texts: Is it possible to jury-rig Internet Sharing to share an internet connection wirelessly, when my Mac already connects to the internet wirelessly?

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I am trying to set up an internet sharing on my Mac so I can have a 'temporary hotspot' with lesser security so I can connect a DS to the internet when I want it, without changing my router's security settings.

The problem arises is that while I'd be sharing my connection over Wi-fi, the way the house router gets to my computer is through Wi-fi. Is it possible to jury-rig the system so that the computer can both connect to the internet router, and re-broadcast / share that internet connection to other WiFi clients, from the same AirPort card?


texts: Is there a way to get a tab key on an iPhone XR (iOS 12.4)?

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Can this be done, and if so how?

I am not seeking merely a solution that allows the input of a tab character, for example using voice; I'm asking for a way to make a tab key appear on the keyboard on the screen.

Example of need: on a chat site I go to, you can type the first few characters of another user's name and then tab to complete...or at least you can if you have got a tab key.

Another example of utility is to jump from box to box when completing an online form.


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I am the author of wifi-wand, a Ruby command line utility that can be used as a simple way to manage the Mac's WiFi (https://github.com/keithrbennett/wifiwand) without having to learn all the different underlying Mac OS commands and their options.

To get a list of network names, I used to use airport -s but found that it does not work because since the network names are right justified (left padded), there is no way to know if leading spaces are part of the name or just there for formatting. So I use airport -s -x to get the information displayed in (pseudo-)XML.

This almost always works, but I've noticed in several locations, if there is an HP printer network, the output terminates somewhere in that element. For example:

           <key>SSID_STR</key>
           <string>DIRECT-0E-HP OfficeJet 4650</string>
           <key>WPS_PROB_RESP_IE</key>
            <dict>
                    <key>IE_KEY_WPS_AP_SETUP_LOCKED</key>
                    <true/>
                    <key>IE_KEY_WPS_CFG_METHODS</key>
                    <integer>0</integer>
                    <key>IE_KEY_WPS_DEV_NAME</key>
                    <string>DIRECT-0E-HP OfficeJet 4650</string>
                    <key>IE_KEY_WPS_DEV_NAME_DATA</key>
                    <data>
                    RElSRUNULTBFLUhQIE9mZmljZUpldCA0NjUw
                    </data>
                    <key>IE_KEY_WPS_MANUFACTURER</key>
                    <string>HP</string>
                    <key>IE_KEY_WPS_MODEL_NAME</key>
                    <string>OfficeJet 4650 series

Without the -x option, the output works, but, as I say, there is the space issue that prevents me from relying on it:

                        SSID BSSID             RSSI CHANNEL HT CC SECURITY (auth/unicast/group)
                NETGEAR25-5G a0:04:60:1a:5a:89 -67  153,-1  Y  -- WPA2(PSK/AES/AES)
 DIRECT-0E-HP OfficeJet 4650 ac:e2:d3:a9:d9:0f -90  6       Y  -- WPA2(PSK/AES/AES)
                      iPhone b2:8d:6c:9f:dd:00 -49  1       Y  US WPA2(PSK/AES/AES)
                   NETGEAR25 a0:04:60:1a:5a:87 -62  9       Y  -- WPA2(PSK/AES/AES)
                   CBCI-4F58 60:3d:26:57:4f:5c -86  6       Y  -- WPA2(PSK/AES/AES)

What's going on and how can I fix this?  Thanks in advance.

(The Github issue is at https://github.com/keithrbennett/wifiwand/issues/20.)

This HP related error is confirmed at https://clburlison.com/macos-wifi-scanning/, which says:

When you run airport with the --xml flag the command would fail to output properly formatted xml data...one idea is that HP printers are broadcasting a SSID with unsafe characters...

[which is close, but it is the model name, not the SSID, that seems to generate the error]


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After the Catalina update I can't login with my main user any more. Mostly all I get is the turning wheel but once I got Welcome message notification and clicking that started Safari. And from the Apple menu I was able the system settings and the app store.

I also have a few secondary users and I can login to those just fine. Which is different to the very many reports of user who where logged out after the Catalina update. Some where the user was left with deleting the hard drive to solve the problem.

Since I still have one working admin user I hope that I'm spared that fate. It seemed that the update itself was successful and the OS itself is still in working order.

I can also login to the damaged user via su.

What I want to know is: Is there a way to debug the login process to see where the login hangs?


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I have one series of photos that I show to people I meet often. Using the iOS Photos app with an album is fine, except that it takes a while to launch and then find the right album, and sometimes that app is slow.

What I'd like is to have an app (or an export process, or something) which allows me to select some photos maybe the first time I launch it, and then just displays those photos, and only those photos, when I start it up. I'd just like them to fill the screen and I could swipe between them.

Then, I could just pop open my phone, launch that app, and be showing the photos immediately.

Does anyone have any good ideas?


texts: Free Mac database software similar to FileMaker

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I am used to using FileMaker on a friend's computer, but I don't have it on mine, and at the moment I can't afford to buy it. Is there anything free out there that is similar?

I am in the process of making a database of job applicants on Excel and it is getting rather large and complicated. I like the way you can change from list view to document view on FileMaker.

OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard


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over the years I've accumulated a number of email addresses, some of which are used for this or that service. However, there are really two - personal and business - that I use most of the time.
I've noticed that iOS (14.4) is suggesting one of more of my arcane identities to complete an online form, rather than one of the two that I use most of the time (this occurs across all iOS devices). I've looked at my contact card, and the first two emails listed are my preferred - personal and business - yet it's selecting an email further down the list.
Can I steer Siri recommendation engine to prefer some data or otherwise delete contact information so only my preferred addresses are suggested?


texts: My macbookair tried to drink my coffee and now, everything is upside-down

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A few days ago, some coffee went on my MBA(4,2).

I immediately took it down, unplugged it from the magsafe, and started to open it to dry it the faster I was able to.

After a few days in rice and putting the piece back together I booted it. It was working quite well given what happened but now the fan are going full speed, even after SMC & NVRAM reset. The SMC Fan Controller can see the speed of the fan (6500rpm) and I can't change it. Which is annoying.

But what is way more annoying is that now my trackpad & keyboard are dead. Well, almost dead. Because I can still boot my mac. By the way, the keyboard backlight is still working as usual, enabled when a key is pressed (just the power key) and disabled after 10 secs)

How can I fix theses two issues (preferably with a lot of time and the less money as possible)?

(ps: I didn't find better tags, please, feel free to fix this :) )


texts: How do I add a picture of myself at the login screen?

texts: I need to add a image of myself in the login screen (when user credentials are asked). How can I do this?


texts: Will upgrading to Yosemite remove all my tweaks and setting?

texts: I've made many small tweaks and preference customization to the Mavericks install on my Mac. If I upgrade to Yosemite, will those tweaks and preferences be reset and would require me to re-apply them?


texts: In catalina, image dimension and resolution columns are empty ?  What needs to be turned back on so these columns get populated ?


texts: i live in a rural area and my internet provider is satellite.  When my son is downloading a movie and the wheel beside wifi icon is spinning and spinning is that using wifi data? It could take a half hour before the movie downloads. He is constantly trying to download and eventually gets it.  He is saying no data is used in searching. I do not agree. I think searching is using data. Am I correct?  As long as that wheel is spinning you are using data.


texts: How do I convert a 24-bit/96 kHz FLAC to anything else?

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I have some FLAC files I want to convert to AAC, but I can't because my go-to program, Max, throws an exception (The call to ExtAudioFileSetProperty failed.) when it tries to convert 24-bit/96 kHz FLAC (16-bit is no problem) to any other format.

So is there another good program for converting from FLAC?


texts: How to move all events on an "On my iPhone" calendar to an iCloud-synced calendar?

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I have been using Calendar on my iPhone for a good while now. Today, I decided to open the Calendar app on my Mac, but none of my events are there! Both computers are signed into the same iCloud account.

After a bit of poking around on my phone, I have found that I've saved all my events to a calendar called "Calendar" in the Calendar app, which is in the "On My iPhone" section in the list of calendars, as opposed to the "iCloud" section of the list. This explains why it is not syncing: it is a local calendar.

I'd like to have all the events on my Mac. Ideally there's a way to change an existing "on my iPhone" calendar to an "iCloud" calendar. If that isn't possible, then hopefully there's a way to copy all the events from one calendar to another. I think I'd be able to do this on my Mac, but since we're starting on the iPhone I'm not sure where this kind of option might be hidden.

If anyone can point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated!


texts: Image Capture takes a long time to import and convert photos and videos from iPhone to MacBook

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On a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) running macOS High Sierra I have connected an iPhone X via a Lightning cable and am transferring all the photos and videos taken with the iPhone to a folder I created on the MacBook using Image Capture.

I was expecting it to be just a file transfer process, but instead I can see that some conversion it taking place and this is taking a lot longer than expected.

Do you know why this conversion is necessary and whether there is a way to bypass it? All I want to do is to quickly transfer these files from the iPhone to the MacBook.


texts: Crash when trying to activate root in single user mode

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when i try to activate root in the single user mode, my computer crashes. It says something with stress and I have to press a key to restart.
I used the tutorial How to activate root using the Single-User Mode in Catalina.

I don’t want to reinstall macOS on top of my system.

What else can I try?


texts: Disable automatic alt text in Word for Mac

texts: When I paste an image into a Word for Mac document, it automatically adds alt text. How can I disable this "feature"? All the sources I can find online only explain how to do it on Word for Windows.


texts: iPhone turns off wifi when Lock Screen Active is a bug or a feature?

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I'm using iPhone 7, iOS 12.1.4.
Recently I notice that people can't call me via FaceTime me when I lock my iPhone, so it turns out the Wifi is only connected when the screen is on. I googled it a bit:

WiFi Disconnects when Lock Screen active

Wifi drops when phone is locked after 10.3.3 update

Some says it's a "feature" designed by Apple (to save battery, even when iPhone isn't in Low Power Mode), thus it can't be fixed, but some suggest solutions to fix (which doesn't work for me).

So if it is a feature, how can iPhone's users receive FaceTime/Facebook messenger calls, do they have to play with their iPhone all day long to make sure they don't miss any call, is there any official word from Apple?


texts: How to reuse HDD from TimeCapsule without losing the data?

texts: I've upgraded my router from Apple TimeCapsule to Keenetic Ultra. Keenetic supports HFS+ and my external drive enclosure, however when I plug in the drive from TimeCapsule only one 1 GB partition is showing and it doesn't contain any data from the TimeMachine.


texts: Can I share my Wifi connection on my iPad?

texts: I'll be going away in a couple of days, and I believe that where I am going, the WiFi is restricted to one device being connected at once. However, I would like to have internet access on both my iPhone and iPad Mini. Is there any way I can connect to the internet through my iPad Mini or vice verse, without a jailbreak?


texts: Lion Mail 5.0 rejects a POP server. Looking for confirmation and/or workarounds

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Has anyone else experienced problems logging into POP servers that require plain text password login? Or more importantly found a work around?

(I know that in this day and age a plain text password long for POP is bad, but I have no control over this server)

Based on a packet trace it looks like Mail 5.0 doesn't even try to login based on the settings in the preferences, it just connects queries capability and quits reporting that the server doesn't support "Password" the thing is, there is no required capability for plain Password method, it is a base POP command.


texts: Macbook pro 15 inch mid 2012 outlook 2011

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I am trying to archive my old emails on my Mac. Is there any way I can archive a specific folder, including its sub-folders, from Outlook 2011 Mac? Few methods tried, please see below, but it archives all the mail not the specific folder that I chose.

https://www.seattleserver.com/clients/knowledgebase.php?action=displayarticle&id=556


texts: Disable spellcheck and autocorrect in Notes forever

texts:
I've googled plenty of guides about disabling spelling and grammar in mac's Notes, and while unchecking the items in the edit menu works fine for the note I'm currently on, it turns back on for each new note and requires me manually disabling it each time.

I would like it to never check spelling and grammar in Notes, and not substitute incorrect spellings (not swapping out for smart quotes and the like would be a bonus). Is there some way to permanently disable these features for just the one app?

To be clear I don't want to disable it system-wide, only in Notes.


texts: How do I make sure the firmware for my newly installed SSD is up to date for Mac OSX? Note: cannot use optical drive

texts: Installed a 2nd HD (SSD) onto my 15" MBP and wasn't sure how to upgrade the firmware. SanDisk 120 GB SSD. Anyone know?


texts:
I re-installed Google Drive for my mac (OSX Yosemite 10.10.5) and the icon has since disappeared from the favorites bar in the finder. However, the icon shows up in the more info section. What is going on here?
Here is the view of the Favorites bar in Finder.

And here is the more info view that shows the icon.


texts: Create a snapshot of Mac that I can restore from

texts:
What is the easiest way to create a snapshot of my Mac at its current state that I can use to do future re-installs from.

I want to be able to get my Mac back to a state where all my required apps are set up with their required settings and plugins and all my system settings are set to a state I'm happy with.


texts: iOS: mail showing an old email only when the inbox is empty

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When there is at least one email in my Exchange mailbox the mail app on iOS is working fine.

As soon as the inbox is empty, an old deleted message appears. If I delete it again, it reappears after less than one second.

As soon as I get a new message, the old deleted one is not shown anymore.

Removing the Exchange account and adding it again does not change the behaviour.

Any idea what I could try?


texts: Migration Assistant: target computer freezes mid-transfer (screen black, unresponsive)

texts: I am running Migration Assistant (over a network) to transfer an old Mac's setup to a new one. The process starts fine, but every time I try it the target computer freezes mid-transfer (at the moment the source computer has shown '9 hours 34 minutes' remaining for the transfer for hours). The target computer's screen is black, and it does not respond to keyboard or mouse input, but I can tell it's on from the fan whir. It does not respond when I press the power button as it would were it asleep or off. I have to hold this down to force it to shut down. I've restarted the whole process several times - what should I do?


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There's one feature from Windows 7 that I sort of like (yeah, yeah, I know...) and would like to implement (differently) on OS X.  It's what they call "Libraries".  It allows you to have the contents of multiple on-disk directories show up in Windows Explorer (their version of the Finder, for any who've had the pleasure to never need to use Windows) as though they were one directory.

The way I'd like to use this is to have directories from multiple drives browsable as though they were all on one drive.  So, for instance the following directories:

~/Resources/
/Volumes/Portable Library/Resources/
/Volumes/FreeNAS Server/Resources/

would all be visible together as a single "Resources" directory.   Ideally my ~/Resources would display the contents of the other two, but it wouldn't kill me if I had to use a different path, such as /Volumes/Combined/Resources/.

Is this possible to do somehow?  Maybe using something like the mhddfs command?  (That is mentioned here, but it is unclear from the answer whether it can be used in the way I'm describing: I want to merge directories across several drives, not the entire drives themselves.  It also may not exist for OS X.)  Also, when any given drive or file server is unavailable, it should handle it gracefully and not treat it as a failure, since my FreeNAS server will only be around when I'm home, and I won't always have various external drives plugged in.

(If you're wondering why I'd ever want to do this, take a different example: iTunes libraries.  It would be nice to have the bulk of it on a file server, but have the most-played songs available on my MacBook Air.)

Can this be done?


texts: How can I contact the owner of a lost iPhone who has a password lock?

texts: I want to return their phone, but can't access their contacts, etc.


texts:
When I scan for Cellular Network on my iPhone (Settings app → General → Cellular → Network Selection → Manual), the only networks that I get is from my ISP, the company that I bough my SIM card from.

Is there a way to get all the other cellular networks? Why is my iPhone not looking at all the networks, and only at the one that my SIM is supposed to recognize?


texts: MacBook Pro 13" TouchBar 2017 won't sleep

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I have a really huge problem with my Brand new MacBook Pro 13".  When I close the lid and I open it after serveral hours the battery is completely empty. So the Mac obviously won't sleep and do working in the background.

So after that I checked the logs in the Console App and I found an process that will running every 1-2 minutes and obviously that will empty the MacBook battery.

This process is called diagnosticd and does the follwing on console in short:

Jul 21 09:49:20 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Streaming server Reconnected
Jul 21 09:49:20 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Cancelling the existing xpc
Jul 21 09:49:20 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Disconnecting the client connection
Jul 21 09:49:20 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Send_stream_Request, connecting to Streaming server
Jul 21 09:51:39 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Streaming server Reconnected
Jul 21 09:51:39 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Cancelling the existing xpc
Jul 21 09:51:39 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Disconnecting the client connection
Jul 21 09:51:39 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Send_stream_Request, connecting to Streaming server
Jul 21 09:52:52 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Streaming server Reconnected
Jul 21 09:52:52 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Cancelling the existing xpc
Jul 21 09:52:52 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Disconnecting the client connection
Jul 21 09:52:52 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Send_stream_Request, connecting to Streaming server
Jul 21 09:53:59 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Streaming server Reconnected
Jul 21 09:53:59 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Cancelling the existing xpc
Jul 21 09:53:59 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Disconnecting the client connection
Jul 21 09:53:59 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Send_stream_Request, connecting to Streaming server
Jul 21 09:55:14 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Streaming server Reconnected
Jul 21 09:55:14 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Cancelling the existing xpc
Jul 21 09:55:14 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Disconnecting the client connection
Jul 21 09:55:14 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Send_stream_Request, connecting to Streaming server
Jul 21 09:56:22 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Streaming server Reconnected
Jul 21 09:56:22 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Cancelling the existing xpc
Jul 21 09:56:22 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Disconnecting the client connection
Jul 21 09:56:22 Buzz diagnosticd[691]: Send_stream_Request, connecting to Streaming server

That will only happen when I have an active Wi-Fi Connection and the lid is closed.
For me It looks like some process will keep the diagnosticd process alive and working. I reinstalled the MacBook 3 Times, nothing works.

Have anybody an idea how can I see more about diagnosticd and the process that will keep this deamon alife?

Had anybody else the Problems?

I really hope you can help me...


texts: How do I prevent my PPP connection from disconnecting when it's idle?

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I've installed a Huawei-based "surf stick" (a USB stick with a mobile/wireless modem inside) as a backup internet connection in case my main connection goes down.

I've configured it as a PPP connection in the Network control panel.

All works fine apart from the fact that after a few minutes of idle time on this secondary network interface, the PPP connection gets closed by the system with the message that the connection was idle.

I like to disable this automatic "disconnection when idle".

Apple's support site has this to say about accomplishing it:

  Click PPP, and then make sure the “Disconnect if idle for __ minutes” checkbox is not selected, or if it is selected, increase the number of minutes that the computer can remain idle before disconnecting.

Well, this is how it looks on my system:

As you can see, there is no such "Disconnect if idle" checkbox option.

Where is it gone, how do I get it back? Or is there another way to control this setting, maybe with a defaults command?

This is on 10.10.5, BTW.

Also, I wonder why the "Connect automatically when needed" option is disabled. I've asked about this in the Apple discussions forum but didn't get an answer on that, either.


texts: Stop Terminal from Making Irritating Noise

texts:
As you fellow devs can imagine, one of the most irritating things I experience in my daily programming life is this silly noise that Terminal makes every time I enter an invalid key. I've went to System Prefs and turned off all sounds for notifications and yet this same stupid noise that terminal makes keeps on inundating me with notifications that I have entered an invalid key sequence.

Any way of stopping this or is Terminal conspiring against me.


texts: iPhone photo download workflow for ONLY new photos onto Mac

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Cross posting this from SuperUser AND Photo.StackExchange since I have a bounty on it and have no replies yet, hopefully will get more attention here ;)

I'm finding my iPhone photo download workflow to be a bit cumbersome.

Here are my requirements:

Download photos+video off my iPhone Camera Roll, but keep photos on iPhone
Only display/download new photos+video on iPhone since last download
Avoid iPhoto, ideally, because it makes me a bit nervous
Have all my iPhone-taken photos+video available to view on my iPhone
Maintain all EXIF/GPS metadata at all costs

Currently, I use regular folder structure + Picasa for all of my digital photos, however for my iPhone, I use iPhoto because it will "only display new items" when I go to import photos off my iPhone

I'm finding that will 5000+ photos+videos on my iPhone, iPhoto generally takes a while (2-10 minutes) to 'find' my iPhone after I plug it in.

Ideally, I'd like to just use OSX's built in ImageCapture.app to download iPhone photos, but it loads/displays ALL the photos, not just the new ones since last sync (as iPhoto does..).  I then have to know which was the last downloaded iPhone photo and download only the newer ones.

Picasa Import also loads/displays ALL photos on the iPhone (which is very cumbersome with so many images to load off the device...)

I guess I'd like to know if anyone has a similar workflow/requirements and how they do it.

My current plan is to set up a workflow that removes photos from the Camera Roll as I download them, but then have iTunes sync them back on as albums based on folders - I may even automatically resize them so I have smaller versions on the iPhone and the original full size versions on my Mac (so conserve previous iPhone storage space) [UPDATE: iTunes automatically does this, which is too bad because it means I no longer have FULL SIZE backups on my phone, only on my computer...]


texts: Remove Find my iPhone lost mode passcode lock from every wake

texts: If I have set my iPhone with the lost mode/password lock, how do I get rid of the password lock every time I wake up or turn on my iPhone with Apple IOS 8.1?


texts: How do I lock iPhone 5 in landscape mode? I see how to lock it in portrait mode, and I've tried locking it in landscape mode using the assistive touch feature, but that isn't working for me.


texts:
I installed qemu via brew. Successfully installed ubuntu 18.04 desktop as a qemu guest.

Following is the start up command:

qemu-system-x86_64 \
-show-cursor \
-M q35,accel=hvf,usb=off,vmport=off \
-cpu host -smp 4 -m 2048 \
-overcommit mem-lock=off \
-overcommit cpu-pm=off \
-rtc base=utc,clock=host \
-audiodev id=coreaudio,driver=coreaudio \
\
-device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x2,drive=ssd1 \
-device virtio-net-pci,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x3,netdev=nic1,mac=52:54:98:76:54:33 \
-device virtio-tablet-pci,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x4 \
-device virtio-vga \
\
-drive id=ssd1,file=/Users/js/code/VM/qemu/u64d01.qcow2,if=none,format=qcow2 \
-netdev user,id=nic1,ipv4=on,ipv6=on,hostname=u64d01,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22

Ubuntu desktop startup correctly and is responsive. However I am not able to get audio working. It just show "Dummy Output" in Settings->Sound.

Anyone have any clue?


texts: iOS Maps, any way to manually specify a location?

texts:
My cottage is along a road that Maps is clueless about - the name is spelled wrong, it’s missing a North, it’s shows all sorts of connecting roads that don’t exist, etc.

The most annoying problem, however, is that all the street numbers are wrong. Put in my address and you end up about two miles away.

Is there a way I can manually indicate the precise location of my address? I can drop a pin, but can I say that’s the address so that when I send the contact to people they also get the right location?


texts: Replace "Compress" in Finder context menu with other compression app

texts:
I've lost some sensitive data because the built-in compression utility generates corrupt files and doesn't show any error.

After I compressed about 1 Gb of files with Finder's "Compress", I decided to delete the original data just to find that the file was corrupt and couldn't be extracted. This have happened to me acouple of times.

Is there a way to change the default behavior to show errors during compressing or to replace zip from the compress contextual menu?


texts: What is the procedure for replacing the battery on an iPhone?


texts:
My MacBook Air is stuck in boot loop i.e. When I start my mac I see apple logo for some secs and the restarts again. This happens over and over. I can't get to os. When I try to get to utility disk using command+R, it doesn't get there either as it keeps restarting. Any idea how can I fix this?

Update

When I try verbose mode I get this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhOvfERZzRQ&feature=share

Update

Here are the screenshots. I'm not sure where it gets stuck but the first one is where it takes few extra seconds before it gets going further and the second screenshot is when trying to restart.

UPDATE

Based on @Ruskes answer, I created a bootable usb from another mac. And I boots infected mac from it but when it restarts the same restart loop began.


texts: Copy Time Machine network backup (SMB) to USB dirve

texts:
I have Time Machine backup on SMB dirve (Synology). Now in order to restore it faster I would like to copy this backup into USB drive.

I've created GUID Partition and copied there folder MyBackuo.backupbundle.

Now when I boot into recovery mode and select "Restore from Time Machine Backup" it does not show my usb drive.

I can see this drive in /Volumes (from terminal)

Any help is appreciated.


texts: Is 110 degrees fahrenheit on average bad on a 2019 MacBook Air? (And other problems)

texts: I've been using my MacBook air 2019 for quite some time now (9 months) and I've been getting 110 degrees fahrenheit on average with simple use like google chrome or safari. In fact, the highest I have gotten it to reach was 184 degrees fahrenheit. Is this normal? Does anyone else get this issue? Do you think a hard reset could solve this issue? I would like to mention that I have not downloaded any software that takes up much battery. Also, when I'm only using google chrome, my mac tends to only have 100 or fewer megabits of free ram. Another thing that I would like to mention is that my MacBook's REAL battery capacity has been going down by 2% every month. Does anyone know why I'm having all of these problems? Any response would be helpful! Thank you!


texts: Need to know how to have my own iCloud account?

texts: If me and my two kids share the same iCloud and I constantly see them sharing my materials. How can I separate without loosing my personal stuff?


texts:
It is very easy to switch applications in OS X using ⌘-tab. But what if an application is hidden?

Let me describe some problems I am facing and what I want to accomplish.

⌘-tab switches between all opened applications
What about minimized applications or applications with no windows?
(Xcode, for example, after I've closed all its open windows)
When I press F9, I can see all windows
This includes minimized windows at the bottom, but not hidden windows
Hidden versus minimized windows and application creates confusion
If someone wants to switch, they can:

F11 to view the desktop
F9 to view all opened windows (except for hidden windows)
F8 to switch Spaces (if multiple Spaces are active)
⌘-tab for all applications
⌘-H to hide an application
⌘-M to minimize a window
⌘-` to switch between multiple windows of one application

I face a lot of confusion while switching. I have to keep many things in mind, such as whether it is a window or an application.

In short: What do you do when you want to switch? And what's the simplest way to get familiar with how OS X handles opened windows and applications?


texts: i have all my old conversations from Messenger on my Mac (and not on my iphone). As I want to put the upcoming High Sierra on a previously deleted Mac instead of simply updating my Mac I wonder if it is possible to somehow save the old conversations. Any ideas?


texts: Homebrew: Why is java not installed as a dependency for Tomcat?

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Java is listed in Tomcat's dependency list. But when I install tomcat there is no java. Why?

$brew install tomcat
$brew list | grep java | wc -l
0


texts: How to create a Siri shortcut to play tunein radio on HomePod and Mac

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How can I create a shortcut such that I can tell my HomePod
"Hey Siri, good morning"
and it will then play a certain tunein radio station

on the HomePod
and also on my Mac in the other room
and have the playback in sync.

Currently, the only way for me is to go into the other room and start the tunein radio station on my Mac in the Music app and then select both the Mac and the HomePod as airplay output. But that's something my humble assistant should do for me … Thanks!


texts: How to automatically attach folder actions to all added subfolders recursively?

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TL;DR How do you make a folder action that attaches folder actions to added subfolders?  Is that even possible?

My end goal is to convert gps/location-based reminders of specific locations (e.g. home/work) into iBeacon-triggered reminders.  I have an iBeacon reminders app, but I rarely use it mainly because it's buggy and it's not as convenient as asking Siri to remind me of things.

I have the iBeacon triggering of reminders for these locations worked out.  But I want to be able to create the reminders using Siri, e.g. "Hey Siri, remind me to 'X' when I get to work", and have that set up the iBeacon-triggered reminder.  Siri will already create a location based reminder in the reminders app and I know that related files are created in ~/Library/Calendars and I know how to tell which folder there-in contains the reminder events.  I even know how to parse the ics files and translate which locations correspond to which iBeacons.  I can do all that, but the hard part is reliably and in a timely and efficient fashion, catching the reminder-creation event so I can do the conversion to my iBeacon reminder system.  All I have to do is, when a reminder is created, copy the reminder text into the place where the iBeacon event can grab it and issue the reminder.

I could poll the contents of ~/Library/Calendars every so often, but I have a lot of large calendar files with lots of events, so it would be better if I could do this via folder actions.  Each event is a separate ics file.  However, they're distributed among multiple .caldav/.calendar/ directories.  And I'd like this strategy to be able to cope with the creation of new directories/calendars.

So I was thinking that I could create a folder action attached to ~/Library/Calendars that itself attaches folder actions which attach folder actions which parse .ics files to pull out the location, arrive/leave event type, and the summary to create the iBeacon reminders.  But that seems kind of fragile and complex.  Theoretically it seems like it could work, though I don't know what issues I might run into.  I don't even know if a folder action can attach a folder action.  Has anyone done anything remotely similar to this?

Or does anyone know of another way to have Siri create iBeacon reminders?  (For those curious: I bought an app called Beecon which can trigger webhook calls based on iBeacon enter/exit events.  My plan is to have it trigger IFTTT iOS notifications, among other things.)


texts: How do I uninstall the Apple Mail app and reinstall it?

texts: How do I uninstall Apple Mail app on a Macbook Pro and then reinstall it?


texts: Developer not identified error when logging in Oracle Instantclient on Catalina

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I have the Oracle Instantclient installed (PHP needs it for the oci extension to work), the install directory is /opt/instantclient_19_3 and every time I log in after a reboot I get the following error messages which read translate to

  libclntsh.dylib.18.1 cannot be opened because the developer can't be verified.
  libclntshcore.dylib.19.1 cannot be opened because the developer can't be verified

I had the same errors popup when using Terminal and Hyper but since I've allowed those apps full disk access everything works fine. Still, after logging in I get both error messages, so I assume something needs permissions but I can't figure it out. Any hints?


texts: How to make brew installed software take effect over the manually installed one?

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I have an older version of software that I once manually installed through installation package (version 0.6.6 -- I write it down here for later discussion purpose, but the version number is not relevant to this question).

Now I found brew is better why to manage the update/upgrade etc. So, I use brew to install the software by doing brew install terraform (version 0.6.9 -- again, I write it down here for later discussion purpose, but the version number is not relevant to this question), which is all good so far.

However, when I do terraform version to query the current effective version, I found it's still the old version.

My question is how I can make the brew installed software take over.

A side question is that which I try to find out terraform's location, by run which terra (hit tab now), which I normally do for other software, the tab won't do the auto complete action for me. Why is that?


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My father's iPhone 7s shows such message:

Could Not Sign In:  A server problem is blocking Apple ID sign in.  Try signing in later."

The passcode screen does not even come up. I have search the Apple Community but there is no answer. Anyone knows how to fix it?


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Can someone tell me where to get MacOS Mojave?  I have a Mac which I have upgraded to Catalina, and I need to downgrade to run some legacy apps.

Thanks.


texts: App made in Applescript Icon wont change

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The app's Icon wont change for me I tried copying in contents as "applet.icns" I tried Copy + Paste in get info nothing will work I found a article on the internet about this problem they say that you need to do -ls -la in Terminal but that wont work for me

Any help appreciated
Thank you


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I have a late 2006 iMac with Intel Core2Duo, 64-bit (32 bit EFI) with some upgraded parts:

2*2GB RAM (only 3 GB can be used)
100GB SSD which has been running for 3 years now with trim-enabler

In the SnowLopard-Server instance which I had previously installed on it, I started to get visual errors, which got more and more over time. For example windows were blank, but the elements inside were still functional.

It seemed like a problem with the GPU to me, but I wanted to make sure and installed a MacOS Lion on it. During installation process, when loaded from the USB, there were no errors at all. But after installation and booting from the hard-drive, I got the errors again. I also tried to start a linux from a cd on that mac and there were no errors either.

This sounds like a problem with the SSD, doesn't it? Can I test this somehow before I buy a new SSD?


texts: How can I get rid of the notification that a Mac App store app which is not installed on this machine wants to update

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A long time ago (and on another machine) I bought a Mac App Store app (EventScripts) which is still available in the store.
I now have a new iMac (with macOS Mojave) where I haven't installed this app. However the Mac App Store on this app always notifies me that it wants to update this app. Here a screenshot from the "Updates" pane in the Mac App Store on this iMac:

How can I get rid of this notification (whileof course keeping the valid update notifications for other apps)?

More info:
The app is definitely not installed, because it does not appear in the /Application folder,
Strangely though, when I search for the app in the Mac App Store I get not a "Get" Button, but an "Update" button:

I guess it has something specific to do with this app which for many years did not get updates, but now it suddenly does get an update.


texts: I'm using Mac Book Pro on Big Sur, and I've set System Preferences > Keyboard > Key Repeat to "Off". However, it regularly gets reset to the default. It seems that sleep, reboot, and adding a usb keyboard seem to reset the setting. As a virtualbox user, this is a real pain as any slowdown on the virtualbox can cause it to show 3 or more letters for any key pressed. Is there a way to disable this feature permanently?


texts: Passing a password variable with a ! character to sysadminctl with escapes?

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Let's say I have a password abc!!!!123 for an admin account with a ST (Secure Token) that I need to pass thru sysadminctl to grant another admin account a ST. I already have the abc!!!!123 in a variable: $ST_admin_Pass. Here's the statement in my sh script:

/usr/sbin/sysadminctl -secureTokenOn "$temp_Admin" -password "$temp_Admin_Pass" -adminUser "$ST_admin" -adminPassword "$ST_admin_Pass"

where $temp_Admin is the account to be granted the ST and $ST_admin is the account that has a ST.

Running this command in a sh script fails and I am assuming it is because of the ! in the password, since running the same statement from the command line with the password's ! un-escaped fails:

/usr/bin/sysadminctl -secureTokenOn temp_admin -password SomePassword -adminUser adminwithST -adminPassword abc!!!!123

but escaping the ! works:

/usr/bin/sysadminctl -secureTokenOn temp_admin -password SomePassword -adminUser adminwithST -adminPassword abc\!\!\!\!123

Should I add escapes to the variable? If so, what is the proper way of doing that? Is there a way to pass the variable so that it doesn't need escapes?


texts: How do I create a 'series' of iBooks not originally purchased as a series from the iBooks Store?

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Is it possible to create a series of iBooks from epubs not donwloaded from the iBooks store?

For example, I have all the series of "Game of Thrones" in epub format (not purchased from the iBooks Store), but when I synchronise these books in iTunes to my iPhone or iPad, they appear in a different order and do not appear as a series (e.g. Book 1, Book 2, Book 3 etc).

Is there any way to make these books appear in a series as per the image below? Note: I did check this post, but it didn't work for me.


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Trying to delete the following file: ~/Library/Cookies/HSTS.plist, but MacOS won't let me do it even when using sudo.

I just switched to Mac (was using Ubuntu before) and I'm probably missing something obvious. I'm using MacOS Mojave 10.14.1.
What could be wrong?

sudo rm -f ~/Library/Cookies/HSTS.plist
rm: /Users/dima/Library/Cookies/HSTS.plist: Operation not permitted

I can't run ls on the folder files:

ls -la ~/Library/Cookies/
ls: : Operation not permitted

Output of ls -lde@ ~/Library/Cookies:

drwx------@ 11 dima  staff  352 Dec 11 23:03 /Users/dima/Library/Cookies
    com.apple.quarantine     -1

I found out I can delete the file using Finder, but not using command line. Why is that?


texts: What happens when you walk out of range from iPhone / Macbook Pro with bluetooth headphones?

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Im thinking of buying a pair of Bose bluetooth headphones as the non-bluetooth pair I've used everyday for 5 years are dying.

I really like the idea of no cables, but what happens if I walk out of range of my Macbook Pro or iPhone? Will the music start playing through the phone or computer (not very practical as I'm in an open plan office)


texts: Downgrade to older version of app while keeping app data?

texts: Is there a way to downgrade an app and keep the app data you have built up by using the newer version of the app (e.g. keep game scores, keep wifi test history, etc...)


texts: Can you enable the meta key in Mavericks?

texts: According to several help posts (for example), you used to be able to enable the option/alt key to act as a meta key. Can you no longer do that in Mavericks?


texts: Terminal freezes with beach ball on High Sierra

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My terminal frequently freeze with a spinning beach ball of doom. I've tested using both iTerm2 and the default Terminal, and it happens with both. And it doesn't seem to matter what I'm doing. I've had it freeze while nothing is running in any terminal, as well as while running a myriad of different programs (npm, webpack, gulp etc.).

When the terminals freeze, I'm able to force quit the app, but unable to start it again. And if one freeze, it seems to affect the other (if iTerm2 freeze and I force quit the app, I'm still unable to open Terminal). In order to use a terminal again I'm forced to reboot the machine.

While rebooting (after a terminal freeze) the machine also always hangs after closing all apps. I'm still able to move the cursor around on a black background, but that's it. The machine hangs there until I short circuit by holding down the power button.

What I've tried

I've tried resetting NVRAM and SMC to no avail.


texts: iCal events on the desktop; Dashboard widgets vs. GeekTool vs.?

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Over the last few years I've become very dependent on the Amnesty Widget Browser and a little Dashboard widget called "iCal Events" to embed a well-styled list of upcoming iCal events into my desktop background. The beauty of the system is that the information is staring me in the face -- I don't have to go anywhere special or take a special action to see my diary.

Both Amnesty and iCal Events are long-abandoned, but I've managed to keep them limping along. The limping is becoming rather bad in Lion, though. I was able to modify the Javascript in iCal Events to let it access my iCloud calendars, but I can no longer move or resize the window it creates, and I can't assign it to "all" desktops under Mission Control. The whole thing feels a bit too fragile now, and I need a modern solution.

I've tried GeekTool and NerdTool, and both offer straightforward ways to get iCal events displayed on the desktop. The trouble is that the output from both is too ugly to look at daily! Fonts and colors can be customized, but I want CSS-level control: spacing and placement, varying colors and shapes depending on the type of information displayed.

I see three possible solutions:

A modern way to embed Dashboard widgets into the desktop in Lion.
A way to style GeekTool output more elaborately than just changing the font
Another solution to getting my iCal Events "in my face" that I haven't considered.

(I am aware that Dashboard can be run in a developer mode that allow one to drag apps out of the Dashboard itself. I've had several problems with this solution. First, the Dev mode doesn't embed the released widgets into the desktop, so when you use a gesture to sweep aside all the windows, the calendar is swept out of view too. Second, when you restart the computer, you have to drag the widget back out again -- it's not automatic.)

Thanks for your thoughts on this.


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Every couple of days Mail.app stops showing the unread message count on the Dock icon. Restarting the application brings it back immediately.
In Preferences->General, I have Dock unread count linked to a smart mailbox that excludes a handful of folders.
Is this a known issue, and is there a fix?
UPDATE:
The problem just recurred, and I notice that when I open the smart mailboxes list, the mailbox I have Dock unread count linked to also doesn't show an unread count, even though viewing the smart mailbox contents has some messages marked as unread.
So the problem seems to be related to how unread counts are calculated for smart mailboxes.
UPDATE 2:
I've reopened the question. Things were going pretty well for a few days with the solution I posted in the answer. But today I'm seeing the opposite problem: the Dock count is 3, but there are no unread messages in any of the folders that are supposed to be counted. When I view the smart mailbox, it's empty. And marking messages as unread adds them to the smart mailbox, but the badge in the dock doesn't change.
As in the past, restarting Mail corrects it.


texts: Two developer licenses under the same Apple ID (same company)

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We already have one developer license, but want to buy one more developer license.

Is it possible under the same Apple ID?
We want to buy one more license under same company name, same Apple ID.
Basically Apple ID (having agent role) is legal owner. So under the same Apple ID, we wanted to buy a 2nd license.

If no, what are the alternate ways?


texts: Getting Applications location in Automator

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How do I get the directory where the app created in automator resides?

Example:

Create App using automator
Save to ~/Documents/Automator
Run automator app, which does something in it's directory


texts: Way to logout a user from the command line in OS X 10.9

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I want to logout my Mac OS X from the command line. My OS X version is 10.9.
I tried command pkill -KILL -u uid, but this command didn't work out.
Is there a command that can be used to log out a user from the system using command line only, not AppleScript?


texts: How to change keyboard type if that option is no longer visible in Yosemite?

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I am using an EU keyboard layout and the button below the ESC key is "double quotes" on OSX 10.10.3

Suddenly that key is automatically changed to the < >| key

I checked keyboard layout and it is correct.

I think the keyboard assistant (which asks you to press the button near the left shift) can solve this issue, but I can't find that utility. System Preferences > Keyboard no longer shows Change Keyboard Type.

How can I find/open that Keyboard Assistant or make that Change Keyboard Type button appear again?


texts: How do I get Apple to accept my account passwords?

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My Mac has started asking for passwords to several of my (non-Apple) accounts (listed in Settings > Accounts), which until recently have been working fine. Entering these passwords (for several different accounts with several different providers) is always rejected with

  Unable to verify account name or password

I've verified that all of the passwords I'm providing are correct and work by trying them on other devices or accessing them in ways that do not involve Apple's settings. I've also confirmed that this makes a mess of the user of these (and Apple's) services: e.g., while mail syncs, content is blank (or Messages fails to sync with the previous several days activities).

How do I fix this? How can it even come about?!


texts: How to display the location of files with Spotlight?

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When searching for a file with Spotlight (and with the Finder) I often
find many different versions of the correct file name.

But to choose the correct one I want to deal with, I should see its
complete location on the file system.

I'm hunting a Makefile.
Spotlight (the Finder too) displays me a list of a lot of them (I'm working with different package managers which install softwares in
different directories).
How may I quickly display their complete location to choose the one I want?

With the command line find or locate the answer is pretty easy. But in some cases I would like to avoid to start a Terminal and fire a pretty long find.


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I just deleted (via AppCleaner) my Mac App Store app (which I couldn't log into for 2 weeks) with the idea to re-get a fresh app via Software Update.

But Software Update doesn't download Mac App Store anymore.

How can I re-install Mac App Store on my Mac? Thank you.


texts: Can I keep the Screen Sharing app from showing the menu bar?

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I need to use Mac OS X's screen sharing app a lot to access a remote system (also using Mac OS X). I'm new to Macs and I keep having the following problem:

If I leave my mouse cursor within roughly a fifth of the top of the screen, OS X thinks I want to exit fullscreen mode and shows the OS X menu bar.

This is very annoying as the only options I can find will allow me to choose having the remote display get resized (which is terrible if I'm hovering over a button which was just about to click) or part of my screen gets covered by the menu bar.

How can I stop the OS from trying to help me until I push the cursor into the farthest pixel in the upper right hand corner (or something like that) so that I can use the machine as a thin-client and not deal with the local system? Is there a way I could create a separate user account that only displays that application as if there's no Finder?

Before suggesting another client: I've found that you really need to use the default one in OS X or it is a poor experience.


texts: Why do app windows not extend to bottom of screen?

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I run OS X 10.10.3 and occasionally notice (must've been there forever, it's not very obtrusive, but occasionally annoying) that windows which are maximized but not in full screen leave some space at the bottom. I changed the desktop background to a garish green and added the red frame to illustrate the issue (it still gets muted by the window's drop shadow, so it's not always easy to see in practice).

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

I guess my question is whether this is intentionally designed like this and if so, what the reason could be and how to avoid this. It seems nonsensical to me.


texts: Quit the app after the last tab/window is closed

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I find those black little dots under the applications are annoying, like this:

In fact, in the figure above, I have no Word docs open. In the case that I thought maybe I was working on something (which happens a lot), I will click the Word icon to find out which doc I was reading. However, it opens a new blank Word, which I find annoying.

The extreme way of disabling all the dots is not a good idea. I need to be aware of which apps I am working on.

One reason that I like (Mac)Vim very much because it gives an option like this:

But not all apps give this option, it seems.

So, I am wondering if there is any solution for these annoying dots.

After some search, I found this, which was in 2012. So no updates?

Edited:
By the way, I don't like ⌘+Q to close the app directly, because it may close other running windows/tabs accidentally.


texts: High Sierra upgrade does nothing at all when opened

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I downloaded the High Sierra upgrade a few weeks ago and have tried to launch it now and then since, but it does nothing. Not even report an error.

The High Sierra icon with apparent stalled download indicator in my Applications folder

It does seem to start. I'm pretty sure I can see it when I run top in a terminal.

My machine is officially compatible. It's a mid-2013 11" MacBook Air.

It doesn't have an SSD, just a USB 3 external hard drive. But this didn't stop the last few OS upgrades from working.

I can't seem to find this specific problem mentioned anywhere on the net when I Google for it.

Is this actually a known problem with a solution?

Update

I thought I should try to run it from the terminal and see if it outputs an error there. But it is not a regular executable file. It is some kind of magical directory in fact that is associated with the App Store. So I don't know of a way to launch it from the terminal. Doubleclicking on it does something in the background using the App Store, since the App Store does not open or tell me anything.


texts: Windows 10 Bootcamp Partition Unseen By OS X

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I've look around here and Apple's support community, but can't find my exact issue. I recently reinstalled Windows 10 to my MacBook Pro (Mid 2012), added a partition to start on installing Linux, and now OS X doesn't see the Windows 10 partition at all. I can still hold down alt/option to start it up, but I would like to have the option to have it automatically start to Windows 10, which I don't anymore.

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0 returned the following:

Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 29185/255/63 [468862128 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE    0   0   2 -   25 127  14 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
 2: AF   25 127  15 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 -  233553880] HFS+
*3: 07 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 234225664 -     204800] HPFS/QNX/AUX
 4: 07 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 234430464 -  234428416] HPFS/QNX/AUX

sudo gdisk /dev/disk0 returned this:

Disk /dev/disk0: 468862128 sectors, 223.6 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): F33219B5-A986-430B-8674-23055706EF16
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 468862094
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 234693781 sectors (111.9 GiB)

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00  EFI System Partition
   2          409640       233963519   111.4 GiB   AF00  Untitled
   3       234225664       234430463   100.0 MiB   0700  BOOTCAMP

Of course, Disk Utility was SO helpful by showing this:

I don't want to reinstall Windows 10 AGAIN, and I can't seem to find any information that actually helps with this issue. Any assistance would be appreciated.


texts: Is Xcode the ideal IDE for most development needs, or is app/web/shell/script development not as narrowly approached?

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I'm pretty fluent in the basics of web based languages i.e., HTML(5), CSS(3), php, MySQL, Javascript; although now I'm diving deeper and starting to tackle scripting (Mostly Python and Ruby) & compiler code (Objective-C, Cocoa, Swift, Metal).

What do you some of you recommend for someone who is embarking upon the higher tiers of programming, such as the ones I mentioned above (IMHO; no offense to web dev gurus ;-) ); should I use the basic text editor & up (BBEdit, TextWrangler, ATOM, Sublime Text) and create my own file hierarchy by hand, or should I learn with the assistance of an IDE like Xcode, Dreamweaver, Eclipse (I know it's java based, and rather not use on OS X just from hearing word of mouth), or is there any others that I don't even have any prior knowledge/experience with? If you prefer not to utilize IDE's what is your favorite syntax highlighting enabled text/file editor?

I know this may seem like a novice question, but I'm a "measure twice, cut once" kind of guy. Yet, don't let that confuse you with my expectations, because I know what a headache debugging can be, especially when you're twenty or so versions already down the line, and are now establishing a small to medium sized user base, and people are posting support comments/inquiries on your software's Git page/repository, and you're beginning to run out of answers...
:-O


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I want to find my iOS app star rating history, based on older build versions.

I'm able to view previous Reviews via iTunes Connect but it doesn't show the rating history.

e.g: current build(v3.0) is 4 out of 5 stars, what's the old build (v2.9) star rating.

I have Google Analytics, but I'm also unable to find app rating.


texts: Mission Control changes focus to last used application, even if that application was on a different workspace

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If I have an application with two windows in different workspaces, with the application in the foreground in one workspace and in the background in another, switching to the workspace with the application in the background brings that application to the foreground.

For example:

Open two Chrome windows
Drag one of the Chrome windows to a different workspace
Launch another application, putting the Chrome window into the background
Switch to the other workspace
Switch back

What happens when I switch back to the first workspace is that the other application remains in the foreground for a split second before Chrome jumps to the foreground. I've noticed this behavior with multiple applications, most notably Chrome and iTerm2.

It seems like macOS is attempting to preserve application focus across workspace, i.e. ensuring that if the user had application X in the foreground on workspace A, then application X remains in the foreground even when they switch to workspace B. Is there a way to tell macOS to switch application focus along with workspaces? If I have an application in the background in one workspace, that's for a reason, and I don't want macOS to "helpfully" bring an application to the foreground just because I was using that application on a different workspace.


texts: Applescript to switch to my other user account?

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I'm trying to set up fast user switching back and forth from my two accounts via applescript and a keyboard shortcut to activate it, but having no such luck. Ideally the script would input my password for me and switch automatically.
In this post, it appears someone has successfully created a working script.
Login to mac os user account using apple script from Login window
I'm unable to replicate it however. Can anyone offer pointers on how to get this to work?


texts: OS X Private Folder - Runaway file "crash recovery" 126.61GB!

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Woke up this morning any my 250GB, which had approx. 50% free space last night, was totally out of disk space!

Took me all day, but finally found a file in /private/var/audit/ called "20110423020458.crash_recovery" that is 126.61GBytes!

I've tried running daily/weekly/monthly via Onyx. Running most all the cache cleaning scripts. Used Techtool, the DiskWarrior. Finally went to SnowLeopard Cache Cleaner and Applejack deep cleaning.

Nothing got rid of it. Only reason I eventually found the file at all is that it showed up in DaisyDisk (it didn't in other mappers).

Question is => is it safe top delete /private/var/audit/20110423020458.crash_recovery ?

I know there is various Unix core stuff in /private, but that is about the limit of my knowledge there. I've got all manner of good backups (CCL, Time Machine, Dropbox) – so I'm not as worried about data loss as I am jsut anxious to get my system back (everything working normal except disk space issued...booted from external drive and deleted 5GB to make some breathing room).

Thanks for any advice / tips in advance! - Larry

(System: MBP Late 2010 Unibody, 8GB RAM, 250GB HD, OS 10.6.7)


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As the title states,

Can the Samsung Gear S2/S3 be charged with Apple Watch magnetic puck charger? I do not have the equipment to test this and I have not been able to find if the Apple Watch's magnetic charger abides by the Qi standard.

I know that Samsung's Gear S3 watch receiver abides by Qi standards and can be charged by any wireless transmitter. However based on Apple's record of preferring to only handshake with their own hardware I am curious.


texts: How to see if a remotely controlled Mac is powered off completely

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I have an 13 inch MacBook Pro which I run with closed lid all the time over a VNC connection.

To power it on, I power up the mains adapter and the energy settings on the Mac are configured so that this will turn on the Mac.

To power it off, I choose shutdown over the VNC connection.
Sometimes, not often, the Mac will hang during shutdown and not power off completely.

Is there a way / some kind of gadget, maybe via USB / or any other method to see if the Mac is powered off safely? The Mac is in same room, so a LED or something would be in view.

Thanks,


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I have an old iPhone 4S with the latest iOS. Reviewing my Unifi AP statistic I notice that my phone on average is sending about 40 MB/h, or about a megabyte of information by minute, even in a timeframe where I was mostly sleeping! I'm unable to determine to where the data was sent, since my router doesn't have such statistics, but as my phone is invariably old I would expect that this is a known behavior, but I haven't found any reason why my phone while inactive (ie. not moving or being used) was sending so much information upstream.

I know that I could blame any of the non-stock applications, but I don't restrict them on mobile (except for Spotify downloads), so I would have noticed by now such usage.


texts: Do the Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic work with an iPhone 3G?

texts:
On the Apple product site it says the Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic aren't compatible with an iPhone 3G. I would assume, though, that the headphones and the mic will work, but the remote control buttons might not. However, the more basic version works with a 3G; these feature just one button to answer or end a call. So the main button of the more advanced earphones might work as well?

Has anybody ever used the combination of an iPhone 3G and the Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic and can report on their compatibility?


texts: Is there any difference between Macs sold in China and US except the Taiwan flag?

texts:
I wonder if there is any more difference between the Macs sold in China and USA, except that Chinese models don't show the Taiwan flag (), as explained in this question.

I'm in China and am considering buying it, but wonder if it is fine to buy it here or move to another country (not necessarily USA; countries not having such restrictions such as Japan are fine) to buy it. I would not like to find any regional restrictions only after I purchased it.


texts: MBP + external monitor : alternative to "scaled" display to have smaller apps?

texts:
I am facing a lot of small annoyance with my external display (4k, 27" benq, T3 connection) like :
it wakes up with the wrong resolution, the mouse feels incredibly slow (it looks like the speed is also "scaled") and some application just struggle to display higher resolution (namely jetbrains products).
So, I moved back to the standard resolution… but everything is too big now. I've reduced the zoom in some apps, but the menus remain huge.
So, are there any solutions (apps or whatnot) to either fix the "scaled" display issues… or to keep the standard resolution, but having slightly smaller apps ?
Thanks a ton…


texts: Can't open example files in LyX (greyed out)

texts:
I am trying to bring up LyX on a mac. One of the first things in the tutorial is to go look at the file named example_raw.lyx.

I know the file is on my machine because I found it using terminal, i.e., find / name "example_raw.lyx" -print 2> /dev/null reveals that the file is in /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/examples.

But, when I try to open it from the LyX GUI, there doesn't seem to be any way for me to navigate to the folder that contains the file -- everything inside /Applications is greyed out and denies any kind of clicking; I tried all thirty-two combinations of option, command, control, shift and double versus single clicking.

I suspect this is more of a general question concerning the open-dialog on Mac.  I am VERY NEW to the Macintosh GUI even though I know Unix well and Windows well.  I'll take any solution to this problem, either specific or general: a way just to keyboard in the path I want, or some way to click around that will let me get to my stuff, or some LyX-specific solution that gets me access to their examples.

All this user-friendliness is frustrating :)


texts: Saved images from Photoshop do not show up in folders until restart

texts:
I have a problem saving images from Photoshop CC. I usually shoot Camera Raw images, edit them and save them as JPEGs. Photoshop seems to save images normally - it takes about 2 seconds to complete the save. However, when I then try to find the saved JPEG in the appropriate folder, it does not show up there. Only after restarting the computer am I able to see these newly saved images.

I've tried saving to the computer or directly to a memory card  - the same problem persists. Not sure if the problem is Photoshop or my Mac, but I thought I'd try and ask here.

I'm running macOS Mojave, version 10.14.5. My hardware is MacBook Pro Retina (15") 2015 16Gb.


texts: Is my iPhone 5S draining battery too fast (and is it due to process mediaServerD?)

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My iPhone 5s has always had less good battery life than my previous iPhone (4S), but I'd always assumed that it was due to the increased speed of the CPU/GPU and the increased screen size.  It also sometimes seems warm in my pocket (not hot - but warmer than I would expect it to be in the ambient temperature.)

This article: http://www.overthought.org/blog/2014/the-ultimate-guide-to-solving-ios-battery-drain
Has been very popular in the last week, and I read it.  Something I had never done before was to check the usage stats. See also the second from last paragraph here: https://www.apple.com/uk/batteries/iphone.html

It appears that my phone never sleeps.  The standby (usage+standby) figure is always the same as the usage figure.  I assume that this is not normal.

The other day it ran down from full charge to almost empty in 7 hours.  As you can see from this screenshot:  Is that normal battery life?

Yesterday I ran Activity Monitor in Instruments on the phone when it was connected to my Mac - nothing seemed to be taking-up ridiculous CPU time, but I did notice that a process named mediaserverd was always at the top of the CPU chart - and always consuming 6% of CPU.   I assume that it was designed to be permanently running, but I doubt that it's meant to be that power hungry.

Please could someone else with a 5S run Activity Monitor in Instruments on their phone and let me know if the process is just as hungry on their phone.

Thanks.


texts: How to screen capture a second desktop in Mac Mojave?

texts: If I call screencapture -R460,250,350,500 ~/Desktop/screenshot.png from the command line, is there an option or way to tell it to take a screenshot of Desktop 2, rather than Desktop 1?


texts: Insert signature into threaded mail in mail.app

texts:
When I get a threaded message in mail.app and want to insert my signature under my reply text, then the signature gets inserted at the bottom of the email content.

Is it possible to insert the mail signature just below the reply text I wrote?


texts: MacBook Pro can boot from USB drive, iMac cannot

texts:
I wanted to create a Windows 7 installation on a USB drive for my iMac, so I followed these instructions. Basically, they allow you to create a bootable USB drive with Windows installed on it without resolving to using boot camp. The internal drive on the iMac is not big enough to also hold a boot camp installation.

After creating the USB drive, I plugged it into my iMac, and opened the boot menu by holding the option-key during boot. But the USB drive was not shown as a boot option, only the internal hard disk.

But then I plugged the USB drive into a MacBook Pro, and this does display the USB disk as a bootable device.

Why doesn't my iMac show the USB drive as a boot option, when the MacBook does, and can I fix it?

My iMac specs are:

Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015
4GHz Intel Core i7
16GB RAM
AMD Radeon R9 M395X 4096 MB
Running macOS 10.12.2

The MacBook specs are:

Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013
2,7 GHz Intel Core i7
16GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536MB
Running macOS 10.11.2

The USB is a 500GB USB3 Hard Disk (not SSD). The partitioning was done using a Windows 7 installation in running under VMWare Fusion 7.1.3 (on my MacBook).

Note
I realized though, that I might not get this to work with Windows 7, as Windows 7 doesn't have USB3 support out of the box. Actually booting the USB on my MacBook results in a Blue Screen of Death. I might need to try Windows 10, but I don't have a source DVD or image.


texts: How can I convert an AI file to a CDR file?

texts: Assume I have an AI file, Adobe Illustrator CS 5 and no CorelDraw. How can I convert this AI file to CDR file? What is the fastest and cheapiest way?


texts:
Iphoto is putting a high number of unnamed faces in pictures of food in my oven. It's not happening in other pictures, at least I can't see another pattern.

Why is this happening and how can I avoid this?


texts: OSX Dock's Equivalent of Ubuntu Launcher's Super + (1, 2, 3)

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In Ubuntu 12.04+, you can hold Super, then press 1 or 2 or 3 and so on until 0 to open or focus an application. The number corresponds to the location of the icon on the launcher from top to bottom.

In Windows 7, you can just press the Windows Logo, and 1 or 2 or 3 etc to open or focus an application on the taskbar (the number corresponding to the location on taskbar)

I'm currently using mission control workspaces to do something similar on OSX, but I'd really love it if I could number the icons on my dock instead, and be able to open/focus on an application on the dock using a keyboard shortcut.

Is there maybe something in the app store or some system preference I can tweak so I can number/add keyboard shortcuts for the icons on my dock like this?


texts: How to use Ctrl+left/Ctrl+Right (instead of Alt+left/Alt+right) to move to the previous/next word

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On a Mavericks system, I would like to use Ctrl+left/Ctrl+right instead of Alt+left/Alt+right to move to the next word or the previous word.

Mission Control is not using Ctrl+left/Ctrl+right (I changed that from the default value).

Is it possible to do this with some system setting (i.e. without a keymapper)?


texts: How to reset Messages application settings in Mountain Lion?

texts:
I upgraded from Lion to Mountain Lion and, when I started the Messages app for the first time, it imported the iCloud account, a Google Talk account and to old iChat accounts I used in the past.
I removed all the unwanted accounts and only left the iCloud one, but the problem is that it is someway duplicated.

Two iCloud accounts appear, one active, with the right account set-up, and the other one in inactive, and I can't delete it. If I configure it with the same data from the first account, or with data of a different account, the second one becomes active and the first one becomes inactive, and I couldn't fin any way of removing one of the two.

Is there a way for resetting the app configuration so that I can restart the program from scratch?


texts:
In Windows, I can create .bat files. I double click it and all lines are interpreted as if I had entered it into the console.

In OS X, what file or program do I have to use? If I want write a file with;

 echo hello world

I want to double click this file and have it execute in a console. How I do this?


texts: Downgrade a new Mac from OSX 10.14 to 10.11?

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Ive got a Macbook Pro which i think is life expired. This Macbook Pro is running OSX 10.11 which is the highest OSX version i can go, as i need to run some specific software which only works on 10.11

Im looking at buying a new Macbook Pro, but presume they will come pre installed with OSX 10.14 is there anyway i can downgrade the new Macbook Pro to 10.11 ?


texts: How can I reset the admin password without a working screen?

texts:
I know that there are many threads about resetting/retrieving an admin password, but bear with me please and I'll explain why they don't work for me.

I recently moved in to a property only to find that the previous tenant had left behind a mid 2007 iMac - great, right!? No. The iMac works... as a CPU. The screen has been smashed up and has only a faint light emitting from the lower left corner so I have had to resort to buying a Mini DVI to VGA (which works perfectly as I'm currently on it on a guest account). This is where it gets a bit more complicated though. I wish to reset the iMac, but cannot without using the UIs accessed through reboot - when I access these (CMD+R, CMD+S, etc.) the external display isn't recognised so I go completely blind as to what is happening. I have read a few threads that say resetting an iMac is complicated, so I have thought about just creating myself a new administrator account, deleting the old one and all of the files with it - but without the old admin password, I can't do that - again, all threads resort to UIs accessed via reboot which I can't VISIBLY access...

So how can I reset the admin password without a working screen?


texts: Can I use an Apple remote to control a keynote presentation?

texts: Is it possible to use the Apple remote to control Keynote presentations? How so? I have a mid-2010 white plastic unibody MacBook. (I've been told that this isn't supported, but perhaps there are third party solutions.)


texts: I am a newbie at this and I have some issues with a certain network address. The format, in Windows was \folder\folder\folder\file.ext . My Question is, how can I access it using my macbook? Thank you for help


texts: Executable only works in specific folders

texts:
I have some executable files that I run in the terminal, and I noticed that they only work if they are on the Desktop or in the Applications folder.

One example is this small script. When I compile click.m, the output executable only runs if they are inside the folders mentioned above.

I could move the files, but while I am developing the script, what could I do to run them from a different folder?

Edit:

Steps to reproduce:

Create a file named click.m on the desktop with the following contents:

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>

void doubleClick(CGPoint point);
void singleClick(CGPoint point);
void rightClick(CGPoint point);

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    NSUserDefaults *args = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];

    int x = [args integerForKey:@"x"];
    int y = [args integerForKey:@"y"];

    CGPoint pt;
    pt.x = x;
    pt.y = y;

    CGEventRef a = CGEventCreateMouseEvent(NULL, kCGEventLeftMouseDown, pt, kCGMouseButtonLeft);
    CGEventRef b = CGEventCreateMouseEvent(NULL, kCGEventLeftMouseUp, pt, kCGMouseButtonLeft);
    CGEventPost(kCGSessionEventTap, a);
    CGEventPost(kCGSessionEventTap, b);
    return 0;
}

Compile the script:

$ gcc -o click click.m -framework ApplicationServices -framework Foundation

Run the executable:

$ ./click -x 10 -y 20

The above execution works, but when I move the file to another folder, the script runs, but the click is not performed anymore:

$ cd ~
$ mkdir testfolder
$ mv click ~/testfolder
$ cd ~/testfolder
$ ./click -x 10 -y 20

It does not work anymore. But if instead of moving the file to testfolder I move it to /Applications folder or leave it in the Desktop, it works.


texts: How should I uninstall a static ffmpeg binary?

texts:
I've downloaded ffmpeg static binary. If I wanted to 'uninstall' it from my computer, is deleting the static binary enough ?

My understanding is that static binary contains all of the required libraries/code within itself and therefore it does not need to 'install' itself per se… Am I correct in saying that ?

So I never compiled it, never used homebrew, just downloaded the file, extracted it to downloads folder and used it to convert videos.


texts: Is there a Mac OS X Command Line application that can convert text encodings from one type to another? (Specifically to convert Mac OS Roman to utf8)

texts:
I would like to call a command line utility in Mac OS X 10.8 that gives me the ability to convert a text file saved in standard Western Mac OS Roman encoding to the more generic UTF-8.
I will be calling the utility from an AppleScript that I have created.  AppleScript is extremely slow when working with very large text blocks.  As such, I want to do my text parsing and conversion using the OS X command line.  I have found a tool called, "sed", which allows me to do the text parsing.  However, there are still many elements of the file that need to be cleaned up, characters that appear as garbage if the file is opened as utf-8 (e.g. smart quotes and ellipses).
I am thinking that forcing a text encoding conversion may help to eliminate all non-utf8 characters in the file.  However, I cannot see how "sed" can easily convert the text encoding.
I will have already saved the temp txt file, as MacRoman, to disk using the built-in AppleScript routines.
Requirements:

Command-line for performance
Prefer native tools since other users of my script won't necessarily have the proper toolset if it's not built-in. (Although I could add a check to my script and abort if a needed tool isn’t present)

Do any of you have any ideas as to a built-in command-line tool that can convert text encoding or an existing package that is superior for this task?


texts: Can I set up an iPhone 6 to use Bluetooth or speaker but never the earpiece by default?

texts:
My father-in-law has an iPhone 6 running iOS 11.4.1. It's connected via Bluetooth to a home phone system with several handsets throughout his house. He has hearing, mobility, and dexterity issues, so we would like to set up his devices to work as follows for incoming calls:

if he picks up a handset from his home phone system, the iPhone should route the audio to Bluetooth;
if he answers the call on his iPhone, it should automatically route the audio to the iPhone speaker (and not the earpiece).

As far as I can tell, the phone settings don't allow for this use case. If I set call audio routing to "Automatic", then the Bluetooth routing works, but calls answered on the phone are routed by default to the earpiece. My father-in-law cannot hear anything over the earpiece and it's very difficult for him to switch calls from the earpiece to the speaker. He often ends up hanging up out of frustration. On the other hand, if I set the routing to "Speaker", then if he answers a call using his home system, the call gets answered, but all audio is restricted to the iPhone. Unless he happens to be close to the iPhone, he can't hear or be heard on the call, making his home system useless.

Is there any way to set up the iPhone to work as we would like?


texts: Cannot go back to MacOSX after using BootCamp to start Windows 7

texts:
After installing Windows 7 using BootCamp on a 2012 MacPro with HighSierra (Beta). I booted in Windows 7 and now cannot boot back in MacOSX as the BootCamp Utility on Windows isn’t working properly. I’ve tried using the Cmd and Option key combinations to launch in Boot Selector or Recovery Mod, but neither of them work as it seams that the keyboard isn’t being detected until Windows launches. I’ve also tried removing the HDD that Windows is installed on, but that only brings a black screen with a single flashing underscore in the top left corner.

Need urgent support to get back into MacOSX to access my Business Critical applications.


texts: Would different emails for iCloud explain why I've lost contacts & pics

texts: I set iCloud up with my then email address. I signed out then signed back in with my new email address . Would this cause me to have lost contacts & pics?


texts: Disk Utility 15.0 fails at formatting a brand new hard drive

texts:
I just got a WD My Passport 4Tb external hard drive (USB) and need to format it before use.

I've done this successfully many times before Disk Utility version 15.0 (earlier OSes than El Capitan), but after trying twice today, the operation failed each time.

First step:

The My Passport disk is the one on the bottom.

Second step:

I prefer to keep this computer on El Capitan for compatibility-related reasons.

Edit:

Following Phoenix's suggestion, I unearthed my old Powerbook G4 from 2004  running OS X 10.5.8 and Disk Utility 11 to try and format the drive. It worked like a charm (I did it twice to be sure):

Which solves the problem, but doesn't answer the question...

Can I format this drive on El Capitan's Disk Utility?


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Im Using Mac OS X 10.6.8 and I do regular updates via "apple-symbol / Software Update ...".

For Viewing an printing PDFs, I use a program called preview. The version installed on my computer is "5.0.3 (504.1)". On Wikipedia I found, that the current version is 7.0. How can I Update to this version?


texts: How can I put heavy load on my CPU for a long period of time?

texts: How can I put my CPU under very high pressure for a long period of time? Are there programs for that that I can keep running ?


texts: Mac OS High Sierra how to see Username for the failed login attempt

texts:
I am able to see the failed login attempts made on High Sierra via the command:

log show --predicate '(eventMessage CONTAINS "Authentication failed")' --style syslog --last 1h

However it does not tell which user did the attempt fail for. Is there a way for system admin to see the username as well for the failed and successful login attempts ?

By Login I mean local login from the Lock screen or upon system reboot.

The command to retrieve logs for failed attempts was from this question:

How do I see all my failed login attempts (macOS High Sierra)

But the answers to that question stopped short of telling how to see username of failed attempt in logs.

Is it possible to see the username for failed and successful attempts?


texts:
I am running into an issue trying to update keychain password with Applescript and Terminal.

I am currently using this :

set response to (display dialog "Do you know your previous password?" buttons {"No", "Yes"} default button "Yes" with icon caution) if button returned of response is "Yes" then
try
    tell application "Keychain Access" to activate
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "Keychain Access"
            select row 1 of outline 1 of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of splitter group 1 of window "Keychain Access"
            delay 1
            click menu item "Change Password for Keychain “Login”…" of menu "Edit" of menu bar 1
            tell application "Keychain Access" to quit
        end tell
    end tell
end try

and want to use:

do shell script "security set-keychain-password" with admin privileges

But then it does ask for Old password, New password, and New passowrd again.

Is there anyway to get this to work, I am using this for work and for other users seeing a bunch of screen pop up is kind of nerve racking so I figure doing most of my script through Terminal will be better route.

Thanks,


texts: Foreign language entries appearing in Safari context menu

texts:
I am getting some foreign language (Portuguese?) items appearing in my Safari 5.1.5 context menu, when I right-click on an element in a page (see below). My OSX 10.7.3 language is set to English. I have only 2 plugins enabled (AdBlock and UK Search), neither of which has caused problems before or coincided with this appearing.

Why is this happening, and how do I remove or translate these menu entries?


texts: Will a thief be able to access the data on my iPad 2 by bypassing the passcode?

texts:
Recently, my iPad 2 was stolen. It was protected by a lock screen passcode.

Can the person who stole it access my data even if they don't know the passcode?

If I understand correctly, the only possibility is to restore a previous backup, so I guess the thief is out of luck. Is this correct?


texts:
I have a mac the never sees other air drop devices (although they see each other) and no devices can see it. The machine is MBP Retina. Continuity is working on it: you can switch to the app that you are using on an iphone and vise-versa.

This mac arrived with Yosemite and this issue persisted in El Capitan. I've done all the instructions that can be found on different resources like checking firewall, setting discoverable option to Everyone, deleting plists, disabling enabling iCloud.

Nothing worked…

Now let's be professional. How can I see any information about air drop? Can I invoke anything from Terminal? Are there any system logs about air drop?


texts: Switch to Desktop shortcut bug (desktop 2 and desktop 3 are mixed)

texts:
On my OS X 10.8.2 (12C54) I use more desktops (4). I've mapped the keyboard shortcuts cmd+{1,2,3,4} to switch to dekstop {1,2,3,4}. However the second and third are mixed up. If I use cmd+2 it switches to desktop 3 and cmd+3 switches to desktop 2.

I double checked the keyboard shortcuts and they are mapped correctly.

So I thought whatever, I will just mix my setting as well, still it will be a fix for me. Interestingly enough the issue sometime go away, however then my "wrong" settings are really wrong.

Anyone have a solution, experiencing the same thing?


texts: Is it possible to update from 6.0.1 to 6.1.3 instead of 7.0.4?

texts:
I have iOS 6.0.1 on iPhone 4s. I would like to upgrade to iOS 6.1.3 (afaik latest 6.x for iPhone 4s?) and not to 7.x as software updater suggests.
Is there any way to do so?


texts: How do I get the 10.13.6 update to (reboot and) install?

texts:
I have macOS 10.13.4 on my Mac.  In the App Store, it shows 10.13.6 as an available Software Update.

When I click the "Update" button, I get the notification in the top-right corner of my screen:

Restarting Your Computer
                                             [Restart]
Your computer will restart in 43 seconds     [ Later ]
to install updates.

When I click "Restart" (or wait for a minute), the App Store window shows a sheet that says:

Available updates have changed.
Click "Show Details" to see the available updates.

                           ( Cancel ) ( Show Details )

This aborts the restart.  If I click "Cancel", the sheet goes away, and the reboot doesn't happen.  If I click "Show Details", the sheet goes away, and the reboot doesn't happen.

If I quit the App Store first and then click "Restart", it opens the App Store again and shows me this sheet.

If I quit the App Store and choose plain "Restart" from the Apple menu, it restarts my Mac, but doesn't install the update.

How do you install the 10.13.6 update on 10.13.4?  What am I missing?


texts: How can I recovery my unused space which I merged with Main APFS(Encrypted)

texts:
Please help!
To increase the size of Main, I have merged the Main(Encrypted APFS) with another APFS partition. But now it is showing the previous size and I am not able to use the added space. [See the size of Drive and Partition]. Thanks


texts: Choppy Audio with Plantronics USB headset after software update

texts:
My MacBook Pro Retina updated last night (10-APR-17).  Now the audio with my Plantronics USB headset is choppy ... it sounds like someone is talking through a fan.  The built-in speakers sound fine. I called Apple support and they think it is a hardware issue, but the headset was working just fine before the update.

Also Apple support suggested that I reinstall the OS :( does anyone have any other suggestions?


texts: Where is the default Mac screen saver location?

texts: Where is the directory to the default screen savers on Max OS X Lion?


texts: What's a good setup to back up macOS data and restore to Linux?

texts:
Background
I have an old MBP which works fine right now.  I have no immediate plans to change it.
But it is getting old, the discrete GPU died, and I expect it could die at any time.  I would like to keep my option open to move to a Linux laptop when this machine dies.  Most of the software I use is either open source or runs on Linux as well and I rely heavily on Terminal/bash already. Considering that and not wanting to be tied to macOS due to not having a solid cross-platform backup, here's my current backup strategy to allow either a Mac or linux based OS to be my next computer for my current data.
modified backups

keep frequent backups, but, rather than relying only on Time Machine, backup /Users/ via rsync as well.  (what file system is my best bet here?)

run preliminary trials on restoring the rsync backups into a test Linux VM.

As you an see - I'm not decided what filesystem I should use to rsync as Time Machine backs up to HFS+ and since I haven't picked a Linux it's not clear if I want / can mount HFS+ to read the backup data.
What setup allows me to restore my data that is backed up with rsync to any Linux?


texts: Cannot add more people to a group chat in iMessage

texts:
How do I add people to an already existing group chat?

There are currently four people in the chat, three of the members are using an iPhone, and one is using a non-iPhone.

I am trying to add another person to the group chat, how do I do this?


texts: The message "You do not have permission to open the application" is shown when trying to open a downloaded app

texts:
This seems to be a new issue with Big Sur.
I have "App Store and identified developers" enabled in Security & Privacy, but I've run into a certain app outside the App Store that seems like it doesn't fall under the category of "identified developers".
When I try to open the app, it tells me "You do not have permission to open the application". Going into Terminal, however, I can see executable permissions are enabled for the app, just like for every other app.
What can I do to be able to open the app?


texts:
I run OS X 10.10.2 now, and when I started out with 10.10, I was delighted that Notif Center would send me Notifications when something happened, after I had added the Account in Internet Accounts (I used Lion previously). However, some months ago, it suddenly stopped working, with no clear cause. It was not installing the 10.10.1 update, for instance. Since then, I have been unsuccessful in diagnosing the problem and fixing it. Removing and re-adding the Account did nothing.

Two things I have noticed:

When adding the account, no contacts are imported (is this normal?
Never used it before)
I can use notification center to post status updates.

I looked at apple's support forums but most people seemingly have no fix and I find it hard to believe, Apple has done nothing about this (reports start as early as 2012).

Now, the actual question: Can somebody suggest a fix for this behaviour?


texts:
what happens if I update unlocked iphone software?
I have iphone 4s with iOS 6.0.1 and I want to update to iOS 8.3
My iphone was unlocked by Goguo i-4s v6.1 card
What happens if I do this update or reset my device? Does it re-locked again?


texts: Can i use 'Pages' default images/background styles for my website or mobile app

texts: There are a couple of background images and styles in Apple's 'Pages' and 'Keynote' softwares, that I was planning to include for my website and mobile app. Would this be intellectual property infringement? I was not able to find this answer in the license agreement of Pages, and Keynote, or may be i missed it since i am not a lawyer. Are these default content opensource?


texts:
I have two pdf files under version control. When I use textwrangler to compare the difference I see jibberish fonts. I have attached the figure below:

Please suggest what can be done to solve this. thanks.


texts: How can I monitor MacBook USB bandwidth?

texts:
I have a late 2017 MacBook with the latest Catalina. Using two Anker USB extenders, I have devices in pretty much every port, including six large external hard drives, a webcam and an external SD card. I suspect that somehow I have maxed out my i/o on this machine which slows to a crawl 5 times a day.
What I need to know is whether there is some equivalent to lsblk or some utility I can use to monitor USB bandwidth in real time. How do I know whether or not I am maxing out my i/o and whether or not that is impacting other things?


texts: Help with VNC (via school Wi-Fi) without consent? Opsec

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I'm in a tough situation and am hoping you can help me out.

As a student in California, USA, our teachers sometimes require us to sign on to the school's wireless network.

Supposedly, they have an application where they can not only listen to each device's incoming/outgoing traffic but also view our screens in realtime (sort of like a VNC client).

For obvious reasons, this drives me insane. Other than using Chrome extensions such as HTTPS Everywhere and turning on FileVault (Full disk encryption), what else can I do? I know the VNC client likely runs off of  some malware installed on my computer (without my permission, of course). Where might this sofware be hiding and/or be found?

I'm running High Sierra 10.13.2.

PS: Would running a system such as Tails be a good idea? (tails.boum.org).

Thanks again!


texts: How to connect a Macbook Pro 16 to a high refresh rate monitor

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I was recently looking to build a desktop setup powered by a 16 inch Macbook Pro (2019).
My biggest quarrel with Macbooks are their 60hz refresh rate screens and lack of graphical power due to using the AMD platform. Thus I wanted to incorporate all these worlds by building a system with a 1440p 165hz monitor and an Nvidia RTX 3080 E-GPU, with the heart of the setup being the Macbook Pro 16.
However, I havent been able to determine a few things:

If connected to an external monitor, will the Macbook be able to support the 165hz refresh rate

would I see effective results if I used a USB C to DisplayPort dongle to connect the the laptop to the monitor.

and finally if I could connect all the devices to the a Hub and connect only a singular USB C cable to my Macbook and have everything working perfectly fine.

Thank you for the help!


texts: Use USB webcam instead of built in FaceTime webcam

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There are some websites where you can turn on your webcam to chat with other people. On some of these sites it is possible to select which cam you want to use if you have more then just one connected. But on some other sites you can't select which cam you will use. If you visit those sites with an iMac you always get the built-in iSight cam turned on. There seems to be no way on these sites to select any other webcam that is connected via USB.

I already tried the script named "isight disabler" found here: http://techslaves.org/isight-disabler/, but this script turns off ALL cams, not just only the iSight cam.

Is there a way to selectively turn off only the built-in iSight cam, without turning off any other cams?


texts: Mac OS X 10.6.8 not storing password in system profile - used for pre-authentication to the wireless network

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Running 300 MacBooks with Mac OS X 10.6.8.

When logged on as a local admin I can connect to WiFi, I save the connection in the system profile, allowing pre-authentication before users attempt to log on.

This has been working fine for nearly a year. Now the system profile requires re-entering the WiFi password before connecting after logon, restart, even turning airport off and back on.

What could be causing this? DNS? IAS/Radius? DHCP?

Windows clients just work.

Any ideas would be great, the users are back on Monday!


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I do listen stuff before falling asleep and for that I set the native timer on my iPhone to stop playing after ~30 minutes.

When I cook something I ask Siri to set timer for let's say 5 minutes, but after the 5 minutes, my iPhone just stops playing (there is nothing playing at that moment actually).

How do I tell Siri I want to be notified after the timer runs out?


texts: Time machine backup taking more space than expected

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I ran a storage check over my external hard drive (using omnidisksweeper) and found this:

While under the storage section of "About This Mac", I found this:

Which is accurate? If the omnidisksweeper is accurate, why is it that Mac says that there is free space of 600GB? I am quite confused and I am doing this check because I want to clear some of the old time machine backups (such as 2016-06-15) and not sure what are the files that consumed the most storage (and trying to delete them).

Pls advise! My end goal is to delete some large spaces files (so I was trying to inspect them with Get Info but it took too long time so ended up using omnidisksweeper)!

Second Question >>
Also, is it safe to just delete the files in Finder (aka command+delete in Finder)? Will it affect Mac's future backup restoration?

Thanks.


texts: Apple Mail local vs. server folders: advantages?

texts: Can anyone explain what would be advantages/drawbacks if one uses local vs. server folder, like Draft etc.? Thanks!