texts: CD won't mount or eject, Disk Utility hangs

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Every few days, my system gets into a state where a CD won't mount or eject. When I run Disk Utility, it hangs at "Loading disks".

I used diskutil to see that the CD is /dev/disk4. The CD currently in the drive has twelve tracks, so the number of mount points looks correct.

/dev/disk4 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:        CD_partition_scheme                        *391.4 MB   disk4
   1:                      CD_DA                         32.0 MB    disk4s1
   2:                      CD_DA                         39.4 MB    disk4s2
   3:                      CD_DA                         29.7 MB    disk4s3
   4:                      CD_DA                         24.9 MB    disk4s4
   5:                      CD_DA                         40.0 MB    disk4s5
   6:                      CD_DA                         39.4 MB    disk4s6
   7:                      CD_DA                         36.8 MB    disk4s7
   8:                      CD_DA                         25.7 MB    disk4s8
   9:                      CD_DA                         31.2 MB    disk4s9
  10:                      CD_DA                         32.6 MB    disk4s10
  11:                      CD_DA                         35.1 MB    disk4s11
  12:                      CD_DA                         24.5 MB    disk4s12

When I try diskutil eject /dev/disk4 or diskutil eject /dev/disk4s1 I get Volume timed out while waiting to eject.

If I reboot, the CD in the drive is mounted fine.

I'm using a Newer Technology miniStack connected to a late 2015 iMac running OS X 10.11.6.

Is there a way to force the CD to eject to save myself from having to reboot my computer every couple days?


texts: How can I manually stack raw and jpeg files in Photos.app on Mac OS?

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I have a number of photos from a scuba diving trip last year that were shot with a camera that does RAW+JPEG (there wasn't an option for RAW only). At one point these were imported into iPhoto and then my library was later migrated into the newer Photos.app.

However, this results in a number of situations where my RAW and JPEG files aren't stacked as they're supposed to be. The metadata seems to line up (filename, timestamp, GPS coordinates), but they're still showing up as two different images.

Is there a way to force Photos.app to stack the pairs of images together?


texts: "bash -D" command doesn't seem to do anything useful

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I'm finally getting around to getting more familiar with the shell after all these years. I was exploring the man page for bash and looking at the -D option, which, according to the manual:

   -D        A list of all double-quoted strings preceded by $ is  printed
             on  the standard output.  These are the strings that are sub-
             ject to language translation when the current locale is not C
             or  POSIX.   This  implies the -n option; no commands will be
             executed.

However, on my mac it generates no output and dumps me into a new shell that seems to have less functionality than the original shell; the which command stopped working in this new shell.

Just wondering if someone can offer insight into what this option is for on the mac. I'm probably using it wrong, I'm sure.


texts: How to hide the reply section of conversation in mail.app?

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On some emails it has the quoted portion hidden with a Show More From Person. On one of my conversations with many different people just shows everything. There are many replies daily and weekly and it's getting out of hand. None of the regularly quoted portions is even quoted. They're just inline and added to each reply. This makes it impossible to move from one message to the next without using the sidebar. You can't scroll down in the messages view because it just keeps going and going.

Is there a way to change this behavior? Where it only shows the replied portion like Show More From Person?


texts: Port Forwarding on Mac Pro with macOS Sierra

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I would like to port forward from my macOS Sierra computer with IP address of 152.1.2.3 to my NAS which is 192.168.2.3. Specifically I would like to access the HTTP web server on my NAS at 192.168.2.3/Photos. The NAS has all traffic that comes in over HTTP directed to the correct folder (Photos).

I have Internet Sharing turned on and share my Ethernet connection of my macOS computer (152.1.2.3 on Ethernet 2) to my NAS (192.168.2.3 on Ethernet 1)

My NAS can see the internet and get updates.

I can access the webserver locally from my computer by entering 192.168.2.3 and it directs me to the webserver page at 192.168.2.3/Photos.

I just cannot access it from outside the local network.

The easy solution is to connect the NAS directly to the network but I cannot because of local policies.

In Summary:
I would like to type in the following and be redirected to the web server on the NAS --> 152.1.2.3:9999

would the terminal command be:

rdr pass on en2 inet proto tcp from any to any port 9999 -> 198.168.2.3 port 80


texts: How to join audio tracks into a single audiobook?

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I am looking for a solution to join entire CD to a single audio file, preferably with chapterizing functionality.

Usually, Join Toghether should do the job but this solution doesn't work anymore with Lion and I am looking for a solution that works with Lion.

I mention that most of my files are in AAC Lossless format and I don't want to convert them to something worse. I tried Audiobook Builder but it seams to not be able to build lossless files.


texts: Keyboard acts strangely when using Chrome with certain web apps

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When I use Chrome to type text in Dropbox Paper, Wordpress Custom CSS or Facebook, the keyboard acts strangely. When I want to remove a character, two characters get removed instead of one, and when I use the enter key, there are two new lines instead of one.

Safari works fine.

I am on a MacBook Pro 2017.

Does someone have a solution for this?


texts: About graphics card do I need one or not

texts: I want to play simple games like diablo 3 or sims and Internet stuff also work stuff on a laptop and don't know the difference between intigrated graphics and the dedicated graphics. I want a MacBook Pro do I need to get one with the graphics card or will I be ok without one? I can spend the $2500 if I have to but would like the cheaper one if possible.


texts: Accessing URL from Chrome and Safari goes well but terminal encounters `curl: (52) Empty reply from server`, what do I do?

texts:
This python flask code hosts a simple web service
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/login', methods=['POST', 'GET'])
def login():
    if request.method == 'POST':
        user = request.form['nm']
        print(user)
        return redirect(url_for('user', usr=user))
    else:
        return render_template('login.html')

@app.route('/<usr>')
def user(usr):
    return f'{usr}'

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(host="0.0.0.0")

Here is the login.html
<form action="#" method="post">

<input type="text" name="nm" id="">

<input type="submit" value="submit">

</form>

My Mac's IP = 192.168.31.37
When I access the following URL from Chrome and Safari
http://192.168.31.37:5000/aa

everything goes as expected.
However, when I run this line from terminal
$ curl http://192.168.31.37:5000/aa

I always get this
curl: (52) Empty reply from server

I looked into a post but got no clue for this. What do I do?
not just this URL, curl in the terminal on my Mac gives this error for any URL.


texts: iTunes Store: "Your payment method was declined."

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Last night I attempted to purchase an app from the App Store on my iPhone 4. The previous day I had purchased an app with no issues, and this time was told that my payment method was invalid. When I clicked 'Continue' to fix my information, everything was correct so I re-inputted my credit card security code and tapped done. No, fail, declined.

I called my bank as I am currently vacationing in Ireland, and if my debit card (the card my iTunes account uses) starts getting declined I will have issues. No, no problems, they had a note in my account that I was traveling, and there are no holds or flags on my spending. She also noted that the iTunes store had requested a verification of $0.99 but had not charged the card for the amount.

I returned to the iTunes store on my iPhone and attempted again to input my credit card information. Still declined. I entered a second credit card. Declined. I opened up iTunes on my laptop (OS X 10.6, iTunes 10) and checked my account information there. No prompt about it being incorrect when I log in, unlike on the iPhone which tells me – even for free apps – that my payment method was declined as soon as I input my password.

I attempted to purchase the app from the store on my computer and sync it to the iPhone. As soon as I click on purchase, I am asked to authenticate. As soon as I authenticate, I am asked to fix my credit card information. As soon as I fix my credit card information, I am returned to the screen I was at previously where I elected to purchase this app (in this case, that screen is the home page of the App Store).

Two different cards, no issues with the bank, no way to get it working in iTunes proper on the desktop or through various attempts in the App Store in the iPhone. Any ideas? Any suggestions?


texts: extract the top-level domain and the second-level domain from a URL

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I'd like to extra the top-level domain and the second-level domain from a URL like "https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/ask"

Example URL with desired result below.

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/ask
   stackexchange.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/science/5g-cellphones-wireless-cancer.html
   nytimes.com

https://nextdoor.com/news_feed/?post=117602&ct=-A17-ghvVOF0tfn9vptW_5a7JOBEyP4w6_hJAZUnMQqN56952&ec=OWKiQRDj9vEHefhwfGYAE0s%3D&lc=1002&is=tpe
   nextdoor.com

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007B60SCG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
   amazon.com

http://www.verizon.net/index.php
   verizon.net

I'm ignoring those multi-tier domains. I'd prefer to use Bash on macOS.

There are lots of pages on getting the full domain name:

Extract domain name from URL using bash shell parameter substitution

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/get-extract-domain-name-from-url-in-linux-unix-bash/
echo http://example.com/index.php | awk -F[/:] '{print $4}'

https://stackoverflow.com/a/11385736/1360075

I do not need this level of perfection.

https://github.com/john-kurkowski/tldextract


texts: How can I get my iPad to automatically connect to my iPhone's hotspot?

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I have a Wi-Fi iPad. Every time I turn it on, I want it to automatically connect to my phone’s Internet.

Right now what I have to do is go into settings, then Wi-Fi, then select my phone. Is there a way to automatically have it connect?


texts: Can I play audio out to both USB and Bluetooth on a MacPro simultaneously?

texts: I'm running Snow Leopard on a Mac Pro- audio preferences seem to limit audio output to only one port at a time. Is there a way around this? Also the Bluetooth output from the Mac is really weak, is there any way to increase it or make it more effective?


texts: My Xcode build requires cURL 8.0.0 or later (which doesn't exist)

texts:
I'm writing a C program in Xcode that uses cURL. It builds properly on my Mac Pro running 10.8.5, but on my MacBook Pro running 10.8.5, it gives me this error when I try to build:

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/curl/lib/libcurl.4.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/AlecZ/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/UPServer2-folctfcnmdhllzbddscwimqrggig/Build/Products/Debug/UPServer2
  Reason: Incompatible library version: UPServer2 requires version 8.0.0 or later, but libcurl.4.dylib provides version 7.0.0

The latest cURL is 7.37.0, so I don't see how it could require 8.0.0. I have run into similar issues before when trying to compile software for Linux from its source, the compiler stating that I need a nonexistent version of some library.

I have already run brew install libcurl, but it says that I can't replace the system library for cURL.


texts: I have  MBP with Lion.  In my Sys Info it says 170.12GB of space is being used by "Other".  How do I determine what this Other space is and how to clean it up if possible?


texts: Mac mini 2018 HDMI surround sound output

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I have a new Mac mini 2018. I want to get surround sound over HDMI.

I have a receiver that is capable of transmitting 5.1 surround sound to my speakers, and HDMI video to my projector. I have confirmed that this is possible using alternative hardware (e.g. Windows PC).

When I connect my Mac mini to the receiver, I get video to the projector and sound to the speakers. However, the sound is only 2 channel stereo.

I have tried using the Audio MIDI Setup app to configure the audio. I can choose 5.1 Surround as speaker configuration, but when I test that setup, sound is only output through the two front stereo speakers.

Strangely, the Audio MDID Setup app identifies my audio as DisplayPort, even though it should be HDMI.

In the Output tab of Sound settings, the port is also shown as DisplayPort, no other options available

Also a bit strange, in the Sound Effects tab of the Sound settings, I can choose EPSON PJ for Play sound effects through, but Output volume is disabled.

I am running the currently latest macOS, Mojave 10.14.1. My receiver is a SONY STR-DN1040 AV-receiver. My projector is an Epson EH-TW9200


texts: Why does DNS resolution fail for one user account every 10 minutes on Yosemite?

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My daughter has a user account on our iMac.  She is not an administrator, and parental controls are not enabled.

When she logs in, she has about ten minutes of connectivity before host resolution fails.  If she logs out, and logs back in, everything is OK for another ten minutes.

There is no spyware or malware on the machine.

When I log in as me, I have no such problems.

The dig command works fine; it can happily resolve hostnames.  ping fails with an error indicating that it cannot resolve the same hostname.

Where should I begin looking to solve this vexing problem?


texts: MacBook Pro - Can't get to recovery mode

texts:
I was given a 2nd hand MacBook Pro. When I tried to boot with Command+R to get into the recovery mode I get this lock screen.

I don't know the password - is there any way to reset it?


texts: How to disable fullscreen system location notifications?

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I keep getting a disruptive full screen pop up about once a day about Google Maps using location in the background... to save my parking spot, remember restaurants, figure out when I met someone and save travel destinations seamlessly.

"Google" has used your location 4 times in the background over the past 3 days. Do you want to continue to allow background location use?

How do I stop these intrusive notifications which are a poor use of my time to deal with.


texts: Prevent "Sign Into iCloud" alert from popping up

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I use iPads as a POS for processing transactions.   The iPad is in Guided Access mode, and both Notifications and iCloud drive are turned off.

However, intermittently, a "sign into iCloud" prompt is displayed on the iPad.  Hitting cancel doesn't get rid of it.  The only way to remove it is to enter the Apple ID password.

The idea behind having it locked to Guided Access is so nothing but the POS app is active.  I don't want anyone else to have that password - but the ipad is unusable until that password is entered.  Why is this happening? And is there anyway to disable this notification?

iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular (MM), iOS 8.2, Seen in iOS 8.2 and iOS 8.3


texts: Can't find/run `configure` script on mac os 10.8

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I'm trying to install a program called CSIM (neural micro circuit simulator) and one of the steps is as follows:

  Step 2. Run:
  configure; make; for Linux/Unix(/Mac OS)

But I can't run, not even find, the configure script.
I've already installed Xcode and command line tools.

Can anybody help me?


texts: Mission Control not working after system upgrade to macOS Sierra

texts: Today I had changed my MacBook Pro early 2011 hard drive for a SSD, and did a clean installation of macOS Sierra. Everything is working like a charm, except for the Mission Control, when I try to execute it via Trackpad shortcut or App in the Launchpad, it restarts me the Dock. That is an unexpected issue, and I'm want to know if someone encountered this bug before!


texts: How to completely turn off auto-format and copying format in Apple Numbers

texts:
I want to completely disable auto-format and copying format on Copy/Paste.

Is there a way to do it?


texts: What does "link: false" mean in my Brewfile?

texts:
My Brewfile created with brew bundle dump contains one line with link: false:
...
brew "git"
brew "python@3.8", link: false
brew "glib"
...

I don't see any kind of --link option for the brew install command, so I don't think it's a record of some install option for python@3.8. The only potentially relevant thing about it I see in either the brew and homebrew-bundle documentation is the brew link command, which I have not used.
And as far as I can tell, the python3.8 command is installed and works the same as any of the other packages listed in the Brewfile.


texts: How do I quickly change the current calendar being used for new events in Lion?

texts:
I have different calendars for various types of things that I use to schedule my days.  This involves switching between the different calendars for different kinds of events when doing the scheduling.  In Snow Leopard, I could just select the calendar I wanted by clicking on it on the left.  With Lion, it looked like I might be able to get the same functionality with the little "Calendar" button in the upper left, but that just seems to allow me to rename the Calendars, without actually setting one as being currently active for creating new events.

I can edit each event individually, but that is rather tedious.  (Though Going into advanced preferences, and clicking the "Open events in a separate window" reduces the pain somewhat)

I can also set the default calendar in preferences, but that is even more tedious than editing the events.

So, how do I quickly change the current calendar being used for new events in Lion?


texts: Trying to add cronjob results in ""LICENSE":0: bad minute"

texts:
I am trying to set up a cronjob to run every minute with the following command:

crontab * * * * * sh /Users/username/Downloads/reddit-notifications-master/notifyer.sh

notifyer.sh has the following contents:

#!/bin/zsh

python3 /Users/yogesh/Downloads/reddit-notifications-master/reddit_notifications.py

When I run the command it says:

"LICENSE":0: bad minute
crontab: errors in crontab file, can't install

Has anyone seen this before? Tried googling but can't find anything on the LICENSE: 0 error.


texts: How can I always allow TouchID to unlock MacBook?

texts:
Sometimes, my MacBook Pro (2016, 13", macOS Sierra 10.12.6) would not let me unlock it with TouchID, saying "password is required to use TouchID".

Is there any way I could always allow TouchID to unlock my MacBook?


texts:
I had a 3-year old installation of Homebrew in /usr/local/Library/Homebrew. It didn't update properly, so I reinstalled it (without, unfortunately, uninstalling first). This time, Homebrew installed in /usr/local/Homebrew.

Not only are the folder locations different, but the subfolders also are different. Is the old installation deprecated and can I delete it? Or does the new installation depend on the old installation? This is under Mac OS Sierra.


texts: How can I fix my iPad Magic Keyboard when everything works except the trackpad?

texts:
I’ve got the Magic Keyboard (the one with the hinge that holds the iPad Pro suspended in air above the number keys) and everything works except the trackpad. I can go into the settings app General > Keyboard > Hardware Keyboard and the brightness reacts when I slide the control.

What can be done to fix this so the trackpad works?


texts: How to use several languages with the built-in dictionary without changing the interface language?

texts:
I'm frequently reading texts in english and french on my iPad. I really don't mind if the language of the interface is english or french. Is there a way to look up words independently of the interface language ? So far I'm switching the language in the settings when I need to.

This  is basically this question: Multiple languages for dictionary Look up in Spotlight, but for iPad.


texts: Unread message in Messages not being set as "read"

texts:
So, I have run into a bug where iMessage syncs my normal SMS-messages with Messages on OS X.

The problem is that the message doesn't want to get read. I click on the sender (automatic SMS from a computer notifying me of an email), the (1) disappears for a second and then returns.

The message does NOT show up unread on my iPhone or iPad,

I've tried the following:
- Restarted Messages
- Closed the conversation
- Deleted the conversation

But no luck.

I'm going to restart my computer now, but in the meantime I hope you can come with a solution. Maybe something like "Mark all as read"?


texts: Using iMac 21.5 mid 2010 as an external monitor of Macbook Pro Retina late 2013 15"?

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Can I connect iMac 21.5 mid 2010 as an external monitor of Macbook Pro Retina late 2013 15"? How can I connect them?

I read some articles that say it can be done with Mini DisplayPort-to-Mini DisplayPort like http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/connect-a-macbook-to-an-imacs-display-with-target-display-mode but I’m not sure if the author is referring to the 27 iMac only or all iMacs mid 2010.

Has anybody had some experience in connecting these?

Here’s my iMac details:


texts: Mavericks downgrade to Mountain Lion - alert cannot be installed on this computer

texts:
I purchased a second hand iMac with Mavericks Developer installed already, seen as I am not a developer and other things don't work, I purchased a copy of Mountain Lion but when tring to run the installer it gives me this message
"alert mac os x 10.7 cannot be installed on this computer"
I want to keep all user profiles and software intact so I don't want to wipe the hard drive (although many other posts say when you get that message wiping the hard drive still doesn't solve it)

any ideas?


texts: MS Word 2011 forces wrong keyboard change

texts:
For some strange reason, and since a very long time, every time I open word, the keyboard is automatically changed to Japanese Hiragana. Obviously, being Italian, I do not at all want such an auto change. Is there any way to reverse this? Is this a Word problem or something related to the OS, or perhaps something to do with both?

Update

Following comments, I tried unchecking the box in Word > Preferences > Edit for "Match font with keyboard". No change, but I found out that the change takes place during the opening of Word, stays there while the Project Gallery is open, and is reversed as soon as the new document gets opened, so once the new document appears, the keyboard changes back to the correct US Extended keyboard.

Update copied from the forum

Neither the Normal.dotm, nor the Match font with keyboard box in Preferences>Edit, nor Tools>Language and selecting Italian, none of this did anything. This issue is mysterious...

Another copied update

The Language and Text thing (System preferences > L&T > put Italian at the top of the language list) did not work at all. Plus, I want my Mac to speak English, and this change makes System Preferences speak Italian, which I decidedly do not like. Which is why I reversed it.


texts: Is possible to distribute app only to one account?

texts:
I'd like to ask you if it's possible to distribute my iOS app only to certain users/client.

If yes, how?


texts: How do I stop using iCloud for document storage and use it only for email?

texts:
I do not want iCloud to back up my files from my computer. I only want to use iCloud for e-mail.

How do I do this?


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro Mid 2012 with built-in SuperDrive. MacBook Pro is running OS X 10.11. I am trying to erase a DVD-RW disc that is filled with some images. But the erase option is greyed out:

Note that I do can select a disk image and press Burn "Disk Image.dmg" to disc and erase the disc and write new things to it. But creating a disk image is very slow in my case and I would just like it to simply erase my rewritable DVD disc. Is there a way to use Disk Utility or a 3rd party app to erase my disc? Thanks.


texts: Macbook Air without Sound, and missing Input/Ouput device options

texts:
I have an up-to-date Macbook Air on which the sound no longer works.

I had installed Soundflowerbed on it, and for a long time everything was working fine until a couple of weeks ago when it started to not work after a while.

Then it stopped completely.

I uninstalled Soundflowerbed, reset using:

command + alt + P + R, and
shift + ctrl + alt

but, still the sound does not work.

The Sound devices view look like this:

and, the input devices:

What can I do to get the sound back? I did the hardware tests (pressing D while booting), and there are no issues.

Also, I am pretty sure it is not a hardware issue.

Is there a way to reinstall the sound drivers or something like that?

I did a fresh install, reinstalling the whole system and the sound worked for one day, and now I have the same issue...


texts: SSH keys added using "ssh-add -c" not prompting for confirmation

texts:
Using OS X 10.11.1 I'm hoping to run a setup where my SSH keys are adding using ssh-add -c and when the ssh agent is requested to use a particular key I receive a dialog asking for permissions (i.e. ssh-askpass).

I'm unable to get anything other then keys adding via ssh-add -c just not seeming to work at all. I can add the key and confirm the key is added via ssh-add -l, but when I go to connect to a host I eventually end up a password authentication.

I've installed XQuartz and have a DISPLAY env var set, as well as having tried setting the SSH_ASKPASS env var with a path to an executable applicable for that. The executable doesn't seem to be being executed when I attempt the ssh connection though.

I've tried a few rounds of killing ssh-agent and re-adding keys with the env vars set with no luck.


texts: How can I perform an Apple Hardware Test without my original install media?

texts: I have a 2007 MacBook that I'd like to perform an Apple Hardware Test on, but I don't have the original install media. I have a Snow Leopard install DVD, but rebooting and holding down D does not launch the test. Short of going to the Apple Store, is there any way to test the hardware?


texts:
I ran a batch of images through an AppleScript Finder script that replaced text substrings in the filenames and did so once more to change the extensions to something other than .jpeg. As expected, some of the images, lost their thumbnails, but others didn't and when I CMD+i to view info for these, they still show up as JPEG image files to be opened in Preview.app, even though they are now .info files.

Any subsequent attempts to rename them or change their extension fails to remove their thumbnail or JPEG association.

Why is this? And how can clear the thumbnails?


texts:
I'm looking for something similar to http://www.indexyourfiles.com/ for the mac.

What I want to do is create a backup of my file index which is portable and can be searched through even if you don't have actual access to the files.

Any clues?

Br


texts: Today panel is white/disabled and unusable since upgrading to Sierra

texts: The right side panel for me, is white and disabled. I do not see any settings that would cause this behaviour. How can I return to the working version of this panel? In particular, the World Clock widget is important to me and I currently can't use it.


texts: What would be the "best" drawing tool for OSX that both lets me quickly and freely lets me sketch out ideas for software architectures but also refine and "prettify" these sketches so they can be used in a specification document or book. Sort of a bit like Microsoft Visio but better. With all the predefined shapes and cliparts but also with a little bit more freedom in drawing, layout and design.


texts: select all the text in a iPad Pages document

texts:
is it possible to select all the text in a Pages document with a simple action?

If so, how?

if not, is there any trick to change the font in all of the paragraphs in a document?


texts: My Mac seems to have given up.  I have my important data backed up, but I have a few gigs of movies and music that I wasn't backing up.   I can boot into the recovery utility and launch a terminal, and can ls /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Users/joe/Documents and see my data, but how can I launch finder (or anything else) to grab these files?


texts: How to backup data from one external drive to another (one-way)

texts:
I have a 5TB external disk (WD My Book), which I use as my main hard drive. It is always connected via USB to my Mac. I've just bought another 5TB external disk (Seagate backup plus portable), where I always would like to have a 1-1 copy of the whole date from the first disk.

I am looking for an application or a simple way, which does this:

Everytime I stick the 2. usb drive to my Mac, it should cleverly checks the files which are removed, or added to the first drive, and makes the same changes on the second one. It can of course remove all files, and copy all files from the first drive, but since I have multiple TB data, it will not be efficient. And most of the time, I will have not so many changes anyway.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Install ResetMusicAndVideosLibraries Configuration Profile

texts: The newest iOS Beta (7.6) says we need to install the ResetMusicAndVideosLibraries Configuration Profile to fix some bug.  How do I install that profile?  I tried dropping it into the Organizer window of XCode, but that didn't seem to do anything.


texts: AppleScript - IF trackpad button is down statement

texts:
I'd like to know if it's possible (in AppleScript) to tell the difference between trackpad buton-down and trackpad button-up.
I'm trying to create a preset in ControllerMate to emporarily toggle the functionality of the trackpad click (button 1 - "left click") with another functionality (button 2 - "middle click").
This is my progress so far:

Thank you!


texts: How are iOS apps actually opened from their sleep state?

texts:
I have noticed that when I open an app from the App Switcher it actually shows me a screenshot of the latest state of the app instead of showing me the real app.

Can someone clarify the process of opening apps from the background?


texts: MacBook Pro unusable when HDMI output is connected

texts:
My new MacBook Pro Retina 13″ (OS X 10.10) gets completely unusable when I attach the HDMI cable to the HDMI port.

I have noticed that there are few processes that will start to consume crazy memory.
In particular "SystemUIServer" process, around 65 GB RAM (which I do not even have from an hardware perspective), and the "kernel_task" process several GBs of memory usage.

The problem is that the resolution of the screen is changed once the HDMI cable is plugged and, even after killing the SystemUIServer, if i try to open the monitor settings to change the resolution this task will hang for ever making the usage of the laptop connected with the beamer impossible.

I have tried to search on internet but seems that no one has got the same problem.


texts: Uninterruptible Power Supply not shutting down Mac Mini running Yosemite

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We just received a brand new Mac Mini, which came with Yosemite pre-installed. Our UPS is set to shut down the computer after running on battery backup for 1 minute. I have tested this with an iMac running Mavericks (10.9.5) and the UPS behaves as expected, but on the Mac Mini running Yosemite the computer does not shut down and just continues to run off the battery.

Updated to add: I tested with the CyberPower 825VA and the Mac Mini running OS 10.10.0. Today I installed OS 10.10.1 update and tested again with the same results. I also tested with a Furman F1500-UPS in place of the CyberPower unit and there has been no change in the behavior.

Updated 11/28/2014--I have verified in Terminal that "haltafter" is on and set to 1. I also tried triggering a shutdown by "haltlevel" 100 (shutdown when battery dips below 100%) and the machine is still not shutting down. I tried booting from an external drive that has OS 10.8.5 on it, but the Mini would not let me do this.

Updated 12/01/2014--I booted the aforementioned iMac from an external Yosemite boot drive and it displays the same behavior as the Mac Mini. No progress on the issue thus far.

Updated 12/08/2014--I have now tested 3 different brands of UPS with 3 different Macs all with the same results. Have gone back & forth with Apple support about this for the last week and they haven't informed me of any progress on this issue yet. I will update when/if this is solved.

Updated 12/15/2014--After reporting this bug to Apple and several back and forth calls with them, this issue has been passed up to the engineering team that deals with Power Management. I was told I might hear something back today if there's a quick fix or workaround, otherwise this issue may not be resolved until 10.10.2 is released.

Updated 01/22/2015--After seeing Eric's reply below, I installed OS X 10.10.2 (14C106a) beta. I only tested with 1 UPS so far, a Furman F1500-UPS, but it is now functioning as expected.


texts: Download app from iPad to iPod touch with different Apple ID

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How do I download a purchased app on iPad to an iPod touch with a different Apple ID?
My daughter purchased an app and put it on her iPad, and I want to put it on an iPod touch that I gave my grandson with my Apple ID.  It won't let us do that.


texts: Unable to select and highlight on Preview in OSX Lion

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I've been trying to highlight my pdf notes on preview, but am unable to select or highlight a single sentence. When I try to highlight, it just shows the chosen highlight colour on the whole page, then when I let go of the mouse button, it just disappears.

I've followed all the usual methods of selecting the annotation tool and also the highlight button option but am still unable to do so.

Any suggestions?


texts:
I got the following message when I try Disk Utility First Aid. Is there a way to fix the problem? (I have macOS 10.14.4.)

Running First Aid on “usbhd” (disk3s1)

Repairing file system.
Volume is already unmounted.
Performing fsck_hfs -fy -x /dev/rdisk3s1
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
The volume usbhd could not be verified completely.
File system check exit code is 8.
Restoring the original state found as unmounted.
File system verify or repair failed.

Operation failed…


texts: How can I reprogram OSX to use Windows-style shortcuts for all operations?

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I've recently started using a Mac after using Windows for 20+ years and one annoying thing is that I have to re-learn all the shortcuts. I've found that you can change small stuff like swapping the Ctrl, Fn and Option buttons, but the shortcuts themselves would still be different from what I am used to. I've also found Karabiner helpful for remapping individual keys, but it won't let me create more complex rules, such as assigning Alt-Tab to change between Windows.

Is there a program/extension/terminal command that would allow me to remap any shortcut in the system to any other shortcut combination?


texts: Sharing keyboard/mouse via software with another computer?

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I have my workstation with Windows and a MacBook with Mac OS X which I attach to the same monitor. The monitor provides the switching but I don't want to have two keyboards and two mouses and neither use an external switch (already enough cables).

Is there a solution. The keyboard needs to stay attached to the windows desktop, so it must be a network software solution on the Apple side.


texts: MacBook Pro 13” mid-2012 iSight cable port broken

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I accidentally ripped the iSight display port away from the motherboard on my MacBook Pro during a display replacement. I’m fine with working without a camera since the quality is bad anyway. The system boots up fine as far as I can tell.
However, I read somewhere that the later models require the iSight cable to regulate temperature, overheating if the iSight cable is not recognized. Is this also true for this MacBook Pro model? What problems would I run into during use if I didn’t fix this problem?


texts: I Bought a Game from the iPhone App Store, and I Installed it on my Macbook from the Mac App Store?

texts: I bought "Castle of Illusion" on my iPhone, and I am signed into my iCloud with my Apple ID and such on my laptop, and downloaded the app in the Mac App store. I pressed "Install" and it said "Installing". Did I just BUY the app AGAIN? Is it linked with my iPhone apps?


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Recently after upgrading to macOS Mojave, my workflow has been seriously impacted by the inability for macOS Terminal to be able to paste the contents of my clipboard correctly.

When I paste contents, the letters in my clipboard become garbled and are pasted out of order of their actual text

this was in my clipboard as doc_header.to_html and came out like this when I pasted it

this was in my clipboard as doc_header

I have been a Mac OS user since the 1980s and I have developed code on Mac OS since 2001.  With problems & bugs like these it makes me seriously wonder if macOS continues to be a viable platform for developing software in the future.

video is here
https://imgur.com/gallery/VmscMde

this is Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6
running on MacBook Air Early 2015 2.2 Ghz Core i7
with 8GB of ram


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I'm looking for a way to protect my data files on my macbook air 2012

I'm a sales rep with sensitive client data. Always moving with my laptop in sleep mode.

So far I have my password set up, firewall enabled with all incoming connections blocked.

What else can I do to ensure data safety if someone gets an access to my mba SSD?

FileVault 2 is not secure (cracked in 40 minutes by security professions)
TrueCrypt looks promising but I'm concerned about battery life.

Any advice?


texts: VirtualBox 4, install Lion guest on Mountain Lion host

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How to install Lion as a guest OS in VirtualBox 4 running on Mountain Lion?

I have:

Legitimate owned copy of Install Mac OS X Lion.app
Flash drive formatted as GUID partition, restored with InstallESD.dmg found and mounted from inside the Lion installer app using Disk Utility.app.
Mac mini runnning Mountain Lion (10.8.4, 16 gigs memory, i7 chip)
VirtualBox 4.2.16 installed and running.

I have successfully installed Windows XP, Windows 7, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint in VirtualBox many times on my Mac. In those cases I have a .iso file to feed VirtualBox when it first runs a newly created virtual machine.

Instead of a .iso file, what am I to feed VirtualBox when if first runs my newly created 'Mac OS X' virtual machine?

Using Parallels 8 in place of VirtualBox is so easy: We simply feed the Install Mac OS X Lion.app app as the virtual machine is created. We need not even bother to choose Show Package Contents.

I have read many articles, blog posts, and Question/Answer pages here. But none of them are helpful. They are all:

Outmoded, for hacking older versions of Mac OS X
Irrelevant, for hacking Mac installers to install on Windows boxes
Old, for hacking old versions of VirtualBox that did not directly support Mac OS X guests.


texts:
Recently, Calendar on my iPhone has started to cause my battery to drain rapidly by using 20%-40% of the phone's battery with "background activity". Calendar did not to this in the past, but the problem is now pretty consistent.

How do I prevent Calendar from draining my iPhone battery?

(Note that disabling sync, or using low power mode are not answers.)


texts: We have logs from an application that are formatted as JSON. Normally they are sent to a central logging tool like LogStash. On the terminal, we can read them using a tool like jq. But if I attach a log file to a ticket or email it with a name ending in .log OS X opens it in Console by default. I am trying to find a straightforward way to view it formatted or pretty-printed within the Console application.


texts: What are the consequences of jailbreaking an iOS device as a Developer?

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What would be the consequences of Jailbreaking my iOS device as a developer?

What are some of the benefits, and what are some of the issues with Jailbreaking as a developer?

How would this effect Xcode when "paired" with my iPod?


texts: How to stop syncing apps with iTunes without wiping them from my iPhone?

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Is there a way I can stop syncing apps with iTunes without first obliterating the apps from the iPhone and re-downloading them?

Now that iOS 5 and iCloud are released, I want to stop storing all my apps on my computer, and instead just let them be downloaded directly to each of my devices. Music, podcasts, etc. should still sync with my computer.

However, when I deselect "Sync Apps" in iTunes, I get the message:

  Are you sure you do not want to sync apps? All existing apps and their data on the iPhone "myPhone 4" will be removed.

It seems like an awful waste of time and bandwidth to force the phone to redownload all my apps just to tell iTunes to stop syncing them.


texts: Mail.app AppleScript to process POP3 mails stopped working in Lion

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I have a Mail.app rule script that worked fine in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. It is simply a script that allows for AND/OR boolean logic combined together to trigger one (rarely two) of the following actions:

Move message to archive folder
Delete email message (move to trash)
Forward the message to someone
Color the message (to signal importance)

You can review the script here. The bulk of the script is made of the boolean conditions I’m looking at (and yes, I know my multiple 'else if's' could have been combined into fewer if statements, but I just found it easier to have each ‘condition’ that I’m looking for in its own if statement).

In Snow Leopard, everything worked fine, but in Lion I get some strange behavior. My Inbox gets tricked/stuck thinking it has emails to download. Basically every message that would have been ‘moved/deleted’ somehow doesn’t get flagged as processed on my POP3 server. So every time I get mail, I see the following under Mail Activity: ‘Incoming Messages… X of Y’ (where Y is the growing number of emails affected by my script), yet nothing new is downloaded.

If I turn my Mail Rule off that runs the script, all emails are re-downloaded again into my Inbox. A few points of note:

I’m connecting to POP3 accounts
I used to use Growl 1.2.2, but I disabled that on a hunch that it wasn’t compatible with Lion. You’ll still see a sendGrowl function in the script, but you’ll notice that the entire function body is commented out.

Any suggestions or ideas on how to get this working again so I could tame my inbox would be EXTREMELY appreciated.


texts: How to clean speaker hole on macbook pro

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if you have macbook with thunderbolt - you will have some weird verry small hole on speaker.
If this hole is dirty - HOW TO CLEAN IT ?

I have try with vacum cleaner nor air compressor not work.


texts: Can I Add/Remove users from web interface (Profile Manager) on Lion Server?

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It appears as though you can do most things in the Lion Server WebUI (Profile Manager), but I can't seem to be able to add/remove users (or find an answer).

Is this possible?


texts: Can I daisy chain a Thunderbolt display to a non thunderbolt display

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I have dual thunderbolt displays. One of them is breaking down. Since apple discontinued the thunderbolt display, are there other companies that can support daisy chaining a non apple monitor to an apple monitor.

Here, here, and here all say no, but that was before the july 2016 discontinuation. Other forums say you can do this with DP 1.2, but the OS is incompatible. Again, these are old forums and I wanted to know if there is an update.

I have a 2014 retina macbook pro for reference


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How to mount by SOFTWARE a USB SSD that shows not mounted on Mac?
System: macOS 10.12.6 (16G2136) Sierra. If the USB SSD is connected before rebooting or cold booting the Mac, then it shows. If the Mac is booted from an external USB SSD, no problem (after booting or rebooting, the afterwards plugged USB SSD show). But if the Mac is booted from the internal SSD, then plugging afterwards an external USB SSD does not mount it. Unplugging and plugging it again (or plugging other USB SSD in other USB port; sometimes requiring more than one trial) fixes it for such SSD and any other until the Mac is rebooted or booted, in which case the same issue arises.
The USB disk not mounted does not show in Disk Utility or Mountain. Using Terminal “diskutil list” does not show it. It does not show in "Apple - About This Mac - System Report - Hardware - Storage", but shows on the latter selecting “…–Hardware - USB". Other formatting, maintenance, repair or recovery utilities do not show such unmounted USB SSD until it shows mounted on the Desktop.
Thanks!


texts: Will Mac OSX 10.5.4 or 10.5.8 run on a PowerMac g5 quad?

texts: I would like to know because I am going to get the highest version that will run on this specific Mac...


texts: Getting error: RPC prog. not avail while trying to mount using nfs

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On my Raspbian jessie I have NFS server running:

 $ sudo service rpcbind status
● rpcbind.service - LSB: RPC portmapper replacement
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/rpcbind)
  Drop-In: /run/systemd/generator/rpcbind.service.d
           └─50-rpcbind-$portmap.conf
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2016-09-19 18:33:01 UTC; 2min 17s ago
  Process: 9800 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/rpcbind start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   CGroup: /system.slice/rpcbind.service
           └─9809 /sbin/rpcbind -w

Sep 19 18:33:01 raspberrypi rpcbind[9800]: Starting rpcbind daemon....
Sep 19 18:33:01 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started LSB: RPC portmapper replacement

and on my client machine mac

I am trying to mount the shared drive

$ sudo mount -o rsize=32768,wsize=32768,intr,noatime -t nfs 192.168.1.100:/home/pi/USBHDD /Volumes/USBHDD
mount_nfs: can't mount /home/pi/USBHDD from 192.168.1.100 onto /Volumes/USBHDD: RPC prog. not avail


texts: Catalina not allowing to change read/write permissions despite having SIP disabled

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Currently Running: macOS Catalina 10.15.1
Issue: Ever since I upgraded to Catalina, macOS is not allowing me to change read and write permissions on system protected files, hence, I am not able to tweak the system as per my likes and dislikes.
Steps Tried To Solve The Issue: SIP, always remains disabled on my boot drive. So, no question arises regarding any conflict with system integrity protection.
I have also tried to force change the permissions on the system files I want to edit using certain brute force commands, which I can't recall the name of, right now. But, I have tried.
As of now, I am still unable to change read and write permissions on system protected files and resources.


texts: Account on Mac restored from Time Machine has FileVault turned off

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My Mac book pro was stolen.
ML 10.8.2.
I successfully restored all system from Time Machine backup.
I remember having turned on FileVault on my user account on original system.
But on restored system that account has FileVault turned off.
Does it mean account on original system had FileVault turned off as well?

And related question. FileVault was turned on on Lion or even earlier. Usual system upgrades should keep FileVault turned on, right?


texts: Where do I go to download the correct software to do an untethered jailbreak on 4.2.6?

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I have already jailbroken my iPhone 4 with redsn0w using iPhone3,3_4.2.6_8E200_Restore.ipsw but my mom is making me sell my laptop and I need to find a way to make my jailbreak untethered.

Is this possible?


texts: Reinstalling Mac OS on a iMac 2011 with Windows 7

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So I installed Windows 7 on my iMac 2011 a couple of weeks ago and now I want to install macOS Sierra on it, I had macOS El capitan earlier.

I've made a bootable USB disk with macOS on it, but when I enter the "disk select" "holding alt while booting up"

But I can't seem to find the USB bootable disk, the only thing I get up is my main drive "Windows"

I also have a external drive that I first wanted to install macOS on, but I've heard there could be complications with it, since windows will then be on the main drive.
I will just install windows on the external drive afterwards, seems like a smarter option.

So what I did with the USB bootable disk is, I converted it to GPT and then used the TransMac program to install macOS on the USB.

Does anyone have any idea why I can't find it in my "disk select" screen?

Br,
Andreas


texts: How to disable pretty-print in Safari inspector?

texts: Pretty-print is always on by default. How do I make it be off by default?


texts: Email alerts (dock icon and app sidebar) arent showing up in any more in 10.9

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I've just switched to OSX 10.9 and one thing that I've noticed isn't working are mail alerts in the mail.app side bar and dock icon.

I've got several email accounts, all of them gmail - some gmail.com and some on their own domain using google apps for business.

The really odd thing is that it seems to work on one account, but not others. I'm still getting all my emails but the red alert in the dock icon and the number in the side bar like the images below aren't showing up, apart for one account.

What's really strange is that I still get the emails showing up as notifications in the top corner of my screen and showing up in the email folders, but I'm just not getting the alerts.

Has any one else experienced this?


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When I speak on my Apple watch - the text to speech is quite fast. (To me this seems like the harder Computer Science problem, and my understanding is that it is going over the wire - back to Apple - converted, and then sent back as text).

Then the subsequent action "Tell John Smith I'm on the bus" - launching an SMS with this content, seems quite slow.

This seems like the wrong way around - since I would have thought that the speech-to-text and running it over the wire was much harder to engineer.

My question is: Why is my Apple Watch Siri voice-to-text fast, but taking subsequent action is slow?


texts: How to not import duplicates from shared Photos album

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When I import photos from a shared library, either from my own Family album or one shared with other iOS users, they are imported as expected. I cannot reimport them again.

However, if you share a picture in a shared album yourself (e.g. originating from the Photos.app on on my Mac), you can import that photo again once in your library. Resulting in duplicate photos.

This occurs in the Mac OSX Photos app, version 1.0.1 (215.65.0).

I'm aware that 'duplicate' in the technical definition may not be accurate; the imported photo in this case will have a different filename and be of lower resolution. But from a functional perspective it IS a duplicate.

Is there any way to avoid importing these duplicates so every now and then I can safely select and import a bunch of pictures from a shared library, without having to cleanup the duplicates afterwards?

Note that I've seen a similar older question, which is only for iPhoto.

Update 11 Jan, 2016: This is still an issue with the latest version of Photos v1.3 (350.23.0)


texts: How do I delete just the Time Machine files on my Drobo external filesystem?

texts:
I have a folder on my Drobo called "HFS+ Private Directory Data" and it contains old Time Machine data. I cannot delete it and do not want to reformat my drobo. I have tried 'option' trashing and various Terminal hacks but to no avail. I am using Lion now.

It's about 36 GB and I would love this space back. I'm running Lion on a 2006 MacPro and it's a four bay Drobo with 3 TB of 4 TB used. I use the Drobo for image files and a separate drive for Time Machine.

Any ideas?


texts: Can I split the screen vertically in iOS 11, on iPad?

texts: I’m using a large iPad Pro in portrait orientation (ie, screen taller than it is wide). I’d like to split the screen so that Safari is on the top half and my note taking app is on the bottom half. It doesn’t seem to allow it. Is it not possible or am I missing a gesture?


texts: My computer name keeps changing when I plug it into a Thunderbolt display

texts: Every day I come into the office and plug my mac into my Thunderbolt display. It says the name "yourcomputer" is in use and renames it "yourcomputer-2" (or -3 or -4 ...). How do I make it stop?


texts: Install macOS High Sierra using Terminal

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I've been trying to find a way to install macOS High Sierra using terminal to install it on various computers quickly. It can be done with macOS Sierra and OS X El Capitan after mounting the InstallESD.dmg file in the directory Install macOS Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport using the following code in terminal:

installer -allowUntrusted -pkg Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg -target Volumes/Macintosh\ HD

I've tried using the same methods to install High Sierra, but it always gives the following error:

The OS Install failed with error: Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=0 "Undefined error:0

There aren't many articles online for finding a solution to this issue, but there are many about creating a bootable drive. Thank you in advance for the answers.


texts:
When I add some webpage to my reading list (like Medium articles, I'm not able to read them if I'm offline: I have a error telling my phone is not connected to Internet.

According to the documentation, pages in the reading list should be accessible offline (I checked Settings > Safari > Reading List > Automatically Save Offline).

Is it a bug?


texts: Automatic Wi-Fi/LTE switch based on signal strength on iPhone

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If Wi-Fi is turned on, then, AFAIK, my iPhone will connect to any available network even if the signal is very weak and inferior to LTE.

Is there a way to make the iPhone automatically connect to Wi-Fi only if the Wi-Fi signal is stronger than the cellular network signal?

Thanks in advance for suggestions.

iPhone 5s, iOS 9.2.1


texts: Dictionaries.app only has Wikipedia on High Sierra

texts:
I have installed High Sierra 10.13 today over the top of a working 10.12.6 installation.

I have previously used the dictionaries app for the thesaurus and other dictionaries. Upon opening the dictionary app, and going to preferences I can see that only Wikipedia is available.

It seems that it is supposed to download the dictionaries, but it doesn't.

What should I do?


texts: New MacBook Pro slow performance, battery not working

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I have a very recent (mid-2014) MacBook Pro Retina 15" that has been working fine since I got it (about two months).

Suddenly, it has begun to run very slow in all apps, even though CPU usage is very low, and it does not seem to be under stress.

Additionally;

The battery is not charging, The battery is stuck at 22%.
If i disconnect the charger, it completely dies immediately. After restart, date and time is reset to 1st january 2014 0:00
The battery status is "Replace now" even though it should be almost brand new

I've tried these things, which did not help:

Restart
Shutdown/start
SMC reset as per http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
PRAM reset as per http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14222

Diagnotics info:

OS version: OS X 10.9.5

About this mac -> More info -> System report -> Hardware

Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:   MacBookPro11,3
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:    2,5 GHz
Number of Processors:   1
Total Number of Cores:  4
L2 Cache (per Core):    256 KB
L3 Cache:   6 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Boot ROM Version:   MBP112.0138.B07
SMC Version (system):   2.19f7
Serial Number (system): [removed]
Hardware UUID:  [removed]

About this mac -> More info -> System report -> Hardware -> Power

Battery Information:

Model Information:
Serial Number:  [removed]
Manufacturer:   SMP
Device Name:    bq20z451
Pack Lot Code:  0
PCB Lot Code:   0
Firmware Version:   702
Hardware Revision:  1
Cell Revision:  1206
Charge Information:
Charge Remaining (mAh): 1979
Fully Charged:  No
Charging:   No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 8954
Health Information:
Cycle Count:    43
Condition:  Replace Now
Battery Installed:  Yes
Amperage (mA):  0
Voltage (mV):   7519

System Power Settings:

AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes):   120
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):  10
Wake on AC Change:  No
Wake on Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake on LAN:    Yes
AutoPowerOff Delay: 0
AutoPowerOff Enabled:   0
Current Power Source:   Yes
DarkWakeBackgroundTasks:    1
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
GPUSwitch:  0
PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep: 0
Standby Delay:  0
Standby Enabled:    0
Battery Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes):   60
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):  10
Wake on AC Change:  No
Wake on Clamshell Open: Yes
AutoPowerOff Delay: 0
AutoPowerOff Enabled:   0
DarkWakeBackgroundTasks:    0
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
GPUSwitch:  1
Reduce Brightness:  Yes
Standby Delay:  0
Standby Enabled:    0

Hardware Configuration:

UPS Installed:  No

AC Charger Information:

Connected:  Yes
ID: 0x0aa1
Wattage (W):    85
Family: 0x0085
Serial Number:  [removed]
Charging:   No

Anyone have a clue what's going on?


texts: How do i transfer an app that has been downloaded to the PC iTunes Store to my iPhone 5?

texts:
I downloaded Real Racing from PC iTunes Store.

How do I transfer it to my iPhone? I see a Cloud sign in in the app on the iPhone but when I press it, it asks me to be connected to WiFi but I don't have a WiFi connection but mobile data is available.


texts:
At one point, I connected a USB mouse to my MacBook Pro, which caused the scroll bars to always be shown in every app. This was despite my settings in Appearance.prefpane where ‘Show scroll bars’ was set to ‘Whilst scrolling’.

Since then, I have been unable to remove the scroll bars. Setting the option in the General preference pane to ‘When scrolling’ has no effect, and upon quitting and re-opening System Preferences the option is reverted to Always.

I have tried using defaults write -g AppleShowScrollBars -string WhenScrolling but this has no effect either. How can I set the scroll bar visibility to ‘When scrolling’?


texts: GoldenDict does not see and add .xdxf and .dsl files

texts:
Following the suggestions at

https://askubuntu.com/questions/616844/how-to-add-bgl-to-goldendict/1174366#1174366

Goldendict, with file file.xdxf

F3
Add
in the open file window the file does not show as selectable.

I have changed the permissions for the file(s) via sudo chmod 777 file.xdxf. Anything else that could be done?

Maybe it needs to be loaded from the folder ~/dictionary/file.xdxf?


texts: Why would Exchange account work in Lion Mail and not Snow Leopard Mail?

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My wife's corporate e-mail is on an Exchange server. Everything — Mail, Address Book, and iCal — used to work fine on Snow Leopard. Then they changed some things, including the URL. Now Snow Leopard is having difficulties autodiscovering and setting up new accounts. If I'm persistent, Address Book and iCal will work. But Mail won't — it finds and tries to set up the account, seems to connect, even reads all of her mail folders on the server, but no existing messages appear. New messages received after the account is set up on her Mac will show up, but they will not be marked as read if read another way (Entourage/Outlook, webmail, etc.).

The weird thing is that all of this works seamlessly on Lion. If I set up her account through the Mail, Contacts, & Calendars system pref pane, everything just works. Incidentally, it was using the settings in the Lion apps that allowed me to force Address Book and iCal on Snow Leopard to connect correctly. But I can't get Mail working no matter what I try.

Can anyone offer any suggestions? What would cause an Exchange server to talk to Mail on Lion correctly and not to Mail on Snow Leopard, even when I manually copy every possible setting?


texts: Do cell carries have access to FaceTime information?

texts: On the newest iPhone, do cell phone carriers have access to FaceTime call data (such as which caller initiated and ended a FaceTime call)?


texts: Getting Beach ball when selecting "open with" on context menu

texts:
I have multiple external disks on my machines.

They are "green disks" and spin down/power save when they have not been accessed for a while.

When I right click on a file in Finder, then select "Open With" I get a spinning beach ball for a few seconds and I can hear my external drives spinning up. I have no applications on my external drives.

How can I stop the spinning beach ball from happening when selecting "Open With"?

It seems to be related to the external drive being in power save mode. Although I can't confirm this.


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My Magic Mouse 2 was working perfectly fine at work for a week after opening it, then I went home for the weekend.

I got back and it wasn't connecting properly, so I removed the device from the Bluetooth list. Now it won't show up at all on the Bluetooth list. I turn it on, and the computer won't recognize it. But when I plug it in using the lightning cable, it says mouse charged 100% under the mouse settings. I try to set it up using the "Set up Bluetooth Mouse" button but it won't show even when plugged in.

I've been trying to figure this out for hours, going through these forums. I just can't seem to find how to fix it.

Any ideas?

The OS is macOS High Sierra Version 10.13.4


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I have set my MacBook to forget the filevault password after going into standby (not sleep) after a few hours. This works great, but sometimes I don't want to wait that long for the system to go to standby. So is there a way I can force going into standby immediately?

I know the 'pmset sleepnow', so I was hoping there is something like 'pmset standbynow', but I cannot seem to find it.


texts: Shiny new Macbook Pro -- can oils and sweat damage the screen?

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I have a brand-new Macbook Pro. As I'm almost certainly going to eventually spill something into the keyboard, I picked up a keyboard skin. It only took me a few hours to get used to typing with it; skins have come a long way since the last time I had one on a Mac.

I'm noticing that there's now a faint residue left on the screen, possibly the sweat or oils from my fingertips and palms. (I notice that I lean on the edge of the skin as I type.)

Is this anything that could eventually cause screen damage?


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When I put my computer to sleep the keyboard stays lit. It is a July 2012 rMBP. I always have to turn down the brightness manually which is really annoying. Does someone know how to fix this?

Also when I try to turn down the brightness the symbol at first indicates that the keyboard illumination is already at zero, so I have to turn it up at first before I can turn it down.


texts:
"Automator quit unexpectedly"  since upgraded to Catalina 10.15.7, any clues?
Restarted the computer and tried a number of times, same result


texts: I have an administration acct and a standard acct in my computer. I go to delete the standard but, after unlocking the lock, it does not allow me to select the standard, only the adm. What am I doing wrong ?


texts: Are there any hidden settings to modify default system sleep conditions?

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Is it possible in some way to modify conditions when OS X will go to sleep?
In my opinion the time delay of system sleep is insufficient.

Imagine the situation that we are in the middle of downloading some large file over http, after leaving MBP for e.g. 4 min cause a system sleep therefore all tcp connections will be broken. It is not only anoying.

The caffeinate command can be used but it will implicit prevent OS X from sleeping.

Does anyone have cure for that?


texts: Where to find online documentation for older versions of Swift?

texts: Is there an official online Apple source for documentation for Swift 3? (Preferably that can be accessed without signing in to a developer account.) Browser searches for "Swift 3" are finding links to documentation for Swift 4 at developer.apple.com, but I am interested in the older version.


texts: How do I switch using my AirPods between my Mac and my iPhone?

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I have AirPods that I often need to switch using between my Mac and my iPhone. I never do this during a conversation, but often I'll have used them on my phone for a phone call, and then need to use them on my Mac; or vice versa. Doing this involves multiple steps on both ends (whatever is required for an explicit BT connect) and even then, doesn't seem to "stick" until the APs disconnect and reconnect to the switched-to end several times (often interrupting whatever I've started doing there).

How is this supposed to work?

Note that I'm aware of the claims that this should be a seamless process. But it doesn't work that way for me, or any of the dozen or so other people I know in similar situations.


texts: Point iTunes to restored content after PC crash

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After my PC died I have started to restore my data from backup.  I have backed up the entire iTunes folder and successfully restored it.  I do not put my content in the standard location...I do not put it on the Windows drive for example.  Now that I have reinstalled iTunes, how do I tell it to use the content I restored?  Right now it just shows all my music as existing on the cloud.

I'm on Windows 7 64-bit and I have the latest version of iTunes.  I do not have iTunes match.

Thanks!


texts: How do I extract Parallels Desktop's dock icon?

texts: Parallels Desktop has ugly red bars on its icon. How can I remove those bars?


texts: Change the default Quicktime screen recording cache in OSX Mojave to be on an external flash drive instead?

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I currently am using Mac OSX Mojave and I record my screen using Quicktime and it usually stops when the cached recording exceeds what is available on my drive, which is only around 8 GB. I understand the default location for the cached file (which it then prompts you to save afterwards) is located at:

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/Library/Autosave Information/

Is there a way for me to trick my computer into saving it onto an external disk instead? I've seen this post, How do I get QuickTime to store temporary recordings on another drive?, but the answers either involve creating a new user, or it doesn't work in Mojave anymore. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!


texts: 15" MacBook Pro Mid 2009 SuperDrive doesn't read burned disks

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I have a mid 2009 15" MacBook Pro (5.4), system 10.11.6  and its SuperDrive doesn't read disks that are burnt. Either they are ejected after a while or finder tells me that these are blank disks. However when I insert old install DVDs from Apple (Leopard, Snow Leopard) they are recognized and the installer opens without any problem.
I can't reproduce exactly when it started behaving like that because it's been a couple of years ago when I last time inserted any disk in it, but I remember SuperDrive was reading them without any problem.

I really want to get this fixed because I desperately need a Windows partition for specific software from my work. Unfortunately old models don't support booting from USB.


texts: run applications from external hard drive

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I have a hard drive taken from an old macbook.
I am working on a university iMac, I want to run applications such as Android Studio from the External Hard drive however when I run the application from the external drive, the machine loads the Android studio application on the iMac not the External version. How can I get around this?


texts: Search for ALL large files and folders (not just some) using Finder (not third-party)

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I am looking for space! I would like to search for all large folders and files. I found this answer but so far my searches failed to show some of the large files, including a .pkg file that was in my home directory (the 'house' icon). I just use "normal" finder, and then with the controls - where I am trying to find a way to say size > 100MB or something to that effect. But I don't even see size.

I also can not see how to display all folders on my computer where again folder size > 100MB. Are these possible using the Finder controls?

edit: To address the comments I've added an additional example. It's the selective file type that's bothering me. Here I create some files with python and look with Finder. Finder decides that I should not know about two of the files because the "Kind" is "Document". If I display the folder, they are there, but Finder won't show them if I'm searching.

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import json

y = [3,1,5,2,0]

np.save("TestDifferent", y)

with open("TestDifferent.json", "w") as outfile:
    json.dump(y, outfile)

with open("TestDifferent.txt", "w") as outfile:
    outfile.write(str(y))

with open("TestDifferent.weird", "w") as outfile:
    outfile.write(str(y))

plt.figure()
plt.plot(y)
plt.savefig("TestDifferent")
plt.show()


texts: Connecting game consoles on a 23" Cinema Display?

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I have an old 23" DVI Apple Cinema Display (from ~2004 I believe) that my dad found awhile back. I bought a DVI to HDMI adapter to use it with my MacBook Pro and it works flawlessly. I can also connect and display my iPad Pro with no problems. I'm moving out for college soon and figured it would be a good monitor to use in my dorm for video games.

I tried hooking up my Nintendo Switch to the display through the same HDMI to DVI connector as my MacBook uses and had no luck. The display knows it has something hooked up to it, because the light on the front of the display blinks, but nothing is outputted to the screen itself. I tried connecting a few other HDMI devices to the display and the same thing happened: the light blinks, but no output.

Does anyone know how to solve this issue? Do Cinema displays only accept input from Apple devices? Is there a way to work around this or am I just SOL?


texts: Difficulty typing on Iphone because of fat fingers

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I have fat fingers hence this makes typing on the Iphone which has a small screen difficult , I always mistyped

Are there any ways to overcome this problem ???


texts: How to logout Apple ID in App Store since MacOS Mojave new look

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Since the redesign of the App Store in MacOS Mojave, I can't find the correct place to log out current Apple ID account or switch it.

Can anyone tell me how to do that?


texts:
Similar to There is no application set to open the URL rstf3://, I am getting the following error when clicking on https://miro.com/* links from another application (Slack):

There is no application set to open the URL miroapp://

I uninstalled the miro desktop application "as clean as possible" with AppCleaner but I am still seeing the issue after rebooting my MacOS (latest).
I also checked with SwitfDefaultApps but I can not find any association related to miroapp.
Would be great not to have some funky workaround but really fix the root cause. Surely this is some simple setting somewhere? I think with windows this would be the registry/regedit.
I do not want to have the miro desktop app installed.


texts: Does Background App Refresh affect notifications?

texts: I get notifications from apps like Snapchat or Facebook Messenger. Does turning off Refresh affect these notifications?


texts: Mac Automator/Word 2016 macro: Trying to make workflow/macro that removes highlights from bullet points in Word 2016 for Mac

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THE PROBLEM
I am working in Microsoft Word 2016 for Mac on a very large bullet-point outline in which I frequently need to highlight text. If I highlight all the text on a bullet point, word automatically highlights the bullet point as well. This is because Word by default makes its bullet points take on the styles of their associated text, including highlights. This default behavior has always somewhat irked me because I find the resulting highlighting of bullet points distracting and sloppy.

PREVIOUS MANUAL FIXES
Previously, I have manually fixed the issue. For example, I sometimes would highlight only part of the associated text, then highlighting the rest of text (partially fixing the issue ex ante--but not allowing me to highlight all the text I wanted to at once). Other times, I would fix the issue ex post: I would highlight all the associated text, resulting in the bullet point becoming highlighted, but would then delete the bullet point, bring my text into line with the previous unhighlighted bullet point, and then click "enter" to create a new unhighlighted bullet point (this worked because the text associated with the previous bullet point was not completely highlighted).

THE NEED FOR AUTOMATION
Now, however, I am dealing with a very long document and repetitively manually fixing the issue would be far too inefficient. Thus, I am now looking for a solution that fixes/prevents the bullet point highlighting without me having to make arduous individual changes each time I highlight all the text associated with a bullet point.

My hope is that I could create either an Automator workflow or Microsoft Word 2016 (for Mac) macro that, upon activation, would either: (i) highlight only the associated text of a bullet point--leaving the bullet point unhighlighted--or (ii) automatically remove the highlighting of a highlighted bullet point while leaving the associated text highlighted. With regard to option (ii), I would be happy with a workflow/macro that either (a) removed highlighting from an individual bullet point or (b) removed highlighting from all bullet points in a given document--though the latter is probably preferable. Does anyone have any ideas as to whether any of these options are feasible, and, if so, which would be easiest to implement?


texts: Is it possible to set an individual sound volume for each program on a Mac?

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I would like to be able to lower the volume of certain software without lowering the overall volume, I know that we can do this very easily on a PC, but on my Macbook Pro (2012) (Catalina) I can't do it.

would there be a possibility to do this on Mac ?


texts: If I factory reset my iPhone would it mess up my SIM contract?

texts: I have an iPhone 6 and would like to know if I could factory reset my phone and still be able to use all my data, minutes, and texts as soon as I set the phone up again?


texts: Is this normal: my direct Ethernet is 5x faster than the same Ethernet via Airport Express?

texts: When I connect my Mac via Ethernet it has 5x more maximum speed than when connecting it with the same Ethernet to the latest Airport Express. Is this normal (and if so, why)?


texts: Does having to turn on an iPhone by holding power and home indicate the device is dying?

texts: I had to press and hold the Power and Home buttons because my iPhone shut off and wouldn't turn on through normal measures. When I pressed the Power and Home buttons for 20 seconds the iPhone powered on, but does this mean the phone is dying?


texts: Running GNU Screen with 256 colors on OS X Lion

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Terminal.app in Mac OS X Lion has a feature that took a long time to get implemented: 256 color support. The colors work fine. The issue I'm having is that when I run GNU Screen I do not have access to 256 colors. In screen, $TERM is set to "screen".

I've read different things in different places and am very confused. Some of these include:

GNU Screen must be compiled with color support (How can I tell if OS X's screen was compiled this way?)
A special terminfo file for screen-256color must be installed. Does OS X have this?
In .screenrc, term should be set to "screen-256color".
Certain functions in Emacs must be called for Emacs to be colorful (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GnuScreen#toc6)

I tried variations of these procedures and have been unsuccessful and uncertain of why I have failed. What is the most direct way for me to enable 256 colors in GNU Screen?


texts: Using simple copy and paste to get the song list out of the new itunes 11

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Before iTunes 11, I was able to simply select my view options for the playlist, highlight my songs, hit copy, and paste them into a blog post.

Now, with iTunes 11, it seems I am unable to do something so simple. I found a workaround for now, printing the playlist as a pdf and copying the contents into a blog post. This is irritating to me, as I need something much quicker and more efficient.

Does anyone know how to get back the simple copy and paste functionality? Or is there a simple way similar to this? I don't want to export to an excel file or export the whole library, I just want the view options I have selected, artist, track, and album, not the entirety of each song's information.


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What's an app that let's my control my Mac with voice commands, always on, with no keyboard and no mouse? I'm talking about an iMac mounted on a wall that is always listening for voice control commands.

The only app support really needed is a web browser -- I'm not asking to control photoshop with my voice or something!

But it must be a setup that never requires me to connect a keyboard or mouse, even if it crashes and needs a reboot.


texts: How can I make an Automator service run a Terminal and display the output?

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I'm using Automator to run a shell script (Rar selected files) as a 'Service', so that I can just right click a folder and select the service. It works fine, but i've added verbose and testing (to see the progress and test results) so I need to see the output of the Terminal window to make sure the archive is ok. Is there a way to see the output in real time? or to take it an extra step echo the results?

here's the script that works in automator but the output is silent.

on run {input, parameters}
set nbFiles to count input

if nbFiles = 0 then
    display dialog "No files selected!" buttons {"OK"} default button 1
    return
end if

tell application "Finder"

    set archiveDir to (container of (item 1 of input) as string)
    if nbFiles = 1 then
        set archiveName to (name of (item 1 of input) as string)
    else
        set archiveName to "archive"
    end if

    if exists file (archiveDir & archiveName & ".rar") then
        set i to 2
        repeat while exists file (archiveDir & archiveName & "-" & i & ".rar")
            set i to i + 1
        end repeat
        set archiveName to archiveName & "-" & i
    end if

    set archiveDir to quoted form of POSIX path of archiveDir
    set archiveName to quoted form of (archiveName & ".rar")

    set listFiles to " "
    repeat with i in input
        set listFiles to listFiles & quoted form of ("." & POSIX path of (name of i as string)) & " "
    end repeat

end tell

do shell script "cd " & archiveDir & "; rar a -ol[a] -mt8 -m5- -y -s -m4 -t " & archiveName & listFiles

return input
end run

THANKS!!


texts: Is it possible to change Dock icons on a per-user basis?

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Can you make the Dock icon for an app appear different? Obviously you could copy the whole app or symlink parts of it, but I don't want to have to create a symlink for every single file in the Resources directory.

I tried pasting an icon into the "Get Info" window of an alias or symlink, but that just triggered the bell noise.


texts:
Does anyone know if there is public data App downloads from the iOS App Store?

Not so much how many downloads has a particular app had, but data like:

how many apps have zero downoads.
how many apps have a hundred downloads.
how many app have a thousand downloads.
what's the download numbers over time for apps on average.

That kinda thing.


texts: Where are the alert tone audio files located in OS X?

texts: In what directory on OS X are the sound files located for the alert tones in Messages and in FaceTime? I'm not talking about the alert sounds in System Preferences; I mean the ones that are also on iOS—like Aurora, Bamboo, Chord, etc.—in the list in this screenshot:


texts: In Numbers, how can I sum only if adjacent cell is certain value?

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In excel, as shown here, it is possible to find and sum only cells with have a specific value next to them.

Is there a way to do a similar thing in numbers?

Specifically, I have a very long table like this:

Type of Job | Amount Earned
------------+--------------
Labour      | 10
Labour      | 15
Office      | 27
Labour      | 10
Tutoring    | 20
Labour      | 5
Office      | 24
Tutoring    | 20

And I'd like to find out how much money I've made from jobs of type Labour, Office and Tutoring separately. I can't just sum the Amount Earned column, because that would only give me the total of all Job Types, instead I want their totals separately.

Any help appreciated!


texts: Is there a way to interact with Siri Answers?

texts:
By default, Siri often "answers" questions by producing a result from (amongst others) Wolfram Alpha. Often these results leave me wanting to drill down further to expand on parts of the answer provided, but I can find no way to use the answer to allow me to link from it to more complete information elsewhere on the web.

Is there a way to jump from such answers to additional sources of information such as Wikipedia or Google? Is there a way to link from the "Alpha" results page that I'm just not seeing?  I'm aware that I can just search Wikipedia or Google from the start; my question is whether the "Alpha" results are a dead end.


texts: Does a third party fixing my Mac have access to my files?

texts:
My old Macbook kept flashing between a prohibitory symbol and a folder with a question mark. Internet recovery stopped working when I tried to use reinstall Sierra OS, so I initially gave up on fixing it. Now, someone I don't really know is going to try fixing it for me.

If possible, I'd like to know if they'd have to access/search my files to fix the issue? I'm a bit of a private person, so I'd like to know what's going to happen. Would it be better to take it to an Apple store instead?


texts:
I have a website in the following format:

https://abc.def.com/subdomain1/subdomain2

But Safari keeps suggesting https://abc.def.com as a top hit, while the correct url is second. Now every time I need to select the second one, and since I visit this url a lot, it really frustrate me a lot.

I tried already to remove any record of https://abc.def.com in the history, but it doesn't work. Safari keeps on adding the top domain (abc.def.com only) as a top suggestion. I also removed everything in the history from this website, and then visited the correct url, and after that, big disappointment!


texts: Does anyone have any tips or best practices for using NFS mounted directories?

texts:
Does anyone have tips for conveniently dealing with a variety of NFS mounted directories in Mac OS X?

When I drag them to the sidebar in finder they can't be renamed.

When I mounted them using "connect to server" they get mounted under /Volumes.
Alternatively I can access them using /net/host/export and they will get automatically mounted.

But there doesn't seem to be any way to visit a /net/host/export directory using the finder GUI.  Although it seems I can use "open" from the command line to visit it and then drag it to the side bar.

So anyway.   Any "best practices" out there?

I seem to have a choice to drag either /net paths to the side bar or to drag /Volume paths to the side bar.  The finder seems to implement the auto-mount functionality when I click on /Volume-based sidebar links.

I could also create symlinks to /net paths and use those symlinks.

One of the core problems I have is that the /net paths (and the /Volume paths) are long and unfriendly.  I'm looking for a way to "manage" these in a way that lets me use shortcuts or aliases of some kind.

I'm still collecting tips.  When I get more, I'll come back here and rewrite this.
Basically /net paths are treated by the finder as local directories.  In some ways it treats them as local (must use 'Goto' to open them) and in some ways it knows they are special (they don't show up in the "Mac HD" location).

If you have any other tips, please add them.


texts: Time Machine backup size seems to be too small

texts:
It is my understanding that Time Machine does not compress as it backs up and that it backs up everything (at least in default mode).

Why then is the space-used stat given by Finder re my external hard drive to which I backed up my iMac's (OS X 10.9.5) internal drive much lower/less than the same stat in re my internal drive from which I backed up. The difference is 354.39 GB on internal vs. 85.83 GB on external.

My first backup took only about 40 minutes, which surprises me - thought would be like 4 hours, so I am wondering if it was complete and successful.  However, all the files on my internal do seem to be on the external, and I got not messages indicating that there was a problem. It has been backing up hourly since that initial backup without any problems apparently.

Shouldn't those stats be the same?


texts: How do I delete my number from iMessage on send and receive from my iMac?

texts:
When I go to settings, iMessage does not show up under anything and I cannot access iMessage settings straight from the iMessage icon. Please help! There was a previous answer that said you could press command and comma, but when I press this, I get this picture.

Please help! Thank you!


texts: OS X Lion mysterious user cron job just does echo "PATH is $PATH"

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OS X Lion 10.7.3.

Console view of system.log shows log entries for cron jobs defined in my user crontab as expected. Follow this link to view a copy of my user crontab if you want.

I inspected /usr/local/cron/tab as root and the system copy of my crontab is also as expected (the job entries are exactly the same as what I see when I do crontab -e).

Here's my question: every now and again I see a message like this in system.log:

May  7 02:36:17 echo mcook[70156]: mcook cron job PATH is /Users/mcook/local/bin:/Users/mcook/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/Home/bin:.:/Users/mcook/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/X11/bin

I am puzzled because I can't find a matching cron tab entry for this. It's my user name, but none of the cron jobs I have in my user cron table just says echo "PATH is $PATH". The message appears at odd times, but I can't see an obvious pattern: yesterday at 04:23:59, today at 02:36:17 and 02:47:22

Where else can I look to find out where this is coming from? Could the cause be some old data hanging around in some .plist somewhere?

My crontab says "The periodic and atrun jobs have moved to launchd jobs see /System/Library/LaunchDaemons". I checked those and the files in /etc/periodic but I still did not find a possible cause.

Does someone have other suggestions as to where this might come from?


texts: Opendirectoryd uses up to 85% CPU. My mac heats up at a high temperature

texts:
I am using MacOs Hight Sierra version 10.13.6. For some time, the computer has been heating up to a high temperature and it may even shut down at times.
After searching the web, I discovered that one of the causes could be an opendirectoryd process that uses up to 90% of the CPU. It's my first time using Mac, I don't know what to do.
Some solutions talk about symlinks but I don't even know how to find them.
thank you for helping me


texts: I want to add <key>LSUIElement</key> <true/> to the plist of Calendar.app like I would other apps because I don't want it in the dock or my task bar. This being a super-special Apple app, I need special permission. Could anyone tell me how to safely do this?


texts: Android phone not even charging on a Mac Mini (Yosemite)

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I'm new to OSX, so I'm probably doing something which is obviously wrong.

I have a Samsung Note and USB cable which when plugged into my Linux laptop work without any issues.

I have a late-2012 Mac Mini running Yosemite.

When I plug the phone into the Mac Mini's USB ports it does not even start charging.  I have tried three different USB ports, including ports I know are working (as I swapped the keyboard and mouse plugs).

What do I need to do for my Mac Mini to at least charge my Android Phone?


texts: Screensaver settings spontaneously revert

texts:
I have my screen saver set to display images from a folder in my ~/Pictures directory, and the "Shuffle slide order" box is checked. In Yosemite, I find that occasionally one or both of those settings will revert to the defaults; the "Source" menu will revert to "National Geographic", the "Shuffle slide order" box will be unchecked, or both.

Is there any reason these settings should be changing without my intervention? Is there any way I can monitor the settings (such as in a system log somewhere) to find out more about when this happens and why? Is there a default write command I can execute to make my desired settings the default?


texts: Installed new SSD now when my mac dies to freezes on restart


texts: How can I set a video background in iMovie? I have a video and the background is black. How can i change it to white in iMovie?


texts: Maximum drive size size (dimensions) that will fit in a Mac Mini Server 2012

texts:
I'm building up a few Mac Mini Servers (Late 2012). I will be upgrading the small internal drives (dual 500GB HDD) with either dual 4TB or 5TB Seagate Barracuda 2.5" drives, which are 2.75 x 3.95 x 0.59 in.

It appears these higher density drives are a little thicker (0.59") than common sizes sold as upgrade drives for a Mac Mini (0.276" - 0.374").

A thread on the Apple Community suggests the largest size is 9.5mm (0.374").

Does anyone know the maximum drive dimensions that will fit in a Late 2012 Mac Mini Server?


texts: How to reset/bypass iphone password after restarting iPhone

texts:
Last night I changed my iPhone's password, but now I've forgotten what it was, and since then it ran out of power so now it's at Before First Unlock mode.

So now I can't access my iPhone, and I've already burnt through several chances trying to get in (last i saw it was at the 'try again after 5 minutes').

I have 'Disabled USB accessories after an hour' active, so i can't connect to it via my MacBook either to backup or reset password through either iTunes or some other third-party application, unless there is a way to bypass that.

If there is any solution to my predicament without resetting the iPhone i'd like to know. The last update was many, many months ago and i'd rather not lose all that data.

While I do remember my AppleID password, it requires 2FA to login, meaning I can't really access it without my phone. I do have an older iPhone that I might be able to use but I'd rather not use it if I can avoid doing so.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Wi-Fi indicator disappearing when iPad connects to Macbook over usb

texts:
When I connect my iPad Pro to my Macbook Pro using a usb cable, for some reason the iPad loses its wifi connection.
Why does this happen and how do I fix it?

I tried to setup shared internet to fix this issue, but it does not help.


texts: How to select a photo from Mac OS photos from an open/attach dialogue box

texts:
When in messaging apps such Telegram Messenger I sometime want to attach a photo. In these cases I am presented with a dialogue box like the below:

As the photo is invariably in my iPhoto (or more recently Mac OSX "Photos") library, it is very difficult to navigate to the photo I want via this dialogue. I also can't seem to drag and drop from Photos and a copy/paste results in the image file path being pasted rather than the image itself.

Is there an easy way to insert photos into apps of this nature? Note this is not restricted just to messaging apps, but any app that offers importing of photos where one might want to use something from their OSX library.


texts: How to find if someone logged into my iPhone

texts:
I suspect that someone has logged on my iPhone (physical access, with my code)
Is there a report of all connections with the hours that can be found on the iPhone so I can confirm my suspicions? If yes, do I need a special tool to read it?


texts: How to create a pseudo-guest account in Lion with FileVault 2?

texts:
The guest account always had very limited permissions, unfortunately since activating FileVault on Lion it's deactivated by default. (More about it here: Unable to create Guest Account after enabling FileVault.)

Is it possible to give the guest account a password? Or can I create a regular account with the normal guest account's privileges (hence making a pseudo-guest account)?

I simply need FileVault and a limited account for my guest! :)


texts: Is there an iPhone app that can give me a push notification of a new email?

texts:
I want an app that can push my emails so they show up with the blue screen and with my notification tone.

I've tried Im+ but it's a chat also and I just want to push my emails.
I have Gmail, and I only want to push Gmail mails.

Is there an app that can do just that?

Note: I want the blue icon that appears with a sound. (This is the exact same thing that happens to SMS and any other push notification.


texts: How to prevent ApplePressAndHoldEnabled from turning on?

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How can I prevent "press and hold" from ever becoming enabled?

While typing, occasionally I will type something that activates the press-and-hold "feature", after which I no longer have keyboard repeat.  Instead I have the press-and-hold-for-accent feature enabled.

? What key combo is turning that misfeature on ?

? How can I prevent it from ever turning on ?

Once it becomes enabled, I have to go to terminal and defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false to turn it off.  Unfortunately, some apps don't take notice that it has been turned off until after they are closed or the computer is restarted.


texts: What does changing "my number" on the iPhone do?

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I noticed that there is a setting under Phone > My Number which displays my phone number. What does changing this setting do, and why would someone want to do that?

Is there any Apple documentation that explains the feature?


texts: Are there any non-Apple Thunderbolt displays?

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Are there any Thunderbolt displays produced by anyone besides Apple?

Apple charges about twice the price of equivalent monitors without the thunderbolt port.  Apple may handle the cable jungle better, but that'll never be worth the extra cost.


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I want to make a Facebook post consisting of several selected photos from my photo stream in iPhoto. For some reason this appears to be extremely difficult. What am I missing?

Steps I've tried so far:

Find the first of the photos I want to post
Click on "My Photo Stream", select the thumbnail, and press CMD-C. (Because for some reason you're not allowed to copy the photo while you're actually looking at it.)
Attempt to paste the photo into a Facebook post. This flatly doesn't work; nothing happens.
Try clicking "upload photo" in Facebook instead. I'm presented with a file dialogue. I suppose I could click "reveal in Finder" in iPhoto and drag the file into this dialogue, but I mean, come on, I'm not going to do that for every single photo.

So what are my options? I've seen several forum posts from Windows users indicating that on that platform one can just paste photos straight into Facebook posts. Is this impossible on the Mac? Or is there just some extra special thing I've neglected to click on in iPhoto?

Please Note: I have "platform" turned off in Facebook for good reasons, which means that clicking "share" and then "Facebook" in iPhoto will not work. I am looking for a way to copy-and-paste photos from iPhoto into another app.


texts: What will happen to our Mac if using higher RAM than Apple "allows" it?

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I am thinking to upgrade my RAM to be 16GB. However Apple states up to 8GB only.

Anyone has experience upgraded RAM more than Apple allows?


texts:
It seems that since the new update, console will not stop scrolling. I have turned off the "Now" button, but scrolling up and highlighting a line pops out of view as soon as a new message comes in (which is many every second).

It makes it pretty hard to track anything down when you can't read the messages.

Does anyone know how to turn scrolling off?


texts: Lost folders after upgrading to Catalina. Any chance to recover them?

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Two days after upgrading to Catalina, I have noticed that some subdirectories are missing. I'm not exactly sure when these directories went missing as I was on vacation, but here is what happened.

I upgraded to Catalina few days ago
Decided to delete some directories, mostly node_modules from old projects, to get some free space.
After that I didn't touch anything and discovered that some directories are missing when I get back home.

Original size of www directory was somewhere around 55GB and similar size is shown in Finder. DaisyDisk also shows that there are 55GB of hidden files somewhere (it's not telling where).

sudo du -sh www/ shows directory size of 10MB.

Free space before deleting node_modules was 11GB and after deleting (now) is 20GB. If files under my www directory were really deleted, free space would be much larger.

Based on other answers found here and on the Internet, I have tried the following:

Tried restore using DiskDrill. No success.
Run First Aid under Disk Utility. No success.
Relocated Items directory is empty. No success.
Recovering using Stellar Data Recovery. No success.
Scanned using GrandPerspective. No success.

What else can I try?


texts: Exclude some SSIDs from iCloud syncing or no iCloud sync on some SSID

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I am looking for a solution (I am not sure that's possible) to prevent our gear (iPhones and Ipads) to iCloud sync over some SSIDs.

I fly for a living and we use EFBs (Electronic Flight Bags) based on iPad.

When we fly we need to be able to get emails (so connected to an SSID) but I would like to prevent iPads and iPhones to do iCloud syncs over the aircraft internet which costs a lot and slow the satellite internet down.

Could be done automatically by excluding the sync over one SSID (the aircraft's) so we are syncing anywhere else? I know this is possible by going to settings and turning of iCloud syncing but if this could be done the way I would like that would be great.

Thank you !!!