texts: Deleting content of /private/tmp moved on different HDD

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I have a Macbook pro with 2 internal HD (stock HD for data and data doubler + SSD in place of the optical drive, hosting the OS).  I'm now trying to optimize this setup to take into account the presence of the SSD, and I want to move the temporary folder from the SSD (/private/tmp) to the secondary drive (/Volume/MacintoshHD/private/tmp).

Following this (http://blog.alutam.com/2012/04/01/optimizing-macos-x-lion-for-ssd/comment-page-1/#ramdisk), here's what I did :

sudo ditto /private/tmp /Volumes/MacintoshHD/private/tmp
sudo rm -rf /private/tmp
sudo ln -s /Volumes/MacintoshHD/private/tmp /private/tmp

Everything is fine, but when I reboot, I expect the folder to be emptied as usual.  However, I found out that whatever files that were present on the previous OS execution are still present.

My guess is that whatever script emptying the /private/tmp folder executes before the magnetic HD gets mounted, which means that the link pointing to the tmp folder does not point anywhere then, and hence the failed deletion.

Any idea how to fix this?  Any other suggestion to move the /private/tmp folder to another drive and still preserve automatic deletion?


texts: Can anyone recommend a good tutorial for writing (from scratch) a cron-style launchd job?

texts: I've got a fairly simple job that I'd like to run every hour. I could do it using cron, but I thought I'd use this to learn about launchd, since I hear good things about it. I've got the man launchd.plist page as a reference, but I'm looking for something based more around building an example job.


texts: How do I copy the location of a track to the "Comments" section in iTunes?

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I dont understand why this is not working. If anybody knows how to resolve this issue:

tell application "iTunes"
  copy location of track 1 of playlist "Test" to Comments
end tell

Applescript does now show an error but when I see in iTunes, the "Comments" field is still empty.

Thanks!


texts: I need help with administrator password for macbook pro 2010 laptop

texts: I bought a macbook pro from e-bay and the man that sold it told me he cleaned the computer and gave me the administrator password that wouldn’t work that I asked him for.I don’t know how to get into the computer and it was working great until I shut it down and tried starting it.When I started it up it asked for the admin.password and I put in the password that the man who sold it to me had and didn’t work.I would like to know if someone can help me. Thank you.


texts: How do I join my Apple TV to a different home?

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I'm living in a shared house with a roommate. We each have our own Apple TV. Currently our Apple TVs (each linked to our respective Apple ID) show up in different homes in the Home app.
We want both Apple TVs to show up in the same Home. Ideally we just want one shared home between both of us.
How do I un-link my Apple TV from the current home, and then join it to my roommate's home?
When I go into "AirPlay and HomeKit" these are the only options I see:

Room: [Select a Room]
My Home: [Disabled]

I'm using Apple TV 4K (A1842) with tvOS 14.3.


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I changed my iTunes account location to German (with an Austrian credit card) in order to download a certain app that wasn't available in Danish (my primary language). I was now able to get the app from the German App Store. Afterward, I set the location back to Denmark and entered the Danish credit card that I was using before.

Problem:
When I now visit the App Store (on my iPhone), it is still in German. How do I switch the iPhone App Store back to the language that is set in iTunes? iTunes has got it right, but why doesn't my iPhone see the same status?

I expected that it would be enough to just plug it into the PC and let it sync itself, but that wasn't the case. I've just synced the phone with the PC and that went without problems, but the iPhone App Store is still in German while the PC iTunes has the Danish account ("Country/Region: DNK").


texts: How to use Mac OS X "Per-user screen sharing" from a Windows PC?

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I am trying to use the "Per-user screen sharing" feature in Mac OS X Lion.  This is different from regular screen sharing in that it allows you to log in to your account on the Mac remotely without disturbing a different user who is already logged on.  What what I can tell from experimentation, to use per-user screen sharing you must disable the 'VNC viewers may control screen with password' option.

I am trying to connect from a PC. Problem is, I can't get it to work.  TightVNC complains, Server did not offer supported security type.  UltraVNC says No supported authentication methods! and RealVNC has the nerve to tell me to turn on the "control screenwith password option" which would disable the very feature I need, per-user screen sharing!!!  (To connect to Apple Remote Desktop (10.4) or Screen Sharing/Remote Management (10.5 onwards) built-in to Mac OS X, turn on the 'VNC viewers may control screen with password' option.)

I have trouble believing that it is impossible to connect to per-user sharing just because I am not connecting from a Mac.  At the moment the only work-around is to connect to a different Mac using single screen sharing and then VNC to the other Mac.  Quite frankly, that is ridiculous.


texts: What's the correct way to back up all Photos from the Photos app?

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I downloaded the macOS Sierra (GM) and installed it on my MacBook. Before I installed it a backed up all my data that isn't stored in the cloud or somewhere else.

I'm using iCloud Photos to sync all my photos and videos with iCloud. Every photo and video is already in iCloud so I may don't need to back up my Photos library, but I did - just in case something goes wrong.

So I wiped off all the data from my MacBook to do a complete and clean installation of Sierra. Finally everything works fine and I'm going to get all my photos and videos back to the Photos app.

My backup of my photos and videos has ~13GB and I really have a slow internet connection, so it would be nice if I could use the backed up library instead of downloading everything from iCloud.

As soon as I open my library with Photos it starts importing and optimizing etc. and all photos and videos are there. But it starts uploading every single photo and video to iCloud? How can I tell Photos that my photos and videos are already in iCloud and it should stop uploading?


texts: Remotely access Mac from Linux using krdc

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Following up on Can I remotely access my Mac from Linux using screen sharing?

I've set up the Mac to be Accessed Remotely via VNC
I am trying to remotely access it from Linux using krdc

which I am blocked by this prompt

Do I need a user name to access VNC?
I'm sure my Password is correct, just I've tried everything for the User name part, but nothing works.
PS, as how I enabled VNC, I'm following exactly as instructed from Can I remotely access my Mac from Linux using screen sharing?

This is pretty simple, you'll need to go to System Preferences → Screen Sharing and then click on Computer Settings. From there you can select VNC viewers may control screen with password: and supply a password.


texts: 3rd party videos in iOS app, legal issue?

texts: If I were to make an iOS app that whichs primary function is to play specific 3rd party YouTube videos, is that okay to do without asking for their permission? Or do I need to have a legal agreement with each publisher?


texts: How to access masOS apache localhost from other devices on lan?

texts: I have MBP with masOS Sierra. I’ve configured Apache server and mysql. I’m not using xampp or some other tool. I want to access my localhost on my iPhone. I’ve tried many different ways mostly describing getting local ip of my MBP and using it in iPhone browser but nothing is working for me. Any help? Thanks


texts: Convert images from JPGS to PDFS with the terminal

texts:
Good morning,
is there a way to convert image formats such as PNG, JPG to PDF using the terminal?
Would appreciate an answer very much.


texts: Macbook Pro 2016 - Cursor doesn't move when making selections/moving objects

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 15" 2016 with Touch Bar on OS Catalina 10.15.7. For the last few months I've been having the issue; when I move an object in an application like Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Figma, or Photoshop, I can move the object but the cursor will not move with it. I thought it was an issue with my Touch Pad, but with an external mouse, I have the same issue.

With InDesign, it's not that big of an issue since I can see the bounding boxes of the object moving around, but dragging objects around in Figma does have issues where I can't see where an object is going.
Does anyone else have this issue and knows a fix? Because it's really annoying.


texts: Sound produced by spacebar on MBP 15" (mid-2017) non-symmetrical

texts: When rapidly pressing the left area of the keyboard (directly under C,V,B,N keys) of the QWERTY keyboard on the mid-2017 MacBook Pro 15", the sound produced is different than pressing the right edge of the keyboard (under the M key). Simply put, the left side produces a louder sound which seems to occur higher up in the keyboard, where the right edge sounds like the normal alpha-numeric keys where the sound seems to originate further down. Is this an issue solely with my computer, or does it occur with every MBP?


texts: Using international phone numbers on iPhone

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edit: 1 accepted answer but still no (good) solution! :(

In my previous phone carrier I could just dial +55 11 99883655 and it would just work.
Now I moved to a new carrier and it doesn't work anymore! When I dial the same international number it keeps saying the number isn't formatted correctly.

How can I get my iPhone to understand international numbering back again?

I've got over 100 contacts with numbers stored in this format already, and I want to keep them that way.

At this point I would be happy with any simple app that would just enable me to use my stored info the way it is to strip the +5511 part and place a call. Or some tweaking to allow proper and simple editing of the phone number on Phone.app would be very welcomed!


texts: Please help me software brick (all data erase) my iPhone 5c in-hand

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My screen is broken, but I can force DFU, which I did.

In iTunes, I get "Cannot update software."

The to restore I Download 10.3.3 firmware, error 14 cannot update.

Any workaround that you can think of for erasing the data on this device?


texts: How do I access my apache web-server (running locally) from Windows 7 running on Parallels?

texts:
I'm running Windows 7 from within Parallels running on MacOS X Lion. I've also setup a local apache server; I can access this server from MacOS X via any browser. I've configured this using a combination of /etc/hosts and configuring the vhosts file: typing in http://epwbst into my browser brings me to the expected website on the MacOS X side. Doing this on the Windows side doesn't do the right thing. I am able to access any other web resource.

I suspect that I need to reconfigure the DNS on the Windows side to look to the MacOS X side first. How do I do this?


texts: Calendar Sync with Google Calendar Problem: Deleted Calendar Event still Exist

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I'm setting up my iphone so that all the mail, calendar and contacts are synchronizing with my Google service, according to the description here.

I find that mail and contacts are synchronizing all right; all the added, edited and deleted emails and contacts are appearing and disappearing as expected, both on the mobile and on Google side.

The problem lie with the calendar. Although the events that I add to Google Calendar does appear in iphone Calendar, but the events that I delete from Google Calendar don't get deleted in iphone calendar.

Anything I do wrong?

Note: What puzzles me is not the device unable to synch with Google Calendar, but rather the synchronization is not complete; it works for the adding of new events, but not the deleting.


texts: Upgrading and restoring hard drives in mid-2011 Mac Mini Server

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I've just completed the install procedure for two, 2TB hard drives in my mid-2011 Mac Mini server. The server had been 'downgraded' to just run regular Mac OS Sierra on one 750 GB drive, with the second 750GB drive for data. Both drives in the machine were backed up to a single, 2TB external drive using Time Machine.

I created a bootable install disk for Sierra and booted from there once the new drives were installed. Pulled up disk utility, but it was only seeing one of the two new drives. So, my first question is:

Should the computer have seen both drives, or only the drive in whatever the '1st slot' would be?

Also, I've just started a restore process from disk utility. I was already in that tool to format the drive that it could see, so I just went ahead and hit restore from the Time Machine backup to the drive I formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Second and third questions are:

Should I have actually used time machine instead? (restore is in progress, can't seem to cancel) What's the difference?
Would it have been better to install Sierra and then restore from time machine?

The restore from Disk Utility seems to be doing it's thing..(says it's restoring)


texts: AppleScript - Error: Expect End of Line found end of script

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I'm an AppleScript novice and receiving the above error in what should be a very simple AppleScript. I believe it is somewhere in the set statement but unable to ascertain. Would greatly appreciate any guidance or suggestions.

using terms from application "Mail"
on perform mail action with messages theMessages for rule theRule
set attachmentsFolder to (("Macintosh HD:Users:John:Dropbox:John & Julie:Wirecard") as Unicode text)
tell application "Mail"
    -- Save the attachment
        set savePath to attachmentsFolder & (name of theAttachment)
            try
                with timeout of 1800 seconds
                    save theAttachment in file (savePath)
                end timeout
            end try
end tell
end perform mail action with messages


texts: How to make Siri-initiated calls use Google Voice

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Previously asked for iOS 7. I need to use Google Voice (e.g. for cheaper overseas calls), not just for the Caller ID part of the problem.

iOS 10+ is fine if that solves the problem.

To the close vote: I wish to be able to use Siri and say "Call Alice" and the call go via Google Voice. Or "Call Alice with Google Voice" would be good too. I did ask the local Apple Genius Bar. And since (as of 2017-11-01), Google Voice isn't a supported 3rd-party Siri integration, that doesn't work.


texts: M1 Mac clean install, getting stuck at "Create a computer account"

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I wanted to do a clean install on my shiny new M1 MacBook Pro, running macOS 11.1. I booted into recovery mode and navigated to disk utility, click my Macintosh HD entry, erase, then erase volume group.
Reformatting done, I selected "Reinstall macOS Big Sur." This progressed normally, and I was eventually greeted with setup assistant, asking me to select a language.
Everything works normally, up until I reach the "Create a computer account" dialog. No matter what information I enter here, the setup assistant freezes for 5-10 minutes [1]. It eventually reports that creating the account failed, with no further information. It asks me to try again - if I try to use the same short or full account name, it complains that the short or full name is in use and to select something else. If I change the full and short names and try again, the same thing occurs.
If I forcibly shut down the machine at this point and reboot, I am greeted with a normal login menu - e.g. no setup assistant. The accounts that I tried to create using the setup assistant are all listed, but I am unable to log into any of them - seems the password might be set to something other than what I specified.
If during the setup process I signed into iCloud (I have tried with and without signing in), I am given the option to reset the account password using my iCloud account - but this does not work, it shakes a bit as if the iCloud password is wrong. (The iCloud password works perfectly fine on another machine.)
I would write the whole thing off as a glitch, but it is 100% reproducible (on this machine, at least - I am afraid to try my existing machine for the moment). That is, erasing the hard drive and restarting the entire process results in the same errors. If there was a hardware issue, doesn't it seem more likely that we'd run into different set of problems each time?
So, wall of text finished: has anyone run into this, or have any advice on debugging?
I am on attempt 5+ at the moment.
[1] I can still bring up the Force Quit dialog, and adjust brightness/etc using the Touch Bar.


texts: Does "key code" command on applescript acts like a keyboard?

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I'm running an applescript to automate some basic tasks on a third party software, I would like to know if the following code acts like a "real keyboard" for the third party software or if it's a different approach.
tell application "X" to activate
delay 0.5
tell application "System Events" to tell process "X"
    set right_arrow to 124
    repeat 10 times
        key code right_arrow using command down
        delay 0.5
    end repeat
end tell

Can the third party soft. knows that I'm running a "different" kind of input? or it is the same input as the keyboard does?


texts: Virtualbox installation fails/hangs on Catalina

texts:
I'm trying to install Virtualbox on Mac Catalina. It either fails or hangs and in the console I see these messages:

error   10:46:15.111917+1000    kernel  Sandbox: installd(3456) System Policy: deny(1) file-write-data /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist
fault   10:46:15.112121+1000    installd    Couldn't write values for keys (
    SuspendHelperActivityTimeStamp
) in CFPrefsPlistSource<0x7fea7d549d70> (Domain: com.apple.TimeMachine, User: kCFPreferencesAnyUser, ByHost: Yes, Container: (null), Contents Need Refresh: Yes): setting preferences outside an application's container requires user-preference-write or file-write-data sandbox access

Any ideas on how to fix whatever the issue is? I have tried rebooting, running the Virtualbox uninstaller, repeating the install, same result. My install of Catalina is up-to-date according to the system.


texts: BGR - RGB Pixel layout problem. How to fix wrong subpixel optimization in "LCD font smoothing"

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Maybe someone has idea how to solve this problem. I have display Dell P2314H it has BGR subpixel layout instead of common RGB. If to turn on font smoothing on Mac - fonts are looking terrible. I have tried to edit ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.windowserver..plist, trying to modify PixelEncoding property from from --------RRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGBBBBBBBB to --------BBBBBBBBGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRand also some other combinations. Rebooted after several modifications without any success.

On Ubuntu there is dconf-editor, where you can modify /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/xsettingsand set rgba-order property to bgr

But is there any chance to fix wrong subpixel layout setting on Mac OS? This problem manifests itself both on Hackintosh and if to connect external Display to MacBook.


texts: Error: /dev/fd/63: line 1: Moved: command not found

texts:
I am trying to install particle cli on macOS High Sierra.

When I run this command:

bash <( curl -sl https://particle.io/install-cli )

I get this error:

/dev/fd/63: line 1: Moved: command not found

Can anyone help me fixing this issue ?


texts: How can I generate iOS screenshots without using a simulator?

texts:
I'm not too far off from releasing my first Cordova-based iOS / Android app. The final step is to upload screenshots of my app in various resolutions (e.g. one to show how it looks on iPhone 6 Plus, one for iPhone 4 etc.).

I have an iPhone 4, and a 2009 Macbook with 2gb of RAM in it (both second hand from eBay. I just needed the bare minimum for development purposes), so running a simulator is painfully slow and takes a long time to do most things

Is there a quick and easy way to prepare the 20 or so screenshots I need without having to own or get access to various sized iPhones, or struggle through the simulator? I'm looking for something I can use fairly often as I release new versions so I don't have to struggle every time.


texts: Copying old photos from an iPhone to a PC

texts:
A couple years ago, I switched from Android to iPhone 7 Plus. The person helping me at the Sprint store transferred all my photos from Android phone onto their computer, and then to my iPhone.

I need to get these photos off of my iPhone, but they don't show up in iTunes, and neither in my iCloud. What can I do other than sending myself hundreds of emails with the photos attached?


texts: Why is the RAM usage of my system smaller on startup than it is after using (and closing) software?

texts: When I start up my mac the ram usage is about 4 gig. I will open up a few programs like photoshop and indesign which use a lot of ram and then shut them down again to try to reclaim that ram when i have finished with them. the ram is often up to around 6 gig even though i have closed the programs down. it seems like the system doesnt fully reclaim the ram. whats going on here and can it be fixed? thanks.


texts: ITunes resets syncing of books to "Selected books" instead of "All books"

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I have both an iPad and an iPhone, and I sync them both with the same computer. I read a lot of ebooks, and I keep them in iBooks, so that I can switch between all my devices. (I also have a number of audiobooks, which I only use from my phone or laptop, never from the iPad).

I have all my devices set to automatically sync all books. But for a while now, when I've synced the iPad, it's reset itself to sync "Selected books" instead of "All books", so that I've had to go back to iTunes and re-select "All books" and do a second sync in order to get all of my books transferred.

This only happens with the iPad, not with the iPhone. I've had this iPad for a while; I don't recall having had the issue the whole time, but I also don't recall exactly when it started or if I did something to cause it.

I have tried doing a complete reset and reinstall of the iPad, but the problem came back as soon as I'd done my first sync.

Is there any way I can make iTunes stop resetting my book sync preferences?


texts: Is there a way to receive a warning if memory is running low?

texts: Sometimes I get tab happy with Google Chrome which chews up a lot of memory and slows down the system. Is there a way to get a warning when free memory falls below a certain threshold? That way I can close some things before serious performance degradation.


texts:
I have an External (XLR) SDMP15 Stagg mic that comes with a 3,5m XLR to phone plug 6,35 mm and I also bought a Bespeco Adaptor in hopes of recording audio. However, when I plug it all together (the mic connects to the cable and the other side of the cable to the adaptor which then connects to my Mac Desktop via the Headphone port) the mic isn't detected in Preferences > Sound. Only the internal mic shows up and basically the mic only emits sound as it is connected to the Headphone port.

My Mac doesn't realise that it serves an an input device and I don't know what more I have to do.


texts: Empty space in the place of icons in Finder

texts: I see empty spaces in Finder on OS X 10.9.4, exactly as on the picture. What does it mean? The spaces are in between the other icons, not at the end of the listing.


texts:
I have an iMac set up as my server machine. On the network, it is in the DMZ. The rest of the computers in the network use an internal 10.0.0.x IP.

I have OS X Server's VPN set to give clients IPs in the internal network, and it seems to give the client the IP (connecting on my iPad and checking the connection status shows this), but I can't access anything on the local network or internet while connected. On a Windows 7 client, I get a "No Internet acccess" or "No network access" error.

I should also note that when I select IPs to give to clients in the VPN settings pane of Server, a slide-down dialog notifies me that there is an "Unknown Network In Range". I have the range set to 10.0.0.120 to 10.0.0.130.

EDIT: I should clarify why I have the machine DMZ'd. I have done this because Server wouldn't allow me to set up Open Directory without the host/domain name I had set linking to the iMac's IP, and because my router's port forwarding is rather awful. I should also note that I have enabled the firewall to keep things safe.


texts: Is It Possible to Install OS X on an External Drive for Use with Any Mac?

texts: My dad would like to encourage me to learn how to program in C++, but he doesn't want anything that could possibly go wrong with any of the computers that we own while I am doing so to affect any of the data associated with their other user accounts.  As such, he would like to give me an external drive for me to use as an isolated programming environment.  This would be relatively straightforward to set up, but I was wondering if I could install OS X on this drive in such a way that I could boot it no matter which one of my family's computers it was hooked up to so that I could use whichever one is available as they become so.  Is it possible to do this at least for a late 2007 aluminum iMac and a 15-inch MacBook Pro that my dad bought late in the summer of 2011?


texts: Is there a cell/mobile friendly site for Apple feedback?

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I have previously used:
https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
To send feedback. I was shocked that this web form is not CSS formatted correctly on safari for iPhone. It’s so annoying to fill in a form designed for a desktop browser on your cell/mobile. I expected more from Apple (in 2020 no less!).
Anyone know of a mobile friendly version of this site?


texts:
I know someone who is always "pocket calling" people, this happens because they use their phone (an iPhone 6s running iOS 11.4) they just put it back in their pocket and dont lock it. They then put their hands in their pocket and start pressing buttons by accident.

Ive tried to get them to get into the habit of locking their phone before putting it in their pocket, but they haven't been able to.

Is there a setting i could set for them where their phone auto locks after say 10 seconds instead of the current minimum 30 seconds. Or auto-locks if the light sensor notices its dark.


texts: iPhone Bedtime Options for Different Days

texts: I use the Bedtime settings on the iPhone but I'd like to have different settings for different days. For instance, I have the same alarm time for Monday-Friday but would like a later alarm time for the weekend. I don't see where option is available.


texts: How do I share my Thunderbolt Ethernet through WiFi in a hidden way?

texts: I want to share my internet connection in such a way that my SSID is not visible/discoverable on other devices. I want to allow access only to devices which know my SSID/mac address. Is there a way I can accomplish this?


texts: Which Macs support HDCP on their built-in / native displays?

texts:
Which Macs, both desktop and portable, support HDCP on their native displays? The web is awash with information on connected displays, and which support it, don't support it, and stories of people who weren't warned that theirs don't support it, paid $15 for a movie, and are now screwed.

But for internal displays, I can find nothing. Apple's own Technical Specifications do not list HDCP support. Everymac.com has nothing. I was once able to play an HD iTunes movie on my Late 2008 MacBook Pro, but had to take a leap of faith that it supported HDCP. A StackOverflow answer indicates even a motivated developer couldn't make an app that determines whether a given Mac has HDCP support for its built-in display.

It seems the only way - not exaggerating here - is to buy some protected content from iTunes and hope it works.


texts: macOS freeze - How to find faulty software or system crash logs?

texts:
For 6 months now my Mac freezes 4 to 5 times a week, forcing me to reboot.

The software I run the most when my Mac freezes are: Google Chrome and Molotov.tv.

I don't notice anything wrong in Activity Monitor (no processor burn) BUT the fans begin to accelerate, and gradually, nothing reacts. I am then forced to stop the machine by pressing 5 seconds on the power button.

I don't know how to find the faulty software (or the daemon), can you help me ?

Config:

MacBook Pro 2014 15"
2.5 GHz
16 GB RAM
macOS Sierra 10.12.6


texts: App Store Keeps Pushing The Same Updates

texts:
I've got the following apps installed:

Text Wrangler 4.5.12
XCode 6.1.1
Microsoft Remote Desktop 8.0.12

I've installed the updates no less than 7 times in total in an attempt to get rid of this and it's still trying to push the same versions on me.

I was hoping that the recent OS X NTP Security Update would have fixed this (I was thinking that the date issue might be the cause) but these updates have just appeared again.

What can I do to stop this ridiculous situation?


texts:
My notes.app is going crazy. When I create a new Note and then hit save, the note is not only duplicated but 10x duplicated.

I have icloud sync deactivated. As far as I can see, the note is duplicated for each word in the file with more than one letter.

What can i do?


texts: How to move all pictures from 'photos' to a hard disk?

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I know that all pictures from 'photos' are stored in the photos library. I want to move the whole library to my hard disk due to space constraints. I know that they are located in the masters folder.

The problem is, pictures are located according to the date of import in many separate folders. Is there any method to get all of them into a single folder? It would be easier to browse if they were all in one big folder/fewer folders.


texts:
I want to know if I can merge two APFS containers.

I want to merge Untitled to mac, mac-Data container.
If I click - button at the bottom, Untitled container is merged to Workspace. But this is not what I want to do.

Anyone can help ?

This image is diskutil list result.

I am using Mac Mojave now.


texts: How to download & install Bonjour Services on a Windows 7 64 bit computer?

texts:
The Bonjour Service was causing error messages in my event log (Windows 7 laptop).  I have deleted it and the Bonjour Print Service.

I now need to re-install it.  Where do I download it and how do I install it on a Windows 7 (64 bit) laptop?


texts: How do I get rid of a re-appearing B&W hard drive icon on my macOS desktop?

texts:
I have an iMac running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 and an external hard drive with 3 partitions.

The external HD was unplugged and left unplugged. Since then, it appears on my desktop at every startup, black and white. It can be ejected anytime (with commandE or Disk Utility) but keeps coming back every startup.

If I plug in the HD, it also appears in color in addition to the false B&W HD icons. It can be ejected and doesn't come back unless I plug it in again. Clicking on the false icon shows the correct menu, and all docs and apps can also be accessed.

How do I get rid of the B&W icons?


texts:
I just set up a new iPad with a clean install and logged into iCloud and tapped 'Use iCloud' when starting iBooks. When I try to download a previously downloaded book from the 'My Books' tab in iBooks an error message with the following appears:

Couldn't Connect. iBooks couldn't connect to the iBooks Store. Check your Internet connection, then try again.

I tried deleting iBooks and not tapping 'Use iCloud' when starting iBooks but I get the same error message. The "Featured" tab opens just fine so it can connect to the iBooks and the App Store app works just fine. I also tried using my phone as a hotspot to make sure it wasn't an issue with the wifi I was on.


texts: Deleted the files in /private/etc/apache2/other/

texts:
I deleted files in /private/etc/apache2/other/ by mistake.  Then I tried to copy files from /private/etc/apache2/original/extra to /private/etc/apache2/other/ to recover my httpd, but it failed.

Now I get the error message from apache:

  "You don't have permission to access the requested directory. There is
  either no index document or the directory is read-protected. You don't
  have permission to access the requested object. It is either
  read-protected or not readable by the server."

So, there are two questions:

Can anyone can tell me what files in the "other" folder. How to produce these files.
How can I fix the 403 error without reproduce the files in "other" folder.


texts: Cannot print PDF but can open it in Preview

texts:
I was trying to print this document. It opens great in Preview but I cannot print it:

ERROR: undefined
OFFENDING COMMAND: firMf

STACK:

1185863205
-dictionary-
/CharStrings
...

Trying to print starting from another page leads to a similar error. Any idea? My printer works great on other similar material.

Note that this document is just week 1 of 10 of a class and if I could screenshot and print the jpg page by page I would (I just care about printing) but there are 200 pages total so Im looking for another solution.


texts: Mac 10.11 (El Capitan) - Repeating system.log error: airportd[57]: SecTaskLoadEntitlements failed error=22

texts:
After a clean install (wiped HD before USB install) of 10.11 (El Capitan), I noticed the following error in /var/log/system.log:

Oct 21 09:06:35 computer airportd[57]: SecTaskLoadEntitlements failed error=22
Oct 21 09:07:05 --- last message repeated 5 times ---

It seems to be constantly repeating. Any ideas on how to find the issue or source process?

Thanks


texts: Is there a simple script to duplicate files into a new folder based on a csv file?

texts:
Our challenge is that we need to search and duplicate approx 3000 images into a new folder.

The list of image names is a csv file. The files are all on one drive, but in many different folders.


texts: How can I get the Terminal to keep a separate history per tab/window?

texts:
When I restart my Mac it quits and saves the buffers for each tab properly, since it's there again when the computer starts back up. But the command history is not buffered properly per window/tab. They're all the same buffer.

I'm assuming it's because bash uses the same ~/.bash_history for all terminals but is there a way to avoid improve this? To make bash, or maybe Terminal, store them separately?


texts: What is the best torrent client for OSX?

texts:
What is the best torrent client for OSX ?

utorrent, Transmission, Vuze or ....

?


texts:
I've become majorly concerned when reading this article that describes a bad actor that use Terminal access from his/her Mac to change the syslog and have stealth access to all data and passwords.

How can I get sure when I am connecting WLAN of workplace nobody can hack my computer and if they did by any chance(having password) how can I hinder them?

I don't even get how an OS could have two sys logs, so how can I get sure others have no access to my data? I am scared I might leave my Mac unattended sometimes.


texts: dual (two factor-auth) gmail accounts in Mail.app

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Situation: I have two gmail accounts: 1 private (@gmail.com) and 1 google apps (@domain.com) account. Both have 2-factor-auth enabled.

However, the problem is that whenever I restart Mail.app, it asks passwords for both accounts without successfully signing in. Is there any way I can keep 2-factor authentication for both accounts and still get them both to work in Mail.app?


texts: I have created an album from iCloud now I want to download it onto a memory stick, how?

texts: I have created an album from iCloud now I want to move it onto a memory stick, how do I do this?


texts: Xcode 10 Broke Autocomplete When Inserting Include Names for C++, Any Workarounds?

texts:
I no longer get any autocompletion results when I begin to type a standard header file name in the include statements:

#include <>

Normally, typing in a name such as vector or string would cause the autocompletion list to open and display results for these library names, but it is not happening in Xcode 10.  I'm getting some autocompletion results for other headers, but nothing related to the standard C++ libraries.  Does anyone know any workarounds or solutions to this?  I asked in the Apple developer forums, but I've received no help after a week now.

I know that directory for standard C++ library files is:

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/c++/v1

But I'm unaware where this would be placed in Xcode to hopefully get it to allow for autocompletion of headers for all projects in Xcode (and not just whatever specific project is loaded.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

If there isn't a workaround, can anyone else with Xcode 10 verify this issue on their end?


texts: iMac OS X 10.6.8, didn't come with any disks...how do I create an install disk

texts: I want to do a dual boot with Windows 7 (the eventual goal being Windows 8 but to upgrade I think I need to have a version of Windows on my Mac already).  I meet all of the system requirements and I have the Windows 7 disk.  But it says I also need to have a Mac OS X 10.6 installation disc - which I do not have - it didn't come with the iMac.  How can I precede with installing Windows?


texts: What app can I use to browse photos on my iOS devices from a Mac on the local network?

texts:
I am trying to figure out if there's an app out there that can let me browse photos from my Mac via wifi.

So I have a

mac on the local network
iOS devices on the local network
1000s of images on the mac (Aperture/Shared_Folder)

I want

access to these images on the iOS devices
slideshows etc

Can't seem to find anything yet.

Thanks.


texts: How do I get the trackpad (force touch) to recognise a click right after a scroll?

texts:
I use CAD software and a really common action is to zoom out (two finger scroll) followed by a click and drag to pan around the document.

On the new MBR pro with force touch trackpad I'm finding that if I do those operations in quick succession the click isn't recognised at all. Instead if have to do a deliberate finishing of the zoom before starting the click. As you can imagine, that's pretty frustrating when you do it all day.

I recently had my macbook stolen and was forced to upgrade from an old 2008 macbook to a new MBR pro. So I've gone from OS 10.6 to 10.10 and from the older trackpad to the new force touch one. This means I'm not sure if it's a change in the OS that I'm trying to track down or something to do with the new force touch trackpad.

I installed BetterTouchTool to see if there was anything in there that looked like it would help. It had a "live view" so I could see what the trackpad was seeing and the movements (and clicking) are all being "seen" by the software. It's just that the driver won't acknowledge the click until the scroll is done.

Any ideas of what I can do to tweak this behaviour?

Edit - try the following:

scroll down using two fingers on this page
lift one finger and apply pressure with the other to do a click
drag up to the top right as you're doing it to simulate a click and drag

alternatively:

scroll down using two fingers on this page
use your thumb to click and index finger to drag up to the top right

You'll see that it takes almost a second to recognise that you're trying to click. The only way to be sure of getting the click is to end the scroll before rolling into the click.

This was not a problem on the older trackpads because they had a physical button, so they knew when you had transitioned to the click. Now that it's the force system it's not distinguishing between them so well - evidently it has a delay in it before it acknowledges that you're definitely trying to click.


texts: mac mini > apple tv: no audio except using itunes

texts:
The 2014 Mac Mini is connected via ethernet cable to the latest-generation Apple TV, which in turn is connected to the TV via HDMI. Controlling the Mini via Screen Sharing, I start up iTunes, and am able to route its audio to the Apple TV and thence to the TV speakers. However, I'm unable to do this using Swinsian. (Swinsian is just another music player.)

ITunes does have its own widget next to the volume slider for speaker selection

Computer -- Great Room (plus sign)
Great Room -- Available (check mark and volume slider)

which Swinsian doesn't. However, in the menubar there is an "Airplay" widget. It has

Airplay: Great Room -- use as separate display
Airplay to -- Great Room

Number 1 is checked, and I can't switch it to #2.

I've rebooted/restarted each device. No luck.

How do I send audio from Mac Mini to Apple TV? I don't care one way or another whether the picture of the screen goes to the TV.


texts: Do monitors and other peripherals - with their own power source - drain power from MacBook when plugged in via USB-C?

texts: I have 2 monitors plugged into my MacBook Pro 2016, one via USB-C and another through a 5-port hub with HDMI. When the MacBook is not plugged in to power (through the hub) it seems to drain power very quickly. Would the monitors cause this? Thx.


texts: Why is my Hard-Drive filling up quickly?

texts:
I am running macOS Catalina, on a 2017 MacBook Air
Recently I moved the I-Movie Library off of my mac, and onto an External Hard Drive. So I checked My storage and it said 30 gigabytes free. Then 3 days later, I checked again, and the storage was almost full. I hadn't downloaded any big items, so I was very confused. Here I am now with Final Cut Pro, telling me my hard drive is full. Is something eating up my hard drive?
Apologies for poor use of StackExchange, this is my first post.


texts: My iPhone screen doesn't turn off during calls?

texts: I have been recently noticing that my iphone does not turn off the screen when I answer calls or have it in my pocket... something seems off with proximity sensor... but how do I assure that this is the case, and not a software issue...


texts: Mysterious "EFI Boot" partition appearing at startup?

texts:
A few days ago, I tried installing Windows 8.1 on my late 2011 Mac by using disk utility to make a free space on my disk and a Windows 8.1 boot drive to install. While installing, my Mac recognized the boot drive as "EFI Boot" (when I pressed the options key to select the boot drive).

In the part when I had to format my partitions for installation, Windows created 2 partitions in the free space: 1. the Microsoft Reserved partition and 2. the partition where Windows is meant to be installed.

The installation went well, no errors were raised, but when I pressed the options key at startup to boot to Windows, my Mac recognized my Windows partition as "EFI Boot" (so now I have 3 options when I pressed the Options key:Macintosh HD, EFI Boot, and Recovery).
That is not really a big problem to me, but then when I started using Windows, I couldn't find a way to make the audio drivers working. I couldn't install Microsoft Office either.

So, I booted into my Macintosh HD partition, and use disk utility to remove the Windows partition and the Microsoft Reserved partition. Then, I reinstalled Windows 8.1 by following these instructions: Boot camp install of Windows 7 issue, no bootable devices

Everything went well and the audio is now working, but now, when I press the Options key at startup, I have 4 options: Macintosh HD, Windows, EFI Boot, and Recovery. When I tried choosing "EFI Boot", it shows me a blue screen, saying:

  Recovery
  Your PC needs to be repaired
  A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed.

  Press Enter to try again
  Press F8 for Startup settings

When I tried pressing Enter and F8 keys, it returned to the same blue screen.

When I tried mounting the EFI partition, I see 3 folders: Apple, Boot, and Microsoft. I tried deleting the Microsoft folder (and I kept the copy of it somewhere else), and boot into the EFI Boot again, my computer froze and restarted.

The question is, how can I make the EFI Boot disappear when I press the options key at startup? It's not creating any problems with my Mac or Windows partitions, but I'm very curious about what it actually is, what does it have to do with my computer, and why does it decide to show up when I pressed the options key?


texts: Disable System Integrity Protection on OS X running on VMware

texts: I have an instance of OS X El Capitan running on VMWare Workstation 10. I need to make changes to /System and therefor have to disable System Integrity Protection. How do I access recovery mode on this VM so I can disable SIP?


texts: How does the new iPad's Retina Display affect its battery life?

texts:
As we all know, the new iPad has a gorgeous new Retina Display. And yet, it's advertised to have battery life just as good as the iPad 2's.

How is this possible? Doesn't the new display require a lot more power to run? Were any performance tradeoffs made (e.g. refresh rate), or did Apple improve the battery enough that it's irrelevant?


texts: Method for using F4 key without pressing function button on MacBook Pro

texts:
I'm using a program that uses the F4 key as an important shortcut which I use heavily.

Every time I want to press F4 on my MacBook Pro also have to press the fn button.

Is there a possibility (such as with an AppleScript?) that something could detect if I'm using that program and allow me to avoid pressing fn and let me use the shortcut just with the F4 key?


texts:
I'm attempting to create a package using Packages that installs in ~/Applications (because each user can have an instance of the app in question running but it needs a custom port per user as it daemonises and runs like an HTTP server).

I can't work out how this is done. In the Payload section I can only pick from /Applications, /Library and /Users/Shared. I've tried adding a custom folder but without knowing the username ahead of time I don't know what to put in the prompt.

I could use a shell script in the Scripts tab (part of the install requires that anyway), but I'm unclear as to where the binary for the app should be put (I could place it in one of the above paths and then move it but I don't wish to spread build artefacts around the user's system, even for clean builds), or how to refer to its initial location in the script, whether it's via the Payload tab or the Additional Resources section under Scripts.

I'm happy to use a different tool or directly edit scripts (back to the old days;-) any help or insight would be much appreciated.


texts: Software to convert video to image sequence beside QT?

texts: I want to convert a bunch of videos to image sequence with user defined intervals, but I don't have an export to image sequence option on my QUicktime player.  Any suggestion?


texts: How do I tell if a device is doing USB 3.0 and not downgraded to USB 2.0 for some reason?

texts: For example, if I plug a USB 3.0 device and find that the I/O performance is rather slow, how do I check whether it's because the device is actually doing USB 2.0 (even though I'm using a USB 3.0 cable, connected to a USB 3.0 port on my MacBook Pro).


texts: Catalina update from Mojave: how to continue the download from where it was?

texts:
From Mojave in System Preferences / Software Update, I'm trying to update to Catalina.

Catalina takes about 8 GB.

The network cable was a bit loose, and after about 6 GB (75%), someone touched the cable and the download was interrupted with an error message: "Network connection was lost!".

I just clicked "Ok" (no reboot...) and was offered the update again. That I did. But the updater started almost from the beginning! (from 512 MB to be precise!). I was expecting MacOS to use the part that was already downloaded (or at least most of it), in order to spare another 30 minutes download!

Is there a way (update from command line...) to tell MacOS to consider using the part of the file that was already downloaded at the time of the disconnection?


texts: 4k@60hz on MBP mid 2015 (intel iris 1536 only) HOW?

texts:
Right now i can only do 4k@30hz through the hdmi port.
I get "No Signal" when i connect using a mDP to DP cable on the same monitor.

What steps would I take to get 60 Hz @ 4K display?


texts: creating a new user in Mac will it reset everything?

texts:
I want to reset all my configurations trying to install MySQL & other development stuff through the Terminal on my MacBook and start fresh. Because it was my first time doing this and I think I made lots of wrong stuff.

So, do creating a new user will do this or I need to make a new "fresh" install for the OS?


texts: External display attached to MacBook Pro has washed out colours

texts:
I have a BenQ BL3201 display, connected via HDMI (and a USB-C dongle) to my 2019 15" MacBook Pro.  Light grey areas are completely washed out, and appear white.  I've attached some photos to demonstrate.
Built-in Display:

External Display:

I've adjusted the brightness, contrast, gamma, and every other setting on the monitor, but none of it resolves this problem.  The monitor even has a special 'M-BOOK' mode for MacBooks that doesn't improve things at all.  I've gone through every available display profile, and the only one that helps with this issue is 'ACES CG Linear' (but it looks worse in other ways, colours are very dark and muted).
The monitor was previously attached to to a Desktop Linux box, and it didn't show the same issue there.
Is there any setting or tweak that I can use to resolve this issue?


texts: Macbook Pro 15 Late 2015 USB rapidly disconnecting

texts:
I just got a macbook pro 15' late 2015 from my work. I have an issue where my ipad and iphone cant be charge or connected to the macbook, it keeps disconnecting and it charge for one second and then disconnect and keep doing that.

I tried to run sudo killall -STOP usbd , the transfer/connection with my ipad works but it wont charge. I know most people will say 'dont charge your ipad with your mac because it wont work or slow', but I got my own macbook pro 13' late 2015 and i got no issue at all to charge my ipad and share screen using my ipad

I am just wondering if there is an issue with the hardware of my macbook or is there something else ?

p/s : In the system info, it says 'extra operating current : 0 '


texts: Can I put a monitor next to another monitor while both are connected to my MacBook Pro?

texts: I have two monitors. Just for my setup, I was wondering if I could position one monitor on the left of my 15" 2018 MacBook Pro, and then another one on the left of that.


texts: New 2020 Macbook Pro: Headphone jack doesn't work upon logging in, often doesn't work until I plug in/out several times

texts: I have a new mabook pro. Everytime I open the laptop and login, the computer doesn't seem to register my headphone jack. On the touch bar there isn't an option to control the volume. I always have to plug the headphone in and out, and then it registers. And sometimes I have to plug it in and out 8-15 times before it works. After the first time, there is an option for volume, but the headphones often still don't work. After around 15 times the headphones finally have sound.


texts: Use hdmi equipped TV/projector as a Mac monitor

texts:
I have a TV with hdmi inputs, and I have an old Mac Book Pro with DVI output, and I'm going to buy a new Mac Book Pro which has mini DVI output.

When I want to use TV/projector with hdmi inputs as an external monitor, is it just simply connect them with dvi to hdmi connector?

If so, what vendors are favored with reasonable price?
If not, what equipment do I need to connect them?


texts: How can I disable suggested meetings in Microsoft Outlook for Mac?

texts:
Outlook for Mac (the application, not the online version) is highlighting "Suggested Meetings" in my emails and turning them into a link to a calendar invite. I find this annoying and inaccurate, but can't find any way to turn it off. How can I do so?

Outlook for Mac v16.25, running on macOS Mojave.


texts: How to change the keyboard language (two languages setup) at login screen on Macbook Air 13?

texts: During login I had two keyboard language options which appeared on the right top corner which I could choose.  After reboot, I lost them.  How can I get those two keyboard language options again? I need to access one of them for a special character in my password which would allow me to get in. Otherwise, the system cannot verify my password.


texts: How can you get Finder to sort by name, but also sort folders before files?

texts: When I want sort my files and folder in Finder (specially sort by name) they sort all item by name mixing folders and files together. I want a way that sorts (like Windows) first all folders by name then all other items by name. How can I do this?


texts: When I got my iPhone 5, the Add Event button in Calendar was greyed out. I have tried adding events using Siri, and that doesn't work either. Why not?


texts: How does installing XCode, Visual Studio and Unity on my mac impact my computer's speed?

texts:
Most of the time I use my mac computer for graphics design but I enjoy coding too. Since clean-installing macOS a few months ago, I avoided installing XCode, Unity and Visual Studio for fear that with all their dependencies, they might bog down my aging computer.

However I wonder whether this is the actual case given that osx apps tend to be statically linked and self-contained.

Do these three Dev Tools slow my computer down somehow by their mere existence, or is it only disk space that they occupy when I am not using them?


texts: My iPhone cannot connect to the internet on cellular data and wifi

texts:
My iPhone 5 with iOS 9.2.1 suddenly cannot connect to the internet, neither via cellular data or wifi. All applications that requires internet connection are unable to reach their server. I was in the middle of texting using WhatsApp when this happens, and this is my 2nd time experiencing this (the previous one I was able to get my connection back after restarting iPhone).

I can confirm I have an active internet connection on from my telecom provider and ISP. Tried restart/force restart/reset network connection but without success.


texts: Open website without actually opening it in browser from terminal

texts:
Is it possible to open a website from terminal without it actually opening a new tab?

eg: open https://www.google.co.uk/ would open a new tab in the default application and go to that website.

I just want a command which mimics that call to the website but not open a tab or show anything.

Reason behind this is that I'm trying to call a command on a website, but don't want anything to pop up, I just want it to call the command.


texts: Gmail in iPhone: How to delete on swipe?

texts:
On iphone 3GS I have iOS version 4.1 running. The thing is when I swipe a mail in my Gmail account on iPhone, it always displays the Archive button. So, to delete some mail in my inbox I always have to open the mail, use the Move to button to move it to Trash.

In Yahoo email account and other accounts however, it displays a Delete button on swiping on a mail.

How can I set Gmail to show Delete button on swiping?

Regards


texts: What's the best way to sync Chrome bookmarks to iPhone?

texts: I use Google Chrome on my Mac as my browser, and I'd like to be able to have access to my bookmarks on my iPhone. Safari provides bookmark syncing automatically, and Mozilla has an app that provides that functionality, but I the only thing I can find is Xmarks which is a) paid, and b) synchronizes with a third-party service, instead of utilizing Google's existing bookmark sync for Chrome. Are there any other solutions?


texts: I just bought a used macbook (osx 10.8), and when i started it up there was a disk password. The former owner gave me the password but i would like to remove it, or at least change it. How can I? Is this something from "file vault"?


texts: Want Preview to default to Thumbnail view in Sidebar

texts:
I want to have Preview default to Thumbnail view in the Sidebar. There is a Preference option to display the Sidebar or not. But, there is no option to choose which Sidebar option an individual might want as their default.

Is there a way to do this?

MAC OS x 10.10.2 Yosemite
-Dennis


texts: Is there any difference between ctrl+c and cmd+. when stopping a terminal process?


texts: Mac OS "Go to desktop #" keyboard shortcourt

texts:
I am looking for a shortcut to change desktop in Mac OS X (10.7.3)

I am used to awesome WM in which you can do + to go to desktop #

I am looking for a keyboard shortcut in MacOS X to do this. I tried to make one using jiTouch but I didn't succeed.

Note: I am not asking to show/display the current desktop, only moving between them directly by their ID.

I have 5 desktop and going from #1 to #5 can take some time especially with the sliding effects. this is a productivity killer.

Thanks for any help.


texts: Where can I get the Form to renew iOS Developer Program

texts:
I am trying to renew my developer account.
I have added my credit card information and submitted to Apple Online.
But apple says:

  We have received your purchase request for Enrollment ID;
  however, your credit card number is not supported by our automated
  order system.

  You can either submit a new order online using a different credit card
  or complete the enclosed purchase form and fax it to us.

But I am not finding anywhere on the portal or their website the referenced form.
Can anyone please help me with this? Where can I obtain that form?


texts: My external boot volume won't startup all my Macs when it should

texts:
Because of the mobility of my work I decided to create a boot volume on an external USB-C SSD so that I can run my user environment on a number of Macs (on an iMac Pro (2017) while at work, on a 15" MacBook Pro (Retina, mid-2015) while on the road, and on a 27" iMac (2017) when at home). Unfortunately, while the 27" iMac and 15" MacBook Pro boot up fine from the external drive, the iMac Pro doesn’t.

I’ve tried resetting the NVRAM and even the SMC for good measure. The external boot volume contains macOS Mojave 10.14.1, and this should be fully compatible with the iMac Pro.

What am I missing here?


texts: An app that can give me the amount of time using an app?

texts: I need an app that tracks automatically every time I use Final Cut X or another app and gives me the total usage time. Any ideas?


texts: When I click on Install App, nothing happens

texts:
I am trying to install Mavericks on my 2009 Macbook Pro running OS 10.7.5.

When I click on Install App in the App Store, Mavericks doesn't install. Either nothing happens, or a spinner briefly appears at the top and then disappears.

An I doing something wrong here? I've never used the App Store before, so maybe there's something I'm missing. The first time I was prompted for my Apple password, which I put in.

Here's a video I made of what happens.


texts:
Here are the steps I used

open Xcode
create a new project
choose the command line prompt
On the the option for new project I put the product name
For language I choose C++

Then I can't proceed. At the bottom I see "cancel", "previous",  and "next" but next is greyed out. What do I have to do to proceed?


texts: The first line on a TextEdit moves out of center alignment, and then when recentered it is not in alignment with the rest of the document

texts:
I am new to word processing, so this is probably something incredibly simple that I am overlooking.  Knowing that, just compounds the frustration however of not being able to figure it out.  Any help that you can give me, so that I don't pull out all of my hair, would be greatly appreciated.

Here is my problem.  I have created a document in TextEdit and centered all of the lines, and then saved the doc.  In this original document, the ruler above the page has two down arrows, one clear over to the left at the 0" point, and a second one clear over to the right at the 20" point.  Additionally, at the 0" position is the "T" sign, which if I understand correctly, determines where the first line of text will begin.  Those three symbols are in these same exact positions, no matter which horizontal line of text I place my cursor on.  Besides those three symbols, the two down arrows and the "T", there are no additional special characters on the ruler, except for the inch numbers and the corresponding 1/8" marks.

Something that I found interesting is that when I centered the document, the center point of all of the text is at the 7" mark on the ruler, even though the ruler goes clear up to 20 inches.  So, I'm curious as to why this is?  However, the frustrating part is when I close the document and then at a later point reopen it and start to type on the first line again.  The entire first line automatically moves from being centered, to being aligned at the left of the page.  The remaining lines of text remain centered at the 7" centering point discussed above, whether I type new text onto those lines or not.  The only line that is affected in this manner is the very first line.  Additionally, whereas on the original document there were only the three symbols above the ruler, the reopened document has numerous left indent arrows on the ruler as well as the original two down arrows and the "T" symbol.  If I then click the "Center Text" button on the document, while my cursor is still on this first line, it centers it on the 10" point and leaves the remaining document centered on the 7" point.  Even if I align the rest of the lines of text to the left, along with the first line, and then try to center them all, the first line centers at the 10" mark, and the remaining lines of text once again center themselves at the 7" mark.

For my purposes, it doesn't matter to me whether all of the lines are centered on the 7" point of the page or the 10" position.  I just need to have them all centered above one another.  Again, any help on this is very much appreciated.

Thank you in advance!


texts: Can iPhone 12 be used safely in pouring rain?

texts:
After some googling, I see many articles on circumstances where an iPhone can be used, but none that say definitely that is perfectly okay to actually do so (or whether it's risky to do so). Also problematic is that most of the top google results come from news paper websites, which are not technical in nature, and therefore not the best sources of such specific questions, and often word sentences to avoid committing to any specifics (and worse, some are speculative i.e. written before the details were released by apple!).
Question: if it's pouring rain and you're going out into it, can you continue a phone conversation while walking in that rain?
Assumptions

That the device should be thoroughly dried afterward before charging or using any any peripherals

If your iPhone has been exposed to liquid, unplug all cables and do not charge your device until it’s completely dry ..  allow at least 5 hours

That the rain is falling like normal (i.e. it is not pressurised)

To prevent liquid damage, avoid .. pressurised water or high-velocity water, such as when showering, water skiing, wakeboarding, surfing, jet skiing and so on


texts: How to properly escape spaces in the results of mdfind to use them in a for loop

texts:
Trying to answer the question Are true dynamic folders (NOT a “Smart Folder” SavedSearch) possible? I stumbled about the problem to loop the results of an mdfind search as quoted or escaped paths.

Code snippet:

for File in $(mdfind -onlyin $MusicSamples 'kMDItemAudioBitRate >= "44000"  && _kMDItemUserTags = "Sample"')
do
    ln -s $File $DrumFoldr
done

The for loop should create soft links of all matching files in the folder $MusicSamples or its sub folders in the folder $DrumFoldr. The loop works for files with paths/file names without spaces.

The answer to a similar question simply suggests to quote $File (... "$File" ...). This doesn't work - it simply creates broken soft links with names of the contiguous strings in the original file name: a file named "1. Artist - Song - Mix.mp3" will create four or five soft links: "1.", "Artist", "Song", "Mix.mp3"  and "-".
Escaping the spaces by piping the mdfind results to a sed command replacing a space with an escaped space \  will result in something like "\ 1.", "\ Artist" etc.
Creating an array of the mdfind results with:

result=()
mdfind ... | while IFS= read -r filename; do
  result+=("$filename")
done

and using it in for File in "${result[@]}"; do ln -s "$File" $DrumFoldr; done doesn't work either.

How do I properly escape those spaces in the paths?


texts: What Makes an macOS "Package" Show as a Package?

texts:
A package is just a directory, apparently, but somehow Finder and Path Finder know it's a package.

How is this indicated in the file system? I've tried a few changes to a directory to make it a package but to no avail.


texts: iPhone 4s Recover from lost lockscreen password

texts: I have an iPhone 4s.  I've locked it and forgotten the passcode.  I don't have an iTunes backup to restore from.  When I go through the power+home button loop attached to iTunes and then ask it to "restore" it fails saying "This device isn’t eligible for the requested build".  Any idea how a I reset the phone.  I don't actually want to do an iOs update, but iTunes doesn't seem to give me any other option.


texts:
I have ordered labeled PDF files with the colors green (very good), orange (ok) and red (bad). When I order my files after labels I get:

Green
Orange
Yellow

But I want to have

Green
Yellow
Orange

Is it possible to configure finder to order labels in my preferred way?


texts: How to prevent CMD key in Parallels Desktop 9 from switching to Windows 8 start screen?

texts:
Very annoying: I am running PD in Coherence mode and work in Visual Studio. If I press CMD, the Windows start screen appears.
Is there a way to disable this behavior?


texts: Is there a way of seeing what `brew cask zap` does before it does it?

texts:
I'd like to see the results of

brew cask zap <something>

so I can decide whether I want it to do that before it does it.  Is there anything equivalent to a --dry-run option, that I'm somehow missing?  Or any other way of achieving the same results?


texts: How do I prevent my Mac laptop from quitting applications trying to logout?

texts:
If I leave my computer alone for some 1-2 hours, I don't know exactly how long, it tries to logout. But I have terminal programs running (CLI tools fetching data from FTP, or doing processing of some kind, etc.), so the computer never fully logs out. I don't want it to logout though, I want it to stay logged in. It's also quitting the browser and my text editor, which I don't want it to do.
What settings do I change? In System Preferences, I clicked "Start after: Never". I put Energy Saver to never sleep with or without battery. But I don't know what else to change to get it to not log out.
Maybe this helps:


texts: When re-importing music in iTunes, is there a way to set "Replace Existing" as the default and skip the dialog?

texts:
I lost a big chunk of my iTunes library due to a disk failure.  The database is fine, but the song files are missing. Luckily for me, iTunes will let me reimport the CDs and preserve my existing playlists, play counts, etc.  iTunes is set to import automatically on disc insertion, so when I stick a CD in I get this dialog:

  One or more of the songs you have selected to import have already been imported. Do you want to replace existing songs and import them again? [Replace Existing] [Cancel] [Don't Replace]

So far so good.  The trouble is that my library is hosted on a headless G4 Mini, and it's inconvenient to hit "Replace Existing" every time.  Even if I connect a monitor and keyboard, the dialog takes a little while to come up, and I'd like to just swap CDs in and out whenever I walk through the living room.  There's a few hundred CDs to re-import so I don't want to babysit the process.

I thought about writing an AppleScript to push "Replace Existing" for me, but there doesn't seem to be a way to wait on dialog events.  I looked around the iTunes prefs files, etc., for some "always replace existing" option, but no luck.

I figure this is a long shot, but does anyone have any ideas on how to skip the "Replace Existing" dialog or otherwise make this process go more smoothly?


texts: Does the late 2013 Retina Macbook Pro Support PCI-E SSDs?

texts: I'd like to upgrade my late 2013 retina Macbook Pro with a M.2 PCI-E SSD. Is this possible? Do I need an adapter?


texts: How do I remap a key in macOS Sierra, e.g., Right Alt to Right Control?

texts:
I used to use Karabiner to remap Right Alt to Right Control (as an Emacs user I use Control MUCH more that Alt) but updating to Sierra broke this.  Downgrading is not an option.

How do I manually remap keys in Sierra?  I specifically would like to remap Right Alt to Right Control.


texts:
I have two MacBook Pros (one for work; one personal) that I want to connect to one monitor, one keyboard, and one mouse, and be able to switch between the two easily. Typically I'd opt to purchase a KVM switch, but it's been a while since I've needed that type of setup. My questions are:

Are KVM switches even needed anymore for MacBook Pros? Is there some sort of magic Wi-Fi / Bluetooth / Airplay device that can perform the same function?
If KVM switches (or something similar) are still used, what's a good make / model that works well with Macbooks?
Is a hardware solution even needed anymore? Is there software that can perform the same functions? (For example: Logitech Flow https://www.howtogeek.com/317962/how-to-use-logitech-flow-for-mice-and-keyboards-across-multiple-computers/)

Thank you!


texts:
I have a LG 27UD68P 4K on my MacBook Pro 15" Mid-2015. I can't get it to run on 60 Hz. Its only 30 Hz.

According to this Apple page its possible to get 60Hz. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206587

I have tried connecting two cables (Mini DisplayPort -> HDMI) but it still won't work.

What am I doing wrong? Any advice to get this thing at 60Hz would be amazing.


texts: iPhone 6 and iPhone X: Mail app not showing attachments correctly

texts:
I have been encountering issues with both an iPhone 6 and an iPhone X using Apple Mail app. When receiving multiple automated reports from SRSS, the attachments will clone from other, similar reports.

On other phones, this behavior does not seem to happen, as it does not seem to happen on PCs. This lead me to believe it being an issue with iOS/Mail app. The reports are sent in HTML Web archive format through e-mail.

I have researched on the Internet regarding this issue, and mostly I found people reporting this issue, but I haven't found many solutions.

I would like to know what could be done about this. If possible, I would rather not install a secondary application for work e-mails on these phones but if this is the only option then I'd do it.


texts: Is it possible to make a program execute when the mouse is moved or any key is pressed?


texts: Handoff and Instant Hotspot with El Capitan on MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)?

texts:
after upgrade to El Capitan, I don't get Instant Hotspot and Handoff to work (I am particularly interested in the possibility to make phone calls using my iPhone 5 from my Mac). It was working on Yosemite.

Now I saw on Apple Support that info about the compatibility:

  Handoff and Instant Hotspot

  Handoff and Instant Hotspot are supported by the following Mac models,
  and require OS X Yosemite:

MacBook Air (Mid 2012 and later)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 and later)
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015)
iMac (Late 2012 and later)
Mac mini (Late 2012 and later)
Mac Pro (Late 2013)

Now I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) and it does not seem to be mentioned here.

My Question: can I use Handoff and Instant Hotspot with my MacBook Pro Retina?

Becauese I can't seem to be able to set it up (enabled in System Preferences -> General -> Allow Handoff is enabled) in FaceTime.


texts: Why does "what's my IP" show a strange / random IP and not my home fibre IP?

texts:
When I try ifconfig.co or whatismyip.com on my MacOS 10.4 I get a completely unknown IP address and it even changes every day or two.

Tried from Safari, Brave, Firefox and even did curl ifconfig.co from the terminal and all show the same IP, currently somewhere in the US (and I'm nowhere near the US) but as I said it changes occasionally to other IPs.

I don't have any proxies set (checked both in Network settings, and in Firefox), the default route shown by netstat -rn points to my home router, but still somehow my traffic gets routed through these weird IP addresses.

I'm not aware of any VPN running either.

What's causing it? What should I check?


texts: Pause podcast on iPhone via Bluetooth with keyboard shortcut on Macbook Pro

texts:
Maybe a long shot but this seems instinctively possible.

I listen to podcasts on my iPhone 6S via headphones that don't have a pause button on the cord. When people start speaking to me in the office I need to find the phone, push the home button and click pause.

Is it possible to connect the phone with my Macbook Pro via Bluetooth and then pause the podcast via a click/keyboard shortcut on my laptop? This would save me approximately 2 seconds per pause - these seconds add up over time(!)


texts: Safari extension to check if you're currently logged-in to Google/Facebook/etc.?

texts:
Is there a Safari extension anywhere that shows a banner (or something equivalent) whenever you're logged-in to Google/Facebook/etc.?

I rarely sign into Gmail from the web, and when I do I want to make sure I sign out as soon as I'm finished doing whatever I'm doing. I often forget though, and only notice days later that I've been logged in that whole time.

An extension that gives a clear "warning" when you're logged-in would be fantastic, and solve my problem, but my searches thus far have turned up nothing.


texts:
I'm running Fiery Command Workstation on a Mac and it tends to crash every couple of days.

I've been looking in the Console but it shows any events for FCW that are a few days old, not for the days I know it crashed.

Can anyone recommend software that can monitor specific apps so that when they hang or crash, it gets logged (and as a bonus, send out email notifications)?


texts:
My macbook (Mid-2012, Non-retina) crashed today and it beeped. I managed to solve it by this video. Actually it did not solve. So i upgrade to Majove from Sierra. This way, my macbook start to boot. However, Safari and Mail apps won't open and when i try to "First Aid" on Disk Utility, it gave me

  "error: spaceman chunk disk address out of order: 0x2600080, expected
  0x2600000  Space manager is invalid.

What should i do?

Thank you very much


texts: Why am I asked to open YouTube videos in VLC?

texts:
I use the mobile site for YouTube in safari on iOS 13.3. Sometimes when I tap play on a video I get a pop up saying 'Open in "VLC"?' as though I had ever made the slightest indication of wanting that.

When I tap cancel I'm left with a non playing video in safari.

How do I disable this nonsense? What's causing it? Is VLC now affiliated with YouTube, or if not, how do I prevent it from infiltrating the domain and interfering with my browsing?


texts: Untick the 'Open Safe Files' preference in Safari with Terminal

texts:
After all the fuss over Mac Defender, I thought it might be a good idea to disable the open safe files option in safari for the users in our network. I'd like to do this with the 'Send Unix Command' via Remote Desktop.

How can I use terminal to disable this preference in Safari?


texts: When I take a screenshot with my Mac, the screenshots are not appearing on my desktop. Could the screenshot destination location have been changed on Mac? Is this a common problem?


texts: Is it possible to install an old version of Mac OS on a new Mac?

texts: I know that Apple doesn't want me to run a version of Mac OS older than the one my Mac came with, but is there a way around this?  For example: if I buy a new Retina MacBook Pro, is there a way to run OS 10.6 on it without a VM?


texts: Will iCloud backups of iOS devices restore the iOS Keychain?

texts:
Prior to iCloud, it was necessary to explicitly encrypt iOS device backups in order to include passwords stored in the iOS Keychain. Indeed, this was an important and recommended use of encryption, which allowed easy migration from device to device without having to reenter passwords, but it us unclear whether iCloud backups behave the same way. In fact, it's difficult to tell from the layout the settings UI in iTunes whether encryption applies only to local backups, or to those iCloud backups as well (though the former seems to be the case):

Are iCloud backups of iOS devices encrypted by default? Do they store iOS Keychains, so that after a restore of an iOS device from an iCloud backup, all saved passwords are available there?


texts: Why won't my iPhone 4S let me turn on the wifi?

texts:
When I go to Settings then to Wifi, I cannot turn it On.

I had read in another question I should Reset Network Settings but that did not seem to help.

Does anyone have any idea what I could do?


texts: Can I bind multiple key shortcuts to the same action?

texts:
I do a lot of pair programming. Some developers that I pair with use Linux as their primary desktop. So none of the keyboard shortcuts they are used to work.

What I would like to be able to do is bind multiple key chords to the same action. For example I want both ctrl-t and cmd-t to open a new tab in chrome.

I know that you can rebind shortcuts in system preferences/keyboard. I just don't know how to set multiple keystrokes to the same action.


texts: How to combine two windows as one in Terminal?

texts:
In Terminal I can use Command + T to create Tabs in one Window, check below:

but now, I opened two windows like this, how to merge them as one liker upper:

I have tried drag one into another, but not work.
my macos Version is: Catalina 10.15.7 (19H524)


texts: Why is the message body not displayed in iPhone's mail app?

texts:
The normal mail app correctly shows a list of mails in my mailbox including a preview of the message body. When I tap any of them, the mail opens and correctly shows the mail header (sender, subject, date etc.) but the message body is blank.

When I look at the same mailbox using Gmail webpage, I see the identical mails with message body intact so I know that it's not a problem with the mails or the mailbox itself.

I'm using not-broken iOS 4.1 on an originally Apple-unlocked iPhone 4.
I'm using Google's official setup for Google Apps on iPhone.
I've tried purging the mail/contacts/calendar settings and following Google's setup from scratch. The problem is still there.

How can I fix it so the message body is displayed?

Response to answer:
- This used to work flawlessly, but appeared recently, without any obvious change by me.
- It might have been broken by the 4.0.2-->4.1 upgrade?
- The problem appears on wifi and on GPRS/3G, in any location, and isn't related to download delays (keeping a "blank" message open for a minute doesn't make it appear).
- It also isn't fixed by rebooting the phone.

Follow-up:
This is very weird. It seems to break every few months but only lasts a few days, then magically starts working again. Before, during, and after these incidents, I just use my phone normally and don't mess with any network settings or phone settings. I honestly have no clue what's going on.


texts: How to set "Input Sources" for all users at the same time

texts: In Lion OSX, changing the keyboard layout "Input Sources" setting in the "Language & Text" only changes the setting for the current user. Is there a way to populate the setting to all existing, and also all future new users to the same set of language keyboard layouts?


texts: Can't change kext file ownership from _unknown to root

texts:
I use Lion 10.7.2 and while I was trying to make Bluetooth kext work, I removed a kext named IOHIDFamily.kext from /System/Library/Extensions (SLE) folder but this gave a kernel panic so I copied it back to SLE. However after copying, it kept on giving kernel panic and I noticed that it had owner information like _unknown:_unknown Thinking that it was this false ownership causing the kernel panic

I tried:

# chown -R root:wheel IOHIDFamily.kext

but it doesn't change the ownership neither does it return any error message.  I've tried to chown using an app called Path Finder 7 but it didn't even have an option to chown or I couldn't manage to find one.

How can I solve this problem? Thank you.


texts: Merging Contacts Manually between IOS and Windows - Need Last Modifed Date

texts:
I've read through all of the descriptions for applications on IOS and haven't found any contact export program that will preserve the last modified date on contacts. My employer has contacts stored in an iPhone, iPad and Outlook and has updated different contacts in different places. I wanted to dump everything in to excel and just work from there, but most importantly none of the contact export tools I have tried on IOS contain the last modified date. Without that I would be manually checking thousands of contacts! Any suggestions on apps or techniques?

She is not using iCloud because when she first tried it the contacts were duplicated and notes were lost. We are moving to an exchange server but I have to manually clean up the contacts first.


texts: How to fix sandbox violations by airportd?

texts:
I keep seeing a lot of errors like this in the console which seem to be causing beachballs:

SandboxViolation: airportd(81) deny(1) file-read-metadata /Users

I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012) and I'm running version 10.12.4.


texts: Keyboard: how to enforce option-X system shortcuts when a program intercepts these shortcuts?

texts:
I’m entering some less-used characters using option-key combination, eg option-o for ø on US layout (or ó on Polish layout). Unfortunately, some programs (namely IntelliJ/Android Studio) interpret such shortcuts on their own: in the "Find in Path" window, option-o toggles "Words" and so the character under option-o cannot be entered into search query (it can be typed in some other editor and pasted, but that's a short term solution). Unlike many other in IntelliJ, this shortcut is hardcoded and can not be turned off in preferences.

Can I make the system handle such key combinations and prevent rogue programs from hijacking this valid input?

/edit: I am not asking about alternative ways of getting those characters. For Polish layout users, option-(A,C,E,L,N,O,S,Z,X) are inherent part of the keyboard, as natural as Q, W or E being where they are.


texts: Will this Mac mini setup work as I intend?

texts:
I'm thinking of switching to a Mac mini setup, this one in particular:
New Apple Mac mini (3.6GHz quad-core 8th-generation Intel Core i3 processor, 8GB RAM, 256GB) — https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08636S4KV
For my display, I'm thinking this 24 inch Dell P2415Q 4K IPS Monitor — https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00QAJ2MOM
Would a Mac mini be able to output at Ultra HD 4K 3840 x 2160 resolution so that I can make the most of the display? or would I be better off buying a lower resolution display?
Also I've noticed the Mac mini only has two USB ports, I could do with 4 in total, for the following:

Phone charger
External hard drive (for Time Machine backups)
Keyboard
Mouse

So I was thinking of buying this 4-port USB hub — https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00Y25XFGK
But I think I've had problems with these in the past, where they don't generate enough power for certain devices. Am I likely to have this problem using this with a Mac mini?


texts: How to prevent second OS X partition from seeing apps in the other partition?

texts:
I have two partitions set up on my MacBook and I'm having issues when installing software on the new partition as it says it is already installed. The application is installed on the other partition but should not be recognised by the new partition.

Is there a way to disable that partitions ability to see the apps etc. from the original partition?


texts: What are alternatives for Menumeters on El Capitan?

texts: Menumeters no longer works on El Capitan (see here), what are some alternatives? I just want to see my network and CPU stats.


texts: How do I prevent content refresh on iOS 13?

texts:
iPhone 7Plus running iOS 13.1.2.

Ever since upgrading to iOS 13 when apps with live feeds refresh it also resets to the top of the feed. So if I am trying to catch up on my Instagram  feed I may get 10 or 15 posts down the list and all of a sudden the feed refreshes and I "pulled" back up to the top of the feed. At first I thought this was an issue with the Instagram app but then it happened on the CNN app while reviewing the news. This led me to believe it was related to iOS rather than the specific app.

Is there a way to adjust or turn this behavior off so that the app does not auto-refresh but relies on pull-to-refresh?


texts: Bootcamp Windows 7 installed but no wifi capability or USB drive?

texts:
So I installed Bootcamp with Windows 7 Professional on my late 2013 15in Macbook Pro with Retina and I have it installed and booting up Windows 7, however it doesn't seem to pick up any of my hardware (Aside from my keyboard and trackpad). I read that the solution it to download the bootcamp udpate, but I have no way of getting it on the Windows partioned hard drive it it doesn't pick up my USB. It also does not let me drag and drop the update file into the Windows hard drive while using OS X.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!


texts: Safe to Repair NTFS Drive/Partitions When Paragon Is Installed

texts: Is is safe to repair NTFS drive/partitions with Paragon installed? I don't have access to windows anymore and can't format them


texts:
I have multiple local domains (i.e. localtest.local) that my iPad cannot see.  My machine name, alpha.local, has Apache directives to a "site" I have on the box.  All are in /Library/WebServer/Documents/, and I have other directives to many local domains.

I have an Airport Extreme router, which I think the iPad should get some answers from, but it doesn't have anything where I can shove this reference to.

Kind of stuck.  Any ideas how I can get my iPad to see localtest.local?


texts: Using a macbook SSD as a replacement in iMac

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) and iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)
the Macbook Pro will be disposed for various reasons.
I want to know if it's possible to use the SSD 2To in  MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) as a replacement SSD in iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) which has currently a 3,12 To fusion drive (128 ssd / 3to hard drive) ?


texts: How copy text into Terminal command line zsh?

texts:
Somehow something seems to have been changed with my Zsh configuration or Terminal settings under macOS Catalina (10.15.7). If I copy some text, say from a TextEdit window, the usual paste command and shortcut-key (⌘ CommandV) no longer paste that text onto the command line in Terminal.
How to fix this so it works as expected?


texts: I have the Lorex baby monitoring system. My wife and I were in the market for a system that allowed us to use our mobile devices for remote viewing, so we went to our App stores on our phones and found the Lorex Care app. We now have the system and (though not great) the app works to our satisfaction. Tried to install it on my wife's iPad but it only finds Lorex apps for security monitoring but not the one solely for the baby monitor. I want to know if there is a way to "extract" the program (like an apk) from my iPhone and install it on her pad.


texts:
In my disk utilty, I have some unused space left over.

I want to resize Macintosh HD to use this space.

Whats the best way to resize Macintosh HD? Disk Utility won't let me resize it whether I'm live resizing from the tool running on my Mountain Lion install or if I boot into Recovery HD so the OS isn't running.

Here is a screenshot of my Disk Utility window currently


texts: Why can I access all files in the remote user's home directory over SMB?

texts:
I have two OSX computers and I've been sharing a single folder between the two computers using SMB. The computer hosting the folder was previously running OSX 10.10.1 and I was able to connect from High Sierra by selecting Go -> Connect to Server and then typing smb://example.net/shared_folder. After upgrading both machines to 10.13.3, trying the exact same operation I get the following error:

Now, I noticed that I could connect to the remote server if instead I tried to connect just to smb://example.net directly without specifying the name of the shared folder.

My first question is, why has this behavior changed? This may or may not also be related to this question: SMB connections throws authentication error after upgrading Mac OS X to 10.13.

However, another interesting thing is that after connecting via the second method which works, I have access to the entire home directory on the remote machine! I have verified that only the default Public folder and the shared_folder are set up to be shared on the remote machine. So why when I connect via smb://example.net do I get access to the entire home directory?


texts: ipadOS downloads go directly to iCloud Drive folder, while iOS downloads stay on local device

texts: I recently downloaded a file to my iPhone and noticed that even though I have iCloud Drive turned on, the file did not automatically sync to iCloud Drive. Conversely, when I downloaded the same file on my iPad, the file was immediately uploaded to iCloud Drive. Why the discrepancy?


texts:
I've got a problem in that some app icons on my Apple Watch seem to be missing their artwork. This only happens to a few apps at a time, seemingly randomly and I haven't noticed a specific trigger. The apps otherwise work normally and the icons are present if I look at the list of apple watch apps on my iPhone.

If I uninstall and reinstall the app, that usually fixes it temporarily at least but I was wondering if there was a quicker/easier way to fix it or prevent it from happening in the first place.


texts: Prevent auto-update from closing applications

texts:
I use a Macbook Pro at work that is running

macOS Sierra 10.12.2

I tend to leave a lot of programs running when I leave for the day; Crome, IDEs, Word Docs, etc...

Sometimes when I logon in the morning, I'll have a message saying

  Updates not installed. Some updates could not be installed automatically

The problem is that when it was trying to automatically install the updates, it closed a number of my applications. Not a huge deal because I didn't lose any data but an annoyance because sometimes I leave stuff up to remind me where I left off last night.

I don't want to disable automatic updates entirely, is there an option to somehow leave auto-updates on but not try to force close open applications?


texts: Recovering files from Time Machine backup disk after wrong dd

texts:
I made a horrible mistake: I ran dd on an external hard drive, that was the Time Machine backup storage, to make it bootable. After a few seconds I cancelled the command, but the hard drive is shaped as bootable image, and the backup folder is missing.

What can I do?


texts: How can I alert Apple about spyware targetting Apple users?

texts:
I got a pop-up on my father's iPhone stating that there was spyware on it, along with a number to call for AppleCare support. I realized I only called the number because it was listed in a pop-up and wasn't really sure if it was really AppleCare. I looked up the number on my other phone and discovered it was a scam.

How can I report this to Apple?


texts: Not even root can `ls .Trashes` on external disk in MacOS

texts:
I want to look in the trash directory on an external disk connected to my Mac.
db@15 ~ % cd /Volumes/2TB/.Trashes
db@15 .Trashes % ls
ls: .: Operation not permitted
db@15 .Trashes % sudo su
Password:
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
sh-3.2# ls
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
ls: .: Operation not permitted
sh-3.2# cd ..
chdir: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
sh-3.2# pwd
/Volumes/2TB
sh-3.2# ls -lO
d-wx--x--t@   5 su        staff     hidden         170 Aug  6 21:30 .Trashes
sh-3.2# xattr .Trashes
com.apple.FinderInfo
sh-3.2# chmod o+r .Trashes
chmod: Unable to change file mode on .Trashes: Operation not permitted

What now? There seem to be no flags that applies and just one extended attribute.
Why can't root ls or chmod this directory?


texts: Can't un-mute sound when mini-jack unplugged

texts:
Situation: when I'm at my desk, I have speakers plugged in to my Macbook Pro and everything is working fine.

The problem occurs  the next time I boot the computer without speakers connected: I'm now unable to mute or change the volume at all, it's set to maximum and greyed out (see screenshots in attachment).

I can solve this by plugging in some headphones, father that the option becomes available again. After that, it works again but the problem reappears after a reboot.

I've had this machine for about 2 years now, haven't had this issue until I installed Lion (first the GM release and now the version from the App store) so this feels like a software issue. I didn't upgrade to Lion but did a clean install and I've tried it with another user account as well, same issue.

Any suggestions?


texts: Is the directory /cores in OSX Mountain Lion important? It's empty on my machine and has been for some time, so I was considering deleting it, but I'd like to not mess anything up.


texts: How to drag and drop between guests in VMware Fusion

texts: My host is Mac OS X 10.6, and on my VWware Fusion, I have Windows 7 and Windows XP as my guest. I can drag and drop files between my guest and my host, but not between my guests (cannto drag and drop files between Windows 7 and Windows XP). Is it possible?


texts: AppleScript: How to open a link in Google Chrome in a new, adjacent tab?

texts:
The following AppleScript code will open the link in a new tab, at the location of the very end of the current tabs:

set myLink to "https://www.google.com/"

tell application "Google Chrome"
        activate
        open location myLink
end tell

Is it possible to open a link in a new tab, that is located immediately after the currently open tab, using AppleScript?

For example, if my current Chrome window has 10 tabs, and the currently displayed tab is the fifth tab, then I would like the new tab to be inserted as the sixth tab, pushing all of the subsequent tabs over to the right one. I also do not want the new tab to be hidden; I want the currently displayed tab to be changed to the new, sixth tab upon its creation.

You can witness the desired behavior by using Chrome's built-in Google search feature. Right-click any selected text on a webpage, select Search Google for "SelectedText", and a new tab will be created, adjacent to the tab in which the search was initiated.


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I've been editing a video in macbook and it's running out of space..
How do I move the data to a new computer so that I can continue editing the video?


texts: Increasing fan speed of macbook pro is harmful?

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I wanted to know if increasing fan speed of macbook pro with applications such as CoreDuoTemp, smcFanControl or Fan Control is harmful or not. My macbook's cpu temp rises up to 80 degrees when I use ooVoo or mysql and I want to reduce it. Is it useful to use these applications to do that?
thanx.


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Quick question:

I know how to mount an SFTP connection in Finder using Transmit, but, at least in my setup, it only mounts the subdirectories in the User's folder (i.e., Desktop, Documents, etc.). How do I mount other partitions? For example, I have a partition that contains the files for my web server, and I would like to be able to edit them remotely.


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texts: I have an up-to-date (iOS wise) iPhone 4. I downloaded two songs on my computer and now I want to get them on my phone, but my version of iTunes is outdated, and my computers slow, also I'd rather just get it through iCloud on my phone. The songs are not showing up on my phone. Is there any way to possibly 'refresh' iCloud so the songs will show up without plugging in my phone?


texts: How to use Node.js without admin rights on a mac?

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I'm trying to use Node.js on my work computer but I don't have admin rights.  I'm wondering how I can install Node.js on mac without having admin rights.

I found a tutorial, which is for Windows but still has been helpful. But, I'm stuck at the "Configure the PATH" step where I have to add to the $PATH variable. How can I complete that step on a mac?

Here's the tutorial:
https://theshravan.net/blog/how-to-use-node-and-npm-without-installation-or-admin-rights/


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texts: Where can I find "Install Mac OS X Lion" in the App Store?

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I'm trying to follow the directions on the Apple Support Page regarding Mass Deployment

Step 2 of the process says

  On the server, install the app named "Install Mac OS X Lion" from the Mac App Store (a network connection is required for this process).

The problem here is that when I do a search for Install Mac OS X Lion in the App Store, I get no results found.

Where can I find this app in order to enable me to do mass deployment of OS X Lion across my network?