texts: Special Characters window no longer resizable in OS X Lion

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I upgraded my Mac Pro to OS X Lion (now 10.7.1) a few weeks ago, and am mostly very happy with it. The edge-resizing of Windows is especially nice.

Still, the Special Characters app, which used to have a resizable window from the lower right corner, now has no resizing available at all.

Is there any way to alter this behavior to make this window resizable, or do I just need to wait till Apple recognizes this problem and fixes it?


texts: Moving individual specific applications from Leopard to Mountain Lion

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I'm moving from an old 2007 MBP running Leopard OS X 10.5.8 to a new MBP running OS X 10.8.2 and I want to keep the new system as clean as possible.

Therefore, I chose not to use the Migration Assistant. I'm wondering if it's possible to manually move specific applications by copying files from a Time Machine backup?

In particular I'd like to move Cinema 4D R12.5, but may also want to move other smaller applications.

Thanks for any suggestions.


texts: Recover old keychain after keychain reset

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So, I did a keychain reset on a Mac due to some process taking up a lot of CPU (a keychain cloud daemon). This worked wonders for the cpu, but now the user wants its passwords back and doesn't care about a constantly running fan.
Keychain manager told me that the old standard keychain will be set aside, but I have no experience with this and cannot for the life of me figure out how to restore the old one. Any ideas? I looked into ~/User/Libraries/Keychain but that gave me no further clues. I'm quite familiar with bash but totally blank on OSX so I appreciate a detailed explanation of the procedure.


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I'm getting vast amounts of these messages in my Console:

13/03/2015 16:02:20.924 WindowServer[250]: _CGXGLDisplayContextForDisplayDevice: No matching context for device (0x7fcfcaf18220) - disabling OpenGL

and WindowServer is consistently at around 16%. I'm using DisplayLink. Is there anything I can do about it?


texts: Start AFP Sharing on server before user login?

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I would like to have access to AFP Share from our clients possible as soon as the server's system is started, without one of the users needing to open a local session on it (on the server) first.

I'm not sure but I think it was working this way with previous versions of OS X (10.6 or 10.7, we're running the latest 10.8) : as soon as you got the login screen on the server, AFP Share(s) were accessible on the network.

To be as clear as possible, I'm NOT trying to have the AFP Share automounted on the clients. I'm already using scripts and launchd for this, and it's working absolutely fine (with the obvious exception of the clients having to wait for a user session to be opened on the server for the Share to become available).

The server is a 2013 iMac and the disk being shared is a Promise Pegasus R6 (a Thunderbolt RAID drive).

2014-04-09 : still the same with OS X 10.9.x, neither SMB nor AFP share are accessible before a user open a local session on the Mac computer acting as the file server.

2015-09-08 : I gave up on this as it is no longer relevant for us, but ditto for OS X 10.10.x


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Every once in a while I hear a loud sound from my Mac. It sounds like either a camera shutter or a keychain lock/unlock. It all started a couple of weeks ago.

I fear something is snapping shots of my screen and beaming them somewhere.

I've scoured Google and found others have experienced the same issue. Based on suggestions, I've installed 2 Anti Virus apps (one at a time, of course), scanned my computer, and found nothing; checked Activity Monitor for unknown processes - none I could identify; looked at all the regular places (~/Library/LaunchDaemons, ~/Library/LaunchAgents, /Library/LaunchAgents) - didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

What am I missing, what else should I try, or am I just overreacting and there's a simple answer?


texts: QuickTime taking control over AVCHD content?

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I've noticed that on 10.8 QuickTime takes control over the AVCHD content folder on my cameras memory card, turning it into a package and requiring you to open it up in QuickTime and convert the videos to mov files.  Is there any way to disable this?  I would much rather have raw access to the .mts files so I can work with them in FCPx.

Thanks!

MacBook Pro 13" Early-2011.  8GB of RAM.  320GB HDD.  OS X 10.8.1.


texts: How I fix the profile image not being displayed on start up screen?

texts: Every time macOS starts I am presented with a startup screen that doesn't display the profile image. How does one fix this?


texts:
I'm a newb of OS X (or any flavor of *Nix for that matter) so this came to mind lately.. As the Console.app logs every single process that's running, does to also mean passwords & such are also logged aside from Keychain?

I noticed for example, when creating a Workflow in Automator and telling it to follow your moves; it will also log any password you enter along the way in plaintext..

Is this the case, and if so, isn't this a security risk?

Thx in advance!


texts: How do I set a custom avatar for my account profile in Mountain Lion?

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I just got Mountain Lion. On previous versions of OS X, I could choose a photo from the filesystem as my account avatar. This doesn't seem possible under the Users & Groups section of System Preferences.

Any ideas on how to do this?


texts: Can I show a gif animation in a Photos.app slideshow?

texts:
I'm creating a slideshow/movie in Photos, and some of my photos are actually animated gifs, but they appear as low quality stills in the slideshow.

Any way Photos can properly support these gifs?


texts: String and Variable concatenation not working in Applescript

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I'm trying to concatenate at variable within a path name string to make this script more efficient.
This is the code I have so far. But I can't seem to find the right syntax needed in order to set the  variable in the string.

    set vserver to POSIX file "/Volumes/johndoe"
    set user to "johndoe" as string

    set source to POSIX file "/Users/johndoe/Documents"

    tell application "Finder"

        duplicate source to vserver with replacing
    end tell

I want johndoe to be replaces by variable user to make the code more maintainable for the future. My ultimate goal is to be able to copy multiple home folders including: movies, pictures, documents etc... onto a shared server.

I tried doing this

"/Users/" & user & "/Desktop"

But I received this error:

  "Finder got an error: Handler can’t handle objects of this class."
  number -10010


texts: How to block certain devices from showing up for AirPlay / Screen Mirroring?

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As of MacOS 11 (Big Sur) the Airplay/Screen Mirroring options have changed. In Catalina there was a single icon in the toolbar for Airplay, clicking it gave a list of devices that, AFAIK, didn't change while the menu was held down.
In MacOS 11, the new flow is you click the control panel(?) icon, then "screen mirroring", then a list of devices appears.

This list is populated as you're interacting with it which has the problem that you intend to choose a name but just has you go to click, new devices are added and you click on the wrong device.
Worse, these devices could be from other houses/rooms/apartments. Serveral times now, trying to click on my own device, Big Sur has added devices under the mouse as I click and I've ended up clicking on a neighbor's device. Which, if I understand correctly, means I've just interrupted my neighbor's viewing and possibly made their TV, which was off, come on.
How can I block certain devices from ever appearing in the screen mirroring list of devices so I can avoid annoying my neighbors?
Note: Turing Bluetooth off is not an option as I use Airpod with my Mac daily.


texts: How to prevent safari from opening links in third party apps on macOS

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Some services like Zoom or BlueJeans have capabilities of working both in app or in the browser. However when an appropriate app is installed links are automatically opened in the app by safari (macOS) without even a prompt in case of BlueJeans.
So my question is: is it possible to prevent safari from launching app when I click a link that can be opened in that app?
Ideally I want the link to open in safari like a regular website without even a prompt to open it in the app. However, a prompt, like one you can see in the image below for Brave Browser would also be ok, because currently Safari opens the BlueJeans app without even asking a permission.
Just to be clear, I do not want to uninstall apps, because sometimes I do need them.


texts: How to create a Keynote theme with 16:9 AND 4:3 support?

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In Keynote you can create custom themes that show up in the Keynote theme chooser.
Apple's (newer) themes support all 16:9 resolutions (like 1920x1080) but also all 4:3 resolutions (like 1024x768).

BUT...

if I create a custom theme at a resolution of 1920x1080 and save it, the theme chooser will only give me options of resolutions with a 16:9 aspect ratio, no 4:3 resolutions.

So there's a 1920x1080 option and a 1280x720 option BUT there's no option for 1024x768 or 800x600.

Same goes the other way around.

How do I create a custom theme that supports ALL resolutions/aspect ratios,
like Apple's own themes?


texts: Adobe photoshop cs6 not upgrading raw plugins in my macbook

texts: i tried to install raw camera plugin in my adobe photoshop cs6, but still not getting installed.


texts:
I would like to know how much power would a mac Mini consume per month/year if:

always powered,  but under very low load web server
OS, probably Ubuntu
two drives: one SSD and one HD.
model Early 2010, Core duo 2

I know that the manufacturer specification says it would consume between 11W-85W.

How can I convert this to Amps?


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Is there any way to get a Keynote presentation up on the web somewhere? There are things like SlideShare, but they seem to only work with PowerPoint.

I see that Keynote provides a variety of export options, but each one is problematic in one way or another:

PowerPoint: things get cropped weird, transitions are awful
HTML: weird DHTML format that only seems to work in Safari
PDF: not really a presentation
Quicktime: umm... no

My presentation has a lot of precise formatting and transitions (nothing too over the top, but things do move around) that I'd like to preserve. Also presenter's notes would be nice.

Is there anything out there that I can use?


texts:
I have a 2007 Mac Pro that shipped with 10.4.7, and an ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics card. The card has two DVI outputs for a dual display setup.

I recently updated my OSX to Snow Leopard and have never tried to connect a second monitor.

Now, when I try to connect a second monitor, OSX does not detect it. Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Cleaning Chromium based browser (Citrio)

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I'm currently trying to "clean" the Citrio browser of the extensions that are visible (maybe more that are hidden, but I'll investgate later).

These extensions cannot be deleted by simply clicking on the trashcan icon that is normally beside the extension. So I opted to delete the extension's files manually. I've gone as far as going into the Preference file and deleting any code related to the extension's ID.

I restart Citrio, and I get remnants of FILE_NOT_FOUND extensions across the Citrio browser.

In the picture below there is no trash can icon, and with no image or data files to go on, all that's left is to remove the last empty shell of the extension's entry in the chrome://extensions

If anyone can provide a way to remove the entry, thanks in advance!

Source followed for removing code in the Preferences file.
http://www.kuijjer.com/post/1367862444/how-to-remove-a-google-chrome-extension-on-mac-os


texts:
When I want to create a new file through the button (left-bottom one) in the project drawer or in the file menu it takes a long time and blocks TextMate and even blocks TextMate totally in some cases.

I've installed the latest version of TextMate and installed all updates available for Mac OS X.

Anyone any idea what the problem is?


texts: accountsd want to use the "login" keychain

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I don't know why but I get this pop-up 5-10 times in a day. It is very frustrating that I have to re-enter the password again and again.

I tried cancelling it but appears again.

I followed the steps shared as the answer here, but unable to fix this problem.

Can anyone have idea how to fix the problem that this popup did not get appeared repeatedly?


texts: Automator - is it possible to repeat Watch me Do for each clickable div element in a div list on a webpage

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I'm trying to have automator click on a series of div buttons that have the same html structure in a long table-list (actually divs) on a webpage. (after clicking each one, do the same thing click on a sub menu button)

How do you repeat an automator Watch me Do based on similar initial div element?


texts: Is there a way to open terminal rather than terminal emulator?

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I mean the system terminal, without the need for window manager and emulators...

On linux that was achievable via ALT+Fx, but it's not like that for OS X.


texts:
I disable SIP like this: reboot into recovery mode, run csrutil disable and then restart.

Great, now SIP is disabled.

But if my MacBook restarts again, it looks like it is enabled again.

How can I make subsequent restarts not change csrutil status?


texts:
In my default view when using Apple's Mail on macOS, I used to see 3 coluns, from left:

Mailbox
Inbox
Email

I stretched the Inbox column / pane to width of the full window, and now have only 2 columns:

Mailbox
Inbox

I cannot "pull back" the Email pane with a mouse.

How can I restore the missing Email preview pane?


texts: How to automatically hide notifications after a timeout in OS X Sierra?

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Is it possible to configure the notifications that they disappear after a timeout in OS X Sierra?

Currently they never disappear until I click on them, which is super annoying. I can't find any settings in the UI to configure this.


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My macOS 10.12.3 crashed while suspended and I want to look in the log files to determine where the problem comes from.

I opened System Information and in the Logs I found a Kernel log entry linked to /var/log/asl. But this file is empty. Why?


texts: Change apple ID associated with Mac App Store application

texts: How can I change the Apple ID associated with an application downloaded from the Mac App Store? For example, when I try to update an application, it says for me to login with the account that downloaded the application. Is it possible to change the original Apple ID that was used to download the application to mine? Maybe in the Package Contents?


texts: How to play MP3s on iPhone 5s without iTunes?

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I just switched from an Android to an iPhone for the first time, so I am learning. I have a ton of MP3s I want to have on my phone.

I used my computer and put them all in Dropbox and it works fine except, it only plays one song at a time and after each one I have to go back in and select another.

I need something that will play continuously preferably shuffled, until I stop them.

Suggestions on how to do this either with Dropbox or another app?


texts: How can I synchronize contacts with Google?

texts: How can I download (also, possibly upload from my iPhone) contacts of my Google account?


texts: How will the new Touch Bar & Touch ID work with Windows/Boot Camp

texts: I'm deciding to buy a MacBook Pro 2016 and installing Windows on it (via Boot Camp) but I'm not sure that the new Touch Bar works in Windows. Can I use the Touch Bar to access function keys in Windows?


texts: Why does voice dictation not always appear on the new iPad?

texts: The new iPad supports voice dictation for voice input, but apparently only sometimes. I understand that some things should not support it, such as password inputs and URLs, for example. What dictates (excuse the pun) where this functionality is offered, and where it is not?


texts: Using Macbook and Windows Desktop with wired mouse and keyboard

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My Monitor has 1 spare HDMI port and the desktop it is connected to (through another HDMI) has wired mouse and keyboard attached to it.

I am looking for a device or cable that would allow me to plug in my 2017 MacBook Pro to the monitor and to use the existing mouse and keyboard without unplugging them from the desktop.

So far I have explored two options

Connect the Mac using a USB-C to HDMI cable to the monitor and use a software to redirect inputs from desktop. In this case I will have to keep my desktop running while I'm using the Mac which is what I don't want.
Use a device (example) to convert my mouse and keyboard to Bluetooth and connect them to both desktop and Mac (while using the same USB-C to HDMI cable to connect the MacBook to the monitor)

Are there, possibly, any other easy options?


texts: How can I delete original photos locally and retain the low-res versions?

texts:
I am migrating from Aperture to the new Photos. In Aperture, I had my originals on an external hard drive (i.e. the library was local, but the originals were on the external drive). Now in iPhoto, I can still access those externally saved photos, but they don't upload to iCloud (instead, it always asks me for permissions whenever I open any external image, which is also annoying).

I found out that I can select an album and go on File->Consolidate to have it copy the originals over into the Photos library. When I do this, the images are being uploaded to iCloud. So far so good.

But this is when I run into space issues: I want all the originals to live in the cloud and have a thin library on my Mac. With storing the originals on the external hard drive, this was working (still ~50 GB on my Mac). But now it seems to store all the originals on my Mac anyway. I have selected Preferences->Optimize Mac Storage, yet it claims there is not enough storage on my mac to keep all the optimized version:

Your Mac Storage is full
This Mac is no longer updating because there is not enough
space to store optimized versions of your photos and videos.

When I right-click an album, I can select "Download Originals to this Mac" - what I want to do is the opposite: delete the originals locally, keep only low-res versions and have the originals in full resolution available in iCloud. How can I achieve that?


texts: Does Apple's Out-of-Warranty Replacement cover iPhones regardless of condition?

texts:
I have a water-damaged iPhone 6. I took it to a non-Apple repair shop after the plunge (the Apple Store was too far away for urgent service), but it still does not work. It powers on, but the screen is always black or only backlit. Overall, the phone is in very good condition cosmetically.

On to the question. The repair shop removed some heat shields from the logic board during the cleaning process. Can I still bring my iPhone to the Apple Store for an out-of-warranty replacement? The service is currently listed on their website for $299, but are there special conditions I should be aware of before making the trip? Will a technician open the phone for inspection before offering a replacement?


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I have an old MBP (2008) and I've been updating the OS after waiting for so long.

I installed Yosemite recently, and am now installing El Capitan. Idiotically, I forgot to make a backup before doing this, and of course this installation will give me problems.

The El Capitan installation failed twice, so I used Safe Boot to create a new account and get access my old files.

However, my old files are organized strangely; my old user account is now just a regular folder in /Users/, and all my old applications/library/system files are in a "Recovered Items" folder.

Is there any way to restore my old account using these two folders?

Summary:

*Home Folder > Regular folder in /Users/ (Has an Applications folder, but is empty)
*Applications > In /Macintosh HD/Recovered Items/
*Library > In /Macintosh HD/Recovered Items/
*System > In /Macintosh HD/Recovered Items/

It would save me the hassle of re-installing all of my programs and settings.

Any help is appreciated.


texts: How to find my Office for Mac key within the program?

texts: I just removed my CD Optical drive from my Macbook Pro 2009 and replaced it with an SSD. I cloned my original drive using disk utility and now boot to the SSD. Everything transfered well except for Office. It now asks me to input my key again. Unfortunately I do not have the original key as I purchased the MBP from someone else. Is there a way to find the key within Office on the old hard drive?


texts: Calling Python 3 script from AppleScript

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I have a Python 3 script that I'd like to add as a Service using Automator. The idea is that I can right click on a text file, and an option will display to run my script on said file.

The shebang for my Python script is as follows:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

This script works fine and as expected in Terminal. However, when I attempt to automate this with AppleScript/Automator like so:

on run {input, parameters}

tell application "Terminal"
    do shell script "/path/to/script.py $@"
end tell

return input
end run

I run into issues, namely:

Terminal got an error: env: python3: No such file or directory

I've read here, among other places, that AppleScript by design only allows access to Unix commands, and will not for example source your bash profile (thus we do not have access to our $PATH by default). However I was under the impression that providing explicit paths was a workaround.

I've tried changing the do shell to this:

do shell script "/usr/bin/python3 /path/to/script.py $@"

and I've tried changing the shebang to this:

#!/usr/bin/env /usr/bin/python3

But nothing seems to work. Is it simply just not possible to execute a Python 3 script via AppleScript? I've not been able to find a viable workaround in my searches.

Edit: Additional info:

$ type -a python3
python3 is /usr/local/bin/python3


texts: Long time Migration of macs (over 80 hours)

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I just changed my previous Mac (MacBook Pro dual core running Snow Leopard) to a MacBook Pro i7 with Lion, and after it is still migrating after 3 days (and according to the migration bar is about 60%, even if it indicates since it started between 60 - 80 hours. I wasn't aware of the reboot with one key (guess T) to use firewire, so it is using wifi...
It has been the worst nightmare I have gone through with a computer with any OS (yes, even Windows)

The worst thing is that the MacBookPro doesn't bring a CD/DVD so I could start the process on scratch usinqg FIREWIRE... and reinstalling the OS in case of any corruption.
I don't know what to do, but, waiting another 3 days is going to be a big issue.


texts: Is there a replacement for the Leopard software accentuer on Lion?

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Back on leopard there was a extremely useful application called "accentuer"
which would through a service add all french accents to a given text. I was doing an almost perfect job at it too.

Would anyone know what happened to this application, if it has been ported to OS X Lion or better an alternative?

My queries on google does not return anything suitable for this use.


texts: Have hearts replaced star ratings in iOS 8.4 with Apple Music/iTunes Match?

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I have been rating songs for a VERY long time, have several playlists using star ratings, etc.

You used to be able to click on an album and 'flip' it in iOS and could see the ratings of your music. This seems to be completely gone, and only have the option to 'heart' the item. Is there a way to edit the star rating of a song on iOS 8.4?


texts: I have a new MacBook Pro 2017, running OS 10.13.6 and I am afraid to shut down because I don't remember my password.  How do I find it or make a new one?


texts: Attempting to update app asks for a different iTunes account password

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I am trying to update WhatsApp. It is asking me for an iTunes password of a different email address and I can't change it.

I rebooted my phone, signed in and out of iTunes and it is not changing it.
What should I do?

Will I lose the existing conversations if I change the Apple ID following the instructions in the answer provided (I.e. Deleting whatsapp in the old ID and downloading it with the new Apple ID? Or is the conversation linked to the phone number, not the app?


texts: OSX Yosemite suggesting updates, I don't want to upgrade, but need to upgrade iTunes

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My oldish MacMini has a fresh install of Yosemite (OSX 10.10.5). I go to iTunes, check for updates, and request to download 12.8.1.

MacOS then sends my to app store updates, suggesting an update which includes macOS High Sierra (see screenshot).

Is there a way to install the new iTunes without installing all these updates?


texts: Touch ID doesn't work on MacBook Pro 2019

texts: I have troubles with Touch ID on my MacBook Pro 2019 all the time, it just don't recognize my fingers. If I try to add a new fingerprint the red lines animation doesn't show up like nothing is touching the sensor.


texts: Repeated crash errors following El Capitan Upgrade

texts:
I upgraded to El Capitan and I keep getting repeated crash errors for the following:

Process:               com.apple.geod [803]
Path: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GeoServices.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/ com.apple.geod.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.geod
Identifier:            com.apple.geod

Process:               com.apple.BKAgentService [892]
Path:                  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/BookKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com. apple.BKAgentService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.BKAgentService
Identifier:            com.apple.BKAgentService

Process:               DataDetectorsDynamicData [1286]
Path:                  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DataDetectorsCore.framework/Versions/A/XPCSer vices/DataDetectorsDynamicData.xpc/Contents/MacOS/DataDetectorsDynamicData
Identifier:            DataDetectorsDynamicData
Version:               7.0 (460)

Process:               LaterAgent [767]
Path:                  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CommerceKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/La terAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/LaterAgent
Identifier:            LaterAgent
Version:               ???

It also says the below text for all of the applications.

Application Specific Information:
Sandbox creation failed: Container object initialization failed.
NSCocoaErrorDomain:516

What is causing these errors? I click ok and they keep popping up 5 seconds later consistently. I have tried repairing permissions, Clearing cache, running maintenance scripts. I can post the entire crash log if needed.


texts: Is my brand new iMac Pro display faulty? There's a dark band beneath the menu bar

texts:
Today I very excitedly took delivery of my very first Mac, an iMac Pro! It’s all set up and I’m very happy with most of it. But, and it’s a BIG but, I think my display is faulty. Here is a screenshot:

If you look below the menu bar it appears to have a discoloration for about a half inch of the screen. It’s slightly a darker shade than the surrounding color!

At first I thought it could just be the wallpaper, so I changed it to a solid white wallpaper and the discoloration is still there!

Is my beautiful iMac Pro faulty? Can I calibrate the display somehow?


texts: Does iOS 8's MAC address randomization give the actual MAC address once connected?

texts:
iOS 8 is now implementing MAC address randomization, where it randomizes your MAC address to networks while searching for networks.

One article describes it as:

  One of those features, which is new in iOS 8, is the automatic
  randomization of MAC addresses when the device is searching for a
  Wi-Fi network. This makes it much more difficult to track a device by
  seeing which Wi-Fi networks have spotted its unique identifier.

However, once connected to a network, does it provide the true MAC address of the network card?


texts: It won't let me update apps because it says I'm out of storage. But I did the math and I have only used 1.879 GB out of 5.000 GB! Please help. I have tried deleting apps and restarting my phone but that didn't work.


texts:
I got an iPad 2 running iOS 6.0.1. and I really have no idea why my FaceTime cannot be activated.

I always got an error while log in (username or password is incorrect)

But actually the Apple ID and password is correct and it can be used for downloading apps and iMessage.


texts: How can I ensure a shared, corporate device never prompts for user sign-in?

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We are using supervised devices
Airwatch is our MDM solution
Devices are being used sparingly with Guided Access enabled to allow use of one app only
Some devices use Facetime as above mentioned app, which requires AppleID sign-in

In the past, during critical situations, a device would not allow use until the user signed in. Our end-users do not have access to the shared AppleIDs. Note this was also on devices that were not yet supervised.

What I've done so far..

All the devices are having ABM purchased apps assigned to them. (This has its own set of problems...)
For Facetime, I've logged into Facetime only using a shared AppleID and enabled Guided Access
I have been able to push updates to supervised devices without them being signed in. They have not asked for an AppleID. Yet.

I am still concerned a supervised device will want to update an app or update its iOS on its own and ask for a user sign-in. That cannot happen in this environment.


texts: Selecting an entire column via the keyboard shortcut in Excel 2016 is not working

texts:
From the following reference - in order to select an entire row or column:

https://exceljet.net/lessons/shortcuts-to-insertdelete-rows-and-columns

  You can select an entire row with shift and the spacebar.

This works.

  To select an entire column, Use control + spacebar.

This unfortunately does not.  Note that additional resources mention the same shortcut combinations - for example this youtube video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCwDfXeUQ4k

Is there any known issue for this ?   I am using excel for mac 2016 with an mbpro- late 2015 on high-sierra.

Update It is Feb 2019 now - 2.5 years later and I am using a different mac with a different version of Excel (16.22 office365) but the results (or lack thereof) are identical: selecting a row works but colunn does not


texts: How do I put music not eligible for iCloud on my iPhone without turning off iTunes Match?

texts: In short, I have an audio file that is too large for iTunes Match (This item is not eligible for iCloud), but I'd still like to listen to it on my phone. In days past I was still able to drag the track to my iPhone in the sidebar, but that feature now seems to be disabled.


texts: For 2.4GHz/5GHz wifi which is best for Apple devices: different SSIDs or same?

texts:
My WiFi router, a Netgear Nighthawk, can do 2.4GHz and 5GHz; and it can have the same SSID or different for those ranges.

We run MacBooks, an iPad, an iPad Nano and an iPhone 4 on the network. Does it make sense to have both ranges on one SSID and let the devices pick the right frequency or keep them separate?


texts: New Macbook Pro 2017 won't boot from USB drive

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I have a new Macbook Pro 2017 (No touch bar) that will not boot from an external USB-C SSD drive. I cloned a 2012 Macbook air using Carbon Copy Cloner onto the drive and I have confirmed that the drive will boot from the MB Air. The Air has the newest version of Sierra. (10.12.5)

I have a 2016 Macbook Pro w/Touch bar and it will also boot to that machine.

I have tried to bless the drive in recovery mode (That did not work)

I would like to clone the Air -> new MB Pro 2017

For a long term solution, I would like to be able to make bootable backups of the new machine.

EDIT: I was able to clone the new OS on the new Macbook 2017 and it will boot to that.


texts: Removing Jailbreak from iPod touch 4g 8gb

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So I wanted to play some pokemon games on my iPod touch, and I jailbreaked it with redsn0w 0.9.15b3.
In the end I couldn't use neither safari nor anything apple related(plus my home key isn't working as it should and I couldn't "just root" it).
Now, I want to know how to remove jailbreak. I don't care if any data is lost or anything.
It's iPod 4G 8gb and I can't install iOs7 'cause of that.


texts: Phone numbers different color on iOS wordpress

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We have a newly created website, with lots of contact information for different employees. The color of the phone numbers in the website are all in black, except for when viewed on an iOS device,

When viewed on an iOS device the color for each contact number is gray, does anybody know how to correct this? And perhaps why this occurs?


texts: eMac stuck - won't boot, won't eject disc

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I was upgrading from Jaguar 10.2.4 to Tiger 10.4.8 on my creaky old eMac.

Inserted the Install disk. When it restarted, I got the chime and Apple logo, then it aborted and a bunch of (to me) gibberish:  "no debugger configured ... Latest stack backtrace...  Proceeding back via exception chain... Kernel version... Panic: we are hanging here..."

Tried several times, but always stops and same message.

Don't have a Mac keyboard so no keyboard eject.  F12 does not eject disc. At this point I would be content to just stick with Panther but it's stuck in limbo.


texts: How do I prevent my mac's wifi from ever (not just once) seeing a particular wifi network?

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So here is my dilemma- I'm addicted to the internet and I don't want to have the option of using it in my home except for particular times.

On my own network, I plan to change the password to something long and unmemorizable and write it down and leave it somewhere else (say the coffee shop) /tell it to a friend etc so that I can have the option of using it- then tell my key chain to forget the network's password. Problem solved!

The only issue is that my upstairs neighbors have a network and I know the password! If only I could delete it from the keychain in my head, but I can't. I can ask them to change the password, and will, but it's not their problem and I feel silly doing so. Plus even if they do it'll take them forever..

So my question is: Is there a way to prevent my computer from using a particular network, forever - so that my computer sees it and automatically ignores it?

Any help much appreciated!


texts:
How can I enter times on an iPhone directly so that I do not have to go through the scrolling rotating standard time widget.

It is much quicker and easier to type 1545 rather than scroll from now until that time and fiddle about when you overshoot. I use Timer+ rather than the inbuilt timer to set alarms for say 20minutes for that reason but I can't choose alternatives in all cases e.g. Calendar


texts: Large amount of disk used by "System". Time machine not to blame. What's taking up so much space?

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So, I found a number of threads related to System files on Macs taking up to much space, and it seems for most people they are related to Time Machine snap shots. However, when I run sudo tmutil listlocalsnapshots / it returns nothing.

Here's what it show in the Storage tab of About my Mac:

The gray bar is labelled "System" and it's taking up nearly 200 Gb of space.

I downloaded OmniDiskSweeper to get an idea of what's going on, and this is where it gets weirder.

In the drive list, it says 223 Gb are being used, but after sizing everything it says only 95 Gb are being used, and System files are just under 7 Gb.

What gives? Is there another place Time Machine snapshots could be hiding. Is there something else that would be taking up space, but is being missed by OmniDiskSweeper somehow?

Mac details:

UPDATE: Daisy Disk has revealed a file /private/var/log/puppetlabs/puppet/puppet.log that is 121.6 Gb (!!?)

Is this safe to delete? I assume so, given that it's a log.

UPDATE 2: Also, how can I even delete this if it's okay to do so? I can't even get into the directory (sudo does nothing, and sudo chown doesn't allow me to cd into either...)


texts: iPhone Activation lock with an unknown Apple ID

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I broke my iPhone 4s while I was travelling. So, I put it in my locker. I repaired it yesterday and connected it to iTunes. Unfortunately, My iPhone activated Activation Lock. Only one way to enter my Apple ID is to reset my password but, there is email that i don't know. It looks like g*****@m*****.com. g***** should be my email and I don't remember signing up with this kind of email.

What should I do?


texts: Controlling notification preferences from command line

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Is there any way to change these settings from the command line (via defaults or something similar)?

I am mostly interested in the "Allow notifications from [app]" toggle.


texts: Cannot change permissions on com.apple.Boot.plist

texts: I am trying to set the permissions on the Boot.plist file (Located in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration) and it won't let me. I have clicked the lock and entered my password in Finder, and when I try to edit the permissions it says that I don't have the necessary permissions. When I try to do it with sudo chmod, it says that I can't change the file permissions. (I can use sudo just fine) I've also tried using sudo vi and it won't let me save it. I have tried using first aid too. I am running El Capitan on a Macbook Pro Retina 13 inch early 2013.


texts: Deleting photos from iPhone which are already synced with my Mac

texts: How do I delete synced photos from my iPhone when the same photos are already deleted from my iMac and also the trash?


texts: How can I configure custom repeat intervals for Reminders?

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I would like to configure an alert for a recurring reminder in Reminders.app on Mountain Lion. Currently the only options I have for repeating the alert are "Every Day", "Every Week", "Every 2 Weeks", "Every Month" and "Every Year".

Is there a way to get more fine-grained control on the repeat schedule? For example I'd like to be reminded for something on Mon-Tue-Thu-Fri? The only way I found to accomplish that is creating 4 seperate reminders with a weekly interval, which I want to avoid.


texts:
I don't know, maybe I'm missing something. I have upgraded my iPad Mini 2 from iOS 9 to iOS 10. Official release, not a beta, neither a GM.  I don't see any new wallpaper.

Are there any new wallpapers included in iOS 10?


texts: When I click and delete a message, how does Mail.app decide which to select next?

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In Mail.app (8.2 on Yosemite 10.10.3), when I click a message in the list (preview is on the right) and delete it (using keyboard or mouse), it seems quite random as to whether Mail will move the selection to the message above the one I just deleted:

or the one below:

This often results in my deleting a bunch of messages I didn't mean to as I click the top of a list of e.g. build notifications and hit delete multiple times, expecting it to work down through this list, but instead it moves upwards.

I've tried various things - for example I thought it seemed to correlate with my most recent keyboard navigation in the list - if I hit up arrow, then click a mail, then hit delete it would move up, but it's not consistently that either.

Anyone got an explanation, and preferably a solution?

EDIT: here's a video of it happening. I start a sequence by hitting up arrow and pressing delete, then going click-delete repeatedly, and at the end of the video, the selection changes direction: http://youtu.be/hKq7qA3UgaM


texts: Macbook Pro Can't Open Site Beside Google, Youtube, Facebook

texts: I have macbook pro, with MacOS High Sierra. The thing is, i can't connect to any websites beside those on the title, but only when i connected to a specific Wi-Fi in my office, and happened on all browser. I have no problem when i connected to my own Wi-Fi at home. And this is only happen to my macbook, my phone using same Wi-Fi but have no problem. I did follow many solutions like add google dns, flushdns, turning off ipv6, etc but none of them working. I even try to look for solution using my phone, since i can't open single link on google. Pls help, been through this for past few weeks...


texts: Early 2015 Retina Macbook Pro not recognizing/working with some external displays

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I have an Early 2015 Retina Macbook Pro 2.7 GHz i5, and it does not work with certain displays.

I first tested it with a display(call it display A) Mini Display Port to DVI cable which did not work. Interestingly enough, when the display was turned off, my Macbook was able to detect the display fine; but when truned on, the Mac was unable to detect the display. When I tried to connect a 2010 Macbook Pro, it worked perfectly.

I tried again with a different monitor(Display B). I had the same issue of my Macbook Pro not being able to identify the display, but a mid-2010 iMac 21.5 was able to connect fine. I tried using both an HDMI-HDMI cable and a mDP-HDMI cable.

I tried again with an HDTV, and using an HDMI-HDMI and a mDP-HDMI cable, and both worked fine for my 2015 Macbook and the 2010 Macbook.

Any ideas as to why my computer only works with certain displays?


texts: Is Apple's Core Image framework open source?

texts: Is the source of Apple's Core Image framework open as other open source projects?


texts:
My ipod touch 4th gen has this CYDIA, I accidentally uninstalled one file from it. After that, the ipod crashed and never turned on since then.

It turns on (showing apple logo) for 10 seconds, then turns off. After 2 seconds, it turns on again. Whole process repeats. Until battery's exhausted.

I tried this:

Hold the power button for 2 sec. Without letting go of the power button, press and hold the home button for 10 sec. Let go of the power button but not the home button for another 10 sec.

It connects the ipod to itunes, itunes detects the ipod. However, it has an error message " the ipod software update server could not be contacted".


texts: Set sensitivity of microphone from menu bar

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Is there a way to disable the microphone by setting the sensitivity to zero from the menu bar on El Capitan?  Is there a keystroke option?

If I use ⌥ click (option+click) I can see the see the microphone option, but clicking on it doesn't do anything.  It's always checked.  I have to go into Sound preferences to set the sensitivity to zero.


texts: How to format Hard Drive and reinstall Catalina from USB

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I have a disk that's so full I cannot install Catalina in Recovery mode as there is not enough space. I have a pre-formatted and bootable USB but when I try and install the image to  the HD it fails telling me there is not enough space, doh!
Could someone please send me a link or the instructions to reformat the internal SSD hard drive and create the necessary partitions so that I have an 'empty' drive on which I can install from USB.
Thanks in advance, and yes I have a time machine backup of the unit!


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I'm trying to do a forensic analysis of an iPhone, saving a backup which is as raw as possible.

Using iMazing, I can backup apps using <Copy to Mac>:

.or <Manage Apps: Extract App>:

Which is the one which gives a backup that is as raw as possible?

Indeed, why would they even produce different IPA files?

(<Extract App> produces a IPA file that contains an extra <Payload> folder, <iTunesArtwork>, and <iTunesMetadata.plist>.)


texts: Is it possible to setup a Raspberry Pi with a USB HD to act as a Time Machine?


texts: What's the best way to edit the look and feel of the dashboard

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I need advice if there's a best method in changing the look and feel of the existing dashboard. I've already mocked up the look and feel that I wanted.

I wanted a method where I can also let other user download this theme and install on their computer.

The obvious method I'll be doing is editing the existing assets from my ~/Library/Widgets/ but I'm not sure if that's the best way to do it or there are other methods.

Thank You!


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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a file copy utility for OS X that's similar to TeraCopy for Windows?

Is there any OS X app similar to TeraCopy in Windows?
I like where I can resume copy from external drive after someone accidentally pulls the USB cable and put it back again.


texts: Can a single company enroll in both the Apple Developer Program and the Apple Developer Enterprise Program?

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As per Apple Developer Program website, an organisation can enroll in Apple Developer Program and Apple Developer Enterprise Program.

Is it possible for a company to be enrolled in both at the same time? For instance, if the company has apps that are meant for internal distribution only, but also has other apps which are targeted at customers and are distributed via the App Store.


texts: Seeking a USB Flash Drive (nearly) flush with MacBook

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I am seeking a low-profile USB flash drive (in either 2.0 or 3.0) that would sit nearly flush with the side of the MacBook.

This way I can leave it in through reboot cycles, and hopefully find that macOS will mount it without needing to insert anew after every reboot.

The SanDisk "Ultra Fit" looked promising in Amazon's pictures, until I found that it protrudes quite a bit. It means that if I pull the MacBook from its bag and inadvertendly knock the flash drive, I will risk  also knocking the logic board—possibly a very nasty event.

Does there exist a solution that sits nearly flush with the side of a MacBook? Ideally it would protrude just enough so I can grab it when necessary, but even if I need a special tool (such as two tiny screwdrivers) to pull it out, that is also good.

Another option is from Elago

Do you have any experience with this product? Does it nearly vanish inside a MacBook?


texts: Multitasking on iPhone 5s while HDMI displays something else?

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How can I keep HDMI playing movies while using other apps on my handset?

I initially thought that the adapter merely mirrored pixel-for-pixel, but during movie playback it is possible to reveal the double-tap application menu without affecting playback; selecting an app results on its being displayed on both displays and halting movie playback.

iOS 7.1.2, Apple Lightning-to-HDMI adapter, HDTV, Netflix app.

I would prefer a factory setting or approved app to achieve this, but please do include jb solution if applicable.


texts: How to remove podcast from home lock screen?

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Is it possible to turn the podcast home screen to off?
Currently if I lock my phone, the last podcast I was listening to is displaying and if I accidently press the start button it turns on.

I don't want this visible on my lock screen.


texts: MacBook Bound to Active Directory Domain

texts: My MacBook is bound to a Windows Active Directory domain.  For the computer to keep contact with the domain controller, the DNS server needs to be set to the IP address of that controller.  However, since we are talking about a laptop, it often goes off-site where so that DNS server is not available.  In Windows, this is a very easy fix as the DNS settings are customized for different networks.  I cannot figure out how to do this for macOS without manually changing it when I need to.


texts: Converting AIFF to MP3 in iTunes on El Capitain

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In my MacBook, running El Capitan 10.11.6 with iTunes 12.4.3.1. I'm right clicking on the sound file inside iTunes in order to convert it from an AIFF to a MP3 — I do not see either of the options “Create MP3 Version” or “Convert Selection to MP3,” even after restarting iTunes.

How can I convert the file?


texts: What are Apple's policies on font sizes for iPhones, especially 6/6+?

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Trying to understand how font sizes in 3rd-party apps will be different on iPhone 6/6+ compared to 5S when all apps get iPhone 6/6+ support:

What are Apple's guidelines for app developers in terms of font sizes for 6/6+? How are they different compared to earlier iPhones?
How strictly are those guidelines enforced via app moderation (or any other means)?
Should all apps effectively demonstrate the same font size for similar UI elements, or they are allowed to decide on the size individually?
Should DisplayZoom be strictly supported by every app developer?
Should Dynamic Type be strictly supported by every app developer?


texts: How to setup a MacBook Pro with DHCP Server over USB WiFi dongle

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I have a MacBook Pro running OSX Yosemite 10.10.5 and I'm trying to set it up as a server. I have a Realtek USB WiFi dongle (RTL8188cus) plugged in with the drivers installed, showing up as interface en6.  I also have the built-in AirPort on interface en0. I don't care which interface is used, I'm just providing options.

Goal

The goal is to allow users to connect to my MBP via WiFi and get an IP address via DHCP.  The reason being is that I am running a website on my MBP that I want to share only with people connecting to my MBP directly (via WiFi).

Bonus

A huge bonus would be having a way that I could assign a hostname to my MBP so that people could visit the website without having to type in the IP address of the gateway (my macbook).

Note

This is not internet sharing!  I'm not interesting in forwarding any data or connections.


texts: Guest Account as Thief Trap in case of losing MacBook

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One week ago my MBPro has been stolen, and unfortunately no "Where's My Mac" like's helped.

My idea for securing my next MacBook is to create Password-free/guest-like account in case of another bad luck.

When thief will open the lid, he will log in, and maybe some installed software will take picture from front camera? Maybe some keylogger will help? Maybe some sneaky Prey-like software in background?
What do You think?
How to find my Mac even if my someone will reinstall the OSX?


texts: Automator: Safari: Display Webpages, but no entry area?

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I'd like to have Safari automatically open up a webpage when an action is run, but with this action, it appears there is no area where I can enter the particular webpage that I want Safari to display (e.g. macrumors.com, ...).

Thanks in advance.


texts: Any way to send / receive iMessages from / to email?

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I get and send a lot of iMessages every day, but I find it inconvenient to use my iPhone (with its small screen).

I was wondering if there was any way to have iMessages be sent as email threads to an email address so that I could easily view them from a computer?

Also, is there a way to do the opposite: to reply to that email thread, which would send a message in iMessage?

I've heard complaints about this (messages sending via email) as a negative thing, but I would like to use it to my advantage.


texts: How to direct internet connection to iPhone USB and not Wifi

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I have a Macbook Pro running macOS Sierra 10.12.6

I'm using Wifi to connect to a server using SSH. My iPhone is also connected to my laptop and both Wifi and iPhone USB have the green circle next to them in Network settings. How can I configure my network so that it uses my iPhone USB for Internet and Wifi for SSH?

en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 34:36:3b:ce:3e:88
    inet 192.168.1.247 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
    media: autoselect
    status: active
en4: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 22:3c:ae:94:e7:84
    inet6 fe80::18a5:b2ff:226e:8492%en4 prefixlen 64 secured scopeid 0xf.
    inet 172.20.10.7 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 172.20.10.15
    nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
    media: 100baseTX <full-duplex>
    status: active


texts: Enabling breaking news notifications on Sierra

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On a new system running MacOS Sierra, how to enable notifications for the NY Times, or any other news source?

A client saw that my older MBP running Yosemite gets breaking news from the NY Times, and asked me to set it up on his shiny new 2016 MBP running Sierra. No joy -- neither Safari nor Firefox pop up a notifications request from nytimes.com.

Further, notifications cannot be added manually in System Preferences/Notifications or in Safari's Preferences/Notifications.

Is there some other way to do this?

Thanks.


texts: Macbook Air hard drive - nearly full warning

texts: I went to upload some photos and videos onto my macbook air and was told there was not enough free space, so removed some things onto an external hard drive and emptied my trash. I now have over 30 gb free but I still get the warning saying my hard drive is nearly full. How can I fix this?


texts: Pictures from photo stream back to camera roll?

texts: I recently had my iPhone wiped from keyboard issues so my pictures were backed up with the iCloud in photo stream. How do I place those photo stream pictures back to my camera roll? I've tried to select all my photo stream an move it to the camera roll folder but it wouldn't let me.


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I'm trying to use pbcopy and pbpaste to copy and paste to the clipboard from a shell. I read the man page to learn the syntax for these programs. However, no matter how I try to invoke pbcopy or pbpaste, they refuse to work, exiting code 1 with no error message. Command-C and Command-V work as normal.

[jay-mba-osx ~]% echo foo | pbcopy
[jay-mba-osx ~]% echo $?
1
[jay-mba-osx ~]% pbcopy < foo.txt
[jay-mba-osx ~]% echo $?
1
[jay-mba-osx ~]% echo foo | pbcopy -pboard general
[jay-mba-osx ~]% echo $?
1
[jay-mba-osx ~]% pbcopy --help
[jay-mba-osx ~]% echo $?
1
[jay-mba-osx ~]% which pbcopy
/usr/bin/pbcopy
[jay-mba-osx ~]% pbpaste
[jay-mba-osx ~]% echo $?
1

Any ideas why this is happening? It persists across reboots.

EDIT: OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Here is the result of uname -a:

Darwin jay-mba-osx.local 13.0.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

EDIT2: I have isolated this to occur only in tmux sessions. I didn't even think about that at first... now to figure out the actual problem...


texts: El Capitan Safari Can't open localhost but 127.0.0.1 works

texts:
127.0.0.1   localhost
 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
 ::1             localhost

This is my /etc/hosts configuration. I can use ip address 127.0.0.1 to open a loopback, but 'localhost' fails....
I have read these two posts:El Capitan Safari Can't open localhost
and
El Capitan Safari Can't open localhost, but none of the cases fits my problem.

The error message I got from Safari is

  Safari can’t open the page “localhost” because the server unexpectedly dropped the connection. This sometimes occurs when the server is busy. Wait for a few minutes, and then try again.

I also tried the localhost on Chrome, it gave me similar message...
Is there something wrong with setting alias?


texts: Yosemite stuck on "Setting up" for hours

texts: I recently replaced the hard drives on my Mid 2010 Mac Pro, and thus had to reinstall OS X Yosemite.  (I went with Yosemite instead of El Capitan because, as the computer is destined to become a file server, I wanted native RAID support.)  I started the OS X installation around 5:30 PM last night; at 10:30 PM the computer was stuck on the "Setting up..." screen.  I know that OS X installs aren't supposed to take five hours.  Is the fact that I have the OS X install flash drive still inserted in the Mac Pro causing this?  Or is it something else?


texts: Is there an option to prevent the Parallels Desktop 6 registration permanently?


texts: How can I disable unused Services in Mavericks?

texts:
I'm talking about the services you find when right-clicking a file or folder.

It should be possible to 'remove' those services within the system preferences (under the keyboard section) but this just won't work for me. When I uncheck the services nothing happens and as soon as I reopen the system preferences window it's all back to default.

Maybe it's related to iCloud syncing (you know, those things Apple has yes to tell us about), but this is just a guess, nothing I know of.


texts: I can't turn off my apps cellular data on my iphone, Help!

texts: I try to disable the cellular data for my apps in my iphone 4 running ios 7.1.2, then i did it, but when i push the back button from cellular setting page and reopen it, the apps cellular data was turning back on, please help if there are any solutution for this


texts: My current carrier does not allow the Personal Hotspot feature for iPhone 4 so this option is missing in the menu. Is there a way I can enable this? I don't mind jailbreaking it. I don't want to use MiWi or any aditional application. I want to use the native one. Thanks


texts: How to resolve "mpirun: command not found" error on Mac

texts:
I'm running scientific simulation software (lammps) and whenever I try to submit the job by using a shell script which contains...

mpirun -np 2 /Users/mustafaaslamy/Downloads/lammps-16Mar18/src/lmp_serial -in in.airebo

...it throws the error of mpirun:command not found.

How do I resolve this?

I'm using a MacBook Air (early 2014), processor 1.4 GHz Intel Core i5, software OS X 10.9.5 (13F34).


texts: Preventing Remote Desktop from reconnecting to lost connections after waking

texts:
Throughout a given work day, I alternate between my Windows 7 desktop and MacBook Air, using my PC via Microsoft Remote Desktop on my Mac. When I swap from my Mac to my PC, I simply close my Mac's lid and log back in at my PC, ending the Remote Desktop session.

The problem is, when I log back into my Mac, Remote Desktop reconnects automatically, logging out at the PC.

Normally this would merely an inconvenience but lately I've noticed a few key programs crashing as the result of switching between single and dual displays (I have to first minimize them on my PC prior to switching to my Mac). Plus, I've had the desktop service irrecoverably crash and been forced to hard reboot.

Prior to buying my Mac, I used a Windows laptop. Whenever the laptop was put to sleep and the RDC connection lost, upon waking Remote Desktop would simply display the connection dialog.

Is there a way to prevent Microsoft Remote Desktop on my Mac from automatically reinitializing lost RDC connections?


texts: Enable or disable Night Shift via Terminal

texts:
I'm running an iMac model 14,2 which to my knowledge does not support Night Shift (I have heard it is only supported on late 2013+ models). Well I recently updated macOS 10.12.3 to macOS 10.12.4, and while my audio issues were fixed (the machine would sometimes not start the audio daemon on boot and was thus left soundless.) I am now facing a much larger, much more annoying issue. After the post-update reboot I found that Night Shift was enabled, the entire screen was now encased in a yellowish haze. However as I said previously my model does not officially support Night Shift, so I could not disable it via settings. I have also tried manually creating a new colour profile to fix the tone, but setting the white space value to 9300+ created an equally annoying purple haze, and anything below was still too orange to use. What's worse is that the dock and menu bar are seemingly unaffected by the colouration issue, but every open window is.\

I am the kind of person who stays up through the night programming, and relying on a combination of the bright blue spectrum light from my TV and a copious amount of coffee to make it into the next day with no sleep, so as you might be able to imagine, aside from the fact that all of the colours simply look wrong, and generally washed out compared to what I've come to expect from macOS over the last many years, it also causes problems with my schedule.

Perhaps the most annoying issue here however is that the Night Shift mode doesn't even turn off during the day, so the focused window is perpetually a dingy washed out yellowish colour compared to everything else. Night Shift is the kind of gimmick I could only see myself using in a very limited set of circumstances, but now I'm stuck with it 24/7 and It's making my Mac (previously my machine of choice for just about everything.) just about unusable.

I need some way to control or disable Night Shift via the Terminal, because as was previously mentioned the settings tab doesn't exist for me. Any help is greatly appreciated, and please don't hesitate to provide a suggestion even if you aren't sure, because if this is anything like the No Audio Output Device Detected bug it's likely a lot of people will be having the issue in varying circumstances and will need a universal way to fix it.

EDIT: It turns out the issue is not an incompatibility with my model, but the fact that I am exclusively using an external monitor, and cannot access the Night Shift preference pane as a result. If anyone knows how to trick the system into thinking an external monitor is the internal screen please let me know.


texts: Access a printer on the network that is connected via USB to a Windows 7 PC

texts:
I have a Canon PIXMA iP5000 printer that is connected via USB to a Windows 7 PC.  I'm trying to access it via my Mac running OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

I've tried the steps in the following article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3049.

I've managed to add the printer and install the required drivers from the list, but on printing from my Mac, nothing happens on the printer!

Any help appreciated, thanks.


texts: Mail.app signature preferences too big for screen

texts:
Because I have so many .signature 'quotes' attached to Mail.app, when I switch to that tab in the Mail.app preferences, the window is too large for my screen.

Click for full size.
I cannot resize it with the top corners, and I can't reach the bottom corners to resize it.  Moom.app is installed on the Mac, but even that will not let me change the size.  I have tried to rotate the display by 90°, in the hope of being able to grab it that way.  I have also tried to modify the resolution of the display, but to no avail.
Any help appreciated.


texts: Getting this error constantly: IOUnserialize has detected a string that is not valid UTF-8

texts:
I'm getting these errors constantly from various processes, the invalid string is always the same though. How do I find where the string is located?

Here are the latest ones. I removed the duplicates.

3/27/14 04:57:51.705 SystemUIServer[331]: FIXME: IOUnserialize has detected a string that is not valid UTF-8, "~?�".
3/27/14 04:57:57.568 airportd[65]: FIXME: IOUnserialize has detected a string that is not valid UTF-8, "~?�".
3/27/14 04:57:57.685 configd[18]: FIXME: IOUnserialize has detected a string that is not valid UTF-8, "~?�".
3/27/14 04:57:57.698 Little Snitch Daemon[77]: FIXME: IOUnserialize has detected a string that is not valid UTF-8, "~?�".
3/27/14 04:58:47.176 com.apple.preference.network.remoteservice[12469]: FIXME: IOUnserialize has detected a string that is not valid UTF-8, "~?�".
3/27/14 04:59:35.939 CrashPlanService[75]: FIXME: IOUnserialize has detected a string that is not valid UTF-8, "~?�".
3/27/14 05:16:13.434 Finder[347]: FIXME: IOUnserialize has detected a string that is not valid UTF-8, "~?�".


texts: OSX and Windows Bootcamp give different system information

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I have a Mac mini late 2012 running the i5 2.5 processor. In the mac system information it has number of cores - 2, however if I boot to Windows 7 on the bootcamp partition the system information shows i5 2.5 with 4 cores.

Im inclined to assume OS X is going to be more accurate and correct, but does anyone know why this might be showing as different?


texts: Xcode Service: Do I need a separate Mac for OS X Server on Mavericks?

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I am an iOS developer and I want to implement continuous integration in Xcode.

I have received the following email from Apple:

  As an iOS developer, you can now take advantage of continuous integration in Xcode by creating bots with OS X Server for Mavericks that automate the process of building, analyzing, testing, and archiving your apps. As the bots do their work on the remote Mac, Xcode on your development machine displays the build and test reports. Bots can generate a regular release for your QA team, be configured to execute on every check-in, and even test your apps on connected iOS devices.

I have downloaded OS X Server for Mavericks and its looks like an application.

My question is can I install OS X Server on my development iMac machine and implement continuous integration? Or do I have to have a separate Mac for OS X server to run Xcode Service?


texts: What file systems does Apple use in iPhones?

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HFS

WWDC 2012 Session 709, ￼What’s New in the File System, presented by Deric Horn included the following observation: Journaled HFS+ everywhere.

In the iOS Developer Library, NSDictionary Class Reference contains references to HFS.

Do iPhones use HFS Plus?

Journaled or not journaled?

I'd like an authoritative reference. Thanks.

Types of HFS Plus

iOS and iPhone aside for a moment … Apple's hdiutil(1) Mac OS X Manual Page lists four HFS filesystem types for creation purposes:

HFS+
HFS+J (JHFS+)
HFSX
JHFS+X

Postscript

Beyond the accepted answer … as Apple sometimes distinguishes between JHFS+X (journaled, case sensitive) and HFSX, so:

extra kudos to anyone who can verify whether, in an iPhone, both HFSX slices are journaled

… I do have fileXray, but I don't foresee myself making an ssh connection to my first generation iPhone ;-)


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When I type a reply email multiple copies of this email get saved in drafts.

I've read over the posts tagged mail.app and I thought I hit the jackpot with this answer by @Kyle, but when I navigate to Accounts>Mailbox Behaviours there is no option for disabling saving drafts on the server,
or am I missing something?

I am running Mail 7.2 on an MBP with OS X Mavericks 10.9.2

When I type a reply email multiple copies of this email get saved in drafts, then these drafts all appear when I have View>Organize by Conversation ticked. Our company uses gmail as our mail service. This does not happen when I use my own gmail account.

This is really annoying as when I am writing a long email, there can be an additional 20 "emails" in the email trail.

I get the same behaviour whether I am running IMAP or POP.

Is there a way to stop this?


texts: Run Command Line Script from Finder's contextual menu

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I have a shell script that deletes exif data from images.

I would like to right-click the folder with the images and execute the command from the context menu. How can I do this?

The Shell script is:

exiftool -all= -overwrite_original test

where test is the dir with the images


texts: Which 13" MacBook Pro 2011 is right for me?

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I'm completely new to Mac (OS X) and I want to buy a 13" Macbook Pro 2011. I'm not sure if the "2,7 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7" is worth the +300€.
I want to order one of the two with a 128GB SSD for fast boots. I'm a developer (mainly web) so I need the book for programming and for the university later this year. I'm not going to install Windows or Linux on the machine. I need Mac OS X.

My questions:

Is there any advantage of a SSD in the Mac as long I don't plan gaming? Or do they boot up fast from some kind of sleep mode? I need a Notebook which starts really quick and does not loose battery when off (sleep mode etc.).
Is the i7 much better than the i5? I mean the only difference between the two books is only CPU and HDD.
Is 13" enough? I can't visit an Apple store since there aren't any in my region. My current notebook is a 15" one running Ubuntu and I think it shouldn't be much smaller. But the 15" Macbooks are too expensive for me and a 13" might be more portable. I'll connect the book to a larger screen @ home anyway.
Thanks.


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Is there any way to restart an apple router via the commandline?

Problem: My airport express starts to "give out" every day or so. I usually have to unplug it for a couple of seconds and then plug it back in. By "give out" I mean it isn't connected to the network and is flashing a yellow light. So, I'm looking for an automatic way to restart the express. I've looked into snmp and it doesn't seem like there's a way to send commands, it's only for stats it seems.

To clarify:

I do not care using Command line, or any other means of remotely resetting the router.


texts: Safari redirecting occasionally to sponsor.adverstitial.com

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Recently Safari has been exhibiting an odd behavior - I'm in the middle of browsing something and suddenly the entire page is redirected to a sponsor.adverstitial.com URL.

In searching online I see mention of people from many different forums begin redirected there, so it seems like a problem not related to websites I am on, but more like malware of some kind.

Does anyone know what is causing this?

Some steps I've taken include:

I've carefully poured over the process list with ps -efww to see if I have any processes I do not recognize.
I've also gone into my startup items to see if anything looks suspicious, just a few items that I know what they are.
As I said, carefully searched the internet for causes but can find only victims, not solutions.
Looked into Safari Extensions - I have only ClickToFlash and "Translate" from SideTree.com installed.  I tried disabling Translate and will see if it happens again.

For the moment I've taken the precaution of changing the IP for sponsor.adverstitial.com to be just localhost in /etc/hosts so at least my browser does not actually load the site, but the redirect still occurs (just with a blank page).  Obviously whatever causes the redirect could be sending out other info, so I'd really like to find the root cause and eradicate it.


texts: Edit Contracts, Tax, and Banking details

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Can I edit or change/remove details in Contracts, Tax, and Banking ?

I have feel up the information in Contracts, Tax, and Banking section for the Bank details.Now contract's status is Contracts In Effect but I want to know that can I delete the bank info OR say disable, remove this contract from itunes.

I want to register my new bank account.

If so then when ?


texts: Why doesn't my iPhone 4s have any iOS software updates available? How can I update this phone some other way?


texts: How to save changes in a CSV file using Mac Numbers?

texts: I have a .CSV file, it opens well in Numbers ~4, but when i do changes in that file (editing row color, etc) i can't correctly save it. If i try to save it as .numbers - when i open that .numbers file, it gives me blank rows, everything is empty.


texts: Great Apple (first and third-party) accessories or peripherals

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List your favorite accessory (or peripheral) for your Apple hardware.

Rules

Limit to one accessory per answer.
Add a short description for the accessory.
Add a link to the website in the name of the accessory if possible .
Use ## accessoryName (price) for citing the accessory name.
Check for dupes.

Only Mac OS X and iOS compatible accessories.

Some people don't like these questions. If you are one of them please look the other way. These types of questions have been successful in the past.


texts: How to improve into vim of MacOS Mojave the speed of vertical scroll with bottom/up keys?

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I transfer the original post from StackOverflow (Original post) to here since this is about Apple specificity.

I have a new macbook with Mojave and vim already installed.

Unfortunately, even for small source files, the cursor is very fast when I browse the current part of file where I am located but it becomes very slow when I am over this current page (the same thing occurs if I am over or lower this part) with down/up keys.

I don't talk about "mouse scrolling speed" but scrolling with down/up keys.

I saw and tried to apply different suggested solutions on web but none of these work for me (disable cursorline, using an empty ~/.vimrc , etc ...).

Maybe threre is a conflict with some options in my ~/.vimrc.
Here below my ~/.vimrc:

set encoding=utf-8
scriptencoding utf-8
set ic
command Il :%s/^/\=line('.'). ' '
set hlsearch
set shiftwidth=2        " number of spaces to use for auto indent
set autoindent          " copy indent from current line when starting a new line
set nu
syntax on               " syntax highlighting
set backspace=indent,eol,start " delete with backspace
"TOhtml
let html_use_css=1
let html_number_lines=1
let html_no_pre=0
highlight DiffAdd    cterm=bold ctermfg=10 ctermbg=17 gui=none guifg=bg guibg=Red
highlight DiffDelete cterm=bold ctermfg=10 ctermbg=17 gui=none guifg=bg guibg=Red
highlight DiffChange cterm=bold ctermfg=10 ctermbg=17 gui=none guifg=bg guibg=Red
highlight DiffText   cterm=bold ctermfg=10 ctermbg=88 gui=none guifg=bg guibg=Red

I have changed into System Preferences the delay between 2 repeated keys to a small value :

So, into the default Terminal of Mojave macbook, I can move quickly with left/right keys on the command line.

Is there a relation between this small delay I have set and this slow scroll vertically with donw/up keys into vim ?

Another bug which must be known is that some commented code parts (for example when editing Python code with vim) appears as not commented when scrolling with down/up keys and also the contrary occurs : anyone has already got this strange behavior ? this problem doesn't happen when I browse file with CTRL+F or CTRL+B shortcuts.

Any help is welcome, Regards

UPDATE 1 :

Finally, I get to increase speed with the following link :

https://rehmann.co/blog/better-key-rates-osx/

I  decided to  switch  to iterm2.  So, as partial conclusion, the solution was to set fatest options in System Preferences and put into ~/.bashrc :

#disable special characters when holding keys
defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

# normal minimum is 15 (225 ms)
defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -float 10.0
defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -float 10.0

# normal minimum is 2 (30 ms)
defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -float 1.0
defaults write -g KeyRepeat -float 1.0
############# Enable spees ######################

It might be even too fast. That's why I wonder if there is a way to apply this big speed only for selected keys,  i.e in my case, I would like to have this behavior for only down/up and left/right keys and NOT for the others keys (letters or special characters) ?

Is it possible to get this behavior ?

UPDATE 2 : Ok, I have finally found the trick : in iterm2 terminal, there is a GPU rendering option on below image :

If you have no power on, GPU rendering was by default disable like, so uncheck the first box to be able to benefit from GPU rendering when computer is on battery :

That's all !


texts: Mac Crashed during High Sierra Update - Won't reboot

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My mac was turned off during the High Sierra update and now just gives me the flashing question mark when I turn it on.

If I boot into recovery I can't select my startup disk because the OSX Base System disk image is 'booted'. It won't let me unmount it either.

I can see my start up disk but I can't boot into it.

Can anyone help with this?


texts:
I am considering an application called Mac Informer.

Is this application safe?


texts:
I have an external SSD which i used on my previous mac. The SSD had couple of files tagged in various colours (green, red etc)

When i moved to new MAC, the files still retain their colours and is not corresponding to new mac, though the colours are same.

Green was from my old MAC, and I have no option of removing it from my new one.


texts: How to prevent the automatic startup of VBoxHeadless on Mac?

texts: I Install VirtualBox for Mac but I do not use it.  The VBoxHeadless process still takes a lot of memory.  How to stop it permanently and prevent from the automatic startup?


texts: Applications require accessibility access when using keyboard shortcut created with automator macOS Big Sur

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I made a keyboard shortcut through automator. However, using the keyboard shortcut with any other app open in the background requires that application is granted accessibility access in system preferences. This is annoying, as I would have to do this for every application that I use this shortcut for, and also might maybe possibly be a security risk.
Any way around this?


texts: Keyboard shortcut in Finder for selecting a different custom Favorite?

texts: I know I can get to e.g. Desktop with ⌘+⇧+D, but what about custom folders that I have added to Favorites? Can I move which Favorite is selected up and down?


texts: My MacBook Pro (late 2013) whines when sound is triggered

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I've researched this and found nothing, but it's also just a hard problem to google.

For the past year or so, my MacBook has been driving me mad by making this whining sound. It's like a holding 'beep' noise; it continues for 1+ minutes until it stops. To be clear, it doesn't sound like anything mechanical. It doesn't 'rev up' or anything - it is whining, or it is not.

It is (usually) triggered by sound. Not by sound actually coming out of the device, because the device can be on mute, but (say) if I play a song, the beeping starts and continues for about a minute after the song finishes.

I've run a diagnostic and it's clean/normal.

Exceptions:
* Right now it's just beeping/whining endlessly.
* I have had it before where is acting completely normal, but when I closed my laptop and reopened it, this behavior started again.
* Sometimes the device simply doesn't play sound unless I plug in speakers, and it seems to be related. However, I have yet to experience this on the new OS.

What doesn't help:

resetting the PRAM
resetting the SMC
plugging in speakers/headphones

However, plugging in speakers does make the sound emit from the speakers instead of the device. Unplugging them after that sometimes stops the sound until it is re-triggered.

muting the device
unplugging the power adapter or other peripherals
changing the brightness (I have read elsewhere this helped for people)
restarting the computer has helped in the past, but rarely

I used to be on OS X 10.9, but I just reformatted the device and upgraded to Sierra (10.12).

Obviously this is difficult to diagnose given the exceptions, but it's driving me mad. I now try to find areas of destructive interference so that it's quieter when I move my head there. I can't use headphones anymore because the aforementioned trick doesn't work when it whines directly into the ear.

Any suggestions would be great! I'm happy to try pretty much anything. Thanks!


texts: How to set Preview to start on the last viewed page?

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There is no problem with PDF stored on my mac, it can be started on the last viewed page. However, the problem occurs when I use preview to open PDF files stored on iCloud. It's always shown up the first page. This is really annoying. I must scroll down, hundred of pages.

Has anyone faced this problem? Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: When I store a PDF on iCloud using Preview.app It worked fine!!

However, the application that I used is PDF Reader Pro Edition for iPad. I stored my file using its iCloud option.

When I opened the PDF with Preview.app using Cloud Mate on my Mac.

I can scroll to page 50 and then  quit the Preview.app. Then reopened the PDF again in the same way I just did.

But the first page is shown instead of the last viewed page which should be page 50.


texts: Unable to erase Mac HD – “unable to delete the core storage logical volume”

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I'm trying to erase the my Mac Fusion Drive so I can sell it online. I have followed Apple's instructions on what to do, including erasing the volume, but to no avail. I always unmount, click "erase", but then it shows the error in the picture. After that, the volume disappears from the list of volumes, which is why you can't see it in the picture. To see it again, I need to restart the machine in recovery mode.

I have no clue what is going on and I have never seen such an error before. If someone could help me out, that would be great. I don't want this machine to turn into an expensive paperweight.

Note: Ignore the fact that the OS X Base system is highlighted, that is just what happens by default after the Mac HD disappears from the list of volumes.


texts: How can I get back the thin monospace font on EI Capitan with PhpStorm 10?

texts:
I found that after I updated my OS X to EI Capitan a few weeks ago, the fonts used in my terminal and PhpStorm 9 are made a bit thiner (I didn't change any settings in terminal and PhpStorm 9), I really like these thin fonts. Is this because of some font rendering settings in OS X? Because I didn't change any font settings in terminal and PhpStorm.

But after updated my PhpStorm to version 10 today, the font in PhpStorm went back to the bolder one (Menlo).

Anybody knows how I can get back the thiner font in my PhpStorm?


texts: Do ZIP files preserve all HFS+ features, when created using Finder's Compress command?

texts:
Is it a good idea to backup a directory on a HFS+ filesystem by using the Finder's Compress function, and then copying the ZIP file to a FAT32 hard disc, or to Dropbox, etc? Or might that cause data corruption or data loss?

For example, if I compress my iTunes library, and symlinks are replaced by another copy of the file, that's a change in the semantics. If my hard disc crashes, and I restore a copy of the iTunes library from backup, iTunes may not work properly because of this. For example, changing the contents of one file won't affect the other. Deleting the file being pointed to means that you can no longer read the contents of that file via the symlink, which again is different if the symlink is replaced by a copy of that file. iTunes may crash given a corrupt library, or further corrupt the library, which means that the backup failed to serve its purpose.

Is it guaranteed that all valid directories compress to ZIP without errors, and expand to an identical copy of the original directory, without any loss of information or semantic changes? More specifically, do ZIP files support all HFS+ features?

Symlinks
Hard links (including to directories, which are supported on HFS+)
Aliases
Extended attributes
Resource forks
ACLs
Unix permissions
All valid path names in HFS+. In other words, does ZIP support all characters that are valid to use in a path name? Does ZIP support the longest path name you can create in HFS+, or is there a lower path length limit in the ZIP format?
Is there a 4GB file size limit?

... and so on.

I'm concerned about the potential for silent changes, which cause silent data loss or corruption without me being aware of it until it's too late.

This is a question about the ZIP format, and also about the Finder's Compress command. Because even if the ZIP format supports something, if the Finder's implementation doesn't, it doesn't help.


texts: I have a Mac and a user account with admin privileges. Someone else created another apfs volume (not startup drive) encrypted with FileVault. I do not know the recovery key. As an admin, how can I obtain this key?


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I have been using Virtual DJ on my machine.  The setup is where I want audio to play over the headphones and use a USB sound card to play audio into my headphones so I can listen to music before I play it for everybody.

However, the last time I tried, I got an error message saying "Error in the sound driver of Core Audio.  Your sound card is probably not connected, or the settings are incorrect".

If I use the headphone by themselves, the USB sound card by itself, or my speakers by themselves, they all work individually.

How do I go about figuring out what's wrong here?


texts: Can’t unlock MacBook Air with PIN from Find my iPhone

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I locked my MacBook Air through Find My iPhone app because I thought I had lost it. One day later I found it. I tried to unlock it with the PIN I had set and apparently I remembered the PIN wrong.

I logged into iCloud from another PC and got my PIN right. When I tried to insert it again it wasn’t possible. In the screen I could only see Wrong Passcode. Try Again. There is no place where I can insert the passcode. If I restart it, it says that my device is disabled and I have to wait 60 min. After 60 min, same message Wrong Passcode. Try Again. and no place where to insert passcode.

I tried what other people suggested in similar posts (option+cmd+R) and it didn’t work for me.

How do I resolve the issue?


texts: locate `pre-commit` and not `pre-commit.sample`

texts:
I would like to find all files named pre-commit, the problem is that I also find pre-commit.sample.
locate pre-commit.
How can I find the files that don't have the .sample extension?


texts: Can you run OSX as a server without OSX Server.app?

texts:
I have just set-up a new Hackintosh server running ML (10.8.4) but I have been unable to get a redeem code for the OSX Server.app from the Apple Developer site (some temporary problem).

However do I really need it?

My definition of "server" is: web server, file server (SMB, AFP), sshd, git server.

Does OSX Server.app provide additional server components or is it simply a UI frontend to the config files?  I seem to be able to start sshd and apache without the Server app and have been doing UNIX admin long enough not to be scared of config files, so I'm thinking I can get the server running without it.

Can anyone advise?


texts: iCloud login fails with correct password

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The iCloud system preferences on a MacBook continues to display "enter your password to continue using iCloud" even when the password is entered correctly and verified working with an iPhone and icloud.com.

com.apple.iCloudHelper  AOSKit ERROR: Delegate login request failed, appleID=user@email.null, hasPassword=1, httpStatusCode=401
com.apple.iCloudHelper  AOSKit INFO: (user@email.null) GS: Verify successful (foundToken=1)
com.apple.iCloudHelper  AOSKit INFO: (user@email.null) GS: Renew successful (foundToken=1, iCloud=1, appleID=1)
com.apple.iCloudHelper  AOSKit INFO: XPC SERVER: Called PCS setup with appleID=user@email.null, p=1, dsid=2293764942, id=(null) (err=Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-25293 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -25293 - Failed to add: ProtectedCloudStorage)" (errKCAuthFailed / errSecAuthFailed:  / Authorization/Authentication failed.) UserInfo=0x7feddc2d7511 {NSDescription=Failed to add: ProtectedCloudStorage})
com.apple.iCloudHelper  AOSKit ERROR: XPC SERVER: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-25293 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -25293 - Failed to add: ProtectedCloudStorage)" (errKCAuthFailed / errSecAuthFailed:  / Authorization/Authentication failed.) UserInfo=0x7faddb2d7500 {NSDescription=Failed to add: ProtectedCloudStorage} (appleID=user@email.null, dsid=2293764942)
com.apple.iCloudHelper  AOSKit INFO: XPC SERVER: Called _CSAddAppleIDAccount() with appleID=user@email.null, p=1, didAdd=0 (err=Error Domain=CSIdentityErrorDomain Code=-100 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (CSIdentityErrorDomain error -100.)")
com.apple.iCloudHelper  AOSKit ERROR: XPC SERVER: Error Domain=CSIdentityErrorDomain Code=-100 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (CSIdentityErrorDomain error -100.)"
com.apple.iCloudHelper  AOSKit WARN: (com.apple.systempreferences/14.0) AOSKC (2293764942): No kc item found (perhaps because no account has been configured), error -25293, hasAccountData=0, validAccountDataLen=0, attemptNum=1 (dsidStr=2293764942) <client=com.apple.accountsd/113, clientSessionID=100009[hasGraphicAccess=1,kcAccess=111,uid=501], serviceSessionID=100009[hasGraphicAccess=1,kcAccess=111,uid=501], clientPort=10755, didAutoJoinFail=0, pid=20573, currSessionID=100009[hasGraphicAccess=1,kcAccess=111,uid=501]>
com.apple.iCloudHelper  AOSKit WARN: (com.apple.systempreferences/14.0) AOSKC (user@email.null): Failed to generate key data (dsid=2293764942, p=0x0, pc=0, ac=0)
com.apple.iCloudHelper  AOSKit WARN: (com.apple.systempreferences/14.0) AOSKC (user@email.null): No key available for storage
com.apple.iCloudHelper  AOSKit ERROR: (com.apple.systempreferences/14.0) Failed to store account info for appleID=user@email.null, env=PROD

It looks like the issue is macOS being unable to store the password or access it on the MacBook. I tried deleting all iCloud entries in the Keychain but it didn't help.


texts: Restoring an SD card using a multi-partitioned DMG

texts:
I have a linux distribution that I installed on an SD card. After the lengthy installation was finished I created a DMG backup of all the partitions using the Mac's built in disk utility. The recovery image is currently 865.5MB large and seems to contain the correct information.

I am currently attempting to restore this image onto another SD card to ensure the recovery process will work appropriately. To perform this action I went into disk utility under the restore tab and entering the appropriate fields. I selected the DMG recovery file as source while selecting the SD card bay as the destination. All seemed to be working since disk manager prompted me if it was alright to fully erase the SD card as well as my root password for permissions. However, my victory was short lived as it promptly showed me this error: Recovery Error: Could not validate source - Invalid argument. I guessed that the source was incorrect, so I tried opening the DMG and providing the virtual drive as the source. However the same error persists.

Since this card contains three partitions with one being a blessed bootable partition, I would like to see if there are any ways to get my Mac to generate these for me. Since disk-utility archived the full SD card with partitions, I would assume is has a way to recover it going the other way.

Full logs from Disk Utility:

2013-01-23 19:02:27 -0500: Restore Disk
2013-01-23 19:02:27 -0500:  Source: “Raspbian.dmg”
2013-01-23 19:02:27 -0500:  Destination: “APPLE SD Card Reader Media”
2013-01-23 19:02:27 -0500:  Erase Destination: Yes
2013-01-23 19:02:27 -0500:  Erase “APPLE SD Card Reader Media” and copy the contents of “Raspbian.dmg” to it.
2013-01-23 19:02:27 -0500:
2013-01-23 19:02:27 -0500: Starting Restore…
2013-01-23 19:02:27 -0500: Validating target...
2013-01-23 19:02:27 -0500: done
2013-01-23 19:02:27 -0500: Validating source...
2013-01-23 19:02:27 -0500: Could not detect format of volume on device ""
2013-01-23 19:02:27 -0500: Could not validate source - Invalid argument
2013-01-23 19:02:27 -0500: Could not validate source - Invalid argument
2013-01-23 19:02:27 -0500:


texts: Maildrop on iOS stopped working after iOS 8

texts:
It used to work fine under iOS 8. I do not remember if the problems started with iOS 9.0 or after subsequent updates.

I am not able to send (movie) files over 25MB from iPhone 6s, iOS 9.3.2, from MyName@iCloud.com.  As expected, it asks me if I want to send the file directly or via Maildrop. If choose Maildrop. It gets stuck in outbox, saying

  Cannot send mail
  The connection to the outgoing server p38-smtp.mail.me.com failed
  Additional outgoing servers in mail settings...

I get a similar message when attempting to send from other email accounts: yahoo mail, gmail, my ISP mail (IMAP).

All these attempts from the default Mail app on iOS.

If I choose "send directly" it attempts to do it without compressing the movie on-the-fly (like in the past). Then I am at the mercy of the mail servers. It can go thru or it can get stuck. I do not know if in the past iOS was compressing the video on-the-fly in response to the outgoing server not being able to send it or iOS had its own threshold.

Q1: How do I fix Maildrop?
There are no other servers to choose from in mail settings, so the error message is not helpful.

This does not seem to be an iCloud problem, Maildrop works fine from my Mac OSX (Yosemite).

Q2: Can someone confirm that the old compress-on-the-fly functionality is really gone?
This would be a good workaround to sending movies when Maildrop does not work. (I cannot even compress them separately, in iMovie. It seems that iMovie is crippled, too.)


texts: The difference between clean install from bootable USB flash drive and from the built-in recovery disk

texts:
I would like to clean install my MacBook Pro (Early 2015) with macOS Sierra which is also already installed up to the latest 10.12.5 version.

I Googled how to and found the macaw article How to Run a Clean Install of macOS Sierra. This article covers clean installing with a bootable USB flash drive.

I also found on Apple Support article macOS Sierra: Erase and reinstall macOS as erase and reinstall from the Internet or the built-in recovery disk. I also found the same instruction on Apple Support at How to reinstall macOS.

I want to do a clean install because of wifi connection issues. I'm currently using internet from an iPad Personal Hotspot. I have difficulty downloading MacOS Sierra on mobile data from Mac App Store or reinstalling from the Internet. Downloading 5GB from a coffee shop is also not convenient. I do have bootable USB flash disk of the original macOS Sierra (when it was first released).

May I know the difference between clean install from bootable USB flash drive and from the built-in recovery disk?


texts: Delete specific Time Machine backup via GUI

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I would like to delete specific Time Machine backups, but not the oldest backup (which Time Machine will do automatically) but one in the middle. Simply dragging it (i.e., a folder such as for example /Backups.backupdb/computername/2018-06-20-041012) to the trash used to work, however, on recent systems it will result in one no longer being able to fully empty the Trash with the drive connected as you'll get the annoying "operation cannot be completed because Macintosh HD is in use" message, see here for discussion.

So, how to properly delete middle backups? This appears to be the correct method via the command line.

Yet, elsewhere (see answer by Glenn Leblanc) it is suggested that the correct method via user interface is by entering Time Machine, navigating to the Backups.backup/computername/ directory and using the context menu "Delete all backups of ..." to delete the backup.  Can anyone confirm if that is indeed the case?

Because the contextual "Delete all backups of ..."  menu item is usually used in Time Machine to delete all backups of a particular item (such as a particular large file), which I understand as deleting that item from all backups (which can be useful to free up space). Now if this is true then "Delete all backups of 2018-06-20-041012", for example, would mean "delete all versions of all files backed up on that day" ... which would remove all backups of that machine (except for newly changed/added files after that date.
Or is it that the same command behaves differently when applied to a particular file within a backup as opposed to a full backup folder? Could any of the Time Machine wizards here explain how this is supposed to be working?


texts: Can I have multiple wifi networks on a single MacBook Pro? [[GoPro]]

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I'm looking to connect three GoPro cameras at the same time. Each GoPro needs its own network, and my computer needs to access all of them at the same time. Also, my computer needs a fourth wireless network of its own for accessing and uploading images to the internet.

Can I do this? Is it possible to have multiple connections going on at once? Is there a USB wireless adapter I could buy that would accept multiple wifi cards?

EDIT: I need to access both GoPros at the same time. If I have gopro1 and gopro2, each with their own wifi configuration, I can only access one network at a time via my computer's dropdown wifi menu. Is there any way to connect to multiple GoPro networks at the same time? I need my computer to have it's own network so I can pull photos from each GoPro simultaneously.


texts: My Mac would turn on but it would get stuck on the white screen upon startup after chime

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My Mac turns on but it gets stuck on the white screen upon startup after the chime. I have OS X 10.7.5

I have tried many things unsuccessfully like:

CommandR: Boot to OS X Recovery Mode => The window does not pop out.

Option: Access Mac Startup Manager => When I choose the Recovery disk, again it goes to white screen.

Option: Access Mac Startup Manager => Again it goes to white screen.

I reset CommandOptionPR: Reset PRAM => with no luck

I reset SMC, disconnected the battery cable and held the button for 5 seconds => No luck

Used CommandS: Single User Mode => Type fsck –fy and press Return

I typed  /sbin/mount -uw /:

hfs: Removed 2 orphaned  / unlined files and 0 directories

I tried:

touch /private/var/db/.AppleSetupDone
exit

=> This didn't work either

When I connected in Target Mode T via Thunderbolt cable to another Mac => I was able to scan entire disk drive and fixed any errors on disk => but now still unsuccessful with boot up.

When I was in Verbose Mode I noticed the following line:

SMC: :smcInitHelper ERROR: MMIO regMap == NULL - fall back to old SMC mode

BootCacheControl: Unable to open /var/db/BootCaches.playlist: 2 no such file or directory

Do you have any recommendations what I should try next?


texts: iOS 9 Photos in on-phone album in random order: how to rearrange or sort?

texts: I created a new album in my phone and added about 90 photos to it that I've taken over the past year -- all in-phone: no iTunes, no computer, no iPhoto... When I open that album, all the photos are in random order. Is there a way to sort the album by date? Or manually drag the photos to a new order?


texts: I’ve noticed on iOS 13, safari automatically sets the webpage to desktop site, and I don’t see anyplace to set it back to the mobile site. Does anyone have a solution to request mobile site?


texts: What is the CTRL+x+e equivalent for MacOS's Terminal?

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In Ubuntu's (and other Linux systems) terminal, CTRL+x+e, which opens an editor to allow you to edit your command at leisure, with multiline support, and once you save and exit, it would return to terminal with the full command ready to execute.

I've tried the same combination in Terminal (both with Cmd and CTRL) and it didn't do anything.

Googling the combination + macOS just gave me random tutorials about useful keyboard shortcuts in terminal and in macOS in general.

Does anyone know of the equivalent key combination for the MacOS Terminal? Does it even exist?


texts: With a data transfer of 50 GB estimated 5 hours, are USB-C claimed speeds inaccurate or to blame?

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When I bought an 2017 MBP I was under the impression (from Apple and others) that USB-C was the superfast way to transfer data. It has not worked out that way and I am wondering if I misunderstood something.

I am downloading 50gb from the MBP to an external drive and it is showing a time of over 5+ hours left. Isn't this supposed to happen much more quickly???

"USB 3.1 Type-C cables offer a transfer rate of 10Gbps, which is double the transfer speed of USB 3.0 (5 Gbps)" is what one tech site states. Can someone explain what i am missing or doing wrong?