texts: Is there a way to search my Samsung SCH-R500 phone through a Terminal window?

texts: I have my Samsung SCH-R500 phone connected to my computer via bluetooth. Though when I go to browse in the 'Bluetooth File Exchange' software, nothing comes up. So, I was wondering if I can navigate through my phone using a Terminal. Or, is there a way to get to it by going through the directory?


texts: I replaced my Superdrive with a second hard drive, and now I've got spin-up/down issues

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I've purchased a bracket to replace the superdrive in my 2009 Unibody MBP, the kind with the latch that pops open rather than the entirely screwed down bottom panel.

Now that I've put in my second hard drive, the drive constantly has to spin up when I stop using it for any seriously length of time. I presume this is meant as a power-saving measure for the old superdrive.

Is there any way to disable this behavior, and have the drive powered on at all times? While I'm not eager to punish my battery, I've pretty much worn my battery down to nothing by now, so I'm quite used to having my laptop plugged in at all times.


texts: Numbers: How do I write between in an IF statement?

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I can't get the following formula to work in Apple's Numbers.app. I need the second IF to be BETWEEN 33.3% AND 66.6%.

This is what I have tried but it does not work:

IF(D≥66.6%,"High","")&IF(D>33.3%<66.6%,"Medium","")&IF(D≤33.3%,"Low","")

Thank you for any help!


texts: What do I need to do to be able to use keyboard combinations, instead of Touch Bar clicks?

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I am blind user and I must use a program which is an accessible with Voiceover, the Apple screen reader. That’s why I need a way to press keys instead of learning to click something which I don’t see.

On a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, how do I use keyboard combinations, instead of Touch Bar clicks?


texts: iPhone 5s home button and on-screen home button unreliable

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The home button on a friend's iPhone 5s has become unreliable. It responds maybe one time out of twenty.

Till she could visit an Apple Store to get them to check it, I enabled the AssistiveTouch option to give her an on-screen home button. But the on-screen home button is similarly unreliable, only responding a fraction of the time. Other buttons on the AssistiveTouch control work fine.

Given that the on-screen home button is also unreliable this suggests it isn't a hardware problem. Has any seen this before? Can anyone suggest what the cause could be or how to resolve it?


texts: How do I make a game controller an active input device on my Mac-mini?


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I've recently upgraded my macos from a very old version to Catalina.
In the old days, if I wanted to enter a special character such as a mathematical symbol, I would hit ctrl-CMD-space to bring up the emoji and special characters dialog, and then search for the name of the unicode symbol I wanted.
In Catalina, ctrl-CMD-space brings up a much simplified version of this dialog that looks like this:

The problem is I can't see any way to search this list. Online I can find screenshots of a dialog that looks like similar this but has a search bar at the top. That version also has an icon in the top right that switches to the expanded dialog that I'm used to. But as you can see neither of those exist in the screenshot above, and I don't know how to make them appear.
Is there a way to search for unicode symbols from this dialog, or switch it to the old one, or is there some other convenient way to search for unicode symbols in Catalina? I sometimes need to use obscure mathematical symbols, and it's not really feasible to find them by just scrolling through the list.


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I have 3 displays, MacBook and 2x4k. My main display is one of 4k. The issue is when I lock computer often 2nd 4k Display (not main) move all full screen apps to MacBook, MacBook to this 4k. Only main display have apps on place.
To solve this issue I have to open preferences/ display/ arrangement and move white bar from main display to MacBook, than "not main 4k" and to "main" 4k. In conclusion I have to move white bar 3 times. This is really uncomfortable and I wonder how to do it wit apple script. Right now I find solution to open system preferences-> display -> arrangement, however I have no idea how to move white bar around displays. My code is here:

-- QUIT SYSTEM PREFERENCCES APPLICATION
if application "System Preferences" is running then
    tell application "System Preferences" to quit
    delay 1
end if
tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    set the current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.displays"
    delay 1
    tell application "System Events"
        click radio button "Rozmieszczenie" of tab group 1 of window "LG Ultra HD (1)" of application process "System Preferences"
    end tell
end tell

Can anyone help me how to finish script?

Thank you!


texts: Did Apple degrade the accuracy of the iPhone 4S GPS compared to the iPhone 4

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I have done some extensive testing of my iPhone 4S compared to my iPhone 4 and found GPS accuracy has suffered substantially.

I've been using the 4 for about a year, riding a bicycle on a 3 mile loop park road several times a week. Typically, I'll do about 6 laps or 18 miles. Using a great app called Cyclemeter, I save the track so I have a record of how fast and how far I rode. After I upgraded to the 4S I found the measured length of each lap varied widely and that ridiculously high speeds were being recorded.

Upon examination of the recorded track I find loops drawn out to points up to 100 feet from the actual course and back tracks heading the wrong direction. The net result is the iPhone 4S is off by around 20% on the measured distance from what I know it should be. Has anyone else looked carefully at their tracks and found similar results?

What is more likely: That I have a defective unit OR that Apple's elimination of a dedicated GPS chip means less accurate information?


texts: Disable PPPoE Connected and Disable options for WiFi connection

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I've configured following network:

Effective Roof is connected to an Internet via always-on PPPoE connection. Other routers connected to Effective Roof in extended mode. Internet connection works well, but WiFi UI displays weird Disconnect option (if I click it, it's temporary disconnects from PPPoE).

How to disable that? Hovering the WiFi network name should display option to Disable PPPoE.

Thanks!


texts: Can Mountain Lion take a sleeping Mac and write the RAM to disk after a timeout?

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Is it possible to configure OSX Mountain Lion to go from suspand-toRAM to suspend-to-disk after certain amount of minutes?

The default sleep mode seems to be suspend-to-RAM until the battery is almost empty. This makes it troublesome for traveling with the laptop as the battery is guaranteed to go to empty after closing the lid and putting your computer to the bag for a day or two.


texts: How can I download the entirety of my Google Drive to my iPhone?

texts: iPhone 5c with the latest iOS and Google Drive app. I see that I can set individual photos to be available offline. This functionality is not available for folders though. Is there a third party app that allows this?


texts: How do I safely restore files to a shared folder after they were replaced with symlinks created by iCloud's "Optimize Storage" feature?

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(Thanks in advance for suggestions on how I could make my question clearer)
Context:
I have a team that uses a shared folder that we each auto-sync to our local machines. We use Google Drive and Google's Backup And Sync application to manage the syncing, but we could be using Box or Dropbox or any other cloud storage with auto-syncing.
Problem:
Some team members have had iCloud's "Optimize Mac Storage" feature enabled, which over the course of a couple of months has led to files in this shared folder being replaced with .icloud symlinks that don't work for anyone else on the team.
For example, let's assume shared-team-folder/ contains file1.pptx, file2.pptx, and file3.pdf.
At some point team member Bob's mac replaces syncs all three of those files to iCloud and replaces them with file1.pptx .icloud, file2.pptx .icloud, and file3.pdf .icloud placeholder files instead. Google Drive's Backup And Sync (or Box or Dropbox) shares Bob's changes to the cloud, which then get pulled down onto the computers of team members Alice and Carol.
Questions:

What procedure can I use to ensure that the files are safely restored back into the folder for all to use?
Will unchecking "Optimize Mac Storage" put the original files back?
If Alice, Bob, and Carol all have "Optimize Mac Storage" enabled, does the order in which they disable it matter?
Are there things we could do wrong in this process that could lead to the files being lost?


texts: Forbidden error setting up a PHP app on Mac OS X 10.6

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I have enabled Web Sharing in OS X 10.6 and now I can access http://localhost/~myuser from the browser.

Now I have copied this PHP app to my ~/Sites/the_app folder, but when I want to access it in the browser I get a Forbidden error message:

  You don't have permission to access /~myuser/the_app on this server.

Any ideas how can I fix this?


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On Yosemite 10.10.5, I have an Apples Script application that runs and completes as desired under 2 of 3 conditions. The application is set to launch, by launchd plist 3 times per day at 7:05am, 3:05pm and 9:05pm.

Completes - when run from Script Editor
Completes - when running under launchd at 7:05am
Applescript timeout warning - when running under launchd after ~7:21am and when the monitor is black

It may be important to the #2 success that the Energy Saver > Scheduled > Start up or wake = 7:00am, everyday. > Sleep = 11pm everyday. Also, Computer Sleep = Never and Display Sleep = 15 min.

The error message is Safari got an error: AppleEvent timed out. (-1712)

The 1st arrow below points to the line of code where timeout occurs. The hack is displayed at the 2nd arrow, allowing the script to 'gracefully' continue:

on waitForPageToLoad(repeatCount, myLogFile, theTabInUse)
    set interval to 1
    set currentCount to 0

    repeat repeatCount times
        set currentCount to currentCount + 1
        delay interval
        try
            tell application "Safari"
-->             set docReady to do JavaScript "document.readyState" in theTabInUse
            end tell
        on error errstr
-->         display dialog "  waitForPageToLoad error: " & errstr giving up after 10
            set docReady to "complete"
        end try
    end repeat
end waitForPageToLoad

If I should wake up the screen within 2 minutes of the 1st arrow's code being sent, the script will continue fine.

Nothing related is in the Console system log. I am thinking this is a bug.

EDIT - I am trying to track down if the correct tab & window has been passed into the handler. It is possible the do JavaScript is not targeted correctly.

Does anyone have any ideas of how to troubleshoot or solve this?


texts: Where can I download Safari for Windows?

texts:
This sounds like an absurd question, I know, but when I go to:

http://www.apple.com/safari/

There isn't a download link! I'm sure it used to be there :-/

Here's what I see:

Scrolling further just has more features. No link!


texts: How to bump up text size & other graphical elements system wide

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On Mavericks, my monitor resolution is set to 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz (1080p) on SMS24A350H.

Everything looks great. But I noticed small icons in Finder window with small text. That I adjusted with Finder view options globally. But I could not solve the problem of small fonts appearing in system dialogue windows such as in “Get info” window and System Menu bar etc. It is hard to read text there and icons looks smaller.

In specific applications I can adjust zooming in contents area, like in Safari or Google Chrome but there also system wide objects like labels on tabs appear too small.

Screen zooming under system preferences is not a solution I want. I don’t want to trade off monitor resolution either.

Is there a way to get slightly zoomed everything system wide, which affects all applications and objects appearances?


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Say I have two monitors, one an LCD on my laptop and the other a HD 21". I've disabled display mirroring as I want to use the extra space to view another window, however I want the items on the desktop of both screens to be the same.

Is it possible to mirror the desktop to both screens in this way?


texts: 2017 MacBook Air - MacOS Sierra reinstall fails

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I am trying to reinstall MacOS on a 2017 MacBook Air. I turn the computer on and go to internet recovery mode. I deleted the contents of the SSD using the disk utility. Then I went to “reinstall MacOS Sierra”. At the end of the install, I get the error “an error occurred while preparing the installation”. In the log file, I see the error “no app was found with bundle ID com.apple.installassistant.Sierra to upgrade to 12.6.03”
Please help! I come from the windows world and I am not sure where to go from here. If I make a boot image on a jump drive I would have to use a windows machine.


texts: All other things being equal, what is the difference in power consumption of iMac with 8GB of RAM and iMac with 16 GB RAM?


texts:
While I am waiting for my new MacBook Pro to arrive, I have started wondering how to connect everything together. My goal is to only have one cable to connect to the MacBook when I use it at home (which will be Thunderbolt 3 obviously). So I will probably get some sort of Tunderbolt-3 Dock with Displayport and Ethernet.

However, I am wondering how I should handle audio: I have a 5.1 surround system which provides both digital  (optical toslink) and analog input (using three cinch cable for the different channels).

I know that I should be able to plug in a toslink cable into the 3.5 audio jack of the MBP (if Apple hasn't decided to remove that feature?). However, I would like to only have one cable as mentioned above, so I need to get the audio over USB-C / Thunderbolt 3 somehow.

Is this possible? What kinds of adapters would I need, so I can realize the following (basically I am looking for an adapter from TB3 or Displayport to Toslink (optical audio) or Digital Audio via Coax):

-------------     --------------           ------------------
-           -     -          DP==         ==TL              -
-  MacBook  -     -  Dock      -    ???    -   AV-Receiver  -
-           -     -            -    ???    -      (5.1)     -
-        TB3=======TB3      TB3==         ==DA              -
------------      --------------           ------------------

TB3 = Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C
DP = Displayport (regular size)
TL = Optical Audio (Toslink)
DA = Digital Audio (Coax)


texts: Can't write to my FAT32 USB drive on Mac

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I can't write to my USB on MacBook Pro. The USB was working well on both Windows and Mac until it stopped working on Mac suddenly (it's working well on Windows though). I reformatted it as FAT32 and tried other formats too (ExFAT,...etc) but, still facing the same issue.

Under "sharing and permissions", I find "you can only read" and it is greyed out so, I can't change it.

Any ideas are welcomed as I've been stuck in this since more than 2 weeks.


texts: How to show "only mails with attachments" in MacOS Mail?

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In the search box in the top right of Mail, I enter the search term but then want to restrict the results in the same way you can with Outlook on PC "has attachment" to only show those mails that include the search term AND have an attachment.
Is this even possible?


texts:
I've had VPN setup on my OS X Server forever, but I've only used it for remote access to manage the server itself, never as a pass through to the internet at large. It occurred to me that when I travel it might be useful to have my communications routed through my server, so I've tried setting it up to do so and I'm not able to get it to work.

I've switched on "route all communications through VPN" in the client
settings.
I don't have any routes defined in the VPN settings of Server.
My server acts as a DNS server already so my VPN settings point to it
as the first DNS server.
I have a public DNS server listed as the second.

When I connect to the VPN and try to get to a web page, no luck-- Safari just times out.

I can "host google.com" successfully from the terminal and if I use an IP address in the Safari location bar, I still can't connect. So I don't think the problem is DNS.

I can get to the web when logged in locally to the server, so I think the port is open.

I had experimented with IceFloor a few years ago, but have since removed it-- I'm not entirely sure where to look for remnants of it but I don't see any files for it floating around and I don't see pf in the process list.

Any other ideas?


texts: Numbers - continuous line connecting gapped data?

texts:
This question over on SuperUser is exactly the same as mine, in the sense that I have a CSV that contains gaps in each column, but I want to plot it as a continuous line. However, I'm using Numbers, not Excel. Is there a way to replicate those results using Numbers? The Format menu doesn't seem to have too many parameters to adjust regarding this.

The current workaround I have is to set the graph to "2D Area" (1), selecting the line itself in the graph, setting No Fill, and then setting the Stroke parameter. This achieves the intended effect (2), but doesn't scale well with multiple (overlapping) datasets.

And here's the data when enabling 2D Line


texts:
I have a macbook air mid 2013 model. It worked with no problem till now. Today when I opened the macbook it shows no charge symbol(I mean when you press power button it shows a battery icon in a black screen like iPhone does when its battery is drained).

I connected the charger but there is no led light(green or amber). It is not detecting the charger . I checked the same charger in another macbook.The charger works perfectly.

I tried doing SMC and PRAM reset. Since there is no power in the machine nothing happens. Please help.

The OS is Mavericks.

I got the macbook in London and I am in India now. Will the Apple warranty work internationally?.


texts: Are there any standards or regulations concerning iOS system notifications? For example, it should contain at least one active button. If yes, please, give references.


texts: Is there anyway to lock an iphone to avoid my toddler from leaving his video?

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I have a toddler iphone app that plays short videos.  He loves it and its great to give to him in the car, etc but the one issue is that he keeps hitting the home button and i have to start the app up again.  This happens over and over again.

I noticed there is no lock button on the iphone.  Why is that?  Is there any solution to get the equivalent of what a lock button would do here so going back home is disabled?


texts: Automator Service that works with and without selection

texts:
I have an AppleScript that I want to run with a keyboard shortcut. The script uses the current selection of text if it is available, but will also work without it. I have created an Automator Service for this.

If I select "Service receives selected text", it works if I have text selected, but will not run if I don't have text selected. I can change to "Service receives no input", but then I won't get the selection even if I have something selected before.

What I am looking for is some way to launch the script and pass in the selection is available, and launch the script with no (or empty) input if nothing is selected. But it should work with the same keyboard shortcut in both cases. Is this possible?  Thanks!


texts: Doing a "mail merge" from Microsoft Office to send out an individualized email

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I have an Excel spreadsheet with the grades of my students. Every so often I'd like to email out their current grades, one email per student, that will only include their last three homework grades or so.

Ideally I'd use Thunderbird to email it out but that might be trouble. Mail.app could also work, or Outlook in a pinch.

I've tried Word's Mail Merge and got all the way to the sixth step but the "Generate e-mail messages" option there is always greyed out, whatever I seem to be trying.

I'd also be happy with another solution, like using LibreOffice or exporting as text and using some command line tool to email it out but so far I haven't been able to emailing anything via mailx...


texts: Alternate to iPhone Configuration Utility for installing Certificates?

texts:
I need to install .cer certificate on iPhone to enable certain SSL connections to websites.

I have searched and found that this was possible using iPhone Configuration Utility, but that has been discontinued now.

Also tried using Apple Configurator 2, but I can not figure out how to install a .cer using it.

I am using iPhone 6S having iOS 9.2.1


texts: 2015 Macbook Pro El Capitan - wifi drops when CPU active

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When the CPU/GPU of my early 2015 13" Retina MBP running El Capitan 10.11.6 is under strain, the wifi drops.

I first noticed this whilst playing the web browser game diep.io in Chrome. When the game is running fairly CPU-intensively the wifi menu bar symbol turns to 'off' for a few seconds and then reconnects, hence booting me from the game. This happens intermittently - perhaps every 15 minutes. I thought it was related to the fan activating but I've observed it without fan too.

I've tested on 2 different wifi routers, both 2.4ghz, and with/without power cable - same results.

This is the only situation I've noticed the wifi dropping in - it doesn't drop randomly or suffer any other connectivity issues AFAIK.

Are there further tests I can run or solutions to try?

Update: some more tests

Chrome with hardware acceleration off: no wifi drops, but game doesn't run hot enough to activate the fan
Safari:  Game doesn't work
Firefox with hardware acceleration: same as Chrome (no drops but no fan)

I'm thinking this may be simply a Chrome bug with hardware acceleration, but I'm worried the MBP hardware could be defective. Would testing with a non-browser-based CPU-intensive networked game or app be a good way to prove this?


texts:
You can simulate a right mouse-click with the magic mouse if you tap the right half of the mouse without touching the left half and THEN click.

But is it possible to achieve a middle-mouse-click with the magic mouse (on OSX 10.6)?

And How?


texts: Borrowing an iPhone 4 - I've swapped the sim but can I access my email and iMessages without loosing the owner's?

texts: Can I access my mail and iMessages without wiping the iPhone first?  I want to return the phone to its pre-loan state when I'm done borrowing.


texts: iPhone constantly dropping connection via USB to my MacBook Pro

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I have a MB Pro Mid 2015 (15'') and an iPhone SE 128GB and every now and then when I connect the phone to the laptop it drops the connection after few seconds, then connects again, drops etc... Resetting USB ports or NVRAm seems to do the trick for a while, but it is only a matter of time, before the same thing happens again. Is there any permanent solution to this, or should I just live with it?

I am not completely sure if it the problem is mac or iPhone related. All other peripherals connect without problems (although sometimes a standard usb for example is not recognised right away, so I have to unplug it and plug it back in to work).

Thank you in advance for your help,

cheers


texts: How often should one shutdown a MacBook instead of just closing the lid?

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I have found contradictory opinions on this. Some say Windows users tend to shut down but that it is not necessary, and I tend to do that too.
Others say it is preferable to shut down, as it does not take too much time to boot anyway, and that in this way the battery is protected. While others say that it is in fact better not to shut down to often, including for the battery, etc.
An interesting opinion - cannot find the link for that now - was that shutting down / restarting serves no purpose for Macs, except when that is needed after installing or upgrading applications or the system, unlike in Windows, where shutting down was (is?) very important. Also, that Macs do periodical system maintenance work during operation and even sleep, which eliminates the need for restart; possibly restarting would even come against all this, etc., and "not shutting down" is in fact a typical differentiating Mac feature. Is this true?
I need a competent opinion on this - not just a description of the most common use - preferably reflecting some advice from the manufacturer.
I have a Macbook Air.

Update after answer:
Although I got a good answer, a crucial point in it (that the system has to be shut down, but only from time to time) is not yet clear: how often should I shut down the system. So, I will bring my question down to this formula.
As pointed out by that answer, my question cannot be answered in relation to a tangible benefit for the system, but rather in relation to the battery life. So, I guess this last point can be answered by some information on how how is battery life dependent on how often the system is shut down.


texts: Very slow Intel 660p 2 TB M.2 in Icybox enclosure

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So, i´ve installed an Intel 660p 2 TB M.2 drive into this enclosure.

The speed has been good for a while, but it seemed to slow down a lot when i had about 150 GB left on the drive. Speed is down to 40 MB/s! I used to have well over 500 MB/s, and maybe even more if i remember it correctly.

Now i tried to delete a lot of files (400 GB availible now) to check if that helped, but no, still very slow.. :/

Im using it with a macbook pro 2016 i7 thru usb c cable. Tried the repair function in diskmanager but that did not help.

How can I improve performance again?


texts:
In Safari 6.0 the 'Appearance' tab from 'Preferences' was omitted.
How can I now switch “Display images when the page opens” on/off ?


texts: Auto run a UI app and click a button on startup

texts:
I want to do two things when my Mac boots up:

1) Run an app
2) Click a button on that app

Any suggestions for how I can accomplish this?
FWIW, this is app I haven't written so I can't change source or pass in command line params.


texts:
My iPhone restarts "randomly" when the battery is below a certain threshold (which I haven't been able to specifically pinpoint). A couple weeks ago I had the battery replaced with a new one, as battery life wasn't longer than just a couple of hours

The device has iOS 10.2.1, to be upgraded to 10.3 hopefully during the day.

Any ideas of what could be wrong? I've read suggestions about resetting the iPhone, but just sound like a pretty rough/brute solution to implement, although it's an alternative indeed.


texts: How can I create a custom alert sound in Mountain Lion?

texts:
I want to use a personal sound file (currently an mp3) instead of the system alert sounds (sosumi, basso, etc.)

I remember this being really easy on Macs a couple of decades ago, but can't figure out how to do so today.


texts: Is there a shortcut which invokes the "Login Window..." fast user switching command?

texts:
Firstly, let me say that there's two questions on Think Different that claim to answer this question but do not:

Does the MacBook Air have a Fast User Switching (Login Window) shortcut key?
The answer to this question seems to "lock" the mac, but doesn't invoke the "Login Window..." command.
Can I assign a keyboard shortcut to bring up the Mac OS X Login Window?
The answer to this question provides a shortcut which initiates a log out, not a user fast switch.

So, is there a shortcut for this command?

thanks.


texts:
I'm trying to open a PDF using Preview where the input file is a shell var:

$ pdf=$(wget -qO- 'http://website.com/file.pdf') && open "$pdf"

$ pdf=$(wget -qO- 'http://website.com/file.pdf') && open -a /Applications/Preview.app -f "$pdf"

$ open -a /Applications/Preview.app $(wget -qO- 'http://website.com/file.pdf')

$ pdf=$(wget -qO- 'http://website.com/file.pdf') | open -a /Applications/Preview.app -f -

etc etc etc

I always get the same error:

  -bash: /usr/bin/open: Argument list too long

Is it possible to do this?

example PDF for anyone who wants to try:

https://www.exploit-db.com/docs/english/44592-linux-restricted-shell-bypass-guide.pdf


texts: App store require Documents for authorized to distribute the content

texts:
i publish my application on app store but it's not accepted in several time and the reviewer request for the document for authorized to distribute the content
but i don't know how to document ?

the app store reviewer Answer :

  Thank you for your message. Please respond with documentation attached, using the upload feature, evidencing that Jenyar has been authorized to distribute the content owned by the artists. Once Legal has reviewed your documentation and confirms its validity, we will proceed with your application review.

please if anybody know about this guide me
Thanks


texts: External drive HD WD 3T My Passport with Mavericks suddenly unmounts

texts:
I've a problem with my external hard drive, a Western Digital 3TB, with my Mac running OS X 10.9, Mavericks.

When my hard drive is linked to my MacBook Air and, I work with it, the drive suddenly unmounts from my Mac. This happens with tasks such as viewing photos, moving files, and opening files.

I tried to exclude my hard drive from Spotlight search but the problem persists.

I've scary because I might loose all my work and files.


texts: how to remove ffmpeg ? and install again

texts:
I want to remove ffmpeg. Typed to terminal

    ..........$ rm ffmpeg
    rm: ffmpeg: is a directory
    ..........$ ffmpeg
    ffmpeg version 2.1.git Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jan 28 2014 01:43:39 with Apple LLVM version 5.0 (clang-500.2.79)     (based on LLVM 3.3svn)
  configuration:
  libavutil      52. 63.100 / 52. 63.100
  libavcodec     55. 49.100 / 55. 49.100
  libavformat    55. 26.100 / 55. 26.100
  libavdevice    55.  5.102 / 55.  5.102
  libavfilter     4.  1.101 /  4.  1.101
  libswscale      2.  5.101 /  2.  5.101
  libswresample   0. 17.104 /  0. 17.104
  Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder
  usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options]     outfile}...

Use -h to get full help or, even better, run 'man ffmpeg'

How do I remove and install it again?

I finally got this

.........$ which ffmpeg
/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg


texts:
My apologies if the post is not following the guidelines of the community, but unfortunately googling and looking in other communities has not been helpful with the problem I am facing.

After updating to 13.0 on my iPhone, I used the (apple) maps app in order to guide me to a destination. Since maps were linked to my apple watch, the navigation was forwarded to it.

The problem is that after finishing the navigation, my watch remained stuck on the navigation screen - it pops up instead of the default face screen every time I turn my wrist towards me.

So far, I tried to do the following to remediate to the problem :

force shut down the maps app on the iPhone
force shut down the maps app on the watch from the recent apps
check that the navigation was terminated: It was, the screen asks me
to choose a location to navigate to
look for a button to exit the navigation prompt from the maps app on my watch

None of those steps worked.

Is this a known issue? What can be done to address it?

Specific hardware:
iPhone SE; iOS 13.0; Apple Watch S0; WatchOS 4.3.2


texts: Is there any way to prevent specific websites from showing on browser search on Mac?

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On iOS I use Zero Willpower to prevent specific websites from showing on search as well as block access to them. But I could not have found any way to do it on my Mac. Now I use dnsmasq to block access to certain websites but those websites still show on the searches, which I end up in clicking sometimes.
Is there any way to make those websites not show on the search result? I’m looking for a solution on Safari or Chrome (Safari is better though), on Google search engine.


texts: I have Loscil's "Endless Falls", and Music thinks it's three albums. I've checked the metadata, and they all have the right artist, album, and track x/8. Any ideas?


texts: Missing Angle Bracket Key when using G613

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I'm using the Logitech G613 Bluetooth Keyboard with my 2019 MacBook Pro.

When I try to use the < key on the Bluetooth Keyboard it prints "^" while the key left to the 1 key prints "<".
In the "Input Sources" setting I can see a keyboard layout with the < key (next to left shift key) missing:

After using the built-in keyboard the displayed layout switches to the correct layout with the angle bracket key. The key works fine on the built-in keyboard. After using the bluetooth keyboard the layout switches back to the previous one.

Does anyone now how to tell macOS that this key exists on the G613?


texts: Bose QuietComfort 35 Bluetooth Headphones crackling/choppy when connected to Mac?

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QC35's are linked to both my iPhone and my Mac but when I connect the headphones to my Mac (without pairing to my iPhone) the sound is choppy (brief & frequent loss in audio).

Sometimes pairing my iPhone fixes the problem but not always. What can I do?


texts: How to get Time Machine to include files in /var/log in a backup

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I have Apache2 web access logs that are created in /var/log/apache2/ that I want to preserve forever so that a web statistics analyser can process them and show me how page hits are changing over a period of months.  I use Time Machine as a backup, and hoped that it would backup these log files too, but have now discovered that they are not included (tmutil confirms that the individual files are excluded).  There are thousands of log files (one per day, for each of 10 virtual hosts) and at least 10 are generated each new day, so manually including a rule for each is not possible.  Is there a way to tell Time Machine to include the whole of /var/log/apache2 and its sub-directories (the TM Preference Pane makes it easy to exclude folders, but I don't see  a way of telling it to include folders)?

I'm running Mac OS X 10.10 on a recent Mac Mini and using the MacPorts version of Apache, but I doubt that my question is specific to this hardware/software.


texts: Can I restore a Snow Leopard backup onto a Lion machine?

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So I am a little confused and slightly worried, and I was wondering if someone could answer this.

I have a Time Machine backup saved on an external HD for my Mac mini that is running the latest version of Snow Leopard.

If I buy a new computer running Lion, will there be issues with using my Snow Leopard back-up to put my files on the new machine running Lion? Is that even possible? Or do I have to update my old computer to Lion first, and make a back-up before moving to the new computer?


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The bash command last (needs sudo) prints out logs, which contain information on when different users log in/out of the shell.

I have been looking for the file that stores this information, that last would access. I have checked /var/log/system.log and other files within /var/log.

I have looked everywhere on the internet as well, and cannot find the location.

I have, however, confirmed that the file is within /var/log, because when I did rm -rf /var/log/, sudo last showed empty output until the next time I logged in.

Which file is it? Thanks.

(I am using OS X Mavericks if it makes a difference.)


texts: How can I make a flash drive with a portable app that runs without admin permission?

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I'd like to have a flash drive with my common programs on it. That, combined with SkyDrive, allows me to be productive anywhere.

Unfortunately, I can't do this on Macs that don't give me admin permission. I get the portable app, download it to a flash drive on my PC, plug it in to a Mac, and lo and behold, it doesn't work. It needs admin permission.

Is it possible for me to download/create a portable app that I can run without admin permission?


texts: Why am I receiving this error code, when trying to rename a flash drive?

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Broken image removed

I receive this error upon attempting to rename a flash drive. The renaming process works, but I would like to know what this error is, and why it's appearing.


texts: How can Mail.app in Mavericks show a messages plain text alternative?

texts: A few days ago I wanted to verify that a simple multipart html/text mail I was about to send would render correctly in different mail clients. Does anyone know how to let Mail.app under Mavericks show the plain text alternative for an email? It used to be an option in the menus in previous releases, but now it seems to be gone.


texts: How to view the quota limits of an APFS volume that I had set at the time of its creation?

texts: I had set limits on a Time Machine volume on an external hard drive but I'm unable to view it with the "View Info" menu option. I understand we can't change them once created but is there a way to see its quota limits?


texts: Where is "Convert to AAC…" in iTunes 11 (and 12)?

texts: In iTunes 10, holding the Option key while selecting the Advanced menu turns Create AAC Version into Convert to AAC… which allows selecting a number of files which are then converted to AAC and added to the library. Does this functionality still exist in iTunes 11 (and 12)?


texts: How to do Ctrl+Alt+Del via Logitech iPad keyboard

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This is and old question, but all the answers I managed to find in the Internet didn't solved my issue.

I am using a Logitech wireless keyboard on my iPad --- "Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover" to be more precise.

I use Parallels on my iPad to access my Windows 7 computer.

When I go into it, I am asked to press Ctrl+Alt+Del to start a session. I am not allowed to disable that option on my Windows computer.

I have tried all the keyboard combinations, but nothing seems to work. How can I press Ctrl+Alt+Del on my wireless keyboard???


texts: Trouble sending emails in Apple's Mail Application

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I can't send any emails on one of my email accounts in Apple's Mail application even though I can receive emails with this account. My other accounts send and receive. I have no problem sending from this account on my iPad or iPhone, so it's not the account, it's definitely the Mail application.

My wife is having the same problem on her Macbook with her Gmail account. I've deleted the Keychain entries for the accounts, and then entirely deleted the accounts and created them again -- neither worked.

I'm using a Macbook Pro running 10.8.3 with Mail version 6.3

Is anyone else having this problem?


texts: Trouble browsing Windows network printers from Mac

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In the "Add Printer" dialog Windows section, there are no printers showing up, even though there are several in the office.

I think this might be because my Mac is not "logged onto" the Windows domain where the printers live, but I can't be certain.

What are some common debugging steps to diagnose why a Mac computer on a Windows network can't browse to a Windows printer?


texts: My BOOTCAMP partition does not show up into finder, but I can boot into it

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I just uninstalled Windows 10 1903 using Bootcamp Assistant and upgraded to macOS 10.14.6 from an earlier version of macOS Mojave. After the system update, I downloaded the Windows 10 1903 iso from the official Microsoft website, installed Windows 10 1903 and the Bootcamp Drivers, then booted back into macOS. When I opened Finder, I noticed the BOOTCAMP drive was gone. In Disk Utility, it was unmounted and I couldn't mount it. I took a look at this post, in which it said that Windows was in a Hibernate state. It said that:

  Not really sure why Windows would ever be hibernate mode when shut down though, but a "power cycle" seemed to get it out of this mode and into a fully shut down state.

I tried booting up into Windows 10, then click shutdown, then turned on my Mac, booted into macOS, and the BOOTCAMP partition was still not there. What else should I try?

Pictures:


texts: Will changing my MAC address void my warranty or affect any existing programs?

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Noobie here
Pretty much what the title says.

I have 2016 Macbook Pro (macOS 10.12.3), so, will changing the MAC Address by terminal or by using some program like SpoofMAC void my warranty or AppleCare Protection?

Will it hinder my iMessage or Facetime or any other existing programs?

Thanks!


texts: Songs purchased on iPhone won't sync back to the iPhone from iTunes

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I've run into this problem a couple of times:

I purchase a song on the iPhone via the iTunes Store app.
I re-download the song on iTunes on my Mac.
I add the song to an existing playlist in iTunes.
I attempt to sync my iPhone with iTunes.

After step 4, I would expect that the updated playlist would be on the iPhone.  Instead, I find that the purchased song has been removed from the iPhone and the playlist on the iPhone is now 1 song short of number of tracks that iTunes reports.

If I purchase a song on iTunes or on another iOS device, but do steps 2 - 4, the problem doesn't happen.  It only happens when a song has been purchased on the device first.

Both the iPhone and iTunes are using the same Apple ID in this case.  I was able to solve this problem in the past by doing a combination of restoring the device and also manually removing the songs/albums from the Music tab for the iPhone in iTunes.  I've removed the songs this time, but no luck.  I'd rather not have to restore the device completely every time I make a song purchase on my iPhone, so I'm looking for other possible solutions here.

EDIT:

I've also now found that if I re-download one of the missing songs onto my iPhone after syncing with iTunes, that it will show up in the playlists (which only iTunes knew about).  Once I sync with iTunes again, the song will be removed from the device.

At this point, it's sounding more and more like a bug in either iOS or iTunes, so I'm going to go off and file a bug report with Apple.


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I recently quit kernel_task because it was taking a lot of cpu time, when I was about to force quit it it says you will be logged out but I did not care but then after I force quit it I thought does it disrupt the system?

PS. Is quitting the kernel_task same as logging out?


texts: Is there some way to "de-register" Quicktime for MP4 files?

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I have done this:

(then click Open) about 4 times now. And yet the last time I clicked on an MP4 file it opened up in Quicktime. It's like OSX is ignoring what I told it to do. When I look at the file with Get Info it says it is an MPEG-4 movie. The default option under "Open With" is Quicktime.

This is aggravating. How do I convince OSX that I really meant it when I checked "Always Open With"?

High Sierra 10.13.4


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When I try to boot my Mac in recovery mode by holding alt+R, the progress bar shows up as if it is loading the disk. However, when it finishes loading, it switches to a screen that has horizontal lines across it, which resemble white noise on a television. You can vaguely make out the Apple logo with small cross sections of it in the horizontal strips.

It eventually switches to another screen where you can make out the image of the recovery mode options, but, again, with the screen broken up into small horizontal strips with pieces of the image, but not lining up vertically. I can move the mouse around, so the computer isn't just completely frozen, but I can't interact with anything.

Is my recovery disk corrupted? How can I fix this issue?

My Mac is on macOS Sierra Version 10.12.6.


texts: OS X Application to add contact from clipboard

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Several years ago, I had a Microsoft Windows application that would offer to add a contact to Outlook if I copied it from anywhere into the clipboard. For example, if I received an email containing a person's home address, I could simply copy the address to the clipboard, then click the app sitting in the lower right of the task bar. The app would parse the address and offer to add it to Outlook as a new contact. I cannot remember the name or I would search alternativeto.net.

Is there anything like this for OS X? Something that sits in the menubar and adds contacts to the Mac Contacts application would be ideal. Now with iCloud syncing, I could easily have those addresses available on my iPhone.


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Some device is being shown under Shared section on my MacBook. I don't remember setting up any such device at all.

How do I remove this device, once and for all? Note that I am not sharing any folder, etc. Also, right clicking, etc. does not reveal any options.


texts: What are the three different bookmark features in Safari used for?

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I'm confused as to how to use Safari's Bookmark feature. There are three different options when you go into "Show all bookmarks" view:

Bookmarks Bar
Bookmarks Menu
Bookmarks (Located on the left beneath the "Collections" section).

What are the differences between these three? How can each one of them be accessed? What settings are related to them (e.g. to show/hide them)? Will they all sync with iCloud?

Note: the first two are easier to understand than the third, but for completeness, it would be helpful to include info about them as well.


texts: Is it possible to set iOS notifcations for certain apps ON / OFF depening on day / time?

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We use Trello (Kanban project management / collaboration app) allot at work, every one has it set up on their iPhones.

When a person is mentioned / contacted in the app they get an iOS notification / alert, this is fine during working hours, but over the weekend / late at night i guess this gets quite irritating.

Is there a way that an end user can put select app notifications 'to sleep' for certain hours of the day / days of the week ?


texts: How to install bitmapped *.fon and *.bdf fonts on Lion?

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I want to install some rare bitmapped1 fonts on a Lion2 system.  I have not been able to find these fonts in formats that Font Book will immediately recognize.  I would like to know if there's a way to convert or re-package these fonts in such a way that Font Book will accept.

One of the fonts ("pcsansi") is a single file with extension fon.

The other one ("Terminus") consists of multiple files with extension bdf.

(FWIW, at least one of these fonts, Terminus, is a  font, but for all I know both of them are.)

Is there a way to do what I'm trying to do?

PS: I am particularly keen on installing Terminus.  Of the two fonts, it is the only one for which I was able to find any documentation at all.  (See link above.)  In fact, it comes with a ./configure + make + make install installation procedure, but the latter step only gzips and relocates a set of *.psf and *.pcf files generated from the *.bdf files during the make step.

1 Yes, I am aware of the fact that not many people like bitmapped fonts.  I still want to install these fonts.
2 This is the latest OS X version that will run on the hardware.


texts: What is the current method to set a larger cache size for VLC player on a Mac?

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What is the current way to set the cache size to 10 or 20 seconds so that the video over network won't lag?

Details:

I have an NAS, and use it as a file server. Sometimes when I stream some files through wireless (802.11ac), the video may lag.

If I copy the file over to my Mac's hard drive, it takes only about 5 minutes, and the video is more than 1 hour, so it really shouldn't lag, if VLC is smart enough.

How can I set VLC to use a larger cache (I see Settings -> Video -> Show All, but don't know if Stream Output: Muxer caching is the correct setting, because setting it to 9000, meaning 9 seconds, the video still would lag). The simpler setting Settings -> Input / Codecs -> Default Cache Level won't work no matter what I set it to).

I think the cache can be even smarter if it first cache 1 or 2 seconds, and start playing the video, and meanwhile, just cache "as much as possible", such as 10 or 20 seconds. It will be better not to cache 10 or 20 seconds as a start, because that will mean a long delay to even start up the video.


texts: Local DNS circumvented when WiFi is active

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I am using Mac OS X 10.8 to connect to two networks through ethernet and wifi and I am experiencing a problem with local DNS resolution. I would really appreciate your advice.

I am simultaneously connected to two networks. A local network through ethernet (eth) and to the internet through my company's wireless AP (wifi). I would like to be able to query by name my local computers (like ping computer1) but also I would like to have internet connection through wifi.

In the Network Preferences I have the following priority:
First ethernet and then wifi.

By doing so, it works correctly when I ping local computers by IP. i.e. ping 192.168.1.1 works and I can access the internet as well. DNS settings for each interface are listed correctly in the Network Preferences settings. i.e. DNS for eth is 192.168.1.1 and search domain mydomain.com. For the wifi, DNS are also listed correctly with the settings my company provides.

If I disable wifi, local DNS works fine, when using ping computer1 or nslookup computer1. However, when wifi is enabled, I do not succeed in resolving names with the local DNS server. I have found that the resolv.conf file is overwritten when I enable wifi and therefore local DNS server is not contacted, instead my company's DNS is contacted. To be more specific, when wifi is enabled, the resolv.conf file holds only DNS information provided by my company  (even though I prioritised it second position in Network Preferences ):

So when WiFi is enable, resolv.conf has the following:
 domain my.work.domain.com  nameserver x.x.x.x  nameserver y.y.y.y  nameserver z.z.z.z

When WiFi is disabled, resolv.conf has the following:
domain mydomain.com.
nameserver 192.168.1.1

Similar issues appears when using scutil --dns.

When I have BOTH eth and wifi enabled, using  scutil --dns, I get the following:
DNS configuration

resolver #1
  search domain[0] : my.work.domain.com
  nameserver[0] : x.x.x.x
  nameserver[1] : y.y.y.y
  nameserver[2] : z.z.z.z
  if_index : 4 (en0)
  reach    : Reachable

(Here are listed but removed by me the rest of DNS resolvers #2 - #7 that normally Mac users have for internet )

DNS configuration (for scoped queries)

resolver #1
  search domain[0] : mydomain.com
  nameserver[0] : 192.168.1.1
  if_index : 6 (en2)
  flags    : Scoped
  reach    : Reachable,Directly Reachable Address

resolver #2
  search domain[0] : my.work.domain.com
  nameserver[0] : x.x.x.x
  nameserver[1] : y.y.y.y
  nameserver[2] : z.z.z.z
  if_index : 4 (en0)
  flags    : Scoped
  reach    : Reachable

When I disable WiFi and only keep ethernet, using  scutil --dns, I get the following:
DNS configuration

resolver #1
  search domain[0] : mydomain.com
  nameserver[0] : 192.168.1.1
  if_index : 6 (en2)
  reach    : Reachable,Directly Reachable Address

(Here are the same as above resolvers #2 - #7 that normally Mac users have for internet )

DNS configuration (for scoped queries)

resolver #1
  search domain[0] : mydomain.com
  nameserver[0] : 192.168.1.1
  if_index : 6 (en2)
  flags    : Scoped
  reach    : Reachable,Directly Reachable Address

Thank you very much for the time you spend for my problem. Kind regards !


texts: I am trying to install flash player on my MacBook Air.  I have been using flash player  without any problems.  Recently when I tried to use a program that uses flash a popup appears that says the plug in failed to load.  I tried to reinstall shockwave flash and it said that it installed but the problem persisted.


texts: Diff between diskutility and finder on free space

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I came across this today :

At first I was like : "Caching bastard." but no... The finder is right and the diskutil is wrong... Why ?


texts: MacBook Air Running super slow after Catalina update

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My MacBook Air(13-inch, Early 2015) 8GB RAM is running macOS Catalina 10.15.2.
Now the mac is Super Slow and booting time is consistently 90 seconds +.

Every app that I open the rainbow cursor comes up.

I cannot multi-task, open multiple tabs on chrome else it hangs and slows down. The Netflix, YouTube and any video I am playing is running with a slight lag and it is not smooth as it was previously.

I have done resetting the SMC and PRAM reset and still no improvement.

How can I improve the performance?


texts: Specify separate icon and name for each instance of an app?

texts: For example, if I have a command line program (say nano) I want to launch directly with a shortcut, but I want the new instance of Terminal.app to have a dock icon depicting nano running in a terminal window, and for it to be named "Nano" in the dock. I also need this to be done without creating a second copy of the Terminal.app file, and preferably for it to be compatible with the command open -n -a Terminal.app /path/to/binary


texts: How can I transfer messages from iPhone 4 to iPhone 5?

texts: How can I transfer my messages from an iPhone 4 to the new iPhone 5 that has a different sim card?


texts: What non-Apple external monitors are currently recognized as 2 pixels per point?

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I was thinking about getting a Dell 4k or perhaps a 2560x1440 display, but then I realized that not all non-Apple displays are recognized as 2 pixels per point even though the ppi is high enough.

Is there a list of non-Apple displays currently accepted by OS/X as 2 pixels per point?


texts: I have a key that is stuck repeating and I want to disable it. Using KeyRemap4MacBook, what is the proper syntax for the private.xml to map a key to null?


texts: How to check what applications are using the most disk space?

texts: I have 380GB left on my SSD and was wondering how much space my applications are using. Is there a way to check this?


texts: Duplicate a Safari tab along with associated browsing history (OS X)

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Is there a way to duplicate a Safari (Safari 7 for OS X) tab and carry its browsing history to the duplicate? Like, when I do Cmd-L, Cmd-Enter the copy has no history, as if I just pressed Cmd-T and pasted the URL of an existing tab.

Any suggestions on how to implement such a feature in case none exists will also be highly appreciated.


texts: Web Inspector in Safari 5.1 (Lion) not logging request when not open

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Is there any way to revert Web Inspector in Safari 5.1 to the old behaviour that if I have developer tools enabled, all Ajax/XHR, image, css etc requests are logged and when I open Web Inspector, they are available?

Now it seems that they only get logged when Web Inspector is open - so if I run into an Ajax issue on my dev site and have closed it meanwhile, I cannot any longer just open WI and see the result of the Ajax request, but instead have to reload the page and try to reproduce the problem once more.


texts: Bundle ID does not appear in iTunes Connect

texts:
created App ID - DONE
created development provision profile - DONE
when creating App in iTunes Connect I would hope to select appropriate Bundle ID, but that is not listed


texts: Activity Monitor suddenly showing all cores in Dock icon

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After upgrading my MBP from Mavericks to Yosemite, the "CPU History" option of the Activity Monitor only showed one aggregate graph.

After reinstalling Yosemite from scratch, I suddenly have 8 tiny graphs, one for each core, which I find too tiny to be useful. Is there any way to switch the Dock icon of Activity Monitor back to the single graph?


texts: Automator Service - prevent multiple calls

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I might need some help.

I have an Automator Service / Script, which does basically just toggle play/pause in some application. I call this script via Shortcut.
I am using this to play/pause Spotify, because since Apple changed the behavior of the "play" key on the keyboard in the latest MacOS Versions, which does only react to the last active window with playing audio, and basically never does what it is supposed to do, or used to do in the past.

My problem is, when I call it with the shortcut it gets started so many times, that it is not predictable which state I will be.

I thought about putting an delay into the script, but apparently it does not prevent the script from running multiple times. So, how would I achieve this?

I tried to Google this, because it is actually a common problem in programming. But I know literally nothing about apple script and how to prevent multiple instances.

Maybe you can help.
Best Regards.

Code:

on run {input, parameters}

  tell application "Spotify"
    playpause
    delay 1
  end tell

  return input
end run


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Yesterday, I restored my iPhone in DFU mode. I think iOS is built from source in this mode and there is no way to access old data. My backup size was around 3 GB. Even though my internet speed is fast. Downloading the backup took 1 minute but the actual installation of backup only took under 10 seconds.
I wonder how is backup restored so fast?
I would like to know how the installation of backup works for iOS.


texts: Is it possible to read the accessibilityLabel attribute of an item using AppleScript?

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I'm trying to extract the list of cookies according to Safari.

I have the following code fragment:

tell application "Safari" to activate
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Safari"
    keystroke "," using command down -- display preferences
    delay 1
    click button "Privacy" of toolbar 1 of window 1
    delay 2 -- let the cookie count update
    click button "Details…" of group 1 of group 1 of window "Privacy"
    get <what??> of row 1 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of sheet 1 of window "Privacy"
end tell

Which is fine except that I can find no way to get the cookie name from the row. Tantalisingly, however, VoiceOver can read the value and Accessibility Inspector shows it to be held in the accessibilityLabel attribute.

Hence the question: is there a way of getting the value of the accessibilityLabel attribute in AppleScript?

Versions: Safari 9.0 / El Capitan.

PS: I know there is a Cookies.binarycookies file in the user's library. I'd still like the answer to my question for future reference at least!


texts: Unable to login to El Capitan Macbook Pro after booting, works after waking from sleep

texts: I've got a macbook pro running El Capitan and when I wake it up from sleep, the password works fine.  However, when I power it on from being shutdown or restart it, the password no longer works.  I have another admin account I can use to reset the password but I've done this twice now and it keeps happening.  I'm doublechecking that the caps lock is off and that I'm not mistyping the password or accidentally pushing the shift key or something.


texts: AirPort Extreme only 1 client has an internet connection

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A friend of mine has some trouble with his AirPort Extreme (Router). All of his clients (Macbook, iPad, iPhone, ...) do not connect to the internet, except one iMac in his office.

The AirPort Extreme is connected to a modem from his internet provider. If he connects a MacBook directly with the modem it has an internet connection.

I think all of the settings on the devices are the same as on the working iMac (IPv4 DHCP, IPv6 automatic).

Someone have an idea what I should check or a solution for this problem?


texts: How do you add a book to multiple iBook collections?

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I'd like to organize my books into different collections and have a "completed" collection for books to be entered into upon their completion.

The problem is that it seems iBooks will allow a book to exist in only one collection, meaning putting it into "completed" takes it out of the other collection.

It also doesn't seem to allow users to add duplicate books. All of my books are DRM-free .epubs -- I could potentially put PDF versions of them into "completed".

What's your advice on achieving this workflow with iBooks and iCloud syncing?


texts: Using the importFile command from the Illustrator CC AS Dictionary

texts:
Here is the dictionary entry
importFile (verb)Import the file into current Ai document (from Adobe Illustrator Suite)
COMMAND SYNTAX
importFile document ¬
from file ¬
is linked boolean
Here is my script
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
set theDoc to current document
set itemRef to importFile theDoc ¬
from file ¬
"Macintosh HD:Users:chrisndeca:Downloads:helloworld.jpg" without is linked
end tell

This script running with Illustrator 25.3 gives me a Parameter Error every time it is run. I have narrowed the error down to being with the "file" parameter and not the document parameter. I have tried Posix File, I have tried posix path, I have tried an alias for the file parameter, but none of them work. What the heck am I missing?
Or is Illustrator just broken when it comes to "importFile"?


texts:
My MacBook Pro (2010) doesn't want to charge when I plug my MagSafe into it. This is what I get:

I already looked at Apple's support page, but it still doesn't work at all.
How can I make my computer charge again?


texts: Yahoo Search has hijacked all my internet browsers (Safari, Firefox). How to remove the adware/malware?

texts: Today I installed a program that I'm familiar with and that I have used before called Filezilla using SourceForge. I've never had a problem with it before, and I only uninstalled it because I had no need for it. So I moved to install it again and thought it was strange it kept asking for key permission (so I said no). All the sudden my fireox browser disappeared I had some crapware installed I had no interest in, plus another unpleasant surprise: whenever I load firefox OR Safari Yahoo search comes up even though my default for Safari is google search. How do I fix this? I'm trying to delete the program it came from but it says that it's 'in use', but when I pull up the task manager all that shows up are finder and Microsoft Word. Any word on how I can delete the covert adware/malware?


texts: Can a Terminal window be resized with a Terminal command?

texts: So that I could resize the window to a certain size from within Terminal.


texts: Okay well so this Macbook i have isn't giving me a full time its rather dying our very fast!! even after i don't know resetting the smc and the nvram and i have no idea whats going help its really urgent!!


texts:
I've bought Jetech keyboard in Amazon for my Macbook Pro (mid 2015)
https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B0173QD5L4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It works well, but I can't figure out how to use Escape or F1,F2,ect.. Anyone used this can have some suggest? thanks indeed


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I have a Mid 2011 MacBook Pro. (Lion 10.7 - without the EFI Upgrade )

The OS partition was deleted (when I couldn't boot my mac).

I have a recovery HD.

When I try to Use internet recovery, I get an error, that the data is temporary not available.

I only have access to another windows PC.
I managed to get a lion 10.6.3 install DVD, but my MAC beeps 3 times, (repeatedly) when trying to boot of it.

How do I save my Mac?

How do I reinstall (any OS)


texts: How to rename a bluetooth controller connected to AppleTV

texts: Is is possible to rename a bluetooth device in AppleTV? I have two NIMBUS controllers which are named with the same default name and I would like to have two distinct names to recognise which one is currently connected.


texts: Using a different SIM card on iPad2 3g while travelling outside the US?

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I have an iPad2 3g with at&t.

Now, Will I be able to pop another SIM into it when I travel outside the US and use the data plan available in that country/service provider??
Is the iPad2 locked to AT&T's network just like the iPhone?


texts: Is the Guest account a security risk with full disk encryption on Mountain Lion?

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I have File Vault 2 full-disk encryption enabled on my 2012 MacBook Air running Mountain Lion.  By default it also has a "Guest" Safari-only account available.  I just tried it the other day and found that it requires no password to boot the system and run Safari.

To my untutored eye, this seems like a major security risk to the full-disk encryption.  It could be a back door to obtaining the key to decrypting the entire disk.  Prior to this, I was under the impression that the disk could only be decrypted if you have a password or a recovery key.  If this back door is really there, then I could imagine someone taking the SSD out of the Mac and reconstructing the process used by the Guest account to obtain the key to decrypt the disk without a password or recovery key.

So my question is: is this the risk that I perceive it might be?  Or is there perhaps a separate bootable operating system on a small part of the disk with its own encryption key just for the Guest Safari access?

If it is the risk I think it is, then how do I kill the Guest access?  When killing it, how do I know that it has removed all remnants of the exposure of the decryption key for the full disk?

I see from other questions that in Lion it was not possible to create such a Guest account with File Vault 2 on, but now in Mountain Lion it is there by default.  Perhaps Apple has in fact made the Guest account secure.  Or perhaps they left a back door open.  I can't find anything about this particular question with respect to Mountain Lion in the Apple knowledge base.


texts: Animate text in final cut pro: knocking previous text further from centre

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How can I animate a sentence in final cut pro,

where each word in the sentence slides in from the right (violently), slamming into place in the middle of the screen, knocking the previous word further to the left (but not off the screen, it just stops when the new word stops.)

I hope that can help you understand what I'm going for, I can't find any examples of this effect even though I'm certain I've seen it before and often.


texts: How do I automatically reconnect my AirPods when my Mac wakes from sleep?

texts:
When my Mac sleeps, my AirPods disconnect (as expected, I suppose); but when I wake my Mac, I must go through the full process of connecting them again from scratch (either through the Bluetooth menu or by placing them back in the case and removing them again).

Is there a way to have my AirPods automatically reconnect to my Mac after it wakes from sleep?


texts: How to Downgrade From iOS 11 Beta to iOS 11 Without Factory Resetting

texts: My iPhone is really starting to act up on the iOS 11 beta and I was wondering if there is anyway to downgrade from the iOS 11 beta to the regular version of iOS 11 without having to factory reset my iPhone.


texts: Any way to auto download or sync all Google+ photos to my Mac?

texts:
Is there any way to automatically download or sync all photos backed up from my phone to Google+ to my Mac?

I know there is an upload tool, but I want the reverse.

Can they be viewed from Picasa somehow?


texts: Force Bootcamp 6.0 to use the new ISO Windows installation without USB stick

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It is now possible to install Windows directly with an ISO since OSX El Capitan release : https://help.apple.com/bootcamp/assistant/6.0/#/bcmp173b3bf2. We no longer need to have a USB stick or a superdrive.

However, in my case (Macbook Pro early 2011 without superdrive), I can't see this proposition, I only have the old way.

I know it was possible to force the system to do a USB stick OSX installation by changing the plist.info. Can we do the same to enable this new functionality on old Macbook Pro ?

I try to install Windows 10.


texts: Can the AirPods info be shown on the iPhone bottom more reliably?

texts:
Sometimes when I opened up the AirPods case near the bottom of the iPhone 7 Plus or iPhone X, the info of the AirPods will be shown (percent of battery left for case and AirPods).

But other times no matter how many times I tried, it won't show but the AirPods can still play music through that iPhone. The only way I can get it to display again is to press that reset button on the AirPods case for 5 seconds or so and place it near the bottom of the iPhone again and press "Connect".  Is there a way to show the info without resetting the AirPods?


texts: Is it possible to remove hidden iCloud folders in Mobile Documents?

texts: I discovered that inside the ~/Library/Mobile Documents folder is a trove of directories for what seems like every app that has been granted access to a user's iCloud drive. Some of these folders can be accessed via Manage Storage and selecting the associated app. However, there are folders from apps that have been uninstalled. Is there a way to remove these folders? I've tried using Terminal, but it acts like the folder doesn't exist.


texts:
I intend to buy a MacBook Air.

I already own an AirPlay enabled receiver/player from Denon. It features both WiFi and Ethernet network interfaces.

Will AirPlay work over a wired (Ethernet) network (no WiFi at home).


texts: Can we have two iCloud accounts on our iPad?

texts: I want to access my iCloud account (mail and calendar) on our family iPad. It is currently set up with my husband's iCloud acct. Can we have two accounts on this device?


texts: How can I recover files off this disk that won't mount?

texts:
I have an HFS+ disk that will not mount.  I've tried it in multiple enclosures, and the problem is the disk itself.  Disk Utility says it cannot repair, and so does DiskWarrior.  With fsck I get this weird output.

$ sudo fsck_hfs /dev/disk4
** /dev/rdisk4 (NO WRITE)
   Executing fsck_hfs (version hfs-285).
volumeType is 0
0000:  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000       |................|
. . .
01b0:  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 00fe       |................|
01c0:  ffff eefe ffff 0100 0000 af6d 7074 0000       |...........mpt..|
01d0:  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000       |................|
. . .
01f0:  0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 55aa       |..............U.|

Here is some output from syslog:

9/29/16 08:11:58.747 diskarbitrationd[67]: unable to repair /dev/disk4s2 (status code 0x00000008).
9/29/16 08:11:58.752 diskarbitrationd[67]: unable to mount /dev/disk4s2 (status code 0x00000001).


texts: Quick way to toggle between "Larger Text", "Default", and "More Space" on Macbook Retina

texts:
On Macbook's with retina display you are able to select between 4 different scale modes as showed in the picture below

It takes some clicks to get into the Display settings and choosing a new scale. I guess I am not the only one changing the scale frequently so I am confident that an easier solution to this exists.

Question:
Are there any keyboard shortcuts that toggles the different scale modes without the need of third party software?


texts:
I am looking for a control / app for sound output control which has function that allows me to have selective sound output for any app that plays sound or music.

Examples:

I am playing music in iTunes and I want it use my AirPort Output for the sound. The rest of sound / voice / music from my MacBook can use the internal speak or headset to play it.
At the same time, I can play my Spotify on my living room AirPort, my iTunes to my bedroom and watch YouTube on my MacBook.


texts: Time Machine: many different Macs on one disk?

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I'd like to get a 2TB external USB drive and put Time Machine backups for 3 different Macs on it.

Is there any configuration I need to do for this?  Or do I just start a new TM backup on Mac 1, wait till it finishes, disconnect the USB drive, move on to Mac 2 and repeat?

In other words, will Mac 1 take the entire USB disk for itself or something of that nature?


texts: How to get Mac App Store to stop thinking app is installed on external drive?

texts:
I ran into a problem where the Mac App Store said that a particular app (Numbers in this case) was up to date, but whenever I launched it I would get an older version.  I finally did a search across the entire computer and found Numbers.app in a folder on an external drive.  I have no idea how or why it was installed there instead of on the local hard drive. So I moved it from there to the Applications folder on the main internal drive and re-created the dock shortcut and now the correct version launches.

The problem is, now when I go to the App Store it says there is a new update available.  So it appears that the App Store wants to use the external drive location and now that I deleted it from there it wants to put it back.  Obviously I don't want this to happen: first of all, if the external drive goes away I would lose the app, and second, every time there is an upgrade it is going to cause more problems.

So, how do I get the App Store to correctly recognize that Numbers is installed in /Applications, not on the external drive?


texts: What to do when my Time Machine drive is getting disk errors?

texts:
My Time Machine drive is getting disk errors. I used Disk Utility and ran "Repair Disk" on my Time Machine partition (NOT the drive) and I got the error "Incorrect number of directory hard links" including hundreds of related errors that look like "Indirect node 41745332 needs link count adjustment". The final line of the verification says "Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files."

So, if I get a second drive to copy my Time Machine backups to, can I just move the backups to the new drive by performing a simple "copy" operation as outlined here? Or should I use Disk Utility to clone the partition? And if I do one of these steps, would the errors copy over as well or would they be fixed on the new drive?


texts: How make Safari always download CSV files instead of opening them in-page?

texts:
When you click on a link containing to a CSV file, Safari renders it by default.  Most other browsers will download them in this circumstance and I'd like to make Safari do the same.

What's the setting to make that happen?


texts: We have an iPad 2 mini that is several years old with recent issues with the battery.  After charging for extended period of time it will display a dead battery symbol and not boot up.  After plugging charger in and out for a couple of minutes it would finally start to work and when screen comes up it says it is fully charged.  The chargers are same as we are using to charge our iPhones so the chargers are still working fine. When the iPad 2 mini booted it is fully charged and would work fine off charger for hours.  Now we can't get it to boot at all and just get the screen that says the battery is dead.  It also says its charging when not plugged it but not when it is plugged in.  Very confused and need some ideas how to fix this thing.


texts: Does the 2020 Apple M1 MacBook Pro support 2x daisy chained Thunderbolt Displays?

texts:
The Apple Silicon based 2020 Apple M1 MacBook Pro supports Thunderbolt version 3 and I'm wondering if anyone has tried connection one to an Apple Thunderbolt Display?
Of course you'd need to use one of Apple's Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 converters.
I also understand that this version is limited to supporting only a single 4K or 6K display, but since the original Apple Thunderbolt Display is only 2K I’d want to try and daisy chain these.
Can I run more than one external display from the Apple Silicon M1 CPU/GPU based MacBook Pro (or Air)?


texts:
I kept reading that Mac OS since 8.6 had support for USB Mass Storage (with it being built-in since 9.1). I was having no success with this on 9.2.2 until I realized that my problem was that I was using a card reader (for CF) instead a normal USB drive.
The USB drive worked fine. But I can't get it to work with the card reader.
I am using a PowerBook G4 (latest revision; 867mhz). I am also using a period-correct card reader (ImageMate SDDR-77 (C) 2002) but the manual does say that the driver CD is required for Mac OS 8.6+/9.1.X+.
Is there no generic support for any card readers? Or will I always need to install some kind of proprietary drive on a case-by-case basis?


texts: "newgrp: too many groups" - why is it complaining?

texts: In my earlier question, I got a response recommending the "newgrp" command. It diligently did the job of putting my desired group at the "top of the list" for the "id" command, but, why does it also complain about "too many groups"? What is the limit, and, where is the documentation about that?


texts:
I know this is similar to other open questions about mounting network drives, but this one is slightly different.

I have an AppleScript that runs at startup that looks like this:

tell Application "Finder"
  mount volume "afp://192.168.1.105/file_server/user_name
end tell

Where user_name is specific to the sub folder under file_server. On one of my Macs, this works and mounts the sub-folder at user-name. On a different mac, it only mounts the file_server folder. The one that doesn't mount the full path is OSX 10.9.5. The one that works properly is OSX 10.10.1. Makes me think it's an OSX version difference.


texts:
It seems the new Mac Mini uses both HDMI and Thunderbolt, but bandwidth limitations of Thunderbolt may prevent using 3 daisy-chained Thunderbolt high resolution monitors such as the newly released Apple Thunderbolt 27" Display, limiting you to two instead of three.

If this correct:
1. What occurs to the 3rd monitor in a triple daisy-chain? Black screen? Reduced available resolution up to the bandwidth limit of Thunderbolt?
2. Are there HDMI to mini-displayport adapters for connecting the HDMI output of the Mini to the Thunderbolt input of an Apple Thunderbolt 27" Display? Would that even work?


texts: how would I set the default web browser for the root user

texts:
How do I change the default browser for root in OS X 10.8.3

Do I need to enable the root user first?


texts: How can I get Google Voice SMS notifications?

texts:
I have an iPhone 4 with the Google Voice app. However I don't get notifications at all, I've tried everything! If I want to check if I received a text I have to go into the app and press the refresh button.

How can I get notifications working?


texts: What is .git folder and can I delete it?

texts: I used DaisyDisk to get info about my drive. I found a folder named ".git" in my documents. Its size is about 15 GB. what is it? and can I delete it?


texts:
What is the difference between Content and Service extension?
I just started learning iOS 10 this week and I wrote a simple app displaying rich push notifications.
I had to use Service and Content extensions to process rich notifications before display.
I was wondering what's the subtle difference between the two and how do I use them?
I used Content extension to change the label of push at run time and used Service extension to download an image to be displayed on the push message.
Still thought of asking this question so that my understanding of using them is correct.


texts: How can I download files directly from Safari to ”on my iPad”?

texts:
I am using the latest iPad Pro model and iPadOS, and I’m still new to how iOS handles files and such.

Whenever I try to download a file (e.g. a pdf article), hit the option ”save to files”, and choose a location for the file on my iPad, I am greeted with a popup telling me that the action is not permitted, and the download is aborted. I’ve tried Googling for how to do this as well as looking in the digital user manual, but I just can’t figure out how to get the files directly from Safari to the local storage.

On the other hand, I can easily download it to third-party apps and drives, such as Google drive or Notability, and even AirDrop it to the local file storage of my iPhone, to then AirDrop it back to the local storage of my iPad!

How do I download files from Safari directly to ”on my iPad”?


texts: iPhone 5s starting up takes a lot of time

texts:
I have an iPhone 5s and when the battery goes dead it takes a long time for it to become useful again after I plug it in. I timed this today and it took 15 minutes to become useful again. All my other phones (Android-based) never had this problem.

My question now is, can I somehow shorten this time for it to start up?

Note: The iPhone is the property of my company, so jailbreaking it is not an option.


texts: iTunes shows 'ghost' songs on my iPhone that are not there, how do I fix this?

texts:
When I go the Music app on my iPhone it shows the 'No Content' screen (see screenshot below). This is because I purposely deleted all music from the device (through Settings > General > Usage > Music > Edit > All Music > Delete).

I also deleted all songs (about 250) from my iTunes library on my Mac (moved to trash). I can re-download them because all songs have been purchased from the iTunes store.

When I connect the device to my Mac and select the device's Music list, it shows 7 songs, with a grayed out text color, and with a circle icon with dashed outline next to each song.

The device itself does not show these songs.

When I set the device to 'Manually manage music and videos' I can delete the 'ghost' songs from the device's Music list. But after I reconnect the device the ghost songs are again visible in its Music list in iTunes...

How can I permanently get rid of these 'ghost' songs listed on my device only in iTunes?

Here's what I've tried so far:

Toggled the 'Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases' option in iTunes. On or off doesn't seem to affect the Music list for a connected device.
Turned off the 'Show All Music' option in the Music app's settings.
Reset all content and settings on the iPhone, then restoring from the device's iCloud back-up.

This did not lead to any visible change.

Re-downloading said songs from the iTunes Store to the iTunes Library on my Mac, then synchronizing with the device.

The result was that 3 out of 7 songs were no longer grayed out, i.e. 'replaced' by their actual downloads, and playable on the device. The other 4 songs were now listed twice, one grayed out and the other the actual downloaded song, present and playable on the device.

Deleting all 7 songs from the iTunes library (moved to trash).

I was hoping that would get rid of the 3 songs that seemed 'fixed' in step 2 above, but in fact it reverted back to the old situation, with 7 songs listed in a grayed out font.

Downloaded the songs directly to the device using the iTunes Store app (via More > Purchased > Music).

This resulted in duplicate entries for all songs (not just the 4 songs like in step 2 above) in the device's Music list in iTunes. Synchronizing the device did not transfer the downloaded songs to the iTunes library.

Reset Sync Service on my Mac (defaults delete com.apple.SyncServer SyncServicesResetWorldRunOnce, followed by a reboot)
Deleted iTunes Library Extras.itdb, iTunes Library Genius.itdb, all 'Previous iTunes Libraries' and all 'Album Artwork' from ~/Library/Application Support/iTunes.
Removed *.localstorage and StorageTracker.db from ~/Library/iTunes.
Ran the List MIAs v3.3 and Super Remove Dead Tracks v4.0 applications with iTunes open and the device connected (no missing files or dead tracks reported)
Signed out of the iTunes & App Store on the device (and signed back in).

I use iTunes 11.3.1 (2) on OS X Mavericks 10.9.4, in combination with an iPhone 5S running iOS 7.1.2. All software is up to date.

There is a cottage industry of apps to help people deal with iTunes' incoherent and inconsistent behavior. I have not tried any of those apps, and they pollute the Google results, making it hard to find an actual solution. I suspect my problem can be fixed with Apple Script, but have no idea where to start.


texts: If I add another iCloud account to my iPhone, will I be able to access my kindle books on that iCloud account?


texts: File Permissions borked after "Repair File Permissions"

texts:
Yesterday, I did a "Repair File Permissions" on the main drive in my MacBook Pro (running Mac OS X 10.7.2) (I was trying to fix an iMovie issue, and found this recommendation online). Ever since then, I've had permissions-related problems. I can't delete anything without being prompted for my password, and every file I try to edit is "locked," and won't save the changes. Pretty much every file I've "Get Info"-ed, has the permissions shown here:

I think the important part here is that it says "You have custom access." As you can see, I should have write-access, but for some reason, I'm limited by that top "everyone." If I change that from "Custom" to "Read & Write," the message changes to "You can read and write," and I can edit the file but I can't do this to every file for the rest of forever.

What's the best way to fix this situation?

EDIT: I re-ran the permissions repair, and that didn't fix things. Here's what I'm seeming, specifically:

When I try to delete files anywhere in my home directory, I'm prompted for a password.
I've tried editing files anywhere in my home directory, and the changes can never be saved, because the file is locked. I've seen this in Byword.app, Preview.app, Pages.app, and TextEdit.app. When I try to save, I'll get a dialog saying "The document 'doc-name' could not be saved. The file is locked. Do you want to save your changes anyway? [Save Anyway] [Cancel]" If I choose [Save Anyway], I get a second dialog saying "You don't have permission to save the file."  I was able to edit and save a file in MacVim.app that TextEdit.app declared I didn't have permission to save.
I have three folders in my home folder that are aliased to folders on another drive. As far as I can tell, everything is fine on that drive. It's just the main, start-up drive that's having this issue.


texts: MBP refusing to boot from fileVault encrypted SSD after motherboard replacement

texts:
Changed the motherboard/logic board of a MBP 13" 2014 model. After the operation it just shows a blinking question mark when starting. I can however boot it from a High Sierra USB drive and when it logs in there it asks for the password to unlock the internal SSD, showing that it can read the SSD.

I can also mount the SSD in a MBA 13" 2013 that I have and it will boot from the SSD, like it happens with FileVault encrypted disk, it boots and the log in screen appears very quickly.

I have tried SMC reset and NVRAM reset on the MBP but no luck. I don't understand why it won't boot to the login screen with the encrypted SSD on the MPB? Is there something I can do about it?


texts: Mission Control behaving differently with monitor plugged in

texts:
On OSX 10.9 (maybe other versions, too), I've noticed that the icons for the different spaces in Mission Control behave differently whether or not I have a monitor plugged in.

With a monitor plugged in, the label is always there and there is no magnification effect on hover.

Without a monitor, the labels are only there on hover and there's a magnification effect reminiscent of the dock.

Do you know if there's a way to make it always act like it does when there's a monitor plugged in?


texts: Cannot block some websites in macOS Safari

texts:
I cannot block some websites in Safari using the etc/hosts trick.  Some websites are blocked, but not all.  For example lichess.org and youtube.com aren't getting blocked in Safari (but they are getting blocked in Chrome).
My etc/hosts file has the following lines...
0.0.0.0 www.youtube.com
0.0.0.0 youtube.com

and I entered this in terminal to flush the caches
dscacheutil -flushcache

And I cleared the safari cache and history.
And I rebooted.
Again, this blocks youtube in Chrome but not Safari.  Any ideas?


texts: External keyboard modifiers with Sierra stopped working (when typing non-modifier key on MacBook Pro Retina)

texts:
When I upgraded to Sierra, my shift key on the external keyboard stopped working when I press a key on my MacBook Pro Retina's keyboard.
I have a setup where my left hand is using the external keyboard (to avoid pain due to chest compression), while my right hand is on the MacBook's keyboard.

Now when I press the left shift and a letter on the MacBook keyboard, the
letter does not come capitalized. In El Capitan (and all other versions) this worked...

Any hints?

EDIT:

it's not just shift. It's command, alt, shift, control.
the modifier keys do work physically (when used with other keys on the same keyboard).


texts: Apple Script notification bubble - quick reply style prompt

texts:
I know that you can trigger a notification using Apple Script:

osascript -e 'display notification "Hello" with title "How are you feeling?"'

However, I also want to be able to prompt for certain values in the style of iMessages reply-from-notification-popup.

For example, I want to be able to do this from shell script:

ANS=$(osascript -e 'display notification "Hello" with title "How are you feeling?"' with prompt)
echo "User is feeling $ANS"

Is this possible at all?


texts: I'm working on making a simple solar to USB charger for my iPhone 5s, and I was wondering if the watt/voltage mattered for the solar panel I'm using. I know the product can handle the higher values of the iPad charger, but I need to know if there's any real limit.


texts: How can I assign hotkeys for pasting from the clipboard?

texts:
I am looking for a way to have some text "permanently" copied to the clipboard and assigned to a hotkey?

Any software suggestions?


texts: MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012) built in keyboard problem

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My keyboard has suddenly stopped working properly.

I can only write by using the keyboard viewer!

Basically the characters: ijklmno u and a few other keys don’t work on the Mac's built in keyboard.

System information:
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012)
1.8 GHz Intel Core i5
4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB
Mac High Sierra 10.13.1

Also not able to modify system settings for scrolling.

Any solutions are appreciated!


texts: Safari having trouble accessing my keychain

texts:
On El Capitan my Safari seems to have trouble remembering my settings for keychain: when the following pops up it stays there if I click "Allow" or "Always Allow". It goes away when I click "Deny" with the obvious consequence that the key is not used and my identification fails.

Is that a know bug? What can I do to diagnose it in more details or to fix it?


texts: How can I copy the OS X system image from primary HDD to new SSD?

texts:
I bought a 240 GB SSD to replace the 500 GB primary HDD in my new MacBook Pro.

How do I clone the current Lion system image on my 500 GB HDD to the SSD? I want to clone the entire drive not just copy data.

I can only have either the HDD or SSD in the MacBook Pro at a time. I have an external 500 GB USB drive that can I use if necessary. I've seen suggestions on using Carbon Copy Cloner but I'm not sure how to proceed with only one disk in the MacBook Pro at a time.


texts: Does the performance increases when the memory increases in Apple products?

texts:
I am planning to buy an iPad 3. My choices are,

iPad 3 - 32GB with wifi
iPad 3 - 16GB with wifi + 4G

I'm so confused to select my best choice.

Actually the problem is, some of my friends telling that, the performance and the OS update support depends on the memory size only. That is,
the higher memory capacity device has high performance with future OS update supports (Because, the new updates may eat more memory). So they are suggesting the iPad 3 - 32GB (wifi alone).

Is their answer right?


texts: How can I archive articles I'm reading on my iPad? (Evernote, Instapaper, etc)

texts:
I read a number of magazines and newspapers daily on my iPad, using a number of different apps. I generally start out in Flipboard, then read the New York Times using the dedicated app in Newsstand, then often read bits from The Week UK, again using their Newsstand app. I usually end up in Safari, reading something further on a regular website.

I'd like to archive some of the articles that I read, and ideally I'd like a single mechanism that works in all of these apps. My strategy at the moment is to use the ubiquitous "Email" button in almost any iPad app to send article links to Evernote by means of the Evernote email service.

That causes a link to the article to be archived into my Evernote database, sometimes together with a little blurb about the article.

What I'd most like, though, is for the full text of the article, ideally even with a nice layout, to be archived into Evernote. As a PDF would be a huge bonus.

I'm aware that I can go through various mechanisms of opening up the links on my desktop computer, then printing the articles as PDFs and having them added back to Evernote. I'm also aware that this could be a quick process, if I utilize folder actions or a "PDF to Evernote" service. But ideally, I'd like this whole process to be a single step from my iPad itself. I don't relish the idea of going back to my desktop for constant administration of this system.

I should mention that I'm not a regular Instapaper user, though I know it's a well-loved service. Instapaper seems designed for "time shifting" reading, which isn't something I do. I'm more interested in archiving and referencing. I use Evernote because I like that it is agnostic to the kind of information I put in (I can combine text snippets, images, and whole PDFs), I like that the database is on my computer and not solely in the cloud, and I like its search functions.

So my questions are:

Is there a way to email article links to some service which will convert those links into full PDFs, then email them on to Evernote?
Is there a better way to keep articles and snippets than Evernote, one which I can send things into by email?
Is there a wholly different way of doing this that may be more efficient and avoid the problems of emailing links instead of PDFs?

EDIT:

Thanks to the suggestions I've gotten here, I've tried exploring more options. I'm still stuck, and perhaps someone here can help move me forward.

The critical piece was discovering a website called "If This, Then That,", which acts as a glue between other websites. I've set up an action on IFTTT to monitor my Instapaper RSS feed for a new article, then to automatically add that article to Evernote. Since Instapaper also provides an email address for adding items to the reading list, this should allow me to simply email to Instapaper, and have everything automatically download in Evernote.

Unfortunately the Instapaper RSS feed doesn't seem to pick up updates to my Instapaper reading list. Furthermore, links sent from the New York Times are not translated into the full articles by Instapaper, they're just kept as links. So close and yet so far!

I've been experimenting with Pocket and Readability for the same problem. So far nothing works. But I feel I'm on the right track with IFTTT.


texts: How to use SSH keys and disable password authentication

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I'm trying to access a Mac remotely (I do have physical access to this Mac) through SSH from a Linux client computer. My goal is to access this Mac from outside the network. Port forwarding is set up on the router. From my client computer I'm able to ssh user@ip for the public IP and I am able to get into the Mac, so port forwarding is working.

Now I want to set up SSH keys. I've generated SSH keys on my client computer but I wanted to get the SSH Daemon on the Mac setup first. I edited /etc/ssh_config and set PasswordAuthentication no. I restarted SSH with these commands: sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist, then sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist. When I try to SSH in from the client again, it still asks for my password.

I took a look at this post and from the answer I added UsePAM no to the config file and restarted the service with launchctl again. I'm still being prompted for a password.

I also tried the solution here. I'm still being prompted for a password.

How do I set up my ssh_config to so that it doesn't ask for the password and only accepts SSH keys? Am I not restarting the daemon properly? Is there another step I am missing?


texts: Map screen sleep (ctrl+shift+eject) to F19

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How can I map screen sleep (Ctrl+Shift+Eject) to F19?

Other services I can find under keyboard shortcuts in settings but not this one.


texts: Why OS X says a low free space, despite having 25GB free?

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I've the following entry in log:

  24/08/2015 18:00:32.197 com.apple.mtmd[55]: attempting to thin because of low free space on Macintosh HD (/) by removing 2015-08-24 16:57:54 +0100, estimate 0 bytes to recover, 1 snapshot can be thinned

But I've over 25GB free:

$ df -h
Filesystem                         Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2                       466G  442G   24G  95% /

In top:

Load Avg: 2.39, 3.67, 3.70  CPU usage: 8.71% user, 6.5% sys, 85.22% idle  SharedLibs: 9592K resident, 9392K data, 0B linkedit. MemRegions: 223410 total, 6136M resident, 53M private, 798M shared. PhysMem: 11G used (5491M wired), 272M unused.
VM: 1131G vsize, 1066M framework vsize, 18083888(372) swapins, 21344621(0) swapouts. Networks: packets: 10086831/7650M in, 8482767/3357M out. Disks: 11688769/221G read, 9345680/217G written.

$ top -l 1 | head -n 10 | grep PhysMem
PhysMem: 11G used (5536M wired), 74M unused.

And vm_stat:

$ vm_stat 1
Mach Virtual Memory Statistics: (page size of 4096 bytes)
    free   active   specul inactive throttle    wired  prgable   faults     copy    0fill reactive   purged file-backed anonymous cmprssed cmprssor  dcomprs   comprs  pageins  pageout  swapins swapouts
   48498   739133     2327   684917        0  1405393    17258 1682134K 20168887 2191469K  339740K 14307441      170267   1256110  6862590  1312575  192808K  223457K  172163K  1539229 18095123 21344621
   48373   738368     2327   684917        0  1406527    17258     2018      226      627        0        0      170267   1255345  6862359  1312573      231        0        0        0        0        0
   47801   739664     2333   684909        0  1405395    17268     1576        0      922        0        0      170273   1256633  6862196  1312573      163        0        1        0        0        0

I believe this state of a low free space breaks few apps (like Chrome) which behaves weird.

Why OS X is saying it is out of free space (low free space) on / when it has a lot of it? Is it some kind of bug?


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I am running a simulation that deliberately uses a lot of memory. In fact, more than the available RAM and so the program should use swap space. However, after 60 GB of swap space are used, I get the following complaint from OS X 10.8.4:

  OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory

At this stage the RAM is fully used and virtual memory is used up to ~60 GBm as well as the swap, which Activity Monitor reports is around 60 GB.

I tried this program on two different Macs with the same outcome and the same critical amount of swap where everything goes wrong.

My machine:

Mac Pro
Two quad core 2.7 GHz processors
32 GB of RAM
1.3 TB of free hard-disk space

I checked my handcoded C++ program for leaks using Xcode and I understand where the RAM usage is coming from.

I would be glad if anybody has a suggestion what the root of my problem is.