texts: Continue buffering paused HTML5 video in background (or unfocused) Safari tab

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I've been searching for a while to figure out a way to get Safari to keep loading (buffering) paused videos when the tab containing the video isn't the one I'm currently focused on.

If I go to another tab in Safari to read something while the video loads, the video stops loading. But also if I leave the tab in the front and go to another application to do something while the video is loading the video stops loading.

This definitely happens every time when I'm dealing with Vimeo. I think it happens other times, but I can't think of any places to try out. I don't use flash player, so this might only be happening with html5 video players.

I found a page that promised to help with loading background tabs, but it relates to Lion (I'm on Yosemite) and the person seems to be saying that tabs don't load at all in the background. I'm not having that problem (and unsurprisingly the solution didn't work).


texts: How to avoid getting 'Missing File' error in Photos app?

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I get the following error in Photos app on my Mac.

Missing File
Photos with unavailable original files cannot be opened.
The original photo “IMG_3076.JPG” is either offline or cannot be found. Click “Find Original” to reconnect.

This is what has happened, I assumed that since the photo is in the Photo Library I could delete the file from the hard drive. Apparently not. The reason I deleted the files was to avoid duplication and save disk space. When I right click and look at the info for the photo, I see that the size and dimensions of the image are same as the original file. So I am really not precious about the file being there.
So I have the following questions.

How do I prevent Photo app from showing this error?
Will I be able to export these files and edit them as normal?

Here is screenshot of Photos app preferences


texts: Make USB hard disk with OS X bootable as startup disk?

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Some years ago it was easy to clone the current system partition of a Mac computer to an external firewire hard disk and then use this as a startup disk for the same Mac or even for another Mac.

When I currently tried this with a USB drive (Western Digital Expansion+) and cloned the SSD of my MacBook to it and tried to boot another MacBook (different model) with it (by holding option key while booting), it was not recognized as a possible startup disk.

What could be the reason for it? Are USB drives more difficult than Firewire as startup disks? Or is it more difficult today to use the same system configuration on a different MacBook model?

The source was the SSD of a MacBook mid 2012. I'm not sure and currently can not find out, how old the other MacBook was...


texts: What URL does Recovery HD connect to in order to download OS X?

texts: My college Wi-Fi Network doesn't support OS X reinstalls through Recovery HD. If I were to ask the people in charge of our Network to manually enable access to Apple's Servers so that I could do reinstalls over Wi-Fi, what would I need to tell them to allow?


texts: Is there an iPhone app that takes continuous photos?

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I am looking for an app that can take continuous photos.  In other words, I should be able to set the interval (e.g. every 3 seconds) and for how long (e.g. 2 minutes) and it would just snap photos.

Does something like that exists?


texts:
I'm trying to open and/or save the images from The Language Atlas of the Pacific Area (http://ecai.org/austronesiaweb/PacificAtlasImageMaps.htm) and meet a strange effect: the smallest and, seemingly, noncomplicated pictures fail on iOS. An example of one is: http://ecai.berkeley.edu/austronesiaweb/maps/pacificatlas/Pacific_legends/L026G.jpg . It's just 415x443 pixels, trivially opened on PC, but any attempt (direct open, downloading, sending myself through e-mail) leads to unreadable file.

If I just copy and paste the file into arbitrary graphic editor and save, again as JPG, the resulting file opens. What's the matter with this particular file?


texts: Can I assign an Automator workflow to more than one application?

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I have created an automator service, and assigned it to an application. I would like to assign it to more than application but not to all applications.

Is that possible at all? Would it work if I edited the document.wflow XML file?

Thanks


texts:
I’m trying to make a script that can select/display/open a file randomly from a folder and its subfolders. The following script:

tell application "Finder"
    get some file of (folder "/Volumes/Expansion Drive/Photos")
end tell

Gives following error:

error "Finder got an error: Can’t get folder \"/Volumes/Expansion Drive/Photos\"." number -1728 from folder "/Volumes/Expansion Drive/Photos”

What is the correct syntax? It’s a late 2013 iMac with OS X 10.10.5.


texts: Can iPhone work with Bose dock and a Bluetooth speaker at the same time

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I have a Bose docking station and was thinking of buying a wireless bluetooth Bose speaker as well for the living room

If I play my iPhone on the docking station in the kitchen, will the blootooth still work to play the portable speaker in the living room?

so music is being played in both rooms simultaneously.


texts: How can I identify the chipset of an (old) MacBook?

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I am not a mac person, but I am trying to buy a used MacBook for XCode purposes and I want to figure out how much RAM it can take. However, I am having trouble identifying the chipset in the MacBook.

The computer is listed as being a May, 2007 white MacBook with a 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.

I found a FAQ online which states states that there are two Intel chipsets which this MacBook could have, the Calistoga chipset which supports up to 3.3Gb of RAM or the Crestline which supports up to 4Gb (maybe 6Gb). Then it states that, "To find out which C2D MacBook you have you can check the FSB clock or the GPU: If you have a 667 MHz FSB and a GMA 950 you have a Calistoga C2D MB. If you have a 800 MHz FSB and a GMA X3100 you have a Crestline C2D MacBook."

However, the specs listed for the computer do not match either of these descriptions. For the GPU, it states
"Video
Graphic Processor:  Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100
Installed Video Memory: 64 MB," which would imply that it uses the Crestline chipset and can support 4Gb RAM. However, for the mobo FSB it states "Motherboard Bus Speed:   667 MHz," which would imply that it is a Calistoga board which only supports 3.3Gb of RAM.

I attempted to look up the exact computer to see the specs on everymac.com, but I was unable to find the correct model. Every listing for a white 2007 MacBook on that website said it had the GMA950 GPU, not the X3100. Additionally, the computer for sale says it has a 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor (there is a picture of the "About this Mac" window) and that isn't listed as an available option for any 2007 MacBook.  (Since the specs are automatically generated based on the date the seller enters, perhaps it is not actually a May 2007 MacBook? I don't know if macs are overclockable but it is definitely running at 2.4Ghz)

The RAM is definitely 667Mhz DDR2, as that is listed in the same picture from the actual computer screen as the processor speed. The hard drive was upgraded by the user and thus cannot be used for identification purposes. The computer is running Lion. Can anyone provide any assistance in identifying which chipset is in this MacBook?

To clarify: If the specs generated based on the May 2007 date are wrong, the only specs I know for certain are that it has a 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and it currently has 2 GB 667Mhz DDR2 SDRAM, because these are shown in the screenshot. However, the seller says he upgraded the RAM himself, and that it initially came with only 1Gb of RAM.


texts: Airdrop option not showing Finder in mac

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I need to transfer files from my iphone to mac using airdrop.

But the airdrop tab is not showing in the finder sidebar. I tried finding the solution online on following links: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203538

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8499248, but no luck.

Please suggest how can get the airdrop option back in my mac. I am using MacOS Mojave.


texts: Why does the App Store think Xcode 4.2 is installed?

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I'm trying to upgrade Xcode from 4.1 to 4.2.
However App Store thinks that it's already up to date, which it is not.

I am a registered Mac and iOS developer. I don't think 4.2 is under NDA.

How can I fix this?


texts: How to Fix Generic File Icons in macOS Catalina?

texts: How to restore file icons when they have gone generic in Mac OS Catalina ?


texts: Show Library folder and subfolders in Spotlight Search

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As a software developer, I often need to look into files within the Library folder.

For quick access, I'd like to be able to see the files in my Spotlight searches.

How can I do that?


texts: CalendarAgent hogs CPU to 100% every time I get network connection

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The CalendarAgent service takes all my CPU, every time I get a network connection.
This is really annoying in many situations (one example: closing the lid for 2 minutes, change train and open it again) and slows down everything.

I already tried many solution:

reset the calendars
clear the cache files
change configs for the accounts
renice the CalendarAgent process
set ALL my accounts to manual refresh (Command + R)

The service doesn't care; if it's active it will hog the CPU.
Only alternative is to disable the service; but, what a surprise, the Calendar app won't work anymore and crash.

I have calendars in sync with iCloud, Exchange, Google.

I'm struggling with this issue and would really like to take control back on this annoying process.
I am fine with having to refresh manually the calendars but at least decide when to hog the CPU with updates.

How can I solve this?

OSX: El Capitan


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iPad 2 has the same OS however a new dual core processor should allow a workaround this limitation and allow for app-switching by freezing whatever apps are inactive at the moment. I ask this question because this is generally how I work...

A pdf/djvu file open
Mp3 player running
Blog being updated
Browsing internet

Could someone tell me their experience with such a thing on an iPad? If I switch from a browser to a pdf, does it open in the same page? If I switch back to the browser with a half written blog post, is that preserved or does it refresh? Can a playlist of songs run while I'm doing all this?

I know that its just a tablet and it doesn't promise to be a substitute for netbooks, but this is the way I work even on the go.

On a related note, do SE sites look like this on an Ipad? I hope there is no problem in rendering Latex/Mathjax


texts: Terminal uses one theme for the first window and a different theme for later windows

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I want to set the "Homebrew" theme to be the default in Terminal.
I've changed the setting in the preferences: I chose "on startup, open" : "new window with settings" : "Homebrew".

Here is a screenshot:

Terminal uses "Homebrew" only for the first window. Then I do cmd-W to close the window and cmd-N to get a new window. The new window appears with the "Basic" theme! But if I do cmd-Q and restart Terminal then it gives me a "Homebrew" window again. Why don't terminal themes work properly?


texts: Is line level Bluetooth audio possible with iPhone?

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In my car i have a 3.5mm jack that I want to connect to my iPhone 5. I currently am just running a standard 3.5mm cable from my phone to the port, but that audio volume isn't that great. So I thought a neat way would be to get a Bluetooth module with a 3.5mm input - like this one and use that.

But I'm not sure if that would connect via a line level output from the phone.

Is is possible to do line level out without needing an expensive lighting to 30 pin cable -> 30 pin to 3.5mm cable into the car port?

OR is it possible to just go lighting cable to this, right into the 3.5mm jack, would it carry audio???

(there was a goo.gl link here but it led to a 404 or I removed it)


texts: Why don't songs in iTunes appear in Music on the iPhone?

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I have some songs in iTunes on my Mac (under 'My Music'). However, when I go to 'My Music' in the iOS Music app I don't see them. I do see 'Songs of Innocence', which I don't see on iTunes on the Mac.

Both devices are logged in which the same Apple account and signed up for iCloud.

I expect the same songs to appear in each place, but instead they are totally different.

Is there some setting I need to change to fix this? Or am I completely misunderstanding?

Many thanks,
Tom


texts: My MacBook Pro upgrade OS X to macOS Sierra 2 times

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Yesterday I upgraded OS X on my MacBook Pro (2015 early 8g 256g) to macOS Sierra, and Xcode (7.3.1) to Xcode (8.2.1).

Attention when upgrade the OS version, my macbook pro restart several times.

But today when I open my Xcode, it says:

Translate

  "Xcode" is updating
  "Xcode" is updating, can not open it.

But my Xcode is not usable, and App Store showed I should upgrade the OS version, as if 10.12.2 to 10.12.2. So I upgraded my OS X second time, and my MacBook Pro restarted several times too.

I have some questions:

Are there any issues with my MacBook Pro?
When upgrading system version, my Pro restarted several times, is it normal?


texts: Is iMessage tied to an apple account or a phone number?

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If I send someone a message through iMessage from my Macbook and they are to receive it on their iPad/iPhone, what will happen if that person has changed their mobile phone number since I added them as a contact?

Will they still get the message?

I initially contacted this person with an email address.


texts: Copy to clipboard buttons in browser no longer working

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Starting yesterday, all of the sites I use frequently that have a "copy" button that copies text to my clipboard no longer work.

I can still highlight the text and cmd + c to copy, but would really like to know why the browser buttons are not working. This occurs in safari, firefox and chrome so it isn't browser related.

Running OSX 10.11.5
13in MBP retina

It is also a company computer, so please no solutions of erase and reinstall OS.


texts: How to repeat the sound clip to the entire length of the video clip?

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As you can see in my screen shot

I have a movie clip that is much longer than the auto clip. The audio clip is just some generic background music created in Garage Band.

I would like to keep repeat the audo clip until the end of the video clip. However I cannot find a way to do it.

Some suggested to manually copy and past the audio clip, but it is time consuming and error prone. Is there a better way to make the clip loop by itself.

I don't mind if the a solution can be achieved on the Garage Band side.


texts: How do I force iPhone to download all message automatically?

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Lately my iPhone wouldn’t download entire messages and either show “download remaining message” button or just the attached.
This was not the behavior until some time ago. It’s new.
I tried to delete the account and reconfigure but it didn’t help.
What do I do?!


texts: Hide contact's name when sending an email

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I am using somewhat "unofficial" names for people I work with in my Address Book.
Basically, I add an emoji after the first name to help me recognize the contact faster (extremely helpful on the iPhone and on my email app on desktop - my contacts are synced between my mac and my iPhone..).

The thing is that somehow when I send an email to someone he see himself the way I saved him, resulting in an awkward situations sometimes... And even If I send an email to a colleague and he forward that email - the name with my emoji stays!

Is there a way to hide the way I save contacts when I am sending an email? I know that an email can have a First and Last name attached to it as default, can I show this somehow?

I am using Gmail account, Unibox app for mac to send emails, and all my contacts are synced between my devices.


texts: Is there a way to make a slideshow of all the videos and images contained in a single folder?

texts: I am setting up a slideshow of a retail space. Ideally I want to have a folder of videos and images that that can be added to or removed from and will update the slideshow. Similar to the slideshow screensaver, but with video capacity. Is there an app to do this or something scriptable?


texts: What is Firmware.scap in the /EFI partition?

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I'm looking at the /EFI partition, and it has 2 .scap file.

/EFI/APPLE/FIRMWARE/MBP112_0138_B18_LOCKED.scap

and

/EFI/APPLE/EXTENSIONS/Firmware.scap

They both have 2 files with GUID's that are present in the other, however the contents of each are different.

The file with the GUID C3E36D09-8294-4B97-A857-D5288FE33E28 in /EFI/APPLE/FIRMWARE/MBP112_0138_B18_LOCKED.scap contains the text $IBIOS$  MBP112 88Z 0138 B18 1610201654 Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.

However the file with the GUID C3E36D09-8294-4B97-A857-D5288FE33E28 in /EFI/APPLE/EXTENSIONS/Firmware.scap contains the text N $IBIOS$ ROMEXT1 88Z 0002 B00 0710231738

What is the Firmware.scap file, and how come when I delete it, nothing changes except that it boots faster?


texts: iPhone with Outlook 2013 Shared Mailboxes

texts: I set up shared mailboxes on Exchange server. The shared mailboxes work and receive mail on the desktop but while they show as mailboxes under the main one on my iPhone (Outlook 2013 app) which I tried first which didn't work, they do not receive mail either way.


texts: Is it unusual for "Verify Disk" on Disk Utilities to take so long on a Time Machine drive?

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I have an external 3TB FW800 drive set up to be my Time Machine drive. I noticed some unusually high drive activity, and opened up Time Machine to see if it was backing up. Nope, TM showed previous backup was done about 30-40 minutes prior, and there was no activity in the app.

So to be overly cautious, I popped open Disk Utility, selected the external drive, and started a "Verify Disk." I've done this hundreds of times before on this and other drives...not talking about deep, hardcore tech support here. Simple stuff.

Well, for some reason, it's taking a VERY long time. It's been moving along, progressing through the various steps, but after 30 minutes, it still estimates another 1hr 35mins to go. It has gotten to "Checking multi-linked directories" and been sitting there for about 10-15 mins.

The drive has worked flawlessly for over a year, and is about 85% full (hasn't started deleting old backups though), but I don't ever remember it taking THIS long to verify.

Is there something about TM volumes that makes Verify Disk take longer, or should I be concerned about the hardware? What could be the reason for drive activity if TM wasn't backing up?


texts: F11 key no longer works (with or without fn)

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The solution is probably out there but I don't know the terms to google to find it! I was using F10, F11 and F12 to turn the volume up and down on my Mac. When I press them now, either on their own, holding down for example fn+F11, or with shift+option+f11, I get the grey volume box pop up on the screen but with the 'no' symbol underneath, as in the attached screenshot.
I checked in system preferences and I haven't' selected 'use as normal function keys'. It's also not that there is no sound, just that I can't change the volume. How did I manage this?! And how do I undo it? Thanks!


texts: How to disable Two-factor authentication for Apple ID?

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I want to disable Two-factor authentication for my Apple ID.

When I log in to Apple ID website, and click edit, it lists Two-factor authentication as On, but does not allow me to turn it off.

How can I disable it?


texts: How do you change Screesaver folder with command line on Mac

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I have an art collection of 8000 pics, I have them divided into folders of about 200 each.  I'm going to use python to randomly select one of these folders so that my screensaver will continually show me the work of a new artist rather than randomly mixing all the artists together.  To do this I need to change the folder that the screensaver uses with Python which will then change the folder using Terminal.
I read this article and it seems that you can do that by using this command:
https://krypted.com/mac-security/mac-setting-screen-saver-from-the-cli/
defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver modulePath -string "/users/kylefoley/pictures/art/art 2/impressionism/claude monet/"

But that didn't work. Also, I am using macos 10.14
UPDATE
When I input: /usr/bin/defaults -currentHost read com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser I get the expected result, viz, the actual folder that the screensaver is using.  When I input: /usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser SelectedFolderPath -string "/users/kylefoley/pictures/art/art 2/impressionism/claude monet/" then input /usr/bin/defaults -currentHost read com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser  I get
{
    CustomFolderDict =     {
        identifier = "/Users/kylefoley/Pictures/art/complete art 2";
        name = "complete art 2";
    };
    SelectedFolderPath = "/users/kylefoley/pictures/art/art 2/impressionism/claude monet/";
    SelectedSource = 4;
    ShufflesPhotos = 1;
}

Which is wrong because the path for the CustomFolderDict['identifier'] should be the same as the SelectedFolderPath
I then made a guess and tried:
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser CustomFolderDict -identifier "/users/kylefoley/pictures/art/art 2/impressionism/claude monet/"

which outputted Unexpected argument.  If think I could figure out how to fix that CustomFolderDict with command line then that might solve the problem.
UPDATE 2
I inputted:
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser CustomFolderDict -dict-add identifier "/users/kylefoley/pictures/art/art 2/impressionism/claude monet/"
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost write com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser CustomFolderDict -dict-add name "claude monet"

And although I get
{
    CustomFolderDict =     {
        identifier = "/users/kylefoley/pictures/art/art 2/impressionism/claude monet/";
        name = "claude monet";
    };
    LastViewedPhotoPath = "";
    SelectedFolderPath = "/users/kylefoley/pictures/art/art 2/impressionism/claude monet/";
    SelectedSource = 3;
    ShufflesPhotos = 1;
}

When I input
/usr/bin/defaults -currentHost read com.apple.ScreenSaverPhotoChooser

The new result is just a blank screen with the name of my computer on it.


texts: Stopping ACL inheritance from the command line in OS X Lion?

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With the following folder structure on a file share:

- Department (directory)
  + User1 (directory)
  + User2 (directory)
  + User3 (directory)

Whenever I add an ACE to the Department directory, it's also added to all the subdirectories. So if I want User1 to be able to see all the directories inside "Department", it also adds that ACE to all the User# directories as well. I'm trying to set it up so that all users can see the User# folders, but only have access to their personal folder.

I'm doing this from the command line because I'm trying to script it. Everything has worked until this point, but from here anything I do to the outer folders gets inherited.


texts: iPassword backup through unsecured network

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I am using the iPassword app on iPhone to store some less and medium important passwords to websites and emails.

I have made probably a silly mistake. I was in the hotel and was using an unsecured public network. I forgot about it and backed up all password content via iCloud and I am worried that this could be visible to someone!

I have a question: When the network is still unsecured, is there a chance that a transfer between a device and iCloud would still be encrypted?


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I have a Macbook Pro 2008 aluminum 15-inch that runs on OSX snow leopard. Whenever I turn on my laptop, it boots up (apple logo and spinning wheel appears), and then goes into a loop of blue screens. I think the problem has something to do with the login process, because I sometimes see mouse and the brightness and sound icons appear, but it always fades away.

I tried doing  fsck (command s), but the same problem's there. Safe mode also doesn't seem to work, unless I do verbose mode, but then again, it loops after the apple logo (grey screen). The recovery mode (cmd r) doesn't work at all. I tried pressing the option key but all i see is one disk, and that one still leads to series of loops. I also tried running the disk utility from my bootable usb but I don't know how to boot it. I tried pressing c and also tried the doing the option key thing. They both don't work, the usb doesn't appear at all. I tried resetting my pRAM, that doesn't help either. HELP! I just know that something is wrong with the disk, but I cant fix it because I can't go to recovery mode.


texts:
I set my prefs to save files in UTF-8 (the default). But I've noticed that my files are not UTF-8 but US-ASCII.

With my newly created file:

file -I myfile

=> myfile: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

What gives?


texts: Preventing an iPhone to send automatically as SMS only when it's to a foreign number

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I have a friend who is currently in China.

We talk a lot using iMessage.
The problem is that sometimes the iMessage isn't delivered and my iPhone sends it automatically as an sms (= fee !!).

I have enabled the option in the settings to do so, so that's the normal behaviour. But is it possible to enable it only for local numbers (not foreign) ?

I pretty much doubt it, but there's no harm in asking the question :)


texts: How to lock MacBook with a keyboard shortcut?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a quick way to lock my Mac?

I am familiar with using Automator, but I do not know what code should be used to accomplish the feature. Can anyone provide the code used to lock my retina MacBook Pro? I want a function similar to the one in Windows when you press Windows+L.


texts: Alternative for ADmitmac to access dfs shares?

texts: I can cmd+k to hidden shares if I remember the names, but normal access of dfs shares would be nicer. I want to get rid of admitmac since it makes my system unstable and slow.


texts: How do I change the Keychaing password on a used Apple Mac

texts:
I bought a used Apple all in one Desktop Computer. I need to know how to change the Keychain password since I don't know it. The man passed away and I purchased it at an auction.

Is there anything else that I should do since it's used to update the info on the computer. I was able to change the login password.


texts: VLC on iOS: Sharing via WiFi doesn't work anymore?

texts:
Since a week or so, the "Sharing via WiFi" option in VLC on my iPad has stopped working.

I used to be able to browse (from my laptop) to my iPad's IP address, and I could drag & drop videos there to play in VLC. Doesn't work anymore, there is no connection at all (as if the iPad is simply not there).

I went through a series of troubleshooting steps:

Wifi and internet are working fine on both the laptop and iPad.
I have rebooted both my laptop and the iPad
I have tried switching off and on the WiFi on both laptop and iPad
Also tried from a windows 10 laptop, same result
iPad is running iOS 10, laptop is macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra (VLC wifi sharing has been working on these just fine)
VLC version on iPad is 3.1.2 (latest available)
No chromecast or anything is involved
Both are in the same LAN subnet: laptop = 192.168.145.24, iPad = 192.168.145.29
When I try nmap 192.168.145.29 (optionally also with -p 80) from the laptop, it says "host down".

Anyone would have any suggestion to get VLC's WiFi sharing working again?


texts: Macbook keeps booting OSX Utilities instead of Mac OS X

texts:
Here is my story I had a MacBook PRO 2010 with Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion since I bought it I've never reinstalled the OS until  now. I did a clean install following this instructions http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/clean-install-mountain-lion/

Since then I've had reinstalled twice. Everything works fine for couple of days until I turn on my mac and this image comes up:

What I'm doing wrong why now keeps showing this window instead of booting to Mac OS X.

Any ideas?


texts: Can a 2018 MacBook Pro run macOS High Sierra 10.13 natively?

texts:
I really need to run macOS High Sierra 10.13 as my primary OS natively (not via virtualisation etc).

Is it possible to downgrade a 2018 MacBookPro using a USB installer to macOS High Sierra 10.13 ?

Would it have the required drivers etc?


texts: What functionality of iOS can be accessed from the lock screen?

texts:
I know that in iOS, several parts of the iDevice's functionality can be accessed from the lock screen. This is useful when you don't want to fumble with a password.

But now I'm starting to wonder: what else can be accessed from the lock screen? I know these:

Three-home-button tap to invert screen (when Universal Access is enabled)
Double tap to play music

What else can be accessed from the iOS lock screen?

EDIT:

As Daniel L mentioned,

  "It shouldn't produce a bunch of partial answers; a good answer will
  include a canonical listing (with sources) of what can be accessed
  from the iOS lock screen. There is a right answer to this question."

Please, make your answer a canonical listing (with sources) of what can be accessed from the iOS lock screen.


texts: How to specify DNS on iOS when connected via VPN?

texts:
I have set up a VPN connection using my FritzBox 6330. This works great on my Macbook Air if I specify a DNS server (192.168.178.1 - which is the address of my FritzBox) in the network settings of the VPN.

On iOS however there is no such entry field, hence no names can  be resolved. The VPN itself works. I can connect to various IP addresses.


texts: my macbook pro got locked after I signed in to iCloud

texts:
I have a used MacBook Pro laptop that I purchased from my co-worker two years ago. I had to change its motherboard after water damage.

Yesterday I thought about giving iCloud a try backing up my data. Once I signed in using my account, I got a message with the title "Find My Iphone" saying it found the Macbook then the mac restarted, showing a blinking folder with question mark icon. I tried turning the mac ON by pressing the option button and I got the passcode icon.

I reached my co-worker and he told me he does not remember the lock code and he removed the device from his iCloud account.

What should I do?


texts:
I just updated to the new Photos app on OS X and let it go through the process of importing my iPhoto library and uploading to iCloud.  But it looks like about half of the library won't upload.  It seemed to claim that it worked, but looking at iCloud.com shows that only about half of them are there.  The iPhoto events were successfully converted to albums, but many of them are empty.

I went into the Photos settings and un-ckecked and re-checked the iCloud option, and saw this:

So I highlighted the whole library (command-A) and selected the "Consolidate" option.  It took a while of course, but seemed to do the trick.  It then went about re-uploading to iCloud.

After allowing that to finish, it appears that the problem persists.  And performing the same steps in the settings results in the same message above.

The Photos Library in Finder is about the same size as the iPhoto Library, so I suspect it has all of the files.  When I "Show Package Contents" all of the files appear to be there.  And I definitely have enough space in iCloud.

Is there something else I can try?

Update

While "consolidating" again I was presented with this error:

Clicking "OK" brought up a file browser dialog.  I selected the home directory folder as instructed, and then was shown an error saying that it couldn't find the original file (a .jpg) in that folder.  Well, sure, the files are organized in sub-folders in the iPhoto library.  Isn't that where it would look for them?


texts: Moving Messages History from Macbook to iPad Mini

texts: I have my messages synced with my iPad Mini and computer, but I've had the computer longer and I want to copy my message history from my computer over to my iPad. What's the easiest way to do this?


texts: How to change keyboard shortcut for opening Character Viewer on OS X El Capitan

texts:
I can open up the Character Viewer app using the Control-Command-Space keys combination.

I want to change this keyboard shortcut so I can use it for some other action.
How can this be done?


texts: Identify which user or process initiated normal shutdown?

texts:
I'd like to identify why (who, what) showdown my MacBook Pro while it was left unattended.  Some unsaved work was lost.  It is fairly likely that a careless admin script was run through some automated means by my company. No one initiated shutdown through the GUI or keyboard. I'd like to discover more so that I can start a conversation with IT.  (I have admin privaleges on my own laptop, and so does employer.) MacOS 10.14.6
$ log show --predicate 'eventMessage contains "Previous shutdown cause"' --last 24h
Filtering the log data using "composedMessage CONTAINS "Previous shutdown cause""

Timestamp        Thread   Type     Activity    PID  TTL
2020-10-15 19:11 0xcf     Default  0x0         0    0    kernel: (AppleSMC) Previous shutdown cause: 5
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Code 5 means:

Correct Shut Down.    Shutdown was initiated normally, from the macOS Shut Down menu or other shutdown command such as /sbin/shutdown. This does not indicate an issue with your system.

$ last
myusername  ttys003                   Fri Oct 16 06:38   still logged in
myusername  ttys002                   Thu Oct 15 19:14   still logged in
myusername  ttys001                   Thu Oct 15 19:14   still logged in
myusername  ttys000                   Thu Oct 15 19:14   still logged in
myusername  console                   Thu Oct 15 19:13   still logged in
reboot    ~                         Thu Oct 15 19:11
myusername  ttys002                   Wed Oct 14 09:44 - crash (1+09:27)

The pseudo-user reboot logs in at reboots of the system, thus ``last
reboot'' will give an indication of mean time between reboot.


texts: How to download file under same filename?

texts:
I have DropBox enabled on my Mac running Sierra and I have changed my Safari download location to the Downloads folder I created in my DropBox folder.

Whenever I download a file under the same name, Safari downloads it as 'name.extension', 'name-1.extension', 'name-2.extension' etc. Is there a way how I can prevent safari from doing this? When I download a file with the same filename, it is normally because it is an updated version from stuff that I make. Since DropBox allows you to revert to the previous version, it does not matter if I accidently  write to the same name since I will be able to restore it.


texts: How to get text from a webpage from the command line?

texts: I am looking for a command line equivalent to the Get text from webpage option in /Applications/Automator.app. The Get text from webpageoption is pretty self explanatory, it gets the text only, without HTML tags, CSS, JavaScript, etc. from a webpage. I know I can use wget or curl but that will give me all the HTML tags, CSS, JavaScript, etc. not the only text version of the webpage.


texts:
How can I stop my external keyboard from sending a text when I hit return?  I want it to just bring up the next line but it sends the text instead.  Originally, when hitting return, another line came up but now it sends the text...I must've caused this somehow but now I want it to return to the original function of just bringing up the next line.  Thank you.

I use Messages to text...


texts: How to Screen Sharing / VNC to an iMac without waking the display?

texts:
I have an iMac mid 2011 at home. When I was not home, I may need to access my mac with Screen Sharing. However the iMac display will turn itself on when I connect via Screen Sharing. The problem is I don't want to scare my family at home (with the elders and kids) as the iMac "turn itself on suddenly".

This is a problem specific for iMac. On MacBooks (Pro, Air, whatever) I can set the brightness to the lowest setting so the screen is black (i.e. the LED light is off). However on an iMac you cannot turn off the LED backlit by setting brightness. The display is still bright and everything is clearly visible even on lowest brightness setting.

Therefore these solution are not working as the display will turn on as soon as you move your mouse or hit any key on the keyboard via Screen Sharing.

Sleep Display (by Ctrl+Shift+Eject)
Using the code listed on http://pastebin.com/8CMaxGeP

Question:
Is the a way to keep the iMac display off entirely while you accessing it with Screen Sharing?


texts: Safari opens a bookmark when I insert media

texts:
I am getting strange behavior, and I'm not sure where to start.
Each time I insert an SD card into my card reader, Safari comes to the foreground and pops open the same old bookmarked page (not the default). Is this a system thing or a Safari thing?
Anyone know where I should look?
Safari version 13.1
OSX 10.14.6


texts: Ghost-Imaging the BOOTCAMP partition for later restore?

texts:
I have a MacBook and I plan to upgrade to Windows 10 but want to be able to roll-back to the original Windows 7 in case Windows 10 is not good for me.

I have used Symantec Ghost to do a Hot-image (i.e. create image when Windows 7 is running instead of booting from a CD), I also imaged the "System" partitions.

However, I still haven't gone ahead for the upgrade, as I am new in doing the ghost imaging, and I'm not confident that the image I created can restore the MacBook's Windows 7 to the original. Since it is running in Boot Camp I fear the imaging might have to be done different than ordinary Windows 7 installations. Also I'm not sure if the partitioning data (partition table, MBR, GPT, VBR, boot loader, or whatever it is), or any other vital data that I am not aware of, is really successfully preserved in the image I created.

Am I on the right track?


texts: One text file is not being backed up by Time Machine

texts:
I have this strange problem where a single text file (Notes.txt, where I keep random notes) is, as of yesterday, not being backed up by Time Machine. It exists in the many backups that I have dating several months back, but since yesterday, it hasn't changed in Time Machine even though I edit the file almost every hour.

Anyone know what could be causing this? I'm pretty sure that if I deleted the file (after backing it up somewhere else) then moving it back there will probably force Time Machine to back it up again, but I'm really curious as to what is causing this, just in case it happens again. It's a good thing I happnened to notice this, because I needed to look back at a previous version, but now I'm very worried that it might happen to another file that I am never aware is being missed by Time Machine.


texts: How to run chromium-browser from the command line?

texts:
In Linux, when I installed the open-source Chromium Browser I was able to run it from the command line using chromium-browser with several useful options (such as specifying a proxy). I've switched to using a Mac and would like to do the same, but I get Unknown command 'chromium-browser'.

How would I go about setting this up on a Mac?


texts: 2012 MacMini HDD died while installing Win 10 Tech Preview

texts:
I have a problem with a 2012 MacMini. diskutil list shows an internal 500 GB 5400 rpm drive as having 0 Bytes.

It also states that it is unknown. Would TestDisk be able to reformat the drive?

Disk Utility will not let me format or partition, all options are greyed out. Any ideas on resurrecting a drive in this state?

The history of events:

I was on Yosemite 10.10.1 when I tried to use bootcamp to install Windows 10.

That did not work so well and I ended up with gray screen.

Trying to recover using the USB Installer with 10.10 does not see my HDD and does not let me format it.

Using the Internet recovery brings up the Mountain Lion Installer but can not proceed with the disk problem been: Not recognized.

How do I format my HDD now and start over.

If I were to remove the drive from the mini and insert it into an external case, would I be able format it as JHFS+/GUID or FAT32/MBR?


texts: Why can I edit PDF Form Data with Preview but not with Acrobat DC?

texts:
So, I have a PDF-Form that I need to fill. Since it is rather big, I downloaded the PDF and am willing to edit the form offline / outside the browser. This seems to work fine with the Preview app, but Acrobat DC only lets me edit fields that I previously filled with the Preview app, Acrobat does not let me edit empty fields.

Am I doing something wrong or might the "official" Adobe App be buggy? Any similar experiences on Mac? I updated to the newest Acrobat (2020.006.20034) without any changes. MacOS version is 10.15.3.


texts: AppleScript : Track change (time tracking)

texts:
I have an app which display the number of minutes passed within a specific status

for e.g I'm online now since 102 min , the result of my script return {"Online for 102:40"}

How can I get the value of the totals minutes spend in the same status ?

e.g if I go online 10min then offline 5min, then online again 50 min
I would need to save value to get some report like :

  " Total Online time : 60min, Offline 5min  "

I wrote this for now but this only get the current value in the specific status as text.

repeat
    delay 1
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "app name"

            try
                set mYTAuxChecker to get value of static text of group 2 of toolbar 1 of window "app name" as text
            on error
                --
            end try
        end tell
    end tell
end repeat

to get the int I did this

set s to quoted form of mYTAuxChecker
do shell script "sed s/[a-zA-Z\\']//g <<< " & s
set dx to the result
set numlist to {}
repeat with i from 1 to count of words in dx
    set this_item to word i of dx
    try
        set this_item to this_item as number
        set the end of numlist to this_item
    end try
end repeat

and to get the world I made this

set mYTAuxCheckerAsText to first word of mYTAuxChecker

but then how can I summarise each statues and sum the total


texts:
I used to stream a music from my desktop to wdtv using VLC.

I would like to stream all the sound from my iPad to wdtv.

I googled about it, but I only found how to stream music from other devices to iPad.


texts: lion: assign buttons on a Microsoft mouse

texts:
I have an old 5 button Microsoft mouse (Laser Mouse 6000) and forever I've assigned the thumb button to "back" in the browser and the middle mouse button to "next app" on the desktop. Since I've installed Lion, this doesn't seem to work. The settings in the "Microsoft Mouse" panel in System Preferences don't seem have any effect.

Is there another way to map mouse buttons? I've noticed that Mission Control seems to detect my 5 buttons and let me assign them, but only to Mission Control functions. I don't see anywhere else where I can do this. Do I just need to wait for new MS drivers? Thanks.


texts: Converting large amounts of JSON to CSV on macOS

texts:
I want to convert some 20mb+ JSON files to CSV.
Tried using webapps like https://konklone.io/json/ or https://www.convertcsv.com/json-to-csv.htm but they just crash.
So how can I use other tools to do such conversions?


texts: How to make finder launch to the previously closed location, on startup?

texts:
My wife has just updated her OS to Mojave. She believes that prior to this update, she could close finder window, reopen it and find that all her tabs were restored. That is, she thinks that Finder was saving her "session", allowing  for her to close finder, only to have that last session restored.

I am not sure about this - I do not remember this feature, although my memory is rather... what was I saying?

Anyway, if any of you have some insight/knowledge or solution I'd appreciate hearing it.


texts: Unlock with passcode instead of TouchID after manually locking iPhone?

texts:
This is another of those things that seems to have changed since iOS 13…
Still present in iOS 13.4 March 2020

Quick TL:DR
Pressing the home button twice without using TouchID should present the pass/PIN screen instead.

This occasionally works, possibly if it's only been off a short time. other than that, it simply fails to present the passcode screen at all.

Simple scenario.
I read books on my iPhone in the bath. To do this, it goes in a waterproof holder - a 'bag' in effect.
I can use the screen through the container, but not the TouchID.

You, of course, need to switch the phone off to put it in the bag, so you don't accidentally knock the screen.

In the past this was fine. When I need to unlock it again, press the home button, then press it again & you see the PIN screen to unlock.

Since iOS 13, this no longer happens. If I allow the phone to naturally nod off, I get the PIN screen. If I actually 'sleep' it with the side button, I get nothing, no number of additional presses will bring up the PIN, so I have to take the damn phone out of the waterproof enclosure, unlock it, leave it awake as I put it back in the bag - all whilst hovering precariously over a hot bath.

Is this another I'm missing some new Setting for, or is this now 'as designed'?
You can test this by pressing the button with a finger-nail, so it doesn't try to register any TouchID at all, the 'bag' is not a requirement.


texts: 'Sign in to iCloud' pop-up won't stop popping up on my iPad

texts: This is obviously a common problem but even after following the 're-boot' advice I can't get rid of it.  I can't sign in to iCloud because that e-mail address no longer exists and I can't receive the reset e-mail; the 'forgotten password' system rejects my password, my date of birth and my favourite band - all of which are well known to me.  Can anyone help me, please?


texts: Problem with text messaging on new xs iphone with shared itunes account

texts:
We just recently got the new iphone xs.  We have a shared account with several devices.  For some reason, when I text my daughter it goes to my husband or vice versa.  The same thing happens when my husband or daughter try to text each other, it comes to my phone and not theirs.  My husband has tried to update every setting but it's very frustrating.  Any thoughts?  I know it's been mentioned setting up separate iTunes accounts for each person, but would it allow us to share already purchased or downloaded music because we have hundreds of songs.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!  Thanks. AJ


texts: Terminal vs Shell vs Processes on ARM (Apple Silicon)

texts:
How does Big Sur and ARM (Apple) silicon handle the following permutations?
Say I run Terminal as x86_64 using Rosetta2, then does that mean I must use a x86_64 shell?
If indeed I use an x86_64 shell, can it only execute x86_64 processes or Universal bins?
Similarly, if I use a native Apple Silicon Terminal, does it mean I must run an ARM shell?
I hope what I'm asking makes sense.
I ask as really what I'd like to do is use Home-brew a certain way. I want to use an ARM version of iTerm2 (Universal binary), then run latest ZSH (may be x86_64 depending on what version brew installs, then also use a mix of ARM and Intel binaries.


texts: How to be more sure or guarantee screen recording will record the audio on iPad / iPhone?

texts:
I am using iPad Pro (first gen) with iOS 12.0.1. If I try to record a game, such as Plants vs Zombies using the iOS built in function of screen recording, I found that often there is no audio recorded. Sometimes it is recorded, if I am "lucky".

So I can be playing for 7, 8 minutes, to beat a level, and get ready to post on YouTube, and then found that there is no audio. And then, try for another 7, 8 minutes and see if it is another 7, 8 minutes wasted.

I have also tried: start the screen recording first, and then start the game, or the other way around: start the game first, and then start the screen recording. But neither can guarantee audio is recorded.

How can it be made to work?

P.S. I recorded one clip, and was so happy that I heard the audio while watching the recorded clip of the gameplay, but until about 27 seconds later the audio all of a sudden disappeared. So the recording is again useless. The key point is that the audio can spontaneously disappear.


texts: Is the "Lookup in Dictionary" context menu option hardcoded in Google Chrome for Mac?

texts:
I'm having a hard time removing the "Lookup in Dictionary" context menu element in Chrome for Mac (see screenshot).

I tried deactivating the Dictionary Service shortcut in Preferences / Keyboard, and I also tweaked Dictionary.app's Info.plist to remove the service. I even removed the entire Dictionary app, but the context menu item still shows. Might it be hard coded into Chrome?


texts: Can I replace a "UK" keyboard layout` Macbook Pro 2016 top case with a "US" top case?

texts:
Is it possible to replace my UK layout top case with a new US top case?

Also is it possible to replace this 2016 model top case with a 2018 top case?


texts:
I have a small problem with my mac. I'm currently restricted to game on my Macbook Pro (13"/2017/i5/iGPU iris 640/16gb) with macOS 10.15.7.
I can't do Bootcamp on this machine for disk-space reasons.
My idea was to run steam/dota on this machine, which seems totally doable as multiple tests/videos online show (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKcO2WytIMo). I don't expect ultra graphics details or high fps, but a playable experience.
Unfortunately, when playing the game, the framerate is "bearable" (20-25 fps, even without ANY action) - but even in the lobby the fan of my Macbook goes up to max speed.
I play the game at the lowest possible resolution with lowest possible details. Launch options are -vulkan -nojoy -noaafonts -novsync -console -novid. switching to the opengl-renderer doesn't change anything. all background programs closed.
Even worse - and that's the topic of this post - mouse and keyboard inputs are extremely (!!!) laggy. Individual clicks or key presses are NOT REGISTERED AT ALL! All controls feed laggy and "muchy", nice gameplay is impossible. Still, the game produces a "stable" 20-25 fps - so I assume there is some other reason for inputs being "dropped" here
Is there any way to fix this input lag or at least how to narrow down the issue?
Apparently, it IS possible to play this game on a Mac like mine, so the question is whats wrong with my machine?


texts:
After returning home, I'll take my MacBook Pro out of my bag and plug it in. However, it will often be shut off (never occurred before macOS High Sierra). Obviously, this is a chore, but there seems to be a problem lying within my computer. Anybody know what causes this?

MacBook 13,2
macOS High Sierra, 10.13 (17A362a)
No physical damage


texts:
I have a Series 2 with watchOS 3.1.

As shown in the screenshot below, I have birthdays turned off for the calendar app. However, they are still showing in the scroll view.

How do I rid my watch of birthday events?


texts: How can I display the format bar above the document in Pages 5.0?

texts:
The new version of Pages has the format bar (i.e. the bar where you change the font size, typeface, alignment, spacing, etc.) on the right of the document:

I want it to be on the top of the document like in Pages 4.3 (Pages '09):

How can I accomplish this?


texts: I find it really useful to use Remote Desktop to manage OSX devices, Is it possible to use Remote Desktop or a similar tool to manage iOS devices ?


texts: Does upgrading to catalina or big sur take up my storage?

texts:
I have a Macbook air 2015 with 128 GB storage and I just upgraded from Yosemite to Mojave. Surprisingly, after upgrade to Mojave, the amount of storage I had left went from 36 to 46 GB.
So my question is, if I update to Catalina or Big Sur, will this free up even more space or will it consume more?


texts: How does Application Level Firewall work?

texts:
I'm a bit confused about OS X Mountain Lion's Application Level Firewall.

I have enabled ALF (Application Level Firewall) in Settings -> Secuity & Privacy -> Firewall and have some rules for some applications in it and those rules are stored by ALF in /usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/com.apple.alf.plist

But it seems that ipfw is disabled (no /etc/ipfilter) and sudo ipfw list is 65535 allow ip from any to any. pf is also disabled.

So I do not understand how ALF works. If ALF does not use the known legacy firewall applications, how does it do what it does? What does it use for a backend or is it a totally separate application that does not deal with ipfw or pf?


texts: Where have the folders from public.me.com been moved to?

texts:
Has the content that people made publicly accessible at http://public.me.com/ been moved somewhere, so that it can be accessed from the web?

Can the content still be accessed with WebDAV as before?


texts:
I am getting a weird error with the mvim script that is supposed to start the MacVim interface.

See below for the issue. /bin/sh is just fine, mvim was chmod +x'd, other /bin/sh scripts run fine... I'm at a loss here.

jan@MacBook-Pro ~ $ file Applications/mvim
Applications/mvim: POSIX shell script text executable
jan@MacBook-Pro ~ $ head Applications/mvim
#!/bin/sh
#
# This shell script passes all its arguments to the binary inside the
# MacVim.app application bundle.  If you make links to this script as view,
# gvim, etc., then it will peek at the name used to call it and set options
# appropriately.
#
# Based on a script by Wout Mertens and suggestions from Laurent Bihanic.  This
# version is the fault of Benji Fisher, 16 May 2005 (with modifications by Nico
# Weber and Bjorn Winckler, Aug 13 2007).
jan@MacBook-Pro ~ $ chmod +x Applications/mvim
jan@MacBook-Pro ~ $ Applications/mvim
-bash: Applications/mvim: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Operation not permitted

Below you can see that /bin/sh scripts run fine...

jan@MacBook-Pro ~ $ vim test.sh
jan@MacBook-Pro ~ $ chmod +x test.sh
jan@MacBook-Pro ~ $ ./test.sh
hi
jan@MacBook-Pro ~ $ cat test.sh
#!/bin/sh

echo "hi"


texts: Why doesn't my Terminal show 'last login' message?

texts:
Terminal.app on my mac used to show Last login: <date time> on ttys000 as the first line.
However, when I opened it this week, I noticed that it didn't show the message.
Is this normal, or did I do something wrong?

I tried rebooting mac, and tried 'repair disk permissions' in Disk Utility, but neither of them fixed the problem.
I found that ~/.hushlogin suppresses the message, but no such file was found when I tried ls -la ~.

I'm using OS X 10.8.5.

Edit:
I installed GPG Suite last weekend.
Does it have something to do with the problem?

Update:
I think this problem is systemwide, because it is reproduced in Guest account.
I suspect that the log file of last login may be corrupt.
Is this possible?
How can I check this?

Update 2:
I tried opening another window while running sudo opensnoop -ve -n login.
I found that login failed in opening some files in /var/log/asl/ and the 'errno values' were '24'.

Update 3:
I found that errno 24 meant 'too many open files', and tried reducing the log files by sudo aslmanager. This fixed the problem! I don't know why these log files had remained undeleted though.


texts: What is a good style for documenting OS X hotkeys on web with markdown?

texts:
I often need to give instructions on using OS X hotkeys in documentation. I write it in markdown, usually on GitHub pages and sometimes on StackExchange. The keys are formatted with key = key.

In OS X interfaces the keys are usually listed together, with no spaces between. But OS X uses a well-readable font, so the string looks pretty.

But when rendered on a website, symbols don't always look good. So there are two options: to either write all keys in one tag, or each in a separate tag

Option 1.

* ⌥\ = `«`
* ⌥⇧\ = `»`

Resulting in

⌥\ = «
⌥⇧\ = »

Option 2

* ⌥\ = `«`
* ⌥⇧\ = `»`

Resulting in

⌥\ = «
⌥⇧\ = »

Which is best? Should I maybe add + symbols in between? (Which looks like a Windows-style to me).

Option 2a

⌥ + \ = «
⌥ + ⇧ + \ = »


texts: Set up VNC to use iPad Pro with Apple Pencil as a graphics tablet

texts:
I work with photoshop in my Macbook Air. I want to use my iPad Pro with Apple Pencil as an input device (because Photoshop for the iPad is still too limited for some tasks). I don't want to use Duet Display or Astropad (already tried and they don't suit me).

I managed to mirror the computer screen into the tablet using VNC client, but the tablet behaves as a trackpad:
* tap and drag = move the cursor
* double tap = click

How can I make the motion of the Apple Pencil around the screen to be exactly reproduced on my computer screen? I mean, when I tap a particular point in the tablet, have it reproduced in the screen in the same screen position?


texts: Why is it that every time I put my mac to sleep it resets the dark menu bar?

texts:
As the title says, If I enable the dark status bar and then put my mac to sleep, when I wake it up, the menu bar reverts to the 'normal' color.

Does anyone have any explanation for this behavior?

I am on El Capitain


texts: How do I remove and/or change the speed of the minimize animation for application windows in macOS Catalina?

texts:
When I click on the yellow minimize button at the top of an application window, it takes forever for the application to minimize and go into the dock. Is there a way to remove or change the speed of this animation?

I recently came across a terminal command that changes the speed of the dock animation defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -int 0; defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 1.0; killall Dock where 1.0 can be substituted for any non-negative number, so I assume there is a similar command for changing the speed of the minimize animation.


texts: Completely clean reset of Mac—does Internet Recovery reset Recovery partition

texts:
I want to completely reset my Mac by wiping the entire SSD.
I plan to start up from Internet recovery and then use Disk Utility's Erase option to erase APPLE SSD AP0512M Media (my computer has a 512 GB SSD).
If I do this, will I be able to reinstall MacOS from Internet Recovery (if my entire SSD is wiped)?


texts: Can I charge my iPad and use a 30-pin accessory at the same time?

texts: I use iJam to record my guitar into GarageBand on my iPad. iJam connects via the 30-pin connector. Before long, my iPad's battery drains. Is there a way to charge the iPad and use iJam at the same time? It seems a male 30-pin to two female 30-pins splitter cable isn't so simple because I can't find one anywhere.


texts: Are there any significant differences between two Apple products of the same name but different part numbers (particularly FC371LL/A and MC371LL/A)?

texts:
I was going to buy a refurbished MacBook Pro 15" but when I compared it to a regular one added in the shopping cart for reference, I found that they had different part numbers: FC371LL/A and MC371LL/A. I was not sure if the old model had something wrong, so I haven't ordered. Does anyone know any particular fixes Apple has done to the new MacBook Pro line?

Also, are Apple products of the same name but different part numbers significantly varied?


texts:
I created a LaunchDaemon to automatically start a mining client when the computer boots. Here is the .plist file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.example.miner</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/bin/sh</string>
        <string>/library/start.sh</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/tmp/com.example.minerout</string>
</dict>
</plist>

The goal of this LaunchDaemon is to start and keep a cryptocurrency miner running when the computer boots. The miner start script is inside the Library folder, and the miner is in the same folder.

Why is the LaunchDaemon loading, but not starting?


texts: Magsafe 2 45W (A1436) resistor and capacitor value identification

texts:
I was trying to replace the charging wire for MagSafe 2 but I accidentally short the circuit which cause 3 resistors and 1 capacitor  burned. According to the number recognizable, I guess the biggest  resistor is 0.27Ω(R270).
the second big one is 200Ω(2000), the smallest one not quite sure but it looks like "4R7" to me, if yes, then it is 4.7Ω.

The problem is the capacitor, it is exploed, unable to get the reading, does anyone know the value of the capacitor? if yes, please let me know, appreciate!

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texts: How do I find hidden UIScrollView settings in Safari and Lion?

texts:
The question (and answer) Can you disable rubber-band scrolling in OS X Lion? is very useful, so I would like to learn how to find these settings.

How can I find out what these variables are so I can turn them off without needing to find a question here one by one?


texts: Installing Manjaro on an SSD and Switching Mac Mini Hard Drive

texts: I have an old Mac Mini Core Solo (2006 model). I wanted to know if it's possible to install Manjaro on an SSD and then swap the old Mac drive with the Manjaro SSD? I've tried using Rufus to make a bootable SSD and when I installed it in the Mac, all I get is a blank gray screen. I was hoping to get to an install screen but no luck. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts:
I'm not sure if this is a legacy thing, or if I'm being stupid, but when I open the ES1/ES2 whatever in Apple Logic X, it shows me something tiny and illegible

I'm guessing this is just cause Apple decided not to update these, but can someone confirm?


texts: OS X 10.6.8 direct IP translation and DNS issues

texts:
This is the situation:

I have a web server on my LAN that serves up beta versions of my documentation for my free software.

This web server, via my router, responds to an external IP address. Imaginary IPs for the purpose of explanation:

My web server is on my LAN at 192.168.10.100
My WAN static IP is 200.100.50.25

Externally, DNS is not set up so that some name resolves to 200.100.50.25. Nor will it be. So you can't get there the usual way.

So, I provide URLs to my beta testers in this form:

http://200.100.50.25/mybetadocs/webpage.html

This works fine. My testers out in the world can get to my server and all is good. For them.

Here's the problem: on my machine, if I try to get to that URL, for instance, when I click on a  link on a web page that contains it,  my machine tells the router to NAT to 200.100.50.25, and that's the end of that - it goes nowhere.

The router does not appear to have any loopback capability to let it know that indeed, 200.100.50.25 is, in fact, on my LAN (although frankly, I think it should know that already, since that's its external IP and that's where I'm trying to get to. It used to work fine on my old router. But anyway.)

So what I'm looking for is a way to tell OS X here on my local machine that when I reach out to 200.100.50.25, I'm actually trying to reach 192.168.10.100 so that my web server will respond to me here on my machine, directly via the LAN.

Simply put, on my machine only, I need the following,...

http://200.100.50.25/mybetadocs/webpage.html

...to reach here:

http://192.168.10.100/mybetadocs/webpage.html

Previously, I had my users set up a hosts file entry for an imaginary servername of the form someweirdname.com, like this...

200.100.50.25 someweirdname.com

...and then put all my links up in the form...

http://someweirdname.com/mybetadocs/webpage.html

...which actually works fine, but ran into a fairly severe user problem where setting up a hosts file was completely beyond them, hence no access to the docs.

Using the IP requires nothing of the user but clicking the link, and as I said, it works fine for them. But it locks me out, which is highly inconvenient for me - I can't follow URLs out on other web servers back  to various places in my beta docs without dragging out my cellphone, turning off its access to  wifi, and going after those links via 4G so my router sees the request coming in from outside the LAN.

When I'm just reading my docs here, I just use someweirdname.com to get to them, and it's all relative from there, and that works fine too.

I just can't to them from other server's web pages out on the net. And for... reasons... I need to test those URLs to make sure they go where they are supposed to go.

Is there a solution for this conundrum that doesn't involve buying yet another servername, costing me yet more money to expose my local beta docs, and dealing with the resulting DNS maintainance churn?

I can live with it as it is, and have been, but I hate it.


texts: iOS 10 Proactive App Suggestions are Missing

texts:
Now that I've upgraded my iPhone SE to iOS 10 (version 10.0.2), the proactive app suggestions are gone.

What I mean by proactive app suggestions: in iOS 9, when I'd plug in my headphones or connect a bluetooth speaker, a small gray app icon would appear in the lower left of the lock screen or, in the app switcher, a gray app suggestion tab would appear along the bottom of the screen. This would usually be exactly the app I'd want to start using on my iPhone.

The proactive app suggestions feature was very handy. I wish it still existed in iOS 10. Is there a way to turn it back on?


texts: Trouble using Time Machine with SMB share in OSX El Capitan

texts:
I'm having problems using and SMB share in my local network as a time machine destination.

I followed the tutorials widely available on the internet but in the end when I open the Time Machine app I get the error message:

  Can't connect to a current Time Machine backup disk

I followed these steps:

Created the sparse bundle
Copied the sparse bundle to the smb share
Double clicked in the sparse bundle to mount it
Enabled ownership on the mounted sparse bundle
Used tmutil to set the Time Machine destination as the mounted sparse bundle
Opened Time Machine app.

I find this strange because I can perfectly access the sparse bundle via Finder or the terminal, and have write access:

I can't really find anything in the logs in the Console app to determine what is in fact the connection trouble. Can someone please guide me to the answer?

I'm using OSX 10.11 El Capitan.

Thanks


texts: Share iPhone 4G connection over an ethernet adapter?

texts:
For my work, I am sometimes in the field using my iPhone 8's 4G connection for Internet. I tether my laptop to it over WiFi using Personal Hotspot; this works fine.

Some of the equipment I work on doesn't have WiFi to be able to connect to the hotspot, but it would be useful to temporarily give it Internet access while I'm working on it. I see that Lightning ethernet adapters are now available and show up as an ethernet interface in iOS.
 All the information I can find refers only to using the wired interface as the uplink to the Internet.

Does anybody know whether iOS will run Personal Hotspot (ie, DHCP, NAT, routing to the 4G interface, etc) on the ethernet interface when one of these adaptors is plugged in?

Thanks.


texts: Analyze the EQ curve for audio coming from the Lightning port of an iOS device

texts:
I did some googling and was pretty surprised to find nothing out there on this subject.
I listen to music in my car via my iPhone plugged into my car's USB port.  I have always been able to tell that the EQ curve on the iOS audio output is lacking in certain frequencies, but now that I've added good speakers and an amp to my car, it's very apparent.
What's the best way to analyze the EQ curve coming out of the iPhone?  My amp has DSP built-in to it, and if I can see the EQ curve as it is, using some pink noise, I can make adjustments in the amp to try and flatten it out.
I have a Windows PC and Mac, but as of yet, I can not figure out how to plug the iPhone into the USB port of either computer and actually get it to play audio into the computer.  Else I would just use some RTA software and do it that way.


texts: Getting songs from iPod classic with low battery

texts:
My parents were digging through some stuff looking for something and found an old, classic iPod. I'd like to get the music off of it (I use a small mp3 player, so ideally I'd just take the music off and download it onto my own device). The problem is that it's been sitting in a box for probably around 7 or 8 years, and it's got a 'very low battery' screen and won't charge (as in, I left it for twelve hours, and no dice).

Searching around, I was able to put it into disk mode, but the 'restore iPod' that gives you would put it back in factory mode...presumably meaning the loss of all the music on it, even though it would probably fix the device.

What are my options here? Is it even possible to do what I want at this point? Thanks!


texts: macbook 2016 21w charger replaced with 61watt

texts: I have a late 2016 macbook with a charger that fails often.  I bought one that I thought would work but am afraid to try it until I know for sure.They are both c chargers, but the original one is 29W and the new one is 61w. I think that using one with higher wattage is ok, am I right?


texts: Lost all my contacts on iMac when I upgraded software

texts: All the contacts are on my iPhone but when I go the iMac all it says is no cards.  Preferences has the contacts checked and view groups show all the names but no data for the card?


texts: Favicons + text for wide tabs, just text for narrow tabs

texts:
Safari 14 recently launched and started putting favicon back in the tabs, alongside the webpage's name. When you open too many tabs (as I may be wont to do...) the page name is dropped and the tab only shows the favicon.
Safari preferences has the option of showing the favicon or not. While deselecting this option does mean narrow tabs retain the webpage name, it also removes the favicon from the tab.
Is there any behind the scenes way to either
    a) show both the favicon and webpage name when the tab is wide, but show only the name when it is narrow or
    b) change the width at which only the favicon is shown (currently the tab has plenty of room for a word or two if the favicon wasn't centered)?


texts: How do I turn off AirPlay on Apple Watch?

texts: On the control center screen on my Apple Watch I accidentally turned on AirPlay. When I tap on it it gives me an option to cancel or select "Apple Watch...". I've tried both and neither option toggles AirPlay off. How do I turn off AirPlay?


texts: Changing keyboard shortcut for cycling through windows? (Lion)

texts:
I recently received a MacBook Air (Summer 2011, Lion) from work and I'm in the process of configuring it to work like my personal MBA (same model, Lion).

I was happily setting keyboard shortcuts when I came across a rather interesting problem. On my personal MBA I use the combination ⌘+` to open a Total-Terminal window. This combination is usually used to cycle through windows, in the opposite direction of ⌘+tab.

When I was attempting to set this shortcut in Total-Terminal on my new MBA I got the error:

  The key combination "Command + `" can't be used because it's already used by the menu item "Cycle Through Windows".

I immediately went to Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts to look for the key binding but I couldn't find it (⌘+tab is also bound to "Move focus to next window", changing this shortcut and disabling it does not fix the problem). I kept looking and couldn't find it.

Am I just glossing it over or is it not there? Is there any way for me to remove this keyboard shortcut? System-level shortcuts don't seem to be on the menu.


texts: What is this Google Backup and Sync "Back up your files" dialog asking?

texts:
Google Drive recently became Google Backup and Sync, and this dialog started occasionally popping out of its menu bar item:

I don't have a "Boot OS X" folder that I'm aware of, in Google Drive or locally. When I look at the settings for Google Backup and Sync, I don't see anything about this. I haven't touched the settings since it was Google Drive, so it's set to sync my Google Drive and nothing more.

I can't tell what the files are from the little generic icons, and I can't figure out how to get a list. It's also not clear what device it's talking about, or what choice it's going to remember (since the options are essentially "yes" or "later").

Does anyone know what this dialog is about and what I might have done to cause it?


texts: Is it possible to use Apple remote desktop to macOS High Sierra and disable the screen on the remote station?

texts:
I don't know about you, but for me it seems a trivial thing to do if I were an Apple engineer. Microsoft does it perfectly.

My question is why can't I remote to a far macOS High Sierra station and don't show my work with the people sitting next to me.


texts: (Jailbroken) iOS 7 stock apps missing on springboard

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All apps from private/var/stash/Applications.xxxxxx are missing suddenly. I can't exactly say when that happened, don't think it was any specific Cydia tweak.
I still can ssh into my iPhone and see that the folder is still there, but the applications inside it won't show up on springboard. I already created a new symlink into root ("/") and I made chmod 775 for the applications folder. I've run out of ideas and would like to avoid a full restore. What could be wrong and what can I do?


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I am out of space on my iPhone, and want to delete photos after moving them to a laptop folder.
I can't do this from the Photos app, because the iCloud update seems to have hung on either a corrupt image file or one that is so big it takes more than ten hours to upload.
I thought the solution would be to Browse them with GraphicConverter but not only is something keeping it from viewing all photos, it is showing the originals of photos that have been edited on the iPhone (along with the edited version.)
I would like for the originals of edited photos to go away.  If I hit "Done" instead of "Cancel," that means I like my edits and have NO reason to waste space on the original.
Is there some arcane secret way to get rid of the pre-edit version?
I cleared out the deleted items on the phone, so that's not where they're coming from.


texts:
My iPhone (5s) has randomly started to ask for verification (before you can make purchases, you must tap continue to verify). Now my problem is that with my apple account I already have a bank account linked to it which I have used on several occasions. Now it's saying my payment method has been declined, and the problem isn't with my bank account because I have tried to put in 3 other bank cards all of which been declined for no reason.

Has anyone encountered this sort of problem before. If so, do you know how to fix it? Additionally I can't remove any payment methods because in my settings there's no 'None' option to select if i don't want a payment method.


texts: Safari will not let me delete saved passwords

texts:
I'm leaving my current company and want to clear saved passwords from Safari. I go to Preferences -> Passwords, select all of my accounts, and click Remove All. Doesn't work. I try to do them one at a time with Remove. Doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?

Using Safari 6.0 (7536.25) on Lion 10.7.4.


texts: Will iPhone download all photos from iCloud in optimise storage mode?

texts:
I am uploading my whole photo library from a MacBook to iCloud. Synchronized devices (iPad & iPhone) are set to optimise storage.

Are all photos on iCloud being downloaded to each device? What if photo Library's size exceeds the device memory?


texts: Can I create a share on a Windows Server Domain Controller for anonymous Mac OS access?

texts:
I'd like to have a share on a Windows Server Domain Controller (2012 R2) with Mac software for folks on my company to install from. Not everyone who will have access to this share will have a domain account on Windows.

On the Windows Share I gave Read permissions to Anonymous, DOMAIN\Everyone and Guests. On the Folder, I gave read permissions to the same account.

From my Mac I go to Finder and try to access the server using  smb://[servername]/share and I get an access denied.

On the Mac OS "Connect to Server" dialog, if I click on Browse the server does appear on the Network list, but if I double click the server I get "Connection Failed".

Either I want to fix this, or have an easy way for folks from the office to be able to easily grab software from a main share. Least desirable is to create domain accounts for everyone.


texts: Restoring an iPhone that cannot be detected

texts:
I have iPhone 4 and my iOS is 4.10.01. I jailbroke it and installed a lot of applications. Being lazy to reinstall everything again every time after an upgrade, I decided to just leave it at iOS 4.10.01. It worked fine for a while but as new iOS versions came up, many of the applications I installed stopped working. I didn't care much for this as long as Cydia and my packages were working all right. However, at some moment the Cydia icon just disappeared, and I don't remember deleting it, though the installed packages continued working fine.

Yesterday, I wanted to update one of the packages as it wasn't functioning correctly. Searching the web for a method to restore Cydia without affecting applications suggested a method, which I tried. However, this failed and all the packages I installed were gone. Trying to reinstall them resulted in multiple errors being returned by Cydia.

I decided that it might be better to update iOS for the last time and start over, but that doesn't seem to be an option. The "update" option in Settings isn't there, and iTunes fails to be recognise the iPhone. Reinstalling iTunes multiple times does not seem to rectify the issue. I've also tried all my USB ports, along with iFunBox. As of now, I can browse media from my computer, but that's as much as I'll get.

What is causing me to not be able to restore my iPhone?


texts:
The thing is I hate Spotlight like every software burning my cpu for no reason when I am working and I could put my cpu to better use BUT it is required to search in mail bodies with Mail so I still keep it...

What I really want to do is stop Spotlight to index anything but my emails, is there a way to do that ?

I already added the biggest folders to the ignore list but it does not seems to be enough since as I am writing this mds is happily using between 10% and 30% of my cpu :/


texts: SUMIFS with comparisons to relative cells

texts:
(This is somewhat similar to How do I reference a cell from within a "...IF"-type function condition string? and SUMIF statement with two different conditions (Text based and checkbox))

I have a formula on one sheet like the following:

=SUMIFS($Amount,$Date,">=01/01/2017",$Date,"<02/01/2017",$Key,"=IN:ALI*")

Where $Amount, $Date, and $Key reference specific columns on another sheet in the same file.
This works (yay)

Unfortunately, I have to copy and edit the formula for each column (and across all rows, since each row has a different string at the end as part of the condition). I want to make it easier to copy/paste this formula across multiple columns on the first sheet such that I'd get something like:

column-A: =SUMIFS($Amount,$Date,">=01/01/2017",$Date,"<02/01/2017",$Key,"=IN:ALI*")
column-B: =SUMIFS($Amount,$Date,">=02/01/2017",$Date,"<03/01/2017",$Key,"=IN:ALI*")
...
column-K: =SUMIFS($Amount,$Date,">=11/01/2017",$Date,"<12/01/2017",$Key,"=IN:ALI*")
...

So, I added a row so that near the top of each column (below headers / before data) I entered dates, e.g.:

A3: 01/01/2017
B3: 02/01/2017
...

The plan being to replace the hard-coded strings in my formula with cell refrences (e.g.: A$3, B$3, etc.), but I cannot seem to figure out a way to plug them into the formula in a manner that will allow them to update automatically/correctly when pasted into subsequent columns.

I tried ">=A$3" and "<B$3" - but the 'A' and 'B' don't get updated when the formula is copied from cell A4 to B4.

I tried ">=", A$3 ... "<", B$3 - but I get a syntax error.

I tried ">=" A$3 ... "<" B$3 - but that too gets a syntax error

Is there a way to do this?

(note: If I put all the formulas into a text-editor to do query-replaces on the date strings, I still have to click into each cell to paste them, otherwise the formulas end up as text-strings rather than formulas - if there's a good way around that I'd like to know too)

After various Q&A's and design morphing, this ended up as: AppleScript Numbers: Process data from Quicken


texts: /Library/Keychains/System.keychain in restricted mode

texts:
On OSX 10.12

A friend's keychain somehow got the "restricted" mode added to it. I know about csrutil disable from safe mode etc, I'd really like to know how it could've happened. He has no idea what he was doing back then, of course.

-r--r--r--@  1 root  wheel  -              0 Aug 5  07:38 .fl043D1EDD
-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  -              0 Feb 17  2015 .fl947E1BDB
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  restricted 56612 Jul 18 21:02 System.keychain
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  -          33288 Sep 13 15:05 System.keychain-orig
-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  -          56612 Jul 18 21:02 System.keychain.2016-09-13.11:28:12
-rw-r--r--@  1 root  wheel  -          55936 Sep 13 23:05 apsd.keychain


texts:
I purchase all my music through iTunes, yet I can never get the genius feature to work on my iPhone 4S.

Whenever I press the genius button in the music app it says "This song does not have enough related songs to create a Genius Playlist."

But with 15 GB of music all from the iTunes store, I'm doubting this.

For example, it says this with Skrillex's new EP, but there are at least half a dozen other albums in the same genre that it should easily be able to find.


texts: Scan lot of documents and output them in PDF

texts:
I have a lot of documents I would like to scan to produce PDFs. Some of them are single-page, others are multi-pages.

As of today, I'm using Image Capture for this purpose but I don't find it to be handy to treat a lot of documents.
The main issue is that I will for example scan 10 pages, being one 3 pages document, one 4 pages document and three 1 page document.
I currently have to scan all pages which will end up as images or pdf on my desktop and I then have to combine them to produce multi-pages PDFs.

Is there a tool which will help me achieve all of this more quickly and easily?


texts: Transfer images to iPad from a second computer

texts: I will be travelling this weekend and I will be carrying my iPad as well as my office laptop. Now, the iPad is set to sync with my home computer. I want to transfer images I click while on travel to my iPad without any reduction in quality (they are RAW files). Any way to do this without a camera connector? Oh and since I am travelling, access to wireless hotspots are not guaranteed.


texts:
I would like to display a comma-delimited list of values in a List.  Unfortunately, I get an error that reads Microsoft Outlook got an error: Can’t continue joinList. when I attempt to use the sub-procedure that performs the join:

tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
  ...
  set addressList to {}
  repeat with theAddress in the theAddresses
    if addressList does not contain (address of theAddress) then
      set addressList to addressList & (address of theAddress)
    end if
  end repeat

  display dialog joinList(addressList, ";") <-- error here
  ...
end tell

on joinList(aList, delimiter)
    set retVal to ""
    set prevDelimiter to AppleScript's text item delimiters
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to delimiter
    set retVal to aList as string
    set AppleScript's text item delimiters to prevDelimiter
    return retVal
end joinList

What am I doing wrong?


texts: How can I combine multiple PDFs using the command line?

texts:
Is there a quick one-liner to combine multiple pdfs into one?

I know it can be done using Preview.app


texts: How to get old Spotlight Search View back for Yosemite?

texts:
I do not like Yosemite's default Spotlight search.
It is in the middle of screen and I can see very little outputs at once.
It is so much helpful when it is full screen.

Example of the window which has limited height and central location:

How can you change the location be at the top right corner and height of the hits full height?


texts:
I'm currently trying to recover my formatted external hard drive with testdisk.
Testdisk takes forever to load on sudo on Mac Terminal, so I tried to approach it from a live Linux Distro, Gparted.
It works so, however it can't write to the Mac HFS+ Drive. At the moment I'm currently trying to partition a separate partition for testdisk to write the recovered files to, however FileVault is in the way.
FileVault is taking forever to finish, (~3 days) and so I followed this  solution and got the following progress.
Logical Volume Family FA9F7FA6-0592-4361-A641-1DAE403816E0
    ----------------------------------------------------------
    Encryption Status:       Unlocked
    Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
    Conversion Status:       Converting
    Conversion Direction:    -none-
    Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
    Fully Secure:            No
    Passphrase Required:     No
    |
    +-> Logical Volume 21F83719-063D-40EC-8958-36FBD021EE78
        ---------------------------------------------------
        Disk:                  disk1
        Status:                Online
        Size (Total):          998973898752 B (999.0 GB)
        Conversion Progress:   Paused
        Revertible:            Yes (unlock and decryption required)
        LV Name:               Untitled 1
        Volume Name:           Untitled 1
        Content Hint:          Apple_HFS

Seems like it has started to revert, but it is paused and hasn't actually started the process. FileVault on the Settings pane now shows as paused.
How to make revert process continue?
EDIT:I forgot to mention, the Drive Untitled 1 Is my new 1Tb hard drive, which I have swapped out the Mac's original 500Gb drive. It is made by the same company, HGST, and had the same specifications. So there shouldn't be much capability problems.


texts: How can I access my iPad even though I don't know the passcode?

texts: My iPad 2 froze up and went into recover mode, I gave t to a friend to fix and it has come bk restored but I can't get on it because there is a passcode on it.  I've tried all the obvious ones I would have used but it will not let me in to set it up. Please help me! Is there a factory '4 digit' passcode it would reset to or would it be my friends passcode?


texts: Best way to have script start up for all users in Mountain Lion?

texts:
We are trying to have a simple drive mapping script start up for ALL users on a Mac Mini. What's the simplest way of going by doing this? I've tried creating a .plist in Lingon and adding it to the Library LauncherDaemons and LauncherAgents folders, but it's not starting up. Any ideas? Is there a way to do this in the Terminal? The script by itself works fine and works if we add it to the Startup Items in System Preferences, but we want this to be automatic and for all users.

Thanks.


texts: Podcast App not downloading episodes to IPhone

texts:
for about the last week my podcast app on my iPhone 6+ has been preparing to download episodes but not downloading. Ian on iOS 8.3

This is serious I need to listen to Hansel minutes and history of revolutions!

I have tried shutdown app, clear download, logging out of iTunes etc.

Any suggestions


texts:
Is there a way or a 3rd party application which would let me 'send' a keyboard input/keystroke to a game (so that it has the same effect as physically hitting the key on the keyboard rather than just repeating the letter) while I hold the key down?

So, for example, I could tell it to hit Q 20 times a second as long as Q is held down?

Simply, I need something like AutoHotkey macOS.

Thank you in advance


texts:
I opened my Frank DeLoupe.app application and it asked for permissions. A window popup that I almost always click allow. This time I clicked deny, and now the color picker is not working.

How can I give this app permission?

I've tried adding the app to the accessibility whitelist (preferences > Security and privacy). That made no difference.

(The problem is that when I open this color picker, it doesn't "see" the screen I am on)


texts: Unable to place call from Mac using iPhone

texts:
I have a Mac and and an iPhone. I want to make phone calls to my saved contacts from the Contacts app on my Mac without picking up my iPhone.
But when I click on the call icon in the Contacts app, Skype launches instead.
Calling via iPhone was working fine previously, but now Skype launches instead. I do not wish to use Skype.
I do not remember changing any settings, and I want the old behavior back to call from my iPhone and not from Skype installed on my Mac.
How can I resolve this issue?


texts: .jar file is not opening on 10.15.7 macOS Catalina

texts:
I have a JAR file, which is a program. I want to open this file, but when I double click the icon flashes for half-a-second but then nothing happens.
I tried to open via java -jar Downloads/launcher.jar, which returns this:
Error: Unable to initialize main class cr.riselauncher.Launcher
Caused by: java.lang.ClassFormatError: Illegal class name "/m/Dispatcher" in class file yKMDW5EvDgdc44ye8WSaYWD53B9eVsAngQNDKLVRxnWyvkunYtFGb6p2cAYuyNtTJm4HJCGyVsb8E3TJWWzyfysdCjQGvJtFa3eXUqEj6fL8PvDedJD2EcP5yprg3B3EUWxg3eKD8CuFdd7rGG6ztcCL7qnEvspKwbCjM9tqCmuMX53evV69gZ2um3c5Q7FkgkSUyFJMCTLqHduc4SjWZYGN7WJcCjggZVFHxuaVGyURdyeLTQEGsax8dFP5mKjcm2bP8nGj2YC5Gey6TfgjhcEkeRgcpQzegYqH5Z5PfcjWxU2yRSMkjxFb8xMpAd9dvsE9PbynWEzrnpPRvw9YWYTpE7Sxw8DNMabQbhFK8MbLWfPcXVbc3TkPMDGWPvxLYWhGuFFEyFBMDmADEGcnuvWRHUaHUKBkpe7k7R4JyECw7uLHW79kfpsXqpXP6KAznrKK5qFQXGnaXFk2Vj3mmsBTZseb3Z3jwVPeAp62tdKFDG7qgc3CpnvWunhA2JqufjJuDgtKu9HB6427dVV7YyWCyKMuyQgvtrK7wyXqKZJYnwwKLhR3smRfnuPDVgY2TUdRmMSM2b6nDteEK4TpADsKFvHAUThYLQEtYb9UQs4gaQGmrp4FCP9qL6QuVeKxgrryzJZTezjhhfheckmnbekqwvseZJpQUvujzq5TsLHerz4CDzfjzGBBPaajVzaJD9Y5tnzHS26UNXnX3qJXBwNGfasVncLdfz6pFHSs4nFfqz92HtHsTq83w9h6yTP8gHeSPgwC4mCkGEwuNZkzyChF5nKvgruCr8SENNXrUhrb6uS33D3QgrvCkMy9qqHa97EE7DVRNdX8ZEhuwkuNs9qAxttjyaarAEtpmybDtDMzserHKqv4eSLLfGzVfHResxxqJZFE8SRr3ZGDkbVMUpnGSkBXjE7ht8rnQfpSpz2QstJ4HeFHJ9afhWRqLHd9vEpUY5MnHtu

So, I didn't understand a lot from here, but, is it a code error, or is it because of my computer, I have the latest Java, the code is specified for a mac, maybe one of the files in the JAR is missing (cr.riselauncher.Launcher)?
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012), macOS Catalina 10.15.7
The recommended version of Java, Java 8 Update 281, 1.8.0_281
Only one Java installed on my Mac, not more


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0: GUID_partition_scheme *750.2 GB disk0

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...
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  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/SharedFrameworks/LLDB.framework/Resources/Python/lldb/__init__.py", line 98, in <module>
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
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