texts: Request for Comment - late 2008 MacBook as starter Mac

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I am refreshing my home technology stack and considering a Mac. I could use some advice about new versus used.

I am currently running a hodgepodge of old 2005-era machines running iTunes, web sites, dev, etc, all Windows/Ubuntu. Want to reduce that footprint and maybe start learning Mac.

A Mac seller in my hometown is offering a MacBook from 2008 for $399 with the following specs:

Late 2008 model, 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 13.3-inch glossy
widescreen display
2.0 GB RAM (upgradable to 4 GB), 120 GB hard drive
Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard installed
Comes with iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband, iTunes, iChat, Photo Booth and the Safari web browser

Based on those specs I believe this is a MacBook 4.1.

I'm looking for something which would support the following roles:

Convert programs recorded on Tivo to iPhone/iPad format for transfer to devices;
Watch iTunes movies on TV (could connect directly to TV);
Experiment with XCode development - would like to learn iPhone app development;
Host an Apache/Tomcat type stack for internal development.

My questions:

Right now price is more important than portability. How much future-proofing would I buy with a new Mac Mini for another $200? I am just looking to learn about Mac, I don't use it for work so not keen to drop a lot of money here without some experience. Not interested in the Craigslist route.
I know newer Macs are more user-maintainable but it seems like a lot of that changed during 2008. Can I upgrade this model's internal components myself, esp. the RAM? Have done lots of upgrades on PC cases, new motherboards, CPU/Fan, power supply but Mac is new to me and not sure about this model.
What is the software support picture like for the apps I've listed under Snow Leopard? Will I have to upgrade to Lion for XCode, iTunes updates, etc?


texts: How to get iPhone ECID from MacOS terminal

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I currently have libmobiledevice installed on my Mac and would like to use it (or another tool) to retrieve the ECID from my iPhone which would be connected via USB.

To install ibmobiledevice on my Mac, I enterned the bash command `` in terminal which has given me access to the following commands.

idevice_id                idevicecrashreport        idevicedebugserverproxy
ideviceimagemounter       idevicename               ideviceprovision
idevicebackup             idevicedate               idevicediagnostics
ideviceinfo               idevicenotificationproxy  idevicescreenshot
idevicebackup2            idevicedebug              ideviceenterrecovery
ideviceinstaller          idevicepair               idevicesyslog

I have tried ideviceinfo, however, I cannot seem to the ECID infomation.


texts: Printing to a Local Printer While Using VPN

texts: I use Cisco's AnyConnect VPN client for Mac to access my work network from home. While using the VPN I am unable to connect to my home printer. Is there any way around this? Is it possible to add my home printer while using VPN?


texts: Is the Lightning connector 8-pins or 8+1 ground pins?

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Apple said the new Lightning connector is 8 signals design but is there an additional ground aside from the 8 pins? Because this would mean it could support USB 3.0 in the future (USB 3.0 uses is 9 pins). (It could not support Powered USB 3.0 that is 11 pins).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_3.0


texts: How to identify the cause of a restart on MacBook Air via Console app in OS X Yosemite

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Recently my MacBook Air restarted in the middle of the night and cost me some data.

I understand there is a support page that tells me the possible causes, but they don't include a way to find the cause.

Is there a way I can identify the cause of a reboot via the Console app?


texts: STRANGE: After saving a file named BD.jpg, a few minutes later it got renamed to: Good morning -darling ...!...-).jpg. WTH?

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Yesterday a really strange thing happened to me. I exported 3 files via PhotoShop from the same .psd file: first CA.jpg, second HK.jpg than the third BD.jpg to a website's src project folder (loaded into Visual Code).

When I refreshed the browser (Chrome) to see the 3 images on the page I was currently working, the third image was missing from `/src’.

Went into /src to see what's up to realise that "BD.jpg" got somehow renamed to "Good morning -darling ...!...-).jpg" (in my native language).

How could this happen. Could this be the work of an intruder? I use my mac for dev. purposes only, haven't downloaded any other than the necessary apps for my web/coding projects.

Any ideas?


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Had a imac 21" 2011 model high sierra with the nvidia gpu that had high casualty rate, could see from the death it was the gpu it's hd was 2tb.

Bought a mac mini 2012 Catalina 200gb ssd and 500gb hd,
of cause, I can't restore the time machine backup because of the size difference.

My goal is to get my user back with data and keychain and the works, apps do not matter. I took apart the imac and salvaged the 2tb hd and put it in an external usb3 enclosure.

Connected it to the mac mini and it see it and I see all my data on the external hd.

What does it take to restore my user account? Can I make a dir in \Users\ with my user name and mount the external volume as that and then login with the user?

I'm happy enough with keeping the data on the external hd and the os and apps on the ssd.


texts: How to set several siri triggers for the same action (automation)

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I am someone that is pretty forgetful and don't have the tendency to remember exact sentences that trigger automations on the Shortcuts App.
This leads to me having to open the app every time I want to trigger an automation to see what's the name. Because I have to open the app and see the actual sentence I many times just click it instead of just telling Siri the sentence.
I would like to set several sentences as the triggers for Shortcuts actions so that I can associate more generic sentences to the correct action.
Example:
I want to preheat the car.

- "Hey Siri, preheat the car."
- "Hey Siri, warmup the car."
- "Hey Siri, I'm going to drive."
- "Hey Siri, heat the car."
- "Hey Siri, cooldown the car."

All of those sentences should trigger the same action. So could I define several sentences as a trigger for the shortcuts when interacting with Siri? Or the only input is exactly what you type in the name of the shortcut action?


texts: Where are Messages now stored when you enable iCloud sync?

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There is a new cloud messages option for iCloud users. After Updating to macOS 10.13.5 and iOS 11.4 and checked all the boxes to get Message to sync across all devices and computers.

When you do so, you are alerted that your Keep Messages setting on your phone/pad has been changed to Forever.

Anyone know where those Messages can be found/accessed???


texts: Catalina to Catalina SMB Share Disconnecting When Busy

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I've seen several questions like this but none of the answers are of any use. I have a Catalina Mac server with an attached Drobo drive, shared over SMB to my local network. I have another iMac that writes large amounts of data to that drive. This has been working fine for over a year. A couple months ago I updated my server to Catalina. Then I discovered that the drive would disconnect. I switched from SMB to AFS and the problem went away. Abruptly this past weekend the issue has returned.
I test this condition by mounting the drive on any Mac on my local network and dropping a large file onto it. Within seconds, the drive becomes non-responsive, and after a few minutes will disconnect from my Mac.
I can't find any log message to suggest what's happening. I've tried fiddling with all the Sharing settings on the server, messing with the /etc/nsmb.conf file, but to no avail. I'm considering putting a Linux box in place and removing the Mac altogether; this needs to work! But I'm out of ideas for fixing this issue.
[Update]: I noticed something odd: my Drobo has a second volume that I don't use for much. I tried using that over sharing and it doesn't seem to have the same issues! I've used DiskWarrior on the problematic disk (the file directories were in good condition) and Disk First Aid (no problems), but I'm wondering what could possibly be different about this one?


texts: How to suppress warning about unreadable disks?

texts: I have a dual boot machine, High Sierra and Windows 10.  I have 4 disks in a software RAID created in Windows.  Every time I boot macOS, it warns me that these disks are unreadable and must be initialized.  How can I prevent this warning?  I don't think fstab can do it, because these are not recognizable partitions.


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Is there a good PuTTY (free telnet / ssh client) equivalent for OS X?

I know that I can just use terminal and an ssh command, but I want some sort of application that will store connection info, passwords, logs, etc for me, much like PuTTY.

Does this exist?


texts: How to get rid of a shared folder on Mac

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How to remove Shared folder with bsozasss files? I somehow got this from my second PC and have no idea how and what this is? How can I remove this and disable this kind of sharing? I am on El Capitan.

Here is the screenshoot:


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I need to install Checkers game on my Mac 10.4.11 for my HCI project. Does anyone know a free download link?

tnx


texts: I cannot log in to Gmail on iPad "this browser or app may not be secure"

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My usual Gmail accounts I can log into no problem.
But one rarely used account I put the Gmail address into and press next;
and I dont even get chance to put in password, goes straight to screen below.

Javascript is on, cookies allowed.
Using Safari, iPad2, iOS 9.3.5

I tried Dolphin browser but no luck.
Cannot install Chrome or Firefox - missed my chance.

There is going to be a media event on my worksite soon, so want this special Gmail which is the business name working (reserved it years ago).


texts: Google Hangouts client/app which supports group chats

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On OS X Yosemite, I'm using Messages.app to chat with my contacts.

But I can not participate or read group chats from Hangouts within Messages.app, for that I have to use the Gmail/G+ page.

So, anyone knows a client/app for OS X (or even an extension/plugin for Messages.app) which enables me to chat one-on-one and even on group chats?


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Yesterday my wifi suddenly stopped working on my Mid 2014 MBP, Mojave 10.14.1

Network is up, as other devices can connect, same issue with mobile hotspot.

Network diag says there is no issue. The toolbar icon successfully shows a connection to either of my wifi networks.

But the browser/curl cannot connect. Chrome just says "no internet"

I am unable to even connect directly to the router admin panel (by IP)

I tried restarting and resetting PRAM.

Tried deleting plist files associated with the wifi as well, no luck

What else can I do?


texts: iMac 27" Mid 2011 -- fan issues when removing internal HDD?

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My iMac’s internal HDD has died. No big thing, as it was not used anyways. The iMac came with an SSD and HDD from the factory and I’m fine with using the SSD only. (note: this was the pre “Fusion Drive” era)

Unfortunately, the broken HDD now makes clicking noises and so I want to remove it  and leave its slot empty.

I read that with the Mid 2011 models, Apple did some proprietary temperature monitoring which makes it difficult to replace the stock HDD with an aftermarket one. Without a special adapter, the HDD’s fan would simply turn at maximum speed. (see e.g. here)

What’s however unclear to me and what I’d like to check before opening the iMac: Will I also run into these issues when I just remove the HDD?


texts: Is my keyboard compatible with MacBook Pro

texts: I have ordered a Hyperx alloy elite RGB, but I was wondering whether it would be compatible with my MacBook Pro [Mojave 10.14.] In some forums I read it might not be compatible. If it is not compatible is there any possible way that I can make it work with my MacBook Pro?


texts: Restore iOS 10 backup to an old iPhone 4s

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I just broke my iPhone 5s running iOs 10.1.1 and I would like to restore a back-up to an old iPhone 4s that I own.

iTunes claims that the iOS version is too recent to restore it. Is there a way to tweak/downgrade the backup in order to avoid using the iCloud backup?


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When my wife travels to the south later this year, will she able to play her iTunes music on her iPad2 at her dad's home? Will she simply need to log into his home network to do so?

Basically, we have the music which he doesn't, and we're trying to determine how to best share our music at his home. (Note: my wife's iPad is synced with our iMac, and the music is a combination of iTunes purchases and our own CDs that have been ripped to the iMac). Her dad will be in California next week; can he simply log into my network (iTunes account) and access my music? Or is the issue the fact that he and I have separate iTunes accounts?


texts: Going back to snow leopard. How do I delete the Lion Mac OS X Install Image?

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I have a one generation old MacBook Air. I upgraded to Lion when it came out. Now I wish to go back to Snow Leopard. I booted from the thumb drive installer for Snow Leopard. There is a Lion installer image that I can't delete. Disk Utility greys out for that partition. It's not the end of the world, but I would like to get that 5 gigs back.

Any help would be appreciated.


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Yesterday I traded my old iPhone 5s for a MacBook Air 11“ Mid 2011, running MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6.

This is my first Mac.

Only problem is, the MacBook was purchased in Turkey so its system language is turkish. However I‘m located in Germany and dont speak a word in turkish.

The desktop is in german, so no problem there but i tried to reinstall MacOS (is that Even necessary, it was hardly used and I dont see any files from the previous owner?)

When I try to reinstall MacOS the machine restarts and it opens a window completely in turkish where I can select a Backup from Time Machine (Time Machine is the only English word in the window). I dont know what the rest of the buttons do.

Question: How do I change the language of the OS (not the Desktop-Part of the OS but the part that runs when repairing/reinstalling?


texts: iPad Air 2 restored now i need to activate it

texts: I had restored my iPad Air 2 but now it says I need to activate it with the Apple ID used to set it up but I have forgotten my ID and password. The only way I can use it is to use the previous Apple ID and password. Is there any way I can change the Apple ID to a different new account?


texts: Can't turn on iPhone, no backup and updating isn't successful. Is there anyway to retrieve the data?

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I am posting this for a friend.  For some reason the iPhone 5 suddenly won't turn on anymore.  When the power button is pressed the screen lights up, the apple logo shows and then it switches to another screen where the following url is shown: support.apple.com/iphone/restore, the iTunes logo and the a picture of a cable beneath.

What I have tried:

I have visited the url and followed the steps listed on the page, namely holding the power and home buttons for ten seconds, waiting and then trying to turn the phone on again.

I have connected to iTunes and tried to update the phone but this is unsuccessful and produces an error, with error code 26 which gives me this link here: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/ht201210.  I have followed the steps on this page as well.

What I think the problem is:

I believe the phone started to update but didn't have enough space and at some point the update failed midway and now the phone can't turn on.  I believe this is also the reason why it wont update via iTunes.  I do not know however as I wasn't present during this time and my friend isn't sure either, all she knows is it wont turn on anymore.

The phone has no backup and my friend would very much like to keep / retrieve the data on the phone somehow.  Therefore we have avoided trying a factory reset at this point.

We have taken it to a shop and they referred us to a specialist shop saying it would cost ~2000€ to decrypt and retrieve the data before performing a reset which is ridiculous.

Are there any steps or methods we could further try before resorting to a factory reset and losing the data or having to cough up all this money?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Can I keep the MacBook Pro Retina's power-cord plugged in at all time?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Should I disconnect my MacBook Pro’s power cord when the battery is fully charged?

I'm wondering if it's reasonable to use a MacBook Pro Retina as a desktop replacement with power-cord plugged in all the time? Or does the battery suffers from this kind of use?


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First I should note that I'm using macOS Sierra (version 10.12 beta 16A238m), but I don't think it's that different than El Capitan in this certain situation (but I guess you know more than I do about that, or I wouldn't be here right now asking this question).

So I installed GDB (The GNU Debugger) for following among a book I am currently reading ("Hacking: The Art of Exploitation"), which only explains how to use GDB, so I can't use LLDB. I installed it using Homebrew (brew install gdb), and everything worked fine. Until I used it.
I compiled my C source code using clang -g hello_word.c -o hello_world (it's just a simple C "Hello, World!" program), and then I run gdb -q hello_world, and here's the session:

Chens-MacBook-Pro:C chenjian$ gdb -q hello_world
Reading symbols from hello_world...Reading symbols from /Users/chenjian/Documents/Coding/Projects/RandomDev/C/hello_world.dSYM/Contents/Resources/DWARF/hello_world...done.
done.
(gdb) list
1   #include <stdio.h>
2
3   int main() {
4       printf("Hello, World!\n");
5   }
(gdb) break main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x100000f6f: file hello_world.c, line 4.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /Users/chenjian/Documents/Coding/Projects/RandomDev/C/hello_world
Unable to find Mach task port for process-id 42492: (os/kern) failure (0x5).
 (please check gdb is codesigned - see taskgated(8))

So I googled a bit about codesigning, and found this. So I went through the instructions (except for the ones for Snow Leopard), and it still doesn't work! Anyone knows how I can make it work?


texts: Remove the default desktop space on a second monitor?

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I only want a desktop space on my primary monitor (Macbook Pro), with only full screen apps used on my second monitor.

Is there any way to disable the desktop space completely on a second monitor?


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Running an iMac Pro 10 core, 64GB Ram and 16GB Vega, MacOS 10.14.6. iStat menu (v6.40) is showing a consistent GPU Memory usage between 90% and 100% after I have been using the computer for awhile.

I close out of all programs and the memory does not seem to be released. The only thing that does it is to restart the system.

1) Why is the system not releasing the GPU memory?
and
2) Can I do a manual release to free it up somehow?


texts: Unlock Mac without low energy bluetooth capabilities by iPhone app

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I have an old iMac (11,2) that doesn't have Bluetooth Low Energy.
Do you know any way I can use my iPhone's Touch ID to unlock it?

All the apps I found require Bluetooth LE support.


texts: How to replace all Finder files with a placeholder file for each

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I have lots of files from a database which are to be copied to a new database, but the files for these are corrupt (They are zero-byte in size and contain no data). Rather than the new database showing an error when the file is encountered, I want a text file to read "This file is empty".

Making the placeholder text file is easy, but how can the file be renamed for each of the potentially hundreds of files it is to replace?

The source files are numbered like 1234.txt 2345.txt 34455.txt etc

The replacement files need the same name but need all have the exact same content (message) wording I specify.

I thought AppleScript could simply record and repeat my actions of file selecting, name copying, file deleting, duplicating, moving etc but that didn't work (AppleScript didn't even notice me selecting the files).

I thought I could do it with Automator, too, but surprisingly could find no rename function that would replace the file name with text copied to the clipboard, so that didn't work either.

I know Terminal can do this in a flash and have asked a similar question like this about a year ago elsewhere but can't find any record of the answer now.

I am using Mac OS X 10.7.5. Any help using any method is appreciated.


texts: Seemingly unprovoked software corruption on external drive. Can I salvage?

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I have an external disk on my Mojave system that seemingly had the volume name overwritten with another volume's name and now it won't mount and Disk Utility firstaid won't help.

I have an external enclosure containing two SATA drives I also have a "toaster" for dropping in other drives I have on my shelf. In the enclosure I have volumes "Drone Raw" and "Masters" - both mounted.

I pulled an older drive off the shelf also called "Masters" and dropped into the toaster. It mounted fine and I had two "Masters". I've done this before without incident.

Then something went awry and I am not exactly sure of the sequence. I think I unmounted the "Masters" in the enclosure. Maybe both. I can't be sure how I got here. But suddenly the Masters in the enclosure would not mount up at all.

When I used Disk Utility, it thinks that the volume name is now "Drone Raw" and it won't mount. The true "Drone Raw" mounts fine. If I try to mount Masters, it then shows two Drone Raw with one of them being unmounted.

The results of a First aid read:

"Repairing file system.
Volume is already unmounted.
Performing fsck_hfs -fy -x /dev/rdisk6s2
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Invalid sibling link
Rebuilding catalog B-tree.
The volume Drone Raw could not be repaired.
File system check exit code is 8.
Restoring the original state found as unmounted.
File system verify or repair failed.

Operation failed…"

I tried command line fsck_hfs -r and -f to no avail.

Is this drive hopelessly scrozzed? If so, more academically, why did this happen? I really wasn't doing anything creative or risky at the time.

Thanks for any help

Bill


texts: Can I get windows 7 like window resizing on Mac OS X?

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Windows 7 has a nice new feature for moving around windows.

The one that I am particularly interested in is:
Windows Key + Left/Right : Move the window to the left or right of the screen, or over to a second monitor.

But, Windows Key + Up: Maximize the current window and Windows Key + Down: Restore or minimize the current window. are also quite useful.

Is there anyway that I can get this functionality in OS? Preferably replacing the windows key with Command Key.


texts: Remove Default Application for File Extension in Catalina

texts: I accidentally associated a file type with an application that doesn't work with that particular file type. (There is no application installed on my system that works with the file.) I would like to remove the default application association. I found this Q&A How to remove the default application for opening a file? but it seems like it's not exactly what I want and outdated for Catalina. For instance, there is no ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices.plist on my system. I would like to execute a command that removes the association for the one single file extension, not remove all of the associations for an application as this one appears to suggest. I have been able to dump the database using lsregister but I'm not sure what command could be used to remove one entry.


texts: Is it possible to disable Apple Watch iMessage notifications while my MacBook Air is unlocked?

texts: I know that Apple Watch notifications are silenced while you are using your iPhone in order to prevent duplicate notifications. Is it possible to extend this functionality to silence my Apple Watch notifications while I am using my MacBook Air? I would only like to receive iMessage notifications on my Apple Watch when I am not using both my iPhone and MacBook Air.


texts: How can I reenable admin privileges without an administrative user?

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I installed server and fiddling around settings and I unchecked administer this account and the server crashed immediately.

Now I am listed as standard user and cannot perform any changes:

$ dscl . -read /groups/admin GroupMembership
GroupMembership: root

I thought there will be atleast 1 user to administer the whole computer excluding root :(. How can I get back. Quite panicked as I might loose everything.


texts: Creating physical escape key on new MacBook Pro with TouchBar by altering .keylayout for § key

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The UK keyboard layouts for the TouchBar MacBook Pro's have a pretty useless §/± key at the top left that would be a perfect to use as a physical escape key (see this image).

macOS has a keyboard mapping system (/Library/Keyboard Layouts/ - eg. see http://www.gingerbeardman.com/UK.keylayout/ and https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2056/_index.html ) that allows keys to be changed around.

It seems possible to me that putting a line into the relevant keyboard layout similar to:

<key code="<code for that key>" output="&#x1B;" />

should allow me to make that key an escape key. (If I can find/create the layout for all the other keys too!)

Googling I've not found anyone mentioning they've done this, which seems odd to me. Is there some reason this wouldn't work? Can the TouchBar keyboard be remapped with a .keylayout file without losing any functionality?

I've been holding off buying a new macbook pro because of fear of losing the physical escape key! I know you can remap ctrl/cmd/etc to be Escape using System Preferences, but that seems like a poor solution in comparison.


texts: Can I delete the Developer > Xcode > Shared folder? I want to clear out space and noticed that it takes up 2 gigs of data. Is it safe to delete? I use Xcode often.


texts: Regarding email attachments from gmail app on iphone

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I have iphone 5S. I want to know:

How to save a doc or pdf attachment from gmail app locally on an iphone?
How to view this attachment (from step 1) on iphone?
How to send this attachment to someone else using gmail app from iphone?
The attachment icon only gives the option for photos and google drive link.

I have earlier used gmail app on Android phone and there it was very simple to download or send an attachment but iphone seems to be tricky. Am I missing something here?


texts: Wifi losing internet connection (while still connected to router)

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I am facing an odd issue on macOS High Sierra 10.13.6. My wifi connection within the office is really messy now. Before I didn't have any issue for a few months. Furthermore wifi works perfectly fine with other networks.

There are 3 things happening periodically.

1) I am losing internet connection, but the laptop is still connected to wifi.

I was pinging 192.168.1.1 and everything seems to be fine, and then all of the sudden I start getting timeouts:

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=14195 ttl=64 time=4.036 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=14196 ttl=64 time=4.597 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=14197 ttl=64 time=3.270 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 14199
Request timeout for icmp_seq 14200
Request timeout for icmp_seq 14201
Request timeout for icmp_seq 14202
Request timeout for icmp_seq 14203
Request timeout for icmp_seq 14204
Request timeout for icmp_seq 14205
Request timeout for icmp_seq 14206
ping: sendto: No route to host
Request timeout for icmp_seq 14207
ping: sendto: No route to host
Request timeout for icmp_seq 14208
ping: sendto: No route to host
Request timeout for icmp_seq 14209

Tracerout is timing out.

2) Laptop is disconnecting from network and reconnecting in few seconds

3) Laptop seems to be connected (but now internet available), however when I click on wifi icon, I can see only 1 network (the one I am using) and no other network. After turning it off and on I can see 5-7 different networks

What I've tried so far:

Remove network and connect again
Remove and Re-Add The WiFi Service
Tried to use static IP
Reset PRAM and SMC
Add new location in Network settings
Reinstall OS
Restore factory settings on a router
Delete The Internet Preference Files (com.apple.internetconfig.plist,
com.apple.internetconfigpriv.plist and others)

Unfortunately, the issue still persists. I am running out of ideas... I thought that the adapter could get broken but it works fine with other networks. On the other hand, I am the only one in the office facing this issue along with router so doesn't seem like router issue either.

Any ideas how to troubleshoot it?


texts: Will a deactivated SIM card continue to improve location accuracy?

texts: I'm wondering if a prepaid SIM card that ran out of funds still in my iPad will continue to improve the devices location accuracy (by scanning nearby cell towers and apply triangulation)?


texts: Does installing iOS 7 disable Find My iPhone?

texts: If Find My iPhone is activated on an iPhone 4s and I install new iOS 7, will such an installation automatically switch off Find My iPhone on my phone?


texts: decrypting FileVault2 WDE seems stuck, how to unstick?

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This is happening on an MBP Mid2010 running Mac OS X 10.9.3

I have been using FileVault2 full-disk encryption for several years now; however, I needed to decrypt to repartition the disk for BootCamp. I initiated decryption through Security and Privacy section of System Preferences. It's been stuck in "Decrypting... estimating time remaining" ever since (for about three days now), like this:

It also persists through reboots (twice now). The good part is it boots, the bad part is it is still stuck. I have googled around to gain some commandline-fu, but the results are just confusing me. Here are some results:

$ diskutil coreStorage list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 4C4E3BF0-E73A-4BF7-8A8C-2C43981FBB23
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         499248103424 B (499.2 GB)
    Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 5239F8A2-7636-4596-8BAC-8715A2D6946A
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     499248103424 B (499.2 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 51D0AB7B-0C06-4E0E-808A-80453841F0D5
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       Converting
        Conversion Direction:    backward
        Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume D5A2568B-31DB-4EC9-BE30-7445EEA18127
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          498929332224 B (498.9 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            No
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

also, if I try this:

$ sudo fdesetup disable
Password:
Error: FileVault is Off.

it says it IS off.

Could someone enlighten me to what exactly is going on, and how do I unstick this process to some kind of understandable status, from which I could safely proceed? (yes I have backups, but I would prefer not to go full reinstall if at all possible)


texts:
This works by writing random patterns of data over a trashed file
  immediately after it has been emptied,

http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/03/secure-empty-trash-mac-os-x/

Does Secure Empty Trash actually write random patterns of data? I find it odd because, as far as I'm concerned, writing a bunch of 0s is more than enough to make your data inaccessible.

I couldn't find an Apple document saying this, but it seems to me like a pretty strong statement so they probably had a source somewhere. Is there any truth to this?


texts:
I have an iPhone 3GS and am trying to upload a video I shot in the Apple Camera app. Here's what I do:

Go to the video I want to upload
Tap "Send to YouTube"
Enter my Gmail username and password for "YouTube password"
I also try my old YouTube username and password

This fails and re-prompts me to enter my username and password. I don't have a YouTube password because Google merged YouTube accounts in your Google (Gmail) account.

How can I upload videos to YouTube?


texts: Updating iPad- Error message: "Could not start session with iPad"

texts:
When I try to update my iPad from my Win 7 desktop, I get this error message which says Could not start session with iPad and then the iPad disconnects.

Even during normal syncing I have noticed that my iPad disconnects a few seconds after doing the backup. It's for this reason that I have never been able to do a full sync of my iPad.

Note that the same usb cable/port works just fine for syncing/updating my iPhone 4.

I even tried reinstalling my Apple USB drivers as mentioned here but to no avail.


texts: Unpacking a installer is failing with pkgutil tool

texts:
when I am trying to unpack installer with (pkgutil --expand xyz.pkg output/path) it says "problem extracting file from package" output/path/XXX.bundle/contents/_codesignature/coderesources

What could be the possible reason for failure?


texts: I have been using IMO messenger on my iPhone 5. 3 days ago imo was not working. I delete app and re-install it but the result is I can't get past the screen where I have to enter my mobile number and country. Still the page is in loading but I have not been able to complete the installation. Can anyone have a solution for this problem?


texts:
When I connect my iPhone 3GS to my computer, iTunes does not detect it. The phone displays the green battery meter indicating it's charging, System Profiler detects an "iPhone" connected to the USB bus, and I can even open iPhoto and pull some pictures off of it.

It doesn't appear under "Devices" in iTunes at all, nor does it appear in the Organizer window in Xcode.

I've tried:

Using a different sync cable.
Using a different USB port.
Restarting the phone.
Restarting the computer.
Connecting the phone to a different computer.

(I'm on OS X 10.6.6 and iTunes 10.1.2)


texts: MacBook Air recognises PS3 controller as keyboard (10.14)

texts:
I got a new controller and I wanted to connect it to my mac. But when I connect it, it either (a): prompts me to type a passcode on the controller, (b): connects as a keyboard, or (c): fails to connect and has a options button which opens the actual passcode box (0000), but doesn‘t do anything, or (d): connects properly, but the sticks and buttons don‘t work. I've tried this solution, but it doesn‘t fix the sticks. My other controller (the one that came with the ps3) works perfectly, and I can use all inputs on that one. I'm assuming my new one is a real-deal controller based on the model number (though it is different from my other controller).

Does anyone have any solutions?


texts: How to disable keychain completely in Mavericks?

texts: Is there any way to completely disable keychain usage in Mavericks? We have a mac mini at work that we use in the conference room. The problem is that the keychain is not staying synced with Active Directory. Is there anyway to disable keychain popups?


texts: Sorting files on extension (kind) and then date in Finder? (Mojave)

texts:
When viewing a folder in Finder, by clicking the different column headings you can select how you want the folder contents sorted: by name, kind (extension), modified date, et cetera.

What I would like is to see is all files of a certain kind grouped together, and then sorted on date. For example, all .jpg files sorted on date, then all .txt files sorted on date, and so on.

So something like a 'combined' sorting criterium, where kind or filetype takes higher precedence, and then (for files with the same extension) date, and perhaps even more criteria.

Is this possible in Finder? Can I perhaps even define or customize my own 'sorting rules' ?

In case it matters, I'm using macOS 10.14 Mojave.


texts: What does -HUP do when used with killall?

texts:
Sometimes when I'm running a killall command from Terminal, a co-worker would suggest or edit my scripts to show killall -HUP.

What does the -HUP part do?


texts: OS X wants me to reset my password randomly

texts:
I restarted from Windows (under Boot Camp) via Restart in OS X..., which I've done many times before. This time, my MacBook restarted and stayed black for a while. I eventually held the power button to reboot it.

It eventually came back up to a Reset Password recovery screen. I tried restarting and holding Option to select the Macintosh partition, but it always comes back to Reset Password.

I didn't forget my password. What's going on?


texts: Cloned a Time Machine backup but the clone has on somes file different permissions

texts:
I cloned a Time Machine backup folder Backups.backupdb from one volume to another following Apple's instructions. The contents of both folders look very similar (same amount of files, same file size, etc), so I assume the cloning worked well.

However, some files have different permissions listed when displayed with ls -l: A file Info.plist on the original volume shows like

-rw-r--r--@   1 extra  staff  13512 Jan  7  2015 Info.plist

while on the cloned volume it shows like

-rw-r--r--+   1 extra  staff  13512 Jan  7  2015 Info.plist

According to the macOS ls man page (I'm using OSX El Capitan) this means that the original (with @ after the standard permission) has "extended attributes", while the clone (with + after the standard permission) has "extended security information". Clearly something is different.

What went wrong and how can I make a clone without these differences?


texts: "Get" Button On App Store Is Blurred Out For Almost EVERY App

texts: I have been having an issue lately with my app store app. When I go to buy an app, I've found that nearly every app I try to buy has one thing in common--the "get" button is blurred/greyed out. When I try to press on the "get" button when it is like this, it has no reaction, therefore, I cannot buy the app that I want. It is absolutely FRUSTRATING and I want to know how to fix it. Who knows--one day, I may need an extremely important app for a serious reason and I won't be able to buy it. And I don't want that. Is the reason for this perhaps because my father has enable restriction on my IPad? Is the way to fix it for him to put in the restricions code? But whatever the reason or way to fix it is, I want answers, and I hope you can give them to me.


texts: Set Safari 7 dv tools console to clear on reload?

texts:
I use Safari 7.03 for web development.

One thing I noticed is that the console log doesn't re-set on a reload of the page.  You need to clear it manually.

So if you run a page with a JS error, it shows, then you fix the error in your JS code and reload the page and the error is still in the log -- but it's from the LAST time.

Chrome clears the error log every time.  Is this a setting in Safari somewhere?


texts: Audio is deactivated after each reboot on Yosemite

texts:
After clean installing Yosemite and rebooting my MacBook Pro, audio seems to be deactivated, although the sound is active and I can use it. But I can't change the volume. The icon in the menu bar is grayed out:

If I run

sudo killall coreaudiod

in the terminal, it is activated and I can use it as usual again.

What could cause the problem and how can I fix it?


texts: magic mouse vs other mouse for graphic design

texts:
I've saw some review that the apple magic mouse isn't recommended by designers.

How do you find the magic mouse in your daily graphic design work? Would you recommend it? If not what are some good alternatives you would recommend? I'm looking for a bluetooth mouse so I wouldn't keep plugging on my usb port. And since I'm using it on my MBP 15, I only have 2 USB ports. So I need to use those ports wisely.

Thanks!


texts:
Im trying to install windows 10 with bootcamp.
But what i`m trying it wil not work. I hope some one can help me.
When i create a bootable USB via bootcamp this all works wel.
than i delete the Bootcamp partition manually and create a new one (same size) and select the format option Free Space
When i restart the MBP with the option button hold i see the EFI USB drive.
When i start the installation process the, it is asking a few questions about the language and key, . also it is asking on which drive windows should be installed. I select the free space part and format it. Only then the next button lits-up. The install continues. When finalizing the installation im receiving an error Windows could not update the computer's boot configuration  I have no clue why this is happening.

Does anyone have the same problem?
Hope someone can help me, thank in advanced

OSx version 10.10.5

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)

Windows 10 pro x64 (ISO form MS site)

Supported sites:

How to Install Windows 8.1 on Haswell Mac?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6522350

http://www.123myit.com/2014/08/fix-gpt-error-windows-installed-disk/

Bootcamp - No ISO Option


texts:
I have been trying unsuccessfully for the past few days to install Windows 10 on my mid-2012 15" MacBook Pro.  I've read a few different sites (including this one), but I am just struggling to parse the information into something that has proven useful to me.
I downloaded the latest ISO from the Windows 10 site (October 2020 update).  I went through the Bootcamp Assistant prompts - mounting the ISO to a 32GB flash drive, downloading the Bootcamp drivers, and creating the partition (200GB).
The MBP critical information is as follows:

Mojave 10.14.6
1TB SSD
DVD Drive recently not operating correctly (still need to
troubleshoot)
No USB devices plugged in besides flash drive with mounted ISO

When I reboot after Bootcamp Assistant is complete, I hold down ALT and am shown three options: my OS X partition, my USB drive, and EFI Boot.  I select EFI Boot.
I then go through the motions, entering my product key etc, after which I am confronted with a screen with the partition selections.  Of course, I cannot choose the option OS X has created for Bootcamp because of it being recognized as MBR instead of GPT.  I used GPT fdisk (had some trouble with rootless system but was able to get past that by disabling in recovery environment) and received the following message:
Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Partition table scan:
  MBR: protective
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.

This indicates there is nothing wrong and it is indeed a pure GPT partition table, no?  Either way, I thought so, so I went back into OS X and deleted the Bootcamp partition in Disk Utility and manually re-created another partition to use.  I got my inspiration from this article and was able to get back to Windows Setup within EFI Boot, delete the partition within that environment which I had created manually earlier, and then create a new partition with the newly unallocated space.
After this, it begins the process of installing Windows.  Unfortunately, the joy does not last long because I end up with a BSOD, followed by multiple reboots where I have the option to try to "recover."  This results in more BSOD's and a loop of involuntary reboots until I hold down ALT and tell the computer to go back to OS X (with my head hanging in shame).
I'm at a loss as to what to do next here.  Right now I am downloading an older version of Windows 10 in the background to see if perhaps it's an issue related to that.  This guy seems to believe an older version of Windows is necessary in order to have success.  We'll see.
As others have noted, it's not possible to boot from the USB directly as the laptop simply comes up with a black screen indicating there's "no bootable device, press any key, etc."  This would certainly be the preferred method if it were possible.  Any help is appreciated!
EDIT:  Here is a post outlining the exact place I am at.  The thread indicates USB3.0 drivers are the issue now.  I'm prepared to start over and track down the necessary drivers to add to the appropriate folder in my flash drive, but I'm now starting to wonder if there's any other steps I need to be aware of before I run into potentially the next road block.


texts: I occasionally find that emails become confused and an email belonging to one person can appear in the thread of another person.  How do I fix this?


texts: Old iMac Hard Drive not readable as external

texts:
My friend's iMac would not boot.  I ran TechTool Protogo using a thumb drive with TTP 9 to test the hard drive.  It reported several hundred failed sectors on the drive, so I recommended we replace it.
Before replacing the hard drive in the iMac, I booted off an old hard drive from an old laptop using a USB to SATA adapter to make sure the iMac would boot off another drive, in other words, I wanted to make sure the problem was in fact the hard drive.  It booted fine, although I could not access the damaged internal drive as it was encrypted with FileVault.
I went ahead and completed the hard drive replacement, putting in an SSD and connecting the damaged internal to my USB to SATA adapter.  I expected I could get the password for the old hard drive later to copy any data I could save from it.
I used internet recovery to install the original OS that came on the iMac to the new SSD, and then upgraded to High Sierra, which is what my friend originally had on it.  The iMac now boots fine.
The problem I have is the former internal drive will not mount using the USB to SATA adapter, rather the iMac reports it is unreadable.  I also used the adapter to try and mount the hard drive on a MacBook Pro, but got the same warning,
Is there something related to FileVault that would prevent this drive from working outside the iMac?  I had researched this earlier, and thought I was okay.  Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

iMac Model: 21.5-inch, Late 2013
OS installed on failed disk...  High Sierra
OS installed on new SSD ... High Sierra
OS installed on MacBook Pro ... Mojave

I did find a thread on here with a similar problem and tried fixing it with GPT commands in terminal.  I wonder if I have made it worse...
Please help me.  I really wanted to help my friend and though I got her iMac up and running, I really, really want to help her get files back.
------- Additional Information -------
The drive is a HGST SATA drive, model 5K1000-1000.
The USB to SATA adapter is the CablesToGo #3050.
@benwiggy, When I booted from the laptop HDD, the iMac started up fine. A window appeared and I believe it said the internal drive was encrypted and asked for its password. I simply ignored it assuming I could access it later as an external drive and get the same prompt. When I tried to access it as an external drive, it said it was not readable and offered me the option to ignore, eject, or initialize. I chose ignore.
Terminal Commands and the results:
Bobs-MBP:~ bob$ sudo gpt -r show disk2
  start       size  index  contents
      0          1         PMBR
      1          1         Pri GPT header
      2          4         Pri GPT table
      6  244190635
244190641          4         Sec GPT table
244190645          1         Sec GPT header

Bobs-MBP:~ bob$ diskutil list
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
 #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2


texts: How can I get application windows to remember my desired position for them?

texts:
It's insanely annoying having the email reply pop directly over my Firefox window every time I hit reply to an email in Mail. Each time I drag it over to the vacant space on the left of my primary display, and EVERY time it returns when I reply to an email.

Finder has similar issues with Cmd+N, resize, close. Open a window, resize it, close it, immediately open another new window, and it's where the original one was.

Is there a system-wide or third-party solution for forcing applications to place new windows where I left their previous ones?


texts: All network-related apple processes crash/macOS crash

texts:
Yesterday, this happened:
I re-installed macOS Sierra. Today, all apple processes related to wifi/network crashed. When I opened system preferences, the app was fine, but as soon as I opened the network pane, it crashed. Whenever  I put my mouse over the wifi menu in the menu bar, my mouse just spun infinitely. Carrot weather, in the sidebar, also crashed, leading me to think that anything related to wifi had crashed.

This is basically what happened in the screenshot, except I tried to relaunch finder, and when finder wouldn't launch tried launching it from the menu bar.

I'm pretty sure that the (relatively new wd) ssd is fine (SSDReporter said it was, and diskutility didn't find any errors), so what can the problem be?

Restarting seems to temporarily fix the problem.

MacBook Pro, mid-2012, 16gb ram, data doubler instead of superdrive.

SIP disabled.

Do I need to replace the wifi card?

`

ls /Library/LaunchAgents

at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a23d420d.plist
com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist
com.adobe.GC.AGM.plist
com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist
com.divx.dms.agent.plist
com.divx.uninstall.converter.plist
com.divx.uninstall.player.plist
com.divx.uninstall.preferences.plist
com.divx.update.agent.plist
com.malwarebytes.mbam.frontend.agent.plist
com.microsoft.update.agent.plist
com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
com.paragon-software.ntfs.notification-agent.plist
com.parallels.mobile.prl_deskctl_agent.launchagent.plist
com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist
com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
`

`
ls /Library/LaunchDaemons

PT.updd.plist
at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist
com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.bstservice_helper.plist
com.MagnetismStudios.endurance.helper.plist
com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist
com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist
com.adobe.acc.installer.plist
com.adobe.acc.installer.v2.plist
com.adobe.agsservice.plist
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.ambrosiasw.ambrosiaaudiosupporthelper.daemon.plist
com.apple.installer.cleanupinstaller.plist
com.au.GetflixHelper.plist
com.bjango.istatmenus.fans.plist
com.bjango.istatmenus.installerhelper.plist
com.bombich.ccchelper.plist
com.cleverfiles.cfbackd.plist
com.datarobotics.ddservice64d.plist
com.datarobotics.ddserviced.plist
com.mackeeper.MacKeeper.MacKeeperPrivilegedHelper.plist
com.malwarebytes.mbam.rtprotection.daemon.plist
com.malwarebytes.mbam.settings.daemon.plist
com.mice.360Daemon.plist
com.microsoft.OneDriveUpdaterDaemon.plist
com.microsoft.autoupdate.helper.plist
com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist
com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
com.paragon-software.installer.plist
com.paragon-software.ntfs.loader.plist
com.paragon-software.ntfsd.plist
com.paragon-software.snapshot.plist
com.paragon-software.vdmounter.plist
com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon.plist
com.parallels.mobile.dispatcher.launchdaemon.plist
com.parallels.mobile.kextloader.launchdaemon.plist
com.rogueamoeba.aceagent.plist
com.sidefx.hqserver.plist
com.sonos.SonosLibraryServer.plist
com.stclairsoft.AppTamerAgent.plist
com.sweetpproductions.WiFiSpoofHelperTool.plist
com.teamviewer.Helper.plist
com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist
com.tunabellysoftware.TGFanHelper.plist
com.twocanoes.WincloneHelper.plist
net.freemacsoft.LiteIcon.LIHelperTool.plist
net.tunnelblick.tunnelblick.tunnelblickd.plist
org.cindori.TEHelper.plist
org.cindori.noatime.plist
org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
org.pqrs.Karabiner.load.plist
org.pqrs.NoEjectDelay.load.plist
org.virtualbox.startup.plist
org.wireshark.ChmodBPF.plist

`

TL;DR: macOS seems to be crashing, may be related to wifi.


texts:
Is there an easy way (without completely formatting the disc) to clean all the files in the system folders like bin etc and just leave the needed ones? Different pythons installations like anaconda and playing around with brew or macports left a lot of unneeded files and different versions of different libraries.

Would a repair installation do this?


texts: Grapher can not open saved file if axis numbering orientation is changed

texts:
When I try to open a saved Grapher file after doing the following with Grapher on my iMac, I get (presumably from the Grapher) the error message

  The document "xxx" could not be opened

and can not open the file.

Here is what I do:

Create a new Grapher file (for example based on the "Default" template).
Choose the x-axis.
Modify the orientation of the numbering of the axis via inspector (for example change it to 90 degrees).
Save and close the file.

I have tried this also with, for example, "Margins" and "Classic" templates and also by modifying the original orientation of the numbering of the axis to 1 degree, 30 degrees, 180 degrees, etc. and the result (error) is always the same. I have tried these with two separate Mac computers (MacBook running on macOS Catalina and iMac on High Sierra) and the results (errors) are always the same.

Of course, it does not matter if I do this in a newly created file or do it in one of my previously created Grapher files. I have not used Grapher too much before and I believe this is the first time I tried to change the orientation of the numbering of an axis.

Is this a known Grapher bug or am I possibly doing something wrong?


texts:
I have a base model MBP with only 120gb space so I'm trying to free up as much as I can. After running a DaisyDisk scan it looks like I have 8.6gb of simulators.

I'd like to keep the simulators for iPhone 8 and above, and remove the simulators for earlier devices. Is there a way to do this? In DaisyDisk it doesn't specify which simulator is for which device, it just looks like this.

Thanks for any help!

P.S - my personal phone is an iPhone 6+, I'm assuming deleting the iPhone 6 simulator won't cause any issues when I try to test apps on my device? As far as UI layout goes I can't see any issues doing the layout in an iPhone 8 storyboard then running it on my 6.


texts: How to Create Virtual Bootable Thunderbolt Drive

texts:
Considering the speed and versatility of Thunderbolt, it can be very useful to boot from a thunderbolt device on a Mac.

Would it be possible to use a disk image on one Mac to create a virtual bootable drive? On top of that, how can you connect one Mac over Thunderbolt to the other, and actually boot from the disk image stored on the other Mac?


texts:
When sharing internet in my Macbook, from a 3G USB pendrive to Wi-Fi, if the 3G connection falls, the natd process rises up in CPU usage.

Is this a real problem? Is it expected in some way?

There's a easy way to solve the hogging, using the menubar disconnect option, but sometimes it doesn't work and I have to unplug the USB modem.

My modem is a HUAWEI E226.

Hope you can help me.


texts: Is data in an APFS container erased after main partition is reformatted?

texts:
I am trying to create a data partition for my user account so as if I need to re-install my computer, I do not lose any data that is on the other partition.

If I had the following layout on my 512GB SSD:

macOS partition formatted as APFS + APFS container named MacData - 100GB
Shared Data partition formatted as ExFAT - 362GB
Bootcamp partition formatted as NTFS - 50GB

If I were to format and reinstall the OS on the partition called macOS, would I lose data on my MacData volume? This is if I erased the macOS container rather than the partition it self?


texts:
Is there a way to manage GameCenter contacts without having to be on the iPad?

I often come across people who I want to add to my GameCenter contacts while browsing various forums. I do this browsing from my Windows PC. Is there any way I can manage who is a GameCenter Friend while not having physical access to the iPad at the time? Is there maybe a section on the Apple website that allows this, or within iTunes?


texts: iPhone Field Test mode permanently in iOS 7

texts:
I have seen 2 different methods of putting your iPhone in Field Test mode permanently in iOS 7, a short one and a long one.

The short way:

Open your phone app and dial *3001#12345#* (I recommend putting this in your Notepad so can copy and paste it. You will need it several times.)
Press and hold the power button until the slide to close appears.
Hold the home to kill the Field Test mode app (In iOS 7 it will restart, in iOS 6 it is now permanent.)
Repeat step 2 and 3 a couple of times.
Tap the home button to close Field Test mode.
Repeat steps 1–3 (With a little bit of luck it will work the first time here. I am usually able to get it the first time here. If not keep repeating.)
When it works you will see the Field Test mode actually close and NOT restart. When this happens it is now permanent.

The long way:

Open your phone app and dial *3001#12345#*.
Press and hold the power button until the slide to close appears.
Slide the slide bar to turn your phone off.
Turn your phone back on.
It should now be permanent.

Sources:

http://forums.imore.com/guides-how-articles/271233-guide-signal-strength-changing-dots-decibels.html
http://forums.imore.com/iphone-5s/263849-numbers-instead-signal-dots.html#post2092268

Has anyone found any other ways to put your phone in Field Test mode permanently with iOS 7?


texts: OS X 10.6.8 Function Keys (brightness, playback control) no longer working

texts:
I have a 27" iMac (2009) running the OS X 10.6.8 and using the Apple Wireless Keyboard.  Since around March or early April, I noticed that the function keys (F1-F9) have stopped working. I think it started with one of the recent software updates.

Now, I can no longer control the brightness or media playback with the keyboard function keys.  Looking at the on-screen keyboard, it's like the F1-F9 keys are not even registered by the OS.  The volume keys (F10-F12) do still work.

While I can still control the brightness in System Preferences, this is still a big problem for me because when I try to use the iMac in target display mode with a MacBook Air (2011), the iMac goes to full brightness and I cannot adjust it down anymore with the keyboard buttons like I could before.  This makes it unusable as a secondary display.

I have tried a lot of stuff but nothing seems to help.  I have noticed a few posts on the Apple support forums with similar problems but there doesn't seem to be a resolution yet.

Things I've tried so far:

restarting computer
PRAM reset
SMC reset
disconnecting and re-pairing the keyboard
replacing keyboard batteries
using a different keyboard
repairing disk permissions
toggling the "Use F1,F2 keys..." setting

Another weird thing I noticed is that now the keyboard defaults seem to be mapped weird - it says that the brightness controls are mapped to F14/F15 when I don't even have those keys.  And some of the other functions like Dashboard also got their defaults to different keys.

If I try mapping the brightness controls different keys such as F11/F12, I get the "invalid input" beep when I try pressing them.

Anyone know what could be going wrong?


texts: Is there an Enterprise version of iBooks Author?

texts:
Apple's licensing terms for iBooks Author are quite restrictive towards the distribution of work: They require the output of iBooks Author to be distributed only through Apple's retail operation.
How can this work for business that create content using iBooks Author? If you export your book as a PDFs to sell for a Kindle, it would be against the licensing terms.
Thus, I'm asking: Is there a version of iBooks Author with adequate licensing terms for enterprise?
Here's the extract (iBooks Author 1.0 licence agreement section 2.B.)

Distribution of your Work. As a condition of this Licence and provided you are in compliance with its terms, your Work may be distributed as follows:

if your Work is provided for free (at no charge), you may distribute the Work by any available means;
if your Work is provided for a fee [...], you may only distribute the Work though Apple [...]


texts: Safari on iPhone 6 being redirected for one website

texts:
When I try to visit one particular webpage (on my employer's site), it's being redirected to a spam site instead.  How can I fix this?

I'm using:

iPhone 6
AT&T cellular data (I'm not on a wi-fi network, so there's no router to check.)
Safari

It doesn't happen:

for other web addresses (including other pages on the very same site)
using other browsers (such as the StackExchange app)
using a different iPhone

I've tried:

clearing Safari's history and website data
disabling Javascript in Safari's settings
turning the phone off and on


texts: Is it possible to get the text log for Disk Utility First Aid check?

texts:
Does/can the standard Disk Utility in OS X (El Capitan) log the "First Aid" disk check results in text file?

Copy paste does not work on this control and to record the whole log I had to take 22 screenshots.

Or maybe there is a CLI counterpart to this check?


texts: Mountain Lion, Tap to Click and Two Finger Scroll Problems

texts:
I'm using a macbook air with mountain lion 10.8.2. An interesting problem has recently started occurring with using the built in trackpad.

If I use two finger scrolls 9/10 times it sees this as a right-click and bring up the context menu, occasionally when I have just one finger resting on the trackpad it treats this as a single left-click. Tap to click is disabled within the System Preferences.

Has anyone encountered this problem before or knows of a solution?

Thank


texts: Iphone 4s upgrade to iOS7 - Calendar appointments are gone

texts:
Upgraded my iPhone 4s to iOS 7; now my calendar appointments are completely missing from the phone. And it will not add a new appointment - I enter the data and hit "Done" but when I go to view, it's not there.

To clarify, I use a Google calendar on Outlook on my PC and sync THAT calendar to the iPhone and iPad calendars.  However, the PC Outlook calendar wasn't syncing (I didn't realize that until too late).  I used the iPhone and the Ipad for most calendar data entries.

When I checked iCloud, it showed only the partial calendar on the PC (Outlook).

The good news is that the calendar on my iPad is up-to-date - BUT I'm reluctant to manually sync it to anything in case I lose it.

Would appreciate any suggestions.


texts: What are the advantages of buying a Mac at an Apple Store?

texts: I'm trying to determine if it's better to purchase a Mac from an Apple Store or from a separate retailer. Beyond the hands on and focused purchase experience are there long term advantages derived from an Apple store purchase (ongoing support etc.) as opposed to purchasing from an independent retailer?


texts: Time machine : Using small SSD for frequent update + HDD for slower schedule

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I have a few SSDs of small capacities which I'd like to put to work, and imagined they could be useful for frequent backups.

At the same time my time capsule HDD stopped working after 5 years of duty.

Which leaves me wondering : Is there a way to indicate this kind of backup hierarchy where frequent change would be picked up by SSD, in order to :

be very fast
save strain on the HDD

in a way that, should one SSD fails, only the incremental changes would be lost, the weekly/slower moving backup would still be on HDD.


texts: Where is my Skype profile picture stored on OS X?

texts:
I took a profile picture for Skype using the "Capture a picture from a video camera" button found in the Skype profile dialog.  Now I want to use the picture for other things but I cannot find where the picture is being stored.  Any ideas?

(OS X Lion 10.7, Skype 5.3)


texts:
I've been trying to solve the issue seen here:

http://www.princeton.edu/~jcjb/docs/osx_error_fix/

The recommended solution is to do a safe boot which clears various caches etc, however I'm unable to complete a safe boot. It gets stuck with the progress bar only about 5% complete; I even tried leaving the machine on overnight, about 8-9 hours.

I also tried safe booting via rEFInd which gets rid of the apple logo and lets me see what's actually happening and it's getting stuck on the 'fsck_hfs -r' step 'checking catalog file.' I ran this command manually from recovery mode on the same disk and it completed just fine in 15-20min but safe boot still gets stuck. I've also tried clearing PRAM in case that helps any.

Any other ideas for getting into safe mode? Is it possible to run the safe boot 'script' manually from recovery mode? Does such a script exist?


texts:
The situation: My HDD crashed, I didn't have any backups. I get a new SSD. I had my iPhone synced with the old HDD as usual.

The problem: How can I sync Apps/Music/Podcasts from my iPhone (where everything is normal) back to my Mac (where iTunes is clean)?

If I just check the boxes for synchronisation in the "new" iTunes, it will override the data on my iPhone.

The solution: ?


texts:
Is there a possibility to recover rewritten backup copy of an iPhone from iTunes?

The thing is, I accidentally rewrote the former backup with current and now need to get the previous one.

Please help, this is really important.


texts: Is there a restriction on the folder/directory-like function?

texts: I have iPod Touch 4th generation with iOS 5.1.1. I am using the function that puts multiple icons together in a single folder/directory-like icon by moving an app icon on top of another. However, for the "Newsstand" icon, I cannot do it. Is there a restriction on the apps for this function to work?


texts: (Update Needed?) after PRAM reset, File Vault seems bricked

texts:
After many system instabilities and freezes I was suggested to do a PRAM reset. When I boot now and the File Vault asks for the password to decrypt the SSD the Guest user is gone and my user lost his thumbnail and the name says [Update Needed?].

The solution here isn't working: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/80122/70851

When I clicking on the question mark in the password box nothing happens. But the worst thing, my password won't get recognized anymore. And I did type it right and I did check the keyboard setting.


texts:
I'm following instructions from http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/install-update-latest-version-git-mac-osx-10-9-mavericks/

But when I type in "git --version", I'm seeing:

git version 1.8.4

Prior to this, I'd installed GitHub Mac and allowed it to install git. Is it possible that I have 2 git versions installed?  If so, how do I make sure that I'm actually using GIT 2.0.1?


texts: Having Automator send downloaded files to DEVONThink

texts:
I'm trying to do this with Automator:  I want to keep my Downloads folder always empty and as I use DEVONthink I would like to send them to DEVONthink.

I can select the files but I don't know how to Right-click Send to Devon-Inbox.  I tried recording actions to make a Watch Me Do, but the files are not being copied.  Just selected and then deleted from the download folder.


texts:
Using macOS Sierra, how do I migrate/switch/transition/upgrade the boot volume/partition from HFS+ to APFS in-place?

Is this advisable, or perhaps already done by the Sierra installer?


texts: Exclude admin user from global password policy

texts:
I have added a global password policy which enforces password rotation for every 90 days. But there are two types of accounts:

User Accounts - Enable Password rotation for 90 days
Admin Accounts - No Password rotation

I don't want to enable password rotation for Admin Accounts but should enable for User Accounts. Please suggest a clean approach to achieve this.

Similar Problem: https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/18574/user-password-policies-on-non-ad-machines

(Global Policy = All Users except "admin")


texts:
Sometimes either randomly or after waking my late 2008 MacBook Pro from sleep, I won't be able to access google.com or any of the services. It's mildly annoying, but fixed by turning off my wifi, and then turning it back on.

When this happens, changing browsers doesn't help. I have a feeling this has to do with some sort of DNS issue, but I don't know why restarting my wifi would fix it. Has anyone else experienced this?

Late 2008 MacBook Pro
OSX Lion 10.7.4
Connected wirelessly to a 5th gen AEBS

any other information just ask, and I'm good with the Terminal


texts:
Is it possible on iOS to activate a non-leaking always-on VPN? I've heard this can only be done through supervised mode and with a VPN provider that supports "IKEv2", is this correct? Are there any downsides to this approach, for day to day use on a personal phone?

Also, is supervised mode configurable on Windows / Linux?


texts: How do I run VLC with command-line parameters when clicking the icon?

texts:
I've tried changing the Info.plist to point towards a bash script which runs the executable with the parameters that I want. This doesn't seem to work even though when I invoke it from Terminal.app with the same parameters the tests check out.

If it matters, this is 10.5 with VLC 2.0.3.

I also have a 10.8 machine with VLC 2.0.6, and was hoping for a method that wouldn't get blown away every time I upgrade VLC. On that machine I've tried to use Platypus, but it fails to have any effect either (VLC opens up, but doesn't seem to open with the correct arguments).


texts: Arabic PDF is not searchable in iPad Acrobat or any other iPad PDF Reader

texts: I have an Arabic PDF Document, the font used is Arial, it is  searchable in Acrobat Mac. but when I open the same file in iPad Acrobat or any other pdf reader like PSPDF Viewer the arabic texts are not searchable. Please help.


texts: How can I use iCloud to sync my contacts, while also syncing my contacts with Google?

texts:
If you have Google contact syncing enabled in 10.7.1 or earlier, then upgrade to 10.7.2 and try to enable iCloud contact syncing, you will see the following dialog:

Is it possible to have both worlds?  I would like to sync with iCloud for my iOS/mac devices, but ALSO sync with google for my gmail/android devices.  This used to be possible with mobileme.


texts: Name for iPhone 5C home button ribbon with spring contacts, on the loud speaker?

texts: I need to replace the ribbon with the 2 contact points for the home button, I can't find it, all that comes up is the home button its self, any help appreciated.


texts: How to install and run coursera-dl on M1 Mac without errors?

texts:
When attempting to install and run coursera-dl, the whole process is laden with errors, and it has been exceedingly difficult to actually get it to work.
I suspect this is a difficulty any Mac user installing coursera-dl would encounter, but you can never be sure when using the M1 chip so I tagged that in my question.
I am looking for answers that concicesly, and most importantly, effectively get coursera-dl working in the command prompt on an M1 mac.
I spent about 4 hours figuring out this today, so I'm going to post my own answer, but if others have more insight and\or figured out an easier way to do it their answers are welcome as well.


texts: How to easily clean up photo folder using Finder?

texts:
I am using OSX already for a couple of years, but I still have trouble finding a good workflow for cleaning up photos in a folder using Finder. What I like to do is view each of the photos and delete some of them.
What I currently do is:

(a) put the relevant folder in List view (so I see all the details like size, and date modified), and
(b) use quick look (by pressing spacebar) to see the photo.
(c) Then I press cmd-backspace the delete the file if required.

The issue is: if I delete the file, the next file (or the preceding) file is not selected in Finder, which requires me to either use my mouse to select the next file (if I remember correctly which one it is), or (preferably) press the arrow keys a number of times to navigate to the relevant file.

In Windows Preview, deleting a file automatically shows the next file, which is very convenient.

What would be a good workflow to do this simple task in Finder?

(I don't want to use iPhoto etc. Using the icon view in Finder is not convenient either because the photos are too small and I can't use a single arrow key to go through each of the photos. I tried using Cover Flow in Finder, but I find the size of the photos also to be rather small)


texts: Install a smaller new disk from a big Time Machine backup

texts:
i have a MacBook Pro (2012) with a 500GB hard drive.

I would like to install a 250GB SDD drive and i want to reinstall via Time Machine.

The problem is obvious : my Time Capsule contains more than 250GB data.

Will it prevent me from installing or will it allow me to choose what to take or not take ?

Thanks


texts: How to disable tab preview on mouse hover in Safari for macOS?

texts:
I have suddently started seeing webpage preview thumbnail in Safari. I have not enabled this option and I wish to turn off this behavior.

How can I turn it off?


texts: white screen on macbook pro noise when keys are pressed

texts: my macsbooks screen turned white yesterday, the keys were making sounds when pressed. I have plugged my mac in to my tv and the screen comes up on my tv, but the laptop screen is still blank. please help


texts: iOS: App to search All Content in PDF files?

texts:
There are many apps that have search over the names of the files but not all content in the files. It is very slow to test all apps such as iAnnotate, PDF Expert, Amazing PDF Expert and GoodReader. Which app search over all content in PDFs?

For non-PDF files and files without OCR, please, see

  Search over different types of documents such as DjVU sometimes without OCR?


texts: iCloud photo increasing "OTHER" storage section

texts:
I have a strange complaint that I've been trying , and failing, to find an answer for.

I'm signed up to iCloud photo and have set it up to automatically minimise photos to save storage on my phone. I'm finding however that its eating up storage on my 64gb iPhone 6+. I think I've found out why and how its doing this and would love a find a way to shrink the amount of space its taking up.

Recently, when my photo storage had grown to over 13gb, I did a compete restore of my phone and recovered a lot of storage. I was delighted to see that my photo library had come down from 13GB to 2gb.

However, once I reinstalled other photo apps, like Flickr and Google Photo, they started once again to upload all my photos. My iCloud photo library rapidly increased from 2bg to 21gb!

Looking at the storage graph in iTunes it shows my photos still at around 2gb but the OTHER segment is around 20gb. If I check storage on the phone, it shows that Photos is 21gb. So obviously the huge OTHER segment is photos.

So what I have concluded after all this is that other photo apps (like Flickr) when set to back up photos from phone go through the whole library and download or decompress my total Photo library in order to upload it? Is anyone else having an issue with this or has had experience of it?  I have around 10,000 photos in iCloud.


texts: Enabling Wireless Before Logon for Active Directory

texts:
We are purchasing computers in the next week on our Enterprise network and will have a mix of Macs and PCs. We are currently running our AD server on Windows Server 2008R2.
We use folder redirection and mounting for all of our users, and would want the folder to automount on login for Apple. We have a LAN and also a radius authenticated wireless network on PEAP.

I have successfully joined the AD with my MB Pro, but cannot login to AD due to the wireless not working before login.

Has anyone ran across this issue before or know of a fix?


texts:
If like me you have an iPad and iPhone chances are you want some of the apps on both devices.

For some reason the iPad has lost some of the apps, notably, Clock, Calculator, Weather, and Voice Memos.

For me some of these are important, Clock gives me world times, a timer and alarms. Weather, tells e the weater (although I can look on the web) Caluclator helps out every now and then.

I am aware that there are apps which perform these functions on the app store, I am wondering however, Is it possible to get the native iPod Touch and iPhone apps on the iPad?

I would prefer this soultion as my homescreens will have the same app icons on. I am currently running iOS5 on all devices and have some of the third party apps.


texts: Terminal prompt does't show on macOS Sierra

texts:
Since I upgraded to Sierra, Terminal no longer loads my bash prompt, making it unusable. When I start it, it doesn't hang, but it stays looking like this:

I can enter text, but it doesn't do anything. It seems like the bash or tail command is hanging. I have also tried using the terminal window in Android Studio and that just shows a blank screen.

Any idea how I could fix this?


texts: Is it possible to get Apple Music on Apple TV 3? I can stream to it from my iMac, but it would be nice to be able to launch Apple Music from TV directly...


texts: How to set up a separate environment for QtCreator on macOS Big Sur?

texts:
I try to move from Linux to macOS Big Sur with my app development. The app is in an early development stage and there's no platform-dependent code. I am using QtCreator as an IDE and under Linux everything works - the game loop and rendering run smoothly, everything works as expected, as described in the Qt documentation. But when I try to build and run this code in the QtCreator under macOS Big Sur there are problems that should not occur (the app builds but when I try to run the code, it doesn't work as expected - even the basics explained in the Qt documentation fail to work as described). I don't think that there's a problem with my code - I wrote a simpler example that uses features I need but it fails to behave as described in Qt documentation too.
The only thing that I can think of that could cause the problem is sdk version - while building the project, QtCreator informs me that it is not tested under the sdk version 11.1 and I should switch to 10.15. How can I set the sdk version for QtCreator/qmake only? I don't want every other app to use the old sdk version, I want only QtCreator/qmake to build my app using the old version. Is there a way to do this?
So to conclude, I want to set up a local/separate environment for QtCreator than for other apps.   Creation of a new user account could work for me? If yes, how to downgrade/switch sdk version properly for only one account?


texts: Does the Twitter app for OS X support URL minifying?

texts:
I'd expect that when I paste a new link in the new tweet window the link would be auto minified or I'd have the option to minify... but this doesn't happen.

Am I doing something wrong or is this expected behaviour?


texts: How to get Fake.app to return 2 types of OSX notification?

texts:
I am trying to automate a 'title' search on Amazon (kindle category) using Fake.app.  The search is conducted every week for about 100 titles. I followed the below 2 posts from Fake.App developer and I am stuck.

Question 1
I have created the workflow and it loops through successfully grabbing the title from my text file.

How do I return a progress message via OSX notification?  I want to return "searching for ${Title}", where Titles is held in a variable

Question 2
How do I check the search page results to see if it contains ${Title} (e.g. found the book), and return Book found ${Title}?  I am not sure if this is even possible using Fake.App.

I have found a Firefox Browser and Cloud App (Distill.io) that does this (monitors a web page based on text criteria). Distrill.io does have an api ( but I do not know if Fake.App can do this or I have to work out how to call this api to do this step. The result I would like to return via OSX notification if possible.

Post 1
How to force Fake.app to connect an HTML element by XPath (instead of “id” attribute)
How to force Fake.app to connect an HTML element by XPath (instead of "id" attribute)

Post 2
Fake.app: How to loop thru the rows in a CSV file and use the data in my Workflow?
Fake.app: How to loop thru the rows in a CSV file and use the data in my Workflow?


texts:
It looks like the search attribute "Tags" is no longer available in the Mountain Lion Finder. I used this to quickly find Open Meta Taggged files on my Mac by means of a Smart Folder. Is there an alternative way?

mdfind still recognizes tags > "mdfind tag:tagname" works fine. Obviously the same holds for Spotlight "tag:tagname" works fine.


texts:
I tried to install Windows on my Mac Pro but it failed because my disk needed to be repaired; it was suggested that I hold cmd + r during a restart.

I tried that but when it restarted I was showed a grayish window that asked for my password. I typed my password but it won't work.

I retried several times but it refused my password. I am very sure I hadn't forgotten it because when I restarted normally it accepted my password.

Because I needed to install Windows so bad, I opted to transfer my data to another Mac, thus I was advised to restart my Mac in target mode. I did restart in target mode but when it started the grayish login window is presented.

Now since it won't accept my password, I basically have a dead computer and I don't know what to do. Any suggestions to get past this window?


texts: Are there iPad handwriting apps that allow you to insert space between lines?

texts:
I prefer to take notes and design code by hand. There are several good apps (Penultimate, Readability, Noteshelf, etc.), but they all seem to lack something I really wish they had: the ability to add space in the middle of the document, between lines.

Most or all of the handwriting apps I've used have a selection tool, but none of them allow you to insert text in the middle of the document.

As an example, imagine you've handwritten this list:

First
Second
Fourth

Oops: you forgot to write "Third." You tell the app to add space between Second and Fourth (which pushes the rest of the document down). Then you add it such that the list now looks like this:

First
Second
Third
Fourth

Does anyone know of an app that affords this?


texts: What's the best way to import DVD into iMovie 11?

texts:
My got a new Mac for Christmas and I'm trying to help her import a bunch of DVDs with home movies transferred from VHS into iMovie 11.

Google turns up several results but most are trying to sell you an app to rip encrypted DVDs. Other results suggest using Disk Utility to copy the DVD into a .dmg file which iMovie would recognize as a camera it could import from, but that doesn't seem to work with the current version.

I was able to use Handbrake to rip it to an MP4 and import that into iMovie but I'm curious if there's a more efficient way that avoids two transcodes and would be easier to explain to my mom.


texts: Run long running command in Terminal tabs using commands

texts:
From a .command file, I want to write steps so that multiple terminal tabs are opened and in each of those tabs a long running command is run and then my .command file should complete without stopping those long running commands.

Is such a requirement possible in terminal?

The below script does not work but I wanted to do something like the below steps:

osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to activate' -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down'
APP_BASE_LOCATION="/somepath"
cd $APP_BASE_LOCATION/app1
mvn spring-boot:run

osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to activate' -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down'
APP_BASE_LOCATION="/somepath"
cd $APP_BASE_LOCATION/app2
npm start


texts: What is the complete list of iOS devices (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) that are unable to update to iOS 5.0?


texts:
I am almost done coding my webapp-game. It runs on all modern browsers. However, I want to establish some minimum requirements for it.

Thus, I need a slow Mac. However, I don't have access to a slow Mac that has a modern browser (IE 9+, Safari 5+, Opera 11+, Chrome, Firefox 4+).

Using the tool mentioned in this question, I can simulate a slow Internet connection. I can use up plenty of memory easily. However, I have no clue how to simulate a slow CPU without resorting to underclocking.

Is there any way I can make my Mac's CPU slower temporarily without underclocking?


texts: how to re-enable services in an app (Microsoft Remote Desktop in particular)

texts:
I am fairly confident I could use the service below in MRD before. I am not sure when I lost them, maybe it is related to the Yosemite upgrade (I noticed this on 10.10.0) or some recent MRD update (8.0.9 from Mac App Store). In any case, the Services menu (from the app's menu on the menu bar) lists the services I want to use, but all are greyed out an inaccessible. Why is that? Can one undo this?

I checked the services under the Keyboard preference pane, and they are enabled. They also work in other apps.

It is not related to any restriction on any specific RDP connection, even without connecting, the services are unavailable.

The services is simply an automator workflow left under ~/Library/Services, with running AppleScript:

on run
    repeat with theItem in (the clipboard)
        tell application "System Events" to keystroke theItem
        delay 0.01
    end repeat
end run


texts: When in Extend Mode, can I use my AirPort Extreme's WAN port as a LAN port?

texts: I have two AirPort Extremes. One has its WAN port connected to my modem, and the other as been configured to wirelessly extend the first, meaning none of the Ethernet ports on the back are connected. I plan to connect four devices to this second AirPort Extreme. I know I can use the three LAN ports on the back to connect devices, but can I use the WAN port?


texts: In the iOS Mail app, how do I share an email, or save to Files, etc.?

texts: In the iOS Mail app, there's no "Share" button (box with an arrow) that presents the standard share sheet with options to send via Messages/Airdrop, save to Files, open in other apps, etc. Is there any way to share the contents of an email other than forwarding, replying, or printing?


texts: Apple's Preview prints in middle of page

texts: Apple's Preview app always prints in the center of the page, rather than at top & left margins. This is true regardless of the scale (% size) an image is printed at. I'm hoping there's a way to change the default, rather than having to change a setting each time I print, though I haven't found a way to do that, either. Anyone know how this can be changed?


texts:
I would like to retrieve all the Reminders in a specific reminders list with Automator. Searching for reminder, the available actions are “Delete Reminders”, “New Reminders Items”, “Filter Calendar Items“ and “Find Calendar Items”.

Find Calendar Items allows you to search for reminders, but the search parameters available are

Title
Notes
Priority
Completed
URL
Date Due
Date last modified
Date completed
Reminder has (alarms)
Reminder has no (alarms)

The “Reminder has (no)” query is fixed on alarms, no other options are given.

Is there any way to get all the Reminders from a given list?

I’m running Yosemite and Automator 2.5.


texts: How can I prevent my Macbook Pro 2011 from going to sleep when I close the lid?

texts:
This is not a duplicate of this question as it does not work: Is there any way to set a MacBook Pro to not sleep when you close the lid?

I have a Macbook Pro 2011. I want to be able to close the lid without the Macbook Pro going into sleep mode. It seems InsomniaX is not doing anything. I've seen people with MacBook Air having the same problem.

Does anyone have an alternative suggestion for that?

UPDATE: I forgot to mention that I close the lid but I have a Thunderbolt to HDMI adapter plugged in that displays something on an external monitor. I want to close the lid and still be able to view to video that is playing on this external monitor.


texts:
A co-worker is having an issue where PDFs sent as attachments are being corrupted.  If opened through webmail, the attachment is fine.  Any ideas here?

I've rebuilt the Mailbox (using Mail.app's built in feature), but it happened after it.

Macbook Air
2012 Model
10.8.3
Google Apps IMAP
Happening to PDFs randomly and a powerpoint.


texts:
On a Linux machine, I can see my IPv6 neighbors using the following command (Also see the Linux IPv6 HOWTO:

    # ip -6 neighbor show
    2002:333:333::1 dev eth1 lladdr 00:12:1e:33:AA:BB router REACHABLE

What is the equivalent command on a Mac (currently running Snow Leopard)?


texts: How to get back Exchange history in my iPhone XS

texts:
I have deleted an Exchange account from my iPhone. It was corporate email address. There was a lot of emails. I don't work for the company any longer.

How can I get all those emails back or get them as a history? Do those emails all live on corporate servers, so that no message is being saved locally?


texts: Connecting Canon CanoScan FS4000US USB Scanner to Mac OS 10.7.5

texts: I have an old Canon CanoScan FS4000US Slide Scanner. I have connected it via USB to an Intel iMac running Mac OS 10.7.5, and in System Report, I can see that it is connected. Also, when I disconnect and reconnect the USB cable, the slide tray ejects on the scanner. What I would like to know is if there is any way to mount the scanner properly as a device so that it will be available in Image Capture. I downloaded VueScan, a third-party software, that is able to see the device and process a scan, so there must be some way to get the drivers to see the device in Image Capture. Any ideas?


texts: iOS calendar search for events (older than a year)

texts:
iOS (iphone and iPad) calendar app no longer gives results over a year when I do a search.  On MacOS calendar app shows all matching results regardless of date.
Anyone know how can I get iPhone/iPad calendar app to show ALL matching search results regardless of age?
Data source is iCloud calendar


texts: Most suitable Mac OS X version for Power Mac G5?

texts:
I have a Power Mac G5 Dual 1.8 with 3.5GB of ram running 10.5.8

The system feels so slow though.. :(

Taking in mind that this was a beast back then, which would be the best OS X version I could install on it, in order to make it breathe again?


texts:
I am in the very beginning of the Turn on FireVault when I decided I did not want my disk encrypted.

What happens if I stop the process and/or shut the computer down before it is complete? Is it safe? Does it destroy or make files inaccessible?


texts:
I have a broken key on my Mac's keyboard and I need to remap it to some other key, by double press. Temporarily.
It's not a special but an alphabet letter one. I want to remap it this way:
"f" (broken) --> "double a"

How can one do it? Preferably without any third-party tool.
update1
This hasn't worked - double a won't get replaced with f whenever I type "aa" anywhere on my laptop. I want it to replace double a with f on the fly.


texts: Where can I purchase a mini-vga to HDMI adapter for older macbook pro?

texts:
I have an older macbook pro - purchased in 2006.  Where can I purchase a mini-vga to HDMI adapter so I can watch movies from my macbook pro on my tv?
Thanks!


texts: Install OS X 10.8 from bootable USB on empty Mac HDD

texts: I have a bootable USB for 10.8, but my Mac's HDD is completely empty. How do I install this OS to my Mac?


texts: Why is my iPhone clock running behind 20 min?

texts:
My iPhone clock is at 15:32 when the actual time is at 15:52! why is it twenty minutes behind?
The time zones are all correct and I have a screenshot that I will upload soon.


texts: Hidden files on Windows machine generated by OS X

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When I transfer a folder FROM my Mac To a Windows machine by a flash memory, on the Windows system there are hidden files with the same names as the original files inside the folder. If I choose that Windows not to show the hidden files then they become invisible. When the folder contains a huge number of files then the scene is awkward and confusing and sometimes people think that there are malwares on my flash memory.

How can I get rid of these hidden files when I transfer folders from Mac to Windows?


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With the introduction of iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra, a new feature was added: Sharing WiFi Passwords.

This awesome and convenient feature comes with one draw back: The passwords are stored in Keychain encrypted.  From my decent knowledge of wifi networks, macOS must be able to decrypt the encrypted key into the plaintext password in order to use it to connect.

How can I decrypt the Keychain key to get the password in plaintext?


texts: Firefox and Chrome do not share clipboard - what's wrong?

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I seem to experience issues with clipboard - copying from Firefox into other apps works ok, but from Firefox into Chrome doesn't.

Copying from other apps into Chrome behaves erratically.

Any idea on why this is?

macOS High Sierra
Version 10.13.13

Chrome Version 67.0.3396.87

Firefox Quantum
60.0.2 (64-bit)


texts: Why my mails sent using Apple Mail have blank body in Outlook?

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When I send emails using Apple Mail to my colleagues (they use Outlook on Windows, various versions), it often happens that the mail looks blank and its body is split into various attachments.

Even the signature and the signature's images are moved into attachments. How can I solve that?


texts: Macbook Pro keeps shutting down even when magsafe is plugged

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I have MacBook Pro Retina Mid 2014 with Catalina installed. Initially my Mac is randomly shut down and later it shutdown every time I logged on to the Mac. It will display the desktop for a few seconds then shut down.

The Mac keeps shutting down in the Safe mode and also Recovery mode. But when I run Apple Diagnostic it says that there no errors found.

When I look in the log from advice in comments, I get "shutdown cause -128"

Do you think my logic board is broken or this is related to something else?


texts: Unable to save hosts file after adding websites to block.

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I'm unable to save hosts file after adding websites to block,as well as unable to flush cache.  I am not a techie, just researching on the web, and trying to follow directions for terminal and Text Edit.
Did the problem start here (this is how text edit opened):

  Host Database

  localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
  when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.

  127.0.0.1    localhost

  255.255.255.255   broadcasthost

  ::1   localhost

It lacked a computer name (I don't have one; this is evident in the System Preferences > Internet and Network Sharing > Computer Name field being empty.) and the  "fe80::1%lo0     localhost" line.

"Couldn't Save The file 'hosts' is read=only. Attempt to overwrite?" > Click  "Overwrite" > "Couldn't Save Couldn’t save document as “hosts” in folder “etc”.

This is a PowerPC G4 running Tiger (OSX 10.4.11).


texts: Can I edit Demo account details in app review information in iTunes Connect when app status is “Waiting for Review”?

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I have resubmitted my app for review after Apple rejection due to metadata rejection.

I have updated the details in "Notes". Now my app status is "Waiting for Review". I want to change the demo account details.

Can I update the "Demo Account" details when the app status is "Waiting for Review"?

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texts: How to keep iPhone photos synced on Mac?

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I'm really confused with these two features: iTunes Photo Sync and Photos App (on macOS).

I just want to keep my photos synced between my iPhone and MacBook. So if it is possible, every time I connect my phone via USB (or over WiFi) newest photos get copied from iPhone to mac and vise-versa.

What can I do? How to keep photos synced without uploading them to Apple servers? (aka iCould Photo Library)

I use Import feature of Photos app on macOS, it copied all photos from iPhone. But some minutes later, iTunes copied all downloaded photos from my mac to iPhone again! So I had duplicated photos on iPhone.

Note that I'm using macOS 10.12.6 and iOS 11.


texts: Where does macos store 'Others' keyboard layouts? How to delete them?

texts: Where does macos store 'Other' keyboard layouts if they are not in /Library/Keyboard Layouts or ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts?


texts: How can I run Terminal and Disk Utility at the same time when booted in Recovery Mode / off Recovery Partition in (Mac) OS X

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In other words how can I run Disk Utility from Terminal when booted in Recovery Mode / off Recovery Partition in recent versions of (Mac) OS X  ?

This was once easy; I've remember I figured it out myself in an old version. (Lion?). There's a solution at How to open Disk Utility.app through Terminal? that fails since around 10.8.

Perhaps it's easier to tell Terminal to reopen after a delay and then open Disk Utility?
The executable open can be found on a bootable partition, so

ls -al /Vol*/*/usr/bin/open

should show copies.

Why do this?  It's handy to run other things, like iostat, top, cp, find, df, etc.


texts: Mac App Store and multiple OS partitions

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I recently set up an additional Lion partition in addition to my existing partition for development reasons.

I was in the process of installing apps on this new volume through the Mac App Store, when I realized that it would not let me install apps that I had installed on the older partition.

For instance, when I was trying to install Twitter.app, since it exists on my older partition, the App Store lists it as "Installed". This prevents me from installing it on my new partition.

Is there a hidden preference that would limit the App Store to only search the boot volume for installed apps? Is there a better way to manage installations across multiple volumes using the App Store?


texts: eclipse RCP juno 64 bit crashes on Mac OS X

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I'm trying to install eclipse RCP 64 bit version on my Mac (10.7.5).

Whenever I tried to launch eclipse, I got this crash screen.

When I tried to start eclipse using command line, I got Segmentation fault: 11 error message.

What might be wrong? RCP 32bit works fine, and eclipse classic 64bit version works also fine.

And it is just OK to use RCP 32bit version on Lion?