texts: Backing up when logged into wrong iTunes account

texts:
I have just backed up my iphone on my laptop for the first time in a while and updated my handset. After I finished, I then realised that I was logged into my friends iTunes account on my laptop.
Does this mean that my friend will have access to everything that is on my iphone when they log into their iTunes? texts / contacts / emails etc?
I am worried that all of my information including text messages has now been uploaded to their handset and I don't want this to happen.
I want to make sure that when they back up their phone, they won't be uploading my information from their home computer to their phone.
Can someone please tell me that the back up is just on my lap top and not on their overall iTunes???


texts: Any way to adjust the timeout on Gboard voice to text dialog? It's way too short

texts: I love the new voice to text feature on Gboard for my iPhone but unless I speak really really fast the dialog disappears before I'm finished speaking. Is there any way to fix this?


texts: Why is my keyboard is not responding to touch when using Whats App?

texts: The keyboard of my iPhone 6 is often blocked and does not respond to touch when I'm using Whats App, so I'm unable to write messages or reply back.


texts: Setting Mac Mail reply-to address to ANY email address (not an Apple alias!)

texts:
I want the Reply-to: header of all my outgoing email to have my pobox.com address, which forwards back to my icloud.com address where I collect my mail.

This discussion seems to raise the same question, and the answer is to use a terminal command, which is fine except it doesn't appear to have worked. New emails still come up with a blank Reply-to field. After I send it, and view all its headers in the Sent box, I don't see a pobox.com string anywhere; just a From: string with my usual icloud.com address.

(In case it matters: I want to be known by my pobox.com address since it's the one that's most likely to be permanent, and it's a pain having 5 or 6 abandoned email addresses for one person. So, this way I never need announce an email change, or have people wonder when I give them my pobox address but they received a reply from icloud.)


texts: What is the AppleCare agreement's location?

texts: I bought my Mac and AppleCare in Oz, but I mainly use my Mac in Hong Kong. When I register my AppleCare, it asks me to fill in the location. What is this about? Which location should I choose? Thanks.


texts: Looking for an app to create icon size art

texts: Can I ask a for a recommendation for an app.  I am looking for a user friendly app that I can use to make, resize, and save in jpeg and png format, icon size art.  Being new to Apple I have no idea.  Free would be good too.  Many thanks.


texts:
Ive been using my Time Machine for almost 3 years without any problems. It's a 3 TB LaCie. This week it has decided to stop backing up my work. I tried repairing the disk and unmounting and remounting the disk a number of times but it's not working. After remounting the disk, it runs for about 10 minutes and then stops. Each time I then try to manually run a backup it immediately gives me an error message. The initial message I get is "Time Machine couldn't back up to 'LaCie'". When I click on the details it tells me that an error occurred whilst creating the 'backup folder'. It has suggested that I verify and repair the disk, but I have done this to no avail.

I'm currently still running Mavericks on my Mac.

Is there a solution to this?


texts: Big Sur - unusable UI when waking from a long sleep with sluggish and flickering and pixelated redraws

texts:
After waking from a long sleep Big Sur's UI is practically unusable. It's slow, apps don't draw properly, there's lots of redraws happening. It's like garbage collection isn't happening for UI elements.
Examples include:

Various things won't draw unless you scroll over it with the mouse
When mousing over it, only part of it draws
Animations flicker (badly), like activating the hidden dock
If the menu bar is usually hidden, it's completely blurred when mousing over it
Text boxes don't appear properly. There's no blinking cursor (even though I can type into it)
app switching can't be focused properly via the keyboard. Mousing over it sort of works. But the app doesn't actually come to the foreground... again unless you can somehow scroll over it.

I've tried the following unsuccessfully

Enabling/Disabling Touch ID
Putting the computer to sleep and waking it back up again (even the login screen is confused, still drawing logged in content in part)
Logging out and back in again
Quitting all apps.
Adding new desktop screens
Unplugging a USB hard-drive, putting the computer to sleep and awaking again

The only thing that works which I'd like to avoid is to restart the machine. The UI is usable enough to show the Apple menu and select Restart..., even though the menu highlighting is flakey.
NB: I've tried all the suggested solutions at Big Sur - unable to focus any app or make mouse/keyboard inputs after waking from sleep?. Whilst it seems like a possible duplicate question, the accepted answer has had no effect.
Edit: my system details:

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019)
Processor: 2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9
Memory: 32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4
Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB
Macintosh HD: 536.44 GB available of 1TB.

Edit: 23rd Feb 2021
Tried the following without success:

Turning Screen Mirroring on/off via TV with AnyCast
Going to System Preferences and changing resolution
Changing From Dark to Light to Dark theme
Selecting Blurry Screen-saver and previewing it

Still finding the only solution is to restart the machine :-(. It seems to be related to the GPU somehow.


texts:
When joining a domain one of the AD I can set following options:

If mobile account is selected, where does my account get stored? Also, does a mobile account have special properties that a normal local account doesn't have?


texts: Why is the current provisioning process for iPhone development implemented the way it is?

texts:
Given the large number of examples of issues with the manual steps necessary to provision devices and install apps using the developer SDK, I am wondering why Apple took this route.

Specifically, the process seems to be error-prone and could likely be automated.

Is this just a rite of passage or are there reasons for implementing it this way that I am missing?

Are there reasons some of these steps HAVE to be manual?
Does anyone see a way of improving this or does anyone know of some automation/scripts that make this simpler for developers new to the platform?


texts:
I have an iPhone 4 with iOS5 and Facebook and Messenger push notifications are not working for me, or they're delivered hours after they should be.

I had jailbrake on iOS 4.x and always assumed that was the case for me not getting push notifications, but the problem is here again on a freshly restored phone with iOS5. All my settings are correct (i.e. notifications are on etc.), I tried the same thing on an iPad 2 with iOS5 and notifications work instantly.


texts: Numeric Keypad on Extended Keyboard Doesn't Work in Terminal and There's No NumLock Key

texts: When the Terminal window is in focus, pressing any of the numeric keys (0-9, the . key or the enter key ) generates a beep.


texts: How to uninstall individual Office365 components in Mac OS X

texts:
There is [un]surprisingly little or no useful information I could find on uninstalling individual components when you install the full Office365 suite on your Mac.

All I want is Word and Excel, and want to get rid of the rest. Shall I just send the apps to the Bin? Thanks


texts:
I'm trying to set up 2FA on my iCloud account but I get this message:

Any ideas on a solution? There's also no option in the security settings on my iPhone to enable it. I'm running the latest versions of iOS and macOS.


texts: Performance of Virtual Machines on MacBook Pro with and without discrete graphics

texts:
I am trying to decide between MacBook Pro 15" with and without Discrete Graphics Card. My work involves running 2-3 Virtual Machines using Virtualbox
at a given time with Chrome, Microsoft Outlook & Skype running on OSX. I am not in gaming at all.

I already have a MacBook Pro 13" Early 2011 with 16GB RAM and 256 GB SSD. But this machine gets very hot when I run above tasks on it.

At my location MacBook Pro 15" with Graphics Card and 512GB SSD is going for $2499 and MacBook Pro 15" without Graphics Card and 256GB SSD is $1999. So for $500 I am getting extra 256GB and Discrete Graphics card. Is $500 worth this upgrade for my workload.

Also next machine I want to buy is in 2020. Please help.


texts: phone notifications turned off by proximity to my computer?

texts: Is there any way that my iphone can register that it's near enough to my mac to shut off notifications? I'd love to be able to get notifications for an email when I'm away from my computer, but just let my computer tell me when I'm near instead of hearing 2 different notification sounds. I understand I can turn off the ringer and have it work, but a proximity feature would be best. Example: I'm upstairs away from my computer, the alerts tells me that I have an email. 2 minutes later I go down by my computer and another email comes in, and my phone doesn't make a sound.


texts:
I don't know if this is something that is in macOS, but in Linux I normally see only one user if I run the who and w command.

Is it normal to have same user logged in twice but from another TTY?

I don't know where the second account with the same username came from.

jen-air:~ jen$ who
jen     console  Aug 22 20:56
jen     ttys000  Aug 23 08:39

jen-air:~ jen$ w
 8:43  up 11:47, 2 users, load averages: 1.51 1.60 1.70
USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
jen     console  -                Wed20   11:46 -
jen     s000     -                 8:39       - w


texts: Fluctuating low/normal headphone volume on iMac

texts:
Sound was working normally on this pretty new iMac for a few weeks, listening to YouTube when this strange behaviour started:

There is a little pop sound, then suddenly headphone audio goes very quiet (maybe 10% normal volume). There's no change in the indicated volume level (ie, the Mac thinks it's outputting normal volume).

Maybe 30-60 seconds later, another pop and it's back to normal volume.

And then repeat...

It affects the whole system (ie, sound effects), not just Chrome.

Any ideas?


texts: Launchd running an Applescript every two hours

texts:
I have written a small applescript that I would like to run automatically every 2 hours. I have thus written the following launchd daemon (probably it is an agent):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Disabled</key>
        <false/>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>com.zerowidth.launched.aspect</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/usr/bin/osascript</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>osascript</string
                <string>/Users/***/my_script.scpt</string>
        </array>
        <key>StandardOutPath</key>
        <string>/Users/***/file_log.log</string>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
        <key>ThrottleInterval</key>
        <integer>7200</integer>
        <key>KeepAlive</key>
        <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Then I have opened terminal and done

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.zerowidth.launched.aspect.plist

It worked fine, but only once and not every two hours. Checking on Console I got the following messages (and many more actually):

  com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.zerowidth.launched.aspect): This service
  is defined to be constantly running and is inherently inefficient.

  Dec 16 17:02:25 Air-of-myself-2 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
  (com.zerowidth.launched.aspect): Service only ran for 7 seconds.
  Pushing respawn out by 7193 seconds.

Can you help me in understanding what is going on please? How can I run the apple script every two hours?

Thanks.

EDIT. I add, following Robert's advice, the Python script and the Applescript.

Here is Python script. It asks the console to run the LocateMe command and from this it obtains the latitude and longitude of the place where I am. Then calls an API to obtain sunset and sunrise time of this place. Finally a small function decides whether it is day (sunrise < now

output = os.popen('/Users/***/Desktop/LocateMe').read()
###I extract my coordinates
coord = output[1:25]
lat = float(coord[1:12]) ###latitude
long = float(coord[13:25]) ### longitude

my_sunrise, my_sunset = get_ris_and_set(lat, long) ##this function calls an API that gives sunset and sunrise time in the position given by (lat,long)
my_sunset1 = my_sunset.time()
my_sunrise1 = my_sunrise.time()

result = str(is_day(now.time(), my_sunrise1, my_sunset1))
### compare the time now and returns true if it is day false otherwise
with open('/Users/***/Desktop/log_file.txt', 'a') as f:
        print(result, file=f)
sys.exit()

Here is the Applescript: it runs the Python script above and reads the boolean value (if it is day or not). Then it checks if the dark mode on Mojave is on and it switches if needed.

tell application id "com.apple.systemevents"
tell application "Terminal"
    do shell script "/usr/local/bin/python3 /Users/***/Desktop/python.py $@"
end tell

tell appearance preferences
    set value to do shell script "tail -n 1 /Users/***/Desktop/log_file.txt"
    if dark mode is true and value = "True" then
        set dark mode to false
    else if dark mode is false and value = "False" then
        set dark mode to true
    else
        return
    end if
end tell
end tell


texts: how do I get Terminal's Search with Google to open in the default browser?

texts: Scenario: working away in Terminal, get an error message. Want to google it so I select text and use right-click and "Search with Google". Opens Safari every time. Google Chrome is my default browser. I've restarted the machine twice since I confirmed that.


texts: Remove _specific_ items from Finder Open With menu

texts:
Is there any way to purge specific applications from the Finder's "Open With" menu? Mine is cluttered with all sorts of applications I'd never choose to open HTML files with (Word, Calibre, all sorts of undesirables; see image). I know there're various tricks to remove duplicates or uninstalled applications, but I'd just like to prune.

Failing that, is there a way to move an app higher in the list (I'd like Sublime Text 2 higher up the list), or simply to bypass the menu and open the file in the two applications I'm actually interested in opening it with (Sublime and Chrome, essentially).

Running 10.7 Lion, if applicable.


texts: Why am I getting "An internal error occurred while preflighting your volume for APFS conversion"?

texts:
I have a Mac Mini 2014. I just installed a second SSD drive Samsung Evo 500GB and would like to use as the primary drive for OS.

I formatted both drives with disk utility to OS Extended Journaled and clicked install Mojave but got this error.

If I format the drive as APFS, the installation starts but after the restart, I get a blinking folder with a question mark. If I try to install from an external USB, instead of the folder with a question mark, I get booted into Recovery again instead of continuing the installation process.

Any ideas?


texts: pure-ftpd working but leaving open processes for every login

texts:
I recently jumped from OSX El Capitan to High Sierra. One of the things I lost was my FTP server, which is used by my in-house webcam system to record events. When El Capitan went away, so did my recording ability.

So, after much effort and hair pulling, I finally got pure-ftpd running and working fine. But, every time one of my cameras --even the same camera-- logs in to the server it leaves an open process. With each login to record creating a new process, eventually the server is reduced to a crawl and video is no longer able to be written; I get lots of 0k files started but nothing written to them.

I'm only guessing at that last turn of events. If I flush the queue of open processes and restart the FTP server, everything runs as expected for a while. But, currently I have 103 open instances of process name 'pure-ftpd'. Aproximately half of them are my login user name and the other half root. only 6 are using CPU, the rest are at 0%. The same active processes are using about 1mb of memory. But, the rest are all using about 500k, or about 60mb total.

This never happened with the FTP server bundled with OSX prior to High Sierra. Is there a setting in pure-ftpd I need to change so that these processes zombies don't linger?


texts: How can you import Wireless Network (WiFi) passwords / settings to Mac OSX 10.10 from a text, html or xml file?

texts:
I'm trying to transfer WiFi settings of saved networks from a Windows PC to a Macbook.

I have exported the wireless settings via the freeware WirelessKeyView to a txt file (can also be created as a html or xml file).

Is it possible to import these settings to the Macbook so that it saves the wireless network names and passwords?

I have no knowledge of coding and I'm totally new to Mac. However I'm eager to learn.

Thank you.


texts:
I used to be able to rate a song one star to 5 stars while listening to it on my iPhone.  I do not have that option any more.  Now, when I tap on the title of the song, it only takes me to the album, and I can only "heart" it or not.

I have figured out how to get my ratings back in iTunes..

How do I view and edit the rating for a song on my iPhone?


texts: Do not disturb mode - but allow certain apps

texts:
I want to turn on do not disturb mode on my iPhone. But we use a pager application for work, and I want that application to still be able to notify me and make noises.

How do I do that? I can only figure out how to allow contacts to not be in do not disturb mode.


texts: Mac Terminal: Get list of Chinese fonts from a given folder

texts:
I have a personal folder with many fonts, and a small percentage are Chinese fonts. How can I list them with a terminal command in order to isolate them into another folder ?

I know fc-list but it will give me the list of Chinese fonts in the system folder:

fc-list :lang=zh


texts: When I turn on my music app, a picture of a girl wearing a headphone is showing and I cannot go to my music library. How can I resolve it?


texts: ITunes backups - how's the UID generated?

texts:
I'm struggling with an issue with an encrypted backup (see Apple Backup encrypted format specs? I need to decrypt part of a backup (for which I have the key) that iTunes won't restore and How to verify that an iTunes backup is valid? if you want the details) and I'm trying to understand how things got so messed up.

For that I'd need to understand how are the backup UIDs created. Are they "hardware" based? I don't think so as if expect to have a lot of "iPhone Backup" keys in Keychain as I've been "evolving" my devices over time...

So where do they come from?

EDIT: To make clearer what I mean, when I say UID I'm referring to the number that's in the folder where the backup is stored.

The location of the backups is on:

Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/{UID}

Windows Vista and Windows 7: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\{UID}

And the UID itself is a long string of hexadecimal characters like:

59cf77659e76a55e206192c325f732xxxxxxxxxx (last 10 digits removed in case it's some "magic" number)

Thanks a lot!


texts: Do I lose data when canceling iCloud plan

texts: I have downloaded the iCloud photos on my Windows PC through iCloud app and I am able to view the photos in a folder name iCloud Photos in my file browser, but will the photos be still available if downgrade my subscription from 200GB to 5GB? Will I lose all photos and data?


texts: How can I recover my documents from iCloud?

texts: My username with Apple is a very old one. Old enough that until iOS 5 it wasn't associated with an email address. It was just a simple username. With the latest upgrade I was required to transfer to a name associated with my preferred email address. This seems to have gone well with the exception that iCloud can no longer locate my Pages and Numbers documents. Apple seems stumped and the system will no longer let me log in with the old username. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Macs can't see each other over an Ethernet cable. MacOS failing to set up 169.254 routing. Why? How do I fix? Violates RFC 3927? Hint: multi-homed?

texts:
(Too-wordy title: Macs connected with an Ethernet cable can't see each other - MacOS failing to set up 169.254 routing, AKA link-local address configuration. Why? How do I fix?  Is it violating RFC 3927? Hint: One Mac has a normal, working Ethernet (over Wi-Fi) connection, which may make it a multi-homed host.)
I'm trying to communicate between two Macs over an Ethernet cable.  This should "just work", I thought, but it does not appear that MacOS is automatically setting things up as it is supposed to.
Only after detecting there's a physical connection do the autoconf IP addresses get assigned (as shown by ifconfig en0 before vs after connection) so it's clear they CAN see each other at the physical level.
One of the Macs is (was) at the OS setup stage where it is looking for other computers on the network from which to migrate information.  Sharing is enabled.
But they can't see each other at the OS level.  E.g.

Nothing to connect to shows up on the Mac in OS setup.
Nothing shows after choosing Go...Network in the Finder.
<I forget what else I tried.>
No response to pings of the broadcast address. (ping 169.254.255.255)
There are no entries in the MAC address table (as shown by arp -an) for the other Mac even right after #5.
The appropriate routing table entries (as shown by netstat -rn don't exist)

It's failing to set up 169.254 routing, AKA link-local addressing so the Macs can communicate properly. In other words, it's failing to fully set up the en0 (TP Ethernet) interfaces so that link-local addressing works automatically.
Wondering what was going on, I looked to the documentation. I thought since it apparently followed RFC 3927 on Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses, would "just work", but not so.
In particular, it is automatically assigning IPs to the devices, but it is NOT routing packets / setting up the routing table accordingly.
From the RFC:

Abstract

... This document describes how a host may
automatically configure an interface with an IPv4 address within the
169.254/16 prefix that is valid for communication with other devices
connected to the same physical (or logical) link.

Is MacOS violating RFC 3927?  Why shouldn't two Macs connected over an Ethernet cable, each with automatically assigned 169.254/16 link-local addresses see each other?
This might be a fix; I haven't figured it out yet: sudo route -n add -net 192.168/16 169.254/16 169.254.14.233. (That's the automatically self-assigned IP.). (Update: Won't know; too late and it had a typo.)


texts:
When I "download as PDF" a Wikipedia article with math, such as
Septic_equation,
and open it in preview 8.0 on macos 10.10, the math formulas are ugly / munged:

instead of like in the browser (firefox) page

Before starting down the rocky road "what's wrong: fonts, preview, versionitis ..."
let me ask

does anyone else have the same problem
are there print-ready .pdf or maybe .tex (not .html) for Wikipedia pages somewhere ?

Wikipedia:Rendering_math --

This page in a nutshell: There exist at least three different forms of math formulae on Wikipedia pages, with at least seven ways to present them. None is completely satisfactory.

However I have no idea which ones are used in which articles,
so which ones survive math -- pdf -- preview -- print.
(Test cases for the 3 or 7 ways would be useful.)

Fonts might be a red herring, but here's pdfinfo, pdffonts anyway --
pdfinfo Septic_equation.pdf  # http://www.xpdfreader.com

Creator:        Chromium
Producer:       Skia/PDF m83
Tagged:         no
Form:           none
Pages:          3
Encrypted:      no
Page size:      594.96 x 841.92 pts (A4) (rotated 0 degrees)
File size:      673156 bytes
Optimized:      no
PDF version:    1.4

pdffonts Septic_equation.pdf  # all embedded ?
name                                           type              emb sub uni prob object ID
---------------------------------------------- ----------------- --- --- --- ---- ---------
LiberationSans                                 CID TrueType      yes no  yes           7  0
LiberationSerif-Italic                         CID TrueType      yes no  yes           8  0
LiberationSerif-Bold                           CID TrueType      yes no  yes           9  0
LiberationSerif                                CID TrueType      yes no  yes          10  0
LiberationSans-Bold                            CID TrueType      yes no  yes          11  0
LiberationSans-Italic                          CID TrueType      yes no  yes          85  0

When I export this in preview, the export.pdf is bigger ??
Creator:        Preview
Producer:       Mac OS X 10.10.5 Quartz PDFContext
Tagged:         no
Form:           none
Pages:          3
Encrypted:      no
Page size:      595.276 x 841.89 pts (A4) (rotated 0 degrees)
File size:      888908 bytes
Optimized:      no
PDF version:    1.3

name                                           type              emb sub uni prob object ID
---------------------------------------------- ----------------- --- --- --- ---- ---------
ZWJFYX+LiberationSans-Bold                     CID TrueType      yes yes yes          14  0
VOJIYC+LiberationSans                          CID TrueType      yes yes yes          10  0
VBAANE+LiberationSerif-Bold                    CID TrueType      yes yes yes          12  0
ESNUES+LiberationSerif-Italic                  CID TrueType      yes yes yes          11  0
CQEMAV+LiberationSerif                         CID TrueType      yes yes yes          13  0
POYZKZ+LiberationSans-Italic                   CID TrueType      yes yes yes          31  0


texts: Split a column in Numbers by extracting text in parenthesis

texts: I need to extract everything from "ORIGINAL COMBINED" that is between parenthesis and place it in the SPLIT A and place the remainder in the SPLIT B column. For example:


texts: How can I tell what's in my iCloud backup?

texts:
I have an iPhone 5s running iOS8 and a first generation iPad running iOS5, both logged in to my iCloud account. I'll skip some details and jump to the fact that I deleted my latest iCloud backup both from my iPad and my iPhone, as well as my computer running iCloud for Windows. I did it from all 3 just to make sure the backup got deleted (it wasn't initially showing it deleted, so I did it from all 3).

I then turned off iCloud backup on both devices. Finally, I turned it back on on just my iPhone. Then I let it do a backup. For some reason, the backup size is much larger than it looks like it should be. See screenshot attached. The settings shown there are the same settings that were in place when it did the backup this morning.

Why is the backup size so large? It looks like it should only be about 3MB in size, based on what I have checked. Incidentally, 4.6GB is the same size as the backup I said I originally deleted before starting this process. Is there any way to tell what's making the backup so large?


texts:
After I bought a new MacBook Pro 2011 with 4 GB or RAM at 1333 MHz I decided to switch the RAM with the one from the old MacMini 8 Gb at 1066 MHz.

Initially I was expecting to have problems with the MacBook Pro, but it seem to have no problems running with 8GB of RAM at 1066 MHz.

Still, the surprise came form MacMini which became unstable and unusable (crashes or stops randomly but very often). I am wondering if the RAM is the issue or something else, like cooling.

How can I easily detect the source of the problems with the macMini? I mention that the 1333 Mhz worked just fine in the MacBook Pro and I know that it should have no problem using it, theoretically.


texts: Printing to Windows (not-domain) Server - Hold for Authentication

texts:
I've been printing to our windows-connected printer for ages. And then I upgraded to High Sierra and now I can't print because of the "Hold for Authentication" message.

I searched for a solution many times but nothing I've found has worked thus far.
I went into keychain and searched for the printer but it wasn't there.
In keychain I selected all items (logins, certificates) for that server and deleted them.
After deleting items from keychain, I tried printing again and got to the Hold for Authentication again and so I opened the print job and it prompted me for authentication. Nothing I tried worked. I tried my normal windows password. I tried the server administrator password. I tried no password. None of this works.
I deleted the printer and tried to set it up again. In the "Add" screen I browser the workgroup (called "workgroup") and selected the server (named "server") and it threw up a box "There was a problem connecting ... may not exist or it is unavailble at this time" type error.

I used RDP client and connected to the server using its name "server" and that worked fine (after accepting the certificate again - so I know the keychain thing was deleted properly)
I used the Go > Connect to server and entered smb://server and this prompted me for my details (which worked) and connected me to a regular share (which worked). So my mac CAN talk to the server under regular smb, just not printing (I deleted my keychain passwords for this site before this step to ensure they authenticated again).

I tried installing support for Internet Printing Protocol on the server and tried connecting to that, but that also didn't work.
Other Windows 7, 10 and Ubuntu clients on the same network can all print to the same printer.
I waited till I went home, and printed to the printer there just fine. It's the same model printer, but it's connected off my home router rather than a windows server. So as usual there's some kink between Mac and Windows.

/edit

I installed LPD on the server and tried connecting to it from the Mac and printing. This appears to connect to the printer (the dot turns green) and seems to print, but the page pauses and doesn't appear on the server queue at all.


texts: Is there a way to create a small-caps character style in Pages 6?

texts:
Cross-post from discussions.apple.com.

As the title says: I have a paragraph style for the main body of my document. Within a paragraph, there are some words that need to be in small caps. From my playing around, it seems as if "small caps" can be an attribute of a paragraph style but not a character style—and of course, if I set some words to a different paragraph style the entire paragraph changes, which is not what I want.

I want this to be in a character style so I can quickly enter into it with a function-key shortcut. I am aware that I can set small-caps on and off by clicking into a menu.

Does anyone have a suggestion as to what I'm doing wrong or what I can do to make this character style possible?


texts: I have two accounts, a gmail one and a school email address. I want to be able to send emails from my school address and gmail, but receive only from the gmail one (the gmail and school email accounts are synced together so I don't want to get duplicates). is there any way to make only the receive section of an account offline in Mail.app? I'm using OS X 10.9 Mavericks, if that helps. I already turned off automatic receiving for my school email, but if I hit "get mail" all the email from that account gets fetched anyway.


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Is there some way by which a ping command or somewhat similar can be run on iPad ?

I am trying to do this as my wifi connection dies out if there is idle time even for a few mins though it works with continuous ping on desktop browsers.

So i want to simulate the same ping thing on iPad..


texts: On OS X in Safari, how to speed up or bypass the transition/animation in the 2-finger swipe to go back?

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I like using this feature, but it's too slow for me now and I'm finding myself hitting the Delete key now because its faster. The Delete key doesn't animate the previous page in, it just goes back right away.

How can I speed up the swipe back animation, or skip it all together?

I'm using 10.10 (Yosemite).


texts: How to uninstall Windows (bootcamp) bootloader after erasing all disks and restore macOS?

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I have a Macbook 12 (2017) with Windows 10 in Bootcamp and macOS 11.1.
I've erased all disks from recovery, re-formatted the disk as HFS+, but when it starts, it tries to boot Windows and stucks on Windows Recovery.
I've tried to do network recovery, it does the first step correctly, but after reboot tries to boot Windows and stucks in Windows Recovery.
After few tries, it stucks on downloading network recovery with 5010F error code. I've tried to reset NVRAM, seems that it's resetted (I hear two "booting" sounds), but after that it stucks on an "error" image (stroke circle). If after that I try to boot to network recovery, it still shows 5010F error.
So, how to completely erase the disk, including Bootcamp partition, if I can't boot to macOS recovery? Is a USB stick the only solution?


texts:
I got a MacBook Pro (macOS 12.10.1) from my friend who I can't contact anymore, and here's the deal.

It has only one administrator account with a login password (Which I don't know)
It has FileVault enabled with a password (Which I don't know)
It is linked to an iCloud account (Which I don't know)

I only need the Mac to be reusable, I don't need any documents or files.
I tried some methods through googling, but most of them failed.

I tried to start up in single-user mode.CommandS, but I got an error saying [Builduser() : error building a user type 0x20010008]

I tried ShiftOptionCommandR which is saying to reset password using iCloud account password.

I tried to reinstall macOS through macOS utilities window > Reinstall macOS but it is asking for my FileVault key

I tried to reset user account password through terminal $ resetpassword, but it is asking for the iCloud password.

I tried to erase disk utilities but it is throwing me an error.

I didn't try to install through Internet recovery yet. I don't think it will work either.

(I got a stupid idea while sleeping. Will this work?!!!. I thought to plug my hard disk which may be locked in some way, to another computer and erase the whole disk and plug it into my Mac, so the Mac will think it as a new hard disk)

Is there any other method I can try to reuse my Mac>


texts: Why does my iPod Touch show Spotlight differently?

texts:
I have an iPod Touch 5th gen (latest). After I upgraded to iOS 8.2, the Spotlight display looks like the following. Instead of the icons fading out to nearly invisible (as it does on my iPad and an iPhone 4S I tried), the icons are shown in chunky black and white.

What's going on here? Why does this happen on my iPod Touch, but it works correctly on both older and newer hardware? Is this simply a bug in iOS 8.2? Does this happen for anybody else?


texts: IMessage not activating and can't select number to receive

texts: I got a new SIM card and now I message is not working. Firstly I could only select my e-mail address as the means of being reached and my number is not in bold and can't be ticked. Also when I turn I message activation off and back on again it comes up with an error and just says waiting for activation. Any ideas?


texts:
From somewhere I have available in the macOS 10.15.1 Terminal window the command "breakpath", which gives as output the entries in $PATH, one per line. And I can redirect its output, e.g.:

breakpath > ~/myPATH.txt

If I use it in a bash shell file "~/printpath.sh" such as

#! /bin/bash
breakpath > ~/myPATH.txt

however, I get an empty file written and, in Terminal, the error message:

./printpath.sh: line 2: breakpath: command not found

What's wrong?

Unfortunately, as I said, I don't know the source of "breakpath". I tried "man breakpath" but get "No manual entry for breakpath". And when I search my Mac for a file named "breakpath", I find nothing.


texts:
My charger has been fine until recently although I noticed it getting warmer.  Last night it wouldn't charge at all and this morning it was so hot I could just about touch it with bare hands. I couldnt get the iPad to start up and eventually noticed a message "only use Apple charging devices as others may cause harm" it was then that I began to use my MacBook Pro USB.

The iPad charges okay from my MacBook Pro USB, is this a common occurrence? I bought the iPad as a manufacturers refurbished and has been fine in every other way.


texts: Will the 2017 15" MBP touchbar work with a Dell U3417W?

texts:
I need to purchase a new MBP for my boss. He wants all of the bells and whistles and he wants a docking station at home with a nice screen. He likes the Dell U3417W but I'm not clear whether there is a way to have it work with the new MBP.

I'm generally a PC guy so I don't feel qualified to answer the question myself. I found a short discussion about it. The Dell "liaison" recommended the user pose the question on the Apple forum. When I search the Apple forum for U3417w I don't see anything posted.

Can anyone tell me if this will work and if not, why?


texts: I can't remember my passcode and I have Find my phone app turned on my phone is disabled and says connect to itunes but it wont let me restart my phone as i have find my phone app turned on i have deleted my find my phone account in hope it would fix it but it didnt and  now i cant get it working at all what should I do? :( and it also wont let me connect to the wifi or data as it is disabled.(IPhone 4s)


texts: MDM iPad stuck on Awaiting Final Configuration

texts:
I've had to rebuild a new MDM as the old hardware had died.
On a new Mac Mini, I've setup Server OS and have begun adding devices into the Profile Manager ready for enrollment.
I've added an iPad into an "All iPads" group, which specifies device enrollment during the setup assistant:

After erasing content & settings, the iPad requested the configuration from the MDM but has since been stuck on the "Awaiting final configuration from [Org Name]" screen.
The MDM is processing the enrollment of the device, but doesn't seem to be doing anything with it:


texts:
I have a 2010 iMac. One day I installed the "recommended security updates" and all of a sudden I had High Sierra installed on my iMac instead of El Capitan.

Now I cannot not open any pdf, jpeg png's and more. I think my preview app might be broken. I always get the message "x is damaged and cannot be opened. It should be moved to trash".

I have tried using the command sudo spctl --master-disable in terminal and turning off Gatekeeper but it isn't helping.

Apart from this problem the my Mac is running decently. We do have time machine backups to go back to when it was on El Capitan.

How can I fix this?


texts: How to sync LastPass or 1Password with Apple Keychain?

texts: I am looking for a way to sync passwords between Apple Keychain and LastPass or 1Password1. Apple Keychans works quite well only if you are on Safari. The others work well if you are not on Safari Mobile, so I am looking for a solution that is more flexible, which makes me think that some kind of sync would be needed.


texts: Mac 10.14.2 Snapshot warning: inode_val, object has invalid bsd flags

texts:
During routine maintenance (running DiskUtil), I received the error message below:

warning: inode_val: object (oid 0x3024a71c3): invalid bsd_flags (0x10)

I did not notice any issues with performance and I am still able to boot the machine. I'm currently in Safe Mode and creating a new Boot Drive so that I may run Drive Genius; however, can anyone kindly advise on how this error may have occurred and/or best practice on how to address it? I do have a very recent Time Machine backup to which I can revert, but I'm not sure what caused the issue and if this will occur again (or escalate from this point).


texts: What are the recovery options from an encrypted Time Machine?

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Luckily, this hasn't happened yet, but I would like to make sure that I have a recovery option after my iMac would be stolen or lost in fire, etc.

I have an iMac 27-inch, Late 2009, running OS X 10.9. File Vault is turned ON. Time Machine is set up, with encryption ON, on an external hard drive.

Suppose I lose the iMac, but retain de external hard drive, what are my recovery options and how would I go about that?

Can I access individual files on the Time Machine from a different Mac?
Can I buy a new iMac and migrate "everything" on the Time Machine to that new iMac? (Will "everything" include settings, software, keychain, etc.?)


texts: Deleted Messages still take space on iCloud

texts:
When I logged into my iCloud account with Safari I saw, that backups on my iCloud take approx. 2GB:

what was a bit strange for me because locally checking (ie. from system preferences -> iCloud), they take about half of that size:

Then I looked up into other positions on the list and saw Messages take the rest of the 2GB I saw firstly:

It is strange for me, because as you can see in first image, there is no such position as Messages on the bar, only bigger Backup position. Then I deleted all the messages on my iPhone to see if anything changes, but it did not change anything in the size of messages shown in system preferences. I do not know if it is some kind of error, or messages will disappear from iCloud later.


texts: How to Install Game Boy Advance Emulator on my iPhone 6

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I want to play Game Boy Advance games on my iPhone, but I can't install a working Game Boy Advance emulator on my iPhone.

I have iOS 9.2.1 installed on my phone. I searched for tutorials online, but the app can't be installed.

Is there any way to play Game Boy Advance games on an iPhone?


texts: Why do I have to install CLT when Xcode is installed?

texts: On a fresh Mavericks, I installed Xcode via the App store (accepted license agreement and enabled developer mode). After that, Command Line Tools (CLT) are found (checked via xcode-select -p). Installing Homebrew as explained on their webpage (ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)") will result in the request to install the CLT. Why do I have to install them? I thought they are installed together with Xcode.


texts: Can the magnetic field from an Apple Watch charger affect external hard drives or credit cards?

texts:
One time I disconnected the Apple Watch charger and the magnetic attachment landed right next to an external hard drive.  Since the charger uses magnetic field to charge the Apple Watch, will placing it a few inches or right next to an external hard drive on the desk cause possible data loss to the hard drive?  Or what if it is a wallet with credit cards in it.  There are some possible scenarios:

a few inches next to it
right next to it
while charging, especially if it is 8 or 10 hours
when just within the few seconds disconnected from the Apple Watch
when not attached to the Apple Watch


texts: Any way to 'migrate' a Time Machine external for use with CCC?

texts:
I have an external which I'm using with Time Machine, and I'd like to 'migrate' it and start using just CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner).

Is there a good way to essentially mv the contents of LatestTM to the root of the drive, and then have CCC take over from there?
I'm concerned about permissions and symlinks being handled correctly.

(It's over 1TB of data so I'd love to avoid re-copying everything.)


texts: How to forward traffic out to the internet from Ethernet through WiFi while interfaces on a different subnet?

texts:
On my MacBook I am connected to internet through WiFi but I also have a router for my lab connected to Ethernet port.

wifi(en1): 192.168.0.4/24 with 192.168.0.1 gateway.
ethernet(en0): 192.168.1.254/30 with no gateway.

When I try ping 192.168.1.254 or even ping 192.168.1.253 which is the other end of my Ethernet I do get a reply but when I run ping -S 192.168.1.254 192.168.0.4 or ping -S 192.168.1.254 192.168.0.1 ping an address on the internet I get this:

~ ping -S 192.168.1.254 192.168.0.4

PING 192.168.0.4 (192.168.0.4) from 192.168.1.254: 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: No route to host
ping: sendto: No route to host
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
ping: sendto: No route to host
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1

So while WiFi can ping Ethernet and further to it, Ethernet cannot ping WiFi or my ISP's router or go out to the internet.

My question is how I can make Ethernet reach my ISP's router and therefore internet as well as other devices on my WiFi network.

I tried static routes but it is not working. I was only able to ping WiFi (192.168.0.4) by sharing my WiFi connection to Ethernet from preferences, and then assigning  the IP address of eth to the bridge that was created with the following command sudo ifconfig bridge100 inet 192.168.1.254/30 but still I could not ping 192.168.0.1 or any other device on the WiFi network.


texts:
What's the latest supported OS X for the 1181 model?

Also what is the best version (performance and speed wise) for the model?


texts: Selling original RAM to OWC after installing an upgrade

texts:
I purchased a 27" iMac with 16GB RAM in April direct from Apple. I just upgraded the RAM to 64GB from OWC. They have an offer where they will buy back your original RAM within 60 days of your purchase, in my case offering $40 for the two RAM sticks that came with my iMac.
These unused sticks will likely just sit in a drawer... however, they might be good to keep in case the new RAM were to fail. I have an internal debate going on whether or not to keep the memory in case something happens. What I would like to know is will Apple give me a hard time if I need to take my Mac in for some unrelated issue and I should therefore keep it and swap it back in should that need arise?


texts: I have installed Xubunto instead of Machintosh on my MacBook Pro machine, when i close the screen the apple lamp on the back of my laptop doesn't goes off, and the laptop runs out of power. how can i control this back lamp to be on or off ??, is there away to disable it from my Linux ?


texts: Does 2.8GHZ Mid 2015 MacBook Pro come with dual graphics as default?

texts:
I'm looking at upgrading my notebook from a late 2011 MacBook Pro to a mid 2015 MacBook Pro. I found a great deal on a 2.8Ghz model and have a question about the graphics card: Does the 2.8Ghz model come with dual Intel/AMD graphics card or just Intel embedded graphics only?

Thanks


texts: Media keys not working for iTunes (pause/play, skip buttons)

texts: I am being driven crazy by the fact that my media keys aren't working for iTunes. Such a pain! How can I fix this? I've tried the whole Chrome Extensions thing, that being I deleted all my extensions. Still, nothing has fixed this. Thanks to all who reply!


texts:
I've got an old Power Mac G4 Cube I'm trying to get working. So far I've installed both 10.3 and 10.4. Both have installed successfully, but will not boot from the installed system. The system shows the Apple logo then briefly shows the blue screen, but before the login screen shows the screen goes back to grey (usually with a mouse cursor) and the system just stops. No extreme fan noise (though being a Cube, there isn't really a fan to make noise).

I've cloned a 10.4 install DVD to a hard drive partition and booted successfully from that, so I'm guessing the hard drive is (relatively) fine. Verbose mode will complete successfully, so the crash(?) seems to be in the login system. I can start up into single-user mode but am not sure how to go about things from there.

So yeah, either a problem with the setup assistant or with the login system, but no idea what could be causing it. Any help?


texts:
I can plug in my gamepad controller and usb probe shows me, that it is recognized. I want to umount it, so that I can use it under the Virtualbox. Where does Mac mount USB devices such as a gamepad.

Here is a picture of the usb probe output:

Thanks for your help!


texts: iPad2 - Will not boot nor cold/hard reset

texts:
I have an iPad2 with me and I can't turn it on. Here are the behavior;

Not shown in iTunes/Device Manager (I have Windows XP SP3)
The sleep button will not show the slider to close the iPad.
I see a light apple on the screen but not a solid one as when it boots up. When I
press the sleep button and the home one, after 6 seconds, the light
apple goes off but as soon as I released the home button, it came
back. Nothing popping up on my PC screen tho...

The iPad is being charged for at least a full hours but still nothing. What can I do short of taking it in for repair?


texts: Minimizing the use of APFS in Mojave by putting Users and Applications on HFS+

texts:
I'm wondering if it would be possible in Mojave to move the Users and Applications folders to separate HFS+ partitions without breakage? E.g. doing this or something similar:

Symlinking an app folder on a HFS+ volume directly to /Applications or to a subfolder of it
Symlinking a Users folder on a HFS+ volume directly to /Users
...or just specify users' folders individually in system settings, pointing to a HFS+ volume

The goal is to minimize the surface area of APFS, which has proven to be too unreliable for me after I was forced to do two complete reinstalls of the OS in one week when APFS got corrupted -- twice -- and did not repair itself.
Reinstalling the OS is relatively quick compared to restoring from a time machine backup and redownloading lots of large apps, so I thought that if I could isolate most of my data onto HFS+ I would save time if for some reason I decide to upgrade from High Sierra to Mojave again. The next time APFS decides to make the entire volume inaccessible and the OS unbootable I would then only have to reinstall Mojave and link in the existing directories.
Related questions

Can I move Applications to another partition?
How to make the Users Directory a different partition in Snow Leopard?

Why is this question not a duplicate? This deals with Mojave, which is known to be unnecessarily picky about file systems.


texts: Unable to Install Update; An error occurred installing iOS 8.2

texts:
I have an iPhone 6 128 GB which is not jailbroken. The current version of iOS on the phone is 8.1.3 and yesterday I wanted to update to iOS 8.2.  The download went through without any problem but while installing, it gave the error:

  Unable to Install Update
  An error occurred installing iOS 8.2

Tried installing after switching Off and ON and also tried Hard Reset (Holding Home button and On/off switch).  Same error displays every time.

Also the Touch ID has stopped working and I find that the Settings - Touch ID & Passcode - iPhone Unlock is OFF.  When I try to switch it ON, the system displays the error

  Failed
  Unable to complete Touch ID setup. Please go back and try again.

Is anyone facing this problem?  I live in India.


texts: El Capitan: Apple Mail: How to edit an incorrect 'sent' address in the DRAFT or SENT version of an email

texts:
I would like to know how I can edit an incorrect 'sent' address in the Draft or Sent versions of emails within Apple Mail?

It frequently happens that I have incorrectly entered an address and an hour's work bounces back.

I have tried re-entering the address to edit it, or to delete and re-enter it, but clicking on the address/name leads to nothing. Also, the effort to delete the address leads to the entire email winding up in the Trash folder.

In Gmail I can edit the address, or delete and re-enter it, but how can I do the same in Apple Mail?


texts: Early 2013 Macbook Pro Retina El Capitan Only Getting Internet Recovery

texts:
I have a early 2013 Macbook Pro Retina 15 inch running El Capitan 10.11.4.

For work reasons, I need a case sensitive file system so I created a second volume on my hard drive that is formatted as "OS X Extended (Case-Sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted).

I now have sensitive data on this volume so I right-clicked on it on the desktop and selected "Encrypt". That all worked fine and it is encrypted.

Now, however, when I need to boot into recovery (for example to turn off or on SIP), I only get "internet recovery" which downloads a recovery partition from Apple that shipped with my computer (that is, not El Capitan's recovery partition which would let me manage SIP).

My question is -- is there anything I can do to address this issue?
Here is the output of diskutil list:

tjarrett-unimbp-2013:~ tjarrett$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *751.3 GB   disk0

   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1

   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            700.9 GB   disk0s2

   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

   4:          Apple_CoreStorage Development             49.3 GB    disk0s4

   5:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk0s5

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):

   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +700.6 GB   disk1

                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2

                                 772A616B-C7C0-489C-8881-711203675318

                                 Unlocked Encrypted

/dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):

   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

   0:                 Apple_HFSX Development            +49.0 GB    disk2

                                 Logical Volume on disk0s4

                                 5485AE68-1527-4314-BDD9-3D858A149C17

                                 Unlocked Encrypted

Thanks in advance!


texts: MacBookPro freezes in lock screen when waking up after sleep in Sierra

texts:
After updating my MacBookPro to macOS Sierra, the display sometimes freezes in the lock screen, when waking up from sleep. I have to wait for a few seconds before the Mac allows me to insert my password and unlock it.

Does anyone know how to solve this issue?


texts: Mission control font is aliased in OS X El Capitan

texts:
I just upgraded my Mac to 10.11 and noticed the aliased font in Mission Control. I tried to include a screenshot of it, hope the issue is clear.

The font was fine in Yosemite. Is anybody facing the very same issue? I could not find a proper setting about it in the System Preferences.


texts:
I have installed Xcode and the command line tools from the Mac Developers website, which I have read a few times is a prerequisite. I also installed the MacPorts program. In terminal:

sudo port install gcc48
sudo port select -set gcc mp-gcc48

All the above went smoothly until I type:

hash gcc

When I press enter, I get the following error message:

-bash: hash: gcc: not found

I am at a loss and do not know how to proceed to successfully install gcc on my Mac (which is running Mac OS X 10.9.1).

Much obliged to any suggestions and or alternatives to installing the gcc


texts: Can you set custom ringtones for contact groups?

texts:
In iPhone, you can easily change the default ringtone (Settings → Sounds → Ringtone) and set a custom ringtone for individual people (Contacts → [some person] → Edit → Ringtone).

But can you set a custom tone for a group of contacts? (E.g. "family" or "workmates".)

I think that would be handy—and quite basic functionality, so to speak—but I couldn't find a way to do this through the iPhone UI. Is it possible at all (without jailbreaking)?


texts: Time Machine: Local Snapshots and Backup while on Battery

texts: I like the idea of local Snapshots for having the possibility to restore accidentally deleted or changed files. My question is, when unchecking "Backup while on Battery Power" is Time Machine still creating those Snapshots?


texts:
I was on Sierra public beta 1, then on the lock screen, while trying to open the Guest account, it restarted automatically. Now it won't boot up, the installer is failing with the following error:

Is there any way I can stop the update from installing itself and opening the installed OS.
I don't have a time machine backup. Is there a way to take one from internet recovery or a bootable disk?

The system is a 13" MBP Retina.


texts: LG Ultrafine 4K stopped working after bootcamp driver installation

texts:
I had installed win10 with Bootcamp on a MacBook Pro 2019, then while my LG Ultrafine 4K was connected to the device via thunderbolt 3(USB-C) (and working properly) I installed (or update can remember) Bootcamp drivers.

After machine restarted itself (normal restart after Bootcamp driver installation completed) LG Ultrafine 4K stopped working completely. It seems somehow installing/updating the thunderbolt drivers on Bootcamp windows had negative effect on the connected monitor!!!

The monitor is not working in any thunderbolt 3(USB-C) windows machine anymore (stay black after connecting and return a USB connection error - code 43) (the monitor info show up in the display setting and the mouse seems but the as I mentioned the monitor just stays black)

On the thunderbolt macOS, the monitor stays black as well but also make the os freeze. As long as the monitor is connected nothing works or at least does not seem to be working; after I disconnect it the os backs to normal.

I tested different machines and even different thunderbolt 3(USB-C) cable including The Original Thunderbolt cable of the monitor, Apple thunderbolt 3(USB-C), other LG monitor's thunderbolt 3(USB-C). All with the same result.

Is there any solution or hope?


texts: Is there a way to power down an AirPort Time Capsule gracefully?

texts:
There is no obvious way to power down an AirPort Time Capsule in a graceful way. Naturally, you typically won't be powering the thing on and off on a regular basis, but I'm surprised there doesn't seem to be a way to do it given that the device has a storage component that might be damaged by a sudden shutdown.

Is there a way to power down an AirPort Time capsule gracefully?


texts: Lion Terminal remembers sudo password after quitting

texts:
I've been using Lion since its release, and I noticed today, for the first time, that Terminal did not prompt me for a password when I typed in a sudo command, if I close and reopen Terminal within the five-minute window, but wait longer than five minutes after reopening the application to enter another sudo command.

Is it being cached somewhere as a result of Lion's new "remember the state of the application" feature? Can I turn off this setting? It seems rather insecure.

I've also tried using the Command + Option + Q combination, as well as exiting Terminal before quitting the application, to no avail (also within the five minute timeout window).

For the record, I don't recall seeing this behaviour before I updated to 10.7.1, but I may be wrong.

Can anyone else replicate this for me and confirm my suspicion, before I log a bug with Apple?

EDIT: Apparently my question isn't clear. I want to know if this is normal, or a bug:

Issue sudo command. I am prompted for a password.
Close Terminal before sudo timeout takes effect (within five minutes).
Open Terminal again, and wait more than five minutes before issuing sudo again.
Issue sudo command. I am not prompted for a password.


texts: How can I merge two APFS partitions on the same drive?

texts:
I have a 140GB partition I would like to merge into an existing partition. Both are APFS formatted. How can I merge these two containers ?

Container Disk2 is my MacMini OS Mojave 115.9GB
Container Disk1 is 140GB empty that I want to merge to Disk2


texts: Finder sidebarlist won't update after changing

texts:
I'm trying to update sidebarlist without rebooting computer (in this case they sidebar is updated well after changing values).

My operations are:

Convert into XML

plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

Editing changing things (adding, removing, etc ...)

(using text editor)

Convert into Binary again

plutil -convert binary1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

Trying to restart Finder in many ways

osascript -e 'quit app "Finder"'
sleep 1
osascript -e 'tell app "Finder" to launch'

killall Finder
killall Finder SystemUIServer
killall -HUP Finder
killall cfprefsd

but the sidebarlist never won't update ...

As I said if I reboot computer, then I see changes.

Any ideas ? Thank you !

P.D. By the way, I'm in Yosemite ... maybe it has something to do


texts: Is there a dial from Addres Book and tel:/sip: protocol handler script/application available for 10.7?

texts:
We are currently using Mac OS X 10.6 and snomURLHandler to convert tel: uri's to a http GET request. This computer telephony integration let us click on a telephone number in Address Book.app and let our desktop phone dial the number.

As snomURLHandler version 1.0 by Alastair J. Houghton (2004) is compiled to PowerPC code, and the Rosetta component to run PowerPC code is no longer available in 10.7 (Lion), this situation is blocking upgrade to 10.7 (Lion).

What alternatives are available for snomURLHandler, preferrably a script or application that can be used as a general tel: and sip: protocol handler (to call links starting with tel: and sip: from a web browser) and also be used from Address Book.app?

Note: We are aware of Telify add-on. That is not what is asked for, as Telify only works in one browser (Firefox) and cannot be used from Address Book.app


texts:
I used my MacBook Pro and iTunes to download updates for my mobile apps. I then sync'd and the apps were updated. I verified they were updated through the device's Settings app.

However, when I visit App Store on the mobile device, the apps are shown as Pending Updates status even though they are up to date (see image below). I've opened the app several times, and it has not cleared the incorrect status problem. I've rebooted the device several times, and it has not cleared the incorrect status problem.

I also cycled App Store in the Notifications center with no joy. The App Store app still claims the apps are pending updates.

How do I clear the Pending Updates status?

The MacBook Pro is running OS X 10.8.5 (fully patched). The iPad is running iOS 8.2 (fully patched).


texts: How to use a custom search engine in Safari?

texts: I am experimenting with a new search engine, https://neera.ai/ and I want to make it my default search engine on Safari. Though Safari doesn't give me an option to specify in a new search engine. https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/69198/409600 is similar, but the accepted answer doesn't work anymore.


texts: How to change bluetooth frequency for magic mouse 2

texts:
Sometimes my Magic Mouse does not work when Wi-Fi is on!
When I turn Wi-Fi off, I can move it again!
MacBook freezes frequently and it really drives me crazy! I guess it isrelated to the Wi-Fi, because when I turn Wi-Fi off, MacBook works better.

MacBook 2019 - Mojave 10.14.6

I read this question about Logitech mouse.  But I use magic mouse 2, not other brands.

I read this Apple Discussions article. My modem frequency is 2.4 GHz too. and unfortunately, it supports  only this frequency.

Can I change Bluetooth frequency from 2.4 GHz to something else?


texts: How to deal with non-working key on the keyboard?

texts:
I've problem with my Macbook Pro (with El Captain installed on it) where one of the keys (such as r) doesn't work at all, so each time when I'm typing a word with "r", I've to keep pasting it from the system clipboard. It's very inconvenient.

I'm planning to see Genius Bar, but since then, I'd like to find a better way to deal with such problem.

I've also consider external keyboard, but it's another inconvenience, where you have to carry it physically with you.

Is there any way of rebinding a keyboard key into another one (like r into §)? Or do can you suggest something better?


texts: What is a camera app for the iPod touch geared towards filming video?

texts: I know that there are several camera apps for iOS, but what's a good one for the iPod Touch? More specifically, I'm looking for an app for taking good video.


texts:
I changed nvALT to be displayed in the menu bar and set the option that it is not to be displayed in the Dock anymore.

I wanted to change the settings back and unchecked the options that nvALT is shown as symbol in the menu bar. However, now it is neither in the menu bar nor the Dock, and I can not access the options anymore to change it. When I open nvALT, the option menu of the App that was open previously is shown in the menu bar.

Any idea how I can get into nvALT's preferences?

I tried to delete the app (deleted the nvALT folder from the /Library), however, the original app preferences are still saved somewhere, I just cannot find where.


texts: macbook aluminum started backing up to time capsule without asking

texts:
I normally back up my mb to an external drive at home with time machine (it's been about 3 weeks since my last full backup).  Recently a co worker sent me a file by placing it on a time capsule we have at the office.  I grabbed the file and thought nothing of it.

Today I noticed that the time machine icon was spinning like it does when preparing for a back up and after investigating I found that my mb was trying to back up to that time capsule.

I removed the drive from my list of backup locations, is there any way I can ensure this doesn't happen again?  Note that osx never asked me if I wanted to back up to the tc.


texts: copy and paste only images name not its path

texts:
In Mac Systems - safari browser im accessing the xchange email. When I have 10-20 jpg or pdf files are there in finder, Im coping them and pasting in the email only for the txt message not attachment, i will get as full path for the individual images a lengthy one.

any fix??


texts:
I'd like to see data on past voice calls using an iPhone.

How far back can you check for a time duration that was made on my behalf without resorting to contacting a cellular carrier or looking at my past billing statements?


texts: How to take a screenshot of the same precise region with a key combo?

texts: I have a certain location on my screen that I would like to take a screenshot of rather frequently for a project.  Is there a way to set a key binding that would allow one to press a certain combination of keys that will grab that region and output it to a PNG?


texts:
I use Mac book pro 15", and it's time to buy a new one.
For HDD, now I see a new option of SSD, which is pretty expensive.

I can expect shorter boot-up time and faster access of files, but I'm not sure if it's worth the money.

Does the use of SSD give one a dramatic performance boost?
Is buying SSD from Apple a good idea? It seems the price difference between HDD and SSD is more than the price of SSD in retail.


texts: "The L2TP-VPN server did not respond" on OS X Yosemite

texts:
I have a problem with VPN connection on OS X Yosemite
I imported certificates, set them "Always trust" policy and created connection (I set User authentication: Password, Machine authentication: Certificate in "Authentication settings..." dialog). However when I try to connect, I get "The L2TP-VPN server did not respond" error message.

here what I get in /etc/log/ppp.log file:

Thu Apr 23 21:31:30 2015 : publish_entry SCDSet() failed: Success!
Thu Apr 23 21:31:30 2015 : publish_entry SCDSet() failed: Success!
Thu Apr 23 21:31:41 2015 : l2tp_get_router_address
Thu Apr 23 21:31:41 2015 : l2tp_get_router_address 192.168.1.1 from dict 1
Thu Apr 23 21:31:41 2015 : L2TP connecting to server '<site>' (<ip address>)...
Thu Apr 23 21:31:41 2015 : IPSec connection started
Thu Apr 23 21:31:41 2015 : IPSec phase 1 client started
Thu Apr 23 21:31:41 2015 : IPSec phase 1 server replied
Thu Apr 23 21:31:42 2015 : IPSec connection failed <IKE Error 22 (0x16) Invalid cert authority>

What can cause that? Is there a way to get more detailed information?
* Same certificates work fine on Windows virtual machine.


texts: Text insertion cursor very hard to see over black background

texts: The text insertion cursor is very hard to see over black background. Are there any tweaks to make it easier to see?


texts: still unable to find google drive on the sidebar of mac

texts: I still cannot find locate Google drive on my mac sidebar. I cannot find the google drive folder to drag and drop. When I click  next to my user, the drive does not appear.


texts:
I've had to buy an older Intel Core Duo Macbook to replace a stolen one. I've installed Aperture 2.1 from an old disc. It won't open, I get a message saying something like: "You can't use this version of Aperture with this version of Mac OS X. You have Aperture 2.1." I'm running 10.6.8.

I rang Apple, the reply was 'it won't run on your machine, there's nothing you can do. But I can make it work for you it will cost £35.' I declined that offer. I have an Imac running Snow Leopard with Aperture 2.1 running OK.

I've tried to install Rosetta (to see if that would open Aperture)from my Snow Leopard install disc. I get a message telling me the installation was successful, but I can't find it anywhere on my hard drive. Any ideas?


texts: Is the length of Facetime calls made with Apple Watch recorded?

texts: If I make a Facetime audio call with my Apple Watch, is there a record of the time date and length of that call stored on the iPhone.


texts: Updating OS to 10.7.3 with slow internet

texts: My internet connection is very slow, and I need to update my OS to 10.7.3. Can someone give me step-by-step instructions as in how to download from another computer and install it on my MacBook?


texts:
I kept having some bizarre search results return, and I just noticed when I type something into the Safari omnibar, it's trying to search on the register.co.uk.

My default search engine is set to Google:

However, those results seem to be down below.

My first round of results are being sent to The Register.

I've been all through my settings and my preferences, I can't see anything which says to also search on The Register.

Is anyone else running into this issue?


texts: Can you charge a 2018 Macbook Air through a USB-Hub?

texts:
In other words I want to plug the hub into my Macbook Air and the power into the Hub

[Power]-->[Hub]-->[2018 Macbook Air]

I bought 2 hubs and neither seems to be able to do this. I tried a VANMASS 9-in-1 USB HUB and a Sicotool 8 in 1 Type C Combo USB C Hub Adapter

In either case the Macbook Air shows

AC Charger Information:

  Connected:    Yes
  Wattage (W):  5
  Charging:     No

update

Okay so I tried a bunch of things. First off I'm using an Anker 60W Powerport 6 as power. I made the assumption, I guess wrong, that given the power adaptor that comes with the Macbook Air is 30W that this Anker 60W would deliver enough power. But apparently that's wrong. If I connect it directly to the Macbook Air it just says

AC Charger Information:

  Connected:    Yes
  Wattage (W):  12
  Charging:     No

So, apparently the hub is taking 7W?

I plugged the Apple 30W USB-C Power Adaptor into the hub and I get

AC Charger Information:

  Connected:    Yes
  Wattage (W):  19
  Charging:     No

So now the question is, if I go out and buy say the Apple 87W USB-C Power Adaptor and plug it in to the hub will in finally start charging through the hub?


texts: How can I show iPhone display in Macbook or iMac i.e. on larger screen?

texts: I like to read books in PDF Expert while waiting busses. When I go home, I would like to see the iPhone screen on iMac or Macbook. I have VGA -adapter but I have no external display with male-VGA so cannot use it. So how can I show iPhone display in more large screen such as Macbook or iMac?


texts: On Macbook pro 2019 and Catalina, when I lock the screen and come back even within 10 minutes, I have to wait while DHCP gets another IP lease. It's usually the same IP. But that takes up to 60 seconds. However, on my Windows laptop, the LAN is available immediately. What could be going on with the Macbook? My coworker has same Macbook Pro, same docking station, and does not have this issue.


texts: Why have my apps from the store suddenly started exiting with code 173?

texts:
My iMac is running current OS/X Yosemite 10.11.3. It's a big development machine, not rebooted for some weeks. It has many apps from the Mac app store, among them TextWrangler and Clocks. Suddenly (it worked yesterday) TextWrangler wouldn't launch. The listing from Console showed

2016/02/16 11:12:38.116 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.barebones.textwrangler.64672[94023]) Service exited with abnormal code: 173

and it wouldn't do anything else until I threw it in the trash and re-downloaded it from the app store. Then I noticed Clocks wasn't running (it, too, worked yesterday). It gave the same error code 173 and was fixed by re-downloading.

I see from Why do App Store applications transferred into ~/Applications on another machine not launch? that error 173 is caused by the app receipt being invalid.

Is there some reason why receipts for some of my apps from the store would suddenly become invalid?


texts: Pictures are very bright when using the flash

texts: Every time when I take a picture or video with flash, it turns out very, very bright on my iPhone 6s. Especially at night the glare is so bad you really can’t see anything.


texts: Allen Heath QU-16 mixer to Macbook Pro connect

texts: We need to hook up a macbook pro to record our sermons through GarageBand to an Allen Heath QU-16.  The macbook pro only has one headphone jack.


texts: Can anybody help me witha fix about mbp early 2011 stuck at white screen after boot. I have tried to boot in safe mode before by pressing power button and shift key which it actually work but when i shutdown mbp just to on it the next day the problem still persist. Please any help will be appreciated


texts: 'root' user changed to 'dovenull' after disabling SIP

texts:
I upgraded Yosemite 10.10.5 to El-Capitan over the last 2 days, and also disabled SIP. .. and because I do a lot of building of my own things like postfix and dovecot, I didn't notice until today that I no longer have a root user, and where 'root' should appear, it's ownership is now 'dovenull' - a user name related to dovecot. I wonder what happened to 'root' ?

drwxrwxr-x+ 152 dovenull  admin    5168  6 Oct 12:32 Applications
drwxr-xr-x+  64 dovenull  wheel    2176  5 Oct 21:59 Library
drwxr-xr-x@   2 dovenull  wheel      68  5 Oct 21:51 Network
drwxr-xr-x@   3 robert    staff     102  8 Sep 21:18 Read Before You Install iTunes.app
drwxr-xr-x@   4 dovenull  wheel     136  5 Oct 21:45 System
lrwxr-xr-x    1 dovenull  wheel      49 21 Feb  2015 User Information -> /Library/Documentation/User Information.localized
drwxr-xr-x   15 dovenull  admin     510  5 Oct 21:51 Users
drwxrwxrwt@   7 dovenull  admin     238  6 Oct 14:31 Volumes

Everything appears to work fine, including the mailserver and apps. Should I worry about this?


texts:
I'm having some trouble nailing down a problem I've had with Yosemite for a few weeks now - when I issue the open command inside tmux, all files (PDFs, text files, applications, everything) fail to open with the error code -10810 for all files. Following result:

$ open Coda\ 2.app
LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810 for the file /Users/chris/Applications/Coda 2.app.

This happens for all shells (bash, fish, zsh) but only when running under tmux. URLs like open "http://google.com work fine too.

Anyone have any ideas? Here is my PATH:

/Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.3/bin /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.3@global/bin /Users/chris/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.3/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/sbin /sbin /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.3/bin /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.3@global/bin /Users/chris/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.3/bin /usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin /Users/chris/.rvm/bin /opt/X11/bin /usr/texbin /Users/chris/Applications


texts:
There are some photos on my iPhone 6 plus that I want to get rid of but I can't. When I click the photo the trash-can disappears. When I click edit a note pops up saying these photos are not editable.

How can I delete them?


texts: Difference in performance between iOS devices

texts:
I'm developing a game for ios and notice surprising results performance-wise between my devices.

for example, my iphone 5 will perform better than my ipad mini retina.  I really have no point of reference on how the two should compare.  If they shared similar processor speeds, it would make sense that the ipad might suffer a performance problem since the textures are twice as big.. but I'm just guessing here.

When I look up processor speeds etc, I seem to find very general information (A6, or A7 processor).  I'm looking for some easily understandable performance comparisons between devices so that I can predict which devices would perform better.


texts: Project screencast of a Mac on remote controlled second computer

texts:
I have 2 Macs (which I'll call A and B) and a video-projector. Mac B is connected to the video-projector. I want to show on the video-projector the screen of Mac A but the video-projector is too far to be connected to Mac A. So I was looking for a way to connect Mac A to Mac B (via Wifi or such, no cables) which gives the information to the video-projector. I want anyway that the files to show and all the commands are given to Mac A because nobody will have the access to Mac B.

So the question is the following, if I use Mac B as a screen for Mac A, is Mac B going to give the information to video-projector?

Are there better ways for doing this? Does it work also with the sound?

I hope the question is clear, thanks a lot.

P.s. If anybody has a good solution that works on Windows or Linux I would be happy too.


texts: iPhone text messages never get delivered

texts:
Text messages are disappearing when sent between two iPhones.

The issue of iMessage losing messages sent to users who have switched to non-apple devices is well documented, but in this case we're seeing one iPhone user message another, and the message never gets through. There's no indication on the sender's side that the message failed- we just happened to notice it on our own. It's happened at least twice within the past few months (though probably a lot more)

Here's the latest example. My friend asks a question, and I respond a couple of minutes later, but she never gets it on her end- though everything looks fine on my side:

One possible clue: Her question was sent as an SMS, not an iMessage (which apparently happens when a phone can't access normal data coverage - hence the green bubble.) Did that somehow cause my subsequent reply to get lost?

Whatever the case, there's no technical excuse for a queued messaging system to be silently vanishing messages- Apple's got some explaining to do.

UPDATE:

My friend just received the missing message on Feb 7, eleven days after it was sent...


texts:
I have no experience with using Terminal but I am trying to install a program msbayes
(installation instructions here.

The instructions say to set up an execution path using either

$ echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile

Or

$ echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile

I have tried both of these but am still getting a command not found response. What am I doing wrong? Any advice?


texts: Is it possible to sync custom fonts between macOS and iOS devices?

texts:
I am curious as to whether it is possible to synchronise custom/downloaded fonts from macOS High Sierra to an iPhone?

From what I understand, if both devices meet the requirements for Continuity they are capable of implementing the Handoff feature. This means a document (containing the custom font) started on the mac will show the same custom font on the iPhone, correct?
Is it possible then, to reverse the logic such that custom fonts are always synced between both devices, without employing the use of the Handoff feature - making the fonts available in other iOS applications?

The Handoff feature is just an example of what looks like font synchronisation but what I am really interested in is a way to copy/sync a font from the macOS device to the iOS device if it does not exist there (e.g. downloaded fonts). Making it available on a system-wide level (not per application) to each application capable of creating/displaying rich text.

I am interested in this from a security point of view to learn whether file types like fonts can be just as easily synced as Contacts and similar cloud-based content.


texts: Can’t log into Mac due to symbols appearing instead of letters

texts: I am trying to log into my MacBook. Unfortunately the keyboard is typing in symbols therefore causing issues with my password. I’ve tried to re-start, but I still have to log in no matter what. I realize I need to access system preferences in order to fix the keyboard, but I can’t unless I log in correctly. Please help!


texts: Cannot mount UDF formatted hard disk in OSX

texts:
I have formated a 2TB external disk with UDF filesystem in Ubuntu. The way I formatted it was:

   sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=2048 count=1
   sudo mkudffs --media-type=hd --vid=myDisk --blocksize=2048 /dev/sdc

Now I plug the disk in OSX and nothing is automount. The disk is recognized, but nothing else, it's not mounted. I am in OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.8.

diskutil list shows:

 /dev/disk2
 #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
 0:                                                   *2.0 TB     disk2

So first problem is that it doesn't recognize the TYPE NAME is defined in format option (--vid=myDisk). Anyway....

I tried to mount the disk manually:

   sudo mkdir /Volumes/myDisk
   sudo mount -v -t udf /dev/disk2 /Volumes/myDisk/

And I get:

 mount_udf: /dev/disk2 on /Volumes/myDisk: Device not configured

If I try:

 diskutil mount  -mountPoint /Volumes/myDisk /dev/disk2

I get

 Volume on disk2 failed to mount; if it has a partitioning scheme, use "diskutil mountDisk"

If I try:

 sudo mount_udf -b 2048  /dev/disk2 /Volumes/myDisk/

I get

   mount_udf: /dev/disk2 on /Volumes/myDisk/: Device not configured

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance


texts: Calendar no longer syncs with Exchange after upgrading to iOS 8

texts: Since upgrading to iOS8, I've had constant problems with the Calendar app.  First it started only syncing to the iCloud, and ignored everything from Exchange.  I managed to stop this, and "delete all" entries from the Calendar, but no it isn't doing anything at all.  The + symbol to create a new event is grayed out.  I checked the settings, and Exchange is the default account.  How do I get this working again?


texts: Is there a way to disable data detectors from Mail?

texts:
Is there a way to disable the data detector "feature" from Mail?

LE: OSX 10.8.3 / Mail 6.3 (1503)


texts: VNC access using builtin macOS 'Screen Sharing' function - Keyboard issues

texts:
I configured the builtin macOS Screen Sharing and I can remote connect using realVNC viewer.
However the keyboard layout is wrong (despite being the same on both remote computer and the one using the VNC client).

This problem is causing me to being stuck when the computer is locked.
How can I override those keyboard settings on the server side?

Tried fixes:

Changing the locale options in the advanced settings on the client side didn't help.
Changing the client's keyboard layout to english, or using the onscreen keyboard didn't help either.
Using the Apple Remote Desktop CLI to change the settings on the server, but I couldn't find how to change the keyboard layout.

Workaround:

I installed realVNC server on the machines and used the free "Home License" (up to 5 machines) and out of the box is was able to remote access the machines and the keyboard mapping is correct.
So I guess the issue is linked to Apple Remote Desktop.
But I would prefer to avoid using realVNC server and just use the builtin macOS Screen Sharing function.

Similar issues :

vnc-remote-keyboard
cannot-sign-in-to-mac-with-vnc


texts:
Does anybody has experience in how to best convert OpenOffice.org documents to pages documents.

Obviously, it can be read in a Text Editor.


texts: Mail Connection Doctor still attempting to access deleted Mail accounts

texts:
I was testing some email servers and added several email accounts to my Mac. I deleted these accounts afterwards.

Now I have only three base accounts in System Preferences > Internet Accounts: Facebook, Twitter and iCloud.

However, Mail Connection Doctor (Window > Connection Doctor) still attempts to access the deleted accounts; if one of them has invalid credentials or settings it reports "Mail can't connect to the account."

Where these accounts are stored and can I permanently remove them so the Mail Connection Doctor doesn't try to connect?


texts: Free windows tiling manager (similar to ShiftIt or divvy) that can be installed without admin privileges

texts:
I usually use ShiftIt to manage, tile, and resize windows. I have come to the point where I really depend on it.

I'm looking for an alternative. It needs to be free, and it needs to be able to be installed and used on OS X 10.7.5 without admin privileges.

What are ways you would recommend to easily tile windows in OS X?


texts: Possible to give Finder back focus after opening and closing file (e.g. in editor)?

texts:
When you open a file with finder (by pressing cmd-o) and subsequently close the file in whatever application opened it (e.g. TextEdit for a .txt file) by pressing for example cmd-w, the application still has the focus.

Is it possible to always have the Finder get the focus back (like on Windows)?


texts: Removing duplicate apps after migrating from Time Machine backup

texts:
I recently used Time Machine to migrate apps to my MacBook Pro.
What I did not realize is that they would not overwrite the old apps but rather copy over all apps again, and now I have used almost all of my disk. I would like to get rid of duplicate data and free up space on my disk.
Is there an easy way to do this?  I had thought of starting over and restoring the entire disk from the Time Machine backup, but I would rather not. TIA.


texts: macOS High Sierra on the App Store: the Learn More button doesn't work

texts:
App Store > macOS High Sierra > Download

We could not complete your purchase.
You do not have enough space to install macOS High Sierra.
[ Learn More ]  [ OK ]

That [ Learn More ] button does nothing at all. I opened the Console app and filtered the messages using "App Store" and I found this:

Rejected request to open untrusted URL DABuyButtonLearnMoreURL.Yosemite

I'm running macOS Sierra 10.12.6


texts: Core dumps aren't generated in El Captain

texts:
I used ulimit -c unlimted in terminal to get core dumps in the /cores folder.
However, after reboot (kernel panic) I no longer can get any core dumps regardless what I try - ulimit -c unlimted or sudo sysctl -w kern.coredump=1 - core dumps just don't get generated.

How should I enable core dumps for the terminal session? I used core dumps to debug my console application.

OSX 10.11.5


texts:
I have recently had some problems charging my iPhone 7 from my 2013 Macbook Air. For a while, the phone would only charge if I had the lightning cable turned a certain way, otherwise it would do that incredibly annoying connecting/disconnecting thing. It now refuses to charge at all when connected to the laptop. The strange thing is - my laptop charges my portable phone charger fine (suggesting the laptop port isn't the issue) and the phone charger works with my iPhone fine (suggesting the phone isn't the issue either). And I have tested 2 different cables (one new, one is an apple with no signs of wear and tear) and both work with other devices.

I have, previously (March last year) had some issues with the headphone port requiring the following repair. I am wondering if the two could be correlated, if there is any "easy" fix or if I should just take it into Apple.

The problem description/diagnosis from last time:

Issue: Machine fans get loud and no sound from machine

Steps to Reproduce: observed the issue, Performed visual mechanical inspection, ran Mac Resource Inspector and noted machine had a thermal sensor warning

Proposed Resolution: Replace I/O flex and test. If unsuccessful replace I/O board. Run ASD/EFI & OS as post repair testing and ensure there is sound in users operating issues


texts: TextEdit: How to stop cursor always being at the bottom of the screen while writing?

texts:
Ok so I have recently started using TextEdit to create .txt documents on 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion) but I am used to word processors like pages.

I realise that txt files don't have pages, even though you can create page breaks or simulate the printed view with the "wrap to page" command.

The issue I have occurs whichever view I use. I fill the screen with text and, as I write more, the cursor creates new text at the bottom of the screen as the existing text scrolls away. I don't find this very ergonomic as I continually have to look downwards at the bottom of the screen.

I have tried adding empty lines to the end of the document but this is not ideal: I use the keyboard to navigate and, in this case, 'command + down arrow' takes me to the end of the extra lines of space, not to the end of the document text, making my keyboard navigation less efficient.

Is there a way I can avoid having to stare at the bottom of the screen while creating lengthly .txt documents? Is there a way to get the cursor to behave as it does in Pages for example: i.e. when it reaches the bottom of a screen full of text, it automatically scrolls and moves to the top of a new blank screen?

Failing that, can anyone recommend a good minimal plaintext editor for Mac which has some kind of auto scrolling feature when the screen is filled with text?

Hope my description is clear! Thanks in advance for any input.


texts: iPhone not registering bluetooth keyboard keystrokes

texts:
I have an iphone 6 running ios 11.2.6 which I'm attempting to use with an apple bluetooth keyboard.  I can successfully pair the two devices, at which point the on-screen virtual keyboard disappears from text entry scenarios, so clearly the phone is expecting input from the keyboard.  However, when I type, no keystrokes are received by the phone.

If I turn off the phone and turn on again the keyboard works as expected.  Can anyone suggest a more elegant way of establishing the connection or maybe settings that might be interfering with the bluetooth functionality?  Wifi maybe?  This only seems to happen when I'm connected to a public (relatively slow) wifi.


texts:
Trying to lauch apachectl
I get the error

(13)Permission denied: AH00091: httpd: could not open
error log file /private/var/log/apache2/error_log. AH00015: Unable to
open logs

How can I safely solve? Without messing with the permissions I mean


texts: My Macbook doesn't shut down ! It gets stuck on a blue screen with a loading image and doesn't shut down. I recently have updated my Macbook but I don't know if it is the problem or not.


texts: Preventing Resume after Hang/Crash OS X 10.7.3

texts:
Since recently upgrading to "Lion 10.7.3", I have had repeated instances of the machine hanging/crashing without warning and then silently restarting.

While this is annoying enough, the point of this question is to address what happens next: After the automatic restart, Lion reopens most/all of the applications that were running before the crash.

This is a problem because:

It takes a long time, and
I think the original crash maybe related to memory use and restarting a large set of application means the computer is that much closer to hanging again.

So, how can I prevent resuming all/most applications when OSX restarts silently after a crash?

Unlike other posts, I would like to keep resume working for normal shutdowns/logoffs, and just prevent resume after hangs/crashes.

Notes:

The "Restart automatically if the computer freezes" System options (both power and battery) are NOT checked. (Why the system is restarting at all, is the topic of another question)
I say "most" applications b/c X11, Zotero standalone (and others?) do not resume after a crash. Pretty much everything else does (ex: Word, Excel, Matlab, iTunes, Stickies, Chrome, LyX, etc.)


texts: This is continually showing in the syslog. I know it's mail generated but what?

texts:
Oddly recurring message in syslog.
Note that the warning message in Syslog, isn't proceeded by any SASL warnings. Unless "Mail[378]" is exactly that.

Mail[378]: No worthy mechs found

I can't find any solution to this, and basically have no idea what it's referring to? So if anyone knows, I'd love to hear about it. postfi-3.1+dovecot+sasl+tls+mysql on OSX 10.10.3


texts: Siri: Reminder Tied to Multiple Locations

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I've been wondering if there is a good workaround to solve the following problem with Siri.

There are some stores in my area that have multiple locations, for example Walmart.  I have added Walmart as a contact in Siri, along with the two addresses.  However, every time I ask Siri for something like, "Remind me to pickup X while at Walmart", she always asks me to pick a particular address.  Is there a way to create the reminder tied to BOTH addresses?

My current workaround is to create two reminders, one for each location, but that is far from ideal.

I'd like to expand this to cover other categories, such as "Grocery Store", "Home Improvement Store",  etc, but creating multiple reminders quickly becomes too much of a hassle to manage.


texts: Catalina: /usr/sbin/accept command not found

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I have an applescript with code below that had been working until Catalina 10.15 update, gives command not found error:

do shell script "sudo /usr/sbin/accept '2nd-flr-Library-rm228'" with administrator privileges

Looked at /usr/sbin/ and accept is not in the directory.  Has it been moved?   Or is another method now required?

The script installs a printer, the uses accept command to get user to put in authorization.


texts: TigerVNC/fltk doesn't handle screen resolution properly

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I'm trying to connect from macOS X Catalina on a Centos7 with the tiger-vnc client from Homebrew.

When I have a screen plugged in, no problem. When no screen is plugged in, something very funky happens: the remote window is resized to take a quarter of my screen (lower left), but the mouse works as if the screen was full screen! i.e. I have to multiply by 2 everything I do with the mouse to act on the lower left hand side window!

I've tried different combinations of the screen options (which you access by doing F8 or fn-f8).

Any idea what is going here?

Here is how I setup the vncserver on the host:

vncserver :1 -localhost -name my-session -geometry 1600x1200

(I have tried without the geometry parameter.)

here is how I access it from my mac:

vncviewer me@host.domain :1

Partial answer:

This is a problem with FLTK as this bug reports. The fix is to revert to older versions of FLTK with Homebrew (there are numerous posts about that here or here for example). But it looks like older versions of FLTK are not working with Catalina (at least the ones which you get with these methods). So this is probably unsolvable as long as FLTK isn't updated.

A solution that actually works

Forget about using homebrew, download TigerVNC from here and install it.

You can now go into /Applications/TigerVNC\ Viewer 1.10.80.app/Contents/MacOS and execute:

./TigerVNC\ Viewer -via me@host.domain :1


texts: Black screen when using 4 ram sticks on brand new iMac 5K

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I bought a 5K iMac 4 months ago, with the stock 8gb of ram. I bought an extra 2x4GB off Amazon (Crucial Ram). But then, it looks like I cannot use all 4 ram slots at the same time. The iMac won't even start, only show a black screen.
The Crucial ram sticks are 100% working, since I tried removing the original ram sticks, using only the new ones, and the mac boots and runs fine
Right now, I am running the iMac with 3 of the 4 sticks, so at the moment I have 12gb of ram.
I tried using the top 3 slots, it works. Bottom 3, it works.
2 slots works too.
But as soon as I insert a 4th ram stick, it stops working
I have resetted the SMC and NVRAM. Still no luck
Also updated Mojave to 10.14.2 (latest version)

Any ideas?
I would like to see if there's anything I can try before setting an appointment with Apple for this, since it's my main working machine, and I need to work on some projects right now.

Thanks a lot!

Here's the Ram kit I have bought:

Crucial 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR4 2400 MT/S (PC4-19200) SR x8 SODIMM 260-Pin Memory

I've read multiple comments on Amazon about this kit working fine with 5k iMacs...so I'm not sure what's going on here. Thanks


texts: Remote App doesn't work with Internet Sharing

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I setup a VPN on my Mac mini that I'm sharing with my AppleTV via Internet Sharing.
So my AppleTV is only connected to my network via Internet Sharing.

This is my network setup (Mac mini has two ethernet ports):

Internet <-ethernet-> Router <-ethernet-> Mac mini <-ethernet-> AppleTV
My Router also has Wifi and that's how I connect my phone to the network.

From my phone I can't access the AppleTV with the remote app.
Airplay on the other hand works fine from my phone.
That seems odd to me. Do you have any idea how I can fix that?

Thanks for you support.

Dan


texts: What's the secret to getting screen sharing to work with Messages in OS X 10.11?

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I have a client who is only moderately comfortable in Xcode, and regularly has problems building the app I'm developing for him, or git conflicts, or other things that are very painful to figure out over the phone or via chat.

Up until last week we were using the "Ask to share Screen" feature in messages. I changed my iCloud password, and suddenly this option is dimmed. I can't for the life of me figure out what I need to do in order to enable screen sharing.

What are the requirements on both ends? What kind of account do we need to be logged in with? iCloud? AIM? What else do I need to do? This is making me nuts.


texts: How do I press Control + Alt + KP4 on an Apple Wireless Keyboard - French?

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I have an Apple Wireless Keyboard - French.

Could anyone tell me which shortcut is for the number lock? clear or F6 as suggested somewhere does not seem to work.

Also, where are number keys when the number keyboard is on?

Finally, how to press control+alt+KP4