough, the most of the GUI elements in App Store are in English, with some Finnish exceptions — this may be the reason there are so many reviews written in English by Finns.


texts: Strain relief of MagSafe cord and safety

texts: My MagSafe adapter has suffered from strain relief and the insulation is completely frayed off near the tip (it is the newer L-shaped adapter rather than the old T-shaped adapter). It still seems to charge the computer. Is there any risk to my physical safety from continuing to use it?


texts: Where is the '^]' character on an AZERTY (French) keyboard?

texts: Same question as this one on superuser: where is telnet's escape character, ^] located on an AZERTY (French) keyboard?


texts:
Hi i was doing a report and went on google drive and accidently clicked on full screen and it said I needed to click esc to get out of full screen.

I was just wondering where the esc button on an iPad is, because I can't find it and I need to insert a picture and I can't and it won't let me copy and paste.


texts: How to change the password of a local admin user that has never being logged in using a bash script

texts:
Every Mac OS X system in my company uses 3 local users accounts.

1st user is a local administrator user, the 2nd user is a local standard user and the 3rd user is a local administrator user.

The 3rd user account is being used from my Security Department to scan our Mac OS X systems.

This 3rd user has never been logged into the system.

The 3rd user is there, but this user does not have a regular /Users/username path folder.  Again it is there, I can use it, I can SSH, etc. but once again does not have a regular /Users/username home path because we never log in.

I need to create a bash script that will change and update this 3rd user password.

Surfing the web, I found this solution:

sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -passwd /Users/username newpassword
sudo security set-keychain-password -o oldpassword -p newpassword /Users/username/Library/Keychains/login.keychain

My problem is that the user does not have a regular /Users/username home path, because we never log in.  We just created the user so the Security team can use it for scanning.

How can I create a bash script that will change the password?

Just so you know, the user has been created with the following script:

USERNAME="Batman"
USERFULLNAME="Batman Scan User"
USERUID="512"
USERPASS="BatmanPassword"

dscl . -create /Users/"${USERNAME}" isHidden 1
dscl . -create /Users/"${USERNAME}" UserShell /bin/bash
dscl . -create /Users/"${USERNAME}" RealName "${USERFULLNAME}"
dscl . -create /Users/"${USERNAME}" UniqueID "${USERUID}"
dscl . -create /Users/"${USERNAME}" PrimaryGroupID 20
dscl . -create /Users/"${USERNAME}" NFSHomeDirectory /Users/"${USERNAME}"
dscl . -passwd /Users/"${USERNAME}" "${USERPASS}"
dscl . -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership "${USERNAME}"


texts:
I recently had some problem with my account that I use on a regular basis.

After logging in, my Mac blocks completely showing the spinning color wheel everywhere I click to open something. Finally I need to restart my mac, because I'm not able to do anything. Now, the strange thing is that this does not happen when I log in into another account on my mac, then is everything working fine.

Anyone that knows how an issue like this?

My mac is on Mac OS X Mavericks and is a Macbook Pro Mid-2010.


texts: Command + Shift + 4 not saving image to clipboard

texts:
I saw that Command + Shift + 4 gets a regular selection for a save of your screen. When I press the shortcut, I get the rectangular selection, and when I select, I here the camera shutter noise, but then the image is not saved to my clipboard.
When I cmd+v, no image gets pasted, the thing in my clipboard is just what I had previously saved to it.


texts:
Can someone tell me what is the keyboard shortcut for auto completing a URL in the safari address bar?

PS: Like in chrome or Firefox the keyboard shortcut is Control+return, Command+Return.


texts:
Core2Duo is old architecture in comparison with iCore (MacBook Pro 15" and 17").

When can we expect upgrade of 13" macbook pro?

And any rumors about what we can expect?

Apple Updates MacBook Pro with Next Generation Processors, Graphics & Thunderbolt I/O Technology
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/02/24mbp.html


texts:
My poor old 2008 aluminium MacBook isn't the only old piece of kit I have running homebrew packages, I really appreciate the ability to have a package manager in Mac OS, at least while I make my way to linux. However, even my 2014 iMac is feeling some weight from Homebrew package management. It's slow although very automated, I would like to speed things up a little on my older computers.

Is there any way, that the source code for packages like youtube-dl, aircrack-ng, or most non-bottled packages could be pre-compiled and installed as a binary file for Mac OS / OS X? Or at the very least, something similar to a .deb file (like a bottle), where the source code has been compiled and it's left to the system to appropriately decompress and copy files and libraries to their appropriate locations? Thanks!


texts: I've upgraded to iTunes 10.5.1, which the release notes claim includes the widely publicized iTunes Match feature, but I can't find any way to purchase and enable it. How do I enable iTunes Match?


texts:
I'm looking for timer that also count money. My work is paid hourly, so I want to see how much I get. It's give me energy to work a bit more.

It's like regular timer but with money earned number in the next line.

I've seen it in "On the job" app, but it looks abandoned and I do not need invoicing.

Like this one: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/cash-clock/


texts: New Mac Pro: Setup/Migration Assistant never finishes

texts:
I am trying to transfer my existing (Early 2008) Mac Pro to a new (refurb) 2013 Mac Pro.  I'm still in "setup assistant" mode.

The amount of information being transferred is about 120Gb.  I've tried transferring over a direct-connected Ethernet from Mac-to-Mac, as well as a brand new Time Machine backup to an external SSD connected via a Thunderbolt 1 breakout box.

Every time I try to transfer, the transfer makes it to the applications stage in a reasonable amount of time.  The progress bar is almost full. Then it starts doing the applications.  At first, the screen shows "Transferring Applications"/"Transferring files to support applications" pretty fast.  Then it starts getting slower.  And slower.  All the while, the completion time (which was "about a minute" starts creeping up.)  The first time I let it run all night.  By morning it was saying there would be over 250 hours to completion.

I've tried it 4 times since then (including a complete system reinstall), and the same thing happens every time.

I feel like I'm down to 2 scenarios:

The Mac Pro has a hardware issue.  I've already run the hardware diagnostics, but nothing shows up.  That being said, this is a refurb, it's possible something is wrong that only affects the new machine during long transfers.
There's something in the backup or my applications setup that's causing the migration to get stuck in a loop.  I've looked on the system drive for a log, but I haven't found one.

Here's where it gets really, really bizarre: I can't find any sign of the files transferred on the new Mac after I've stopped it.  Not a single file appears on "Macintosh HD" on the new Mac.

Any ideas? Apple can't help me in the store until Monday, so I thought I'd ask here.


texts:
I am using OSX 10.8.
Is it possible to map an extra Application folder to launchpad so that launchpad will pick .app from that folder too ?

I have osx install disk names OSX and i install apps in 'Applications' folder. Now i have added one more disk named "Macintosh" i have installed some programmes in that disk too. I want to get the apps in Macintosh>Applications in Launchpad.

There should be a way right ?

Does that makes sense ?


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After using a Harmony 520 remote with the new AppleTV 4 Podcast app, all the podcasts now playback in slow motion. Rebooting the AppleTV does not solve the problem. It appears that the Universal Remote somehow triggered a non-advertised slow playback feature.

No amount of finger mashing on the Harmony Remote or the AppleTV remote manages to reset this.

Anybody else stumble into this bug and find a solution back to normal speed other than resetting the entire AppleTV to factory defaults?


texts: Where are / are the "counting hand" cursors used in macOS

texts: I was looking around inside the system folders in MacOS and where the cursors are there are 3 cursors I've never seen before called countinguphand, countingdownhand and countingupandownhand. You can find them in /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/cursors(I'm on mojave so it may be different), Or go to System/Library/ and search for PDFs. I haven't found any info about these cursors online, it doesn't look like css supports them... So are they just leftover or is there any use for them I can't think of? Thanks in advance for any info!


texts: Apple Magic Mouse is discoverable, but not pairing

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Just got Apple Magic Mouse from eBay. I cannot figure how to pair it with my Mac Mini: it's discovering fine, but when I click on Pair button, my Mac is thinking for a little while and says: "Couldn't connect to the device".

When I'm trying to pair the mouse with Windows 7, I get a different error: Authentication failed. The code I entered is default 0000.

The mouse was described as New (other), but it seems not. It already has a name: Cora's mouse.

Is there any way how can I get it working?


texts: System claims that my iCloud storage is full however it is not

texts: As seen in the screen shot My iCloud storage has 1.8TB of free space but my finder says that it is full...


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I have a question about Apple network traffic. In my network program I can see these three domains (GET)

http://init-01md.apple.com/bag

http://init.ess.apple.com/WebObjects/VCInit.woa/wa/getBag?ix=1

https://service1.ess.apple.com/...

These appear when I receive or send text messages from/to my iPhone. The question is:

Do these three domains show up even if it's NOT related to text messages?


texts: Using Finder to copy files by value instead of the files' reference

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I want to copy a few files from one directory of a git repository branch to another branch that doesn't have the files. With Windows, you can copy the files and they are saved to the clipboard as they are, such as passing the actual files to some temporary directory. This allows you to delete the original files and still paste them elsewhere; basically a cut operation. I know Mac OS doesn't have the ability to cut files, so I assume that is why when I copy files from branch A, checkout branch B, and try to paste the files to the same directory for branch B, the paste option is grayed out; the files that were being referenced no longer exist to be copied.

Is there a way to enable a temporary directory where all copied items aren't simply references to the items that are being copied?


texts: How do I set a persistent background image for a USB drive?

texts: I'm trying to change the folder background image on a USB flash drive, using the View Options panel. However, when I eject and re-insert the drive, these settings (as well as icon positions, etc.) aren't saved. In fact it doesn't look like Finder is even creating a .DS_Store file. How can I make this work?


texts: Link gcc using Homebrew on Mojave operating system

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I've looked at other questions similar to mine for answers, but I still have no idea what I'm doing. I'm not new to Macs or working in terminal environments, but when it comes to computer structure I'm a novice.

I need to be able to compile Fortran codes on my computer. Cool, I'll install one of those: gcc. I have installed homebrew, updated my OS, updated XCode, and installed gcc. Still I cannot get gcc/gfortran to compile properly because there is some kind of broken link:

conamara:~ me$ brew link gcc
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/gcc/9.2.0...
Error: Could not symlink include/c++/9.2.0
/usr/local/include/c++ is not writable.

I tried changing the permissions with chmod but I ran up against an Apple/Mac OS wall. I've Googled this error and the solution was to disable SIP on Mac. I did that. It still did not work. I enabled SIP again since then so my (organizationally owned) computer isn't a security issue.

Someone told me last week all I had to do was unlink clang, the default on Mac OS. But there are multiple answers even on here for how to do that that range from creating aliases to changing paths. In theory I get what everything is supposed to do but I have no idea where to start fixing it.

Anyway, any and all help is appreciated and I'll try to give as many clarifying details as needed. Thanks much!


texts: How to get rid of "what's playing"-notifications in iTunes 11.1?

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Since I updated my iTunes to the newest version (11.1), these notifications appear every time I play songs or listen to the radio.
I really don't need that. Does anybody know how to turn them off?