texts: Unable to increase Macintosh HD partition size with data in a subsequent partition

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I can't make my main Macintosh HD partition bigger. It's limited by the FAT partition in the middle, which seems to be frozen, I can't move it down to make space for my main partition.

To get some background, I originally had those 2 partitions sharing the space in peace. Then, I created a 3rd partition to experiment with another OS. Once done I deleted that new partition, and boom. It became a no-man's land that neither partition can claim.

I just want to have things back the way there were :(


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I've done a clean install of OS X El Capitan recently, and everything worked fine.

But as I came home, I couldn't connect to Wi-Fi. It states that it has a self-assigned IP address and will not connect to the Internet.

I've been on many forums, and found no solution. Wi-Fi normally worked before the clean install and it still works on my side system, Kali Linux, which I'm writing from right now.

I've tried to get OS X forget the Wi-Fi and then input the password again, but nothing changed. I've tried to enter a valid IP that I know it's working (I got to it through an app which remembered my computer on the Wi-Fi back when it worked), but still no Internet for me.

The Wi-Fi has WEP encryption and I'm not able to access the router to change any settings, because the owner (which is not me) refuses to let me do some adjustments.


texts: While I was playing minecraft pe, I was changing the skin and when I got to the camera roll there's a somehwat black glitch that rebooted my iPad. After waiting for my iPad to open it keeps rebooting without the loading screen. It keeps showing me the Apple logo... I waited for 2 hours for it to open, but nothing happens! I dont want all my videos, and pictures to be deleted... plss helpp


texts: Catalina Keyboard shortcuts preferences missing 'full keyboard access'

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vs.

I am not sure why I do not see this option. I want to see this option because I have for long since been in search of the hotkeys to enable navigation through search results without a mouse click.

This seems to be the only option possible without using a plug-in, unless I'm mistaken?

It was quite difficult to find leads to (enabling toggling between search results!!!) it, the link that explained the relevant information of what I desire are here for instance.


texts: iOS Disregards Airplane Mode Setting on Reboot

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I’m using an iPhone 11 Pro on iOS 14, but I have also observed this behavior on iOS 13 as well as on an iPad running iOS 14.
Sometimes, when I go to reboot my phone I will close all apps (just to cleanup the app drawer, I’m not trying to manage what’s running myself) and then put the phone into airplane mode so that it will be in airplane mode when it eventually reboots.
What I’ve noticed is that about half the time, after closing all apps and putting the phone into airplane mode, when the phone reboots, LTE is active, wifi is not connected, and the last few apps that I closed are in the app switcher. If I do it again, it works as expected. I also notice that if I wait for 30-60 seconds after closing everything, and then reboot, I almost never see this behavior.
This is more of a curiosity than anything but I wanted to see if there was a reason for this? Does iOS not immediately store the open apps and airplane mode status when set?
Thanks!


texts: How to disable auto-completion in Safari

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I hate to use Private Navigation so I disabled history (locked the History.plist file) but when I enter words in my search, auto completion sometimes show somethings I'd rather not show to my friends / familly (ie. searching for "poker" and seeing "pornhub" appear.
Do you know how to disable this ?


texts: Is it possible to configure (or trick) internet recovery to load Lion instead of Mountain Lion?

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I have two machines this week that I needed to install Lion on and both were shipped with Lion and subsequently upgraded to Mountain Lion.

I tried wiping the drives, but Internet Recovery only offers a choice to download and install Mountain Lion. Is there a way to get Lion reinstalled instead?

I tried running the Install Mac OS X Lion app that I saved when I was using it to upgrade several Snow Leopard Macs to Lion last summer - but Apple has built in a check to prevent me from installing Lion onto an external drive while my mac currently runs Mountain Lion.

Is there an elegant way to instal Lion without needing a bootable Lion system to re-run the Lion installer (or download it from Internet Recovery)?


texts: Has anyone solved issues with iPhone 5 and iPad that won't connect to Netgear WiFi routers?

texts:
I have two Apple devices which flat out refuse to connect to our company WiFi, an iPhone 5 and a 'new iPad' (3rd gen). Both are running iOS 6. The iPad could connect while it was on iOS 5, but not since upgrading to iOS 6. When selecting the network, I'm prompted for the password, but once I've entered it (correctly) I get the message 'Unable to join the network "network name"'.

The company WiFi is run on Netgear WAG102 routers, using WPA2. My previous iPhone 4 had no trouble connecting even while running iOS 6. My room mate's iPhone 4S is connecting fine, though it's on iOS 5 still.

Any ideas what might be causing this? What can I do to troubleshoot and solve the problem?


texts: Is there an official policy behind the 'S' in 'iPhone 4S' and 'iPhone 3GS'?

texts: Has Apple stated any meaning for the 'S' in the iPhone product designations '4S' or '3GS'? Does it mean the same thing in both product names?


texts: Mojave: disable or control the "[SOME_APP_NAME] wants access to control [ANOTHER_APP_NAME (often Finder)] ..."?

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A new security feature in Mojave revolves around a system dialogue that prompts you to grant access to apps that want to control other apps, such as Finder (I'm finding frequently happening with some apps like Epichrome):

Is there a known way to disable this or to allow certain destination (controlled apps) to always allow such activity?

I do believe that this behavior has changed markedly from the previous OS releases with regards to just using the "Accessibility" tab to simply allow an application to make system changes.

Here is the new panel:


texts: Is there a way to easily move between albums/artists when listening to music on iPhone/iPod touch

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In the iPhone, whenever I select an artist or album to listen to, the play ends (or repeats) whenever the end of that artist or album is reached.  I would like a way for the music to continue to the next album/artist.

Or, what would accomplish the same purpose is if I could choose to play all songs, but sort songs by album and/or artist.

In other words, I would like to play my songs the same way I do on iTunes, in which I can simply play an album, and it will move to the next album or artist (depending on sort) after that current album is done.

I'm running iOS 6.


texts: Sort output of tmutil compare by file size

texts: tmutil compare gives differences between two backups. But I wonder how do I sort the output by file size? With GNU sort, there is  the --human-numeric-sort option for this, but the sort which is part of macOS doesn't support this. So how can I sort the result by file size?


texts: Adding SSH private key gives error that 0644 permissions are too open

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I have a generated a ssh private key .key. I want to add it into my ssh in Mac to connect to a remote server, I have only known_hosts file in ~/.ssh directory.

When I try to add it using this command:

ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/myKey.ppk

I get this error:

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@         WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE!          @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Permissions 0644 for '/Users/username/.ssh/myKey.ppk' are too open.
It is required that your private key files are NOT accessible by others.
This private key will be ignored.


texts: "Play/Pause" button on remote does nothing, Apple TV 4K

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The "Play/Pause" button in the lower left corner of the remote control for the Apple TV 4K has no effect. Previously it stopped and started videos playing in apps such as Netflix.

Workaround: Clicking the physical button under the touch surface stops and starts the playing of videos.

Is there a feature, some setting, that may be altering this button’s behavior?

I am on the Apple’s beta channel for this Apple TV. Could this be some new feature in tvOS 11.3 beta recently installed?


texts: When running 10.7.5 and using Google Chrome I cannot change the name of new folders created using bookmark manager

texts: Both my wife and I run 10.7.5 on MacBook Pros. On my wife's machine (2012 MB Pro) she cannot rename a bookmark folder she creates in Google Chrome. All her new bookmark folders are called new folder. This has been happening for awhile. I run 10.7.5 on a 2008 MB Pro and don't have this problem. I suppose deleting Chrome and re-installing is the best solution?


texts: MacBook Pro - Install slower memory than specified?

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I recently bought a a pair of DDR3-1066 SODIMMs to upgrade a Mid-2010 MacBook Pro.

On the packaging for the memory, it says "Compatible with MacBook Pro: Mid-2010, Early-2011, Late-2011". However, according to Wikipedia, the 2011 models require DDR3-1333.

What would happen if somebody bought this memory and installed it in a 2011 MacBook Pro?

Would the memory run at 1333 speed (and if so, could this cause issues)? Or would the machine slow down to accommodate the slower RAM?

Edit: The memory is Corsair CMSA8GX3M2A1066C7. A picture of the packaging is below.

Is it really true that Corsair is recommending memory of the wrong speed?


texts: Any issues with using US bought iPhone 11 in the UK?

texts: I currently own an iPhone 5s and I'm thinking of upgrading to the 11. I live in the UK but I'm going to the US during the Christmas holidays and was considering purchasing the phone over there, considering it works out to be about £150 cheaper. However I have concerns over whether there's any issues (anything from minor inconveniences to significant problems) with permanently using the US-bought iPhone 11 in the UK? I read that previous models had slight differences in hardware in different countries and that there were also warranty problems if buying the phone internationally. Are there any differences to be aware of with the iPhone 11 or is it exactly the same across all countries?


texts: How to enable sound on MacBook when connected to second monitor via HDMI?

texts:
My MacBook Pro will not play sound when I connect a second monitor via HDMI. When I use the volume buttons, I see this icon:

How do I resolve this?


texts: Old password not being accepted when attempting to change password

texts: I was trying to change my password from System Preferences on my MacBook Pro. I followed the procedure by filling in the old password along with the new one. However, I am informed that the old password is incorrect! I tried several times but it didn't succeed. The old password is not working so the newer one is not being set.


texts: How to change a users name on a Shared Photostream?

texts:
Shared Photostreams are a fantastic way to keep in touch with family and relatives. Comments on Shared Photostreams make them even better as this allows discussion about the action in the picture. However, here is the problem lies: there are two subscribers who share the exact same name (one married into the family, attaining the same last name as well) - for clarity, let's say "Jessica Smith".

So, when "Jessica Smith" comments, it is impossible to tell which person this is actually referring to. In normal life we have gotten accustomed to including the one's middle name when referring to her. So, the goal is to change it so that one is "Jessica Smith" and the other is "Jessica Grace Smith".

How is this possible?

"Jessica Grace Smith" has tried to change her Apple ID name by managing her Apple ID online, but this has had limited success by updating some Photostreams and not others. Also, I have tried removing her, making sure her email was in my contact for her as "Jessica Grace Smith" and then re-inviting her, but this didn't work either.


texts: How to restore chrome tabs after my Mac got crashed and was subject to reboot automatically?

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My Mac got crashed and was forced to be restarted automatically. And so my Chrome and Chromium session were gone too, on which when I opened them after the reboot of my Mac, "restore the last session" or some messages like that were shown on the screen. However, despite me clicking on the "restore" button, it didn't restore those tabs I opened! So the 30 tabs that I opened in my browser were all gone, and I'm quite disappointed.

However, is it still feasible to restore those tabs there were there before the OS X crash? I think this post might be what I'm looking for, but unfortunately it's not for OS X.

I use OS X 10.9.3 and the latest version of Chrome and Chromium. I have defaults files in ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/.


texts: Why doesn't iPhoto show up in Spotlight search results?

texts:
Recently I noticed that if I do a Spotlight search (using the Spotlight menu on the menu bar), the iPhoto application is not included in the results. If I open a Finder window to the Applications folder and search there for iPhoto, it doesn't show up either. Other applications are included in the results if I search for them (including iMovie and GarageBand).

The only folder in the list of folders to exclude from searching in the Spotlight Privacy tab is my Time Machine backup drive.

I'm running 10.8.3.

Do you know why iPhoto isn't showing up when I do a Spotlight search? What can I do to get it to show up again?


texts: Is it possible to have a "Recently Added" as a Playlist on iTunes ? For example, I would like the recent 20-50 songs to be automatically added and renewed in that playlist.


texts: Photoshop not recognised as default app after OS update

texts:
I just upgraded my system software and all my graphic design photo images now say I can't open them and I should click get info on the finder, which I do and they still won't open.
These are photoshop files that I have worked on in the past.

OS X Yosemite, iMac


texts: Can I disable iMessage on an a computer I no longer have access

texts: I recently left my ex, he still has access to my iMessages on the Mac we shared. How can I remotely disable his access to my messages?


texts: Airport attached devices easy move to another location

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Let's say I have multiple apple devices connected to wifi via an airport. I would like to move to another location and there only have to re-configure airport. Keeping the wifi pass as it was before.

I wouldn't go to each device and re-configure wifi settings.

I tried that with an airport express 1st gen without success.

Does the new line with simultaneous dual-band support help on the issue?

May be this could be called kind of private own wifi.


texts: How can I make my Mac (running the most recent OS) do a task automatically once a day? For example, I'd like to have it automatically download a copy of this open source algebraic geometry textbook once a day. I have a feeling that some combination of wget and cron should work, but, after googling and reading the cron documentation, I just couldn't get it to work right.


texts: How do I receive iOS app notifications on my Mac?

texts:
I would like to mirror all notifications (including third-party apps) from my iPhone (5s with iOS 12) on my Macbook Air 2017 (Catalina 10.15).

My phone is not jailbreaked. Is there a native way to achieve it nethertheless?


texts: Help me determine what runs when I open a new Terminal window

texts:
I noticed that when I started a Terminal window by accident and tried to close it quickly by pressing the X on the window, I got a dialog box like this:

"Closing this window will terminate the running processes: login, bash, bash, perl."

My computer was under heavy load at the time and slow. I hit cancel, and tried it again, it closed quietly.

This leads me to believe that there is a Perl script loading every-time I start up my terminal. I have been unable to re-create the issue so far. How I can check exactly what scripts are being run when I open the Terminal?

1 /etc/profile

# System-wide .profile for sh(1)

if [ -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ]; then
    eval `/usr/libexec/path_helper -s`
fi

if [ "${BASH-no}" != "no" ]; then
    [ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc
fi

2 ~/.profile
(just user defined aliases)

3 ~/.bash_profile

    # Setting PATH for MacPython 2.5
    # The orginal version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave
    PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin:${PATH}"
    export PATH

    test -r /sw/bin/init.sh && . /sw/bin/init.sh

    ##
    # Your previous /Users/USERNAME/.bash_profile file was backed up as /Users/USERNAME/.bash_profile.macports-saved_2010-04-04_at_17:07:45
    ##

    # MacPorts Installer addition on 2010-04-04_at_17:07:45: adding an appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
    export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
    # Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts.

    # MacPorts Installer addition on 2010-04-04_at_17:07:45: adding an appropriate MANPATH variable for use with MacPorts.
    export MANPATH=/opt/local/share/man:$MANPATH
    # Finished adapting your MANPATH environment variable for use with MacPorts.

#Add Some Color to "ls"
    export CLICOLOR=1
    export LSCOLORS=ExFxCxDxBxegedabagacad

    ##
    # Your previous /Users/USERNAME/.bash_profile file was backed up as /Users/USERNAME/.bash_profile.macports-saved_2011-09-23_at_23:15:01
    ##

    # MacPorts Installer addition on 2011-09-23_at_23:15:01: adding an appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
    export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
    # Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts.

    # My Aliases
    (REMOVED ALIASES)

    4 ~/.bashrc
(FILE DOESN'T EXIST)


texts: How can I determine what is causing my iPhone to buzz?

texts:
I recently got an iPhone 4 (with iOS5). I almost never have the ringer on, so the phone is mute and alerts (like incoming calls) come with a buzz. Periodically, while the phone is idle and no call in coming, the phone buzzes. I figure this results from some notification, however no recent notification shows up in the notification finder, nor have I recently received any emails.

How can I figure out what is causing these alerts?


texts: How to fix 'half-ejected' state of non-connected drive

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I have a backup drive that I have setup to not automount (via editing /etc/fstab)

I use Superduper to mount the drive, backup overnight and then unmount on exit

This morning I opened my laptop to go to work and found the drive in this greyed out 'half-ejected' state:

I can right click and select 'Eject "TB Backup"' but nothing happens. I unplugged my laptop from the dock at home and went to work.  I got no errors when unplugging.

Now I'm at work and the icon is still there in greyed out state, even though the drive is no longer even connected.  'Ejecting' still does nothing.

I guess it might fix itself if I reboot or just reconnect and mount the drive when I get home.

The drive does not show up in Disk Utility at the moment.

I'm on Mavericks 10.9.5

Any ideas how to fix without rebooting?  Any potential issues when I remount the drive tonight?

SuperDuper logs show no problem:

| 03:24:02 AM | Info | PHASE: 4. And Finally...
| 03:24:02 AM | Info | ...ACTION: Scheduling TB Backup to eject when SuperDuper! quits
| 03:24:02 AM | Info | ......COMMAND => Ejecting TB Backup
| 03:24:02 AM | Info | Copy complete.


texts: Why can't iTunes find media on my Time Capsule drive?

texts: I have a new MacBook Air that is connected to a Time Capsule for both internet and storage.  I have a fresh installation of iTunes (up to date) and am going to preferences / advanced and telling it to find media in a folder on the Time Capsule.  I have both keep itunes media folder organized and copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to the library unchecked (don't think this matters, but just in case it does). It seems to accept the setting without error, but my media never shows up.  I've restarted both iTunes and the Mac with no change.


texts: Is LCD digitizer different on iPad 2 for different languages?

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I have an iPad 2 from Japan as like to have ability to input Japanese characters. When recently trying to replace the screen and Wi-Fi antennae I managed to damage the LCD.

Before I go out and buy a replacement digitizer can anyone confirm whether these are all the same i.e is a digitizer for a US model iPad going to be different to one for a Japan model?


texts: FileVault on a 128GB SSD 80% full, it will be safe to do?

texts:
I need to encrypt my disk with FileVault. It's a MacBookPo (2014), 8GB with 128GB SSD, 80% full.

I would like to understand if I could run into trouble because of low space available, if after encryption I will have less space and if my Mac will run slower...

Also how long will it take to encrypt? can I use it while encrypting?


texts: software problem: retrieve contacts data from Time Machine

texts:
My Macbook Pro under Sierra is now at the Repair Shop. I am using another MacBook Pro under Yosemite while my Sierra machine is being repaired. However, I forgot to export Contacts before taking my Sierra machine in this morning and now my Contacts data is 3 years old, which is pretty well useless to me. It should be no problem, because all the necessary info is on my Time Machine linked to Sierra. However, things are not so simple (at least for me).

How can I now get my contacts info onto the Yosemite machine from the Sierra-based Time Machine backup? It seems that none of the published solutions works.


texts: MacBook 13" white (mid 2007) - how to treat a new battery for optimal battery life?

texts:
The old battery of my MacBook 13" white (mid 2007) is dead (as I always had the MacBook on my desktop and did not bother calibrating or discharging the battery).

I bought a new one (original Apple battery) and I wonder how to treat it to get optimal performance and a long life.

I found general tips on the apple.com homepage, but they are for MacBook Air/Pro Li-Ion batteries, and if I am not mistaken, the MacBook 13" has a Li-Polymer battery which might be a different story.

So what do I do with the new battery?

first use/charging
daily use


texts: Why do Firefox and Chrome crash on my Macbook Pro?

texts:
I have trouble running Firefox and Chrome on my Mac.

Firefox is crashing from time to time:
http://pastebin.com/UYYjPbZe

Chrome crashes right after installation, it couldn't run it even once:
http://pastebin.com/3PQq88XC

Safari is running fine. I am not a Mac user, this is my first one but I'm starting to think Apple doesn't want to run other browser that won't be theirs. Could that be possible?


texts: iOS: can one pause a screen recording for continuing it later?

texts: Can one pause a screen recording and then continue it? There is a related question for macOS. My question is for the default screen-recording of iOS 13. If the answer is negative, is there some free apps which are able to do it?


texts: I rename a app folder on the iPhone 3GS using iTunes 10.1 on Mac; then sync causes it to revert

texts:
I run iTunes on the Mac MBP (Snow Leopard). I have a folder of apps called New Folder.  I click on it to open it, rename it, then close it.  It shows the new name.  But then after sync it changes back to New Folder.

I do wonder if it is some name conflict. The new name was sushi, and there are sushi apps.  But what is weird is it does show up with the new name until I press sync.

EDIT 2/20/11:  It isn't a name conflict; I have seen this at other times.  Also it shows all the apps in alphabetical order, it appears.


texts: How can I copy a selection of files from multiple folders into multiple folders?

texts:
I am developing an Android-app in OS X, and want to use some third-party icons. I have downloaded and extracted the icons into this folder structure:

drawable-mdpi

ic_icon1.png
...

drawable-hdpi

ic_icon1.png
...

drawable-xhdpi

ic_icon1.png
...

drawable-xxhdpi

ic_icon1.png
...

I want to copy the files named ic_icon1.png from each directory into my own folder structure with the same folders, ignoring the rest of the icons in the source folders. How can I accomplish this using Finder or Terminal?


texts: iOS7: How do I find a location in Maps and assign it as the location on a calendar entry?

texts:
I like that the Calendar now allows assigning a location to an entry which can then be opened in Maps.

Unfortunately it appears to be confined to locations assigned to contacts - which make sense if you for instance need to meet at somebodys - but now I had the need to pinpoint a location on the map which I do not intuitively map to a contact (a cinema actually) and use that as the meeting location, and could not figure out how.

The search function in Maps found the cinema and allowed me to select it to see it on the map.  The pinhead was red and I could assign it to a contact, but not to a calendar entry.

Is this doable, and if so, how?


texts: Darwin/Linux/Unix command line email client that supports iCloud?

texts:
I need to access my iCloud email from a command line.

Is there a command line client for Mac OS X (and/or Linux and/or Unix) that can connect to Apple's (I assume it is IMAP) servers?


texts: I am on a MacBook Air and using a guest account. I am trying to access a USB, but I can't

texts:
Ok, so here's the deal. I have a picture, from Google Images, that I am trying to put on a flashdrive or such so I can make it the profile picture to the account I am currently logged into. I have the latest OSX and everything is up to date. I am on a Safari only guest account. Whenever I try to download anthing to the computer directly, I only get a "Safari could not download the file “Just Another Day For Arceus.mp4” because there is not enough free disk space. Try deleting documents or downloading to another disk." This of course, was trying to download a video, not the said picture. That, and when I try to right click items, the usual white bar with several items does not appear. I can access the USB, however, when I go to Google's homepage and click "Change Image" and although I can access the files already on it, I cannot add any new files. Please help if you can, and let me know if I can do anything without logging into the Admin account. Also, I am not much of a tech person, so if you try to give me pathways, I won't know what to do with them, nor how to use them.

Thank you so much in advance,

Drena The Eliatrope


texts: Is there an alternative to touch-automation than AutoTouch?

texts: I want to automate repetitive actions for a game on my (jailbroken) iPhone 4. I hesitate to mention the name of the game in case you would be abetting me in violation of its Terms of Service (ToS) by automation, but its player-base recommends replaying the tutorial to reroll an early game RNG element. The tutorial is easy but time-consuming, making it a prime target for automation. I stumbled across AutoTouch in the Cydia store, but it requires purchasing a license to run scripts for longer than a minute or some-length and I am skeptical of its performance. So, is there an (preferably cheaper) alternative to touch-automation than AutoTouch?


texts: How to manage a large number of external servers mount paths?

texts:
During my typical workflow I need to connect to 10 to 15 different servers (samba and ftp), depending on the work I am doing. Usually I press cmd + K in the Finder and select one of them in my Favorites list. Some of the servers I also placed in the sidebar's Favorites to connect to them quicker. However, this is also awkward as the list in my sidebar is already rather long and some servers have the same name, which cannot be changed there.

Can you recommend a better workflow or a tool when working with a large number of servers?


texts: Three phantom monitors after upgrading to Mavericks

texts:
I just upgraded my old Macbook Air (late 2010) from 10.6.8 to Mavericks 10.9.4. The OS now sees three ghost monitors that do not exist:

When I'm cordless, I can work around by mirroring the monitors, but I typically work with multiple monitors where mirroring is pointless.

I found a few references to this problem online (particularly here). I followed the directions from the first link (reset PRAM, detect displays, no joy).
Additional information

The other monitors are all called "built-in display".
Under the hardware system report (About This Mac-> More Info-> System Report -> Graphics Displays), I find only the LCD monitor attached to the Mac.
'Detect displays' still detects the same phantom displays.
An external monitor works, but I still see the three phantom monitors.

Questions
Are there any available solutions or workarounds? For example:

Can I use software to disable the extra monitors?
The poster in the second link above got joy with graphicsenabler = YES options in Chameleon. Can I replicate that setting that in my situation?


texts: How can I route all traffic on my iPad through a proxy?

texts: I have an iPad running iOS 8.1.2. I have added a manual proxy to the Wi-Fi connection but it seems that only the HTTP (port 80) and HTTPS (port 443) traffic is going through the proxy. Is it possible to pass all traffic through the proxy?


texts: What does AirPlay over WAN do? I have an AirPort Express 802.11n. This was the last generation to hook directly into the outlet.


texts: I have a Samsung 43" Class Q60T Series QLED 4K UHD Smart Tizen TV. The display has no problem when using native apps like Netflix or Amazon Prime, but when I use airplay, there is significant judder. Any ideas?


texts: Do there exist any products that provide USB-C to DisplayPort with USB Power Delivery?

texts:
There's no way to connect a display over DisplayPort (to get 4K@60Hz, whereas all the abundant HDMI-having docks/adapters/hubs would operate at HDMI 1.4 limiting to 4k@30Hz) while charging the laptop at the same time.

Looking for a product that supplies passthrough power while NOT converting to an HDMI signal.


texts: How do I open X11 on Mac OS X? Is it possible to add an icon to my applications folder?

texts:
How do I directly open X11 on my mac?

How can I add the X11 icon to the applications folder?


texts: Homebrew refuses to work on macOS Sierra

texts:
Just yesterday I updated my machine, a MacBook Pro (Mid 2010), to macOS Sierra. Everything seems to work fine, except when I try to use the homebrew packet manager with any command, for example brew help, the following error message is printed:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require': cannot load such file -- mach (LoadError)
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /usr/local/Library/Homebrew/global.rb:3:in `<top (required)>'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
    from /usr/local/Library/brew.rb:15:in `<main>'

I have not messed with anything related to ruby. Upon research I noticed that there seem to be some compatibility issues with Sierra and homebrew around, however, none seemed to match my problem exactly.


texts: How to correct macOS Sierra photos people identification

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So, just playing around with photos, and my kids baby pics are crossed over. When they were you they were both bald so it's hard for photos to correctly distinguish them.

How can I correct this in Photos?  In the list, right or option click did nothing. Pic info didn't show much.


texts: Applications stop responding when waking up from sleep

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Lately when I walk away from the computer and it goes into sleep mode, I come back and try to us the computer, all the applications are stuck "not responding".

I can use the computer and browse around, but any application that was open before going to sleep is now stuck. If I try to open Chrome after, it takes forever and 300% CPU. I have to force quit all the apps. Then I reboot (which also takes a long time).

I have 8GB of RAM on my macbook pro, i7. It only started to happen in the last couple of days. I am running Lion.

UPDATE: I now suspect something about the process called "qtkitserver". It happened today without going to sleep mode. One thing in common also was that uTorrent was running. I read online that QTKitServer is responsible for video thumbnails I think - maybe connected to the fact that I'm downloading videos.


texts: Understanding the point of iTunes Match: Is it only a storage overflow concept?

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I am only now switching to using Apple's Ecosystem for my music, and don't completely seem to understand some concepts.

I have played around with using iTunes to bringing an existing CD collection onto iOS devices -- classical ripping to AAC seems to work fine. It is my understanding that I can also just import MP3 and AAC collections into my iTunes library and sync those to my iOS devices (essentially a one-way copying process).

Now, iTunes Match offers three main features:

Matching my local collection with Apple's, thus giving me (potentially) better encoding quality.
Making music available through the cloud, making it shareable with my family (which would otherwise be trivially replicated by putting music files into other peoples' iTunes collection).
Making storage management on iOS devices easier by pulling songs from the cloud only when needed.

So, do I understand this right? If so, is it fair to say that for a competent user (who knows how to create good-quality CD rips and how to copy files to another user's account), the only remaining selling point of iTunes Match is that an iOS device can automatically manage its music storage and save some space?


texts: Is it possible to connect a MacBook Pro 2011 to the LG UltraFine 5K display using a Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter?

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I'm currently using the MacBook Pro (13'', early 2011) which contains a Thunderbolt port. Unfortunately, the LG UltraFine 5K display uses a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) port.
That's why I'm currently thinking about connecting them via a Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter.

I'm aware that there were quite a few questions concerning this topic on the Apple homepage. But the answers there weren't really confidable and accurate.


texts: All my music needs to be downloaded again?

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I went to play some music on my iPhone (iOS 7) but whenever I tap a track to play it just greys out and a little circle with a stop icon appears next to it (download indicator?).

Any idea why this is or how to fix it?


texts: Why did third party app notifications all revert to tri-tone, and how can I fix it?

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I got an iPhone 7 a couple of weeks ago, backed up my iPhone 6, and restored that backup onto the new 7.

Ever since then, third party apps which have non-default notification sounds, including Facebook Messenger, Outlook, and Snapchat, are all using the default tri-tone notifications.

I have restarted my phone, disabled and re-enabled notifications for the apps in question, and gone into each app to change notification settings there, if the app allowed. None of this had any effect.

Why did this happen, and what can I do to fix it?


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I have fired up an old notebook running Windows XP (to use some legacy software). This has network access via a local router (all machines connect to the same router).

I am attempting to network this, and have tried a number of things, unsuccessfully.

I have setup a home or office network and can ping and see my wife's MacBook (running 10.13) but not connect.

On my iMac I have enabled File Sharing via AFP and SMB and set my home directory as shared. The iMac Firewall allows incoming File Sharing (AFP, SMB)

Unfortunately the Windows machine can not see my iMac, although it does resolve the IP using COMPUTER.local

Presumably there is some other setting which differs between my wife's MacBook and my iMac.

I also tried accessing the iMac via FTP (unsuccessfully), although this is probably a separate issue.

Can anyone suggest what I should do to enable SMB?


texts: What is "TALagent" and why is it "Exiting out of boredom"?

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I'm trying to help a colleague whose MacBook periodically switches off without warning (I've had similar problems on a Mac Mini, so it's not power related).

While investigating the logs in Library/Logs, I found a file talagent.log with something very odd, last updated very close to the time the computer last switched off without warning:

  Time  Bundle ID   Status  Comment
 0.000          -        -  TALagent Started (system uptime: 238.18 sec)
 0.007          -        -  Liveness: 0 -> 1 (run_as_server)
 0.038          -        -  Successfully read encryption key from keychain in 0.030809 seconds
15.007          -        -  Liveness: 1 -> 0 (__run_as_server_block_invoke)
15.007          -        -  Exiting out of boredom

What the heck is talagent and what does it mean that it is "Exiting out of boredom"?

I've read this thread but it doesn't help me understand what's going on here.

My first thought was that it must be a virus, because that's such a non-professional thing for a log entry to say, but that linked thread seems to imply it's not such a concern; but it doesn't help me understand what it is or what that means.

We use Symantec as a virus scanner, and the Mac in question is on Mavericks (can't currently update for unrelated compatibility reasons).


texts: remove all alarms of all overdue reminders with AppleScript on OS X

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I want to remove all alarms / notifications (there may be none, one or more than one) of all overdue reminders in the Reminders app of OS X.

I tried to use AppleScript for this, but having troubles understanding how to properly work with objects. I figured out how to get all those reminders, though:

tell application "Reminders"
    activate
    set myRemList to every reminder whose due date is less than (current date) as list
    repeat with myitem in myRemList
        log (get properties of myitem)
    end repeat
end tell

Is this code usable (any fatal mistakes I'm not aware of)? How can I remove the alarms?

[Edit]

Here's an example of what I want to achieve:

Consider this one which reminds me to call Jon Doe:

The item is due today and a reminder is set to notify me at 14.00 (2 pm). When my planning has changed there are few of those items, popping up their reminders ("call jon doe" in this example). I want that "remind me" property to be unticked for all overdue items.


texts: Preserve scroll position when navigating back/forward in Safari?

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It seems we've been spoiled by other browsers, but sometimes you just can't use them (like for viewing Apple videos).

When I hit back/forward in Safari, then immediately I lose my place on the page. Is there an option to make Safari remember your page scroll position like every other browser?


texts: Apple script fail on copying attachment from Outlook

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I'm trying to copy all the attachments that I received from a certain sender (scanner) to a folder. I'm using Outlook and I've tried to write a script to do the job. It fails on saving the file with error code:

error "Microsoft Outlook got an error: Parameter error." number -50

Unfortunately I've not been able to figure out a) what that error means, and b) how to make the script work. Any help is welcome.

This is my script:

set saveToFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Choose the destination folder") as string
set ctr to 0

tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
    set srcFolder to mail folder "inbox" of exchange account "FOO"
    set selectedMessages to messages of srcFolder
    repeat with msg in selectedMessages
        set ctr to ctr + 1
        set msgsender to the sender of msg
        set senderaddress to the address of msgsender
        if "scanner@some.some" = senderaddress then
            set attFiles to attachments of msg
            repeat with f in attFiles
                set attName to (get the name of f)
                log attName
                set saveAsName to saveToFolder & attName
                log saveAsName
                save f in POSIX file saveAsName
            end repeat
        end if
    end repeat
end tell
display dialog "" & ctr & " messages were processed" buttons {"OK"} default button 1
return ctr


texts: How do I enable cover flow in iTunes 11?

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I just installed iTunes 11 and I cant seem to find any place to activate the cover flow.
Did they remove it? Can I re-enable it? If I can't, does anyone know of a way to downgrade with out uninstalling and re-installing?

EDIT: I am using Windows XP operating system.


texts:
Can someone tell me the best alternative to Apple Time capsule? Common question, I know, but couldn't find it in the list.

People who have actually tried out the alternatives only please.


texts: How to change Text-related keyboard shortcuts

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I've recently got a mac for some software development (I am been doing windows dev for 15 years) but I keep stumbling on the keyboard shortcuts. I've been using DoubleCommand to switch ctrl and ⌘, which works much better now, but my major problem is with the keyboard shortcuts to navigate text:

⌥+←+→ navigates to the previous/next word. My fingers are quite used to do ctrl+←/→ instead. Is there a way to change those shortcuts? I checked under System Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts, but they are not listed there. Also, there is no menu item for which I could create an overwrite of the default behaviour by adding a new shortcut.

It is quite difficult to teach a new trick to an old dog, so I appreciate any help that would point me in the right direction. By the way, I am using Lion.


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I have an odd problem. I got an iphone5 and of course, I want all my contacts from my nokia into my iphone, I imported the contacts into outlook, then exported to an csv file, then imported to gmail and it worked perfectly until that point. When I imported the gmail contacts to my iphone, all the names were there, but barely any mobile numbers. However, in my gmail profile everythings seems to be ok, so I doubt that there is a field organisation problem.
If anyone has an idea, please help me, that thing is driving me crazy!
Thanks!


texts: I have this vertical line at the side of my MacBook Pro, any idea what could be causing this/how to fix it?


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I've got a mid-2009 MB Pro that I'm setting up to run some tests.

I've got Lion and Snow Leopard partitions up and running, but struggling with Leopard.

The initial OS with mid-2009 MB Pros is 10.5.7

The only full recovery disk I can get on Apple Developer is 10.5.0 (build 9A581), and machine won't boot into that.

All this leads me to believe that someone out there has got to know where I can get my hands on a 10.5.7 recovery DVD .dmg

Any and all ideas would be very appreciated!

Thanks,
Alec


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I have a mac running in a virtual machine and I expanded the hard drive in the settings, however when I go to resize the partition in the guest OS, it does not let me. There is only one partition now, the main one I want to expand, and then just "Free Space".

It is a GUID partition map and PCI physical volume.
Using Disk Utility I can't drag to resize the volume I want to modify
If I delete the "Free Space", I get this error: "An internal error has occurred and the disk for one of the specified operations could not be found. This may be a temporary issue, try again."

This issue persists after a reboot and using recovery mode on High Sierra 10.13.5


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When I run the dns-sd command, for example as dns-sd -B _services._dns-sd._udp. to list all the service types on my local network, I get a table that looks like:

$ dns-sd -B _services._dns-sd._udp.
Browsing for _services._dns-sd._udp.
DATE: ---Tue 31 Dec 2013---
14:39:57.995  ...STARTING...
Timestamp     A/R    Flags  if Domain               Service Type         Instance Name
14:39:57.995  Add        3   4 .                    _tcp.local.          _ssh
14:39:57.996  Add        3   4 .                    _tcp.local.          _sftp-ssh

I get "Timestamp", and "A/R" is probably Add/Remove.  What are "Flags"?  What's "if"?


texts: How do you stop the notifications on the notes that says the cellular data is off? I know it is off. I turned it off. I do not want my notes on my phone and my iPad to sync. Both places gets messed up.


texts: How to display project name in minimized Xcode?

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When Xcode project window is collapsed to dock it shows name of the current file:

Is there any way to customize Xcode, so it will show project name in the dock, or "project_name - file_name"?


texts: How can I create a bootable USB drive for Ubuntu from OS X?

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I've decided to switch from OS X to Ubuntu. I'm following the documentation on Ubuntu's site for creating a bootable USD Drive.

I converted the ISO to IMG. I ran diskutil list. I inserted my flash drive and ran diskutil list again. My drive is assigned to /dev/disk1. I ran diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1. Then I executed sudo dd if=/ubuntu-13.10-desktop-amd64.dmg of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=1m. Then I ran diskutil eject /dev/disk1. Then I restarted, held the alt/option key. The Boot Manager came up, but my flash drive wasn't coming up as an option.

I tried this again just now and it said "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." I've never had an issue with this drive before. I restarted anyway, just to see if it worked and I'm still only getting my main hard drive as an option in Boot Manager.

Where do I go from here?


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Is there an app or setting that lets me save (persist) and load workspaces (or "Spaces") on my Mac?

i.e. as a freelance software developer I want it to appear as if I have a completely fresh Mac dedicated to each of my clients' projects -- one Mac per project

Obviously the way to REALLY do this would be to have a whole virtual machine for each project, but that's definitely overkill.  A good compromise might be to make a User Account for each project, but still that is more trouble than it's worth.

The bottom line is that I want to keep everything I do in one project separate from everything I do in another project, but simply being able to Save and Load workspaces as has been common for years in the Unix world would be a 95% solution.


texts: Time Capsule/Time Machine volume slow to process with tmutil

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My 2TB Time Capsule has functioned as our home router and backup device for years.

It's not very fast at backing up over network, but since this is a passive activity it's never been a problem.

I went into the volume to try to clean it up a bit and it's really slow to respond over both GUI and command line.

I'm within close wireless range (5 meters, direct line of sight)
Pinged packets return in < 1ms, I don't think it's the wifi
Browsing the network disk in Finder is very slow, it takes 20+ seconds just for folders and files on the disk to populate
tmutil responds just as, if not more slowly (as does simply running ls in the Time Machine volume)
Most importantly, trying to delete items via tmutil is way too slow. Usually taking over 45 minutes to delete a 500MB backup.

(I realize that these backups are stored as diffs rather than complete files, so there's some degree of logic that is going into the deletion process, but this still seems absurd)

I looped through my backups and wanted to delete most of them, like so:

sudo tmutil delete /Volumes/Time\ Machine\ Backups/Backups.backupdb/foo/2016-08-10-015922

I have 130 backups I want to remove this device and even at an optimistic 30 minutes per deletion, that's still 65 continuous hours of this script running (for something that should take less than an hour IMO).

What's wrong?

Base Station/Time Capsule OS version: 7.6.9 [11] (latest)


texts: Permission issues with mounted folder from another mac via AFP. - problems after moving to catalina

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I mount my time machine disk from another Mac via AFP.  This worked very nicely until I installed catalina, at which point I got permission errors when I tried to access the volumes in the sharing dialogue:

On the machine where the disk is physically attached I have ended up giving read/write access to "everyone" but this makes no difference.
I have to same problem on two different machines.
I can't find any relevant entries in the logs.
Any thoughts about fixing this (or diagnosing where the problem is ) most welcome.
I have been working around this by physically moving the USB cable that attaches the disks.


texts: Parallels Desktop: Option not available: "Install macOS Using the Recovery Partition"

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I'm on a Mac Mini M1 with Big Sur 11.3.1
Fresh trial install of Parallels Desktop 16.5.0 Pro Edition
I'm not seeing the option "Install macOS Using the Recovery Partition", as described in their KB article.

My screen looks like this:


texts: I have developed an application and I want to test it in a fresh environment (e.g. as if this is a clean OSX, no custom /usr/local, a fresh ~/Library, etc.). What would be the simplest way?


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On MacOS Catalina, I am looking for a way to clean and build a new database for the indexing of Spotlight.

For the moment, I have no hidden directory/file Spotlight-V100 into root direction ("/").

But I have 2 directories Spotlight and Spotlight-V100 into /private/var/db/, so my question is simple : can I safely remove these 2 directory before reindex all the Spotlight database ? ( redindexing with for example the command mdutil -E /, I am not sure of the right command to apply to perform this reindexing ).

UPDATE 1: Following @Tetsujin's advice and its link, I did :

sudo mdutil -a -i off /
sudo mdutil -a -i off /System/Volumes/Data
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

sudo rm -Rf /System/Volumes/Data/.Spotlight-V100/

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
sudo mdutil -a -i on /
sudo mdutil -a -i on /System/Volumes/Data

The indexing is currently in progress (from what I see in Spotlight bar), I am going to see if all files of my Hard disk will be indexed. But I think I am going to wait for a long while before full indexing is finished (I have a 2TB hard disk filled at 60 percent).

For the moment, I get the following processes running :

$ ps aux | grep mds

root              6078  62.6  0.1  5593372  23312   ??  Us   10:29AM  21:10.85 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdsync -s mdworker-scan -c MDSSyncScanWorker -m com.apple.metadata.mds.scan
root              6074   6.1  3.1  7988024 1028868   ??  Ss   10:29AM   6:49.06 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Support/mds
root              6077   0.0  0.9 11782980 298080   ??  Ss   10:29AM   1:52.25 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/mds_stores


texts: Unable to open a terminal window from specified folder with shortcuts

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I am working on the latest MacOS.

By configuring System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services,
I attempt to open a terminal window directly from folder with shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Cmd+T following the answer How can I open a Terminal window directly from my current Finder location? - Ask Different.

However, it failed to work.

What the problem might be?


texts: iOS and OS X Photos.app - duplicate photos

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when adding new photos to my OS X Photos.app and afterwards sync my iPhone with my Mac I see every photo I just added twice on the iPhone: One synced via iTunes and the other one via Photostream. Once I delete the photos in the photostream there are no duplicates anymore.

I'm using most recent versions of OS X, iOS, Photos.app, Photostream activated, iCloud photo Library NOT activated on all devices.

Is there any solution to get rid of the duplicates without deleting them in the Photostream? Doesn't iOS notice? The solution I would prefer is using photostream only "one-way" from iPhone to my Mac. I remember an option in the good old iPhoto.app making this possible, which is not present any more in the new Photos.app, as far as I know. By "one-way" I mean that only new photos I take on my iPhone are uploaded to the Photostream, but not photos I add to the Photos.app on my Mac. Is there a way to do that?

I'm curious on your ideas on this. Thanks in advance!

Sascha


texts: Install new apps on iPad 1st (first) generation with max iOS 5.1.1

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As a Mac hardware lover, I bought an old 64 GB iPad 1 with iOS 5.1.1 on it. Data wiped.

Nice hardware, but ended up stock with no new application not being iOS 6, iOS 7 or more in requirement.

Thought I would have to jaillbreak it to have new apps.

Is there any other way?


texts: Setting up a new iPad with new Apple ID with an @icloud.com email address all works fine except FaceTime and iMessage

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I can sign in to iCloud, iTunes and download from iTunes so I know the Apple ID works.

I can Go in with my Apple ID and FaceTime, works fine. So I know then iPad, FaceTime, andiMessage work.

But when I use the new ID for my daughter, the screen in FaceTime or settings-FaceTime circles says, "Verifying" and just returns to sign in with no error message.

I cannot try all the reset suggestions of FaceTime as I can't sign in to activate/deactivate etc. My other daughter has FaceTime working with her @icloud.com email ID. Why does this new one not work??????

Any help is very much appreciated. I have tried resetting network settings etc. I have upgraded to latest iOS. iPad is brand new out of the box.


texts: Add Account in Outlook 2011 is greyed out

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I try to add a new email account to Outlook 2011 for Mac. On the "Enter your account information" sheet the "Add Account" button is greyed out (only the Cancel button is visible). I cannot add a directory service or exchange account, I cannot add anything :-) Everytime the the "Add" button is greyed out :-(

The two screenshots show the problem: the button to add a new account is disabled (even if I fill in all the values).

UPDATE: it depends on the provided email address... If I use an email address with subdomain, it does not work or rather the button is disabled.


texts: Unable to maintain stable connection from 10.10.4 using a reverse proxy

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I've got a server running OS X 10.10.4 and it's giving me some trouble. I have several applications sitting behind a reverse proxy, and for a while, everything worked great. I've got port forwarding turned on in my router, and a domain pointed at my IP so that I can access this server and the applications from outside, all over port 80.

The problem is that suddenly these applications are unresponsive and I get connection timeouts when I try to hit anything, either directly or over http.

The weird part is how to make the server respond again. I found that if I ssh'd into the server, just the act of doing that login got apache (2.4) to respond to requests again. After I logout and the server sits around for about 10 minutes, it stops responding again. A new login refreshes it and the server starts to respond. I can repeat this process over and over.

Some things I've done:

Turned off the blue tooth modem feature

Made sure wifi was turned off completely, as this is a wired connection

Turned off all other networking interfaces but the wired connection to prevent potential conflicts.

Restarted the machine

If there is any information you need, or configs to see, I will be more than happy to provide. Everything was working just fine up until yesterday.

Here is a vhost for the main site, and one of the reverse proxy applications. This is all running under Apache 2.4

<VirtualHost _default_:80>
    ServerAdmin mike@thecommissioncafe.com
    DocumentRoot "/Users/lain/Sites/public"
    ServerName thecommissioncafe.com
    ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/cafe-error_log"
    CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/cafe-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName coffeebean.thecommissioncafe.com
        ProxyPreserveHost On
        ProxyRequests Off

        <Proxy *>
                Require all granted
        </Proxy>

        ProxyPass / http://192.168.0.201:9000/
        ProxyPassReverse / http://192.168.0.201:9000/

        <Location />
                Require all granted
        </Location>
</VirtualHost>


texts: Is the blue button outline in dialog windows removed in Yosemite when using Tab (keyboard navigation)?

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Being a zealous user of keyboard navigation, I activated All controls in Full Keyboard Access (Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts).

In Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks I was used to having a blue outline on the button/input box that was active, and I could see it move to the next one when pressing Tab.

After updating my OS to 10.10 Yosemite, the outline (now grey) is gone on specific button types and for the large part I cannot see which button is active anymore. When pressing Tab repeatedly in a "Save" window the text boxes and switch buttons highlight but drop-downs and regular buttons don't, even though they are active (i.e. pressing Space will act as if I clicked them with a mouse).

Do more users experience this behavior, or is it just me? If it's just me, does anyone know how to fix this? If it's not just me, where do I report this bug?


texts: Dictionaries getting deleted on their own from iPhone

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I noticed that some of the dictionaries downloaded under Settings app  → General → Dictionary get deleted automatically (they do remain for some days after being downloaded, but they get deleted on their own afterward if not used in a timeline).

I heard that when the iPhone is running low on storage, it deletes unused files (like dictionaries) on its own. Is there a way to stop that?

I'm using 57.6 GB out of 64 GB on an iPhone 8 running iOS 12.2.


texts:
I'd like to be able to stop iOS automatically converting emoticons as pictures. I want it so that, for example, instead of a picture of a smiling face my phone displays the raw characters of a colon followed by a right bracket [ :) ].

Anyone have any more thoughts on this?


texts: Iphone lost photos and videos when jailbreak

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I need your urgent help. When I opened the photos app and I saw all of my albumns are gone but all the videos and photos are still in my phone. The problem started to happens when I use the jailbreak software called redsn0w as I'm trying to install cydia on my iphone to get the iblacklist software, but it didn't do anything so I decided to stop running the software so that is how it have happens that my abulmns are gone.

I have backed up on my computer and on icloud, but I want to get the albums back that I have created important photos and videos to show to the urology when I see him on Monday.

Any advice will be much appreciate.


texts: Cannot add applications to favorites bar in Finder

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I am a new Macbook user, which is exciting but alas confusing as well. I am trying to add favorites in the side bar under Finder. I read that one can just drag and drop from Applications as in this thread - How can I add new folders to the Favorites in the Finder sidebar?.

However, when I have done it, it does not stick and the icon just goes back into the Applications list as if I have not done anything.

Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong or why this isn't working?

Thanks!


texts: Macbook will say it's charging, but it's not

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I have a Macbook Pro 13" i7 Early 2011 (MacbookPro8,1).  It's on its second battery (DP bq20z451 manufactured Dec 2012) from March 2015.  It was working fine for a while, but in the last month it's developed a problem and it's getting increasingly worse.

Sometimes even if the AC charger indicates it's charging (orange light), but the OS will say it is discharging. coconutBattery agrees.

Sometimes the battery will indicate it's charging, but when I remove the AC power it turns out it was not; the battery charge level will drop.  If this goes on long enough the laptop will power off because the battery has gone dead but the OS thought it was at 100%.  In this case, the lights on the battery agree it is out of power.

coconutBattery says the battery is in good condition, has 93% of its capacity, has only gone through 317 cycles, and is not overheating (30ºC).

My question is, is replacing the battery likely to fix this problem? Or is this indicative of a more serious problem?

Things I have tried:

Shutdown.
Resetting the SMC.
Different power adapters.


texts: External keyboard inserting characters when typing fast

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I'm using a Kinesis Freestyle2 Blue keyboard with my 2019 MacBook Pro,  and I'm experiencing some strange behavior. With the fn key activated, the key combination cd, when typed quickly, causes Launchpad to open (which, on my computer, is linked to F12). Other key combinations also cause strange behavior in a similar fashion. With the fn key deactivated, cd doesn't open Launchpad, but when typed in the Terminal it causes the screen to flash and the terminal to emit a bell.

Some other weird behavior: vf => vfg, xs => xs§, mj => mhj, qa => qatab

What's causing this strange behavior?


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Lately my iMessage behave very funcky. I signed in and sign back out, I still didn't see messages from my iPhone. Even after wait a few days.
I decided to remove iMessage using App Cleaner.
Now when I lauch, I keep seeing

I've also tried
to search for “imessage” in App Store, but I see nothing.

Is there a way to quickly fix this?
I just need my iMessage on my Mac to work again.


texts: Is there a way to limit which installed apps a macOS user can use? If so, how?

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I'm interested in having two users on my MacBook, but restrict some apps from being used by one of them. Is there a way to block apps from being used by another user of the same Mac? Or maybe whitelist some apps that can be used and restrict all others? (Which would have the same end result.)

I'm a remote worker and I don't have strict hours, it's incredibly easy to get distracted while working. Procrastination is a real issue, and I would like to create one user that could only access work-related apps.

I imagine I can sort of improvise a solution to this using Screen Time restrictions on my main user, but that's a bit too finicky. The ideal solution would be for me to have a Work user and be really strict about which apps this user can and can't access.

Is this possible? If so, how?

I'm also open to using any kind of 3rd-party software that can help me achieve something close to this.


texts: How do I copy to the OSX clipboard from a remote shell using iTerm2?

texts: Using iTerm2, I start an interactive SSH session to a remote Linux machine (where pbcopy is not available). On the remote Linux machine I would like to capture the output of some arbitrary command (e.g. ls *.foo), and have it magically appear in my OSX clipboard, so that when I hit ⌘+v it appears in whatever OSX application I've just pasted into. Is this possible? I've tried the escape codes mentioned on the iTerm2 doc page and can't make them work.


texts: Why does High Sierra remove my Login Items?

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After updating to macOS 10.13.1, my Login Items have vanished. Some users have reported this behavior in earlier betas, but this is the first time I've experienced it in a release.

Is there a reason for this behavior. Is there a way to identify what items I had configured  so I can restore them?


texts: Outlook 2016: How to store an answer together with the original message

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In outlook for windows you can chose an implemented rule which stores an answer together with the original message in the same folder instead of the 'sent' folder.

Outlook for Mac doesn't have such a predefined rule. In outlook 2011 you could use an AppleScript for this purpose in the menu 'rules' which I did since outlook 2011 had been released.
Outlook 2016 doesn't provide such a solution.

My question is about how to store an answer together with the original message in the same folder in outlook 2016?


texts:
I had my iPad for years, it is old and today while something black was on the screen (normal, I was looking at somthing black) I noticed some tiny greenish (barely noticed) pixel things on the screen, they are only noticeable when I turn the brightness up a little and I did google "black" and had a look at pure black images full of nothing and had a look at a few.

These defects are absolutely on my screen, it is not dirt or anything becouse I wiped it. They are not annoying but I want to know in case  it's bad.

Apparently there is a thing called dead pixel where there are pixels that lay on a screen and do nothing, but I am not sure if this happens on IPad becouse the times I saw about it was on somthing else.


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So I am following How can I get admin access to a Mac without knowing the current password? to create a new administrator account.

I entered the command rm /db/.AppleSetupDone. and the computer prompts me with the following:

override -w---r-- /root/wheel /var/db/.AppleSetupDone?

(It says something like that) I type in: yes and then it says “read only file system”. After I reboot nothing happens, I don’t have to create a new account or do anything like that.

I suspect it is because the file system is “read-only”; is there any way around that?


texts: After info.plist setting LSUIElement 1, how do I quit the application

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I've set the info.plist to have an LSUIElement key value of 1.

As described here:

In Fullscreen, disable auto-hiding Mac menu bar

If I fullscreen the virtualbox application using the green fullscreen icon, it will take the fullscreen but have no menu bar associated with it.  I can exit back to the normal desktop area using command-tab but then VirtualBox is not visible anywhere from within the dock.  I can get back to VirtualBox using mission control.

Once in this state, short of logging out and logging back in, is there a way to un-fullscreen the virtualbox window? or quit virtualbox?


texts: I made a backup of my iPad Pro using iTunes. Can I restore that backup onto another iPad?

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I made a backup of my iPad Pro using iTunes. The backup is on my PC not on iCloud.

The iPad broke a few days later, so I went to a store to make the AppleCare valid, we formatted it on the store.

Will I be able to restore my old backup into the new iPad?

Edit:

As IconDaemon pointed out it's possible and normal to restore from backup, it was reassuring to know that I could restore my backup many days before getting the replacement

Here is a screenshot of the restore screen


texts: Macbook Pro 15in 2018 hook up to dual monitor lag

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Hi I have this Macbook Pro 2018 15inch baseline model. Recently I purchased a 4k LG monitor and I plan to connect it with this MBP together with my older screen which is a Dell 2k monitor.

The setup is connect to Dell with USB-C while the LG 4k is through HDMI. On the 2k display I using default scale while the 4k I am using 2560 x 1440.

Problem now is the OS gets very lag and stuttered if I start to view some 4k videos or coding with VScode. I am really frustrated because Apple claim MBP 2018 can connect to dual 4k monitor without issues right? I hope to solve this issue, thanks


texts: Monitors don't show up in Display Arrangement preferences

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I have two external monitors on my MacBook Pro 2015 15" and I was doing an adjustment on the display arrangement yesterday when suddenly the displays on the arrangement tab gone.

I tried already:

Restart the computer
Unplug and plug all the cables
Change cables
Reset NVRAM
Reset SMC
Click on detect displays
Create another admin user

The strange thing is when I click on Mirror Displays, the displays appear but right after I unmark that they're gone again.


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I have this strange problem with my early-2011 MacBook Pro, running on OS X 10.6.8: as of a month or so, sometimes it does’t wake up from sleep unless I press the power button for a longer period (5-10 seconds). However, when I do that, it starts waking from hibernation (the grey screen with the progress bar appears) and then it restarts. Usually the battery shows half full, so theoretically it shouldn’t go into hibernation.

Anybody else running into this problem? How did you solved it? (I should mention that upgrading to Lion or Mountain Lion is not an option, so please don’t suggest that.)


texts: Paste text when option not offered by the app?

texts: Is there a way to paste message if an app doesn't offer the paste option when you hold down in the text area?  (Specifically Clash of Clans.)  Alternate keyboard for storing text or something like that?  Or with iOS 8, a keyboard with a paste button?


texts: How do you take a Verizon iPhone 4 CDMA phone and get it connected to Straight Talk?

texts:
I purchased a nice black Verizon iPhone 4 (CDMA) which has it's contract fulfilled.

What steps do I go through to get it connected to Walmart's Straight Talk on the Verizon towers?


texts: Pinyin input placed behind Hangouts window

texts:
Usually when I type Pinyin input, the suggestions appear over the window like this:

However, when using Google Hangouts, they appear behind which makes it somewhat useless:

How can I make it so that they appear in front of the window as normal?


texts: MacBook Pro froze and rebooted into Recovery HD

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My MacBook Pro was working fine this afternoon and after I came back from class in the evening, when I on the laptop, the white page just froze there for around 2 mins and I'm directed to a page asking me to select language. I chose English and it came to the OS X Utilities page where I'm given option to choose to restore, reinstall new OS X Lion, Disc Utility, and search for help online.

I've tried to reinstall it but it showed that my hard drive is locked. Does anyone knows what happened? There's no nearby Apple Store for me to take my Mac to.


texts: Recover Notes from El Capitan in High Sierra

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My El Capitan machine unexpectedly died, and I salvaged the disk drive from it to put into an external enclosure attached to my new Mac, which runs High Sierra.  (I never used Sierra at all, since my old Mac couldn't support it.)

Now, how do I get the Notes from my El Capitan system into the High Sierra notes system?

(As I said, even though the old Mac threw-a-piston, I still have its drive, and therefore, all that notes-data.  But how do I get to it?)


texts: Converting PDF to Powerpoint, importing each slide as a singular picture

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I have the ability to export a PDF as a powerpoint slide through Adobe Acrobat, but the image quality and font selection suffers because it is trying to convert each component into a modifiable element.

All I want is to treat the entire page as an image and batch import each of the pictures into a powerpoint slide without sacrificing resolution.  I don't need to modify any of the content.

What is the best way to do this?


texts: Running 10.13.4 Beta (17E182a), what is "Messages in iCloud currently disabled" message I am getting?

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See picture below.
I am seeing "Messages in iCloud is currently disabled. Repair Account."
The "repair account" is not clickable. I have enabled Messages in iCloud and I have tried to sync several times but nothing happens. I am not sure what other steps to take. Any ideas?


texts: Tool to open apps automatically when internet / WLAN connection is established?

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I'm searching for a tool that opens apps / programs when an active internet connection is established - or better: when the Mac is connected to a specified WLAN.

Examples

On my way to work: no internet, no WLAN = nothing to do
At work: internet access, "Work" WLAN = do not open chat program but open Mail automatically
At home: internet access, "Home" WLAN = open chat program and Mail automatically

Does anybody know a simple tool that does this?


texts: What type of database is the iOS 5 SMS db?

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I've literally been trying to crack this for an hour. With previous versions of iOS, the db was a simple sqlite file and could be opened with any sqlite utility. I really need access to these messages and I'm at a loss on how to open the database.

Note: I've pulled the file off of the iTunes backup.


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My photos disk seems to have issues. Osx cannot mount it again. Also, the first aid utility is not successful

dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk2
   1:               Windows_NTFS Fotos                   2.0 TB     disk2s1

sudo fsck_exfat -d disk2s1
Opening /dev/rdisk2s1
fsck_exfat: Can't open /dev/rdisk2s1: Resource busy

How can I recover the data? Is it possible to repair the partitions?

edit

I just found:

  How can I repair a disk that Disk Utility says it can't repair?
  You may not need to repair the disk!

  Is this an external drive you're sharing between a Mac and a Windows
  PC? I've had this issue a few times with a disk formatted FAT32. If
  you don't unmount your disk properly when you remove it from your
  Windows PC, the whole volume will be marked as "busy" and you'll be
  prompted to repair the volume if you look at it in Apple's Disk
  Utility. However Disk Utility will fail to repair the volume, and
  report: Can't open (Resource busy) File system check exit code is 8.

  The fix is easy, just plug that drive back in to a Windows PC, and
  unmount it properly before plugging it into your Mac.


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I've two Macs: one MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo with 10.5.8 (Leopard) and the other MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo with 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard).

How can I upgrade the Leopard Mac to Mountain Lion while leaving the Snow Leopard Mac as it is for now.


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How can I use an iPad to view video files that are stored on an iMac in the same local network?

The only idea I have so far, is to set up a HTTP server on the iMac, and browse the video files with Safari on the iPad.

Does OS X provide a more elegant way to do this?


texts: How can I do a full text search of plaintext files in my DropBox folder?

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I understand that Spotlight will search the full text of files in any folder and will show files that contain instances of the searched text. But I would also like to see highlighted instances of the searched text within the text file. Command-f in a text editor accomplishes this.

The problem is that I have to perform a two-step process which can be very time-consuming when I have a lot of files to search through:

Use Spotlight to locate files that have instances of the searched text in them
Open each file in a text editor individually, command-f, and locate the instance of the text within that file.

Is there any way of combining these two steps into one on OS X? Is there a feature of Spotlight I am missing or an app that will do this? I can do this quite easily on the iPad with the search bar in Daedalus Touch but would love to find out an OS X equivalent.

Thanks for reading.


texts: iPhone 3GS doesn't react on remote control (headphones) from iPhone 4S

texts: Because I lost my iPhone 3GS headphones (those with microphone and remote control), I now tried to use the latest ones (from iPhone 4S). The microphone is working, but somehow the iPhone doesn't react of the remote control (Accepting calls, stopping the music, or changing the volume doesn't work at all). Are the new headphones generally incompatible with the iPhone 3GS, or is it a different problem?


texts: How do I stop App Store multiple downloads

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I upgraded to Mavericks a couple of days ago.
Yesterday I "upgraded" Numbers and Pages (incidentally don't do this - they have LESS functionality).

Now App Store is trying to download Numbers and Pages again. I have already downloaded Numbers at least twice, now it is trying again!

How do I stop this?

I may have caused this by clicking "Update" more than once or selecting "Check for unfinished downloads".
Unfortunately App Store no longer gives any indication when you click "Update"


texts: Can I use target disk mode using an USB 2.0 to Firewire cable?

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Since the graphics card of my MacBook Pro from early 2011 is broken I need to save my data per target disk mode. This could be easily done using a FireWire or a Thunderbolt cable.
But my problem is that I only have access to a MacBook from 2008 without FireWire. I could borrow a USB 2.0 to FireWire cable but first I would like to know if the connection from a MacBook with USB 2.0 port to my broken MacBook Pro with FireWire port is even possible. Do you know if this would work?

Thanks in advance!


texts: How can I change the metadata of my songs all at once?

texts: I have a bunch of songs for which I'd like to change the metadata (really just want to change capitalization for all of them). I'm not changing a field in all songs to one value, so selecting them all in iTunes won't work. They are AAC files. Is there an easy way to do this? Not having to download a third-party app would be nice, but I doubt it'll be that easy (maybe someone can prove me wrong :)).


texts: How can I make 'rm' move files to the trash can?

texts: I use the terminal on a daily basis, I will often use rm DirectoryName. Sometimes I get a little impatient and do rm * without deliberating if it’s safe. As you can imagine, these shenanigans have sometimes come back and hit me in the face. Does anyone know how I create a mapping so rm whatever moves everything to the trashcan which I then delete manually.


texts: After uninstalling Boot Camp disk space did not restore

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It's been a pain for me to install windows 10 on my Mac. I failed and decided to use a different iso. I uninstalled windows via bootcamp - it said it restored the memory succesfully. However the 150GB I allocated to my Windows did not come back.

Any help? Attaching my diskutil list

   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         848.6 GB   disk0s2
   3:                        EFI NO NAME                 104.9 MB   disk0s3
   4:                        EFI NO NAME                 104.9 MB   disk0s4
   5:                        EFI NO NAME                 104.9 MB   disk0s5
   6:                        EFI NO NAME                 104.9 MB   disk0s6

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +848.6 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh SSD - Data    685.3 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 84.8 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                528.1 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      2.1 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume Macintosh SSD           11.0 GB    disk1s5

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk2
   1:               Windows_NTFS WinInstall              500.1 GB   disk2s1

/dev/disk3 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-US... +5.4 GB     disk3

/dev/disk4 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            Boot Camp              +2.8 GB     disk4

P.S. diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk1 0g did not work for me


texts: Run untrusted application safely through sandbox-exec command

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I'm trying to run a potentially untrusted application without the following permissions, through the sandbox-exec command:

file write (to avoid corruption/injection of files)
network (to avoid communicate outside of my network)
process creation (to avoid forks)
access to system data (to avoid system corruption)

Let's suppose I need to run my application MyApp.
I know it's possible to create a profile myprofile.sb such as the following one, but I'm not sure everything is included.

(version 1)
(allow default)
# bullet point #1
(deny file-write*)
(deny file-write-data)
# bullet point #2
(deny network*)
# bullet point #3
(deny process-fork)
(deny job-creation)
(deny process-exec)
# bullet point #4
(deny sysctl-write)
# logging every action possible
(trace "/tmp/myapp_output.sb")
(debug all)

At this point, I run the following command to run MyApp safely:

sandbox-exec -f ./myprofile.sb MyApp

If I run sample commands (e.g. ping google.it or touch /tmp/file.txt), the commands are executed correctly. Why? Am I missing something?


texts: Erased hard drive, trying to Reinstall Lion OS X... HOW?

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My mac wasn't loading past the boot screen (white, apple logo, spinning gear).

So I CMND + R and went to disk utilities and ran Disk Repair. It could not repair. I tried everything. Even a an fsck (or somthing like that) command repair thing in Terminal and nothing worked.

I have everything on an external hard drive, so I just said @(*$ it and erased the drive and ran Disk Repair again and everything was fine. SMART is fine. Everything is fine.

So now I just have to Reinstall Lion OS X. I have a Macbook Pro 13" late 2009
I can only go into the Recovery HD via the ALT/Option command at boot.

When I go to Reinstall OS X Lion at the Recovery Utilities menu, and I enter my Apple ID it says I have never used my Apple ID in the App Store and to "Review" my account...

(P.S. I bought this mac used, so I don't have the origional Lion disk.. but from what I read, I don't need it for my version of OS X..)

Question(s):
 1) Do I need to BUY a new version of Lion in order to reinstall it?? ...If I do, how do I even access it if I can't get into the computers apps and stuff... Will it just automatically install if I buy it?

2) I downloaded Lion online from another site, to a USB, but there doesn't seem to be any way to actually install it using disk utilities... any advice??

3) Is there anything else I can do, or anything anyone else knows that I can do to Reinstall OS X... I feel like I have tried everything except buying a version from online...

--Thank you in advance for any help and sorry for my ignorance/lack of knowledge to Mac usage...


texts: Remote app won't connect, says "Turn on home sharing"

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After an update installed, none of my iOS devices recognize my Apple TV from the Remote App. They just say "Turn on Home Sharing..."

When I go through the "add remote" wizard, I see a disabled music icon. I can't do anything with it except delete it.

What am I missing?


texts: How to convert a cell with a duration (datetime difference) to number in Numbers?

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I have four fields in Numbers on macOS:

F1: datetime
F2: datetime
F3: duration
F4: number

The dateime-fieds contain only a time, like:

10:00    11:00
11:00    12:30
13:00    13:15

The duration-field is calculated by this formular:

F2 - F1

And shows something like:

1h
1h 30m
15m

This works fine.

Now I want to calculate F4 which is a number representation of the duration-field F3. For the examples above it should result in:

1
1.5
0.25

Unfortuanteley I can't find a way to achieve this. How can this be solved?

What I've tried so far:

changing the fomatting to number didn't work as it will always reset to duration
setting the field F3 to seconds-only and then calculating F3 / 3600, but the result will always be a new duration


texts: What the heck is going on with Catalina? SIP disabled, sudo mounted -uw etc. Applications folder won't move!

texts: I have googled everything, I am desperate. I have installed Catalina yesterday and tried all the steps here (and more) that were logical to me. The thing is I have the feeling the current version has changed again (I read of the stuff you could do to get system read/write on Catalina but nothing works in my case). I have a parallel MacOS / Windows System with a third exFat partition and in Mojave and Lower I always create links for /Applications and /Users to put all non systemrelevant data into the exFat, it always worked fine (though, you have to make some adjustments in order to work with iCloud apps etc). I wanted to do the same, so I followed all the normal steps to create links for /Applications (also tried with /System/Volume/Data/Applications). But it does not work at all. Usually for example I ditto the /Application to the exFat partition and mv the old one into /Application.old (just to be safe), then I create the link. But I cannot rename or delete /Applications! Is it because they created Hard/systemlinks in Catalina?? I don't get it. Will I be able to link out the folders to my exFat partition? Any suggestions?


texts:
Initially there was a +-Button in the People-Album.

But at some point in time this button disappeared.

I can still CMDI a picture in my library and add a new person, but it for some reason does not give me the option anymore in the People-Album.

If I remember correctly I was able to look through a huge list of already identified faces and add a name to them.

Was this feature removed?


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Although the problem is quite common, after googling for several hours I didn't find an appropriate solution for my particular case.

I got a 2011 MacBook pro with the latest OS (El Capitan) and it has the following problems.

After several minutes of inactivity it hibernates and eventually I can't turn it back on. It only shows a black display and doesn't respond to any action. Thanks to the power button I can only turn it off.
Turning on the mac requires me 20 minutes of trial and error. I have to try almost 15 times to boot it. It gets stuck on a progress bar screen which doesn't go further than 50%. Sometimes the progress bar is gone and a white blank screen appears. I have tried to boot with safe mode and the same thing happens.

I am worried that this can be a hardware problem. If that's not the case how can I "cure" this strange behaviour.


texts: Show list of clients of wifi hotspot Mac OS X

texts: I have MacBook Air and I access internet using ethernet to USB adapter. Now I'm sharing Wi-Fi to my other devices, but I want to know the information about all clients of my hotspot. Not only mac address, but names and time they're connected too. Is there a way to do that or an app?


texts: How do I create a custom ringtone for my iPhone?

texts:
The iPhone has a very limited selection of default ringtones.

How do I create a new ringtone for my iPhone?


texts: why python 2.7 doesnt pick pyqt4 installed using homebrew

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I needed to fix the application before I migrate it to pyqt5,
so I installed pyqt4 using brew:
brew install cartr/qt4/pyqt

now when I tried launching pyqt4 app I still get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./slideshow", line 18, in <module>
    import utils
  File "/Users/ciasto/dev/python/slideShow/python/utils.py", line 4, in <module>
    from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
ImportError: No module named PyQt4

How should I fix this, How can I make pyqt4 installed in the /usr/local/cellar visible to my application.


texts: How to fix Java Install error for minecraft forge?

texts:
I am trying to install minecraft forge 1.12.2-14.23.0.2552 on a Mac Mojave with java "java version "14" 2020-03-17". However, upon running

java -jar forge-1.12.2-14.23.0.2552-installer.jar

to install the client I see the following terminal output:

...
Checking "/Users/me/Library/Application Support/minecraft/libraries/com/typesafe/akka/akka-actor_2.11/2.3.3/akka-actor_2.11-2.3.3.jar" internal checksums
    checksums.sha1 was not found, validation failed
Downloading library com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor_2.11:2.3.3
Unpacking packed file akka-actor_2.11-2.3.3.jar.pack.xz
  Signed
  Checksum Length: 140942
  Total Length:    2606968
  Temp File:       /var/folders/0g/wwq2q6nn35n8vmrwhw5qfk601zlkw_/T/art9850699590461548829.pack
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/util/jar/Pack200
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.DownloadUtils.unpackLibrary(DownloadUtils.java:253)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.DownloadUtils.downloadInstalledLibraries(DownloadUtils.java:89)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.ClientInstall.run(ClientInstall.java:131)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.InstallerAction.run(InstallerAction.java:43)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.InstallerPanel.run(InstallerPanel.java:406)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.SimpleInstaller.launchGui(SimpleInstaller.java:165)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.SimpleInstaller.main(SimpleInstaller.java:51)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: java.util.jar.Pack200
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:602)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178)
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:522)
    ... 7 more

How can I fix this problem?


texts: I can no longer share Notes - previously been able to do it but when I create a new one I am no longer able to share that one

texts:
Iphone 12
I have previously been able to create and share notes. I'm trying to do a new one and I can no longer share them. I've tried several people and none work. What would have changed that's stopping me from doing what I could previously do?
Also about printing Notes. How do you do that from within your iCloud web log in? I can do it from my ph, but want to do it from my desktop.
Thank you .


texts: How to allow an internal disk to sleep on 10.13

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I have an internal disk which is noisy and seldom used. With previous versions of OSX I was able to spin it down by using diskutil eject, but with the latest High Sierra 10.13.4, after a few seconds it powers up again.

I am looking for a way to stop it powering up again or totally disabling it without physically opening the Mac.

Is this possible with software?

Note 1: Disk is not even mounted, I have it disabled in /etc/fstab. No matter which the sleeping time is, the disk never spins down. It only does afer running diskutils eject, but in few seconds it restarts. In previous versions of OS X it didnt happen, it switched off correctly.

Note 2: In the previous OS version (El capitan), I have it normally mounted, and unmounting it from the Finder was enough, it switched off correctly. This does not work now either.

Note 3: I tried disabling (kill -SIGSTOP) the processes "diskarbitrationd" and "diskmanagementd" just after disk ejection but result is the same, disk respwans after some seconds.

How to know which process is accessing the unmounted unit?


texts: iPhone USB disabled because another network is connected due to touchbar

texts:
I was offline due to an outage with my ISP. I disabled Wi-Fi and connected to my 2016 Macbook Pro running macOS (10.12.4-10.12.5) an iPhone to use its personal hotspot to connect, but when I did, the hotspot did not kick in as it has on past Macs. Instead, in the Network System Preferences, I see this message for iPhone USB:

Attached
iPhone USB is disabled because another network is connected. Uncheck the box below to connect anyway [✓] Disable unless needed

If I uncheck the box, the interface changes to Connected, but I want the device to only be active when needed. The mac seems to be incorrectly detecting that I don't need it when I do.

I tried removing all of the Network devices and restarting the machine, but even after restarting, the problem persisted.

I did some spelunking and found using ifconfig that en8 was to blame. If I sudo ifconfig en8 down, it makes that interface inactive and then the mac enables the iPhone USB device.

The details on the en8 device aren't very helpful:

$ sudo ifconfig -v en8
en8: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 index 4
    eflags=1000080<TXSTART,ECN_ENABLE>
    ether ac:de:48:00:11:22
    inet6 fe80::aede:48ff:fe00:1122%en8 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
    nd6 options=281<PERFORMNUD,INSECURE,DAD>
    media: autoselect
    status: active
    type: Ethernet
    link quality: 100 (good)
    state availability: 0 (true)
    scheduler: QFQ
    qosmarking enabled: no mode: none

The only identifying information there is the mac address, which resolves to a generic "private" space.

Using networksetup -listallnetworkservices gives no hint as to what that device might be and the device doesn't appear in the list from networksetup -listallhardwareports.

I persisted and found en8 listed in System Information:

The device is iBridge, which with a search reveals that iBridge is for the touch bar.

Even with en8 down, the touchbar appears to work, which makes me think the ethernet device is not in use at all.

I suspect this behavior is a bug and will need to be fixed in a future OS update, but I'm hopeful for some prospects.

Is it safe to leave en8 inactive, or what issues might I encounter with that device inactive? Is there another way to configure that interface such that it is still up and functioning as Apple intended, but without signaling to the OS that it's a viable connection to a network when it is not?


texts: How to resolve error: "Couldn't modify partition map because file system verification failed"?

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I upgraded to Lion and decided I no longer want 100 GB of my drive devoted to Boot Camp, I never boot into Windows, I just use it as a VM anyways. So I deleted the boot camp partition using disk utility and then attempted to expand the main partition to fill this now unallocated space. I also deleted the boot camp from inside VMWare Fusion. When I go to expand it, I get the error in the title of this question.

After searching this forum and Google, I found a lot of people with similar problems but none receiving this exact error with any resolution. I do not want to do a clean install if at all possible. I have enabled debug mode in Disk Utility and tried other stuff, but to no avail.

I've tried editing it in normal and in debug mode while running Lion, and I've tried in recovery mode.

Here are screenshots of the error and whatnot. Any ideas?

UPDATE: I verified my disk and got these errors. Attempting to repair but worried that my Snow Leopard disk will overwrite the Lion recovery partition....


texts: How can you open a video on your desktop at a specific time using terminal?

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I wanted to know if it was possible to open a mp4 file located on my desktop right at a specific time of the video (e.g. 1 hour 10 minutes 30 seconds) using the terminal?
$ open /Volumes/USERNAME/Desktop/lecture.mp4
This works for starting at the beginning of the video.
But how could I include a specific time (hours, minutes, seconds) at where the video opens/starts at?


texts: How do I get rid of the Appstore's update notification?

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How can I get rid of that type of notification without actually opening the Appstore? The fact that it will stay there until I actually open it is pretty annoying.

OSX Mountain Lion.


texts: iPhone external speak with Bluetooth and AirPlay?

texts: Most of the external speakers I've seen have either AirPlay [B&W Zeppelin] or Bluetooth [Bose Soundlink, Jawbone Big Jambox] but not both.  Anyone know of an external speaker system that has both?


texts: How to unrate multiple album ratings at the same time?

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I'm using iTunes 12.2.1.16 and today I realized that there is something called 'album rating'. This messes up my ordering according to the track rating. Suddenly there are songs appearing with hollow stars that I never rated.

I found out that this is the automatic album rating from iTunes. So far so bad. I also managed to disable it for one album.

But how can I unrate my entire library? In the album view I can select multiple albums, but not set the album rating...

iTunes driving me crazy again...

It's about deleting the album rating, not the track rating.


texts: How do I use an "intersection" symbol in word?

texts: I desperately need to use the intersection symbol for a stats assignment but kind figure out how to do it in word.


texts: How do I control which monitor an application will appear on?

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I just switched to Mac from Windows.

In Windows, if you have multiple monitors, application windows tend to appear wherever you most commonly put them. If you have different setups (for example a laptop with one external monitor at home but three monitors at work) Windows will even tend to remember where you like to put each app on each setup.

How do you do that on Mac?


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I created one start to log a "start time" and save into a plist file, and a an other script to read the start time and calculate the number of time elapsed from the start time and now (reading time)

first script (log time in plist) :

set myDate to date string of (current date)
set [dayLetter, dayNumber, MonthLetter, yearNumber] to the words of myDate
set t to (time string of (current date))
set [hoursInNumber, minutesInNumber, secondInNumber] to the words of t

set startTimeValue to (current date)
set startTimeClear to dayLetter & " " & dayNumber & " " & MonthLetter & " at " & hoursInNumber & ":" & minutesInNumber

set plistR to {startTime:startTimeValue, startTimeClear:startTimeClear}
tell application "System Events"
    set plistf to make new property list file ¬
        with properties {name:"~/Desktop/myTime.plist"}
    set plistf's value to plistR
end tell

second script (read plist)

set NowTimeValue to (current date)
set the plistfile_path to "~/Desktop/myTime.plist"
tell application "System Events"
    set p_list to property list file (plistfile_path)
    -- read the plist data
    set startTimeValue to value of property list item "startTime" of p_list
end tell
set Elapsed to startTimeValue - NowTimeValue

the main issue is, the time given is in second, and if I try yo divid by 60 that give me an hour.

how can I get this time in minutes / hours instead?