texts: How do I turn on HomeSharing without original remote?

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Accidentally the Apple TV had its home sharing turned off (device used was the remote app on iPhone).

The original remote is lost.

Have Apple Mac laptop and HP Laptops also iPad 3rd Gen, and iPhone 5s available.

I have looked up answers but it suggested that I disconnect Apple TV, and connect it to my laptop. Restore settings etc. It seemed like a reasonable work around. Only thing is I am not sure how I am supposed to connect it to a laptop. my question is HOW?

All answers seem to suggest that it's wireless but I don't see how this is possible when Home Sharing has been turned off.

HDMI cable didn't work. Ethernet didn't seem to do anything either. But I maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place - or just doing it incorrectly.


texts: How can I make my own custom OSX keyboard with autocorrect relying off a personalized dictionary?

texts: I really want to do this to support a minority language (Kouri-vini) that currently has zero input support but an existing digitized dictionary. I also have zero coding experience but I don't care if this takes me 10 years, I'll find a way to do it.


texts: How to specify that cover art for a video in iTunes should be a frame from a specific time in the video?

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When I add a movie or other video to iTunes, it appears that iTunes selects a video frame from somewhere near the beginning of the video file as the default cover art — and most of the time this is a terrible choice.

Many of the shows and movies in my collection have an opening sequence containing frames where a title is plainly shown (e.g. "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"), or at least there's some scene in the video which is distinct & identifiable, a scene I would clearly recognize when scrolling through my collection with the Cover Flow view.

I'd like to specify such a distinct frame, from an arbitrary point in a video, as a video's cover art.  I expected a slider somewhere to seek through a video and find just the right spot to use as cover, but I didn't find such functionality.

How does iTunes determine which frame to select for the cover art from a video?
Is there a way to tell iTunes to use a different video frame as the cover art?
Failing that, what is a good alternative?

Thank you.


texts: Is there a way to zoom with the front camera on an iPhone (iOS 13.5.1)?

texts: I'm running iOS 13.5.1 on an iPhone XR. I can zoom with the back camera (in by "spreading", out by "pinching"), but is there a way to zoom with the front camera?


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I updated my iPad 2 to iOS 7. It blocked and asked me to plug it to iTunes. I did connect it to computer then I was asked to restore the iPad. I am afraid I lost all my data and I don't have the access now to syncronise it to computer.

Is there any way how to recover my data from iPad updated before restoring it?


texts: Is there a way to clear update data from the Mac App Store?

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Recently I downloaded some updates from the Mac App Store including the macOS high Sierra update and a few other security and application updates. However, presumably because of a corrupted download, these applications fail their integrity checks and don't run on the system.

In addition, when I retry them, they begin downloading from some point midway. For example, the "iTunes + Remote Desktop Client + Safari + Security Patch 2018-001" for macOS Sierra, which measures 1.12 GB, always starts off downloading from the ~365MB point. After downloading again, the update fails.

Is there a way to clear the Mac App Store update data so that I can download everything afresh?

I'm on a MacBook Air 2017 edition, running macOS Sierra 10.12.6.


texts: Can I share the screen of one iOS device with another iOS device from app? Is it possible to implement above functionality using iOS SDK? Does Apple allow this type of app? If anyone know about this, kindly let me know. Thanks in adavance.


texts: No image on TV when connected using HDMI cable to MacBook pro when booted in bootcamp

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I have a MacBook Pro with an NVidia GT 330M graphics board and mini display port output.

I purchased an HDMI converter for the computer, and connected it to my TV (Panasonic GT30). When booted in OSX, the TV displays the image correctly.

However when booting in bootcamp, there is no image on the TV, it's just black. The display drivers can see that a Panasonic TV is connected, and I can select from the possible display resolutions, but the monitor just remains black.

I downloaded and installed the NVidia reference drivers (don't know if it was a bad idea, but one of the points was to be able to display stereoscopic 3D).

Why is the monitor black?

Edit: I tried connecting to an older Sony TV. Same result, the NVidia drivers can detect that a Sony TV is connected, but the TV is black. I also tried selecting different resolutions and refresh rates, no luck there either.

The bootcamp install is running Windows 7 64bit


texts: Is there a tool I can use to securely wipe data from iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch?

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Is there a tool or application that will securely wipe an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad (i.e. any iOS device?)

I'm not interested in a complete wipe that would brick the device.  Rather, I'd want to wipe all free space after it's been reset to default or had the OS reinstalled.

Furthermore: by "securely wipe", I'm referring to multiple successive passes with random data, etc. to thwart any attempt at data recovery.

For instance: If somebody wanted to sell their old iPhone on eBay, how can they be sure it's completely wiped, so there's little hope of a malicious buyer being able to recover sensitive data that used to be on it?

I think this is especially important when people are using iPhone apps to store passwords, credit card numbers, etc. (even if those apps have a supposedly secure storage mechanism.)


texts: Settings for CalendarAgent, Mingler and iCalExternalSync services

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I have the dreaded issue with recurring sync service processes wreaking havoc on my MacBook Pro with O S X 10.9 Mavericks and stealing my CPU cycles for no apparent good reason. Usually with a 3 month hiatus, strangely enough. It might run most of the times, but it doesn't interfere with heavy workloads in other apps, like music production software.

Could you please advice where and how to edit the SyncServices of OS X 10.9 Mavericks, so that all spawned sync processes like Mingler and iCalExternalSync are given really low priorities and/or are set to only run at certain time slots? I'm growing really tired of these processes that run even as I've inactivated most accounts, except for email. No Exchange servers to my knowledge are involved.

It would also be acceptable to just force these processes to not run when I don't need them running, so I can have my CPU back.

As Mingler belong to the SyncServer process and iCalExternalSync belongs to CalendarAgent I've identified likely setting files in com.apple.syncservices.SyncServer.plist and com.apple.CalendarAgentLauncher.plist both in /System/Library/LaunchAgents/, but I see no clear setting to make here in order to stop these processes from running all the time and use more CPU than they deserve. Most likely I need to find a good setting with the effect I want. What could a good setting be to try for this?


texts: So i've done this before but I don't remember the command. I was able to use a directory a localhost file. I've tried sudo apachectl start but when I go to localhost the page isn't found. I've also tried restarting the server, but the result was still the same. Any ideas? I'm using OSX Mavericks


texts: What might fix an installation of KeePass that won't copy or paste on OS X?

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KeePass will not copy and paste, let alone do autotype.

I have installed the KeePass 2.18 Mac package from http://keepass2.openix.be/. I could not find a more recent Mac package for KeePass, so I also replaced all of that package's  files with those from the  Portable KeePass 2.20.1 (ZIP Package). That was from the page http://keepass.info/download.html, link to actual zip: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/keepass/KeePass-2.20.1.zip. So I'm successfully running KeePass 2.20.1.

I'm running Mono version 2.10.9.

I'm running OS X 10.7.5 on a MacBook Pro.

I can't believe that KeePass's site touts Mac compatibility when it won't copy/paste. That's pretty core functionality to be missing. Searches reveal others have had this problem since 2.18, but no workarounds, no bug reports.

Has anyone been able to resolve this issue?


texts: Which countries / regions are iTunes / Apple vouchers available for?

texts: Where can I find out in which countries iTunes vouchers are available for purchase?


texts: How to reinstall every shared library for a given program?

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I am not so knowledgeable on shared libraries and how they work. I am having a complex issue that involves shared libraries, probably because something is missing somewhere. I have tried

otool -L my_problematic_library.dylib

And it returns a list of other .dylib files

I recursively tried otool -L on those files, and get even more .dylib files.

There are other complexities which are out of scope here, but the upshot is I'd like to reinstall all shared libraries (and the shared libraries used by those shared libraries, recursively), for a given program. In other words, reinstall all the shared libraries used by a given program

Is this possible?


texts: Issues creating Bootable USB for EL Capitan Public beta

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I'm trying to follow tutorial over at: http://osxdaily.com/2015/06/11/make-bootable-os-x-el-capitan-beta-install-usb-drive/

to create bootable usb for El Capitan Public Beta, however after completion I get this error in console:

Mount of outer dmg failed.

I tried running

hdiutil verify /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan\ Public\ Beta.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia

And it returned:

hdiutil: verify: unable to recognize "/Applications/Install OS X El Capitan Public Beta.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia" as a disk image. (image not recognized)
hdiutil: verify failed - image not recognized

I'm not sure why. I downloaded beta installer and it launched correctly. It sits in Applications folder.


texts: Continuing pages in Page Layout Document in Pages

texts: I have a Page Layout document in Pages currently. Is there a way to convert part of the document into "word processing" mode where when you run out of room on one page, it automatically creates a new page?


texts: Cannot login to WordPress related MySQL database from iTerm

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I realized today I actually have two MySQL databases on my Mac OS X Sierra because when I log in to MySQL via iTerm, its not the same database as what I see via phpMyAdmin, but no matter what username or password I attempt from the user accounts in phpMyAdmin, I am unable to log in to that particular database even if I change the password to any of the users.

In this case I checked the wp-config.php in my WordPress core files for the database username and password, but I was not able to log in with those, which means those are not the correct credentials.

I realized after retracing my steps that those were the creds for the production database.

What I did not realize here is that I could have a MySQL database server via Homebrew and still have another MySQL database server via MAMP. I thought they would be one and the same server.


texts: Deleted all partitions on Fusion Drive. Don't know how to recover

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I'm kind of a novice here, and I think I got in over my head. I was trying to do a clean install of El Capitan on my 5K iMac. It has a 1TB Fusion drive.

I booted from a USB drive, entered Disk Utility, clicked the single partition I saw under the Fusion Drive, then erased it (pretty standard.. done this before). I was given some kind of error, then the partition disappeared.

Now, whenever I boot my computer and open Disk Utility, it looks like this:

No partitions under Fusion Drive. Clicking the Partition option doesn't give me any options (everything is greyed out and non-clickable). Clicking the First Aid option doesn't work either. It pops up a window asking if I want to Run or Cancel. Clicking on either does nothing. The window just sits there.

Like I said, I'm kind of a novice, so I don't know what to do from here. Any help, please!?


texts: Buying used iPhone5c - need to know about iCloud

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I am supposed to buy the phone off someone. She says she does not have the iCloud email, but has the password (she says it was her ex's).. She told me there is something online that I could do to get the old iCloud credential off and use mine.

If that's not possible... The password does work for the email on the phone.
Would I be able to use it for getting online, downloading apps and such? Any major things I would not be able to do with it?

Thanks in advance!!


texts: Sending email from iCloud with a different Reply-to field

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I want to use iCloud's email service (me.com) as the ultimate destination for my incoming mail, as well as the repository of all my Sent mail.  And when people reply to my email, I want it to be sent to myname@pobox.com.  (In other words, I want my pobox.com address to be my "official" address -- the only one anyone sees in their contact lists or their emailer's auto-complete suggestion list: anything else merely promotes confusion!)

In order for my outgoing mail to be copied to my iCloud SENT folder, I need to send it via iCloud's SMTP server.  But there does not appear to be a way to configure OSX Mail (or iOS Mail) to send mail via smtp.mail.me.com but include a Reply-to of myname@pobox.com.

Is there a way to send mail out through iCloud while specifying my
own preferred Reply-to address?
Or, barring that, is there a workaround that will allow me to specify
my preferred Reply-to address while keeping my SENT mail in
iCloud?


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I have tags assigned to my user created text file and it wouldn't show on finder.

I have assigned, Green icon / tag (renamed to environments) to associate a text file. Tag gets assigned good. Atleast thats what i see.

But when i click on the Green tag on the sidebar of the finder, to get all files associated with green, it does not work.

I did try restarting my Mac for the settings to take effect to no avail.

Image attached.

This is in relation to this question posted here.

Unknown tag in finder


texts: Alternative methods for viewing flash content on the iPad?

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Is there currently a way to view flash content on an iPad besides VNCing to a desktop computer?

Currently you can connect a VNC client to a desktop computer to view flash content, but I am looking for alternative methods above and beyond that.

Is there any other ways to use Flash (and/or play Facebook games) on the iPad besides the VNC based method?


texts: Deleting icloud.com mail account from single user on multiple user computer

texts: Our iMac is set up for four different users. For  some reason my icloud.com mail account has appeared on my daughters side of the computer. If I delete this from her side will I delete it on my side( and consequently on my iPad and iphone)? Or can I simply delete my mail account from her mail programme.


texts: Is there any better solution to protecting tabs from being lost?

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I have on a number of occasions recently lost a lot of tabs on my iPad. I have accidentally pressed the “close all tabs” button and I once had a frozen Safari window which I without foresight swiped to close and then realized I couldn’t just reopen. There is that trick where you hold down your finger on the new tab button to see some recently closed tabs, but it’s not sufficient - it didn’t record the closed tabs of my entire closed window, and it has a limited number of recent tabs, so if you close 500, you can’t get them all back. Going through your history is not much of a solution, as there’s too much to scour through.
Closed windows and tabs should be effortlessly retrievable, in my opinion.
Is there any clear solution to this? Is there a browser extension, perhaps?


texts: Why can I only have 2 partitions on my 3TB Apple Fusion Drive?

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According to Apple, I can only have 2 partitions on my 3 TB Fusion Drive.  I do not understand why.  Techtool Pro made an eDrive, their emergency boot drive, and Apple made their Recovery HD.  It seems to me that I have 4 partitions on my Fusion Drive, something which Apple says cannot happen.

Source:

  ...

  Can I add a partition to the hard disk with Fusion Drive?

  Using Disk Utility, you can add one partition to the hard disk on Fusion Drive. >Once you add the partition, the "plus" symbol in Disk Utility to add additional >partitions will be grayed out. You cannot partition the Flash storage.

  ...

Any explanations?


texts: Wifi doesn't work unless I turn it off then on again

texts: I have a MacBook Pro 15" with retina display that I use for work/personal stuff and I always shut down with Wifi having been on. When I startup my Mac the Wifi icon looks like it's searching and never actually connects (most of the time). To get it to connect I have to turn of Wifi (on my MacBook, not the router) and turn it back on, then it connects pretty much right away. What's the issue here? It's very annoying.


texts: USB-C to Ethernet adapter on Mac with jumbo frames

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I have to work with a scientific camera and acquire images via Ethernet on a MacBook Pro 2019 with 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports.

I have a USB-C to Ethernet adapter, and I have to enable jumbo frames (9000 byte MTU), but it seems not possible with USB-C in contrary to Thunderbolt 3.

I cannot find any adapter to convert Thunderbolt 3 to Ethernet though.

Any solution?


texts: Restore specific Terminal history from .bash_sessions?

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My Terminal windows restored correctly after updating to High Sierra--but each only has a single tab in it; none of the other tabs restored.

I've got all of the history files from ~/.bash_sessions, so I think the worst-case is that I am only able to recover the command history by manually opening new tabs and replacing the histories.

Does anyone know of a way to recover the scrollback history, given these session IDs (or perhaps the window GUIDs, from com.apple.Terminal.savedState/windows.plist)?


texts: Fan Control in Windows on a Retina Macbook Pro (Boot Camp)

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Gaming on the rMBP under Windows 7 is a very good experience but I have noticed that unless I elevate the chassis there is a tendency for the automatically regulated fan speed to fail to engage a rising computational load fast enough to keep the CPU under thermal shutdown temperature (Tj max) and freeze the machine.

This is somewhat inconvenient of course, as it means the CPU has reached a temperature that it should never reach, and also requires a reboot.

I know that the fans are capable of running higher than the highest they have been recorded to run which is in the neighborhood of 4900 RPM, they should be capable of going to 6000 RPM, which, even though it would be noisy would be keeping the CPU cooler, which is a good thing in my book.

Here's a screen capture to illustrate...

So I hope this makes it clear that Apple's fan speed scaling is a bit on the conservative side when the temperatures are high.

From what I can tell, once you get the machine nice and toasty and the load "stabilizes" it will generally be in a state of equilibrium where the CPU core temperatures hover in the high 80's and 90 degrees C, making occasional excursions above 100 degrees C. So long as the 105 degree Tj Max point is not passed the computer keeps up with whatever game you're playing just fine.

My understanding is that under OS X I can use the smcFanControl app to manually specify the fan RPMs, but I have not been able to find a similar way to control or fix the fan speed once I am booted into Windows. When I did this sort of experimenting on my Macbook Air there seemed to be a method which involved setting the desired setting in smcFanControl in OS X and then sometimes rebooting into windows would have the setting stick. This would basically get the job done if it works on the rMBP as well, but I'd prefer something friendlier.

Are there any fan control applications for Windows that will recognize and allow control of the Macbook Pro fans?


texts: AppleScript: How to create a new Finder window for a folder that is already open?

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The problem, outside of AppleScript:

To witness the problem1, do the following:

Double-click on a folder that exists on the Desktop. Doing so will open this folder in Finder.app.
Return to the Desktop and double-click on that same folder again.
Instead of a second window being created, the previously created window will be brought to the foreground.

A workaround, outside of AppleScript:

So, what do you do if you want two Finder windows of the same folder?

A kluge exists:

Create a new Finder window by opening any other folder. From within this new window, now if you navigate to the desired folder, then you will successfully change this window to the desired folder, and have two windows of this folder.

To navigate to the desired folder within a new Finder window, any method will work:

Click on the folder, if it is bookmarked in the sidebar (if enabled, located at the left of the window).
Click on the folder, if it happens to exist in the path bar (if enabled, located at the bottom of the window).
Use the window's built-in search bar.
Or, simply navigate to the folder manually.

The problem, in AppleScript:

The following AppleScript code will open a folder in a new Finder window:

set targetFolder to POSIX file "/Users/Me/Desktop/MyFolder"

tell application "Finder"
    open targetFolder
    activate
end tell

In the exact same way that Finder behaves non-programatically (as defined above), if you run this code for a second time (without closing the previously created Finder window), then the previously created window will be brought to the foreground.

The desired AppleScript solution:

Here is the desired behavior:

If targetFolder already exists in any open Finder window (including any minimized Finder window), I would like the AppleScript to create a new window for the same targetFolder (i.e., a duplicate window).

Ideally, I would like the duplicate window to be created, without having to resort to the "trick" that I delineated above (i.e., opening an arbitrary other folder first, before opening the desired folder). However, I will understand if this is not possible (i.e., if the programmatic method must replicate the manual method).

1. I understand that this behavior is in no way a bug or a "real" problem. Apple clearly programmed this action deliberately; they probably determined that most people do not need or want redundant Finder windows.

OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.


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I removed a container disk 1, in order to allocate more space to Container Disk 2. but still cannot increase the size of container disk 1 which is 100G. my disk capacity is 251G.
Here is the detail of diskutil.


texts: What is a free alternative to something like Daisy Disk, for finding out what is hogging your MacBook hard drive?

texts: I suddenly lost a bunch of hard drive space...Has anyone had good success with a FREE Daisy Disk alternative that graphically shows the disk usage that you can recommend? Thx.


texts: Creating iOS app preview in iMovie but getting iTunes Connect Error

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I'm creating an app preview for an iOS app using Apple's instructions (record video using QuickTime, import into iMovie, File -> App Preview) yet I get the following error message when I attempt to upload the video:

"Your app video preview is in the wrong format. For more information, see the Developer Guide".

The video is Mpeg 4, 640x1136 etc. so this seems odd. Has anyone been able to upload a video in this way?


texts: Numbers regex for stripping domain from email address

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I have a field that contains email addresses, I want to use regex to strip everything before the @ symbol to give me just the domain e.g.

john@apple.com => apple.com
jill@apple.com => apple.com

How can I do this will a simple function?


texts: Is it possible to allow usage for an app or program for a specific times on a Mac?

texts:
I was trying to achieve this using a second account (which is the admin account) and Parental Controls, but it seemed this isn't possible to do so.

I know there are some programs which you can download that help you with this, (Cold Turkey, for example). But, it would be much easier if I could do this using only tools already available on macOS.


texts: OpenVPN connects but my public IP remains the same?

texts:
I just bought a new router that supports OpenVPN, which I enabled. I then downloaded the official OpenVPN client from openvpn.org and set it up.

Connecting to my router seems to work fine (that is, the client says I am connected) but when I check my IP using some "What's my IP"-service it doesn't report my home IP but instead still lists me as connected from my actual location/IP.

What's wrong? Do I need to do something more than just installing, configuring and connecting the OpenVPN client to make regular Mac applications use the VPN-route?


texts: Is it possible to upgrade the CPU on a mac mini?

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I want to upgrade the CPU on my Mac Mini (Late 2012). I currently have the i5 2,5GHz version but want to upgrade to a better CPU. Will it be possible to upgrade to the i7 2,6GHz that is on some of the other late 2012 mac minis?

I know it is recommended to upgrade the motherboard instead, since the soldering is very difficult to do, but will I have compatibility issues if i manage to replace the CPU successfully?


texts: What happened to my books in iPad update?

texts:
My books got uploaded to iCloud and then disappeared. Can't find my 1000+ PDFs and epubs anywhere. I turned on an off, syncing, but to no avail. I updated iOS to 13.3, and the Apple Books automatically started uploading all my books to iCloud. The books were more than 15GB, and I had only 4 GB left in iCloud. I had the syncing turned off. But with the update to 13.3 iOS, it turned the syncing on, and now I have no way to find or retrieve my books. Walla! Magic. Great 'Jobs', Apple.

Can someone help me get my books back? Thank you.


texts: Best way to delete "SetupAssistantPlugins" on Yosemite?

texts: I noticed that in the InternetAccounts folder in the System Library on my iMac's HD (late 2012) that there are a bunch of folders that contain ".iaplugins" from such unwanted companies such as Facebook, 126, 123, AOL, Google, LinkedIn, Flicker, Yahoo, and Twitter. I have no idea what these are for and have no desire to have my Mac associated with any of these "accounts" (there are a few for Apple accounts, such as iCloud, Mail, Notes, AddressBook, etc.). I assume I should leave the Apple plugins, but is it safe to delete the third-party plugins, and, if so, what is the best way?


texts: Will Migration assistant erase my Lion setup

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I just got a new macbook pro. It runs Lion.

I have a time machine backups of my old snow leopard machine. If I use Migration assistant to move data to new machine via time machine backup, will it erase my Lion OS? I need Lion but I need old data.


texts: How to make the email app on iOS work like Gmail app?

texts:
I tried searching for Macy's e-receipt by typing in Macy receipt on my Mac using Gmail, and the result came back in 1 second. (some of those emails were 1 month old, and another one 2 months old).

But when I tried that using the email app on iPhone with iOS 6.1.4, nothing came back, and I click "Subject", and I changed the keyword to Macy's e-receipt and clicked "Continue Search on Server..." and it just kept on turning the spinning wheel for 2 minutes and nothing came back.

And then I searched for and installed the Gmail app on the iPhone, and type in Macy receipt and the result came back in 1 second.

So how do I make the email app standard on iOS work like Gmail's search?


texts: No internet connection in recovery, despite using internet recovery

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I have a Macbook Pro 13 mid-2012.  The hdd failed, so I've replaced it with a new drive.
I held cmd-R at boot, and was taken to internet recovery.  I entered my network credentials, and successfully connected.  There was a progress bar while (I presume) the recovery software was downloaded.  Once in recovery, on the OS X Utilities window, I selected "Reinstall OS X".  This produced the popup error: OSX can't be installed because you aren't connected to the internet.
I clicked on the Wifi logo in the top right and re-credentialed the wifi, and it works, and shows connected, yet the Reinstall option still claims there is no internet.
What's happening here?


texts: what does each one of the Sudo Periodic options do?

texts:
There are regular maintenance tasks that can run daily, weekly, and monthly on mac OS. But what does each one do?
update: I don't mean the specific scripts per se, but what's the main idea behind the updates. In general what is this designed to do daily? Weekly? and so on.


texts: What is the keyboard shortcut ctrl+option+shift+power for?

texts:
I'm running a MacBook Pro Retina (Mid 2014) with macOS High Sierra (10.13.3).
Coincidentally, I found the key combination Control ⌃+Option ⌥+Shift ⇧+Power button that immediately turns the MacBook off. As soon as I press the buttons, the screen is black and the computer is off. It's like a kill switch.
What is that shortcut for and how is it called? Does it hurt my computer?
EDIT: Maybe it is related to the SMC Reset? https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295


texts: OS X Empty Trash is deleting all files on computer

texts:
I'm using a MacBook Pro, Snow Leopard. I hit secure empty trash on the Finder menu. It took a while to get the thing done, so I just thought "wow, this musta been one fat trash can".

The next day, I found that all my folders were empty. The folders themselves were in the right places, but all the files gone!

I went crazy wondering what had happened and eventually looked in the trash can, and surprise, all the 20.000+ files in my computer were there. Lots of work re-arranging them.

Now, every time I try to securely empty the trash can, although it contains only about 1.700 files, that little "calculating trash can files" thingy shoots up to 30.000 and tries to delete all my files!

Current situation: cannot delete content of trash can without deleting content of computer as a whole. Any suggestions?


texts: How can I keep bugs out of the MacBook Pro's hinge vent?

texts:
I've noticed that some flying bugs have an irritating habit of crawling into the hinge vent on my MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009).

I don't know what possesses them to go in there, maybe it looks like an inviting hidey-hole, but they obviously end up dying from the heat. I'm paranoid they'll eventually clog something. Bless the designer for the nice design, but it's next to impossible to fish dead bugs out of there! Ironically, because of the silent design there's also no huge gust of hot air to persuade them not to try climbing in there.

The problem is made worse when there's a light above the table drawing them in, but even without it the screen is a bright enough draw. I've seen them crash into the screen (or fall from an above light), and then make a mad dash straight into the vent. It's infuriating!

Has anyone else experienced this problem with bugs and that hinge vent? How did you de-bug yours? My only workaround so far has been to surround myself with tons of other lights on to keep them as scattered as possible...

Edit: Looking back at this question I'm disappointed that I forgot to include any regional info. At the time I was in a house in the country in Queensland, Australia. Bugs inside the house are the norm rather than the exception. I may have to wait until Summer again (in December) before I can actually test to see if this was a seasonal thing for the bugs, as I haven't been bothered by them again since then.


texts: External hard drive seems to block applications randomly

texts:
Since updating to OSX Lion on my late 2009 iMac, I have noticed some strange behaviour while using my computer.  Every hour or so (I'm not actually sure about this pattern), the application that I am using will suddenly freeze. I will then hear my external hard drive spin up, and eventually, the application will begin to work again.

As an example, simply right-clicking on something in Chrome or half-way through watching a video in Plex will cause the entire application to freeze until the disk is spinning again. I can't think how these applications could possibly rely on this external disk, as all I use it for is my Time Machine back-up.

I have disabled the "put hard disks to sleep when possible" option, but this doesn't appear to have fixed anything. One possible explanation could be that this external disk is being used as part of virtual memory; it would explain the OS's reliance on the disk, but I can't imagine why it would do that when I have plenty of disk space remaining on my system drive.

This isn't entirely fatal, it's more annoying than anything else, but I am concerned that this could indicate that something is wrong with my operating system or hardware. I would be grateful for any ideas.


texts: We all know you can simply click "turn hiding on" in Dock's Preferences, but can you do the same thing to Mac's Menu Bar?


texts: Does the MacBook Air have no RAM because it uses flash?

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Silly question, but does the MacBook Air not actually have RAM because it uses Flash or what?

Does it make application loading faster than the MacBook Pro?


texts: MacBook Pro RAM upgrade causes endless reboot

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I recently acquired a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2010) that has 4GB RAM (2x2GB) and according to Apple, the unit should be able to handle 8GB RAM. I bought 2 DDR3 PC3-8500 4GB from memorystock.com and when I installed the pair of them, the laptop would go into a continuous reboot cycle. I have checked the EFI and SMC. The EFI required an update, which I performed. The SMC is up to date.

Here's the weird thing: I have gone through every permutation that includes both of the new RAM sticks in combination with one of the old 2 GB sticks. The system boots without a problem if it's only 6GB total. If I use both 4GB sticks, endless loop.

I'm at a loss.


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I've updated from Yosemite to 10.11.1 on my mid 2014 macbook pro a few days ago. I've got a WLAN in my apartment (for other gadgets), but since the signal is a bit weak at my desk, I have connected the macbook to the router using a LAN cable and a thunderbolt-ethernet adapter and switched WLAN off on the macbook. All was well on Yosemite, but El Capitan insists on switching on WLAN during most boots. Is there any way to prevent this without removing admin rights from my user and without removing the WLAN network from the list of known networks?

I'm concerned about the potential security issues (in case it might connect to open networks when I'm traveling). It's also a nuisance because WLAN seems to take priority over the ethernet connection, which means I have a slow and unstable connection until I remember to switch WLAN off again.

I guess I could create a new user without admin rights. Since I made sure that admin rights are necessary to activate WLAN that should prevent the issue, but I would prefer to avoid this "solution".


texts: Make table which exceeds document body but moves with text in Pages

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I would like to make a wide table in Pages which exceeds the document body and cuts into the margins of the document. It seems as though in order to do this, I need to change the Object Placement setting (in Format > Arrange > Object Placement) from "Move with Text" to "Stay on Page." However, this causes the table to literally stay at a particular position on the page, irrespective of the text around it. I would like the table to move with the text but still be wider than the document body.

Is it possible to create a table which moves with the text but whose width exceeds the width of the document body (i.e. the document width minus the margins)?


texts: How to delete file or directory with accent character

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I have a directory within my iTunes folder structure that has an accent character in it which I am trying to delete.

If I do an ls on the directory I get this:

ls -al
ls: Radiů Disney_ Jams Vol. 2: No such file or directory
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   3 scott  staff  102 Jul 29 13:16 .
drwxrwxr-x@ 21 scott  staff  782 Jul 29 13:24 ..

I've tried rm -rf * but after that I attempt an ls -l I still get:
ls: Radiů Disney_ Jams Vol. 2: No such file or directory

Any way to delete the directory with offending filename?  If I attempt to delete the parent directory I get a "Directory not empty message"


texts: Unexplained and persistent "OS X 10.13 is not supported" dialog

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I am being interrupted multiple times a day by a mysterious dialog box that says:
"OS X 10.13 is not supported. There is an update but you are on OS X 10.13 or an earlier version. Upgrade to the latest version of macOS to install it."
While I was considering doing the OS update soon, this dialog has actually caused me to hesitate, because I can find absolutely no documentation for it. A google search gives only a single hit, and that is in French. I am a bit concerned that this could be evidence of malware- perhaps, for example, the running an update could give malware a special opportunity to get extra permissions/control of my system.
Does anyone have an idea where such a dialog could be coming from, or what app may be triggering it? Image attached.

Update: here is the one (french) link I found on the internet which may reference the same dialog box. No useful information there, as far as I can tell:
https://communities.apple.com/fr/thread/251948653


texts: How to fix messed-up MacBook disk partition table?

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I have broken the disk of my Mac doing partitions with gparted. Now, nothing boots (except pendrives) and the OS X Rescue Disk recognizes the disk as Virtual Whole Disk. Nothing works, repairing or partitioning the disk throws errors.

Is there a Linux utility to reformat the disk completely as I could reinstall Mac OS X? It is extremely urgent, I am extremely nervous because it is for work, and I really don't know what to do. I do not need to recover data, just reinstall.


texts: I have deleted all Bookmarks and Cleared History in my iPad.  However, when I'm in the address bar of Safari and type www.p, a Bookmark/History shows up that I cannot delete.  Can you help?


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Is there a keycommand for looking up a highlighted word on macos? Without the mouse, no hovering.
I am using vimium when browsing the web and would like to be able to look up highlighted words without ever having to touch the mouse.

(macOS Mojave)

Thanks,
// H


texts: OS X: Specifying custom command line invocation of program as application for opening files on double click

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I'm primarily a Linux user who recently acquired a MacBook Air and I'm currently desperately trying to find out whether there's an equivalent for Linux's desktop definition files, where you can define an application by its command line invocation, with an optional placeholder for the file that X11 will pass to it when a file of file type associated with that application is double-clicked.

E.g. on Linux, I can set .txt files to be opened with a specific command line invocation of emacsclient like so:

emacsclient -c -a "" %f

where %f is the placeholder that will get replaced by the path to the actual file you double-click on. (In general, Linux file managers allow you to specify this command line in the File info window.)

Is there any simple way to achieve this on OS X? I've tried tinkering with AppleScript, as well as Google around for a solution, but to no avail. I probably still need to build up my Apple-technology-related knowledge and vocabulary, so as to be able to ask the right questions with the right words -- so please bear with me...


texts: What does the clipped corner in the color picker's sample mean?

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I've noticed sometimes when using Mac OS X's color picker it has a clipped corner.

What does it mean?


texts: How to use dictionary look up on websites that prevent it?

texts: Typically, I triple-tap to search up a word or bring up an apple dictionary. Some websites, however, prevent this. Is there anyway I can override this? I am using Chrome. An example website would be membean.com during a vocab training session.


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My MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports, 16GB) running Big Sur 11.1 won't keep accurate time. It's regularly up to a minute off. I verified this using:

https://time.gov
Comparison with my iPhone
sudo sntp -d time.apple.com

I've tried sntp -sS time.apple.com, and it doesn't adjust the time. I'd expect it to step to the right time, given we're (way!) more than 50ms off.
I've tried turning off automatic time sync in the system preferences, then setting the time right by hand, then turning automatic sync back on and it puts the clock back to the wrong time!
I've tried killing timed - it's restarted and the time remains wrong.
I've tried removing /var/db/timed/com.apple.timed.plist and then restarting timed. It recreates the file and the time remains wrong.
Reading this question, I checked the contents of the plist file, but mine doesn't appear to have any store of the current offset:
# plutil -p com.apple.timed.plist
{
  "BootUUID" => "<redacted>"
  "HostUUID" => "<redacted>"
  "RTCResetCount" => 0
  "TMLastNtpFetchAttempt" => 5331203.310338818
  "TMLastRtcTime" => 5331203.336288487
  "TMSystemTimeSet" => 0
  "TMTimeSynthesizer" => {length = 499, bytes = 0x62706c69 73743030 d4010203 04050607 ... 00000000 00000179 }
  "TMVersionKey" => 17
}

No mention of TMLastSystemTime or TMTimeError.
I'm at my wits end with this. It's a real problem because it often prevents me using 1Password-generated TOTP codes because the drift is so bad.
Any ideas, please?


texts: How do I remove a user via single user mode in 10.7?

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I occasionally will setup a user's machine that has been in for repair beyond the simple re-install of the OS. For example: install a new hd, install the OS, create a user, install updates and then reboot into single user mode running a slew of commands to remove that user and give the machine back to the client with the welcome video on boot.

Below are the commands for 10.5 and 10.6 I have used over the years that is a walk-thru for any tech to accomplish regardless of experience. The 10.5 one has worked with 10.6 too, with the exception of line 8 or 9 due to some changes.

I'd like to find a list of commands or a script or something that would be the most proper and efficient way to do this in 10.7. Remove the user, delete any trace of it and on next boot return to the new user setup screen.

Removing a user and returning to the account setup screen (10.5)

 + s at boot (Single-User Mode)
mount -uw /
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServicesLocal.plist
dscl -f /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default

Command prompt changes into Directory Services Command Line Tool

cd Local/Default/Users

ls - outputs a list

delete
cd ../Groups
delete admin GroupMembership
delete staff GroupMembership
exit

You are now at the Regular Command Prompt

rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
rm -rf /Users/

Choose one

shutdown -h now (Shutdown)
shutdown -r now (Shutdown and Restart)


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I use Google Chrome, and utilise the "New Tab page".

This claims to show "Thumbnails of the websites that you visit frequently" (although it does not explain how this is determined) and has options "to remove a most visited site", but does not seem to have any option to add sites.

I have recently returned from a long trip, and the list contained lots of sites I no longer need, which I deleted, but many of my sites have fallen off.

At one stage I saw a Restore All but can't seem to reproduce this.
Is there any way to manage which sites show.


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In previous versions of OS X, you could remove the name from the menu bar. I can no longer find the option for this in the Users & Groups window in System Preferences.

Searching Google and even this site hasn't provided any answers, so how do you do it?


texts: MacBook Pro with Retina display (Late 2012) not outputting anything above 1080p

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I know it won't support 4k but it should at least do 1440 right? I can't get higher than 1080p...

UPDATE:
I pressed alt and clicked "scaled" to unlock the extra resolutions as suggested by Buscar웃. It gives me more options but onfortunately still nothing higher than 1080p :(

This macbook is quoted as supporting "up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on up to two external displays" and it does so with the thunderbolt cinema display. Surely it should be able to do the same with my new 4k monitor? If it matters, the display I'm using is the AOC U2868PQU. I'm not using "mirroring" as suggested by LaX.


texts: Why is (Yosemite) Mac Mail hitting my internet so hard?

texts: Mail is downloading 250-500Kb/sec and has been for a while now. I can't figure out what it's doing. Is there some way to find out? I tried Window->Activity but it didn't show anything being downloaded.


texts: Can iPhone USB Hotspot be shared through a MacBook Pro?

texts: My iPhone wireless hotspot quit working, but I can still use the internet through a USB connection. I’m wondering if I can use internet sharing on a MacBook Pro to share the USB internet connection from my phone. I attempted this and found the shared connection on my Apple TV. It connected but didn’t seem to provide internet to the Apple TV. I have another device I would like to use this shared connection with but I have to buy a WiFi adapter to test it. Prior to buying that, I thought someone here may be able to answer if this is even possible.


texts: Could installing the latest iOS update remove malware from iPhone?

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My iPhone XS running iOS 13.4.1 is infected with malware, although the Block Pop-ups setting is enabled in Safari settings.

I am still getting pop-up Ads saying I made the 5-billionth search. Would upgrading iOS help to remove the malware?


texts: I do not want my text messages to sync between two iPhones

texts: My text messages are also appearing on my husband's iPhone.  How do I get them to not sync?


texts: What is the best/fastest way to rip and convert a Blu-ray Disc on an iMac?

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I've recently switched (back) from Windows 10 to macOS running on an iMac 27-inch Retina late 2015. While I still used my Windows 10 laptop, I used a program called DVDFab to rip my collection of Blu-ray movies into a format suitable for Plex and Emby. The process took about 45 minutes per disc and used the GPU part of the Intel i7 processor in my laptop to speed things up.

Now that I am on a Mac, I can't seem to find a program (or set of programs) that allows me to rip Blu-ray movies with the same, or better, speed. Most articles seem to suggest a combination of MakeMKV for ripping and Handbrake for converting. However, this takes about 45 minutes for ripping and 2 hours for converting, as none of these programs seems to make use of GPU acceleration. I have also downloaded a few commercial packages to see if they make use of acceleration, but I have yet to find a program that both can read directly from a Blue-ray disc and do the transcoding to give me a suitably small mp4 file.

Can you recommend a solution other than sticking with Windows 10 and DVDFab?


texts: icons not bouncing at all when I open them

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I was forced to do a fresh install of El Cap. Now when I click on an app to open it, it will not bounce, not even once to acknowledge that the app is opening.

How do I solve that?


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Is it possible to use the =today() function (or something else) to insert the current date but then not update each time the file is opened?

I want to create a numbers template for my invoices. I'd like it to auto fill invoice date and date due then, when I save the document, store the values, not the function.


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I need to revert my $PATH back to the default.

The catch here is that I broke it so bad that the echo $PATH command returns: /usr/
that's it, which means I can't use any of the methods described in other answers basically because any command returns "unknown command".

I can't vi, I can't nano, I can't do squat over Terminal. All of that was working before I broke $PATH so I'm sure its all path related.


texts: How to stop remote connection/intrusion?

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A person within my network got access to my MacBook Pro through Wi-fi, and somehow now he can connect remotely. I cannot change the Wi-fi password because we both pay for it.  So, my only choice so far is to avoid not to use Wi-Fi at all, until I learn on what to do to remove his fingers of my machine.

I did 3 factory reset, cleaned up all my files but as soon I am within his range he is again messing with my files. I tripled check all my security settings such as firewall, disabled infrared receiver, created a vault, even I now use a firmware password to log into my machine.

How to stop his remote connection?


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I've recently switched to Chrome for developing and have thus started using the build-in Developer Tools instead of my previously preferred Firebug workflow. Just today I found a keyboard shortcut (Command-Shift-I) that jumps straight to Inspect Element rather than just opening the Developer Tools like Command-Option-I does.

The problem I'm having is that this shortcut also opens the Mail app, which I do not use. I've looked in the Keyboard Shortcuts preferences and I don't see the aforementioned shortcut anywhere. Anybody know where I can disable this shortcut?


texts: Can't get my photos and videos from iPad

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Here's the situation.

My sister went to Australia to visit our aunt and uncle there. She had my camera, and took a lot of photos and videos. Unfortunately, the camera ran out of memory, and she was forced to get creative.

She used our aunt's Windows 7 PC, and, through iTunes, stored some videos and pictures on her iPad, creating a new folder for it.

Upon getting back home, she tried to extract the pictures and videos from the iPad, but couldn't. She tried:

Importing it using Windows without iTunes - it's not in any of the folders.
Importing it using Windows with iTunes - it's also not in any of the folders.
She also tried it using a Mac with iTunes. She backed it up, and all the photos from the iPad did get copies on the Mac, except the folder she created.

The pictures cannot be edited or deleted in the iPad. She duplicated the album, and found out that the duplicated items can be edited and deleted, but still could not be found from the PC / Mac, backup or otherwise.

Amy suggestions?


texts: Macbook Pro docking station - backward compatibility?

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I have a 15" 2015 Macbook Pro issued to me by my workplace.  I also have a 13" 2020 Macbook Pro for personal use.
The 2015 has Thunderbolt 2, and the new one has Thunderbolt 3.  I have a StarTech Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) docking station, which works fine with the 13" 2020.  I would like to be able to connect my 2015 MBP to the same docking station.
It appears that I could use this adapter, in tandem with a Thunderbolt 2 cable, to "reverse" connect the 2015 MBP to the docking station. I don't need to use the USB ports on the docking station, just two 1080p/60Hz displays and perhaps Ethernet (WiFi is OK).
I have read hypotheses that this will work, but am wondering if anyone has successfully done this themselves. Looking for testimonials!


texts: USB Keyboard changed keymap automatically

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My USB External keyboard layout changed to this format.

And I am unable to reset it back to normal one (US input). Any suggestions on how to reset  it back?

Rebooted the system. No effect.
Reset PRAM. No effect.
I don't have an additional keyboard to try. But I can try it in a while.


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Do exposure notification apps developed by different governments communicate? The user experience for exposure notifications makes it seem like they are a platform feature, but what I've read on several government websites makes it seem like there is no sharing of information between apps from different states, so that, for example, I won't be notified of someone using another state's app exposes me.
Do exposure notification apps from different governments communicate?


texts: Where can I find something like description, specs, details etc for MacBook Air 11's motherboard (logic board)? I need full information about all parts of motherboard. I tried to google it, but it didn't help. Any ideas?


texts: Completely uninstall iOS App and all associated data

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Background

I am a server-side developer working on an API for an iOS app. From time to time as we are in development (when we have big database changes) we reset our server. This process clears all the server-side data for a member including any App device tokens used for push notifications.

Problem

At the same time as I reset the server database I have been trying to uninstall the app and delete any associated app data. I was hoping that if I did this the next time I install the App it would be like it was a first time download again. This is not working.

How I am doing this:

I have tried the steps listed on the following site https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/recipes/xcode_help-devices_organizer/articles/remove_app_from_device.html.

I have also tried uninstalling via the phone:

Under Settings > General > Usage > STORAGE > Manage Storage. I have been clicking on the app and then clicking Delete App;

Under Settings > General > Usage > ICLOUD > Manage Storage. I have been clicking on the current device, then selecting the app and turning off backup and deleting.

I had hoped that this would remove all data so that when I reinstall via Xcode or Test Flight App, the app would start just like a first time user again. However this is not happening. The app still seems to remember some settings, in particular it thinks I have already sent my device token and won't prompt me for it again.

Question

How should I be uninstalling an app form a device so that all app data is removed and the next time a reinstall I am treated as a new user?


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My MacBook Pro (2006, model A1150) fails to boot beyond the white screen AFTER the screen with the Apple logo and spinner.

I have tried:
Resetting PRAM     (doesn't work)
Resetting SMC     (how can you tell?)
Apple Hardware Test     (says no problems)
Swapping RAM chips with a similar machine     (no effect)
Re-installing OS 10.6.3.     (Seems to be O.K.)
Booting in "Verbose Mode"     (Stops at "Unable to read Block 16 17 18 19" etc)
Booting in "Target mode"     (this works!)
Booting in "Safe mode"     (this works too!)

What is preventing it from booting, and how can I resolve this matter?


texts: How to get MySQL's port on Mac through the terminal?

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I started MySQL with its PrefPane in System Preferences:

When I enter ps aux | grep mysql I get the following output:

ldl              33675   0.0  0.0  2432804    772 s003  S+   11:01上午   0:00.00 grep mysql
_mysql           33474   0.0  0.1  2829668   8108   ??  Ss   10:55上午   0:00.54 /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld --user=_mysql --basedir=/usr/local/mysql --datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data --plugin-dir=/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin --log-error=/usr/local/mysql/data/mysqld.local.err --pid-file=/usr/local/mysql/data/mysqld.local.pid

But how do I know which port MySQL is using on my Mac? Entering lsof -i tcp:3306 I find nothing.


texts: Can I move a movie rental from my Apple TV to my iPad?

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If I rent a movie on my Mac, I can move the rented movie to my iPad.

Can I do the same if I rent a movie directly on my AppleTV?


texts:
I bought a month ago MB Pro 16 2019, and I'm trying to use it with the Dell TB16 docking station.

I've enabled it with Thunderbolt3Unblocker and all seems to be working fine except external display(HDMI, other display ports probably are not working) which is randomly flickering(every few seconds) with green or noise. I've tested it with 2 monitors and TV, always the same.

TB16 with other laptops works well. I've tried to use some instructions found on the internet about resetting NVRAM or so but nothing helped. I've seen some green flickering on internal display too when I was watching a movie on fullscreen, but it was less common than with external display on TB16. Also, I didn't notice that the issue on an external display connected via HDMI dongle to MB.

Do you have any idea how to fix it?


texts: Why do I have a ~ file in the root of my drive?

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I just noticed that I have a 2MB ~ file in the root of my Macbook HD. This wasn't here last time I checked (probably months ago,) and my guess is that it is from a system crash the other day or maybe from the upgrade to Yosemite.

What is this file and can I delete it without incident?


texts: I filmed a video on my iPhone 5, the synced my phone with my computer, and the video was put into my photo library. I want to share this video on Facebook, but whenever I click on share >> Facebook, Photos says 'exporting files to be shared' and after about 25 minutes or so (the video is 2.6gb, its a 22 minute video) Photos finishes 'exporting' and then doesn't do anything. I don't get an alert telling me anything at all.


texts: Using AirPrint printer on a public Wi-Fi

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If I'm at a dorm and the only available Wi-Fi is through a public network such as a University's Wi-Fi, how can I prevent others from printing to my AirPrint enabled printer?

I would like to be able to print from a MacBook and iPhone wirelessly, but would like to prevent others from doing so. Ideally, I wouldn't want this printer to even show up for anyone except for me.


texts: Reminders application does not open in Mountain Lion

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When I click on the Reminders icon in the dock it will not open.

The console logs only one entry:

12/11/12 11:34:46,016 Reminders[6984]: NSConcreteMutableAttributedString addAttribute:value:range:: nil value

Does anyone have insight to this?  Is it hiding?


texts: Disable text message vibration when on a call

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When I'm on a phone call using my iPhone 5 running iOS 10.3.3, I get the vibration of iMessages in my ear while I'm on the phone. It's irritating to say the least (pun intended.) The recipient can also hear the buzz.

Is there a way to automatically disable all vibrations when on a call? Would the slider on the left-hand side of the phone near the top work? (I'm afraid to try in case it makes it worse.)


texts: How do I make invisible files (like bash profile) visible in the finder?

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question is in the title. There's some files that most Apple users don't need access to, but if you program you do need access to. in particular the bash profile. anyone know how to make these visible in the finder?

i'm using a macbook pro 10.6.8


texts: In MacOS, how can I group the processes based on apps?

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I want to know the resources used on the basis of applications. I found a duplicate, but the answer there has issues and since its over a year old, I decided to post a new one, instead of posting there.

The solution in the previous post was, Activity Monitor>View>"All Processes, Hierarchically". But that has an issue:

Did I do something wrong or is this a bug? Is there any other way of knowing it?


texts: Disabling desktop switching animation on El Capitan

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On Yosemite I used totalspaces to modify this behaviour as well as having a grid layout... I understand that totalspaces no longer works without doing some system modifications.

The animation I wish to eliminate/speed up is the default space switching animation, which for me is invoked by either swiping left/right with three fingers or ctrl+ left/right.

Is it possible to kill or speed this up?

Edit: One year later, we're on Sierra now.... please send help

Edit: Two years later, I still check this thread and any solution still appreciated!


texts: How do I change the default font-family for all slides in keynote

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I am using  keynote 2009 and I want all my slides to have the font-family "Courier". I tried playing with master slides but when I create a new slide it defaults to "Gill Sans".

Any help is appreciated.


texts:
If I type '1 pint' into Spotlight, I am told that this is equivalent to 0.47l. This is true for US units, but I am in the UK, where a pint is 0.57l. Many other imperial units, such as the gallon, are different in the UK, so this isn't a problem exclusively with pints.

I frequently make quick conversions using Spotlight for cooking and brewing, but have only recently realised that the system is set to use US unit measurements.

As far as I know, all my regional settings are set to UK, but I must have missed something somewhere. How do I tell Spotlight to use British measurements?


texts: Send from Gmail "plus" (person+something@gmail.com) address in Mail.app?

texts:
I have a gmail account in Mail.app, example@gmail.com.

How can I send mail from Mail.app using the example+two@gmail.com From address, instead of the example@gmail.com From address?

Looking through all Mail preferences and System Preferences > Internet Accounts I don't see how. Probably there's some workaround though.


texts: Automate Fn key switch when opening Excel

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So Microsoft released a free preview of Office for Mac, and it is pretty sweet.

One of my biggest problem when using Excel on a mac has always been that the most popular/frequent shortcut (F2 -> edit cell) was not available on macs (there was a default replacement, cmd-T I think, but not half as handy as F2).

Now F2 is here in the preview, great! But one still has to either press the Fn key, or switch the whole Fn key row (link from Apple page). Hence the question:

Is there a way to either:

selectively only switch the F2 key, or
switch the Fn key row automatically when opening Excel?


texts: Whenever I press the Siri button on the Touch Bar, it temporarily disables the fans on my laptop, is there a way to prevent this?


texts: Prevent Safari from auto-completing a URL incorrectly?

texts:
Whenever I try to type plus.google.com into Safari, it starts auto-completing the URL to plus.url.google.com. I've tried removing all my of vists to this domain from my history hoping that plus.google.com would be what it auto-completes with, but that doesn't seem to help.

How do I get rid of plus.url.google.com and have Safari auto-complete to plus.google.com?


texts:
I have a 2010 MacPro running Mojave. I've been trying to buy, copy, or steal copies of Pages and Numbers for hours just so I can work on a client's Pages file.
Why is this so hard?


texts: How to change to workspace on non-active monitor?

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I have multiple workspaces. I can switch them via Ctrl + Arrow Keys Left and Right.

I also have multiple monitor setup. I realized I can only switch this way on the current, active monitor. How do I change the active monitior?


texts: Spotlight says it is indexing an external drive, but actually no search

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Spotlight says it is indexing:

% mdutil -s /Volumes/TOSHIBA\ EXT

/Volumes/TOSHIBA EXT:   Indexing enabled.

There is a .Spotlight-V100 folder:

.
├── Store-V2
│   └── BC758E30-9A07-4193-BEE7-43915CAF38B4
│       ├── 0.directoryStoreFile
│       ├── 0.directoryStoreFile.shadow
│       ├── 0.indexArrays
│       ├── 0.indexCompactDirectory
│       ├── 0.indexDirectory
│       ├── 0.indexGroups
│       ├── 0.indexHead
│       ├── 0.indexIds
│       ├── 0.indexPositions
│       ├── 0.indexPostings
│       ├── 0.indexUpdates
│       ├── 0.shadowIndexGroups
│       ├── 0.shadowIndexHead
│       ├── Cab.created
│       ├── Cab.modified
│       ├── Lion.created
│       ├── indexState
│       ├── journalExclusion
│       ├── journals.assisted_import_post
│       ├── journals.assisted_import_pre
│       ├── journals.health_check
│       ├── journals.live
│       ├── journals.live_priority
│       ├── journals.live_system
│       │   └── retire.1
│       ├── journals.live_user
│       │   ├── retire.44
│       │   └── retire.80
│       ├── journals.migration
│       ├── journals.migration_secondchance
│       ├── journals.repair
│       ├── journals.scan
│       │   ├── retire.13
│       │   ├── retire.2
│       │   ├── retire.3
│       │   └── retire.5
│       ├── live.0.directoryStoreFile
│       ├── live.0.directoryStoreFile.shadow
│       ├── live.0.indexArrays
│       ├── live.0.indexCompactDirectory
│       ├── live.0.indexDirectory
│       ├── live.0.indexGroups
│       ├── live.0.indexHead
│       ├── live.0.indexIds
│       ├── live.0.indexPositionTable
│       ├── live.0.indexPositions
│       ├── live.0.indexPostings
│       ├── live.0.indexTermIds
│       ├── live.0.indexUpdates
│       ├── live.0.shadowIndexArrays
│       ├── live.0.shadowIndexCompactDirectory
│       ├── live.0.shadowIndexDirectory
│       ├── live.0.shadowIndexGroups
│       ├── live.0.shadowIndexHead
│       ├── live.0.shadowIndexPositionTable
│       ├── live.0.shadowIndexTermIds
│       ├── mds64-crash-state
│       ├── permStore
│       ├── psid.db
│       ├── reverseDirectoryStore
│       ├── reverseDirectoryStore.shadow
│       ├── reverseStore.updates
│       ├── shutdown_time
│       ├── store.db
│       ├── store.updates
│       ├── store_generation
│       ├── tmp.Cab
│       ├── tmp.Lion
│       ├── tmp.SnowLeopard
│       ├── tmp.spotlight.loc
│       └── tmp.spotlight.state
└── VolumeConfiguration.plist

13 directories, 61 files

But the search does not actually work. The driver is in NTFS format, driven by Paragon NTFS.

% diskutil info .
   Device Identifier:        disk2s1
   Device Node:              /dev/disk2s1
   Part of Whole:            disk2
   Device / Media Name:      Untitled 1

   Volume Name:              TOSHIBA EXT

   Mounted:                  Yes
   Mount Point:              /Volumes/TOSHIBA EXT

   File System Personality:  UFSD_NTFS
   Type (Bundle):            ufsd_NTFS
   Name (User Visible):      Windows NT Filesystem

   Partition Type:           Windows_NTFS
   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 USB
   SMART Status:             Not Supported

   Total Size:               1.0 TB (1000202043392 Bytes) (exactly 1953519616 512-Byte-Units)
   Volume Free Space:        857.6 GB (857565757440 Bytes) (exactly 1674933120 512-Byte-Units)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes
   Allocation Block Size:    4096 Bytes

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         No
   Ejectable:                Yes

   Whole:                    No
   Internal:                 No

The problem has been bothering me for long, as none of my external drivers were successfully indexed in the past. Is it a problem of the NTFS driver?


texts:
I've created a .plist file, which should act as system daemon (global with root user). This .plist file listens to the settings directory for changes like changing network settings. When this happens it should start a Bash script.

However, it works but not as expected. When I open a VPN connection it takes about 40 seconds until the Bash script will be executed. I would like it to be executed right after I open the VPN connection.

How to remove the delay before the launch?

Here is the code of .plist file:

   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>lucafuhl.vpnhelper</string>
            <key>Program</key>
            <string>/Users/vpnhelper.sh</string>
        <key>WatchPaths</key>
            <string>/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration</string>
    </dict>
    </plist>


texts: iCal shows an event that the Google Calendar doesn't have?

texts:
I subscribed to a google calendar and all was going well until today that I saw an event on iCal and when checking on the web the event isn't there.

I synced with ⌘+R and ⌘+⇧+R and the event is still showing, the event is a repeating one on google calendar that in the date it shows on iCal was deleted on Google.

iCal version 5.0.2


texts: Blocked contact and multitasking menu iOS 8

texts:
What happens if I call or send a message to a contact I have blocked?

Does that contact show up on the recent contacts multitasking menu?


texts: Using AppleScript to batch convert .pages to pdf

texts:
I am needing to convert about 100 .pages documents to either pdf or docx.
With the AppleScript script below, I am able to open .pages documents from the folder that I select. However I receive the following error when trying to export.

Question: What is causing the error and how do I fix it?

Error Message with personal information replaced:

  error "Pages got an error: Can’t make alias \"Macintosh
  HD:Users:Path:To:File:foo.pages\" into
  type document." number -1700 from alias "Macintosh
  HD:Users:Path:To:File:foo.pages." to
  document

Line of code producing the error:

export this_file to exportFileName as PDF

Script:

set exportFileExtension to "pdf"
set this_folder to (choose folder with prompt "Pick the folder containing the files to process:") as string
tell application "System Events"
    set these_files to every file of folder this_folder
end tell
repeat with i from 1 to the count of these_files
    set this_file to (item i of these_files as alias)
    set this_info to info for this_file
    tell application "Finder"
        set {fType, nExt} to ({file type, name extension} of file this_file)
        set documentName to the name of this_file
        set exportFileName to documentName & "." & exportFileExtension
    end tell
    if nExt contains "pages" then
        tell application "Pages"
            open this_file
            export this_file to exportFileName as PDF
            close saving no
        end tell
    end if
end repeat

###Update###: I have added this script to github with the hopes of it benefiting others as it continues to be improved. Contributions appreciated.


texts: Does Tivoli Storage Manager for backup get the details right?

texts:
I know that Carbon Copy Cloner, Time Machine, and other Mac-specific software goes to significant lengths to back up Macs correctly, with all the fiddly details right: permissions, file attributes, etc. My company uses Tivoli Storage Manager as the standard backup solution, and there's a Mac version.

Does Tivoli get the details right too? I.e., if I restore, I don't want to hassle with reinstalling apps or discover over a period of months that there's subtle breakage.

I'm on Lion if that's relevant.


texts: How to download any file to iPad from a cloud drive through the browser?

texts:
Is there a way to download files from a cloud drive to the ipad through its browser?
I made a dummy text file and uploaded to a cloud drive with a public link,
https://tinyurl.com/6whmxito
and then accessed it through the iPad through both Chrome and Safari.
The link works, but I'm not able to download the text file (or any other file).
This download-via-browser was also confirmed successful in all other non-apple devices (PC, phone, etc.).
Is there a step missing?


texts: Since I updated to iOS 7, my OverDrive Media app crashes every time I try to use it. What to do?

texts:
My OverDrive Media app crashes every time I try to open a book. This never happened before I updated my iPad mini to iOS 7. I can open the app fine and go to the NYPL page, but as soon as I try to open any title the app crashes.

I've tried turning my iPad off then on again, but it still happens. I updated the OverDrive Media app before I downloaded iOS 7 and it was fine then. I don't particularly want to uninstall it then download it again, so if there's any other solution please let me know!


texts: How to find tagged files/folders using the command line in Terminal?

texts:
What commands do we have for finding tagged files/folders using find on the command line?
I have done a search and looked on this site and found nothing.


texts: Manual Windows 10 installation on Macbook Pro mid 2014 using unetbootin

texts:
Just some some context before i ask my actual question.

I know my mac is older so I have been using a USB to use bootcamp.

I have tried installing Windows 10 using the Bootcamp assistant multiple times. The errors that i get are "Status: Disk Partitioning..." once the bootcamp assistant finishes. So I then create my own FAT32 style partition using disk utility. Also have cleared out time machine so it does not manually backup. Once i start the computer in EFI mode or windows i get through to the formatting of the partition but receive this error: "Windows detected that the EFI system partition was formatted as NTFS. Format the EFI System partition as FAT32 and restart installation". So I have tried that reformatting it.

Now I have given up using the bootcamp assistant and tried moving on to unetbootin. Does anyone know if when using unetbootin you need to use a USB 2.0.

Also it has to be greater than 8gb since the iso file + the windows support software is greater than 8gb total.

If anyone has suggestions or answers they would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Z


texts:
At work we use a Mac mini running Airfoil as an endpoint to stream music through the speakers.

Ideally, I'd like to query that machine to ascertain the name or address of the current client streaming media to it.

I'm happy to do this from another machine on the network, or from an agent on the Mac mini itself. Is this possible?


texts: I bought a new 15" retina MBP earlier this year, with the discrete GPU M370X that was released this year. However, "About this Mac" claims that it's a Mid 2014 model. Is it just a glitch or does anyone else have the same info? It's nothing to worry about, right?


texts: Is there a faster way to change my sound inputs and outputs?

texts:
I use multiple sound inputs and outputs. For example, for outputs I have my internal speakers, Air Parrot, and Bluetooth speakers. For inputs I have my internal microphone, Line In, Air Parrot, and a Bluetooth microphone.

To switch between these I go to Sound Preferences and select either the Output button or Input button and then select the device I want to use and then close the Sound Preferences.

Is there a quicker way?


texts: Where did the content of my Downlods folder disappear to?

texts:
My actual downloads have completely disappeared. Not just in the folder in the dock, but the Finder downloads folder is also completely empty. The continuously given answer is to assume one just needs to "go to Finder and drag the Downloads folder to the dock and presto. But the Download folder in Finder and in the dock are bare.

Can anyone please help me?


texts: Recommended MacBook Pro 13 (mid 2012) SSD upgrade?

texts:
I am going to buy the high end MacBook Pro mid 2012. I want to get an SSD, but the BTO options given by Apple are too pricey in my opinion.
Which third party SSD (512 GB) are recommended (for performances and prices)?

Edit: at a local shop they told me that changing the drive of an Apple product invalidates warranty. Do you know if it's true?


texts:
I have a 15" Mid-2014 Retina MacBook Pro and would like to hook additional monitors to it. Ideally, these would be 4x 27" Apple Displays of some sort.

I have done a bit of Googling, but information on this sort of configuration seems to be a bit sparse. Here's what I know:

This model can officially support 2x Thunderbolt Displays.
Thunderbolt displays can be daisy-chained.
Apple LED Cinema Displays (Mini DisplayPort model) can be daisy-chained off of Thunderbolt displays, but only if there are 1 or more thunderbolt devices separating them, and them
USB to (mini) DisplayPort adapters (external video cards) exist, but can only output at 720p to an iMac or Cinema Display.
USB to Thunderbolt adapters do not exist at this point. (And probably never will)
It is easy to go from (mini) DisplayPort to HDMI, but not the other way.

Based on the above, I have come up with several options in decreasing order of preference. (Ranging from simple/elegant to hackish) I'd like to know if anyone has tried any of these, and what kind of success you have had, or if you've done something different that I haven't thought of.

One last thing. When these monitors are plugged in, the computer will be in clamshell mode in a Henge vertical dock, so it won't need to power the internal display.

Option 1:
4 Thunderbolt displays. Two plugged into the thunderbolt ports, one daisy-chained off of each of those.

I understand that this probably won't work, but am wondering if anyone has tried it.

Option 2:
Two Thunderbolt Displays, each with an LED Cinema Display hooked up to it with, something in between (ie. a docking station)

I understand that this configuration will work if I hook up 1 pair, but need to know if the computer can handle 2.

Option 3:
Some way of getting a DisplayPort signal from a USB video card, Two thunderbolt displays, and two DisplayPort displays.

I haven't been able to find anything here, but if anyone knows about anything, I would really appreciate it.


texts: macOS custom keyboard layout is removed each restart of the OS

texts:
I copied my custom keyboard layout into /Library/Keyboard Layouts. After that, I can easily choose from System Preferences → Keyboard → Input Sources, and it just works fine. But whenever I restart the computer, the previously added keyboard layout is deleted automatically and has to be added again The computer does not delete the files inside the /Library/Keyboard Layouts directory, it only deletes the entry in System Preferences.

How do I resolve this issue?


texts: Unable to view Documents or Downloads folder remotely

texts:
I used to be able to access folders on my remote systems without problem.

Now in Catalina when I find my computers on my LAN and try to connect to them, I can only see the contents of ~/ and that of any folder I made.  The default folders (such as Documents, Downloads appear empty, something I've confirmed my navigating to it in the terminal.

I assume this is another idiotic protect-the-user-from-themself-at-all-cost-even-if-it-messes-with-normal-users move in Catalina, but how can I actually access the folder?  I'm logged in as myself, so there should be no permissions issue (all other folders/files have the same permissions anyways).  On the remote end, by screensharing at the exact same time I can confirm that there are files present in the folders.  No dialog is presented asking for access like many apps do now to access such files.

I even added my home folder as a separate shared folder, and granted full access to everyone.  But to no avail.

Any ideas on how to enable access?


texts: If I purchase an app on my iPad can I get it on a Microsoft PC

texts: Can I use an app I purchased on an iPad on a Windows PC?


texts:
Many OS versions ago, I ran a local copy of 'bind' for my in-home LAN.  I noticed that it made a huge difference in the speed of name resolution.  Performance of my local internet connections is terrible, so I want this to happen again.¹

My copy of Server.app has disappeared and this library has blocked connections to the app store.  And my caching DNS server is not running.  I still have all the configuration files, but I don't recall how to get it to run at boot.

When I originally set it up, launchd didn't exist and I didn't have Server.

I see that Internet Sharing will start it, but I usually want that left OFF.

I've hunted through the LaunchAgents and Launchd but the only bind, dns, or named in file name or contents are related to crypto, mDNS, and extensions for DDNS.

Also strike out with dns, named, or bind in man and apropos.

I just saw an item in "Similar Questions" that sounded promising, but it vanished on a refresh just as I was getting ready to click on it!

¹It's so (not) convenient to try to search for 'bind' or 'named' on the web!  “Why is the new OS named Sierra?”

With Homebrew, I got bind-9.11.0-P3 installed and running, but after two successful test lookups, the third and subsequent said

;; Got SERVFAIL reply from 127.0.0.1, trying next server

which in the named.log shows that it failed to access the root nameservers (how the first two lookups succeeded baffles me).


texts: How do I run the guided tour for new users?

texts:
I was suggested to start a guided tour for new users but I pressed "Don't remind me".

How can I activate this feature?


texts: Macbook 5,2 (Mid-2009) optical bay hard drive enclosure

texts: I was wondering what about my Mid-2009 Macbook makes optical hard drive enclosures like this one incompatible with the enclosure. And if there is another way that could get a second drive in there.


texts: In macOS Activity Monitor, why is "Applications in last 12 hours" grayed out / disabled?

texts:
Any idea why the "Applications in last 12 hours" is disabled in the "Activity Monitor"?

At one point it appeared briefly -- but after days of using it, it has since disappeared.

Using macOS 10.15.2. Many thanks.


texts: Show Results of Automator-Terminal command

texts:
TL;DR If I create a .app via Automator, how can I show results of a shell script in a dialog or terminal window?

I am using Automator to run a shell script

adb install /Directory/$1.apk

and if I run it via Automator, I can see the results (install successful or can't find filname.apk or whatever else terminal would tell me). If I save as app and double click to run, then I do not get to see these results.

What can I do to show a dialog or terminal window that would display the results of the script I run?


texts:
In university I normally SSH into the computer sciences server. However today I keep getting the following error: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host. SSHing with -v flags gives me the following.

OpenSSH_5.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to ... [...] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug3: Incorrect RSA1 identifier
debug3: Could not load "~/.ssh/id_rsa" as a RSA1 public key
debug1: identity file ~/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file ~/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
debug1: identity file ~/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: identity file ~/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

I've tried editing the hosts files but that won't help. Any suggestions?


texts:
I just got back from a hike, slurped the pix off my camera to my Mac, and can no longer crop my pix:

The usual shortcut C leaves the cursor as an arrow, not the crossed carpenter's squares.

If I add a crop brick to the adjustments pane, entering numbers there makes no difference.

I can make other adjustments -- e.g. levels -- so it's not like I've got it in quick preview mode.

Mac Pro 2012 24 GB
macOX Yosemite 10.10.5
Aperture 3.6


texts: What is the default (blue) value for AppleHighlightColor?

texts:
Lots of popular dotfiles repos (stemming from this one) include this:

# Set highlight color to green
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleHighlightColor -string "0.764700 0.976500 0.568600"

It looks bad. How do I change it back? What was the original value?


texts:
I'm using Mail client that's built-in into the system (Yosemite). I've decided that I want to use CTRL+V, CTRL+C and similar instead of CMD because I work half of the day with Windows and it's impossible for me to easily switch off my habits every half a day. I've considered 2 options:

final switch between CTRL and CMD which had a lot of consequences that I didn't wanted to tackle
switching on Shorcuts option available at System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts and adding here any "special" shortcuts on per app basis.

I've used 2nd option. This generally works fine. I've added things like Copy, Cut, Undo Paste and so on mostly mimicking what I have on my Windows machines. And everything seems to be working fine except one small detail "CTRL+V" paste. It only works as a PASTE until the email I'm creating fits on page. When there's a lot of text.. the CTRL+V becomes Page Down button. It's like CTRL+V in the Mail app is hardcoded to be Page Down and the shorcuts seems to be working fine until CTRL+V is able to actually behave as Page Down then it stops working.

How do I disable Page Down (CTRL+V) behaviour as described above?


texts: Which Intel "generation" is my Mac's CPU?

texts:
While glancing through the marketing page of High Sierra, I read from the first footnote that:

  […]  The playback of 4K HEVC content requires a Mac with a sixth‑generation Intel Core processor or newer.

I don't know which nth generation my iMac's CPU is. How do I find this information?

About this Mac says "Processor 2,8 GHz Intel Core i5", but no mention of a "generation".


texts:
When I'm on the move I want to tether to my phone to access a few essentials (telnet, ssh, IM, a few low bandwidth websites).  What I don't want is for a load of background processes like Software Update or Google Software Updater to start downloading gigs of patches over the phone's 3G connection.

Is there a way to set up a temporary white list of hosts to which my machine can connect and deny access to anything else?  NOTE: This must be temporary only, I obviously want full internet access when connected via a wifi/wired connection.


texts: Catalina duplicates files open in text editors after restart

texts:
Problem: After macOS update to Catalina, when the computer shuts down with a text editor open (VSCode) or IDE (webstorm and the likes), it automatically generates files adding a 2 . eg index.html becomes index 2.html

The files were saved, committed (using git) and even pushed to GitHub, before the shutdown.

Question: How do you ensure/prevent files from autogenerating?


texts: AppleScript bug: When placing plain text on the clipboard, the text is always converted to rich text

texts:
Run the following code to put some text on your clipboard:

set testString to "This string should be plain text."
set the clipboard to testString

If you open up a new .rtf file in TextEdit.app, and paste the clipboard into this document, you will observe that the clipboard contains rich text. Specifically, the clipboard text is of the font Helvetica and size 12.

I also tried specifying set the clipboard to (testString as string) or set the clipboard to (testString as text). But, the code always puts rich text on the clipboard. This rich text is always of the same style (as described in the previous paragraph).

Is it possible to put text on the clipboard, as plain text, in AppleScript?

OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.


texts: Macbook Pro Core 2 Duo won't install 64-bit OS X 10.7

texts:
I am trying to install OS X 10.7 x64 on my Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro from 2007. Before I was running OS X 10.6.8 x64 which worked fine, but I can't seem to install 10.7 as 64-bit. Somehow it assumes under the installation that it must be x86, since I am not asked which version I want to install.

Apple states that it should be able to run 64-bit (and since Snow Leopard was x64 I don't doubt it).

I have checked for any firmware updates, but all seems to be up to date.

How can I get my machine to install the x64 version? Is there some way to force it?


texts: How can I tell Siri to restart dictation? How can I correct her?

texts:
I know that Siri has "code words" which are not directly transcribed but which insert punctuation.

I find it essential to be able to restart or to go back and clear out words which were dictated improperly.

Is there a way to do this? I have tried saying "Delete", "backspace" and "cancel" and a few more, but they are all (properly) just simply getting dictated.


texts: How to keep alarm silent during a phone call on my iPhone6?

texts: How can I keep alarms I have set from going off during a telephone conversation?  I may set an alarm to go off tomorrow at 3:15 pm.  If I receive a phone call at 3:12 pm, I don't want the alarm to go off during the phone call.


texts: How to mute notifications on macOS Sierra?

texts:
Before macOS Sierra I could do "alt + mouse click" on notifications icon (placed on the top right corner of screen, on the menu bar).

It doesn't seem to work on Sierra. How to mute notifications on Sierra?


texts: How can I force my laptop to shut down when I close the lid?

texts:
I'd like my Mac laptops to shut down completely when I close the lid. This is partly for convenience and partly for security reasons.

I couldn't find a way to do this in the System Preferences (OS 10.8.1). Is there a way to control it by changing hidden preferences in the terminal, or some other method?


texts: How can I choose a user an the login page without a mouse?

texts:
As a old-school Unix junkie I don't like being forced to use a mouse when a simple keyboard shortcut would do. Today I found myself needing to login to an OSX machine just to launch an app, but the system's mouse had a dead battery. I tried about every key I could think of on the keyboard and could not figure out how to select a user  from the login screen. I could change the system volume and any number of other useless actions, but a keystroke that would change the input focus to the user selector was beyond my ability to guess.

Even more frustratingly, when I did finally hook up a mouse, merely moving it seemed to bring the login window into focus and the arrow buttons could be used to select a user.

On attempting to duplicate this later, it seems the initial login screen does have keyboard input focus and works on first bootup. However if you either wait a minute or two for the mouse connection dialog a dialog pops up wanting you to connect a mouse. This steals the input focus and never gives it back to the login screen. If you do not connect a mouse or if an almost-dead wireless one connects and disconnects, the login screen cannot be accessed from the keyboard.

Is there a key-binding I am missing that will re-focus the login page? Or is one just stranded at that point? Is there a keystroke that will reboot the system so you can catch it before the mouse connect dialoge pops up?


texts: "Show In-App Purchases" Not Showing In App Store

texts:
I have an app on the App Store that has In-App Purchases, but on the store there isn't a button that says "In-App Purchases" where a user can see what the IAP are.

Where on mine (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/uidesign-draw-your-concept/id725323019?mt=8) says it Offers IAP but there isn't a button at the bottom that shows what the IAP are.

How do I make it available for users to see what IAP i have in my app.


texts: How do I remove a name from my VIP list in Mail?

texts:
On my Mac mail I have a person listed in my VIP list but I don't even know who the person is. There are no emails in the boxes with his name on it. I cannot find a way to delete this person from my VIP list.

How do I remove this person without removing my VIP folder?


texts: Why does my MacBook audio output have no sound when connected to a stereo component?

texts: I have a problem with my MacBook Pro (10.5.8) - the audio output has no sound when connected to a stereo component, but when connected to small speakers it works fine. Internal speakers are working also. Does anyone have an idea?


texts:
Back in the mid '90s one of my Macintoshes had an easter egg, which I'm almost certain could only be accessed at boot time.

You saw an image of the headquarters, a flag pole, and the flag was flapping in the breeze.

You could control the direction of the wind by moving your mouse, and if you did it just right, you could rip the flag off the flagpole and then sail it to the ground.

I think it was on the Quadra 840av.

Can someone confirm this, or even better, post a screenshot?

Thanks!


texts: how to restore deleted songs on an iPod touch

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I have a collection of several GB of mp3 files that were erased the last time I charged my iPod on my computer. The Apple store representative claims that this sync happens automatically anytime iTunes is connected to a computer but I have been downloading songs onto my iPod from different computers and CDs for several years now and this has never happened. In short, most of my songs were deleted, and are greyed out on my iPod. It is devastating. I have tried to find a solution to restore the files but cannot find one that does not involve uploading from a backup (which stupidly I do not have.) I have come across software like this Disk drill which is quite expensive so I would like a second opinion first.

What is the best option to recover deleted files and which software is recommended to do this on a Mac? Any arcane, convoluted methods are appreciated.


texts: Finder unable to move files. Makes copies only

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Since the update from Mavericks to Yosemite I have a very strange and annoying problem.

When I move a bunch of files to an external harddisk (drag & drop) the last file of the group is not moved.
It is only copied.
The original file remains at its source! I have to delete it manually afterwards. (Sometimes I forget to do so!)

I also found a workaround for this problem:
Move the files to the desktop first and from the desktop to the external drive.
This works most of the time.

Does anyone has the same problem?
Any ideas how to fix this?


texts: How can I prevent external monitors from slowing my Macbook?

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Until three months ago, I could use two external monitors with no problem. For 3 months I just used one, but now, trying two, I find that my MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017, OS 10.15.5) gets slow--for example, my mouse pointer lags. In fact, even with one external monitor there is some lag.
How can I prevent this?
Full configuration is  shown below.


texts: NFS Mount failed and now it says `Device not configured`

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I have Macbook Pro 2015, running El Capitan 10.11.1 and I am having issues with NFS mounts. I also have an Android TV Box and it mounts NFS without any issues, so I guess the issue is with my laptop. Here is the NFS config(/etc/exports):

/media/mypassport 192.168.2.0/24(insecure,rw,all_squash,anonuid=1000,anongid=1000,no_subtree_check)

When I run showmount:

$ showmount -e rpi

Exports list on rpi:
/media/mypassport                   192.168.2.0/24

I mount from Finder > Go > Connect to Server and enter: nfs://rpi/media/mypassport

This mounts my NFS drive, however sometimes it disconnects and I am not able to remount again. I have to restart my machine and keep trying till it doesn't disconnect.

When I ls into /Volumes I get following error:

$ ls

ls: mypassport: Device not configured
Macintosh HD

Whats the issue here? Why it keeps unmounting or gets disconnected? And how do I remount without restarting?


texts: Purchase movies from US store using itunes giftcard

texts: I would like to know whether I can buy movies from the iTunes store using just a US iTunes account and an iTunes gift card (purchased in the US), in a different country.


texts: Can't download updates because "This update is not available for this Apple ID"

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I keep getting this message when I type in my password to do an update.

  This update is not available for this Apple ID either because it was bought by a different user or the item was refunded or cancelled.

The computer was bought by me and has only been used by me.  What do I need to do to fix this?


texts: Retrieve email error message on iphone 3gs

texts: Verified and re-verified mail settings on iphone3gs but when I try to retrieve emails from my external email account an error message appears saying 'the server is not responding. check settings'. When I called server they said it's an Apple issue. Doesn't sound correct. Any ideas?


texts: diskutil not showing a particular external hard disk drive

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I am facing an odd problem. I have a WD Elements 2TB external hard disk drive, which used to work fine on my MacBook Air running macOS Catalina 10.15.3. The HDD has 4 partitions - one for time machine, two other formatted with Mac OS Extended (Journaled) filesystem and one having FAT32. A problem that I used to face was that the disk would get ejected automatically when the computer went to sleep.

About 3-4 days ago, I discovered that I was unable to open/unmount the FAT32 partition though it was showing on desktop. That day also, probably, the whole disk was improperly ejected at the end as the computer had entered sleep mode. After that, since yesterday, my Mac has completely stopped mounting any partition of the HDD. Neither System Information nor diskutil list shows the HDD. I have tried restarting the computer while pressing Command Option P R as instructed on the web, but nothings helps.

All four partitions of the HDD are detected on Linux machines and also on another MacBook Air. A Windows machine detects the FAT32 partition. On the other Mac, I ran First Aid for each of the partitions and everything came out fine. It’s just that my Mac is not mounting it.

I tried connecting another 1TB Seagate HDD and a 16 GB Kingston pen drive to my Mac and they work as expected. I am at a loss on how to resolve this. It seems just the two together - my Mac and the WD HDD- are not working.


texts: Is there any screen with resolution of 3440x1080 that is supported by a mid 2012 13" MBP?

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I have a mid-2012 13" MacBook Pro with an integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU and Thunderbolt / DisplayPort v 1.2 ports.

Can I connect a screen with 3440x1080 resolution? If not, is there anyway to connect two monitors on extended mode?


texts: Clear "Disk2" "OS X Base System" before USB boot OS X install

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Machine is MBP E-2011 500GB hybrid hard drive. Operating system is OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite.

I've encountered system issues that are difficult to resolve and have decided to reformat and reinstall OS X. I have prepared a bootable USB drive to install El Capitan 10.11.1 using DiskMaker X 5

When I use COMMAND+R at startup the Disk Utility shows "Disk2" "OS X Base System" underneath a divider below the title for my installed hard drive.

From what I have read this is a small recovery partition left from a previous install. All of my data is backed up elsewhere and I am installing from a bootable USB drive so I do not want this. I would like to install as if this was a blank, off-the-shelf replacement HDD.

How do I remove this "Disk2" "OS X Base System" before doing a complete drive erase and using my bootable USB?

Thanks