texts: How to reset a salvaged Mac Pro which has previously been managed?

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My buddy hauls junk and the Art Institute of Philadelphia closed down and had him remove a bunch of old iMac/Mac Pro’s from the college.

I now have my hands on a Mac Pro 2010 tower and Cinema Display or whatever.

This computer has deep freeze, and every time I turn it on it auto logs in to the “student” account which has a password. The other accounts (admin/cs-admin) are locked up too.

I’ve tried recovery mode, for some reason it won’t boot in recovery. In single user the commands to add or delete user accounts won’t work either, I get errors every time.

Worth pointing out is the GPU (Radeon 5770) wont work on Mojave so I need to run High Sierra.
I just installed high Sierra on an external hdd as well.

Is there any way to bypass the existing hard drive in order to just wipe the whole thing clean and have a out of the box copy of Mac OS X?

Been trying to figure this out all night so any help is appreciated


texts: How can I import private keys to iSSH app in iPhone?

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Suppose a private key in Dropbox/server. I have tried copying it from Dropbox to iPhone's default clipboard and then to iSSH app but there is no area to paste it in iSSH, very unintuitive user-interface!

How can I get private key to iSSH app?


texts: Best rsync options to transfer data between two Mac

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I am about to move my data from my old iMac to a brand new MacBook Pro. I would like to start over with a fresh install on B and copy just a subset of my data, reinstalling applications from scratch, so I am not considering using Migration assistance.

I am thinking to use rsync to do the job, but I am confused about which options I should use.

Reading man pages, I came out with this:

rsync -vazHE --progress -e ssh andrea@imac:/remote/dir /local/dir/ 2> errors.log

v: verbose
a: archive, to keep times, symlinks, permissions, groups, owners and traverse directories recursively
z: to compress data
H: to keep any hard-link
E: to keep extended attributes
progress: to keep an eye on job progress

Am I not considering some other useful options?


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For some reason, gitk always starts under all other apps.

How to make it start on top of all other apps, like a normal program?

Start it from the terminal with the gitk command, which lives in /usr/bin. There is no icon to click on...maybe need to create one?

Or is there a way to tell the OS to start it on top of all others? Perhaps with applescript?

Lion 10.7.5


texts: How to start an LaunchAgent on login via ssh?

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I want to start an agent when I log in on my machine via ssh. I created the plist and set the key LimitLoadToSessionType to StandardIO according to the quite old Technical Note on daemons and agents, since it explicitly mentions ssh sessions.
The plist is located under ~/Library/LaunchAgents. In the plist I reference a very simple binary that does nothing other than sleeping for testing purposes. However, nothing happens when I log in via ssh. When I change LimitLoadToSessionType to Aqua the test app runs on logging into the gui as expected.
How can I start an agent when logging in via ssh?


texts: How to Restore backup from external drive to itunes or iphone in Windows 8?

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I back my iPhone up to My Windows 8. Since I don't have much space on my C: Drive, I moved my iTunes backup folder to an external drive (mklink/J "%APPDATA%\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup" "J:\Backup"), and then created a symlink from the normal backup folder to the location on the external drive where that particular backup folder is located.

Now, there are two problems I've noticed with this. Firstly, when I connect my device and look in iTunes, it says "Latest Backup: Your iPhone has never been backed up to this computer" – even though it has been backed up (although to an external drive). The worse part is that the "Restore Backup..." button is grayed out, not allowing me to restore my iPhone from the backup.

Another thing I should mention is that when I go to iTunes > Preferences > Devices, I don't see my iPhone backup in the list.

So, how do I restore my iPhone from my backup external drive in my windows 8.. Please help


texts: What will happen if I export a 720p video in Photos to 1080p?

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I'm considering exporting all the videos currently stored in my Apple Photos library. These are made up of a mix of different video "qualities," including 1080p and 720p.

When I choose the File > Export > Export [number] Videos command, a dialog box appears prompting me to specify a quality of the exported files, e.g., 720p, 1080p, etc.

If I choose 1080p, I presume that my 1080p videos will be preserved in a lossless way. That is what I want.

However, I don't understand what will happen to my 720p videos. Will the software export them in a lossless way as 720p, i.e., keep the files as-is, or will the software do something else? Will it try to re-encode them to "up" the 1080p format, potentially increasing the file size?


texts: I'm trying to buy new laptop, and one seller has three different laptops, but I can't figure out what the difference between new (2012) models of Apple MacBook Pro: MD104RS/A, MD104Z/A, MD104LL/A ?


texts: LG Ultrafine 5K always keeps my Mac charging, is this bad?

texts: The LG Ultrafine 5k Monitor is great for Apple computers. But the thing is that it will always keep your Mac charging, whether you want it or not. Is this bad for the battery life?


texts: Any DvdFab/DvdShrink comparable program for Mac?

texts: I want to rip a dvd (and/or blu-ray) to an ISO, but remove some of the features on the disk (i.e. menus, extra features).  DvdFab and DvdShrink for Windows allow users to do this.  Any similar programs for Mac?


texts: Run Google Chrome in full screen with dev console across dual-monitors

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Is there a way in Mac OS X 10.8.3 to open Google Chrome in full screen mode with dual monitors so that the Dev console appears on a second monitor?

This would seem to be the obvious and intuitive way to develop for the browser, but I wasn't able to find any hints or suggestions about how to accomplish this setup.

Many thanks.


texts: Plugging anything into Thunderbolt inc bare cables causes kernel task overload

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I have a 15" Late 2013 Retina MacBook Pro (2.6GHz Intel Core i7, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM), and have been trying to solve my kernel task nightmare for years.

I've read every article and forum post on the Internet and tried it everything, including deleting kexts, resetting RAMs, cleaning dust out of fans, replacing the battery with a new one, applying new thermal paste to CPU, running apps that check for faulty thermal sensors, malware, and many other small recommended fixes. Nothing has ever worked and I've been on the brink of just giving up and getting a new computer that works consistently but I took a final stab at trying to diagnose myself.

Through careful monitoring and note taking, I've found that it only happens when anything is plugged into either of the two Thunderbolt ports. I personally have tried a few different external hard-rives on a firewire to Thunderbolt adapter and also a Thunderbolt recording sound card. What I've found is that I can create a positive kernel task overload by only plugging in the bare cables with no actual device on the other end, even connecting only the adapters by themselves creates an overload. My audio sound card is a straight Thunderbolt 1 cable connection (no adapters) and this also creates the overload.

This follows with countless people I've read who have the kernel task issue using Thunderbolt displays and Thunderbolt ethernet adapters. And it seems that everyone is addressing their particular devices when it seems to be the Thunderbolt ports as a whole, which I actually haven't seen addressed anywhere so I'm starting it here.

If anyone has been struggling with this issue, keep an eye on your Activity Monitor while alternating devices and cables into your Thunderbolt ports.   I'm not sure if its important to note that kernel task overloads are mostly, but not always, showing as the actual kernel_task process itself in Activity Monitor, sometimes any random program that I have open such as a Web browser or DJ program will hover to 500% usage until everything is disconnected from Thunderbolt instead.

I would love to find a real solution. I've never had any physical damage to my MacBook Pro, but would replacing the logic board or any other board fix this?


texts: Mac App store download failures and fake complete notification

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I just upgraded to Mavericks on my new Macbook Air and I am facing issues downloading apps from the Mac app store.

When I click on the install button on any app, it does the usual animation of jumping into the Application folder and then the button immediately says installed. If you go to the dashboard you can see the new app icon with the progress bar inside it which has moved all the way to the end and the cancel button on the upper left corner. It remains this way forever.

No it doesn't matter if the app is big or small; it always behaves this way although I have had random apps succeeding.

The problem is not just the fake complete notification, the app never gets installed and sometimes it gives an error saying that the download failed and asks me to retry again from the purchases menu in the App store.

I have even done a complete re-installation of Mavericks but it did not help.

PS: The first time I upgraded to Mavericks, I was able to download Pages and iPhoto without any issues. The problem started sometime after that.


texts: Keyboard shortcuts - make OS X like Windows?

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I run Windows 7 at work and OS X at home. 2 sets of muscle memories is a hassle - is there  a way to map all 'Apple +' commands into 'Ctrl +'?

E.g. turn ⌘ + C into Ctrl + C?


texts: iPhone X has a green line on the screen. What is damaged?

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After dropping my iPhone X, green lines appeared on the screen (attached image). Searching for the problem online I could not find a satisfying answer. I would like to know if this is clearly a display (or display cable) issue, or if it might be a graphic driver/chip problem; E.g., Can I solve the problem with "simply" replacing the display.
I am assuming that there is no guaranteed answer to this, however, any best guess or with high probability answer would help me deciding the fate of my phone :)

NOTE I did a repair myself, solution added as separate answer.


texts: File and folder not showing in HTDOCS folder

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In HTDOCS folder, when I created a folder using php script, folder has creating successfully but it's doesn't appear, the folder is exist but it's just not showing, i know it because if i used spotlight search, it's appear and i can open it in different finder window based on click on spotlight search result. It's also happen when i copy some file, i know it because if I double paste those file, window confirmation ask me to replace or keep the file both. And this happen only in HTDOCS folder.

what is going here, i tried to show all hidden file but doesn't work. Can anybody help me on this?

So sorry im not native english speaker. I used OSX El capitan.


texts: I have $25 in my account and can see the balance. I am trying to buy something that is $24.95. When I try to buy it, it tells me I have insufficient funds and wants me to change my billing information to a credit card. I have clicked on None and it won't apply my $25 and keeps wanting me to add a credit card which I don't want to do. How do I purchase using my balance that is already in my account???


texts: How to get Apple TV to start an iPhoto slideshow in the middle?

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I have a photo album in iPhoto '11.  To stream it to my Apple TV (3rd gen), I open iTunes '11 and do File > Home Sharing > Choose Photos to Share with Apple TV.  I select my photo album from the list and click Sync.

Now on Apple TV, I choose Computers > Robert's Library > Photos > My Photo Album.

I see a screen of thumbnails, all photos in the album.  I go to the top of the screen, choose Slideshow > Start Slideshow, and the slideshow starts from the first photo.

My problem is, I was showing the slideshow to my family (216 photos), and half way through we got interrupted by dinner so I stopped the slideshow.  Later, we sat down again to watch the rest, but there doesn't appear to be a way to start the slideshow from where we left off.

I tried navigating the thumbnails to the last photo we saw, and select it, but that only provides for viewing individual photos and I have to manually next-next-next through the photos to watch them.

Is there any way to start the slideshow from a specific photo in the album?

Any info or suggestions are appreciated.  Thanks!


texts: Can I use my 128GB macbook air to temporarily run a 512GB / 1TB back-up?

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I was thinking what I would do if my macbook pro with 512gb storage failed, the technical service delays would certainly disrupt my workflow severely

I have a macbook air that I use seldomly, in addition to my main macbook pro (the macbook air is my previous macbook)

Is it possible to:

Connect a >512GB external HDD to the macbook air
Restore the time machine backup to the macbook air's external hdd
Use the macbook air for a while
Get another time machine backup from the temporary external hdd setup
Restore the time machine backup of (4) to the macbook pro when it arrives from the technical service - therefore restoring the original functionality/setup

The steps (2) and (5) are the issue here, as I haven't done any macos restore's and don't know about the process


texts: Aperture 3 - Faces - Is there a way to change a person's name across all photos?

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I have many of photos of someone tagged using the "Faces" feature in aperture 3. They've changed their name since getting married, and I'd like to update my photos in aperture to show their married name.

I can't find any way to do this or anything else online. Every mention of aperture faces renaming refers to changing the name of a single face in one photo. Is doing a bulk change like this possible?

Also, if it's possible to do this in iPhoto, can someone let me know how that works too?


texts: How should I restore my Library folder from backup archive?

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My 6 year old Macbook accidentally got soaked with water and I just bought a new one to replace it.  Everything was backed up with Crashplan online so I restored my data using their instructions but instead of overwriting my new user folder, it just put the restored user folder inside of the new user folder.

After everything downloaded from their server, I moved all my documents and pictures to the proper folders but I am not sure what I should do about the library folder.  I am thinking I should try to restore just the Library folder and direct the software to overwrite any duplicate files.

Is there any harm in just leaving the second library folder where it is?

Edit:  I should also note that some of my installed applications were not reinstalled with the restore
 but I'm not too worried about those because there weren't that many to begin with and I plan to just reinstall them.


texts: Highlighted text is showing up abnormally on "highlights and notes" sidepane

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I am having an odd bug with the Preiview app.

Text is getting highlighted normally.
However, on the "Highlights and Notes" sidepane, text slightly offsetted from the actual highlight is being previewed.

Below is a picture depicting the problem.

This problem has persisted from my my old laptop (Macbook Pro mid 2015 High Sierra) to my new laptop (Macbook pro 2018 Mojave).


texts: Is it possible to get iOS's email push feature to work only when I'm on Wi-Fi?


texts: Adding an airport extreme base station so I can connect an aftermarket backup disk to the network to be used by Time Machine.

texts: We have our home network connected through an ATT uverse router.  I want to add an airport extreme base station so I can connect an aftermarket backup disk to the network to be used by Time Machine. What is the best way to hook up the airport extreme so it is always available to Time Machine?


texts: Logitech K750 keyboard: § and < have switched places

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I have Logitech K750 (solar thingy) attached to Lion. For some weird reason § and < keys have traded places. I have checked keyboard settings and everything is correct. I downloaded KeyRemap4MacBook but I can't find how to actually change mappings with that program.

Can anybody tell me how to get my < in the right place, it's really starting to annoy me when doing HTML and CSS...


texts: Auto FaceTime call using AppleScript, without confirmation

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I would like to automate a FaceTime call without having to confirm the call in the FaceTime app. Is there a way to do that?
EDIT:

When I execute the script I get this message in the upper right corner.
I would like to bypass this message so that the call starts automatically.
EDIT2:

Unfortunately I do not have this option under macOS Mojave 10.14.5
set phone_num to "mailxyz@mail.com"
do shell script "open facetime://" & quoted form of phone_num
tell application "System Events"
    repeat until (button "Call" of window 1 of application process "FaceTime" exists)
        delay 1
    end repeat
    click button "Call" of window 1 of application process "FaceTime"
end tell


texts: How Do I Recover Formatted Mac hfs+ Partition?

texts: I was installing Win8 on a Mac where I got the error that I can because of GPT disk I dont know what MAC I have but the Mainboard is number is Apple Mac 942859f58194171B. I tried formatting the specific partition not the disk but unfortunately, I formatted the disk which contained my MAC OS together with the Recovery. I am now stuck in windows and I don't have the MAC Recovery Disk. What can I do to recover my MAC OS and potentially recovery in Windows?


texts: What should I do if Bootcamp keeps saying my disk cannot be partitioned?

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I am at my wit’s end here.
I’m trying to install Windows on my macOS Catalina, version 10.15.7, but BootCamp keeps saying “The disk could not be partitioned” even though I have more than enough space (400GB available for it.) I tried doing something with /sbin/fsck -y but then my computer says “error: container /dev/rdisk1 is mounted with write access”. I’ve been trying for more than a week now and I still haven’t figured anything out. We even formatted our computer just to see if it could help with the process, but it was still the same as it was before it was formatted. I have already run First Aid, but I still get my problem. Time Machine is already off.
If there is anyone willing to help me or contact me to help with this problem, please let me know because I am so close to contacting Apple Support even though I don’t live in the US. I tried using my braincells to do this, that didn’t work, I tried combining my braincells with my father’s for this, still didn’t work, so I’m really looking for any possible solutions here.
Thanks so much in advance to those who can help me and make suggestions. Cheers.


texts:
I am trying to help someone sync their IPhone 4 to their desktop computer, in order to make a backup of their info (contacts, their numbers, calendar dates and such). This person has an IPhone 4 running IOS 4.3, and is using Windows XP.

Unfortunately, whenever we try to sync, Itunes gives a message box saying that it could not sync to the IPhone (error 13019).

Does anyone know what this code means, and if so, anyway to fix it?

Please note that this most likely isn't a problem with ITunes, seeing as we just downloaded it specifically for this, about 5 minutes ago, with the latest software from the website.

Thank you.


texts:
I accidentally click CommandL in the terminal and removed output that had been generated over a week.

Is there any way to undo this?


texts:
I'm trying so send photos from my Mac onto my iPhone. I don't want to sync whole folders.

Is it possible to "sync" single selected photos without deleting all the others? Granted, "sync" is the probably the wrong word here.

I know I can send them via email to my iPhone, but assuming that I have no internet, what else can I do?


texts: iMessage Crashes and Causes my iPod to Shut Down

texts: I have an iPod touch 4th gen and whenever I go onto imessage, it first crashes about twice, then on the third time or so, it causes my iPod to turn off completely. This happened after I someone gave me thier contact info and I tried texting them for the first time. After that, the app didn't open again.


texts: How to scan/fix bad sectors on USB connected Ext HD even if SMART is unsupported w/o buying tools

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I dropped my external Seagate 2 TB hard drive on the floor.  It seems to work fine.  But I want to scan for bad sectors just to be safe.  I use this drive for all of my TimeMachine backups.

The "macOS app for showing external HDD usage statistics?" post is about checking your hard drive and has tools you can buy (recommended by the community), or things you can try which I tried and which did not work.

On a Windows machine, you can take any connected drive, run scandisk on it, and detect/repair bad sectors.  Is there a way to do this for my drive on Macintosh (without purchasing third party tools)?

More info:

Disk Utility -> Info says that SMART status is "unsupported".
The drive is formatted as HFS


texts: How to find culprit blocking TCP ports 80, 443, and 5223 on macOS?

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These ports, crucial to iMessage and Facetime, are blocked: TCP Ports 80, 443, and 5223 on macOS Sierra 10.12.2 (MacBookPro11,3). (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202078)

In Network Utility, I perform a scan and the only Open Port is 631.

When I run:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80

I get a few calls then it reads that:

  socket.error: [Errno 13] Permission denied

A few other terminal commands return similar responses.

Is there a method I can use to find the culprit that is blocking these ports (and likely others) on OSX? These ports specifically are needed for iMessage and Facetime.

I do not have Sophos or any other Firewall (that I know of).


texts: How do you turn on "show pre-release updates" in yosemite?

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I accidentally turn off "Show Pre-Release Updates" settings in the system preferences. Change option does not appear in the relevant section.

What is your suggestion?


texts: Mac Mini Thunderbolt ports to 2 Mini Display Ports

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Can the Thunderbolt ports on current (writing this question in March 2017) Mac Mini, drive two Apple Cinema Displays (which I believe utilize mini display ports?

I got contradictory answers to this at the local Apple store.


texts: How to fix Gmail keyboard shortcut that stops working in Chrome?

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The Gmail keyboard shortcuts are generally excellent. One of them (⌘-Shift-7 to start an ordered list) seems to work for me for a while after restarting Chrome… then stops working. I note that the others keep working (so ⌘-Shift-8 to start an unordered list and ⌘-Shift-9 to start a block quote always work).

And ideas on how to track down why this might be happening?


texts: MacOS Sierra - Automator/Shortcut to disable proxy?

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Our company policy allows us to use the company laptop for personal matters, but of course, the proxy prevents us to visit some sites like Netflix etc. So I frequently disable the proxy - I'd like to have a shortcut or a more convenient way, than actually digging through the menu every time. I tried Automator, but it doesn't seem to recognize my click on the "Advanced..." tab in the settings, so it crashes at that step:

Is there a way I could set Automator or a keyboard shortcut up to disable the proxy easily? Thanks!

UPDATE:

I tried networksetup -setwebproxystate Wi-Fi off, but it doesn't seem to do anything. After running the command, the proxy setting is still the same:


texts: Merge old exchange contacts to iCloud (with iPhone)

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I'm trying to export my contact from my old exchange account to my iCloud account. The problem is that I do not have access to my exchange account anymore. All I have, is my contacts saved on my iphone. I tried syncing my iCloud contacts and merge everything, but I get a message saying that exchange contacts can't be merge. Since I don't have access to my exchange account anymore I also can't export them from outlook to a csv file.

So basically, is there an app or a trick to get old exchange contacts saved in the iPhone to iCloud?

Thanks!


texts: Music / iPhone: no access to library, just an image dead end: "girl with headphones"

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I have an iPhone 6 running iOS 9.3.1.

I just made a synchronization with its host MacBook Pro with no problem
and which might not be related in any way to the problem I witness.

Upon opening Music on this iPhone, I just get this
image:

, with apparently not any function visible on the screen
or hidden anywhere.

I tried to click within the usual corners
where hidden functions are placed but didn't get any reaction.

I can close the application, reopen it.

Same dead end.

My iPhone isn't connected to any network outside of my phone provider.
I don't have any Internet connection (on phone, on Bluetooth or on Wi-Fi).

I never used iCloud to stay on basic problems (there are already enough problems thus far).
Here are my Settings > Music:

I did not try to shutdown the iPhone since I would like to understand
what is this problem and its origin before trying to fix or kill it.

Among the technical details:

I am not using Apple Music (I don't even know how to).
I am not using Siri.
I am not using iCloud.

Any very similar question which involve any of these three functions might be a false duplicate.

Apple doesn't aknowledge if this is a bug but seems already aware that
there is a real problem with the Music software since the number of
users reporting the exact same problem is regularly growing.
Their actual receipe is just "restart it" which I dont consider a
professionnal answer.

If you encountered the same problem, do you have any hint of which operation or configuration error might lead to it?

What may help to analyze this problem?


texts: Can't login after failed Catalina update, possibly because of both kernal panic AND low disk space?

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yesterday I started getting the message: "Your computer restarted because of a problem" so I took the first suggested solution and decided to upgrade from High Sierra to Catalina. Towards the end of the installation, it said that I needed an additional 900MB to install Catalina but then my computer restarted and Catalina seemed to have updated. However, upon entering my password to log in, computer crashes and the same "Your computer restarted..." message pops up.

In recovery mode, I am unable to recover from Time Machine backup, unable to use disk utility to repair the disk, and unable to reinstall Mojave-- the problem being that every time I try to "unlock" or "mount" Macintosh HD, my screen goes black and then I am taken back to the same login screen at which I am stuck on. When I try to reinstall Mojave, it states that I have 10GB available and need an additional 7GB, after which it then crashes and takes me back to the same login screen.

Tried CMD option P R to reset NVRAM. Nothing happened.

Can't boot into safe mode-- entering password to login simply causes the same crash / restart to the login screen.

In single user mode, attempting to mount the disk also causes crash so I am unable to delete any large files to free up disk space.

Additional Info: Late 2016 MacBook Pro; no external HD backup. Most important files are backed up so am okay with factory reset if all else fails (don’t know how to do that) but would prefer not to.

Got any solutions for me? I'm a desperate student :( Thanks for any insight!


texts:
When performing a Spotlight search, either through the Finder or via terminal commands, is it possible to filter results against the full-path of a file, or at least the name of it's parent folder?

The reason I need to be able to filter by the full path is that although I'm searching for actual files, I only want to return files that are found within folders matching a particular pattern.

For example, consider I have a bunch of files structured like so:

Jobs
    Foo Poster
        Preview.jpg
        Final.psd
    Bar Poster
        Preview.png
        Final.psd
    Foo Banner
        Preview.jpg
        Final.psd

This is a bit of a contrived example for simplicity, but consider now that I want to find all the preview images found only within folders with "Poster" in the name.

I could do this with find using something like:

 find /path/to/Jobs -ipath *poster/preview*

However, what I'd really like is a way to do this using Spotlight, not only for speed but also for the additional search options available (labels, image sizes etc.).

Is it possible to do this? I know I can restrict searches to a single folder, but this is no use as what I really need is to find folders matching a pattern, and then search within those for the actual files.

I found the Document Container option in the Finder's search GUI, but this doesn't appear to work as I would expect; it sounds like it should let me match against a parent folder of a document, but this doesn't appear to be the case.

Assuming this isn't possible with the Finder's GUI directly (i.e- requires a Spotlight terminal command), I would ideally like to be able to create a smart folder if possible.


texts: MacBook Pro Mid-2012 SSD suddenly extremely slow

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I have a severe issue with an MacBook Pro Mid-2012 (serial number is C1MK9X6ZDTY3; it is a MacBook Pro 13-Inch "Core i5" 2.5 Mid-2012). In 2017, the RAM was upgraded. Also the internal HD was replaced with an SSD.

Recently, the MacBook's OS was updated to Catalina because some other software required the upgrade. The update essentially worked just fine and I could work with the laptop. However, a few days ago the system slowed down significantly up to a point where it's not usable anymore. Right now, directly after rebooting, I can hardly open any apps. The colored spinning wheel appears immediately and the machine more or less freezes. Also I cannot properly open Finder, etc.

I tried to connect the SSD externally via USB to another Mac. The behavior is the same.

I did some checks on the SSD:

Disk Utility says: https://imgur.com/a/ljvuHHt
The log when trying to do "first aid" on the disk says the
following: https://imgur.com/a/FgXVoDu

As you can see, there are some errors. Could they be related to the
    OS update?

I also installed DriveDx: https://imgur.com/a/BhBA6aa Looks good,
if you ask me.

Can you help me identifying the issue here?


texts: My IPhone 7 is not connecting to the wifi

texts:
My iPhone 7 is not connecting to my office wifi, but my iPad Mini and Android devices are able to connect.

The problem is only with my office wifi, I am able to connect my home wifi.

Steps I did to resolve the problem:

After entering the credentials, I clicked the trust certificate that is provided by the network. But I am not able to get the router details.

I have reset my network settings.
I have reset the entire settings.
Restored the phone to reset factory settings.
Entered details manually.

Nothing helped.


texts: Applescript to set environment variable before opening terminal

texts:
I have the following Applescript in a workflow assigned to a service hotkey that opens a terminal in a given Finder window:

tell application "Finder"
    set myWin to window 1
    set thePath to (quoted form of POSIX path of (target of myWin as alias))
    tell application "Terminal"
        activate
        tell window 1
            do script "cd " & thePath
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

I would like to set an environment variable before the terminal is invoked so that when .bash_profile is sourced, an if statement checking for the existence of said environment variable passes.

I've seen methods to access environment variables, such as this, but nothing that sets environment variables for the following shell session.

I have tried to change the terminal line to do script "my_env_var=some_value; cd " & thePath, but I need it set before the session starts. I also tried to set the variable in a do script before the one that opens the shell I want to use:

do script "my_env_var=some_value"
do script "cd " & thePath

But this just opens two shells and does the same as before.

Is there a way to accomplish setting this environment variable, or perhaps determining if the terminal was invoked by this service rather than another method?


texts: In OS X Lion 10.7.5 can I turn faces off in iPhoto?

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Is there a way to bypass the automatic updating of faces in iPhoto (OS X Lion 10.7.5.) My iPhoto is full of "faces" of people it has picked up from the backgrounds of my photos, making it so slow and having to delete so many photos afterwards that I stopped using it.

If not, can you suggest any other similar software I can use to index and sort my photos?


texts: Why can I copy a Linux ISO directly to a USB using dd, but in order to make a bootable USB using a FAT32 filesystem I need to convert the ISO to an UDRW image?


texts:
I'm new to using the Mac. I'm a photographer, use a MacBook and recently purchased a Mac monitor (discontinued, bought it second-hand) to connect to my MacBook as a second monitor for my photo editing, lightroom, photoshop etc.

On this site I learned how to adjust brightness on the second monitor (Control + F1, F2) but I need to know how to match all monitor settings in the two monitors, such as contrast, colour saturation and so on.

At the moment my photos look slightly different on each screen. With my MacBook setting being the the one I wish to duplicate on the second monitor.


texts: Catalina Finder: Show all windows as default behavior

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Being a Mac user since 1988, I am used to seeing several Finder windows open and dragging files between them. With the update to Catalina, switching to the Finder will only shown one window, regardless of the number of previously opened windows. Every time I now have to use the menu command to show all windows. That is slowing me down and a poor UI choice.

Now I wonder why there is no setting to show all windows per default. Note this question is not for a keyboard shortcut to show all windows (like in this answer) but for setting the Finder default to the correct behavior. Show all windows, right after command-tabbing to the Finder.


texts:
I have a question about this post and it says that if you want to leave out the "sudo" in front of it, the following is described
how to run `hping` without `sudo`
sudo chown root:wheel /usr/local/Cellar/hping/3.20051105/sbin/hping3
sudo chmod u+s /usr/local/Cellar/hping/3.20051105/sbin/hping3
Now comes what I don't quite understand.
Is it correct that hping is allowed to run with root rights only because root is the owner?
It is still far from being authorized it is only said that root can make changes to this file or do I get it wrong?


texts: Apple 1 year warranty - What type of issues are covered for Macbook Pro UK?

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I am wondering which types of human error or accidental breakage the Apple Manufacturer one year warranty covers.

I have a Macbook Pro which is in full working order, The problem is the reciept for this is in somebody else's name.

I have been told by the store manager in one Apple Store that in order for me to get a new receipt, the only way he could think of is if my Macbook Pro had a "fault" which resulted in me being issued with a new Macbook Pro (and a new receipt).

What the manager was saying is if I could create the conditions for a problem to occur on the Macbook Pro, he could then issue me a new one with a new receipt.

I told him it sounds idiotic for me to do such a thing to a brand new machine, but at the same time it's the only option I have in this politically correct world.

I need the receipt in my name for third party insurance reasons - I cannot insure the Macbook pro with a receipt in somebody else's name.


texts:
To run programs as sudo without password, I edited /etc/sudoers with wrong content.

Then I re-edited it with Mac's default text editor(course sudo cannot be used when /etc/sudoers is wrong).

I tried to run sudo agin, and get this error:

sudo: /etc/sudoers is owned by uid 501, should be 0
sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting

What should I do? I cannot remember the root password (maybe I haven't ever set root password before).


texts: Can I install Snow Leopard over a network?

texts:
I have a Snow Leopard DMG on one mac, and an empty MacBook I wish to install Snow Leopard onto. I have a Snow Leopard DVD that I can use to get into the installer with, but it's scratched so it won't install.

What are my options for installing Snow Leopard? Over the network? Or putting it on USB stick/HDD? I know I could burn the DMG to a DVD but I was wondering if there were quicker/easier alternatives.


texts: Will messages delivered as SMS if I'm blocked in iMessage?

texts: I texted somebody on iMessage but I think the recipient blocked me. iMessage says it got sent as a normal text. Will that text go to the recipient's phone?


texts: Is there anything faster than Veency for iPhone?

texts: I want to be able to control an iPhone with a PC or Mac—that is, see the iPhone's screen on a computer and control it with my mouse—via either USB or wireless. Are there any solutions faster than VNC Veency? Veency's frame rate isn't good enough, and I need it to show 16-bit color.


texts: Remove VIP mail box from sidebar in Mac Mail

texts: I accidentally set one of my contacts to be a VIP in Mac Mail, it then added this folder in the image below into the sidebar, when i removed the VIP status of that contact the VIP folder still remained in the sidebar.. any idea how i can remove it ?


texts: Recover from possible infection by virus attachment via email

texts:
I clicked on an attachment of a scam email by mistake and the file was downloaded to the download folder. I did not open it, but I feel that this was probably enough to infect my laptop.  The format was filename.z. the content was about an invoice that I was actually waiting for. So I quickly clicked on it without much thought. Then I read the mail which was spam.

I am using MacBook Pro 2017 running 10.14.6. I have never installed any anti-virus or anti-malware software.

Are there any recommended steps I should take? I deleted the file from the download file and permanently from trash. But other than that I do not know what the best course of action is.


texts: How do I stop .dmgs from automatically mounting?

texts: I'm trying to find the best means of stopping dmg files mounting in OS X 10.6.  I was shown a system where 'no mountable filesystem,' would pop up whenever a user tried to mount a dmg but I can't recall how it was achieved.  I'm currently using parental controls but it keeps getting circumvented.  Any help appreciated.


texts: What is the equivalent of these Linux IPTABLES lines for macOS High Sierra?

texts:
I am working for fun on a DOSBOX experiment to get Windows 3.11 WFG to connect to the internet through PPP and Trumpet Winsock. So far, with this script (https://github.com/knightmare2600/oldschool/blob/master/WFW/dosbox_ppp.sh) I got it to work on my RPi3 running Raspbian and DOSBOX 0.74, and I could hilariously view the google page (as well as low-bandwidth versions of some pages) on Internet Explorer 5.0! But for this script to work I had to add these lines after enabling ip forwarding:

# Allow established connections

iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

# Masquerade

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o wlan0 -j MASQUERADE

Now, I want to do the same on my macbook air running macOS High Sierra. But I can't understand how to make the equivalent of these particular 3 lines for macOS. Anyone knows how or can direct me to the way?

This is where I got everything for this project:
https://mainframed767.tumblr.com/post/164524161692/dosbox-and-trumpet-winsock-together-at-last


texts: Network Trash Can on macOS 10.13 or higher?

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We currently have a Mac that functions as a file server on our network. The files are stored locally on an internal drive array. We would like to setup a Network Trash Can on this machine so when other users access it and delete files, they aren't deleted permanently. Does macOS Server have support for a Network Trash Can? If not, what else would you all recommend?

Thank you,
Mason


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I like to plug in my macbook and SSH to it from my Windows machine to take advantage of my 27" monitors, and do work in the shell and in Vim.

Now i know that supposedly the machine is capable of going into Power Nap mode and still support my SSH session, and I'd like to see this for myself. It does seem like the computer is in some form of sleep mode, as moving my finger over the touchpad does not wake it up; my SSH session is indeed still active. But, the system fan is still on. I guess if it's executing commands, the CPU, RAM, SSD, i guess the whole thing has to be powered on, so that's not surprising.

What commands can I run to view the system power state? Will I be able to detect a difference between "Power Nap mode" and just plain "having the screen off"?


texts: Make iTunes delete old listened podcasts (after a while)

texts:
I would like iTunes to automatically delete the downloaded file after I had listened to it. Ideally I would like to be able to keep them for a few days after I had listened to it but it's not necessary.

Is this possible?


texts: How do I get curl to work with SSL endpoints?

texts:
I continue to get the following error when trying to curl an https:// endpoint:

curl: (1) Protocol "“https" not supported or disabled in libcurl

I've tried manually installing with --with-darwinssl:

wget https://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.58.0.zip
unzip curl-7.58.0.zip
cd curl-7.58.0
./configure --with-darwinssl
make
sudo make install

I think this is installing to /usr/bin/curl but I've tried this one as well as what's in /usr/local/bin/curl and continue to get the same result. From the -V details, it seems like SSL should be enabled:

/usr/bin/curl -V
curl 7.54.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin17.0) libcurl/7.54.0 LibreSSL/2.0.20 zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.24.0
Protocols: dict file ftp ftps gopher http https imap imaps ldap ldaps pop3 pop3s rtsp smb smbs smtp smtps telnet tftp
Features: AsynchDNS IPv6 Largefile GSS-API Kerberos SPNEGO NTLM NTLM_WB SSL libz HTTP2 UnixSockets HTTPS-proxy

I've also tried:

brew uninstall --force curl
brew cleanup --force -s curl
brew prune
brew install curl --with-openssl

But no luck. I'm about out of ideas here, any help is appreciated


texts: This gray bar blocking my text box is driving me insane. It still comes up even after I turn off predictive text

texts: Anyone have any idea how to fix this? I have an attached keyboard case and whenever I try to use it, this gray bar just comes up and blocks the area where I am meant to see what it is that I am typing.


texts: I received an email in my inbox on my ipad from somebody I know and it said what's app message press play. When I pressed play it went to a yahoo page and was like a yahoo mail login and I put my email password in. Shortly afterwards I received over 100 emails daemon mailer unable to deliver. I deleted them and changed my yahoo email password but I am now concerned that there may be a virus on my ipad. What should I do?


texts: I have an AppleTV 4K connected to a Sony screen over HDMI. The AppleTV is connected to the Internet via WiFi, the Sony is deliberately not connected - just power and HDMI. Recently I have learned that there is such a thing as ethernet over HDMI. How can I confirm that the AppleTV is not providing this to the Sony? I don't want the latter to phone home, "upgrade" its firmware, run Android apps or anything else - I just intend for it to be a dumb (i.e. non-smart) screen.


texts: Connect Apple TV iPad Air and hotel wifi

texts: Have iPad Air Apple TV 3rd generation and wireless internet at hotel but cannot get Apple TV to connect cause no login page to accept hotel agreement


texts: Why won't iCal delete meetings when I'm sent a cancellation notice?

texts:
I'm on Lion. I have a client who sends meeting invites from her Outlook account (I think also Exchange server).  If I click on the .ics attachment it goes into iCal and I can accept/decline/maybe.  If she sends a notice of a cancellation I can't do anything to it. I have to go into iCal and manually delete the meeting (of course this is doable) but if it's a recurring meeting, it's not a delete but rather a decline.

Is there something I can do to fix this?
Maybe she's doign something weird on her side? (Totally possible.)


texts: Partition external SSD (Win10 already installed) for Mac

texts:
My situation:
I successfully installed Windows 10 on a Samsung T5 external SSD (size of 1TB) which I can boot into using my MacBook Pro 13" (2017 model w/ 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports). Under Windows, the disk is partitioned as:
 - EFI Healthy Primary (or something to that effect) 200MB
 - Primary (Bootcamp C:) ~999GB or so (NTFS format)

Under the MacOs (Mojave in my case) the disk shows as one volume (Bootcamp), under the device name (which still shows as Samsung Portable etc. etc.), and it says 25GB or so used (which makes sense as that's the Windows10 OS, and 975GB Free.

What I want:

I installed WIn10 on the external for those rarer occasions I need Windows, but now I feel 1TB space is too much. I want to re-purpose quite a bit of space in the Samsung SSD for the Mac. Specifically I would like to partition so that I have

a TimeMachine volume (say 500MB - my MBP is only 256GB)
Extra space for saving other Mac files (I'm happy to make this exclusive to Mac, but can also think about using exFAT format for common use)
The rest of space (say 200-250GB) for the Windows10 OS as is. (basically I want to shrink Windows to a smaller size)

Is there a way I can safely do what I want without messing up the installation of the Win10 OS in the SSD? It was a tedious process to achieve and I already messed it up once. I first had partitioned in Windows, creating a clearly defined volume destined for the MBP. I then tried to partition that from the Mac, and somehow it gave me an error while erasing the partition (out of space?), and it actually caused me to lose the EFI volume that Windows needed to boot. That little bit seems to be indiscernible, and invisible to the MacOS and must have been tampered with. It rendered the external SSD unbeatable for Windows!

So, after having re-installed everything, can anyone recommend a safe method to tamper with the partitions now, without messing up the windows installation already residing in the SSD?
Thanks


texts:
I am getting this strange error on Mac OS X. When I am trying to open a text file using 'TextEdit' or 'TextWrangler' I am getting this message "Verifying filename.txt". This message pops up and then after a while whole system comes to halt. I have to forcefully shutdown the system. I was able to open these files previously with either of the two applications. I have OS X Mavericks (10.9).

Has anyone faced a situation like this? What can be the remedy?


texts: How do  I retrieve my iPhone calendar? The icon disappeared off my screen. I thought this was a permanent icon? Help!


texts: Can you recommend an editor for both iOS and Mac OS X designed for writers?

texts:
Is there an editor designed specifically for writers of short prose? Currently I am using Microsoft Word and it is very heavy weight.

Large technical reports need indices, chapters, heavy formatting (provided by tools like Word and InDesign), and programmers desire all sorts of code hooks, definition lookups, and integration with other tools like Xcode or code control tools.

I want a tool for putting out prose and haven't found good solutions for this need.

Better for writers means:

fast - especially on older macs without SSD or large amounts of RAM
lightweight in feel as well as in visual impact

Ideally this tool should be available for both Mac OS X and/or on an iPod Touch.


texts: Smart Battery Case: Can't find notification center in ios11

texts:
I just got Apple's smart battery case for my iPhone 6S, but I'm having difficulty finding the charge status anywhere. It is supposed to be on the lock screen and the notification center. However, it doesn't show on the lock screen for me at all.

This is iOS 11, so when I swipe down from the top I get the same view as the lock screen. Still no battery charge status, of course. Swiping right takes me to the Today view, which has plenty of widgets but none for charge status.

From googling it seems you are supposed to be able to see yet another notification view by swiping up from the middle of the screen, but doing that doesn't do anything for me. I am on 11.0.3.

EDIT: It turns out that the battery status on the lock screen is only shown right when you plug or unplug the USB cable, for about 2 seconds. It doesn't normally show up. Man, I hate that.


texts: Yosemite, how to reset/reinstall network?

texts:
For some reasons every time I connect to an insecure WiFi, Yosemite cannot route to the DNS servers of that WiFi. The DNS servers are correctly set, just cannot reach them.

And after installing uninstalling a few softs over the years, have a bunch of network interfaces, not sure they're all relevant

lo0:     flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
gif0:    flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0:    flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0:     flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
en1:     flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
bridge0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
p2p0:    flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2304
awdl0:   flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1452

Well, tried to remove all /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/* and reboot, the problem persists. Not sure what to do next (besides going to Linux)


texts:
When I look at my wifi.log, I get the following output:

Note that it's adding a few lines every few seconds. What's going on? Should I be concerned that it seems to be "changing quality" every few seconds?


texts: Why does installing an app take so long?

texts: What exactly happens when you install an app from a .dmg image. My understanding was that it changes the inode and makes it executable (the specific application was GNU Scheme). But that can't be it since it takes about ~1m.


texts: make my laptop tell me when battery is low even while "show battery status in menu bar" is not checked

texts:
I unchecked "Show battery status in menu bar" in System Preferences > Energy Saver, because I use coconutBattery instead (and obviously I don't want to just re-check that).

But this means that now my MacBook doesn't alert me when the battery is getting low and just drains itself to 0% then dies on me.

I want to make an automatic AppleScript/cron job/whatever to alert me when the battery is less than 50%, and again when it's less than 20%.

How can I do that?


texts: Mid 2014 Macbook Pro. I think I overwrote the internal SSD with dd

texts:
I was attempting to backup my SSD to an external drive in a terminal in safe mode with the following command (or so I thought)

sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk0 of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m conv=noerror,sync

It ran and I rebooted, but now when turning on, I hear the chime and the screen is on, but it's blank and none of the usual options work (Reset NVRAM, diagnostic mode, etc. all do nothing and show nothing but a black screen). The external drive is still blank so all I can think of is that I somehow reversed the if/of parameters.

What do I do now? Shouldn't I be able to at least get into BIOS (or whatever macbooks have), or diagnostic mode, even with a blank SSD?


texts: How to activate terminal auto completion on macOS Catalina

texts:
I've just clean installed macOS Catalina and the usual way of activating auto complete does not work for me. I use the default shell zsh:

1 Type in terminal nano ~/.inputrc
2 Paste the following on separate lines

set completion-ignore-case on
set show-all-if-ambiguous on
TAB: menu-complete

3 Hit control+O to save changes to .inputrc followed by control+X to exit nano
4 Open a new Terminal window or tab to open a new session with autocomplete enabled

What am I missing?


texts: Apple Official iOS Development Certificate

texts: Are there any official certification programs by Apple for iOS App Development?


texts: Can't sign into iMessage (M1 MacBook Pro)

texts:
I can't seem to sign in. Attempt one will give me 'an unknown error occured' and if I just try again, it'll spin the loader forever. Everything else, including FaceTime, works just fine. Here's a few things I've tried and a few interesting findings:

I tried signing into a different account - it let me, but it wasn't really working (just a blank messages window). After I rebooted, I was logged out again

I tried changing the network location, as suggested by apple, didn't do anything

I tried creating a new user, as suggested by apple, that did let me login

I tried removing some .plist files as suggested by the internet in order to 'reboot' imessage, most of them found in ~/Library/Preferences or even ~/Library/IdentityService, that didn't do anything

I did contact them, they suggested a few things and then point me to the nearest authorized service

I did check AppleGothic in the fontbook, it seems fine

I did go into recovery and reinstall macos, without deleting a drive, that didn't do anything

There's a few more things like nvram reset suggested by the internet that can't be done on an M1 machine. Does anyone have an idea how to fully 'reset' imessage? Like remove all plist files and force it to regenerate? I did cat some of them, and I'm not an expert, but they did look corrupt to me.


texts: Should I be concerned if my charger is earthed (grounded) or not?

texts:
Depending on when you bought your Macbook and from whom you will either get a 2 prong duckhead connector or a 3 prong grounded connector.

I noticed the three-prong grounded connector is well grounded.  When is this a benefit(besides of obviously be longer).  Also should I be concerned at times when there is no ground?  I believe is actually grounded according to these pictures https://i.stack.imgur.com/UZndk.jpg https://i.stack.imgur.com/9ByBt.jpg


texts: Why Apple Reminder app on iPhone 7 / iOS 13.3.1 does not have hourly repeat option?

texts:
I've been looking for ways to set up an hourly reminder. I've find a number of online article saying that starting with iOS 13, the native reminders app has an "hourly" option in the repeat menu.

Yet my native / Apple Reminders app doesn't have an Hourly repeat option. I have an iPhone 7 with iOS 13.3.1 installed. I have tried to delete / reinstall the app, still no "hourly" option.

What am I missing? Is there something I can do to change that?


texts: How much space does a mac os update occupy after installation?

texts: I am currently running mac OS Catalina 10.15.3 and I want to update to Big Sur, however, it needs a lot of space and I am actually limited on space as I have a 128 GBs laptop (big mistake, I know), my question is: will installing this new update really take as much space as indicated (for downloading I need to free up around 15 GBs then for installing the download file I need like 20-25 GBs more), will this space be forever occupied or will the old files of Catalina be deleted and I will have relatively the same amount of space before and after updating


texts: Seeking an alternative to the big browsers

texts:
Can anyone recommend any alternative web-browsers to the Big Three of Safari, Google Chrome and Firefox?

I just want to try something new, because I'm not completely happy with the performance of those three. Maybe there's something better out there that I'm not aware of yet. I need your advice.


texts: Can I make the Launchpad key (F4) on my new Macbook Pro toggle Mission Control instead?

texts: I will never use Launchpad, however I really like Mission Control. I'd love to disable the Launchpad feature and make my F4 key toggle Mission Control instead. F3 does that already, however I'd like to have both keys assigned to that feature.


texts: How do I search for blank photos on Apple Photos for Mac?

texts:
I would like to optimize my photo library by deleting the photos that came out underexposed or overexposed to the point that there isn't an image.
Is there a way to search for these photos on Apple Photos?


texts:
I just bought a MacBook Pro in USA. I will get it home in Greece (220V, 50Hz).

What is the usual thing to do, without having to buy a whole new charger? Maybe I can find only the cable somewhere?

Edit:

An adapter, like the one suggested should do the trick, but I will have to carry that with me forever. So, I think it makes sense to check if the thing I have circled can be bought (it seems it can be removed (thus if I can buy a European one, Type C, I will be able to insert it there)):


texts: How to install coqide (or such) with brew

texts:
I went into a lot of troubles getting coq installed on my Mac (Mavericks) and it actually didn't install coqide along…

Unfortunately 'brew options coq' has no results so I don't know how to install properly coqide.

If it's too complicated, it's fine, I'd welcome any alternate solution (like a sublime text plugin or such).

Thanks.


texts: Are there any DIY remedies for a iPhone 4 home button that doesn't always register?

texts:
The home button on my iPhone seems to work on and off.

It does take me back to the home screen but it feels like there is a loose connection and does not trigger on every press.

Is there a fix to this besides Apple support?


texts: Is there a free tool that allows for cutting of videos?

texts:
I am downloading AVI files from a German "online" video recording service. These files don't work with quicktime, but using the Elmedia video player (via app store) does the job.

Now I would like to "cut" those videos (basically selecting the real content of the videos, as they always contain additional 5 minutes before/after the actual recording).

I installed avidemux (using *brew cast install avidemux), and the tool installs. But when I open these AVI video files ... it seems that the buttons to select A/B boundaries for cutting are simply disabled. And on top of that, audio isn't in sync when avidemux is playing my AVIs - so I doubt that avidemux cutting the video would give me a correct file in the end.

As mentioned: quicktime refuses to play my avis,so this existing question on how to trim using quicktime doesn't help me.

Thus: are there other tools for Mac Os that work better?


texts: Unusual problem with Swoop on Mac OS 9.0.4 under SheepSaver

texts:
I have setup SheepSaver with Mac OS 9.0.4 and it boots okay. I've installed software and games. One of those games is Swoop http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/swoop/

I can launch Swoop and play the game ok. But after I'm dead and try to play it again, the game starts but then freezes. The music and sound effects keep playing, but pressing the keyboard keys or moving the mouse has no effect. The only response I can get is by forcing SheepSaver to quit. When I launch SheepSaver again, I can play the game again, but only once. During that first game I can play for ages, but when I'm dead it freezes again upon trying to play it again. Very strange.

I used to play this game all the time in the Classic environment in OS X and never had any problems.

I've tried setting up SheepSaver on another Mac and have the same problem in that installation as well.

I've also tried changing the SheepSaver preferences - but all my changes have made things worse - the game either doesn't start or starts and freezes immediately.

My usual settings when the games works fine for one game are as described here http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepshaver_mac_os_x_setup

Does anyone have any ideas on what I can try next?


texts: How can I download a specific playlist from iTunes Match to an iOS 5 device?

texts:
Is there a way to instruct an iOS 5 device to download from iTunes Match an entire playlist or an entire album, so that it will be available offline?

Use case:

There are 1022 songs in the SXSW 2010 Showcasing Artists collection and 1161 in the SXSW 2011 Showcasing Artists collection.  I expect there will be a similar number in the 2012 artist collection once it is ready.  I want to be able to listen to these wondrous collections of contemporary music when I am off the net.

At the moment the only way I see to urge my iPhone to download is to click on each individual song, and the results are flakey.


texts:
I've looked up many ways on how to deal with the U2 songs on my phone, but they will not go away what ever I try.
The most common solution for this problem is to "Show all" music, go to the Music, click the iCloud download button to download it and then turn off "Show all" button again. Generally, this would work but in my situation, it says I haven't purchased the song and I can't download the song again. The song still plays when I click on it, but I can't swipe left to delete and I can't hide it. And yes, I am signed into iTunes. And no, it is not under my purchased section.
Is there any other way to rid of this song?

EDIT:
I'm running iOS7.1.2 on a iPhone5c
And the song(s) aren't in my iTunes. It says I have zero items in my iTunes library and it isn't under my purchased songs. The song is only on my iPhone, and I can't redownload it (to delete it again) because then I'd have to purchase the song again.
Thanks.


texts: RADIUS log not visible in Console under macOS Sierra

texts:
We only have Radiusconfig log viewable in Console, but the Radiuslog is not visible. Although it exists under /private/var/log/radius. In older operating system versions the RADIUS log was greyed out in Console, but you could activate it and view it, in macOS Sierra it does not show up in Console.

Is there a way to solve this?


texts: How do I make my 1Password extension positioning stick in Safari?

texts: In IOS 8, I have the 1Password extension installed. I move it to the beginning of the queue so that it's the first item in the list of possible actions, but when I restart Safari, it's always at the end. How can I make this configuration change stick?


texts: How can I have a hostname always be resolved using my local network's DNS server when I'm connected to a VPN?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro running macOS 10.14.6 that is frequently connected to a privacy-focused VPN that tunnels all non-local traffic and handles all DNS requests. However there is one hostname that I would like my local network's DNS server to handle (as specified by the local DHCP server). The reason is that depending on which local network my MacBook Pro is connected to this hostname may resolve to a local IP address, and in that case I don't want traffic to it to be tunneled through the VPN.

I've learned that I can override what DNS server is used to resolve a domain name by creating a file at /etc/resolver/hostname.domain and with the contents nameserver [ip address] where hostname.domain is the fully qualified domain name. However that only works if the IP address of the DNS server I want to use remains consistent. What I want it to do is use whatever DNS server is served by my local network's DHCP server.

Is there any way I can accomplish this using existing features of macOS or third party software?

In case it's relevant, the VPN's DNS server is provided and setup at connection time, and is not guaranteed to be the same IP address every time.

(I could write a script to do this by having it run whenever the network connection changes, checking the system's current local IP address, and then changing the /etc/resolver/hostname.domain file to point to the correct server but I'm trying to avoid having to do that work if possible!)


texts: Apple store Rejected app submit - Guideline 4.2.2 - Design - Minimum Functionality

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Look at : https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/76742
 also others link have same problem no concrete answer.

What is a minimum native functionality ?

Many app's already have very similar view and functionality with own web app.

I prepare to implement push notification , something around camera (new feature) and different UI style .

If this is not enough  i don't know what to do.


texts: What program should I use to transfer 20TB data across the network?

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I need to copy 20TB of data onto a thunderbolt array. The box where the data exists does not have a thunderbolt connection, so I will need to utilize the local 1GB network for this. (Yes, it will take forever).

I tried to use Filezilla/sftp, but it crashed when the queue grew super large. Is rsync or scp the way to go?


texts: Key to boot from USB on Ubuntu Macbook 2007

texts: I recently installed Ubuntu 14.10 on my 2007 Macbook. I need OS X back. I burned OS X Lion (10.7) to a USB, now what?


texts: Time Machine stops after a few gigabytes, without any visible error message

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I had to reinstall macOS recently, and ever since, I am not able to back up. After a Prepare phase, it gets to backing up some 5-6 Gigabytes (if I am lucky), then it stops ("Stopping..." as seen in preferences). It was working perfectly before.

I am using High Sierra 10.13.3.
I am on APFS
I am trying to backup to a Time Capsule (firmware version 7.6.9) over wi-fi
I am using a MacBook Air from 2012
I have tried restarting Time Capsule (which triggers an fsck)
I have tried to reuse same backup as before, or create an entirely new backup
I am trying to use an encrypted backup (backing up without encryption is not an option for me)
I have tried excluding system folders from backup so that only /Users remains

As I said, there are no visible errors. In the system log I see some messages, although I am not sure what to do with them (there is no problem reading mentioned file, and I am not sure why it wants to copy to (null), maybe it has lost connection or something, but the situation is not clear).

Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots/Backups.backupdb/R'lyeh/2018-02-08-110642/R'lyeh/Users/zsszatmari/projects/servehome/node_modules/babel-preset-es2015/node_modules/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-classes/node_modules/babel-template/node_modules/lodash/function/rearg.js to (null)
Failed to unmount disk mounted at '/Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots/Backups.backupdb/R'lyeh/2018-02-08-094426/R'lyeh', error: {
    Action = Unmount;
    Target = "file:///Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots/Backups.backupdb/R'lyeh/2018-02-08-094426/R'lyeh";
}
Failed to delete APFS snapshot with name 'com.apple.TimeMachine.2018-02-08-094426' on volume '/', error: Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or directory"

Also:

$ log show --predicate 'subsystem == "com.apple.TimeMachine"' --info | grep 'Backup failed'
2018-02-07 09:45:49.644125+0100 0x8da43    Error       0x41fd0              10549  14   backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:TMLogError] Backup failed because a backup source disk was ejected or disconnected unexpectedly!
2018-02-07 09:45:49.678109+0100 0x8da43    Error       0x41fd0              10549  14   backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:TMLogError] Backup failed with error 37: 37
2018-02-07 10:01:14.923986+0100 0x95f8f    Error       0x450cc              11759  14   backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:TMLogError] Backup failed with error 50: 50
2018-02-07 10:37:38.571642+0100 0xa06e0    Error       0x0                  12807  14   backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:TMLogError] Backup failed with error 19: The backup disk could not be resolved, or there was a problem mounting it.
2018-02-07 13:26:23.305069+0100 0xa5320    Error       0x0                  13003  14   backupd: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine:TMLogError] Backup failed with error 18: The backup disk could not be found.

I am not sure why would it think that the backup source (the boot drive) is ejected, or why would there be a problem mounting the backup drive.

Thank You.


texts: How to update Windows 7 and Parallels Desktop 9 before updating to El Capitan

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I'm using a Mac for about 3 years now and updating OS X has never been an issue because it's free, but since I installed Parallels Desktop v9 and Windows 7 I'm reading issues about their compatibility on OS X 10.11 El Capitan where they are both not supported.

So upon coming to this issue I would rather ask an expert to tell me how to do it right and which should I upgrade first without damaging any of my files? Please kindly assist me step-by-step on how to do it properly.


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When I load the Google Maps app on my iPad, it simply quits before showing anything more than a grey screen, which I assume is a crash. Is there any way to fix this, or should I book an appointment at the genius bar?

If I do need to go to the apple store about it, how can I back up my data? I don't want to lose my files and Angry Birds progress if they need to wipe the iPad or something...


texts: Is there a way to edit google spreadsheets offline on iphone?

texts:
I downloaded their app but it doesn't let me edit them when offline. But some websites seem to say it's possible to edit them offline.

Any ideas?


texts: /private/var/folders not getting empty after reboot on macOS Catalina

texts:
/private/var/folders is not getting empty after reboot. The folder is 200 GB! I tried safe mode too and it didn't change.

How can I thin out the folder(s)?


texts:
For some reason, I can't update my MacBook Air to the new update "OS X El Capitan".
The update is on "pause" and I can't start it again, I simply cannot click on it.  I attached an image of what I see below.
Does anyone know how I can solve this? I've tried rebooting several times, but that seems to have no affect.


texts: Difference between "allow notifications" toggle and dragging to "do not include"

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In iOS 8, the Settings > Notification Center has changed with the addition of an Allow Notifications toggle for each app.

If you toggle this to "off", the app will automatically go down into the DO NOT INCLUDE area.

However, if you leave the toggle "on", you can also manually drag the app down into the DO NOT INCLUDE area.

In the latter case, there is still text under the app indicating what types of notifications it has ("banners, sounds, badges" etc).

So what is the difference between these two situations?


texts: How to force Siri to use phone's microphone when connected to bluetooth?

texts:
It seems I ask the same question after every release of iOS.

I want to be able to use phone's own microphone for Siri when connected to Bluetooth in the car.  The reasons for that are many, but chief among them - Bluetooth sucks.

Is this feature present in iOS 12?


texts: I'd like to know whether there is an app or a service which allows bulk downloading of PDF files from a site page. More generally, is there an app that allows bulk downloading to iPad given a string pattern, like the file name or the file extension?


texts: Why does my Mac accumulate too many processes?

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I am starting to accumulate too many processes on my Mac. No clue why this is happening, but it is causing a lot of problems such as:

programs fail to start or hang on launch
in the terminal I get a lot of messages such as "unable to fork", for example I got this error in iTerm2: https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/5027
also get some errors saying "too many files open" but I dont know what files these could be, I do not have any more programs running than usual and don't have much open myself.
cannot open any new terminal windows, and any current terminal windows cannot use pipes
at the lock screen, I try to enter my password but the entire UI becomes unresponsive; I type the password and hit 'Enter' but nothing happens for several minutes, I can click on buttons but they do not do anything

This just happened again, and I checked ps -aef and had 1,000+ proccesses. However most of them were anonymous and looked like this:

Most of these anonymous processes are labelled things like (pmset) and (networksetup); no clue what that means, Google did not reveal anything useful.

Also while trying to run ps -aef | grep '(' | wc -l the entire terminal window crashed; when I brought up a new one and ran it again it returned 753, meaning there were about 753 of these anonymous processes running.

Rebooting solves the problem but only temporarily, eventually it creeps back up. Randomly it goes away on its own. Right now the number of total processes (ps -aef | wc -l) is back down to 350.

Total memory and CPU usage during all this is very low, so they do not seem to be culprits.

Any idea what is going on? How am I accumulating all these processes in the first place?

For reference, I am running macOS 10.12.6 High Sierra on an iMac.

Update:

Another clue, I managed to catch this happening before my terminal completely locked up, and I can actually see from the ps output (ps -aef | less) that these processes seem to start spawning about ~30min after I arrived at work this morning, immediately following the start of a process called PwrMgrDaemon. It then proceeded to spawn 2 new threads per minute for the entire day. I caught it around 3:50pm when I started getting errors and again there were a total of 1056 processes running, including a massive amount of these pmset processes. Strangely, while I was taking screenshots and typing up this update, all of these processes vanished and things went back to normal.

Some of the errors I caught in my terminal that indicated this was occurring again:

fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
Interrupted system call


texts:
At my cottage field test mode tells me I am -116 dB. I need a booster with a yagi.
The problem is where to aim it. There are two towers about the same distance but very different directions.
Is there anything in field test that lets me identify the exact tower I’m using?


texts:
I have added Japanese as a favourite languages in preferences :

However, in the Input Methods panel, the Japanese input method seems to be missing :

How can I fix that / add the Japanese IME ?

Note : I don't want to install Google's or Mr.third party's Japanese IME. I want to enable Apple's native Japanese IME.


texts: How do I revert the default mail client back to Mail from GMail?

texts: I downloaded Google Chrome and it automatically changed my default mail reader from Mail to GMail in Chrome. I went to the preferences section of Mail and didn't see an option to make Mail the default reader.


texts:
"TouchID requires your Password after 48 hours"

  Update July 2016
  Since posting this question, the message has changed to
  Your passcode is required to enable Touch ID
  & now
  has a documented answer at
  https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/245796/85275

I just spotted the above message for the first time today. I've had the phone 3 weeks [new 6s] & never spotted it before.

It's not something I need to 'fix' but I wonder if anyone knows what may trigger it; & why it took 3 weeks to ask me for the first time.

.. or, incidentally & totally opinion-based - why it thinks a 6-digit code is more secure than my fingerprint.

Late thought:
Does it do it 2 days after a reboot or OS update?
It's done it just one more time, which was perhaps 48h+ after the 9.1 update.

Current guess is it's "new to iOS 9" which is why people have been seeing it on older devices too.
I'm still convinced I get it once after every update - but it's something I just dismiss without thinking until later, when I've lost the train of thought that would allow me to 'accurately guesstimate' when it was last rebooted.


texts: Console log is telling me that database is locked for many apps. How do I unlock?

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I'm trying to diagnose a MacMini that is painfully slow to start up.
I already check the filesystem (fsck) and the disk (Disk Warrior).
I am running High Sierra.

My Mac is fine once it's up and running but something has to be going wrong during boot up.
Looking at the console log, I'm seeing a ton of "database is locked" messages for numerous apps including CalendarAgent, AddressBookSourceSync, soaagent, routined and so forth. Where are these databases and how can I unlock them?

The items I've found online regarding sqlite databases have been for Windows and Linux, not finding anything anywhere on this specific issue.

How may I analyse this problem and unlock these databases?


texts: Restore main APFS container to full disk

texts:
I tried installing Windows 10 on my Macbook Pro with Bootcamp on Mojave, but through a series of manipulations, I broke my Windows installation and Bootcamp would not let me restore my system as it was before. So I deleted the Windows partition to the point where "diskutil list" gives me this:

MacBook-Pro-9:~ sarbogast$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         2.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         1.8 TB     disk0s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Untitled                196.7 GB   disk0s3

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +1.8 TB     disk2
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            1.6 TB     disk2s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 64.7 MB    disk2s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                1.0 GB     disk2s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk2s4

How can I reclaim the 196.7GB that used to be occupied by my Windows partition so that my main container is almost 2TB again?

Note that I tried the resizeContainer command but got this:

MacBook-Pro-9:~ sarbogast$ diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk2 0
Started APFS operation
Error: -69519: The target disk is too small for this operation, or a gap is required in your partition map which is missing or too small, which is often caused by an attempt to grow a partition beyond the beginning of another partition or beyond the end of partition map usable space


texts: Using an external merge tool does not work on SourceTree

texts:
I am running OS X.10, Xcode 7 and SourceTree 2.
When I select a conflicted file and Launch an external merge tool, there is a window that appears very briefly... and then nothing happens.
I tried (see this help page) sudo ln -s /Developer/usr/bin/opendiff /usr/bin/opendiff but it did not work (I got the message ln: /usr/bin/opendiff: File exists).
What should I do?
PS:
Here is a picture of the window that briefly appears.

PPS:
Here are the SourceTree preferences:


texts: 2008 Mac Pro Won't Shut Down (Black Screen - Gray Loading Wheel)

texts:
One of our Mac Pros at work is having issues shutting down. On shut down, the screen will turn black and a small gray loading wheel will come up in the center of the screen. It will stay like this no matter how long you let it sit until you physically press and hold the power button. We've already let it sit like this over the weekend so I know it's not just a waiting game.

I've tried just about everything I can think of including resetting the PRAM and SMC. Tried force quitting all apps before attempting to shut down..

These issues started randomly one day while the computer was still running Yosemite so I figured it has something to do with the OS. Did a fresh install to El Capitan and the same thing keeps happening on shut down.

Now I'm thinking it's something hardware related.. Does anyone have any experience with an issue like this?

The Mac Pro is a 2008 2.8GHZ 8 core 3,1

EDIT Booted into verbose mode and this is what we got:

Booted into verbose mode and we have the following:

Failed to send exception EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY. error code: 5 for pid 436

Failed to send exception EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY. error code: 5 for pid 455

continuing

process_svrmsg_items: disabling svrmsg notify, error: 60

EDIT #2

The PIDs change every time we shut the computer down so it doesn't seem like there is just one program causing this issue. We did some tests with swapping out ram, taking ram out, and nothing has made a difference so far.

Today on shut down, we got a couple more random and different PIDs but got this for the first time..

smb2fs_smb_change_notify: smb2_smb_change_notify failed 57

This just kept continuing to pop up until we manually shut the computer down..


texts: What command combo at terminal will output a list of directories with human-readable sizes?

texts:
I'd like to open Terminal.app and enter a command like:

my-macbook-pro:~ my-username$ ls -lh

Instead of seeing the size of the folders in bytes that are in my current working directory, I'd like to see size of the folders, including all of their contents like so:

drwxr-xr-x  7 my-username  staff   100Gi Dec 20 19:38 my-huge-project-folder

drwxr-xr-x  3 my-username  staff   80Gi Dec 27 14:15 my-slightly-smaller-project-folder

Is there a command I can type that will yield similar output above?


texts: Why is networksetup so slow compared to manually changing Wi-Fi networks?

texts:
if I run
networksetup -setairportnetwork en0 myssid

it takes between 10 and 15 seconds.

If I manually click the Wi-Fi icon in the notification bar and select myssid, it's instant.

Alternatively, I'd love to be able to make an applescript that manually clicks to change Wi-Fi networks, but I can't find a good example, everyone just says "use networksetup".

Answer:
@CJK's solution works great, I'm using his second script that does the manual click. The first one works in most cases except where I'm trying to connect to an enterprise network that uses a certificate. For some reason connecting this way doesn't work in that case. But in all other cases both scripts work great.


texts: Text Message Forwarding - Option missing from iPhone

texts:
I wish to enable Text Message Forwarding to send and receive SMS from my MacBook Pro (running macOS High Sierra 10.13.4). I remember having used this feature for a while with both iOS 10 and iOS 11 on my iPhone. However, when I try to enable it now, I can no longer see the option available under Settings app → Messages (I'm running iOS 11.3). It used to be available previously. I have only one Apple ID which I use for everything. I am logged in with it on both my MacBook Pro and my iPhone.

Is this feature removed in iOS 11.3? I remember using it after upgrading to iOS 11. I don't recall this option requiring some other setting to be enabled in iPhone. Here's the screenshot from the Messages setting. The Text Message Forwarding option is clearly missing:

How do I resolve this issue? As I compare the screenshot from my iPhone with the one provided in the Apple knowledge base article, it appears that Show Contact Photos toggle is missing too. Are these official/documented changes in the Messages app?


texts: Short battery life on a brand new iPhone

texts:
Well I got my iPhone 4 about a week ago. When I got it I did several full charging cycles, 3-5 if I remember correctly. And these days an iPhone battery really seemed "unkillable". It was really hard to drain about 50% with wifi and 3g internet, games, photos and videos, music, and several different apps.

But now I experience something strange: my battery drops 30% by night (just locked screen), and when I use my iPhone not so hard as first days (just music and Safari), battery has only 30% remaining (out of 100%) in 5 hrs.

Well, it's very bad. I don't want to charge my iPhone twice a day.

Also, when I leave my iPhone charging for night (I know it can fully charge in 1 hr), I see 93% in the morning. And it doesn't increase.

So, as I said I calibrated my battery several times when got an iPhone, and now battery drains super-fast. Can anybody tell me what's wrong and what should I do to make my battery work as expected (at least 10-15 hrs on hard usage, but 20+ hrs will be welcome :D)?

Hope to hear the solution. I tried setting it up as new already :/

(The original question is on Apple Disscussion Forum https://discussions.apple.com/message/16420171)


texts: How can I create a link to an app in the Mac Appstore?

texts: I know how to create a link to an app in the iTunes App Store (iOS apps), but how do you create a similar link to an app in the Mac App Store?


texts: When is a ethernet-to-thunderbolt cable necessary?

texts:
With the upgraded wireless on the latest 2013 MBP's when would I need this cable? I do have a Time Machine but the rate of data transfer wouldn't increase from having thunderbolt since the speed would only be as fast as its the slowest technology.

What else can I use it for?


texts:
By running ps aux I can get list running processes with command associated with them, e.g.

USER               PID  %CPU %MEM      VSZ    RSS   TT  STAT STARTED      TIME COMMAND
_windowserver      142   2.0  1.3  4559968 224672   ??  Ss    7:11AM  33:21.95 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SkyLight.framework/Resources/WindowServer -daemon
lrogalsk          6419   1.9  0.5  2703580  77588   ??  S     2:15PM   0:40.88 /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/Terminal
...

Unfortunately, COMMAND includes command line arguments and absolute path of file, both of which may contain spaces. How can I get process name in deterministic manner?


texts: Safety of sharing my apple password on screen with apple technician

texts:
I recently had a problem with my apple id on my ipad. I called apple tech support and was guided through some steps by the technician.She assured me everything was ok but during the process I had to enter my apple id password 5 or 6 times whilst I was screen sharing with her.She said the internet signal kept dropping and she could not see what was going on.So I entered my password which was working correctly and the verification codes 5 or 6 times.
My initial problem was to do with changing my apple id password and tech was very helpful. I am sure that I called the correct apple support and I got a follow up email from apple.Question is is this usual apple says very clearly not to share password with anyone.


texts: I am using Camino on OSX 10.4.11, this combination still works well.  I am able to use yahoo mail and youtube.  I get constant requests to update Flash player.  There does not appear to be an appropriate iteration at the download site.  This primarily affects my ability to use the BBC site.  Are there any alternatives without upgrading at this time since the MacBookPro I am using performs well.  I am very fond of the esthetics of this OS and have had only rare problems in 8 years of near constant use.  Can you make helpful suggestions?


texts: Is it practical to use Gmail for mail and calendar and Exchange for contacts while using iOS Mail?

texts:
In the past I used the Google Mail provider on my iOS devices to sync mail and calendar. Major drawback was that it doesn't sync contacts. I had to use iTunes for that which is a mess.

I recently switched to the Exchange provider for GMail which can sync contacts but also has several disadvantages:

Searching old mail on the server doesn't always bring accurate results
It doesn't sync the drafts folder so you have to finish and send a draft from the same device you created it on. Usually I want to email a photo from my iPhone, create a draft, save it and finish the email on my computer or iPad.
It doesn't use my default notification settings from GMail for new appointments in calendar. You can also only specify one notification (with GMail provider you can set 2).

Now I was wondering if I can set up a combination of the two. Using GMail for my mail and calendar and using Exchange for contacts. Could that bring any problems? Anyone tried that?


texts: Keyboard shortcuts with Dvorak keymapping

texts: In the Dvorak key layout, Spotlight's shortcut masks the Undo shortcut, and I couldn't fix the problem by changing or disabling shortcut associations. Any advice?


texts: Notification centre in Lion and Facebook

texts:
When notifications pop up from the notification centre for Facebook posts nothing happens when I click the show button.

If a tweet comes along the show button opens up a browser tab.

Any ideas why this isn't working for Facebook and is working for Twitter?


texts: Do Apple AirPods have international warranty?

texts: I think there's something wrong with my AirPods. I recently got it on a business trip to Japan, now I'm back to India. Can I get it checked under warranty at a local Apple Store?


texts: Wifi much slower after security software download

texts:
I recently downloaded a vpn and security software (Avast security and windscribe vpn), but my wifi dropped significantly from about 150 mb/s to ~50 mb/s, sometimes much slower.

Even after I deleted the two softwares, my wifi is still at about 50. What can I do to make it go back to normal speeds? I initially thought it had something to do with the mac firewall, but I'm not so sure.
Thanks

UPDATE

never mind, the problem seemed to fix itself somehow. wifi is now back to normal and full functioning


texts: Simultaneously using Airplay and headphones

texts: I want to play iTunes simultaneously on AirPlay (AppleTV) in one room and via the headphone socket into my audio system in another room. I tried selecting the device in the Sound tab in System Preferences but selecting one option just turns off the other. Any ideas?


texts:
I have an early 2013 Retina MacBook Pro and I'm absolutely fed up with iTunes loading.  I never use it and I never will.

As far as I can tell I've tried every suggestion to stop it from loading of it's own accord.  The most common suggestion is to remove the iTunes Helper from my accounts Login Items which I have done ... repeatedly.  It always worms it's way back in somehow.

How can I disable this app permanently?  I simply don't want it to ever run ... ever.  Only if I launch it manually.


texts:
Asking Siri to get Maps directions to someone’s address, is it possible somehow to refer to the relevant contact by its nickname (as its defined in the Contacts app) instead of by long first and last name combination?
That is,

Hi Siri, show me directions to Rob

Instead of

Hi Siri, show me directions to Robert Pattinson

I am asking specifically to iOS but an answer for MacOS is also appreciated


texts: What should I do with the X11 Security folder after upgrade to Catalina?

texts:
I updated my mac to 10.15 Catalina recently.
After update, I notice a Security Folder land on my Desktop.

I moved it to trash but I can't seem to delete it.

I've been stuck with this file in my trash for a week now.

Every-time, I tried, I got this

How do I safely get rid of it ?


texts:
I need it to make posters with Scribus.
I got the hint that use the Computer Modern Font.
However, I am not sure if the newest OSX has it, where could I get it from?


texts: Reasons for iOS system time jumping backwards on an iPad while being offline

texts:
My team and I ran into a bug, which is probably caused by the iOS system time not incrementing monotonically, but jumping backwards. The measured time difference was about -50 milliseconds. (That's obviously no leap second or time zone issue.)

We understand that iOS devices synchronize their time with NTP servers while being online. But the negative time difference was observed while having no network connection at all.

Are there any reasons iOS would update the system time while offline?

Relevant posts:

We'll certainly need to follow this approach for measuring elapsed times. But nevertheless, we'd like to understand what was causing the jump.
This answer mentions reasons for such time jumps, but none of them seems to apply in my case.
This answer mentions significant time changes. But what are insignificant changes?

Update: After 2 hours in airplane mode we observed a time jump of 637 ms into the past with System.DateTime.Now on a iPad Mini 2, while CACurrentMediaTime kept increasing monotonically. It's still unclear why iOS should do such a significant jump after such a long time without NTP updates.


texts: What is the minimum sized wrist the Apple Watch can fit?

texts:
I am interested in getting the Apple Watch, the only problem is I have small wrists so I am not sure if the Apple Watch will fit my wrist even if I choose the 38mm (small) one.

What is the smallest sized wrist the 38mm Apple Watch can fit? (I presume the 38mm is the largest wrist the watch fits?)


texts: How to find lost Safari password on iPhone

texts: I need to know how to access a password that I lost on my iPhone. The password was saved using Safari but for some odd reason I can no longer access those passwords


texts:
The above mentioned Macbook Pro Retina (Mid 2015) with SSD, running Sierra seems to be freezing most of the times, after attempting to "wake" it up from sleep. The situation has the following observed characteristics:

Seems to "wake up" (you can see the backlight of the screen activating) but the screen remains black
Sometimes the mouse pointer may appear but the screen remains black
Some times it wakes up, gives the login screen but freezes (spinning ball) after logging in
Happens only after some time has passed (perhaps 15') after initiating the sleep.
It has higher possibility to happen when connected to power
Thought there may be a conflict with the Energy Saver Display-off settings but keeps the same behaviour in all possible different settings including when choosing not to allow the display to switch off.

In all the above cases the system has to be hard rebooted by pressing the power button.

I would welcome any ideas on what may be wrong but also advice on where to look (log files?) to debug the situation.


texts: Does AirPlaying content from VPN protected laptop expose content beyond local network?

texts: If I AirPlay something from my laptop, which connects to the internet via VPN, to my Apple TV which connects to my wifi router which is NOT VPN protected, is the content I'm AirPlaying exposed beyond my local network?


texts:
I have the following launchd agent:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>bash-check</string>
    <key>Program</key>
    <string>/Users/spark/tmp/bash-check</string>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/Users/laktak/bash-check.log</string>
</dict>
</plist>

With the following script bash-check:
#!/usr/local/bin/bash

type bash
bash --version

I cannot get it to use Bash 5 (/usr/local/bin/bash), the log from launchctl start bash-check is always:
bash is /bin/bash
GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin19)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.


texts:
I have a MacBook Air with OS X 10.8.2 on it. Suddenly the browsers (Safari, Firefox and Chrome) all stopped working although the MacBook is still connected to the internet via WLAN.

Funnily enough Google still works (i.e. I can search for something, I just can't take a look at the results), Facebook as well (I'm even able to receive chat messages). Other webpages don't work...

ping      - works
nslookup  - works
traceroot - works
curl      - doesn't work

I've tried to use Google's DNS servers, to type in the IP of an website instead of its URL, restarting mDNSResponder and I've rebooted the Macbook more often than I can count.

I'm running out of ideas...
Any guesses what the problem might be?

Update: Output: netstat -i

Metalhamsters-MacBook-Air:~ Metalhamster$ netstat -i
Name  Mtu     Network            Address            Ipkts  Ierrs  Opkts  Oerrs  Coll
lo0   16384   <Link#1>                              53920  0      53920  0      0
lo0   16384   localhost          fe80:1::1          53920  -      53920  -      -
lo0   16384   127                localhost          53920  -      53920  -      -
lo0   16384   localhost          ::1                53920  -      53920  -      -
gif0* 1280    <Link#2>                              0      0      0      0      0
stf0* 1280    <Link#3>                              0      0      0      0      0
en0   1500    <Link#4>           94:94:26:04:98:dc  351    0      468    0      0
en0   1500    metalhamsters-mac  fe80:4::9694:26ff  351    -      468    -      -
en0   1500    192.168.1          192.168.1.130      351    -      468    -      -
p2p0  2304    <Link#5>           06:94:26:04:98:dc  0      0      0      0      0

Update2: I think I need to clarify what I mean with "other webpages don't work":

When I try to load a website I get a blank tab with 'Connecting...' and after a few minutes the browser shows 'Error: server not found'.
curl returns '(52) Empty reply from server' after a few minutes.

Cheers,
metalhamster


texts: How to save and use macOS' Zoom credentials on Keychain?

texts: I have multiple Zoom accounts and need to switch between them on a constant basis. On iPhone, the credentials are saved on the Keychain, which makes it easier to switch between the login accounts and not needing to type username and password every time. On macOS, I can't find how to use these credentials from Keychain. The Zoom app doesn't offer that choice.


texts: How can I fix my iPhone not showing up in Screen Time on my other devices?

texts:
My iPhone SE 2020 won't show up in Screen Time on my Mac or iPad. All three are signed into the same iCloud account and fully updated to the latest releases of iOS, macOS and iPadOS respectively. All three have 'Share Across Devices' enabled in Screen Time. The Mac and iPad both show up in Screen Time on all three devices but the iPhone data only shows up on itself.
Things I've tried:

Toggling 'Share Across Devices', on iPhone
Toggling 'Share Across Devices', on all three devices at the same time
Switching Screen Time off and on, on iPhone
Switching Screen Time off and on, on all 3 devices at the same time
Logging out of iCloud and then logging back in, on iPhone

I suppose one option is to try wiping my iPhone and setting it up again from scratch but I'd like to know if there are any other things I can try first.


texts: Bluetooth icon missing from iMac. How do I connect wireless keyboard

texts: How can I connect wireless keyboard to iMac when Bluetooth icon missing from system preferences?  I bought a refurbished computer and have not been able to connect due to missing Bluetooth icon needed to connect wireless keyboard


texts: Why can't I quit Finder with the shortcut (cmd+q)

texts:
I usually quit my applications with the shortcut Command Q but it doesn't work for the Finder app. I can hide it with  Command  H but I can't quit it.

Any suggestion to solve this?