texts: Dell Monitor S2817Q goes into flicker mode on MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) 10.14.5

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I have been using dual monitors (HP and Dell) with no issues on my MacBook Pro running 10.14.5 for 6 months. Dell is connected to HDMI and HP is connected to Thunderbolt.  After a few recent OS updates I found that my Dell monitor will frequently drop into a flicker or flashing mode where screen blacks out for a fraction of a second every 2-5 seconds.  Have tried all recommended solutions with no luck in finding a permanent fix.  Curious if anyone has found a fix?

I did find that a power cycle on the Dell monitor (physically disconnect/reconnect power cord) will stop the flicker temporarily
but the flicker typically returns 2-8 hours later.


texts:
How to get the list of folders in the sidebar using AppleScript?

It is okay to get the list of all items too since I will be able to search for them


texts: Can I get an external display to have 10-bit color on a 2015 rMBP?

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The setup is a 2015 13" Macbook Pro with Intel Iris Graphics 6100, connected via Displayport to a Dell U2711 (which is capable of 10-bit color.) The OS is Sierra.

Is there a way to get the external display to run in 10-bit color?


texts: How to bridge Parallels network to iPhone?

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I've got a MacBook Pro, and I've got an IIS server in Windows, running in my Parallels Desktop for Mac. I need to connect to the server running on my virtual Windows from my iPhone.

In my home network I can bridge the WiFi to Parallels, connect both Windows and my iPhone to my home wifi, they are all in the same subnet and I can connect perfectly.

However, when I'm outside, I need a mechanism to connect my iPhone to my VM running inside Parallels. My VM has an 10.x.x.x IP and can communicate with my Mac (and the Internet, over my Mac's shared inner connection). My iPhone is connected over USB (I can switch to Bluetooth or WiFi too) as the hotspot to Internet, and has 172.20.x.x IP. Parallels VM and my iPhone are normally in completely separate subnets, but they are both connected to my Mac. Is there a way to bridge these connections to allow traffic from my iPhone to Parallels?


texts: How to install the Mono package in a wineskin app?

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I created a wineskin app for one of my windows games on steam (H1z1). I installed steam and downloaded the game on steam in the wineskin app but it crashes at launch in steam.

I created the wineskin using PortingKit, it offered at the beginning to install Mono but it also said I should skip it so I did.

Now that I'm troubleshooting i'd like to try with Mono in the wineskin, how can I add it at this point please ?


texts: What are my options for full system (or at least home directory) encryption?

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I own a MacBook Pro, which is obviously a Laptop, so I want to protect myself in case it ever gets stolen.

On Windows I can use TrueCrypt to do a full system encryption, but would that also be a choice on Mac OS X?

I think that OS X contains a built-in encryption, but when it was released (10.2? 10.3?) I heard it had some really bad flaws that made it unusable.

Is that still the case? What are my options to encrypt either the full drive or at least my home directory?


texts: What WiFi authentication protocols does OS X support?

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I'm trying to find out how many types of WiFi authentications does OS X support. I know it's supports the basic WEP/WPA and even EAP-PEAP. Does anybody have the full list of supported WiFi authentication protocols?

Thanks!


texts: Cannot install bootcamp because of disk error, but disk utility says it's fine?

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I'm trying to partition for bootcamp but it fails because of that error. I ran disk utility's first aid multiple times. And it's always fine.

What do I do?

Edit:

My mac is the newest imac from this year. The windows I'm trying to install is Windows 10 Pro x64.


texts: What determines whether a drive can be converted to APFS?

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Now High Sierra is released and not in beta, I'm wondering what the rules are about covering drives to APFS.

The release version of High Sierra auto converts SSDs to APFS on installation. But we know that Apple pulled the conversion of Fusion drives during the beta. We also know that non-fusion spinning disks can be converted to APFS but are not auto-converted.

According to the developer advice and several internet sources, other drives can be converted by using Disk Utility (right click the disk and the option will be greyed out if not available).

So I thought I'd try this on an old (late 2009) 27" iMac and the option was not available (the internal disk is actually new this year so it isn't just age). My Macbook Pro (early 2015) internal SSD converted automatically. Then I have some external disks all of which are perfectly functional. So I tried some of them. My Time Machine external disk would convert (not sure whether it is worth it) and old spinning 500GB spinning disk (extracted from an old MacBook) will convert. But two other disks (a LaCie 2GB USB and the original 1GB from my iMac) will not.

So what are the rules? Which disks can be converted to APFS? It is clearly more complicated that Apple's guidance which implies any HFS+ drive can be converted. Is it a settings thing we can manually alter, or is it a hardware thing we can't fix?


texts: How to release mouse capture in VirtualBox?

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I'm on my MacbookPro and using TeamViewer for remote access to my 2k3 Server. On this server I installed VirtualBox to create a virtual machine. But now I stuck at this screen and no more can use my mouse.

How can I release the mouse capture?


texts: Union mount doesn't work on macOS Mojave

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Is union mounting still available on macOS Mojave 10.14.5. I have tried:

https://aplawrence.com/foo-mac/union-mounts.html

and using mount -t hfs -o union with two HFS+ images, and I can't seem to get the files in the lower mount to show up.


texts: Why is Time Machine over-stating the amount of data that needs to be backed up?

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I shuffled my home directory around and moved it back to my spinning platter drive in my MacBook. Ever since, Time Machine has been running my machine hot (the fan comes on when Time Machine starts up) and the backup data size estimates shown by Time Machine in the menu bar are huge. Many gigabytes.

But when I inspect the completed backups with BackupLoupe the actual backup size is very, very small.

This wouldn't bother me so much if it weren't for the fact that Time Machine runs my machine very hot when it runs, occupies a fair bit of CPU and takes a good 20-30 minutes to complete the hourly backup run now.

My complete exclusion list for Time Machine is currently:

~/Library/Application Support
~/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized
~/Virtual Machines

Update 1:

I excluded ~/Library/Application Support on a hunch that it might be time stamp issues on cache files that end up having no change in in their bits. But TM is still saying it's backing up >2 GB of data.

Update 2:

Ultimately I'd like to trim the amount of time Time Machine spends running on my machine. Currently it's spending upwards of 30 minutes every hour spinning on these backups.

Why is Time Machine's reported effort in the tool bar so much higher than the actual backup contents as reported by BackupLoupe? Is one of them wrong? Which one?

How can I help guide Time Machine in it's estimate of what needs to be backed up so it doesn't have to work so hard?


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Hi i have IMAC 2017 27" and after deleting windows i have this problem "Windows cannot locate the disk and partition specified in the unattended answer file's  setting."
I tried to reset smc or NVRAM but no results
PLS HELP


texts: Why does my cellular data connection keep dropping on an iPhone?

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I have an iPhone 6 and recently I have been having issues with my data. Either the connection randomly drops or becomes so slow its unusable. This is very frustrating because my iPhone's hotspot is used to connect all my devices to the internet.

Usually when this happens, turning my data on and off will temporarily fix it. If that fails, turning airplane mode on and off sometimes works, but these are both temporary solutions and neither are very reliable.

As you can see from the screenshots below, when doing a ping test its dropping packets. When doing a speedtest it shows my connection being very slow.

Can anyone tell me if this issue is caused by my phone or my network provider? also could anyone advise me on how I can stop issues like this from happening in the future or possible how to increase my data speeds?


texts: Change header of all text files in directory in commandline

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I have tons of *.csv measurement files with following header:

Start time: Thu Oct 09 15:46:16 CST 2014
Trend type: Average Wavelength over [259.09, 259.09]
Trend offset: None
>>>>>Begin Strip Chart Data<<<<<
Date    Elapsed Time    Absorbance(Absorbance)

How can I change this with command-line in the whole directory to following header:

Date    ElapsedTime Absorbance

Cheers,

Hans


texts: How to tell if a MacBook can be recovered from a liquid spill?

texts: I have a user that spilled a glass of wine on their 2013 13" MacBook Pro. It stopped working. I tried drying it out for a few days before trying again but it won't turn on. Is there a systematic way to figure out whether there's any value to salvage here or if it's a total loss? Something I can do myself or is it better to make a trip to a Genius Bar near me?


texts: I can send but cannot receive an sms on my iPhone 5s? This came out of the blue!

texts: I can send but cannot receive an sms on my iPhone 5s-this just came about out of the blue!


texts: Virtual Host directives on Server - should I change the .config files?

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I am trying to set up OpenPhoto on my Mavericks Server.

The instructions for a locally hosted site is to add directives to the virtual host config files.

Am I supposed to edit that file (0000_80_local_site.config)? It is written to by the Server app so am I afraid to edit it.

Where should I add the directives?


texts: How can I turn off encrypted iPhone backup without a password?

texts: I forgot my password for iPhone backup. How can I recover the password so I can turn off the backups?


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I have a problem with Lion (10.7.5) not able to see anything in Display Arrangement window when having Matrox DualHead2Go connected with two displays.

Resolutions are fine but not able use external displays as Arrangement window is empty! How to reset it, to get all in same window? What file stores/remembers display information id?


texts:
The "say" command in OSX Terminal works fine for me and I use it now end then.
However, since last week it produces the following error message on my Mac Mini (Late 2012, 10.8.4):

$ say test
> MTBEAudioUnitSoundOutput::PropagateProperty Error -10851
> MTBEAudioUnitSoundOutput::PropagateProperty Error -10851

The sound is produced as expected, so no big drama, but I'd like to know if somebody else suffers from the same problem or if that error has something to do with my specific setup here... and, of course, what this message means.


texts: Is target disk mode a clean way to install (Mountain) Lion on a blank mac?

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Since I don't have an optical disc, and no USB thumb drives are available, but I do have a second mac, target disk mode over FireWire seems like the only way to install Mountain Lion (since this 2010 MBP doesn't have that permanent recovery mode in its firmware, and I was dumb and formatted the whole disk, instead of just the system partition, thus deleting the recovery partition).

But I'm thinking, when you install on a local disk on a MacMini, is some aspect of the installation MacMini-specific? After installing from the MacMini, will the OS be missing some MBP drivers, and include superfluous Mac Mini drivers?


texts:
Photo App won't open after I downloaded OS X El Capitan V.10.11.
Response: "Photos must quit because the photo library has become unavailable or its data is corrupt."


texts: Run a command on a schedule and verify that it has run

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I want to run an rsync command each day or more often to back up a raspbery pi on my network to a drive attached to my mac. I see launchd, but I'm very confused about how to get it to work, and I would also like to be able to see that the script has been run, like how with time machine you can see when the last backup occurred, so I can check on it.

This is the command I want to run:
rsync -avz -e ssh pi@10.0.0.4:/ /Volumes/PiBackup/Rsync

Any help would be much appreciated. Ill take any methodology as well, cron, launchd, applescript, whatever works well.


texts: How to share multiple Voice Memos instead of one by one? (post iOS 12)

texts: If I remember correctly, one could share multiple recordings at the same time with a share extension using the old version. This doesn't seem to be true with the post iOS 12 version.


texts: Launchctl List - Screen Sharing Process Running While Disabled?

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Below is my list of active processes as produced by the launchctl list command in terminal. I'm not messing with those processes, but I am studying them to learn more about how OS X works.

The question that I have for you is why com.apple.screensharing.agent, com.apple.screensharing.messagessent, etc., are loaded when I have screen sharing disabled in settings.

A careful review of the list below and some assistance identifying anything odd or unusual is appreciated. I want zero ability, whatsoever, to SSHD, screen share, file share, remote access, etc. I've no need for it, and I don't like the fact that these processes are running when I intentionally have them disabled.

Little Snitch keeps showing a million different connection attempts, and I'm freaking tired of googling the ports and IP information with no clarity whatsoever. I've included a list of my LSN3 rules.


texts: Spam from NY Times & WSJ top stories notifications on iPhone

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A while ago, my wife and I started seeing news story alerts on our iPhones on the lock screen. We didn't think much about it.

But now these notifications are spaming us daily with garbage news stories about the election. I'd like to modify the settings that control what, if any, stories we get alerts for.

Ideally, I'd like to control which news sources can send alerts and what type of alerts, e.g. business stories from WSJ.  Neither of us has the NY Times app installed. The alerts may be coming from the News app, but the only settings are "Allow Notifications", "Show in Notification Center", "Badge App Icon", "Show on Lock Screen" and "Alert Style When Unlocked".

Does anyone know where the settings are which control these alerts?


texts: Most efficient way to get all files in a directory

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I have a million+ files spread across four fiber-connected arrays. I need to get the path, filesize, and last_modified date to insert into a mysql database. What would be the best way to do this?

Here is what I am currently doing:

sudo find "$FULFILLMENT" "$ARCH1" "$ARCH2" "$MASTERING" -type f -exec ls -lT {} + > $FILE

And then I parse that file (using Python) to insert it into my db.

What would be the best way to accomplish the above?


texts: sound quality difference between USB cables

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I am currently reading about Digital-Analog-Converters in a magazine. In one section about connecting an iPod, it says that the sound via a USB cable such as the one from Audioquests Cinnamon is significantly smoother and more velvety compared to the official USB cable from Apple.

Also, a standard USB cable: In the description of Audioquest "Coffee", they are claiming that there is a huge difference. And they cost about 280€! Or their "Diamond" version costs about 550€! Here is some review, again claiming that there is a difference. Here is another review. And here another one.

How can that be? The signals which go through the cable are digital. How can there be any difference?

(Just for reference, I also asked the same question on AVP.SE with similar answers.)


texts: Check brew and brew-cask for valid package names

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I have a iMac and Macbook for work and another set for home. I end up getting a new one every couple of years so I end up re-setting up everything atleast couple of times a year. So I wrote a script to automate as much as possible: https://github.com/pathikrit/mac-setup-script/blob/master/setup.sh

The only problem with above script is that there is no way for me to pre-check if a brew or a brew-cask package is still valid e.g. I want to something like brew check foo to make sure that brew still knows about foo. How do I do that?


texts: Isn't Inactive memory a waste of resources?

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I'm looking for explanation of memory usage on my machine especially in light of the example in this screenshot below:

I understand what is Free and Active means
But what are the meanings of Wired and Inactive?

Especially inactive, why does it use so much memory for something that we do not use?


texts: Accessing and controlling iPhone via MacBook

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My iPhone is charging on my table but it lies beyond stretch of my hand. I feel lazy to stretch out to pull it up.

I want to check iPhone's battery charge level from my MacBook Pro. Is it possible to do so? Is there any macOS app that acts as a client for my iPhone on my MacBook Pro?

Not only would I like to check iPhone's battery level from my MacBook Pro, but also launch or close other apps, change settings, etc, on the iPhone. Is it possible?


texts: How can I programmatically get the Terminal scrollback text?

texts:
I ran across this comment which stated that it is possible to access the text in the macOS Terminal scrollback:

Finding text in scrollback is a weakness of most terminal emulators; the only ones I know of that provide it are OS X Terminal and Terminator.

I've done some searching, but I have not had any luck finding anything online saying how this can be done.
The reason I ask is that I'm looking for possible solutions to this Stack Overflow question, and am investigating whether there is a way to get text from the most recently run command in the macOS Terminal.
For this specific use case, I'm hoping to find the line(s) that match a particular pattern, so I can extract the matching text and pass it to the open command.
There were failing tests. See the report at: file:///path/to/parent-project/child-project-1/build/reports/tests/test/index.html

↓
open file:///path/to/parent-project/child-project-1/build/reports/tests/test/index.html

In short, how can I get the text of the Terminal scrollback?  Bonus points if it's limited to just the ouptut of the last command, but I can make a workable solution to my problem if I can get the entire Terminal scrollback text.


texts: Seeing details on software updates for Mavericks

texts: I have a pop-up telling me that there are "Updates Available" and asking me if I want to install "now or try tonight?".  Before Mavericks, I was able to see what the updates were.  Is there a way to do it in Mavericks?


texts: How to change the list of file types which Safari will open immediately after download?

texts: I would like to change Safari Safe List of type files which open immediately after download. Any ideas how?


texts: Is it possible to make the pointer "stick" to one display when using multiple displays?

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I use multiple displays, and often find the mouse pointer moving to the other display when going to the scroll bar or pressing the close button on an application, for example.

Is it possible to make the mouse "stick" to one display? To see what I mean, you could try to slowly drag a window to a side of your display. It will stop when the edge of the window touches the edge of the display for a little while, unless you push it further. I essentially want this behavior for my mouse pointer.

I found something similar to this for Windows, but unfortunately that's for Windows, not macOS where I need it!


texts: What is the best way to use two 27" monitors on your desk?

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In my work environment I have three smaller monitors and love the productivity benefit. At home I have two 27" displays (the iMac and an external cinema display), but am having trouble laying them out on my desk so I can effectively use them without neck strain. What's the best layout for ensuring most of your work involves you staring straight ahead at your work, while still letting your work spread out over all those lovely millions of pixels?

EDIT: responses so far have focused on having the monitors at the right level, i.e. at and below eye level. But the problem I'm having is that just one monitor nearly fills my field of vision, so I end up turning my neck or chair dramatically to work on the other.


texts: Local-only Automator service (not on iCloud)

texts:
I do not want to have the services on iCloud, but instead just local to Mac. Here's what the Automator dialog displays.

How can it be done?


texts:
I had strange issue with Safari on Macbook today.  It add on any pages I had visited links to other sites.  It looks like an advertising.

For example, if I had the page with next text:

".... answers for you Apple question ..."

Safari changed page so "Apple" was hyperlink to other site with an advertising of Apple production.  I can see it on any page and with different words.

I have not install any Safari extensions last time and the only thing that looks suspicious is the new Apple update which I have installed today.

I have restarted Safari and now all looks fine, but I just want to know what it had been and what I can do now to find the reason this strange behavior and to dispose future risk to security.


texts: Switching HDMI input to Apple TV causes crackling noise and strange video

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When I switch HDMI inputs on my TV from Tivo or Blu-ray to a sleeping Apple TV (4th generation, with apps), I get nasty crackling electronic interference noise on the sound system plus weird LSD-acid-trip video display of the usual list of app icons (all the colors are wrong, reversed). I press Home or Menu buttons a couple times and after a long moment all is well and working.

Is this normal for an Apple TV? I've never had this crackling and crazy color video when switching inputs to the Tivo or Blu-ray, only the Apple TV.


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I have just inherited a first-gen Mac Pro, however it comes with no power supply, no CPUs and a 7300GT graphics card.

My questions are:

1 - I know OS X needs an Apple graphics card to boot, is it possible to put the 7300GT in one of the slower PCI-Express lanes and put a PC graphics card in lane 1 (the x16 lane) and still have it boot? If not, what are my options? I intend to use the PC card only when booting to Windows.

2 - Power supply - Are there any PC PSUs that will work with this? What are my cheapest options?

3 - CPU - Are the bare minimum CPUs the Wolfdale Xeons? Will any desktop CPUs be compatable? Does the machine need two physical CPUs to boot?


texts:
So here is the situation. I own a older Mac Mini (Intel core duo, 1.66 GHz) and thus will not be able to update to Lion. Also the internal CD drive failed about 3 months ago.

Now I love my Mac. & love "Snow Leopard " but I have been playing around a lot with Ubuntu, running it in a virtual machine. I think that I can replace all or almost all programs that I now use on the Mac. with programs running on Ubuntu.

Since I will not be able to buy new hardware any time soon, and this Mac Mini is now "officially" a low end un-supported machine.  I would like to do the following .....

Completely erase the internal hard drive on the Mac Mini.
Yet keep a bootable copy of the internal system on an external firewire hard drive (super duper).
Install and run Ubuntu on the internal drive, retaining the ability to boot into Mac OS 10.6.8 from the external drive.
So that I can retain both work environments until I am working 95% percent of the time in Ubuntu.

Did I say that the internal CD drive failed. Yes, It will not read nor write. Gone. I am not going to replace it as it would cost more than the Mac is worth.. ( apple quoted me $130) so....  I have questions ....

(first about me .. I am not afraid to drop into terminal, have written many apple scripts, an might be called a "super user")

1.) How the bloody hell can I install Ubuntu without a working CD drive?
    I have tried to make a bootable thumb drive with the ISO for ubuntu and boot from that. No luck . Will keep trying this as it is probably the best way. But any advice would be helpful.

2.) Once I get Ubuntu up and running on the internal drive will It be difficult to re-boot into the external drive with Mac OS 10.6.8?
    This is most likely trivial, but I can not test it so I am A little uneasy.

3.) if I buy an external CD USB drive can I use that to install Ubuntu? (about $10.00 on e-bay)

Thank you for reading...


texts: iPad calendar only sees 2 of 4 GMail calendars, what have I configured wrong?

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I have 4 calendars in my GMail Calendar account, two of these have been imported, they are shared by other people.

Basically, I have this:

My personal calendar
Week numbers for norway (since GMail Calendar doesn't show week numbers)
One imported from an organization I have some work for
One with TV Shows I follow every week

When I connect my GMail account on my iPad, the first, and the third, is shown, but not the second, nor the fourth. I'd like the fourth as well on my iPad.

I've looked through the configuration for all the calendars on my GMail account, but I can't see anything that differs from the one that is listed, and the one that isn't.

What else should I look at?


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My Dad passed away a few weeks ago and I now have access to his Mac computer. I have little to no knowledge of Apple devices and ecosystem, having used Windows for everything before.

I have all his passwords and Apple ID etc., and have been going through it to save photos and his meanderings. Once I have done this I would like to use it as my home computer.

My question is, can I keep my Dad's identity on there (not ready to let him go yet) and upload my own Apple ID and email accounts etc. without compromising space/usage/integrity of the machine, or will this cause me problems later if I need to get it repaired or install things later?


texts: Does upgrading your iMac's traditional HDD to SSD improve the graphics performance?

texts:
I have a 1.4 GHz iMac (8GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics 5000 1536 MB). Running a simple code or creating a level in Unreal Engine makes everything work very slow. The graphics performance is lagging behind a lot when editing a level in Unreal Engine plus the whole UI freezes and seems a little hazy or blurry with screen tearing.

So if I raid the HDD and external SSD together will it solve my graphics performance issue?

I have already gone through this post (Would upgrading to SSD solve my performance issues?), but this guy has a MacBook so that doesn't answers my question!

I don't have many options and I believe an external SSD would be the best solution. Apple has now support for external GPUs. Can I insert a CPU into the GPU case, and improve the overall performance of my iMac?

And one more thing: Can I insert a processor into the eGPU enclosure in order to bypass my iMac's internal hardware such as the graphics card and the slow 1.4 GHz Intel processor?


texts:
I know very similar questions have been asked on Stack Overflow.

Yet, 8/9 years and a couple of iOS updates later, I am wondering if there is any new solution to this problem. I currently have 14.07GB occupied on my iPhone which is more than half of its total capacity (andere = other):

I know of the following options:

restore iPhone from Backup after wiping it
use a third party app like iPhone cleaner, iExplorer or DiskAid to dig into the files

I have deleted Safari caches, deleted music files (I am using Apple Music, so I only stream), offloaded most of my photos/videos and activated offloading unused apps. Yet, this wouldn't help much with the "other" data anyway...

If the mentioned options are the only ones I have, what would you advise me to do and why?


texts: My iPhone 7 (iOS 13.5.1) has developed an intermittent camera problem.  The image I see when I try to take a photo keeps moving in a fluid, wavy way - rather like the distortion you get when you look at a view through an intense heat wave...?  The resultant image, if I take the photo, is blurred.


texts:
I'm trying to figure out where my missing hard disk space is going.  I'm using du and df from the command line and there seems to be a clear discrepancy.

So here's the du output:

$ sudo du -h -d 1 /
 59M    /.DocumentRevisions-V100
1.9M    /.fseventsd
  0B    /.PKInstallSandboxManager
1.6G    /.Spotlight-V100
  0B    /.Trashes
  0B    /.vol
 20G    /Applications
2.6M    /bin
  0B    /cores
5.0K    /dev
1.0K    /home
4.6G    /Library
1.0K    /net
  0B    /Network
 78M    /opt
7.2G    /private
1020K   /sbin
 11G    /System
264G    /Users
1.7G    /usr
4.0K    /Volumes
310G    /

Now here's the df output:

$ df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity   iused    ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1     465Gi  417Gi   48Gi    90% 109334564 12511744   90%   /
devfs          213Ki  213Ki    0Bi   100%       737        0  100%   /dev
map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%         0        0  100%   /net
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%         0        0  100%   /home

df is showing me 417gb used and du is showing 310gb used.  How do I find the 100 missing gigabytes?

I'm running OS X 10.9.5 on a 2013 512gb MacBook Air.


texts: Some photos from iCloud Photos after backup mysteriously disappeared

texts:
I bought an iPhone XS a month ago. On my old iPhone I made an iCloud Backup, then I deleted everything and gave my old iPhone to my mom (I don't use that iPhone anymore).

After checking in iCloud Photos on my Mac I confirmed absolutely every photo was there. On my new iPhone XS I chose the option "Restore from iCloud", all apps were restored, but unfortunately not all photos and videos.

I noticed this a few weeks later when I was looking for something. I was shocked that 30-40 files (videos & photos) were not downloaded from iCloud Backup. I tried repeatedly to restore them somehow, but I failed.

I know I didn't delete them, they just disappeared mysteriously after I backed up to iCloud.

These 30-40 photos are also now not available in iCloud Photos on my Mac. I do not know why. I am very sad because these were photos and videos from a long-awaited concert.

How can I recover these missing files?

Can I see the iCloud Photos upload history somehow?


texts: Using MacBook - no option to select GoToWebinar camera in permissions (but the option was available for microphone)

texts:
I'm trying to set up a webinar but the other participants are not able to give permission for the camera on GoToWebinar on their Macs as it doesn't appear on their list of applications that you tick. They have given permission for the microphone and are able to share screens so it is just the camera access that is missing from the options.
Any ideas?


texts:
I've just started using Pixelmator 2.0, and I love it. It's a beautiful alternative to clunky and overbearing Adobe products, but I can't seem to find some very simple key features that I'm sure (read: hope) must exist.

Center Horizontally/Vertically in Background
Inner Shadows
Transform Tool (I know that CMD+F brings up a transform mode, but is there a tool that can be docked in the toolbar?)

Aside from the latter, which is a UI preference of mine, these features seem (to me at least) to be pretty critical in a full-bodied image editor.

EDIT: If these things are stock-and-standard features, has anyone out there found at least a workaround for them?


texts: SMB "home drive" mounts not being auto-mounted at ldap login, Mounts setup in User-group profiles

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In Profile Manager to mount the default home drives set for the User in Server.app, you mark a checkbox "Add Network Home," but then.  Does anyone know which plist in the system, etc, that is actually referencing? because it does not work for me, and home drives do not auto-mount.

When you click "add network home"  it adds text like {{{home drive}}} into the list of mount points (it looks exactly like that, but with less than and greater than signs instead of curved-brackets).

This specific question is regarding a small network where upon login, users get several mount points authenticated, and one not authenticated (they were originally set up using .mobilconfig files generated in profile manager, and previously in Workgroup Manager).

I've limited this question now to focus on the "home drives," because I believe so far, that overlapping device & user-group profiles were causing some of these problems, but I've removed these, and now, the OSX User/Networked home drives still do not auto-mount.

As a nice reference for the 2 steps involved in setting this up, see the question and answer on  this Server Fault forums post.  I should also add that mounting doesn't seem consitant at all, and sometimes other mount points don't come up, but this seems to related possibly to other factors.

Users login, most of the time they get these SMB shares, which via the config profiles are allowed to show up on the desktop (Finder settings), as well as get auto-mounted in Users & Groups.  The problem is that they just don't show up sometimes!  The Server logs are fairly clean, dnslookup is fine, the Server names all match the fqdn so the usual LDAP-related issues are in check.

OSX server is running on a Mac Mini running Yosemite with Server v. 5.0.1 (the same problem existed on server 4 as well), with the clients mostly on El Capitain, although I've seen this also in a mixed enviornment.  This occurs in only about 20% of User accounts, with no pattern in the directory service information that I can see.


texts: Is there anyway to use GNOME terminal on macOS?


texts: Let connected device know about the maximum 2.1A output of a USB port via software

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I am fairly technical and I was wondering if there are any software based hacks or modifications that I can apply to force the maximum of 2.1A to be supplied through a USB port without the attached device first negotiating this over the data pins?

By default my MacBook Pro (15" Mid 2015) will only supply 500mA through its USB ports if the device hasn't explicitly requested access to the additional 1600mA. This is mostly a software limitation I believe, because the hardware will be just fine with supplying 2.1A.

My question: Is it possible to make my MacBook Pro believe that the device has requested an additional 1600mA without the need of dongles or other external devices (which I don't have with me now, while I need the power for my phone at the moment). I'm ok with importing .kext files or doing other kind of low-level (read potentially risky) modifications.

EDIT: After some inspection of the MacBook's schematic the power isn't actually being limited, its my phone not willing to take more power because the macbook hasn't indicated yet that its alright to do so. Chargers do this by applying a special voltage to both the D- D+ data pins of the USB port, is there any chance this is possible in any other way? Otherwise I assume this is a lost cause and I should look into breaking protocol from my phone by just telling its alright to consume more current.

I changed the question title to better reflect newfound information


texts: How to install Windows XP on mid-2012 MacBook Air Mountain Lion?

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I have to install Windows XP on my mid-2012 Mountain Lion MacBook Air (base config: 4GB RAM, 128GB SDD, 1.8 GHz) but the BootCamp doesn't support anything except 7.

I can't afford to set aside sth like 15-25 GB for Win 7.

How can I do it? Can I downgrade BootCamp in Mountain Lion to a previous version which supported XP and then install XP?

Or if I can create an empty FAT partition and later simply reboot and insert Windows XP insert USB drive(non disc drive) and go on with XP installation?

Update: I have to use that XP partition for gaming purposes so virtual machines are not an option. They eat up too much resource for let me game on my 4GB MBA. I've tried. My problem with 7 and 8 is that they will probably gobble ~30% of my disk space for just the OS.

Looks like there's really no way. Besides, I've got those games on Steam for Linux/Mac now. So, I don't even want to go near a Windows machine anymore. Thanks for answering. I think I shall close this question from further posts if possible.


texts: Is my battery in my iPhone faulty, or something more?

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I have an iPhone 7. I had the battery replaced approx 6 months ago.

I've noticed the battery life hasn't been overly great considering it's a new battery.

Yesterday, my phone started turning off at random. Today, it turned off and never turned back on.

When the phone is plugged into the AC charger, it gets stuck in a boot loop on the Apple logo. But, when it isn't plugged in, I get no power.

I've taken the battery out, and the exact same thing happens. It boots to a boot loop on AC power, and no power when unplugged, as expected. It's as if it won't run off its own battery source.

Does this sound like a faulty battery or something more significant like the IC board?

I cannot boot into restore mode or off a USB port.


texts: Can I copy app data from an old iPhone backup to a new, set-up iPhone?

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I recently got a new iPhone. I backed up my old iPhone in iTunes, and then set up my new iPhone as a restore-from-backup. However, I was just looking at my new iPhone and realized some apps failed to copy over.

Is there a way to copy the app data from the old iPhone to the new-but-already-setup iPhone, or do I need to start over?

I know I can download the apps, but can I transfer the data? Part of this is game data that I know does not live in iCloud or any server.


texts: Why does my Outlook BCC myself on all outgoing emails?

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I have Outlook, and use the same @outlook.com, on my Windows laptop and iPhone.

On my Windows laptop, when I email, Outlook doesn't BCC myself. Good!

Yet when I send emails on iPhone, Outlook BCCs myself. Why?


texts: How can I remove unchecked and deleted songs in iTunes from my iPhone?

texts: Music which I've deleted from library and/or unchecked still appears on iPhone 4 and plays with checked music even after syncing.  How can I delete music from iPhone so it does not play any more?


texts: How to create linux USB discs that do work on Apple Macs?

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It seems that there are several problems releated to incompatibilities between  Apple-EFI and UEFI that do prevent Apple users from easily using USB drives to install or even run other operating systems.

I am planning to make this a quick guide, so others will not loose precious time encountering the same problems as me.

It seems that the latest ISO of Ubuntu that has the UEFI removed in order to be able to boot on Macs is 12.04.3

What I did so far:

Tryed YUMI with mac blend of the ISO and it produces a disc that is recognized by rEFInd but that gives "Missing Operating System" when trying to load it..
unetbootin tool works on OS X, Linux or Windows BUT it will not create USB disks that will work on Macs.
Tried penguintosh.com with both Ubuntu ISOs and none of them works, it does run and creates the USB disc but it's not recognized by Mac EFI or rEFInd.

So, how can I create an USB disk that will install Ubuntu on Mac, preferably latest version Ubuntu.

Note: Assume that I do not want to keep anything on the Mac, the USB has to be bootable and any use of DVD drive is excluded.


texts: Where is the 'Where from' meta data stored when downloaded via Chrome?

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I'm running Mavericks with Chrome, and when I download an image/file it saves the 'Where from' when viewing via Get Info. This also happens in Safari.

Now, I understand there is a separate download history which can be viewed and deleted via the the tricks in the following article: http://www.cultofmac.com/179873/list-your-macs-entire-download-history-at-once-os-x-tips/ These are used when opening Applications for the first time to show the user where they come from.

However, I've deleted this and confirm it's empty but yet it still shows in the 'Where from.' I've done some further tests and uploaded the image to view the EXIF and meta data but it doesn't appear to be stored in the files meta data at all. So where could it be stored?

Does anyone know how this 'Where from' meta data is stored, and where it is stored. Does it stay with the file if you put the file on the USB drive and open on a different computer?

I'm not so much worried about removing it, but I just can't see where it comes from?


texts: Subversion on macOS Catalina (10.15) producing very strange/incorrect behavior

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I've just moved to macOS Catalina 10.15, and installed Subversion via Homebrew. That appeared to go well; svn --version and svn help both work, and I was able to use svn checkout to check out a small repo.
But when I go down into that repo and do a svn status, the three files it just pulled down and are definitely there are marked with ! (deleted) status, and there's this weird extra file with the gibberish name H?\85?\C0?\84?\92.
Password for 'jstrout': ***********

A    notes/PerformanceNotes.txt
A    notes/StateAndStorage.txt
A    notes/idealNetworkDesign.txt
Checked out revision 1370.
√ svnrepo % cd notes
√ notes % dir
total 24
drwxr-xr-x   6 jstrout  staff   192 Aug 31 16:32 .
drwxr-xr-x  13 jstrout  staff   416 Aug 31 16:32 ..
drwxr-xr-x   8 jstrout  staff   256 Aug 31 16:32 .svn
-rw-r--r--   1 jstrout  staff  2613 Aug 31 16:32 PerformanceNotes.txt
-rw-r--r--   1 jstrout  staff  1323 Aug 31 16:32 StateAndStorage.txt
-rw-r--r--   1 jstrout  staff  2384 Aug 31 16:32 idealNetworkDesign.txt

So far so good, everything it just brought down looks correct...
√ notes % svn st
?       H?\85?\C0?\84?\92
!       PerformanceNotes.txt
!       StateAndStorage.txt
!       idealNetworkDesign.txt

What? I've never seen this sort of behavior from svn in my life. Any idea what could be wrong here?


texts: If I upload a Time Machine backup folder to Google Drive, will any information be lost like hard links?

texts: I would like to take a Time Machine backup, under a folder called "Backups.backupdb" and click and drag it into Google Drive. I am wondering if this process will cause any hard links or anything like that to be deleted? My question basically is, if I were to upload it to Google Drive, then download it in the future, would it be readily usable as a backup to restore a computer?


texts: Mid 2010 MacBook Battery Replacement Recommendations

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I'm trying to revive my old Mid-2010 MacBook. It holds a charge, but I am experiencing hardware performance issues that I believe are directly related to the aging battery (hasn't been replaced since 2013). I'm looking for an online vendor that sell OEM or similar replacement parts. I've heard good things about iFixit.

Does anyone have experiences they'd be willing to share, good or bad? Is there anything else I should consider replacing before the battery?


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I have a late 2012 iMac. I use to shut it down with the shutdown command, in order to be able to delay the shutting down.

Here's how I use it:

sudo shutdown -h +30         # shuts down in 30 mins
sudo shutdown -h 04:00       # shuts down at the next 04:00 AM
sudo shutdown -h 1304302100  # shuts down on 04/30/2013 at 09:00 PM

I noticed that the latter two options don't work every time for me.
Since I'm sure I entered the right time/date, what could prevent my Mac from shutting down?
I set it to never go into stop, and to lock the screen after 30 mins of inactivity.

I'm on 10.8.3.

Little edit

Just a few minutes after I wrote this question, my Mac shut down unexpectedly (where I am now it was 03:40 PM. I never set this time anywhere. Yesterday night I set it to shutdown -h 04:00 and it was about 03:00AM. This is becoming strange.

Little edit #2

After suggestions from the comments, I looked at system.log and I found this (where ironmac is my user - original uh? - and Andreas-iMac is the name of my computer).

Apr 30 02:33:28 Andreas-iMac.local sudo[32613]:  ironmac : TTY=ttys000 ; PWD=/Users/ironmac/Dropbox ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/shutdown -h 04:00
Apr 30 15:41:26 Andreas-iMac.local shutdown[32620]: halt by ironmac:
Apr 30 15:41:26 Andreas-iMac.local shutdown[32620]: SHUTDOWN_TIME: 1367329286 508163

You can see the shutdown command was received and scheduled, but the shutdown time seems to be random.


texts: My WD passport spins, lights up and connects but doesnt show as an available drive

texts: My external hard drive fell.  After that I plug it in and it lights up but doesnt blink, the HD spins then stops.  The WD icon in the top right of my screen shows it there as plugged in but it doesnt ever switch to showing data on it. It never shows as an available drive to use.


texts: iTunes playback getting frequent (5+/min) dropouts

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I'm having the exact same symptoms as this user. However, I don't (like that user) have FileVault on, nor are my hard drives sleeping whenever possible (as per energy saving settings).

My music playback keeps dropping out for a second or so, several times per song (5+). No crazy CPU usage or anything like that.

Ideas?

Specs:

Mid-2011 Mac Mini
OSX 10.9.5
2.5GHz i5
8 GB DDR3
SSD
AMD Radeon HD 6630M 256MB
iTunes 12.1.2.27


texts: Recovery mode not loading on MacBook (Late 2008)

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For some reason, I'm not able to load recovery mode utilities on my late 2008 MacBook (running Mavericks).

I've referenced the technical steps here but none of the startup keyboard sequences appear to work.  I've tried:

CommandR
CommandOptionR
CommandOptionShiftR

In all cases, I just get taken to the ordinary desktop login screen.  Am I missing something? I'm not a mac user so I'll be the first to admit that it could be user error on my part...

My ultimate goal is to reinstall macOS, and as this is a 9 year old system, I can't find the original OS CD.


texts: 2020 M1 MacBook Pro: Built-in display does not show entire desktop (truncates 300px from right and 200 px from bottom)

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It seems like I have a desktop which is slightly larger than my screen. When I maximise a window the bottom portion (approx 300 pixels) and right portion (approx 200 px) are not visible. I can move the mouse to that invisible and perform click operations but the pointer is not visible on screen. (It is shown when in the visible region). Attempting to scroll beyond the visible extremities does not pan the screen.
See the attached screen shots. For the truncated ones, I captured a portion of the visible regions, starting at the top of the screen and moving to the right-most visible (or bottom most).  For the non-truncated ones I moved the mouse enough such that I could be confident of being at the extremity of the desktop - but I had to do this unseen.
Horizontal truncation:

The same thing happens with vertical truncation, but the images take up a lot of vertical space in this post and don't really add much (though I can add them if this is desired).
I've had to move the Dock to the left of the screen in order to make it visible but I would prefer to keep it on the bottom.
In terms of my machine setup:
I'm using a new 2020 issued M1 MacBook Pro running Big Sur. I've tried both with and without an external display. With an external display, that external display shows fine (and has no truncated region). But in both setups, the built-in display of the laptop is truncated.
In case it matters: I migrated my data to it from a 2015 edition MacBook Pro which had been upgraded to Mojave.
I've tried looking in System Preferences but don't see anything related to screen size in the Displays subsection. I've also tried looking for zoom/magnifying settings (such as might be used for a11y reasons), again to no avail.
I'd welcome suggestions for things to try here.


texts: Can I change the size of my applications folder icons from the dock?

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I have included a picture.
My applications folder is on the dock and when I click on it the applications come up but the icon size is too big, is there anyway to make these icons a lot smaller? any help is much appreciated.


texts: Myth need to be solved: will the battery drain faster in places with poor wifi signals?

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Will an iPhone's battery drain faster in places with a poor wifi signal (or phone signal)? My bedroom is far from the wireless router, usually the signal is very weak and flickering, but I have to discover, that after waking up from sleep my battery lost around 25 % for 7-8 hours, while actually I don't do anything with my phone, but it takes more energy than average when idle.

Someone can explain this for me, is it true?


texts:
When I enter in Terminal:

chflags hidden location_of_alias

it hides the actual original folder the alias points to but it does not actually hide the alias itself.

How do I do it?


texts: Is there any more technical information about the iPad/iPhone charge management feature?

texts: According to Apple, a new "charge management" feature which reduces the maximum capacity of an iPhone or iPad device when it is plugged in for prolonged periods of time. This was quite interesting to me, but it did not include any detail at all. Is there any more technical information about this, such as how long it takes of being plugged in for this feature to be enabled, or the maximum charge capacity that it is limited to when this happens?


texts:
I have a MacPro5,1 (2010) with a 4-Core 3.2 GHz (W3565) and 12 GB RAM (3x4GB ECC 1066 MHz; 1 slot free).

Would this be possible to possible to purchase 2 X5690 (3.46GHz/6-core/12MB/130W) processors to upgrade this or would I need a new tray + heatsink and some firmware update?

Also, would the upgrade then also accept a 128 GB memory upgrade (via 8x16 GB; 1333MHZ DDR3 PC3-10600 Reg ECC Low Voltage DIMM)?


texts: An iOS GPS application that shows satellite locations and lock-on details?

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I'm a big fan of Kinetic and use it track my bike rides as well as map the local trails. Lately it's been giving me some grief though and telling me I have a weak GPS signal at the outset of rides. It shows a bar for the signal strength and it's definitely below the 50% mark.

Unfortunately that's all it shows.

On my old GPS unit I used to be able to see which satellites were in range of the unit and which ones the unit was locked on to for positioning information at any point in time.

Is there an iPhone app that'll let me see similar information? I'd like to see if it's local interference that's suddenly getting in the way or if it's Kinetic that's the problem.


texts: How to connect iTunes on Windows to only a specific AppleTV when several are available?

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We're a college campus that has an iPod Touch program... all new full time students get an iPod when they first arrive on campus. We also have a number of faculty using iPads.

To help take better advantage of these devices, we are about to connect AppleTVs to a number of the projectors in different classrooms... 18 in all. These classrooms also have Windows PCs (mostly XP, but some 7) connected to the projectors.

What I want to do is install iTunes on each classroom computer, and set iTunes to connect to the AppleTV in that classroom (and only the AppleTV in the classroom). I want it to ignore the AppleTVs from other classrooms.  All the classrooms are on the same subnet.  The idea is that when different faculty members or students log in to the computer with their own profiles, that iTunes profile will automatically see the right AppleTV, and no one will accidentally connect to an AppleTV in a different classroom.

So far, the only way I can see to do this is let the computers connect to any AppleTV they see, and then put each classroom on an individual subnet (a huge pain in the you know what).  Are there any other ideas? I'm okay with hand editing a config file somewhere, if need be.

Never mind that the computer is already connected directly to the projector, and therefore should never need to rely on the AppleTV to show anything in iTunes. If someone tries to use iTunes to control the AppleTV, it should work.


texts: Where do applications store local settings?

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Where does OS X store local settings for applications such as license keys, Skype favorite contacts, etc.

Yesterday I was troubleshooting an issue with an Apple rep and he had me delete a bunch of files and folders, one of which includes ~/library/caches/*  I can't remember the rest though.  Later I noticed NONE of my programs would launch because they required license keys to be input.  All of my EyeTV scheduled recordings were gone. Dock preferences were reset. It's been a nightmare.

If I can get the location of these files, I can just recover them from Time Machine.


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I just rebooted and for some reason am unable to switch keyboard layouts.  This feature had been working previously since just after getting the computer (and setting up the alternate keyboard layout).

The secondary input source is shown here:

My attempt to select the alternate input source is shown here:  note I clicked on usd2.  However the input source did not change as a result.

I did not do anything related to keyboard settings for quite some time so it is puzzling this problem just showed up.  I am on Sierra with MBPro 2015.


texts: Problem upgrading Mac Pro to macOS High Sierra

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I have macOS El Capitan on my Mac Pro and I am trying to update my Mac Pro to macOS High Sierra so I can update it to Mojave since Mojave requires to have at least macOS High Sierra. But when I run the installer I get the below error. Any advice on the steps needed to overcome this issue?

This is my Mac Pro specs:

This is my disks in Disk utility:


texts: Get Current Path to Script within AppleScript and Append Subdirectory

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I have an AppleScript that I would like to be able to use from anywhere in the file system.  Currently, it has some paths which are hardcoded, so it runs only from the Downloads folder.  How should I go about getting the current path to the AppleScript and then appending a subdirectory to that path once obtained?

Setting the current path to the script as a variable would be preferable (perhaps current_path).


texts: Why are some fonts listed with ls shown in red and with a star at the end of the filename?

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I am trying to use some fonts in ImageMagick which are not showing up, despite me using the same script that works on another Mac. Listing the fonts in /Library/Fonts I can see that the missing fonts are listed differently when I use the ls -lahFG command.

What does this way of listing files mean?


texts: Is running an app all night harmful to the iPhone?

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I use some apps that listen to my sleep, such as SnoreLab, to give me details on my sleep quality. These apps need to run all night, the iPhone being unlocked (but the screen is black because it faces the table). The iPhone is also charging all night.

I was wondering if using this kind of apps, running all night, is harmful in any way to the iPhone.


texts: Trying to downgrade to High Sierra but Time Machine restore upgrades back to Mojave

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I've been having major issues with Mojave - slow-downs, connectivity issues, crashing - you name it. I tried to downgrade back to High Sierra.

High Sierra gets installed fresh, but my Time Machine backup was made on Mojave.

When I hit restore, all the sudden I have Mojave again.  NO!

Is there a way to have my files back without MacOS automatically upgrading me back to Mojave?


texts:
Since about 2 weeks the downloads folder always has the loading line under it, even though there's nothing to download. Do you know what that could mean? There's no antivirus installed on the machine.

  OS X Version 10.9.5


texts:
I keep on getting misspelt words in emails, Google searches, etc. because my Mac won't let me type certain words. No matter how carefully I spell them, it changes them to something else.

How can I stop my Mac from typing things for me?


texts: Macbook Pro 2012 MD101 cannot bootup, cannot reinstall OSX

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Problem Description
About 5 years ago, I upgraded the original HDD to SSD (Samsung 840 evo), everything was ok until last November.
After a trip to an examination (4 hours drive, 2 hours out, 2 hours back), when I turn on the power there is a Question Folder mark display on the screen.
Because this one is a spare computer, and there is no important data, so I tried to reinstall OS X. But after a long wait, the computer still cannot boot up, still question folder mark.
When I try to reinstall again,the SSD cannot be found in Install OS X Program or Disk Utility Program. I take off the SDD, connect it to a PC, and delete the partition, those Mac APPs can find it again, but Disk Utility Program cannot erase the disk, the erasing progress will be stuck on somewhere.
I thought this SSD is dead. So I replaced it with a new SSD. Try again, the same problem(After download files, reboot to continue to install will display Question Folder mark).
In addition to these:
I tried to reinstall from Recovery Disk. Still, the same problem.
I tried run Apple Hardware Test, did not find any problem.
After a lot of tries, when I erase the partition, this error popup:

Volume Erase failed
Volume Erase failed with the error:
POSIX reports: The operation couldn't be completed.
Input/output error

Conjecture
When I drive to then examination perhaps some bumps and shakes broke some part in the computer? I don't know.
It seems like the Part of SATA I/O or something on logic board goes wrong?
Update
I installed macOS to an external drive, it workes. I tried several times, and I found maybe the problem is the cable. I order a new cable online, I will try again later.
Update 2
After replacing the cable, problem fixed. :)


texts: How can I change the icon of Recent Folder that I drag to dock on Mac

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I want to move the folder recent item to dock because it helps me a lot. But this is not the only one folder i use in dock, there is another one such as download folder. Because of the icon shown on these folders based on the first item in each folder, sometime it confuses me.

The question is, can I change the icon of those folders in dock so that I can differentiate them easily?


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I have jailbroken my iPad for firewall, XBMC and some development things only.

I didn't know before that on the right-hand side near the volume buttons is a switch. In settings I have two options for it: lock screen rotation or mute. I don't need either of them, but I've got an idea on my mind - how about to turn on/off WiFi with this switch? (To save some battery.)

Is there a mod or something that lets me do so?


texts: Safari - Display Favicons In Favorites Bar

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Is it possible to display favicons in Safari's Favorites Bar? For example, my Favorites Bar in Firefox looks like this:

I've tried using glims, but can't get it to do this.


texts: Will a deactivated iPhone still receive iMessages and emails?

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I lost my iPhone, I say lost because I don't have it. I suspect someone I know of taking it to check up on me. I tried "Find my iPhone" but it said my phone was offline (off?) I never turn my phone off, and I was using it 5 minutes before I curiously found it missing. I called Verizon and told them to shut my service down. I checked to make sure this was done by calling my number.

Can my disconnected phone still recieve iMessages? Everything I have been told and read says yes! This is a nightmare! Is there a way to find out if this "person I suspect" really does have it? And is there anyway to stop the I messaging coming to that phone?

Also, does the person with my disconnected iPhone read my emails? In other words are my emails still going to the disconnected phone?


texts: How to recover the name of a non-system volume containing all user folders in Mac OS X Lion?

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I have done something stupid and need help:

I have 3 external drives attached to my Mac and in an attempt to make the partition names more meaningful, I renamed them using finder/get info. My user account was located on one of these drives, the other 2 are for TimeMachine. Now of course, I cannot access the user account because I forgot to change the path in System Preferences.

By starting in recovery mode I can see the disks, but Disk Utility does not appear to allow me to change the name. Worse still, I cannot remember what the name of my drive that contains the user account should be. I suspect it can be sorted out from the command line, but my skills do not extend that far.

Any chance someone can provide some guidance on how to rename the partition and how to ensure the user account path matches.


texts: How can i regain functionality with automatic downloads? they no longer work in either direction

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I cannot get applications I download on my iphone to appear on my ipad.  Nor vice versa.  I did not have this problem with my old devices so I know it worked at one time.
Is this feature restricted to "new" purchases?  AKA if i'm trying to re-download something I already purchased in the past, it wont auto download to other devices?
I have ensured everything is signed in on the same appleid and both devices have auto downloads and auto updates on. I have tried toggling it off and on. Both are connected to the same wifi network.  Both have been restarted and are on the newest version of ios.


texts: How to unlock iPhone after completing the contract without jail breaking?

texts: My iPhone 3G contract was completed a while ago. I have the 3GS now. I would like to give it to someone else who is not on AT&T. I called AT&T and they wouldn't do anything about it. I heard it can be unlocked after jail breaking. Is there an alternative? What happens if I jail break, unlock and then restore? Would it still be unlocked?


texts: Is it possible in iOS 6 to make banners only appear when the device is active, but self-dismiss upon unlock?

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If I'm using the device, I'd like to see banner notifications from other apps.

When I unlock it, I don't want a swarm of banner notifications bothering me and hindering my ability to use the top of whatever app I'm using. I'd rather just check the notification center at my leisure.

EDIT: But I still want the rest of the device to operate as per usual; in particular, I don't want to turn on Do Not Disturb b/c I want to be disturbed by whatever else I've set to disturb me.

Is this possible?


texts:
A brand new Magic Trackpad has been paired to a 2011 Mac mini with OSX 10.8. This mini has no other bluetooth devices. OSX was upgraded in-place from Lion to Mountain Lion.

The trackpad doesn't perform the gestures.

The Bluetooth menu shows that there's a mysterious bluetooth mouse device still as of yet unconnected. Various attempts to have it connect are unsuccessful. I suspect this is the gestures functionality, but it may be a previously connected mouse (unsure).

Various fixes attempted:

reset PRAM with Cmd-Option-P-R at boot.
reset SMC by pressing power when unplugged

How can I get this Magic Trackpad to be recognized by OSX Mountain Lion?
I don't have another Mac to try to reproduce this problem on (trying to determine if the trackpad itself is bad).


texts: Hooking into Active Screen (Hot) Corners

texts: Anyone know if / how it is possible to launch a custom application via the  Active Screen Corners (aka Hot Corners) ?


texts: How to get iTunes to stop encrypting iPhone backups without the password?

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Is there a way to disable the checkbox near Encrypt iPhone backup without knowing the password. I don't need the data that is encrypted but I would like new backups to stop being encrypted as I forgot the password so I would like to disable old backups and keep new backups in place without password.

I know one of the options is to wipe iPhone clean and start over but that doesn't seem good to me. So i'm searching for a more pleasant way to drop old backups with password and be able to make new ones :-)

I use Windows 7.


texts: Drag open Excel or Word file into Mail as an attachment

texts:
Say I have an Excel file open and a new Mail message open. If I want to attach the Excel file to the email, my usual approach is to locate the file in Finder, and drag the file icon into the Mail message.
Is there a way to drag an open Excel file into the Mail message without having to navigate to Finder?


texts: Is there a way to see what activity iPhoto is doing with Flickr?

texts:
.Is there any way to see what activity is going on in iPhoto behind the scenes?
Below is what I am seeing on OS X 10.8/iPhoto 11 (the arrows are spinning.)

I'm guessing iPhoto is updating Flickr or being updated by Flickr, I'd just like to know what is going on and I can't seem to find any "show status" option.

I'd like to be able to see is iPhoto is updating Flickr or if Flickr is updating iPhoto.  Something along the lines of...

Flickr updated the keywords for photo xxx.jpg
Flickr updated the description for photo yyy.jpg
iPhoto uploaded photo zzz.jpg to Flickr
iPhoto set tags for photo zzz.jpg on Flickr to "Some tags"

I suppose that would be the log of what is happening (not sure if that is explained well.)  Something inside of iPhoto would be nice but a third party app would be OK.

I tried the console app as was suggested with no luck (I could be missing something obvious) and I don't think snitch would know the details of what is being updated - I think it just shows network activity.


texts: Log into the iOS YouTube app (iOS 4.2.1) OR Export favorites some other way?

texts:
I am upgrading an iPhone 3G (iOS 4.2.1) to an iPhone 5c (iOS 7). Unfortunately, the iPhone 3G's YouTube app (the old Apple-made app) was never logged into a YouTube account, and now seems not so be able to authenticate, so I can export the app-only list of video Favorites.

So, my question is, is there any way I can currently log in to YouTube with this app, or save that, export a list of favorites?

I have searched, and found in several places the suggestion that two-factor authentication be enabled on the Google account, and create an application-specific password to log in with the old YouTube app. However, we tried this method, and it did not work in our case. The old Apple-written YouTube app rejects this password combo.


texts:
I'm looking for an application that will allow me to create fields that represent 'points' to keep tally on mod actions by my online community. Another mod or user who i give permissions to can update the points while mods without permissions to update the points have read only access.
Once points are updated, the 'total' column is updated.
While you get 1 point for every mod action, some column should be worth more or have a higher multiplier than others.
I'm not even sure if a spreadsheet is strictly needed or if it can be something else.
I've tried google sheets but that seems clunky.
I was wondering if there was a mac specific or ios specific app i could use that wouldn't require the participants of the spreadsheet to have a mac to view it.
maybe something with bot an ios and android app.


texts: How to convert Aperture license to app store license?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Can I update apps that I've already purchased through the Mac App Store?

Long ago I bought the retail box version of Aperture and have been steadily upgrading until the current version.  I no longer have the DVD, but I do have a valid license and serial number.

I just bought a new Mac Mini and quickly installed all my previously-purchased apps from the Mac App store.  I'd like to download Aperture this way, but don't want to buy it again.

Question: Is there any means to convert my current license to an App store license? I was hoping that when the App Store was first deployed, it would recognize my apple software and pull it into the App store model, but it did not.  (Aperture and iWork updates happen outside the app store because I didn't buy them there).

Hope that all makes sense.

Thanks!


texts:
Recently upgraded to Mountain Lion, noticed my screensaver has stopped coming on (on mains, my laptop will quite happily sit awake and idling for 4+ hours.

My power saver settings are on 15 minutes to sleep, sharing is disabled on everything, and for some reason my screensaver time has been greyed out - I hadn't noticed that before and was wondering if it had any fundamental causes?

The laptop is a Late 2011 MBP 13, connected to a NAS drive (but not actively, same happens when disconnected). Connected to an external display, no apps in the background.


texts: ssh-add every time I want to use SSH to login to my remote server

texts:
I have SSH keys installed on OSX Mavericks installed at ~/.ssh/

Everytime I want to SSH to a server from Terminal, I need to do the following:

eval `ssh-agent -s`
ssh-add ~/.ssh/example_rsa

If I open a new Terminal window, and try typing ssh-add ~/.ssh/example_rsa it just fails. I need to use the eval 'ssh-agent -s' step every single time first, then I can add with ssh-add and then use that to SSH to my required destination.

Prior, when I had OS X Mountain Lion I did not have to do this more than once. I just added the SSH keys, and away I went.

When programs like GitHub do their magic, it always works, using it's own SSH keys. It also works if I use Git from the Terminal. Only when I want to SSH to a server using that specific key.

Granted, it does have a password on it.

This is the privileges on the folders:

700 ~/.ssh
600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
600 ~/.ssh/example_rsa
644 ~/.ssh/example_rsa.pub

If any light could be shed on this, I would be extremely grateful. A number of my keys that I generated have got the passwords on them, and it's a pain to keep finding their respective passwords and type it in every time I want to SSH with them.

I use the exact same keys from CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu - all have no problems once I've added them once. Never need to do it again. Only since I moved to Mavericks (clean install).


texts: What is this flag widget in the Pages ruler?

texts: What is the flag-like widget to the right of the left margin marker (indicated with red arrow)? I know that this has something to do with indentation and tabs, but it doesn't seem to be a tab stop. Maybe something to do with a line leader? Hard to search for help with something when you're not even sure what to call it.


texts: Single-purpose app to prevent .DS_Store creation under Mavericks

texts: Asepsis is currently not working under Mavericks. It's, in my knowledge, the only single-purpose app existing for this job. Therefore, what is the less intrusive solution to prevent .DS_Store creation after the update to Mavericks?


texts: How are the sound effects in Final Cut Pro licensed?

texts:
What kind of license do final cut pro sound effects have?

Can I put them into nonmovies?

For example, can I use them in a Flash game?

Hypothetical:

If I'm distributing my own video editor, can I include these sound effects?


texts:
I had a crazy file named ''$\r' that I wanted to delete by inode. So I googled how to do it and found an example. Being half asleep and a few beers in, I typed in the inode in the example:

find . -inum 4063242 -exec rm -i {} \;

I have no idea what this file is. Hopefully it's not important. But if it is, is there any way to find and recover it?


texts: Where does apple store interrupted update files?

texts:
I started download of Xcode after cleaning out a lot of space on my MacBook(Guess you all know how frustrating it is to download Xcode without getting a 'Not enough space available' message). After deleting a lot of files, download of Xcode started, when the free space was around 25GB. But accidentally I kept my laptop into sleep mode and visited an hour later. I got a notification that Xcode download has been interrupted. Now when i try to download, it is saying 'Not enough space'. And when I check the free space, it is around 17GB. I am pretty sure at least 2GB has been downloaded. Will my MacBook store those files? If yes, where? If not, what was the difference between before and after going into sleep? Thanks for the help!

PS: Not much movement of files to add more space has happened in the mean time.


texts: AirPort Extreme won't turn on after power outage

texts: So, we had a short power bump the other night and now I cannot get my AirPort Extreme to come back on.  I have completely unplugged it and tried the reset button with no luck.  This happened months ago as well, the difference was that after three days of being unplugged- when I plugged it back in it did come on and eventually reset. I'm at a loss and very frustrated- help!


texts: Are files saved to iCloud via 3rd party applications accessible from icloud.com web interface through browser?

texts:
I've recently seen third-party apps like Smultron and iA Writer mentioning in their Mac App Store descriptions that they support iCloud syncing.

Are the files saved to iCloud via these apps accessible from icloud.com? How do they appear? Are they downloadable to e.g. a PC for which the app that saved the file is unavailable?

I'm asking whether or not I am able to access the files with my credentials from (any) web-terminal, all foil hats aside.


texts: How can I copy an email address from a text message?

texts:
I got a text message, and I want to copy an email address from message context, but iOS comes to send email app, how can I copy it?

Thanks in advance.


texts: How does iOS Photos app know to group burst photos?

texts:
When taking pictures using the front facing camera and a timer of an iPhone it automatically does burst mode.

When viewing the photos in the Photos app, it somehow knows to group the burst photos together.

If I connect the iPhone to a Windows machine, they are not grouped in any obvious way.

How does iOS know the photos are grouped? Is it metadata in the files?


texts: Replaced battery won't charge (macbook pro 2015 model)

texts:
My MBP battery got swollen and replaced it with the new one. Everything is connected properly, battery is detected but it doesn't hold the charge (laptop shuts down immediately after unplugging the cable) and doesn't charge at all.

I have tried SMC reset few times but it didn't work.

This is the battery report from coconutBattery:

Cable works fine. I can turn on the laptop while plugged, it's the battery that won't charge.

What might be the problem?


texts: How to do Remote App Installs from iTunes in Macbook to iPhone

texts:
After the iTunes version 12.7 it seems impossible to install an app from iTunes and sync it to the iPhone: https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/12/16298988/apple-itunes-desktop-update-removes-app-store

However, there still exists the option in settings of iOS 9.3.5 on my iPhone 4s. Is it redundant?

Is there any way at all to install an app in my iPhone from my MacBook Air? From web browser, iTunes or otherwise?


texts: How to stop Catalina from contacting Apple servers when executing programs?

texts:
I'm a software developer and as such I build and run programs hundreds of times per day. I've noticed that since I started using Catalina, after compiling and linking there is a delay (which can be seconds) when the internet is slow or having problems (I have bad internet often). If I disable wifi and rebuild, the delay goes away.
How can I disable this so my builds run faster?


texts: Newest Mac Mini and VGA monitor won't work via MiniDisplayPort to VGA adapter

texts:
I've recently bought a new Mac Mini and tried to connect it to an old LG Flatron 19" VGA monitor. For that I've ordered a MiniDisplayPort to VGA adapter. Unluckily, this didn't work, monitor just doesn't seem to receive signal. I'm sure the monitor is OK, Mac was tested with another monitor and works fine, so there are probably two possibilities:

The adapter is broken
Somehow the monitor doesn't work with the Mac

I've searched Google and have found out that it's a known issue, but I struggled to find any working solution for this problem. Dealing with Apple's tech support is problematic for me, cause there are no Apple centers in my country. Is there any cure for this thing, or should I consider that the adapter is not working and buy another one? Thanks in advance for any information.


texts: Editing war file with Midnight Commander

texts:
I'm trying to edit the contents of a war file on midnight commander (Mac OSX). With a normal zip file, this works fine. However, when I try to open a war file, I get an error message:

gzip: stdin has more than one entry--rest ignored
Cannot open tar archive
filepath/ugz://

This is probably some kind of configuration issue with mc. Any ideas how to resolve this?


texts: I'm currently doing a lot of chemistry writing in Google Docs. Google Docs is great for it because Cmd+. formats as superscript and Cmd+, formats as subscript... both of which supersaturate chemical writings (fear not, that's my only pun). Superscript works great, but Safari has an overriding Cmd+, which brings up Preferences-General and highlights Homepage, so subscript doesn't work. I haven't yet found a way to disable Safari's particular shortcuts, so I'm hoping someone here does.


texts: How do I ensure that users can run only applications that have been installed in /Applications?

texts:
With managed (parental control) accounts and "Allow apps downloaded from Mac App Store and identified developers" enabled, users are still able to download and run other applications.

I want to prevent this.


texts: Use boocamp driver on windows installer screen

texts:
I boot my windows10 installer from USB memory stick on Mac Book Pro 2018.

Windows Installer starts correctly, but keyboard or trackpad doesn't work.

I have bluetooth mouse but it doesn't work either of course.

So I am trying to install driver before install screen starts, according to this article.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/installing-a-boot-start-driver

I copied this folder to my installer USB memory stick root .

WindowsSupport/BootCamp/Drivers/Apple/AppleKeyboard

then try to ,, but no button works....

Begin your Windows installation (run the Windows setup program).
During the text-mode phase of the installation (at the beginning of the installation),
Windows displays a message that indicates that you can press a specific Fn key to install a boot-start driver.

Is there any way to solve this??


texts: In quitcktime when screen recording is Save the same as Export to 4K?

texts:
In order to prepare videos for online sites for courses and youtube, I do fullscreen recording on my mac book pro with the default resolution of:
1440 x 900
I then export as 4k. However, when I do 'Save as' instead, the filesize is the same as the 4k one. So my question is:
Is Save the same as Export to 4k?
I am using Quicktime 10.5


texts: ScreenSharing as VNC client/viewer doesn't work in Yosemite

texts:
I was using built in ScreenSharing app to connect to a VNC server running on a Linux box.

After upgrading to Yosemite the ScreenSharing icon on my Dock is a question mark now. Does OS X no longer have a built in VNC client?


texts: Vertical lines on the left side of iPhone 4s after it fell down. Can it be fixed without replacing its screen?

texts:
I accidentally dropped my iPhone 4s and vertical lines have appeared on the left side. Although, the screen did not break. The screen works well, but I can't see the other side of the screen.
this is how it looks: https://imgur.com/a/vlQZfkS

Can it be fixed without the need to replace the screen? I tried to shut it down and open it, but it didn't work. I tried a method I saw on YouTube where I would go to Settings app → Sounds → Ringtones and would play the ringtone and close and open the screen it did not work either.
Here's the link to the video i followed its' instructions : https://youtu.be/7CfYe_yNSDY


texts: MacBook air is messed up, can't erase the hard drive from recovery

texts: Something happened when installing El Capitan and now I have only one partition in my hard drive with only 30 gigs of space when it's supposed to be 128. I can't seem to erase anything. Any advice?


texts: External SATA PM (Port Multiplier) Enclosure w/ Mac Mini

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I'd love to use one of the new Mac Mini Server models as a backup server, but need a lot more space.

Has anybody tried attaching a port multiplied eSATA enclosure to the Mini? This is the one I'd really like to work: http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-5pm/

I've read a few things that imply that the system controller in the Mac Mini supports it.


texts: In Applescript, how do I launch Safari "Silently" open url then close the unseen Safari window

texts:
I am new to Applescript and MACs although my first computer was an Apple II Plus and I programed in Apple Basic and Assembly.

I am using it to create a "Silent" alarm button.

We have a system in place that via a URL call will send a message to a select group of computers, in this case the ones used by our security officers.

I wrote a similar one for PCs using the AutoIT scripting language. When some one clicks on this program, as far as anyone watching the screen is concerned, nothing happens. It is 100% silent. But unseen by anyone looking at the PC screen, IE was launched minimized and hidden, a custom URL string, with an embedded message, is opened and then IE is closed. The security officers computers get a message from the message system, Informacast, and  security responds accordingly. At no time is anyone watching the PC screen aware that anything has happened. It is all "Silent". Just like a silent alarm in a bank.

My MAC version, written in Applescript is working well except that the call to Safari can be seen on the screen when it takes place. It is only there for a few seconds as the URL is loaded, and then the Safari window is closed, but that few seconds is a few seconds to much and anyone watching the screen will know something happened when the alarm was pressed. I need to prevent anything from showing when Safari is launched. I need to make it "Silent".

The part of the script that opens Safari and loads the URL is shown below...

tell application "Safari"
launch
open location AlertURLString (This is the variable that has the URL and embedded message in it)
delay 1
close window 1
end tell

I have tried placing the following line in "Tell" routine in various places, before "launch" after "launch" before "open location" and after etc., but I still see a blip of the Safari window as it loads the URL string.

set miniaturized of window 1 to true

I also played around with variations of the following line but got an Applescript error every time.

tell application "System Events" to set process "Safari" to false

One more thing, it is possible that Safari or some other program could be open, maybe not full screen etc when this script is run and it is important that it not be closed or changed in any way that would clue some one in to the fact that something was happening on the system after the "Alert Button" is pressed. The "set miniaturized" line depending on how it was used would minimize the window which of course we don't want.

Again what I need is to be able to launch the URL 10000% silently.

Thanks in advance to all who are able to try and help,

Ralph


texts: Accidentally deleted history in Safari. Is there any way to get it back?

texts:
I accidentally clicked the delete button when my mouse had clicked on 5 September 2015 under the history page.

Is it stored somewhere temporarily or something before it is deleted?


texts: No disk to erase in Disk Utility Internet Recovery

texts:
Earlier today, my MacBook Pro 2013 went to the grey screen of death (folder flashing with the question mark) and now won't boot up. I started internet recovery all fine, but when I went to reinstall OS X, there was no disk to install it to available.

Therefore, I want to the Disk Utility to erase, and do a clean install, except there is only disk0, and as part of that, OS X Base system showing. Total size of these two disks is only 1.28 GB, yet my HD is 256 GB.

Further, all of the options to erase are greyed out for OS X base system, as though I'm not in recovery mode, except I am.

Has my HD died, or do I have other options?


texts:
I want to find l2tp over ipsec in macOS 10.13.4 but only get l2tp/ipsec.
Is l2tp over ipsec canceled ?

I tried to select the option and connect VPN. But it is not working and I get the connection log:

Sat Sep 15 13:18:12 2018 : publish_entry SCDSet() failed: Success!
Sat Sep 15 13:18:12 2018 : publish_entry SCDSet() failed: Success!
Sat Sep 15 13:18:12 2018 : l2tp_get_router_address
Sat Sep 15 13:18:12 2018 : l2tp_get_router_address 192.168.12.1 from dict 1
Sat Sep 15 13:18:12 2018 : L2TP connecting to server 'xx.xx.xx.xx' (xx.xx.xx.xx)...
Sat Sep 15 13:18:12 2018 : IPSec connection started
Sat Sep 15 13:18:12 2018 : IPSec phase 1 client started
Sat Sep 15 13:18:12 2018 : IPSec phase 1 server replied
Sat Sep 15 13:18:13 2018 : IPSec phase 2 started
Sat Sep 15 13:18:13 2018 : IPSec phase 2 established
Sat Sep 15 13:18:13 2018 : IPSec connection established
Sat Sep 15 13:18:13 2018 : L2TP sent SCCRQ
Sat Sep 15 13:18:14 2018 : L2TP received Auth Challenge AVP - not supported
Sat Sep 15 13:18:14 2018 : L2TP received SCCRP
Sat Sep 15 13:18:14 2018 : L2TP sent SCCCN
Sat Sep 15 13:18:14 2018 : L2TP sent ICRQ`


texts: External hard disk drive icons broken on Big Sur

texts:
Since I upgraded from Catalina to Big Sur, Finder no longer shows proper disk icons in the sidebar for my external drives. Instead, they all have generic file icons.
This applies to a disk I have formatted under Catalina as well as for my TimeMachine disk that I reformatted with APFS under Big Sur.

Is there a way to make Finder re-generate the icons? Or is this a general bug?


texts: Sort items in folder by date...only for that folder!

texts:
Normally I have all my Finder sorted alphabetically but, for some folders, order by date would be better but changing order in those folder will change order for all Finder...

Is there a way to sort items in a different way only for that folder?


texts: Problems opening links on internet iphone 5S

texts: When I search something on google and try to click on the returned items/links nothing happens. Please help, do I have to do something in my settings???


texts: Can my mum set my iMessages to be received on her phone if we have separate Apple ids?

texts: Me and my mum have separate Apple ids, and I was wondering can she set it so she can see my messages? Because we used to share an Apple ID, and she could do it then. But with us now having separate one can she still do this? Thankyou to anybody who helps!


texts: Why am I seeing a Big Sur Beta 11.3 update available even though I am not enrolled in the Beta Program?

texts: I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) model and recently used migration assistant to transfer files from a Macbook Pro Mid-2014 model running Catalina. Previously, I had enrolled in the beta program on the Mid-2014 model, but unenrolled it. On my M1 Macbook Pro, I am seeing the Big Sur Beta 3 update even though the bottom left hand corner doesn't say anything about me being enrolled in a beta program. Furthermore, I cannot find any profiles in System Preferences for it. I have a screen shot below. Does anyone know why this is showing instead of 11.2.3?


texts: Replace an iMac superdrive with one pulled from a Macbook Pro?

texts:
I have an old Mid 2009 13" MacBook Pro (unibody) that I'm not using anymore. I've already pulled the superdrive out of it.

I also have a 2009 27" iMac that I am using. The superdrive on it is no longer working for various reasons, and needs to be replaced. I'm comfortable opening the iMac and replacing it, I've done it before.

Can I use the drive from my '09 Pro in my iMac?


texts: How change option+key result in macOS Big Sur En-Us keyboard?

texts:
I wanna add another result for pressing ⌥+s, now I'm seeing ß but I want to see ş. I don't want change my source input to other language.
I just want to add special characters to some keys and see them with pressing option (⌥) key.
system:

macOS 11.3.1
M1
En-US keyboard
En-US layout


texts:
How can I convert all paragraphs using a style to another style?
I have a Document using "Default" style with justification set.
I want to change all to plain left justified.
I have created a new Style with the desired features.


texts: Can't connect remote to Apple TV after factory reset

texts:
I lost the remote for my 3rd generation Apple TV, so I ordered a new one from ebay. I've been unable to connect the new remote to the Apple TV. I've tried everything on Apple's website to do, with no luck. Finally, I found a YouTube video on how to "program your All in One remote" and that worked perfect, but now the Apple TV keeps asking me to put the password in for an incorrect Apple ID username.

With this new issue, I tried everything to change the Apple ID, and finally decided to try a complete factory reset. Now I can't get into settings to pair my iPhone 6. Since I did the reset I lost my remote's connection as well and now, with the iPhone not connecting to the Apple TV, I have no way to toggle around in the Apple TV screen to program the remote again (the way I connected it before). I've tried connecting the Apple TV directly via ethernet to my router, but the problem remains—how can I pair a new remote to the Apple TV if I don't have a working remote and the Apple TV won't pair via Bluetooth with the Remote app on my iPhone 6?


texts: What is the Mac equivalent of Windows "start" command?

texts:
I'm creating a script that runs several other scripts.

I need them to all start up in their own process (read window) so I can review the output of each, but I also need them to run in parallel, so they can't block each other.

In addition, I need to change the current working directory for each process, so doing something like the following isn't working:

osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal" to do script "someScript.sh"'


texts: Temporarily halt logins while launchd is running a timed script

texts:
I have a launchd triggered timed script that checks if a user is not logged in and runs a one-time folder clean-up operation when they’re not.
The script is fast, but I still don’t want the user trying to log in while it’s running.
How to prevent that?

is there a way to delay/prevent a login?
can a shell script block other processes (extreme renice or something)?
or a login launchd thing that imposes a reasonable delay before proceeding?

Ideally, there would be some less hackish way; I’m not too familiar with this. Any ideas appreciated.


texts: Safari makes my MacBook incredibly slow - what to do?

texts:
System configuration

I'm working with a MacBook 2,16 GHz (13" white with the max. 3 GB RAM from about 2007) and "Snowleopard" OS 10.6.8.

The problem: performance

After a while, the MacBook becomes incredibly slow and unresponsive, because Safari and the Safari Web Content process use all available RAM.
At the moment, e. g. Safari Web Content uses >1,4 GB physical RAM.

Sure, I also have a lot of other Applications open, but normally Safari seems to be the one that regularly uses most of the RAM.

Virtual memory might be an issue - the System partition with OS X is 100 GB in size, after a reboot I have about 17 GB free drive space, at the moment there are 12.7 GB free drive space.

I admit, that I sometimes have several windows with maybe 10..20 Tabs open in Safari, but it is very difficult to avoid that for me.

When the MacBook gets unresponsive, I'm often using the purge command in terminal, which helps for a short while but not for a long time
Closing Safari and starting fresh also helps (but is annoying)
Restarting the Mac also helps, but I do not want to do that each day - I usually do it every 5..12 days.


texts: Make Mac OS X "Option-Arrow" work like Windows "Ctrl-Arrow"

texts:
I rely on the "Ctrl-→" command on Windows to navigate my way through text documents.

This useful key-combo will quickly bring me to the beginning of the next word. For example, the following sequence illustrates what would happen to the cursor location after successive presses of Ctrl-→ (the "^" will represent the cursor):

^The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
The ^quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
The quick ^brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
The quick brown ^fox jumped over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox ^jumped over the lazy dog
...

And, if I start pressing the ← instead, it will move the cursor to the exact same spots in the document, just going the other direction (which is ideal because the position of the cursor is predictable, which leads to me being faster at making my edits):

The quick brown fox ^jumped over the lazy dog
The quick brown ^fox jumped over the lazy dog
The quick ^brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
The ^quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
^The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
...

Mac OS X has a similar keyboard shortcut (Option-→ - I mapped "Ctrl" to "Option" specifically so I could get this same functionality in the way I've become accustomed to).

However, "Option-Arrow" brings me to the end of the current word when using the right arrow key, as illustrated here:

^The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
The^ quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
The quick^ brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
The quick brown^ fox jumped over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox^ jumped over the lazy dog
...

And, what's worse, going the other direction doesn't bring you back to the same spot as moving forward, it brings you to the start of the last word:

The quick brown fox^ jumped over the lazy dog
The quick brown ^fox jumped over the lazy dog
The quick ^brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
The ^quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
^The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
...

This is extremely frustrating for me, as I need to switch between Windows and Mac often, and very rarely do I want to go to the end of the current word (why would I want that, unless I'm holding "Shift" as well?). I always want to skip to the beginning of the next word.

I'm willing to go to some lengths to make the Mac version work the same way (purchase software, write a custom Applescript command tied to these keyboard shortcuts), so I'm looking for suggestions.

Are there any existing tools that will change this for me?

How would you suggest "fixing" it?

Thanks

EDIT

I was able to make a "Service" in Automator, and used the following AppleScript:

on run {input, parameters}

    tell application "System Events" to key code 124 using {option down}
    tell application "System Events" to key code 124

end run

Then I tied this Service to the "Command-→" keystroke using the "Keyboard" settings in System Preferences.

However, for this to work I have to take my finger off the Command key.. which makes it sorta pointless. It's also slow, and don't seem to work in the application I most need it to work in (Xcode).


texts: How to attach video from Photos app to Gmail message

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I'm using the new Photos app on OS X Yosemite. I've imported multiple photos and videos from my iPhone 5 and they are now in my Photos library.

I would like to attach one of the videos in my Photos app to a Gmail message. I've tried dragging the video from Photos to my Desktop, but I get the following error:

I've also tried searching for the filename in Finder (IMG_2671.MOV), but that yields no results. Does anyone know how to get this working?


texts: record AppleTV output with USB Type-C cable and Quicktime. Are there no restrictions? DRM?

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I followed the instructions here and was able to record the AppleTV output. Awesome feature. I tested Youtube, Periscope, a few games and some German Government TV channels.

I don't own pay apps (like Netflix) and couldn't test. Does this work always? Is there no DRM or other limitations? Can the developer of the app disallow recording? How does this work?


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This is driving me insane.

I always design in Photoshop with my monitor profile as the active profile. My PSD's are never color managed. This is the way I've designed since I can remember and I have always had great results. Until now.

I'm designing an iPad interface and while my blues are blue in Photoshop and soft blue/greys are soft blue/grey - saving as a PNG (not converting to sRGB), emailing them to my ipad and previewing them in the Photo app makes my blues dull and my soft blue/greys more like a brown grey.

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Does the iOS app store accept apps that don't work unless the user pays via a subscription or IAP?

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I'm thinking of making my camera app free to download, and let users take 20 photos, after which a dialog pops up asking for a (auto-renewing) subscription. If the user doesn't pay, the app will refuse to work. The user won't be able to take photos, or look at existing photos. The only thing in the app that will work is the payment UI.

I'm looking to understand what functionality the app needs to have without an active subscription. I do intend to regularly update the app, as the guidelines say.

The goal is to let users see for themselves that the app is useful before I ask them to pay for it.

Where is this documented by Apple?

I read the guidelines, and they don't say that apps are required to have any functionality if the user refuses to pay. Neither do they say the opposite, that apps like mine are okay.


texts: Where did the ~/Library folder go in Lion?

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I just installed Lion, and I can't find the Library folder in my user folder.

Does the folder no longer exist? If it doesn't, where are my preferences? If it does, how do I get to it?