texts: iPod Click Wheel Games disappeared from iTunes

texts: Is it still possible to buy iPod Click Wheel Games for the iPod Classic? I can't find them on iTunes. Is there a way to side-load them and get them from elsewhere?


texts: Change Google Drive Icon in Favorites Sidebar in Finder

texts:
How do I change Google Drive icon in the Favorites sidebar?
As you can see on the picture, I have stripped the icon from the folder, but in Favs it still shows this huge triangle.
How to replace it? Standard folder icon will be fine. Thanks.


texts: Will one power adapter work with all shipping MacBook Air and Pro as of March 2013?

texts:
I have a Late-2008 Macbook White (MacBook4,1) model, and my AC Adapter broke.

Now I want to buy replacement adapter, but since I am going to upgrade to a MBP13 or MBP15 in the next 1-2 years, I want to buy a compatible AC Adapter that works with my MB white and with my then-bought MBP15/13. The reason is simple, when I buy a new one, I'll have a spare adapter. I don't mind using a MafSafe1<->MagSafe2 adapter with either the MB White or MBP.

What is the model number of a compatible AC Adaptor that I can buy? I only want original Apple products, as my adaptor that broke was a non-original and it broke after half a year. As I always buy used Macs, so I am only interested in compatibility with devices that are available (or have been available up to) today and don't know if an 85 watt adapter would work well with any Mac.


texts: Can someone please let me know which model to chose (from the US) for someone who would like to use iPhone 6+ in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for carrier Etisalat or DU. Where can I buy the phone? Is there an international version, can I buy a normal version? Thanks!


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is putting the computer to sleep while it's in a hot car a bad idea?

Are there any published safe temperature ranges for Mac Book Airs?  Is it safe leaving one inside a dark part of a very hot car, think 32°C / 90°F ambient temperature, plus sun and car effects.


texts: 0:00 appears in my message bar on a grey shadow

texts: How do I get rid of a symbol that keeps appearing in my message box. It is on a grey base with 0:00 so when you type your message you can't see what you typing


texts: How applications behave with Matrox Dualhead2go?

texts:
Matrox Dualhead2go makes it possible to have 2 external screens for a Macbook Pro. It performs that by splitting a very large screen in two smaller screens.

I am very worried as to how will the applications behave with that:

will the dock be displayed in the center? (i.e. between the 2 screens)
will all modal dialogs be centered also?
Are Expose and Spaces working good? Isn't their display broken?
Is watching a video full screen on one display possible? (VLC, youtube, DVD...)
Will fullscreen apps work? (aperture for example)
Is that possible to maximize a window on one display easily?

Note: I have tested an external USB graphic card as an alternative solution, it is way to laggy to be used IMO.


texts:
I have a MacBook Air 2012 (A1466) and it developed some memory errors.
It crashes every half hour and Apple Hardware Test says

  4MEM/9/40000000: 0x79eea590

Unfortunately, RAM is soldered on the motherboard and it is not replaceable.

I did some research and found that it is possible to tell the operating system to ignore wrong memory addresses if you use Linux: Ubuntu Forums: Exclude Bad Memory

Is is possible to somehow exclude faulty RAM addresses in Mac OS X?

I currently use Yosemite (10.10) but, I am willing to downgrade if necessary.


texts: MacBook Pro 2011 shows grey screen during boot

texts:
My early 2011 MBP stopped booting up. It now shows only a grey screen after about 1/3 of the boot up process.
I tried Verbose mode, where the last lines visible before the grey screen can be seen in the picture.
Could it be a faulty GPU? It is a MBP from the era with defective AMD GPUs.
So far I never had problems with it.

I've read that I can disable the AMD gpu by moving away the AMD kexts. However single user mode gives me sandbox violations if I do this.

The problem exists if I try to boot into Safe Mode as well.

I have run AHT extended and get a 4MEM/9/40… error. I guess this means the RAM is bad? Now trying only one module at a time.

With only one module, I don't get errors. Tried three AHT passes. However I still can't boot. Not even recovery with Cmd+R. Next step: internet recovery.

Internet recovery leads to the same grey screen and fans spinning. Next step: PRAM an SMC reset.

SMC reset did not help either. I fear I am out of options. I guess I'll have to get the machine to a service place…


texts: If you see some movies in the Apple TV website, does that mean you can watch it if you join some program?

texts:
For example, this page shows the movie Parasite on Apple TV.  Does that mean if you join some program, such as Apple TV+, then you can watch it as included in the program?

Apple TV+ is said to be included one year free if you buy some new Apple devices, so does that include the movies as listed on Apple TV?


texts: How to override the play/pause function of the button in earphone remote control?

texts:
I enjoy using Keyboard Maestro to set custom keys to take control of apps,  I can apply more functions to the play/pause button in the earphone remote, but by default it is set to control iTunes.

How to disable or overwrite the default setting of these button?

I'm using a Mac, and use the iPhone earphone with remote


texts:
A little history: I had a old Nokia 5310. Lost it. I had the contacts backed up in a .vcf file. So imported them to a old Sony Ericsson W700i. Used the W700i for sometime, added some more contacts.
Not got a new Nokia C5. Wanted to import all the contacts to the Nokia and at the same time add them to Address Book so that I can manage all contacts from Address Book and sync with the new Nokia. (Address Book has some old contacts, that are not required to be on the phone but nevertheless necessary, my wife's contacts imported sometime before etc). (Thanks for reading)

I exported the contacts from the phone to a .vcf file and imported it in Address Book.
Wanted to move only these contacts to the Nokia. So thought will open Last Import and sync all of them with the new phone.
But looks like Last Import holds all of my imports, not just the most recent one.

I tried to select a group and then import, but the import does not happen to the group. They are imported to the "All Contacts".

Is there any way to get/select only the most recent imported contacts?


texts: My PC with iTunes is dead; how do I save my CD sourced MUSIC still on iPhone to iTunes in cloud?

texts:
My iPhone backup PC that had my iTunes backup is dead. I'd loaded a lot of my CD's to the iTunes in that PC. How do I back up my iphone MUSIC contents to a cloud back up, including the CDs which are still on my phone (and had been backed up to now dead PC)?

I already managed to do a similar thing with the photos that were really on the PC in sync folder, by saving photos that would have been lost by copying them to my phone before converting to icloud backup.


texts:
I want to do a script, that it can launch VLC player, and in VLC player "Open a file", then
"Select a folder", then click on "add" then "play" it. I think that Automator can't do this. But Applescript seems legit, right?

How to build an easy script, that I can save as an application then setup it to the startup folder?

Path : the folder in question /Users/server_raagc/Copy

(I tried automator, then applescript, then terminal with a .plist then another automator combined with an applescript saved as application, all of this in a different way times 36.

My code :

set workflowpath to "/Users/server_raagc/Desktop/FINAAAAAL - copie.workflow"
set qtdworkflowpath to quoted form of (POSIX path of workflowpath)
set command to "/usr/bin/automator " & qtdworkflowpath
set output to do shell script command

Always an error. Or here trying to code another one. Same thing.

 activate application "VLC"
 tell application "System Events"
keystroke "O" using command down
 end tell
 tell application "System Events" to tell process "VLC"
click button "Parcourir..." of window 1 of window 2
 end tell

The automator Test:
Maybe becauce one is an "Watch Me do"?


texts: Remove OTA downloaded (but not installed) iOS 8

texts: I've downloaded the new iOS 8 update on my iPhone 5 but am getting second thoughts about actually installing it.  Is there a way for me to delete that download or am I at the point of no return?


texts: Resolution of iPhone photo stream upload!

texts: I've not been able to pin down whether the photos uploaded from an iPhone to photo stream are full resolution. I saw mention that they are downloaded in full resolution to OSX machines and not iOS. But not how they have been uploaded.


texts: How does macOS select a name for a Time Machine backup?

texts:
I see a folder

/Volumes/WD MyPassport/Backups.backupdb/GregoryMBpro

and /Volumes has

~/ > ls -l /Volumes
total 0
drwxr-xr-x+  3 root    wheel   94 21 Sep 09:08 Preboot
drwxrwxr-x  16 gregory staff  632  2 Nov  2014 WD MyPassport
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root    wheel    1  7 Oct 22:37 elcapitan -> /
~/ >

while the "Computer Name" I chose under Sharing in System Preferences is "Gregory's MacBook Pro".

(Note to self: it's a bad idea to name a volume after an OS release that will be upgraded sooner or later.)

What is the mapping between these names? In particular, if I change the name of either the volume or the computer name (under Sharing), would I inadvertently start a new Time Machine backup?

Relevant

Time Machine Backup Precautions


texts: How to "print" a PDF on a Mac so that is automatically sent by AirDrop to an iOS device?

texts:
I heavily use my iPad Pro with pencil to go paperless. This works perfectly, but printing to paper from any Mac app is still much simpler than printing to the "paper-replacement", meaning to an iPad app. I am therefore looking for a mechanism to make this equally simple.

Currently, I open the "Print" dialog in any Mac program, click on "Open PDF in Preview", then in the Preview app "Share via AirDrop", wait a moment until my iPad appears, find it, click it and then select on the iPad into which application to copy the document.

Is there a way to automate this? Automator on Mac has no "share via AirDrop" action (even though it was announced on the WWDC a while ago).


texts: How to Pin Most Used Files and Folders on Dock

texts:
I have some files on my drive. I want to access to my .md files and some specific folder one click. I wanna pin them to my Dock. What is the best way to access that files?

Thanks in advance!


texts: How can I hide my texts when my screen is locked?

texts: I had that option before and the recent update messed all my settings up:( now I can't hide my texts. I don't want people at work seeing my texts. I have my phone locked but everyone still can read them. I also don't have the option hide preview which was there before!


texts: Two Time Capsules in one network, Macbook connects to the slower one when backing up

texts:
I have two time capsules. They are connected via an ethernet cable and are part of the same wifi network. My devices connect to the one which has the better signal.

The problem is that my Macbook Pro always connects directly to the one where I store my Time machine backups when backing up (every hour). It happens even in cases where the signal is pretty bad and normally the other capsule would be used.

Current behavior

Macbook connects to tc2 when backup is in progress even though tc1 is closer and tc2 is in the same network:

                    [Macbook]............(wifi)..........................
                                                                        |
   [tc1]                                                              [tc2]

Desired behavior

Macbook connects to tc1, since it's closer, and runs the backup through it:

      .....(wifi)....[Macbook]
      |
   [tc1]........................(ethernet)...........................[tc2]

Is there a way to tell Time machine to always use the Time Capsule wich has the better signal?


texts: Mounting a RAM disk on startup, but seems to be unmounted automatically

texts:
I wrote a simple script that mounts a ram disk:

%> cat /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ramdisk.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>Ramdisk</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/local/bin/setup_run_shm</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>UserName</key>
    <string>root</string>
</dict>
</plist>

But when I logged in, the disk is gone. It looks like the disk is unmounted.
I'm not really sure why. According to /tmp/log.1 there's no errors.

P.S attached the setup_run_shm script:

%> cat /usr/local/bin/setup_run_shm
#!/bin/bash

exec &> /tmp/log.1
date
set -x

size=$(( 1024*1024*8 ))
path=/run/shm/
name="SHM"

if mount | grep -q '/run/shm'; then
    echo RAM disk already exist.
    echo 'Eject the disk and try again. (e.g hdiutil eject /dev/diskX)'
    exit
fi

disk=$(hdiutil attach -nomount ram://"$size")
echo Attached RAM disk $disk

newfs_hfs -v "$name" $disk
echo Formatted RAM disk with name $name

mount -t hfs $disk "$path"
echo Mounted ram disk of size $size to $path


texts: As far as I can tell from some youtube videos, it is possible to use different drum samples in iElectribe by KORG, but I can't figure out how or find any documentation on this.  Does someone know how this is done?


texts: What’s the best way to view all my iCloud Documents without opening different apps?

texts: I frequently have to copy over documents to and fro iCloud and my Desktop. It’s really tedious to open each iWork app, search through the list, copy my file and repeat. Is it possible to view all my files at once or at least in a single window?


texts: Upgrading from 10.11.6 El Capitan to 10.12

texts:
I rarely use by mac. Right now I wanted to install a new program on it but it says it won't run unless the OS is 10.12. I only have 10.11.6 (El Capitan) right now and I can't see any updates for upgrading it to 10.12.

Questions:

How can I force upgrade it to 10.12? I can't see any updates for it in the store to upgrade it to 10.12. When I Googled, The only one I can find that has a 10.12 is Mojave.
If I upgrade my OS to 10.12 will it erase all my previously installed apps and programs? I don't want to do it all again.


texts: Is there a way to have Sidecar connect to the same iPad by default on launch? Possibly by running some script that would automatically run at boot-up to make the Airplay connection.


texts: Can the built-in OS X "Location" feature auto select locations based on wireless networks?

texts:
My home network is very secure, but my school's wireless network is open, which makes it vulnerable to wireless sniffing (e.g. with Firesheep). I just discovered the Location feature and I think it's really neat, but it doesn't make obvious a way to automatically switch Location based on which wireless network is currently connected.

Is this something which it is capable of, and if so then how do I set this up? Otherwise I guess I will use a program like NetworkLocation to do this; I'd just like to avoid paying for a program if possible.

(I'm using the latest Snow Leopard 10.6.5)


texts: E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version on macvim

texts:
While trying to prepare macvim environment to work with clang-format I did:

$ vim ~/.vimrc

map <C-K> :pyf /usr/local/Cellar/clang-format/2018-04-24/share/clang/clang-format.py<cr>
imap <C-K> <c-o>:pyf /usr/local/Cellar/clang-format/2018-04-24/share/clang/clang-format.py<cr>

It worked for vim (on the terminal) but not for macvim, in which, when I hit C-k then I get:

E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version

There seems to exist approaches to solve this on linux

https://askubuntu.com/questions/284957/vi-getting-multiple-sorry-the-command-is-not-available-in-this-version-af

How to solve this on macOS?

Note: https://github.com/rhysd/vim-clang-format helps by providing :ClangFormat.


texts: Copying from two sparsebundles is way too slow

texts:
I have a sparsbundle of 120 GB on a USB Key (USB 3, Kingston Data Traveller, 128 GB of space).
When I mount this sparsebundle, copying to it is extremely slow (we're talking 1 hour to copy 20 GB).
Is there an explanation as to why this is so slow? Can I do something about it?


texts: Using Applescript in Automator app to run ffmpeg

texts:
ffmpeg runs exactly like I want it to.  I'm sure the following is not super clean but it does work with one exception: it simply adds the .mp4 to the original filename so that the new filename appears to have two extensions.

I've spent days searching for similar problems on multiple forums with no real help.  I've tried copying and pasting suggestions with different errors.  I would really like to drag a video file onto this applet and have it run ffmpeg the way I've specified in the shell portion with the resulting output file being created in the location of the input file but with a different extension.

I've tried the "filesString" way and the \"f\" + "{$f%.*}" and for whatever reason that doesn't seem to do anything but open terminal with the text of the shell.  Other options result in a message stating that there's "NO SUITABLE OUTPUT" which I have finally figured out means, "whatever you're doing is great, but I'm going to give you this error until you take the spaces out of your file name/folders."

So:

To drop a file and have it convert to file with the standards specified. (check)
Have that output file go back to the folder where the input file lives. (check)
But with only the new extension. (fail)
A bonus would be to edit the script such that I could drop a folder of files onto the applet and have them convert 1 at a time.  I believe I can drop a folder at this time but then it opens multiple instances of Terminal and processes simultaneously.  I'd like to have the files process 1 at a time.

on run {input, parameters}
    repeat with file_ in input
        tell application "System Events"
            set inputFilename to name of (get properties of file_)
        end tell
        set inputFilePath to quoted form of (POSIX path of file_)
        set outputFilePath to quoted form of (POSIX path of file_)
        tell application "Terminal"
            activate
            do script "/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/3.0.2/bin/ffmpeg -i " & inputFilePath & " -aspect 4:3 -vf yadif=0:-1:0,scale=720:486 -acodec libfdk_aac -cutoff 20000 -vcodec libx264 -preset medium -pix_fmt yuv420p " & outputFilePath & ".mp4"
        end tell
    end repeat
    return input
end run


texts: How to make and alias list from multiples results of a shell script?

texts:
So this is the shell script that I have in my Applescript editor which brings up all of the videos that have been added to my computer today.

do shell script "mdfind 'kMDItemDateAdded >= $time.today && kMDItemKind = *movie'"

I see four videos show up in the results section of the Appliscript editor. But I am having difficultly changing those results into an alias list and sending them into a folder called "New Videos".

Can anybody show me how this is done?


texts: Epson software update keeps popping up on my screen but nothing gets downloaded

texts:
I get that question pop-up on my screen a few times per day. Sometimes several times in a row. If I say Yes, a long EULA document appears for me to accept, then a window with a progress bar that reaches about half the way before I get this:

When I go to Software Update, nothing appears in the list. All my software is up to date.

Selecting No closes the dialog but it may reappear again in seconds.

I got tired of this, removed my printer from Print/Scan settings, used Epson uninstaller utility (found on their site) to remove their drivers and software from the system, rebooted the machine, plugged in my printer back and OS X downloaded drivers and installed them again. All was well for about a week. Today this started again. Any insight into fixing this would be appreciated.


texts: Can an iOS device be backed up to Google Drive?

texts: I just found out today that Google is opening a cloud storage engine (a potential competitor to iCloud) called Google Drive, and I was wondering if there might be some way to backup your iOS device to it, short of jailbreaking it.


texts: Certain .MOV video file will not play audio in VLC for iOS (iPad)

texts: I have tried 2 different iPads. Both have about 7 or 8 other .MOV files (from the same folder) that play just fine. However, this single .MOV file just will not output any audio. It plays fine on the PC (Windows 7). Should I just to convert it to a different video format or what? Thanks.


texts:
Is there any way to remove that annoying screenshot pop up after you take a screenshot?

I was trying to play a game after updating to iOS 11 and it ruined my game thanks to not being able to tap the bottom part of the screen.


texts: spotify doesn't care about mission control settings

texts:
I have my Mission Control (el capitan, 10.11) settings the way I like:
"When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application" is OFF.

This works very well except for Spotify. Also, I have Spotify "locked" for a specific Desktop.

It's very annoying to do a cmd-tab and switch 3 desktops. And then, it doesn't switch back with another cmd-tab.

How can I make Spotify obey the Mission Control setting?


texts: Apple Keyboard may be broken.. Any way to be sure?

texts:
Well, I "cleaned" my Apple keyboard (2010 model). I used a wet rag to clean the well-used keys. It looks great but it doesn't work. I hate to toss it if I can fix it. Is it possible that I've pressed a combination that has deactivated the keyboard?

I am traveling but have the kb with me. Is there any kind of hardware test I can perform. I know the device has power as I can plug in a mouse to the USB port and the mouse works.

Thanks for any tips.


texts: mac mail blacks out messages with dual monitor setup on mackbook air

texts: I'm trying to figure out how to see the mail on my larger monitor.  Feel like I did something to fix it once but I cannot remember what I did to get it working properly.  Any ideas???


texts: Using automatic setting but getting wrong timezone (missing 30 minutes)

texts:
Malaysia timezone supposed to be GMT +8:00

But in my macbook (OS 10.13.5) it displays GMT +7:30 (note the last picture, bottom right), 30 minutes was missing, how can i fix this?

Note: I tried to set it manually via select the location /closest city, it still giving me GMT +7:30

It is giving me the wrong time display on some of the website now. For example, 9:00am become 8:30am


texts: iPhone stuck in Recovery mode. Trouble restoring iPhone - what could I do?

texts:
I have an iPhone 3G. I am trying to restore it but have had trouble all day. This is what I have done so far:

Run redsn0w 0.96b6
Use iPhone1,2_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw as the current firmware.
Run redsn0w with default settings until the iPhone enters DFU mode
Everything from redsn0w's perspective runs great - the phone installs the jailbroken data, and reboots, as expected.
I then open up iTunes and still get a "an iPhone was detected in recovery mode" error. My iPhone shows the frustrating image of the USB cable plugging into iTunes.

What could I be doing wrong? I'm at my wits end here.

Thanks.


texts: Forward text messages received on Android to Mac?

texts: Is there any way to forward text messages received on an Android to a Mac (maybe as notifications or to the native Messages app)?


texts: Is there a way to log outbound HTTP requests that pass through my Airport Extreme?

texts: My wireless router is an Airport Extreme.  I would like to log all outbound HTTP requests (leaving my Mac for an internet web server) for later review.  Is that possible?


texts: "Partition failed with error: Couldn't unmount drive"

texts: I am trying to create a new partition so I can install Windows through Boot Camp. I boot into recovery mode using my Recovery Assistant USB and no matter what I do, when I try to resize my drive and create a new partition, I get this error. What am I doing wrong?


texts: MobileMe services has stopped working message in Outlook 2006

texts:
I have Windows 7 and use Microsoft Office Outlook 2006 and every time that I open it pops up a screen that says mobile me services has stopped working.

I use iCloud to merge my contacts and calendar from my iPhone 4S. What can I do to stop this from happening.  Should I uninstall iCloud and reinstall it?  What suggestions do you have?  I want to keep icloud.  If I delete mobile me will it delete icloud?


texts: Failed to make bootable USB drive and now I can't even format it

texts:
I want to do a fresh install of Yosemite and I got a brand new 8GB flash drive and I followed this tutorial. I formatted the USB drive and was copying the Yosemite installer, however I got the following error

Copying installer files to disk...
The copy of the installer app failed.

Great. So I tried to reformat the drive again and start over. No. Disk utility says I can't format it because it "cannot unmount the drive". What does that suppose to mean? Then I plug the USB drive to a Windows computer and tried my luck there. No, you can't format the drive because it's "write protected" (there's no physical write protection switch on the drive or anything). Oh dear so now the drive is completely ruined? How can I force format the drive?

Now in the terminal I used sudo diskutil unmountDisk force disk1 to successfully unmount the drive, but still I can't format it! Disk utility gave me a new error "Unable to write to the last block of the device."


texts:
I'm trying to figure out where the default mount options are set for user-mounted filesystems (e.g., disk images, USB thumbdrives, etc.). I'm working with OS X 10.11 ("El Capitan").

The options I specify for known disk partitions in /etc/fstab are respected when they're mounted automatically at boot time — or even manually via Disk Utility — but I can't seem to set the default mount options for any "unknown" filesystem that gets automounted in /Volumes.

I've tried changing AUTOMOUNTD_MNTOPTS in /etc/autofs.conf and adding options with -o to the ProgramArguments array of /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.automountd.plist (which required disabling SIP), but neither change seems to have any effect.

It would seem that some other set of defaults is being used... but where are those defaults defined?


texts: Can Apple TV work over network only, without the need for HDMI

texts:
My firm are considering buying an Apple TV box for our new boardroom, so that presentations can be shown directly on the TV, but there is some information about the device that I am unable to find.

Does Apple TV work over network only (providing TV and Apple TV are on the same network)? We are not interested in the apps like Netflix, etc, so we would like to avoid connecting the device via HDMI and thus keep it hidden.


texts:
I have a handful of events that I want to enter into Calendar. Since I have a lot of events, I'd like to copy/paste into a file and import the file, rather than enter them manually. Does anyone know the format for a given event?

I found this in an .ics file:

BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Girls U14 Div 1A- Newton G Panthers VS Arlington GU14 A Team
UID:5248
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: There is a game at Valeo Main - Valeo Main
LOCATION:Valeo Main - Valeo Main
DTSTART;TZID=/US/Eastern:20131109T100000
DTEND;TZID=/US/Eastern:20131109T113000
URL:http://www.bays.org/iCal/iCal.php?2339
END:VEVENT

Looks fairly straightforward, although I don't know what to use for a UID.

Thanks, Bruce


texts: continuity not working except for receiving calls, iMessages and AirDrop

texts:
for some reason the universal clipboard and handoff between apps stopped working but AirDrops, receiving and making calls on my Mac and iMessages continue to work perfectly.

I contacted Apple Support and we went through resetting the bluetooth adapter but it didn't work. I gave up on that because Apple support insisted log me out from iCloud on all my devices but I don't want to do that because this will force me to set-up banking apps and 2FA code generators from scratch.

Do you have a a suggestion that doesn't involve resetting the phone and the mac?

The phone ins an iPhone 6s and the Mac is a Macbook Air 2015. The OS versions are the latest. It might have stopped working after upgrading to High Sierra but I'm not sure about it.

Thanks.


texts: How to get full screen button in other applications on OS X?

texts: I want the full screen button in image 2 to appear in the app shown in image 1 (Photoshop). In Chrome there's an option to go full screen, but in Photoshop and Office this does not exist. Is there any way to get it?


texts: When I get a phone call from an unidentified caller. I never answer it. It's always a charity or sales call. Can I make it just not ring through if the caller is unidentified?


texts: Connect Multiple iPads to WiFi Simultaneously

texts:
I have approximately 30 supervised WiFi-only iPad 2s located in a central office. They all need to connect to the same network to access the Internet. The most they'll do is visit a website, fill out some online forms, and download a 1 MB document for downloading. More than likely, not all 30 iPads will be in use, probably 15 on average. I bought this router thinking it could handle the load of iPads, but we seem to be having major slow down issues every now and then. I thought it was related to the speed of the Internet, but turns out the connection from the iPads to the router was severely degraded. I couldn't even get the Routers configuration page to pull up on an iPad connected directly to the wifi. I ended up completely turning off half the iPads and rebooting the router and speed increased drastically.

Therefore, what would be the best way to go about hooking up 30 iPads to the same network?

FYI, I'm using Configurator 2 to push the same profile to all iPad's to automatically connect to that wifi network.

*Side Note: Anyone know of a way to stop an iPad from requesting automatic updates? This could cause a lot of network strain if 30 iPads try to update at once. The messages are also quite annoying.


texts: Why do no external iPad/iPhone batteries charge via a dock connector?

texts:
There are many external battery packs which have a USB port for charging your iPad or iPhone on the go. But they all seem to be charged via a Micro USB port themselves, rather than a dock connector.

Why?

Is there some technical reason or does Apple not license the female dock connector?


texts: How to mount Core Storage volume under Linux (or force conversion on unrevertible volume)?

texts:
I tried to mount HFS+ partition in Linux today, but I had problem with

hfsplus: unable to find HFS+ superblock

I've found later that this partition is in fact Core Storage container for the logical volume, what could mean I should at least know corrected offset of the real logical volume on this partition.

I tried to follow advices seen in plenty of places to revert the volume using diskutil cs revert UUID, however my problem is that I see:

Logical Volume C4FE8...
-----------------------------------------------------
[...]
Revertible:      No
[...]

Logical Volume Family above this has all encryption related fields set to No/None. However I cannot find a way how to have this volume revertible.

Because it's only 300 GB of data on 1TB drive, I've managed to shrink it. The idea I have is to create empty partition of the same size as the volume and the copy it using dd. Then I would have pure HFS+ partition probably mountable under Linux. However gpt in recovery doesn't allow me to add next partition to disk0 saying "resource is busy". Graphical utility seem to have some bug and I cannot confirm new partition (in recovery mode as I don't know the password to superuser account).

Now, does anyone manage to mount Core Storage volume at least read-only under Linux?
Or maybe someone found the way how to make this Core Storage volume revertible?


texts: How can I put my iPhone 4 in DFU Mode if the Home button is broken and it is turned off?

texts: So basically I have a tethered reboot iOS 6.1.4 on my iPhone 4. Recently the Home button broke and now I'm unable to put it into DFU Mode to turn it on. Is there a way I can put it in DFU Mode, or maybe get iTunes to install the latest iOS on it? I just need it to turn on again so I can listen to music.


texts: Apple App Store submission review time vs update time

texts:
I've released an app to the App Store, it's been waiting for review for about 9 days.

Upon running my own dev version I've realised I'd left a critical part out. Would it be worth waiting for release and then pushing an update or remove it and resubmit?

Will the update be processed faster than a resubmission?


texts: My iPhone is no longer appearing in Wi-Fi menu above the line after changing mobile phone provider

texts:
I want to share Internet connection from my iPhone to my Macbook. Before, I just clicked the Wi-Fi icon on my mac and my iPhone automatically appeared there above the line. I did not need to enable personal hotspot on iPhone.

However, I've changed my mobile phone provider recently, and iPhone option no longer appears on Wi-Fi menu automatically without enabling hotspot on the iPhone (see picture). I there a way to make it work like it did before?

I'm aware that there is an option to connect to my phone from the Bluetooth icon, but that's not what I want.

Update

I followed @drivec suggestion and it fixed my issue. Here is what I did:

Logged out of iCloud both on Mac and iPhone.
Rebooted both devices.
Logged into iCloud on both devices.
Rebooted both devices.
Now my iPhone appears in the Wi-Fi menu of the Mac without turning on "Personal Hotspot" on the iPhone, see picture below.


texts: Why does the double click home page store recents and how do I delete them?


texts: What happens to things in SIP restricted folders when upgrading to 10.11?

texts: What will happen to changes made to folders such as/System or /bin (full list here) when upgrading to El Capitan or Sierra?


texts: What kinds of files can be added to Documents in the Cloud?

texts: I already know that Pages can add .doc files too, but my knowledge ends at that. Does anyone have an exhaustive list of files that can be added to Documents in the Cloud through Apple apps (Preview, iWork, TextEdit, etc) only?


texts: How to install Windows 8 on an early 2006 MacBook?

texts:
I have recently obtained a MacBook 1,1 from my older sister and it happens to be quite old. I have attempted to revive it with boot camp but my windows installation is stored on a USB drive instead of a DVD, and Boot Camp refuses to use it. I have OS X 10.5 Leopard installed. Also, I tried to burn a Windows xp disk, but Boot Camp wouldn't accept that either. Any help would be appreciated.

Info:
Nice Name: MacBook 13 inch White Core Duo (Mid 2006)
Machine Model: MacBook1,1
Name: MacBook (early 2006)
ModelCode: mb
Family name: A1181
Model Number: MA255
Group1: MacBook
Group2: nothing
Generation: 1
CPU speed: 2.0GHz
Screen size: 13 inch
Screen resolution: 1280x800 pixels
Colour: White
Production year: 2006
Production week: 39 (October)
Production number: 350 (within this week)
Model introduced: 2006
Memory - flavour: DDR2-S-667
Memory - number of slots: 2
Memory - maximum total: 2GB
Memory - largest module: 1GB
Factory: 4H (China)


texts: iPhone 5 says "disabled, connect to iTunes" but iTunes says it "can't connect because of an unexpected error"

texts: I rebooted it but it still says "iPhone is disabled, connect to iTunes" even though I don't have a password on it anymore because I rebooted it. When I try to connect it to iTunes it says "Can't connect to iPhone because of an unexpected error.


texts: Can we pair one remote with Mac, and one remote with AppleTV in the same room?

texts:
I got AppleTV and it came with a remote.  Since the remote triggers action on both the AppleTV and iMac (they are in the same room), I disable the iMac from taking remote signal already.

But can I buy another Apple remote, and pair it with the Mac, so that this new remote will not trigger action on the AppleTV?  That is, one remote for the Mac, one remote for AppleTV, and they don't interfere with each other.

Update: I actually went down to Apple Store and got another remote, and paired it with the iMac, and confirm that this remote will not trigger any action on the Apple TV, so now each remote works independently... I just put a sticker on one of the remotes to tell which is which.


texts:
So for christmas one year my younger sister got an iPhone 5s. But currently she had to replace the battery and she had to reset her iPhone to do so.
She doesn't remember who set up all her iCloud and Apple ID information, so now we are stuck with a reset iPhone on the activation lock page. Someone please tell me how to fix this or if it even is fixable.


texts:
I have a 2011 iMac running High Seirra. I have an SSD with the OS installed and a separate HDD where I've put my Home Folder. Imaginatively named High Sierra HDD and High Sierra SSD.

I'm trying to install a command-line program called FastLane but I think it get caught up because of the spaces in the name of the drive.
When I change the name of the HDD to High-Sierra-HDD or something similar I can no longer log into my main Admin account, I get the error:

You are unable to log in to the user account "Blahblah" at this time.

Logging in to the account failed because an error occurred.

I can log into my other admin account just fine, change the name back and sign in.

My question is, how do I safely change the name of internal drives without breaking my account?

And why would changing the drive name only affect the first admin account and not the second?

Cheers


texts: need to script connection to telnet and send commands to remote device with no user input

texts:
Ok I need some help making a script that will connect to a server and send 2 commands

Ideally I would have telnet 192.168.2.230 9993

and once it logs in (no user name or password required - the server is air gapped)

once the connection is created the script would send the following commands:

remote: enable: true

record: true

So far I can only get it to connect to the remote device - any help is greatly appreciated!!


texts: How to extract information from an app and put into excel spreadsheet?

texts: I have an app on my iPad that is basically a flashcard app that has questions and answers.  I want to put these questions and answers into an excel spreadsheet.  How would I extract the information out of the app?


texts: Highest capacity HDD compatible with late 2011 MacBook Pro optibay

texts:
What is the highest capacity hard drive model that would fit and work reliably in the optical bay of a 15" late 2011 MacBook Pro (MacBookPro8,2)?

As far as I can tell, the issues at play are physical dimensions and the well-documented SATA III compatibility issues with this generation of MacBooks.

I purchased a HN-M101MBB/ST1000LM024 but, contrary to its data sheet, the drive turned out to be SATA III (6 Gb/s) rather than SATA II (3 Gb/s), and did not work reliably.

Which brings me to the question: which 1TB+ HDD models can I expect to work?


texts: How to keep messages after deactivating imessage?

texts:
I disabled imesseage (and removed the addresses) on my iphone 4. Afterwards, some old messages to some friends disappeared from my phone. I don't understand why.

I restored imessage and the addresses, and now the old messages are back. How can I disable imessage without losing the messages?


texts: Is it possible to have 10Gigabit network support on a macOS VM?

texts:
We're looking to have macOS VMs running on Mac Mini hosts (and maybe Mac Pro hosts once they're out).

Is it possible to have the VMs connected at 10Gig ethernet by using something like a Sonnet 10G Thunderbolt 3 Adapter? Would Parallels support something like this? What if I would plug in several of those adapters, could each VM use a different 10G adapter?


texts: Configure Native Notes.app to Use Monospaced by Default

texts: For every carriage return on a monospaced line, the following line resets to the default Body format. I used this post as a reference but everything's outdated and I don't find anything  else recent out there. What are your suggestions? Thank you in advance.


texts: What is `applewebdata` and how do I avoid it?

texts:
I'm using Workflow on iOS, specifically, an iPad Air 2. Whenever I get the contents of a web page or the links from that input, I notice that all of the links are re-written as

applewebdata://{guid}/the/rest/of/the/path

I'm unable to use this input in the rest of the Workflow, because the steps don't know how to work with applewebdata://

For example, if I get all of the links on a page and try to resolve their content

Get Contents of URL
|> Get URLs from Input
|> Get Contents of URL

I get an error like

  unsupported url

This means I have to do horrible things, like store the scheme and host of the input URL and recombine those with the path from the mangled URL to use more Workflow steps. This is not sustainable!

How do I avoid or work with applewebdata:// URLs?!


texts: Pairing Apple Wireless Keyboard to Mac Pro not running macOS

texts:
I'm running FreeNAS (basically customized version of FreeBSD) on a Mac Pro. I would like to use the Apple Wireless Keyboard vs having to tie up a USB port and deal with a corded keyboard.

I do not have a macOS drive on this Mac, but I could remove existing drives, stick a spare macOS drive in there, pair the keyboard and put all the drives back. However, I don't wanna go through all that trouble unless I am sure it'll work.

So, can I pair an Apple Wireless Keyboard with my Mac Pro in macOS, but then remove macOS and book into FreeNAS and it be able to word?


texts: Decrypt Keychain with Password outside of Keychain-App

texts:
so here is my problem:

we all know that the osx keychain is located in ~/Library/Keychains/something.keychain

now i've got this file and i know the master password for this keychain. is there a way to browse the keys in there using a external software or something? I don't want to import this keychain into my current one (if its possible).

Any ideas?


texts: How does the name of a Parallels VM translate to the default name in Terminal.app prompt?

texts:
I Parallels Desktop version 12 I have a virtual machine named Cinquième. Note the accent on the e. That VM is running macOS Sierra. In that VM, when I open the Terminal.app, the prompt shows:

  cinquiÃ¨me:~ basilbourque$

Questions:

• Where exactly does bash in Terminal.app pick up the name of the VM?

• Obviously there is some kind of character encoding problem where Cinquième is being mis-interpreted as cinquiÃ¨me. I would guess the original name is in UTF-8 and is being misinterpreted as ASCII. Any idea where along the chain of Parallels > macOS > Terminal.app > bash that misinterpretation might be happening?


texts:
I've deleted "notes" IMAP folder. Now I have no notes on Macbook, iPhone, iPad.
Please help me to restore my notes. I have TimeMachine backup.


texts: Is there a way for me to use a virtual machine (VirtualBox) on my MacBook Air with encryption protection? I want to install a VM of Ubuntu, and if my employer calls back the hardware I don't want them to be able to access what's on there…


texts: Re-download purchased film on iPad without iTunes

texts:
I'm having real difficulty finding an answer to this problem and since the device is out of warranty, Apple want to charge £25 for me to even report the problem.

We have ONE film that we've purchased on the iPad mini but it was accidentally deleted. Everyone tells me I can simply download it from the store again for free, however the "cloud" icon is greyed-out. We decided to bite-the-bullet and buy it again, but that won't work either, it says we already own it.

I've been told that I need to fix this by connecting to a PC, but this iPad has always been stand-alone and I don't have iTunes (or anything else) loaded on a PC.


texts: What is this 'findmydeviced' in my location icon on the top menu bar?

texts:
I have location services on (for Maps & Safari only) and I randomly get this location notification on the top menu bar saying:
" Apps using location: findmydeviced"

What does this mean?


texts: Does Apple provide a web site with content of `man` pages for the command-line commands bundled with Mac OS X?

texts:
I want to provide URL links to man page content at apple.com as an authoritative source of information. Describing and quoting the local man page is awkward.

Does Apple provide man pages on the web?


texts:
I have a weird problem. A few keyboard combinations seem to have stopped responding. Among others Option-8 and Option-9 do not work. In fact everything from Option-3 to Option-0 do not work. Option-shift-8 etc. works fine though.

I have had the problem previously on another mac (iMac, Snow Leopard, with full size keyboard) and am now experiencing it on my MacBook Air (Lion). Last time the problem solved itself via a reinstall of OS X.

Any guesses?


texts: Connection error when remotely managing 10.9 OS X Server (SSL Handshake)

texts:
I am managing a Mac Mini with OS X Server (10.9) at the office and I got everything running perfectly. However, since some days ago I have lost the ability to connect remotely to the server using the server.app from my computer. I am still able to connect through screen sharing though (locally running server app works fine).

The system logs throw an SSL handshake error every time I try to remotely admin the server. I have looked through here and apple discussions but found no one with that same error code. It seems to me like a certificate problem but I have not been able to figure it out. All other services work great (file sharing, profile manager, ssh, etc.)

  Dec 19 10:04:52 server.XXX.private servermgrd[80208]: Got error -9805 for SSLHandshake  remote address is 192.168.XXX.XXX:34545
  Dec 19 10:04:52 server.XXX.private servermgrd[80208]: Got error -9805 for SSLHandshake  remote address is 192.168.XXX.XXX:34801
  Dec 19 10:04:52 server.XXX.private servermgrd[80208]: Got error -9805 for SSLHandshake  remote address is 192.168.XXX.XXX:35057

Any ideas?


texts: Living / Linked Copy of File without Alias

texts:
Is it possible to have a linked copy of a file that updates whenever the original is saved?

This is mainly for use with Google Drive and SVN, where I need a file to exist in two locations, but not be aliases.


texts: How do I delete all pictures off an iPod Touch?

texts:
I'm running Windows iTunes and have copied my DCIM folder to back it up, now I want to delete all the pictures like I would on a digital camera, but the folder appears to be write protected and unchangeable.

What's the easiest way clear out all the pictures in lieu of doing it one-by-one.  I'm sure it's obvious, but it appears to be non-obvious.


texts: Deleting a mail account on only ONE iCloud synced Mac

texts:
I’d like to delete one of my mail accounts from one of my Macs, but not the other (due to the 15GB of email associated with it). When I go into Sys Prefs > Internet Accounts and hit the minus sign, the verification message says that it will be removed from all computers using iCloud Keychain and lists my other Mac (at least it warns me).

I’ve gone into iCloud Drive and turned off the “Mail” entry, although it’s not clear what documents Mail stores there (perhaps AirDrop attachments?), but having that unchecked on both Macs makes no difference.

It’s nice the iCloud syncs internet accounts to you don’t have to re-enter them on your other Mac, but how do I turn off this one feature?

The Mac on which I’d like to keep the mail also has a 200GB iCloud Photo Library, so signing out of iCloud is a pain. But I’m not sure that would work. I would guess that when I sign back in, it would be minus the just deleted email account.

Running Sierra 10.12.6 on both computers.


texts: Podcast app doesn't play over wifi at all

texts: Just upgraded to Catalina 10.15.6 (From high sierra).  The podcast app doesn't play over Wi-Fi speakers. I tried airplay via Apple airport router as well as through my stereo. It just keeps playing through the computer speakers no matter what I select.


texts: Cannot switch source with Apple TV 4 and Samsung TV

texts: I just got the Apple TV 4th Gen and once I've it set up, I cannot change the input to my XBOX. Not through apple remote, the tv remote, or the button on the back of the TV. Please help. My Tv is Samsung UN70KU6300


texts: What happened to my macros after update to Word for Mac 14.5.7?

texts:
AutoUpdate loaded the Office Service Pack 14.5.7. When I open MS Word, my macros are no longer there. I tried restoring my Normal.dotm file from

~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/

Just realized that custom AutoCorrect entries still exist. I had assumed that they would be missing too.

Still no macros are showing up. Is this a bug or am I missing something?


texts: Does `dtruss -p PID` list system calls made before dtruss was run?

texts:
I'm trying to diagnose an intermittently slow command. When I run the command and see it hanging, I press control + t to get the PID, then in another tab, run diagnose [PID] - eg, diagnose 123. I've defined diagnose as a function in my zsh configuration:

# See system calls of the process with a given PID
function diagnose() { sudo dtruss -cade -p "$1" 2>&1 | tee /tmp/dtruss_output }

Obviously, since I'm reacting when I notice a hang, I run diagnose several seconds after the process started. The output lists many system calls, but I wonder whether I'm missing anything important.

Does dtruss list commands retroactively? In other words, does the output of dtruss -p [PID] include system calls made by that process before dtruss was run?


texts: Time Machine for reformatted external FileVault drive: how to explore files in backups; make future backups incremental from there

texts:
After the latest backup of an FileVault-encrypted SD was made on TimeMachine, I manually moved the its contents to another disk, then reformatted it, again as encrypted volume, and moved the file contents back to the SD from that disk.

How can I browse the contents of that backup to selectively restore some files?

Currently when I "Enter Time Machine", I get:

  "The folder 'volume-name' can't be opened because you don't have permissions to see its contents".

And I don't see "ComputerName > Users > username > username.sparsevolume" when browsing the versions in TimeMachine as some sources suggest.
How can I make the reformatted volume incrementally backed up basing on the latest pre-formatting backup TimeMachine stores?

I've read the earlier answer on re-associating the re-formatted volume with its ealier backup. But given it's one-way action per, I'd like to ask for second opinion that it's exactly what I need to address both parts of my question:

  The following command [tmutil associatedisk] permanently manipulates the association of your Time Machine disk. Use it only once you understand what this means. You proceed at your own risk.

If so, do I need to associate a single snapshot or all snapshots?

I've never backed up that SD after re-formatting.

MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65); Macbook Air mid-2011.


texts: How to run apple hardware test on mavericks?

texts:
I have a 2009 IMac, which came with Mountain Lion. I've upgraded to 10.9.latest (Mavericks). Now, my imac has started freezing up all the time - I've tried reinstalling from the recovery partition but even that hangs, so I think I've got a hardware fault. How can I run the hardware test though?

I've tried holding D down - that just gives me the standard recovery mode options (restore from time machine, disk utility etc). I've tried inserting the original Mountain lion dvd and booting it - no options there either. I don't have the physical media for mavericks, just the DVD for mountain lion.

Update: I also have a snow leopard DVD, which doesn't seem to offer me any more options !

Can anyone shed some light?


texts: How to view the Home/Library file on an external drive?

texts:
Im running OSX 10.13.6 and I have an external drive in an enclosure that was originally an internal drive of my previous computer running 10.12.

I need to retrieve a file from the /Library external drive, so i go to /Volumes/External Drive/Users/Sam/ but /Library folder. Any ideas ?

Normally i would just to finder > Go and hit the option key, but this only works for a locally Home/Library not a remote Home/Library.


texts: How to boot into High Sierra from Windows without holding the alt key?

texts:
I'm running Sierra on a Mac pro 5.1 and Windows on a second SSD. So far I'm using a non EFI graphic card and I can just switch between systems through startup disk on mac/Boot Camp menu on Windows.

The point is I would like to upgrade to High Sierra but as far as I've been reading I won't be able to boot into macOS from Boot Camp menu.

Anyone knows some workaround for that?


texts:
I have problem with my mac mini, sound icon is mute and i am unable to click to unmute it.

Tomorrow night it was working fine, but getting issue now, i inserted headPhone but nothing happen.

and

list of Audio devices uder System Report


texts: How can I download WWDC 2013 videos straight to my iPad?

texts: I want to download some WWDC session videos to my iPad. I don't want to download them to iTunes, then transfer them to my iPad. Is there a way to download them directly?


texts: Opening a selected folder path in OS X El Capitan 10.11.2?

texts:
At work we have a file server to share files and in the past I have been able to open the folder path in finder by highlighting the path a coworker provides and then pressing cmd+option+ctrl+o. At some point, this shortcut stopped working and it seems like it happened right around the time I updated to El Capitan. Does anyone know if this shortcut has changed or how I can re-enable it if it somehow got disabled?

Example path: /Volumes/clients/someclient/project/


texts: How can I set a scaled display resolution from the command-line in macOS Catalina?

texts:
I am trying to automate the setup of a Mac running macOS Catalina (10.15.1).

I found this question: How can I set the display settings using command line
. But none of the answers really explain how I can set this "slightly larger text" setting. I would like to know how to automatically set the configuration in the below screenshot:

Is there a way to do this using the defaults command?


texts:
I am following the instructions on the phpsh github page
I navigate to the phpsh directory and run

python setup.py build

and I get this error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 13, in <module>
    p = Popen(["make", "-C", make_dir])
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1228, in _execute_child
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

it seems the files in my python directory actually end in pyo...

not sure what to do about this


texts: Whenever I add the download shortcut to my dock and then click it, the dock area goes black and when it reappears it goes away. It basically looks like every time I click the download shortcut it kills the dock and removes the shortcut. Some helpful background info: I have been having this issue since I had to uninstall CDock with the installation of Mojave. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.


texts: I am unable to download free app from App Store. All app showing same thing. I don't know what they want. Each app showing this **it. Plzz help me out soon


texts: I am wondering what was the very first apple product? I have heard that they have made PDA's and drawing tablet type products in the past (early days)?


texts: Does Whatsapp Save Incoming Media feature create duplicates?

texts: I would like to know if the Save Incoming Media feature in Whatsapp create duplicates i.e. saved in both Whatsapp application data and also Camera roll?


texts: Some keyboard keys not working on password input to Yosemite login screen

texts:
As stated in the title some keys don't work when trying to input my password into the Yosemite login screen. The weird thing is that if my mouse isn't plugged in (Razer Naga) when I turn on my Macbook Pro the issue doesn't occur and if I restart my Macbook Pro, even with the mouse plugged in, then everything works as expected. Anytime the Mac is restarted in the keyboard works as expected on the login screen but when powering the Mac on it doesn't.

I have done an SMC reset to no avail. I never had this problem in any previous versions of OS X.

UPDATE:
I started plugging my Razer mouse into a monitor stand with a built-in USB hub and now the problem almost never happens... it still does occur, but probably only 10-20% of the time as opposed to 100% when the mouse was plugged in directly to the Macbook on startup.


texts: Is it possible to to type 16 bit unicodes with Unicode Hex Input?

texts:
I want to be able to type Unicodes that have more than 4 digits, such as  (1D11E) or  (1D122), but macOS only registers the first 4 digits and types the wrong character.
I know on windows this can be achieved by modifying a registry entry or something, and I was wondering if there was a way to do the same on macOS.
I don't want to rely on the character viewer to type those characters.


texts:
When I try to open safari it says:

  The procedure entry point sqlite3_wal_checkpoint could not be located in the dynamic link library SQLite3dll.

then it says:

  Your copy of safari is missing important software resources. Please re-install safari.


texts: While using Wi-Fi at work I'm able to use the remote desktop just fine to access the computers at work. When on any other network I'm unable to connect remotely.  By the way the computer that I am connecting to remotely uses windows XP that hasn't been updated since at least 2008...any answers.


texts: Setting up a git (ssh) server using OS X Server

texts:
I would like to use OS X Server to set up a git server that I can ssh into from other machines on my network.

I realize that Xcode Service has repository functionality built in, but I am looking for a more universally accessible system (from Windows or other machine without Xcode), and my Xcode Service setup broke with Yosemite anyway. I also realize that git is already installed on my machine and that I can set up an ssh server by a method like this or this, but I don't want to make a new user or deal with things on the local machine level like the first post says (I have a full server already and I want to use its resources), and I don't want to install gitolite/gitlab/etc.

To sum up, I am looking for a way to host ssh-accessible git repositories on my machine using only git and OS X Server. Thank you for your time.


texts: Tiny pop up window with a bar loading up randomly appears. Symbol: Grey house with a circle in it

texts:
For the last couple of weeks I have this thing happening where every once in a while a tiny window will pop up with a bar that is loading and it says something like "Checking...". I can close the pop up or it will disappear once the bar loaded completely. It looks very sketchy that's why I am asking what this could be. I have not been able to find anything on the net. Also, next to the bar there is a symbol of a grey or silver house with a circle in it.
Can you guys please enlighten me?
Thanks


texts: MacBook Air display turning off when on top of other closed MacBook

texts:
I have two MacBooks, Mac1 and Mac2. Mac2 is closed and Mac1 is open. I put Mac1 on top of Mac2, and then after a few seconds, Mac1's display goes black. I pick it up, and then it's fine. I think it has to do with magnetism. Will this harm any of the computers?

System specs:

  Mac1 - Model A1465, MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014), Processor is 1.4 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5, Memory is 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, Graphics is Intel HD Graphics 5000 1536 MB.

  Mac2 - Model A1708, MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports), Processor is 2.4 GHz Dual-Core Intel Code i7, Memory is 16GB 1867 MHz LPDDR3, Graphics is Intel Iris Graphics 540 1536 MB.


texts: I just synced my rEFIt partition tool and now I get an option to boot from legacy HD when at the moment the only bootable disk is that cotaining Mac OS X. Has anyone got any idea of how I can get rid of this option from the rEFIt menu?


texts: Console.log filled with "stopping Handoff advertising"

texts:
My console.log is filled with "stopping Handoff advertising" messages, I counted 29 in the last 3 minutes. I also get the occasional:

  10/24/14 01:21:35.089 lsuseractivityd[245]: -[LSUserActivityClientProcess doUpdateUserActivityInfo:makeCurrent:completionHandler:], refusing to register user activity from client, and returning error Error Domain=LSContinuityErrorDomain Code=-108 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (LSContinuityErrorDomain error -108.)" for item <__NSConcreteUUID 0x7ffe10c1f0a0> [redacted]-[redacted]-[redacted]-[redacted]-[redacted] NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb (LSUserActivityClientProcess.m #1148)

Is this normal or expected behavior?

Update, from my comment below:

  Thanks for the help. Looking at it, my console is full of all sorts of error logs. I've Googled each and every one of them, and most resulted in the same threads about Yosemite. At this point, I prefer to wait for 10.10.1 to see what's fixed as my machine is running mostly fine.


texts: How can I deactivate iCloud to avoid "MobileMe Services Stopped Working" message?

texts: I keep getting the message MobileMe Service Stopped Working each time I open Outlook 2007. I have to click on the Close Program button in the error message twice each time it shows up while Outlook is trying to load up. Then I am able to use Outlook. I never use my iCloud account and would like to know how I can deactivate iCloud so I do not have issues with my Outlook.


texts: How to set multiple folder icons in finder (for symbol- and list-view)?

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I'm using OS X 10.8.2. By default the system folder icons differ in symbol- and list-view in the finder. If I use the list view a small icon (16x16px) is displayed. In symbol view finder switches to a 128x128px icon.

How can I define both of these icons with my custom images?


texts: I need ability to manage my apps but not the app Store. Can OS 10.13 be installed without installing iTunes 12.7. Where can I download OS 10.13 that does not include iTunes?. I will be installing on a Mac Book Pro - Mid 2014.


texts: Open picture currently displayed in Screen Saver?

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TL;DR In iTunes, you can press Command-L (Controls/Go to Current Song) to see what is playing. Is there a similar function to Go To Current Photo (in iPhoto) when I see a picture in the screen saver?

My photo library has thousands of pictures. I use the built-in screen saver "Classic" to display the photos.

Sometimes the screen saver displays a photo I'd like to do something more with. Perhaps email it to a friend.

How can I jump to the photo in iPhoto so I can do more with it?

I found one similar question here, but it doesn't cover Go To Current Photo:
How do I enable the interactive iPhoto screen saver in OSX Lion?


texts: Headings and numbering glitch(es) in MS Word for Mac 2015 Version 15.18

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As in the attached screenshot image, my 4th level heading is inexplicably a block of solid black. This only appeared after sending the Word doc file as an Outlook attachment (!) also on the same Mac running El Capitan.

The formatting appears thus only for 4th level numbering - unfortunately I need the numbering to be linked to the heading style and so far the only way I found to get the numbers back is to change numbering / list style for that heading.

This was not added into the style as background/fill/highlight/etc.
It is clearly in the style as the screenshot shows, not in the doc content.

Anyone know where this glitch originates and how to revert?

Update: I managed to copy and paste the affected text into a new blank doc - the black blob remains even when you select "Use Destination Theme" as a Paste option. The field, whatever it is, appears to be recognized as a List Numbering object of some kind.


texts: How is a large, spread out company supposed to work with the iOS Developer Program?

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I work for a company which has several offices in various parts of the country (USA).

The division I'm part of wants to get an Apple iOS Developer Program license.

Another division (in another office/state) already has a license.

When we go to that division they said it would be better/easier to just apply for our own license, which made sense.

When we apply to get the license we have to use our legal company name.

Apple shot us down - because the other division already has the license under the legal company name. Which also makes sense.

Apple is being Apple in that it's basically impossible to get someone on the phone to discuss what we're supposed to do here. So my guess is that what we're going to have to do is piggy-back off of the license the other division is using.

Besides sounding like a big huge hassle (coordinating with coworkers in another office/state whom you've never met) I'm not really sure what the logistics are. Are we supposed to be able to use this one license on every Mac we own across the company? (which luckily there's not that many of) Or is there a seat limit? The end goal is the App Store, but should we have gotten an Enterprise license? If so, is there any way to "upgrade" to that if the other division just got the standard one? Is someone from the other division supposed to be the "admin" of the license? Or can we all be added as users to their license?

For a large, spread out company with divisions in many different offices and states, how are you supposed to work with the iOS Developer Program?

(I asked this on SO as well, and someone recommended I ask it here, too. Let me know if this is unacceptable)


texts: Is it possible to edit the web pages in the Profile Manager user portal?

texts:
When setting up Profile Manager in Lion Server, there are a few web pages that are generated for web management of both devices and profiles.  Is it possible to edit these pages in any way?  I am just looking to customize the look and feel without changing the functionality.

If editing is possible, where are these pages stored?  I have looked through the /Library/Server/ProfileManager and /Library/Server/Web folders without any luck.

This is one particular page I would like to edit. Ideally I would like to be able to edit the HTML directly.  I am looking to match the page's style with a variety of other pages hosted on the server.


texts: How to find a set of files containing a certain phrase using MacOS graphical user interface

texts:
I am using a Macbook Pro with MacOS High Sierra. I have recently moved from Windows so I am quite new to Mac.

I have a folder of Xml files. I am trying to find the set of one type of the Xml file and drag that set of files into my Xml Editor to work on.

For example.

In Finder on Mac, create a directory in my Documents folder called "ExactSearchGui".

In that folder create one file called foo.xml with the following content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<foo>
Hello
</foo>

Then, create another file in that folder called bar.xml with the following content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<bar>
    <fooIAmNot>
        I am not the file you are looking for.
    </fooIAmNot>
</bar>

Note how a Finder Search within the ExactSearchGui folder for "<foo>" finds any file containing foo including the file we don't want.

As I understand it from this question, Finder Search and Spotlight return false positives, So, I am looking for a method to search for an exact phrase within a set of text files using a graphical user interface on MacOS without producing false positives such as this. On a PC I would use grepWin to achieve the result. So, if you know some similar solution, or a native technique, it would be appreciated.


texts: Using iFile to change lock screen passcode

texts: I would like to know where to go in iFile to be able to see your ipod passcode and be able to change the 4 digit code through iFile. I am running iOS 5.0.1.


texts: How can optimize my process for reviewing face recognition in MacOS Photos?

texts:
Mac's photos app can show each person's faces:

click "people"
double-click one person's cover photo
click "faces"

It's annoying to click "faces" when I want to review the face-recognition results for everyone.

Is it possible to eliminate the step 3 and inevitable back click   To repeat step 2?


texts: Put entire OS X home folder into Google Drive

texts: I know it's possible to relocate the home folder on the mac to somewhere other than /Users/[username]. But would it be possible to move it to, say, /Users/[username]/Google Drive without messing up the Google Drive app which syncs files between the computer and the cloud?


texts: Is it possible to rename default directories in the users home folder?

texts:
Can default folders such as Documents, Downloads, Music, etc be renamed to something else? Like how on a Linux system you could edit user-dirs.dirs?

The capitalisation of these direction bugs me as it interferes with my naming convention of everything being lowercase.


texts: Grub on Mac via EFI (Linux: /dev/sda1 Darwin: /dev/disk0s1) (MacBook Pro Early 2011 if it matters)

texts:
I installed Debian Jessie 8.5 on my MacBook Pro over my old Bootcamp partition (Windows 8.1). I deleted the bootcamp partition with the partition manager in the Debian Installer and created two new partitions, rootfs and swap. I had my hard drive previously partitioned as listed below:

disk0s1: EFI (where GRUB is currently installed. I'll say more about this later)
disk0s2: OS X
disk0s3: Recovery HD
disk0s4: Windows 8.1 installed with Bootcamp Assistant, I deleted it later to install Debian.

My current partition layout:

disk0s1: Same as before, but with Grub installed at: (mount point)/EFI/debian/grubx64.efi
disk0s2: Same as before
disk0s3: Same as before
disk0s4: ext4 partition with Debian /
disk0s5: swap partition for Debian

I was able to get GRUB installed (I don't remember exactly what I did and I tried to reproduce it but did not succeed which is why I'm asking here).

It was working until I cleared NVRAM (don't ask why I cleared NVRAM, it was a very stupid action of me). Before I cleared nvram, I got the GRUB menu when I booted without holding Alt, but when I booted when holding Alt and chose the Debian main partition, it would say "Missing Operating System", same for choosing it from the Startup Disk prefrence, or setting it manually with bless (because GRUB is installed on the EFI partition, not the Debian root partition. Please correct me if I'm wrong).

So I presume that before I cleared NVRAM without holding Alt the system tried to boot from EFI, now it's trying to boot OS X from disk0s2 (there are no set variables that relate to the OS X root, so I guess the system automatically boots the first bootable HFS partition if there are no variables about booting). (To clarify, my problem is that the only way to boot Debian was to boot Grub, and the only way to boot Grub was if it was default startup disk when the system started, Grub can't be booted from the boot menu displayed when booting while holding Alt, and when I performed the stupid action of resetting NVRAM, the default startup disk went back to the OS X partition.)

So how do I change the startup disk back to EFI/Grub (disk0s1/efi/debian/grubx64.efi)?


texts:
I use the latest wireless keyboard for my iMac at home. Since I use it for programming most of the time, the little laptop style arrow keys are inadequate. Are there any GOOD alternative apple keyboards available?

EDIT:

Sorry Dori, I should have been more clear. I would specifically like a keyboard which is made for Apple, with the appropriate "command" and extra keys (like F13 - F15, and the volume keys).


texts: Assign a key combination for each input language

texts:
I know I can "cycle through languages" and "toggle between last used two languages" with key combinations. These options are not so convenient when you have three or more input languages installed.

Is there any way to assign a key combination for each language, not cycling or toggling? For the sake of example, if I can press Command + 1 then the input mode is changed to English, if Command + 2 then Japanese, if Command + 3 then Korean. Something like that.


texts: I have Calendar set to my time zone. However, reminder popups still give the time in GMT. How can this be adjusted?


texts: Programs keeps asking for iCloud password when I log in

texts:
Whenever I log in a window appears, looks like an Apple program from the icon style displayed in the window, and asks for my iCloud password.

I don't remember installing the program, ever using it, or adding it to my login items. I can in fact not see any to me unknown program in my login items.

What is it?

(I made my iCloud user name invisible to the casual observer.)


texts: I would like to subtract the last column of a specific row. Since the number of columns is always changing, I need to get it dynamically. I figured there is a function that gives you the number of columns of a row. But I am not able to tell Numbers to use it (because I don't know the syntax).


texts: MacBook taking a long time to wake from sleep after Sierra

texts:
Retina MacBook Pro takes a long time to wake from sleep, MacBook Pro: long time to wake from sleep, what could it be?, and Takes a long time for my macbook pro to wake from sleep do not answer my question.

I have experienced multiple slow-downs of waking from sleep on my MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016) running macOS Sierra 10.12.1 (16B2555).

This is the usual dock I have. It's pretty much the default, but I always have Terminal, Discord Canary, TextEdit, and Google Chrome open.

In case this is relevant, I recently changed my settings to never sleep on a timer. It only sleeps when the lid of my MacBook is shut.

Anyways, now we can get into the actual problem. My screen turns on, but doesn't have any content. After about 40 seconds, my MacBook is usable.


texts: Will turning off and delete photos via icloud preferences on macbook delete my iphones photos?

texts:
I was writing a note in my notes app when a popup came up saying my cloud was full, it prompted me to go to references, so I did.
Now in iCloud preferences I see the following:

For a while now I have wanted to turn off iCloud saving of my photos.
Question: If I click the "Turn off and Delete" for photos, will it delete my photos from my phone?


texts: Will iOS upgrade require me to enter iCloud password?

texts:
I am using an iPhone 5s which is associated to an iCloud account with Find My Phone turned on that for various reasons I won't be able to get the password for. This hasn't really been a problem so far as the iTunes and App Store account has been changed to my account so except for iCloud everything seems to work just fine.

I'm scared to update iOS to version 10 though (it's on 8.3 now) as I'm worried that for whatever reason it might require me to enter the iCloud password after upgrading and leave me with a brick. Any idea if this is the case?


texts: Synching without erasing songs on my iPhone

texts: I managed to lose all my songs in my iTunes Library and cannot recover them, meaning that my iTunes Library is completely empty. I still have the songs on my iPhone however. I know I will have to upload songs into iTunes eventually. For the time being, I would simply like to add a few new songs to my empty iTunes and then upload them to my iPhone, but without doing anything that will cause me to erase the songs that are already on the iPhone. Is there a way to ADD songs without erasing the songs on my iPhone? I just cannot figure out how to sync without erasing existing playlists and songs on the iPhone.


texts: How to disable and reenable Thunderbolt 3 port in Mac OS Catalina?

texts:
So all of a sudden my MacBook went really slow, I contacted apple support tried everything they said, resetting nvram e.t.c, wiped out my entire disk and reinstalled the macOS, but the problem still not solved.
After analysing the activity monitor I found that kernel task was taking 20-90% of the cpu most of the time on the higher side(70-90%) so I researched on internet found that it is the broken port or broken sound card that is causing this issue, and there were some people (or a person) saying that disabling the port will fix this.
Note: I am pretty much certain that my upper left port is not functioning well, sometimes it works and sometimes I have rotate the charging pin and insert it again to make it work, so it's not sound card or any other component that's causing the issue but the port.
So long story short, I want to disable my port.
macOS Catalina 10.15.6, MacBook Pro 13 inch with two thunderbolt 3 ports, 2017


texts:
I've won a 4gb RAM Macbook Air yesterday.
I know that the RAM is soldered to the motherboard, so therefore non user upgradeable.

I was wondering whether my nearest Apple Store could perform an upgrade to 8gb RAM on site? Do they offer that kind of service?


texts: Can you delete all the emails on iPad in one shot using the mail app. I can only seem to delete them 1 by 1 by pressing the trash can. Or I can go edit and select each one and then delete. Is there a faster way?


texts: How Do I restore my computer's SSD to a new larger SSD?

texts:
I originally prepped the new Crucial 2 TB SSD in disk utility. I then removed the Mac 1 TB SSD from out of my MacBook Pro and put them both in my Aleratec duplicator. I proceeded to copy. This process seemed to work, however I had 1 TB of free space that was unaccessible. I was unable to move/add that space to the logical volume. I attempted to resize the logical volume but had -5341 error. Partition map to small. After several attempts at this I erased the new 2 TB SSD.

What type of partition or set up would I need to do to restore the Mac 1 TB SSD to the 2 TB SSD. And what process is recommended for doing so? Use the duplicator or restore in Disk Utility?

What I thought would be an easy upgrade is turning into nightmare. Does there need to be more then 1 partition on the 2 TB SSD?


texts: Why do these Bootcamp windows look different?

texts:
On my Mac Mini Mid 2011, the Bootcamp window looks like this:

However on my Mid 2011 iMac - the computer where I want to make the install - the window looks like this:

Upon installing, the Mac Mini's window looks like this - and lets me select a disk image present on the hard drive or an external drive:

However on the iMac it doesn't allow me to select a .iso image:

And when I try to make the install on the iMac, I get a message saying:

Why are the steps in both High Sierra OS different? How do I proceed to install the .ISO of Windows 8.1 that I have on the iMac?


texts: Adding a new administrator account without password

texts:
This has been answered repeatedly, but I keep running into a problem. I am trying to add a new administrator account to my computer via the single-user mode in the terminal.

The /sbin/mount -uw / command works fine. However, whenever I type in rm /var/db/.applesetupdone, it gives me an override prompt. I have typed in 'yes', 'y', and 'override'. 'Yes' and 'y' both give me this message: rm: /var/db/.applesetupdone: Permission denied. 'Override' does nothing.

Can someone help me with this?


texts: Clearing data on a stolen iphone 5s when my phone has no network?

texts: My phone has recently been stolen, I immediately went to my network provider and cancelled my network on the handset, I then found out I could remotely erase all data on the handset however it says once the phone is connected to the internet? Is it possible to clear all the data (messages, pictures, videos) when the phone does not have a signal and is not connected to the internet?


texts: is it possible to get finder to automatically create a folder with the same icon as the parent parent folder?

texts:
I have a folder with a custom icon, and was wondering if there was any way I could get all folders within it to automatically get the same custom folder icon, that way I don't have to keep changing the icons and every time I create a new folder, it automatically gets applied?

Thanks


texts: Why some apps don't respond to app zoom shortcut?

texts: I added "zoom" app shortcut to keyboard preferences, to maximize app windows. It works on most apps, but some (third party) don't react. I can still maximize them dragging the edges with the mouse. Any idea why?


texts: Resizing Images with Automator into multiple sizes

texts:
I followed this simple guide to resize images in a batch with Automator:
copy

copy file to resized folder on Desktop
add suffix _S (for small)
resize it to 25% of its original size

Though I want to resize into multiple sizes:

copy file to resized folder on Desktop
add suffix _S (for small)
resize it to 25% of its original size
copy file
add suffix _M (for medium)
resize it to 50% of its original size

Unfortunately this results in the second resize being applied to the already resized image.

So, is there a way to reset the chain back to the original file and not the resized file?


texts: Migrating to iCloud when I sync with an Exchange account in Outlook

texts: What happens to Microsoft Exchange accounts accessed in Outlook on a Windows machine when one migrates to iCloud? Will I lose that anything when I go to iCloud?


texts:
So, this is crazy and I cannot find how to solve the problem.  My calendar has a title to it and I can't get rid of it!  Instead of the date and year it shows a sushi restaurant name: 29 Heisei
How do I get that to go away?  Please!!!

Desperate in West Lafayette!
Kev


texts: Is there a music app that lets me start/pause playback by tapping anywhere on screen?

texts: I'm looking for an iOS app where, once the music is playing, I can touch anywhere on the screen to pause it, and then start it again.


texts: If I remove GarageBand and iMovie from my MacBook Air, can I restore them later?

texts:
I have just bought a new MacBook Air 13" (2013).

It comes pre-installed with GarageBand and iMovie. I don't really need these applications and I want to save my disk space, so I was thinking about removing them.

However, if I do remove them, is it possible to restore them if I want them later?


texts: 'Other Volumes' storage increases after deleting secondary volumes

texts:
Long story short: ive noticed each time i create a secondary volume and removed it after some testing, the storage labeled 'Other Volumes' in the Disk Utility app has increased each time by half a gigabyte. I know for a fact that adding the new volume and removing it after the testing is what causes the 'Other Volumes' storage to increase by half a gigabyte each time, i just dont really understand why since im deleting the volume with all it's contents.

Originally the 'Other Volumes' was at 1.75GB before i did the first secondary volume, after removing the second volume it went up to 2.28GB; i just finished another test on another secondary volume and it went up again to 2.82GB for storage. I have a feeling that creating the new volumes and removing is what's causing the 'Other Volumes' to increase by half a gigabyte each time, but i want to know if there is some way to reduce it back down, preferably back to the 1.75 GB.

Is there a way to reduce the storage space of 'Other Volumes' without having to do something extreme?


texts: User cannot login using AD credentials, others can

texts:
Setting up a new MBP (mojave) for a user to replace their iMac.  Mac is bound to our Active Directory and test AD account can login and create mobile user without issue.  The user that already has a Mac (managed, mobile account) cannot login using AD credentials.  The user has never logged into the new MBP, and can still login to iMac with AD credentials.
Things I have tried:

Unbind/Re-Bind to AD
Checked domain controller, no login attempt registered unless using incorrect password.  The MBP computer object does authenticate with the DC and other user logins do too.
id <ad username> resolves properly showing the user.
Checked system.log, but nothing stands out.  Searching username returns nothing.

Any ideas?


texts: How do I disable/enable an external monitor from terminal

texts:
I run two external monitors + my MBP display in OSX Yosemite. My middle external monitor is also connected to my PC.

The monitor will automatically switch to an active input, so for example if my mac is running all three monitors and my PC is on, I Can sleep my mac and the monitor will switch to my PC. Same thing fro switching from PC back to mac.

However, the mac will still consider the middle monitor as active, so items and the mouse disappear when on the middle monitor.

I'd like to have a terminal command or shell script I can quickly fire with finder to enable/disable either the external monitor or the HDMI port.

Plugging/unplugging the monitor every time (several times a day) is not an option. I know about SwitchResX but have no need for 95% of it and don't think it should be necessary to pay to disable a piece of hardware.


texts: How can I replace Finder with Path Finder in OS X Lion?

texts: I downloaded Path Finder and like it a lot, but Finder still takes over some functionality that I'd prefer Path Finder to do. For instance, if I open a folder on my desktop it opens in Finder, and when I mount disk images, they open in Finder. Is there a way (short of going in low-level and replacing Finder stuff with Path Finder stuff, which I don't really want to do) to make Path Finder do everything that Finder does by default?


texts: How can I convert this Bash prompt to zsh?


texts:
I have a Macbook Air (2015). It has two identical USB ports, one on the left and one the right.
I bought two identical USB flash drives and plugged both in. I'm copying a single large dataset onto both drives. The first transfer is complete, the second has just begun and will take another hour. I would like to disconnect the drive that I've already transferred the files to. I obviously do not want to disconnect the wrong drive, the drive with an active file transfer. But these drives do not have any kind of activity indicator (like an LED).
So, which drive is which? If the physical devices offer no clue, can I figure this out by consulting fstab or some other low-level system info? Do the physical ports have predictable locations on the internal bus, or anything like that?
I don't expect an answer within the next hour, but I'm still interested in the question academically. When the two USB devices are different, it's easy to know which is which because you put them there and are aware of their differences.
Also: this question is specific to 2015 Macbook Airs. If Apple did things predictably back in 2015, great for me, even if the *nix & Windows situation is the wild west.


texts: Wi-Fi Service not displayed in the "Add Service" option list in Macbook Air

texts:
The problem I am having is similar to this one.
The thing is that all the answers says I should run Apple hardware test. I tried that, the "press D" boot and the "press Opt+D" boot. In both cases, during the boot, the system tries to connect to internet, and since I don't have internet connection, the error 1005D is displayed.

Using networksetup -listallhardwareports command, the wifi port is not listed (only bluetooth PAN, Thunderbolt 1 and Thunderbolt Bridge are displayed). Does this mean that my wifi card adapter is dead? I assume that's the case, just want to be 100% sure before ordering a replacement, since it's an old mac, and I'm out of warranty. Thanks!


texts: How To Remove Only The Characters Inside Brackets [ ] From A String

texts:
So I have been searching for hours on how to do this via Applescript and I see no post about it.

Basically, I have the following string:

  @junior_cat23, [ID]-[E9B-Z8X-H1V-722]

I want the script to remove only this part:

  , [ID]-[E9B-Z8X-H1V-722]

So I am left only with:

  @junior_cat23

I am using "AppleScript's text item delimiters" but the problem is that it will also remove the characters from the text I want to keep.

This is the script I am using:

set theName to "@junior_cat23, [ID]-[E9B-Z8X-H1V-722]"

tell application "Finder"

    -- Remove Characters

    set oldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters
    set the_strings_to_strip to {"[", "]", "-", "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M", "N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T", "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "0"}

    set the_files to theName
    repeat with a_file in the_files
        set the_name to theName
        repeat with I from 1 to count of the_strings_to_strip
            set AppleScript's text item delimiters to item I of the_strings_to_strip
            set the_text_items to text items of the_name
            set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
            set the_name to the_text_items as string
        end repeat
    end repeat

    -- Remove Preceding and Trailing Spaces in String

    set trimName to "echo \"" & the_text_items & "\" | xargs"
    set nameTrimmed to (do shell script trimName)
end tell

I get the following result:

  "@_,"

I just want to remove the characters in side of the brackets and keep the others. I will appreciate a solution that does not require a handler since I will be using the script with an application that does not accept handlers.


texts: Will Apple Store employees activate my new iPhone?

texts:
I bought a SIM FREE( Unlocked) iPhone 6s from the Apple Store in Glendale the other day.

The reason I used more money to get the SIM free one is because I'm here in L.A for a little vacation, but I live in another country. What I wanted was to use my new phone to take photos, use wifi, but it turns out I can't if I don't insert a valid SIM card.

I tried everything: cutting the SIM card I had in my old phone (from another country), connecting the phone to iTunes, searching if other people ever had the same problem, but nothing!

If I go to the Apple Store and ask them to activate it any way they can, will they? Does anyone know what I should do? I really want to use the phone, I thought the hardest part would be to save the money to buy it, how funny it is that now that I have it in my hands I can't do anything with it?

Please help me activate?


texts: Meaning of Time Machine configuration keys Interval, Delay and GracePeriod

texts:
I just wondered if there is any kind of documentation regarding some Time Machine related configuration settings, especially Interval, Delay and GracePeriod.

Interval seems to be obvious to me (least or most (?) amount of time between TM backups), but I'm not sure about the details.

Additionally, what about controlling local TM snapshots?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Removing a given email synced to my iPad?

texts:
I set my work gmail account to my personal iPad and now I don't have that job.  Since email is not coming in I can assume that either my PW changed or my account was closed from the business or IT.

But now ... can I remove it from iPad or am I stuck with this archived onto my iPad?

ALSO ... If I remove it from the iPad does the business retain access elsewhere?

I saw this and found it similar but not as specific: How to remove Gmail from iPad mail?

Any takers?  Mine is similar but connected to a business.  Any info or links would be GREATLY appreciated.


texts: In Keynote '13, A dialog box keeps giving me a warning when I save / autosave

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The following warning appears:

This happens both when I save and the autosave (which happens often). It is a modal box and interrupts workflow.

No other applications are running, and the issue survives program and operating system restarts. What could be causing this?

(This issue is new with Mavericks / Keynote '13).


texts: Keeping Lion-style synchronized desktop switching with multi-monitor on Mavericks

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Is there a way in Mavericks to get multi-monitor desktop switching behavior similar to (Mountain) Lion?

Example setup:
Thunderbolt monitor + Macbook. Each with three desktops. (1,2,3) & (4,5,6)

Lion:
When swithching desktop from either monitor, the other monitor always switches along to the 'matching' desktop, eg. 1 & 4, 2 & 5, 3 & 6.

Mavericks:
Each monitor's three desktops can switch separately and don't influence the other.

While I definitely see the value of Mavericks' style, I want the old style back. Does anyone know a way to do this?


texts: In the contextual menu (right click) on a folder or file object in the finder will give you the option to select "Services".  I wonder if there is some way to move those services into a button on the toolbar.  In particular I would like to add "New Terminal at Folder" to the toolbar.  Anyone have any idea how to do this?


texts: How to use selected text in apple script? I want to add text before and after it

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Idea: I select text, and it gets replaced with <sometag>selected text</sometag>.

Code:

on run {input, parameters}

tell application "System Events" to keystroke "<tag>[what should go here]</tag>"

    return input
end run


texts: Is there any not-scary explanation for Finder's memory usage?

texts: OS X El Capitan 10.11.6. MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015).


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At the beginning of WWDC opening Keynote Tim Cook spoke about "more than 40 event of WWDC streamed live to everybody for the first time".

Can someone found something more about this?
A page with schedules an link to events?


texts: How accurate are iOS apps that measure heart rate?

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There are apps like Instant Heart Rate and Cardiograph which claim to be able to measure heart rate by reading color changes on arterial pressure change. They generally require you to place your finger over the flash led and camera.

From my tests the values don't quite match rates measured traditionally (by feeling arterial pressure changes, counting them over 10 seconds and multiplying by 6) but I'm not a physician so I might be measuring incorrectly.

So, are these apps more precise than I can be or is it the other way around?


texts: How to turn off multilingual typing without deleting dictionaries or keyboards in iOS 10?

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This wasn't a problem in iOS 9 or earlier. However, now iOS 10 has added a new feature such that one doesn't have to switch keyboards to type in another language, which causes trouble: now I have both English and French dictionaries and both keyboards, and for example, when I type "critique" in the English keyboard, a word existing in both dictionaries, iOS will then prompt the French suggestions (de, le, la etc.), even though I never mean to switch to French -- I just want to normally type "critique" as an English word, but of course iOS can't detect my intention.

Anyway, now I want things to go back to what they were in iOS 9 or earlier. And I have to keep both the dictionaries and the keyboards. Is it possible?


texts: How can I get Safari 5.1 to show the download window?

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I know that I can simply click the downloads icon next to the search bar, however I'm visually impaired and have trouble using the mouse (I can't find it, miss click), therefore I'm much faster with the keyboard.

I'm wondering how I can show and focus the downloads manager in Safari 5.1 just like in prior versions.


texts: Opening Mobile Documents folder in Finder on Sierra

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As of Sierra(?) opening ~/Library/Mobile Documents in the Finder actually takes you to ~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs. This the Finder stylizes as "iCloud Drive" and only has folders for certain applications.

It is still possible to access Mobile Documents proper through Terminal, but even when opening the directory in Finder directly from Terminal it redirects to com~apple~CloudDocs.

Is it possible to access the root Mobile Documents folder from Finder?


texts: How do I consolidate all my partitions into one partition usable for Bootcamp?

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I've been having an issue with Bootcamp recently after I deleted my Windows disk due to a driver issue that was unfixable. I figured I would just do a fresh install of Windows, but little to my knowledge this would be the most aggravating thing I've ever had to deal with on my Mac.

It took me some time, but I was able to fix all the stray partitions in Disk Utility:

but annoyingly, I still get this error:

After doing extensive reading apropos of similar issues, I've come to the conclusion that I am only able to solve this by formally wiping my physical disk so that all the partitions are one cohesive unit.
How can this be done? Here is my diskutil list:

    Mikes-iMac:~ MikeDang$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         24.0 GB    disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            23.6 GB    disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Mac                     998.2 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3
   4:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s4

The partition I am currently using is disk1s2, Apple_Boot Mac. Am I correct in assuming my best bet is to break down my internal disk and reinstate a clean OS X installation, and from there download a Windows ISO and run bootcamp?

I've been searching for a solution to this issue for epochs, if anyone could help I would be eternally grateful.