texts: 'stdio.h' file not found, but I have this file at /usr/include/stdio.h

texts:
When I compile a package, I got the following error:

$ make
clang -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wformat-security -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -O2  -I/usr/local/include/scws  -I. -I./ -I/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/11.3/include/server -I/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/11.3/include/internal -I/usr/local/Cellar/icu4c/64.2/include -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk -I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include -I/usr/local/opt/readline/include -I/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk/usr/include/libxml2   -c -o zhparser.o zhparser.c
clang: warning: no such sysroot directory: '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk' [-Wmissing-sysroot]
In file included from zhparser.c:10:
In file included from /usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/11.3/include/server/postgres.h:46:
/usr/local/Cellar/postgresql/11.3/include/server/c.h:59:10: fatal error: 'stdio.h' file not found
#include <stdio.h>
         ^~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.

When I search this error online, all the online problems are not having header files at /usr/include/. But when I check the directory, it has many header files

$ ls -l /usr/include/stdio.h
-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  16319 Jan 22  2018 /usr/include/stdio.h

$ ls -l /usr/include/ | wc -l
     266

So, what can I do in my case?

Thanks a lot.

Edited: I updated the error output. I just found out it had a warning too: clang: warning: no such sysroot directory: '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk', But I have MacOSX10.13.sdk instead because I am running MacOSX10.13. I have no ideas why it's looking for 10.14 sdk and not sure if this is the root cause or not.


texts: All data easily recoverable after Disk Utility erase on 3rd party SSD?

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It's come to the time to upgrade and therefore sell my old laptop. Its a mid-2012 13″ MacBook Pro with an Intel Core i5 and 4GB RAM. Originally it came with a 500GB hard drive but I have upgraded this myself to a Crucial 480GB SSD.

After I used Time Machine to back up my data, it came time to wipe the SSD. I did some research beforehand and was told a secure erase with multiple passes is unnecessary on an SSD, and I therefore followed Apples instructions on how to prepare my laptop for sale:

I logged out of all iCloud services
Restarted and booted into (I think) recovery or internet recovery (command + R)
I went into Disk Utility, selected Erase, selected my Crucial SSD and erased it with the AFPS format
I then reinstalled macOS High Sierra and created a new user.

I wanted to test if the erase had worked, so I went on the internet and downloaded some free data recovery applications (Disk Drill and Easeus). After a few hours, to my horror, all my data came back, in the exact same path and was easily readable and recoverable. I did some more research and was told that encypting the disk would be a good way to securely erase the data (I wish I knew this beforehand!), so I turned on FileVault, let it encrypt the disk and then went through the same stages again of wiping the drive with AFPS format.

Does FileVault encypt data that has already been deleted? I ran the same recovery software for a second time, which again, found all my old files in the same paths, however this time I couldn't preview or open them once recovered. Is this FileVault at work or has something else gone wrong that could easily be fixed by someone wanting to access my files?

What can I do? It's alarming me that the names of all my files are still easily found in the same directories with free software found at the top of a google search, but I don't mind too much if they cant be opened. Is there something else I should be doing to permanently erase this free space? Is my data essentially safe?


texts: Apple Silicon: port all Homebrew packages under /usr/local/opt/ to /opt/homebrew

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I recently purchased a MacBook Pro 13" with the M1 chip and transferred all my data over using a Time Machine backup. Homebrew packages are currently installed in /usr/local/opt/ but it is my understanding that they should be under /opt/homebrew for Apple Silicon Macs.
How can I:

Get the list of packages I currently have installed
Remove those from /user/local/opt
Reinstall them under /opt/homebrew

I kind of assumed Homebrew would be clever enough to do this automatically but apparently it needs some manual maintenance.
Here's my Homebrew config if it helps:
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 2.7.2
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: dad7dc6a1498b80770d98f2d7cd6fb927c300bbb
Last commit: 3 days ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 2b1d79d038bffdbfcee93283051d48919a4caf3d
Core tap last commit: 16 hours ago
Core tap branch: master
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY: /usr/local/Homebrew
HOMEBREW_CELLAR: /usr/local/Cellar
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 8
Homebrew Ruby: 2.6.3 => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/bin/ruby
CPU: octa-core 64-bit arm_firestorm_icestorm
Clang: 12.0 build 1200
Git: 2.30.0 => /usr/local/bin/git
Curl: 7.64.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 11.1-arm64
CLT: 12.3.0.0.1.1607026830
Xcode: N/A
Rosetta 2: false

Thanks in advance!


texts: Change accessibility setting on Mac for command line program

texts:
I have built a simple command line program with Xcode, and I would like to access the NSEvent.addGlobalMonitorForEvents method.
It seems like the program must be trusted for this to work.

self.monitor = NSEvent.addGlobalMonitorForEvents(matching: NSEventMask.mouseMoved, handler: { e in
    print(e)
})

How can I add a command line program to the list of trusted applications?


texts: Why does Boot Camp in Windows 7 regularly disappear from the tray?

texts:
Boot Camp (Bootcamp.exe) regularly seems to unload itself with Windows 7 64-bit Home Edition. I usually find out when I try to use fn + Volume keys (f11, f12) and it doesn't work. Then I see the Boot Camp losange in the tray area, and when I mouse over it disappears.

As a workaround I have it now pinned to the task bar so I can use the handy Win + number shortcut to reload it quickly, but I'm still puzzled as to why it disappears like that.

Could this have to do with permissions?


texts: Will @mac.com e-mail addresses continue to work after the MobileMe to iCloud transition?

texts: Will @mac.com (as from .Mac) e-mail addresses continue to work after the MobileMe to iCloud transition?


texts: Script sort MP4 (and other) videos by orientation to portrait and landscape folders >>> IMPOSSIBLE?

texts:
I've been wrestling with a 14TB+ video library for the last months trying to dedupe and sort all of it into production ready folder structure.
For the life of me I have not been able to find (spent 3 solid days with no sleep) a script that will sort a folder of video files, using their dimensions, into Portrait and Landscape folders.
The closest I've found is this -
#!/bin/bash
shopt -s nullglob

for f in *.{mp4,MP4,mov,MOV,m4v,M4V}
    do
        height=`mdls -raw -name  kMDItemPixelHeight "$f"`
        width=`mdls -raw -name  kMDItemPixelWidth "$f"`
        mkdir -p "${height}x${width}"
        mv "$f" "${height}x${width}"/

        printf "File: $f\n"
        printf "> Dimensions: $height x $width \n\n"
    done

printf "All done! \n"

Which gets me closer by sorting them into folders based on dimensions, but it's not what I'm trying to achieve.
Alternatively I found this script for images using Imagemagick, (which I installed via Homebrew) it does read the files, though it moves them ALL into the portraits directory. I'm assuming the variables may be different to extract height and width from a video file?
#/bin/zsh
mkdir -p portraits
mkdir -p landscapes
for f in ./*.mp4
do
  r=$(identify -format '%[fx:(h/w)]' "$f")
  if [[ r < 1.0 ]]
  then
      echo "Portrait detected."
  mv "$f" ./portraits/
  elif  [[ r > 1.0 ]]
  then
  echo "Landscape detected."
      mv "$f" ./landscapes/
  fi
done

If ANYONE OUT THERE can help me with this, it's worth a PayPal to me. I know it's quick work for the right mind.
The same, if someone has another solution using folder actions or automator or ANYTHING else. I'm running Mac OS with terminal.
Much appreciated!
jason@speedheathens.com


texts:
I've read earlier that after completely recharging iPhone 5 it should automatically turn on. But only in case when battery was drained to 0% and phone turned itself off.

I have recharged the phone to 100% but it is refusing to turn on. My power button is not working. Are there any other means to switch it on?


texts: I'm planning to purchase a second hand iPhone 5s in a couple of days, is there a checklist that I should follow before I purchase the device to ensure that I won't run into troubles later on? Such as iCloud activation lock and such?


texts: What is the font that's used in Mac OS X's graphical user interface (GUI), in the menus, dialog boxes, etc.? Is it different from what was used in the classic Mac OS (i.e. OS 9 or older)? If so, what are the fonts back then? I like the font but never knew what it was. Thanks.


texts: Is it possible to add a symbol to the character palette?

texts:
I guess everybody here knows about the character palette of Mac OS X.

Is it possible to create a new symbol, using an image or a vectorial shape made in Illustrator, and add it to the character palette? If so, a brief outline of how this would work would be ideal since I'd like to actually do this to extend my Mac's usable characters with some custom designs.


texts: Cannot create some specific keyboard shortcuts (Shift + F4)

texts: I want to reuse some common keyboard shortcut in Ubuntu. The first one is ⇧ Shift+F4 (to open terminal), the second one is ⌃ Control+Shift (to change input source). However, the  system preference seems to prevent me from using such special combinations. Is there a way to bypass this?


texts: Automatically accept Screen Sharing invitations?

texts:
I use Messages' Ask to Share Screen feature all the time to remotely debug problems on my contacts' Macs.
It's a very easy way to initiate a Screen Sharing session, does not require port forwarding, and does not require a local network / works over the internet: Does screen sharing work when not on the same local network?

Messages > select a Conversation > Details > Screen Sharing button > Ask to Share Screen

This generates a notification on the remote Mac, asking for permission: "NAME would like to view your screen".

And until that notification is accepted, your Mac will be "Waiting for response from NAME".

This works fine, and is secure, when you are remotely helping a contact who is in front of their Mac. They can decide to share their screen, and accept/decline your request.
But I would like to use the same mechanism to control my own Macs remotely. No one is sitting in front of the screen to press "Accept", so it will never connect.
How can I initiate Screen Sharing remotely via Apple ID?

Is there any "official" way to Screen Share across networks with two Macs that are using the same Apple ID?

Apple Remote Desktop costs $80 and probably has more features than I need.
Back to My Mac may have provided this functionality, but was disabled in 2019.

Can the above notification be scripted via Apple Script or similar to automatically accept Screen Sharing requests?
If I am able to script an automatic accept, can such Screen Sharing requests be limited by Apple ID? What other security measures should be considered?


texts:
This is a follow up to So my Yosemite install is slow - what to do?

Since installing Yosemite a week or so ago my machine is very sluggish. I am a web developer so I change windows/apps a lot. Changing apps makes my machine hang for 2 or more seconds.

After observing the Activity Monitor I can see that WindowServer is taking up a lot of CPU when I move windows and also when I am just using one app.  I have tried closing apps to determine which, if any, is causing the issue but haven't come up with anything useful yet.

Here is an example.

Even right now as I type is flips between 10% and 20% usage. I am only typing!

How can I fix this?


texts: Apps cannot be installed anymore because of missing signature

texts:
I was working on my iPhone 4 with iOS 4.2 (the last one) for a while, when I called my phone operator to unlock the simlock. I followed the procedure, and I saved of my iPhone with iTunes, then restored it, then restored the backup with iTunes (last version). I didn't do anything special but followed the path given by iTunes on a reset / restore procedure.

After the restore procedure, some apps that I have been using for months did not get installed. According to iTunes the two reasons are:

Missing signature,
or Resources modified.

This also happens with newly downloaded applications after the reset.

My iPhone is not (and wasn't) jailbroken, and I don't understand what happened.

How may I solve this problem, without loosing datas, apps, music or photo libraries, or need to reinstall everything from scratch app per app ?

Some additional notes:

Any app that I download now that doesn't want to install from iTunes, can be correctly installed when downloaded directly on the iPhone. And no sync problems with iTunes.
Even updating a working and installed app can cause the problem.
New error with an app download from iTunes : "Unknown error 0xE800000B"
No music (nor anything else) is displayed in the iPod app, but iTunes shows the music, podcatsts, ... as present on the iPhone.

With BitDefender fully deactivated (as it cannot be quit), and ZoneAlarm shut down, it does not change anything. Not a surprise as they where both activated days ago and everything was working fine before the restore procedure.


texts: Kernel panic after installing El Capitan

texts:
I've upgraded from El Capitan GM to Release today.

After the installer app has moved the install files, the mac tried to reboot but the screen stayed black. I shut it off using the power button and restarted it getting kernel panics every time:

Process 1 exec of /sbin/launchd failed, errno2"@/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu"

I tried booting in safe mode without any luck.

So I thought that this could have happened because of any faulty kexts. I booted in Recovery mode, used Disk utility to unlock my Macintosh HD, and navigated with the finder to "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/".

The strange thing is that there is no Library or System folder. I can only find these folders under /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Recovered Items/.

So I followed some advices from Apple support forums and deleted the folder /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Recovered Items/Library/Application Support/Virtual Box/". I also moved the kext file from Little Snitch to a newly created folder "Unsupported" to ensure that LS is not the case of the problem.

But nothing helped. Still getting the same kernel panic. What can I do?


texts: How do I access the user Library from a Time Machine backup?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do you access the user library on a time machine backup

I need to access my library folder in a time machine backup that is from a different mac.

How can I do this?

The real problem is that I backed up with time machine, reinstalled the OS and when I tried to put everything back I ran into problems. I tried using migration assistant, and it transferred everything but my user (which is basically just applications). I was able to right click on the time machine icon and browse what is in the backup file - thus manually restoring all of my data, however, without having access to the library folder there are many things I am unable to copy over.


texts: We have an Iphone 5 and 2 Ipads - the photo stream is currently set so that all photos taken on any of the three devices are all in one place.  This is now becoming annoying as I don't want to see all of the photos my daughter or my son take, and vice versa with mine.  How can we create an area where we have three separate photo streams, but have access to them all automatically?  If I want to find one of my photos I have to wade through all the stuff they might have taken.  Thanks.


texts: what happens if I click "delete backup" will I still have all my messages?

texts:
I currently upgraded but it still shows my other iPhone on iCloud. I don't want to delete it and then my messages erase. I have certain messages I want to keep.

What will happen if I do delete it?

Thank you


texts: Export or save safari history on iPad without iTunes or iCloud or computer

texts:
is there a way to export or save safari history right on the iPad using an app maybe?
I don't want to move the history over to another device, but just want to see the full list of history (that's not yet deleted) because the regular history section you can pull up on the left side of screen in safari is too narrow to read the entire URLs.


texts: My iPhone 4s with iOS 8 has stopped functioning correctly all of a sudden. It shows searching for network and keeps heating up. I have already tried resetting network settings and have also put it to factory settings but no avail. If I try to search for a carrier manually, it shows "No service" but keeps heating up. If I remove the SIM it just works perfectly fine and there is no issue at all. I am able to use all apps etc perfectly. Any clues on what I can do and if this issue can somehow be corrected?


texts: How do I delete iTunes from my MacBook Pro

texts:
I no longer need iTunes on my MacBook Pro and want to remove both the application and the music stored locally.
How can I accomplish this on macOS 10.12 Sierra?


texts: I spent some time entering a Calendar event on my Mac. I was viewing on my iPhone, and somehow "moved" it around. Can I undo this?


texts: Swipe between Spaces/full-screen apps: Uniform gestures for Multi-Touch Trackpad and Magic Mouse

texts:
I often run macOS apps in system provided full-screen mode. I switch between using an Apple Magic Mouse and MacBook's Multi-Touch Trackpad.

To switch between Spaces/full-screen apps, System Preferences allow me to use 3 or 4 finger swiping on the Multi-Touch Trackpad, but only 2 finger swipe on the Magic Mouse.

I would like to have the same gesture available for both the devices. I don't want to think about what tool I'm using. To me it should just be the same.

Is there a way to do this using BetterTouchTool? I haven't been able to figure out the correct action?


texts: What does the search domain in the network preferences do?

texts: I'm setting up my DNS to go through my employers DNS server and have entered the addresses they provided. They say it's a dynamic DNSSEC provider. I kind of understand this. But I noticed that under the search domains section to the right, there is an entry. What does the search domain for DNS do exactly? I would think my query, would go to the name-server I specified, and they would return the IP. How does this work exactly?


texts: Catalina : Bootcamp assistant stuck on Partitioning Disk

texts:
I am trying to dual boot windows 10. Everything goes fine until It tries to partition disks.

This is my diskutil list response :

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE      IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB  disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB  disk0s1
   2:         Microsoft Reserved                         16.8 MB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         250.8 GB  disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE      IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +250.8 GB  disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s3
   1:                APFS Volume Untitled - Data         99.5 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 81.1 MB   disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                528.5 MB  disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB    disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume Untitled                10.7 GB   disk1s5
   6:                APFS Volume wnd                     757.8 KB  disk1s6

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE      IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *15.5 GB   disk2
   1:               Windows_NTFS WinInstall              15.5 GB   disk2s1

Disk Utility Screens :

I had dual boot before, when I had mojave installed.  Then I removed it using boot camp assistant. Probably something went wrong.


texts: How to recover Mac Startup Security Utility?

texts:
To boot up with external disk, I launched into a startup security utility.
The standard startup security utility shows the menus like above.

But my startup security utility only shows the Firmware password protection menu without any options about Secure boot and External Boot.
How to recover startup security utility?

OS version: 10.14.5 Mojave
Device version: 2017 MacBook Pro
The way to startup security utility: Press cmd + R on boot


texts: Mac how to remove instance icon from array

texts:
When I close an app, sometimes it's icon still shows up when I press ⌘ + ⇥. On my Mac that command brings up an array of icons whose instances are still running.

It's quite annoying. How do I remove it from this array of icons?

I don't know the right term for this "array", but it's like the horizontal bar that shows up midscreen when you press Control + Tab on Windows (I've remapped my Mac keys so I don't know the Mac specific command for it).


texts: External USB drive connected to Airport Extreme doesn't show up in Airport Utility

texts:
I have connected an external drive to my Airport Extreme, but it doesn't show up in Finder, and it doesn't show up in the list of drives when I connect to the Airport Utility.

The same drive worked previously, but I have since reformatted it. The drive works fine when connected directly to my Mac via USB cable.

Update
I don't recall how the drive was previously formatted, except that I had both a Mac and Windows partition, and the Airport Extreme recognised both of them. Now I've formatted it as a single partition, with format: Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted)


texts: Deleting an Entire Line Moving Forward Shortcut

texts: I'd simply like to know how to delete an entire line moving forward opposite of deleting an entire line backwards (cmd + delete). I know to delete individual characters moving forwards is fn + delete but what about the deleting the entire line itself?


texts: Notification window placement on Mavericks

texts: I would prefer my notifications to pup up in the middle of my screen so that I will be sure to notice them. Is there a Pref somewhere to do this? If not, is there an app equivalent to the previous iCal which will do this? Thanks.


texts: How can I reconnect a USB device (NOT A STORAGE DEVICE) without physically unplugging?

texts:
So I'm using Windows on Parallels Desktop for some application. After I disconnect the USB device from the virtual machine, it is not automatically connected back to macOS. I can still see the device on System Report>USB but I cannot use it for anything. Device needs to be kept plugged in for power so I can't unplug and plug back in.

Is there any way to reconnect it?

All I found so far was using diskutil but it works only with storage devices so it doesn't help my problem.


texts:
I have a new (2013) 15" Macbook Pro.

The USB port provides 500mA which is not good enough for many devices I use (Hard Drive, 3G Dongle...)

Reading this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4049 it seems that these ports are capable of delivering more power, but it's limited to Apple products.

Is it possible to hack the mac, and change this default value (to something like 900mA?)


texts: partition map check failed because no slices were found

texts:
I own an early 2011 MacBook Pro running Mac OS X Mavericks. Recently, I tried to make 50 GB partition using Disk Utility but the whole process didn't complete, and I had to restart the system as it hanged (Even Force Quit wasn't working). Upon reboot, I saw that I was missing 50GB space. When I tried to verify the disk, it showed me the following error:

"Partition map check failed because no slices were found."

Can I fix it without using external drive? Please help.


texts:
I want Python 3 (and I do not want to mess with OS X provided python).  According to:

https://docs.python.org/3/using/mac.html

I can get Python 3 and live long and prosper, BUT it is not clear what happens when I want to upgrade using the next DMG.  As an example I can tell you what happens with R on OS X: you get a GUI in /Application and stuff in /Library/Frameworks.  On upgrade the GUI is upgraded and the new framework is placed in the /Library/Frameworks directory, side by side with the old (there is a nice ‘current’ symlink that makes sure that the old stuff is ignored).  I always delete the old stuff to avoid accumulating crud, and that’s it.  Would this approach work for Phyton?


texts: How to repair permissions on /usr/local after accidentally changed?

texts:
I accidentally run command chown -R paulie /usr/local (I needed to add some subfolders).

How can I get it back?

Now I already resolved problem with mysql data, but still have problems with gcc, for example.


texts: Is it possible to run commands from spotlight?

texts:
I run commands in terminal a lot and i'm wondering if it is possible to run the commands from spotlight. For example in spotlight  would like to run the command(because i have a lot of network issues):

ping google.com

And then spotlight to load terminal and execute the command instead of having to load terminal because it takes so long to load. So is this possible?


texts: Word file compatibility between mac and pc

texts:
I'm thinking of buying a mac but I am a bit worried about how mac will handle word files from a windows machine. I have a number of word files in both .doc and .docx format.

Does anyone know if there might be any problems opening these kind of files and, equally important, preserve the formatting and styles on a mac?

I will be using Microsoft word on the mac.


texts: Trouble Mounting NTFS drive on OS X 10.9

texts:
Mounting NTFS drives works in OS X natively. Mounting drives with fstab is common and can be seen here and here and here.

I was able to successfully do it with the following addition to my fstab.

UUID=30ADE88E-0889-42FF-AEC3-3AE0D11C7FE4 none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse

However, on reboot the next time I plugged in my drive it no longer worked.

I tried sudo mount -a but that failed with the following error:

mount: realpath /none: No such file or directory

The diskutil command is my go-to for finding drive information.

➜  /  diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS 512ssd                  499.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:               Windows_NTFS 900GBWD                 900.2 GB   disk1s1 <--- SEE
   2:             Windows_FAT_32 100GBWDFAT              100.0 GB   disk1s2

Once you know your drive location in /dev then you can find the UUID with diskutil info disk1s1:

➜  /  diskutil info disk1s1
   Device Identifier:        disk1s1
   Device Node:              /dev/disk1s1
   Part of Whole:            disk1
   Device / Media Name:      Untitled 1

   Volume Name:              900GBWD
   Escaped with Unicode:     900GBWD

   Mounted:                  No

   File System Personality:  NTFS
   Type (Bundle):            ntfs
   Name (User Visible):      Windows NT File System (NTFS)

   Partition Type:           Windows_NTFS
   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 USB
   SMART Status:             Not Supported
   Volume UUID:              30ADE88E-0889-42FF-AEC3-3AE0D11C7FE4

   Total Size:               900.2 GB (900174610944 Bytes) (exactly 1758153537 512-Byte-Units)
   Volume Free Space:        0 B (0 Bytes) (exactly 0 512-Byte-Units)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         Not applicable (not mounted)
   Ejectable:                Yes

   Whole:                    No
   Internal:                 No

However, I'm not sure why the fstab isn't working anymore or how I can correctly mount this drive. How do you mount a NTFS drive as writable in OS X?


texts: How to fix my external hard drive after connecting it to a pc? Possible USB 3.0 to USB 2.0 problem?

texts:
I bought an external hard drive, connected it to my MacBook, put some stuff on it, connected it to a pc, tried to transfer video files to a friend (pc owner), spinning wheel of death, friend pulls out usb without ejecting, connected external drive to my MacBook and nothing pops up. Sometimes it’ll pop up if I restart my MacBook with it plugged in. But there’s a pop up and has three options: initialize, eject, ignore. I click initialize but Disk utility doesn’t find a problem when first aid is used. System Information knows it’s there, plugged in. Both tell me partition map is “not supported” or “unknown” and I don’t know anything about this, but is that where the problem is?

Note: Okay, so I feel like this may be a usb 3.0 to usb 2.0 problem. I still have the same issue where it only shows up on MacBook after restart. But disk utility shows me more on an old MacBook (usb 2.0) than my MacBook (usb 3.0). My external hard drive is a seagate. Some information disk utility gives me is. USB Serial Number is all zeroes. Total capacity is 144.12 PB. Partition Map Scheme is unformatted.
I also would prefer if I can fix it on a MacBook. When I tried to verify it said unrecognized file system. The PC I have access to is slow and I don’t really know how to work it.


texts: Looking for a free system monitoring tool

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I'm looking for a system monitoring tool, preferably a free one. I don't care if it's an actual app or sits in my terminal.

Activity Monitor doesn't give me all the information I want at once.

iStat Menus definitely seems like a slick option, but that costs $. I use iTerm2/zsh/oh-my-zsh; I haven't been able to find any sort of plugin for that, which is disappointing.


texts: "Swift Programming Language" iBook Not Updating

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I've recently been researching Swift development as I have grown tired of Objective-C. However, the book I am reading (Apple's official guide) will not update to the latest version on my Mac. It updates fine on my iPhone, but it still has the same version from June that I initially downloaded on my Mac. Is there any way to update it?

I have tried deleting and re-downloading the book, and there is still no update option from the Downloads menu. I tried viewing in the iBooks Store—there is definitely a new version available. When I have iBooks check for available downloads, it says that I have downloaded all Updates and Purchases. Suggestions?


texts: UserEventAgent Not Responding (MacBook Pro 2018 Mojave)

texts:
I opened activityMonitor and covered that UserEventAgent lighted red color.
How can I fix this?


texts: What is this macbook keyboard popup bubble?

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While I am typing, my macbook randomly (to me anyway) pops up a speech bubble with alternative characters. I can be flying on typing the rest of the sentence before I realise a number of characters have not typed. I do not understand what triggers this to appear. Does anyone know what this bubble is and how to turn it off?

It must be some accessibility feature? But I cannot see what the setting is and how to turn it off?! Its driving me crazy!!

Update:

OK, so thanks to replies I know now it is the mac accent character picker. But I'm not holding down a key when it appears, I'm typing normally without pause. Before I turn it off completely as suggested, is there any sensitivity setting I can check to confirm how long it waits for a key to be held down?

If not, I guess it might indicate a hardware problem with my keyboard then and turning it off completely is the only option.


texts: Is there a unity-like "Sticky edges" option to prevent the cursor from hopping across displays so easily?

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When moving the cursor towards a clickable item near the middle edge of a multi-monitor display, it is easy to move "too far", causing the cursor to jump to the other display. This is disorienting.

Does OS X (I'm on El Capitan if it matters) have a similar feature?

More info: https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/display-dual-monitors.html#Sticky_Edges


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I've run into a weird bug that either turns my volume up to max or turns it down to mute. Whenever I have my phone in my pocket and I want to change the volume, I kind of press the buttons on the side with a bit of luck.
However, it sometimes happens that I press both buttons very shortly (milliseconds) after each other, triggering this bug.

In some way, the phone turns the volume up or down continuously, no matter if you press a volume button, it will always go to max or mute again.

Now, I've figured out that restarting the phone fixes this, but I was wondering if someone else has noticed this and if there is a fix that doesn't need restarting. As far as I know, this only happens under iOS7, never noticed it before that.

Edit: Almost a year later and one iOS-version later, I am STILL noticing this bug once in a while. Still haven't found a way to replicate it.


texts: Has any Macbook ever had a lightning port?

texts: I seem to remember a Lightning port being on a Macbook (probably the 12-inch ones) but cannot find mention of it anywhere. I "remember" a YouTube video (not from who though) that mentioned the lightning port, but people were irritated that it was only able to charge it, not do anything else. Am I just remembering stupid, never-true stuff, or was this real?


texts: Downloading old macOS from a newer Mac to install on an external hard drive

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I have an older MacBook Pro that had some HDD issues.  Now the Mac doesn't have a working OS and I need to install MacOS.  The newest version that it can use is Mac OS Mountain Lion.  So I borrowed a friends new MacBook, logged into the Mac App Store with my Apple ID, and the bought it.

But now I can't download it because when I click download, it says this version of MacOS is not compatiable with the newer MacBook.

Which is fine, but I'm not trying to install it on the new Mac, I just want to copy the install over to an external hard drive so that I can then use it to install macOS on the older mac.

Any ideas?


texts: Why is the wireless connection between my MacBook and AirPort Express so unstable?

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The wireless transmit rate of my MacBook Core 2 Duo is extremely unstable. That is, when I connect to my AirPort Express the transfer rate is good for about one minute and after that it suddenly drops (option click on the AirPort icon shows a transmit rate of 1...).

The strange thing is that when I then click on the AirPort icon next to the clock and new networks are being searched, the rate gets normal again for about 10 seconds. Then again all running downloads and page load stop until I click again.

I use the same network with a MacBook Pro without any problems. I've googled this issue, tried to switch wireless channels, switched back to 802.11g mode (it runs on n and g compatible mode normally) but nothing helped so far.

Any ideas what could cause these transfer rate drops?

Update

Not sure if that's of any use but in the AirPort Utility it says Signal -24, Noise -95 and Rate 1 (it raises when I click the AirPort icon).

Update II

One solution seems to be to switch to 802.11n only 5 GHz (2.4 GHz does not help). The downside: iPhone and many older notebooks don't support it...


texts: How do a create an iPhoto Smart Album of ANY of the names X, Y or Z but only for the year 2013

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I'm trying to create a smart album that has "face is" with each member of my family the date range is a given year. In other words I'm trying to create a "yearly" smart album of just my immediate family members. I have used:

Face is Me
Face is Daughter
Face is Wife

with the ANY option selected.

But then when I add the date range line of 1/1/2013 to 12/31/2013 I get all pictures in 2013 and I just want the ones with faces.

Any ideas? In math I'm looking for (x or yor z) AND (date = this year) and I'm getting x or y or z OR date = this year.


texts: Is it possible to attach a file to an email from the command line?

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I am often using the terminal, and I'd like to be able type a command that will attach a selected file to an email in mail.app.

:~ mailme myfile

Any idea on how to do that?


texts: MacBook Pro-Change Background doesn't display/use all of the jpg pictures in the folder

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I have a new MacBook Pro.   I just downloaded several free HD backgrounds (about 50+)from the internet and placed in a folder.   I added the folder to the Desktop & Screen Saver app.

All of the new images are .jpg files.    But when I added the folder, only 10 of the images display and are used as the background.

I researched online and tried setting "Change picture" to every 5 seconds to try and "force" cycling through all of the pictures -- this didn't work.

I looked at file details --- thee only difference is the date of the files.   The folder is only displaying files I added over a month ago. (Also downloaded from the web, same websites.)

I am not using iCloud Drive (I use Google for backup.)

Any ideas??


texts: Trying to find the board ID for Mac Pro 1,1 (no OS currently installed, can't access terminal)

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I'm trying to install Mavericks on an old MacPro1,1 (This one), and I need the correct board ID to properly configure the USB install.  I currently do not have any OS installed on the HDD, so I cann't access terminal in order to find the board ID.

Does anybody know the board ID for this model?


texts: How can I see traffic from shared Wifi (Macbook AirPort)?

texts: I want to see a log.  Something like: 192.168.0.23 www.example.url 13:34 19 april 2011


texts: How do the cellular capabilities differ between the different iPhone 6s/6s Plus models?

texts:
Info

Apple lists the LTE band support of its iPhone models on this page: iPhone LTE Support. It lists more information about the iPhone 6s models on this page, specifically in the Cellular and Wireless section: iPhone 6s - Tech Specs

Here is a comparison of the iPhone 6s/6s Plus models' cellular specs as of the time of writing this question, noting certification differences in the four major US carriers:

A1633/34 (Certified US support: AT&T)

LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

A1687/88 (Certified US support: Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon)

LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Question

It appears that the only difference between the two model pairs is the absence of support for LTE band 30 in the A1687/88 models. Am I missing something? Why wouldn't they just make one model pair for US customers (A1633/34)?


texts: Can you pair Mac AND iPad with same Apple Wireless Keyboard?

texts: Can you pair both a Mac and an iPad 2 with the same Apple wireless keyboard, but not at the same time?  Or do you have to un-pair one, and then pair it with the other?


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I have an iMac and a second display - an LG 24" panel.

Using any colour picker (eg Digital Color Meter) on exactly the same colour gives a different result depending on which screen I pick the colour from.

As an example - on a web page, the body colour is defined as #c00202.

On the iMac's display, the colour picker gives me the expected value of #c00202, but on my other display, I get a different value - in this case #bc0007. If I change the display profile. I get a different value.

I get what's going on, but is there any way of just making the colour picker return the defined colour - it seems crazy that I'll get a different value depending on which screen I'm using.


texts: MacOS Detects Aftermarket SSD But Doesn't In Recovery Mode

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I've been using a 2014 MacBook Pro on the latest OS (now Big Sur) successfully for awhile with an aftermarket SSD installed. I decided to clean it to give away/sell so I logged out of iCloud and iMessage, reset the NVRAM per https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208496, and booted it up into recovery mode to erase the drive but discovered that recovery-mode disk utility is not detecting the boot drive, just the recovery partition. The machine still boots up normally and successfully and disk utility in the OS displays the boot drive just fine...but obviously I can't erase it from within the OS!
When resetting the NVRAM, it played the startup chime 3-4 times or so in the span of me holding down the required keys for 20 seconds.
I've already run disk utility's "First Aid" on all containers listed but the same behavior persists.
Disk utility in the OS shows an APFS System Volume and a separate APFS Data Volume that both show the same full capacity as my SSD:

Any ideas on what I can do to get recovery-mode disk utility to recognize my SSD?
EDIT: This is an internal Kingston A2000 M.2 NVME SSD being used in conjunction with a Sintech NGFF M.2 nVME SSD adapter.
In the recovery environment, the terminal commands diskutil list and diskutil apfs list output:
-bash-3.2# diskutil list
/dev/disk0
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *1.3 GB     disk0
  1:        Apple_partition_map                         30.7 KB    disk0s1
  2:                  Apple_HFS OS X Base System        1.3 GB     disk0s2
/dev/disk1
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:                            untitled               *5.2 MB     disk1
/dev/disk2
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk2
/dev/disk3
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk3
/dev/disk4
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk4
/dev/disk5
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk5
/dev/disk6
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk6
/dev/disk7
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:                            untitled               *6.3 MB     disk7
/dev/disk8
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:                            untitled               *2.1 MB     disk8
/dev/disk9
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:                            untitled               *1.0 MB     disk9
/dev/disk10
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk10
/dev/disk11
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:                            untitled               *524.3 KB   disk11
/dev/disk12
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:                            untitled               *1.0 MB     disk12
/dev/disk13
  #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
  0:                            untitled               *6.3 MB     disk13
-bash-3.2# diskutil apfs list
diskutil: did not recognize verb "apfs"; type "diskutil" for a list


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I have a cellular data contract which offers me a very small amount of data every month. Going over this data limit causes me to automatically be charged for an extra gigabyte, which I want to avoid.

On Android phones it is possible to set a data cap which prevents you from using a certain amount of data. So, for example, you can set the limit at 100 MB and your cellular data will turn off once you reach that limit.

I have noticed a significant amount of “system services” data usage on my iPhone (which Apple does not allow you to control or disable all), which is why I am afraid I will inadvertently shoot over the data limit by accident.

I am aware that there are third party applications which have widgets showing you your data usage, but this is not what I’m looking for.

One possibility is getting notifications when you’ve reached some limit, such as 100 MB. While not ideal, this helps in controlling data usage. However, my experience with the app I tried, My Data Manager, was quite lousy: it alerted me of my limit at the end of the day, long after I had, without realizing, spent 1 GB  of LTE data.

Another possibility is using a burner Android phone, putting the SIM card in it, creating a personal hotspot and using that with my iPhone. The Android phone would have the data limit instead of the iPhone. However, this is obviously a silly idea in practice.

So does iOS have a similar feature, either on vanilla iOS, a third-party app (e.g. through an automatically VPN), or some other app which makes monitoring this data passively easier (like the ones mentioned above)? Or is it the assumption by Apple that all iPhone users have unlimited data plans?


texts: What does Apple normally announce at events?

texts:
Tomorrow (October 20th, 2010) Apple will announce something.

What have they announced at previous Mac events and what are some of the things are "usual"?


texts: Is it possible to send a text file from terminal to the Notes App on MacOS?

texts:
I like how my notes in the Notes App gets synced via iCloud. I spend most of my time in the terminal during the day, so it's convenient for me to keep notes in a text file. At the moment I simply copy-paste my note to the Notes App, so I can review them in bed on my phone.

Can I skip manual copy-paste and somehow directly push my text file from the command line?


texts: How to disable the "this cable or accessory is not certified" message on iPhone?

texts:
The message "this cable or accessory is not certified and may not work reliably with this iPhone" pops up whenever I use a 3rd party USB cable for it. It's really annoying, because then I'd have to unplug it, then plug it in again for it to start charging (the pop up message prevents phone from getting charged).

Is there some way to disable it? I'm fine with jailbreak tweaks as my iPhone 5 is jailbroken. I very highly doubt it's actually anything to do with the cable because I've been using it for a year now and no problems whatsoever, it's obviously just Apple's way of tricking users to buy their completely overpriced accessories by throwing in this annoyance.


texts: Is it possible to block a specific IP from attempting to connect to screen sharing?

texts:
I have noticed for some time that the shared screen icon flickers on and off on my menubar every couple of minutes (MacBook Pro, MAC OS X 10.8.4). I thought it was a glitch or a bug. I've checked the console and there are connection attempts almost every minute. 99% are from a specific address:

26/07/13 00:41:51,569 screensharingd[49866]: Authentication: FAILED :: User Name: N/A :: Viewer Address: 89.96.146.134 :: Type: VNC DES

Is this a brute force attack? Should I be concerned? I do need Screen Sharing on, as I connect to this mac quite frequently. I considered activating the Firewall, but it won't help unless I block all incoming connections.

Is there a way to block that IP from connecting at all. The mac is behind an airport extreme router with VNC ports pointed to this mac by NAT. Any way to filter those connections at that level?


texts: Can I move ENTIRE folders (Pages documents, Numbers spreadsheets, photos) to iCloud, or do I have to move each separately...documents to Pages app, spreadsheets to Numbers app and photos to iPhoto?  I have 10.7.5 OS...can I move entire Folder on new Mountain Lion OS?  Thanks.


texts:
i've found a similar question but i think is a bit incomplete. I know how to download and install El Capitan now that Sierra is out. You just have to change the date in terminal to something like 2015 and the download will start. This is exactly what i did a month ago.
Now i'm having some random reboot caused by some sw (most likely Paragon and NTFS), but this is another story, so i would like to reinstall El Capitan.
I've done as usuale, booting into recovery and trying to reinstall El Capitan. After i put my credential in it said that "This item is temporary unavailable".

I got this Mac a month ago, so, of course i didn't purchased El Capitan since Sierra was already out. Moreover, if i have to be honest, i've purchased that, with the same account on a hackintosh, but of course, this is not working as planned.

And again, since this MBP is a 2012 retina that came with Mountain Lion, i've installed El Capitan changing the date in terminal, downloading it from Apple directly and now i have that installed but it's, again, not marked as purchased in my account.

So, i don't want to upgrade to Sierra right now, i would like to purchase El Capitan in 2017 to be able to reinstall it. I know how i can see the link in the store, but when i click "get" it says "impossible to complete purchase".

Any hint?


texts: How do I cancel a download in iTunes on the iPad?

texts:
I have selected to download a few podcasts in iTunes on my iPad but have decided that I don't want them anymore (they're audio only and I would prefer to listen to them on my laptop instead). Is there any way of terminating/cancelling the download?

I have tried tapping, holding, and various other things in iTunes on the iPad but no luck.

Am I doomed to have to download the files and then delete them?

I ask because I'm in a country that does not have unmetered download internet plans.


texts: Best option to connect Macbook Pro with Thunderbolt and HDMI to a monitor with DP and VGA

texts:
Macbook Pro: Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015. macOS Catalina. Has HDMI and thunderbolt port.
Monitor: VGA and Display Port.
Already tried using a HDMI to VGA adapter but it doesn't work with mac at all. Is there any other way than to purchase expensive Apple adapters?


texts:
I have been having issues with my mid-2009 Mac Pro ever since I installed Mountain Lion. First it was intermittent kernel panics;  I did some research and found that this is an ML bug that's triggered by having multiple Nvidia GeForce 120 video cards. Nothing I can do about that but wait for Apple to fix it.

Then I started coming to my desk in the morning to find the computer shut down.  I could tell from the logs that it happened around 6:00 am, but I could not tell why - the messages just before the crash were different every time, and usually were not error messages.

The only thing I know of that runs in the wee hours of the morning is my SuperDuper! backups, so I commented all of those out in crontab.  I thought that had fixed it, but this morning I realized that actually what that did was change it from a shutdown to a reboot.  "last" shows this:

janine    ttys004                   Mon Apr  8 05:53 - 11:20  (05:26)
janine    ttys003                   Mon Apr  8 05:53 - 11:20  (05:26)
janine    ttys002                   Mon Apr  8 05:53 - 11:20  (05:26)
janine    ttys001                   Mon Apr  8 05:53 - 11:20  (05:26)
janine    ttys000                   Mon Apr  8 05:53 - 11:20  (05:26)
janine    console                   Mon Apr  8 05:52 - 11:20  (05:27)
reboot    ~                         Mon Apr  8 05:52
janine    ttys004                   Sat Apr  6 06:22 - crash (1+23:30)
janine    ttys003                   Sat Apr  6 06:22 - crash (1+23:30)
janine    ttys001                   Sat Apr  6 06:22 - crash (1+23:30)
janine    ttys002                   Sat Apr  6 06:22 - crash (1+23:30)
janine    ttys000                   Sat Apr  6 06:22 - crash (1+23:30)
janine    console                   Sat Apr  6 06:20 - crash (1+23:32)
reboot    ~                         Sat Apr  6 06:19

The crashes due to the video cards cause Kernel.panic files to be written to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports, but these reboots don't leave any trace behind other than the above.

There is nothing running from crontab now.  The only things I can think of that run automagically are Dropbox sync, Backblaze and Time Machine, but those run several times a day, and it seems unlikely that they would only cause a reboot at a specific time of day.

I tried to run the Apple Hardware Test but was unsuccessful.  Holding down D while the computer boots does nothing, and neither does option-D. I even switched from wireless to an Ethernet cable and running the test from the Internet still did not work (by which I mean the system just boots normally, with a slight delay which is presumably when it's looking for the test).  I do have a wired keyboard so it should be getting the keystroke at the appropriate time.

What else can I do to track this down?


texts:
Sometims I’m watching live events on websites that have an embedded flash video player.

Is it possible to take the stream to a native player such as VLC?

If so, what would be the steps?


texts:
I was using Skype, and suddenly the internal iSight camera stopped working. It's not the first time this has happened. I already fixed this problem with a reboot, but I would like to find a solution without a reboot. Is there a way to push the driver back, or do some more accurate diagnostic?

I have MacOSX 10.6.7 on a macbook 13" unibody.


texts:
I would like to use Apple EarPods with a Nokia 130 (dumb phone). I only need sound and microphone to work. I don't expect the volume control to work, since I assume it's proprietary.

Inserting the EarPods directly into the Nokia gives no sound at all. If I keep the connector halfway in, I get sound, but this is obviously not a permanent solution.
I tried an adapter with a female connector for the EarPods (4 pins) and a male connector (3 pins) for the Nokia. This gives me sound, but the microphone does not work.
I also tried using a cheap EarPods copy on the Nokia, which works for both sound and microphone (even if it has 4 pins like the original EarPods...!), but with bad quality (no bass).

Can someone recommend an adapter where:

Sound works
Microphone works
Does not degrade audio quality
Is as small and simple as possible


texts: The "2Do" application shows a blue dot in app's titlebar on macOS - what is it for?

texts: What does the blue dot next to the other red/yellow/green dots do in the title bar of 2Do on macOS?


texts: Microphone not working after water spilled on iPad

texts: I accidentally spilled water on my iPad. I cleaned it up right away and it's perfectly fine. I can hear stuff and it turns on but when I call people, they can't hear me.


texts: Using Migration Asst, have gone from Mac 1 to Mac 2, but now Mac 2 back to Mac 1?

texts:
I had to send MacBook Pro #1 out for repair and used Migration Assistant to temporarily work on a loaner (MacBook Pro #2).

Now #1 is back. Do I:

Use M.A. to go from #2 to #1, hoping it magically merges and resolves the differences in my user account existing on #1?
Reformat and reinstall the OS on #1, and use M.A. to go from #2 to #1?
Some other optimal solution?


texts: Is there an open-source iOS screen viewer/ recorder for macOS?

texts:
Requirements:

better than QuickTime movie recording: it doesn't pass the sound through
Wormhole and is great but that is a paid closed source software
Open source strongly preferred

Is there a open source software which would let me view my iOS screen on macOS?


texts: What are the numerous incoming connections I see on public wifi for?

texts:
In general I have incoming connections disabled by my security software (Little Snitch). But even when I do this, on public wifi, I see numerous incoming connections for netbios and mDNSResponder allowed automatically.

For example, at a recent hotel stay, I was confronted with a long list as soon as a logged on to the wifi there (listed as automatically allowed by Little Snitch)

which quickly grew to the thousands

What are these incoming connections for? Why are they being automatically allowed? Are they a security threat?

Note that if I explicitly block all of these connections using Little Snitch, my network access fails, but the network still seems to function when I alternatively block incoming connections using Apple's (OS X 10.9) firewall

and enable stealth mode


texts: Mac Pro with Thunderbolt Display 30 meters away

texts:
We want to position a Thunderbolt Display (2015 model) 30 meters away from a Mac Pro (2015 model).

Questions regarding this setup:

What cable do we need to connect these two? I have seen Thunderbolt 1 and Thunderbolt 2 cables, can't really see which one we need to connect the display to the Mac Pro
Is it possible to connect a keyboard and mouse to the Thunderbolt Display and control the Mac Pro?

Further explanation of our situation:

We have a Mac Pro upstairs which has one account of adobe cloud and we have a laptop with the second adobe cloud account. 1 license is limited to 2 computers.

We have 2 Thunderbolt Displays 2 keyboards 2 mouse. We want to use the same Mac Pro in the upstairs office and in the downstairs office which are located right on top of each other. I was thinking of just drilling a whole trough the floor and connecting the second screen via thunderbolt.


texts: Cannot connect to my remote IP address without a reboot, multiple pieces of software affected

texts:
I just recently switched back to Mac OS after using a Windows 10 machine for a year. I have noticed an issue that existed with my previous Macbook Pro, and is now plaguing my new machine.

I have a private server sitting on my residential public/remote IP Address. When I take my new Macbook out of sleep and try to ssh into it, I will occasionally get this error:

ssh: connect to host *myserver*: Can't assign requested address

This is the exact error that I used to receive on my old Macbook Pro. Only a restart or an ifdown / ifup of my network interface resolves the problem.

This isn't just an error with ssh, either. I cannot connect my VPN to this server, or even visit the website that is hosted on it. Trying to access my domain / direct IP address in the browser (or via any other method, for that matter) fails.

The only thing that solves this problem is a reset of the network interface or a hard reboot. I'm wondering if anyone else has ever run into this issue - and if so, if they have a solution for it.

Any information would be greatly appreciated! Thank you everyone.


texts: What is Best Practice when storing MacBooks for over a month?

texts:
We have a pod of 30 MacBooks and MacBook Pros that don't get used over the holidays.

What's best practice to store the laptops for 6 weeks? I know that when you store laptops for long periods at half charge, unplugged in a cool place is a good idea, but in practice I've just put them plugged-in in the storeroom! Could anyone share their best practice methods when storing these sort of devices?


texts: IntelliJ Scala does not work anymore after El Capitan upgrade

texts:
After I have updated to El Capitan I am having problems in running a Scala project with IntelliJ.

When I run it I obtain the following error:

  Error:Cannot run program "/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home/bin/java" (in directory "/Users/donbeo/Library/Caches/IntelliJIdea14/compile-server"): error=2, No such file or directory

I think I have to specify where Java is or something like that.

It was working before.

How can I solve it?


texts: How to share my internet connection with my xbox 360 slim? (over an ethernet cable)

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I have a Mac Mini with Snow Leopard (10.6.7). Now I want to share my internet connection with my Xbox 360 Slim. (Don't ask why I don't use the WLAN in my Xbox).

I found a few tutorials but nothing worked. The Xbox never connects to the internet.

Can anyone help me?


texts: Uninstall Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) from macOS Catalina when uninstaller is 32-bit

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I've upgraded to macOS Catalina and now noticing some long unused apps that I'm purging from my system.  Adobe Creative Cloud being one of them (well, many of them).

I know there is an Creative Cloud Uninstaller but it is 32-bit so won't run on Catalina. I've downloaded the most recent but after running it quits with errors (and doesn't seem to do a thing).

Is there a list of every CC file that Adobe spewed throughout my filesystem so I can delete them manually?


texts: is it possible to run a 4k display using an eGPU on a mid 2012 MacBook Pro (non retina)

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I'm interested in driving a 4k display by using an eGPU.

I've acquired a Sonnet Thunderbolt ePCI expansion chassis (see here) -- which will allow me to hook 1 double width ePCI card or two single width ePCI cards to my MacBook Pro via the Thunderbolt port.

Ideally I would like to hook an nVidea based GPU to this setup and then hook it to a 4k Monitor (so I can run CUDA stuff).

My primary need is screen real estate -- I do not need to be playing games -- but I do want a crisp display. I was thinking of a Samsung 40" 4K display like this.

Would appreciate if you answer addresses the following salient points:

Is this setup possible -- my research seem to indicate it is?
Is it stable -- does osx have bugs that make this setup non ideal.
Would nVidea based chip set be preferred (I also want to do CUDA stuff)
How do I find out if an nVidea card is supported by OSX
Any limitations on running the 4K display

Thanks.


texts: Syncing OSX settings and preferences to iCloud

texts:
Is there a way to sync/save OSX's own settings, preferences, etc to iCloud?

I use OSX El Capitan.


texts: How does a message look on an Android phone?

texts:
I have an iPhone but no Android phone. When I send a message to a friends Android phone, I am always nervous that I use some function that is not supported.

Is there somewhere online where I can see what a message looks like on an Android phone, or a list of supported functions?

Examples:

I shared the location of a pizza place via a message to an Android phone. The location is not received, but the phone number of the place!

I send a birthday message with balloons, and a normal message with some appended text saying "Balloons" is received - I forgot exactly how it was.

Some emojis are not supported - but which?

A picture is received in a bad resolution - but how bad?

Related:
iPhone-Android texting compatibility


texts: I have an iMac20 with OS 10.6.8 and an external hard drive. It appears that recently the Trash has an large amount of items. When I try to use Secure Empty Trash it counts the number of items to be deleted, then starts the deletion process and fails after a short time.


texts: Apple TV, content from two users on same mac

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My parents have an iMac that they share using fast user switching. They each have an iTunes library, where mom keeps the pictures from the family's digital camera and her music collection, and dad maintains his music and the family's movie collection. Also, they each have an iPhone, which is synced to their respective music library.

We recently got them an Apple TV, so that they'd be able to enjoy the content on their tv. We've gotten both picture viewing, music streaming and movie watching work, but the problem is that all content is not accessible at the same time.

To me it appears that the culprit is the fast user switching. Both libraries appear on the Apple TV, but usually only one of the libraries is accessible. I have not been able to establish a pattern with regards to who is the active user on the iMac, i.e. it does not appear to matter if dad's the foremost user on the mac when trying to access his library from the tv (or if mom's foremost when trying to access dad's library).

Any suggestions as to what can be done to solve this problem? The goal is that all content should be accessible from the Apple TV at all times.

They are using iTunes 10.5.3, unfortunately I can't tell the software version of the AppleTV right now.


texts: Is there an app that allows users to take multiple photos and upload them all together?

texts: I see most of popular iOS apps allow only upload one picture at a time to the service's backend storage. Is there any reason why they don't support upload multiple pictures in one shot?


texts: Why am I warned about not properly ejecting a disc every time I open my computer?

texts: For the past week, each time I open the computer in the morning, there is a notice saying I didn't properly eject the disc.  I have not had any disc, camera, or any other appliance plugged into the computer, so why the warning?


texts:
On my iMac, I tend to adjust the Turn off display after: from short to long and back again, pretty frequently. It would be convenient if I could get to this with one click, perhaps from the menu bar. Is there a way to accomplish this?

It's not one of the things in /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras.


texts: Can I run the game Civilization on mid-2011 MacBook Air?

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Is there any version of the game Civilization that will run reasonably well on a mid-2011 13" MacBook Air (1.7 gHz core i5; 4GB RAM) that shipped with Lion but now runs Mountain Lion?

PowerPC software won't run on Lion or Mountain Lion, and the graphics performance might preclude the latest releases, but is there any version modern enough to work with Lion/Mountain Lion but old enough that the graphics on an MBA will handle it?


texts: I installed MacOS on disk 0. I have one HDD drive which is split into multiple disks. Now I would like to merge disk 0 and disk 1 (same hdd) to one disk. Is it possible and what should I do? For illustration I have added a screenshot with the current partitioning.


texts: Mavericks - terminal change default printer paper size

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I've been using the following terminal command to set the current default printer paper size to a custom paper size

defaults write com.apple.print.PrintingPrefs DefaultPaperID -string 154x216

Unfortunately looking in preferences panel this is not setting the paper size, please does anyone know where this default paper is now set in Mavericks


texts: I want know more about the new feature Face ID in iPhone X, if user hold it's iPhone X upside down then Face ID will work?


texts: I'm new to Mac. A friend installed all kinds of additional software including zsh which I would like to uninstall. So how can I uninstall zsh?


texts: MacOS Photos seems to import two copies of each picture

texts: Not every single picture, but it seems the majority of pictures that I imported into MacOS Photos have a duplicate. I am not sure why. Is it some interaction with Photo Streams? Does it have to do with having both a RAW and Jpeg? Is it a bug? Have you seen this?


texts: Midnight Commander Exit from Working Directory doesn't return to same directory in Terminal

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Upon exit from midnight commander(MC), terminal returns to default directory(users/username) instead of working directory in MC.
Had tried creating

alias mc='. /usr/share/mc/bin/mc-wrapper.sh

but it’s not working.


texts: I want to forward all SMS and iMessages received on my iPhone to my e-mail address. I have tried IFTTT, but can't see a way to do it. Has anyone else managed to do this?


texts:
What are the advantages / disadvantages of the "Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adaptor" over something like the "Apple AirPort Express"?

As a frequent traveller (with a retina-macbook-pro) I am simply looking for a lightweight and reliable way to connect to a wired network.


texts: Xcode error stating "Unable to install "

texts: I just recently began taking an interest in iOS development and was trying to run my first app I've made onto my phone. I created a free developer profile today using my Apple ID. The app runs on a simulator just fine, but gives me the error stated above. If I click on details it states that I've reached the maximum number of apps for my free development profile, but I have not made or installed any apps at all. I have tried clearing through "Window > Devices and Simulators" but that did nothing. Also tried un pairing and re-pairing the device to my computer which still resulted in the same error. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Does Apple Mail verify message has been moved to new folder before deleting it from old folder?

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I am using Apple Mail and switch email providers. I want to Move my messages from one account to another. I need to be confident that when I move (not Copy) messages from one account to another account using Apple Mail, that the messages are truly on the new account before they are deleted from the old account.
Does Apple Mail verify the new message has been stored (committed) to the new account before it deletes it from the old account?
Thank you.


texts: Magic Keyboard with number pad: type comma instead of a dot

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I'm using Magic Keyboard 2 with numeric keypad. The problem I have is that when I use English US as input source, the dot on the numpad results in " . "

Where I'd need it to type a comma (as in, e.g., German language). I need comma, because I live in Europe, and the number separator for decimals is "," and not a ".". And all calculations are made with comma.


texts: Can a Macbook Pro Output Video through the 3.5mm Audio Port?

texts: I have a Macbook Pro mid 2014 running OS X El Capitan and I also have a 3.5mm audio jack to component plug. I want to display my computer screen on my TV (which has component input) but all I have is the 3.5mm audio jack to component. I don't want to buy another cable and I don't want to by an Apple TV. So, can the Macbook Pro output video (I don't care what quality) through the 3.5mm audio jack port or is there any way to configure it so I can do this?


texts: Difference between using ⌘ - space vs 'open -a' in terminal?

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I noticed a difference when compiling a latex document within emacs, but I think this is really a mac question.

When I open emacs via ⌘ - space and then type C-c C-c, instead of compiling with pdflatex, the minibuffer proposes 'Command[\doc-view]', and if I enter 'pdflatex', the TeX-shell (within emacs) tells me 'pdflatex: command not found'.

When I open emacs from a terminal window and type 'open -a emacs', it works fine.

Why is that?


texts:
I am at the end of my rope with parental controls.  I set up time of day restrictions and daily time limits on my daughters computer to limit screen time by default.

From time to time I want to extend these limits:

add time past the limit i.e. 4 hours
extend past the time of day restrictions i.e. past 8 PM

I can't seem to do that at all.  My daughter tries to login and then hits the parental controls lock.  She can get to the prompt to add time with admin user etc.  I enter my password and then her account just kicks back to the login screen.  I have a hunch that you can't go past the time of day restriction but the daily time limit should not be an issue.

Anyone else see this or am I missing something obvious?


texts: Troubleshooting: 90 seconds to eject external Time Machine drive?

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I have a 5TB USB-C drive attached to my 16" MacBook Pro running Big Sur 11.2.3. I use this drive exclusively for Time Machine. When ejecting the drive, it takes anywhere from 90 - 120 seconds before the drive is ejected. This happens even when Time Machine is not actively backing up to the drive. A couple OSs back, I remember thinking 15 seconds was a long time to wait for a drive to eject, but now, 90+ seconds feels like forever.
What steps can I take to troubleshoot and shorten the ejection time?
Update
I plugged the drive in this morning. After letting Time Machine run, I waited for it to finish and ran the command from @jaume :
Anthony@Vincent ~ % sudo lsof +d /Volumes/LaCie.Backup
COMMAND PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
mds      90 root   21r   DIR   1,16      510    2 /Volumes/LaCie.Backup
mds      90 root   25r   DIR   1,16      510    2 /Volumes/LaCie.Backup
mds      90 root   27r   DIR   1,16      510    2 /Volumes/LaCie.Backup
mds      90 root   31r   DIR   1,16      510    2 /Volumes/LaCie.Backup
mds      90 root   34r   DIR   1,16      510    2 /Volumes/LaCie.Backup

I waited another 10 minutes ran the command a second time to see if mds was still using the drive and the results were the same.
While ejecting the drive, I ran the command and the output was:
Anthony@Vincent ~ % sudo lsof +d /Volumes/LaCie.Backup
lsof: WARNING -- child process 72811 may be hung.
Anthony@Vincent ~ %

Update #2
I added the drive to Spotlight exceptions and reran the lsof command. I noticed that there are now 3 mds processes rather than 5:
Anthony@Vincent ~ % sudo lsof +d /Volumes/LaCie.Backup
COMMAND PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
mds      90 root   21r   DIR   1,16      510    2 /Volumes/LaCie.Backup
mds      90 root   24r   DIR   1,16      510    2 /Volumes/LaCie.Backup
mds      90 root   28r   DIR   1,16      510    2 /Volumes/LaCie.Backup

Right-clicking and selecting Eject from the context menu still takes quite a while to eject the drive. During that time, I ran the lsof command and received the following output:
Anthony@Vincent ~ % sudo lsof +d /Volumes/LaCie.Backup
lsof: WARNING -- child process 73283 may be hung.
COMMAND PID    USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF  NODE NAME
Finder  431 Anthony   15r   DIR    1,6      160 23740 /Volumes
Finder  431 Anthony   16r   DIR    1,6      160 23740 /Volumes

The Finder commands appeared in the results right before the drive disappeared from the desktop.
However, running diskutil unmount /dev/disk3 from Terminal ejects the drive almost immediately.
Why would Finder take so long to eject the drive? I would've thought Finder was using diskutil in the background.
Update #3 (final update)
After a reboot, Finder, diskutil, and Alfred -- the 3 ways I use to eject this drive -- all seem to work fine. My Mac also restarts and shuts down much faster.
Thank you @jaume for the constructive comments. Can a comment be marked as an answer?
Update #4 (Final, FINAL, update, post accepted answer)
A month or so on from this, I was still having slow eject times. My tests ejecting the drive were done after a reboot but before Time Machine had a chance to run.
The answer from Jaume was helpful but I don't think it solved the problem.
The drive was purchased when I was running Catalina and I don't think Catalina supported Time Machine disks formatted with APFS. Now that Big Sur does support the format, I updated the drive to APFS and the eject times are now in the 5 second range.
After numerous restarts and Time Machine backups, the disk is quickly ejecting.
Also, in Big Sur, Time Machine drives are no longer able to be added to Spotlight Privacy:


texts: Displaying calendar events as text, in the terminal

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Using Yosemite, is there a way to display events from my calendar in the command line?

I'm aware of the stock calendars apple supplies for things like holidays and such, /usr/share/calendar/ and the command 'calendar' to display events listed in these. Is there a way to do the same thing but list events from my own calendars?

I've found that personal calendars are stored in ~/Library/Calendars but everything I've found within that folder does not work with the 'calendar' command. There are several folders with ambiguous names similar to "D4385-GS57-D352-GA248592.calendar". And some folders contain a lot of *.ics files, which I think are calendar events.


texts:
If you run Mac OS 10.8 with Virtual Box (on Linux), on a computer that supports hardware virtualization, how good will be the performances?

With a powerful computer (i7, 8gb of ram, ssd hd), would you be able to run music softwares like Ableton Live, Traktor, etc...?


texts: Turn off vibrate when charging wirelessly

texts: When I place my compatible iPhone on a wireless charger, it slowly falls off the charger over time as vibrations come in from messages. I appreciate the notification, but not if it will cause the phone to eventually fall off the charger. Are there any other options besides (1) manually turning vibrate mode to ring, which sometimes vibrates anyway, or (2) manually activating Do Not Disturb?


texts: Grant non-admin sudo privilege, but with `~` being his own home~

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I have heard it to be adviced that, with the general idea of least privilege, Unix-like users should create another account without sudo privilege, in addition to the built-in account with sudo privilege.
In Mac, this translates to be: one should create a staff account for daily use, in addition to the admin account that comes with the computer, being reserved only when necessary.

For concreteness, say bruce is a staff, which I use daily, and batman is an admin, which I use only when necessary.
But how can I, while logging in batman, perform sudo tasks, on behalf of bruce, that is to say with bruce's own ~ and $(whoami) just as if I were logging in as bruce with privilege?

To illustrate this, define /User/bruce/test.sh:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

whoami
cd ~ && pwd
ls ~/Library/Preferences/Preferences/

(Yes, I have done chmod 744 test.sh) I chose the last line for artificial illustration purpose that, normally it seems, ~/Library/Preferences/Preferences/ is not accessible to a staff (i.e., a non-admin).

What I intend to receive, is bruce, /Users/bruce, and successful ls output.

The first attemp is that, indeed, if I open bruce's terminal, but login the bash of batman (in order to get sudo privilege), and run

sudo /Users/bruce/test.sh

I get root, /Users/batman, and successful ls output of ~/Library/Preferences/Preferences/, showing that the home is batman's; this is no wonder.

Or, a possible duplicate (a) asserts that sudo -i -u bruce enables me to execute commands as bruce.
But no! If I (as above) open bruce's terminal, login the bash of batman, and run

sudo -i -u bruce /Users/bruce/test.sh

I get bruce, /Users/bruce, and ls: : Permission denied.

Yet another possible duplicate (b) states that sudo -H -u bruce uses bruce's home.
Well, again when I open bruce's terminal, login the bash of batman, and run

sudo -H -u bruce bash /Users/bruce/test.sh

I too get bruce, /Users/bruce, and ls: : Permission denied.

The reader might think my request is unreasonable; but I just want to know whether it is possible to temporarily grant sudo privilege to a staff -- which may be convenient at times.
For example, if this can be done, when I am doing some short script I need no longer avoid $(whoami) or ~, making it more flexible.
Or, when I run a short script what site I googled suggests, nor do I have to replace $(whoami) by bruce and/or ~ by /Users/bruce.

The last time, as far as I recall, I was irritated by the restriction of privilege, is probably when I ran a layperson-made script I googled, in order to install a LaTeX font.

However, at present I can recollect one instance only.
That is, after I, while logging in batman, brew-ed something using homebrew (for it requires sudo privilege), and logout-ed back as bruce and brew-ed something other.
Homebrew complained a large number of incorrect permissions of certain folders under /usr/local, and urged me to run sudo chown -R $(whoami) blablabla.
It seemed to me that brew had set certain permission to batman's own, and it drove me crazy to fix them one by one.

What do you do to get around the moment, for example, that brew requires sudo, while using a staff account?
Or, after all, is the practice that daily-used account should contain least privilege, simply unrealistic?


texts: OSX Server 10.9 File Sharing - not working properly

texts: I have a 10.9 server with file sharing enabled.  One of the users decided to change the permissions on the folder and was doing some "spring cleaning" now all of my shares are not visible from the workstations except one "Home Folders"  This is the only share that has staff(primary group) where as the others and new shares have "administrators (primary group)".  How can I change this as the users that are not administrators cannot see any other shares when browsing to the server.


texts: Keyboard shortcut to mirror from OS X to AppleTV?

texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut to mirror from OS X to AppleTV and to stop mirroring?


texts:
I recently bought a MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 with 8GB DDR3.

By monitoring with htop I notice that my RAM usage sometimes goes up to 7GB, with only Google Chrome, a few iTerms a text editor and app store.

After running $ purge my RAM usage goes back to 2GB. I found myself typing this command multiple times a day.

htop doesn't seems to show the reason, as the application that most memory consumes it's App Store, with only 3%.

I read a few posts about this and that's where I found the purge solution, but is there a better approach?

Will the Mavericks update fix this?


texts: Move Wifi passwords from one mac to another

texts:
A little bit of background here. I previously had High Sierra installed on my Macbook Air, but for some reason, at one point when I tried to boot up my mac, it showed a folder with a question mark sign that kept flashing. Luckily for me, I was about to upgrade to macOS Mojave, so I had a bootable disk with Mojave on it. I created a new volume on the existing Container in recovery mode, installed Mojave on it and copied out files from the corrupted High Sierra Volume.
Now, I had previously read on some articles and forums that the way to move keychains manually to a new mac was to navigate to ~/Library/Keychains/ and copy out the login keychain, but I found out that Wifi passwords were stored on the System keychain in Keychain Access, so I navigated to /Library/Keychains/ and copied out System.keychain along with the login keychain from the user folder and I deleted the volume.
Coming to my Mojave and opening up the High Sierra's System.keychain in Keychain access, I found that I was unable to copy the Airport passwords to my main Mojave System keychain because it was requesting for the High Sierra's System.keychain password. This is puzzling, because I already was able to unlock the High Sierra's System.keychain with my Mojave user password which by the way is the same as my previous High Sierra user password.

Yet, when I select all the Airport passwords in the High Sierra's System.keychain and try to paste them in Mojave's System keychain, I get shown this:

Typing in the correct password doesn't work, the pop up window just jiggles to show that the password is incorrect. I don't know what else to do, as I have quite a lot of Wifi passwords. Please, any help would be appreciated.


texts: Transferring photos between iPhones keeping metadata

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I want to transfer all photos from my old iPhone 6 to a new iPhone 7 Plus(both running iOS 10.3.2, if relevant). Since my iCloud is full, I first thought about iTunes, but many photos are shown as blank after backing up the old iPhone and restoring data to the new one via iTunes:

Then I tried Airdrop, but metadata like locations and time seem to be lost, because the order of photos isn't retained.

Finally I tried PhotoShare, but it cannot keep the metadata too.

Please tell me how to transfer photos between two iPhones while keeping their metadata.


texts: On my iPhone 7 Plus, after I upgraded to iOS 12.0.01, the touch screen stopped working. I'd restart it, but the touchscreen just doesn't work at all (so I can't slide it to "off").


texts: What is the correct way to take screenshot for the Mac App Store Submission?

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I want to submit my app to the mac app store. Mac App Store is asking for the screenshot of the dimensions 1280x800, 1440x900, 2880x1800 or 2560x1600. My samsung display does not support this dimensions. If I take the screenshot using Grab and scale it to the 1280x800 dimension it is not looking great. What is the correct way to take the screen for the MAS submission?

PS: My Samsung Supported dimensions:
640x480,720x576,800x600,1024x576,1024x768,1280x960,1344x756,1344x1008,1600x900


texts: Partition SSD in Yosemite for Dual-Booting Ubuntu

texts: I've just bought a new Macbook Air (running Yosemite) and I am trying to create a partition from my Macintosh HD SSD for dual-booting Ubuntu. However when I try to create a partition in Disk Utilities, I keep getting the error "This Core Storage operation is not allowed on a sparse logical volume group." I have tried restarting the system in Recovery Mode and verifying and repairing the disk, but it did not work.  What can I do to partition? (I would prefer to not format the SSD.)


texts: Can Google Chrome be blamed for high RAM usage and lagging performance?

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On my Mac, OS X lags substantially when browsing through Chrome. I've researched things and understand that inactive memory is part of the free memory, that can and should be freed at a moment's notice:

find what's producing inactive memory
OS X Lion: 8GB of RAM, 20MB free

Even opening a new tab, scrolling through Facebook or Gmail makes things slower. I own a Macbook Pro 13" early 2011, 8GB RAM, OS X Mountain Lion.

Can I affect Chrome's use of RAM in any way?

Edit: Thanks @bmike, Great edit! I just want to make clear that I have also fiddled around with plugins and extensions in chrome settings, even chrome://flags. Flash instance is indeed a big problem, so I have flash blocker and chrome's inbuilt flash blocker.

I was wondering whether this has anything to do with having non-mac memory in my MBP?


texts:
I'm trying to install windows 2k8 R2  on an old MacBook Pro (5,1). Thats the first unibody macbook with core2duo.

The harddrive did crash so I don't have any option to use bootcamp to retrieve my drivers. Any advice where I can find the driver package for a 64 bit windows operating system?


texts: Set availabily of application in App Store using an API

texts: Is it possible to make an uploaded iOS application unavailable to download using an API just like Play Store ?


texts: Only mic or speaker works on Google hangouts meet, both not working simultaneously

texts: I am using Google Hangouts Meet on iphone 5. It was working well. Suddenly an issue happened. When I click on sound symbol on top of meet screen, two options pop out: iPhone and speaker. When I select iPhone as sound device, I can hear people, but my voice is inaudible to people. When I select speaker as sound device, people can hear me but I can't hear audience. So only one way communication in  either case. I checked volume, it is full. The regular phone call works  without any trouble.I already uninstalled and installed app. Try restart of iPhone, updating iOS but strange issue continues.


texts: How can I restore a supervised device from iCloud

texts:
I have an iPad that I want supervised. I can get it supervised but if I restore from a non-supervised backup, it removes the supervision.

Is it possible to restore a device from iCloud AND keep it supervised?


texts: Unknown Admin Password on New/Used IMac 2011

texts: How do you Change the Administrator User Name and Password if you can not see it on the users list and do not know the previous one?


texts: Why opening application with shortcut doesn't behave the same as opening it from the dock

texts:
I want to open an application (Zotero) with a shortcut in the same way it opens when I click on it in the dock. When I open it from the dock the application recalls the previous changes (window size, position etc.), but if I open it with a shortcut it gets reset to a default each time I use the shortcut.

I have tried both Automator (Launch Application) and Keyboard Maestro (I have tried both "Activate a Specific Application" and "Open Application").

Most puzzling, if I try the run (Automator) or try (KB) function, the application opens as if clicked in the dock. Could someone explain to me what is happening?


texts: MacBook Air reduces free space from 7GB to 1GB in after a few houres

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I am using a Macbook Air with a 64GB HDD and Mountain Lion installed on it.

When I reboot my Air, it shows that I have 7GB free disk space. But after a couple of hours, the system says my disk is nearly full (less than 1GB free space).
What can I do about this? Is it about Sleep Image?


texts: How to force Mail to keep messages in their folder when copying – to a server – a folder that contains both messages and a subfolder

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Environment

Apple Mail 7.3 (1878.6) in OS X 10.9.5 (13F1507) with many folders stored locally. I began copying to IMAP servers – first to iCloud, then to the [Google Mail] area of Gmail.

The problem

Wherever an original folder contains messages and a sub-folder, the messages are not copied to the corresponding folder on the IMAP server. Instead:

on the server, an additional   (Messages) folder alongside the required folder
the additional folder contains messages alone
Mail can not move those messages from the   (Messages) folder to the required folder.

For example, an original folder containing messages and subfolders:

Safari

– the copy performed by Mail results in two folders at the same level:

Safari
Safari (Messages)

Question

Can I force Mail in Mavericks to preserve folder integrity – content – when copying to a server?

Notes

I'm fairly certain that the problem did not occur with an earlier version of Mail.

Mozilla Thunderbird 38.5.0 can move messages on the server to the required folder, but doing so for hundreds of folders – and then deleting the debris – would be unnecessarily time-consuming …

… so I ceased using Mail to attempt copies to servers.

The separation when copying is highly undesirable. (I have thousands of folders, with a well-organised hierarchy. If Mail adds hundreds of additional folders, for messages alone, that organisation will be spoilt.)

When Mail performs an export, no separation is apparent.

The move away from local storage (copying to servers, then deleting originals) is part of a broader move away from Apple Mail.

More

After offering the bounty I spent a few hours performing additional tests.

The problem seems to be intermittent. Sometimes Mail does copy to Gmail, or iCloud, without the separation.

I tested with two Exchange servers, no problem. I tested with the IMAP port to one of those Exchange servers, no problem.

From the results to date, I can not draw any conclusion.

At one point, with iCloud, Mail tried and failed to create a separate folder for messages, with a report that the folder already existed on the server. However: neither Mail, nor the web interface to iCloud, showed that folder. That discrepancy makes me wonder whether the intermittent separation is a side effect of problems with IMAP subscriptions …


texts: WhatsApp web interface in Safari reloads because it is using "significant energy" how to fix?

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I'm using Safari on a MacBook Air M1.
When I use web.whatsapp.com, it often reloads page with this error:

Is there an easy way to fix this?  Is Facebook running necessary processes that I can block somehow?


texts: How to share an iTunes library with other user accounts on the same machine?

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I would like to share the iTunes library my the account of my wife.

But (in importance order):

files should not be duplicated
playlist and rating are user dependent
podcast are user dependent

Then, she will managed her ipod with her account.


texts: How do I archive an active calendar so it's still in iCloud but doesn't sync with any devices. I can do this in Google Calendar but not sure about iCloud.


texts: How can I "Delete All" from Inbox or Sent mail folder in iOS?

texts: The sent items folder is about 8 GB and I need to clear it out to free up space. Is there any way to do it without selecting each individual message?


texts: How to show custom previews for all fonts in 10.9 Font Book?

texts: For years, I've enjoyed the feature in OS X Font Book where you can type in custom text and scroll through all the fonts to preview it.  Now on Mavericks, when I try to do this, it only works for single-font families.  All font families containing multiple fonts (e.g. bold, italic, etc.) will only show the default sample text.  How can I change this behavior to be like older OS X versions, where you can see the custom text for all fonts?  I'm hoping there's a plist somewhere that can be edited.


texts: How do I remove header and footer in newest pages 5.5.2 easily?


texts: Do any RSS apps available for OS X and/or iOS sync via anything other than Google Reader?

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I recently switched from NetNewsWire to Reeder on my iPhone and iPad because a) Reeder as a “Mark as unread” button, and b) I thought NetNewsWire was marking older articles as read, and not letting me switch them back.

I soon realised that old articles were being actually marked as read because Google Reader does that after a month.

Whilst I prefer Reeder’s UI, I think it’s (currently) purely a Google Reader front-end. Are there any RSS apps that sync via some service, free or paid, other than Google Reader, and thus let me keep articles as unread for more than a month?

NetNewsWire used to sync via NewsGator, but I believe NewsGator no longer offer an RSS sync service.


texts: How do you set a rule to move sent items in Mail?

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I've got a rule set in my Apple Mail app to move email older than 90 days out of my inbox to a separate local mailbox (to free up some space on my server – I use imap).

My inbox rule is

If [all] of the following conditions are met:

Account [My Main Account]

Date Received / Is Greater Than / 90 days

Perform the following action

Move Message to mailbox: [My Local Backup Mailbox]

That works well, but I want to do the same for sent items.

I can't see any rule options that affect the Sent items folder (or any other specific mailbox for that matter)

Any idea?

I'm on El Capitan 10.11.6


texts: How can I install the app for iPhone to iOS Simulator on the ARM/M1 powered Macs?

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I want to install my app that is built for my iPhone device to Xcode's iOS Simulator on the new ARM/M1。but there was a problem when I launch the App on  Xcode's iOS Simulator。Here is the system log I captured
错误        14:44:29.621556+0800        SpringBoard        Error creating the CFMessagePort needed to communicate with PPT.
默认        14:44:29.629920+0800        runningboardd        <OSLaunchdJob | handle=EAC5325C-2547-42F2-A874-B938385158E1>: submitAndStart succeeded, state=2
错误        14:44:29.630074+0800        runningboardd        Launchd didnt have information for pid 32748, reason: Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=113 "Unknown error: 113"
错误        14:44:29.630111+0800        runningboardd        Unable to obtain a task name port right for pid 32748: (os/kern) failure (0x5)
错误        14:44:29.630897+0800        SpringBoard        Bootstrapping failed for <FBApplicationProcess: 0x136899180; application<com.obtenir.TestM1>:<invalid>> with error: <NSError: 0x600000fddfe0; domain: RBSRequestErrorDomain; code: 5; reason: "Launched process exited during launch.">

Do you have any ideas on how to solve this problem？


texts: Some of the apps on my MacBook Air (OS El Capitan) specifically my Grand Theft Auto are not opening because a prompt appears "Verifying (Name Of The App)". I've tried countless times to fix this but nothing has worked. Any suggestions on how might I fix this?


texts: MacBook Pro fans are loud after partitioning disk for Boot Camp use

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After installing Boot Camp on my MacBook Pro 14,1 the fans in my computer started to make loud sounds like squeezing a plastic bottle every time when it runs at high speed.

After sending it to a service center, an engineer told me it is because I partitioned my disk for Boot Camp and because of that it makes it harder for the computer to read the disk, so it needs more energy and this causes the fans to run at higher speeds.

My question is here: Is it safe to install Boot Camp (dual boot or triple boot) on my MacBook?


texts:
We see people talk on bluetooth headsets all the time. In addition bluetooth is used to send notifications to devices like watches.

My question is Is it programmatically possible to communicate with Siri via bluetooth?


texts: What attachment do you need to plug the Apple EarPods that came with the iPhone 8 Plus into a Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra (USB Type-C)?

texts: I have the Apple EarPods not AIRpods. I'm trying to find the attachment that would allow me to plug those directly into my Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra which uses the Type C adapter.


texts: How to re-enable auto-login for Safari that is removed after new update?

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I had this feature after updating to Safari, which automatically logs in to websites with the autofill (so I don't have to click Log in or Submit buttons or press enter).

However, this option was somehow removed after the 13.0.2 update to Safari.

Is there a way to re-enable this functionality?


texts: For two days all of my Outlook emails are going into my outbox.  I am receiving a message that says I have "unresolved recipients." I have read all the comments about this that I can find and each one says that I must be sending to an improperly formatted email address. I checked the email addresses of all the recipients of the emails I am trying to send and am convinced they are correct.  I did a test and tried to send an email to myself. Even that email comes up as an unresolved recipient even though I am using the same address I've used for 4 years my own business Outlook address.  Can you help me resolve this problem please?


texts: Create dmg file on macOS 10.14 that can be opened on macOS 10.11

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Running

$ hdiutil create -size <size>b <.dmg-file> -srcfolder <directory> -ov -format UDBZ

on macOS 10.14 creates a dmg file that can't be opened on macOS 10.11. Is there an option that creates the dmg file that way that it can be used on macOS 10.11?