texts: Can anyone help me figuring out what's wrong with my drive structure?

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I've realized something is wrong with my disks/drives/partitions structure when I tried countless installing Windows via Bootcamp but it would always fail.

Please take a look at what I have:

This is it. Please let me know if you guys need more information. I just wish to clean up the mess and reset the disk structure to the same one that I'd be getting with a clean install. For instance, I don't know what that "VM" volume is. I dont have a VM. I feel it is all a mess.
Also disk2 is just a SD card, nothing wrong with it. Problem lies with disk1.


texts: MacBook Pro (mid 2012) can't start with 3 alarms and sometimes can't wake from sleep

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I have a MacBook Pro (mid 2012) and I have changed the hard disk to a Crucial_CT250MX200SSD and changed the RAM to CRUCIAL CT8G3S160BM. My Operate System is OS X 10.11.4.

First, I found sometimes my Mac wouldn't wake after sleep and I have to force it to restart. Then after sometime, I found it even couldn't start: black screen with 3 alarms. Sometimes it could start after I tried again, but sometimes it wouldn't.

I have tried to change the RAM back to the original but the problem still appeared. The Genius Bar couldn't found the problem, neither.

This problem usually happened after I put it in my backpack and travel to a different place. So could it be caused by vibration? Actually, when it wouldn't start, pulling the RAM out and reinstalling it could help.

Does anyone have met similar problems? What may be the problem of my Mac? Thank you!!

edit (2017.1.26)

AHT results:


texts: Opened a zip file in a spam email which created a folder in the /net folder

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I accidentally opened a zip file from a spam email. There is a text file in the zip file which I have also clicked to view. Later, I checked that this file has the following content:

/net/us.e-fax.org/nfs/Documents

This has created an Archived.app in the root folder /net/us.e-fax.org/nfs/Documents which I can access from my browser. Now I am a little bit scared that it might be some sort of spyware/keylogger or something which can read my files etc. I have tried to remove the folder us.e-fax.org in the /net folder but I was only able to remove it by unmounting the /net folder. How can I clean my system from this pest?


texts: AppleScript to identify the current status of Network Connection?

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What is the AppleScript to identify the current status of MacBook Pro's network connection (Yosemite 10.10.3)

Connected via Iphone USB on/off (Hotspotting to Iphone)
Connected via WIFI ON on/off
Connected via Ethernet on/off
No Connection

I want to add this condition check into my Automator Workflow, so workflows run similar to many of the IOS Apps that have the setting "do not send files / do not download unless connected to WIFI"


texts: Why does my iphone weirdly autocorrect any in-app text field when I type out my email with '@@@'?

texts: This is bizarre but it's been plaguing me for over a year now. Whenever there is an in-app text-field and I type in my email address, the iphone autocorrects my email to '@@@'. It appears as a suggestion/hint but I rarely can dismiss it without it actually replacing the email I had just typed with @@@. This started about 18 months ago. It's driving me batty. It only does it with my email address and only seems to do it in apps - I have noticed it happening in netflix as well as the many Ionic apps I have developed. How do I fix and why does it do that?


texts: What is this executable file named "Icon?" doing in my applications folder (and other folders)?

texts: Is this file a malware? Anyone know why these unix executables keep appearing in my folders? This is a fresh installation of macOS High Sierra.


texts: iCloud Keychain refuses to setup on Catalina

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I'm running the macOS Catalina public beta on a partition of my 2012 MacBook Air. I've been trying to get iCloud Keychain to work (the only thing holding me back from upgrading my main partition), but when I click Set Up it asks me to setup 2FA, then, when I deny (because I don't have an iPhone yet and it would be really annoying) it says "Are you sure?" and then when I say yes it just says "Setting up" which continues for eternity. I've checked on my other device (2011 iMac running High Sierra) and there are no popups or anything. Video of my troubles.
I have come up with three hypothesise:

Keychain now requires 2FA
It's a bug
I am being stupid

If it turns out to be the third one, what am I doing wrong?
System specs:


texts: Is there a way to hide the unread count badge in Mountain Lion's Mail.app?

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Mail.app used to have the ability to hide the unread count badge, as shown on this 37signals blog post:

It seems that Apple has removed this in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Is there any way to restore this functionality and remove the badge?


texts: LaCie Rugged Safe Firewire Write Speed / Faster from a windows virtual machine?

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I just bought a LaCie Rugged Safe Hard drive, and I am a bit disappointed by the sustained write speed that I measured.

Here is what I see  :

sustained read speed : about 55MB/s
sustained write speed about 12MB/s if the disk is formatted with HFS/journaled
sustained write speed about 20MB/s if the disk is formatted with HFS/Not journaled
sustained write speed about 55MB/s if the disk is formatted with HFS/Not journaled, but I write to it through a Parallels Desktop virtual machine !!!

Does anyone have a clue on a possible reason why the sustained write speed would be faster from a virtual machine?

Also, does anyone what I should do to have the same write speed from Mac OS?

Technical info

I do not need to connect the disk as a Virtual Machine device, I need only to access it as a disk that is shared by the host OS
The disk is connected via a firewire 800 cable
It is the most recent LaCie Rugged Safe 1Go drive
Here is the output of a mount command

$mount
/dev/disk2s2 on /Volumes/LaCie-Rugged (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, noowners)


texts:
I'm trying to set my hackintosh pc to turn on at every sunrise and to run iTunes as the macOS boots up using bash or AppleScript without 3rd-party apps.
I reached the point in my script when I need some help to let iTunes autorun with system boot only after sunrise time, but not with every other boot or restart. For this I have sunrise time variable in bash script and would like to try to link it with the cron job or find any other solution to run iTunes at everytime changing sunrise time.

Here is my script code, which updates sunrise time from the specific website every hour and works fine with waking / turning on my hackintosh at sunrise time:

#!/bin/bash

# Downloading webpage which contains the current sunrise time for my timezone
curl -L timezone.ru/suncalc.php?tid=193 > ~/sunrise-time &&

# Parsing the sunrise time stamp from the downloaded file
sunrise=$(grep 'Восход</b>: ' ~/sunrise-time | grep -o '[0-9]:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]') &&

# Setting mac wake-up/turinng-on time reading variable from the previous line
echo "SYSTEMPASSWORD" | sudo -S /usr/bin/pmset -a repeat wakeorpoweron MTWRFSU $sunrise

All I need now as I said is to run iTunes only when my hackintosh boots up after sunrise time, but not need to run it at any other time when system boots up or restarts.

I tried to use offered by l0b0 at command  with some attributes but with no luck, maybe I didn't understand the proper usage of it.

Thanks for your help!


texts: I'm aware of applications such as this which allow windows to be "halved", allowing the screen to be divided up. But are there any apps out there that split the Mac screen within applications and within windows? I'm aware that split screen editing is available in Microsoft Word and Excel, but is there an app which is allows a universal split screen across all applications?


texts: "Your computer restarted because of a problem" when installing macOS Big Sur in external SSD?

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I have a 21.5 inch retina iMac (2017) which has a malfunction internal SSD, so Ive been using it with a SAMSUNG external SSD connected via USBC/Thunderbolt port to the iMac.
This has been working for a couple of years now, the problem is that I was on Mac OS Mojave and when I want to update either to macOS Sierra, HighSierra or Big Sur, the installation process fails and enters in one of the following scenarios:

Message "Your computer restarted because of a problem" when installing, this generates an infinite loop and the installation is never finished.
Just a infinite loop, for example when is in "Installing software update X%" it restarts and enters in a infinite loop.

I've tried installing macOS with a Bootable USB and with a Software update from Mac OS Mojave, none of this works.
Is there anything that I can do? If I go and install Mac OS Mojave, everithing goes well.
Also is important to mention that anytime I try to do a bootable USB installation, I erase the SSD to "AFPS" and rename it to "Macintosh HD".
Thanks in advance


texts: What are the major advantages of the Late 2013 rMBP 15'' high-end model over custom configurations of its low-end counterpart?

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I mean other than what you can configure, like RAM and SSD capacity and CPU speed and the fact that the ME294 comes with NVDIA Graphics as well as the Iris is there anything else different? Like motherboard (logic board they call them?) features, or Chipsets on the board?

To put it differently, I usually see similar laptops on Apple online store, with one model starting at lower price and if you choose more RAM/CPU/HDD on the lower end option it looks like you get to the higher end model, both price-wise and spec-wise is there anything else other that what meets the eyes to be considered?

EDIT: So by the looks of it, it is not just a matter of difference in RAM, HDD, CPU speed, that separates the lower end models from higher end models, they are really different things, in some cases it may be just a small difference, but in some it may be significant, I think I got my answer. From the comments.
And for the reference the models are like ME293LL and ME294LL


texts: xxd not found in Recovery Mode, Mac OS X 10+

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In Recovery Mode, I was trying to access my password hashes, except bash 3.2 returned command not found for xxd.

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Macbook pro early 2011 model motherboard short circuted on connecting data cable to USB port

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I have macbook pro early 2011 MC700 model. Few days back I was using it on battery and connected my samsung phone data cable to USB port and when I was about to connect other end of cable to my phone, macbook crashed. I took it to service centre and after few days technician told me macbook motherboard has short circuted and it need to be replaced. My macbook is just 3 month old and warranty has saved me from the cost of repair. I want to know what exactly is reason of short circuit. Is it fault in that model or this kind of short circuit of motherboard on connecting data cable is a common phenomenon. Now in future I will think twice before connecting my USB cable or pendrive to USB port of macbook. What can be exact reason of shortcircuit of motherboard. Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Anuj


texts: Where does the Mac store account pictures?

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I took a picture to add to my account on Mac.

Now I want to use it on messenger, but I can't find it. On the account config, it's too small. I need to find the original.

Where are the accout pictures stored on a Mac?


texts: How do I get rid of the spinning wheel and the flashing question mark? I have tried utility disk repair. I was unable to use the repair button because it is not a highlighted option. I have tried using my Mac keeper to get rid of the spinning wheel but it keeps coming back. What can I do about this problem that I am having?


texts: How is the /AppleInternal directory hidden from users on macOS?

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If you didn't know macOS has a well hidden directory called  "/AppleInternal" that is pretty secretive. It's not possible to ls or rm it and I've never seen it referenced before with anything other than fs_usage, where it was being listed frequently as /AppleInternal or /AppleInternal>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with usually between 5 and 20 >.

Thought it was some reference to something other than a directory but the / before AppleInternal made me wonder and google has an article about how to enable it, which apparently added some hidden features to Xcode.

I booted into recovery and used mkdir (you aren't allowed to do it outside of recovery mode) and there is now a folder with that name but its empty. fs_usage no longer makes any reference to /AppleInternal and ls shows the created date as when I used mkdir. Seems like a questionable use if it could just be done away with once discovered as well as be hidden so well and referenced so frequently prior to adding my own.

Seems like a fairly good place to hide malware really.

I found a single, vague reference to AppleInternal in all of the man pages. It's in ani (Apple Net Install) which says AppleInternal and AppleInternalAssistant are both dmg image types.

So does anyone have any idea how it is able to hide so well or have any additional information on its true purpose?


texts: Are there any dual monitor adapters for the Mini Display port that support true multi monitor mode?  For example the Matrox Dual Head To Go just makes your computer think it's connected to a 3360x1050 display rather than 2 1680*1080 displays and you have to do lots of work arounds to ensure that the dock doesn't span both monitors and alerts don't show in the middle of the monitors etc.


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I had a crash of my Mac right in the middle of saving a Pages document I was working on. It turned out that SSD broke. I had the computer repaired, the SSD replaced, and I have also recovered the entire computer from my last Time Machine backup (which had a previous version of the critical file, of course, backed up a day before the crash).
And everything seems to be fine, except that I cannot open the very same Pages document:
when I try to open it, Pages gets stuck in the "Opening ..." dialog, showing the progress bar fully filled (100%). In addition, Finder has a difficulty showing the preview of that file - it display the contents with a very, very long delay (minutes).
I tried to remove the ...com.apple.iWork.Pages.savedState directory, as suggested in another answer, without success.


texts: Does right clicking always select the text below the cursor on a mac?

texts:
I am pretty new to mac, I am on a desktop mac with a Logitech mouse.

Every time I right click on some text - it selects the word under the cursor.

Is this normal? If it is - is there any way to avoid this.
For example - I need to copy the link address in a browser, but when I right click - it selects the text and gives me a different context menu which doesn't have the copy link URL option.


texts: Do I need drivers to use a full-sized Apple keyboard with my MacBook Pro?

texts:
I have a 2009 MacBook Pro and just purchased a wired Apple Keyboard with numeric keypad. I really wanted dedicated navigation keys, and it is working great in Eclipse after a bit of configuration. I also wanted proper mappings for Word given how non-standard it feels, and this works well out of the box. I've set up the extra function keys to swap between Spaces - all working fine.

However, in other apps like FireFox, the home and end keys are not working.

Do I need special drivers for the keyboard? I've checked the support site and found nothing relating to my keyboard.


texts:
2020 MacBook Pro M1 (Apple silicon) I've installed MacPorts dbus with sudo port install dbus, and then loaded with sudo port load dbus which responds
--->  Loading startupitem 'dbus-system' for dbus
--->  Loading startupitem 'dbus-session' for dbus

However, dbus-daemon --session never seems to run.  What can I do to get it running?


texts:
Can I completely isolate apps on mac from the internet, without installing any additional software ?

I need a sort of firewall to isolate them
thanks


texts: I have a problem with "NOTES" on my iPad. I have missing notes that appear to be deleted. I have been trying to get on to iCloud to see if I can find them ther, but I can't seem to login. I'm going through a divorce & have important notes. It seems like my wife has somehow logged into my iCloud account & deleted them. Is ther a way to find them?


texts: Shortcut key to send new Messages.app text

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I was wondering if there is a way to have a system wide shortcut key to display Messages.app with the "New Message" window open so that I can quickly send messages.

Something like the little popup in Notifications sidebar would be perfect! See screenshot!


texts: Boot macOS on Lenovo machine from hard drive of MacBook pro that is dead

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I have a Lenovo system with Ubuntu installed on it.

What I'm trying to do is use the Lenovo system to boot macOS that was installed on a hard drive of a MacBook Pro that died.

I saw several posts on creating bootable drives or backing up data from dead MacBooks, but none that specifies how you can boot into hard drive of a MacBook from a Lenovo (or any non-Mac system).


texts:
Does deleting an old backup just delete the backup? So that I have more room in my iCloud to do another backup?

Just want to make sure if it doesn't wipe out everything on my iPhone.


texts: Blank grey screen after MacBook boots halfway

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro from late 2011 (8,2). When I hit the power button, I hear the chime, then I see the apple logo, then a progress bar appears underneath. It goes to about halfway, then suddenly turns black, then fades to grey. And then nothing. It's not responsive to any keystrokes or clicks. The processor runs really hot and the fans run at full speed. Both fans are running properly.

Booting to safe mode gives the same result, as does trying to boot to the recovery partition or using Internet Recovery. When choosing the boot device, the only option is the recovery disk. That doesn't work either.

Resetting the NVRAM/PRAM and SMC have done nothing.

Single user mode is no help either. It doesn't let me mount the drive because "disk1s1 is write locked".

I've tried disconnecting the hard drive, wifi adapter, and optical drive, all to no avail. I've also tried only using one stick of RAM at a time (neither of which seem to be original, as they're 2 sticks of 8GB ram, although they're compatible according to Crucial's website).

I'm totally at a loss here. I've spent the entire day on this and have no idea what to do. I've looked all over Apple Stack exchange. Even Apple Support couldn't help me.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.


texts: How to ensure Slack runs safely in sandbox?

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For work I use my personal laptop and I am required to run Slack to keep in contact with coworkers however it occurs to me that this could potentially be used as an invasive surveillance tool unless it is forced to run in a sandbox.

For instance what if it  were allowed to scan my file system, including any attached USB thumb drives, and what if it  were allowed to take screenshots? What if there is a built-in keylogger? I need to make sure that this software is not being used for improper purposes. We all know how power can be abused, and how even a little bit of power over people can  tempt a weak person to do  bad things.

IIRC I downloaded it using the Mac App Store.

Questions:

Does anyone know how I  can  determine  what the default  sandbox setting  of this app is?

If the app is bypassing the sandboxing mechanism how do I nevertheless enforce sandboxing?

Has anyone here managed to  detect open files (using lsof on the command line) that Slack was accessing, that might indicate suspicious activity?


texts: In AppleScript or JavaScript how can you click menu item?

texts:
I need to change a theme using a script for Mojave, Alfred and Sourcetree. I've already successfully done this with Mojave and Alfred using this script:

var alfredLightTheme = "Alfred"
var alfredDarkTheme = "Alfred Dark"

function run(args) {
    args = args ? args : []
    var systemEvents = Application("System Events")
    var alfred = Application("Alfred 3")

    if (args && args == 'dark') {
        systemEvents.appearancePreferences.darkMode = true
        alfred.setTheme(alfredDarkTheme)
    } else if (args && args == 'light') {
        systemEvents.appearancePreferences.darkMode = false
        alfred.setTheme(alfredLightTheme)
    } else {
        systemEvents.appearancePreferences.darkMode = !systemEvents.appearancePreferences.darkMode()
        alfred.setTheme(systemEvents.appearancePreferences.darkMode() ? alfredDarkTheme : alfredLightTheme)
    }

}

For Sourcetree it seems I need to click the menu items but how can I do that?


texts: Using TV as monitor for Macbook Pro while running Boot Camp

texts: I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro (has Thunderbolt port) and I would like to use a TV as my monitor. I understand this is possible if you are running OS X but what about Windows?


texts: Removing WebEx Teams integration from iPhone phone/contracts

texts:
Unfortunately I need WebEx Teams installed and I only ever use it in app, however it has hooked into my contacts and phone dialler giving me a heap of Teams options that are extremely annoying.
For example: When clicking call from a contact view, a dialog is presented asking to dial via phone number or via Teams. If the contact is also an Apple user, then the same happens for video call, otherwise just Teams is shown for video call.
There is no situation ever that I want anything related to Teams outside of the Teams app itself. Is there an iOS option to remove this integration with other parts of the phone?


texts: Is there a Reading List extension for Chrome? I have a deep, dark hatred of Safari, but Reading List seems more convenient than Pocket of Readability. Or, is there a way to access it by any non-safari means at all?


texts: Prevent macOS from ever using AirPods as an audio input device

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I'm trying to prevent macOS from ever using my AirPods as the audio input device, as that absolutely kills the audio quality of their output. This is not just an "only an audiophile would hear the difference" kind of thing, the audio actually sounds like it's being routed over the phone around the planet.
As far as I can tell macOS offers no way of disabling an input device altogether, not from the audio system settings or the Audio MIDI Setup. Or at least that doesn't appear possible for devices such as AirPods.
macOS wants to enable my AirPods as the default input device every time I put them in/on or even if (when paired to macOS) I unlock an iOS device and it checks if it should automatically switch over to that.
I have tried fittingly named features of both the app ToothFairy and AirBuddy but from what I can gather they only set the devices on first connect and can't watch for changes macOS tries later.
My current solution is running a short script in the background constantly, which checks the currently set input device every second and change that back if it looks like AirPods. This is obviously far from ideal, but at least it kinda works. I was unfortunately unable to find any NSNotification macOS fires on audio input changes to react to that instead, maybe watching coreaudiod logs here is a solution instead?
Is there any other saner option to disable AirPods as input devices or force macOS into always using the same input device?
(In case an Apple employee reads this, I have filed the following feedback: FB8970518)


texts: How can I browse the directories of an external drive even when it is not attached?

texts:
I am new to this. Is there any script that analyzes and creates an XML files the entire file structure of any external hard drive that  is connected to the computer,including all the fill names in all the folders.And i want to store the xml document to the computer even after removing the hard drive. Can anyone help me by giving an idea or a tutorial or link which will me?

Thank you


texts:
Microsoft Office for Mac does not have Retina support, which is a pain to look at while working on documents.
Is there a similar application that delivers the same efficiency and experience as Microsoft Word that has Retina support ?


texts: Folder displaying in terminal but not finder

texts:
Alright, so I just started beginning web development using my mac. My localhost says "It works" and I read somewhere I need to add my code files etc in Library/WebServer/Documents.

However, inside my Library, I do not see any WebServer folder. I can only see WebKit.

But if I try to locate the folder with terminal, it exists right there inside /Library.

What mystery is this? Please help me out.


texts: Can you still download Yosemite? If not can I clean install Yosemite from a USB stick made for another machine?

texts:
I've got several computers that I manage. Last week just before the release of El Capitan I upgraded one of them to Yosemite; I now want to upgrade the rest to Yosemite (the reason I'm not going straight to El Capitan is that a core piece of daily software I use doesn't work with it yet).

The other machines I want to upgrade are all currently running 10.8.x (not sure what version but it's the latest).

Is it possible to still download a copy of Yosemite to install?

I've also got a copy of Yosemite saved to a USB stick that I used for the clean install of one of the computers. Could I just use this to clean install Yosemite onto the other computers? The first computer I used this on was an MBP late 2012 going from 10.9 to 10.10 while the other computers are a mixture of Mac Minis and MBPs going from 10.8 to 10.10. Would they need a different version of Yosemite to install or is it all the same version?


texts:
On a consistent basis, I try to close any open apps to save battery life. I close the apps by double clicking the home screen button & then swipe the apps upward on the touchscreen to close. However, this is my concern.

Sometimes, when I check to see if any apps are open, to my surprise, a message can be open or a pic that I did not open.

Is it likely my iPhone is being remotely accessed? It's locked at all times. I occasionally change the pass code as an extra security measure; installed the apps "Look Out" and "VPN Defender" but the issue is still happening. Not certain what is going on. Concerned someone is remotely accessing my apps/iPhone in the background; possibly by jail break software that is successfully able to do this using my phone number or apple phone ID.


texts: iPod Touch Connected To WiFi But Bars Don’t Appear In Status Bar

texts:
This only just started happening. Settings reports I am connected to the network, and I can browse the web in Safari, update apps, receive emails etc., but next to where it says "iPod" in the status bar, the little WiFi strength symbol is no longer displayed. Does anyone have an idea why, and how I can fix it?

Thanks, jrtc27


texts: View or empty rubbish bin of other volume?

texts:
I would like to open (and empty) the Bin on a different volume.

It is an APFS volume.

I have tried looking in /Volumes/other/.Trashes/ and /Volumes/other/Users/sam/.Trash/, but these locations don't seem to exist.


texts: Authentication Server could not be contacted

texts:
Our OS X Server machine has had no issue at all with being in the Windows AD domain right up until we updated it to OS X 10.10. Now it behaves bizarrely, refuses to connect to our Exchange mail server, and even rejects the DNS lookup for all of the other servers on the network.

I tried removing and readding the Server to the domain, but I get

"Unable to add server.

Authentication server could not be contacted (5200)"

Is there any way of finding out what the solution may be?


texts: Mountain Lion System Freeze - Poor Memory Handling?

texts:
Useful details: Core2Duo mid 2010 Macbook Air, 128Gb SSD, 2Gb RAM.

Since I upgraded to Mountain Lion I've had this occur a few times. I'll be running my system and it'll completely freeze, no response to keyboard or trackpad other than the ability to hard power off.

In general it's when I have VirtualBox, Safari, Sublime Text 2, Terminal and Spotify running, but it'll be fine up until some unknown point and then thats it. Occasionally it'll unfreeze and I'll have messages about UI updates being suspended by (insert app here), but most of the time it forces the fans on high and starts trying to crunch on something.

Mountain Lion seems a bit snappier than Snow Leopard was for me on  this machine, but it seems to be a large chunk worse for memory management, has anyone run across similar issues? Starting points for me to try optimise?


texts: Is there a way to skip a brew package when upgrading?

texts:
When I try to upgrade my brew packages, the composer package keeps throwing an error:
==> Upgrading composer 1.10.13 -> 2.0.11
==> Downloading https://getcomposer.org/download/2.0.11/composer.phar
Already downloaded: /Users/me/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/3555b6c6fce103b369f42c5c4f1b567b76bfb71f838b9bdcadddcffc7d279a22--composer.phar
Error: SHA256 mismatch
Expected: eabf2917072096a94679193762501319e621e2b369a4a1256b2c27f4e6984477
  Actual: d6eee0d4637f4bd82bdae098fceda300dcb3ec35bf502604fbe7510933b8f952
    File: /Users/me/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/3555b6c6fce103b369f42c5c4f1b567b76bfb71f838b9bdcadddcffc7d279a22--composer.phar
To retry an incomplete download, remove the file above.

Deleting the package per the suggestion above doesn't help.
I don't see an option to skip a package to upgrade with --help but maybe I'm missing something?


texts:
A few days ago I noticed that the current temperature in the Today widget in Notification Center was wrong. The Weather widget said it was in the 70's, but the Today widget said it was currently in the 30's.

I did some googling for solutions, and while I didn't find that specific problem, I found various suggestions to remove the widget and add it back. I did that, and now the Today widget simply doesn't show any temperature at all.

I also tried the suggestion of unchecking and checking "Weather" in System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Location Services.

The Today widget is in the Notification Center, and it has other information like upcoming calendar and reminder events, just not today's weather.

UPDATE:

The weather information has returned to the Today widget.  I rebooted a couple of times over the weekend -- once because my battery ran out, and later because I was installing Security Update 2007-01; maybe that triggered it. However, I don't think the current weather is correct. It says it's mostly cloudy, but it's at least 90% clear, and the weather widget confirms that it's sunny. weather.com says Sunny, winds WNW 10-15 MPH, not NW 17 MPH. And it doesn't include the temperature at all in the Today widget, like it did before the original problem.


texts:
I have a iphone 3gs which has a ios 6.1.6.
I want to download ios 7 to run applications like Facebook, SoundCloud, etc.
But it cant be downloaded on my device which seems fully updated.

How may I upgrade it?


texts: How to see all options configurable by "defaults write ..."

texts:
Many Mac apps have "hidden" configurable options that can be modified in Terminal by using the defaults write ... command. This is straightforward to do if you know the name of the option that you want to configure ahead of time.

Is a list of values that each application actually uses tucked away somewhere in a master config file?

How do people discover these options without a list of all configurable options for a given Application?


texts: Wrong app comes to front after using mission control

texts:
I've been having this issue for a while now. I cant remember if it was a problem when I was using Mavericks, but I've only noticed it using Sierra.

Every time I initiate mission control (using either F3 or Three finger gesture upwards), if I click on a window, or even just want to return to the original window I was on, another open window comes to the front.

This issue is extremely frustrating, as I almost always end up having to click on the window I was originally on when I see it behind the other window that comes up.

I am using a Macbook Pro Early 2015 on MacOS Sierra Version 10.12.1


texts: AirDrop not working on ALL Wi-Fi networks

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I have recently discovered that AirDrop works with the Wi-Fi Networks on my school and office. But not on my Home Wi-Fi network.

I previously thought that AirDrop between my MacBook Air and iPhone 5S does not work. But it seems that the problem is in my Home Wi-Fi network. Any idea how to fix this?


texts: How to scan for visible Airdrop devices via Applecript?

texts: I'm trying to figure out a way to scan for nearby airdrop devices and display a list of them but I've had trouble finding relevant examples or documentation. Can anyone point me in the right direction?


texts: Is There Any Means to Enable Use of Chrome Extensions (.crx and likes) on iOS?

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I searched a while, on a Yandex and Google but to no avail so I'll ask:
I'm trying to use Chrome Extensions on an iPhone, not an easy task. I wonder if there's some solution that's not so known? Like, a funky side-loaded app' or even a jail-broken browser tweak?
I basically only want the ability to load a .crx file to a JavaScript on a web-site.


texts: OS X Yosemite desktop icon positioning problems

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I just updated my MacBook Pro 13 inch mid 2012 model to OS X Yosemite, and the icons on my desktop are behaving strangely. When I try to move a file or folder to a specific place to keep my desktop organized, it doesn't let me put them where I want them to go.

Below is a screenshot of my desktop. I tried to move the folder with the red 1 on it into the empty space where the 2 is, but it wouldn't let me, and the folder moved back to where it was. However, if i were to move the folder to the number 3, it would let me do this.


texts: How do I add a directory to PATH when using `zsh` in Sierra

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In macOS Sierra 10.12.x, what is the modern way to add a directory to the PATH environment variable that can work across shells or specifically work with zsh shell (I switched from the default bash to zsh).

I have seen some Questions and Answers such as this one that are bash-specific. And I have seen some such as this one about launchd but it seems I've read launchd is not the right right in later versions of macOS (not sure). I could find no specific references for Sierra, so I am posting now.

I am trying to install Maven with instructions saying:

  Add the bin directory of the created directory apache-maven-3.3.9 to the PATH environment variable


texts: Recover formatted Encrypted MacOS Extended volume to HFS+ (HFS+ Encrypted to HFS+)

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I've just accidentally formatted my 1TB HFS+ Encrypted partition (also known as Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)) to HFS+ (Mac OS Extended (Journaled)) and lost all my data!
Is it possible to bring all data back as it was (by changing the partition table or like This thread) or even scan file by file?
(I know the password. The whole disk is in 3 partition consist of NTFS and APFS file format if it matters)


texts: Installing El Capitan from a bootable DVD

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I have El Capitan on a bootable DVD. I restart my Mac and hold the option key until the disks come up and I choose EFI Boot (name of the disk is different than what it shows at the time of booting). DVD-ROM starts like a jet and a progress bar pops up. It goes all the way to very close to the end and then DVD-ROM stops and no more progress. I never have installed any OS X and now I am wondering if such a thing is possible at all. I checked the Boot ROM version and upgraded to the last version that matches my mac 8.1.

My question obviously is what should I do?


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We have about 10 Mac Minis in the office. All are running Mavericks. I want to update them all to Yosemite but each downloading the 5GB update seems a bit inefficient.

Is there any way to download Yosemite once and somehow get this onto each of the minis?


texts:
How do enable Control + Shift + Tab and Control + Tab for tmux in iTerm2 for macOS?

This question may be better suited for Unix & Linux Stack Exchange or Super User, except the configuration is somewhat macOS specific.

Right now I can't seem to figure out how to get the the \033[27;5;9~ send using hex code but it appears to do nothing.


texts: Error when using `sudo shutdown` on remote machine

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I'm remotely shutting down a bunch of Macs by using ssh to execute the shutdown command on each of them. I've asked the question before (Shutdown "no tty present and no askpass program specified"?) and got it working by adding ADMIN ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown -h now to the sudoers files as recommended.

In the meantime two of the remote Macs got upgraded to Sierra and I again get

sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified

even though the line in the sudoers file is still there.

What do I need to change to make this work with Sierra?


texts: How do I move an iPhoto '11 book project from one mac to another

texts: I have iPhoto '11 with Photostream set up on my Mac Mini and on my Macbook Pro. I'm getting rid of the macbook pro, but have a photo book I've been working on on it that I want to move over to my Mac Mini (to finish up the work and print it). Is there a way to do this? I have the same pictures on both computers, I just can figure out how to move the project...


texts: Is it possible to have my two AppleIDs tied to different services?

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I have two AppleIDs, for path dependent reasons. (I used a non-email one that got converted to a gmail address for iTunes purchases back in the nether times, and I have a me.com one from when mobileMe existed.)

The one that was just a user name and now a gmail email address is linked to:

iTunes Store purchases
iOS app purchases

The one on me.com is linked to:

MacOS (OS X ) app store
AppleTV and AppleTV+ (because I recently bought both a new phone and A-TV, so they gave me a free year; this does mean I have two one-year offers)
Apple Arcade (same; both new phone and A-TV)
iCloud, and thus my iPhone syncing, cloud backup, iMessage, etc.

For a long time, I have had my iPhone, while "controlled" by the me.com AppleID,  do its purchases via the gmail-based AppleID.
I get that this is a mess, but I'd like to bring some order, if possible, because on both my computer and phone, I have to sign-out on one account and sign back in on the other, in order to shift between use/purchase on Apple TV and, say, the App Store. That is, if I'm signed in to the Me.com ID to watch TV+ on the computer/phone, and I then want to go buy an app or a music track, I have to switch to the gmail ID. This is a point of friction that I'd like to eliminate or lessen, but I'm not sure it is possible.
(I had been hoping to get two years of free TV+ out of my recent upgrade purchases by stacking the offers [is that possible?]. Would be willing to consider "burning" one of them if it's possible to consolidate all to one media purchasing ID.)
I have added both IDs to Family Sharing (where the me.com ID is the organizer), but when signed into iTunes under the me.com ID, the computer/phone does not "see" the purchases associated with the gmail ID.
What methods, if any, exist to allow me to continue with the scheme above (two IDs, linked to different services) while eliminating the friction having to sign in and out to use the services? If that is not possible, what do people suggest would be the "simplest" way to make this all easier?


texts: Install Windows7 into Bootcamp (using mid-2011 iMac)

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I am having a hard time getting Windows 7 to install on my iMac 2011. Any help would be most appreciated.
There seems to be a lot of different ways to get this to work depending on various system specs etc so I am getting confused trying to get the correct method to work on my particular machine.

My iMac specs:
21.5inch mid 2001, macOS High Sierra, Bootcamp version 6.1.0,
and a brand new 16gb blank USB Stick (formatted to MS-DOS Fat using Disk Utility erase feature, blank DVD-RW)

Here is what I have tried so far:

Method 1

Downloaded ISO Windows 7 Pro file
Formatted MS-DOS FAT 16GB 2.0 USB Stick using Disk Utility
Inserted blank DVD
Right click ISO file > Open With > DiskImageMounter
Disk Utility > Right click mounted iso file
File > New Image > Format > DVD/CD Master > Save file
Rename new file from .cdr to .iso
Right click > Open With > DiskImageMounter
Run Bootcamp (both boxes checked)
-- Download latest Windows support software
-- Install Windows 7

Bootcamp gives me this message:

The installer disc could not be found.
Insert your Windows installer disc and wait a few seconds for the disc to be recognized.

Method 2

Downloaded ISO Windows 7 Pro file
Formatted MS-DOS FAT 16GB 2.0 USB Stick using Disk Utility
Inserted blank DVD
Right click ISO file > Open With > DiskImageMounter
Disk Utility > Right click mounted iso file
File > New Image > Format > DVD/CD Master > Save file
Keep file as .cdr
Right click > Open With > DiskImageMounter
Run Bootcamp (both boxes checked)
-- Download latest Windows support software
-- Install Windows 7

Bootcamp gives me this message:

The installer disc could not be found. Insert your Windows installer disc and wait a few seconds for the disc to be recognized.


texts: How do I fix a corrupted USB drive on OS X?

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I accidentally bumped the drive while repartitioning it and it unmounted. After that when I tried to repartition with Disk Utility I got Partition Failed with the error: Could not open device

Now I am unable to modify the drive with Disk Utility. I don't really care about what is on the drive.


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I got a Mac Mini at about summer in 2011 and I'm looking to use it along with my main PC using a Dell Ultrasharp U2412M monitor. The monitor's DVI is used by my main PC, so I picked up a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter (at the time I didn't actually know the monitor had a DisplayPort on it, but I'd still need a Mini DisplayPort -> DisplayPort adapter) and tried it.

But I can only set the Mac Mini's resolution to 1920x1080 in System Preferences.

I tried modifying my com.apple.Boot.plist file in Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration, and it currently looks like this :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Kernel Flags</key>
        <string></string>
        <key>Graphics Mode</key>
        <string>1920x1200x32</string>
</dict>
</plist>

That doesn't seem to have helped. Any further ideas?


texts: How to hide a photo in the new Photos.app

texts: I would like to know if it's possible to hide photos in the new Photos.app


texts: How can I integrate custom search app's results to my iPhone's spotlight search?

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Is it possible to extend iOS spotlight's search results to include
data from my application? My iOS app has a separate search interface
but it would be great if there was a way to provide the results when
the user uses the phone's native search interface.


texts: Notes not opening on OSX El Capitan 10.11.16 on MacBook Pro

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Notes will not open either from dock icon or from Finder, even after a forced quit and re-starting of MacBook Pro...just begun happening today during normal MacBook usage.

Suggestions?


texts: How to reformat a HDD to show the proper size?

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Long story short. On my iMac I had a Fusion Drive: 250GB SSD + 750GB HDD.

The SSD failed totally, is completely dead. HDD seems to be OK. I replaced the SSD and erased the HDD.

The HDD seems to be OK. I can use it normally and Disk Utility doesn't show any problems. Only it shows the wrong (old) size (of the Fusion Drive) - still 1TB:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Data                    999.9 GB   disk0s2

I am afraid to use this drive as it shows more space then there is physically.

Is there a way somehow to reset this drive totally so I can use it again? Standard utilities like diskutil and fsck_hfs exit without any errors.

EDIT:
Answering the comment:It is definitely a 750 GB drive. iMac didn't want to boot from the drive and from a bootable USB either. I had to disconnect both drives - then I could boot form the USB. I replaced the SSD and installed new system on it. Disk Utility was showing the HDD as an incomplete Fusion volume:

Checking volume

disk0s2: Scan for Volume Headers

disk0s2: Scan for Disk Labels

Logical Volume Group 56E4E02A-D9B3-462B-BA0A-6E9A9D4D9646 spans 2 devices

Incomplete or inconsistent CoreStorage Physical Volume set

Storage system check exit code is 1.

Problems were found with the partition map which might prevent booting

Operation successful.


texts:
I recently brought a iPhone 5 from a seller and did the iOS9 update. Everything appeared fine at first, but now the phone won't make phone calls. It keeps saying: "This handset has been blocked on this network."
What does that mean and how do I fix it?
I can send and receive SMS messages as normal.


texts: Convert PDF to something editable without losing all formatting

texts: I am aware of solutions that allow one to extract text from a pdf file. Are there any practical solutions on the Mac to extract rich text and layout from a PDF, or somehow convert a PDF into some editable format without losing all formatting, and without multi-column layouts ending up with the text from each column interwoven?


texts: Cannot get max resolution out of Dell monitor from MacBook Pro Retina (early 2013)

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I purchased a Dell UltraSharp U2715H. This has a 2560x1440 resolution.

I have a MacBook Pro Retina (early 2013). I now have the following issue getting to this maximum resolution.

1) HDMI
If I attach the monitor through HDMI I only get a resolution of 2048 x 1152. I first thought it was the HDMI cable so I bought a new one, no effect. When connected through HDMI everything else (close lid etc) works perfectly.

2) DisplayPort cable
The Dell also came with a Mini DP to DP cable. If I use that cable it works perfectly when I startup the MacBook from scratch. So, the beautiful full resolution of 2560x1440 is there!
HOWEVER, when I close the lid or the MacBook goes to sleep it somehow "loses" the monitor. The Mac still thinks the Dell is there. It is there in the menu and you can even go with your mouse to the second monitor, the Dell itself however remains completely black. So the only way of getting the monitor to work again is fully power off the Mac and then power it on. This is of course not a workable situation.

So, does anybody now how to solve this, either through a working HDMI or a way to get the DP connection to work normally.

Thanks!


texts: How to never logout and never retype password App store

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Apple App store is really annoying with all their security. Is there a way to never logout and never retype your passwords?

I newer log out, but it seems something logs me out (sign out) automatically?


texts: Adding to current command in .bashrc but, only want to change the color of the directory I'm in, to Blue

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I really like the way this looks but, I want my directory to be Blue. Every time I try and alter my .bashrc, I mess the whole thing up. Can anyone help?..
PS1="\`if [ \$? = 0 ]; then echo \[\e[32m\]^_^\[\e[37m\]; else echo \[\e[31m\]O_O\[\e[31=m\]; fi\`[\u@\h:\w]\\$ "


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My Mac suffered a physical failure at the very beginning of the upgrade from El Capitan to Sierra. The physical failure has been fixed. I can get to the screen with Disk Utility, Reinstall OS and Time Machine options. But I don't have a Time Machine backup.

One option is to reinstall the OS. Would that wipe out my data? If so, what options are there for recovery?

The most important data are saved in a version control system, but there is always this and that around the edges that one would still want.


texts: I want to remove a Boot Camp partition, but when I try to erase it first (in Mac OS Extended Journaled format), there is some space remains, doesn't matter if Disk Utility is in recovery mode or not.


texts: Mac making clicking (?) sound after dropping

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I have an early 2015 macbook pro. Purchased it in September 2016. I dropped it several times (on carpet) that year, and got a few dents on the edges/corners of my macbook. I don't recall dropping it from 2017 until yesterday, where my mac fell off my bed (2 feet up) onto my wooden floor. I didn't notice any new dents, and the Mac works normally.

But during the day today, my Mac occasionally made this subtle clicking sound. At the time, I actually thought it was maybe something in my house making the sound. It came randomly and intermittently so I couldn't tell where it was coming from. It's been making that clicking/popping sound consistently for the past 2 hours, and I'm positive it's coming from my Mac now. It's not loud.

I also have a deteriorated battery. It's currently saying "service battery," and I've had this warning for the past year. I'm at about 950 cycles. The warning started showing up around 850 cycles. Not sure if this has anything to do with the popping sound.

My guess is the popping sound is because of me dropping it. Has anyone had experience with this and can shed some light on what I should do to determine what's causing the sound, and how to fix it?

Here's a recording of the sound using my iPhone https://vocaroo.com/52ZuEVUFrJs. Note it probably sounds louder in the video than it actually does and that's because I put my iPhone right next to where the sound is coming from.


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I noticed that I have well over 100 songs in the iTunes Media folder that are NOT in my actual iTunes. These would be songs that were loaded into iTunes then deleted because I didn't like them, want them, whatever. They are taking up hard drive space and I want to flush them out w/o having to go into each and every single folder and finding the songs that are not in my iTunes. I would have to sort through over 6,000 files to do that. There has to be an easier way! Thank you!

I wanted to add that I am using a PC (Windows 7) and not a MAC.


texts: OWC SSD speeds in mid-2012 MacBook Pro much lower than rated speeds

texts: I have a MacBook Pro 15" mid-2012 (i7 2.6GHz, 16GB RAM, GT 650M 1GB). I installed OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD in the hard drive bay. I ran Blackmagic Disk Speed Test and got only 220 MB/s write speed and 460 MB/s read. OWC's website says they have 527 MB/s write and 559 MB/s read. So I am far far away from this. Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be?


texts:
I continue to get this error each time I try to install xcode:
"Xcode failed to download, use the purchases page to try again"

This is with the newest OSX 10.10.3.

I found this thread:
Xcode failed to download. Use the Purchases page to try again

I tried the two possible solutions:
1) Resetting the App Store app via "Debug --> Reset Application" does nothing as far as I can tell (there's no visual feedback that selecting that option does anything).
2) I tried to find the plist file in /private/var/folders/, but the directory there is empty.

I've tried deleting xcode, reinstalling, etc, etc.  I found this crash report via system log which...seems bad...seg fault?:

Process:               softwareupdated [711]
Path:                  /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/Resources/softwareupdated
Identifier:            softwareupdated
Version:               744.10
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        launchd [1]
Responsible:           softwareupdated [711]
User ID:               200

Date/Time:             2015-04-10 10:00:00.603 -0700
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.10.3 (14D131)
Report Version:        11
Anonymous UUID:        <redacted>

Sleep/Wake UUID:       <redacted>

Time Awake Since Boot: 7300 seconds
Time Since Wake:       980 seconds

Crashed Thread:        11  Dispatch queue: com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.SUCatalogDataManager.Handler

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000012f939380

VM Regions Near 0x12f939380:
    MALLOC_LARGE           000000010c43f000-000000010d293000 [ 14.3M] rw-/rwx SM=PRV
-->
    JS JIT generated code  00003bb82f600000-00003bb82f601000 [    4K] ---/rwx SM=NUL


texts: My Apple wired mouse will either just scroll up but not down, or the opposite. What can I do to solve the issue?


texts: How do I enable the interactive iPhoto screen saver in OSX Lion?

texts:
The Lion features page  says:

Interact with photos in screen saver.
New onscreen controls let you
pause your iPhoto screen saver and manually flip through the photos in
an album without leaving the screen saver.

After upgrading, I've set my screen saver to iPhoto, and it randomly goes through pictures, but whenever I move the mouse, it exits, just like it used to.  How do I get this new interactive version?
I have OSX Lion and iPhoto '09.


texts: Numbers.app - How do I add a series of columns

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I have a spreadsheet with about 600 rows and 20 columns.

I want to add a unique identifier to each cell so that I can use the exported CSV output in another app.

So I thought that I could add a column after each existing column, and then use a formula to populate the cells.

So, first, are there better ways to do this? and if not, is there a short cut to adding 20 new columns?

Thanks


texts: Are there known bluetooth LE issues using OSX 10.12.5 that result in missing packet data?

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PROBLEM:

When two IMUs are sending data at the same time and are received in my debug script only one stream of data from one IMU sensor ever shows up in the log. The same script shows the expected results when run on other systems.

VERSIONS:

My laptop's related hardware/firmware/software versions

OSX 10.12.5
Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 5.0.4f18
Manufacturer: Broadcom
Transport:    USB
Chipset:  20702B0
Firmware Version: v137 c9260
HCI Version:  4.0 (0x6)
HCI Revision: 0x242C
LMP Version:  4.0 (0x6)
LMP Subversion:   0x4189

My test script's related software versions

Xcode 8.3
node v6.11.0
noble 1.8.1

DETAILS:

The above relates to a test script I'm using to debug a BLE problem. The script acts as central device that connects to BLE peripheral sensors (IMU) that broadcast data from a nordic bluetooth chip.

The hardware does not seem to be the issue. I can run the test script with expected results on a number of different systems so it seems to be something related to the hardware/firmware/software versions of bluetooth on my laptop but I can't find any related info.

I ran tests demonstrating expected result in other environments using the same node and lib versions.
Tested using same OSX version and also using different OSX version with expected results.
Tested on android with a different packet observation app with expected results.
The 2 IMUs have been independently tested and are confirmed to work.
When I observe a single IMU (not the simultaneous pair) I am able to observe the data correctly.
I tried restarting my machine with no effect.
I have reset the bluetooth module and restarted my machine as well.
I've observed BLE packets using xcode packet sniffer and the expected packets don't show up there either (i.e. independently observed so it doesn't seem to be node/noble issue).
I've also tried using different language implementations to connect to OSX bluetooth layer on my mac but there really aren't any working libraries that I could find.
I have not experienced any other regular bluetooth issues or BLE issues using the same machine.

Basically I'm desperate and don't know what else to try or how to debug this issue.

I'm looking for ideas identifying the issue or ideas to help me to debug the issue. If anyone has any insights please let me know. Thanks so much!


texts: Conversion of a 2011 vintage Unibody Macbook Pro to Linux

texts:
I've got a Late 2011 17" MacBook Pro that got as far as High Sierra 10.13.6. My thought was to remove the SSD that's currently installed, replace it with another SSD, then install Linux Mint on this new SSD.

I'd like to be able to restore High Sierra if Linux Mint doesn't work out. Swapping SSDs is easy enough, but I want to avoid burning any bridges. Are there any NVRAM/firmware/other issues I should watch for... that is to say any changes that could render my machine un-bootable should I ever wish to return to High Sierra?


texts: Delete last word using Command + Backspace

texts:
Is there a setting to delete the last word using the command key and backspace?

Currently this combination of keys deletes the current line. Instead, I want to delete the last word (before the cursor).

How can I do that natively (without any other apps, if possible)? Is there a terminal command to run or maybe an option somewhere?

In the terminal I use Ctrl + w, but I'm interested how to do that in UI apps (browser, and other non-terminal applications).


texts: macbook pro Mac OS X 10.13.4 Office365 Bounce Spam Email

texts:
I get so much spam emails (you know the ones offering SEO, first page results for google etc etc.)

I've set up a few blocks in rules for Office 365 email but not sure I've done it correctly.

How can I tell that the rules are working or catch more bad emails?


texts: Weird lines and black boxes of all sizes on iMac display

texts: iMac 2 GHz 1600 Radeon card, Snow Leopard


texts: How can I fix the gray wifi icon? It will not slide to turn on wifi, it's been happening since the new ios7 update


texts:
I had a ~/.vimrc with some basic syntax highlighting that was working fine until I upgraded to Catalina. Running vim -V I see it loads my vimrc but it totally ignores anything in it. If I run :so ~/.vimrc inside vim it also ignores it, but if I run the commands from the vimrc one by one then it accepts them.

How do I get vim to source my vimrc again?


texts: MacBook detects a 4GB DIMM as a 1GB DIMM?

texts:
I upgraded the memory on my MacBook (unibody, Core 2 Duo 2GHz).

I followed the instructions here and bought a single 4GB DDR3-1066MHz SODIMM.

After installing it, the MacBook only detects 1GB:

BANK 0/DIMM1:

Size:   1 GB
Type:   DDR3
Speed:  1067 MHz
Status: OK
Manufacturer:   0x80AD
Part Number:    0x484D54313132533641465236432D47372020
Serial Number:  0x102E0000

Did I interpret the specs wrong? Should I have gone with 2+2 instead?

This points in that direction: "two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB".

Anyone got any experience?


texts: JPG preview in Finder (OS 10.13.4) broken

texts:
After updating to High Sierra (10.13.4) the preview of jpg files in the finder are broken. It would appear that it is only the case with jpg's created by Adobe Illustrator (CC 2018).

I restarted in 'Safe Mode' and the problem is fixed, but am unable to find the source of the problem :(

I have tried clearing the QuickLook cache with 'qlmanage -r' in terminal (didn't work!)
I have tried clearing other cache, like p-ram etc... didn't work!
My next move would be to clean install OS High Sierra again, but want to avoid that :(

Hase anyone had this problem and found a solution??


texts: How do I turn off the passcode requirement on my iPhone?

texts: On an iPhone 8 and after the update of 13.1.2 why do you have to have a passcode? How can I delete the passcode that I put in and no longer have to have it.


texts:
My sister upgraded her 2011 MacBook Pro 15" to Yosemite from Mavericks.  As far as I have been able to glean the upgrade went without a hitch, but now her computer is mostly unusable.  It is very slow, to navigate about the finder, slow to open programs, and largely unhappy.  She has over 100GB of free disk space and has 4 GB of RAM.  Any ideas about what went sideways?

The safari crashdump is too long to post here, so I have posted it on Dropbox:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9371124/safari_crash_dump.txt


texts: How to Have CSS Content Preview in Finder?

texts:
Running Lion 10.7.4

The .php and .txt extension have a preview of the content in Finder.

But not the .css.

Is there a sudo magic for enabling this?


texts: MBP 15" Retina problems: one display hinge is way too tight

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I'm trying to nurse my Mid-2014 Macbook Pro Retina 15" through at least another year. Unfortunately, the hinges seem to be going bad. They were getting loose, but in the last few days the right rear one has become very hard to close, such that if I push the lid closed by the front edge it pops back up about 1 1/2":

For some reason, both hinges open just fine; it's just the right hinge that refuses to close. If I push hard right next to the hinge I can get it to stay closed, but it's getting to the point where I can see the display housing bend near the hinge due to the force.

I can pop the bottom housing off and see the hinges/clutches, and they look OK, but of course I can't see the contact area between the two parts:

I'm concerned that something will snap if the friction gets any worse. I'm fine with hardware repair (I've already replaced the battery; thanks, iFixIt!), but I can't find the hinges for sale on their own; they always come with the display for $400+. I could drop some lithium grease on the hinge, but if it turns out to be a bad idea there's no way I'd get it off. And, I'd rather not hack an ugly solution if at all possible.

Any ideas how I can tame this hinge?


texts:
Well basically my iPhone 6 is showing imprinted images in the background, like from previous applications and such. Basically screen ghosting.

Here are some images:

In this case it is impressing the home screen, but it sometimes shows previous apps and such.

What is this issue related to is it hardware or display? Please if anyone has gone through this shine a light because it's really frustrating.


texts: Can't get DELL U2717D to display retina quality on macbook pro 2017

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I have a Dell Monitor U2717D and I tried connecting it to my 13 inch MacBook pro 2017 running MacOS Mojave. I tried using different cables such as 4K HDMI to USB C, DisplayPort to USB C, etc.. but the text never looks as crisp as on Macbook Pro 2017 screen. The resolution is 2560x1440 on the dell and 1440x900 on the mac.

I also tried fixes such as turning on and off font smoothing, etc

defaults write -g CGFontRenderingFontSmoothingDisabled -bool NO

defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -int 2

Is there a way to make the text look as crisp/sharp on my dell as it is on macbook pro display?


texts: Alright so I've been working in Garageband for about a month and have made a few tracks, but I've just come across a problem that I have yet to encounter, and I can't find anything about it online. When I was playing on the keyboard, I accidentally hit some keys, I'm not sure which ones, wherein lies the problem, but it made the whole keyboard turn to a faded grey and then I was unable to play on it anymore. I can still see it but I can do nothing. I opened and closed the program but the keyboard is still like that. It seems to me that I just need to hit something to fix it, but I have no idea what that is. There is nothing in product support about it or anything in forums. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: How to "not reject" an incoming call during do not disturb?

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The Do Not Disturb feature in iOS 6 is great but i really dont like the part where it rejects the incoming call. Is it possible to just let it ring (without notification or sound)?

Is there a tweak in cydia that can change the way Do Not Disturb behaves? I have suspended using this feature because many people confuse this with me not wanting to pick up their call (rejecting).


texts: Why is iPhone battery percentage fluctuating at lower levels?

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My iPhone 4 (going on 19 months of love) has recently started having a bit of an issue knowing the percentage of its battery it has remaining.  I will be using it and it will jump from 31% to 19% and pop up that annoying "Low Battery" notification.  A few moments after I dismiss it, the percentage jumps back up to 27%. This happens at least ten times, reliably, before it starts hitting 11% and then I know it was "real" and it needs charging soon. This feels like a NiCad issue… I know we've advanced past those days.

So my question is: how can I force a calibration of the percentage counter on iPhone 4?  Alternatively, and I don't know that I would like this even if it is possible (I doubt it is), can I disable the "Low Battery" notification?  It is excessively annoying when it pops up ten times over the course of thirty minutes.


texts: Getting a 403 Forbidden error when I try to log in on the Wordpress iOS app

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I'm using Automattic's iOS app for Wordpress and I'm trying to log-in for the first time to my site. I clicked the "add self-hosted site" option and put in the username, password and my self-hosted wordpress blog, and when I try to sign in I get a 403 error spit back at me.

Any ideas?


texts: After keeping my MacBook Pro open for an hour or so, it will creak loudly when I close it. Is this normal? If not, what should I do about it? It's a late 2011 MacBook Pro 13".


texts: 82GB of "other" don't appear in OmniDiskSweeper or Freediskspace

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I have a new MacBook Pro 13' where I installed a few programs and transferred my files from my previous MacBook. However, my SSD is already almost full, according to the settings (only 12.64GB left). However, when I try to see what takes so much space on my SSD with OmniDiskSweeper or FreeDiskSpace, I see only 140GB of files.
The roughly 80GB missing appear as "Other" in the storage settings of my Mac. Do you have any idea what is this data and how can I free up space on my computer?
I tried reindexing Spotlight as suggested in other threads but it didn't change anything. When I look at the free space on finder on my drive, I get the same number as in the storage part (only 12.64GB left).
Thank you in advance!
Edit: When running a scan with GrandPerspective, the volume of scanned files is 126GB but it also mentioned "miscellaneous used space" of 93.9GB.


texts: How do I gain write permission for the defaults shell command?

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I recently migrated to a new Macbook.

If I do a $ defaults write ... in my shell, I get an error shaped like defaults[12608:79345] Could not write domain Apple Global Domain; exiting. Using sudo does work, however I have some defaults that are set in my .bashrc file -- these writes did work in my old system's .bashrc, without a sudo.

Q1: Are defaults saved across reboots? If so, I can removed these from my (cluttered) .bashrc and get on with life.

Q2: If defaults are not saved across reboots, what file(s) do I need to chown or chmod in order to get the defaults write to work quietly, in my .bashrc file?

What I've done so far:

Read the defaults man page -- only seems to document the API.
Skimmed around in Apple's developer docs for Preferences. Again, this seems to be higher level API documentation for application developers who are using Cocoa.


texts: I used to have a gesture where I could place 2 fingers on the top bar of an application/a file  and use a third finger to drag it around. What gesture is this?


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I have iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 and I have installed a 128GB SSD into the system. Formatted it for mac and it is sitting empty right now. I have the main 1TB drive still installed and working right now with the OS on it. I would like to install the  OS on it and put all my other files on the 1TB drive that has everything on it including the OS Yosemite 10.10.1 . I have tried to set this up myself but have had to start over and ask for help from you fine people here.
 I got as far as installing the OS on the SSD and it worked fine, did not know how to remove the os from the original HHD  without killing everything on the old HHD so I stopped pretending that I know more then I do. So as it sites right now  128GB SSD and 1TB HHD installed on this computer  I have a time machine backup for the main HHD now.


texts: How does one type an "É" (capital e acute) in the French keyboard layout in Mac OS X?

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I've searched the web for a method to type an "É" character with a french keyboard layout in firefox.

It appears I'm supposed to type ⌥+E, and then ⇧+E to achieve this, but as soon as I press ⌥ and E simultaneously, an

ê

character appears. Why, and what should I tried instead?

I'm using Lion.


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Hoping someone can help:
I sent my apple device into a screen repair shop (had to drop off ipad and require to provide passcode)
Can I use the diagnostic and usage to see what apps were opened during the time of repair? (Due to screen cracking couldn’t properly disable private accts and etc)
Some things I see in the diagnostic/usage, during the time of repair, are “force reset” and “reset count”. Also “dup_image” and “P” “c”
Can anyone help decipher these codes and advise if possible personal files being copied.


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Is there a cron command that go into a specific App and save?

Or, another way around, how to save an App with a bash script? (and run the script with cron).

Running OS 10.11


texts: spotlight finds "anaconda-navigator" but `conda` has been uninstalled

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CLARIFICATION.

I am not trying to use conda, much less reinstall it.  My question is about a behaviour that I don't understand.

THE BEHAVIOUR.

Some time ago I (must have) uninstalled conda, and indeed:

conda list
bash: conda: command not found

Now, when I start typing "anaconda" in spotlight, it finds "anaconda-navigator".  Not surprisingly, when I press enter, it gives me a "The application “Anaconda-Navigator” can’t be opened."

This shows that something has been left behind during the (manual) uninstall, but that is another issue.

MY QUESTION.

Where does spotlight find this anaconda-navigator?


texts:
I use Sublime Text 3 for my LaTeX coding. Whenever I try to type something with a carat such as e^{x+2} it autocorrects it to e{{x+2}}. The autocorrect occurs right after typing the first curly brace and only occurs in math mode.
I've looked through my Key Binding settings but it all looks pretty foreign to me. This post here seems to refer to adding this autocorrection, but again is tough for me to understand what is going on.


texts: Can I get S.M.A.R.T. support on external hard drives?

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Disk Utility reports the S.M.A.R.T. Status as not verified for external disks, and by default Mac OS X only seems able to access S.M.A.R.T. information on internal hard drives.

Is there a way to get SMART information on external USB or Firewire hard disk?


texts: OS X shows "Sign in to use this application on this computer" dialogs when opening App Store applications

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After a reboot of OS X, I often need to re-enter my Apple ID password in order to use the apps I bought in the App Store. Sometimes I have to re-enter my password only once and all the apps work (until the next reboot), but often I have to repeat this for every single App Store app I open.

For example, I might get this dialog the first time I launch Reeder after rebooting OS X:

  Sign in to use this application on this computer

  “Reeder.app” was purchased using App Store on another computer. To install “Reeder.app” on this computer, sign in using the Apple ID and password used to purchase it.

I have tried to delete the following files:

~/Library/Caches/com.apple.appstore
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.storeagent
~/Library/Cookies/com.apple.appstore.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.appstore.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.storeagent.plist

But this didn't solve the problem. I have reinstalled all the apps, but that didn't help either. Moreover, I have done a clean install of OS X (for another reason) but I still have this issue with Mac App Store apps. Could this be related to my hardware or Apple ID?

Is there anyone who has had a similar problem or someone who might help me?


texts: Accused of using company phone whereas a personal iPad was used

texts: My boss is going to sack me tomorrow, because he says I used my company phone whilst driving the company van. I definitely didn't use my phone.  Sometimes I might audio FaceTime my girlfriend on my iPad (which has a different SIM card and is not a company iPad.). And she may phone me back but even though it rings on my phone it also rings on my iPad. How does this happen?


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I have an Apple Xserve Intel Xserve3,1 with dual quad core cpu and 48gb ram.

Today the system fans started going into hyperdrive (i.e. very fast and very high pitched) and was unresponsive to keyboard input and had no display.

So I stripped the system down, blew out the dust from the system, including the channel vents beside the drive slots and cleaned it out properly.

However, upon restart the same issue occurred with the fans and the machine did not boot, although a huge amount of air is now expelled from the system whilst it is running.

Tried various things to get a fix:

This is sequence A:::

Removed power from the machine.
Held down the start button for five seconds+
Held down the system identification button for 5+ seconds.  Other help sites suggest that this should toggle the boot sequence by flashing the blue lights on the front of the machine, but none of this eventuated.
Added power to the machine, still no change in behaviour.

Removed the fan block from the machine, and retried sequence A with no luck.

Removed the CMOS battery from the machine, and retried sequence A again with no luck, and rest times between power off and CMOS battery removal, again with no luck.

Powered the machine up with the power button depressed.  At this stage something appeared to change in behaviour.  Reassembled the machine, inserting the battery and fan pack and placing it back in the rack.  At this stage the UPS decided not to power up, so using a separate power cord, booted the machine up.  All seemed to work as per a normal boot up, although I had no console the drives, cpu lights, etc, all seemed to do a normal boot and hum as per a normal system operation for a number of minutes.

After resetting the UPS and getting it to power up, turned off the Xserve using the front off/on switch for 5 seconds and shut it down.  Plugged the UPS power into the machine and the original condition returned.

Took the machine out of the rack, stripped it down again and went through the above procedures a number of times, with a non-ups power connection and was unsuccessful in achieving the same state I had attained before.

There is a switch in the middle of the motherboard (no idea on it's intended purpose but some online information tended to point me in the direction of thinking that it was a power management unit reset (PMU reset)) so I tried that whilst running, whilst unpowered, and whilst powering up for various time durations of holding it down, all to no avail.

So, in essence, it appears as if the machine thinks it is in a overheated state and I am unable to get it out that state through various reset mechanisms that I have tried.

Another point of interest is the yellow lock light next to the locking switch is half highlighted.  Turning the lock increases the illumination level of the lock light, and unlocking it returns it to the low glow level.

Can anyone provide a solution to reset this machine so that it can boot again correctly please.


texts: 2016 MacBook Pro won't get past the Login Screen

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My laptop running 10.13.6, has been working great without any issues until I restarted it on Monday. After I logged in, it got stuck on the loading screen and displaying a loading icon for over an hour.

Over the past couple of days, the only way I can get past logging in, is from restoring from a time machine backup. I have tried the following without any luck:

Boot in Safe Mode - this freezes like this every time
Repair the Disk
Reset NVRAM and PRAM
Reinstalling the OS

I have seen that running diagnostics on restart might let me know what is going on if it is a hardware issue, I am just afraid to restart my computer because it takes all day to restore. Can this be run from terminal without restarting? Is there anything else I should be trying before I go into the Apple store?


texts: Cannot mount USB with anything, including Disk Utility

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I am trying to connect a USB to a Mac I am using, and i cannot seem to.  When i plug the device into the Mac, i get an error that reads 'The disk inserted is not readable by the computer.(It contains an Ubuntu live boot)  This is interesting as i was able to plug it in before and it worked, including when it had those files in it.

I see the usb in the Disk Utilities menu, but when I click 'mount', it does nothing to it, and when i try to verify it, it says to repair the disk, but that option is blanked out.  When I try to clear the USB of the files, it says that it can't connect to the device.

Is there any way i can mount or access the device so that i can copy files to this?  I can't use another USB as i don't have another one to use for this.


texts: Peripherals with Great Mac Compatibility

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What peripherals do you use on your Mac that really work well? It seems like most things (especially mice and keyboards) don't work all that well, even if they claim compatibility. I'm looking for things that work as well on a Mac as they do on a PC.

So, community, what Mac peripherals do you use that 'just work', and work all the way?
Please post answers as wiki, as I'm not looking for a particular piece of hardware.


texts: Problem - 'DNS address could not be found'

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I've been trying to access the Myspace website and am receiving this message - 'www.myspace.com’s server DNS address could not be found'

I've tried using Chrome and Safari and keep getting the same result.

This is happening on my phone as well.


texts: Random songs appearing in my iTunes music library after activating iTunes Match

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After enabling iTunes match, my library is cluttered with hundreds of tracks which I don't own / haven't downloaded. They have the "cloud" icon on them which makes me think they are either from iTunes Match - or maybe Genius.

How can I get rid of these tracks from my library, they are driving me nuts.

P.S. using iTunes 11


texts: how does the "Time since last full charge" update in iOS settings?

texts: I struggle to understand how this updates, anyone so polite to explain?


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I have an old iPad (the first generation), and over time it has become unbearably slow. Now I understand that I cannot expect apps designed for faster iPads to work perfectly on this old device. However, it often responds slowly even to trivial actions, such as typing.

I have never reset an iOS device, and thus I am not sure if it would help. However, I have an Android device that gets an impressive performance boost once I reset it every now and then (the same can be said about most Windows devices, I guess). Thus, my question: does it make sense to try and reset my old iPad? Would it become more responsive, or should I be looking for issues elsewhere?


texts: What to be careful of when replacing the backlight fuse in a MacBook Air

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I blew my MacBook air's backlight fuse.

I saw some videos on YouTube explaining how to remove blown fuse with a soldering iron, and soldering a new one back on. However, these videos don't mention the risks, and what one should be careful of when doing that.

What are the risks ? What should one pay extra attention to ?


texts: Split audio and video into two separate files

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Is there a way (I'm thinking using QuickTime perhaps) of taking a video+audio file and splitting it into two separate files, one of just the video, and one of just the audio? I know that in Finder, there's a context menu item "Encode Selected Video Files" which lets you encode it as audio-only, but not as video-only.

Thanks!


texts: What has changed in Terminal.app in OS X 10.8?

texts: Just upgraded OS X to Mountain Lion and noticed that Terminal.app version has changed from 2.2.3 to 2.3. Unfortunately, can`t find any information about what has changed. Do you know if there is any place that provides very detailed changelog regarding OS and Apps?


texts: Change page up / page down speed or disable animation?

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I do a lot of scrolling in Safari. I often end up hitting space bar to jump across just the right sized blocks. I just looked into it now and I wonder, is it the exact same action as page down? Anyhow. I have a sort of vision problem and the aggressive animation in the scrolling action is quite overwhelming. Is there any workaround for disabling it so hitting space bar or pg up/down would still scroll that perfect amount of the page, but bypass that whole visual effect?

On another note, even just knowing what the numeric value of that perfect step actually is, might be helpful in coming up with something. If it gets assigned by monitor size, being a fluid concept, that's another thing of course.


texts: Preventing a specific application from relaunching at startup?

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When I reboot my mac, I have the "Reopen windows when logging back in" option checked, and for most applications it works fine. However, there's a few applications I use that behave very badly at startup when this option is used. (They reopen on the wrong desktop, throw tons of windows in wrong places, display error messages, things like that.)

I'd like to stop those apps from relaunching at startup, but only those apps. I'd prefer to keep using the "Reopen windows when logging back in" option so that all my other applications reopen in their previous state. Is there any way I can do that?

edit: A few points of clarification:

None of these apps are specified as login items.
Quitting the apps before rebooting doesn't actually seem to work. It may be the case that apps have to be closed for a sufficient length of time (and I don't know what that duration is) before they will no longer be relaunched at next login. I believe it's the same issue as reported here: How can I prevent applications from re-launching at startup?


texts: How to disable Xserve power saving while running ESXi

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I'm running Vmware ESXi 6.5 on an Xserve 3.1 and due to the power saving settings it puts the internal drives to sleep a short while after boot which prevents ESXi from saving settings.

I've tried booting into OSX and disabling there but the problem persists in ESXi. I've also tried the usual SMC and NVRAM resets.

The symptom is a 'disk timeout' for all internal and FireWire attached drives (same for SSD and HDD) after about 15 minutes.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.


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Over past week, netstat reflects an established connection to localhost.pharos.

Googled Pharos and it's a software which enables printing services at Universities/Enterprises.

Any ideas why connection is constant at each login?

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address        (state)
tcp6       0      0  localhost.pharos       localhost.49437        ESTABLISHED
tcp6       0      0  localhost.49437        localhost.pharos       ESTABLISHED
tcp6       0      0  localhost.krb524       localhost.49436        ESTABLISHED
tcp6       0      0  localhost.49436        localhost.krb524       ESTABLISHED


texts: App download progress in redesigned Mac App Store (macOS Mojave)

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I am using macOS Mojave which features a major redesign of the Mac App Store app. When installing app(s) from the new Mac App Store, how do I check the status of download(s) in progress?

It is possible to check the progress of downloads in the Purchases tab in the previous design of the Mac App Store, but that appears to be no longer available in the redesign.

Has this been removed in the redesign?


texts: Determining The Complete Size Of A Folder & Its Sub-Folders in Finder?

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Simply how do I see the complete size of a folder within Finder ?

(AFAIK there is no default setting to automatically turn this feature on - correct me if i'm wrong)


texts:
I've got an interesting problem happening.

From iMac ➔ MacBookPro Back To My Mac works fine.
From MacBookPro ➔ iMac… not so much.  Sometimes I can't even get past the connection piece. It just does that shaky thing that it likes to do when it doesn't accept a password.

When/if I do I get an error message that says the viewer and server are incompatible.

Same network (just to rule out firewall craziness), all items are checked in iCloud etc. I can SSH back and forth. It's only when I try to use file or screen sharing that I see the issue.

Any ideas where I should start? I’m flying blind on this one - no idea why it would work one way and not the other.


texts: What happens when WhatsApp from an old phone is connected again?

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I‘ve got an old iPhone in my closet, which I used until one year ago, when I bought a new one.

On the old iPhone, I had WhatsApp with iCloud Backup enabled. However I did not include the videos in the backup.

When I got the new one, I set it up via iCloud backup, and continued my online life and history.

Now I do miss these videos. Now I‘m wondering what happens when I start my old phone which has these videos locally, and open WhatsApp. What will happen? What will happen to the backup? What will happen to the chat history? Is there a way I could like download the messages on my old phone (and be current) while still having the videos, then recreate the backup, turn it off and then having the videos on the new device, when restored from backup?


texts: Macbook late-2008 and Samsung SSD 830: what happened

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I'm trying to install a Samsung SSD 830 256 Gb disk as main disk on my macbook late-2008. I had several problems with my disk due to a couple of wrong choices (you can read the story here).
I booted the machine from a Lion disk and I didn't succeed in formatting the disk in HFS due to a cryptic "Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed" error from the disk utility (both from GUI and terminal).
Then I tried booting with a Snow Leopard disk and the disk utility refused to format the disk with another cryptic message "POSIX reports: The operation couldn’t be completed. Cannot allocate memory". From terminal wasn't better "Error: 12: POSIX reports: cannot allocate memory".
My conclusion is that Samsung SSD 830 is not supported.

That's the story.

Of course, there is a question: any suggestions?

UPDATE: I've spent other three hours trying to fix this situation with no luck. I created an USB Lion boot (with a lot of problems due to Mac OS X bugs and lacks of documentation) and when after I started the installation on the SSD disk I obtain another magnificent error message "Can't download the additional components to install Mac OS X". After that moment the disk became invisible for the installer and I stopped trying.


texts: How to unmask the SIP credentials in the Zoiper VoIP application?

texts: Is it possible to unmask the SIP credentials stored in the Preferences of the Zoiper VoIP application ? I couldn't find any password unmask application for that and I can't find the password in my Keychain.


texts: How can I get FaceTime to output sound configuration of audio midi multi output device?

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I have MacBook Air and I am trying to set up so that when I am making a FaceTime audio call, both myself and another (hearing impaired) person can listen on their own stream - the hearing impaired person on headphones, myself using either onboard sound or earbuds in the headphone jack.
I set up a multi output device in audio midi, and it works fine with any streaming media or sound file. When I attempt to use the configuration from FaceTime, it will only output to one device, and will not output the multi output configuration.
The multi output device I have set up is comprised of usb plantronics blackwire headphones and the internal speakers.
According to the documentation I have read, FaceTime should recognize the multi output device, in one of two ways: either as a menu option from the video menu in FaceTime, or if the multi output device is set in system preferences, through selecting ‘system settings’ in the FaceTime video  output menu.
FaceTime does recognize the configuration, and offers it as a menu item under the video menu output selections. Frustratingly, however, it does not work. Only one device will play sound, whether I configure through system preferences or select the multi-output device directly.
It occurs to me that this may be a bus power problem, but I don’t know how I could confirm this, or how I might workaround if it is indeed the issue.
Any solutions would be greatly appreciated.


texts: How to download Yosemite Beta from the Beta Program?

texts: I signed up on the OS X Beta Program site to test Yosemite. Was given a redemption code and automatically directed to App Store. Redemption code was already filled into the manual input box in App Store but there was no option to download. Tried again, and App Store said redemption code already used. Can anyone suggest how I get the download?


texts:
When I check for updates on my iPod touch (currently on iOS version 3.1.3) it tells me I am on the most recent software.

How can I update to a more recent iOS software?


texts: iPhone 6 stuck in boot loop and restore with iTunes now failing with error 9

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My iPhone 6 recently got stuck in a boot loop, after which I tried to restore it with iTunes.

After several attempts and getting error 9, in one of the attempts I managed to go past error 9 and restore my phone. It had updated to the latest compatible iOS 12.6.4 with no data loss. I really don't know what did I change or got right to make the restore happen this time round.

It worked perfectly fine for nearly 3 days after which it again got into the boot loop issue. Hard reset did not solve the problem and I tried to restore it again but got error 9. Have even tried the DFU mode to restore and different cables and tricks such as having headphones plugged into the earphone jack or pressing hard on the phone on the upper right side but still the error 9 persists.

The restore goes up to ‘verifying update’ and then the phone reboots and gives error 9.


texts:
I was following this tutorial - http://howtonode.org/introduction-to-npm - and set /usr/local to $USER, which I now realise was a huge mistake.

Does anyone know how I can revert these changes, but still allow Homebrew, Node, Ruby, etc to install without requiring sudo?


texts:
I'm told to run this command on terminal:

sudo env PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 unstartup launchd -u dora --hp /Users/dora

It seems like it's multiple commands in one line:

sudo env PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 unstartup launchd -u dora --hp /Users/dora

But, how does that work? I know A;B, A&&B, A||B, but this looks like A B.


texts: "no bootable device" - insert boot disk and press any key

texts: I inserted Mountain Lion on an iMac A1225 having new formatted HDD. When I boot holding the ⌥ Option, it shows Mountain Lion (install disk) as option. When I press enter-key to confirm, it came with "no bootable device" but if I boot holding "C" it boot Mountain Lion normally. Now with the new OS installed, the iMac still gives "no bootable device" at start up


texts: How can I control font of the Finder's sidebar?

texts:
In the finder, there is a sidebar that includes things like Favorites for easy access.  On my laptop running Catalina, the font size is much larger than I desire on my 4K screen for the sidebar.
Where can I control the font size used by the sidebar?


texts:
My budget is low, so I want to buy a used iMac for learning and developing iOS apps. I am wondering which year model I should buy because the older the cheaper.

So, my question is:
How can I evaluate how long an  iMac or (any Mac for that matter) can be supported for iOS development?.

Is there a written support policy and/or how has things been handled in the past so we can attempt to "forecast" today?


texts: How do i change the column type in Numbers from number to string

texts:
I have a column in numbers with zipcodes. The zipcodes have leading zeros, only the column drops the leading zeros.

I assume this is because the column thinks it's a number and not a string.

I tried right clicking on the column header to get a menu item to to change the type but couldn't find anything.

How can I change the column type from number to string?


texts: Why don’t my air pods work on my account, but they do on other peoples?

texts:
So this is a weird one, I have air pod pros for a couple of years or so now. Like six months ago they started cutting in and out and dropping out only working on one bud etc. I thought it a problem with the headphones so bought a new pair, same problem the audio was terrible when playing music but on phone calls held fine, also if you only put one bud in it worked better.
Then a couple of months ago I wanted a 5G phone so I bought an iPhone 12 and thought at least the headphones will work, wrong they were even worse only now when I connect the new ones to this phone and put them in my ear they make the little noise to say they are connected and then they will either.
•Connect and perform terribly while listening to music or podcasts, cutting out intermittently etc. But work fine while on a phone call.
•Freeze the phone so you can not open or navigate apps while the bids are in you ears.
This is super weird so I thought let me try my old phone again which I had given to my mum, they work perfectly on my old phone now it is set up on her account, I also tried them on my mums iPad, my sisters phone and my pals phone on all of them they worked great. Also if I paid my brothers Bose headphones to my phone they work perfect.
So my rather long winded question is what the hell, how is this even possible and does anyone have a clue what I could do. I have spent countless hours on the customer service chat to Apple and they just keep telling me to reset the air pods etc.
Many thanks


texts: How to recursively edit path of symlinks?

texts:
This is an additional question that began with this one - How to edit Symbolic Links in OS X?

Now that I know how to edit the path symlinks point to, I'm trying to figure out how to do this recursively for any broken symlink.  I'm a PHP guy, so this CLI stuff is somewhat foreign to me...

There seems to be a few specific elements to this, namely:

Identify a broken symlink and retrieve its location
Get the old, now-incorrect, destination for the symlink
Construct the new correct path for the symlink to point to
Edit the symlink

The first is fairly easy:

find /path/to/search -type l | while read f; do if [ ! -e "$f" ]; then ls -l "$f"; fi; done

This gets me a nice list of all broken symlinks found below the supplied directory.  But I believe I would need to store the location of each in a variable (array?) to work with it.

Next, it seems that changing the action supplied in the "then" portion of the logic, would yield the solution.

Item 2 can be retrieved using:

readlink /path/to/broken/symlink

So it seems we need to shove that into a variable.  I'm unclear on how to do this in terminal.

Number 3 would be a simple edit to the path retrieved during step 2.  I need to replace the old drive name, with the new.  So changing:

/Volumes/Old\ Drive/path/to/symlink

to

/Volumes/New\ Drive/path/to/symlink

Also unclear on exactly how to do this within a CLI script.  Some sort of string replacement appears to be needed.  Something like str_replace in the PHP world.

Finally step 4 can be done via:

ln -f -s /path/to/new/location/of/original /path/to/location/of/broken/symlink/

as detailed in my other question, previously linked above.

How exactly would I string these concepts together, to accomplish my desired outcome of fixing all my symlinks in one shot?


texts: How to get the domain name on the command line

texts:
I know this is a simple question, but I can't recall a method of doing it.  I wrote a service using automator to copy the public URL of a file in my Sites folder.  I wrote this script:

sed -e 's/:/\//g' -e 's/\ /%20/g' -e "s/^\/Users\/$USER\/Sites/http:\/\/$HOST\/~$USER/g" | pbcopy

But $HOST only has my computer's name, not including the domain.  I figured out that I can do this:

host $HOST
myname.mydomain.com has address 111.111.111.111

I know I can use this to pull the domain name out:

set FULLHOST=`host $HOST | perl -pne 's/ has address .*//;$_=lc'`
sed -e 's/:/\//g' -e 's/\ /%20/g' -e "s/^\/Users\/$USER\/Sites/http:\/\/$FULLHOST\/~$USER/g" | pbcopy

but I'm curious, is there a cleaner command that will just give me back either the domain (mydomain.com) or the full address (myname.mydomain.com)?


texts: Create playlists for full albums in iTunes (i.e. albums with all songs)

texts: How could I create playlists for all of the albums in iTunes for which I have all of the songs? Assume that track number & track count metadata is accurate where specified, and don't worry about catching tracks which lack that metadata. I assume this will require AppleScript.


texts: Make OS X Dashboard Widgets appear in Desktop

texts: Dashboard Widgets would be much more useful as MenuBar apps, but some aren't. Is there a way to force OS X to display active Widgets in the MenuBar or as application windows?


texts: Change the iOS double tap home button reachabity predefined function

texts:
I would like to set the double tap on the home button on the iPhone 6s as a click on the same home button.
Has anybody done this?


texts: iPhone 4S/iOS 6: Every message received turns into Group MMS with me as a recipient

texts:
I have a annoying problem since I updated my iPhone 4S to iOS 6:

when I sent a message to someone and I get the reply, the reply is not added to the normal conversation but a Group MMS will be created, with the replier and me as a recipient.

So here are the two annoying things about it:

the whole conversation overview is split into two conversations, one conversation only with my messages and the replier's Group MMS with his/her reply. No overview about the whole conversation at all
Every time I reply in that Group MMS conversation, the iPhone also sends me an own message, having me as a recipient. That is just annoying because then I have my message twice and I have to delete the extra message in order to keep the conversation clean and of course the phone rings and vibrates when I get my own message.

I cannot merge the two conversations and I didn't find an option to turn Group Messages off or to delete me as a recipient. And it happens to every message sent, so probably not an iMessage bug.

As a carrier I have SoftBank from Japan. In Japan they use e-mail addresses instead of numbers, maybe this is causing the whole thing. But I doubt it a bit because before the update everything went fine.

Can somebody help me?