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The Dock on my MBP Retina is constantly using 70 - 80% of CPU.

This happens on the two account on the machine, both of which were migrated from my previous Lion MBP.

I don't have Parallels installed, which can cause this issue
apparently.
I've deleted the Dock's plist and restarted it
I've rebooted several times

Any ideas on what may be causing this?

Here's a trace on the Dock.  I'm not a Mac dev so I find reading that hard.


texts: Can I use an unlocked AT&T iPhone with T-Mobile?

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I'm finally fed up with AT&T's exorbitant cost and ready to switch to T-Mobile.

I'm well past my contract obligation and have maintained my iPhone 5 in near pristine condition.

Can I have this phone unlocked and use it with another provider?


texts: Not enough free space on OS X Base System while installing El Capitan with VirtualBox

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I am getting an error while installing OS on Virtual Box machine, that there is not enough free space as shown in the image. I allocated 20GB while setting up virtual machine, and 8.8GB is what apple says that I need here

I went to disk Utility->Disk Utility of VirtualMachine and tried changing partitioning of the VM. It cant be done. It also shows the instructions I need to take, but the "Enable Journaling" command is greyed out. What could be the problem?

It also says I am using CD ROM media, but I am not. The El Capitan iso file, that was linked to VM in the Storage tab of setting up VM, is on Desktop.

These are the screenshots for better illustration.


texts: Can not install xcode 7 from store, stuck on app intall

texts: I have a fresh OS X Yosemite, and when I went to the store to install Xcode 7 and hit the Install App button, it turned green and a loading icon appeared but after waiting a long time nothing happened. I successfully installed three apps from the store but I can not install Xcode. Please help!


texts: Why are the emails from Apple Mail in this numbered directory structure?

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I was looking into my users' Library/Mail folder at some emails and was wondering why they are organised the way they are. In ~/Library/Mail/V3/Mailboxes/Friends.mbox/5EF13EFE-AB95-43A9-93BB-E01CAE8DA511/Data/ there are a number of directories numbered 0 to 9. In each of these I have a number of further numbered directories, e.g. in folder 0 there are 3, 4 and 5. Each of these has a Message folder, which in turn has the individual emails.

Is there are reason why these are not all in the same directory under the Friends.mbox directory? Is that for indexing reasons?
What is the hashed directory (5EF13EFE-AB95-43A9-93BB-E01CAE8DA511) for?

I'm using El Capitan.


texts: My 4K monitor won’t display anything above a resolution of 1280 x 720

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I just bought a BenQ 4K 27inch PD2700U monitor and am trying to connect it to my MacBook Pro as an additional screen.

The cable I am using is a DisplayPort to mini display port. It works fine on low resolution, but it won’t display anything above 1300x768 resolution. Everything look so massive on the 4K screen.

What do I need to do to be able to take advantage of higher resolutions?

The Monitor I bought:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BenQ-PD2700U-Monitor-Graphic-Percent/dp/B07GLR6RQF

Connection I used:

Displayport to Mini Displayport

Here is my laptop spec:

OS: MacOS Mojave version 10.14
Macbook Pro: (Retina, Mid 2012)
Processor: 2.3GHz intel Core i7 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024
MB Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB

Here is a screenshot of the spec:

Please help!


texts: some folders on my mac asks your my password to rename, add, delete files in a folder. I checked the folder privileges in Get Info to compare with normal folders, it was the same but the result is totally different. Can anyone tell me how to disable or fix permission issues for finder folders? Thanks!


texts: How to get pictures from all sub folders in to 1 single folder?

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I copied everything from a camera and now I have hundreds of folders like this:

Backup 01/AHJSKNXIPD/001.jpg
Backup 01/AHJSKNXIPD/002.jpg
Backup 01/AHJSKNXIPD/003.jpg
Backup 01/NQOPSORHEN/001.jpg
Backup 01/QUOZNDBEJR/001.jpg
Backup 03/EIRNEKQLDK/001.jpg
Backup 02/RNEJDKSOWE/001.jpg

Just an example (there are actually 100's, maybe 1000's).

How can I get all pictures in to a single folder so that they're easier to go through and sort?


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Files with the extensions .ts show up in finder as the kind "MPEG-2 Transport stream".   However I am developer and they are are actually text files, specifically TypeScript.

I tried changing the app associated with the files but that does not change the "kind".

Is there anyway I change the kind that MacOS associates with the extension .ts.   As when I use Spotlight and use "kind:movie".  All these text files show up.


texts: How to cancel iCloud Storage Subscription without IOS, OSX or Windows device?

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I've switched to Linux recently due to my work specifics, now I want to downgrade to free iCloud storage plan, but the related apple support page only describes how to manage iCloud subscription using OSX, iOS and Windows PC.

Is there any other way to cancel iCloud subscription without those devices?


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Do I have to enter my real and true information when making Apple ID account?
My country is not offered, it is not on the list of countries when I have making an Apple ID account. So, I can not enter my real and correct street and my true  city in which I live. Can I enter false information? Is it allowed or punishable?


texts:
Is there any RSS reader with a built-in adblock or a plugin to an RSS reader?

I would also be preferable if it had Google Reader integration.


texts: How can I prevent "Reset network settings" on my iPhone from affecting my Laptop?

texts:
I just hit reset network settings on my iPhone (9.2.1) because I was unable to make phone calls.

I then noticed that my OSX (10.11.3) lost its internet connection.  I immediately checked the keychain (where all wifi passwords are stored) and noticed that all passwords are missing.

I can only assume that resetting the iPhone "network settings" also affected my mac.  I assume this occurred through iCloud.

Question

How can I get those Wifi Passwords back?
How can I prevent this from happening again?


texts: Reanimate "dead tracks" in iTunes that are one external drive

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I keep my 20k+ songs on an external drive because the of tiny drive in my MacBook Air. Unfortunately after i removed the drive, all my tracks in iTunes show the exclamation mark. Is there any way to tell iTunes "Hey, now all the tracks are here again"? Get info or play works for individual tracks, but for 20k+ tracks it's a hassle. I haven't tried iTunes track CPR because it needs a very ordered library folder (mine does not strictly follow the Artist/Album/Track file hierarchy) and I'm afraid it might damage something.

I would gladly use another music app, but iTunes is the only way to sync songs to my iPhone.


texts: Deleted .aae files and my photos are gone, how to restore, Help Please

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I deleted .aae files by mistake and all of my related photos are gone. How do I recover these missing photos?

iPhone 6, iOS 9.2.1


texts: Time Capsule Connection Failed after update to Mavericks

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After I updating OS X to Mavericks, Time Machine backup stopped to work on Time Capsule.

I am connected on internet through Time Capsule without problems
AirPort Utility indicators are green with no errors (as well as Time Capsule LED)
Time Capsule name is displayed in Shared in Finder
I didn't do any changes except for update to Mavericks

But Time Capsule connection fails:

"Connection Failed" is displayed if I select TimeCapsule name in Finder
If I click "Connect as…", error dialog says: "There was a problem connecting to the server …"
If I click "Backup now" on Time Machine, it says: "Backup Failed: The backup disk … is not available."


texts: How to access a launch daemon's values/ system defaults value

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So I am trying to silence the "Your Disk is Almost Full" notification from a mac running Mojave, as right now it pops up way too frequently and it is so annoying.

I followed all answers from this thread but none of them work with Mojave.

However, I made some progress as @kenorb's answer includes this command:

grep -A6 debugLog <(strings $(find /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks -name diskspaced -print -quit))

which does give some insight into how things have changed, as when I run a modified version of it, I get this:

MacBook-Pro-7:~ QH$ grep -A15 debugLog <(strings $(find /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks -name diskspaced -print -quit))

debugLog (BOOL) - log additional debug information. Default: NO
Commands:
removeAllNotifications - Removes all scheduled and delivered user notificiations.
removeAllNotifications
com.apple.diskspaced
_mbsetupuser
Ignoring low disk notification during migration.
event
low_disk
STORAGE_CRITICALLY_LOW
STORAGE_CRITICALLY_LOW_INFO
volumeURL
Low space alert: %@ free on '%@'
Unknown command
peer error: %s
unexpected peer event
--
debugLog
systemUpdateDate
com.apple.updatesettings
Interval since system update :%f
alloc
init
lowSpaceTimer
invalidate
setLowSpaceTimer:
_centerForIdentifier:type:
deliveredNotifications
countByEnumeratingWithState:objects:count:
removeDeliveredNotification:
scheduledNotifications
removeScheduledNotification:
count

Now I don't understand much about that command or macOS daemons at all, but it seems to me that the lowSpaceTimer or setLowSpaceTimer: might be the key to fixing things. If I can get access to one of them, and set the timer to be something high enough, I will finally get some closure on that annoying pop up. The thing is... I have no idea how to access it.

I've tried:

defaults read lowSpaceTimer

defaults read com.apple.diskspaced lowSpaceTimer

defaults read com.apple.diskspaced (this outputs the minFreeSpace k-v entry I wrote while trying to get it to work, but does nothing to help things as minFreeSpace is obsolete)

Right now the popup shows up once every 6 minutes and it's driving me insane when I try to get work done.


texts:
I have apps hanging constantly on catalina.

Right now TextEdit is hanged. I have tried to close a textfile that was being edited and boom, textedit is hanged.

Looking at Activity Monitor I see two processes not responding:

com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService (TextEdit) (Not Responding)
TextEdit (Not Responding)

I have sampled both processes: textedit and openAndSavePanel

Can someone take a look at these logs and see if the cause for the hangs can be detected?

NOTE: if I force quit TextEdit it will close but not open anymore, forcing me to restart the computers. I pass my days cursing Catalina for the many times I have to restart the computer daily.

thanks


texts: Outgoing calls sometimes go straight to voicemail

texts: When I'm trying to call someone, sometimes it'll ring half a time then go straight to voicemail, the other times it'll just keep on ringing for 2 whole minutes before it just cuts off, no voicemail.


texts: Is it better to upgrade to Mavericks or to perform a clean install?

texts: I got my MBP yesterday. It's almost new. Before using it, I want to know should I normal upgrade to Mavericks or perform a clean install? Which one will be better for me? I have several applications installed on it. Should it be removed after upgrading?


texts: Typical temperature of Retina MacBook Pro

texts:
I installed iStat Menus, and the fans start when the highest temperature has been 50C, but like now it is 70C and the fans aren't above normal (cant hear them).
This graph below shows part of watching a 1080p movie, the middle is the Fan speed, the top and bottom are the CPU and GPU.

What is the typical temperature for a retina MacBook Pro? 70C (CPU Die) seems very high for only browsing the web?
This is my 3rd rMBP, and the other 2 have only ever turned the fans on while playing Civilisation V on the highest graphics settings (understandable). So this makes me thing something is wrong. I've tried resetting the SMC and it has reduced the number of times the fans turn on, but still they turn on at low temperatures.
Also do the fans turn on based on temperature, or based on something else?
(Also I've actually swapped the machine 4 times at the Apple Store (display issues), and the Manager told me this is the last time I can do that, so is there anything I can do without going to the Apple Store, like email someone at Apple?)


texts: Often I need to work with three documents for one school subject, which remains the case for the school year. I have a shortcut that will open all three document in the current space (just simple open command), but I wonder if it is possible to specify the space in which a document is opened. Is that possible (probably through applescript)?


texts:
I want to blur sensitive information in my video. How do I do that in iMovie 10.0.7?

"Adjust", "Video Overlay settings" options are missing.


texts:
I know that there exists an iOS simulator for Mac (how to get it eludes me - if you could give me a download link I'd be grateful).

Many people want to know how to use multiple Apple IDs with Messages.  Can I use the Messages app inside the iOS simulator to run a second Apple ID?

Mac OS X 10.11.2
2011 Mac  Mini


texts: How to hide non-openable in the finder while using an application to browse/open

texts:
For example, in the following picture. I am using TeXstudio to open a .tex file. After pressing Cmd-O, the files with extensions that are not in the extension drop-down menu ("TeX files (*.tex, *.bib, etc)") are gray items in the pop-up Finder window.

My question is: How to hide these files? Is there a keyboard shortcut to do this?


texts: Use iPhone for internet and keep access to home network

texts: I have my home network set up through my ISP provided router/modem. I know how to set up the cellular connection with my iPhone. What I want is to combine the bandwidth of that cellular connection and my ISP, and keep access to the other devices on my local network. Is that possible?


texts: applepushserviced and ocspd takes a lot of memory, is killing them safe?

texts:
I'm in my office and the the network access is limited, would this causing this two process taking too much memory?
I use my Mac mainly for developing, would it be safe to kill this two process?


texts:
If I have a limit of free 5GB iCloud, and the Backup Info states:

Backup Size: 4.28GB
Next Backup Size: 1.10GB

Doesn't this mean the next backup will be smaller? Therefore, shouldn't it overwrite/delete the existing backup and thus still be within the 5GB limit?

My backups keep failing because of lack of space.


texts: Error correction disabled. Will iTunes report errors it encounters?

texts:
Environment: Windows 7 and iTunes 12

Situation: I want to import a 33-disc audiobook.

In Import Settings, there is a checkbox for correcting errors (such as due to dust and scratches).

I know that using error correction will slow down the import process on older computers.

If I disable error correction, will iTunes alert me in some fashion either during the process or at the end, such as "Import complete but with errors," at which point I can choose to import again but with error correction enabled?


texts: iCloud app cannot be installed on Windows 10

texts:
Recently I reinstalled my OS on my Laptop and tried to install iCloud for Windows 10 and unfortunately I am unable to do so because at the end of it I got this error:

There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.

I have tried uninstalling all the Apple apps through the Control Panel (successfully) and then start with installing the iCloud for Windows again. Also I've tried uninstalling all of them (successfully) with MicrosoftProgram_Install_and_Uninstall and still nothing. Tried installing iCloud via Apple Software Update and the installation goes through but I can't open/start the program.
Went through everything as stated here and still I can't fix the issue.
Installing iTunes is okay I've tried both ways, via Microsoft Store and standalone installer.


texts: I have a few 1 watt and 10 watt LED's laying around. I want to compare them to the iPhone 5 flashlight. In another question, I saw a lumen rating, but I want a watt rating. Does anybody know the wattage of the iPhone 5 flashlight?


texts:
I set up my email into the iPad 'Mail' app, and I cannot find how you log out to prevent another user from opening and reading my mail.

Is it possible to log out of 'mail' on the iPad?


texts: Strange sound playing at random intervals

texts:
I was able to record this random sound.

It started playing few weeks before. I have tried many things to find out which application is playing it, but nothing has worked.

I have already tried answers from this question.
Also I have tried disabling all sound notifications in system settings.

Any idea, where this sound is coming from?


texts:
I have this command:

chmod -R +a 'group:test1 allow  list,search,readattr,readextattr,readsecurity,file_inherit,directory_inherit' /PATH

Which works fine. Question is, how do I add another group in the same command?

This does not work:

chmod -R +a 'group:test1,group:test2 allow list,search,readattr,readextattr,readsecurity,file_inherit,directory_inherit' /PATH


texts: What does it take to get FaceBook to stop pushing notifications to my iPhone?

texts:
I don't want FaceBook to put any notifications on my iPhone's home screen for anything, ever.

I've gone into the iPhone's "settings" app and turned off all  notifications for FaceBook.

I've gone into the settings within the FB app itself and turned off all push notifications.

But I still get notifications.

What more do they want from me?


texts: iPhone shows up as offline in Google location sharing

texts:
I have an iPhone and want to share my live location using Google Maps. I can find my friends using Android and they can see one another, but somehow they cannot see my location. I only show up as offline on their phones. In Google Maps it says my location are being shared and I have enabled all required settings.

Anyone else who has experienced the same? Any suggestions for solutions?


texts: Copy and paste from skype includes unwanted characters

texts:
I tried to copy the following line from Skype:

blah123

I got an error when I tried to paste it into another app to use it. So I pasted that into a hex editor and it looked like this in the hex editor:

¬†blah123

I don't know if that was just a problem with copy from Skype or if it could happen in other applications. What I want to know is a way to copy and paste from applications on mac osx ignoring all these unwanted 'invisible' characters.


texts: What resolution (in pixels) should videos taken in the new iPad (3rd generation) be?

texts:
After recording a video in the "new" iPad, and transferring it to PC (via email or Dropbox), the resolution is 568 x 320.

Images are 2592 x 1936.

I can't find any information about what resolution to expect, except that it should be 1080p, but I don't really know what that means.

When filming, the picture is zoomed in compared to when taking a photo.  I can't find a way to zoom out.

Is this resolution normal?


texts: Can‘t update any iOS Apps: “If you have an Apple ID, sign in with it here“

texts:
Edit: I did a factory reset and it worked. Very annoying bug...
I haven‘t been able to update apps in months. Whenever I click on update, the App Store prompts me with:

“If you have an Apple ID, sign in with it here.“

Not only am I already logged into my account (yes, it is the same account that I used to download the app), there is literally no way I can log in with this prompt, since it asks for only a password and not an email + password. Whatever I type in, I get “Your Apple Id or Password is incorrect.“
Here‘s what I‘ve tried:

Updating iOS

Restarting iPhone several times

Logging in and out of different Apple Accounts

Does anyone have any ideas on what I should do? Anything I’m missing?
I haven‘t really cared much but now WhatsApp is forcing me to update and refuses to support my version so I literally cannot use it. I also don‘t want to delete and reinstall it because I would lose my chat and document histories.


texts: "The app isn't available, Try again." on TestFlight

texts:
I'm trying to set up Internal Testing for my iOS app. I've submitted the build to the app store, and it is awaiting review happily. I have a group of Technical users in iTunes Connect with Internal Testing available, and I have invited them all to test the app.

However, when any of use click the button in the e-mail (using the Mail app on the relevant device), Testflight opens and then says "The app isn't available. Try again."

Googling for this error has been completely futile (it's a googlewhack!) - is there a simple delay before the app is available? It has been several hours. Has anybody else experienced this and can maybe tell me what step I have missed?


texts: Weird Wireless Issue - Looks like lost connection, but not really

texts:
Well, this is really hard to explain.

I have two macs at home, a late 2012 macbook pro and a early 2012 macbook air. I also have some other gadgets with android and firefox OS. My wife had, before the macbook air, a hp notebook with windows 7, and I had a dell with arch linux.

When I had that old dell with arch linux, sometimes, the internet just stop to work. I never minded because my wife laptop with windows 7 didn't had that bug, so, I taught it was a hardware issue, since it was a pretty old machine.

Anyways, now, both of us have macs, and that same problem happens with both of us. Sometimes with Androids too, but, in macs, it happens very often. Sometimes I just have to turn wireless on and off again several times in a minute...

I investigate the system.log and found nothing interesting. At network.log, i found this:

Wed Sep 25 00:05:32.095 <airportd[80]> _handleLinkEvent: Unable to process link event, op mode request returned -3903 (Operation not supported)

But it doesn't happens every time I have connection problems. I pretty new to OSX and can't found any other log files with useful information...

What happen is that the internet stops working, but the network icon still "darker", i.e., it still connected, but I can't access even my home network.

Do anyone have any idea about that? The router is a ISP-provided tecnicolor td5130, seems like it only exists in brazil.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.


texts: Can't make WhatsApp calls over Wi-fi on iOS14

texts:
I have an iPhone 11. Yesterday while it was running iOS 13, all was fine, I could make WhatsApp calls over my Wi-Fi. I updated to iOS 14 in the morning. And now when I'm trying to make a call on WhatsApp, I get this message.

I can still call normally over cellular data, but not over my home Wi-Fi.
The receiving end clicks on "accept call", but nothing happens.
Internet suggests me to use VPN, since my country is blocking WhatsApp. I highly doubt it, since my country is Germany. I have deleted and installed WhatsApp again - but it didn't help. It's a corporate phone, but before today everything was working fine, so I doubt it's them.
Anybody has ever had this kind of problems?


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After having a jailbroken iPhone for a while, I wanted a clean version of iOS 9.3.1. So i followed all the steps in iTunes to achieve this. But when the little black bar on the iPhone was filled up it restarted into the iTunes recovery logo.

I tried every possible way of getting out of it, including trying DFU mode. But every single time I try something new it puts me back on the iTunes recovery logo.

What I have tried:

Updating phone
Restoring phone
Trying another computer
iRecovery


texts: Can I restore pre-Mavericks power key behavior?

texts:
Mavericks changed the behavior of my MacBook Air's power key to put the Air to sleep immediately when pressed briefly.  Prior to Mavericks, the power key would summon the Shut Down dialog.

As detailed in OS X Mavericks: Using the power button, holding the key for 1.5 seconds brings up the old Shut Down dialog, and holding for 5 seconds will shut down unconditionally.  Holding control while pressing the power key will also bring up the Shut Down dialog.

Is there any way to restore the old, pre-Mavericks behavior as a preference?  I'm used to using the power key to get the Shut Down dialog and seem to not be able to retrain myself particularly effectively.


texts: Can I map mouse mouse buttons 3 and 4 to control the system volume?

texts: Is it possible to map mouse buttons 3 and 4 to control system volume on a Mac? KeyRemap4Macbook doesn't seem to have the functionality, nor SizzlingKeys. I have them both. Is there some way to manually bind these buttons to control system volume?


texts: What physical storage does Internet Recovery use if my internal drive is broken?

texts:
I got the flashing folder with a question mark on my 2014 MacBook Pro, running High Sierra. Internet Recovery looked like my only option. The recovery version of the OS loaded and I was able to get to Disk Utility. Unfortunately, all I can see is OS X Base System:

There is only one disk image visible and here is some of the info:

Volume name: OS X Base System
BSD device node: disk0s1
Volume capacity: 2.01 GB
Available space: 721.2 MB
Bootable: No
Disk number: 0
Partition number: 1
Ejectable: Yes
Parent disks: disk0

It seems, most likely, I have an issue with the SSD or the physical connectors to the SSD. If that is the case, where is this OS X Base System being stored? Is it stored on my SSD somehow or is it using RAM or is there some hidden storage somewhere that I don't know about?


texts:
I In stalled Xquartz from here, but when trying to start it from the command line via

/opt/X11/bin/Xquartz

I get an error:

> /opt/X11/bin/Xquartz
dyld: Symbol not found: __cg_png_create_info_struct
  Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/ImageIO
  Expected in: /opt/X11/lib//libPng.dylib
 in /System/Library/Frameworks/ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/ImageIO
Abort

Perhaps I'm missing some libraries? Or some of the environment variables is not properly set?

Any help most appreciated.

edit

So, I did some research and found out that XQuartz installs its own libpng.dylib in /usr/X11/lib/, which hence superseeds the system installation in /System/Library/Frameworks/ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libPng.dylib. So after

sudo ln -s /System/Library/Frameworks/ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libPng.dylib /usr/X11/lib

the above error disappears only to be replaced with the next:

dyld: Symbol not found: _gll_noop
  Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/OpenGL
  Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/OpenGL
 in /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/OpenGL

(which hangs). This behaviour persists also if I unsetenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH (found recommended on some sites). I cannot find a library implementing _gll_noop ...


texts:
There is an old Unix trick for attempting to recover a deleted file where you run

$ sudo grep -C100 string-known-to-be-in-file /dev/sda1

which takes a very long time, but can at least recover a portion of what you lost.  But this doesn't seem to work on my Mac, which simply says

grep: /dev/disk1s1: Operation not permitted

Is there a way to get the grep command to work for me?

Note: I lost an important file via unlink (aka rm) but I am hoping the blocks are still on my disk and I can recover some of them.  The lost file is raw text (not a Word doc or any other binary format) so it should be grepable.  My Mac has an SSD, so I'm hoping wear-leveling gives me a shot at getting some/all of my file back.   The full story of how the file was lost is here.


texts: `LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -1712 for the file ` when I attempt `open .`

texts:
I suddenly came across this error when I attempted to do open . to open the current directory in Finder, a command that I use quite frequently:

ysim:~/Downloads$ open .
LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -1712 for the file /Users/ysim/Downloads.

It persisted for a few minutes and went away by itself. I tried googling it but the only two hits I saw had to do with ImageMagick and Automator, neither of which I use. Does anyone know why it happens and how to prevent it?


texts: WIFI slow on macbook air, not on macbook pro

texts:
The wifi is very slow on my macbook air and iphone, my partner has no problems at all at his macbook pro.
We have two channels we can connect to (4G&5G)
I've read the other Q+A's on this forum about the topic, but I didn't find out what the issue is. It looks like my MCS, Tx and RSSI are pretty slow. Could someone help me with this issue?

Thanks very much!


texts:
Last week I upgraded to iOS 9.3 on my iPhone 5S and my 2nd Gen iPad Mini. Last night both started offering me an upgrade to iOS 9.3 again, even going so far as to download the 1.5GB update file.

Is anyone else seeing this behavior? Any idea how to resolve the issue short of installing the update? I would venture a guess that it's a server-side issue at Apple that I can't do too much about, but I'm wondering if anyone else has any ideas.


texts:
I bought this USB-C to DisplayPort cable in order to connect my iMac Pro to this monitor. However, the cable does not work, the iMac does not even recognize the monitor. I tried with a non-Apple laptop of a colleague and also with another monitor (same model) and still nothing.

Is the cable broken or does the monitor not support this kind of connection? Thanks.


texts: Why am I having trouble entering a new Gmail password in Mail (and Internet Accounts)?

texts:
I'm required to change my school Gmail password every year.  I recently did so, and it seems to work just fine for accessing Gmail with a web browser.  It also works fine in the Mail app in iOS (I was asked to enter the new password, but it accepted it just fine).  However, in the Mail app on macOS, I've run into some issues.  It shows a "Login Failed" message on the top right of the window as well as the telltale lightning bolt "offline" icon to the right of the mail in the left sidebar.  I totally expected to see both of those, since Mail is trying to access the account using the old password.  But I can't get past that.  If I click on either of those, it opens a dropdown/popup where I can enter the password:   That's all good.  After I enter the password, though, I see a "loading" animation (a spinning-type one) for a brief second and then just blank gray in the window:   The same thing happens if I try to do this in the Internet Accounts section of System Preferences.

Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can resolve it?


texts: Finder not responding when logged in to iCloud

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Finder has completely stopped working (is unresponsive/won't open.) I have to force quit each time I try to use it. My Desktop items have stopped showing too. Some other apps on my machine have also now stopped working.
InDesign now won't load, but Photoshop will! (Both areessential for my job as a freelance designer)
No other Mac apps work - pages/numbers/apple music etc.
The problem started after I was removing old files from my external backup drive as Time Machine said it was full and could no longer backup (may be totally unrelated...I have no idea!)

I have tried deleting Finder preferences (this did not work.)
Booted into safe mode (finder still not working.)
Re-installed OS (which didn't work as I had an error to say it could not 'downgrade'.)
I have disconnected the external drive I use for time machine - hasn't made any difference.

However- if I sign out of my iCloud account- everything works again!
But as soon as I log back in to iCloud, the Desktop goes and Finder stops working - I am at a complete loss now, I have no idea what to do next as I do need to be able to use iCloud for sync to my laptop etc.
Machine details:
iMac 2017 - Big Sur 11.2.2 - Processor 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 - Memory 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR4


texts:
I would like to know where is the folder of temporary files in system. For example, in Windows is the folder:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Configuración local\Temp


texts: Why is "my passport air" suddenly not coming up as recognized by my macbook air? The light is on and it is vibrating as it usually does

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I had another external drive transferred to this one with all my data on it and now I can't access it.

What can I do to access the drive and data?


texts: Big Sur 11.2.2: Operation not permitted although Iterm and Terminal have Full disk access

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On Big Sur 11.2.2, Iterm and terminal are both granted "Full disk access" in system preferences > security & privacy > privacy
I tried to install a third party app using
sudo wget https://github.com/Battleman/zoomdl/releases/latest/download/zoomdl -O /usr/bin/zoomdl

But I got the error
/usr/bin/zoomdl: Operation not permitted

I also downloaded the repo locally and granted full disk access to the zoomdl executable but got same error
What should I do?


texts: Moutain Lion - New line character in notification

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Do we have any newline character that we can insert in Mountain Lion's Notification Center. I try to append \n but it doesn't work.

What I am trying to do here is to write a plugin for alfred. And I use echo 'test\nnewline' but it doesn't work. I intend to write this before but it may confuses people with alfred so I didn't write it down :)


texts: In macOS, are there settings/apps that would 'grab my attention' when battery is running out?

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I have been Windows user all my life, just got MacBook Pro through company. I use multiple external monitors and often get deeply buried into one of them.
What's annoying is whenever the battery is about to die, Mac sends a 'silent notification' at top right corner on the main screen (i.e. laptop's screen) and I totally miss it and battery dies down, it goes into sleep and that's when I realize battery was dead.
So the question, are there any settings/app that will sound/alarm/pop-up/freeze etc to tell me battery is dying?
Version:
MacBook Pro 2019
OS: MacOS Mojave 10.14.6


texts: Will Photoshop CS version 8.0 work if I update from Tiger to Leopard?

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I have just baught an Iphone and I have to upgrade my itunes, but it says my operating system is too old. I have an Ibook G4 10.4.11 with a 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 processor. The support team are sending me out a disc to install Leopard operating system. However, I am worried that once I install it I may not be able to run Photoshop CS version 8.0. Will this be an issue, as I use it everyday. If so, I am thinking of returning the iphone.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I heard that there maybe issues with intel based macs, but I think mine is PowerPC...


texts: Batch Rename files based on list of new names, but existing folder structure must be maintained

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I have a group of folders, each folder representing a different product that my record label has released.

Within each folder are the .wav audio files of the tracks that make up that release.

The current file naming structure of these .wav files means that they are not in any kind of order that relates to the actual running order of the product. I need to rename the files such that when arranged in ascending alphabetical order they represents the product's final running order.

Using various spreadsheets and data dumps i've been able to arrange the catalogue into a spreadsheet so that I can see all of the current filenames in one column, and their new desired file name next to it.

We're currently looking at 215 folders, containing around 900 .wav files

Is there a way that I can run some kind of Apple Script or terminal command to go through each folder in turn, lookup a filename in that folder, find a match in a .csv (for example) and rename the file appropriately?

Ideally it would be able to go through each of the 215 folders in turn — rather than me having to change the folder location each time and run the command manually 215 times

Many thanks in advance!


texts: How can I use Atom as the default editor for "open"?

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I would like to set Atom as my default editor for open.

In order to do this, I set in my .bashrc:

export EDITOR="atom -nw"

and reload the file with source .bashrc. Anyway, when I try to open a text file through open filename, it always opens it with TextEdit.

I also tried variations of the above, such as export EDITOR=atom, or exporting VISUAL.

I am sure that .bashrc gets loaded on login.

What am I missing/doing wrong?


texts: my iphone5 is shutting down and has no power to turn on what do i do?

texts: I've had my iPhone 5 for a year now but ever since iv had it it always had battery problems, i tried to replace it with a new battery but it would work for a day and the power off. Now when i try to charge it it doesn't light or display anything even charging over night doesn't put the phone on, does anyone know what i can do?


texts: On iPad, how to organize Shows in a native Video player app

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On a computer, in iTunes I add a number of video files that I group by marking them as TV Shows. The shows, in turn, have files grouped into seasons.

When I transfer files to an iPad, I only see the Season number in the native Video app. It would be logical to at least show a show name and a season number. So if I add two different shows to an iPad, and both of them have season 1, the in Video app on the device I get two Season 1 enters on the initial screen. I can only see the name of the show if I select one of these "season 1" entries.

So my question is: is there a way for me to group files in ipda, so that I get a name of the group displayed? It doesnt necceseraly has to be shows, as long as there is grouping.


texts: Types of memory: Why do private and shared not add up to real memory?

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Answers to previous questions define types of real memory used by a process roughly as follows:

Real memory: the amount of physical memory allocated to a process (eg the number of pages)
Real shared memory: the amount of physical memory shared between multiple processes
Real private memory: the amount of physical memory not shared with other processes

I would have expected that real = real_shared + real_private, but this doesn't seem to be the case. I've noticed that real memory can be more or less than shared + private, depending on the process.
Can someone please clarify the differences between these types of memory and why they don't add up?

MacOS Catalina 10.16.6


texts:
I have a simple home network with 2 Macs, a Windows 7 PC, and an OpenELEC PC.

I sometimes watch media using VLC from the OpenELEC machine. It is set in such a way that it goes to sleep when possible which is perfect and as it should be.

When I turn on my Windows 7 PC, I browse the network and select the OpenELEC box. It tells me it can't connect, but after 5 or so seconds it starts working. This is because it has woken up and started being available on the network.

When I connect to an already-woken OpenELEC box from my Mac (one Mavericks / one El Cap) it connects right away and can start working with files on the network.

But if the OpenELEC machine goes to sleep even if the Mac is busy using its files, it stays asleep. I've had VLC die horribly because the underlying network suddenly isn't there anymore.

No amount of mucking about on the Mac seems to be able to get it to wake from a Mac. Windows > Linux will do it; Linux > Linux will do it; Mac > Linux won't do a thing.

How do I get a Mac to tell a remote network machine that has an active data stream not to go to sleep in the middle of using it?


texts: Double click on dock icon to open a window in the current space

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Say I have multiple spaces/desktop open. Desktop 2 is my current one with no [someapp] windows, Desktop 1 has a [someapp] window open.
If I click on the [someapp] icon in the doc the system first puts the title bar up top. If I click again I am brought to Desktop one where [someapp] is (a random one if multiples are open, to boot).
I would like instead for the second click to open a new window in the current space.
Is there a way to achieve this?
Note that I would like this to be default behavior for ALL apps on dock. I know I can use an apple script to bind "Open new window here" to an icon.
The obvious alternatives (right click to open a new window after noticing the first click didn't open one or use a cmd + N or similar) are too cumbersome.


texts: Are there any "thin clients" that would allow me to run a Windows XP/7 app on an iPad with sound?

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There are a number of remote access apps (from Citrix, etc.) that allow you to run Windows apps remotely on an iPad.

I need one that would allow me to remotely run (on an iPad) a Windows app with sound, so that I'd hear (on the iPad) the audio of the Windows app. Ideally it would also allow recording of sound on the iPad into the Windows program.


texts: How to record system audio? (Soundflower not working)

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I've been trying to record some system audio from my computer while screen capturing in Quicktime Player. The thing is, I've done this before. I've recorded myself talking and the system audio through an aggregate device in Soundflower. I was also able to hear the system audio by using a multi-output device as my output.

For clarification, here are screenshots of the setups I've tried.

This is the first one I tried, because it's what I remembered from what I did before.

With this setup, I was able to hear the sound from my computer, but could not adjust the volume, and when I tried, instead of the usual popup showing the changing volume, I got this:

When I tried recording audio using Quicktime Player, it picked up the sound from my microphone, but no system audio.

When this setup didn't work, I searched for an answer on google. Every single tutorial I saw said to set Soundflower (2ch) as both my input and output. (Some said only to set it as output, but then later chose it as the input for Quicktime Player). I tried that like so:

With this setup, I could not hear any sound from my computer. However, I could adjust the volume on my computer, not that it seemed to do anything. I tried recording with Quicktime Player, but it didn't record either the volume from my microphone or the system audio.

I would like to have a setup that only records my system audio, and one that records both my mic and system audio. Optimally, I'd be able to hear the system audio in both cases.

I checked to make sure that the audio wasn't just really quiet, and I did all the basic things like restarting my computer.

So, what should I do? I'd be happy to provide any more details if necessary.

EDIT: An update. I noticed that with the second setup, I was able to hear Skype calls (people talking, not just the ringing), despite not being able to hear anything else. Also, people on Skype were able to hear me with the first setup, but not the second. In neither case could they hear the system audio. Not sure if this is useful information or not, I just wanted to be as detailed as possible.


texts: iMessages sending tiny versions of images/GIFs

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It doesn't seem to matter if I'm sending a personal photo, a GIF, or a video taken straight from iMessage, they're all sent to the recipient as super tiny versions of what I see them being sent as.

I can't find anything in the Messages or Photos settings, so I'm not sure what to do to fix this issue.


texts: separate apple IDs on same email address

texts: our two kids have got ipod touches for Christmas.  I tried to get them separate Apple ID accounts but it said because we had the same email address we could only have the one Apple ID.  Is there a way to have two separate Apple IDs on the same email address?  If not how is the best way to keep their itunes card money separate?


texts: Bluetooth audio choppy/skips on El Capitan

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I'm using the music receiver bluetooth TP-Link HA100 and when doing streaming from Spotify or iTunes the audio has clicks in and out and skips like a scratched CD. Simply unusable. I'm on MacBookPro late-2011 El Capitan 10.11.2

This is a known issue, I already tried these unofficial solutions:

http://lifehacker.com/fix-your-bluetooth-audio-in-yosemite-with-this-terminal-1670380974

https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/179209/90762

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7263274?start=0&tstart=0

but they don't work.

Note 1: the audio lags/skips seems to increase everytime I do something on Mac (that is, open an app, scrolling a page in Chrome, ...).

Note 2: no one of the above issues on iPhone and iPad

Note 3: while streaming from iPhone/iPad if I just enable bluetooth (not stream) on MBP the audio begins to lag!

It's a lot frustrating and I can't believe bluetooth con OSX is so much crappy and there's no bugfixes on the horizon! Someone can help me?


texts: How can I get the name of connected devices on an Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station?

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I can see who is connected to my base station by going to Advanced>Logs and Statistics. http://cl.ly/2l0p0w223q1E3T1H0B0w

What I'd like to know is who/what device is connected by device name without having to lookup a table of MAC addresses in a compiled list, etc.

I know that I can filter via MAC address (AirPort>Access Control) and in doing so, run a stricter network. I am more interested at a quick glance to see if Bob's iPhone, Suzy's iPad or HP Printer X is connected.

The AirPort (4th Gen, dual-band, release just prior to the newest one) is running in bridge mode. I'm not sure if this causes any issues with pulling device name or if this is just something that the AirPort does not do by default. I know that when it is not handling DHCP that you cannot create a guest network.

Any third party utilities that I can augment the AirPort with or other suggestions welcomed.

Thanks.


texts: So once I FaceTimed one of my friends, but this random dude answered

texts: So once I tried to face time my friend, but when it connected it was a random dude that I have never met. This has happend to me three times now. Each time it is a different guy. Help, I don't know if it is my account or hers.


texts: How can I force command-line arguments to a program shortcut in the dock?

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I have Chrome installed in Applications, and a shortcut to it in the Dock.
How can I achieve to force some command-line arguments to each start-up of this app?

Let me be clearer, in the Terminal, I can do this:
open /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app --args --explicitly-allowed-ports=6666
And that way I modify Chrome's behavior as I like it.
How can I have this option by default when launching the app from the Finder of the Dock?


texts: How can I map buttons on my PS3 controller to keystrokes on my Mac?

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I purchased a PlayStation 3 controller for use with my Mac. It's paired via Bluetooth. It works great in emulators such as Snes9x, but I'd like to use it for other things as well. Is there any software that will allow me to map buttons on the controller to keystrokes?

I've tried USB Overdrive and as far as I can tell, it doesn't do what I want.

I'm on Mac OS X 10.6.6.


texts: Bottom half of terminal window doesn't get used

texts: This keeps happening on a Macbook Pro running High Sierra. Upon a new terminal window, the cursor will go to the bottom of the screen as expected as you press enter. However, it often will stop half way as shown below. This seems to happen when I SSH in and out. Any idea how to fix this?


texts: iPhone 4s overheating and suffering from drained battery

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So I have this iPhone 4s, which has a serious problem: when doing absolutely nothing with it (it just sits in standby mode) the battery drains from 100% to 0% in about 12 hours or less. Also, it appears to be working very actively, as it is constantly warm.

Does anyone know what the cause of this is, and how to fix it? I do have all the latest updates, so that can't be the issue (I think).


texts: AppleTV is not accessing the iTunes Store after updating software to version 5.2

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Last night just as we were about to watch an already-rented movie, our AppleTV showed a notification that a software update was available, which my wife selected.

After the update was completed, it is no longer working with the iTunes Store. While we don't use these features often, it is especially frustrating that we have already paid for the rental and cannot watch it.

The Main Menu screen no longer shows our rental at the top. Selecting Movies or TV Shows from the main menu briefly shows the next screen with the menu across the top, but no content; after a few seconds, a spinner appears and it returns to the main menu. (It looks to me like a crash and recovery.) The main screen does show cover art and titles for the top movies and TV shows; selecting them fails as well.

Using Settings → iTunes Store → Check for Rentals shows a little spinner but just sits there.

We are still able to play content from our computer's iTunes Library, stream Netflix and Hulu, and use AirPlay without problems. From our computer, we can access the iTunes store just fine.

I have restarted it several time, both via the menu function and by unplugging it.

I attempted to fully restore it with Settings → General → Reset → Restore. It showed a message indicating that it was downloading software, but the progress bar did not advance. After several minutes, it again appeared to recover from a crash, and returned to the main menu, with all our settings intact.

AppleTV 2 (Model MC572LL/A);
Software Version 5.2 (6010.96)


texts: Is there any way to control Mac volume from Apple Watch?

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Is there a way to control a Mac's audio volume from Apple Watch? Apple didn't provide Watch functionality for system-wide Mac volume adjusting as far as I know.
NB: The only so-so way I've found is if audio is playing from Mac iTunes, and the iPhone/Watch is paired with that library via Home Sharing. The volume can then be changed with the Watch Remote app – but that doesn't trigger system-wide volume. It only changes iTunes' in-app volume.
Is there some third-party software for iOS/WatchOS that can accomplish this?
Note about iPhones: I know that the iOS app BTT Remote can control a Mac's volume, but unfortunately there is no Watch app for it.


texts: How to calculate RAM disk size on OS X Mojave—500 or 512 byte block size?

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I created an APFS RAM disk on macOS X 10.14 Mojave using these commands:

diskutil partitionDisk $(hdiutil attach -nomount ram://12582912) 1 GPTFormat APFS 'RAMDisk' '100%'

Which should create a 6 GB RAM Disk. I ended up with a "6.53 GB" Ram Disk. The question is does hdiutil calculate block sizes as 512 bytes or 500 bytes?

The old way was:
1 block = 512 bytes

2 blocks = 1024 bytes (KB)

1024 bytes X 1024 = 1048576 bytes (MB)

1048576 bytes x 1024 = 1073741824 bytes (GB)
1073741824 bytes / 512 = 2097152 blocks per GB

But maybe storage is now calculated differently:
1 block = 500 bytes

2 blocks = 1000 bytes (KB)

1000 bytes X 1000 = 1000000 bytes (MB)

1000000 bytes x 1000 = 1000000000 bytes (GB)
1000000000 bytes / 500 = 2000000 blocks per GB

EDIT: Just tested this myself and ended up with these numbers which seems to indicate that hdiutil does indeed use 500 byte block size for calculation. There is some overhead for EFI which reduces available size but the GUID partition was 6.1 GB.

$ diskutil partitionDisk $(hdiutil attach -nomount ram://12000000) 1 GPTFormat APFS 'RAMDisk' '100%'
Started partitioning on disk15
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Waiting for partitions to activate
Formatting disk15s2 as APFS with name RAMDisk
Mounting disk
Finished partitioning on disk15
/dev/disk15 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        +6.1 GB     disk15
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk15s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk16        5.9 GB     disk15s2


texts: How do I fix “This iPhone was not able to download 8 full-resolution photos and videos.” when trying to disable iCloud on my phone

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I ran out of iCloud storage a very long time ago but didn't think anything of it since I was using Google Photos. The problem is that for some reason the ‘optimise iPhone storage’ option was checked and it seems like I can't recover some of my photos.
Initially it had this error message with thousands of photos, but I managed to downloaded them by selecting a bunch and then going ‘share’ then ‘email’ which downloaded them onto my device... there's one photo that is flagged up as being unrecoverable that I've managed to download via iCloud web, but I cannot find the other 7 or see which ones they are, and the thought of potentially losing 7 random photos of my son really sucks.
Is there anyway to recover them please? Or at the very least see which 7 photos haven't downloaded in full resolution? Thank you


texts: Import other peoples calendar from Outlook

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I don't think this is possible but still not sure, maybe it is:

Can I import other people's calendar into iCal?  Those calendars are Microsoft Outlook Exchange Calendars.


texts: How can I prevent hostname from changing?

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When I boot up one of our computers it gets a static DHCP address which is specified in our DNS as client1.domain.com and so on. The hostname sets automatically from reverse DNS at bootup and everything work fine. But after a while I see that the computer changes hostname to Users-MacBook-Pro.local.

Our system depends on that the computers have a static hostname so I want to prevent the computer to change it by itself. It works if I manually set it using 'scutil' but I would just like to "lock" hostname to the one it is getting from the DNS.

Is there any way so accomplish that?

We are using OS X 10.9.5


texts: How should I configure my Audio settings for the highest quality sound?

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I would like to configure my Mac and Thunderbolt display for the best Audio output.  The "Audio Devices" tab allows me to choose

Audio Format in Hz
2 channel xx bit Integer or Float

What configuration offers the best sound?  I suppose higher in Hz is better, and more bits are better, but I don't know if I should choose 24bit integer or 32bit float


texts: Should I let malwaredomainlist.com connect to the net?

texts: I am getting Little Snitch alerts for Firefox trying to connect to the malwaredomains.com with the IP-address 76.63.222.170. I have blocked the connection, but I wonder why Firefox needs to connect to that address? Can I trust it and let it connect?


texts: Is there a way to copy the album art from an MP3 in the new MacOS Music app?

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I bought an M1 Mac and it has the new Music app instead of iTunes. I was organizing some MP3 into folders and decided to use some common "covert art" graphics as custom folder icons.
I know how to paste a graphic into a folder icon. But I couldn't find a way to copy it from the MP3. In fact when I bring up the Info dialog for an MP3 that has cover art, the Info dialog doesn't show it, even though the Music app does.
Anyway I couldn't find a way to get the image into the clipboard from Finder, Music, or even VLC. Is there a way? Googling leads me to believe that it could be done on the old iTunes.


texts: Is there a way to not require a password when I wake my MBA (open the lid)? I'm aware of the security implications. I'm running Lion.


texts: Is it possible to find out if a Mac was simply powered on (power button) but not logged into any account yet?

texts:
Sorry if this is a basic question:

Is it possible to find out when a Mac was simply “powered on” (like just pressing the power button) and brought up to the login screen that shows the User Accounts, but NOT logging into any accounts ?  So basically just starting up and then shutting down again without actually going further. Or would that mean that it’s too early so no logs/records/timestamps are created yet at that point ?

(I found some discussion here about logs but it doesn’t talk about just powering on: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/14127/how-to-know-when-and-which-user-logged-into-the-system-under-mac-os-x-last-is-n)

Thanks !


texts: How does Mountain Lion set the default text editor for the "open -t" terminal command?

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OSX seem to offer open -t command line shortcut to open arbitrary files in the system default text editor.

Where is this default text editor set?
Can I change it from the command line (if possible) or otherwise programmatically?

The default choice of TextEdit is limiting.


texts:
Is there an UnTethered Jailbreak for IPad 3 with IOS 6.0.1? I've been searching for a while but couldn't find one.

UPD

There are some news on the topic


texts: What is the correct shasum of InstallESD.DMG for OS X 10.10 Yosemite?

texts:
apples-mbp:~ apple$ shasum /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg
142a3186e05932b60e2100452777eab3346913da  /Applications/Install OS X Yosemite.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg

This the result i got when I run shasum, I am getting a checksum error on installation file.


texts: Is it possible to speed up the transition between spaces?  I often open my applications in full screen mode but I would like the transition to be a bit faster, is there a way to speed this up (i.e. when I hit Ctr rightarrow it moves one space to the other quicker than the default setting).


texts: "The operation couldn’t be completed. (BKAgentServiceErrorDomain error 8.)"

texts:
I recently updated to High Sierra, and am now unable to open books (ePubs/PDFs alike) via iBooks. These books are there, I can drag them out to my Desktop or sync them to my iPad, but they do not open in iBooks.

Instead, an alert is displayed with the following text:

The operation couldn’t be completed. (BKAgentServiceErrorDomain error 8.)

A black-HUD-ed spinner appears on the book's icon, spinning indefinitely.

How do I resolve this issue?


texts: The podcast app is displaying the incorrect subscribed podcast

texts:
I am using the official Apple iOS podcast app.

A strange thing started happening 2 months back.

I have 5 podcasts that I subscribe to, one of them being the Joe Rogan Experience. One day the Joe Rogan podcast wasn't there anymore and a Christian podcast had taken its place probably a sign.

I unsubscribed from the Christian one, searched iTunes for the Joe Rogan podcast, and resubscribed. For a full day the app displayed the correct podcast but then magically changed back to the Christian one.

Now when I try unsubscribe and resubscribe, to the Joe Rogan podcast, it magically subscribes to / displays the "Intelligence Squared US debates" podcast. I don't live in the US so this is probably not a sign

I am using an iPhone (9.3.1) and podcast app (2.4)

If I download a different podcast player app (Overcast) and subscribe to the Joe Rogan experience it doesn't change to the random podcast. But the problem still remains in the apple podcast app.

I did a search and didn't find anyone else experiencing the same problem. Any ideas on what the problem could be or a possible solution?


texts: What's the correctly way to make Postfix run permanently on Lion (not server)

texts:
I can start Postfix temporarily with:

$ sudo launchctl
launchd% start org.postfix.master

However, Console.app shows that it only runs for a short time:

26/11/11 2:00:55.710 PM postfix/master: master exit time has arrived

I think the file  /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist needs to be updated to make Postfix run permanently, but I haven't found the answer yet.

What's the correct way of getting Postfix starting at boot time and running permanently?

Update
In order to edit the file as recommended by the selected answer, I first converted it to XML.

plutil  -convert xml1 /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist

Then just edited it with Vim:

sudo vim /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postfix.master.plist

I had issues trying to get Xcode to edit the file.


texts: Is there a way to force OS X / Finder to use Windows File naming conventions?

texts:
We have a number of Mac workstations (OS X Mavericks) which connect to a fiber attached SAN.  This SAN is also accessed by a number of Windows workstations.

Windows file naming conventions (and path depth rules) are stricter than OS X's.  This means the Macs can cause problems for the Windows workstations if they name files or folders in ways which Windows doesn't understand.

As such, is there a way to enforce Windows file naming conventions on OS X?  Thus preventing the Mac clients from screwing up the Windows ones.  I'm thinking some kind of Finder plugin or script that prevents users from naming a file or folder in a way which Windows can't cope with.

Any thoughts?


texts: Automator.app "Watch me do" loop gets slower and slower

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I have been using Automator to run "Watch Me Do" loop to click places repeatedly for tedious tasks. The loop works perfectly, but the longer the loop runs for over time the mouse movement and clicks get slower and slower.
Relaunching Automator does not reset the slowdown. The only "fix" I have found is to reboot my MacOS.
Anyone here know how to fix this?


texts: Can I push notify based on geo-fencing without an iOS App?

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I want to know, if there are any way to get notification when I entered in any marked geo area.

For instance when entering a mall, I want to push to devices a notification to download a specific app.

I know, it is possible with a third party app, that will read GPS coordinates, and then check is user location within specified region but I want to do this without creating app.

Some where I heard it is possible with DSP (Demand Side Platform).

Can any one suggest me regarding this, or how can I achieve my goal?


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Today I was trying to set up Windows on my MacBook Pro (15", Late 2011) over BootCamp.

I used the modified Info.plist-trick to create a bootable Windows 8 USB-drive and create a Bootcamp partition. After this was done, I tried to install Windows, but I ran into the problem of Windows not accepting the pre-made partition, so I deleted it and rebooted once again into the Windows installer to install it.

Everything went fine, but in the last bit of the installation process, it aborted - telling me that it couldn't change my boot configuration.

After this, it froze, so I held the power button down until it restarted. I couldn't boot from the newly created (hard drive) "EFI boot" section, so I booted the Recovery and tried to delete the two new partitions (the windows and the "Microsoft reserved" one). But it wouldn't let me delete the ~130MB partition named disk0s4. Even from Internet recovery, I couldn't get rid of it.

Next thing I did was try to run the Windows installer again, but from this point on, the installer would crash in a BSOD, almost instantly restarting my PC shortly after. I thought it had to be the disk0s4-partition that is causing all of this, so I made another effort deleting it - and I made it using the disk utility on my OS X. Having only one partition left, I tried rebooting, only to see that the "EFI boot" was still there. (note: this is not by USB-Drive, it has a hard-drive icon whereas the USB drive has a USB one)

I don't really know what to do from here to fix all this. I have no idea where this "EFI boot" is coming from (there is only one partition and a lot of unallocated space on my HD) and why my Windows installer is crashing.

I hope somebody can help me despite my long (but detailed) question.

Edit:
fdisk output:

Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  976773167] <Unknown ID>
 2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused

gpt output:

      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  486812704      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  487222344    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  488491880  488281255
  976773135         32         Sec GPT table
  976773167          1         Sec GPT header

diskutil output:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            249.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

Seems like there is a hidden partition...


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I would like to compare two excel spreadsheets. I have found many Windows-based solution but nothing for Mac OS X.
Are you aware of

a build-in way to perform a diff (didn't find much in the help)
a standalone tool (for Mac)
an online tool (data is not sensitive, comparing in the cloud would be no problem)

At the moment the only solution I got is exporting to a comma separated file and compare with diff on the command line. I was thinking to write a small Perl script but before investing too much time I wanted to be sure I am not missing a simpler option.


texts: Auto-launch the Info Sheet after a screenshot is captured? (by way of script, automation or app etc?)

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I use the command+shift+4 feature constantly for genealogy research, and have this problem whereby I forget where I took the picture from.  To fix this, I'd love it if the Info Sheet could launch immediately after taking the screenshot, so as to remind me to manually cut-paste the URL I took the image from into the comments box within Info Sheet.  Any suggestions on how best to do this would be terrific.  Thanks in advance!

edit: added "shift" above and clarified wording for intended use (cut-and-paste text into comments box).  All this is is a self-reminder for me, by displaying Info Sheet automatically after screenshots are captured -- if this can be done at all.


texts: How can I display my heart rate on an Apple Watch face?

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I would like the ability to view my heart rate by quickly glancing at my Apple Watch. I know I can use complications to view my activity rings or add a shortcut to the Heart Rate app from my watch face, but I couldn't find an option to directly show my heart rate.

Is it possible to display my current heart rate on the Apple Watch face screen?


texts: Is there a shortcut to switch tabs on iOS Safari without being in landscape mode?

texts: I would like to switch tabs faster, possibly with a swipe (like chrome). Same applies for iPhone and iPad Safari. Is there any shortcut for that?


texts: What Time Does My iTunes Gift Get Received To The Recipient?

texts: I've purchased my sister a gift from iTunes for tomorrow (29th Nov) and was wondering what time roughly would she receive it? - GMT


texts: Is there a way to use the mark up tool in notes? Or something that works like that would? I want to be able to put shapes with text on top of copy pasted images. So I want to use a shape, be able to type text on the shape then put it on top of a image.


texts: I know there was a function in the context menu to join video clips together, but I can't find it in the newer version of iMovie 10. Is it still available?


texts: Reminder triggered when certain person calls?

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iPhone reminders have a nice feature where you can remind yourself to do something when arriving or leaving a certain location.

Is it possible to do something similar, but replacing the location trigger with a "person X calls trigger".  For example: "Reminder me to tell John that story when John calls."

In general, is there a way to attach additional triggers to reminders?


texts: Optimization notice after installing Yosemite

texts: After I installed Yosemite I got a notice saying that performance may suffer until my Mac is optimized. What exactly does it mean and do I have to do anything?


texts: Is there a good application for Mac to manage subscriptions billings?

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Is there a good software for mac to manage subscriptions billings ?

I need to be payed regularly by my customers.
I need warnings service sending emails to them and me.

And I need to automize the payment process.


texts: Access iCloud key-value storage on my device

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I’m interested in seeing what type of information apps on my iPhone & Mac are storing in key value storage.

I tried downloading my iCloud data from privacy.apple.com but was not able to find any data that seemed to be stored in a key-value fashion.

Does anyone know where I can access this data? Either from my device or downloading it through an iCloud interface.


texts: iTunes very slow since library moved to NAS drive

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I am running iTunes 12 on a Mac Mini (OSX El Capitan).  Previously I was using a USB external drive to hold my library.  I have upgraded to a Synology NAS drive with RAID so that I have redundancy in the disks.

My iTunes library has now moved onto the NAS.  Since I did this iTunes is running very slow.  It takes around 20 minutes just to open, hangs frequently and is slow to update the metadata on music files.

The Mac Mini and Synology NAS are connected to the same router using a Gigabit ethernet connection. I store the iTunes ITL file on the local drive (SSD).  I have a mapped network share from the Mac to the NAS using SMB (which I find to be more reliable than AFP).

Any ideas how I can speed it up?  Surely Gigabit ethernet speeds are faster than USB 3?


texts: Why can't I play songs downloaded on iOS 7?

texts: I downloaded songs on my iPhone 5 with iOS 7 and the songs played fine yesterday. When I connected to iTunes, the songs became unavailable on my iPhone with a red square and red circle around the square. The songs also do not appear in iTunes. Please help??


texts: How to save a Preview session with multiple pdf files open?

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I often work with multiple pdf files open in Preview. I would like to save the "session", so that I can go back to that exact set of files and work with them again. Is there a way to do that?

In most browsers this is standard, but I don't see any way to do it in Preview, or any other pdf viewer. Does it exist?


texts: Entering custom date for event in iOS Calendar app

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I want to add a historical date in the iOS Calendar app. To do this I currently have to flick through the date picker control like forever, until I roll back to where I want.

This is appalling slow and frustrating. Is there a way of just entering the date I want?


texts: Playing Hi-Res audio files on mac with M-audio Revolution 5.1

texts: I have audio file with 192Khz/24bit sound, and Revo 5.1 and driver for Snow Leopard. This driver is not official, and it is only the kext, without any GUI, and I can't see sound quality playing right now. I just set up in Audio Midi Setup App sound format of 192Khz. How can I see be sure the sound playing in 192/24 quality, not just 192/16? Is 24bit/16bit sound switching begins automatically?


texts: Mac App Store: We could not complete your purchase - Unknown Error

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I am using a Macbook Pro (2018, 13 inch, 2.3ghz i5) from work, and the previous user had installed Xcode and a few other apps through their apple account. I have since deleted Xcode, but whenever I try to download Xcode again through the app store, or any app for that matter, I get the message "We could not complete your purchase - Unknown Error". I have signed out and in, restarted several times, and looked in the Error Console. The console gives the error "Purchase failed with error: " and I can't find more.

Any help would be greatly appreciated so that I can finally get back to work!


texts: To move Mac App to a second screen when it launches at the main screen/space initially?

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I hope to use a apple script to move the Microsoft Remote Desktop App (MacOS version) to a second screen, center it(, and click a remote config) when it's been lunched and shown in the main screen automaticly.

I tried use the Mac Automation tool to record apple script but failed, could this question be solved by scripting?


texts: How to break an audio file into tracks when burning to CD

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I have a lecture that fills an entire CD when I burn it using iTunes.

The problem is, it isn't broken into tracks, it is a single track and it makes jumping around difficult.

How can I break it out into say 10 minute tracks?


texts: Get fan speed from terminal without spindump or third party software

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I was wondering if there was a way to access the computer fan speed through terminal. I've heard that you can use software like smcFanControl, but I was wondering if there was a way to do it without any third party software.

Another way i've heard of is using the spindump command, but from what I remember it can take a bit for it to finish.

Is there a way to get the info from terminal almost instantly without using third party software?

Also, is there a command I could possibly use to adjust the fan speed using terminal without any third party software?

I'm using a MacBook Pro 2015 running macOS High Sierra.


texts: Why can't I add or edit contacts on my new iPhone 4?

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On my new iPhone 4, I can add a new contact after talking to them (Add as new contact) but I cannot otherwise add new contacts, or edit existing ones.

It looks like a bug.  Is there a way to work around it, or do I have to wait for Apple to fix their issue?  The phone is not jailbroken.


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I'm relieved to discover that BackupLoupe exists, probably for the same reason everyone else is: Time Machine Restores correct system errors but wipe all recent data from your hard drive. BackupLoupe allows you to put it back.

Unfortunately BackupLoupe does not automatically merge the contents of a folder that you want to restore - you have to either delete the existing folder you're restoring or restore millions of files individually. Obviously, merge is what everyone wants (but we don't get it). This should be a function of Time Machine (but that is a product from the software makers at Apple.)

BackupLoupe is a buggy program, and I find that after a comparison, I need to restart the program and scan a backup just to see any changes. Also, things simply disappear from the screen. Nevertheless, it is probably our ONLY option to combat the ruthless simplicity of Time Machine.

But I at least want to know if a process has begun in BackupLoupe, and see a percentage, timer and list of what is happening, preferably a check mark next to each restored file, subfolder and folder in real time. IS there a setting that allows me to monitor what is happening? Are there are settings that make this vital tool work intuitively that I should know about?
Thanks


texts: Auto-launch Waze when connected to Bluetooth

texts: Is it possible to have the Waze app on iPhone automatically launch when I connect to my car BlueTooth?


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If a user is running macOS Mojave 10.14.6 and does not want to upgrade to Catalina or Big Sur, how can they trial Final Cut Pro? The latest Final Cut Pro, 10.5.1. released in December 2020 in the App Store says that it requires macOS BigSur 10.15.6 or later. Running the free trial download from Apple also requires macOS BigSur. This thread mentions that one way to run Final Cut Pro on Mojave is to buy the product and then downgrade.
Some websites, such as this one, list previous versions of Final Cut Pro. This carries security risk such as bundled malware.
How can a macOS Mojave user try the latest compatible version of Final Cut Pro, presumably 10.4.10?


texts: What is the iPod touch's screen sensitive to?

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I know that tapping on the screen with an object doesn't cause any reaction in the user interface (e.g. it doesn't cause a click of a button shown from an application). To what is the iPod's screen sensitive, and what can I use to replace my fingers?

The problem I am trying to resolve is that, using my finger to play a game, I don't see part of the screen, and my finger hits something that causes the game to end (you know, those little bombs that are launched in the play field when you are trying to slice fruits).


texts: Can I block incoming calls using wildcard patterns?

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Recently I have been getting a few unwanted telemarketing calls, all coming from the same source. Each number though is different at the end.

For instance, if the numbers to be blocked are:

123-4567
123-7642
123-8643

It would be convenient for the future to simply block with a wildcard, such as:

123-*

Is this at all possible?


texts: How can I mount a dmg based filesystem for one specific process or user

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I've got dmg file that formatted to HFS+ filesystem and i'd like to mount it with limited access rights.

Is it possible to create a mountpoint that will be accessible to specific user (by name) or specific process (by name/path/pid or any other identifier), so that other entities wouldn't have access to that mount drive ?

thanks


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MBP function keys f1 through f9 are not responding: brightness up/down, keyboard backlighting up/down, etc.

Seems to be a fairly common problem looking through forum posts online.

Seems to have something to do with windows - people are having problems with VMware / boot camp, etc. My problem is probably of the same variety.

Volume keys work (f10, f11, f12).

fn + function key also has no response.

Tried toggling the use fn key option is keyboard settings but that only seemed to make volume keys (f10, f11, f12) respond with random functions.

Any ideas?

edit; formatted the disk - reinstalled os - still the same.


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I've got a late-2015 Retina iMac with Fusion drive. From what I understand, but want to confirm, is that there is no real benefit for Boot Camp as the partition is completely on the HDD side, so the speed in Boot Camp is considerably slower than if it had SSD access.

How can I confirm this or even see the two 'sides' of my Fusion Drive?


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I am using 2009 macbook pro and I wanted to upgrade the default hdd to a Samsung Evo 850. I have succeeded to transfer everything from a Time Machine backup, but when I wanted to enable the trim by sudo trimforce enable, then after a restart computer just shows the "crossed out circle".  I am running OSX 10.11.6, and AFAIK it should just work.
Am i missing something there?

What I did exactly is:

put a clean ssd into the computer
booted from USB install disk for El Capitan
restored the backup from the time machine
logged in successfullty to a newly setup osx as a user with admin rights,
saw in system information SATA suport "Trim support: no"
in Terminal typed sudo trimforce enable, after a minute computer reboot
crossed out circle shows (every 10 seconds it changes for approx 0.3 seconds for apple logo, but the computer does not boot)

am I missing something?

Edit. On page Crindori Disk sensei I found:

This is the easiest and safest way to enable Trim on OS X.
It is even better than using the new built in trimforce command,
since that requires 10.10.4 and may require disabling system security on El Cap.

Are they up to something with "disabling system security on El Cap". Should I still have done the kext-dev-mode=1 thing?


texts: Occasionally switching spaces on external display switches back on Sierra

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I have the same problem as described in When switching to a different space, OS X sometimes just switches back to the previous space. Is there a fix for this? but on Sierra, not Lion, and only on an external display (not always the same external display).

I have tried the solution on that question (deleting everything from your desktop), but that doesn't fix it.  Anyone have any suggestions as my current workaround is to kill the space, recreate it, then move the windows back to that space which is extremely annoying.


texts: How to import m4v files into iTunes 12.2.1.16 on Mac OS X 10.1.2.16?

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I converted some mkv files into AppleTV3 files with Handbrake so I could import them into iTunes to watch on my AppleTV 3.

I can't seem to import these files into iTunes 12.2.1.16  on Mac OS X 10.1.2.16
I've tried dragging the files and using File> "Open File"
No error messages appear.

How do I import m4v files into iTunes?
If this is not possible, what format should the files be converted?


texts: add music to itunes library (.itl) without itunes?

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I use the iTunes library primarily from another application. Are there any methods, preferably automated, to add music to the iTunes Library — i e the .itl file, not only the .xml — without actually using the iTunes GUI for this? For instance command line alternatives or even third party solutions with privileges in the OS.

I think the audio app Max has some iTunes settings that are not using the add to iTunes folder (which is what I'm using now), but I'm not certain on how that works or even if this could help me. Unfortunately C is not my language so hard to determine the exact methodology from the > source code https://github.com/sbooth/Max/tree/master.
 Probably a dead end anyway.

I have feeling there isn't a good method, but sometimes you miss the obvious solution.


texts:
Why I can't upgrade my Mac Pro OS X 10.7 to a more recent version?

My system specs are:

MacPro1,1 , Processor 2 x 3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, Ram 6 GB 667 GHz ECC DDR2 FB-DIMM, Graphic Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB, Serial Number C074200V08S

System Software: OS X Lion 10.7 (11A511)


texts: Are there any risk of bricking the macbook by cloning to a partition?

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I'm currently using a mac with 3 bootable partitions (multiboot). MacOS, Ubuntu and Arch-Linux.

I can switch between the operating systems using rEFInd

I mostly only use Arch-Linux but only gave it 30GB / 256GB when I created it. Now, I'm unable to update Arch because I don't have enough space left.

As far as I know, Mac stores the boot menu on the disk itself and has been afraid of messing with the disk too much because I don't want to end up bricking the macbook like I've done 2 times in the past. Changing the disk did not work, and I got a new one warranty.

Here is a screenshot from that (Question was removed)

https://i.imgur.com/ZSVnoL7.png
https://i.imgur.com/HzXrcPO.png

This is my plan

Clone the partition to a 32GB USB Flash drive using Clonezilla
Delete all partitions except MacOS
Create a new partition with 128 GB
Boot to Clonezilla again, and clone from USB to partition (This is the part I'm worried about)
I would imagine I would need to extend the partition aswell after the cloning.

Are there any risk of overwriting the boot or bricking the Macbook?


texts: Why is the Apple logo upside down when the lid is open on the older Apple notebooks?


texts: How do I make Outlook download images automatically/by default

texts:
Outlook currently puts a banner at the top of my emails asking me for permission to download images.

How do I make it download this automatically and not ask me?


texts:
i just read the article,

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

And someone's answer seems great:

  Assuming you have 2 devices, let's say an iPhone and iPad, there is only one thing you can do:

delete something on your iPhone
as soon as you notice, enable airplane mode on your iPad
unlock iPad & open notes
copy note to somewhere else
turn off airplane mode
copy note back to notes

So my question is: HOW can i enable my "ipad" airplane mode BEFORE i unlock it? I didn't even know that was possible! Please help-- i need to recover my icloud note from 2 hours ago.

much appreciated!

i am rather "low-tech" BTW


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When accessing a secure note on my login keychain (Using the Keychain Access app) I accidentally selected "Deny" on the prompt.

Now I have no access to this keychain anymore. All of my applications that were previously able to access the keychain are denied as well. All items in the keychain have this issue.

The "Access Control" on the individual items in the keychain does not indicated that access is restricted.

Other keychains do not have this problem.

The error that I get is "Access to this item is restricted (-67808)"

How do I undo this action?


texts: Macbook webcam only shows black and green LED is always on

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I tried making a facetime call on my macbook and it shows the view of my camera to just be black. The green LED for the camera turned on when I opened facetime but now will not turn off, even after completely exiting all open programs on the macbook. The only way to get the LED to turn off if to restart the computer.

I also tried searching for "VDC" in utility and killing the "VDCAssistant" process to no avail.

Any ideas:

How to get the webcam to work? I.e. show an image rather than black
How to get the camera to "turn off". Stop the green led?

To my mind this seems like a hardware problem but I'd appreciate any advice.

Update:

The green LED is now on even after a restart. Facetime is reporting that no camera is available. Killing VDCAssistant does nothing.

Update 2
It seems a full shutdown, turn on turns the LED off, unlike a simple restart. Opening any app that uses the webcam reinstates the problem.

Update 3
After running Apple Hardware test, it has been confirmed that there is a hardware issue.  Will be taking it in to Apple to get serviced.


texts: Remove autocomplete to base URL - want full path!

texts:
Safari always tries to autocomplete websites to only be the host, with no path (nothing after the ".com/" part).

That is, when I type "ever"...
the first option is "evernote.com", when the only site I ever actually visit is "evernote.com/Home.action".  I want it to go directly to that one.  I don't want to have to press "down" once.

Chrome does this the way I want, but I'm trying to move from chrome to safari (chrome eats battery).

This is a brand new MacBook Pro, and I have no bookmarks, deleted all history, iCloud is disabled (I haven't even signed in with an appleID yet), etc.  I can get the "evernote" recommendation to disappear when I delete everything, but as soon as I visit ONLY "evernote.com/Home.action", the base url will start appearing above the action I actually want.

Similar problems ~9 years ago here, can't seem to find a solution. I've been looking for hours now:
http://ask.metafilter.com/76691/How-to-turn-off-Safaris-improved-autocomplete


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I log into my Mum's computer with my iCloud account, and I've found that it has copied over 70Gb of my photos to the iLifeAssetManagement folder in user account on her computer.

Her MacBook Air is now complaining about lack of storage space. I scratched my head rooted around and found it was down to this "feature".

Deleting will only mean it will return; however can I turn this off?

Perhaps I should just decouple my iCloud account from being on her computer, but it is handy for Facetime, etc.


texts: Destination of merged PDFs in Automator?

texts: Where can I find the PDF merged by the automator?


texts:
On iOS if you visit a website with an invalid SSL certificate, you are presented with this prompt (ok, it’s in italian but you get the picture):

Tapping “show details” allows the user to proceed to the website, assuming he understands the security implications.

In my case I had to accept a self signed certificate to a local web server but it’s not required anymore.

The problem is that I didn’t find any way to remove this exception to make safari show the warning again (restoring settings doesn’t seem to work).

Do I really have to perform a full restore?


texts: Troubleshooting for flash or iLife related beachballs or system hangs?

texts:
My wife and I share her iMac, using two separate user accounts. My account is used almost exclusively for browsing the web. My wife's account hosts a large iTunes library, our iPhoto libraries (exponentially growing since our son was born). She also has an iPad and iPhone syncing to iTunes.

The problem that we're running into is that when she is logged in, she is running into these really onerous beachball episodes when browsing the web with Safari or Chrome, especially if she visits a webpage that has Flash content. She's also getting lots of beachballs in iPhoto when scrolling through the event list.

On my account, web browsing works fine. I don't have a significant iPhoto library.

I've looked at errors in the system console, and I've found and fixed a few problems that appear to be unrelated... some Chrome errors relating to extensions, which I have removed, and a bad print driver spewing log entries.

Where else should I be looking? I was a Solaris/Linux admin for 10 years, so I'm comfortable with the command line, but my Macs have pretty much "just worked" until now!


texts: Showing the current boot arguments in OS X

texts: Is there some way to know the arguments passed to xnu at boot from within the system?


texts: How useful is it to buy an Apple TV to be used in India?

texts: I live in India and love to use Apple products. Besides disabled Apple-TV features like Siri (available only in 8 out of 80 launch countries), many streaming services are not available outside the US. Some devices are not so useful outside their intended ecosystems, is Apple TV one of them?


texts: Does the VT-d feature on the i7 have measurable VM gains over the i5 on 2013 RMBP?

texts:
Some days ago Apple refreshed the MacBooks pro and I'm looking for either well sourced reviews of the hardware capabilities between the models or real world experience to help me value the increased cost of the i7 (3.0 GHz) over the i5 (2.6 GHz) on the new Macbook Pro 13" with retina display (ME662LL/A which presumably will be marketed as an early 2013 model).

I've done some research on Intel's site and, by my reckoning, the CPU release dates / frequencies imply Apple is using 2 possible CPU for the new 13 inch with Retina that ships with 256 GB of storage (which like the CPU can also be upgraded for additional cost).

Can someone confirm/corroborate that the i5-3230M and i7-3540M are used so that I can rely on Intel's description of the chips or are there other factors at play with Apple hardware. It seems like the GPU of the i7 support higher frequency & the i7 has more virtualization features.

As a regular user of virtualization, does this CPU upgrade offer benefits for VM performance past the incremental change in clock speeds (Intel's VT-d feature sounds good, but I don't understand if it helps existing Mac virtualization software run better or faster)?

I realize no one can make buying decisions, but hoped to learn more about how the hardware works so we all can learn more about what goes on under the hood of this model Mac.


texts: Keyboard shortcut to switch between Application tabs

texts:
Applications typically have tabs like so:

Is there a way to make a keyboard shortcut that switches between them? I'm hoping for a shortcut that spans all apps, not just a specific one (like iTerm below)


texts: Finder on macOS: Search works by default with “Name matches” instead of “Name contains”

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Is there any possibility to change default behaviour of Search text box in Finder to search with “Name contains” instead of “Name matches”?
I know there is this possibility in advanced searching criteria but that is way too lengthy and usually I just need to quickly find some files by part of the filename.
macOS Catalina v10.15.5


texts: Keynote Master Slide Text Box Placeholder Relative Position

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I have a Keynote Master Slide set, where I have two text box placeholders with two different text styles, see picture, "Name" and "Date" (a date span).

The Name textbox could have content wrapping to multiple lines. In that case, I would like the Date to continue to stay 8 pixels below the Name textbox. Right now, the Name box will overflow the Date box.

How can I achieve the Date textbox stay n pixels below Name?


texts: Is there a trick to making Adobe products play nice with Mission Control?

texts: I really love Mission Control but at times some of my programs (Illustrator and Photoshop in particular) won't always minimize to the Mission Control view.


texts: How to trigger Notification Centre notification from JavaScript?

texts: The other question asks the same but using AppleScript. Apple introduced JavaScript as a new language for Automation in OS X 10.10.


texts: I'm in the process of downloading the Xcode 6 beta, and it's downloading painfully slowly, <10kb/s, and as of now is forecasting that it'll take 2 days, 20 hours, and 55 minutes and climbing.  Is there a mirror somewhere I can download this beta?


texts:
How I shuffle by disk in iTunes?

Would I mean is if an album has 5 disks,  I like each disk to treated as a separate album only for shuffling purposes.

I think setting the sort album  to  disk number i.e.  album name disk 1 but this had no effect.

N.b.  this is not the same as shuffle by album.

Update:
Changing the album title would work  but this would mean in the album view I have the same album multiple times, so I would prefer not to do that.


texts:
I have an Apple Airport Time Capsule 3 TB that I want to connect to the ethernet network (not wi-fi) at my university so that several of my Macs can use it to backup to via Time Machine.

I am currently directly connected to the time capsule via an ethernet cable. So far I have disabled wi-fi and enabled bridge mode since the device will only be used over ethernet and will be obtaining an IP Address over the network via our university DHCP server, just as any normal PC would do.

Every device first needs to be registered with our IT department which simply involves sending them the device MAC Address, hostname, and owner. So, my questions are:

How do I obtain the Time Capsule MAC Address? I do not see it listed
in AirPort Utility while connected to the capsule via an ethernet
cable.
How do I configure the capsule so that only specific Macs can use it
    to backup to? There needs to be some type of authentication.
Should I connect the capsule to the network via its WAN port or its
    LAN port?

Thanks


texts: How to route *only* external traffic over VPN using viscosity?

texts:
I have a media server (mac mini running Sierra) that is connected to a VPN service using Viscosity.

I have another application running (Streambaby, for those curious) that allows my TiVo devices throughout the house to stream any local content on the media server.  The trouble is, the VPN apparently takes over all traffic, including internally routed traffic.  If the VPN is connected, Streambaby cannot be seen by the TiVos.  But if I quit Viscosity, it all works perfectly fine.

I've been exploring other very similar answers but haven't found anything that quite fit my situation which is using Viscosity, therefore I have no VPN options in the System Preferences.

How can I, using Viscosity, route only external traffic over the VPN and allow all internal traffic to run over the LAN?


texts: Swap iCloud account registered to an iPhone?

texts:
I bought my son a new iPhone at Christmas so I now have his old one but it has his iCloud account on it.

If I delete the account on this phone can I make a new one for me and will his account still be active and ok on his new device?


texts: I've got an early 2011 13" MBP with a 120GB SSD, formerly part of a DIY Fusion Drive, that I'm trying to install Yosemite on. Every time I try to install from my bootable drive, it hangs at the exact same point: ETA 11 minutes, last log entry "PackageKit: Extracting file:///System/Installation/Packages/BaseSystemResources.pkg (destination=/Volumes/SSD [that's my drive name]/.OSInstallSandboxPath/Root, uid=0)". That's happened even after I erased the disk, and also after I reformatted the drive. I left Internet Recovery to run a download/install overnight, but I woke up to a gray screen that I couldn't escape from. I tried remaking the bootable drive, but still no change. My latest attempt featured an install initiated from the HDD (that's now plugged in where the optical drive used to go), and that hung for literally two hours. What do I have yet to try, or how can I find out if there's a legitimate hardware problem? (A recent Verify Disk claims the SSD's okay.)


texts: Running Macbook with 7.3v battery & AC power adapter

texts:
MacBook Pro 2013 non retina device has a defective battery which outputs only 7.3 volts. The Macbook cannot run only on the battery - it requires the AC power adapter to be plugged in to power the device.
The battery used to provide 11.1 volts but there may be fault in cells or BMS circuit which is causing it to output only 7.3 volts.

The battery gets charged normally but I don’t know if any power is consumed from the battery by the MacBook.
It’s similar to using Macbook without battery, but Macbook cpu speeds are down when only used with AC adapter. But I notice no cpu throttle when used with 7.3v battery and AC adapter.
I have also observed Frequent short freeze while working with apps.
Is it safe to use the Macbook with combination of defective battery (7.3v)and AC adapter?


texts: Is it possible for the "Current period" to have a value when you didn't call anyone? This is for 6s+. There's 23 minutes in Current Period, which to my understanding is the last call time. Am I correct?


texts: How do I pinpoint where the error is in Applescript?

texts:
Whenever I got an error from osascript, it looks like this:
698:699: syntax error: Expected end of line, etc. but found identifier. (-2741)
How can I figure out where this error is (a general approach)? I don't have 698 lines in my code, and commenting every line out isn't very practical.


texts: Applescript : Click at position not working

texts:
I'm trying to click on a Chrome extension ( Google Highlight  : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/multi-highlight/pfgfgjlejbbpfmcfjhdmikihihddeeji) then click on the text box and past my variables.

here is my code

set NoteforGoogleCHrome to "My text should be there"

tell application "Google Chrome"
    activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Google Chrome"

        delay 2
        click button 8 of toolbar 2 of window "myTab" of application process "Google Chrome" of application "System Events"
        delay 0.2
        keystroke tab
        delay 0.2
        keystroke NoteforGoogleCHrome
        delay 0.2
        keystroke space
    end tell
end tell

I tried this but this is most of the time failing.

When I'm trying to click on the text field (CLICK 2) I always have an error :

  click process "Google Chrome" at {4000, 114}      --> missing value

However if I do the same for CLICK 1 I have no error.

Can you give me some advice ?