texts: GUI alternative to ImageMagick Montage (very simple collage)

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For example Instagram's pictures are quite low resolution. I normally join a few pictures together with montage (installed with brew, from ImageMagick project).

montage IMG_7771.JPG IMG_7772.JPG -tile 1x2 -geometry 900x1200 IMG_000001.JPG

I wish to have the same features like montage but with a GUI application for OS X. I googled the term "collage", but the Apps seems overkill with fancy features. I just wanna join.

examples from Wikipedia Commons 1 and 2. Photoshot is too expensive and too difficult. Should be very user friendly and < 10$


texts: Make VIPs folder on OS X Mail the same as on iOS?

texts:
The VIPs folder on iOS and OS X seems to have very different behavior.

On iOS it shows only messages from VIPs that are also in the inbox.  On OS X it shows messages from all VIPs in every mailbox.

Is there any way to get the VIP folder in OS X to act like the one in iOS?


texts: How to stop screensaver with a keyboard button press, rather than a mouse button press

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When then screensaver is activated, pressing a button on the keyboard does not stop the show and display the lockscreen.  The system bell chimes, but the screensaver show continues.  If I press a button on the mouse, the screensavers stops and the lockscreen shows.

It's been a while, but I remember being able to stop the screensaver by pressing any key on the keyboard.  Is there some way to re-enable this functionality?

Edit: I'm running 10.13.6 (17G65) High Sierra.


texts: Account limit reached when attempting to create a new Apple ID

texts: I am trying to create a new Apple ID and now it's telling me: "account limit reached"


texts: Keep iCloud Drive directory for "offline" use on iPad?

texts:
I have a directory under the Documents folder (let's call it My Vacation), and iCloud Drive is enabled.

I'm regularly adding files to this directory on my Mac. (PDFs, tickets, etc.)

How can I mark this directory as "available offline" on my iPad, so that I don't have to tap every single file before I leave to make sure they've all been downloaded to the iPad? (I will be without internet nearly all the trip.)

I'd be equally happy keeping all my iCloud Drive contents on my iPad, but there doesn't seem to be a "Keep All Files" vs. "Optimize Storage" option on iOS.


texts: Is there a way to show each CPU's load separately?

texts: I'm seeking an equivalent of a common Linux based process monitor, which shows a history graph for each CPU core.  This can help identify programs that are effectively using all the cores (here, Google Chrome).  Is there a way to get Apple system monitor to do this?


texts: How to change native Resolution on MBP 2015 running Mojave?

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My problem is I would like to change the native resolution of the built-in screen of my MBPR 2015 running Mojave to 1920 * 1080. The thing is I don't want the output to be scaled, I just want this resolution to gain performance. Any way to achieve this ?

Thank you


texts:
I have downloaded the latest Xcode 7.2 from the App Store.

But when I open Xcode, it still show the version as 6.4.

I am running on OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.

How do I use Xcode version 7 and above?


texts: Scaling different amounts on each axis in Keynote

texts:
In Keynote it's easy to build an animation wherein you scale or rotate an item uniformly on horizontal and vertical. But is there a way to scale an object only on the vertical axis?

This is on the latest version of Keynote (6.5.3).


texts: Replaced Ambient temperature sensor in imac mid 2011 (A1314) fans still blowing at full speed

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My iMac fans started blowing at full speed for sometime so I rebooted and ran diagnostics and received an ambient sensor error, image attached below.
I had been considering adding an SSD in addition to my 2TB internal HDD and so decided I would add the SSD and replace the sensor whilst I was there. The sensor I bought
After carefully replacing the sensor (I'm a PC technician by trade) at first boot the the fans were still blowing at full speed..
So I reset SMC by unplugging the iMac and waiting, same result. I then reset PRAM a few times, same result, fans still blowing at full speed. I then decided to run diagnostics again although the test just displayed 'starting internet recovery' for more than an hour so figured it might be hanging, and rebooted.
Booted back into OSX and fans were quiet and have been for 10 days, although today on booting up the fans were on full and have been ever since despite rebooting a few times, I can't believe it! What is going on here??
It's nothing to do with the SSD I cloned the existing HDD to the SSD and used the proper OWC sata cable kit, the original hard drive hasn't be changed merely cloned then wiped.
Thanks in Advance


texts: Outlook for Mac 15: Show unread count by day in conversation view

texts:
In a previous version of outlook for Mac, there was a little bubble showing the unread count by day when viewing the messages arranged by conversation.

However, in Outlook for Mac 15.18, this unread count by day UI element no longer exists.

Is there some way to get that count to appear again?


texts: Macbook Pro can only boot into EFI, how can I transfer files to my Macbook Air?

texts:
I have recently upgraded Disk Utility on my Macbook Pro. Now my device only boots into Recovery Mode and when I hold alt/option I can only see EFI. When I try to get into safe mode, I see a "No Symbol".

How can I transfer files from my Macbook Pro that will only boot into EFI to my Macbook Air that is fully functioning.


texts:
Mac connected via ethernet brew search package takes a few minutes, the same mac connected via wifi brew search package takes a second or two.

This is the only difference, but really annoying. Everything else works the same on the wired and wireless connection, even speed is the same. So this is very specific problem to Homebrew.

Tested on two other macs connected to the very same cable and brew works super fast. It is clean macOS install. Any help appreciated :- )


texts: I have an interesting problem and I believe I may be halfway to understanding it but don’t know how to fix it. My home network has two routers. One is the main one and is in a cabinet so I do not have wifi enabled as the cabinet limits the range of the wifi. I have a second router placed elsewhere which runs my wifi. Currently Ethernet shows connected but no access To the internet. My guess is there is an issue with the iP address as the internet works on wifi with the Ethernet cable disconnected and slowly with it connected. With wifi off the Ethernet still doesn’t connect to internet even though shows green. I guess there is a conflict and would appreciate some advice. Thanks in advance


texts: How to fix a Macbook Pro (late 2013 model) with liquid damage?

texts:
I bought a refurbished 13" Macbook Pro (late 2013 model retina) from the Apple store website in Sept 2014. It worked great till last month, when I had some water leak out in backpack and get through the ports in the Macbook.

I believe it has affected the logic board which connects the power port to the battery. When the system is plugged into the power adaptor, it works normal. But, as soon as the power adaptor is unplugged, the laptop shuts down as battery charge can't get going. The diagnostics are showing that the battery should be replaced.

I took the laptop to the Genius Bar and was told that there is a flat fee for liquid damage repair - $795. I bought this refurbished laptop for $1300 and paying $795 seems quite expensive. I can continue to use it with the power plugged in, but it reduces its usability considerably. Also, once in a while the power cable gets disconnected shutting down the system unexpectedly.

I called my renters insurance as well, but they did not cover the claim. I may have to just bite the bullet and get it repaired, but I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on if there are any other options that I have to fix this?


texts: How to find an iPhone when using AirPods and Siri?

texts:
When I ask Siri “where’s my iPhone” it answer in my AirPods instead of making noise on the iPhone.

Any workaround there to get iPhone to speak up ?


texts: Can't sign into my Apple ID because of two step authentication

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I need to sign into my apple ID account but I have two-factor authentication turned on and don't know the phone number I used for that Apple ID account as someone else created it for me.

I have only one Apple device on which I've signed out of iCloud I still know my iCloud password it's just the phone number I don't know. Is there any way to access my account without this phone number?


texts: How can I get OS X El Capitan and watchOS and iOS 9 without being a developer?

texts:
I'm looking to get a hold of Apple's WWDC announced OSs in 2015 before they are released to everyone in the fall of 2015.

Can I get any or all without being a paid developer?


texts: revoke ipad access to my wireless network

texts:
My elderly neighbor needed help with iPad.  So as I was helping her with it, I gave her access to my wireless network to ensure it was working properly.  Now, she "accidentally" prints to my printer often because she does not choose her own printer.  I know I could "forget device" from ipad but I am not physically with her right now.  Is there anyway that I can remove her ipad access, by removing it from my Mac?  Where do I find the list of those devices that have access to my wireless network?
Thanks!


texts:
Reading over Apple's documents on how to wipe a machine, it's all about internet installs. Now it's been so long since I did anything with this machine, I don't recall the process... was 10.7.5 an internet-based install?

What options do I have to wipe an old white MacBook?


texts: Can I upgrade my MacBook with more than 4GB of RAM?

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I have an Early 2008 13 inch MacBook updated to Lion. According to this Apple KB the max RAM I can add is 4GB.

I know the OS that came with the initial computer didn't support 64 bit. So is this 4 GB limit a hardware or software limitation? Can I add more than 4 GB now that I have Lion (I understand it supports 64 bit)?


texts: Get RSS Memory usage from entire OS on command line

texts:
I need to get the entire count of RAM being used on a command line. I can get individual process RSS usage using

ps -o rss= -p #{pid}

How do I get all the memory usage for the entire system on the command line?


texts: Can I use my Mac to play music stores on an old iPod shuffle?

texts:
I want to plug my very old iPod shuffle it into my more current Mac and play from my shuffle's play list.  Can I do that and if so how?

I can see all the songs in "My Music" but cant play it.


texts: Why does my iPhone display no contacts, but display the correct name when I dial a number?

texts: I recently updated to iOS 5 (I know it took me forever), and after I did, all my contacts disappeared. However, when I would dial a number, it recognized it and would show the person's name. It stayed like that for a few hours, and then miraculously my contacts reappeared after I turned the phone off and on a few times. How did that happen?


texts: How does apple's EFI compare to the UEFI standard?

texts: Apple's EFI in macs were the first implementation of EFI by Intel but then Intel revised their work and made UEFI for PC's which is newer and possibly better. I wanted to know if Apple's EFI has been receiving updates through the years or is it outdated compared to UEFI ?


texts: Is it possible to open Chrome's databases.db in another MacBook?

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This is in response to another question I found interesting. Is it possible for an attacker to copy Chrome passwords found in /Users/$USER/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/databases/Databases.db and view them on another MacBook?

@Buscar웃


texts: RE: Can't install BASH patch: OSX 10.9.5 update installed, but system still says it is 10.9.4-Still need help

texts:
I have the same problem as described in this previous post:

Can't install BASH patch: OSX 10.9.5 update installed, but system still says it is 10.9.4

Machine is a MacBook pro, 15-inch early 2011 2GHz Intel Core i7. Now running 10.9.4 - successful download of standalone installer, successful installation - still running 10.9.4. Can't do the bash patch as a result. Checked permissions; rand disk utility to verify the disk. Read console log and got no insight from that either.

What might I need to do to secure my Mac


texts: Why does the system always show 200 MB occupied by Photo, but my iPhone has zero photos?

texts:
I am using an iPhone 5s 16 GB. iOS is updated to 8.4. I have no photos in my gallery. But the system always shows that 200 MB are used in Photo.

What's the reason for this mismatch?


texts: iPhone 5s: texts and calls show numbers instead of names

texts: I have an iPhone 5s. All contact phone numbers show up in the list as names. How do I get names, not numbers to display for received texts and calls?


texts: Why MBP 13' has only 1280x800 res. when the MBA with the SAME graphic card has 1440x900?

texts: I mean, both use Intel HD Graphics 3000, and the MBP actually has a better processor. If they use the same Intel graphic card (and according to the website, the same info "13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display", so they don't say they are different), how come MBP can't have 1440x900? What is the technical limitation of Apple hardware in MBP that justify this difference?


texts: Shared Google Calendars are not synced to iOS Calendars

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In Google Calendar I have a shared calendar called "Public Holidays". I can see all events of this calendar in Google Calendar and macOS Calendar app:

On iOS 10, I imported the Google account with all calendars. I can see the "Public Holidays" calendar in iOS calendars list. I don't see any events of the "Public Holidays" calendar in iOS calendar view and neither in the calendar widget.


texts:
Is it possible to use a (European/French)Time Capsule in Canada ?
If yes, is there any particular configuration to apply ?

Thank You.


texts: Stream movie on Apple TV 3 from iTunes on iMac G4

texts: Is it possible to stream movies via old version of iTunes (iMac G4) on Apple TV 3 or is the latest version needed?


texts:
I am trying to install MongoDB on Mac OSx El Capitan.
here is what the terminal gives me:

$ brew install mongodb --with-openssl
  ...
  Warning: mongodb-3.2.9 already installed, it's just not linked
  ...

$brew link mongod
Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/mongod

$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/mongod
lrwxr-xr-x  1 fred  admin  37 13 Sep 09:05 /usr/local/bin/mongod -> ../Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/mongod

Here is what I got during the mongod installation:

$ brew install mongodb --with-openssl
...
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
Could not symlink bin/bsondump
Target /usr/local/bin/bsondump
is a symlink belonging to mongodb30. You can unlink it:
  brew unlink mongodb30

To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
  brew link --overwrite mongodb

To list all files that would be deleted:
  brew link --overwrite --dry-run mongodb

Possible conflicting files are:
/usr/local/bin/bsondump -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/bsondump
/usr/local/bin/mongo -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/mongo
/usr/local/bin/mongod -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/mongod
/usr/local/bin/mongodump -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/mongodump
/usr/local/bin/mongoexport -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/mongoexport
/usr/local/bin/mongofiles -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/mongofiles
/usr/local/bin/mongoimport -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/mongoimport
/usr/local/bin/mongooplog -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/mongooplog
/usr/local/bin/mongoperf -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/mongoperf
/usr/local/bin/mongorestore -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/mongorestore
/usr/local/bin/mongos -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/mongos
/usr/local/bin/mongosniff -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/mongosniff
/usr/local/bin/mongostat -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/mongostat
/usr/local/bin/mongotop -> /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb30/3.0.12/bin/mongotop
==> Caveats
To have launchd start mongodb now and restart at login:
  brew services start mongodb
Or, if you don't want/need a background service you can just run:
  mongod --config /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf
==> Summary
  /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/3.2.9: 17 files, 241.2M

How do I make the link? Thanks


texts: spaces switching unexpectedly on osx yosemite

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I'm having an issue where my spaces keep randomly switching without me doing anything.

I haven't managed to work out any sort of consistency to the behaviour yet so impossible to reproduce, but I'm trying to find out if anyone's had the same problem and knows how to fix it?

I'm running OSX 10.10.1 on a Late 2008 aluminium MacBook.


texts: How to disable unlock with Apple ID in Mountain Lion when FileVault is enabled?

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I have a Mac with FileVault 2 enabled, and recently upgraded to Mountain Lion.

Apple automatically enables the option to unlock my system account using my Apple ID in Mountain Lion, and because I have FileVault 2 enabled also hides the option to disable this feature.

If I want to disable "unlock using Apple ID" I can decrypt my drive by disabling FileVault, then the option will appear again. I can then disable the option and re-encrypt my drive by enabling FileVault.

I don't want to do this: How can I disable "unlock using Apple ID" using the command line or skipping the decrypt/encrypt step?


texts:
Well that was surprising.  And a little alarming.

I got a new multifunction printer, a Canon MG7120.  It is connected wirelessly to my home local area network.  I installed the latest drivers from the Canon website.  I scanned some pages using the scan operation on the printer and selected my laptop and my username on the laptop as where to put the scans.  I expected to be asked for a sign-in or something to get access to the laptop.

I got nothing, and the operation seemed to complete.  My laptop was in the other room, and when I looked at it, the scans (in a PDF) had been deposited into my Pictures folder, and a new Finder window had been opened with scan PDF file highlighted!

How did the printer do that?  Does the printer driver have a back door that lets the printer write into my user account?  Or did I create some other sort of back door when I installed the drivers?  Or did I open the door myself somehow?  Is this a security hole?

I am using a relatively new Time Capsule (the taller than wide version) to create my local network, and the laptop is a 2012 MacBook Air.


texts: What determines whether applications can broadcast to multiple AirPlay speakers?

texts: Some apps, like Remote.app, can broadcast to multiple Airplay speakers at once. Others seem limited to one speaker at a time. Is there a way to enable apps that use Airplay to have the option to broadcast to multiple speakers at once, like Remote app can?


texts: Does encrypting Time Machine erase the recovery partition?

texts: I have prepared my external hard drive to be used for Time Machine backup by erasing and creating a new working recovery partition on it. I am ready to start the first backup, which I want to be encrypted. The message says this will erase the disk. Does this include erasing my recovery partition?  If so, how can I both encrypt my backup drive and retain it as a recovery disk?


texts: Adding on my command to services menu or adding keyboard shortcuts

texts: OnMyCommand allows commands to be added to the shortcut menu. Unfortunately, I can't add them to the services menu or add a keyboard shortcut for them. Is this possible?


texts: Why does uptime want /dev/ttys021? "no such file or directory"

texts:
When running uptime on Terminal.app on OS X Catalina, I'm seeing this error:

rcook@Richs-iMac (~ ): uptime
uptime: /dev/ttys021: No such file or directory
13:26  up 5 days, 21:09, 3 users, load averages: 1.93 2.43 2.45

How can I troubleshoot this?  Other programs such as "echo" or "ls" do not have this error.
I tried quitting Terminal.app and restarting.  No love.  Why is uptime looking for /dev/ttys021?
Note:  This question has been asked in another thread here but the "answer" they came up with ("Just open up 21 more terminals.") was extremely unsatisfactory.
Thanks!


texts: How to create new folder using contextual menu in MAC OS?

texts: I want to create a short cut to create new folder from the right-click/contextual menu in Mac Mavericks. What is the procedure to do so?


texts:
Bought my father a 64GB Macbook Air as an upgrade to his old Macbook, and thought it was wise to move his ~60GB photo collection (heavens knows why it is so big, bigger than my own collection on Flickr!) to the time capsule.

Didn't realise iPhoto on Mountain Lion would need to upgrade it making it impossible for the old Macbook to access it.

After the long upgrade it seemed to worked. Then all of a sudden the "iPhoto library is locked". The user has write access to the "Data" Volume of the Time Capsule (series 1). There are many suggestions to run iPhoto holding down option+cmd to repair, but it doesn't work. It just goes to the "Caution" dialog and quits.

I am a Archlinux user, so I'm very comfortable on the command line.


texts: What is lsof -i | grep -E "(LISTEN|ESTABLISHED)" composed of?

texts:
I got advice to check if an iTunes app sends data to the cloud using this command line

lsof -i | grep -E "(LISTEN|ESTABLISHED)"

Can someone please explain how this works? How does the pipeline work here?


texts: iPhone 5 can't restore even when using DFU mode

texts:
I got this AT&T iPhone 5 purchased overseas for $800 plus tax.

As soon as I got it, I tried to restore it to bypass the activation screen required by AT&T. But restoring didn't go smooth as planned. Now the phone is stuck in recovery mode. And every time I place it in DFU mode, then restore with iTunes I get an error 21, if not in dfu mode 1603,1604, 1611 errors come out.

When restoring using DFU mode, what I notice is that iTunes has the loading label ‘preparing to restore iPhone’. The device on the other hand turns off, and comes up with the Apple logo and the daisy/spinning wheel. The wheel spins for about a quarter only and get stuck, and soon after reboots and goes back to Apple logo. After that is the popular iTunes and USB logo. Then, iTunes gives an "iPhone cannot be restored. An unknown error occurred (21)" something error. The process repeats every time I try to restore in DFU mode.

I've tried almost everything online relating to this issue: device off and hold home button while connecting the lightning connector and wait for the iTunes logo and USB to show up before releasing home button, for example. Done it for countless times, in 4 different computers.

I've tried it on 2 PCs with Windows 7 64-bit, a MacBook Pro and a Windows XP. The IPSW file I'm using is the 6.0.1 for GSM which is appropriate for my GSM device.

Been stuck for almost a week now, will be really sad if this is a hardware failure, it would mean additional expense for warranty.

Any other suggestions I should try for a fix? I really want to start using this device.


texts: Macbook air, 11 inches backlight not working after lcd replacement

texts:
I just replaced the screen of my macbook air and now the backlight does not work. When I turn on the laptop, the screen works but the backlight does not turn on. I've tested with a couple of screens but no success.

Is the problem with the backlight LED, or fuse or logic board, is there any solution?

Model: Macbook air, 11 inches model A1370, 2011.

Any help would be highly appreciated.


texts: iBooks on Mavericks Beachballs Whenever Text Styling Occurs

texts:
Whenever I want to change text styling in iBooks the app becomes unresponsive. I kill it in the terminal (killall iBooks), and then the system reports that CoreText.FontDownloadHelper has crashed. My current theory is that if I'm to sort out CoreText.FontDownloadHelper, then the crash in iBooks won't occur any more. Am I right?

Here's the crash report, with the UUID removed.

Process:         CoreText.FontDownloadHelper [2865]
Path:            /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/CoreText.FontDownloadHelper.xpc/Contents/MacOS/CoreText.FontDownloadHelper
Identifier:      CoreText.FontDownloadHelper
Version:         1.1 (1)
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [398]
Responsible:     CoreText.FontDownloadHelper [2865]
User ID:         501

Date/Time:       2013-10-22 20:17:31.634 -0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.9 (13A603)
Report Version:  11

Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (SIGILL)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:
Configuration error: Could not create listener. xpc_main() was probably called from a process that is not an XPC service bundle.

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libxpc.dylib                    0x00007fff8d637b06 xpc_main + 359
1   com.apple.Foundation            0x00007fff8913d12b -[NSXPCListener resume] + 108
2   com.apple.CoreText.FontDownloadHelper 0x000000010a430f7b main + 106
3   libdyld.dylib                   0x00007fff91b045fd start + 1

Thread 1:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff87c4de6a __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff87688f08 _pthread_wqthread + 330
2   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff8768bfb9 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 2:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff87c4e662 kevent64 + 10
1   libdispatch.dylib               0x00007fff864e043d _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 239
2   libdispatch.dylib               0x00007fff864e0152 _dispatch_mgr_thread + 52

Thread 3:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib          0x00007fff87c4de6a __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff87688f08 _pthread_wqthread + 330
2   libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x00007fff8768bfb9 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
  rax: 0x00007fff8d642684  rbx: 0x00007f819950d620  rcx: 0x00000000000000ac  rdx: 0x0000000000000003
  rdi: 0x000000000000040b  rsi: 0x0000000010000003  rbp: 0x00007fff557d0bc0  rsp: 0x00007fff557d0b10
   r8: 0x0000000000000000   r9: 0x0000000000000000  r10: 0x00000000000000ac  r11: 0x0000000000000206
  r12: 0x000000010a468010  r13: 0x0000000000000000  r14: 0x00007fff8913d12b  r15: 0x0000000000000000
  rip: 0x00007fff8d637b06  rfl: 0x0000000000010206  cr2: 0x00007f8199402000

Logical CPU:     0
Error Code:      0x00000000
Trap Number:     6


texts:
I want to record Plants VS Zombies and upload the gameplay video on YouTube. Is there any program can do this?

Much appreciated for any suggestion.


texts: Is it worth upgrading my AP Extreme to the new one that supports 802.11ac?

texts: I currently have the 802.11n model and all my devices run on 802.11n is there any benefit to the 802.11ac upgrade or should I just wait?


texts: terminal search files by text that the file names contain

texts:
Let's say there a file called "abc_deh.xyz", what command do i use to find the location of that file in mac terminal by using solely the search term "deh"?
So, basically, I am asking how to search for a file by text contained in its name. I need to find files that I forgot the whole name, that would be more helpful.


texts: Can I upgrade to the Lion Mail app alone, without upgrading to Lion in general?

texts:
I'm currently on 10.6 and I really like it so I'm not really thinking about an upgrade right now. Two things I really like about 10.7 are the full screen apps and the Mail client.

Is it possible to somehow upgrade/purchase the Mail client of 10.7 alone? It would be really nice if I could do that.


texts: Various apps (phone, calender, etc.) on iPhone 7 freezing randomly

texts:
I got an iPhone 7 that has a freezing issue with the Phone app. I purchased it directly from Apple and use it on Verizon's network. During the purchase, Apple.com asked about transferring an existing phone number, which I did. When the phone arrived, I didn't do any special setup; just used the sim card already installed in the phone and followed the on-screen setup steps. I set up the phone without doing any restore from a different phone (thus a clean setup). (This was shipped on the first day of iphone 7 shipments in the US, if that matters.)

Pretty much immediately I noticed that the Phone app would freeze occasionally and remain frozen. This seems to happen after not using the Phone app for a while. I'll open the app, and none of the tabs or buttons work. The only thing I can do is press the home button and I immediately get returned to the home screen.

When I try opening the Phone app again, it will remain unresponsive. After several opens and closes (again, via Home button, so not an official shutdown of the app), it will eventually start working, or will restart on its own (meaning, the app will just close on its own instead of me clicking Home). Once it officially closes, it'll work fine when I reopen it. I haven't ti

I'm also wondering if this is somehow related to an odd outstanding issue I have with Google Maps (where its turn-by-turn directions don't play when the screen is off or the Google Maps app is not focused). The two being related seems unlikely, but both bugs seem like atypical behavior, so who knows.

I've confirmed this issue has continued after a restart of the phone. I have not tried a full restore of the phone (would prefer to avoid that if I can).  Aside from this, any other suggestions on my Phone app problem? Or suggestions on what I can do to debug it further when it happens again?

Update (Oct 18, 2016): I tried a hard reset (holding Power + Volume down for several seconds until some msg/logo appeared on screen), but the problem continued this morning. This time, I was on a call and we ended call. I went into Phone app to make a new call, it was unresponsive and there was a mild constant tone playing in speaker; hitting Home didn't fix; and eventually Phone app restarted itself.

Update (Oct 30, 2016): I spoke with AppleCare a few weeks ago, and they had me reset the Network Settings. After doing this, the issue disappeared for 4-5 days, but then started again. Now the phone app freezes 1-2 times a day, so still an issue.

Update (Dec 7, 2016): Still an issue with phone freezing everyday; now there's other apps freezing (calendar, email, etc). I'm at least seeing many others on the Apple forums are having this issue, along with a note on PhoneArena.com -- even after doing a full reinstall of the phone. Hopefully a new software version fixes this -- very frustrating.


texts: How do I customize the notification banner in OSX Mountain Lion

texts: Is there anyway to move the notification center alert/banner to bottom right instead of top right?


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I have been a windows user for a long time now and I have been used to pressing just one key in my keyboard to hibernate the machine every night. I recently bought a mac mini and I press Shift + Command + Eject to put it to sleep and then it would go to deep sleep in a while. But I am wondering if there is a keyboard shortcut to do this or maybe change the default sleep to a deep sleep.

Mac mini late 2012 with standard HDD, i5, 4gb ram


texts: How safe is it (and what precautions should I take) if I want to transport my Macbook from class to class?

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So, last week my hard drive died. I took it to a repair shop, and the person said the hard drive died. I asked why, and he says it just happens (even though my Macbook Pro is only 1.5 years old). Talking with him, I mentioned that I transport my Macbook in sleep mode; he said I should not do that. Always shut it down, before transporting; he said, the hard drive failure may be unrelated though.

Now, I checked the internet, and the online consensus seem to be it's ok to transport while asleep (though you should wait for the hard disk to stop spinning), but I'm not too sure.

Can anybody here give me a qualified, confident answer? I would love to transport it, have a quick startup, but I don't want to damage my Macbook in the least bit.


texts: How do I copy user home directories from one system to another while preserving all attributes?

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I am in the process of dismantling an old macOS High Sierra Server and rebuilding it as a macOS Mojave Server.

I've exported Users and Groups from OpenDirectory on the old one and imported them in the new one.

I could move the user's home folders by shutting the old system down, mounting it in Target Disk Mode on the other and using ditto.

But suppose I do not want that and I want both to keep running (e.g. because the old one is still providing services such as mail and DNS) as the new server is still in buildup and contents on it are experimental (final copy done before going live on the new one). The best way I can come up with that preserves everything is creating a DMG on one system, use ditto there and move that to the other and then do the reverse. Both source and target file system are APFS, a DMG will be HFS+.

Is there a better option that preserves 'everything' from the directories copied? It seems to me that tar and zip don't cover everything. I'm uncertain about rsync/rsync --daemon.


texts: Is it safe to charge a MacBook Air after the green LED shows?

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Is it safe to charge my macbook after the green light shows? Would it not overcharge the battery, or reduce its lifespan?

I've heard that doing this is completely safe and it increases the cycles or something. Is that correct?


texts: iTunes is syncing photos from 2006 when I've told it to include the last month

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I'm experiencing what I'm pretty certain is new behavior since switching from iPhoto to Photos. When I tell iTunes to sync my photos from the last month, I get photos going back to 2006.

My iTunes sync settings look like this:

Here's what I did:

unchecked "Sync Photos" and did a sync to clear everything out
clicked "Selected Albums" and unchecked every album
checked "Automatically include photos from" and selected "Last month"
did another sync

And that's when I got photos from 2006 when I was expecting only the last month's photos. I have a hunch that this is because the iPhoto --> Photos migration set the modified dates to that day...but don't quote me on that, because the photo files themselves retained their original dates.

This is what the dates look like on the photo folders:

Is there any way to get the actual photos from the last month?

Software/hardware: iTunes 12.1.2.27 on Yosemite 10.10.3 (14D131), and iOS 8.3 (12F70) on an iPhone 5s.


texts: How to move the web server folder for web sharing?

texts: How do I move the Library/WebServer/Documents folder, which contains files shown by http://localhost ? For instance, to the Desktop. Also, can the ~/Sites folder be moved too?


texts: Finder doesn't find duplicates with (1), (2), …, (n) in filename

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I have downloaded lots of duplicate files with my web browser. The first duplicate gets the suffix (1) in its filename before the file extension, the second gets (2) and so on.

For example: my_music_file(1).mp3

I'm trying to purge these duplicates by searching for (1), (2) and so forth in Finder, but for some reason it does not find the files. Probably because the duplicate suffixes are concatenated with the original file name, without whitespaces before the suffixes.

Can I find these duplicates using a name string search in Finder?
Or indeed by some other OS X native method?


texts: I have a late 2013 27" iMac running  Yosemite, and it randomly shuts off every now and then. I tried everything Reset SMC. Diagnostics, reformat Macintosh HD but still occurs and running out of options.


texts: Force DNS server ip while connected to VPN

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I'm using Fortclient VPN to connect to a customer network and the client enforces the use of their DNS (since the customer is in Turkey I get false DNS responses on wikipedia and other websites while connected)
Before high sierra I was able to reset the DNS server used using scutil:

> d.init
> d.add ServerAddresses * 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
> set State:/Network/Service/forticlientsslvpn/DNS

that usually was enough, starting on high sierra even after setting the DNS value using set it still shows the old values:

> d.show
<dictionary> {
  ServerAddresses : <array> {
    0 : 8.8.8.8
    1 : 8.8.4.4
  }
}
> show State:/Network/Service/forticlientsslvpn/DNS
<dictionary> {
  ServerAddresses : <array> {
    0 : 192.168.20.10
    1 : 192.168.20.11
  }
}
> set State:/Network/Service/forticlientsslvpn/DNS
> show State:/Network/Service/forticlientsslvpn/DNS
<dictionary> {
  ServerAddresses : <array> {
    0 : 192.168.20.10
    1 : 192.168.20.11
  }
}

Is there another way to do it in High Sierra?


texts: How do I change a Bluetooth device's name?

texts: I remember that I use to be able to change my keyboard's name in System Preferences > Bluetooth > right-click, Rename, but I now I only see an option to remove the keyboard.


texts: Preview in High Sierra not functioning properly

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I am suddenly finding certain strange behaviors in Preview app Version 10.0 (944.4). Current OS version is High Sierra 10.13.3.

1) On selecting a section in Table of Contents, the selection gets switched to preceding section.

2) Clicking on an item in annotations window doesn't take me to its respective page, nor they open the popups or notes that's already written. What's the use of this Annotations window now??? Earlier this used to work well.

3) Annotations block sentences (Please take a look at the square box that on clicking opens a note).


texts: How do I restart a Mac using voiceover when filevault is enabled?

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The Voiceover Login screen has a different UI/UX when FileVault is enabled. I am unable to navigate to different screen options using VO + arrow key. The secret commands like >restart do not work either when FileVault is enabled.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203986
Question
How do I select the “restart” or “shutdown” options at the bottom solely using Voiceover on a FileVault login screen?

Reasons why I need to be able to do this
This feature is needed for me because I use an eGPU, and my monitors cannot display video from the Mac until after login due to FileVault restrictions. My Macbook is also docked in the closed position, and opening it would require me to disconnect it from the dock.


texts: External display/TV is detected but no display signal is sent to it by Macbook Pro 2020

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I switched from Macbook Pro 2015 - with its wonderful array of ports - to the very parsimonious Macbook Pro 2020 16".  In order to drive an external LCD (53" Panasonic) I had to buy a multiport. It is a 6-way including an HDMI and a VGA.
USB C to HDMI VGA Adapter 4K, Ifmeyasi 5 in 1 USB C Hub with HDMI, 1080P VGA, USB 3.0, USB-C PD Charging, Audio, Type C Multiport Converter Compatible with MacBook/Dell XPS/Nintendo Switch/Samsung

For both the HDMI and the VGA the external display/TV is recognized.

The MBPro blinks and then the additional display is shown with the correct 1080p resolution. This is repeatable and reliable.    However no video is being sent.  The TV shows "PC" or "HDMI" but it remains blank.
I have used both the HDMI and VGA cable successfully from my MBPro 2015: everything is in working order.  In fact in a couple of minutes I'm going to need to switch back to it since there is a Netflix movie awaiting ..  So .. what gives with the MBPro 2020 - or the adapter maybe?
Note that I also tried plugging in the usb-c power at the same time.
I have tried both Mirroring and Separate displays.
Has anyone figured out a "winning" combination for VGA and/or HDMI using a multi-way adapter?
Update I just tried another multi-way adapter that I had purchased:

UGREEN USB C Hub 4 Ports USB Type C to USB 3.0 Hub Adapter with Micro USB for MacBook Pro
In this case I attached an additional USB-HDMI adapter into it. Also 5V power is being provided to it. The led's are lit: it's alive.  However - as with the other adapter there is nothing displayed. Lights are on (display recognized by MBPro)  but noone is home (no video).


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Is there one of these?

I could not find one with a basic search on google.

If not, is it possible to make it look and behave exactly like the default audio quicklook in objective-C?


texts: Need to boot MacBook Pro into USB recovery mode

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I am trying to help someone recover data from a non-functional MBP (it was dropped).

I have the internal drive mounted in a sled and connected to another MBP via USB. I can boot off of the drive holding the Option key and get the login screen but, as the password is unknown, I need to boot the drive into the external drive's recovery partition, open up the Terminal and execute the resetpassword command.

How can I do this?


texts: John the Ripper and sparsebundle password help

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Around January 2014, my original hdd died on me, I bought a new hard drive and let the old one sit. Got myself an external enclosure recently, to recover my old work, only to realize my main folder had been encrypted with FileVault and i'd forgotten the password.

(It was encrypted on OS X 10.6, with legacy filevault)

I've seen John the Ripper mentioned a lot for cracking passwords, I've gotten as far as getting a build (1.7.9-jumbo-7 [macosx-x86-64]) installed. I have a word list ready and a vague idea of what my pass could be, I'm just not sure where to go from here.

I'm hoping I could get some guidance on what I would need to do next.

Edit: I'm running on os x 10.9, if this is relevant?


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For the past month or so, I've been unable to backup my iPhone using iTunes.
Every time I try, I'm told that the phone is "disconnected":

What could be causing this?
I've tried different USB cables and different USB ports, but the result is always the same.

I'm using OS X 10.10.3, iTunes 12.1.2.27, and iOS 8.3.
The procedure I'm using is the obvious one: launch iTunes; connect the iPhone; choose the iPhone in iTunes; press "Sync".


texts: Limit mac CPU frequency without disabling Turbo Boost?

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Intel mobile CPUs now have a really low base frequency and a high Turbo Boost freq, e.g. i5 2.4~4.1 GHz.

Turbo at 3.8+ makes it go all the way up to 100°C. Using 'Turbo Boost Switcher' to disable TB makes the freq too low at 2.4.

Is there any way to limit CPU freq at some intermediate value like 3.2?


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Tried transferring 4gb file yesterday and seems to be taking such a long time. Anyone knows the transfer speed?

It may help to say that I'm using last year's AirPort Extreme.

EDIT: Two years later, I wonder: what about in 802.11ac? If the laptops supports 802.11ac but the router does not, what will the speed be?


texts: Is it 'safe' to use FN for custom shortcuts

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I'd like to create my own shortcut combinations, and it looks to me that the fn key is actually only used for a few shortcuts on OS X. For example, fn-delete is forward delete. In applications like Photoshop it's not used.

Are you aware of any applications that uses fn shortcuts? I don't want to create potential conflicts. If feels strange to think that no software is using such a simple key, and they go for the more complex option-command-shift combinations instead.

Just to be clear, I'm referring to the use of the fn key (eg. the one usually on the lower left side of a MacBook Air's keyboard), not to the function keys (F1 to F19) found at the top of the keyboard.


texts: MacOS Mojave disappear after successful download

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I just download the Mojave from mac app store and after success download the Installation file disappear from Application folder and Launchpad!
I do twice download it and same happened.  its not like a small file to download it, its 6 GB and I can't understand why this happens.

How can I figure out what's deleting this or get a good download?


texts: Boot Loader show 2 Windows partitions, old and new

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I went through the steps using BCA to create my USB installer and partition my drive. Everything went fine, ended up messing up after a successful install and decided to wipe the partition and start again.
Here's where I went wrong. Instead of using BCA to wipe the Windows install, I did it manually through Disk Utility. I then created a new ExFAT partition in DU and went about the install process again. However, since that point I have had 2 Windows partitions show in the Boot Loader, the old non-existent one and the new working one.

Here's what diskutil list gives me:

Any thoughts ? I don't really want to risk losing my new windows partition but if I don't have to.
If it helps, when I try and quickly reboot into windows with BootChamp (3rd party app) it gives me this message which could be of use:

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Clicking on the second/"old" Windows icon in the Boot Loader screen takes me to a Windows 10 Recovery screen that tells me a required device isn't connected or cannot be accessed. Interesting. I mounted the EFI disk with diskutil mount /dev/disk0s1/, went into the Microsoft folder and backed up and deleted the "Recovery" folder that was in there. Unmounted with diskutil again, rebooted into Boot Loader and it was still there. So there goes that plan.


texts: How can I trigger multiple notifications at the same time from terminal

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Running osascript -e 'display notification "Message 1" with title "Title"' then osascript -e 'display notification "Message 2" with title "Title"' in terminal shows the first notification then it instantly gets replaced by the second one.

Is there any way to show them both at the same time?


texts: Why is Photos not suggesting new Faces in the People Album?

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When I first began using the People / Faces feature in iOS and Mac Photos, the app automatically listed a bunch of people.

I added names for all the people I knew. I thought this was a near-complete list of all of the people in my photos, or at least the best the Photos machine learning could do in identifying faces. The album currently has 163 people. The same people are shown on iOS and Mac.

  Photos organizes the images of your family and friends in your People album. You'll see a face thumbnail for each person your device recognizes.

However, I'm now noticing that no new people are ever added to the People album as "potential people" I should name.

If I take many photos of a new friend, that new friend is never now automatically added to the People album. I do not see their face in the People album and cannot quickly add a name.

Instead, I need to find a photo of that person, swipe up, tap their face, and add their name. After adding their name they do show up in the People album. That corresponds to this statement:

  Want to see even more People in your album? Just open a photo of someone that you want to add, then swipe up to see a thumbnail of that person under People.

I used the automatic face thumbnails in the people album as a reminder/prompt to add names for the people I know.

Because no new thumbnails are being added, I am not adding names because I forget that I took photos of that person and can now add them.

The People album does still contain random people/bystanders that I do not know but were originally added to the album based on a single photo. I have not given them names. But a similar People thumbnail is not added for the new best friend of whom I've taken hundreds of photos.

Photos for Mac previously contained a "Suggested Faces" drawer at the bottom of the People album. This feature does not appear to be available in the current version of Photos for macOS.

It appears that it was a bit of a meme to post funny "wrong" Suggested Faces on Twitter. The last of these were in 2016, which helps date when the feature was removed.


texts: Duplicate launchpad icons where can I find the apps ?

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I have this strange behavior on Mac OS X Mountain Lion when I installed OpenSceneGraph. Please How to fix it ? I have duplicate icons on the launchpad. I 've tried the following solution : How Do I Remove Duplicate Apps From Launchpad? I recreate the launchpad database but nothing !

How can I check where those apps are installed ?


texts: Bose® MIE2i mobile headset 's volume control stopped working with IOS8

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Bose® MIE2i mobile headset worked great with my iPod Touch since iOS7.. for last one month. After I upgraded to iOS8, it stopped working (Volume control).

But I tested with my iMac, it still works as expected. It doesn't make sense to me. A software upgrade impacts this? I have raised a complaint to bose as well. Just curious, it took 9.3K indian rupees for me!

Update: Looks like am not the only one impacted! - Apple Community


texts: How to get private key on IOS used for SSL traffic?

texts: I need to debug/view an IOS app's encrypted traffic, so i had captured SSL encrypted TCP packets via pirni. and trying to decrypt them via Wireshark. but i need session key for that. is there any way to export private key in IOS to be used with wireshark as in PKCS format?


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Is it possible to put two colors, representing two people, for one event on iCal?

For example, if both my wife and I are included on a calendar event, I would like to see both her and my colors against the calendar event.


texts: How can I use an ADB Apple Keyboard with a modern Mac?

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I recently found an old Apple Extended Keyboard that uses the ADB interface. I would like to use it, but I don't have an ADB-to-USB converter. I know of only one which is the Griffin iMate. Unfortunately, it's out of production and the ones going on ebay are expensive.

Anyone know of another company that made the ADB-to-USB converters? Even better if they still do!


texts: Photos library - importing photos from DSLR camera - missing Masters directory (macOS Catalina)

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I used to import photos from my DSLR camera (Canon 50D) via Photos Library and then copy them from ~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Masters/ directory. They were grouped by year/month/day of import and all files had their original file names eg. IMG_123456.jpeg

Recently I've noticed that Masters directory is missing (probably after update to Catalina). Imported photos seem to be located in ~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/originals/ directory, however directories structure is illogical and file names are some hash values eg. 33487C0A-C816-4EE1-9F8D-49E20E1A06A4.jpeg.

Does anyone know why is that? Can the "previous" approach with "Masters" directory be restored? How to retrieve files with their original names from Photos Library?


texts: The screen anomaly doesn't look like other dead pixels I've seen before. Does anyone know what's causing this? It's a 15" MBP, early 2011, hi-res, matt display. You can only see it on light backgrounds.


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I can use my Ipad Retina (4th Gen, iOS 9.3.1) when plugged in via USB to tether the 3G connection.

After it is plugged into USB, then I can see it shareable via wifi from other devices.  (My Mac which is it plugged into via USB, and my iPhone 6S).

After I unplug the USB from the Macbook, the devices that connected to the iPad via wifi can still maintain the connection, but it is no longer discoverable on wifi. (And if I restart the iPhone it remains paired).

My question is: How do I make my iPad Retina wifi hotspot discoverable (tethering 3G) when off and unplugged like my iPhone 6S?


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How do I send imessages to non-iphone users on my macbook os x, if I don't have an iphone?

I have macosx so i can send imessages without an iphone currently and this works fine. But i also want to send messages to my family members, who don't have iphones.


texts: Adding a new picture to the appstore needs a new build of the app

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It seems to be true, that I have to build a new app-version for only adding a new picture in the appstore. So my App has the same code, but a new version and I don't know what to write in the update text for the users. Its stupid to write "I uploaded a new picture, thats why you guys have to upgrade the app ".

Is this just a design glitch again from Apple, or is there a real reason for that ?


texts: How do I prevent applications from taking over my screen?

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How can I prevent applications from being able to go fullscreen?  Or, if this is not possible, how can I escape from fullscreen mode of a (possibly unresponsive) application, without quitting the application?

Here is the backstory for this question.  I recently purchased Cave Story + on the app store, only to discover that it crashes when opened in Mavericks.  Since the distributor doesn't appear interested in fixing the bug, I thought I might be able to fix it myself by tinkering with the executable.  However, when I start up the application with lldb, it goes fullscreen, hits a breakpoint that I have set, and becomes unresponsive, leaving me locked out of my own computer.


texts: Switch to another desktop faster on macos high sierra

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On a macbook with macos high sierra, how do I switch between desktops faster by sliding 3 fingers across the touch pad?

Currently it takes ~1 second to switch to another screen. It does not matter if I slide the fingers or use Control+arrow, it takes the exact same time. I would like to make it faster. During the transition I can still type on the screen that I am switching from. I would like to make the transition faster or instantaneous, or at least make it so that I immediately start typing on the screen that I'm switching TO.


texts: Install Adobe After Effects 7.0 on OS X Yosemite

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I tried to install Adobe After Effects 7.0 on my Mac with OS X Yosemite but got an error Installation failed - an error occurred. (no details)
What can I do to fix this error? (I'm new to Mac/OS X)


texts: Does macOS Sierra support the new iMessage effects

texts:
I have the macOS Sierra final beta, but I seem to be unable to send or receive the new iMessage effects.

Such as the Invisible Ink:

Is it possible to view these effects on macOS Sierra currently? And if it is, how can I enable it?


texts: bash script to verify that brew cask is installed

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I am writing a script to setup a mac development environment, however I am running into an issue on some peoples macs where cask does not install. Is there a way I can verify if cask has been installed in bash?

Ideally I am looking for something like:

if caskIsInstalled then
     # do stuff...
fi


texts: Looking for a GTD tool with synchronisation capability

texts: There are a lot of Getting Things Done (GTD) tools out there I can use to manage my tasks. Additionally, most of them include synchronisation capabilities I can use to synchronize my iPad, MacBook etc. There is only one problem: they all use the Amazon Cloud/a Cloud located not in Europe... But I'm only allowed to use a Cloud that is located in Europe (data privacy aspects etc... this is a constraint of my employer). Does anybody know a GTD tool that is hosted on an "European Cloud" or that can be installed on my private cloud?


texts: How to switch between output window and code editor in Xcode

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I tried google'ing around and I could not find the shortcut that can send me to the "output window(if that's what it's called)" after telling my program to compile and run. Also, how would I switch back to my code editor from that output window?

I've done it before, but I forgot it.

Thank you


texts: What does shell_session_history_check do in the default PROMPT_COMMAND?

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I'm using terminal on MacOS High Sierra.

I added echo PROMPT_COMMAND to the top of my .bash_profile to see the default and I got:

'shell_session_history_check; update_terminal_cwd'

I don't fully understand what the shell_session_history_check actually does. I can't really find a difference with/without it (history from closed shells still show up in history in a new shell).


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Can MacBook Pro's successfully support and fully exploit RAM of a higher MHz rating than that which they ship with?

For example, take my 15" MacBook Pro (Late 2011) that ships with 4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 memory. I'm considering buying 16GB of the same clock speed even though Apple says that it can "support up to 8GB" — but we know that Apple is wrong.

What about installing 1600MHz in the 16GB variant — will it work? Or will it be clocked down to 1333MHz? When compared to 16GB 1333MHz, will the higher clock speed improve battery life, performance, timings, or what?


texts: What is the size of a typical iPhone backup to iCloud?

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I currently backup my iPhone and iPad to iTunes. I’m considering switching the backups to iCloud, but I am not ready to purchase one of the additional storage plans.

If my 32 GB iPhone has 3 GB of free space, does the backup to iCloud only backup settings, phone data, etc. which would require far less space? Most of the space used on my phone is my music collection; surely it doesn’t backup all of the music as well, right?

What is the typical size of an iOS backup stored to iCloud?


texts: Reinstalling Mac OS X on Macbook with swapped hard drive?

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I don't know much about Macs, so when my girlfriend asked me to repair her old Macbook, I tried to swap out the hard drive from my junker laptop. I got it all changed and now the boot manager shows a single partition for Windows. However, I am a little stuck on how I am to boot into Mac OS X to reinstall it?

I was able to get a dump of the App Store version of Mac OS X Lion, and upon placing that on a USB drive with TransMac, it was recognized by the boot manager. But unfortunately, on choosing it, a large NO symbol was shown and the computer shut down.


texts: Always boot windows, unless option is held down

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I have a 2012 Retina Macbook pro I use for work, with software that is windows only.

I'm getting a bit tired of having to remember to hold down the option key every time I reboot.

I know I can tell bootcamp to "reboot into windows", but that only sticks for one reboot.

I want to always boot into windows, unless I hold the the option key. How can I do this?


texts: Slow iOS app and firmware update downloads in iTunes

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All my iOS related downloads (firmware updates and app downloads) are incredibly slow in iTunes. Right now, a single 70 MB app is an estimated 3 hours download making the transfer rate lousy 52 Kbit/s on an 8 MBit/s ADSL.

When I download my .ipsw firmware updates (400 - 600 MB) in a browser from a direct download link (appldnld.apple.com) the transfer rate is normal though.

I suppose my iTunes is connecting to geographically "wrong" servers. Changing Google's DNS servers (8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4) to my ISP's DNS servers doesn't solve the issue.

Is there a way to improve iTunes download rate?


texts: Macbook Pro: Why do colors vary on my macbook pro

texts: I recently noticed that the color blue looks kind of ultraviolet on my brand new Macbook Pro, I noticed that from the facebook header it's not really blue, it looks ultraviolet, is it because the screen is IPS screen? is that normal?


texts: To-Do List App with Sync, Repeating To-Dos

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I'm looking for a To-Do list application with with following features:

Due dates
Notes
Sync to a cloud or web-based service where changes can be made
Able to repeat to-dos by due date and last-completed date
Prioritization
Groups / Filters / Folders such as Business, Personal, School
Badge for items due today
Projects (which incorporate other to-do items)

Can anyone recommend a to-do app with this functionality (especially the first 4 bolded items)?


texts: Where is the NordVPN configuration stored on Big Sur?

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defaults read com.nordvpn.osx-apple gives me useful output. But which file is this information stored in?
It is not in :

~Library/Preferences
~Library/Application Support
Library/Preferences
Library/Application Support


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I used the answers - how to start slideshow in Mac, but it does not work. I have iMac and may be somebody can help me. I open my pictures in the finder and then use one to start the slide show using the View and then  Slideshow.
Nothing work


texts: Can you go to an Apple store for a problem with a product you bought in another country?

texts: I got an iPhone in Germany, but I'm in Japan now. The camera has got some issues, and I wonder if I can go to a Japanese apple store with my problem or do I have to wait until I'm visiting Europe/Germany the next time?


texts: Can't resize APFS Container: Not enough free space in Container due to APFS limits or tidemarks

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When I try to resize my APFS container, I get the following error:

Error: -69531: There is not enough free space in the APFS Container for this
operation due to APFS limits or APFS tidemarks (perhaps caused by APFS Snapshot
usage by Time Machine)

I followed this guide:

How to Resize Your APFS Container on macOS High Sierra

Is there any way to resize my APFS container without backing up to Time Machine, wiping the disk, then recreating the partitions?

More details below:

Here is the output from the diskutil apfs utility when I attempt to resize:

$ sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 750g jhfs+ Extra 250g

Started APFS operation
[ - 0%................................................... ]

Aligning shrink delta to 250,240,966,656 bytes and targeting a new physical
store size of 749,999,996,928 bytes

Determined the minimum size for the targeted physical store of this APFS
Container to be 997,029,183,488 bytes

Error: -69531: There is not enough free space in the APFS Container for this
operation due to APFS limits or APFS tidemarks (perhaps caused by APFS Snapshot
usage by Time Machine)

Here is my diskutil configuration:

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         1.0 TB     disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +1.0 TB     disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            380.3 GB   disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Preboot                 21.8 MB    disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Recovery                517.8 MB   disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume VM                      2.1 GB     disk1s4

Here is the total of those volumes (calculated manually by me):

   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
                     TOTAL                             922.0 GB

And when I go to Disk Utility, press the "Partition" button in the toolbar, and manually enter a size for my main disk partition, it won't let me set it under 997 GB, leaving only 3 GB for new partitions:


texts: How to change the order of my Favorites in the Special Characters palette?

texts: I've added special characters that I frequently use to my favorites, but I'd like to group them more logically than simply the order in which I "favorite" them.  Is this possible?


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I brought new SSD 240 GB and I using this SSD by Caddy. The SSD is showing in Finder. I can format it. The SMART Status is verified. But when I try to install any OS or restore my OS, it goes into infinity. I tried normal install and Time Machine restore.

Something is wrong, I can't install any OS on the new SSD. Any suggestions, please?


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At /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj There is a fake called "Credits.rtf" only containing some random text.

Is it an easter egg or something malicious?

p.s it's also in the other xx.iproj folders.


texts: How to reset SSHD config to vanilla / system default settings on 10.13?

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I'm having some really strange issues where workstations can no longer perform password-less (key based) ssh login to one particular workstation on macOS 10.13 now.  All other workstations can use keys just fine to log into one another, but one is presenting seemingly unfounded problems here.

I've used -vvv and -G to compare login settings.  I've diffed sshd configs between workstations.  I've tried different kinds of keys (dsa, rsa, ed25519). Nothing works and there doesn't seem to be any indication as to WHY.

So in a last ditch effort here, I thought I should probably reset every last possible thing that could effect sshd on macOS in hopes that I can start from scratch and see some success...

Thus, how does one reset sshd to default system OS settings on 10.13, aside from just copying /etc/ssh/sshd_config from a vanilla install?  Anything else that needs to be reset?


texts: How to create /etc/certificates/*.{cert,chain,concat,key}.pem files without reboot?

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I am trying to move from Comodo to Let's Encrypt certificates on OS X Server (10.7).
Something in Apple's server.app and ServerAdmin.app is broken. I can see and select newly imported certificates in server.app but after a few seconds and re-opening the dialog the selected certificates are back to the original value. In "Server Admin" > Mail > Advanced tab I can select the new certificates and they stick. However the imap and smtp services still use the old certificate.
I see that for the old certificate there are 4 files in /etc/certificates/: host.domain.tld.SHA1.{key,cert,chain,concat}.pem
I know that the only the old certificate is in /etc/certificates/ because SHA1 of the new certificate, looked up with:
$ openssl x509 -in host.domain.tld.cer -noout -fingerprint -sha1 | cut -f2 -d'=' | sed 's/://g'

, is showing a different SHA1.
Security import
According to certbot4osx source code, it looks like the security import host.domain.tld.cer -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain command should

import the certificate into the system keychain, and
create the /etc/certificates/$1.$SHA_NEW.cert.pem

Reboot
After a reboot only 3 files: .cert, .chain and .concat, are there in /etc/certificates/, not .key. Other times all 4 required files are in /etc/certificates/ after the reboot.
CertsKeychainMonitor
I suspect that the CertsKeychainMonitor plugin is involved in .pem files creation. This as daemon started via com.apple.UserEventAgent-System.plist. Because Console lists at the second of the .pem file :

UserEventAgent: CertsKeychainMonitor: ready to process keychain &
timer events.

How to always get all 4 (Let's Encrypt) certificate files correctly in /etc/certificates/ and without reboot?


texts: Stuck on grey screen after internet restore

texts:
My early 2011 MBP 15 stopped loading one day and is stuck on the grey screen when I start it up.

I have changed the hard drive with a formatted one (that I did on my
Mac Pro) to the journaled file system
cleared the NVRAM reset SMC
tried booting from a restore USB I created with OSX on it (wouldn't
load)
replaced the thermal past on the heat sink
tried to run in single user mode to diagnose firmware problems but now it won't boot into single user mode holding CommandS no matter what I do, it just
keeps loading to the folder with the question mark (no operating
system yet on the new hard drive)

I can get it to start the Internet restore except it gets to the point where the Apple logo comes up, with the spinning wheel below it, then the screen flashes black then grey and stays grey forever.

I have gone through every thread I can find on this and am now lost.  The last idea is to reload the firmware but I haven't found exactly how to do that yet, or at least check it to see if it is corrupt.  Any ideas on how I can get into single user mode?  Any ideas as to what is going on?


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today I sign out from iCloud from my Macbook and reboot.
After that I tried to sign in again from the System Preferences, but I always receive an error said: "You can't login at this time. Please sign in again."

Nothing worked so I tried to login to apple.com to manage my Apple ID and that worked.

So I tried to login in icloud.com from web and TA-DA! I cannot login there too.

I receive this error log: http://pastebin.com/dseJks18

Any ideas?


texts: macOS Catalina, macOS Big Sur and Windows 10 - Triple Boot Plan

texts:
With the release of macOS Big Sur, I am contemplating the following plan and wanted to get some advise on any risks or if this plan will even work or not. My current setup is:

macOS Catalina as the primary OS - This on an APFS container.
Blank Placeholder for macOS Big Sur - This is also an APFS container.
Bootcamp Partition for Windows 10.

I plan to install macOS Big Sur on the blank placeholder above; know that it is a separate container and not a new volume on the same container as the primary OS.
I have a lot of customizations on macOS Catalina and will not be able to do a clean install, migrate all apps, change all settings and migrate all customizations in one day. Allowing me to choose which OS I want to boot into will allow me to take it slowly.
When the day comes that I no longer need macOS Catalina all I need to do is delete the container and resize the macOS Big Sur container to take up all the space that's left. Will this -

Cause any issues with iCloud Music and iCloud Photo libraries as I will use them on both macOS Catalina and macOS Big Sur?
Jeopardize my Bootcamp partition in any way?
Allow me to reclaim the space used by macOS Catalina currently so when I remove it I can allocate that space to macOS Big Sur?
Any other issues?

Any advise is welcome and appreciated.


texts: Tool for creating .rar files on the Mac?

texts:
Is there any good, free program for OS X that can create RAR files? Preferably with a GUI.

It seems there are plenty of options for extracting RAR files, but not that many for compressing them...


texts: Connecting Macbook Air 2011 to HP LP2475w monitor.. use DVI, HDMI or Display Port?

texts:
The HP LP2475w supports all of the following inputs:

  DVI-I, HDMI, DisplayPort, Component Video, S-Video, and Composite Video

Which one is the preferred to connect the Macbook Air's mini-display port to?


texts: "Import from Scanner" greyed out in Preview app

texts:
I have a Canon Pixma MG6300 printer/scanner for which I properly installed the drivers.

I know it is supposed to show in the Preview app under File > Import from Scanner. This menu item, however, is greyed out.

Does anyone know how I can have my scanner show up in here?

Running on OS X Yosemite.


texts: High CPU temperatue on Macbook Pro Retina Mid 2014

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I've recently bought myself a Macbook Pro 13" Retina Mid 2014 model.
I went for the cheapest model but upgraded the CPU from 2.6Ghz to 2.8GHz. The specs are:

2.8GHz Dual-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
128GB PCIe-based Flash Storage
Intel Iris Graphics

I enjoy playing Football Manager 2014 which is very heavy on the CPU because it's a simulation based game. When running Football Manager my CPU often is 90+ degrees celcius.

Now I'm sitting next to my brother who has a Macbook Pro Retina Early 2014 model - almost the exact same hardware - the only difference is that my CPU is better than his which is 2.6GHz.

He too is playing Football Manager with the exact same settings as me but his CPU temperature rarely gets above 75+ degrees celcius. It's no so much the temperature that bothers me but the noise from the fan.

How can that be?

Even browsing StackExchange keeps the CPU temperature on a steady 70 degrees celcius.

None of us are running any heavy apps and the Activity Monitor shows nothing special other than FM14 taking a lot of the CPU.

I've tried to do a SMC reset (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964) and a hardware test (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509) with no result.

Both temperatures are read with smcFanControl.


texts: Opening file from Finder doesnt take me to the default Application

texts:
When I try to open a file from Finder, either by double-clicking on the icon or choosing Right-click->open, I am not taken to the default application which is default for that file.
I need to go to the Application manually before I see that opened file.
I didnt face this problem earlier, which suddenly have come to bugging me recently.
Is there any way to correct it, so that I will be move to the default application automatically after I click an icon in the Finder?
Any pointer will be highly appreciated.
Thanks for your time.


texts:
I'm using the beta of the new Outlook 2016. When I try to add my own exchange account I constantly get the dialog telling me the server is being redirected. So then I tried to use the 'import' feature and grab the database from my Outlook 2011.

However! Once I hit the install button, I get this error: "the data contains an exchange 2010 SPP1 or older account". I can import the emails.. but I can't get the exchange server to sync. Is the company that supplies my exchange behind on their updates?


texts: "Accountsd wants to use the 'iCloud' keychain"

texts: I, too, am suddenly getting this message.  I don't see a Keychain First Aid option in Keychain, and the two Login Keychain Settings were already unlocked.  Any other ideas for what the error message is all about, and what I should do about it?


texts: Problem downloading some urls with cURL on OSX

texts:
I have problem downloading some applications with homebrew. I could get them when the download urls start with
https://

but curl fails when the urls start with,
ftp:// or http://

For example, I want to install GMT (generic mapping tools) with homebrew on my Mac OS 10.7.4. and I get the error below. I think curl has problem downloading .tar.gz file, but I have no problem downloading the same file with Firefox.

$ brew install homebrew/science/gmt
==> Tapping homebrew/science
Cloning into '/usr/local/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-science'...
remote: Counting objects: 553, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (551/551), done.
remote: Total 553 (delta 2), reused 67 (delta 1), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (553/553), 432.61 KiB | 367 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (2/2), done.
Tapped 546 formulae (572 files, 2.9M)
==> Installing gmt from homebrew/homebrew-science
==> Installing dependencies for homebrew/science/gmt: cmake, libpng, gifl
==> Installing homebrew/science/gmt dependency: cmake
==> Downloading http://www.cmake.org/files/v3.3/cmake-3.3.1.tar.gz

curl: (7) couldn't connect to host

As a workaround, I downloaded the make-3.3.1.tar.gz file with Firefox and copied it to /Library/Caches/Homebrew/ and it worked. So I downloaded the .tar.gz files for each dependency. They all worked until downloading a .zip file proj-datumgrid-1.5.zip which looks like a data file used by the dependency proj.

Maybe I need to rename the .zip file downloaded somehow so that Homebrew recognize it. Or should I need to put it elsewhere
. How does homebrew use these files?

$ brew install homebrew/science/gmt
==> Installing gmt from homebrew/homebrew-science
==> Installing dependencies for homebrew/science/gmt: proj, libgeotiff, geos, readline, sq
==> Installing homebrew/science/gmt dependency: proj
==> Downloading http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-4.9.1.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/proj-4.9.1.tar.gz
==> Downloading http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-datumgrid-1.5.zip

curl: (7) couldn't connect to host
Error: Failed to download resource "proj--datumgrid"


texts: On my iPad Air 2 there is a copy choice under the share button. When I use this button, I can't find the copy. It's not in my photos, and if try the paste function nothing is there. Where is the copy?


texts: What purpose does this broken plastic clip serve in the MacBook Pro?

texts:
Yesterday I opened my mid 2010 15" i7 MBP (model 6,2) in order to replace its HDD. Everything went perfectly fine. Except that I noticed a broken little piece of plastic a little above the battery, which is fixed by two screws, which I have no idea on what purpose it had.

In the end, I just wanted to know what is that piece's purpose, if I should be worried that it is slightly broken, if I can replace it somehow.


texts: How can I restore my device with simply ipsw file and iTunes?

texts:
I want to restore my iPod touch 4 gen. using a previously downloaded .ipsw file from the web instead of iTunes trying to download it again. I have tried putting the .ipsw file in the ~/Library/iTunes/iPod Software Updates/ folder but it still downloads another one.

By the way, my iPod is stuck in recovery mode and I cannot cannot get it out of it except restoring the iPod. What should I do?


texts: How to only back up one partition of a Macbook hard drive?

texts:
I have a Macbook Air that has 2 partitions on the hard drive. One is for Yosemite (450GB) named "Macintosh HD" and the other already has Mojave (50GB) on it named "Macintosh HD 2".

When upgrading the Mojave to Catalina, I wanted to back up the Mojave partition ("Macintosh HD 2") and upgrade it.

But when I plugged in an external hard drive named "Seagate2TB", Time Machine started to back up hard drive 1 first (450GB) "Macintosh HD".  Since I already set and boot up using Mojave, I restarted the machine, and ejected the 450GB partition "Macintosh HD", but when Time Machine started again, it still was backing up some 410GB of data, which means "Macintosh HD" is included.

So I went to Time Machine's Preferences, and clicked on Options, "+", and chose what to exclude: "Macintosh HD".

Next I rebooted the Macbook Air and wait for the back up to start, and it again, reported backing up 410GB of data.

How can "Macintosh HD" be excluded?


texts: AppStore trying to download app that's already downloaded

texts: I restored my phone from a backup and the apps were synced with iTunes, but the App Store says it's trying to download apps that are already installed. It won't go passed the loading wheel and it's doing it with multiple apps.


texts: Facebook not showing map for places anymore on iPad

texts: Under places in the Facebook app for iPad, I no longer get a mapview as it should be, but rather a listview of the places I have visited. Any tips?


texts: Deleting files from mac but not from iCloud

texts:
I copied my files to the iCloud Drive directory:

I want to save them in iCloud but I dont want to use my disk storage.
How to delete files from my mac and keep it in iCloud Drive? Dont need to access them without downloading. I want to use iCloud as place for backup for my files.


texts: How do I get a Save As… option always appear in my Apple apps without using the OPTION key?

texts:
I couldn’t find an answer here, so maybe this doesn’t bug anyone else. But surely it must?

Basically, when using Apple apps such as TextEdit, Preview, Pages, Numbers, there is no Save As… option unless you hold down the OPTION key. This is just such a time waster and can’t possibly ‘add’ to the user experience. Plain dumb if you ask me.

How can I add this option so that it appears by default without having to press the OPTION key?


texts: How to make SSD Drive bootable from a disk utilies restore

texts: My mid-2009 mac book pro hard drive is dying so I bought an SSD to replace it.  I tried plugging in the ssd drive to the mac via a usb to sata connection and using SuperDuper to copy the contents (saw a video and it looked easy), but it took forever and I got a generic input output error.  Next I tried restoring from a time machine backup to the ssd drive.  picture an external hard drive with the time machine backup connected to my mac book via usb and my ssd drive connected to the mac book pro via usb. I went into Apple Disk Utilities and did a restore from the external hard drive to the ssd drive.  It took about 16 hours, but it completed.  So now I have 2 drives with the same information - at least I think.  I wanted the ssd drive to be bootable, but it's not.  Can someone explain what a restore really does and how I can make the ssd drive bootable so that I can replace the dying, old mac book hd.  Note: I want to make the ssd drive internal and not keep it as a bootable external drive.  Thanks!


texts: External displays keep getting back in the wrong order

texts:
I work with my macbook (16", 10.15.7) closed and plugged into two external monitors, with two Apple USB-C Multiport Adapter.
One adapter has HDMI, Power and USB-A plugged, and is connected to my main display (the one that should be on the left on the image below.)
The other adapter has only HDMI plugged and is connected to my secondary display (the one that should be on the right on the image below.)
And almost every single time I plug the adapters, the displays are set in the wrong order (left and right are swapped) and I have to go to System Preferences > Displays to organize them correctly again.
Even If I unplug the one that should be on the right, wait and plug it again, macOS keep setting it on the left.
I successfully reset the NVRAM/PRAM but it does not resolve this behavior.
Does anybody have an idea on how to solve this problem?


texts: How To Rescue Referenced Photos - Originals are no longer available to me

texts:
I have a very large collection of Photos in the Apple Photos App.
Through my own carelessness, I have several thousand photos that are
not stored in the .photoslibrary file and the originals no longer
exist anywhere (Time Machine, Backups, etc.)
I can still view the Photos within the Photos app but I cannot Print, Edit, Drag them to
the desktop, Share them, etc.
I have copied my .photolibrary file,
revealed the package contents and imported all of the images stored
in the masters and derivatives folder/subfolder. The photos I'm
trying to rescue are not among them.
There has to be a way to
rescue these images short of taking a screenshot of each one. Photos
is retrieving them from somewhere to display them, but I cannot
discern where to find them.
I've attached a screenshot of the
message I get when I try and perform an edit on a single image.


texts:
OS X Mail - How can I setup multiple e-mail addresses under the same mail account?

I use two addresses with the same account one is me@myworkdomain.com and the other is me@mypersonaldomain.com. On iOS I can add the second address to the mail account configuration and I can send from both.

How is this done on OS X's Apple Mail?


texts:
Something I often find myself doing is drag and dropping text one website into another app (e.g. Notes). Using the trackpad, the process works as I expect it to.
However, when I use my external mouse (regular mouse, a Logitech G403), I have to do this:

Select the text I want to drag
Click and hold the left mouse button for about a second over the selected area
Start dragging

Skipping step 2 will simply cause the OS to ignore my old selection and start a new one.
How can I disable this behavior so I can immediately start dragging a selected text area?
Tested in Safari and Edge browsers, Catalina 10.15.6


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I recently installed OSX Mojave beta and noticed that the login process is slower as the apps load.

I was wondering if there was a way to track the amount of time each app/process takes to load at startup to identify where the bottleneck is? Checking the console log doesn't really help.

I have no doubt that some of the apps loading at startup are not fully compatible with the new OS, but this issue could easily be happening on any version of OSX.

What is the best way to track apps that are loading slowly / creating a bottleneck in the bootup process?


texts: I just got a new Mac and while addressing my screen saver I was prompted about hot corners. What are they and how should they be used?


texts: unable to move files from external usb disk

texts:
I have 10.9.4 with a usb external (2tb) disk, formatted with Macos Journalled format. The drive is also a time-machine destination.

I am:

unable to cmd-drag files to move them to another disk (they copy)
unable to select multiple files and create a new folder from the selection
unable to mkdir on the drive

TimsMacBookAir:~ tim$ cd /Volumes/2TB/
TimsMacBookAir:2TB tim$ mkdir test
mkdir: test: Permission denied

I'm guessing there's permission errors. Here's the ls -l on /Volumes

TimsMacBookAir:Volumes tim$ ls -l
total 72
drwxrwxr-x   37 tim   staff   1326  7 Jul 10:19 1TB
drwxrwxr-x  319 root  wheel  10914  7 Jul 10:51 2TB
lrwxr-xr-x    1 root  admin      1  1 Jul 14:20 Macintosh HD -> /

I'm guessing that since the drive is owned by "root" and group "wheel" that is the issue. What does it mean? Can I just chown -R tim:staff it without stuffing anything up (e.g. my Time Machine backups)?


texts: How can I create a bootable windows 10 usb installer on Mojave?

texts:
Boot Camp Assistant no longer allows to do this
dd shouldn't be used for bootable sticks (see here)
Using unetbootbin I can only write on FAT32 formatted USB, but that does not work (see here)

How can I do this?


texts: How Do I Remove Duplicate Apps From Launchpad?

texts: I have three copies of Skype. How do I remove them from Launchpad?


texts: Is it possible to program an OS X screen lock?

texts:
I want the ability to lock my Macbook at my command. I don't want a screensaver or sleep lock. Don't you get tired of repeatedly typing in your password in all day? I don't want to wait for my computer to lock itself in 10 minutes or 1 minute when the screensaver or sleep begins. I don't want to save and close all my apps and documents and logout.

So just let me lock my computer, simple request. Hit a hotkey? Close the lid?

I walk out my door, I lock my door. I get out of my car, I lock my car. Why can't I just lock my computer?

I've been told you can't reconfigure this type of setting in OS X, is this true?


texts: How to open the next message in the currently selected mailbox in mail.app

texts: When viewing a message in a separate window in Apple Mail (Mountain Lion), how can I open the next message in the list with a keyboard shortcut?


texts: How to stop Mail saving drafts in the send folder and also remove existing copies?

texts: After I sent an email multiple copies of the same email appear in the sent folder as if I was manually sending the email every time after I wrote a few words in a sentence. Since nobody is complaining that they are receiving incomplete copies of the same email from me I'm guessing those are drafts, but why is Mail saving all those drafts in the sent folder? Can I disable that behavior? and how can I remove the existing copies without deleting the "actual" email that was sent?


texts: iPhone 5s - apps, contacts, calendar, and ... don't synch from iMac

texts:
Relevant harware and software:

27" iMac (earliest version)
OS X 10.9.4 (latest version)
iPhone 5s (brand new)
iOS 7.1.2 (latest version)
iTunes 11.3 (54) (latest version)

Note: I have no back up of any previous phone, because I wanted a completely clean installation and configuration to try to avoid problems I had with earlier iPhones.

I have a new iPhone 5s, I plugged into my computer, opened iTunes, configured it, selected everything I wanted to sync to it from my iMac and proceeded to sync it.

hmmmm....? ;-(

None of the following synched to the iPhone.

contacts
calendars
notes
email or email accounts
bookmarks for Safari

I haven't checked everything else, but this doesn't look friendly.

Oddly, apps, music and photos did sync to the iPhone from the computer.

In iTunes (with the iPhone connected to my iMac, I selected the device and checked the following under the Info tab and clicked on Sync.  Still nothing.

Any ideas?

Late addition, apparently iOS and an iPhone 5s will no longer configure email settings from Apple mail.  If anyone is listening from Apple - this is silly.


texts: Default browser in Google maps on iPhone

texts: iPhone recently allowed me to set Chrome as the default browser, but this has not affected browsing from google maps. When clicking on a business location in google maps, then clicking on the website, it still always opens in safari. Any way for me to change this?


texts: How do I troubleshoot iTunes failing to add songs to my iCloud Music Library?

texts:
I want to add a couple songs to an iCloud Music Library playlist (in iTunes 12.6.1.25 on OS X 10.10.5), but the songs aren't in my iCloud Music Library:

If I right-click on the songs and select "Add to iCloud Music Library", the "spinner" appears in the upper-right corner of the iTunes window and shortly afterwards disappears. The songs continue to have the cloud icon with the slash through it:

I guess it's failing without displaying an error message. I get the same message (as above) when I again try to add the songs to the playlist.

I tried forcing an update as described in https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/197896/94, and I also tried signing out and back in and (again) forcing an update.

How can I get more information on why these songs are failing to sync to my iCloud Music Library?


texts: No audio on Mac Pro after Yosemite upgrade

texts: I have looked at other people's problems regarding this issue but the way they solved it cannot fix my problem as I don't have any options to change anything. see images.


texts: Why Does My Apple Watch Lose Connection to My iPhone When Using a VPN

texts:
I am using an Always On VPN on my iPhone 6s that I setup using Algo. The VPN is hosted on Digital Ocean. I add the VPN by installing a configuration profile on a supervised device.

Whenever I install the VPN configuration profile on my iPhone, my Apple Watch (Series 4) says it is still connected through Bluetooth, but all data transfer between phone and watch is halted. If I go to Settings -> General -> Usage on the iPhone Watch app for example, I get an error message about being unable to connect to the watch. I have played with all the VPN settings here, but they seem to not fix anything https://developer.apple.com/business/documentation/Configuration-Profile-Reference.pdf.

Have VPNs on an iPhone been known to break watch connectivity? My understanding is that Bluetooth never falls under the VPN realm. Thanks!

Edit: As an additional bit of information. When attempting to re-sync anew or from a backup of the Apple watch, syncing hits an error mid-through and reverts to unpaired again. This is also because of the VPN as I do not have issues with pairing when there is no VPN on the iPhone.


texts: How can I change my desktop background based on external event?

texts: I would like to change desktop background based on plugged/non-plugged, day of the week, month, and so on. How can I accomplish this?


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I have a Fusion Drive (10.9.1) with a 256GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. The 1TB HDD has started making noises and has reported SMART errors. It is apparent that it will fail any day. I have Time Machine Backups, and have also purchased a new 1 TB HDD.

My question is what is the best way to restore the drive? I know I need to swap the new HDD into the array, but if I clone the old drive onto the new drive, will Fusion continue working, or will I have to restore from Time Machine?


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I upgraded to Xcode 8 and now I really regret it.
I'm trying to download Xcode 7.3.1 here:
https://developer.apple.com/download/more/

It is a 4.8 GB file.

After three attempts - the download appears to finish around the 1-2 GB mark - and then I can't open or resume the download:

How do I download this without the download being disrupted?
Is there another place to download older version of Xcode?


texts: MacOS Contacts App — How can I tell to which address book an entry belongs?

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I have two entries that appear identical to each other. One is in the iCloud address book. The other is On My Mac.

I have opened up both entries, but I can't tell which is which.

Is there a way to discern this?

Note

I have been opening both entries and editing one to see which is which. I'm hoping for a better solution than this.

Show Groups

The Show Groups option displays a list of groups on the left. This isn't what I am looking for. Ideally, if opening up a contacts card will show you a list of groups to which that card belongs.


texts: Do Apple products have different networking / wifi standards?

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I've been having some trouble with network handling using MacBooks and MacBooks only.

At home I'm using really old NetGear WGR614V9 router, everything works fine but every single one of my Apple laptops (full list at the end of the post) was dropping wi-fi signal every 5-60 minutes for a few seconds, especially under heavy network usage (imagine you're trying to get Linux using Torrent, it takes a good while to find peers then the transfer gets better and better and bam, it drops completely, repeat).

At my friend's place once any of my MacBooks joined his network - the whole network became unstable, to the point it was required to reset the router, because it won't accept any new devices.

At my parent's flat if I use my MacBook next to any other laptop using wi-fi - Mac is stealing signal REALLY bad, the internet on the laptop next to it is usually unusable.

Countless times I had problems with wi-fi at hotels and airbnbs (weak signal mostly), while my girlfriend had no issues at all (using cheapest Acer laptop you could imagine). Also often my Android based phones had better wifi strength than MacBooks.

I've NEVER ever encountered anything close to these issues on any of my Windows/Linux based laptops.

So I'm wondering is Apple doing something differently? Are there any Apple-certified routers I could buy so I will be 100% sure they will work like expected (and won't act strange against other non-apple devices)?

If it makes any difference I live in Europe and I've been using local MacBooks but my last one is from US distribution and I'm wondering if it might be causing some additional trouble.

The Macs I had all of the above problems were these:

Apple MacBook Air 13" 2010
Apple MacBook Air 13" 2011
Apple MacBook Pro 13" 2013
Apple MacBook Pro 13" 2014

I think it might be software-related because often after updates the described problems were getting better and then worse and then better again. Also I'm pretty much sure MacBooks perform much worse than anything with networks that use crowded channels, a few times I could easily connect any device to given wi-fi network excepting MacBooks.

What's going on here? Any hints?


texts: When and how can I use client certificate authentication on iOS?

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I have installed a x509/pfx certificate  under profiles in my iOS settings and configured my webserver (nginx) to require this certificate. With Safari on iOS, I can browse to my main page using the certificate, but when I try to go to any of my subdomains, I get error 421 Misdirected Request. Chrome does not seem to send the certificate at all (error 400). On the desktop however, everything works as it should.

How can I go about debugging the iOS/Safari-specific issues?
Can I send a certificate with WebDAV requests?
Does each software need to be specifically set up to send client certificates?

I am using an iPhone 8 Plus with with iOS 14.3


texts: Laptop drops wifi when moving from one WAP to another one, with same SSID

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I have two WAPs in my house with the same SSID, different channels, far apart from each other to offer coverage.

When I physically move my laptop, while on, from one to the other it loses the wifi connection. I have to turn wifi off then back on to get it to work again.

I have other devices, iphone and Android, which manage to work seamlessly across the house. The only problem is with the Mac laptop. Also, it used to work. This might be just a problem since upgrading to Yosemite, but I'm not sure.


texts: Change the default background colour for text fields added to PDFs in Preview?

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In Preview you can add text fields to PDFs using the text tool on the toolbar. Every time I add such a text field the background colour is reverted to transparent. All other text properties (i.e., size, font, foreground colour etc) are remembered from the last text field when creating a new text field.
Is there any way to make Preview also remember the background colour setting when adding text fields to PDFs?


texts: Mac showing special characters in menu items

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My Mac Pro is showing special characters "??????" in all my menu items. See image below:

I am not sure how to fix this. Does anyone have any suggestions?


texts: Reset PRAM in MacMini 3,1 (Early 2009) and now it won't boot at all, but powers on and chimes

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I was having problems booting to Apple Hardware Test and decided to reset the PRAM. Big mistake; now it won't boot at all. It's a Mac Mini 3,1 (Early 2009) running El Capitan. PRAM reset chimed twice. Now it chimes after power button hit but then just stays at a gray screen forever. Using a wired keyboard plugged directly to USB port.

I have tried everything I can think of: Reset PRAM again; SMC reset; Safe Mode (Shift key, pre-boot); Verbose mode (Cmd+V); tried to boot to install disk #2 (10.5 DVD, with utilities, currently loaded in drive) for Recovery mode using Cmd+R; replaced PRAM battery; AHT from disk (D key); Choose boot drive (Option key); reseated RAM chip in a different slot; unplugged everything overnight then tried again this morning.

All fail. Light comes on, I get dong chime, drive spins for a bit, but then just a gray screen. Any ideas? Thanks a lot. Kind of desperate here.

[I am aware I should probably buy a new Mac but I'd like to make this one work.]


texts: Tracking down Used Disk space with df and du

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I've been migrating an old MacBook Air (2012) to a new MacBook Pro, and am doing a clean at the same time.

I've been running df -h. to give me an idea of free space:

Filesystem     Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused               ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s1  233Gi  207Gi   24Gi    90% 1717781 9223372036853058026    0%   /

To track down where the usage is, I've run du -sh:

bash-3.2$ sudo du -sh * | sort -h
  0B    Network
  0B    User Information
  0B    Volumes
  0B    cores
  0B    etc
  0B    tmp
  0B    var
1.0K    home
1.0K    net
4.0K    installer.failurerequests
4.5K    dev
1.2M    sbin
2.6M    bin
958M    usr
6.7G    Library
6.8G    private
8.0G    opt
8.9G    System
 26G    Applications
 58G    Users

Unless I'm bad at maths (please feel free to correct me), these are some way from adding up.  (du indicates I've got about 120GB in use, df indicates about 207GB).

Any idea why the discrepancy?  Any idea how to track the usage down?

I should note, I've been cleaning up on the command-line with rm -rf (as I deleted several accounts)


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I'm trying to understand the automatic download on iPhone.

On Apple's documentation it specifically states:

My setting is set to download apps automatically:

However, I have tons of apps waiting to be updated: