texts: How can I edit "/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.nfsd.plist" In Catalina?

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I need to edit this file to allow Kodi access to my NFS shares. Before Catalina, I was able to go into recovery mode and disable SiP, make the change and re-enable it.

I just upgraded to 10.15.3 and this method no longer works. I read somewhere that the edit needs to be done through terminal from within the recovery mode but I have no idea how to do this.

If anyone can help, it'd be much appreciated.


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When I play media in iOS 11 (e.g. spotify), media control doesn't recognize it and show it on my lock screen or in control center.

If I do a hard reset, the problem goes away temporarily.

I am using an iPhone 6S (64GB) and running iOS 11.0.2.

UPDATE: the problem has magically dissapeared on my device, though i'll leave the question up since I know others might have this problem.


texts: MacOS/OSX loses connection to shared NAS drive

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I am using El Capitan (latest version) on a Mac Mini and have setup a shared drive to my Synology NAS.  The connection uses SMB (have also tried AFP).

Problem: after a period of time (hours / days) the network share will disappear.

What I have tried so far: I have added the share to my login items under System Prefs > Users & Groups - this works, in that when I logon to the Mac Mini the shares are added.  However it does not stop the shares disappearing later.

I have also put the connection username & password into my keychain so that the Mac remembers.  This also works, because when I re-add the share I don't have to provide username or password.

The Mac Mini is used as a media server (Plex) and all my media is on the NAS.  This means that when Plex is used, we get occasions where Plex says there is no media.  The NAS is not powerful enough to run Plex itself.


texts: Less free space after securely erasing free space?

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I use a mid-13 13-inches Retina MBP 256gb with macOS Sierra 10.12.2.

I recently decided to securely erase free space using the following terminal command:

diskutil secureErase freespace 1 /Volumes/HD

After completing its task, I got 50GB of free space instead of the 80GB I had before the operation.

Could it be a remaining temporary file used by secureErase?


texts: Oddly randomized mounted paths in Sierra for certain apps?

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I've noticed something very peculiar with 10.12 that was not happening with 10.11 and before.  An example app is PTHPasteboard.  I've seen this with a couple others, but it doesn't seem to always happen.

Here's the output of df:

/Volumes/hostname_usr/Users/username/Library/PreferencePanes/PTHPasteboard.prefPane/Contents/Resources/PTHPasteboard.app  1.8Ti  630Gi  1.2Ti    34% 13477289 4281489990    0%   /private/var/folders/cb/72l1ml4267v5hdqmpk4__1p00000gn/T/AppTranslocation/3B5721C9-320C-429B-9141-68AB27C5BC8C

The problem with this is that this randomization causes macOS to think that it's a new app each time and does things like prompt if it is okay to open this app or Little Snitch prompts for network access, etc.  Of course this can be a hassle when opening multiple apps that do this at startup and the apps actually start right away and then these things timeout and won't run.

What is this behavior and how can I make it stop?  The apps are installed in /Applications (or in this case, in my prepane folder).


texts: USB 3.1 Type C Adapter MacBook Pro Retina

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I want to know if there is any possibility to connect an USB 3.1 Type C device to a MacBook Pro Retina Early 2015. Is there any Thunderbold/USB 3.1 adaper?

Thanks a lot


texts: How do I fix printing from El Capitan to shared Windows printer?

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We have a small network that consists of 3 workstations:

Windows 8.1 Pro 32 bit PC with Canon LBP 6020 printer connected to USB and shared to network.
Windows 7 Pro SP1 32 bit notebook.
MacBook with macOS 10.11 El Capitan installed.

2 and 3 use the shared Canon printer connected to 1. Though, MacBook (3) is unable to print after the update to macOS 10.11. The print task freezes in queue with "Sending print data" status. On the Windows 8.1 PC we also have a task in queue freezed with "Putting in queue" (it's the translation) status with size of 62 bytes.

What I've tried already:

Disabling antivirus and firewall on Windows 8.1 PC.
Updating Canon driver on macOS to 3.87.
Resetting print system on macOS.
Adding the printer manually using the smb://user:pass@ip/LBP6020 URI.
Adding the printer manually using the lpd://ip/LBP6020 URI - from the "Printers & Scanners" and from CUPS web-interface - the result is the same and it's weird: the URI automatically changes to cnbma://localhost:59687 and obviously doesn't print to LPD.
Connecting the printer to MacBook directly by USB - it works like a charm out of the box, but MacBook is not always in the office, so Windows 8.1 PC should be the print server.

Please help me fix this issue so it will be possible to print from MacBook again.


texts: What is best after a clean install, copying Application Folder or reinstalling all the applications?

texts: I have done a clean install but I was wondering if it would make any difference if I just reinstall all my old applications or if I just move my backup applications folder.


texts: my friend and I who live in different states wanted to watch a movie. We both rented out a movie on iTunes together. We used Skype to screen share, but on my friend's end she sees a checkered pattern. Why is that? Is there any way around it?


texts: What are good warranty coverage options for a pre-owned Mac?

texts: I am really looking at getting a used Mac Pro, and there are a lot of good used machines out there that will meet my needs that are around $1500. I was wondering what options I can get to help cover the repair / replacement of a used Mac Pro in the rare event that something goes wrong with it? A lot of the machines I am looking at are used and not refurbished and are not eligible for AppleCare any more. What do you use to cover your pre-owned and somewhat pricey used Macs?


texts: Safari search bar searches with random search engines

texts: Most of the time, when I search something using the Safari search bar, it gives me results from Google. Sometimes however, it uses the default search engine of my ISP. How can I fix this and what are the reasons it is happening?


texts: Any method of pausing Screen Recording in Quicktime is not working

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I have mac Catalina 10.15.6.  It runs QuickTime version 10.5
I am aware of this post.  Nothing in this works for me, and the post is rather old:
Pause screen recording in QuickTime X
No suggested combination of hovering over the stop bar, hitting escape, pressing the option key, pressing the space bar - none of that works.
Is there a difference between QuickTime and QuickTime X maybe? It looks like QuickTime X is just the packaged QuickTime ever since Mac OSX came out.  Needless to say this is frustrating because the instructions are clear.  BTW in pressing those keys all I get is the Mac native "thunk" or I guess "oops" sound.


texts: My iPad Pro with iOS version 11++ has been disabled and I only get a screen : "iPad is disabled. Connect to iTunes.". It need to be restored in order to function again properly but all data would be erased. How can I access the data while it is disabled ?


texts: AppleScript: start/stop QuickTime Player screen recording on timer

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I would like to use an AppleScript which will tell QuickTime Player to start screen recording immediately and stop screen recording after a specified length of time (e.g. 60 mins).

In my search so far, I have come across this AppleScript:

tell application "QuickTime Player"
    set newScreenRecording to new screen recording
    tell newScreenRecording
        start
        delay 3
        stop
    end tell
    tell last item of documents
        close
    end tell
end tell

but I get an error message saying "the variable new screen recording is not defined". I don't know anything about programming as you can probably tell so I'd really appreciate any help you can offer with this.


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Our company has various Mac computers that need to purchase software from the Mac App Store. This includes Apple software like Keynote or the Lion update, but also apps from third-party developers.

Currently we have one Apple id linked to the company credit card which we use to make purchases. However, we're only charged once per app (good for us; bad for the developer) and we suspect there might be a device limit.

What is the recommended or right way of purchasing from the App Store at work?


texts: Is there a way i can upgrade my iPhone 3GS from iOS 4.1 to 6.1.6 without using a computer?


texts: How to search multiple spotlight sources / drives simultaneously?

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I have my files spread between the main drive and a volume that is mounted most of the time. Spotlight is enabled and properly indexing both of them.

When searching through the top right spotlight menu, only results from the drive show up.

When searching from a finder window, I get two options in the header for where to search "This Mac" or "My Volume". "This Mac" (the default) only shows results from the drive, while "My Volume" only shows results from the volume...

How can I get all results, across both the drive and the mounted volume, to show up in a single list?

[I should mention that for merged results limited to filename searches a solution could be to use an app called Alfred. However Alfred doesn't apply search queries to file contents as does the regular spotlight search.]


texts: I was using an SD card with GoPro. On device format didn't work one day, so I tried erasing it in Disk Utils on my Mac (Big Sur 11.2.2). It appears to be blank, but when I re-mount it again - all files are in place. Tried even dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk2 bs=1m - no luck, all files are in place after re-mount. Is this SD card is defective?


texts: Displays won't sleep while screen-saver is running

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So, I've got my screen-saver set to come on after 5 minutes,

… and my display to sleep after 1 hour:

Unfortunately, I get up every morning, and the displays are still running Aerial. I really, really don't want to burn out my expensive 5k monitors by powering them 24/7.

How can I ensure that 1. my computer requires my computer requires my password after a few minutes, 2. my displays don't turn off until they've been idle for a few hours (they take forever to boot back up — ~10 seconds before I can log-in when I sit down), and 3. my displays do turn off after a sufficient idle-period?


texts: How can I fix my USB volume control from changing the volume two steps at a time?

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I have this USB volume control, but when I adjust the volume, it adjusts it two steps at a time.

When I connect it, it registers as a USB keyboard.

My guess is that it is sending the "keypress" for the volume change twice.

Is there a way to confirm that it is sending two keypresses?
(If step 1. confirms it) Is there a way to write a script to detect this and ignore the second keypress?

Thanks!


texts: How to create a link, for multiple users, to a network share, which itself is on a network share?

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Working Windows-based solution

I've got a folder on a network share which works great in Windows.  It is basically an index of other available file servers.  It looks something like this:

\\server1\directory
    Server2.lnk   <-(links to \\server2\files)
    Server3.lnk   <-(links to \\server3\files)
    Server4.lnk   <-(links to \\server4\files)

I'm trying to replicate this functionality in macOS, but I have run into these problems:

Attempting to use an Alias in macOS

I connected to //server2/files via Finder using Go -> Connect to Server.  Once I was connected in Finder, I created an Alias using for the //server2/files folder.  I then copied that Alias to the //server1/directory location.  The Alias works... as long as I'm using the same computer from which I created the Alias.  But if I try to use it from another mac, it fails.

The other mac doesn't even seem to recognize the file as an Alias file.  It has an icon similar to a terminal icon, and when I double-click it, the mac tells me that there is no Application defined to open the file.  I noticed that the original created Alias file doesn't seem to have any kind of extension, so I'm not sure how a different mac is supposed to recognize it as an Alias file.

The nice thing about a Windows .lnk file is that it seems to work reliably and consistently no matter from what machine the .lnk is accessed, whereas a mac Alias file seems to somehow depend on some configuration of the original machine where it was created.

For example, if I open the Alias file in vi, I can see amongst the garbled code that it includes at least the username used to access the Share, whereas I want each user that clicks on the Alias to access the Share using their own credentials (the mac is joined to AD and users login using their AD credentials).  Again, this works seamlessly with UNC paths and .lnk files.

Attempting to use a terminal script in macOS

I tried to make a simple script that mounts the shares.  So inside //server1/directory I created a file Server2.command with the following content:

mkdir /Volumes/Server2
mount_smbfs //server2/files /Volumes/Server2
cd /Volumes/Server2
open .

My problem with this solution is that I have many servers and many users using the same machine.  One great thing about using the Connect to Server option in Finder is that it seems to automatically "clean up" the /Volumes directory.  After ejecting a share, or after ending a session, it removes the corresponding /Volumes/Sharename folder.  I don't see any way to accomplish the same behavior if I use this terminal-based solution.

Question

Can someone give me a good way to replicate the .lnk functionality I have described above?

I know the Windows links functions via UNC paths, whereas in macOS I can only access these network shares via smb or afp mounts, but since I see that the Connect to Server option pretty much functions how I need it to, I just need a way to use that same functionality, with the caveat that I need to automate it, because I'm not going to ask my Users (I have many Users using the same machine) to each create a Connect to Server Alias manually.


texts: MacBook Air and external USB 3.0 hard drive

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I have EEB-40S-U3 with 500GB Seagate Momentus inside and 2012 MacBook Air 13". When I connect HDD case to laptop nothing happens: I don't hear any sound from HDD itself, volumes does not appear in Disk Utility.app, nothing changes in USB section in System Information.app and no new lines appear in system.log. I suspect that MacBook Air just does not supply enough power for drive. What are the possible solutions?

Case and drive itself work fine with old ASUS X51L laptop, which supports only USB 2.0. I also tried to connect case via USB 2.0 cable, but that didn't help.


texts: How can I remove straying Preboot folders in /Volumes?

texts: When trying to eject a drive with Alfred, Preboot 93 showed up. I know they are APFS container volumes but when checking the /Volumes directory it shows that there are a lot of Preboot drives straying. Can these safely be deleted? Or is this how APFS works by creating more than one Preboot drive?


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I have some files I was hoping to open and look at. I usually open files of the same extension them on a server in a UNIX environment. These files as far as I can tell have been plain text but attempting to open this particular set with nano on my Mac displays the following ^@^@^@^@^@^@.... Is there a way to change the encoding so I can read them? Also the files are old and some that I do not believe should be empty are empty, is there a good test to see if they are corrupted?

Update:
Moving the folder onto the UNIX server does not fix this issue. Contents are still ^@^@^@^@^@....


texts: What is the MacBook Pro's infrared port used for?

texts: I know my macbook has an infrared port, but I don't know what it's used for.


texts: Home button broken and Notification Center stuck

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my home button on my ipod touch 5th Gen has been broken for  while so I have been using assistive touch. Earlier on my notification centre got stuck half way down the lock screen, making my ipod completely unusable.

I tried turning it off but the notification centre is blocking the slider and obviously I can't restart it since my home button is broken. Has anyone got any solutions? It's an absolute nightmare!


texts: Where did these creepy google/gmail icons come from?

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I just noticed them, I suspect/hope Chrome somehow placed them there, they are not removable by normal methods, they only open Chrome when clicked and nothing else

Google is getting pretty creepy, when a new thing appears that I didn't put, I generally suspect malware

(Photos icon kept for context)


texts: How to prevent Mail creating a local Sent Messages folder

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I have a Gmail account in Mail.app that behaves a bit weird: whenever I send an email, Mail tells me that it created a local "Sent Messages" folder and changed my settings.

The sent email messages are correctly saved in the Sent Items on the Gmail server (this is the behavior I want), but they are also saved in this local folder. Is there a way to prevent Mail creating this local folder and save sent messages only on the server?


texts: Retrieving password for non working email address that is attached to an iCloud account

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I have an iCloud account out that there that is attached to an email address that is no longer working. So I cannot do a password reset, because that email address is not working. So I cannot re-set it.

I need to get the pictures downloaded from that old iCloud account and add them to my new iCloud account. But I can't log in to get that done.

Hoping someone can help.


texts: Can I change how often Lion's "Versions" feature saves files?

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Is it possible to change Versions' save frequency?

For some kind of work, one hour's worth of work is too much to lose!


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I was trying to remap my Mac's keyboard with Xmodmap, but it was only somewhat successful. The remapping works when I look for the keycodes with the event tester, but when I actually type the keyboard is not remapped. The code I'm using isnano .Xmodmap
keycode 10 = e
keycode 11 = t
keycode 12 = y
keycode 49 = h
keycode 39 = o
keycode 48 = i
keycode 46 = n
keycode 22 = d
keycode 23 = f
keycode 25 = k
keycode 24 = j
keycode 42 = r
keycode 39 = l
keycode 53 = p
keycode 43 = semicolon
keycode 45 = o
keycode 65 = BackSpace
clear lock

xmodmap .Xmodmap
A similar program (with different keycodes) works on my raspberry pi, so I'm wondering if there's any additional steps needed to be taken on a Mac in order to have the xmodmap keyboard be the one to actually send the keypresses.


texts: AppleScript - how to count integer length?

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So I was making this program that would write every number between 0 and 9999, but I need it to be 4 characters long no matter what the digit count is - the only way to do that, I think, is to have the program count the digits and then put it into a variable, subtracting that variable from 4 and adding that number of zeros before the number itself.

How can AppleScript count the digits? Is there even a way to do it at all?


texts: Parental Controls not restrict Terminal Commands?

texts: I have a Parental Controls limit on my child so I have to type in my password when they open a new application. I have recently discovered a problem though. They have tried programming in terminal. The problem is that the Mac thinks of each command as an application, so if they want to use a new command, I have to allow it. Is there a way to allow all of the commands, but not the actual applications?


texts: Running Windows and macOS simultaneously on two screens

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Is it possible to run Windows (on an external SSD drive) and macOS simultaneously on two screens?
I want to use macOS on my MacBook and, at the same time, Windows installed on an external SSD drive and connected to an external screen.


texts: difficulties updating to macOS sierra. not enough space to install on my macbook pro

texts: stuck updating to macOS Sierra.  downloaded fine but when updating computer says i don't have enough space.  and I am now stuck in reboot mode


texts: How to identify explicitly saved versions when reverting a document?

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I suspect I know the answer to this, but...

In 10.7, versions of a document are saved automatically. You can also explicitly save a version by selecting "Save a Version".

When I wish to revert to a previous version, in the Time Machine-like display that appears, there seems to be no way to identify which versions it's showing me were saved automatically by the system, and which were (what I consider to be) the "milestone" versions that I saved explicitly.

Am I missing something? I know you're given the opportunity to revert to the last-saved version when you select File->Revert, but what if I just want to look at that version first, or revert to the last-but-one saved version?


texts: How to fix iPad Pro complaining about unsupported Apple Smart Keyboard?

texts: I'm using a Smart Keyboard with an iPad pro, but get a Accessory not supported error every 30 seconds. How can I fix this?


texts: Altering or touching a file does not always update the parent directory modification time?

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I've got two source code directories (different programming languages) and I've noticed that when I alter source files in language A the direct parent modification time also updates. However, in language B, altering sources does not seem to update the parent directory modification times whatsoever.

Honestly, this feels quite weird to me and I can't find a pattern or reason for this. Is this something related to MacOS only? I don't recall every seeing this behaviour in Linux systems.

Can the files have some kind of attribute which tells the OS how to update the parent directories?

I'm on High Sierra using a zsh shell.


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I store all of my photos in Apple Photos on a MacBook. Then, using Finder, I sync all of the photos in Apple Photos to an iPad and an iPhone.
I have iCloud turned off on all 3 devices.
I am having the following issue on both the iPhone and iPad.
There are a few photos that are synced to my devices, and show up in albums, but do not show up under All Photos.
If I navigate to the album, long-press the photo, and select "Show in All Photos", the screen goes to the All Photos tab, but the photo I selected is not there.
I have tried:

Made sure they are not in the Recently Deleted folder
Repaired my Apple Photos library on my MacBook (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204967)
De-synced, removed all photos, and re-synced Photos to iPad and iPhone
Confirmed iCloud is turned off on all devices
Tried hiding one of the photos on the iPhone, and it actually disappeared altogether. It didn't even go to the Hidden album. In order to unhide it, I had to de-sync and re-sync Photos to the iPhone

The fact that this is occurring on iPhone and iPad leads me to believe there must be a setting in Apple Photos on the Mac that is causing this issue. Unfortunately, I am not finding anything helpful in Google searches, and I have no idea what that setting is, or how to change it. I am hoping someone here has an idea.
Thank you!


texts: App Store updates Affinity Designer over and over again

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My App Store updates Affinity Designer to version 1.2.1 and then it does it again and again and again... I tried to uninstall Affinity Designer but that didn't help. Zombie-Affinity Designer came back from trash and wants to be updated again. any ideas?

edit:

it solved itself. i guess apple had issues with the app store.


texts: Is there a disk space analyzer that lets you save the disk image?

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I've seen there are a number of different applications for OSX that lets you visualize disk space and browse the category tree as an index - JDiskReport, DaisyDisk, Disk Inventory X, etc.
I would like to be able to save the disk image and directory tree that these applications generate for future reference and browsing. Does anyone know if any application of this kind allow for that?
I can't find this information in these applications' online feature spec.
Thanks.


texts: Macbook Pro Mid-2010 15" is not charging with dim green light

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I have spilled a bit of water on the keyboard of my Macbook Pro this Monday. It continued working just fine.

So, I took it home, and 2h later, when I pluged the charger in, the light turned into a very faint/dim green light and it was not charging anymore. It does not consumes battery power, because it's plugged in the outlet, but it does not charge either (says "not charging").

I have tried the following:

Plugging it in to a different outlet
Trying other MagSafe chargers
Making sure it's the correct charger (85w)
Resetting SMC
Resetting NVRAM

I have opened the back, and although I could not dismount it anymore because the lack of appropriate screwdrivers, I could find no sign of humidity or water damage.

Checking the system information page in the MacOS, I could notice that, when the charger is plugged, amperage information gradually progresses from ~ -2000 to 0.

And it does not seem to recognize the charger. See below:

AC Charger Information:

Connected:     Yes
ID:     0x0000
Wattage (W):     0
Revision:     0x0000
Family:     0x0000
Serial Number:     0x00000000
Charging:     No

Do you guys have any other suggestions?


texts: Apple-provided software to measure or estimate the CPU load associated with Core Storage

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With Mac OS X 10.7 (Build 11A411) alone, or with Xcode 4.1:

Q: is there a way to accurately measure, or at least estimate the CPU load associated with Core Storage?

A graphical view of load on a timeline would be useful but not essential.

I would be equally happy with useful results from something run at the command line.

Distinguishing this question from others

Popularly-referenced (and well written) sources such as Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: the Ars Technica review (page 13) (2011-07-20) discuss uses of the CPU in ways that are reassuring, for example:

  … Whole disk encryption takes advantage of this nearly omnipresent CPU cycle glut to sneak in the tiny chunks of work it requires to encrypt and decrypt data from the disk. Apple also leverages the special-purpose AES instructions and hardware on Intel's newest CPUs, further reducing the CPU overhead. The end result is that regular users will be hard-pressed to notice any reduction in performance with encryption enabled. …

In AnandTech — Back to the Mac: OS X 10.7 Lion Review (page 18) (2011-07-20) there's benchmarking and performance, and screenshots of a CPU graph in Activity Monitor, but those graphs are too broad for this question: any number of things could contribute to peaks of activity. Another set of benchmarks: Filevault 2 Benchmarks : Max Cho (2011-07-22). And so on.

In this question I am:

less interested in benchmarks, less interested in performance.

More interested in:

Core Storage-related load on CPU that is, I suspect, not presented by Activity Monitor.

Possible relationships to other questions

Not limited to Ask Different, some users of Lion observe occasions when running of fans to cool the CPU is inexplicably high for the detectable load on CPU.

An answer to this question might help us to assist with questions elsewhere. Currently on my radar:

What variable in the operating system determines the fans in OS X?

Use cases

I would probably begin with measurements during:

forward conversion with passphrase encryption
forward conversion without encryption
backward conversion with decryption
backward conversion without decryption.

(Around this time — less than two weeks since Lion was released — forward conversion may be most commonly encountered after beginning FileVault 2 encryption of a startup volume, or after beginning Time Machine encryption of a backup volume, but there can be many other applications of Core Storage.)

Notes

Apple's manual page (not yet published) for corestoraged(1) offers the following description:

  corestoraged manages CoreStorage volumes.  It is invoked by launchd(8) when a CoreStorage volume needs management.

— so whilst corestoraged appears in Activity Monitor, CPU load for that process alone is probably not an indicator of everyday (non-management) uses of Core Storage.

There's the kernel extension, /System/Library/Extensions/CoreStorage.kext but currently in Apple's Kernel Extension Programming Topics there's only one reference to CPU and honestly, I lack the skills to interpret most documentation for developers.

A 2011-07-22 post Re: [Fed-Talk] Lion FileVault (highlights) draws attention to kernel_task but as far as I recall, that process has not been noticeable to me whenever my CPU is hot without explanation.

Not ruling out the possibility of greater attention to kernel_task … an answer to a different question led me to experiment with fs_usage but it seems not applicable to pid 0.

Thank you!


texts:
I deleted my APFS container using the command:
diskutil apfs deleteContainer disk2
How can I create a container from my internal ssd?


texts: how to create environment variables recognized by OSX gui

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I use a lot of aliases in my ~/.bash_profile.. just to make my navigation easier and so on.

I was wondering if I can make environment variables recognizable by OSX at a gui level.. for example if I open a finder window, and click ⌘g, I'd like to enter something like this

where $dev is defined as /path/to/my/dev/folder

ideas?


texts: How can I back up my iphone if my touch screen is broken?

texts: My touch screen capability on my 5c wasn't working, so I had to get a new phone. Before I close out my old phone, I have to back it up (hasn't been backed-up in a LONG time).... Is there any way to back-up my phone since the touch screen capability isn't working? (I'm on icloud, but it seems that wasn't backing up as it should have.) Thanks for your hep oh smart ones!


texts: PRAM and NVRAM differences and overlap with eachother and UEFI firmware chip

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Is PRAM stored on the same NVRAM chip that non-PRAM variables are stored.  I always assumed that NVRAM was the UEFI firmware chip on the logic board. Are all of these one in the same (NVRAM - PRAM - UEFI firmware), basically are they all stored on the same chip?
How do you set the PRAM variables like you set the NVRAM variables with the nvram command.

Thanks :-)


texts: Does Apple's license for OS X allow it to be virtualized on an HP PC?

texts:
I have an HP laptop and I'm thinking about buying OS X and running it inside a virtual machine on the laptop.

Is running OS X inside virtual machine allowed by the license?


texts: How to automatically clear items in Trash after a week?

texts: I'm using macOS High Sierra. It has a feature to automatically clear items in Trash after they are deleted for 30 days. But I want to clear items in a week. Is it possible?


texts: MacBook Pro 16" Mouse skips every 2-3 seconds - Changing monitor from DP1.2 to DP1.1 stopped it. Why?

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MacBook Pro 16" Arrived this week and when I plug in my external display the mouse cursor skips, glitches, freezes every 2-3 seconds. Unplug the monitor and all is fine.
Tried switching from DP to HDMI on USB-C Dock.
Tried connect DP to USB-C on Laptop.
Everything works fine when external monitor (Extra Wide curved) is disconnected.
My FIX so far was a complete guess/fiddle, I went into the monitor settings and changed from DP1.2 to DP1.1 support. After power cycling monitor the issue, so far, has gone away.
Is this a known issue? My previous MacBook Pro with the same MacOS X version was fine.
More importantly, what am I loosing by setting the monitor to DP1.1?


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I'm trying to work out how to get the best out of the new multi-display support in OS X Mavericks. I'm very used to my workflow when I was changing space on both displays with single gesture on my trackpad - I'm a programmer so I had text editors in one pair of spaces and engine editor in another pair - now I have to do much more to get the same result. I know that you can disable separate spaces for different displays, but that (for a reason I can't think of) disables dock and menu bar on my second display.

I'd like to have either one of

Same spaces with menu bar and dock on both displays.
Separate spaces that can be changed simultaneously.

Can this be achieved? Using some third party software perhaps? I'm also not afraid of doing terminal magic or writing an applescript.

Thanks!


texts: Is it possible to download/acquire iMovie 10.1.6?

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Two weeks ago, Apple released iMovie 10.1.7, which suddenly requires macOS 10.12.2 (previously it only required 10.11.2).

Unfortunately, my Mac, while perfectly capable of doing everything else I want, is stuck on 10.11, and now I want to use iMovie.

Is there any way to get an official copy of iMovie 10.1.6?


texts: Is it possible to use Sparrow over a SSH-tunnel since the imap and ssl ports are blocked at my work?


texts:
I have a Mac mini Mid 2011 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5. I received as a gift an 8GB memory kit. The memory spec for my Mac says it needs PC3-10600 DDR3. The kit I have is PC3-8500 DDR3. In particular, the kit is Crucial part number CT2CP51264BC1067.

Will the memory I have work in my Mac?


texts: Does my new iPad 3 have an audio input ...?

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I bought a Griffin guitar cable when I picked up my iPad 3. It plugs into the headphone socket which I assume is supposed to act as an audio-in jack.

It didn't seem to work and after testing and much checking online, including the tech specs at apple.com, I was left with the impression that the iPad doesn't have a combined input & headphone output on the headphone jack (like say the 13" MBP). I took the cable back to the Apple store and the Genius guy patronised me at length and insisted that either the cable was faulty or my iPad was. I will be taking it to see them in a few days so see if there is something wrong with my iPad, but deep down, I am convinced I am right. I would appreciate someone settling this for me one way or the other. Do I need an audio interface that works via the dock or should this simple cable work with my headphone jack doubling up as a line in?

Thanks for reading.


texts: Can I limit Gmail auto-retrieval on an iPhone?

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Is it possible to stop the iPhone from retrieving old emails from my mail account? I have about 5000 messages in my Gmail inbox and would like to keep them there. Currently, my iPhone fetches about 50 at a time and displays them in my inbox.

Is there a way to setup iPhone mail to fetch only future emails, or a workaround?


texts: MacBook Misidentifies Physical Layout of Built-in Keyboard

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I have a really strange problem with my sister's MacBook Pro (Mid 2012, running El Capitan): it is incorrectly identifying the physical layout of the built-in keyboard. It isn't just a matter of mapping the buttons to characters incorrectly; the diagram shown in "Keyboard Viewer" actually shows more physical buttons than exist on the keyboard.
Note: see the update at the end for the current status.
The physical keyboard appears to be the correct US English version, and it is called "U.S." in the "Input Sources" preferences pane — but here's a screenshot of what Keyboard Viewer thinks it physically looks like:

The problems become more obvious with Shift pressed:

Thanks to Wikipedia-ing (and a helpful clue from the yen symbol), I think this is showing the Japanese Industrial Standard layout, but I don't actually read any East Asian alphabets, so I'm less than 100% confident.
My goal is to get the layout recognized as standard US QWERTY, either (preferably) by actually getting OS X to believe it is one, or by re-mapping the keys it believes it has. I've read Create and use your own input source, but so far without success. I think my issue may be that the characters it wants to map from are the Japanese(?) ones rather than the ASCII ones.
Interestingly, I tried booting from a Ubuntu USB, and it recognized the keyboard with no problems. On the other hand, the layout was still incorrect when I booted from the OS X recovery partition.
Any advice on how to correct this would be very greatly appreciated!

Update 1:
Inspired by Tom Gewecke's answer below, I tried re-setting the SMC, which has changed things. Probably the fastest way to describe it is with two new screenshots (taken with the "U.S." input source):

With no keys pressed:
With Shift pressed:

As you can see, it's not Japanese anymore, but it also still doesn't match the layout of the physical keyboard. In Keyboard Viewer:

The diagram shows a key with § and ± to the left of the 1/!
key. but the actual keyboard has a key marked `/~. When I press this key, Keyboard Viewer shows it as a press to the `/~ key between the z and left shift keys (there is no physical key between z and shift.
The diagram shows a vertical return/enter key and an extra \/| key at the right-hand side of the home row, between '/" and enter. The actual keyboard has a horizontal enter on the home row and has the \/| key as the last key on the QWERTY row, to the right of ]/}. Again, Keyboard Viewer shows a press of the physical \/| as a press of its misplaced key.

So, for practical purposes, this is a huge improvement, since the physical keys now all do what their keycaps say they do. On the other hand, something is clearly still wrong, since Keyboard viewer still has keys in the wrong place, keys that are the wrong shape, and one key in it's diagram (the §/± key) that isn't mapped to any to any physical key on the keyboard.
Update 2:
I've tried resetting the SMC a number of times; the resulting layout is always either JIS or ISO, but never ANSI, and I've yet to find any pattern that would allow me to predict which the result will be. More concerningly, even when I get an ISO layout by resetting the SMC, it will  revert to a JIS layout at some arbitrary point while using the system.
Update 3:
After a long delay, I recently gained access to this machine again. Following up on dan's comment, the keyboard is indeed showing the USB "product id" 0x0264, which appears to be the JIS variant for the MacbookPro10,1 (this model). Here's a screenshot:


texts: Is there any way to disable OR password protect my iPhone to prevent someone from turning it off?

texts: If my phone is stolen, I would think the first thing a thief would do is turn it off.  Is there any way to disable or password protect this via settings (which I doubt) OR a cydia tweak?


texts: Make Mac act as Bluetooth headset for PS4

texts: I would love to route my PS4's audio through my macbook pro. Is there any way to make my macbook pro pretend to be a headset for the PS4?


texts: Can AppleScript create an Open File Alert?

texts:
macOS Mojave 10.14.6
I would like to be able to programmatically create repeating calendar events that open a given file when run.  I'm using AppleScript within Automator.  Creating the repeating events is not hard, but I cannot seem to add an Open File Alert.  Is this possible?
I found this old post which was having the same problem and the nearest conclusion was that it's not possible for some inexplicable reason.  Does anyone know how to accomplish this?


texts: How can I write a script that opens a notification?

texts:
Is there an apple script that can click on the notification for me so that I don't have to open the app using a mouse?

I plan to bind this script to a keyboard shortcut and that way I can open incoming notifications with just the keyboard.

Here are two notifications type examples

Note that scripts like this wont work because it attempts to click on a button and there's no consistent button to click on to open a notification. Sometimes its top, sometimes its bottom, sometimes its neither.

What is needed is a script that clicks on the "left" part of the notification, that will always open the app.


texts: Download pics not shown in "DCIM" folder to PC

texts:
When my Iphone is connected to the PC Itunes shows it contains 301 photos in the storage bar at the bottom of the Window. However when I check the DCIM folder in Windows Explorer, there are only 94 photos.

These are photos taken with the Iphone.


texts: Upload a image to a website without downloading that image

texts:
Windows has a feature where when we paste a direct image link ( xxx.com/xxx.jpg ) in the "file name" input field of the upload file explorer (the small window that pops up when we click "Choose file"/"Upload" on any website) the image is downloaded automatically (as a temp file) and uploaded.
You don't have to save the image, then upload it somewhere...
Is there any way to achieve the same thing in macOS?
This question has been asked previously:
Upload file via URL
Upload file directly from a URL in upload (File/Open) dialog
However the answers are quite dated. Maybe this feature has been implemented now?


texts: How can I mirror one iPhone 4 to another?

texts: I have heard you can mirror an iPhone 4 so that whatever happens on one phone you will see on the mirrored phone. Can this really be done and if so how do I go about setting up the two phones? I am very technologicaly challenged, but I'd like to monitor my daughter's iPhone.


texts: using hidutil to map two keys to a single key

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I've lost the functionality of my ] on my keyboard. Previously I used Karabiner to map [ + option to ], however now that I've updated to Sierra, this doesn't work.

I've seen this post: How do I remap a key in macOS Sierra, e.g., Right Alt to Right Control?

However is there a way to map 2 keys to a single key using hidutil property?

Specifically, I'd like to map [ + option to ]

I've tried a few iterations including:

hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping": [{["HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x70000002f "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x7000000e2], "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000030}]}'

and

hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping": [{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":[0x70000002f, 0x7000000e2], "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000030}]}'

Neither of these worked


texts: Where are my fonts after macOS 10.13.4 update?

texts:
Just upgraded High Sierra to macOS 10.13.4.

A bunch of fonts are missing after upgrading to macOS 10.13.4.

What happened to these fonts?


texts: Apple Wallet (formerly Passbook) - Best way to add links

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Does anyone have any experience with Apple Wallet (formerly Passbook) - I'm interested to know if it's possible to add hyperlinks on the reverse of the wallet?

It looks like you can simply add web addresses and apple auto applies a link tag to this but ideally I want to have the link address hidden behind the link title so it doesn't look messy?


texts: Deleting Active Leaderboards and Achievements

texts: I know that Apple says you cannot delete leaderboards and achievements once they are active. Is there a way to get them to not show up on an updated version of the game? Or do I have to delete my app and remake everything? There has to be a way to get around this.


texts:
I've thinking to upgrade my iMac late 2009 with an SSD. Its has a SATA II port and now uses a HD Hitachi 7200rpm. In your opinions, if I'll upgrade, I can see an increase of performance or not?
In my project i've thinking to put SSD (250GB) in HD slot and buy an external case for HD in order to store photos and other big files.

Surfing online I've found some forums talk about temperature sensor on HD. I didn't understand  which problem there are with this component. Can you explain me if there are problems?


texts: According to the instructions on the website I should be able to got to the Line menu, click on Settings, and the register my email address. Massive problem: Settings is grayed out, non-functional, and masses of searching the internet seem to indicated that no one else is having this problem. Does anyone have an answer? (it will help you to know that I do not yet have a compatible smart phone...)


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I don't know why my camera is not working, I am sure it is a software problem, it just shows a black page. All features are working but it doesn't show an image. It is not working on other apps, like Instagram, as well.
The front camera is not working. I have tried to "Reset All Aetting" option but it is not working neither.
I upload a photo which is the screenshot when I run camera
How can I solve this problem?


texts: Can not copy and paste within Chrome from time to time

texts:
Chrome Mac is a bit dodgy, I can not use copy/paste function from time to time, both  Cmd ⌘   C   and right-click menu. I must reopen it to enable copy/paste again.

OS X version is 10.10.3, Chrome version is 41.0.2272.118

Firefox and Safari do not have such problem.


texts:
Is it possible to prevent end users from remotely wiping their iPad in Apple Profile Manager?
I work at a school and I can foresee kids managing to steal each others passwords and remote wiping their iPad.


texts: How do I download all iCloud Drive files to external hard drive?

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Using Google Chrome, I am trying to download or copy + paste all of my files to an external hard drive so I can delete them afterwards and downgrade my iCloud drive subscription to something cheaper. I have tried to find a way but I can't seem to find a way to grab them all at once. It also wont let me download the file folders  individually either. I also tried opening the iCloud folder on my computer and clicking the little cloud with the down arrow but it takes super long and hangs up my internet so I can't do anything else with it for hours.

The only way I could find to do this is to download the document files without the folders meaning I would essentially need to re-create the folder layout on my external, download the document files and then move them to the external drive which would be a pain and really slow.

Does anyone know of a way to do this a faster way? Or a way to back up iCloud so I can get to the files that way?


texts: I have bought a Mac mini today. My monitor is only VGA. After connecting HDMI to VGA converter my monitor is not getting any signal. How can I fix it? Please help me. I am so frustrated.


texts: Apps in iOS App Store, download old version of the app to support old iOS

texts:
I have an old iPad running on iOS 9.  The iPad is used for "simple tasks" like watching Netflix.  Up to today, I was able to install older versions of Apps as long as I had already purchased them (similar to these instructions), but now I am no longer able to do so.  Instead I just get the message that the device is too old for the app.

I tried the Netflix app and the Youtube app, as those are the only previous purchases on the iTunes account not currently installed.  New purchases work fine, as long as these actually support iOS 9.

Has something changed in the App Store approving previous purchases with old versions, or is it the case that Netflix and Youtube both pulled older versions and I coincidentally am stuck on both?


texts:
When I plug my iPhone into the PC and iTunes comes up, the "Other" is taking up about 40% of the bar.  I suspect most of it is SMS/iMessage, since I am a heavy user (with photos and sometimes videos).

Questions:

How do I actually see how much space SMS is taking up?
Is there a way to delete everything prior to a certain date?


texts:
I entered my birthday into my contact information on my phone very soon after I bought it, which was about a year ago. But last night (December 31st) after midnight, my phone changed my birthday to January 1st, 1989.

I've tried to change it in my contact information, but it just resets it again.

It uses this date wherever I might look at my birthday. For example, on January 1st it said happy birthday in the Notification Center. It also uses this date as my birthday in the calendar or if I ask siri

Any idea why this is happening and/or how I might be able to fix it?


texts: How do you hide specific or certain calendars in the Mavericks Calendars (iCal) App?

texts: I have multiple calendars from different services like Gmail, iCloud, etc.  All the calendars together take up too much room to view in the year view of the Calendars app. Also, some calendars are for a specific purpose and I do not want them to display with my "main" calendar listing all the time.  How can I selectively turn on and off individual calendars?


texts: Is it legal to install one copy of Final Cut Pro X on six different Macs owned by six different people?

texts: I am wondering if it is legal and/or possible to buy a copy of Final Cut Pro X and then share the disk and the cost with five other people?


texts: How to view photos from all years on map?

texts: In the iPhone Photos app, I am able to view a map with all of the photos from a given year when I am in the Photos/Years tab. Is it possible to do the same thing except with all photos, spanning all of the years? Or is a single year the highest level of aggregation that is possible?


texts: Mounting Remote Server for editing files on my Mac

texts:
My web development server is in the Cloud and I am very new to Macs.

On Ubuntu and other flavors of Linux, I would mount the remote drives using sshfs. I have researched SSHFS for Mac and come up with FUSE for OS x and MacFUSE. I have them both installed but when I attempt to run man sshfs on my commandline I get a command not found error.

Unless I am missing something, I can't find simple instructions to help me resolve this issue.

I have tried Mount and Mount_smbfs too but I immediately get server connection failed: operation timed out errors.

My Mac runs on OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)

Can anyone please give me some simple steps to help overcome this obstacle?


texts: Flickering external monitor w/ MBP retina 13"

texts:
I use the latest 13" MBP retina and I wanted to use an external display (LG IPS231) through hdmi but the LG doesn't have an HDMI port.

So, I plugged the HDMI cable into my laptop to an HDMI to DVI adapter which I, then, plug into the screen. That doesn't work. Both screens flicker when I plug and unplug the monitor and the MBP recognises the screen and its resolution. On the other hand, the monitor shows the no signal screen.

I don't have another monitor or other computer to test right now.

I included a picture, not sure if it's super helpful.

Thanks in advance if anyone helps!


texts: iTerm2: How to change the color used to highlight search results?

texts:
It seems that iTerm2 is hardcoded to highlight search results using a yellow background color. I tried both the latest release and the nightlies but could not find a way to change that color.

Did I miss something? It seems implausible to me, that a terminal emulator with such a degree of customizability would really hardcode a single color while at the same time making virtually everything else user-configurable.

For clarification, here's a screenshot:

As you can see, I searched the screen contents for the word "stack" and all its occurrences are highlighted in yellow (except for the selected one).


texts: How can I change the Apple ID associated with an iPod Touch?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Unable to change Apple ID on my iPhone

I just bought myself a used iPod Touch - 2nd generation.  The person who previously owned it cleared just about everything off.

The Problem:

I tried to install a new app onto it, but, it asked me for the password to my Apple ID. Seeing as I'm sure the person who sold it to me doesn't want to give me the password to their account, how can I change it to use my account instead of theirs?  I've checked into the different settings but I couldn't find anything on it.


texts:
I have a Macbook pro 13'' 2018 model and a Dell 24 USB-C Monitor: P2419HC. Whenever I plug my screen to the laptop, the laptop charges. According to DELL website, the monitor provides 65W power.

The Macbook original charger gives 20.3V === 3A which is 60.9W.

Will the monitor harm the Macbook battery in the long term in any way?


texts: Stop messages to my new iPhone from appearing on my old iPhone

texts:
I got a new iPhone, and I gave my old one to my husband. Naturally, I want to disable my Apple account and iMessage on the old phone. How do I do this without affecting my own account?  Each time I receive a message on my new phone, he is receiving the same message on his phone.  We have two different phone numbers.

My husband does not have his own iTunes account and prefers not to have a separate account. The phone is unlocked


texts: How can I use $HOME or ~/ in my log paths of launchd plist to run as LaunchAgent

texts:
My plist has below keys:

<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>$HOME/launchd.stdout.log</string>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>$HOME/launchd.stderr.log</string>

But it doesn't identify  $HOME. What I want is to load this plist in different user accounts as I cant hardcode my user name.

How can I achieve this ultimate aim?


texts: Why do some OSX progams have an installer (mpkg) instead of drag-drop?

texts:
Most OSX programs can be installed by dragging the app to the Applications folder (or wherever the user wants them).

However, some software must be installed by launching an .mpkg package, acting more like the 'double-click and press next-next-next...' installation method under Windows. For example: Google sketchup has an installer, while Google Picasa is drag-and-drop.

Why is this?

Would it technically be impossible for those programs that use the installer approach to provide the 'standard' drag-and-drop approach? I would assume that any files that need to be installed in specific locations could be done so upon first launch of a drag-and-dropped program?


texts: How do I repeat a calendar event every x seconds in macOS Sierra?

texts:
I'm trying to set up calendar events in macOS Sierra's Calendar that repeat every 2,551,440 seconds (which happens to be the synodic period of the Moon).

Ultimately, I want a calendar that provides the Moon rise and set times for my location, and it also needs to list the Lunar phase (e.g. Full Moon, New Moon, etc.). I have found plenty of examples on the Internet where people have manually created the events, but that's incredibly tedious (one event per day for years!), and it's based on different time zones (and so are of no use to me).

I have seen from the ICS specifications that the file format itself supports events that recur every x seconds. I then exported an event as an ICS file, and then edited the ICS file in TextEdit, but I must've got the code wrong, as it didn't re-import into macOS Calendar with the correct repeat interval. Instead, it imported a single event with no repetition.

Can someone please explain how to go about doing this?

I found the RRULE Generator, but that only supports hourly intervals, not seconds, and so is not precise enough for my needs.

I considered running a bash script to generate the event (which would run as a cron job every 2,551,440 seconds), but that would only give a month's notice. I'd prefer to have it set up indefinitely.

Another option may be to write a script in Python to create individual ICS event files; this would also be tedious...

I understand that this can't be done in Calendar directly; the solution will most likely be manually editing each ICS file to set up the recurrence correctly, and then importing them into Calendar... I just don't know how...

Thanks in advance for any thoughts.


texts: Unresponsive iMessages and FaceTime on Mojave

texts:
I have this issue with Messages, FaceTime when it gets unresponsive on start. Same issue was with Contacts, but following some recommendations on the web i've reset the Contacts database and it works now. But with messages/facetime no luck, tried many solutions, resetting nvram/pram, deleting configs and databases, etc.

Is there a way to reinstall iMessages and FaceTime completely?


texts:
Apple iPhone XR gets stuck on update. Usual reset (quickly press and release Volume Up, quickly press and release Volume Down, press and hold side button) doesn't help.

I found this issue on apple forum unanswered with a lot of people having it:

  Apple iphone XR frozen during software update. Unresponsive during
  reboot try. Black screen with Apple Logo . Can not even reboot. What
  is the Next step ?

So I decided to provide an answer here which I've got by chatting with Apple Support.


texts: Restore Time Machine backup from Sierra to El Capitan

texts: I'm currently running Sierra and would like to revert back to El Capitan. Is there any way I could use a backup done on a newer OS with Migration Assistant?


texts: Is there a way to create APFS snapshots on external drives?

texts:
There are many guides explaining how to create and manage snapshots on APFS via tmutil, but all of these seem to only work within the framework of Time Machine local snapshots.

Is there any way to create an APFS snapshot on an external drive that is neither a backup target for Time Machine, nor itself included in a backup?

My scenario is that I'm using an external, APFS-formatted drive for iOS device backups. I would like to be able to keep multiple versions of these without duplicating most files by manually copying the backup directory.

Currently I use copy-on-write duplicates as an alternative, but these take a long time to create due to the high number of files and directories; I assume snapshots would anchor the copy at a higher level of the file system and be considerably faster.)


texts: Time capsule: Error deleting partial image

texts:
I have two machines backing up to a Time Capsule. On the disk there a faulty disk image which was marked as purgeable but cannot be deleted:

2013-08-15 6:00:16.847 PM com.apple.backupd[13566]: Found 1 partially deleted backup image.
2013-08-15 6:00:26.918 PM com.apple.backupd[13566]: Failed to remove file://localhost/Volumes/Data/NAME .purgeable/, error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=512 "“NAME .purgeable” couldn’t be removed." UserInfo=0x7f8292c029d0 {NSFilePath=/Volumes/Data/NAME .purgeable, NSUserStringVariant=(
Remove ), NSUnderlyingError=0x7f8292c02920 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Invalid argument"}
2013-08-15 6:00:26.927 PM com.apple.backupd[13566]: Error deleting partial image /Volumes/Data/NAME .purgeable: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=512 "“NAME .purgeable” couldn’t be removed." UserInfo=0x7f8292c029d0 {NSFilePath=/Volumes/Data/NAME .purgeable, NSUserStringVariant=( Remove ), NSUnderlyingError=0x7f8292c02920 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Invalid argument"}

The image is very small and is not a major problem but I wanted to get rid of it.

Time Machine is not able to delete it
I tried to mount the drive and

delete it with Finder: the Finder crashes
delete it with rm -rf from the terminal: rm hangs

Any better idea the erase the whole Time Capsule drive? I would rather keep the file than losing all my old spanshots.


texts: Is it possible to run Internet Explorer on OS X El Capitan?

texts:
I need to connect to the website dictate.it, which says it only works with Internet Explorer.

Is it possible to find versions of IE to run somehow within macOS?


texts: Front facing camera stopped working on the iPhone 4s

texts:
Attempted to use the Camera App today and was presented with a closed shutter screen in the Camera app as pictured below. No tramma or anything happend to the phone no recent OS update, just not working out of the blue.

If I open the FaceBook app and go to the "Take Picture" section, the camera opens successfully, but when I attempt to switch to the front camer, it goes back and gets stuck at the shut shutter screen.

What I have tried:

Quitting the "Camera" app and re-opening it
Shutting down and restarting the iPhone.
The force shutdown method, hold power + home button until it turns off.
The Restore in iTunes

Still the same rear camera works, and when attempting to switch to the front camera boom closed shutter screen.

Any other ideas, it looks like I have a hardware problem...


texts: Is there any software for mac to create this particular 3d histogram?

texts:
Is there any software for mac to create this particular 3d histogram:

given a matrix of value?

I've tried with Numbers but it doesn't have 3d histograms.


texts: Display phone numbers instead of contact name in recent calls

texts: I restored my contacts from iCloud after restoring my iPhone 6 Plus and setting up as a new iPhone and then imported sim contacts. I am now having an issue when I get an incoming call; it shows the caller's name but when I go to recents it only shows the number!


texts: White on black without inverting colors?

texts: When using Mac OS X, is there a way to have white text on black background without inverting the other colors?


texts: App Store keeps on trying and failing to update iMovie and iPhoto on Mountain Lion

texts:
I recently got a Mountain Lion laptop from work and every time the App Store checks for updates, it reports updates as available for iMovie and iPhoto.

However, I have neither installed and when I allow the App Store to attempt to upgrade, it complains You can not update this software since you have not owned the major version of this software. I'm not particularly interested in using either piece of software, but it's annoying to constantly be asked to update and then to have the updates fail.

Screenshot:

Can one of your fine folks please recommend a course of action? If there's any further information I can provide, please let me know.


texts: Macos sorts file randomly (at least it seems so to me)

texts:
I checked other questions, checked Apple forums - the only thing I could find is Sort by / Arrange by but in my case none of their combinations helps me to get plain "by name" option, currently I can't even find any logic in how it sorts the files:

Any help is much appreciated. I'm on macOS 10.12.6.


texts: iPhone Backup Restore Ate 30 GB of HD Space - How to Clean

texts:
Restoring my iPhone backup ate about 30 GB of hard drive space. I had to keep up with it deleting files the whole time it was running. Not much fun.

I'm guessing it extracted a bunch of files somewhere. I want to get rid of these files while still having my iPhone backups. It doesn't seem normal that iTunes wouldn't clean up after itself but oh well.

-- Edit --

The first time I tried the restore process it ate about 10GB and I never recovered that after it failed.


texts: Include icon in manually created .app bundle

texts:
From How to make a Mac OS X .app with a shell script? I recently learned of a hack for creating a .app file from a file folder which contains an application with resources.

The top folder is given the same name as a bash script in the top level of the folder system, except the folder name also includes .app.

What I'm wondering, though, is if it possible to set this .app to display an icon that I provide when the file is seen via the Finder? Or can this only be done by making my folder system a Bundle?


texts: When sharing calendars on iCloud, how do I show other people that I'm occupied, but not why?

texts:
Now that I will be able to share iCal calendars (e.g. on iCloud, MobileMe), for events that are marked as private is there a way to make other people only see that I am occupied at a certain time but not why? Can I somehow make an event private?

If this still will not be possible, what is the current workaround for this? How could I set up this scenario?


texts: Hold to diacritics keeps disabling itself randomly

texts:
For some reason, the feature where you hold down a letter to get the diacritics menu (to type è, à, é etc.) keeps turning off randomly, sometimes after a reboot. When it happens, I have to enter defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true into the command line, then log out and back in for it to work again. This is incredibly annoying as I use an Italian keyboard and I need to type some characters (e.g. È, ᵃ) which aren't available on the keyboard but are needed in my language nonetheless.
One thing I noticed is that when it happens, Key Repeat turns back on in System Preferences.
OS: macOS Big Sur 11.3.1
Model: MacBook Pro 16,1 (16-inch, 2019)


texts: Finder Single Click Sometimes Renames File

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OSX 10.14.6
MacBrook Pro (15-inch, 2017)

Using either USB mouse or trackpad, occasionally in Finder a single click is acting like I've selected "rename." I understand if I single click a previously selected item this is the expected behavior but this is if the item is unselected.

This also happened on my previous 13-inch occasionally. I can't figure out how to replicate but curious if anyone else has run into this and/or has any ideas. I have to resort to keyboard arrows and shortcuts to do anything with the file (other than rename of course!).

Sometimes it's a few files within the folder while other files in the same folder are behaving as expected.


texts: Can't achieve a higher than 1920x1080 on AOC U3477Pqu, powered by late 2011 Macbook pro...?

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My late 2011 Macbook pro comes with an AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB graphics card and Apple state it:

Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors

https://support.apple.com/kb/sp644?locale=en_US

Having recently bought the AOC U3477Pqu I have so far only managed to achieve 1920x1080 via a mini-displayport to DVI adapter.

AOC U3477Pqu - http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/pc-monitors/pc-monitors/aoc-u3477pqu-quad-hd-34-ips-led-monitor-with-mhl-10028876-pdt.html

I thought maybe an end to end displayport cable might help me achieve 2560x1600 so I purchased a mini-displayport to displayport cable but the monitor does not even receive a signal.

AOC customer service and Currys (the retailer I bought it from) say I should check my graphics card (which I've done, as above).

Can anyone suggest something else I could try?

PS: I know the monitor can achieve 3440x1440 and I'm planning on building a PC to make use of this but of course I'd still like to be able to use my Mac with it...

Thanks in advance for any help.


texts: Turning off Device Enrollment Notifications on MacBook Pro

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I have purchased a MacBook Pro a year ago and after upgrading to Sierra started to receive notifications from a company that owned a laptop before. I have tried contacting Apple Service and the actual company, no luck so far. I have learned that I need to find two files:
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ManagedClientAgent.enrollagent.plist
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ManagedClient.enroll.plist
But I can't move them (and even create folders where they can be moved):
/Library/LaunchAgentsDisabled and /Library/LaunchDaemonsDisabled
Can anyone please help how I can turn off device enrollment notifications?


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I used Boot Camp Assistant to create a Windows 10 install disk. However, the disk is not bootable. I am confused as to why Boot Camp Assistant would make an install disk not bootable. Can someone please help me? I am looking for someone to either a) explain how to recreate the install drive in a way that will make it bootable or b) explain how to force the drive to become bootable.

Here is the information:


texts: Pages on iOS custom paragraph styles & templates?

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On Pages 1.6 for iOS, is there any way I can:

Change the paragraph styles in the document to custom ones

i.e. The default 'blank' template has Helvetica as the body style. Can I change the body style to, say Helvetica Neue Light? Or the colour of the Title style?
If so, is there any way to add this template to the list of provided templates (possibly using something like iExplorer to copy it over)?

Being able to just change paragraph style is good enough, and I think it would be a bit hard to satisfy point 2, what with Apple's lock on the iOS filesystem. My current solution is to create the templates in Pages on Mac, and copy them over, then create a new document by copying from iTunes every time I need to use a custom template.

Edit

If it's not clear from the above, I'm more interested in a solution to point 1 to point 2. It's point 1 for a reason. I already have a half solution to point 2, so I don't really need any further half-solution answers for point 2.


texts: Is there an app that lets me use an iPhone as a mouse?

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I'm looking for an app which enables me to physically maneuver my iPhone on the desk to control my Mac's cursor. (I am not looking for a "remote trackpad" app—there are dozens of those.)

I did a great deal of searching and found nothing. Is this even possible? If so, is there an app in existence which provides this functionality?


texts: Create a Global Shortcut for a Single Letter

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The "w" key on my MacBook Pro broke due to water damage. Currently I am copy and pasting the letter whenever I need that, but I would prefer to be able to press a keyboard shortcut to type it.

The shortcut needs to be available no matter the app; I would prefer the shortcut to be control + option (just those two keys) but if that's not possible then I'll settle for something else.

I tried setting a shortcut through the settings app, but I couldn't figure out how to 1) bind a single letter and 2) have the shortcut available globally.

I'm running Yosemite 10.10.3


texts: Is there any way I can update macOS to Catalina after I used ignore command in terminal

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I used this command

sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina"

Now, it is not showing any update, nor downloading from app store. How can I fix this issue to update to macOS catalina.


texts: MacBook Pro keyboard replacement: Refurbished or new components?

texts: I'm about to send my 2016 MacBook Pro for a top case replacement due to a failing keyboard. Since the battery will also be replaced as a part of the top case, I'm wondering if Apple installs a refurbished battery or a brand new one? And for that matter, is there any way to really tell?


texts: Maximum number of Full HD 1920x1080 displays supported on Macbook Pro 15" 2016 and later?

texts: Is there a limit to how many Full HD 1920x1080 displays are supported on the 15" Macbook Pro 2016 and later? If a single USB-C port can currently give you up to 2 video outputs either through a TB3 hub or through a USB-C to dual displayport adapter (daisy-chaining currently not supported) would it be possible to connect 8 Full HD 1920x1080 displays? Or is there a limit to 4 displays in general? The Macbook Pro runs with an AMD Radeon processors most of which have the Eyefinite Technology which gives you up to 6 displays. Does that also work with Macbook Pro 15" 2016 and later?


texts: Some playlists are missing from iTunes Match

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I've just subscribed for iTunes Match and it did quite a good job of matching stuff except that three of my playlists are missing from it. That three missing playlists only show up on my iMac which is my source Mac for my entertainment.

I tried duplicating and renaming those three missing playlists with no luck.


texts: Apple headset not working in PC with Windows 10

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When I plug my Apple headset into my computer, it makes some very weird sounds. I've tried with two different headsets; both iPhone 4 headset and iPhone 5 headset.

It only makes the sounds when I'm playing some sounds on the computer, so I don't think it's a loose connection or something.

I have tried other headsets in the computer which works as they should. I cannot understand why Apple headsets should be different from other headsets? Could it be some driver problem which only happens when I use headsets with microphone? Or is it some mono/stereo problem?

I am using Windows 10.


texts: How to fix Photos error while trying to open iPhoto library from external hard drive "Photos was unable to open the library" error 4302

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Running Catalina 10.15.7 (19H524)
The iPhoto Library has been stored on an external hard drive. Tried opening it various times. Restarted the computer. Remounted the hard drive.
Any idea how to get it to open?
Found this thread googling - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250721038 - but don't understand the proposed solution.


texts: What does it mean for consumers that Apple has released MacOS kernel as open source?

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https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/01/apple-open-sourced-the-kernel-of-ios-and-macos-for-arm-processors/

Does this mean we'll see other Computers (which are not Apple built) run the MacOS?

If not, then what would happen?

From what I understand, Unix kernel is released too, and Linux was created. Should the same happen to Apple's kernel?


texts: What is the blue section of a partition in Disk Utility?

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What is the blue section at the top of this image (above Macintosh hard drive partition)? Is it another partition, it only seems to exist on this partition when I create a new one. Where do I find the EFI boot partition?

Thanks :-)


texts: log into app and run it on iPhone from iPad

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Is it possible to use an iPad to link to an iPhone, remotely log into an app (saved on iPhone) and run it?  Can it be replicated across 20 different iPhones?

Skill Development App on iPhone tracks/records a player's attempt at mirroring a set of actions shown in a video launched by the app.  player has to be able to log into app which pulls up their specifically assigned, skill videos, then log out when done, but I don't want the player (typically a 5-10 yr old) having to pick up, move or otherwise reposition the iPhone.  Having a central iPad with which they can select an 'open' iPhone, log into the app, the move in front of that iPhone to begin training would be ideal and limit interactions to just the central iPad which can be "bolted down".


texts: zshrc file invisible in finder but present in terminal

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When I give ls-a in my root folder I can actually see zshrc.
but when I open my root folder in finder using the open . command, It's not visible. Actually many files are missing..As you can see the zshrc file is visible here. I can't find it in the finder.


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Is there a way receive push notifications from GitHub on my iPhone?

I'd like to receive updates about pull requests and comments for my hosted projects, but the site only offers notifications via email or through the website, and there isn't an official GitHub app either.


texts: Converting between a Mac file path to a Windows file path

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I am working in an office that is dominated by PCs, but we are moving select designers to a Mac platform (testing). The biggest issue I have come across is sharing file paths to shared drives, and the formatting differences. Please tell me there is a simple answer.

I am looking for a way for our designers to write an email and link to a file on the drive, but convert the file path to windows formatting. And visa versa (getting an email with a windows file path, and converting it to a mac file path).

File path examples:
Mac formatting: /Volumes/Share/Main Folder/Folder1/Folder2/FinalFolder
Windows formatting: S:\Main Folder\Folder1\Folder2\FinalFolder

We have multiple shared drives, so it could be multiple letters, not just "S".


texts: How do I map a Mac function to an 'unfindable' Windows keyboard key?

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The issue is this: I'm using a PC keyboard with my (closed) MBP at work, and am using Karabiner (TAFKA KeyRemap4MacBook) to map the Mac keys to their appropriate places on it. So far so good.

However, on the number pad, adjacent to some volume buttons on the top row (which worked straight off, no mapping required) there's a key with a crescent moon on it, which would be perfect for inducing insta-sleep/lock. But I can't find it in Karabiner, or Keyboard Viewer in order to map said function to it! It doesn't show up anywhere, and pressing it gives no identifying feedback/input…

Any thoughts? Admittedly a very minor 'issue' but you know, one of those ones that, like an ear-worm, just won't leave me alone!

The keyboard in question is an Emprex 6310u (see the moon?):


texts: Difference between "Get Xcode" and "Install"

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I've just upgraded to Yosemite, and I'm getting the following dialog box:

  The "cc" command requires the command line developer tools. Would you
  like to install the tools now?

  Choose Install to continue. Choose Get Xcode to install Xcode and the command line developer tools from the App Store.

  Get XcodeNot nowInstall

What is the difference between the two? In particular, does "Install" have a smaller download size  than the "Get Xcode" option?


texts: prevent inbuilt apache running using server app

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Using OS X 10.11.3 (15D21), with macports, apache 2.4/php 7.0.2 with OS X Server installed (for TimeCapsule sharing)

I can't seem to prevent the inbuild apache from starting on reboot.

if i use:

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist

then reboot and use the command

imac:scripts pete$ ps -Al | grep httpd
    0   245     1        4   0  31  0  2623184  21960 -      Ss                 0 ??         0:00.36 /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start
   70   280   245      104   0  31  0  2623184   1020 -      S                   0 ??         0:00.00 /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start
   70   281   245      104   0  31  0  2623184   1052 -      S                   0 ??         0:00.00 /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start
   70   282   245      104   0  31  0  2623184   1044 -      S                   0 ??         0:00.00 /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start
   70   283   245      104   0  31  0  2623184   1100 -      S                   0 ??         0:00.00 /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start
   70   284   245      104   0  31  0  2623184   1088 -      S                   0 ??         0:00.00 /opt/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start
    0   510     1     4004   0  31  0  2496992   9540 -      Ss                  0 ??         0:00.12 /usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND -f /Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/services/ACSServer.conf -E /var/log/apache2/services/ACSServer_error_log
   70   522   510      104   0  31  0  2494944   1184 -      S                   0 ??         0:00.00 /usr/sbin/httpd -D FOREGROUND -f /Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/services/ACSServer.conf -E /var/log/apache2/services/ACSServer_error_log

the server app websites is turned off, and if I uninstall the server app, the problem resolves - it is just I want the server app to use TimeCapsule backups.


texts: Is there any list or reference for maximum fast charging values/wattages of Apple devices?

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From what I understand, many of Apple’s iOS (and iPad OS) capable devices are capable of fast charging since the iPhone 6 (6s?) was released. And nowadays, all MacBooks (MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air) are all capable of fast charging.

But no matter what specs I look at — Apple or even third party websites like EveryMac — I can only seem to get the broadest and most basic power specs; such as basic AC requirements and battery life data. I can’t seem to find any fast charging values and data.

Is there a source of info on what the fast charge rates (wired and wireless) and capabilities are for modern Apple devices?

This question is spurred by the fact that:

I have an iPhone 8 that only seems to charge at an 11-12W fast charging rate even when connected to higher wattage chargers via USB C. Confirmed using an inline voltage tester using official Apple USB to Lightning cables (USB A and USB C).
But I also have a MacBook Air (2019) that comes with a 30W charger but can fast charge at 45W when a capable charger is connected.
Similar with an iPad Mini (2019) that came with a 12W charger but can charge at 18W.

I like the fact I have devices that can fast charge, but it would be nice to know — at a glance and without per-device testing — what rate devices can be fast charged at.


texts: Remap Caps Lock and Preserve Original Function

texts: I know I can remap the Caps Lock key to Escape. However, sometimes I do actually want to use Caps Lock. Is there a way to achieve this, for example by pressing Fn Caps Lock?


texts: How to sync music videos when iCloud Music Library is enabled?

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I've just notice that after I subscribe to Apple Music (and enabled iCloud Music Library that comes with it), music videos in my iTunes Library are no longer syncing. That is whenever I added a new music video (manually by adding the file to iTunes and setting the type to Music Video), it no longer shows up in my iOS device – even after I plug it in.

I know that the music videos are not eligible to sync via iCloud. However, that said, plugging-in the device via USB should sync those that are not eligible for cloud syncing, right?

The question is, how can I add those non-iCloud music videos in my iTunes library to my iOS device?


texts: Problem with Symlinks for Moving Mail Data Folder to an External Drive

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I am using the Terminal App in El Capitan 10.11.6

I have moved my, "Mail" Folder to the following location:

/Volumes/ST-Cuda-4T/AppleMail/Mail

From the following location in the Terminal I have tried creating Symlinks:

Laurens-MacBook-Pro:Library Fathom$

i.e. Folder="Library" User="Fathom"

I have tried the following commands with the attendant results YET in each case, the Apple Mail application puts the data into the Mail Folder (hypothetically a symlink) on my, "Macintosh HD" (local drive).
As for my, "Mail Directory" folder, I have yet to get any positive result:

Laurens-MacBook-Pro:Library Fathom$ ln -s /Volumes/ST-Cuda-4T/AppleMail/Mail/ /Users/Fathom/Library/Mail

(Symlink appears in /Users/Fathom/Library)

Laurens-MacBook-Pro:Library Fathom$ ln -s /Volumes/ST-Cuda-4T/AppleMail/Mail ~/Library/Mail

(Symlink appears in /Users/Fathom/Library)

Laurens-MacBook-Pro:Library Fathom$ ln -s /Volumes/ST-Cuda-4T/AppleMail/Mail/. ~/Library/Mail

(Symlink appears in /Users/Fathom/Library)

I'm at a loss, I appear to be placing a valid symlink for the "Mail" folder using three different syntax. Appearances are deceiving as the Apple Mail File is still writing its data to the Macintosh HD using the "symlink" for a parent folder.

My Apple Mail data in storage has exceeded the size of my "Macintosh HD."

How do I solve this dilemma?


texts: Which Thunderbolt dock should I buy for MacBook Pro13 late 2011, running High Sierra 10.13.6

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My MacBook Pro includes 2 USB2 ports and 1 Thunderbolt port. The USB ports are becoming a bit unstable (according to a music software I'm using). I've never used the Thunderbolt port, so assume it would be stable.

Is there a Thunderbolt dock I could connect to the Thunderbolt port which would accept my USB2 devices? I understand that the Thunderbolt port I have is not the fastest or latest. What is important to me is that I can still use my devices ie: keyboard, audio/MIDI interface and external storage HDs, all with USB2 connectors and independent power.
Would the Thunderbolt dock also be able to connect to a newer Thunderbolt port should I decide to upgrade. (semi retired musician, so have to be very careful).


texts: How to delete cache of Microsoft Teams on macOS?

texts:
I want to delete the cache of the Microsoft Teams on my Macbook Air.
Please let me know how to do it.


texts: How to use an existing Apple ID to download free apps from App Store without using Credit Card?

texts:
I have an Apple ID which I had registered years back (when I had bought my Ipod Shuffle). I wanted to use the same Apple ID to download apps on my newly purchased MBP - but whenever I try to login with that Apple ID, it tells me "This ID hasn't been used with Itunes", and proceeds to let me "Review" it. In the last step, I'm asked to furnish credit card information, which I don't want to, since all I want to do is to be able to download free apps !!

So, do I have to register a second Apple ID just for downloading free apps ??


texts: Oxygen25 MIDI keyboard won't work with Pro Tools 9

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I have Pro Tools 9.0.2 and a third Gen Oxygen25 MIDI keyboard connected by USB. Both are made by Avid, yet I can't get them to work together.

The keyboard even works with Logic Pro 9, just not Pro Tools 9.

I'm running OS X 10.6.8 on a MacBook Pro (15-inch).


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I bought Mac Pro, I have been trapped with Java. I am a Unix and Windows user.

I've never faced these kind of issues before with Java. Previously, I had some issues with the Java path, which I asked here and that got resolved. After that, I upgraded to 10.7 from 10.6 and I lost Java.

I had installed Java several times after that, JDK 6 and JDK 7, both. But, neither works.

Even the java -version command does not work after installing.

When I am trying to download the dmg file from http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1515 and trying to install, it says "Newer version already installed".

Is there a way, I can get it resolved?

Edit: Doing ls in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework gives me no output.


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My iPad won't rotate the screen anymore when I turn it. It just happend (like all problems of course) without any cause.

I've done everything I can think of.

Double tap on the Home button, swipe left and toggle the switch
Toggle the switch on the left side of the iPad with 'rotation lock' set to on
Reboot the iPad
Restore the iPad

I'm out of options... Anyone with more options? Or is it hardware to blame?


texts: mac Book air shows abttery loaded 99 % but still needs to plug the chager

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hello Iread so many things. it seems no one faced my situation.
my mac book air battery is loaded at 99 % but if I disconnect the charger mac book closes

before that, it often happened that randomely mac book air closes and to restart again i need to plug with charger. when I check battery it was loaded generally around 50 %

who can help me ?
thank you


texts: PCIe SSD swap from MacBook Air 2016 to newer model

texts:
My sept 16 MacBook Air has overheated and died completely. I have spoken to Apple tech and to computer specialists and apparently the only people who can retrieve data from the ssd card is seagate and another national company that want to charge me more than the laptop (Apple never made an adapter to do this nor do they do data transfer apparently).
PROBLEM! The laptop died whilst in the middle of writing a very important essay and naturally didn’t have time to back up....so can I swap this ssd card into a newly purchased MacBook Air, retrieve and back up this data quick and bin this ssd for the new one? Is the 2017-2018 MacBook ssd the same as the 2016 models? Will this damage the new machine?

I’m desperate for my work.


texts: How can i get delivery confirmation for sent sms?

texts:
I recently bought an iPhone and can't get the delivery confirmation when i send an sms.
I went from reading this thread at Apple forums and have some clarifications.

Old phones seems to can, last week my super old nokia sends me delivery confirmation when i send sms so isn't a network lack or issue. I have the exact same SIM, just swap the old phone for a new one.
With my older phone i didn't prepend any command to send an sms. That seems another argument depending of the carrier. I have the exact same numbers and i'm doing the exact same thing for sending its.

I wish to get back that feature to know when an sms is delivered or not.
Any help appreciated.


texts: Why does Safari on the iPhone sometimes display a broken play image for YouTube videos?

texts:
Sometimes I get this "cannot play" image instead of a YouTube video.  The video looks normal on a computer, so I'm not sure why this happens.  Reloading the page in Safari doesn't help.

Here's the page I was visiting: http://www.boweryboogie.com/2010/11/basketball-diary-trick-shots-on-the-lower-east%C2%A0side.html#more-19961


texts: MacPro: Flashing world logo, can't go into any mode, incorrect password types itself

texts:
When I turned on my mac this morning, the world logo flashed and then took ages to boot up and finally when my logon screen came up. An extremely long password started typing itself out. I deleted this and typed in the correct password (it is correct, been using it for five years) but it won't allow me access.

I've tried rebooting with
 Cmd ⌘   S
 Cmd ⌘  R
 Cmd ⌘   Opt ⌥  PR
and whatever else I've seen on forums and nothing works.

It still takes me to the log in screen and types in the long password and shakes when I type in the correct one.
Is there any other way to fix this? If not how do i reinstall the drive when everything i do still takes me to the log in screen?


texts: Solarized dark + Zsh for terminal looks off

texts: In some cases, I can't use iTerm2 and have to use the default terminal. The text is extremely hard to read, especially the black text on dark blue background. Is there a reason it's not the same as the iTerm2 Solarized theme? Is there a way to fix this? I imported the theme from the same themes file: http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized


texts:
I have recently faced a critical issue with my iMac (since June 2016). The problem showed up after installing OSX El Capitan. It shutdown randomly and suddenly. It's as if the power cord has been disconnected. And it doesn't restart when I press the power on button. I have to switch off the power socket, wait for a few minutes, then it can be turned back on.

After 3 visits to Apple Store to fix this, they ran same test to see if it's a hardware- or softwareproblem (negative), the ram-module is replaced, they have done a clean install and it's still the same problem.

Is there anyone who has a solution for this problem?

to be continued...


texts: How to run multiple commands on reboot using launchctl/plist?

texts:
In OS X, you can write a plist file in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ (or something similar, depending on what permissions/users you like it to be operated on), and load it using launchctl to make it function on reboot. However, is it possible to define multiple commands in the plist file, and if that's the case, how can I define it?

For example, suppose that I want to run a series of Python programs, such as:

python first_script.py

And then I want to run the script after the first script is done (so I cannot just define those two scripts in two different plist files, since it doesn't guarantee which one to be executed first), I want to run this script:

python second_script.py

I use OS X Mavericks 10.9.2.

bonus

This is not what I want to do right now and comes from nothing but curiosity, but is it also possible to execute the second program depending upon the result of the first program? So for example:

python first_script.py

And if this script succeeds:

python second_script.py --result true

And if it fails:

python second_script.py --result false --reason XXX


texts: Final Cut Pro hangs when the import screen tries to look at iPhone

texts:
If I use Final Cut Pro to try and import video off of my iPhone 6s, about 1 out of every 2 or 3 times it will become Not Responsive and within a few minutes use all available system RAM and I'm forced to Force Quit the app. I have the first gen Retina 5K iMac so in general it's a powerful machine but it dies on the iPhone processing. Looking in the Console around the time of the hang I do notice a large amount of errors like this :

Sandbox: AssetCacheLocato(3407) deny(1) file-read-data

and then a path. Any thoughts on what I can do to stop the crash/hang?

Update:
Per Apple's troubleshooting steps, I tried these exact same steps in a different user account on my machine, and everything works perfectly. I've deleted all FCP preferences in Library but my normal user account is still doing this. Are there other user specific files for FCP other than those listed in the Apple Support Doc?


texts: Macbook 2016 shutdowns during start, safe mode working

texts:
I bought an Apple MacBook with Retina display (Core M, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD) and today I was experiencing the first problem with it.
I was unable to log in to my account. During the login process mac turned off unexpectedly. After few tries I realized that I'm able to login as guest. After some Googling I tried to restore my Mac.

First step, in guide I found, wants to turn off FileVault. So I did it. After reboot my Mac was unable to boot completely. First few seconds looks promising, Apple logo appeared, loading bar so. At almost 3/4 of loading Mac turned off.

Ok, I said, maybe it wants to continue the restore process.

So I booted up restore (Cmd+R), with Disk Utility erased Macbook HD partition and started the installation process. After first reboot it continued in "bootup screen" with time remaining text. After second, or third reboot it looks like it is finally booting, but again at 3/4 of loading it turned off.

So I tried to start it with Shift key holding (of course after few retries). Mac booted successfully in Safe mode. I finished the installation, created account and rebooted. And again at 3/4 Mac turned off!

I was looking for some logs, but unsuccessful. The time when turn off happened the /var/log/system.log have nothing it it.

I can successfully log in in safe mode and single user mode. I tried SCM restart and NVRAM restart.

I'm attaching verbose mode in slow motion video, but I can't find the problem. Also I'm attaching system.log. For example the unsuccessful boot happened at ~21:53 after reboot from safe mode. Next successful safe mode boot was at 21:55:25

system.log: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/1d7eaa49d125c67f10e9460b081128e0

Video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zaee2vlkLzo


texts: Adding templates to mail software in OSX Lion

texts: I have downloaded a couple of stationery templates for Apple's Mail application, but I don't know how to add them to the software so I can use them when composing messages. Anyone know how?


texts: I use several news apps on my iPhone X. When I read an article, I often want to search for a specific term within the article (similar to Ctrl-F, "Find", in a browser). How do I do that?


texts: Is it possible to use a serial terminal (e.g. VT420) with a modern Mac?

texts: I've found lots of tutorials for using a Mac to control a serial device, but not the other way around.  I've got a DEC VT520 terminal and a recent Mac Pro, is there a way (with a USB adapter) to get a shell on my Mac from a hardware serial console?  Basically I'm looking for an OS X version of the "Ubuntu Serial Console HowTo".  Or is this so ridiculous that no one has tried it?


texts: How to create List of Tables / Figures with references in Pages

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Do you know any effective way of making a list of figures and tables in Pages that would "look good". I was thinking about defining a style of my own, but I have not found such possibility. What I would like to achieve:

Left and center column are aligned right, Right is aligned to the left.
Add reference of each table/figure (when clicked, the editor or the generated .pdf jumps to the tab).
Pages are updated automatically if some of the tables/figures is moved on another page.

My best achievement: I can do all the manually, which is very ineffective - for example changing pages, etc. I have not made references (I guess it may be done by adding a link to the name). I name all the figure and tables by using the new feature in Pages 10.


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The Apple FAQ has this same question, but doesn't really have an answer. To quote:

What is the Mac App Store refund policy?
If you experience a technical issue with an app, first contact the developer of the app for assistance. Their support contact information can be found on the app's page in the Mac App Store. If that does not resolve the issue, contact Mac App Store Customer Support.

So the policy is that I contact someone for help... but can I actually get a refund? Suppose I buy an app that claims to play avi files, but it only works with three out of four files I throw at it. Would that kind of problem typically result in a refund?


texts: What Bluetooth profiles are available for headphone connections on iPhone and iPad?

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Getting good sound quality on Bluetooth headset seems to depend far more on the Bluetooth profiles used on a connection than the quality of the headset itself.
AAC is quoted in many articles as "the profile you need for Apple devices", and although I found helpful information about finding out the Bluetooth profile used on a given connection, there seems to be no reliable information whether or not AAC really is the only available high-quality audio profile on Apple's mobile OSs.
So, which Bluetooth profiles are available for headphone (stereo audio from device to headphone only) and headset (stereo audio from device to headset, likely mono audio from headset to device, simultaneously) use when used with iOS and iPadOS 14?


texts: Is there an iPad app which will let me use the orientation of my iPad to emulate a joystick on PC?

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I would like to be able to play games on my Windows PC using a joystick instead of keyboard and/or mouse as controls. However I don't have a joystick. I could buy one, but I want to see if I could use my iPad as a joystick. I want to be able to tilt the iPad and the angle of the iPad to be the joystick input to the computer. It should be possible to make an app like this; the question is whether anyone has made an app like this.
There is an app called Custom Control Pad which works as a joystick input to a computer. However, it does not appear to have a feature to read the iPad's orientation - you can only use an on screen joystick or sliders. I've tried contacting the makers of CCP but their forum does not appear to be working.


texts: Mavericks - User Account unavailable at login

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I have a Macbook Pro running Mavericks. I was using it just fine, stepped away and it had gone into powersave mode. Upon my return I turned it back on, no response, so I held the power down for a short while and then rebooted. Now my user account is missing. I can see Administrator or Guest.

This is a company supplied Macbook so I don't have the administrator password.

Any ideas as to what has happened? I can see my user folder is still there is I login as Guest.


texts: Terminal Sub-pixel Rendering improvement?

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I recently noticed that the Menlo font is rendered differently in OS X El Capitan, depending on the application being used. After tinkering a bit with AppleFontSmoothing, I noticed that the crucial difference was by how Terminal rendered white/bright text on black/dark background compared to other applications like Emacs, Xcode and TextEdit. While the other applications render fonts "heavier" in this configuration compared to black text on white background, I couldn't see any difference in Terminal. The effect is - in my opinion - a leaner and more readable text. Please see attached screenshot for comparison.

Example: Terminal on the left, Emacs on the right side

Xcode and TextEdit will render the font similarly to Emacs when AppleFontSmoothing is globally set to minimal. What's going on here, is there a way to apply this in other applications as well? I think the way Terminal renders the font is a major improvement, and would like to see this in all applications.