texts: MacOS Firewall: 'Do you want the application "Google Chrome.app" to accept incoming network connections?'

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Earlier today, I decided to review my MacOS Catlina Firewall settings by deleting my previous application-specific settings, and handle future prompts one at a time.
Then when visiting chrome://flags#hardware-media-key-handling in Google Chrome flag settings, changing the setting, and relaunching Chrome, I received the below MacOS Firewall prompts:

Do you want the application "Google Chrome.app" to accept incoming network connections?

Do you want the application "Google Chrome Helper.app" to accept incoming network connections?

I am wondering why Chrome asks for these permissions.
I have quite a lot of Chrome Extensions installed, so I'm concerned about security and don't want to accept incoming connections unless they are core to Chrome's functionality. Is accepting incoming connections necessary for basic functionality like Chrome Update checks? Of course, I'm also considering that these prompts appeared because I visited the Chrome flags settings page – maybe that automatically happens because of some functionality therein?
I am using these general MacOS Firewall settings:


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Are there any apps which can stream my audio output (either all of it, or from a specific source/program) via DLNA so my DLNA-enabled products (TV & DVD surround-sound system) can pick it up and use it?

I've looked at Airfoil (not DLNA) and Serviio (wouldn't start on my Lion macbook air), and all the other "usual" servers just serve files on the machine - mainly I want to stream my audio for those times I'm watching youtube videos (talks/presentations mainly) and internet radio.


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I have come across this problem several times now before I finally decide I should try and be doing something about it.  Basically this seems to be happening when I am multitasking with iTunes playing files stored on my local SSD, Safari open with multiple tabs, and a text editor / IDE for work, and I may have Preview, Excel and Mail open too.  I have the Macbook Air Mid 2013 with i7 processor, 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD, on Yosemite (pretty sure it happened on Mavericks too).

When my laptop hangs, the music is stuck on a frame and it just keeps on repeating it over and over.  At that point the entire system is non responsive.  The display, the keyboard, the sound, it's like flipping on a light switch but the bulb stays on.  The only thing I can do is hold the Power button to force restart.

I suspect a problem with iTunes, but it could be with the OS itself.  The problem is I don't have any crash report or stack trace to make sense out of this and the problem happens maybe once a week or two.

How would you guys troubleshoot something like that?

EDIT: please bookmark this if you have the same problem.  I'll update with observations, findings, etc.


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My mid 2009 MacBook Pro (refurbished in 2014 and 2016) has stopped turning on late 2020. It had over heating issues beforehand. However, it had a fusion drive that was relatively new.
It was a dual partition dual boot drive (Two different versions of OS X, Yosemite and El Capitan I believe). Two questions:

is it possible to remove said drive and install it into a replacement 2009 MacBook Pro?

And

If this transplant can work, how do I then clone both partitions (entire bootable drive) and transfer that entire image to 2015 iMac so I can avoid over heating issues when recording music?


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My macOS High Sierra install keeps switching to 720p HiDPI in stead of running at the native 1440p.

When I click on the 1440p setting it shows me the correct res but it switches back after about 1 second.
When I reboot my Mac I also log in with the correct res but it changes to HiDPI after ~5 seconds.

The monitor is from Asus, 27" 2560x1440.

I tried changing the res with SwitchResX and jhford's screenresolution utility.


texts: Spotlight in Mavericks does not search Tags - how to enable?

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I have defined a couple of tags in Mavericks. If I search inside Finder, tags work as expected:

It recognizes that "Firma" is a tag.

If I select it and press enter, it turns into "Tag:Firma".

However if I do the same in the global search (CMD+SPACE), it seems to have no idea about tags:

Is there a way to fix this or is it a known bug?


texts: Why don't Projects folder and subfolders dynamically update with file system changes?

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After spending a long time debugging Sublime Text 2, I discovered the bug is in OSX.

The Finder does not dynamically update changes in the file system for the Projects folder and subfolders.

Why not?

How to fix?

OSX 10.7.5

EDIT: To clarify, when changing the file system in the terminal (for example touch tempfile or rm tempfile), the finder window updates immediately on most folders. However, in the Projects folder, the finder window does not update.

This is a problem with Sublime Text 2 because it has a files pane that updates as the file system changes. This does not work for folders inside the Projects folder. I thought it was a bug with Sublime Text 2. But it is a bug in OSX.


texts: Does Apple Watch identify "me" while using Apple Pay on Cellular without iPhone nearby? Is it safe to use Apple Pay on Watch like on iPhone?

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As far as I know, Apple Watch does not need a passcode or something to pay with Apple Pay nor unlock Apple Watch (but probably it can be set).
Now let's talk about Apple Watch 6 Cellular version in situation when iPhone is not nearby (I left it in home).
As we know, when we want to pay with Apple Pay on iPhone, the phone requires TouchID or FaceID to identify that "we" are we.
Does a similar identification mechanism exist on the Apple Watch? Does Apple Watch know if really "I" am wearing the Watch or when my watch would be stolen, Apple Pay can be used by anybody else as long as then will use it when it is on someone's wrist?


texts: Troubles install Xcode 5 on Mountain Lion

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A few days ago I started to download the new Xcode 5, but I canceled this update at nearly 40%.

Today I'm tried to download the update but it won't download. When I go to Mac Appstore, Updates it says "no updates available". I searched for Xcode in the Mac Appstore and on the Xcode app site there is the update button. But when I click on it Mac Appstore shows me up an dialog telling me

  You have updates avaiable for other accounts. To update this application sign in to the account you used to purchase it.

I've never used another account to install Xcode. (Yes, I'm really sure.) I tried with log out and then sign in again in. I also tried the suggestion in this question: Why can't I install Xcode 4.4 on Mountain Lion?

Has anyone an idea?


texts: How can I observe what low-level system functions support a specific peripheral (specifically the internal camera on an iMac)?

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This question asks about disabling the FaceTime Camera kernel module, but has no answers. I have a similar goal, and I'd like to chase down what might be loading in support of the camera's hardware/interface. Being familiar with ⌘+V, is there a similar way to trace what loads in support of the camera's hardware / interface stream?

For the record, I have tried disabling (moving/deleting from /System/Library/Extensions):
- AppleCameraInterface.kext
- AppleiSight.kext
- IOVideoFamily
... and moving (deleting) /Library/CoreMediaIO

None of these have disabled the camera (testing by opening the Zoom conferencing application).

(I've also tried following this post which is a suggestion on this question.)


texts: What is AppleMobileDevice - System user - in Task manager?

texts: In Windows Task Manager - what is AppleMobileDevice, system user? It is running 55% or more and makes the cpu usage at 55-100%


texts: iPhone 4S does not get detected in Windows

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When I connect my iPhone 4S to my computer, iTunes does not detect it. iPhone pops the message of USB connectivity and defaults to Mass Storage. Windows shows the message that "Device is ready to use" and I can read both drives of the iPhone in Windows Explorer. However iTunes does not detect the device and the "Devices" tab does not appear.

I've tried:

Restarting the phone.
Restarting the computer.
Connecting the phone to a different computer.
(I'm on version 4.3.3 (8J2), firmware 01.59.00 and iTunes 10.5.3.3)


texts: What does Apple's new App Store requirement mean

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This message came in my App Store Connect:

  Upcoming Submission Requirements As a reminder, starting March 27,
  2019 all new apps and app updates for iPhone or iPad, including
  universal apps, will need to be built with the iOS 12.1 SDK and
  support iPhone XS Max or the 12.9-inch iPad Pro (3rd generation).
  Screenshots for these devices will also be required. All new apps and
  app updates for Apple Watch will need to be built with the watchOS 5.1
  SDK and support Apple Watch Series 4.

What does the line will need to be built with the iOS 12.1 SDK mean? Does it mean that minimum supported iOS version need to be iOS 12.1?

I have already an app in App Store with minimum iOS as 10.0. Do I need to change that to 12.1?

Link to the news:

https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=03202019a


texts: What obsolete files can I remove from my iPhoto Library?

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I've been using iPhoto since many versions ago ... probably since version 1. In that time, the file structure of its iPhoto Library has changed a few times, and I suspect that some of the files in there now are no longer needed. I'd like to clean it up to save disk space. Do you know if the following are needed?

The root level of the iPhoto Library contains some folders named after years, from 1998-2006. Each folder contains subfolders for months and days, and each day folder contains a data folder and then two numbered files, one with no extension and one with the .attr extension. These files are only about half a kilobyte in size and appear to contain metadata only. It looks like a version upgrade in 2006 made these obsolete since they're all older than that.
A Caches folder contains two files with long alphanumeric names, last modified in 2009.
A Contents folder contains a PkgInfo file, last modified in 2008.
An Auto Import folder is empty, last modified in 2008.
A Dir.data file, last modified in 2008.
Files named Library.data, Library.iPhoto, Library6.iPhoto and Library6.iPhoto.back, last modified in 2009.
A ThemeCache file, last modified in 2010.

It seems pretty clear these are no longer used; I could always delete them and find out, since I have a backup. But maybe someone who started using iPhoto after 2009 can tell me if any of these files are in their library?


texts: Unable to create folder in root of 'Macintosh HD'?

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I am running macOS 10.15.4 and I need to create a non-user specific folder at the based of primary volume (Macintosh HD), but Finder does not allow me (option greyed out) and from the terminal I get denied.

From terminal:

mkdir /MyFolder
mkdir: /MyFolder: Read-only file system

Can anyone explain how this can be done? It was definitely possible in the past, before Catalina.


texts: How to open or convert old .efx (eFax) documents without PowerPC support?

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I have a number of very old .efx documents (from 2004) that were sent to me from the eFax service.  They are no longer available on eFax's website (so I can't just get them from there and change the format). (I changed eFax's setting a long time ago to send me new faxes in PDF format, so this problem only applies to my very old faxes.)

The most recent version of eFax Messenger is a PowerPC app so it can't be opened on recent versions of Mac OS X.

The simplest way seems to be just downloading eFax Messenger on a computer with Windows, but since I don't have access to one that's not an option.

So does anyone know of an all-Mac way to open these files?  Or a way to convert them into a file format that I can open, e.g., PDF or TIFF?


texts: I changed my Apple ID but during update or download app it ask previous id password

texts: I current Apple ID automatic replace with other phone Apple ID ,also this other phone id relaxes iCloud id. After that I made new Apple id but it always ask password of old Apple ID . But old Apple ID shows not exist. Also during delete of iCloud ID it ask old ID password which does not exist. I made new Apple ID successfully but for updates it ask old ID password . How to solve this problem?


texts: How to set a Monospace Font for Dashboard Sticky Notes Widget?

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I would like to use a monospaced font on the Sticky Notes in Apple's Dashboard widget.
However, only a few fonts can be selected, none of which is monospaced.


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Is there any automatic way (or a good script) to compress the videos you import to iPhoto? I currently import the pictures and videos from my camera, and the videos are not compressed at al, and take up a lot of space on my hard drive.

My current solution, is to have a smart album to filter videos, and manually compress them using Handbrake to H.264. Then, I would delete the original in iPhoto, and re-import the compressed version (after changing its timestamp to match the original's one).

Is there any tool that can help me automate this process?


texts: I lost my iPad, but someone is now using my Kindle account to download books

texts: Unfortunately I cannot track the device with the Find my Iphone feature, however, the person who took my iPad is using it to download books. Is there any way I can track the device using the kindle app?


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I am running 2 OS flavors on my 2010 Macpro, 10.6.8 Snow Leopard on one startup drive and the latest Yosemite on another.

The Snow Leo drive contains a folder "private" that looked like it was 25GB but once opened and listing subfolders, dropped to under 2GB. What is the purpose of this folder? It doesn't seem to exist on the Yosemite drive at all. The drive is an SSD and anything I can do to keep it smaller would be great. This is the view of the whole drive -

The folder is named private but it's visible, and at the top level of the drive folder system.


texts: On many smart TVs or Windows computers, there is a feature called smart audio adjustment. It basically prevents the audio from going too loud or too quite when playing files that has audio output, such as a movie. I like to know if there is a similar feature or if there is an OSX application that can accomplish similar goal.


texts: Move Photos and Videos from an iPhone 4 to PC

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I have an iPhone 4 that does not update anymore, works deadly slow, and has zero free space on it. For some reason (subject for another question), I has to use it and, to make using it more comfortable, I want to free some space.

I found that decent amount of space is occupied by photos and videos, that I cannot afford to loose, so I want to move these photos and videos to PC, i.e. to copy them from iPhone to PC, and then remove them from iPhone.

I've connected iPhone to PC via USB cable, and Windows (I also have MacBook, but tried on Windows; let me know, if on MacBook my task is easier to solve) recognized it as external USB drive with two folders:

one folder named DCIM, and
another named something like File Transfer

In these two folders there were more than a hundred photo and video files. I successfully moved all of them to PC, so now, Windows does not see any files on iPhone.

The problem is that iPhone still has zero free space and if I tap on Photo icon in it, I still see lots of photos and videos there.  So my goal was not achieved.  I don't know whether photos I still see on iPhone and photos I now have on PC are the same or not.

Could you help me?


texts: Does a Wireshark implementation exist for iPhone 4? I recently felt a need to have some tools with me at all times.


texts: How can I retrieve the e-mail I was writing on my iPad?

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On my iPad, I was writing an e-mail.

I switched to Mail, and my e-mail in progress had the text “Chargement en cours…” (“Loading”) in grey instead of my text. I waited. To no avail.

I have a backup of my iPad.

How can I retrieve the e-mail in progress ?

At worst, I might rely on the snapshot of the screen of the app Mail.

How can I find the snapshot of the screen of the app Mail ?

I have iOS 5.


texts: My MacBook Pro isn't recognising my speakers

texts: I have recently bought a MacBook Pro 13" and want to use my old speakers to play music through, but the system can't recognise the speakers are there? They are connected through the headphone jack, to be played through the AUX setting on the speakers.


texts: How to clean up camera roll/All Photos on devices with shared iCloud account?

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I have quite a few iOS devices on the same iCloud account and the "All Photos" (camera roll?) keeps propagating >9000 images/videos between all devices.  I would like to get to "Camera Roll Zero" and reclaim all space being used by Photos at present.

Each time I connect a different device to my primary Mac, it appears that all photos appear again in apps like Image Capture.app, while Photos.app continues to show the old photos at the top in the import pane.

I've discovered a handy little app called PhotoSync.app for iOS and a helper app on macOS that seems as though it will do a "proper" syncing vs the junk that Apple does, but the program is gagging with having such a HUGE camera roll.  Whenever I run it, it starts downloading images from iCloud during the transfer process.

So I'm hoping to figure out how to sanitize all of my iOS devices so that I don't have this enormous collection that still uses several gigabytes on my iOS devices even when I supposedly don't have any photos/videos on the device and my "Recently Deleted" album is at 0.


texts: Triple Display: Left and Right Switch after Reconnecting Macbook

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I have 2019 MacBook Pro for work. When in the office, I connect it to an OWC Thunderbolt dock which is connected to two monitors, giving me a Triple Display setup. Since the laptop itself is off to the side, I usually only leave our office chat open in full screen on that, and I use the two monitors for regular work. At the end of the day, I unplug the laptop and bring it home with me.
When I return the next day and plug it in, though, the laptop switches the open windows on the far monitor and the laptop screen. The chat window which should be on the laptop is on the far monitor, and every window that was open on the far monitor (Firefox, Outlook, various Finder windows, etc.) is on the laptop. The monitor in the middle is unaffected.
When I go into the Displays system preferences, the arrangement and designation of which is considered the primary display is unaffected. I am not sure what is happening here. It is very annoying to have to switch windows back and forth all the time.
Is there a way to fix this?


texts: How can I convert US-format date and time into a date value so I can use the local date format?

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I am in Australia and use the default date formats here (dd/mm/yyyy). Unfortunately, BandCamp exports sales data using a US date format: "m/d/yy h:mmpm". For the most part, Numbers treats this as text since most of the values don't make sense as dates when reading in the local format.

Is there a way to convert this text to an actual date value in Numbers?

The only function I have found that seems close is DATEVALUE, but it interprets the source data as d/m/yy, and so returns an error except where the dates make sense reversed. e.g. it returns an error for 1/18/19, and interprets 2/4/19 as 2 April 2019, when the source data means 4 February 2019.


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I just reset my password and now trying to sign in w/ my email address, however can't pass "verification of your email address" step:
After entering verification code (got it through email), I get following message:

This email address is not available. Choose a different address.

Please advise.


texts: Unable to change volume during call when on speaker mode

texts: I'm able to change volume when not on speaker, however it does not work if I'm on speaker mode. (see image below). Bluetooth is turned off for what it's worth so it should not be trying to redirect to some other device.


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torsocks commands doesn't work on Mac. For example if I run:

torsocks http https://check.torproject.org/api/ip

It returns:

  1546862950 PERROR torsocks[6434]: socks5 libc connect: Connection
  refused (in socks5_connect() at socks5.c:202) 1546862950 PERROR
  torsocks[6434]: socks5 libc connect: Connection refused (in
  socks5_connect() at socks5.c:202)

  http: error: ConnectionError:
  HTTPSConnectionPool(host='check.torproject.org', port=443): Max
  retries exceeded with url: /api/ip (Caused by
  NewConnectionError(': Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 4]
  Non-recoverable failure in name resolution',)) while doing GET request
  to URL: https://check.torproject.org/api/ip

The url is valid because when I do curl https://check.torproject.org/api/ip, it returns a valid response.


texts: Discoveryd Alternative to Replace mDNSResponder Argument?

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This is a direct follow-on to this question. Before Yosemite, I'd add the "-AlwaysAppendSearchDomains" argument to the mDNSResponder plist file so that all local resolver lookups added the search domains, regardless of whether there was a period in the label to be looked up. For example, whether I try to ssh to hostname foo.bar or foo, the search domain of baz.com should be tried, not only for the latter case, as was (and is) the default behavior.

Now, it looks like the mDNSResponder is gone, replaced with discoveryd. I cannot find a similar option to get it to always appending the search domain. Suggestions? I'd rather not go the route of using a non-default local resolver, but I'd consider it as an option. For now, I'll just type in the long FQDNs, but I'd really rather not.

Thanks,
Pete


texts: Bootcamp puts content in Macintosh Harddrive

texts: I am using Paragon HFS+ for reading my Macintosh hard drive in windows but when I open my Macintosh hard drive I saw lot of window's garbage that I never kept inside of it. Can I delete .exe files and EULA stuff? How to stop windows from keeping it again automatically to Macintosh drive?


texts: Virtual backgrounds for any videoconferencing or webcam application

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I assume the answer is no, but does macOS provide a way (or is it feasible via user application software) to enable (force) the use (via software from a single application) of e.g. a custom virtual background for any (all) videoconferencing applications that may access the front camera?

I assume the answer depends on what means MacOS provides to application developers for managing the video stream. But for example, can one user application in macOS modify the video stream for all other user applications? (e.g. assuming already that macOS does not provide itself an end-user friendly interface to define virtual backgrounds).

By virtual background I am referring to the ability of customizing the background on a video call so that people can see the person looking at the camera in front of the camera, but the user can use a e.g. static picture or animation for the background. Examples include this feature supported from Microsoft Teams, or this one from Zoom.


texts: Extremely poor bulk file copy speeds on AFP shares in Yosemite

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Some hardware background: I manage a 3D graphics lab of about a dozen iMac clients running 10.10.5 and a Mini running Server 10.10.2 (Server.app v4.0.3 / build 14S350). The Mini is in a Sonnet xMac enclosure, which connects it via Thunderbolt to an Areca ARC-1883X SAS RAID controller and a SmallTree P2E10G-1-T 10Gb Ethernet card. The Areca manages two 40TB SAS RAIDs and the SmallTree card connects the Mini via Cat6a to a NetGear ProSafe XS708E 10GbE switch. The iMacs are all wired over 1GbE Cat6 to an HP 1810-48G switch, which is in turn connected over a 6Gb trunk to the NetGear switch.

My artists have been running into an issue with bulk file copies between directories of the AFP share on the Mini that they work out of. They frequently render sequences of hundreds or thousands of images, and after these images get rendered to their output folder they then have to be copied to a second directory for our compositors to work with. The copy operation absolutely CRAWLS. One example, from a half hour ago: 861 .exr files, totaling about 350MB, took about 3 hours before we killed it at ~75% and instead did it from the server's desktop via screen sharing in about 30 seconds (But our artists do this dozens of times a day and of course can't be given access to screen share with the server, so this is not a solution). They don't always hang like that, but we run into such a case at least once every day and all bulk copies go way slower than they should. This only happens with large groups of files: We can copy a single 300MB file between directories pretty much instantaneously.

I've done some tests, and this appears to be a Yosemite client issue more than anything. I run Mountain Lion on my own laptop and did some tests, in 10.8 and 10.10, on wifi and wired ethernet, and in both local and network profiles since our artists sign into network accounts. Some limited results for 300 .exr files totaling 133MB:

10.8 / Wifi / Local profile: 300 items copy in 53 sec

10.8 / Wired / Local profile: 300 items copy in 47 sec

10.10 / Wired / Local profile: 300 items copy in 223 sec

10.10 / Wired / Network profile: 300 items copy in 263 sec

Network accounts are slightly slower, but the big egregious difference seems to be 10.8 client vs 10.10 client. Again, the problem is with long lists of files and not with single monolithic files. Our straight up ethernet speeds to the server are fantastic: In both 10.8 and 10.10 Blackmagic Speed Test I get 110MB/sec+ read and write to the server, and only slightly slower on Wireless N wifi. This only becomes an issue when we need to copy long lists of files, which we need to do many times a day.

ANY help to figure out what's going wrong here would be much appreciated! This is driving us absolutely insane at this point and is killing productivity. Happy to post any requested logs or attempt any suggested system tweaks. Thank you!


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I've got MacBook where I used to have iCloud turned on to sync all my files (desktop & documents) and have them accessible from other devices. When I go to "Files" app on iOS, I can easily see and access those files. The same from icloud.com website.

Now I've just got new MacBook. I've turned on iCloud Drive in Preferences (and checked Desktop & Documents Folders  in Options panel) but it doesn't download anything from iCloud, i.e. it doesn't sync files from iCloud Drive. It has only created new folders locally (Desktop & Documents).

Also, those two folders created on new Mac are not visible anywhere on iCloud Drive (neither through icloud.com nor Files app).

Is this normal behavior? Or am I doing something wrong? How can I get those iCloud files on my Mac?


texts: Reparing a corrupt Time Machine backup on a Time Capsule won't work

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I tried to follow these instructions:

http://www.garth.org/archives/2011,08,27,169,fix-time-machine-sparsebundle-nas-based-backup-errors.html

But after typing in the hdiutil command I only get one partition:

bash-3.2# hdiutil attach -nomount -noverify -noautofsck /Volumes/Data/Ulfs\ iMac.sparsebundle/
/dev/disk1

So all the steps after this command are not available to me.

Afterwards I tried to mount the sparse bundle using the disk utility. After several hours the image appeared in the sidebar of my disk utility. There I tried to execute the repair volume function, which took about two hours. But still I'm not able to mount the image. I tried all this from two different Macs.

Is there anything left I could do to save my backup history?


texts: Can't download facetime from cloud on my iPhone

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My facetime was uploaded to the cloud, but when I tap on the facetime icon, it says download not available at this time. I've tried many different times, on different days, but I always get the same result.

What happened?


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Is there some way I can see disk i/o stats per /dev/disk* devices for past few days?
Activity Monitor and systemstats give combined stats. Is this data logged somewhere or is there some other program that can tell me this?


texts: BOOTCAMP HDD move - Missing operating system

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A few weeks ago I put a bootcamp partition on my 320gb HDD in my mbp early 2009. However, a few days ago I bough me a 1tb hdd and exchanged it. Of course, I don't really want to re-install windows all over again, and just "copy" over my installed version.

After installing OS X I created a bootcamp partition and rebooted. I put my old HDD in a chassi and booted up into recovery-mode for OS X. Here I used the disk utility to "restore" the USB Bootcamp partition to the new Bootcamp partition.
Now, when I boot, I can boot to the bootcamp partition, but as soon as it is boots I get the Missing operating system error.

I tried booting from the original windows 7 disk and choose repair, but get the message that I cannot repair the current version of windows since its not the same version.

How can I solve this, without reinstalling windows?


texts: Vmware Fusion, how to remove suspend option completely

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I have good number of virtual XP and W7 machines on our domain, one thing always cause problems when multiple users are using the same machine.  There's always that one person whom put the vm session on suspend instead of shutdown.  I know to change under preferences, but somehow users change default back to suspend.  Is there a way to enforce shutdown only.  this is the case for Fusion 5, 6.

thanks.


texts: How to determine what process has opened a network connection?

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Whereas on Windows it's possible to use Netstat -b, which tells you what connections are open and what program has each one open, on the Mac it seems that Netstat does not allow this.

Is there another way to get this information if Netstat isn't the tool for that job?


texts: Disconnecting an iPhone from Exchange while preserving data

texts: If an iPhone is configured to sync with Exchange, what's the best way to break that connection while preserving all the contact and note data on the phone? Is it enough to remove the Exchange account and then sync with Outlook directly? Or are there other gotchas with that?


texts: View big.LITTLE cores on htop or similar utility

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Is there a utility in which I can see which of the cores are running at which frequencies? Or, even better, that shows whether a core is big or LITTLE? For example, neither htop (on Rosetta 2, installed with Homebrew) nor Activity Monitor show which cores are which, since both seem to assume that all cores are homogeneous. I've seen some (old) htop modifications for Debian (see, e.g.., here) but nothing similar for Mac. Additionally, htop doesn't seem to have an option to show the clock frequencies of each core, which I suspect would also be enough to distinguish them.
As a side note, this is mostly to check how Electron apps are running (such as VS Code). Do they mostly run on the LITTLE cores, or do they actively hog a good chunk of the big cores? Etc, etc.
Any utility for seeing this would be phenomenal. Thanks!


texts: Every time I go to the web on my iPhone 6 it asks me if I want to use Google or Safari. Every time I select the option to not ask me every time but it still does. I have designated Safari as my primary web app in settings.  Help please.


texts: iOS 7 seems to be killing apps too often

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I have an iPhone 4s running iOS 7.  I've noticed a pattern regarding apps "reloading" or starting back up from where they were after switching to another app and back.
On previous versions of IOS, I noticed that apps would sometimes reload after window switching, but it seemed to me to be somewhat random, and somewhat based upon which app I was originally running.  For example, if I was playing Angry Birds, I knew that it would take the phone powering off or a really long time even switching between apps before it would have to reload; however with Scrabble - it seemed like I could answer a text message and the app would restart and ask me to log back in.

With iOS 7, this behavior seems different and completely predictable.  No matter what app I am using, if I switch to mobile Safari, that app will need to reload - even if only 2 seconds have passed, but I can switch to any other app, or do anything else short of powering off the phone, and the app I returned to would start where I left off.  Switching to Safari forces any other app to reload when switching-every time.

Can anyone confirm this?
Is it a function of something I can control?
What is it a function of?


texts: How can I control which Safari window hyperlinks open in?

texts:
I'm not sure I worded my question correctly, but I wasn't sure how else to ask it.

I have multiple Safari windows open. In apps besides Safari, if I click on a link, it opens the link in one of the windows (the window that was opened first). This isn't always what I want. It appears that that first window is viewed as my primary window (or something similar). Is there a way I can set the 'primary window' to be one of my other Safari windows (without having to close and reopen all windows in a certain order)?


texts: Font smoothing is wrong after Mavericks update on MacBook Pro with high-res display (not retina)

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After I updated to Mavericks, the font smoothing is terrible, tried playing with the setting in system preferences (didn't restart yet) and nothing changed.

I have a 15 inch early 2011 Macbook Pro with high resolution anti-glare screen (not retina)

Here's a sample:

Here's Finder menu bar in Mountain Lion

vs Mavericks

In this example you see that the left of "F" in "File" is noticeably fuzzier in Mavericks.

The problem is all over: window bars, menu bars, web pages (Chrome & Safari), apps, etc.


texts: Is Apple TV intelligent enough to stream directly from a NAS?

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I'm considering purchasing an Apple TV. I understand that I need to include movies in iTunes in order to play them on the device. On my iMac, my movies are linked in iTunes over a shared drive to my NAS — when I play video, does the file stream from my NAS, to my iMac, and then to the Apple TV? Or is the Apple TV intelligent to understand the remotely linked file?

I'd like to avoid the unnecessary bandwidth on my network.


texts:
On Windows, I ran Xampp on port 80 for PHP/MySQL and IIS on port 8080 for ASP.

For OS X, what's the best route to take...

Should I just run Xampp for Mac for PHP/mySQL, or is there a better option since this is Unix?
What's the best (free) way to run ASP off a mac?


texts: iOS Shortcuts App: How can I convert my Workflow to a service app?

texts:
Back in AppleScript or Apple Automator it is possible to convert workflows to a compiled read-only application.

Is it possible to hide, compile or convert my iOS Shortcuts workflow to a self-running service, too? So far I don't see any way to lock or prevent changes to my workflow.


texts: Can I use 8GB 1666 MHz DDR3 on Macbook Pro Early 2011 15?

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I want to upgrade my RAM of Macbook Pro Early 2011 15 inch. On apple website it says to use 1333 Mhz, unfortunately I cant find it in my local market , they are offereing 1666 Mhz of 8GB and saying that it is backward compatible.
Can I use 1666Mhz in my Mac?

Thanks


texts: I backed up my iPhone 5s, and when I try to restore my new iPhone 6s from that same backup, the apps won’t transfer over. How do I fix this?


texts: Automator Run Shell Script - Wrong output

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I'm using Rsync for backing up a server. I thought I would make use of Automator to create easy backup-executables.
And as the server has large amounts of data I need to split the data across multple disks.

If I run this command in Terminal

/usr/local/bin/rsync -avzh --exclude="/[M-Z]*/*" --delete --progress 'root@x.x.x.x:"/mnt/raid/customers/"' "/Volumes/8TB1/Backup/customers/"

This works fine, it copies all customers with names that starts with A-L. M-Z gets exluded.

However, when I use Automator with Run Shell Script it copies Everything, nothing is excluded.
Selected shell /bin/sh or /bin/bash doesnt seem to make any difference.

I find it weird, why would this work differently running the same script?
Any takers?

Thanks,
Peter

macOS Catalina - 10.15.3


texts: Macbook - put my application in space without full screen mode

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I am using Macbook Pro and I like to have different applications running in multiple spaces. When I drag my application to a new space it automatically enters in full screen mode. In my terminal, one of the command line tool that I am using requires accessing mac settings UI, and when it's in Full screen mode it can't do so. So, every time I need to run that command, I have to do these steps:

Exit Full screen. This makes my terminal app go to some other space and the current space is not there anymore.
Fire the command, which works now as I am not in Full screen mode.
Again drag my terminal to new space in full screen mode.

Considering the frequency of this thing, this has become a tedious repetitive task.
While this can be due to some bug in the CLI tool that I am using, I was wondering if there is any way to stay in the same space without entering into full screen mode.


texts: Mail.app reverts preference changes on restart - what can I do?

texts:
I have a set of SmartMailboxes in mail.app and noticed after I change them and restart the program, the changes are lost.

I just tried deleting an old rule under Preferences > Rules and the rule returned when I restarted mail.app.

I have checked the preference files for obvious problems and searched online and on these forums, but can't find any clues.


texts: How to pick a color with DigitalColor Meter?

texts: I want to pick a color from screen using the DigitalColor Meter. However, I cannot seem to lock the mouse. How am I supposed to use this tool?


texts: Using dictation to transcribe audio files in batch?

texts:
I have lots of audio files that I want transcribed. Dictation is the best transcriber I have found that will run on my MacBook (there exist others like PocketSphinx but this is no where near as accurate).

How can I use Dictation to transcribe audio files in batch?


texts: Home share between iPhone and Macbook not working

texts: My home share between my iPhone and Macbook is not working. My macbook music will show up on my iPhone but it doesn't work the other way around. Someone please help! I've tried basically everything.


texts: Sharing & Permissions has 2 "everyone" entries, OS X 10.10.5

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I was doing some stuff with the system administrator to my computer and we are not sure what we did to have this happen but we now have 2 everyone permissions in  nearly every file on my compute. The only thing we did was try to install cocoa pods and give my account the proper permissions to read-write to files application and other files. I am currently trying to run Illustrator and it says I don't have read permissions here eiher.

Edit: also if i change the everybody with a custom perm to no access it says I have read and write again but sometimes it will still say you have custom permissions above the permission area.

and this picture


texts: facetime issues on the phne purchase from uae

texts: i have purchased this Iphone from uae and now I am in India inserted an Indian sim card changed my regions to India still cant find Facetime on my phone


texts: "A recovery key has been set" but remains invisible with macOS FileVault

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I have just turned on FileFault on macOS High Sierra with option "Allow my iCloud account to unlock my disk." While encryption is running, macOS informs me that "A recovery key has been set".

Is it correct to assume that with this option set macOS handles the recovery key internally (and securely) and that there in no need (even no way) for me to recover it for writing it down?


texts: If I develop an app for iPhone or iPad, how much does Apple charge me?

texts: What fees does Apple charge iPhone/iPad developers? Is there an entrance fee so that the app is listed in the App Store, and some charges on each sold app?


texts:
I have a iPhone 5s, and have still not received any information about on-the-air update to iOS 8. So I decide to update manually through iTunes. iTunes gives me an assuring message

  iTunes will update your iPhone to iOS 8.0 and will verify the update with Apple.

and when I click OK, nothing happens. No user interface change, no network usage by iTunes, no error messages, nothing at all. And if I click Update button again, the above message shows up again.

Do anyone have a clue how to fix this?


texts: How to detect if Mac if rebooting after a power failure using terminal?

texts: As I asked in the title, how can I check if a Mac is rebooting after experiencing a power failure. It would be preferable to check this using terminal or some other script, as I would like to test this automatically in a script upon system startup.


texts: What kind of 3.5mm extension cables are compatible with Apple EarPods?

texts:
I bought a pair of Apple 3.5mm EarPods, but the cable is a bit too short.  I'd like to buy an extension cable, but I'm unsure what kind of cable I need to buy that will maintain all of the EarPods' features, specifically:

Audio
Microphone
Remote controls (volume controls, playback controls, answer/end calls, Siri, etc.)

I'm assuming a basic extension cable like this won't work, since my EarPods have three rings on the plug and this extension cable only has two:

Will any extension cable with three rings work?  For example:


texts: Bluetooth Explorer removed from Xcode Tools in 12.x?

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Apple's Additonal Tools for Xcode package includes a great set of tools that are useful even for non-developers. One of these  is Bluetooth Explorer, which, among other things, can help enable the hidden higher-quality AptX audio codec for paired devices.
I noticed this tool is now absent from the 12.0 disk image. Additional_Tools_for_Xcode_11.4.dmg contains the tool, but Additional_Tools_for_Xcode_12.dmg does not.
Anyone know if this means it's gone for good?


texts: I am trying to create file containing different statistics about things such as email count and such things, trial here: this proto returns empty file, not sure why. How can count the amount of emails with Automator under OS X?


texts: I need an applescript that will toggle wi-fi off and on at set intervals, say every 10 or 15 minutes. I'm using a 2012 MacBookPro running 10.9.5.


texts:
I found this according to my problem in this thread:
Boot hangs on grey screen (even when booting from USB drive with fresh OS X install)

My MacBook Pro 15" Early 2011 with AMD Radeon HD 6750M exhibited display corruption and associated system crashes/resets over a period of two weeks before it entirely failed to boot. The boot would progress through the grey screen with the Apple logo and spinner, but just when it seems it should have switched to the login screen the Apple logo and spinner would disappear and hang on a blank grey screen.

Initially I suspected hard-drive corruption and went about trying to remedy that. Unsuccessfully, I tried the following, with each continuing to hang as described above:

Safe boot
Boot into recovery (including Internet Recovery)
Boot from install media on USB drive
Boot from OS X installation on USB drive
Clear NVRAM
Reset SMC

I also ran the Apple Hardware Test many times without it finding any issues.

Verbose safe boot (Cmd+Shift+V) output everything that I'd expect to see but would then hang as described above.

After coming across more posts online at Apple's discussion forums of GPU related problems I revisited this as the cause:

2011 MacBook Pro and Discrete Graphics Card or
2011 MacBook Pro and Discrete Graphics Card

Attempting to boot Ubuntu from a USB flash drive, I could only get as far as GRUB. When trying to boot Ubuntu Desktop or run the graphicstest in GRUB the system would hang.

At this point, running Apple Hardware Test hung right before the end of the standard test, possibly [guessing] when doing a video test.

Based on the advice in the Apple Discussions posts above I did the following:

Boot into Single-User mode
Execute the following commands:

/sbin/fsck -fy /
/sbin/mount -uw /
mkdir /Disabled_System_Library_Extensions
cd /Disabled_System_Library_Extensions
mv /System/Library/Extensions/ATI* .
mv /System/Library/Extensions/AMD* .
touch /System/Library/Extensions
exit

This time the machine booted all the way through. However, graphics are extremely slow, even just transitions when minimizing windows. I will be taking my MBP to Apple to demand a replacement as the large number of reports of others facing similar issues makes it look like a recurrence of a similar GPU-related failure that resulted in them doing a recall.

But when I use the "mv" command the files won't get moved (neither deleted) and it shows me:
Sandbox deny(01) file-write-unlinked…

Any Solution ?


texts: Symlink User Folders - Can I keep original Sidebar Icons?

texts:
I have my user folders (Music, Movies and Pictures) stored on an external drive, so I used terminal to delete the existing user folders on the boot drive then created symlinks to these folders and placed then in my user directory.

They function correctly but when I drag them into the sidebar I can only see folder icons, not the original music, movies and Pictures icons. How can I keep the original icons I'm the sidebar whilst using symlinks to my user directory folders?


texts:
While typing on my 2019 iMac Magic Keyboard, frequently the cursor skips to an earlier location in the text, and I type fast enough that what I was typing ends up inserted into the earlier writing. This is annoying.
Most people reporting this have been using a Macbook with a trackpad under the keyboard, so it has been assumed that they are accidentally brushing the trackpad while typing.  That isn't the case for me - my Magic Trackpad is to the right of my keyboard - its not possible to accidentally touch it while typing.
This has been an issue for some time - but I am having to do more long-form typing so am noticing it more.  I am now running Big Sur 11.3 but it definitely was an issue with Catalina too and possibly earlier. This happens across all apps I type in, including MS Word, VS Code, and web apps in the Browser - so it seems likely an issue at the OS or hardware level.
Has anyone else experienced this and, even better, found a way to fix it.


texts: Why does the Terminal tab keep popping up on my MacBook Pro when I try to shut it down?

texts:
Recently, I started having problems with my MacBook Pro. Everytime I try to shut it down, the Terminal tab opens and shows the message on the picture (root#/usr/local/VASCO/NativeBridge/startup.sh ; exit;)

I do not understand at all where the problem lies. I have tried to delete the VASCO plug-in, but it doesn't work.

Do you have an idea of what the problem might be?

Many thanks!

J.


texts: How can I log in again after downgrading a 1st-gen MacBook Air from Lion to Snow Leopard?

texts:
I have a 1st-gen MacBook Air. It came with, if I remember correctly, Leopard. I subsequently upgraded to Snow Leopard and then to Lion.

However, I have found it to be very sluggish after upgrading to Lion, so I decided to downgrade it to Snow Leopard.

Since doing so, I can no longer log in.

Here's what I did

Use SuperDuper! to make a bootable backup of my MacBook Air hard drive on a partition on an external USB hard drive
Boot using the aforementioned partition on external USB hard drive as startup disk to verify the clone. Verified.
On another Mac (one with a DVD drive), use SuperDuper! to clone the Mac OS X Snow Leopard install DVD onto another partition onto the same external USB hard drive.
On the MacBook Air, boot into the Install partition on the external drive.
Use Disk Utility to re-partition the MacBook Air's internal hard drive.
Install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on the MacBook Air's hard drive
When asked as part of the installation, choose to migrate users, applications and data from the other partition on the same external hard drive that contained the previously backed up hard drive
Restart the MacBook Air on successful installation
Attempt to log in with the password I originally had.

The login screen simply shakes its head at me and does not let me log in.

With my limited knowledge, I imagine that something has gone awry with password hashing. Any ideas what I can do?


texts: How does a reminder that has both a location and time reminder work?

texts:
I can add a reminder with both "Remind me on a day" and "Remind me at a location" turned on.

When I turn both on, how does the remind work? Is it:

only at the specified time if I arrive/leave the location
at the specific time or if I arrive/leave the location
something else?


texts: Can anyone share original IO80211FAMILY kext for OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5

texts:
Can anyone share original IO80211FAMILY kext file for OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 as I by mistake deleted it and now my WiFi has stopped working.

I could not find it on Google, please if you have the 10.8.5, please share original file.


texts: Homebrew - I cannot install from source. Command clang requires CLT

texts:
I have installed XCode 12 from my MBP. Then I cleaned old Command Line Tools. After that I downloaded CLT 12 from Apple website and installed it fine.
Now The issue is I cannot build anything from source with brew. It keeps throwing at me the dialog below. I have tried
sudo xcode-select -r - No success
sudo xcode-select --install I get error message (rightfully so) xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" to install updates
I have tried anything I could but I still get the same dialog.
The commands:
sudo xcode-select -pshows /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
which clang shows /usr/bin/clang
and brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 2.5.2
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: cd4a3c0588abb82d916bc8558f4c157e951d449d
Last commit: 3 days ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 63a79e6180f8015f815cd99f148a2cc9c923032f
Core tap last commit: 26 minutes ago
Core tap branch: master
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
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 haswell
Clang: 12.0 build 1200
Git: 2.24.3 => /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/git
Curl: 7.64.1 => /usr/bin/curl
Java: 14.0.1
macOS: 11.0-x86_64
CLT: 12.0.0.0.1.1599194153
Xcode: 12.0

Sample Command for testing the issue is brew install wxmac --HEAD and the dialog I get is this

I have run out of ideas and would appreciate any help!


texts: Microsoft Outlook on the Mac App Store - no option for in app purchase

texts:
Microsoft Outlook on the Mac App Store requires an Office 365 subscription. There is supposed to be an option to subscribe using an in app purchase - I want to use this option.
However, the darn thing never gives me any option to do so. I initially tried to activate using an old account, but that account does not have an Office 365 subscription.

I have tried in vain to remove every trace of Outlook and start over - I've removed the keychain entry for "Office," and removed more or less everything with "Microsoft" in the name in ~/Library (including the obvious stuff in ~/Library/Containers, /Library, and /System/Library. I've removed the application from /Applications as well, emptied the trash, and rebooted.
I have tried clicking "Stay Offline," to open outlook, and then open its list of accounts - there are none. I have also tried using outlooks profile tool to remove the existing profile, to no effect.
But once I install the app from the Mac App Store, the blasted account is still listed. I do not have any other office applications installed.
So, how can I either (a) reset outlook completely so it doesn't show this account (and thus hopefully gives me the option to use an in-app purchase to subscribe, or (b) force outlook to activate using an in-app purchase?


texts: Differential diagnosis: source of password error with external HD

texts:
I have a LaCie Rugged external HD that has had issues with the password for the disk-level encryption resulting from being formatted in macOS Recovery for use with Time Machine. On a number of occasions, when I needed to enter the password for various housekeeping purposes, on a given day the password would suddenly fail to be accepted, and I'd sometimes be able to unlock the disk normally if I went into the startup recovery mode -> Disk Utility to unlock and change the password, but on a few occasions I had to give up and reformat the disk to get it to work normally.
I have no idea why I persisted in using this disk, but nonetheless...
This has happened again, and since a few months went by between the last time I hooked up this drive and my most recent attempt, I have been second-guessing myself and wondering if I'd changed the password after taking sleeping medication/etc. some evening and forgotten it, but that would be extremely unlike me and in light of this drive's history, the former explanation seems to fit better.
My current situation:
I have an entire Time Machine section on this drive as well as a user-managed folder for storing large or unused files/docs, and have been confronted by the shuddering password query box each time I try to access it whether during a normal desktop session or in recovery mode.
But, when I tried booting my mac to an alternate startup drive (holding Option key at power-on), then selected this drive, it accepted my known password, ran through a boot cycle, then ended up in recovery mode. If I had indeed potentially forgotten the password for an encrypted Time machine backup on an encrypted HD (and for which account FileVault had been enabled), then I would truly be out of options and have to give up or try to brute-force the password through a list of potential password strings, BUT can this be reason to think that there is instead some kind of problem with the disk or its firmware, and that my password is still valid?
Given this, how can I safely access the files on the LaCie? The successful startup boot to recovery mode was unorthodox and didn't seem to work completely, since I still went to try to Restore From Time Machine, and it let me view the lists of backups by date, but when I selected one, it showed there was nothing visible in any of the folders... Of course, if the system was using that very HD as the startup disk, maybe it makes sense that it didn't work.
I need recommendations and some differential diagnostics from those with a higher level of expertise - I am already beyond my competency and am just a capable dilletante attempting viable solutions as I learn of them. Please forgive my rambling and self-indulgent prose record of the circumstances, but I wanted to be thorough.
Thank you very much for taking the time/energy to review, rebuke (I'm sure), and remand.


texts: In order to search files, I want to input Chinese. But when I point to the input field. It shows English keyboard and I cannot change the language input. Why? Thank you very much.


texts: Under Mavericks with KeyRemap4MacBook my wireless keyboard doesn't register modifier keys

texts:
I have the hyper key setup working on my rMBP 13" terrifically, but why I connect to my Apple wireless keyboard (Bluetooth) none of the hyper key combinations work (it doesn't send the modifier). I have caps lock set to be disabled in System Preferences, and if I try it on my MBP right beside me the commands work, but they don't on my external keyboard. Why is this?

For the record it seems to be sending escape instantly, and not waiting for the key up event.


texts: Why there is a constant voice notification on my Mac?

texts:
Every minute there is a woman's voice saying 'helo' (it doesn't sound like 'hello'…) coming from my MacBook (OS X 10.10).

It is freaking me out. I tried closing all my Apps and rebooting my Mac, but it keeps coming out all the same. I tried turning off the Wi-Fi, but it is still there! This voice starts even though I don't log into the desktop after rebooting!

Is it a weird virus on Mac or my Mac has been cursed?


texts: Is there a way to purchase an app from the Mac App Store as a gift?

texts: Is there a way, in the Mac App Store, to buy an app and to give the license to a friend who has no way to pay for that app?


texts: How to repair Homebrew permissions after installing as root?

texts:
I run brew as root, now it's defunct. No updates anymore. How to fix?

$ brew update && brew upgrade
error: Unable to append to .git/logs/HEAD: Permission denied
error: Unable to append to .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/master: Permission denied
Error: Failed to update tap: caskroom/cask

$ brew doctor
Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers
with debugging if you file an issue. If everything you use Homebrew for is
working fine: please don't worry and just ignore them. Thanks!

Warning: Your XQuartz (2.7.4) is outdated
Please install XQuartz 2.7.7:
  https://xquartz.macosforge.org


texts: How to fix macOS High Sierra Boot Failure on iMac Apple 21.5-inch Computer?

texts:
Few weeks ago, on an Apple 21.5” iMac Desktop Computer (4th-Generation, late 2013), I installed the just released macOS High Sierra v.10.13.1. I’ve recognized that on November 29, 2017, Apple Released a Security Update for macOS High Sierra and installed it on the iMac in the background (without consent). During the next weekend I’ve Shut Down the computer, then turned it off with the power button and unplug the power cord overnight. When I reconnected the power cord and turned on the iMac with the power button on the next morning, I could see the log-in screen, enter the password, and then a muddy picture with a unusually slow moving progress bar, which run (filled) completely, but the screen did not progress, as typically, to open a functional Desktop (picture) with the Dock. After waiting for about an hour, I’ve tried to Force Shutdown the computer by pressing and holding the power button, then restart the iMac with the power button, but only got the same muddy picture with the slowly moving progress bar, which, again, after running till the end, the computer did not progress to opening a functional Desktop with a Dock.

I restarted several more times, unsuccessfully, then I contacted Apple Support and talked on the phone to few advisors (Case ID: 100370008105). In order to correct this situation, together, or I myself, did several times the following:

Manual restart
Start up in Safe Mode
Reset the System Management Controller (SMC)
Reset the Nonvolatile Random-Access Memory (NVRAM)
In Single-User Mode, a “senior” advisor from Apple Support wanted me to run the following commands (without further explanation):
mount -uw /
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
reboot

However, after the log-in screen asking for the password, we have always ended up at the following GRAY SCREEN: user account picture, user account name, and progress bar (initially “filling” fast until the middle, and then slowing down, “filled” completely, till the end, after about 20 minutes). But NO visible progress to open the Desktop with the Dock (when waiting for several hours).
GRAY SCREEN

Since I could not recognize whether the computer could communicate with the original wireless keyboard and mouse in Bluetooth, I’ve replaced them and connected an Apple wired keyboard and mouse to the iMac.

Starting up from macOS Recovery, I’ve been able several times to

“Install the latest macOS that was installed on your Mac, without upgrading to a later version” using Command (⌘)-R
“Upgrade to the latest macOS that is compatible with your Mac,” macOS High Sierra v.10.13.2, using Option-Command-R
“Install the macOS that came with your Mac, or the version closest to it that is still available” using Shift-Option-Command-R

Options 1 and 2 download and installation had always run (apparently) without problems, until I’ve ended up, again, at the same GRAY SCREEN. Option 3 could NOT be completed: “OS X Mavericks cannot be installed on “Macintosh HD” because a newer OS was installed.

Current Startup Disk (is):
Macintosh HD
OS X, 10.13.2

The iMac’s hardware (hard drive) appeared NOT damaged:

Starting up in Single-User Mode by pressing Command-S as the iMac starts up and running a disk check [sbin/fsck -fy], showed “The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK.”
Disk Check
The Apple Diagnostics and Apple Hardware Test showed “No issues found”
Hardware Test
Running the Disk Utility displayed “Operation successful”

The only issue I’ve able to identify was after a start up in Verbose Mode and using the key combination Command-V. It did display “indefinitely” the following message: “Process [x] crashed: opendirectoryd. Too many corpses being created.” After several hours it went from Process [187] to Process [1379], when I’ve lost patience and did a Force Shutdown.
First Aid on Macintosh

I appeal to all iGeeks to show their prowess and assist me in fixing the (software, macOS) issue on this iMac, so I can use it again before the Holidays, and thanks in advance for your consideration.
Verbose Mode


texts: macOS not allowing me to reallocate free space!

texts:
I had two partitions on my mac, both had macOS installed on it as a result both had a recovery partiton, now I deleted one pratition cause it got corrupted due to some script which I ran.

Now mac has only one partition which is the startup volume.

The problem is the previous partition created a free space upon removing it and it is not allocated to anyone, now when I try to delete the free space, Disk Utility fails to carry out the opertaion!

Both the partitons also created a public folder, which I don't know much about cause I never created it, now the problem is what should I do with this public folder should I remove it from my system preferences or should I keep it, I don't know what might happen/get deleted if I remove it from my iMac!

So basically two issues have arised as a consequence of the corruption and running a custom script for tweaking your mac!

I went through this https://www.reddit.com/r/osx/comments/305lik/help_removing_the_free_space_partition/ post but it doesn't seems to be linked with my issue as I don't have any (No CoreStorage logical volume groups found - Terminal output for diskutil cs list; diskutil list)

And when I try to resize the disk via Terminal I get this error:

Sayans-iMac:~ sayanhussain$ diskutil resizeVolume disk0s2 R
Resizing to full size (fit to fill)
Started partitioning on disk0s2 macOS
Error: -69742: The requested size change for the target disk or a related disk is too small; please try a different disk or partition, or make a larger change
Sayans-iMac:~ sayanhussain$


texts: Lost contacts after turning off Exchange

texts: On my iPhone, I gave it to another person who used it and added contacts.  Later I turned off the calendar, contacts, ets. (he didn't have the password) but some of his contacts disappeared.  Can I recover them?


texts: Setting up iPhoto library on external HDD

texts:
Is there any way to set iPhoto library on external HDD instead of main HDD. I have a lot of photos and am running out of space on my MBP.

I was thinking to achieve it by symlinks or something. It this possible at all?

If not, I'd be glad if anyone could recommend a iPhoto-like program which supports having photo library on external disk.

(I'm using Snow Leopard with iPhoto'09, but aby solution would be great as I'm about to upgrade to Lion)


texts: Restrict “Look Up” feature to dictionary alone in High Sierra

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In previous versions of macOS, there was an option to show the dictionary definition of a word by tapping it with three fingers. In High Sierra this was replaced with the Look Up feature, which pulls suggestions from sources outside of the local dictionary, opens mini windows when used on links, etc.

Is there any way to restrict this to showing dictionary definitions alone?


texts: Is it possible to put a header column on the right of a table in Pages?

texts: I only see an option to place the header column on the left side of a table in Pages. Is there an option to make a header column (footer column?) on the right side of a table?


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How can I see the permissions for a file (e.g. if I want to recreate those permissions for another file using chmod)?

For example after I run chmod 644 on foo.txt, what command, if any, can I run on foo.txt which returns 644?


texts: can't run GlassFish because something is using port 8080; but how to find it?

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I develop on Mac (Lion) with Eclipse and GlassFish 3.1. GlassFish uses ports 8080 and 4848. Suddenly, when I try to launch GlassFish it tells me it can't because there's a port conflict.

As far as I can tell, nothing is using that port. I shut down everything and restarted the Mac and still get the same error when I ran GlassFish. I uninstalled GlassFish, deleted all the directories, restarted my machine, reinstalled GlassFish and same problem.

I created a new test user on my Mac, log out as me, log in as him, install GlassFish under that users account and it runs fine there.

It's like there's something in my user account that makes my Mac or GlassFish think that port is in use.

Does anyone know how I might solve this problem? I hate the idea of having to create a new account on my Mac and transfer all of my data there. Seems like an excessive solution.


texts: In iMovie 11, how do I export at my custom resolution/aspect ratio? It only allows 16:9/4:3?

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I see a few posts that say it will also export at the aspect ratio you imported at, but how?

I recorded a portion of my screen with Quicktime's screen recorder, and it came to a resolution of 680x812. I imported that into iMovie, as well as a 640x812 image at the end, but when I go to export, I only get this screen, where none of them are the resolution of my video, and it puts black letterboxing on the sides:

How do I do it?

Also, how do I get it to not degrade video quality?


texts: How to check total call duration in ios 7?

texts: In call log list there is option to check duration of each call. is there is any option to check total call duration of my iphone ?


texts: How to mount my MacBook's user folder as registered user using Automator?

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In an answer to this question, Ben Wyatt recommends the following to get Automator to mount a network volume:

  1) Get Specified Servers. This will let you build a list of shares to connect to. If you can map it from Finder -> Go -> Connect to server, you can use this.

  2) Connect to Servers. This will connect to any servers passed to it (either from get specified servers or from ask for servers).

In my case the network volume is my MacBook, and using Ben's method I'm only connected to the mounted volume as guest. But I need to be connected as a registered user.

I can of course specify a username and password in the server URL:

  afp://username:password@URLofMyMacBook

But then I get a window asking me to specify which volume I want to mount: Macintosh HD, my public folder, or my user folder?

How can I get Automator to automatically mount my user folder?

I know I can create an alias of the mounted volume and probably get automator to "click" this, but I'd prefer to do this without having an extra file lying around.

And I want to do this with automator, not as a startup item, since I don't want to mount the volume upon startup.


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Mac OS X 10.6.4, MacBook Pro, Apple Magic Trackpad.

The trackpad is unresponsive. Right-clicking on the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar shows me gray text that says "Bluetooth not available".

I don't see a system preference item in which to fight with this, but I don't see anything relevant.


texts: How to remove cloud songs from Music app?

texts: During Christmas 2013, Apple an official app that gave out free downloads for a week or so. I used that app to get some free songs. Now they appear forever stuck in my Music app. I don't want to see them. Swiping left on the song didn't do anything. Also, I didn't see how to manage these songs in iTunes on my computer.


texts: Airport Time Capsule - check backups with another laptop

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My laptop is dead. I got an AirPort Time Capsule, and I want to check if there is a fresh backup inside. But because my laptop doesn't start up anymore, is it possible to use another computer to check the backups of my dead one?

Thanks!


texts: Time Machine and Volume backup issue after Sierra update

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I have updated to 10.12.5 yesterday and I am facing some issues with Time Machine and volumes where the backups are stored.
I used to have two Volumes where Time Machine backups are stored:

network volume
usb drive

The first problem I faced was that all the backups, either on network or on usb drive, stuck on "preparing backup" state.

I tried these solutions:

reset Time Machine (removing /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist
reset SMC and NVRAM

Nothing changed. Except for the fact that, since I reset Time Machine, my Volume with usb backup partition (HDMac) is not mountable anymore. Giving sudo lsof | grep disk2s2 I understood that system stuck on fsck_hfs. While backup on network drive is still on "preparing backup".

Can anybody help me?


texts: Are there third-party mechanical keyboards that strictly have the Apple layout?

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Are there third-party keyboards that have the Apple layout?

I found this question but it is not my one.

I mean, "STRICTLY", Mac layout. The sizes of keys, the paddings between keys, no Num Lock, have Fn, no numbers' area... everything is equal to the Mac keyboards, including MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Apple Wireless Keyboard (but not the USB one).

---- Amendment #1 ----

Sorry for missing this important part. What I'm seeking are mechanical ones. I searched "mechanical keyboard Mac layout" and found the question mentioned above but failed in noticing that question was not only talking about mechanical keyboards.


texts: Prevent Photos, iTunes, etc. opening when new device is connected

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Sometimes it is necessary to use my mac to install apps being developed on to other people's iOS devices, meaning that it frequently has new iOS devices plugged in. Whenever I plug in a new device 2 things happen that I would like to avoid:

The Photos app opens, offering an import of their photos. This is obviously a potential privacy issue which I avoid by swiftly quitting the Photos app before it loads (thank goodness it's so slow!)
iTunes starts up (if it wasn't before) and offers the latest version of iOS (currently 8.4.1). This is pretty unuseful for me 2 reasons:

I am not going to be updating someone else's device
Some of our test devices are purposefully kept some versions behind.

I would like to prevent both of the above, and, if possible, still have wi-fi and USB syncing, but that's not required.

I realise this is a fairly common question, but I feel mine differs because:

I have tried using RCDefaultApp to fix the issue
I have tried all the options using the Image Capture and iPhotos apps
Nothing I find seems to cover the iTunes-offering-updates issue

I have had this issue for as long as I can remember, but still have it on the latest version of the 10.11 beta.


texts: Is there an app that allows me to set music as an alarm?

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Let me preface this by saying that I am not looking to set music in the built-in iOS Clock app. I have tried that and I had problems with it. I usually keep all sounds muted, so it won't work. I also tried Alarm Clock HD, which plays music as an alarm but it won't work for me as I needed to be running in the background. I am also using an iPod touch, so bmike's suggestion isn't feasible.
Here's what I'm looking for: an app that will allow me to a set a song for an alarm and will play that song even if the app is in the background. Alarm Clock HD also had a nice volume feature, which automatically turned up the volume all the way (which is really nice). Is there an iOS app that will do this?


texts: DisplayPort unable to display in 2560x1440

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I have a mid-2015 MBP running Mojave with 1 HDMI and 2 Thunderbolt 2 ports. I have two 32 inches Acer monitor - same model - EB321HQU with max resolution of 2560x1440. My monitors do not have DisplayPort. One monitor I have connected using HDMI and another using Thunderbolt to HDMI cable. The HDMI connected monitor is able to display at max resolution of 2560x1440 but the DisplayPort connected monitor is showing max resolution of 1600x900.

As per various articles I have read, the mid 2015 MBP should support two 4k monitors. Is there a way to get 2560x1440 on my DisplayPort based monitor? Do I need a DisplayPort 1.2 to HDMI 2 active adapter?


texts: Can I increase desktop icons larger than 128x128 on OS X Lion?

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I have a little Mac question.

Is there a way to boost the cap on desktop icon sizes from 128x128 to anything larger such as 512x512? I found some solutions for Leopard but none for Lion. It would be really cool to put my high-resolution monitor to good use :/


texts: Can anyone simply explain the reason of memory leaks? My Firefox seems to use up to 500Ms of memory though it is only for reading news Online. It seems that certain browsers use significantly less for the same pages viewed although I like how Firefox is mostly fast.


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It used to be possible to log in to ICQ accounts with iChat by using your ICQ login info as an AIM account. However, that functionality seems to have been removed - if memory serves, with the introduction of Lion.

Is there any way to use ICQ with Messages under Mountain Lion?


texts: Can an iPad be child locked so they cannot escape from one app?

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I'm planning on getting an iPad, but it very much needs to be childlockable - that is I need the ability to lock it so only one app can be used unless a user has a pincode or password.  I'm presuming I'll have to jailbreak to get the functionality but I'm not sure where to go from there - any ideas?

This is the only feature I'm looking for - the app I'm wanting to access is likely 'prologue2go' but that's the only reason to purchase - I'm presuming I'll be getting an iPad2 simply because they are, and will be (I pressume) more stably jailbroken.


texts: I have added accidentally a table to my pages document on iCloud web interface. Any idea how  can I remove. I tried several different shortcuts, remove columns, rows etc.


texts: With which carriers can I use an officially-unlocked iPhone?

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Recently AT&T has begun officially unlocking iPhones which are out of contract.

But I know this doesn't mean that all carriers are supported, because some carriers use different frequency bands and simply aren't compatible with iPhones. After this official unlocking process, which carriers can be used with which models of iPhone devices?


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How do I free up space on iCloud when I have already deleted many photos and turned off iCloud photos but not "my photo stream"?

I want to be able to back up my iPhone with the iCloud but there are so many pictures taking up space in iCloud it won't back up now.

I have already downloaded all my cell phone pics to my computer; So I don't need the iCloud to back up pictures.

Please help.


texts: iOS 10.3 Gmail app synchronization issues

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Since updating my iPhone 6S Plus to iOS 10.3 I stumbled on a bug that I really need some help resolving or at least confirmation that it exists.

The problem is with the Gmail app on iOS, which is set up to work with my two Gmail email accounts.

Problem: Since the update, my Gmail app is not synching data and I get no notifications that I have received an email. I have a badge stuck on the app of 1 unread email even though when I actually go into the app, I have 10-15 unread emails, for which I did not receive a single notification.

In the settings, Gmail is allowed background refresh, all notifications and access is allowed to Gmail. I do not use the default Mail app, which is why I have turned email sync off and just left the calendar sync on. I have tried removing the app several times and reinstalling it to no avail.

Does anyone else experience this issue? Has anyone found a way to fix it? Any help is much appreciated.


texts: Mavericks: Can't be logged into two servers at the same time?

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I ran into a bug (or feature) in OS X 10.9 that I can't figure out.

If I'm trying to log into two servers, and I use "guest" credentials to log into one of them, things get screwy.

Example:

Connect to Server1 (smb://server1) as a "Guest." Select share. Works great.
Connect to Server2 (smb://server2). Finder does not give me the option to log in. Instead, it shows a box with a list of shares on the server. When I try to connect to a share, I get an error saying I do not have the right permissions.

The reason? I'm apparently also logged in as GUEST to server2. Check it out:

In most cases, I can't disconnect from the server, regardless of how many times I click the button. I have to restart the system instead.

This is not a problem in OS X 10.6.8, nor in 10.10. I've also tried connecting via SMB1 (using CIFS, and by forcing SMB1 at the account level). I'm at a loss as how to fix this from the client end. Any thoughts?


texts: How to run `xterm` without getting a “Can't open display” error message?

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On OS X 10.9.2 with XQuartz installed, I get the following message whenever I try to launch an xterm from Terminal.app:

$ xterm
xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0

How can I run xterm properly?


texts: Does MAMP installation create conflicts with standalone MySql?

texts: I have just installed MAMP. And I have just now realized that I already have a MySQL server and a database that runs under it. Do I now have two MySQL servers? Will they interfere with each other (and if yes, what would I need to do to have the existing database to work with the MAMP version)?


texts: Dictation with browser : have Mac Book Pro speak out web pages

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Can I use dictation to have Firefox/ Safari to read me pages?

Using a MacBook Pro - OS X 10.9.4


texts: Is it fundamentally impossible to have passive thunderbolt to dual-link-DVI or HDMI adapter supporting 2560x1440?

texts: Is it fundamentally impossible to have a passive (NOT the expensive USB-powered active ones) thunderbolt/mini-displayport to dual-link-DVI or HDMI adapter that can support 2560x1440 external monitor?


texts: Desktop backgrounds keep switching position

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I've had a problem with my Mac Pro since I first bought it. I have a setup with six 1920x1080 screens (3 screens wide, 2 screens high). I've processed some nice (large) photos, so I could set them on these screens and still make it look like one big photo. I've calculated and cut out the bezels from the photos and it looked very nice. The problem though: my Mac can't seem to remember which one goes where. An example:

Looks nice, doesn't it? Yet, I regularly boot my Mac and see this:

The photos that are actually part of my background have been moved to a different screen and then there are two parts from older desktop background that have been reintroduced (bottom left and right).

I've tried removing every single folder from the background selection dialog window, and just adding the one I want (if that helped, I could live with it), but it doesn't seem to help. Every single OSX update (I've just updated tot 10.11.3) gives me a little hope that it's fixed, but it never is.

Do you guys have any idea how I can keep the backgrounds in place, or, stretch a single image between multiple monitors (preferably without third party software).

In case you wonder, the Mac does remember where the displays are relative to each other. I can move my cursor between screens without a problem.

I look forward to your response(s).

Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)


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I am unable to dial out receive calls or text messages.

How can I fix the problem?

I've tried shutting it down waiting awhile then turning it back on and the phone still shows "searching".


texts: Can't see family sharing invitation on iPad mini

texts: I created a Family Sharing invitation and sent it to an email address. In a new iPad mini (running iOS 8.1.2) I find the email message and click on the "View Invitation" link.  It immediately takes me to the iCloud settings, but there are no details about the invitation and no indication about how I should proceed. This iPad has not been previously associated with any Apple ID. How can I associate this device with the Apple ID associated with the invitation?


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In El Capitan there is a setting that allows you to make the click of force touch trackpads (2015 MB. 2015 MBP) silent.

I have tried this out in El Capitan public beta and liked it, however since I use my Yosemite drive as my main partition (because it's not buggy) is it possible to enable this feature on OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 such as a defaults write terminal command?


texts: Haswell 15" MBP, Win7 x64, no trackpad or keyboard

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I've seen quite a few threads about this around the interwebs, but no solutions.

I'm migrating from a 2012 15" rMBP to a new (as of yesterday) 15" rMBP, and am having issues with Win7 x64.

I used Winclone to image the Windows partition om the old machine, transferred it to the new one, repartitioned everything, and restored the Winclone image. That seemed to work fine; all the files are where they should be. After recreating a VM in Parallels, I can boot the partition successfully.

However, I can't boot directly into the Bootcamp partition. At the login screen, the keyboard and trackpad are nonfunctional. I connected an external USB keyboard, which didn't help.

So, I used Bootcamp Assistant to create a Win7 installer USB stick, and booted off of that. Same thing: When it gets to the first GUI screen, input devices are nonfunctional.

Suggestions?

I need the 750 GPU for several reasons, and would hate to have to return this thing.


texts: I am trying to import BIND settings from OS X Server 5.0.3 into BIND 9.14.4 on Mojave Server

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I am trying to import all my settings from the DNS tab of Mac OS X Server 5.0.3 on Yosemite into a third party BIND install on Mojave since it doesn't exist in the App anymore :( I see the 'named' folder in the old server library and so I can see all the settings but does anyone know a way to get BIND 9.14.4 to read these files on the new server? Where would I put them?

I read an article as to where to put the named.conf file but none of the others. It seems that once they are in the correct location in regards to the conf file they should all be accessible.


texts: How can I send my computer's audio to multiple outputs?

texts: I'm sending my system's audio to Soundflower, but I want to send it to my headphones at the same time. Is there any way I can achieve this?


texts: I want to import Apple text replacements from a text file. I want to import a large amount of shortcuts to the system so I am wondering if that is possible.


texts: Port Forwarding for AirPlay on OS X Server

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I have set up an old Mac Mini I have lying around, as a Server, and it is performing magnificently.

I have some AirPlay enabled speakers that I am trying to connect to my MBP. Unfortunately the MBP does not see them.

I logged in remotely to the Mac Mini server and launched iTunes - the AirPlay speakers are present there. I am therefore assuming that there's some kind of a port forwarding issue for the AirPlay service.

I have found this article listing the ports that are used by AirPlay devices. I am now trying to forward them from my Mac Mini to my MBP.
I found this Apple support article, listing a procedure for portforwading but it's outdated and I am not sure wether it still valid for a OS X 10.9 server.

Does anyone have any pointers as to what the procedure for setting up port forwarding on a  Mac Server is?


texts: Best Camera setup for iPad Demonstration

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need to do a live demo of an ipad app to be shown on a projector.  tried using a flip cam but there is a ton of reflection / glare.  i've seen folks put the ipad on what looks like an overhead projector with a camera attached to the top, so the ipad sits flat on the table area and the camera is on an arm above it pointing down.

anyone know what this setup is or what type of camera is used and where to get it?

thanks!


texts: Simulating a window-close-button click with a shortcut?

texts: So I installed RedQuits to enable applications to quit when their last open window closes. However, I never actually use the close button, I only close windows by a shortcut (let's say it's Cmd-W, for example). RedQuits seems to know nothing about this action, and thus applications do not quit when the last window is closed via a shortcut. How can I enable this?


texts: How to Remove Search.moviecorner.com Search Bar

texts: I am facing issue in removing Search.moviecorner.com. My browser constantly redirects to Search.moviecorner.com. I want to remove it from Search bar permanently


texts: Installing Ubuntu 16.04 server on Mac Mini 2006

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I have liberated an old 2006 Mac Mini (Model: A1176) from being thrown away and wanted to use it as a Time Capsule for my other Macs.

To do this, I want to install Ubuntu server 16.04 LTS to roll my own Time Capsule over my home network.

How can I do this? I have downloaded the ISO from Ubuntu's website but when I put it onto a CD-RW and selected it by holding down Option at boot, it then got stuck on the message 'Select CD-ROM Boot Type' with no way to select it (keyboard wasn't loaded).

Can someone please provide step-by-step on how to do this?

Update

To answer the comments. The Mac Mini currently has OS X 10.6.8 installed and has the 1.66GHz Intel Core Duo processor. It also has 1GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

The file I downloaded for Ubuntu was called ubuntu-16.04-server-amd64.iso

The screenshot for the screen showing after I select the CD on the EFI menu is as follows:

I can't select an option as I don't think the keyboard is loaded.


texts: Mac app for testing websites in android emulator quickly

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Hi I want to test my site locally on my Mac using the android device layout . The usual android sdk takes more time to load . Is there any app similar to opera mobile emulator which provides android device layout plus testing on local instance?
I want something like this

I think this is samsung emulator for android, and for installing the samsung emulator on my local mac mini I didn't find any appropriate tutorial. Has anybody ever implemented this thing?


texts: How do I uninstall imagemagick from Mac OS X?

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I have ImageMagick installed on my Mac. I manually installed it and the dependencies.

However, it is causing some problems with brew doctor, so I would like to just uninstall it. After uninstalling it, I will:

brew install imagemagick

I am not sure how to uninstall it, so any help getting me started in the right direction would be great!

I have decided to abandon this for now. I will be leaving it as is, and using homebrew to install it when I upgrade to Lion. Thanks.


texts: What is the best way to limit the time of use of iPad 4?

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I have iPad 4 with iOS 8.2. Also, I have a child. I want to set some time limit (per day) of use of iPad for my child.

Also, I want to have some profiles or something like that. Other words, I want to have time limit on Profile 1, but I don't want time limitation on other profiles, which have to protect by password.


texts: I've searched and tried everything suggested in other posts: getting ride of .plist files, rebooting, using the terminal with specific commands. Nothing worked. I can open the AppStore and see the apps that need to be updated. However, when I click on the update, after a few seconds the update button comes back on with no download. I have an iMac, using Mojave 10.14.6.


texts: Best input to connect a monitor to a Macbook Pro

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I just bought a 24" monitor (asus pa246q) with dvi/hdmi/displayport inputs. I am wondering which is the best input I should use to connect a MacBook Pro 15" (late 2010). Someone suggested me HDMI, but the image is not perfect, still looks better on my old white-plastic Cinema Display with ADC adapter.

I was thinking to display port as an obvious solution, but I have to find a mini display port to display port adapter.

Any suggestion? thanks

Andy


texts: OS X upgrade on MacBook Pro mid 2010 trilemma

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I'd like to have some feedback from those of you who have experience to share about upgrading OS X on MacBook Pro 15" (mid 2010 - MacBookPro6,2).

I'm running OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, and I've never needed to upgrade because I use my mac only for software development on the java environment, so I've never needed to stay up to date and I don't even have Apple or Android devices to sync. So, just consider the main use I do of my Mac is about developing on the java platform (ad just for fun).

Now I need to move to Java 7 or maybe Java 8 and I need to upgrade Snow Leopard to one of its successors:

Mountain Lion (10.7.3 at least)
Maverick
Yosemite

Here's my trilemma: which of the aforementioned OS would better fit my laptop's hardware? According to Apple's official site all of them have the same minimum requirements:

2 GB of RAM
8 GB free HD space

Here's an excerpt from the System Profiler running on my laptop (translated from Italian localization):

Model name:  MacBook Pro
Model ID:    MacBookPro6,2
Processor name:  Intel Core i5
CPU speed:   2,4 GHz
Number of CPUs:  1
Number of cores: 2
Cache L2 (per core): 256 KB
Cache L3:    3 MB
RAM: 4 GB

Please, don't point out the latter are free - I know - just focus on performance.

Personally, I don't feel like upgrading to Yosemite, but I'd rather move to Maverick. This is not based on figures, just on my gut feelings: I suspect that Yosemite may be too demanding about hardware configuration.

What do you think?


texts: How to view an image full screen on an Apple Watch with no UI showing

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I need to be able to display an image (or video) full screen on an Apple Watch, without displaying any UI.

Opening an image in Photos shows a small watch icon in the bottom
left corner.
Opening it from Messages displays the name of the person
being messaged in the top right corner
Saving a photo as a watch face
displays the image with the time over it.

Is there any other way you can think of? It's for a video where a character needs to see a specific image on the watch, and I'd rather not do it in post-production.


texts: Error Relating to AppTranslocation in macOS Sierra

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It would appear that Gatekeeper in macOS Sierra is a bit pickier. At any rate, it is causing a small utility I made some years ago to throw a rather annoying error.

As I haven't yet had the time to dig into the under-the-hood changes in Sierra, I'm not sure how to fix the error. Does anyone have experience dealing with errors relating to AppTranslocation and fixing them?

Code and error follow:

Code:

tell application "Finder"
set currentDir to POSIX path of ((container of (path to me)) as text)
end tell
set currentDir to quoted form of currentDir
set lib80211 to quoted form of "AirPort Utility 5.6.1 Launcher.app/Contents/Resources/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Apple80211"

do shell script "export DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=" & currentDir & lib80211 & "
cd " & currentDir & "AirPort\\ Utility\\ 5.6.1.app/Contents/MacOS
./AirPort\\ Utility"

Error:

sh: line 1: cd: /private/var/folders/t4/7k5z832d2tjd4xpzvvq43n4m0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/23AF67A4-3DF7-4982-A1A3-B019CDACB4C2/dAirPort Utility 5.6.1.app/Contents/MacOS: No such file or directory
sh: line 2: ./AirPort Utility: No such file or directory (127)


texts: Enabling location services for Exposure Notification Availability Alerts

texts:
California finally rolled out an Exposure Notification app for iOS. I turned it on, but there’s a setting for “Availability Alerts” that I can’t enable because it says Location Services is turned off in Settings. Thing is, it’s not. Every other app on my phone is able to use Location Services. I can’t see any disabled app or service that might be relevant to Exposure Notifications.

On my buddy’s phone, it’s enabled. Any ideas?


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I have well over 100 Terminal profiles, and would like to find some way of organizing them, either using tags or folders. Unfortunately, I don't see any support for this in the Terminal app.

Does anyone have suggestions on how I could accomplish this?


texts: After OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.2, my screenshots disappear

texts: Right after I upgraded my iMac to OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.2, my screenshots no longer saves to the desktop.  Using "control + shift + 4", my captured shot just disappears, don't know where it goes.


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I leave my Mac running 24/7, but I'm not always sitting at it.

Is there any way to tell the Mac, or Messages specifically, if my phone isn't on the local wifi subnet, don't take messages, leave them for my iPhone to pick up.

Currently, if for some reason I'm out of iMessage range but capable of receiving SMS, messages never arrive at my phone & are not re-transmitted after failing by the sender, because the system considers that handing them to my Mac is sufficient proof I saw them.

Missing jobs I was offered 6 hours ago, just because I was afk, is not a happy sight to return home to.

One option: log out of Messages on the Mac every time I leave the house...
...I'll never remember.
Edit: Logging out of iMessage on the Mac is considerably more trouble than it's worth. It generates half a dozen messages & emails to every device & account...


texts: I keep having problems using YouTube on the latest version of Safari. Videos will skip to the end after trying to watch one, making it almost impossible to watch them altogether. Ads on YouTube won't play, or play a bunch of them in a row while skipping frames, along with a plethora of other problems. Its infuriating and I've tried to do everything I can to prevent this from happening like disabling my ad-blockers, clearing the cache and search history, but to no avail. I don't know why this keeps happening, or if there even is a solution for it at all, but its infuriating.


texts: To let a Mac automatically use Wifi and Ethernet to double the connection speed?

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I am staying at a hotel, and for some reason, I think they limit each Wifi connection to 95 kbyte / s.  So that is roughly 1.2 Mbps... and since I have 18 Mbps at home, I am using a speed that is less than 1/10 of the speed at home.

So I asked at the front desk to see if they have a room with a wired connection, and the answer is yes, and I switched to this room, and even bought a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter for the Macbook Air to be able to use the Ethernet wired connection.

But to my surprise, the speed of that connection is just the same: 95 kbyte / s.  Is there an easy way to tell OS X to automatically use both connections so that the speed can be doubled?

For example, if one tab in Chrome uses one connection and the downloading file in Chrome uses another connection.  Or if Chrome uses one connection and Firefox uses another one, that might work too.  Or can the OS be smart and just "merge" the 2 connections transparently?

(or if the OS "randomly" uses one or the other connection each time a connection is made, then the effect is roughly achieved too).


texts: How to get yabai to recognize zathura pdf viewer

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I have been trying to switch to zathura from Skim but whenever I launch Zathura, yabai doesn't recognize and tile it like other windows, is there a way to fix this?
For those not familiar with the apps mentioned above:

zathura is a highly customizable and functional document viewer
Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for macOS
yabai is a tiling window management for the Mac


texts: How to open Google Chrome or Safari from Terminal

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When I try to open 'chrome' or 'safari' in terminal,

$ safari
-bash: safari: command not found
$ open safari
The file Desktop/safari does not exist.
$ chrome
-bash: chrome: command not found

How to open them in right methods.


texts: I can use Preview app to select a region and crop a page. Can I do the same cropping for a whole pages in pdf? Are there tools (commercial or free) available for it?


texts: Can I install Yosemite on a different Mac with another Apple ID

texts: Can I use a copy of OS X Yosemite installer to install Yosemite on a Mac owned by someone else who obviously has a different Apple ID?


texts: What is the best way to make free phone calls from an iPod touch?

texts: I want to be able to make free phone calls from an iPod touch. I've used Google Voice for my computer, but it doesn't work for an iPod touch. How should I go about doing this?


texts: Apple Cash Family - "Family member already has Apple Cash enabled"

texts: I'm attempting to set up Apple Cash Family in a family sharing group. I experience an issue when attempting to add a minor (under 18 years of age), telling me that Apple Cash is "already enabled" on their account. However, Apple Cash does not show as enabled on their device - further, attempting to turn it on from their device (for a personal Apple Cash account) says that they do not meet the age requirements. How can I find and disable this "already enabled" account?


texts: How to make nsurlsessiond actions less anonymous to the user?

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With the introduction of OS X Yosemite every once in a while little snitch (network monitoring program) pops up a requestor asking for permission to allow nsurlsessiond a connection to some ip address.

I understand that nsurlsessiond provides an API to allow any program using it to retrieve data via http or other supported protocol. In fact it acts like a proxy.

Is it possible to see which programs are using nsurlsessiond and of course what they use it for?  I'm thinking of something like an access log file. Because in this current situation I am not able to do monitoring on applications using nsurlsessiond.


texts: So the apple service nearby told me I have to replace the motherboard. But sometimes my macbook could back normal. Yesterday after being kept in my backpack for hours outside in a sunny day, my laptop was so warm and I pressed the power button and it turned on! Now after being turned off and kept in the air con room it went dead again. If anyone knows how to fix it please help


texts: Why aren't my text notifications working?

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I have an iPhone 6S (with iOS 11) which is working fine except for the fact that I no longer receive any push notifications whenever I receive a new text message - no sound either. All I see is a badge on the icon. I can't understand why, especially since all push notifications options for the Messages app are on in Settings (e.g. "Show on Lock Screen", "Show as Banners").

Push notifications for other apps work fine. Also, I don't have Do Not Disturb mode on, and the phone is not on silent.