texts: I have a mid-2012 Macbook Pro with Retina. I love it, but I needed more screen real-estate for my current work, so I got a 27" Thunderbolt display. It's very big, and I have lots of room now, but I do have a problem. If I use the native resolution (2560 X 1440), I find text everywhere to be slightly too small. If I try the next "step" in the Display options (2048 X 1152), the text is bigger alright, but of course, it gets too blurry. Is there some way of doing an "in-between" step, between the native and the 2nd step? Or are there other ways of slightly enlarging the text? I guess I could "zoom" in Chrome, for example. Any other similar suggestions for other programs?


texts: Prevent external drive from requiring ejection

texts:
I have an external that is only used for time machine backups. Is there any setting that would allow the drive to be "hot swapped" (I'm assuming this isn't the correct term, but I'm unsure of a better one).
I'm fine with decreased performance since the system would, I assume, not be allowed to have a cache that would need flushed when ejecting.
In reality this is a new Samsung T7 external SSD so it is unlikely that this would ever be an issue due to the speed of the read/writes, but I just hate having OSX throw that warning at me...
Since it may be relevant I'm on Big Sur 11.2.3


texts: I'm familiar with Ubuntu where USB devices are mounted at /dev/bus/usb/xxx/yyy. Is there an equivalent for Mac, i.e. a file system location where all USB devices (not just drives in /Volumes) are mounted?


texts: Where does a pkg installer install things?

texts:
I created a *.pkg installer for a command line tool following this guide: Packaging a daemon for OS X.

After running the installer, and selecting "Install for all users", I can't find where my installed files are.

The installer says the setup will take 57.9MB and the copying section takes quite some seconds, so I assume files are actually being copied and there is not an issue with my installer.

Where did those files go? A find / didn't reveal anything.


texts:
For some reason my spotlight shortcut stopped working yesterday my MBP running Sierra 10.12.6

I am not using BetterTouch tools, it is a very non customised install of OS X:

Spotlight shortcut (cmd+space) no longer working

Have also checked, unchecked and clicked Restore Defaults in System settings> Keyboard:

I have followed the following answer with no luck, and would like to get to the bottom of this before I do a reboot:

Command + Space Spotlight shortcut stopped working

When I do press command + space I get a ping but the usual spotlight window does not show up anywhere.

Could I have accidentally disabled the shortcut with another shortcut somehow?


texts: Why does OS X keep forgetting my trackpad settings

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I am running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on an early 2010 15" MacBook Pro. After restarting from scratch (what I don't do often usually) my trackpad is set back to "click" instead of "touch".

This started happening lately and I suspect this came with an update.

Is this a known bug and/or is there a solution to this?


texts: How do I use iCloud to sync Pages documents from iPad to iPhone?

texts:
I use pages on my iPad for documents. Apple says that I can have everything that is in Pages on my iPad shared on my iPhone using iCloud.

How do I configure that?


texts: Boot Camp Assistant - Setup from SD Card

texts: I am trying to install Windows 7 using the Boot Camp Assistant. I have downloaded the ISO, however I don't have a CD drive as its a MacBook Air and all my USB drives are too small. I am trying to install it using an SD Card as I read that they are handled in the same way as USB drives, however I can't find a way to get the assistant to recognise the SD card. Can any one help?


texts: Is it possible to export from the Photos app without the dual dialogs?

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In the macOS Photos app, select one or more photos and then choose > File > Export > Export 1 Photo. A popup dialog appears with options for the exported image:

Accept the defaults then choose Export, at which time a second dialog appears asking where the images should be stored. This also applies if you use the keyboard shortcut shift-command-E.

This is a bit of a pain when exporting lots of images in a session, especially since I always take the default options on both dialogs.

Are there any options or tricks for avoiding these dialogs, or at least removing the first dialog (perhaps via a default export setting)?

As an example, in Adobe Lightroom there is the ability to create an Export Preset, which doesn't require any confirmation or interaction. Lightroom can also Export With Previous which also doesn't require further confirmation after the first time it's used. Is anything like this available in macOS Photos?


texts: How to Fix Login Issues for a Remote "Managed, Mobile" User

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Managed, Mobile account will not successfully login without first logging into a local admin account and then switching users to the Managed, Mobile account.

Is there anything that I could check or do to resolve login issues?

Scope

macOS connects to a network account server: domain.local
Successful login to Managed, Mobile user displays message There was a problem connecting to the server "domain.local". the server may not exist or it is unavailble at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again
AD DomainMode: Windows2008R2Domain
AD ForestMode: Windows2003Forest


texts:
I am trying to click at radio buttons in Displays panel of System Prefernces. This is the code I use to identify radio buttons:

tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    reveal anchor "displaysDisplayTab" of pane id "com.apple.preference.displays"
end tell
tell application "System Events"
    tell application process "System Preferences"

        set frontmost to true
        get every radio button of window 0 // returns {} -> empty array

    end tell
end tell

The radio buttons returned are none. Based on what I see, window has zero radio buttons. This leads to a conclusion that radio buttons are part of sub window, namely the Displays subwindow and not the main window. How can I navigate to this "subwindow" and click radiobuttons?


texts: When switching window with cmd+tab, focus not on open finder window, but on original monitor

texts:
Issue summary: Finder window not in focus after switching to it with cmd-tab
Background: I'm using two monitors, A and B. I have 1 Finder window open only on B.
Steps to reproduce:

I start off on monitor A, with focus on say Chrome.
I switch to Finder using CMD-Tab.

Expected Behaviour: Focus in on finder window on monitor B. I can navigate files there by keyboard etc.
Actual behaviour: Finder is shown as in focus (the menu bar shows finde as active application), but focus is on monitor A (where there's no preexisting finder window) rather than on monitor B where there is the only open finder window.
This is clearly not as expected and desired. What's the problem here? How can I solve this?
Version: 10.15.5 (19F101); Other remarks: The menu bar is shown at the top of both monitors A & B.


texts: Are Macbook Pro Pre-Unibody Top Case Parts Interchangeable?

texts:
I have a question for service engineers here.

I wonder if and where I can source top case (with keyboard) from any pre-unibody MBP for my beaten and torn A1150 one (Core Duo original MBP)


texts: Apple Notes - using different Passwords for locking and unlocking

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I have a long-standing password for locking notes in the macOS Notes app. Today I attempted to lock a new note and I got an error message telling me that my Notes password is incorrect.
I tried it multiple times and got the same error.
I'm certain I have the password right. I tried using the same password to unlock existing notes and they unlock without problem. If I try to lock the new note, it says the password is incorrect.
Finally, I wrote out the password in plain text to check that it is correct, then copied it. I pasted it to unlock an existing note with success. When pasting the password to lock the new note, it says the password is incorrect.
Any ideas? Is this a bug? I'm on macOS 10.14.6
It may or may not be relevant but I also noticed today that when I unlocked existing notes it only unlocked the one I chose and I had to unlock each individually. I could have sworn when I unlock one note it unlocks all the other ones with the same password.
Update
I restarted and the problem persisted. After resetting the password new notes can now lock successfully. I hadn't ever used the reset or change password dialog up until this point.
I'm slightly bothered by this behavior because of the potential to lock me out of notes I created and the tiny concern that the password has been compromised. I've no other reason to think it has other than my Notes window losing focus every few minutes or so. I think it coincides with the uploading symbol in the corner as the notes sync to iCloud. But it can lose my place when I'm typing and seems like an unnecessary flaw.


texts: Can I use a security key such as YubiKey to sign into Google on Safari?

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I have a YubiKey from Yubico which I would like to use in order to secure my online accounts.

When trying it with Google, it tells me that Safari does not support it, I have to use Chrome instead. Is there a way I can use it with Google when I use the Safari browser?


texts: Maps on OS X 10.10 has an annoying blue circle (around current location?) which obscures the detail you are trying to view. How can I turn it off


texts: Mac OSX Mail; how to delay 'Mark as Read'

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In OSX 10.10 Mail app a message gets read immediately when as soon as it is selected.

Often this happens by accident; i.e. when organising folders, or it gets auto-selected when you delete/move another mail. Suffice to say this behaviour can disturb a workflow.

From other mail clients I'm used you can give it a small offset (few seconds for example) before it is 'Mark as Read'. Does anyone know if OSX has such a setting?


texts:
I'm using MBP late 11 running 10.13.2 on Samsung Evo 850 250GB internally.

Everything was fine for months but few days ago something horrible occurred. I'm so shocked and urgently need your help.

Finder wasn't responding and I had to restart it by force. But it didn't boot again and just showed a black screen. Tried several times without success which finally I had to install another High Sierra on my 2nd drive (a healthy HDD)

• Here's few shots which convince me that the APFS container is damaged (SSD=disk0):

Disk0s2 - part1

Disk0s2 - part2

Container

Weird thing called Synthesized

Diskutil list

Diskutil apfs list

Diskutil repairDisk/repairVloume

• Here's few notes which probably help you know where the error lies:

▸ Note1: Used a third party app and it found 4 partitions including VM , Recovery , macSSD , Preboot. Tried to recover data from macSSD partition and fortunately almost all important data was intact and almost all files were healthy and readable/playable. That's why I think it may just be a corruption of the APFS container.

4 lost partitions found by a recovery app

▸ Note2: diskutil verifyVolume disk2

MacBook-Pro:~ rainyhighsierra$ diskutil verifyVolume disk2
Started file system verification on disk2
Verifying storage system
Performing fsck_apfs -n -x /dev/disk0s2
Checking volume
Checking the container superblock
error: object (oid 0x1): o_cksum (0x7f23daf6f220955d) is invalid for object
warning: checkpoint 247 fsck_obj_phys failed
error: object (oid 0x107): o_cksum (0xe096dd51deca9041) is invalid for object
warning: checkpoint 262 fsck_obj_phys failed
error: object (oid 0x10b): o_cksum (0x661d289dd9202cbd) is invalid for object
warning: checkpoint 266 fsck_obj_phys failed
Checking the EFI jumpstart record
error: (oid 0x2aac6) nrl: invalid o_cksum (0x8eaa1aec711175bb)
error: verification/reading of the nx_reaper object failed
The volume /dev/disk0s2 could not be verified completely
Storage system check exit code is 0
Finished file system verification on disk2

▸ Note3: Trying to add an empty volume SAM to synthesized container (disk2) to see what may happen

MacBook-Pro:~ rainyhighsierra$ diskutil ap addVolume disk2 apfs SAM
Exporting new APFS Volume "SAM" from APFS Container Reference disk2
Started APFS operation on disk2
Preparing to add APFS Volume to APFS Container disk2
Error: -69620: Unable to get capacity info for an APFS Container or APFS Volume
MacBook-Pro:~ rainyhighsierra$

▸ Note4: GPT strucure of disk0

MacBook-Pro:~ rainyhighsierra$ sudo gpt show /dev/disk0
Password:
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  487987488      2  GPT part - 7C3457EF-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  488397128          7
  488397135         32         Sec GPT table
  488397167          1         Sec GPT header
MacBook-Pro:~ rainyhighsierra$

▸ Note5: I had ~3-5 GB free space on the SSD at the time of crashing

Please help me repair the disk and take back the OS. The drive looks like healthy and repairable.


texts: Cannot use Disk Utility to create partition from free space on external USB drive

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I have a 3 TB Western Digital red disk in a USB hard drive dock.

The drive is GPT, and I have two volumes on it (one volume is "Microsoft Reserved", other volume is NTFS).

The other part of my drive is 1.5 TB of free space. I verified this on my Windows machine:

DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          167 GB    20 GB
  Disk 1    Online          465 GB      0 B        *
  Disk 2    Online         2794 GB  1526 GB        *

DISKPART> select disk 2

Disk 2 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list part

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Reserved           128 MB    17 KB
  Partition 2    Primary           1267 GB   129 MB

DiskPart shows 2 partitions - one 128 MB, and the other 1267 GB with 1526 MB of free space.

I took this drive over to my MacBook Pro running OS X El Capitan 10.11.3 and fired up Disk Utility, but for some reason it doesn't look like Disk Utility is seeing the free space, so I can't create a new volume.

Here are some screenshots:

… of the physical disk in Disk Utility (notice how there doesn't appear to be any unallocated space on the disk to create another volume:

… of the two volumes in Disk Utility. Notice how the plus sign is greyed out so that I cannot create another partition with the free space.

I want to put encrypted Time Machine backups on the second partition that I create from the free space. Does that mean that I need to create the new partition from a Mac?


texts: Upgrade from iPhone 3G 4.2.1 to iPhone 5S 7.0.4

texts:
A friend of mine has a good old iPhone 3G (yep, the thing still works :)) and he just bought an iPhone 5S. When he takes a backup of the iPhone 3G in iTunes (iCloud isn't supported in iOS 4) and tries a restore on his iPhone 5S, the restore completely fails...

No errors are given. The iPhone 5S just starts in his configuration screen (select language). So it looks like the backup cannot be restored.
Weird thing is, when he tries to turn off the iPhone 5S, the background screen of his iPhone 3G is shown... So some data has been transferred, but not enough for the iPhone 5S to boot with the restore...

What's going on here? Is the backup of the iPhone 3G too old? Or is he missing something?


texts: Which drive to I select to completely erase my system's hard drive?

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Apple's instructions for completely erasing a system say to "select your startup disk". But my system shows a hardware drive icon and some gobbledygook as a name, and under that another icon and name that corresponds to the one I'm familiar with as my "disk".

Which of these is the "startup disk" I'm meant to erase?

FWIW, when I attempt to erase the former, I get an error that it "can't be mounted"; but I can start the deletion process for the latter.


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On my computer I have two accounts: geoff and admin. I want to do gacutil.... Doing it in account geoff (where I need it to be done) I get the message:

gac directories could not be created, possibly permission issues.

When I login as admin this seems to work fine.

So I go back to the geoff account and try sudo gacutil... and putting the password for geoff but it tells me that geoff is not in the sudoers file.

So it seems that I either have to get geoff in as a sudoer (how?) or else get my admin account to do the gacutil on geoff's behalf (is this possible?).


texts: How can I enable Time Machine encryption on the command line?

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Is is possible to enable encryption for a Time Machine target disk with a script or using the command line?

Is an encrypted Time Machine disk really just the same as a normal disk, full-disk-encrypted using FileVault?

I'd like to automate as much as is convenient when installing a Mac for a new user. This includes backups. We're using OS X Mountain Lion.

Additional discoveries:

You can ask a target to be encrypted from the Time Machine preferences GUI. This does not make it show up as such using the fdesetup command. It will however list as encrypted using diskutil cs list
If first encrypting a drive, the Time Machine prefs GUI will say "Encrypt backups" for that entry. This would support the method suggested below by Rene (except he suggests doing it on an encrypted image placed on a disk).


texts:
I recently got a 4K 60Hz monitor for my 13" MacBook Pro Late 2013. It supports both HDMI and DisplayPort, but since the included cable is a full-sized DisplayPort cable, I'm currently using HDMI. Back when the rMBP Late 2013 came out, an article wrote about how it could support 4K@60Hz, but only on Windows because of a driver issue. I was wondering if that issue has since been fixed, and if it is possible for me to run my monitor at 60Hz.

I also tried to run it at 1440p@60Hz, using both System Preferences and cscreen, but neither of them worked. If it is impossible for me to use 4K@60Hz but it is with 1440p@60Hz, could you please let me know how? I am willing to purchase a MiniDP to DP cable if necessary.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Is there a way to "uncheck" songs on my iphone?

texts: I have many audiobooks in my itunes, some of which are in their appropriate place, but some of which are categorized as songs. I've moved them all to playlists and unchecked them in itunes so that they do not play on my computer, but they still appear in my songs on the iphone, so that when I shuffle my songs, I often get random book chapters. It's not a huge deal (I just skip them), but it is annoying, especially when I'm driving. Can anyone help?


texts: MBP Retina 15 inch, late 2013 shuts down randomly

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) with: 2 GHz Intel Core i7, Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB. I use it mainly with my Henge Docks vertical docking station and Dell 25-inch UHD monitor with external Apple keyboard. In this setup it works perfectly well. However…

Yesterday, when I have taken my MBP out of the docking station and tried to work just on the notebook without any additional devices attached, it shut down after about 30 mins. No warning message, nothing. Nothing in the system log either - only the BOOT_TIME information after the restart.

In the evening (working from home - no peripherals - just the power adapter) I have experienced another shutdown and then decided to install latest El Capitan patch. After that I have run the built-in diagnostics - no errors found.

I tried to work but there were two more shut downs. After that I did reset the SMC and PRAM, but it did not solve my problem.

Today at work - working with a docking station - computer was stable as rock. No restart - nothing. But when I came home it shut down after about 40-50 mins and then about every 20-30 mins. I have no clue how it can work perfectly well with the lid closed but shuts down without any peripherals attached but with the lid open.

Any clues/hints? I am stuck and desperate (warranty ended long time ago).

Additional info:

Using WiFi both at work and at home Using Magic Mouse both at work
and home Using only external display at work (lid closed in vertical
docking station)
Restarts only outside of docking station (no matter
if battery only or power adapter attached)
Newest El Capitan
No sign of any error in the system log, Crash Reporter, Diagnostics etc.
No core dumps (yes, I have increased the soft limit for core dumps)
Coconut Battery says it has 91% of original capacity and that is
healthy
It shuts down even with effectively idle CPU (just chrome, mail - thats it) so I don’t think it is overheating - the fan is not
even turned on
No message after I power it on again Shutdown looks as
follows: screen goes dark (though it still has the backlight),
keyboard illumination is on - it stays like that for 5-10 secs and
then shuts down. It does not boot up again by itself - need to do it
manually.


texts: On Mac OS X, why would a network folder appear dimmed, and not be accessible?

texts:
I have a user who is using a Mac to connect to our corporate network.  He is attaching to a DFS share on a Windows Server 2003 machine using the IP address.  He created a folder a few weeks ago that has 800+ MBs of data in it.  Now, whenever he selects the folder, he cannot see the contents of the folder, instead he sees a "Preview" pane showing the name of the folder, the size of the folder, etc.

Any idea how to allow him to see the contents of the folder?  I've already checked that he has NTFS perfmissions on the folder, and I (and other users) can see the contents of the folder using standard domain user accounts.


texts: Can Apple Preview display the page size (dimensions in inches) of a PDF?

texts:
If I open a PDF file using Adobe Acrobat, when I select File then Properties, I can see that the Page Size is 11 x 8.5 in.

Is there a way to access this information in Apple Preview?


texts: How to convert synced photo folders to camera roll folders?

texts:
I currently sync ~3000 photos from my PC onto my iPhone 3GS. These photos are split into folders on my PC and these folders show up in the Photos app on my iPhone. However, these photos don't show up under the "Camera Roll".

The iCloud Backups page states that iCloud backs up "Photos and video in the Camera Roll".

http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/apps-books-backup.html

I would like to make sure that all my photos get included in an iCloud backup - Is there any way to convert my synced folders so that all the pictures show up in my Camera Roll and the folders show up as regular Photo folders which I can add/delete on my iPhone?

If not, is it possible to get my existing sync'd photos included in iCloud backups?


texts: Can I use Airport if the network needs daily authentication?

texts:
Each day, in my company, I need to manually login via a web portal:

Do a google request -> leads to nowhere
Do the same request from HTTPS to HTTP
Be redirected to the login portal
Click login, an AUTH popup shows itself
Enter credentials.
Access to the web

Can the Airport Extreme be used in that condition?
Will it ask to do the same step for the first user connecting to the Airport Extreme in the morning?

Or will we have to each day, reconfigure the airport manually?

Thanks


texts: What services on macOS might leak identifiable information?

texts:
I'm looking to make a set of firewall rules in macOS for use on untrusted networks, such that no identifiable information, such as account or device identifiers, might be inadvertently leaked.

macOS/Darwin not being my home operating system, I'm not sure which, if any, of the background services might leak such information in the cleartext. I'm particularly interested in cloudd, Handover, AirDrop and those services which would likely identify themselves to the network in some manner.

I've been unable to find existing guides for hardening macOS in this manner, but am happy to be directed to one if it exists.


texts: How to reset the Finder to its default settings?

texts:
Can the Finder be reset to all original Default Settings?
Note there is a specific motivation:  I no longer can view external DVD/CD drives from Finder even though they both can play movies/music CD's: see DVD/CD Drive no longer shows in Finder .  Resetting to Defaults would just be another thing to try.


texts: How to sync iPhone photo albums to iPhoto

texts:
I'm using iPhone4 and the latest iOS. I've created albums and categorized my photos into the albums.

Question is, how can I then sync the photos WITH the albums into iPhoto?


texts: Game requires higher version of Mac OS X

texts: I have a Mac Pro 1 1, which runs Mac OS X 10.6.8. Recently I installed a game which requires a higher version of Mac OS X. Is there a (free) way to emulate a higher version safely? I have already tried changing systemversion.plist, and using the 'touch' command.


texts: I have a Verizon iPhone 4. What the easiest way to migrate my data & settings from the iPhone 4 to a new Verizon iPhone 4s [I'm expecting one in a few days]?  I want my new iPhone 4s to be just like my current iPhone 4 but with IOS5.


texts: Macbook Pro i7, Hard Disk space filling up before my eyes (Mavericks)

texts:
I have 84GB free on my Flash hard disk but in 3 hours it fills up to 0B.
When I restart the 84GB is there again and something starts eating my HDspace again.

With Grand Perspective it does not show where this space went.
In daisydisk it is in hidden space (also with administrator scan)
On About my Mac, the space went to 'Other'.

It is not the Snapshots of Time machine (I turned TM off).

This thread (What is filling up my hard drive so fast?) did not help me out, so I try again.

Thanks


texts: I can't uninstall Homebrew. How can I find and remove all of my Homebrew files and re-install it again?

texts:
I've deleted a main Homebrew file and now I can't un-install Homebrew. I want to un-install it and then do a fresh install. This is what I'm getting in the Terminal...

host:~ user$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
It appears Homebrew is already installed. If your intent is to reinstall you should do the following before running this installer again: ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)"
host:~ user$  ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/uninstall)"
Failed to locate Homebrew!

I'm bit of a rookie as you can probably tell. How can I sort this?

The main goal is to set up the MEAN stack.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Using separate Bluetooth keyboard and mouse simultaneously with my iPad

texts:
With the recent announcement of the Magic Keyboard for iPad I've been looking to see what I can improvise during the current COVID-19 supplies crunch. I already have a Bluetooth keyboard that I use with my iPad. My iPad is running iPadOS 13.4.

Would I be able to purchase a generic Bluetooth mouse from a retailer and use that simultaneously with the generic Bluetooth keyboard in interacting with my iPad?


texts: Unable to locate an executable at "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_144.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/apt" (-1)?

texts:
this error comes when i use this command:-

  sudo apt install wireless-tools
  Unable to locate an executable at "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_144.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/apt" (-1)

echo path gives an output like this :-

  /usr/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

don't know what to do ? just a fresher in OS.


texts: Can't read/write via `dd`: got /dev/disk2: Permission denied (to Physical device)

texts:
I can't do anything via dd with my Physical devices agreed.
I can only work with partitions like disk2s1, but can not read from whole disk like  disk2.
Can't find where is the root of problem.
Steps:

Check disks: diskutil list
Unmount: diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2

Then
$ sudo dd bs=4m if=/dev/disk2 of=~/Desktop/PiOS_full_root.img
dd: /dev/disk2: Permission denied

What causes this problem? why dd sends this error from sudo

there are similar topics around. What've tried, but doesn't works:

“dd: /dev/disk4: Permission denied” error when making LiveUSB on Mac OS X

and many others. nothing is helps.

I check system preferences and gave full disk access to iTerm2 (doesn't help)
unmount via diskutil unmountDisk and diskutil unmount
Change USB ports (many people said because of the physical lock of sd card.
change disk / rdisk naming - result the same
Lock\unlock state doesn't affect it (it's microUSB, put without adapter into the microsd slot)

Any suggestions, what to check, and how to fix it?
Here is the log:

~ ❯ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         500.0 GB   disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +500.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data     437.8 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 80.6 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                528.5 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            11.2 GB    disk1s5

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *15.9 GB    disk2
   1:             Windows_FAT_32 boot                    268.4 MB   disk2s1
   2:                      Linux                         15.7 GB    disk2s2

 ~ ❯ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
Unmount of all volumes on disk2 was successful

 ~ ❯ sudo dd bs=1m if=/dev/rdisk2 of=~/Pi_Backup.img
dd: /dev/disk2: Permission denied

 ~ ❯ ls -lhdO /dev/disk2
brw-r-----  1 root  operator  -   1,   9 Jul 11 17:39 /dev/disk2

Update: another interesting thing: I chack disk in disk utility -> Get info -it's not writable!
But if I mount boot partition disk2s1 - I can write there!


texts: MacBook Pro External Monitors Change Numbers

texts: Every day I arrive at work with my 2016 Macbook Pro I plug in the 2 HDMI cords that go to my two external displays. Once in a while (sometimes multiple days in a row) the monitors will change their number. Display 2 on my right will now become display 3 and the one on my left will go from Display 3 to 2 and the desktops I had on the one will now be on the other.  I can't assign a program to a display because it eventually changes and I have to undo it so I just don't bother anymore.  I tested and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with what order I plug them in.  I can't seem to duplicate it on a whim. It just happens often enough to be annoying. Anyone know whats going on?


texts: Display problem when using Xquartz for ssh to a remote server

texts:
I see this black and white display for Matlab when is ssh -X remoteuser@ip to my remote server.
Server runs with ubuntu 18. If I ssh using other OS, like windows or ubuntu, it runs fine. Only issue is with this macOS. Any suggestions ?


texts: Cover flow doesn't update after I delete a file

texts: I have a folder with images. I'm viewing it in cover flow mode. After I delete an item, the preview stays the same and no longer reflects the currently highlighted item. Is this a bug, is there a quick way to force a refresh?


texts: Can mac receive messages when iCloud keeps asking for password?

texts:
One day my older Macbook Pro (which is now not in my hands) started asking for iCloud password with text "This Mac can't connect to iCloud because of a problem with mail@mail.com." but I kept postponing it. The device is running El Capitan.

The deal is I don't want the person who was the mac in their hands now (I'm not sure I had a log out after 5 minutes set to on) to read my messages and I was hoping that this would mean they simple would not receive them on the mac - because it kept asking for my iCloud password.

And a tiny subquestion #2 - can I check to see when was the device last logged in?


texts: Is there a way to snooze the reminder for a calendar event on iPhone?

texts: Is it possible to snooze a reminder for a calendar event when the reminder shows up? I have my calendar set up through an exchange server and would like a snooze feature so I can be reminded of the event 2 or 4 hours after the original notification. If this is not possible is there a good app for recurring events with push notification?


texts: iTerm2 : Prevent lines from vim from going into scroll back

texts: I was wondering how I can prevent iTerm2 from saving the output from a vim sessions into the scroll back history?  This isn't a feature when you are editing confidential files.


texts: Can you change your email name without making a new account

texts: I was wondering can you change the name on your email with out having to make a new account ? For example my email is kendrabarry@icloud.com and I'd like to change it to My married name but I don't want to make a new account and have to send it out everywhere..


texts: Make iTunes Treat my iPhone Like A New Phone

texts:
I want to backup my phone as if it were a new phone.  Context that makes my situation different from other similar questions I found:

I've deleted all my old backups
I do not have my old backup password
So I cannot change my password to a new one (this requires the old password)
And I cannot uncheck "Encrypt iPhone backup"

That is, all my old backups are gone, and my "old password" is effectively useless -- I have no need for it anymore.  I want iTunes to treat my phone as if were brand new, and allow me to setup a new Encrypt backup password, and make a fresh backup as if for the first time.

How can I get iTunes / my phone into this state?

EDIT

Please note I believe this is not a duplicate of Create backup iPhone with forgotten encryption password.  At the very least, the answers there do not answer my question.

From the accepted answer:

  The short answer is no. The phone thinks you are a thief trying to steal the data and won't cooperate with attempts to initiate a second backup.

It makes sense that you would need a password to restore a password-protected phone.  I am not trying to do that.  I am trying to backup a phone that I have access to as if it were fresh.  Why should passwords I used to protect previous, now-deleted backups have anything to do with this goal?  How would preventing me from backing up my phone in any way prevent theft?  What if I lost my laptop --
 how would this phone be treated on a brand new laptop?  Would I also not be able to back it up there?

From the other answer:

  if you have no problem deleting your backup this "problem" is a breeze! head over to iTunes, then open up the preferences, klick on devises, then select your phone, and delete the backup!
  ...
  when backup deleted simply create a new backup from scratch :)

I have already deleted my old backups.  I still cannot create a new backup from scratch with a fresh password.


texts: How do you put back the command key on a Macbook Pro Retina?

texts: I haven't found anything for the command key. They loose part is only the actual key, the white plastic thing and the steel bars are already on. I also tried taking out the steel bar and put it on the key, but no matter how I try, I can't get the key to stick. How do I put it on?


texts: How do I achieve find . -name "*.py" in finder

texts:
How do I achieve this in finder ?
call_center ➤ find . -name "*.py"
./cr-web/vendor/mockery/mockery/docs/conf.py
./wsssip/build.py
...

I had thought it should be as simple as following, but it is not!


texts: Can I require modifier key to use control strip?

texts: I just got a new MacBook Pro with a touch bar and I keep hitting esc or changing the display brightness accidentally all the time. Is it possible for me to change some setting so that the touch bar ignores my sloppy fingers unless I press and hold some modifier key? I looked for such a setting but couldn't find anything.


texts: CalendarAgent continuous error generation in MacOS 10.12.4

texts:
After upgrading to MacOS 10.12.4 today, I started getting tons of Error/Fault log message in the Console generated by the CalendarAgent process.
Some of the errors are pasted below:

error: sql cached statement NSSQLiteStatement <0x7fae52e27ad0> on entity 'CalDAVError' with sql text 'SELECT t0.Z_ENT, t0.Z_PK, t0.Z_OPT, t0.ZCODE, t0.ZDOMAIN, t0.ZUSERINFO, t0.ZCHANGEREQUEST, t0.Z8_CHANGEREQUEST, t0.ZPRINCIPAL, t0.ZOPERATION, t0.ZPRINCIPAL1, t0.ZPUBLICATION, t0.ZSUBSCRIPTIONINFO FROM ZERROR t0 WHERE ( t0.ZPRINCIPAL IN (SELECT * FROM _Z_intarray0)  AND  t0.Z_ENT = ?) ' failed due to missing variable binding for (null) with expecting bindings (
    "<NSSQLBindVariable: 0x7fae52eed410>"
) but actual substitution variables {
    destinations = "{0x400072b <x-coredata://F6135326-AEE3-4C69-AD55-060EF81D21A6/CalDAVPrincipal/p16>}";
}

error: sql cached statement NSSQLiteStatement <0x7fae551cadc0> on entity 'Attachment' with sql text 'SELECT 0, t0.Z_PK, t0.Z_OPT, t0.ZATTACHMENTID, t0.ZCONTENTTYPE, t0.ZFILENAMEINCACHE, t0.ZFILENAMESUGGESTEDBYSERVER, t0.ZISAUTOARCHIVED, t0.ZISCACHED, t0.ZOMITSYNCRECORD, t0.ZPATHONDISKSTRING, t0.ZURLSTRING, t0.ZUUID, t0.ZITEM, t0.Z4_ITEM FROM ZATTACHMENT t0 WHERE  t0.ZITEM IN (SELECT * FROM _Z_intarray0)  ORDER BY t0.ZITEM' failed due to missing variable binding for (null) with expecting bindings (
) but actual substitution variables {
    destinations = "{0xd340030b <x-coredata://F6135326-AEE3-4C69-AD55-060EF81D21A6/Event/p845>, 0xf2c0030b <x-coredata://F6135326-AEE3-4C69-AD55-060EF81D21A6/Event/p971>}";
}

The number of errors generated within a few minutes is more than 6000!. What do you think the reason could be?
If you think I need to add more details, please state in the comments.


texts:
I want to hide TOP HIT, FOLDERS and DEVELOPER catalogues. The only item I expect is DEFINITION. Is there any way to do this? Here is my current preference, but it doesn't work.

This post can't solve my question, because

I haven't installed Xcode, and I don't want to install such a huge application on my 128G MBA.
I don't want to search files on my disk at all.


texts: MacBook keeps switching between my 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz wifi networks for no reason

texts:
I have my router setup with 2 frequencies:

When I'm near the router, I'm connected to the 5Ghz wifi network.

But when I go into my bedroom, I am switching to the 2.4Ghz network because the 5Ghz signal is too weak at that distance (barely getting any speed).

So I manually switch to the 2.4Ghz, but my MacBook automatically changes back to the 5Ghz network. I switch back to 2.4Ghz, it stays connected for 2-3min and then goes 5Ghz for no freaking reason.

I already placed the 2.4Ghz network at the top of the preference list in the advanced network settings, but it didn't help.

Running OS 10.11.5. Any ideas?


texts: Issues with document syncing between iOS and host computer

texts:
I had an app in my iphone which i recorded a meeting, (TSA) it said it was ready to sync to document folder. so I syncd and they all disappeared.

Where is the document folder located?

When itunes deletes from iphone is there any way to find those and restore?

Why did itunes delete apps that were installed?


texts: Travel time not automatically generated in Calenders

texts:
I have just installed Mac OS X Mavericks and have been familiarising myself with some of the new features. One of the touted features was the ability to tell you the "travel time" for any given appointment. However when adding a new event to my calendar, the travel time is just specified times that I set, it will not show me how long it will take via car for example.

I have ensured that Calendars is allowed to use my current location, as well as Maps (which I believe is used to generate the time).


texts: Low/bad signal on iPhone 4 after upgrading to IOS 6

texts:
I recently upgraded my iPhone 4 to IOS 6 (from 5.1.1 it had before), and since then I'm having lots of signal troubles: the signal is always low and unreliable, and the iPhone continuously switches between 3G and GPRS (also draining the battery in the process). Internet access is almost unusable, and sometimes I can't even make or receive calls.

I'm in Italy, my carrier is TIM; however, this is not a carrier problem, and is unrelated to the actual place I'm in: I'm having these signal troubles in the very same places where I had full signal strength before the IOS upgrade.

I've been searching around for a while, and looks like this is quite a common problem; various solutions have been proposed (including downgrading to IOS 5 on the assumption that this is caused by some bug in IOS 6), but no agreement has been reached about how to actually solve it.

How to fix this?


texts: How to determine if a USB-C power bank can charge my macbook?

texts:
I am starting to realize that I may need my MacBook battery to last longer while I am outside without having any power socket available.
My MacBook has a USB-C port used both for charging and for data.
There are many USB-C power banks available online, although it seems they are mainly used for phones, but some sellers claim that some of them can be used to charge laptops as well, including a MacBook.
How can I determine if a USB-C power bank will actually charge my MacBook, before buying it and testing it, based on the MacBook specs and the power bank specs?
And what is a "reasonable" capacity for a power bank used on a Mac (or laptop in general)? For example, is 20000MAh reasonable enough for an "average" use for an extra couple of hours, or is it definitely not enough and I need a higher capacity?
My MacBook: MacBook 10,1 (Retina, 12-inch, 2017)
Some examples of power banks online

Link1 ("Compatible with MacBook Pro")
Link2 (According to two different reviews it charges laptops as well)
Link3 (It says "for iPhone laptop samsung")
Link4 ("Output for MacBook Nintendo Switch iPhone ...")
Link5 (One of the pictures explicitly shows it can charge laptops, and description says it can charge Macbook Air)
Link6 (Specific for MacBook Pro and quite efficient apparently)
Link7 (Another charger for laptops)
Link8 (It says it is also for MacBook)
Link9 (Same as above)


texts:
Is there a way to customise the sound of the keyboard click that can be turned on / off under:

Settings > Sounds > Keyboard Clicks


texts: iCloud Photo Library on Macbook Pro, where?

texts:
I have iCloud Photo Library enabled on both iPhone 5S (IOS 8.02) and Macbook Pro (Yosemite)

iPhone settings for iCloud (Photo Library) reports that I have 3 photos in iCloud
(gallery only shows 1 photo (?), but otherwise it seems to sync to icloud fine when taking a new picture)

Where are these photos located excactly (icloud), and how can I see/use them on my Macbook?


texts: How do I open a OneDrive file in Preview using Applescript?

texts:
How do I open a OneDrive for Business file using Preview using Applescript? I’ve tried this so far:

tell application "Preview" to open POSIX file "Users/myname/One Drive - MySchoolOrCompany/path/to/file"

However, I get this error message from Preview (filename is the name of my file):

  The file “filename” couldn't be opened because there is no such file.

I have checked and the file path is correct.


texts: How can airplane mode interfere with WiFi?

texts:
I am in a hostel for the second night.  WiFi worked great yesterday.  Today, it asks for the password instead of remembering, but doesn't accept it.  Keeps asking.  I have airplane mode on to prevent cell usage but WiFi and Bluetooth on.

So I turned off airplane mode and the WiFi immediately connected without asking for password.  (However, it later disappeared.)


texts: Preview Not Opening File - Permissions Issue (via Python)

texts:
I have a Mac VM running Mavericks (10.9.3), and for various reasons I am trying to write a script in Python to automatically transfer a PDF file to the VM and open it in Preview. For anyone who doesn't know, the command <path-to-Preview> <path-to-file> will open the file.

Whenever the script runs, Preview will open, but it will give this error message:

This is just a sample PDF file, I have tried it with a couple other PDFs as well. This error does not occur when I open the file by double-clicking it. Only when I try to script it. The error also does not occur as long as the file has been opened manually once.

There are a couple other errors as well (paths sanitized).

Error in Terminal

2014-08-22 09:33:49.074 Preview[276:2c0b] PVPDFPageContainer initWithURL:file:///path/The-Apple-Sandbox-BHDC2011-Paper.pdf failed, error = Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=257 "The file “The-Apple-Sandbox-BHDC2011-Paper.pdf” couldn’t be opened because you don’t have permission to view it." UserInfo=0x7fe7504ba220 {NSFilePath=/path/The-Apple-Sandbox-BHDC2011-Paper.pdf, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fe7504ba1f0 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Operation not permitted"}

Error in Console

9:33:49 AM sandboxd:
([276]) Preview(276) deny file-read-data path/The-Apple-Sandbox-BHDC2011-Paper.pdf

Things I have tried

Repairing the disk permissions using disk utility and restarting the VM
Changing the permissions of the file to 777 before opening
Removing any extra file attributes (like quarantine) with xattr before opening

The result of ls -l@ in the directory shows the file permissions are:

-rwxrwxrwx  1 me  wheel  364378 Aug  7 14:54 The-Apple-Sandbox-BHDC2011-Paper.pdf

The relevant part of my script looks something like this:

import subprocess
import os

path = <absolute path to PDF>
os.chmod(path, 0777)
result = subprocess.call(["xattr", "-c", path]) #result is always 0/success
preview = "/Applications/Preview.app/Contents/MacOS/Preview"
subprocess.call([preview, path])

Edit: As per aglasser's comment, subprocess.call(['open','-a','Preview',path]) does work where my command will not.

However, I need to be able to get the pid of the Preview process that is started (my script has been simplified down for this, so it wasn't obvious) and I don't see any way to do that with open, especially with multiple Preview process potentially running. I may need a separate question for that.

More Info for Anyone Else with This Problem
The root cause of this issue appears to be Apple's application sandbox. Apparently attempting to script it in this way doesn't work with the sandbox, but "open" goes through the proper channels to satisfy whatever requirements the sandbox has.


texts: Cannot resize APFS container using diskutil

texts:
I've tried few suggestions on resizing disk and cannot manage to do this. My system:

diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *214.7 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         85.7 GB    disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +85.7 GB    disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume macOS                   68.7 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 46.8 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                510.4 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      20.5 KB    disk1s4

Basically I need to grow-to-fit my partition Apple_APFS (and thereafter macOS) to size of my HDD (stated 214.7GB)

When I try to perform grow-to-fit:

diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 0
Started APFS operation
Error: -69743: The new size must be different than the existing size

GUI app also fails resizing "Free Space".

Please advise.

P.S. If this gives any important context, this all happens on a VM running Mojave 10.14.6


texts:
I'm actually asking about my wife's MacBook Pro which I don't use very often. It's slowed down quite a bit recently and apparently before the update to El Capitan. Programs have started to take a long time to launch but once they have launched actually run fine. After booting up it will take about 45 seconds for Safari to even be usable. Spotlight also lags a lot and can't even keep up with typing, although it responds to 'escape' quickly.

I've watched the system monitor and even when programs are launching the CPU seems to be low with around 90% idle. It has 4GB of RAM and there always seems to be around 1.5Gb free.

I've attached the summary showing the hardware below. It doesn't have an SSD.

I've also run the Apple Hardware Test which took approximately an hour and nothing was reported from it.

From what I've read people have suggested upgrading the memory but since it doesn't seem to be running out of memory I would be surprised if this helped. There's also very little running and nothing user installed that is being launched in the Dock at start up.

Any help would be great and happy to provide any other stats needed.

Model Name:    MacBook Pro

Model Identifier:    MacBookPro9,2
Processor Name:  Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz
Number of Processors:    1
Total Number of Cores:   2
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache:    3 MB
Memory:   4 GB


texts: How to save chat logs in Messages for Mountain Lion?

texts: I always used to save my Chat logs because I use IM in the professional environment. Now I find that I can’t save chat logs anymore. That option is gone. Is there any workaround or hidden preference to enable saving chat logs again?


texts: Just today, my iPhone 6 was left on the top of my friends car and I forgot to take it down. So when we drove, it flew off the top and got destroyed by another car. When I went to go pick it up, the entire screen came off and the entire body of my phone is destroyed. It hasn't yet been a year since I bought the iPhone with AT&T. Do you think I can get a replacement for the phone? any warranty benefits? Again, my phone is completely destroyed but the SIM AND BATTERY are perfectly fine. What should i do?


texts:
Is there any way to configure uBar so that the application list spans on several columns (instead of having to scroll as we need to by default)?

One column = need to scroll:

Several columns = no need to scroll:


texts: Xcode 11 jumps to every desktop in Mac Os Catalina

texts:
I recently updated my macOS Catalina (10.15) and also updated my Xcode to version 11.1 and I'm having issue with the window. Suppose I switch from Desktop-1 to Desktop-2, the Xcode also automatically moves to the current(focused) desktop.
P.S Only Xcode is showing such kind of behaviour.


texts: Outlook for Mac 2011 - how to delete buggy email in outbox that crashes Outlook

texts:
I have an email in my Outbox that continually crashes Outlook for Mac 2011 with a "rebuild database" error message. Rebuilding the database took days and never completed. If I start Outlook in safe mode (holding the shift key when loading), I can get into Outlook but the moment I hit Send/Receive or switch to the Outbox folder (where the culprit email is sitting), I immediately get the "rebuild database" error message and can either Rebuild or Cancel, the latter exits Outlook.

Is there a way to empty the Outbox folder through the file system without click on the folder in Outlook? Any other solution?

Thanks.


texts: Minimized app do not open by clicking on dock icon

texts:
For the past few weeks I've had this weird behaviour of minimised apps.

If I minimise an app with the yellow button, then it will go in the left side of the dock, like this.

Now if I try to maximise it by clicking on the dock icon, in the previous image case the icon on the left, the app doesn't maximise. It shows that it is open, as the top bar shows the apps menus, but it doesn't show in the main view, as you can see in the following screenshot attached.

I'm really confused, as for some apps it does work, but for others it doesn't. It all started from WhatsApp, then I erased the dock.plist file and the problem went away, but now the Activity Manager has the problem. Any clues?

I know that there is a similar question to this one already, but there is not real fix to this problem there, just the suggestion not to use the minimise button.


texts: Is there official documentation for the Mach-O file format/ABI used by OSX that still exists as of December 2018?

texts:
Why can't I find any official documentation for the file format?

I've seen this link a lot, but it seems that they've taken whatever used to be there down.

The best I could find was some blog posts and this mirror of the older documentation on github. This information still seems to be accurate, but why did Apple take this down? Has the documentation been moved somewhere? Have they deprecated some of the information in that document or perhaps the file format as a whole?

Edit I have been looking into this a bit more, and it seems like the mirrored documentation isn't actually completely up to do date. For instance, when compiling a source file with gcc -c the resulting object file includes a load command of type LC_BUILD_VERSION. This command type is not present in the documentation, but the corresponding data structure is present in /usr/include/mach/loader.h (which is now present in 10.14 only when installed from a package). It looks like there are more load commands that aren't documented as well.


texts: Are signatures in Preview shared over iCloud?

texts: In Preview on both my iMac and MacBook I can annotate a PDF with my signature, which I find useful. I remember setting this up on my iMac, prior to doing a clean install of macOS, but not on my much newer MacBook. Would my MacBook and rebuilt iMac have pulled the signatures in from iCloud?


texts: Pictures are stored but not displayed in Camera Roll

texts:
Well, I've been running low space for a long time and this led to a sudden disappearing of old photos (actually 5000 of them - the oldest ones) in camera roll. I don't know how how that worked - maybe iOS tried to free up some space by removing the thumbnails (without asking me???).

The main advice is to remove the photos.sqlite and other similar files from PhotoData directory. That did nothing - the restored base is lacking my OLD ones. Still you can find them all in DCIM folder.

How can I add them back to sqlite??? Thanks a lot!!

upd. ios 9.1


texts:
I have an internet friend, we were chatting using imessage, everything works properly until i try to send a message and then imessage doesn't say delivered neither sending. I tried using my other email address to text him, and it works, it says delivered, i know this is weird so i tried again using my first email, but it still doesn't say delivered. Did my friend blocked me?

*i don't have his number, just his email.


texts: Keep iPad always on and locked to one app. In >iOS 12

texts:
Ive got an iPad mini 4 in a wall mount like this here.

I want to set the iPad screen to be constantly on, locked to one app. Prior to iOS 12 i was able to do this by A) setting the sleep setting to "never" and B) putting the iPad into guided access mode to lock it into one app. But since the release of iOS 12 the iPad will only stay on for about 30 minutes, with settings A) and B). If i just set the iPad to setting A) it will stay on indefinitely, but i cant lock the screen to a single app. For more info on this issue, see this thread here.

Is there another way to lock an iPad to a single app, whilst at the same time keeping the screen on indefinitely ? Perhaps through adopting the iPad into MDM mode or developer mode ?


texts: How to create a Siri Shortcut that prompts to select a Reminders list that can be reused as a variable

texts:
I want to edit a Siri Shortcut I found which adds numerous items in a loop to the default iOS Reminders list.  My idea is to prompt the user to select a Reminders list first and then use that list in the loop that adds the items to that specific list.

I see that in the "Add to list" thingie, I can have it "ask every time" to select the list, and that works, but that asks for each item being added, which is too repetitive and laborious.

I cannot figure out how to create a list variable which has the user's reminders lists in it so I can prompt them to make a selection from that list and then save that selection in a variable to be used in the "Add to list" thingie.

I tried "Show reminders list" and selected "ask every time", but there's no way to save their selection in a variable to use later in "Add to list".


texts: Why can't I execute mysql without the full path?

texts:
At my terminal, I can't cd to the folder containing mysql and call it.

TimsMacBookAir:/ tim$ cd /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/
TimsMacBookAir:bin tim$ mysql
-bash: mysql: command not found

If I execute the file by using the whole path, it works

TimsMacBookAir:bin tim$ /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 7
Server version: 5.5.38 Source distribution

Why is that?


texts: Is there a good way to control VLC media player on my MacBook from an iOS 5 iPhone?

texts:
I see a free application in the App Store but the reviews say it doesn't work.

I have a Snow Leopard MacBook that I hook up to my TV to watch videos sometimes. To control the video and volume, it'd be nice if I could do this from my iPhone. How could this setup be done?


texts:
I'm wondering if there's a way to stop SugarSync (or any app) putting itself in the OS X menu bar (top right) when launched.

Sugar Sync doesn't have this option in it's preferences.

I've managed to get Sugar Sync to appear in the Dock by going into the app's package contents and editing the property list.

But I can't figure out if a similar approach can be used to disable the menu bar item.


texts: How to mass delete your photos in your iPhone?

texts:
I cannot do it in the phone itself, neither in iPhoto.

How can you delete all your photos in iPhone?


texts: MacOS highlight individual words as they are spoken, as iOS

texts:
In iOS, it is possible to have the text read out loud using the built-in text-to-speech (TTS) while the individual words highlight as they are spoken.

Like in this gif:

(taken from this you video).

I am looking for a way to get MacOS's (10.11) built-in TTS to highlight individual words as they are spoken, as in iOS. This is extremely helpful for me when reading.

This Ask Different question get at the same issue, but it's slightly different as it's asking for a browser-based solution and I am primarily looking for native MacOS solution. Thanks.


texts: iPhone "software" vs. "hardware" keyboard layout?

texts:
I'm a bit confused. In the keyboard settings of my iPhone are two options:
"sofware keyboard layout" and "hardware keyboard layout"

But what is the latter? Isn't they keyboard totally "software"? What does it mean?
And why do I need it?


texts:
I've created some rules in my Mail.app to change background color of specific messages
And also I've created rules in the mail server to move specific messages to some folder

For messages in the Inbox folder everything is fine.

But if message has been moved by server rule into another folder, then rules in the Mail.app do not apply (and for some twisted reasons this is by design: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19162?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US).

And if I apply rules manually by hitting Command + Option + L, then Mail.app rules will apply as they should.

I want to automate this action. Is it possible to achieve with Apple Script? Can you help me with it? The steps should be as follows, I guess:

Choose Smart Folder "today";
Select all messages in this folder;
Perform the action "Apply Rules" for selection.

using terms from application "Mail"
        tell application "Mail"
            set the message_count to the count of HOW-TO-GET-MESSAGES-FOR-TODAY-SMARTBOX
            repeat with i from 1 to the message_count
                set this_message to item i of MESSAGES-FROM-TODAY-SMARTBOX

                tell this_message

                -- here goes something like APPLY RULES

                end tell

            end repeat
        end tell
end using terms from

Edit 1.

If it's not possible for Smart Folder, then I want to do it will all the messages in all mailboxes (or with messages in specific mailbox (or just for any new message regardless of folder)).


texts:
I bought an iPhone 6 T-mobile from Apple store. I tried my SIM from Sweden and it worked. However tried with another SIM from Ghana but it didn't work, showing "no service".

Does that mean the phone is locked or something else is wrong?


texts: On iOS 10, how do you open the Suggested App on the Lock Screen?

texts:
On the Lock Screen, Proactive Siri can suggest apps. If my iPhone detects I'm in the car, it correctly shows a Maps icon in the lower left corner on the lock screen.

Under iOS 9, you could swipe up to open that app.

How do you open the app in iOS 10? Swiping up doesn't work.
Note: I am using a Force Touch enabled phone, but for completion's I'm also wondering how this works on a non-force touch phone.


texts: Does iOS 13.3 have haptic touch app switcher?

texts:
When I was using iOS 12 (Final version) it has the 3D touch app switcher to switch between apps instantly.

After that when iOS 13 launched publicly, it replaced 3D touch with haptic touch which is simply holding and pressing for a long time to popups and other 3D touch use cases.

But I couldn't find any ways to switch apps using haptic touch in iOS 13? Are there any mechanisms in iOS 13.3?

I have iPhone 7 Plus running on 13.2.3.


texts: Applescript: "can't get tab group 1 of window" (El Capitan)

texts:
The following is an applescript that I use to change audio output devices:

tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.sound"
end tell

tell application "System Events"
    tell application process "System Preferences"
        tell tab group 1 of window "Sound"
            click radio button "Output"
            if (selected of row 2 of table 1 of scroll area 1) then
                set selected of row 1 of table 1 of scroll area 1 to true
                set deviceselected to "Headphones"
            else
                set selected of row 2 of table 1 of scroll area 1 to true
                set deviceselected to "MX279"
            end if
        end tell
    end tell
end tell
tell application "System Preferences" to quit

It worked on Yosemite, but when I updated to El Capitan it is giving me the following error:

"System Events got an error: Can't get tab group 1 of window \"Sound\" of application process \"System Preferences\". Invalid index"

I'm pretty unfamiliar with applescript, so any ideas why this might be happening will be much appreciated.


texts: Move files from CineXPlayer to OPlayer on iPad?

texts:
I have found myself in quite a difficult position; before travelling I transfered some movies in the .MKV-format to my iPad-app CineXPlayer, unknowing that that app could not play that file.

Now I have no computer that I can use to transfer to another app, OPlayer for iPad, but fortunately, CineXPlayer offers an easy way to transfer files from device to device - unfortunately for me, I don't have two devices. It works by letting you access your files through your iPad's local IP-address via port 8080, and accessing it from an iPhone works fine, but not from the same iPad. Any ideas how I can do this?

Any other ideas as to how I can transfer the files from app to app? Both feature a download-function with a browser, so if I could access the local 8080-port, I should be able to transfer the files internally.

Thanks for any and all help/ideas/thoughts!


texts:
I've discovered by accident that my Mac is running a localhost web server. I typed "localhost" into Safari and got "It works!" I get the same result when I go to http://127.0.0.1:80.
My question is: How do I turn this thing off? I've tried things like this:
$ sudo apachectl stop

And
$ sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist

But this changes nothing, and the Terminal complains
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist: Could not find specified service

I'm running Catalina. No MAMP. I did at one point a couple of years ago run npm briefly, but there is no evidence that this is its server (for one thing, it's on port 80).

Following up on Gordon Davisson's suggestion, I tried
$ sudo lsof -i | grep LISTEN

and got:
rapportd   462  mattneubelcap    4u  IPv4 0x3fcd6c7f11a6984d      0t0    TCP *:49169 (LISTEN)
rapportd   462  mattneubelcap    5u  IPv6 0x3fcd6c7f0a82c41d      0t0    TCP *:49169 (LISTEN)
cupsd     1117           root    5u  IPv6 0x3fcd6c7f0a829f5d      0t0    TCP localhost:ipp (LISTEN)
cupsd     1117           root    6u  IPv4 0x3fcd6c7f1975f0cd      0t0    TCP localhost:ipp (LISTEN)


texts: Apple_Boot "Boot OS X" partition and Fusion Drive

texts:
I recently had an 10.13.4 update problem and while trying to fix it I ended up "corrupting" completely my "Boot OS X" partition files.
while my Fusion drive partition was updated correctly to 10.13.4, I couldn't boot from it any more.

Is there documentation anywhere about the "Boot OS X" usage and functionalities. Is there a way to restore it to boot the fusion drive correctly in case of i.e. I deleted all files that are in this "Boot OS X" partition ?

I understood that this partition has the correct kextcache and prelinked kernel of the fusion drive, but is there any other use to the partition.

The following is off subject from my question, but to correct my problem I ended up doing a CCC clone of my "Macintosh HD" fusion drive partition to regular drive. destroy the fusion drive and create a new one. Then did the CCC clone back from the regular drive to the Fusion drive.
How could I have avoided that fusion drive fresh creation and cloning job.


texts: Weird hotspot password on iPhone after it was replaced by Apple

texts:
Today I got my iPhone replaced by Apple as it was presenting some weird symptoms.

I upgraded the iOS and restored from backup but few hours later I discovered that the hotspot password was replaced with something I never wrote soaked4963.

Is this a bug in their iOS upgrade and/or restore mechanism?


texts:
I can move a message from Trash to inbox, but is there a better way to undelete a message?

I find that when I go to the trash folder, it's really easy to mess up and delete rather than move.

I've also tried using the Shake gesture. I get mixed results. Sometimes that works, often not.


texts: Quicktime screen recording creates a green movie

texts:
I tried creating a screencast on my OSX 10.8.5 MacBook pro, using QuickTime. This has worked before, but when I try it now I get:

The problem happens both on an external screen and on the retina display on the Mac. I've Googled the issue and tried installing gfxCardStatus, but it wouldn't work on my external monitor.

Any ideas how to fix this problem?


texts: How to mount a DMG image on macOS 10.15.5 that was generated by GNU's ddrescue?

texts:
I used the following command in order to save some time (-n and -N options):
sudo ddrescue -v -n -N /dev/disk5 /Volumes/formatted/photosound.dmg /Volumes/formatted/map.txt
With the help of Disk Arbitrator, I made sure that the corrupted drive (disk5) did not mount in the macOS. The target disk (1TB larger than the corrupted drive) is normally mounted.
The command above terminated successfully, however when I double-click on the .dmg file, it says it can not mount:

So how can I mount this image? Or is the command wrong?
Please help! I wished that ddrescue would first try to create an empty mountable image without any data in it (this should take about 1min to recover). Then it should be possible to just add data to the image...


texts: In Calendar, what does "turn of shared calendar messages in notification center" mean?

texts: What defines a "shared" calendar?  I have a bunch of iCloud calendars, and a Google one, and I share them all with my wife.   Does that make them shared?


texts: windows pdf highlight, underline, etc come with a square in mac preview?

texts:
How to get rid of them in the first place? I mean, I don't want to delete them one by one as in the other threads. I just want to know how to prevent this happening at all(may be has something to do with windows), I am using foxit reader on windows. I also tried adobe dc reader

The squares are all empty, I didn't add anything in it.


texts: Is it possible to sync any additions made to Google Photos (coming from my Android phone) and add them automatically to Apple Photos?


texts: iPhone won't connect to wifi but iPad do

texts:
My home network is same and so is the setting, I been using it for months my net connection but today my mother iPhone and my iPhone couldn't connect to home wifi. But my iPad is working fine. I didn't change any setting in iPhone, when I try to connect, it shows busy icon and that's it.
What can be wrong?


texts: Data differences between Apple Contacts and GMail Contacts?

texts:
I'm thinking of syncing my Mac's contacts with Google. But I'm a little wary of any data syncing between platforms, since some data is usually lost.

Is there a list somewhere that describes which fields might get lost or changed during this synchronization?


texts: Google Maps on iPhone wont update map orientation as I cycle

texts:
Goole Maps on my iPhone have has stopped changing the orientation of the map in cycling mode.

The first image is a screengrab of Apple's maps. You can see the arrow is the same direction as the direction im going.

The second image is a screengrab of Google Maps. I cant get the map to update as I make turns so that the arrow is the same direction as me. Im talking about how car GPSs always work.


texts: Is there a way to disable the sorting on click within mail.app?

texts:
Let me first tell you my specific problem:

  I'm setting up mail.app for a senior citizen (read as in bad eyesight,
  bad hand-eye coordination). I taught a setup were emails would be
  sorted by newest first. But every other week it happens instead of
  opening the most recent email some sort column would be clicked (and emails will permanently be sorted in some non-intuitive way).
  Reproducing the order is a "precision" task the person can not do
  alone.

So I'm asking is there a hidden option to permanently disable this feature (similar to iOS)?
Or at least what would it take to program some tool that will revert this "setting"?


texts: How do I disable automatic Text/Word selection on click?

texts:
When I click or right click on text/a url in Google Chrome, it selects the word.
For example, if I want to copy a URL to clipboard, I have to now open the URL in a new tab, select the URL at the top and copy - instead of just right click -> copy url
When I right click on a link, the current behaviour is that the word under the cursor is selected and I get an option to 'look up word X' instead of the desired behaviour, a contextual menu.
I've looked far and wide across forums and this StackExchange, to no avail. I cannot Right Click -> Open in New Tab on Mac.
(I'm aware of the CMD+Click to open in a new tab but this is still so awkward compared to the standard menu)
How do I disable this behaviour?
Is this a Catalina issue or just a Mac thing?


texts: Why is my external disk being backed up again by Time Machine?

texts:
My 200 GB music library resides on a SD card that is permanently inserted into my MacBook Pro. The volume is encrypted using Filevault. Time Machine will include that volume when doing backups onto an external USB disk. This solutions worked very well for the past 1–2 years.

However, today Time Machine decided to backup the entire SD card again (I verified this using BackupLoupe) and it is a complete mystery to me why it did that. The md5 checksums of both versions are identical and also permissions seem identical between the two backed up versions and the original one. My main drive was backed up as usual (i.e. no full backup).

The only actual change I can think of, is an upgrade to the macOS 10.14.4 from 10.14.3.

Any ideas why these files have been backed up again and how I can investigate this? Is there a tool / command to see why TimeMachine decides to back up a file?

Update 1

It just happened a second time and again the entire disk is being backed up. So I am starting to suspect that something is happening which leads Time Machine to believe this is a new disk. As I said, this worked without issues in the past.

And, yes, I am aware that this is not the safest (but cheapest ;) form of data storage and I keep redundant backups.


texts:
My iPad is configured with GMail (using an Exchange account, not IMAP. But I don't think this is relevant). I would like to create and manage folders in the Mail app.
I noticed that:

it is sync to my GMail label.
this feature is not possible in the native Mail app, neither in the official GMail app
the only way to do it is to use a PC or a Mac (with the GMail desktop version)
in the GMail mobile web version, I cannot find any button to force desktop version.

What is the simplest workaround?


texts: Setting up touch ID - "unable to complete Touch ID setup"

texts:
I've had some problems recently with my Macbook on OSX (newest Macbook version with touch bar). Where my Touch ID used to work, suddenly, one day two things happened:

My computer have started to start much slower (2-3minutes+)
Touch Id does not work before

I've tried to go into Touch Id under "System Preferances". I've removed the existing fingerprint. When I click "Add a fingerprint", enter the password, it goes directly to "Failed - Unable to complete Touch ID setup".


texts: Mavericks 10.9.5 RAM problem and performance problems

texts:
Macbook Pro Late 2011, Mavericks 10.9.5 had my RAM consumed up to 2.75 GB (out of 4.00 GB) with no apps running except Finder.
Hard Disk Storage: ~300 GB free out of 500 GB

Creating new, renaming, and/or deleting folders with Finder made it lag and had to load ~1 min before it did the process. This is very disturbing and distracting, even opening a Word document takes ages.

Activity Monitor Screenshot (Only Finder and Activity Monitor running):

I just had my Hard Disk cleaned and Re-Installed Mavericks recently, but there were no issues with previous experience of Mavericks. CPU is 70% idle.


texts:
So, I've done some searching.. and still haven't found a solution for this. I'm not even sure what has caused it. There are no DYLD_ or LD_ flags being set at all, but I always see this when I open the terminal up.

dyld: DYLD_ environment variables being ignored because main executable (/usr/bin/login) is setuid or setgid

Would definitely appreciate help with this.


texts: How do I change the number of desktops in Mountain Lion?

texts: I have just downloaded Mountain Lion and I would like more than one desktop (the default setting) how do I change the number of desktops?


texts: How can I write-protect (make read-only) a USB drive in OS X?

texts: I have a USB drive with some archive data on it that I'd like to access from a Mac running Snow Leopard. However, I want to ensure that the data on the drive is preserved and no modifications are made to the drive. The drive is FAT32 formatted and does not have a write-protect switch on it. How can I make the drive read-only or otherwise write-protect it by the OS so that I can ensure nothing is modified on the drive?


texts: Troubleshooting ARD and making connections more reliable

texts:
I use ARD to admin 6 computers, sometimes i can connect to 5 of the computers fine, but 1 of them will just not connect and i get an error like the below screenshot. I have got this computer to connect in the past but as of recently it never connects. Whats odd is that i can see all system info like current programme, OS, installed ram etc, but just cant get the control connection to establish.

All machines are connected to the same wired gigabit cat6 network, which consists of 3 switches linked back to a router. All the machines have mac to ip bindings so their IP address dosnt change.

Any ideas what could be done ?

My machines spec is as follows :

1) the dial out client machine : Macbook pro, 10.10.5, ARD latest
2) mac mini, 10.11.x (latest), ARD 3.9.3
3) mac mini, 10.10.x (latest), ARD 3.9.3
4) mac mini, 10.11.x (latest), ARD 3.9.3
5) mac mini, 10.12.x (latest), ARD 3.9.3
6) macbook pro, 10.12.x (latest), ARD 3.9.3

Not all of the machines are online at the moment so they wont be in the below screenshot. The machine im having issues with has the IP ending 103.

Please also see screenshot of sharing permissions for that computer.


texts:
I have recently had my iPhone 5 replaced at the apple store due to an antenna failure. At the time it was running iOS 7 and upon handing it over to receive the new one, iCloud was disabled and the phone was then erased and restored.

Now when I updated to Mavericks, the maps app now displays the old iPhone and the new one.

How can I get rid of the inactive iPhone? The two constantly swap around and if I want to send directions to my phone I'm forced to send it to both of them twice since every time I open the dropdown, they keep swapping around. And I realize that it's becoming a huge pain.


texts: Is there any way to watch Netflix and Hulu in VR on iPhone without a computer?

texts:
The Samsung Gear VR headset, which is designed for Samsung Galaxy phones, has Netflix and Hulu apps that allow you to watch TV shows and movies in virtual reality.  My question is, is there anyway to watch Nefflix and Hulu in virtual reality on an iPhone without a computer?

I'm aware of apps that stream Netflix and Hulu from a desktop computer onto your iPhone in VR, but I want a solution that does not rely on a computer.

EDIT: TrinusVR is an example of an app that allows you to stream Netflix from a PC to your iPhone in VR.


texts:
My Flycut clipboard icon in the top ribbon disappears when I open Word - the program where I most need it! I think it's just lack of space. The large icon in the bottom dock doesn't hold my cuttings.

How can I access the missing icon? Can I change the position of other items in the top ribbon (date, volume, etc.) so the ones I need in Word are available? Or can I remove my name, which I don't need?

MacBook Air, OS X 10.11.5


texts: Automator - Running Node Command in AppleScript Error

texts:
I am trying to run an AppleScript that runs a node command like I would run it in terminal and appear to have the right start with the code, but I'm getting hung up on Automator not recognizing the node command sh: node: command not found. Can anyone point me to the reason why automator can't locate node (node command as in Node.js. Node.js is installed on my machine)?

Here is my AppleScript:

do shell script "cd /Users/user/Desktop/Projects/node/cli && node app.js DesktopUSA"


texts: Downloads stop when using fast user switching

texts: I have Mac OS Big Sur installed. When downloading files in Chrome or Safari and I fast user switch to a different user, the current downloads are stopped with a "Failed - Network disconnected" error message. How do I stop the network from being turned off when fast switching between different users?


texts:
I am running macOS Sierra 10.12. I've noticed an unwanted file volare-karaoke.swf automatically getting download from both Safari and FireFox. It happens mostly when I'm on financial/payment sites (HSBC/Tesco Bank etc.) and less so on other sites. I trash it whenever I encounter it in my Downloads folder.

After extensive Google search I can find no reference to it being malware (and Malwarebytes doesn't detect it). I don't use an antivirus utility apart from Malwarebytes. Neither browser flags danger.

I'm convinced it's malicious.

Does anyone have any info about the file and its nature and why is it downloaded automatically?

the link destination for the 'volare-karaoke.swf malware = http://(XXX my 3 XXX)fun.from.hell.pl/2003-02-18/volare-karaoke.swf


texts:
How can I Retrieve unsaved passwords from history on safari or hard drive of a macbook pro

password not saved on keychain.


texts: I have already changed the location of my screenshots folder so it doesn't cause clutter on the desktop. What I am wondering is if there is a way I could break it down in to two locations so that when I do a full-screen screenshot it goes to one location and if I screenshot only a fragment of the screen it saves in another location.


texts:
Karabiner seems like an extremely versatile piece of software, but I can't seem to find a way to invert the mouse axis with it. For example: When I move the mouse downwards I want the cursor to go upwards, and when I move the mouse to the right, I want the cursor to go left.(*)

Right now I'm using USB Overdrive for this purpose, but I need Karabiner for other stuff, and it would be nice if I could get away with just one program.

(*) This sounds so strange that I feel I owe you an explanation: I have a trackball mouse which, due to it's form factor forces me to turn it 180 degrees on my desk. By inverting the axis in software, it still moves naturally.


texts: Why do I need to put sh before running .sh files?

texts:
When I want to run .sh files in Terminal, I need to put sh in front of them.

Is there any way to avoid this, and thus save typing?


texts: Mails from Apple are shown malformed in Outlook 2010 (Windows)

texts:
I have a setup with Mac and Windows clients. The Mac users use Apple Mail and all users have an HTML signature with images. When a Mac user replies to an email the text from the initial message becomes an attachment with the name: untitled attachment001.html and the image from the signature becomes an attachment with the name: PastedGraphic.pdf.

Can this behaviour be avoided? How can I preserve the original email and signature?

I have managed the following. I discovered that it was due to the malformed signature. So I created a .webarchive file that contains the signature as I want to be. The signature appears correctly at both the file and the apple mail signature editor. But when I open to write a new mail only the borders of the signature image appear and there is an '?' inside the borders. What does this mean?


texts: How to tie "Primary" and "Secondary" monitor spaces?

texts:
I want to have 9 set of spaces, each one spanning 2 monitors. In other words, when I switch to space 1, both of my monitors update their current space, as in the following diagram

I saw "Displays use different spaces" setting, but this doesn't quite do what I want

Is there some setting or a utility I can use for this?


texts: How can I make a calendar appointment reminder remind me "5 minutes later" on iPhone like BlackBerry?

texts: Confession, I have just converted from BlackBerry to iPhone. On BlackBerry, if I had an event in my calendar with a reminder set for 15 minutes before the event, it have the option of dismissing the reminder or let it remind again in 5 minutes. I have been unable to find anything similar on the iPhone?


texts: I am using Safari 8.0.2. Safari 8 introduced some really great features, but it made the omnibar tiny - it now occupies less than a third of the toolbar, and it seems impossible to adjust its size. I find this incredibly irritating. How can I enlarge it so that it fills the majority of the toolbar again? Is there an extension that does so?


texts: How do I create user accounts from the Terminal in Mac OS X 10.11?

texts:
I would like to be able to create new users in Mac OS X 10.11 remotely after ssh'ing into the machine. On Mountain Lion, these steps were listed.

Running

dscl . -create /Users/joeadmin
dscl . -create /Users/joeadmin UserShell /bin/bash
dscl . -create /Users/joeadmin RealName "Joe Admin"
dscl . -create /Users/joeadmin UniqueID "510"
dscl . -create /Users/joeadmin PrimaryGroupID 20
dscl . -create /Users/joeadmin NFSHomeDirectory /Users/joeadmin
dscl . -passwd /Users/joeadmin password

dscl . -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership joeadmin

After the above, the user doesn't become admin. What next?


texts: In Photos, how can I auto-split events upon import?

texts: I am having several issues making sense of the new OS X 10.10.3 Photos app after using iPhoto for years.  I imported some photos and am used to them splitting events by date into separate "Events."  I don't know what the equivalent is for "Events" in this new product.  Am I required to make a new album for each date if I want them separated?  Is there a "manual" of sorts for the new app?


texts: The full list of available options of Dock

texts:
If I want to change some Dock preferences (for example delay before appears of Dock) I should type in terminal:

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0.1;

I tried to find all available options for Dock and find this link in Apple Developer documentation. But it doesn't contain a description of autohide-delay.

I conclude that that list is not complete. Because it also doesn't contain options I know:

-autohide-time-modifier
-autohide-delay
-tilesize
-mcx-expose-disabled

Where I can I find the full list Dock preferences?


texts: Mac Pro: Any way to recognize a bootable USB on startup?

texts:
I have a Mac Pro 2,1 2x6-Core Xeon@2.66 GHz and am trying to boot from several ISO images written to USB sticks. I have tried the dd-based methods as recommended by Ubuntu, with no luck. In every case the stick fails to be recognized at boot time. I have also tried booting from a rEFIt CD (which I can do) but the loader there doesn't identify the USB stick in the front of the machine.

Is it possible the MacBooks are so different from the Mac Pros that these instructions wouldn't apply? Does anyone have a reproducible method for creation bootable USB sticks on a Mac Pro and then booting from them?


texts: Stop switching windows when other app is loading

texts:
Imagine that you open an app that takes several seconds to load like Photoshop and you don't want to just sit there so you move to your browser to check whatever. Now, as you interact with browser or other app OS X will move screen or switch active window to app several times during the start.

I understand that it is letting me know that app is turning on but I would like system to stop switching at any moment it likes while I am doing something else. Otherwise I have to just keep sitting around waiting until my initial app loads.

Is there way to stop this?


texts: How can I make my Windows keyboard shortcuts work on a Mac, exactly how they do on Windows?

texts:
I've yet to find a guide that is both (a) complete, and (b) compatible with recent macOS releases. I have a Windows keyboard that I'd like to set up on my Mac to work with the same shortcuts. Some things I've tried include setting Application Shortcuts, and modifying key actions in the keyboard settings (i.e., setting ⌘ to take the action ⌥) -- these sort of work, but still leave me without several shortcuts.

Shortcuts I'm specifically hoping to get on my Mac:

- ctrl + c : copy
- ctrl + v : paste
- ctrl + x : cut
- ctrl + a : select all
- ctrl + s : save
- ctrl + shift + s : save all
- end : end of line
- home : front of line
- ctrl + end : end of document
- ctrl + home : front of document

I know there are tons more that I'd like, but I assume if I can get the Ctrl, Shift, End, and Home keys working, then the rest of my normal keyboard shortcuts will kind of fall into place from there.

So basically, I'm looking for a way to get my Windows keyboard to act like a Windows keyboard, on a Mac. Is this possible?


texts:
I would like to make a Python program executable, like in Windows, when you use a program like cx_Freeze to make Python programs become .exe. I would like to do the same for Mac, I would like to make it an app...

I know I can put as first line of the file, a sheebang, or that I can change the mode of the file, but this does not make the program an independent application...


texts: MacOS Mojave 10.14.2 ignores network service order preference

texts:
I've a problem that drives me crazy. My company has a wifi network that, when connected, does not allow me to connect to several services.
For this to work, I need to connect by Ethernet (changing this is btw no option :D)

I've purchased, some weeks ago, a USB-C thunderbolt dock for my 2018 MBP with an Ethernet port. This port shows up in System Settings -> Network and I can easily disbale wifi and my Mac will use the tethered connection.
Sadly, as soon as I connect to the wifi, MacOS will prioritize the wireless connection.

I've moved in System Settings -> Network the Priority of the "Thunderbolt Ethernet Slot 1" to the top, and Wifi below this (even totally at the end!) but MacOS will simply ignore this.

Any ideas in how to debug this?


texts: How to free up space on Macbook Air for iOS update By keeping files only in iCloud?

texts:
I have a Macbook Air with 121gb of storage on a SSD.  I use iCloud and have approx 1.5TB of data in the cloud.  I have clicked optimise storage and I now only have 8GB lefton my SSD, so not enough space to complete the latest iOS update.

I have read that optimise storage leaves a percentage of disk space free, however, it doesn't appear to have allowed enough!

If I un click optimise storage, it tries to download everything.

Is there anyway that I can keep all my files in the cloud and just use them there and not download any of them onto my HD?


texts: Apple Music - How to automatically save everything that it added to My Music?

texts: I would like to know if there's a way in which every time I add a song or album into "My Music", it is saved in the device automatically, without selecting the option "Save for Offline".


texts: How to restore System/Library Files without Time Machine

texts: I fell for the tarp. In an attempt to fix an installation issue with Python and Pygame I read something stupid online telling me to delete this file and that file to completely get rid of python on my machine so I could install it. One of the files was Library/Frameworks/Python and the other was System/Library/Frameworks/Python. Obviously when I tried to reinstall Python it wouldn't let me. So now the real dilemma. I'm even more of an idiot because I've never had any kind of backups. I don't have an external to save backups to anyways so I just never did it. Now I find myself unable to do anything with Python anymore and I can't restore from a backup because I'm stupid. So is there any way I can get python reinstalled again without completely restoring my computer and losing everything I have?


texts: MacBook Pro gets hung up and rebooted when I disconnect the 4K LG UltraFine monitor (Thunderbolt 3)

texts:
MacBook Pro 15" 2017 gets hung up when I disconnect the 4K LG UltraFine monitor. Then it reboots after some seconds. This occurred 2 times. The monitor connects by Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C). macOS 11.3.1.
I tried to find a cause in the Console app (system.log) at the time of the disconnection, but there are too many events at the time and I can not find the event when the system is hung.
How to diagnose what is a problem (hardware or software)? And how to fix it?


texts: How to uninstall "Microsoft AU Daemon” from my macOS machine?

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How do I completely remove "Microsoft AU Daemon” from my macOS machine?

I don't want to disable it. I want to remove it completely from my computer.


texts: iOS holiday calendar becomes "Untitled Calendar"

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I just notice the iOS holiday calendar on my iPhone (running iOS 11.4) becomes "Untitled Calendar".

According to this post, the holiday calendar is a part of iOS so there is no way to remove this calendar and then re-add it. It appears that this problem has existed since iOS 10.3.1 (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7915337).

Do anybody encounter this problem? Any suggestion on a solution or workaround?


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I'm struggling to login to App store or iTunes. I found several posts on this issue already:

Cannot Connect to the App Store

macOS: Cannot connect to app store

Cannot connect App Store after upgrading to Mavericks

When I open my Mac and select apple menu > app store I see a blank grey square:

When I try to log in by clicking store menu > sign in I receive an error message "connection failed".

Then, when I try to open iTunes "The certificate for this server is invalid":

I followed the steps advised in several blog posts on this e.g. this one.

These steps include:

Verifying I have internet connection via network settings window
Set Macs DNS server to Googles with 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. Mine was set to this already. Restarted Mac. Problem persists.
In finder, navigated to /var/db/crls/ and moved both cricache.db and ocspcache.db to the trash and then emptied the trash. Restarted Mac, problem persists.
Looked for problem certificates in Keychain access under /Applications/Utilities/. "In the left pane, click on Certificates under Category. In the search field at the top right corner of the KeyChain Access window, type Class and press Return. Among the search results, locate and double-click on a certificate that has an icon with a blue outline. This will open a window with information pertaining to the certificate.". None of my certificates have a blue outline, everything appears in order here.

Other information:
I don't know which version of Macos I have because when I navigate to the Apple menu > about this Mac all it says is Macbook OSX 10.9.5 (Mavericks?):

I have an ssd drive. I don't know if that's relevant or important.

Exhaisted all Google searches, blogs and posts. I would like to install any available updates, login to iTunes and generally just use my Apple ID with my Mac.

Does anyone have a solution to this or hypothesis about what I can try next?

EDIT:

Some new information. From a comment I visited https://init.itunes.apple.com in Safari and then selected show certificates which resulted in this screen shot:


texts: Why won't Windows 8.1 64 bit (MacBook Air) recognize all 1GB video memory?

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My 2011 MacBook Air has 8GB of RAM and Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB

My Windows 8.1 partition (64 bit) doesn't recognize more than 128MB of video memory, causing graphics oriented programs to crash.

Is there some sort of driver update or anything I can do to fix this?

Windows is always kept updated.


texts: My Font book opens every time I log in. Is it a virus?

texts: Every time I turn on my MacBook, the font book opens too in my dock. Is this a virus? How to stop this?


texts: Applescript : refer to an app from a variable

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I sometime use Safari, sometime Safari Technology Preview,
I was thinking that would be nice to just refer it once in a variable a bit like this

set SafariBuild to "Safari Technology Preview"

tell application SafariBuild to ¬
    do JavaScript ¬
        "document.querySelectorAll(\"[class=\\\"icon-chevron-left\\\"]\")[0].click();" in tab 2 of window 1

Obviously that's not working, but is there something in the same spirt that would refer to an app without changing all the tell application ?


texts: How the iPhone Apple Maps My bike, E-bike option works?

texts: I noticed there is an e-bike option on maps app, how is that supposed to work?


texts: How can I delete Siri App Suggestions in iOS 10.1?

texts: How can I remove Siri App Suggestions in iOS 10.1?


texts: Is there a way to (or another app that) automatic download new tweets?

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I really like when I go near to a wi-fi connection and my iPod-touch automatically connects, send the Outbox e-mails and download the new ones.

Is there a way to do the same with twitter? Automatically download the new tweets and send the "drafts" when connect to the wi-fi?


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Recently I made the stupid mistake of erasing MacBook Pro (2012) HDD without immediately installing OS X. And now it can't even boot or get to recovery utilities.

So I decided to make a bootable OS X El Capitan usb installer. I could select it as boot drive and it go to screen with Apple logo and a progress bar. However the progress bar takes very long to build up (more than an hour) and you could hear the HDD spinning really hard. Finally the progress bar is filled but nothing happen for an hour now. Please let me know how to fix this problem.

Thanks!


texts: Resolution of pictures hopping from iphoto to imovie to idvd

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So, I've got this pretty big (12 minutes, 3sec/slide) slide show. I may be done with it. I may not.

The show is composed of ten iPhoto-11 slideshows. Each one was set up 4:3, then exported, with the kind advice of Nathan in another question to specify H.264, 2048 bit rate, and the second-highest resolution (my pick on the theory that I was not going to be driving an HDTV, just a relatively ordinary projector).

Imported into iMovie-11 at 30fps, arranged, decorated with music, exported to via the share menu iDVD. Didn't touch anything in iDVD. just pushed the burn button.

Inserted resulting disk into nice new-ish dvd player with 30" LCD TV, 720 resolution. The pictures have a very visible structure of being built of little squares.

I dont' see artifacts in full-screen preview in iPhoto, or in full-screen imovie preview on my macbook pro. (On my mini, it warns me that full resolution will be degradated, so the presence of them there is not a surprise). But the DVD has this problem.

edit

I discovered an option in iDVD to vary the 'encoding quality'. Moving that up to professional looked to me to make a notable improvement.

Ideas?


texts: How can I quickly filter by edited photos on iOS?

texts: Often I will have many versions of a similar photo.  I will select my favorite and then crop and edit this version. Later I would like to  quickly find the nicely edited version from the other photos.  Sometimes I do not want (or forget) to favorite the edited photo after I edit it.  In addition, sometimes I would like to find a photo I edited months or even years ago.  Is there a way to quickly find edited photos in iOS?


texts: 1920x1080 resolution not in the options after connecting external monitor on 2015 Macbook air running El Captain

texts: I connected MacBook Air 2015 to my 1920x1080 AOC 22' monitor using mini display to VGA converter. It does not still show me the 1920x1080 option. Tt shows a maximum of 1280x768 only. Can someone help?