texts: How to merge most but not all photos from old laptop to new laptop?

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In 2019 I did a clean install on my iPhone and continued to take photos and transfer them to my OLD laptop. From 2016 to today I have about 150 GB there.
I just got a new laptop and have transferred all the photos from my phone to it, but there are 100+ GB of photos on my old laptop that I want to move there as well.
I suppose I will have to move them first to a hard drive first (I don't use iCloud).
Question: I've never imported from a drive into Photos much less tried to merge them with existing photos. Is there a way I can do this transfer so that all the pre-2019 and post-2019 end up together again on my NEW laptop just like they are on my OLD laptop? I would like to just specify an ending date when either saving from OLD to the intermediate hard drive or when importing to NEW laptop
note: I ran out of space on OLD so there is a big chunk of photos in my phone that never made it there, otherwise I could just do them all at once.


texts: Unable to launch iOS app without entering Apple ID password

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I just encountered a case where launching a pre-installed app in iOS asks for my Apple ID password. If I choose not to the enter the password, the app is minimized. Here's what I am encountering.

I can't enter the password because I don't know the password. My Apple ID password is managed by a password manager. While I was able to get out of the loop by copy/pasting the password over iCloud from another device, this interaction raised a couple questions:

What is causing the apps from not launching and asking for password?
Why on tapping cancel, the app is minimized?

I was unable to find a reason for this phenomenon. I don't know how to recreate the scenario, but have observed it a few times a while back.

I am running iOS 12.1.2.


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I want to free some space on my SSD.

Is there a way to move the Developer folder from my root drive to another one without breaking anything?


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I have issues copying an image from website into clipboard and then pasting it on another website in Safari (e.g. Messenger or Facebook). When I click on an image with two-click and select Copy image option and then paste it into another place, I'm getting the image URL instead of the image itself.

I found THIS thread, but it does not resolve my issue, since I still face it although having the latest OS (Mojave 10.14.1) installed, as well as the latest Safari (12.0.1).

I would greatly appreciate any help, cause I don't want to switch to another browser.


texts: I have an app in the appstore which has 30k downloads so far. It averages 500 downloads daily. However, I don't see much reviews or ratings at all. Only 4 reviews overall from all the countries (all 5 stars). That's it. Is this normal? (app url: https://itunes.apple.com/mk/app/tube-max/id1045359493?mt=8)


texts: I have added a number of text boxes to an iWork Pages document. When I want to paste in additional text -- i.e. a methodology section at the beginning -- the text boxes do not move with the text, rather stay on the same page where they were inserted. How can I get them to move with the text?


texts: App that provides a keyboard shortcut to mute/unmute the microphone?

texts: Is anyone aware of a third-part app that provides a quick shortcut to toggle mute/unmute state of the built-in microphone?


texts: I need to take 500 screenshots at 325x200 over and over. How can I do this on a Mac quickly?

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I could just do Cmd-Shift-4 and draw them out, but that would take forever and kill my hand doing that 500 times.

Is there a screenshot app/utility out there for Mac that would allow me to set a specific size of a fixed box and just allow me to quickly take screenshots over and over just moving the box around on the screen?


texts: Terminal.app ignores ~/.profile file settings

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Terminal started to ignore profile file settings, which I didn't change in a long time. How can I force Terminal to respect the file again? I tried to delete and recreate but it didn't help...

My setup is Lion 10.7.3, Terminal.app reports version 2.2.2 (303). ~/.profile file has following attributes: -rw-r--r--@


texts: Remove email integration from calendar in mountain lion?

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I've just got a new laptop with Mountain Lion. The calendar has the old color coded options of 'Work', 'Home' etc, however it also has my email address as an option. If I select 'Work' and create a new event it automatically changes to the email account, meaning that I get email alerts for events,  which I dont want.

How can I change this behaviour?

UPDATE - Actually I want to completely remove Google Calendar from my mac calendar so i dont get email alerts either. Thanks


texts: Lightning splitter - charging and external device connection

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Are lightning splitters thats supports charging and external device available on the market?
I want to use my iphone with irig keyboard or pads when it is charging.


texts: iPad's Apple ID did not reflect the change I made on and now I can't turn off Find my iPad

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So this is quite a headache already. I'll lay out what I've done chronologically:

Not knowing that the Apple ID is still in use on a device (iPad), I've changed the associated email address on the Apple ID website.
The Apple ID is now associated with the new email address
I completely forgot this ever took place.
The boss approaches me, asks for the password of the Apple ID.
I forgot the password, so I reset.
No email came through
Checking Safari for saved password, found it.
Did not work
Found a similar password associated with a different email address
Suddenly remembered the change of ID

Now, for the questions:

Why didn't the iPad reflected the change I made regarding the email? This could've solved my problem, but it became stuck with basically a non-existent Apple ID.
Why can't I add the old email address as an alternative, or re-associate it with the Apple ID?
What do I do next? The iPad is associated with a non-existent Apple ID, and I can't turn off the Find my iPhone.

I hold you can help me with this issues.


texts: How would I architecture Direct Attached Storage?

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This is a sequel question to a previous one.

I would like to set up a home networking solution with Direct Attached Storage.

"Direct Attached Storage" seems to suggest that I would run cables (Ethernet, presumably) from two Macs to some kind of medium.

What is that medium? In particular, are we talking here specifically about SATA RAID rather than RAID? IIUC the former requires running not Ethernet cables but SATA cables (can these be 30-40 ft long?), where the latter requires attaching via USB to an Airport Extreme or similar.
Is a third Mac needed to act as a server?
Is macOS server needed?
What is the name of the software that you would run to actually "serve"?


texts: What is a good RAW File Processor/Developer/Editor for Mac?

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What is a good quality, and ideally free or cheap, RAW file processor for Mac OS X 10.7? Until I switched to Mac from Ubuntu, I used RawTherapee, which served me well, but unfortunately it's not supported on Lion.

Ideally I'd prefer not splashing out on a pro-level graphics suite; I just want some basic abilities like exposure/color adjustment, aligning, etc. - with output to .JPG. If the tool also has a general photo management capability, great, but I can live without that.

I'm struggling to find anything that quite meets what I'm looking for. I tried Raw Photo Processor, but the interface is cumbersome and confusing.


texts: Where can I find alternative alert sounds for my iPhone 4S?

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There is a very limited set of Alert sounds in Sounds > New Mail > Alert Tones.

Is there a way to add other sounds to this list? I would like something sort and subtle, not something that goes on for 2-3 seconds.


texts: Create hybrid MBR/GPT just like Bootcamp Assistant does

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Currently I have two partitions with data on them I would like to keep (marked with a *):

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh SSD*          164.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Additional_Storage*      56.6 GB   disk0s4
   5:       Microsoft Basic Data                          28.4 GB   disk0s5

Now I would like to install Windows on /dev/disk0s5. However, since the partition is GPT Windows cannot be installed. Is there a way to create my own MBR/GPT hybrid like the Bootcamp-Assistant does? /dev/disk0s5 would then be MBR and the rest still GPT.

Output of sudo fdisk /dev/disk0:

Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 30401/255/63 [488397168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  488397167] <Unknown ID>
 2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused

Output of sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0:

      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  320702320      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  321111960    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  322381496        328
  322381824  110616584      4  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  432998408       2040
  433000448   55396352      5  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  488396800        335
  488397135         32         Sec GPT table
  488397167          1         Sec GPT header

My system:

MacBook Pro 2011, OS X El Capitan


texts: extract if_index without grep from scutil --dns

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I'm using the grep command to extract active interfaces from the output of the scutil command with the --dns option.

$ scutil --dns | grep 'if_index'

I am suspecting if a user's machine with different system language (Spanish, Chinese, etc) the text 'if_index' will change and the above mentioned command will not produce the right result. Is my suspicion right? If so could someone tell what is the right way to perform the above operation?


texts: Rotate iPad Video out when connected to a monitor

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I have a HDMI -> iPad adapter that I'm using to connect my iPad to a monitor to do a demo at a tradeshow. The monitor I'm using is placed vertically, so I need to rotate the video out from the iPad to match it. I couldn't find any way to do this in the settings app.

Does anyone know a way? (Cydia apps are fine too)


texts: Is it possible to import iPhone photos with corresponding .AAE files to Photos on the Mac?

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I'm transitioning to using Photos.app on both iOS and OS X - with the intention to use iCloud Photo Library...

Before making this change I had to move a bunch of photos off an iPhone to free up space. I did so using Image Capture on the Mac - and I've ended up with .JPGs paired with .AAEs (the latter, as I understand it, containing the image edits).

(So, I moved the photos off the iPhone to a folder on a Mac, duplicated on external disk, did a back up, then deleted the images on the iPhone)

I've read this Q&A with tells of a method to use a python script to apply of the filters to the corresponding images.

What I'd like to know: is it possible to import both the .JPG files and .AAE files so that the original image is still available in Photos? E.g. so that the revert option would still be available...


texts: My MacBook Pro was pronounced "dead on arrival" by the Apple Genius after sustaining injuries from liquid that had been spilled in my brief case. Despite the purchase of a new MacBook Pro Retina I find myself unable to completely detach from the MacBook that drowned in a pool of sweetened iced tea while under my watch. Is there a financially practical solution for resurrecting my MacBook Pro with the 17 inch display and solid state hard drive? It's been stored in my closet and has never started since the fatal accident.


texts: Trying to Find Photos on Harddrive from Photos App

texts: Our hard drive died and we had to get a new one - I have my old hard drive in one of those NexStar things (bear with me as I am not that good at computers!).  I am looking for my photos from the Photo App and I can't seem to find them anywhere on the old hard drive to import onto our new hard drive.  Any ideas?


texts: I live on the border between central and eastern time, and want a solution to keep the phone from changing without manually doing it each time

texts: I recently purchased an new iPhone 6 and now the time zone keep changing.  I live in a border town which is on eastern time but the Phoenix changes to central time.  My old iPhone 6 did not do this, how can I keep this from happening without changing the settings, as I do frequently travel to other time zones and do not want to change my phone on each trip?


texts: Auto log off on mac even when account is active

texts: is there any way to automatically log off a guest account after 10 minutes of login? I want to log out of the account every 10 minutes immaterial of whether it is active or inactive. Is there a way to accomplish that on Mac?


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I just become a Mac user and I've been looking for a decent free code editor, thus I found Textwrangler.

However, I like it a lot, I only have one problem with it. How does one open a new file in a new tab rather than a new window?

I open a directory with it and have the tree, but each time when I click on a file it closes the current file I am viewing and opens the new one.

Is it possible to have things open in a new tab as when you one a link in a new tab in Chrome or more exactly how you open a new file in Notepad++ on Windows.


texts: Parallels 13 internet speed is slower than the MacBook pro speed

texts: How do I get the internet speed on the virtual machine the same as the Mac book internet speed? The Mac speed is 300-400 and the virtual machine is 70-120.


texts: How can I get iMessage to verify my phone number?

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iMessage won't verify my phone number. When I try to select my number for messages to be sent, it's greyed out. So I receive my iMessages over email which I don't want to do.

I've tried: turning iMessage on and off, resetting network settings, rebooting my phone and nothing's worked.

Any ideas?


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I am trying to install Ubuntu on Virtual Box instead of Parallels for a change. However VirtualBox was being a little problematic.

First during the installation it finished with "Could not complete Installation"
I ignored this later to find VirtualBox still in the /Applications folder**
I opened it and it worked. So I created a VM for Ubuntu.

When I had finished creating I clicked Start and was instantly given an error code 1:

I gave this error a Google Search however I only found fixes for Windows and Ubuntu. I am running OS X Mavericks and so this registry edits wouldn't be available on OS X.

One fix that I found was available on Ask Ubuntu.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/122211/getting-error-message-when-trying-to-start-a-virtual-machine

Sunil J had the same error as me however managed to get a fix it on Ubuntu. Is there a fix for OS X and if so what is it.

Note: I have already tried reinstalling

Versions:

OS X Mavericks - 10.9.5
Virtual Box 5.0.6
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS


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So there's probably some app that's responsible for this, but I'm not sure how to find it.

I press Esc  in:

Karabiner-events: it echoes 'escape' as it should
according to OS X keyboard-viewer Esc is never pressed.

But fnEsc  does work (also in OS X keyboard-viewer).

I have no clue where to look for.
I saw this thread but I already disabled Siri and Speech and rebooted.

Where can I find more info how to deal with this?

I'm on the latest update of High Sierra 10.13.4.

Using an app called 'Key Codes', it logged:

pressing Esc : nothing
pressing fnEsc  (first fn, than esc):

Modifier Change
    Keys:
    Key Code:       65535 / 0xffff
    Modifiers:      8388864 / 0x800100 ⓘ

Key Down
    Characters:
    Unicode:        27 / 0x1b
    Keys:           Escape
    Key Code:       53 / 0x35
    Modifiers:      8388864 / 0x800100 ⓘ

Key Up
    Characters:
    Unicode:        27 / 0x1b
    Keys:           Escape
    Key Code:       53 / 0x35
    Modifiers:      8388864 / 0x800100 ⓘ

Modifier Change
    Keys:
    Key Code:       65535 / 0xffff
    Modifiers:      256 / 0x100 ⓘ

In xev, when I press 'esc' nothing is echoed. But when I press fn+esc, I get the following output:

FocusIn event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
    mode NotifyNormal, detail NotifyNonlinear

KeymapNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
    keys:  4294967201 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
           0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

PropertyNotify event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
    atom 0x101 (_NET_WM_STATE), time 979893442, state PropertyNewValue

KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
    root 0x1a1, subw 0x0, time 979893799, (144,-11), root:(161,702),
    state 0x0, keycode 61 (keysym 0xff1b, Escape), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (1b) "
mbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (1b) "
FilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0xa00001,
    root 0x1a1, subw 0x0, time 979893895, (144,-11), root:(161,702),
    state 0x0, keycode 61 (keysym 0xff1b, Escape), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (1b) "
FilterEvent returns: False

For the full output of xmodmap -pk I uploaded it here. The most notable lines (I guess) is:

 61         0xff1b (Escape) 0x0000 (NoSymbol)       0xff1b (Escape)
 79         0xff1b (Escape) 0x0000 (NoSymbol)       0xff1b (Escape)


texts: How can I remove a VPN service when the remove button is disabled?

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I added a VPN config. Now I want to remove it, but the - button is gray and disabled.

I checked some answers from this Apple Support Communities thread:

  In Terminal: networksetup -listallnetworkservices
  In Terminal: networksetup -removenetworkservice networkservice
  In Terminal: networksetup -listallnetworkservices

…but I cannot remove all.

How can I fix this issue?


texts: Apple logic board part number replacement issue

texts: I'd like to replace my MBP unibody early 2011 logic board that's broken, so I don't know which is the right choice because two Apple part number seems to be available. The first one is 6616080 and the second one is 6615850 and I'd like to know the difference before. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks


texts: Manage multiple SIM cards by connecting them to a device at home and using them remotely

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I have 3 SIM cards and I don't want to have 3 phones to manage them.

I just want to know if for example I can keep one of the cards in my phone and keep the two others in my house plugged in one device.

I just have to install an application and I can receive and send messages, calls from this application using the sim cards on my device.

And everything will work using internet.

I want to do that with my Iphone and not an other kind of phone

Something like that should exists but I can't find it.


texts: Get resolution of a Mac OS X application window

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I'm using a Macbook Pro Early 2015 running Mac OS X El Capitan.

I'd like to measure the resolution (or at least the aspect ratio) of a specific application window on Mac OS X. Is there a way to do this? The reason I need to do this, is to ensure that I am running the application window at a specific resolution, or aspect ratio.


texts: When updating to macOS Catalina will the default Python installation get removed from my system?

texts: Apple will stop shipping scripting languages like Python with macOS starting with Catalina. When I eventually update to macOS Catalina, will the Python (2.7.X), which currently ships with macOS get removed from my system? Or is it only if I do a fresh install to Catalina that I won't get the Python installation anymore?


texts: Unable to reformat/repartition CoreStorage logical volume (Fusion drive)

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I created a fusion drive on my MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion and it worked like a charm for a while, but it somehow got corrupted.

Now I am unable to reformat or repartition the whole thing.

> diskutil cs list

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 40B334F6-6988-4727-9A2B-48E7999F4047
    =========================================================
    Name:         MacintoshHD
    Size:         558926610432 B (558.9 GB)
    Free Space:   135995392 B (136.0 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume AC91E9F8-CAAA-48B9-A000-93E559F5D2DD
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     59162722304 B (59.2 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 1319D374-879E-418F-88EF-5AA163B4105C
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    1
    |   Disk:     disk1s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     499763888128 B (499.8 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 3E85E6B1-4E99-4CBD-A34E-E720A090F373
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 76A3020B-B3C2-4905-9E09-2EBB5470261C
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:               disk2
            Status:             Online
            Size (Total):       556000083968 B (556.0 GB)
            Size (Converted):   -none-
            Revertible:         No
            LV Name:            HD
            Volume Name:        HD
            Content Hint:       Apple_HFS

> diskutil cs delete 40B334F6-6988-4727-9A2B-48E7999F4047

Started CoreStorage operation
Ejecting Logical Volumes
[ \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   \   ]

I remain stuck there and cannot delete the Logical Volume Group, or do anything at all on it's components.

By now I would be satisfied if I could just wipe /dev/disk0 and /dev/disk1 completely and start over, but unfortunately this does not work either :

> diskutil zeroDisk /dev/disk0

Started erase on disk0
Error: -69879: Couldn't open disk
Underlying error: 16: POSIX reports: Resource busy

I hope someone will be able to help me, I have absolutely no idea how to recover this computer!

I also posted this question on Apple's forums, but I expect a better answer answer and more importantly a longer shelf life!


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I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) running macOS Sierra, the Mac started to be slow due to storage.

When I've checked my storage I was shocked, from 250 GB I have, 180 GB was allocated to the System it self!

I've checked my friends storage and found that the System is only 30 GB!

How can I manage this and why do I have that much storage allocated to the System?


texts: Hiding/Unhiding a slide in Keynote for iPadOS

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How can one hide/unhide slide(s) in Keynote for iPadOS?

I find my self very often having to edit keynote presentations (stored in iCloud) while I have no access to my MacBook and I can say that working on iPad is pretty nice and all, but I cannot figure this one thing out.

Has anyone ever come across this and has a way of doing it?


texts: On startup Calendar shows only one calendar

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The following problem has appeared a few days ago. I believe I have not changed any settings.

Whenever I open up Calendar under OS 10.8.2 on my MacBook Air it shows just one of the calendars I sync with Google. This one has a tick mark in the calendars list shown under the menu "Window":

When I click on "Window > Calendars" (or "Cmd-0"), all calendars appear:

But when I shut down and open Calendar, only the one calendar shows up again.

I don't know where I can set this to always display all calendars, as it was until a few days ago. None of the calendars are ticked under "Preferences > Account > Delegation", and ticking them changes nothing:

I'm on a German system, so menu items are maybe named differently in English than I translated them. I added some images to make my meaning more clear.


texts: iMac (El-Capitan) - Trying to make Wi-Fi as a priority over Ethernet

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I am trying to prioritise Wi-Fi over Ethernet cable and have changes settings to Wi-Fi under service order but when I do the speed test on Chrome the internet is used from the cable which is only 3 Mbps but on my wifi I get 20 Mbps. Both connections are on a different network.

Is there any way where I can use the internet service from Wi-Fi connection and local file transfer using from the Ethernet cable?


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I have a MacBook Air running El Capitan 10.11.1. Since the upgrade, the Reminders App runs randomly. I have already deleted all reminders (even removed the scheduled ones) but the behaviour continues. The app comes up without any notification, but just in case I also disabled all notifications.

Is there a way to prevent this behaviour?

Thanks


texts: Migration Assistant and USB Time Machine disk

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Mavericks Update

Sadly this issue remains unresolved in Mavericks.

End Update

When I run Migration Assistant (from an admin account) in Lion, M.A. hangs at the message

"Looking for Other Computers". The Time Machine disk is not seen even though it is connected through USB and it is the Lion TM disk from the same machine.

I tried:

Pressing the greyed-out 'continue' button.
Having the Time Machine both selected as the TM disk, or connected
without being selected.
Rebooting into the recovery partition and attempting recovery from
TM. At least in that case the TM disk is seen, but it cannot be used
because "only full Mac OS X backups can be restored". I only save
user files on TM.

What are some other ideas I could try? I prefer to avoid running a 'cp -pR', but if you think I could get away with it, please mention the caveats.


texts: Can I use my iPhone as a fax machine modem using the Bluetooth connection?

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I'd like to use my iPhone 4 as a bluetooth modem so I can send a fax using my Mac.

I can pair my iPhone to the mac and then add a fax from the Printer section of System Preferences and then, I can add to the Fax print queue from Preview. However, the print queue doesn't establish a connection to the iPhone.

I'm not interested in sending faxes over email and I'm not interested in downloading an app to the iPhone that will send faxes over the internet. I'm interested in using my iPhone as my fax machine modem and printing from my Mac.

Anyone know how can I do this?


texts: Applescript to open Get Info box for the previous iTunes track?

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I like having a hotkey to bring up the get info box for the current iTunes track so that if I'm using another app and a song comes up, I can quickly edit it.  This works (though if it's not the best way, please let me know):

tell application "iTunes"
    activate
    reveal current track
end tell
tell application "System Events"
    tell process "iTunes"
        key code 34 using command down
    end tell
end tell

I've assigned that a hotkey in BetterTouchTool and it's great.

I'd like to have a version of that script to edit the previous song...  but changing "current track" to "previous track" causes a completely different result.  iTunes goes back to play the previous track again even though I only told it to reveal it, and then I get an error saying applescript can't continue reveal.

tell application "iTunes"
    activate
    reveal (previous track)
end tell

What's the easiest way to get iTunes to show the previous track in a playlist using Applescript?


texts: Where does OSX store the Desktop layout configuration info?

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Since early Mac versions, I have been able to rearrange the icons on my desktop. Until I use one of the "Cleanup" options, they can be in pretty much random positions, even overlapping each other. The same layout of of file, directory, and app icons appears on all Desktop/Workspaces.
Where is that information on icon position stored?
What I would like to try doing is having the Desktop folder actually be a symlink that can be set to point to folders Desktop1, Desktop2, etc. I want to use the Current Key app (free) and it's use of AppleScript functions (https://currentkey.com/room-change-alerts/) to change that symlink on the fly, whenever I change desktops, so that I get a different set of icons for each desktop space that I'm in.
I would also like to preserve the layout of each set of desktop icons by also swapping the layout file.
Where can I find that layout file? (If it's a hiddent file in the Desktop directory then I might be home free.)
Thanks.


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I have downloaded groovy-binary-1.7.10.zip, unzipped @ /Users/sarbbottam/SW Developments/groovy-1.7.10 and navigated to /Users/sarbbottam/SW Developments/groovy-1.7.10/bin. I tried to execute ./groovysh; however, I got the below error.

Sarbbottam-Bandyopadhyays-MacBook-Pro:bin sarbbottam$ ./groovysh
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Developments/groovy-1/7/10/bin/groovy/icns
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Developments.groovy-1.7.10.bin.groovy.icns
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248)
Sarbbottam-Bandyopadhyays-MacBook-Pro:bin sarbbottam$

Do you have any suggestion?


texts: Using an Italian Windows keyboard in remote management of iMac

texts:
I'm using TeamViewer on a Windows computer to control an iMac. The keyboard on my side is this, but I set it so that it works like this one (when I push \ I obtain `, when I push Shift\ I get ~, and so on).

At the beginning I thought it was unavoidable, so I started to get used to these changes (hard to do, since I write in LaTeX and the backslash is the most important non alphabetical character). Accidentally I changed the settings such that the keyboard is mapped in the right way, but I don't know how. So far, it's fine; then I unfortunately (and accidentally) turned things back, so I think it's the moment to understand how to manage this settings.

In System Preferences > Keyboard I see there's only the Italian keyboard. Furthermore, even if I add and select other keyboards, I always get ~ when I press Shift-\ (the original behavior).

Could the problem concern being connected remotely?


texts: Using the same HDD with macOS and Windows

texts:
Is it possible to use the same external HDD for both macOS and Windows? For example, can I use it as backup storage for both systems?

If so, should it have at least 2 partitions?


texts: Is my new Time Machine backup okay if my MacBook went to sleep during encryption?

texts:
I started a new Time Machine backup last night and enabled the third-party app Amphetamine to keep my machine awake for 9 hours. When I returned in the morning, it appeared that my MacBook went to sleep after those 9 hours, but Time Machine still read "Encrypting...".

Is my Time Machine okay, or do I need to wipe it and start again?

After this, I ejected the Time Machine drive and plugged the it back into my Macbook when I got to work. It backed up a new 500 MB of files and went back to encrypting. This makes me think that perhaps Time Machine dealt with the MacBook going to sleep fine, but I want to make sure.


texts: What is the exact difference between 'tty' and a 'console'?

texts:
I know the general idea of console, tty as here explains https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4126/what-is-the-exact-difference-between-a-terminal-a-shell-a-tty-and-a-con

But when run who (using iTerm2) I got these and I don't understand the difference here. BTW, I open 2 tabs in iTerms

ws ➤ who
qiulang  console  Dec  5 17:47
qiulang  ttys002  Dec  5 17:48
qiulang  ttys004  Dec  6 10:41


texts: My shell prompt changed ... without prompting

texts:
I'm still running bash on MacOS Catalina 10.15.5 (19F101). Sorry.
Recently, I don't know why, the prompt in my bash sessions is acting up. There appears at the start of every prompt the string (base):
(base) MyComputer:~ myname$
The result of cat /etc/bashrc is:
# System-wide .bashrc file for interactive bash(1) shells.
if [ -z "$PS1" ]; then
   return
fi

PS1='\h:\W \u\$ '
# Make bash check its window size after a process completes
shopt -s checkwinsize

[ -r "/etc/bashrc_$TERM_PROGRAM" ] && . "/etc/bashrc_$TERM_PROGRAM"

I don't see anything related in /etc/bashrc_Apple_Terminal.
The result of echo $PS1 is:
(base) \h:\W \u\$

I have no local ~/.bashrc, and the result of grep 'PS1' ~/.* is empty, notwithstanding grep errors. That is to say, I'm not setting the PS1 variable in my home directory that I can see. I certainly haven't written code to do so.
I can change the prompt manually in one bash session:
PS1="\h:\W \u\$"
and that works for that session. But a new Terminal tab or window just gives me the (base) prefix once more.
I don't see anything in the preferences panes of the MacOS app Terminal, which is the app I use. Although... I did just launch an xterm and there the prompt is simply bash-3.2$ .
Can somebody help me figure out what is going on?


texts: Upgraded to Mojave and now MacOS won't allow me to have the same password locally as my iCloud account

texts: I upgraded a new to me MacBook Pro (Mid 2015) to Mojave and the checkbox was pre-checked to use iCloud to unlock MacOS. This setting keeps me from having the same local and iCloud password.  How do I turn off this "feature"? Since the Mojave security update the checkbox to disable this "feature" is gone from the Change Password dialog in Users and Groups.


texts: If I'm not a gamer, what are the reasons I might need a higher-end GPU?

texts: I'm buying a 27" iMac and having trouble understanding why I may need a higher-end GPU over the next 4-5 years (intended usage).  I do lots of picture editing (Photoshop, Lightroom), movie playing (1080p on an external monitor), and some small time video editing with iMovie.  Is it superfluous to upgrade to the higher end gpu for my purposes?


texts: How to get installers not to hang on "Waiting for other installations to complete..."?

texts:
As I got a new computer recently, I've been trying to get back the stuff that I need for work. However, a few applications (Hotspot Shield is one of them) that requires an installer to install it doesn't seem to work. It gets stuck midway through installation, saying "Waiting for other installations to complete..."

I've enabled Gatekeeper to allow any applications, but it's still stuck.

Why is this and is there a workaround?

Edit: Here's the output in console:

1/9/12 5:08:07.575 PM coreservicesd[33]: Application App:"Installer" [ 0x0/0x338338]  @ 0x0x7f9b686baff0 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontASNs ( ( ASN:0x0-0x33c33c:) ), so denying.


texts: How do I track and view total stand time using the Apple Watch?

texts:
The Apple Watch can monitor if you stand at least 1 minute during 12 different hours in the day. If you do, that is counted as 12 stand hours. But you could have actually stood for 12 minutes or 12 hours during that day.

Is there a way to see the actual amount of time that you stood or sat in that hour?  Or the total amount of time that you stood or sat during the day?


texts: How to boot into Sierra USB installer without Startup Manager?

texts: I'm trying to reinstall Mac OS on a late 2009 21.5 inch iMac. The previous owner tried to install ubuntu on it but failed to get it to work properly so I'm trying to install Mac OS Sierra from a USB stick. I know the USB works because I can boot from it on my Macbook Pro. The problem is that I can't figure out how to get the iMac to boot from the stick. Whenever I try to get into startup manager all I get is an all white screen and a mouse curser. I can get into Ubuntu safe mode and grub but I'm not sure what I can do from there to make the mac boot from USB.


texts: How do I migrate an expired Mobile Me account to iCloud?

texts:
I had a Mobile Me account which expired before iCloud was announced.  I want to migrate this account to iCloud rather than signing up for a new iCloud account with a different email address.  Is this possible?  If so, how?

When I try to login at www.iCloud.com with my old Mobile Me ID I get the error below:

If I click 'Get Started' I'm redirected to www.me.com to login to my old account where I get the message below:

When I click on 'Learn More' I get directed to a support page which just says I can migrate from Mobile Me by visiting www.me.com/move but this just gives me the same result as above.

Has anyone managed to move an expired Mobile Me account to iCloud?  If so, how did you do it?


texts:
Is there a way to switch the iPhone’s functionality to a phone-only mode. In this mode only incoming (and possibly outgoing) calls and SMS messaging would be activated. All other services (location, push, mail) would be disabled. So it would be just like your average seven-years-ago mobile phone which you could leave on during the night (*) without getting awakened by facebook push messages and without fearing to oversleep because the battery drained from downloading all the spam mails you got during the night.

Note that I’m not speaking of do not disturb functionality, which would also silence SMS messaging (which I’d still like to receive) and yet drain more power than needed by having activated location, push and mail services.

(*) alarm clock functionality should also work in that mode (but this could well be the built-in alarm, no other apps should be activated or running in the background)


texts:
I have a combination of Win7 - XP & Apple macbook machines, running on my windows network.

The macbook up and till recently had Mavericks 10.9.5 OS X ,, a few days ago I upgraded the macbook to OS X Yosemite.

With upgrades you do get the odd thing going wrong but I have managed t resolve all but one problem in that I can no longer see any of the macbook-shared folders within the XP network icon.

I can see them and login to them via the Win 7 machines network icon, but I can not see any of the mac folders ( or drive ) within XP …

I therefore have to do the following :-

Start - Run

Then type the path to the macbook folder .. a login prompt and password appears but when I put in the user and password ,, the login re-appears but first with my XP machine user name back slash and the macbook user with password .. reappearing again and again after trying to login.
The error was logon failure: unknown username or password

I can though WinSCP from my XP to the macbook using the same login credentials

But I just can not get past this XP to macbook network access – I can however login from the macbook to the XP machines network drives and folders.

Does anybody have any solutions to this as I have come up stuck here


texts: Upgraded to ios8 on my iPad air. There is no FaceTime app on the settings page to turn or or off. How to I set up face time


texts: Is there a way to fix the "blur" effect in changing pages in Preview on Mojave?

texts: Preview worked fine in Sierra on my early 2015 MacBook Pro. After upgrade to High Sierra, a "blur" effect appeared in changing pages, by which I mean a delay in rendering the page upon changing it with an arrow key. I just upgraded to Mojave hoping to have this corrected in its version of Preview, but the problem continues. Surely Apple must be aware of this annoying effect that has propagated into later OS's. Does anyone know of any effort by Apple to fix this? Does anyone have a workaround for the problem, other than switching to a different pdf viewer?


texts: Yosemite bluetooth audio is choppy/skips

texts:
On two separate MacBook Pros (one brand new, one several years old) running OSX Yosemite, all bluetooth audio devices are choppy (audio clicks in and out, skips like a scratched CD).

I have tried playing audio through Spotify, iTunes, YouTube with Beats Studio wireless headphones and a Big Jambox on both, in separate environments.  Sometimes the sound is perfect and clear.  Then it suddenly becomes choppy.

I've looked at Activity Monitor during choppy times, and nothing seems different from normal.

For the record, using the same Wifi and devices, iOS8 iPhone 6 and 5S both do not have this issue.

I'm curious how to even begin to troubleshoot the issue - It's hard to troubleshoot as there's no way of knowing if it's interference, app performance, etc.


texts:
I am looking for a way to create a RAID 1 Volume from macOS Sierra with a format that will be readable from both Mac and Linux.

Using DiskUtility I can not seem to find a way to format the RAID in another other formats other than JHFS+. Even from the command line. Maybe I am wrong and just have not found how to do it. Please let me know if I have missed it.

Other things I have considered is spinning up a virtual machine and/or Docker container and just doing it from Linux this way. Because I know how I can do it from mdadm.

I have also looked around for some third party software that can do this, but most of the ones that I have found are more than I'm willing to pay, since I know I can do it inside of Linux for free.

Lastly, I am trying to use luks to encrypt the RAID after it is set up. I am not sure any answers would prevent this, but just thought I would mention it in case it impacts the answers.


texts: "PKDownloadError error 8" upon Catalina update

texts: How do I resolve this? Error was encountered on a 2018 MacBook Air.


texts:
I turned on my iPod Classic 128 GB and all music content was gone.  I charged it and the Apple symbol appeared and then it turned on with no songs/music at all.
I have not connected to iTunes at all recently.
Please advise.

kristeen


texts: The space in the others section of iTunes is taking 1.85GB

texts:
I have an iPod touch 4g on iOS 6.0.1; 8GB. The others section in iTunes takes 1.99GB. I don't have more than 20 contacts, no email accounts, and not more than 5 notes.

First what I backed up and restored my iPod and again restored from my backup to get my apps again. I did this 5 times and Others remained at 1.99GB.

NOTE: I don't have any music and removed all mail, music, and contacts for this.

I tried deleting the music folders of iTunes from diskaid and Others dropped to 1.85GB. That still seems like too much.

What should I do?

UPDATE: i dont have any big apps except FIFA 13. All othersare less than 100MB each. Excluding FIFA 13 all the other apps and photos takes 547MB.


texts: RDP / Share screen bigger than actual size?

texts:
I am able to share my screen on my macbook pro from my iMac, however, I can only access the screen at the same size as it is on the laptop.

Is there a way (like RDP on Windows) to be able to remotely connect to the machine, but not be limited by the laptop resolution ?


texts:
Are tags on uploaded files able to be seen by the recipient once they open and save the file to their own system (Apple or Microsoft)?
If so, is there a way to prevent that?
(Besides the obvious, "don't tag it with something you don't want others to see" - it's a divorce case and some of the necessary tags on some shared files would create additional and unnecessary paranoia in the other party)


texts: Will BigSur Beta update do a fresh install or upgrade Catalina?

texts:
when you install the BigSur Beta, does it upgrade the current installation of Catalina (if there is one) or will it always to a fresh install?
Best


texts: iPhone 4 (iPhone3,1) reboots while exploiting limera1n

texts:
Please help.
I'm currently trying to downgrade my iPhone 4 (running iOS 7.1.2) to iOS 7.0.4 (or a version of iOS 6, I'm not sure yet). However, whenever I use iREB or redsn0w (via limera1n exploit) to enter a pwned DFU state, the device disconnects and reboots. This occurs once the exploit progressbar reaches 100%.

Can this be downgraded so that I can jailbreak with evasi0n7?


texts: iOS Mail message won't delete on iPhone XR

texts:
I received an email yesterday that refuses to unflag or be deleted in the iOS Mail app on my iPhone XR. All other messages around it open when touched and respond to long-press, but this message is completely unresponsive. Pressing "Edit" in the upper right corner of the inbox produces radio buttons to the left of all messages which respond as usual, but the radio button for this message is unresponsive.

In addition to the above, here are the things I've tried to remove this problematic message:

Swipe up to quit the Mail app (multiple times)
Restarted the phone
Deleted this message using the iOS Gmail app and even used "delete forever" after it was in the trash
Restarted the phone again

I also tried some different things within the Settings area for this account, but I was hoping not to have to go so far as to delete the account.

I'm running iOS 13.1.3


texts: iPad Air - deleted photo appears over and over again and copies itself

texts:
The picture I've  received via Viber deleted already 40 times appears over and over again in camera roll and photo stream !

How do i delete?


texts: Is there a way to tell iOS mail app to put emails from specific senders in a special folder automatically?

texts: Is there any way to tell iOS mail app to put emails from specific senders in a special folder automatically?


texts: Why won't my iPad mini’s gyroscope work?

texts: Ever since I updated my iPad mini to iOS 7.0.6 when I twist it around from vertical to horizontal, the picture won't turn with it. Is this a bug or is my iPad mini broken?


texts: is it possible to directly mount a subdirectory of a smb path?

texts:
I am new to osx but am very experienced with Linux and Windows. I need to mount a subdirectory of a shared drive so the user can access it without being confused by seeing higher levels in the smb path.

I've read around and it appears that Lion only mounts the root of a smb share. I hope this is incorrect so am asking for some tips.

Ideally I would mount smb://path/to/the/directory and this would appear for the user to access. The stuff above the directory would not appear.

Thanks.


texts: Use my 27" Thunderbolt monitor with a Macbook that has only DisplayPort output

texts: Somehow this doesn't work out of the box – is there an adapter I can buy that will allow me to connect the Displayport output of my Macbook to the Thunderbolt input of my 27" Thunderbolt monitor?


texts: Is it normal for a 2011 MBP to display "Not Charging" while using Skype?

texts:
Whenever I use Skype, my MBP displays "Not Charging" about 95% of the time. When it is charging, it is extremely slow, gaining 1% over maybe an hour or so. Additionally, if I start using Skype on battery power, with my Mac charged at 100%, the battery drains to nothing over just an hour and a half, on average. I'm literally running Skype and Safari (Facebook) and that is it.

When I use battery power, the screen brightness is at 50%.

I use Growl, iCloud, and an app called UnPlugged (a preference pane) that alerts me whenever my Mac is plugged in or unplugged.

The Mac was purchase 5 months ago, and is well maintained.

2.3 GHz i7
4 GB 1333 Mhz DDR3 Ram
750 GB HD
OS 10.7.2
Build 11C74


texts: What version of CUDA will run on a NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB GPU under El Capitan fronted by PyTorch?

texts: I have a Mac Pro 2009 4,1 with twin NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB GPUs. I'm looking to install PyTorch on to the box using CUDA. My question is what software do I need to load to drive the GPUs? The PyTorch installation info says Yosemite or higher is required, so El Capitan should suffice, but I will need to build from source for CUDA support.


texts:
iPhone 3GS, iOS 6.01
Macbook Mac OS 10.6.8

The iPhone 3GS hotspot works fine via Bluetooth, connected to my iPad.

If, instead, I tried it with my Macbook via USB (can't do it via Bluetooth for another reason), if I open the network preferences I can see the iPhone but it says that the cable is not connected or the device is not responding. Of course the cable IS connected and iTunes correctly sees the iPhone.

I've never tried tethering before on my macbook. I haven't tried other solutions.

Any clues?


texts: Prevent iCloud Drive from removing specific folders

texts:
I'd like to use iCloud Drive to sync my documents + desktop.

However, many times it will remove projects while I'm still working on them (even small ones, like 10MB).

Is there some sort of flag that will tell macOS to sync a folder, but never remove it until I say so?

Mind that I wouldn't like to not sync a certain folder, I'd like to keep macOS from removing it to create purgeable space.


texts: How do i repair a corrupt drive without losing data

texts:
I was copying data from an old ds112 Synology hard drive to a new install on a  ds112 due to board failure of the other one. I have the old drive in a caddy and was successfully copying data when I had a power failure. When trying to restart the copying I get the following errors when using extFS for Mac:
Error while iterating over blocks in inode 6356: input/output error
Either the superblock or the partition is likely to be corrupt

I have these errors in Terminal:
Unable to verify this whole disk: A Guid Partition Table (GPT) partitioning scheme is required (-697773)

I don't have a clue what I am doing. I'm trying not to destroy the data.
MacM:~ root# sudo diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *320.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            319.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *124.2 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:       Microsoft Basic Data ex128gb                 123.9 GB   disk1s2

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk2
   1:                      Linux                         2.6 GB     disk2s1
   2:                 Linux_Swap                         2.1 GB     disk2s2
   3:                      Linux                         2.0 TB     disk2s3

Some details about the disk
MacM:~ root# sudo diskutil info disk2
   Device Identifier:        disk2
   Device Node:              /dev/disk2
   Whole:                    Yes
   Part of Whole:            disk2
   Device / Media Name:      UITRA1

   Volume Name:              Not applicable (no file system)
   Mounted:                  Not applicable (no file system)
   File System:              None

   Content (IOContent):      FDisk_partition_scheme
   OS Can Be Installed:      No
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 USB
   SMART Status:             Not Supported

   Disk Size:                2.0 TB (2000398934016 Bytes) (exactly 3907029168 512-Byte-Units)
   Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

   Read-Only Media:          No
   Read-Only Volume:         Not applicable (no file system)

   Device Location:          External
   Removable Media:          Fixed

   Virtual:                  No

MacM:~ root# sudo diskutil repairDisk disk2
Unable to repair this whole disk: A GUID Partition Table (GPT) partitioning scheme is required (-69773)
MacM:~ root# sudo gpt show disk2
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         MBR
           1         255
         256     4980480      1  MBR part 131
     4980736     4194304      2  MBR part 130
     9175040      262144
     9437184  3897586881      3  MBR part 131
  3907024065        5103

UPDATE:
extFS for mac is software by paragon. i have the software on my mac trying to recover software from a nas file server, the power went during a successful copy when i had the old nas drive in a caddy plugged into my new nas file server. when i tried to restart, the new nas drive would not recognise the usb caddy and kept throwing an i/o error.
plugged back into my mac to use the extFS software and now i am getting the above errors
just to reiterate i have no idea what i am doing. i am not technical. all i know it was working, my new nas box was recognising the usb drive and i was copying the data across. The extFS software could read the drive.
power cut = nothing is able to read the drive - errors stated above.


texts: Apple Numbers Query - Conditional Formatting

texts:
I am working on a numbers Spreadsheet that compares dates in cells. I am trying to create a condition where a date cell will turn green when the date is 3 months or more later than another date cell i.e.

Date 1  |  Date 2
-----------------
1/1/16  |  2/3/16

In this case, the second date cell would go green because it is 3 months or more outside of the first cell.

Would anyone know I can do this in Numbers?


texts:
There is a huge difference in voice recognition accuracy between macOS and iOS. I don't know if this is because I use dictation more frequently on iOS or because they use a different engine on the two systems. To benefit from the good results on iOS I dictate my texts to Notes on iOS and paste it to whatever app on macOS by using the virtual clipboard (aka Handoff). But that is not a very smooth workflow.
Is there any way to use iOS dictation on macOS? Or to transfer some sort of "user database" from iOS to macOS? Must be a common problem.
(I still use macOS Mojave 10.14.6. But I can't imagine that Catalina will make any difference…)


texts: Can I restore a backup and then begin backing up to a new name?

texts:
I'm getting an ipad mini and I already have an ipad. I'd like to restore from icloud onto the mini so I can get my apps and savegames, but after that I'd like to diverge the backups so I can configure them both differently.

I know I can restore from backup onto the new device - after I do that, will it keep the backups separate? Or will the two devices be fighting over the same icloud backup name?


texts: Safari 11.1 Search Engine Preference Reverts to Google

texts:
Safari 11.1 running under macOS Sierra 10.12.6., on a mid-2013 MacBook Air. The software is all up to date.

I'd like Safari to use DuckDuckGo as its default search engine. However, when I choose DDG in the dropdown at Safari > Preferences > Search, the dropdown immediately and spontaneously reverts to Google, without further input from me. All other Safari functionality works correctly. Interestingly, I have exactly the same software running on a mid-2010 MacBook Pro, and that Safari allows search engine selection.

I have only two extensions (wipr and Omnikey) installed; removing them did not affect this behavior. Quitting Safari and the OS had no effect. Restarting in Safe Mode had no effect. Trashing the com.apple.safari.plist (from ~/Library/Preferences/) had no effect. Replacing the .plist with the plist from the correctly-operating MBP had no effect.

Any ideas how to remedy this?


texts:
I am currently running MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) with Yosemite 10.10.2

For iPhoto I have a current library and 2 older libraries and now wish to:

Merge all three into one iPhoto library
Remove duplicates

How can I accomplish this?


texts: Importing into Photos: Unable to get metadata

texts:
I'm switching to using Photos and I'm trying to import all my old photos. I select them all in Finder and drag them into Photos, some import and for some I get the error "Unable to get metadata". However, if I individually select any of the files that gave an error and drag them in, they import without errors.

I still have several thousand to import and I don't want to have to find them individually and drag them in, any idea whats going on?


texts:
I have had a rather embarrassing bug for a while now. It has to do with safari on my iPad and adult websites.
After every visit to one of those websites, I always clear my browser history. However, one page just sticks in my suggested websites. I only have to type in an "X" or a "W", and it pops up in the suggested websites, like shown here, even though I have cleared my history.

If anyone knows a solution to this somewhat embarrassing problem, I would be very grateful.


texts: How I can make rm to single pass secure delete items in macOS?

texts:
According to the rm man page rm -P ... overwrites items three times to delete them securely:

  -P            Overwrite regular files before deleting them.  Files are
                   overwritten three times, first with the byte pattern 0xff,
                   then 0x00, and then 0xff again, before they are deleted.

Is it possible to single pass secure delete items with rm ...?

Notes:

I don't want to use srm! I need rm only, please.
I use a MacBook with an HDD and macOS 10.13.


texts: Dock Question - Application folders with the Applications

texts:
I know this may be sacrilege but the OCD monster in me really would like to create application folders on the left side of the dock and have them fan out when I wanted to use them.

For example, having all the Microsoft Office apps in a fan to choose Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc. Having a fan with easy access to apps like System Preferences, Console, Terminal and Disk Utility. Putting the iOS apps like Music, Photos, Messages and FaceTime in a folder to fan out. Whatever I set the folder icon to be should be displayed in the Dock for that group.

Yes, there are everyday apps like browsers, email and Xcode that I still want explicitly on the dock as individual icons. I know I can have folders to the right, but I prefer to use that space for my project folders, Documents, Downloads and open windows. I would prefer putting the moderately used apps in a place where I can still access them from the Dock without overextending or opening via a Finder window or desktop folder.

Thanks.

PS: What's the deal with Dock spacers? Why do they need to be a full icon width? Can't we have a half-width option?


texts: How can I determine which App is Hijacking / Disabling my Option-Enter combo?

texts:
I use Option-Enter A LOT. My main uses are to put a new line into a message in Messages, and to open a url in a new tab in Google Chrome, I know I can hit Command-T, but I often want to modify the url slightly and open in a new tab in one fell swoop.

This used to work fine all the time, now it will work for a while and then stop until the next reboot. I have looked at System Preferences->Keyboard->Shortcuts and there's nothing defined for Option-Enter.

If there is a likely culprit, please let me know. Otherwise, if you could explain how to determine which App or process is affecting this.

Running El Capitan 10.11.3


texts:
I went to google plus autobackup and made and downloaded all my photos/movies as zip files. After finish, when I extract the zip files, they contain .exe files and no photos or movies. Anyone know how to fix this?

Btw, I use Archive Utility.


texts: How to sniff/capture/trace USB data in recent macOS?

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The old 'USB Prober.app' does not work after Mavericks. Is there way to capture USB data in Sierra?

To be specific, I got a LG UltraFine 4K monitor, whose brightness can only be controlled from macOS via USB protocol

I would like to figure out the traffic data and write a utility for controlling brightness in other OSes.

The connection is a special DP over USB-C so I cannot use a hardward USB tracer.


texts: Is there a 3rd-party app that uses iPhone 6's barometer?

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I have an iPhone 6 and was wondering if there is any app that will simply display the current pressure using the barometer built into the phone?

Or an app, other then the built in HealthKit which tracks stairs climbed, that uses that barometric pressure for something?


texts: Does the OS X app "Day One" support MathJax

texts:
I'd like to keep a professional journal of my thoughts. I have my eye on the app Day One. One reason for this is that it's based on Multimarkdown, which often means it includes support for equations in LaTeX. However, I don't know if this particular Markdown feature is supported in the Day One app.

If anyone has the app, you could test this for me by typing something like

$$ \int x\,dx = \frac{1}{2}x^2 + C $$

and seeing if it comes out as a nice-looking equation.

(It is possible that "MathJax" might have to be enabled in some kind of preferences menu for this to work.) I looked for a demo version of the app, and since it's paid I wonder if someone has experience and if not, I can self-answer this once I get an email back from their customer support staff.

Does Day One have a way to typeset equations whether it's MathJax integration or another way?


texts: Use Automator to drop one letter in the naming

texts:
I've a kind of download-setup on my Mac and it does an excellent job downloading all the files I need. But for some reason the setup is renaming my files with "Title 9x88 Name". And I would like to drop this one "x" whenever a new files is detected in the directory.

Everything works perfect in Automator, except for the dropping the 1 letter.

I know Automator doesn't support wildcards, but is there any other way in how to drop the single X in the naming?
I'm open for every creative solution (shell scripts too).


texts: How does one configure a temporary exception to ATS on El Capitan and fix webkit2png?

texts:
[16:46] webkit2png http://www.google.com
Fetching http://www.google.com ...
2015-10-12 16:47:05.644 Python[34891:1646785] App Transport Security has
blocked a cleartext HTTP (http://) resource load since it is insecure.
Temporary exceptions can be configured via your app's Info.plist file.
... something went wrong: The resource could not be loaded because the App
Transport Security policy requires the use of a secure connection.

How/where does one configure a temporary exception to use webkit2png with ATS?


texts: iPhone, half of the screen broken, cannot perform backup

texts:
I recently dropped my iPhone and half of the screen is broken. I directly ordered a new one but I cannot manage to backup my old one.
I can still interact with the bottom half but when I plug it into my Mac, it asks me for my password which contains a "1" and I cannot type it. Face ID is locked so I cannot do anything. Is there a solution for me to backup old data ? I really cannot afford to lose it all so my last resort will be to replace the screen just to make the backup...


texts: Can the boot drive select screen be used with a PC video card?

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Since installing an unsupported video card typically means you don't get a boot screen on OS X, does that also preclude selecting boot drives on startup by holding down the option key?

I'm looking at getting a Radeon 6870 for a MacPro3,1 for use on OS X Lion. I've filled all the drive bays and sometimes have different OSs installed. I'd also like to know if I'm going to loose access to the recovery drive if I happen to need it.

If unsupported cards do prevent the boot drive selection screen from displaying, could I install a second 'supported' card in one of the PCIe x4 slots (the other x16 will be blocked) and get the boot drive selection screen back (by plugging in a monitor to it when necessary)?

What there any other deficiencies I can expect with this setup? Is a card that works but is unsupported on Lion likely to stop working with future versions of OS X (e.g., Mountain Lion).


texts: Delay in receiving messages in iMessage on iPhone 4S

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I have an iPhone 4S, and I've noticed a delay receiving messages. When I've noticed the problem, I've always been on 3G, not Wi-Fi.

I'll generally notice this when 5 or 6 messages in a conversation come in at the same time. From there, everything seems to be real-time with no problems.

I've considered that maybe my 3G service was just inconsistent and is down when the messages are delayed, but my understanding is that if 3G isn't available, the messages will come in as regular SMS.

Anyone heard of this problem, or have any ideas on how I can troubleshoot?


texts: How can you animate a color change (i.e as a build) in a Keynote presentation? There is no option for color under the Action tab of the build inspector.


texts:
I have an iphone 8 and when I tap on my accountinfo in settings (where it has my name and says apple ID, cloud, itunes and more) and I get to the menu where it says "password & security" -- I tap on that and it asks if i want a verification code, the only other option is "OK". I tap "OK" and nothing happens. I tap get a code and it sends a code to my phone but where the heck do I enter it? Nothing comes up on my computer when i do this. Please HELP! This is an amazingly annoying thing about iOS today. I can't seem to find anything like this in similar questions.

To clarify: I see no menu, no response on my computer and I am at a loss where to tap in the numbers the iphone is showing me.


texts: Remount a network home directory without logging out

texts: Looking for a means of reconnecting a network home directory without having to log out and back in. Unfortunately due to server maintenance or even sleep issues with the client, the network home directory connection is lost.


texts: Is there a POSTMAN for Chrome equivalent (or alternative to) for Safari in Mac OS X Mavericks? I hate switching between browsers just to be able to test my APIs.


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I want to mount a folder to another folder. My reasoning is:
I have a free box.net account with 50GB, but it does not include versioning. So I would like to put the folder under git. But I do not want to sync the .git folder in the box folder itself to avoiud synching.

Git does not recognise links and alias as links and aliases and does version these as such, and not the folders underneath. But a mounted folder should be visible as a folder. So:

Is there a way to mount a folder in OSX as one can in Linux Linux using:

mount --bin /PATH/TO/ORIGINAL/ORIGINALFOLDER /PATH/TO/MOUNTPOINT


texts: StarCraft II minimises itself after opening

texts: Whenever I try to open up StarCraft II, the updating screen appears for a few seconds on 50%. The window then disappears, but it is still shown as open in the dock (light is on under the icon). How can I fix this problem?


texts: Smart Folders stopped working after upgrade to High Sierra

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I have several Smart Folders that find items by tag, e.g., tag = red. After upgrading to High Sierra, these Smart Folders stopped working, i.e., they show no files. (The files are still tagged.)

I tried creating new Smart Folders that find items by tag and those don't work either.

Any ideas on what's wrong or how to fix it?


texts: Trying to delete all SMS and iMessage cache.  Other forums and research indicates a SYNC will do this.  Have tried, but old messages keep showing up in Spotlight search.  I want them deleted for good.  How?


texts: How to check storage usage of offloaded apps?

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In iOS 11, Apple introduced a feature to "offload" apps to reduce storage usage on the device. In the Storage preferences, there is a list of apps, sorted by storage usage. Offloading an app will remove the app itself but keep user data, so that nothing is lost when the app is reinstalled.

The problem is that while an app and the associated data might take up something like 1GB of storage, which will make the app appear at the top of the list, offloading the app might only reduce storage usage by a small amount. The app is removed from the lost nonetheless.

This now results in the problem that a lot of storage might still be used by the app data (which is visible in the storage map of the iOS device as "Other"), but it is not possible anymore to find out which app uses the most data. This is important though because only fully deleting the app will also free up the app data storage.

Does anyone have an idea how I can find out which of the offloaded apps uses the most user data?

I am on iOS 11.4, and can sync with iTunes on Windows (no Mac).

My original "use case": I was recently forced to migrate from a 64GB iPhone SE to a 16GB iPhone 6s. Thanks to iCloud backup, I have all of my apps still available on the phone, but I had to offload quite a few rarely used apps. Now I have about 6 GB of "Other" storage, which I expect is at least partly the user data from the offloaded apps, and the iPhone is constantly out of memory. My problem is now that I really can't tell anymore which of the offloaded apps uses the most user data, because they are not shown in the storage overview.


texts: Changing 10.6.8 from mounting ext4 as read-only to read-write with OSXFUSE & fuse-ext - in fstab?

texts:
So I have OSXFUSE & fuse-ext installed (as in link: How can I mount an ext4 file system on OS X?), but after searching on these two device's websites, Stack Exchange, googling, etc. I cannot find the answer to my question:

My 10.6.8 mounts ext4 automatically but I can only read files - I wish to be able to write on there as well.

What I have been doing is unmounting the partition:

sudo umount /dev/disk0s4

and then remounting it with:

sudo fuse-ext2 /dev/disk0s4 /Volumes/disk0s4 -o rw+ -o allow_other

and it works. BUT, I tried to add the above line in /etc/fstab and Mac decides to ignore it and create a new mount point under Volumes - which I thought was something it shouldn't do...

Any ideas?

P.S. I know fuse-ext2 is supposed to only work with ext2 (maybe ext3) (maybe ext4) but I haven't looked into that...


texts: How can I open a hidden file in Text Wrangler?

texts: I have a .bash_profile file in my Home folder but it is hidden. How can I open it with Text Wrangler (or any other text editor?)


texts: Making a command key for an option that already exists

texts:
Introduction: Hello, my formatting may look weird but I'm hoping it will be more concise for you and easier to follow, I have ADHD so my writing sometimes goes from one thing to another without any transition. So I've attempted to avoid that in this question by leaving my outline in place for you. Thank you in advance for your time. I will truly appreciate it.

Problem Explanation:
I'm trying to find out how to create a command key for an option that already exists on my mac. The menu under "System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts" doesn't work because this command isn't one of it's options. The command I would like to create a shortcut to is "Right click (on text) > Transformations > Make Lower/Upper Case." I seem to be using this all the time and there is apparently not a keyboard shortcut option built into the mac for this.

Explicitly Stated Question:
How do I get the command which I currently access through "Right click (on text) > Transformations > Make Lower/Upper Case" to have it's own keyboard shortcut?

Other information (about me to help your answer help me): I'm not experienced in programing whatsoever. I would like to be but my few attempts at it have been fails. So I would like to avoid Applescript as much as possible, If you have to suggest Applescript in order to answer my question please be as explanatory as possible. Meaning, help me learn how to create the code myself don't just tell me the code to put in, where to look up the commands, what my code should look like, etc.


texts: Using an sd card for extra space on bootcamp

texts:
I finally got bootcamp working on my Mac so I could play windows steam games on it. The only problem is that I don’t have enough storage on bootcamp to download games from steam and I ran out of space on my Mac to put more space on bootcamp. I bought a 64 gb sd card to fix this, but I can’t figure out how to actually store the sd card storage on my mac. I converted the sd card to an external drive but that still didn’t solve it because I can only partition the sd card and I can’t add it to my mac’s storage. I also can’t add the external drive to my bootcamp storage, and whenever I try to use it on bootcamp (like installing steam on it or installing steam games) it won’t work. Is there any way to just add the external drive to my main Mac storage or to the bootcamp storage?

Sorry for the long rant it’s really frustrating me lol any help at all would be really appreciated!!


texts: Need help moving iTunes data to updated computer when music resides on NAS

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I've had my iTunes collection on my NAS for years which is shared between several computers in my house. Computers and mobile devices can access the iTunes library. One Mac mini is used as the "manager" computer. All other devices can access the library, but all organization and management features are turned off. All management and additions to the library are done through the Mini.

I recently moved to a newer Mini and want to know the best way to make it the same as the old one.

Since the Mini is just the manager, is it as easy as adding the NAS directory through "Add to Library..."? I don't care about play counts and things like that on the new Mini, or are there some data files I should move over from the older Mini?

I'm guessing I would:

Change the iTunes Media folder location to point to the iTunes directory on the NAS.
Add NAS directory to iTunes
After all the songs have been added to iTunes, turn on "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" and "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library" preferences.

Are these the right steps and right order?

Many thanks!


texts: The archive "Xcode_9_beta_4.xip" is damaged and can't be expanded

texts:
My other apps work great. Downloaded directly from the Apple Developer site.

Tried to restore the 'Anywhere' permission in Security already. Restarted already. Downloaded again already.

Any other ideas?


texts: How can I Create a Recovery Partition on a Newly Installed SSD?

texts:
I have a late-2011 15" MacBook Pro.

I have just had my spinning hard drive swapped out with an SSD. The new drive does not have a recovery partition. Can I create one? If so, how?

My laptop is well backed up with Time Machine. I also have a license for SuperDuper, and so can create a bootable external hard drive to boot from if I need to. I don't mind having to wipe my drive completely in order to set it up properly.


texts: Can I replace Apache with a different web server?

texts:
I have often wondered why Apache is installed on my Macbook. I have been working with web development for several years and often wondered; why does Apple install Apache on a Macbook.

Recently I have run into several issues with setting up an Apache based local development environment, and I would like to know if I can replace Apache entirely, or is my Macbook Pro relying on it being installed?


texts: Where is the search functionality in Apple Music?

texts:
I have just installed the new iTunes 12.2, and activated Apple Music through the iPhone app.

Despite the too many buttons on top, it all seems confusing. I just want a simple search for streamable music. There is Radio, My Music, New etc.

  But where can I stream an artist I like, who is not shown yet
  to me through those options?

Is there a functionality inside iTunes or the Music app in iOS?


texts: My headphones stopped working on my macbook air

texts: My headphones on my Macbook Air just stopped working! Like they are "stuck on mute". I take them out, no red light on the jack, and they work perfectly. But once I plug my Headphones in, the volume just stopped! I have tried messing around in preferences, nothing! I can't seem to find any solution for my problem. People have the jack red light problem, but I can't get my volume to work! In fact, just now while I'm writing this my volume isn't working! I can't seem to find anything to help me with this. Nor have I found anybody with the kind of problem I have. I would greatly appreciate your help anybody. But this has happened before, and simply restarting my computer worked. This time, nope. Zilch, Zero, No help at all.


texts: Why does it appear that I apparently "do not have access to Command Line Tools" in ML?

texts:
I just upgraded to Mountain Lion, and now gcc, make, g++, etc. are not found when trying to launch them in Terminal.

So I went to Xcode Preferences, Downloads, and clicked "Install" next to Command Line Tools.

It asked me for my Apple ID, which is weird and unnecessary, but I entered it anyway. Note that I am a registered Mac OS X and iOS developer (so I pay 2x $99 per year).

Much to my surprise, it tells me:

Um, what?! And why is it asking?


texts: Which iOS app tracks jogging distance accurately?

texts:
Does anyone know of any iPhone app that tracks distance accurately ? I tried a couple and I'm amazed how lousy they are (some are reporting distances over twice as much etc)

Basically I would be using it when I'm jogging around the neighbourhood (non-linear distance of course). I want to measure the distance I have jogged.


texts: 100GB+ of hidden space I can't delete or purge

texts:
I've tried everything... went into recovery tried repairing. Went into terminal tried to list any existing snapshots. Nothing... Am I going to have to do a clean wipe of the drive because of this Catalina disaster of a release...

Here's also a screenshot of About This Mac > Storage:


texts: Alter ulimit for Terminal without changing kernel parameters

texts:
Note: I am looking for an answer for Catalina and for Big Sur. The commands below were run on Catalina. Most related questions and answers are for older versions of macOS which work a bit differently, but even then I have not found an exact answer to my question.
As I explained here, I want to increase the ulimit -n (max open files) for the Terminal program when launched from the Finder or when automatically started when logging in as part of restoring open windows. Even though I have performance mode turned on, the default ulimit -n is only 256, and most Terminal windows take up 2 file slots: 1 for the shell and one for the "Saved Application State" file, limiting me to around 128 windows, which sometimes is not enough.
The only way I have found to change the ulimit for the Terminal is via
sudo launchctl limit maxfiles <soft-limit> <hard-limit>

I would like to set the soft limit to something bigger than 256 but still reasonably small, like 512 or 1000. I would like to leave the hard limit unlimited. Unfortunately, I found out that you cannot set the hard limit to "unlimited", but that is OK, I can set it to an appropriately high number. I checked the kernel limits (remember, I have performance mode enabled):
$ sysctl kern.maxfilesperproc kern.maxfiles
kern.maxfilesperproc: 600000
kern.maxfiles: 1200000

It seemed reasonable to me to set the hard limit to kern.maxfilesperproc, so I ran
sudo launchctl limit maxfiles 999 600000

at which point several programs immediately crashed. I found that this did not just set the ulimit, it also set the kernel parameters, and not the way I expected:
$ sysctl kern.maxfilesperproc kern.maxfiles
kern.maxfilesperproc: 999
kern.maxfiles: 600000

So programs with more than 1000 files open crashed. Obviously, those programs knew they were going to need to have a lot of files open and adjusted their resource limits appropriately, which is fine, and I need to keep that. On the other hand, programs like Terminal can get into loops that consume resources until they run out, so I want to keep soft limits for those programs low.
I tried setting ulimit in /etc/bashrc and /etc/zshrc but those only affect their respective shells, not commands like Terminal that are launched by the Finder/launchd.
Is there some way I can adjust the default soft limit for number of open files (ulimit -Sn, setrlimit()) for Terminal (or system-wide) without also changing the kernel parameter kern.maxfilesperproc (sysctl)?


texts: Mac Terminal can't navigate between split panes

texts:
Problem

I have just bought a new macbook pro and am using the Terminal to code. I have read a lot of posts about pane splitting, but nothing answers my question (or none of the solutions have worked). I have figured out that I can open a new pane using command-d and close it using command-shift-d, however I cannot figure out how to switch between panes.

Edit: I am starting in vim, and want to navigate to the regular terminal.

Here is a picture of the editor before pane splitting:

Here is a picture after the split, but can not figure out how to navigate to the above pane to start using the terminal:

Details

Model: MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
OS: OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.3
Processor: 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5
Terminal: Version 2.5.3 (343.7)


texts: Command-line stop MacBook from sleeping when lid is closed?

texts:
I've used Caffeine before and it can stop my MacBook from sleeping when the lid is closed (sometimes I want to continue listening to something through headphones while moving around)

Is there a command that can be run from the terminal that will do the same thing?

I've tried caffeinate but it does nothing. InsomniaX does stop the MacBook from sleeping when the lid is closed, is there a way to implement this same functionality from the terminal though?


texts: Terminal leaving a blank line on High Sierra when tabs are used

texts:
Since the upgrade from El Capitain to High Sierra (I jumped over Sierra), my terminal leaves a blank line at the very bottom as soon as I open another tab. See picture as example:

Here is my ~/.bash_profile

# Beautify bash prompt
function parse_git_branch {
  git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/on \1/'
}
export PS1="\e[1;30m\u\e[m in \e[0;34m\w\e[m \e[0;32m\$(parse_git_branch)\e[m \e[0;37m// \$(date '+%H:%M')\e[m\n$ "

# Extend PATH for Homebrew
export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"
export PATH="$(brew --prefix homebrew/php/php70)/bin:$PATH"

# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.

if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
    . ~/.bash_aliases
fi

It is not a big issue, but somewhat annoying especially when working with tmux during ssh sessions.

Does anyone know what is causing this or how I might resolve it?


texts: I would like to stop syncing my iPad with my MBP & start syncing it with my iMac instead; when one connects an iOS device with a machine other than the one they previously synced with they get a message saying that they should erase & sync their device. Is there a way to sync my device to my iMac without erasing all my data first; PS. the MCP & the iMac share the same library.


texts: Save downloaded file to iCloud Drive with Safari on iOS8

texts:
I would like to download a simple text file using Safari on my iPad and save it to iCloud Drive. However, there is no "Open in..." options in Safari to save to iCloud Drive.

I have an iPad2 with iOS8 and I have upgraded to iCloud Drive.

Then, I would like to be able to select this same file in iCloud Drive so that I can upload it to a website using Safari on my iPad2 on iSO8. Right now, the only files I can upload are from the camera roll or take a new picture/video.

Is this possible?


texts: Emacs does not auto restart after reboot?

texts:
I install Emacs via Homebrew and create a symbolic link:

/Applications/Emacs.app -> /usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.3/Emacs.app

What does not seem to work properly is that after restarting, other applications previously open will automatically restart but Emacs does not.  Any ideas?


texts: Only Macintosh shown on Startup Manager after Windows 10 32-bit Boot Camp install

texts: I installed Boot Camp with Windows 10 32-bit, but it doesnt give me the option to switch my Mac into Windows. Any help? I've tried holding option when restarting it but only the Macintosh box appears.


texts: Can I access an OS X Yosemite Time Machine backup if I revert to OS X Mavericks?

texts: I've had problems with Yosemite since I've installed it but I'm also wondering if it is even worth it to revert since I've done everything on Yosemite?


texts: Apps that access the internet crash when waking up from sleep

texts:
Whenever I wake my 2012 MBA 13" from sleep, all apps that were accessing the internet before going to sleep crash. This includes the streaming software Zattoo.app, Chrome.app, Firefox.app, etc.

None of the apps that do not access the internet are affected, such as Pages.app, MS Word, etc.

All software is up to date, including the OS that currently is at version 10.8.2.

I have repaired disk permissions.


texts: How can I disable Intel Turboboost and Hyper-Threading?

texts:
The title pretty much sums it up but I need a way to disable Turboboost and Hyper-Threading. I am currently on macOS Catalina and I am able to edit system files because I have SIP disabled. I am ok with the solution not being permanent (meaning that it resets upon reboot). I have used https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6262465 as a reference and it didn't work for me. Most of these solutions on the internet have stopped working after OS X Yosemite.

Please only answer this question if you will be providing a solution, not telling me to leave hyper-threading on.

By the way, this question is not a duplicate because most other question only ask how to do it on OS X Yosemite and below when Apple had tools to do this.


texts: Can I download xcode 6 without dev account?

texts: I don't want to download iOS 8 or so, but I want to start learning Swift without paying 100$. So, is there a way to download xcode 6?


texts:
I recently bought a MacBook Pro Retina and for now I'm a little bit worried. Everytime I hold it up by one of its edges or even press this part (video), it makes this strange noise, like its gonna break. I thought the material was resistant.
I'm pressing the downside of the notebook, like at the start of the notebook. Downside, of course. If I hold the notebook to get it by this particular corner it also makes this strange noise. I'm a little worried.
Should I take it to an Apple Store?

Here is a video with the strange sound!

Picture of the exact corner:


texts:
I have 2 folders one called "Ambient" and one called "Dance", sometime I add new songs to these folders and then I do File -> Add Folder to Library

Is there a way to have 2 playlists, based on the songs' directory ?


texts:
I'm trying to convert html files to pdf files using the following command line

for file in *.html; do /usr/sbin/cupsfilter “$file” > $file.pdf; done

But I got the message as below and empty pdf files

cupsfilter: Unable to determine MIME type of ““??”.**

Could you please point out the syntax error that I made in command line.

I'm currently using Mac OS X 10.11.3


texts: Junos Pulse not installing correctly on Yosemite

texts:
I'm trying to set up Junos Pulse so I can connect to a VPN. I got a dmg with the JuniperSetupClientInstaller.mpkg from the Pulse server site, but when I run the installer, it doesn't seem to have any effect. It shows a "Successful Install" message at the end, but nothing seems to have changed. No further windows/dialogs appear, and searching Juniper or Junos doesn't turn up anything new.

I also tried grabbing the installed application from my old computer (running Mavericks), but I get "Failed to connect to the Juniper Unified Network Service." whenever I try to connect to the VPN.

Does anyone have any guidance for either of these approaches? I'm happy to give more information if it would help.


texts: How do I reset my key chain on Mac High Sierra?

texts:
I'm using Mac High Sierra.  How do I reset my key chain?  I went in to the "Keychain Access" application, clicked on the "Reset My Default Key Chains" button and then entered my login password, but get the message

Unable to obtain authorization for this operation.

What do I need to do to reset my keychain?  I know I'm entering the right password because when I enter the same one in a termiainl using "sudo" it accepts it.


texts: iPhone SE touch recognition and battery problem

texts:
Recently, I purchased an iPhone SE, 32GB, on 13/10/2018. The manufacturing month written on the box was Aug/2018. The phone came with pre-installed iOS 11.4.1 and on the same day I updated it to iOS 12.0.1.

I am facing some major issues with touch and battery backup. I also do not know how the iPhone was performing in iOS 11.4.1, since as soon as I opened the box and set all things up, I updated it.

The issues are:

1) Touch Screen Problem: The upper left corner (where the back arrow of most of the iOS apps is situated) fails to register the correct position of a touch. Tapping the arrow right on it does nothing. I need to tap little bit to the right of the arrow. This is also same for the upper right corner. In this case I tap a little bit to the left instead of touching the exact location of the target. This is extremely annoying.

Tap targets which are minute in size require several taps to activate. Surprisingly, this is not true for all the small-sized targets. Some small-sized target can very easily be activated without any false tapping.

For example, in the Weather app, the "Add city" option (plus sign inscribed within a circle) requires 10-15 taps to activate, and still, I am searching for the right spot for it. This is same for a small "More" target which appears on the right side when an app is being updated in App store. However, a very small cross arrow which comes on the right side while typing in the search bar of Safari is extremely fast in recognizing a touch. I do not know whether this is a software issue or a hardware one.

This is also happening for third party apps. In Messenger, if I tap the account info button (the very small circle on the top left corner, which contains the profile picture), nothing happens. But if I tap slightly to the right of it, the phone recognizes the tap. In the Twitter app, the account info button (placed exactly at the same location as in Messenger) easily recognizes the touch. (However, the size of the info button is slightly bigger in Twitter than that of in Messenger.)

Deleting the first row apps in any of the home pages is also troublesome. Tapping the cross mark on the app icon does nothing. I need to tap little bit below the cross mark. This is true for any app which I place in the first row. Deleting apps in other rows is, however, normal.

There are a number of examples can be provided regarding this calibration problem of touch.

2) Battery life: In short, really bad battery life. Today (24/10/2018) I got a "Screen on time" of 6 hr 20 min, during which the battery percentage went to 5% from 100%. The total time including the "stand by time" is 15 hr 40 min. At 08:00 hours battery percentage was 84% and at 16:40 hours it came to 5%. For this entire discharge cycle (100%-5%) I kept the phone in low power mode.

Is everybody with an iPhone SE on iOS 12.0.1 facing the same problem with touch?

Is battery draining more in ios 12.0.1 compared to ios 10.3.3?


texts: Lightweight "sounds similar" radio app (OSX)

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Is there a Mac app that offers one-click or one-keystroke access to a box where I type in a song, artist, or genre I want to hear "sounds similar" radio for (a la Pandora), hit enter, and listen?

Kudos for an app that's very lightweight.


texts: Connect my Windows XP to Mac OS X Internet Sharing

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I have Internet Sharing enabled:

The WEP password is aaaaa. I understand that my MacBook Pro now acts as a wireless access point. My Windows XP PC can see this. However, when I enter aaaaa as a password, I can't connect :(

Am I missing something? I've read about WEP being seriously outdated, that WiFi device manufacturers hadn't yet agreed on a unified way to treat passwords through WEP.

So I did some experiments. As a control setup, I'll hold my Mac password to aaaaa or AAAAA at all times. I've tried the following passwords on my Windows:

Mac password: aaaaa
aaaaa - Fail
6161616161 - Fail (61 is the hex ASCII code for a)

Mac password: AAAAA
AAAAA - Fail
4141414141 - Fail (41 is the hex ASCII code for A)

UPDATE

Yes, I also tried using 128-bit WEP, trying out the same experiments above for aaaaaaaaaaaaa and AAAAAAAAAAAAA. It still fails.


texts: "Switch User" screen highlight color barely visible

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I'm using the latest MacOS (Catalina) and when using the left and right keys to change which user is selected, it's barely visible which one is "highlighted".
There doesn't seem to be a simple way to change the background, so is there a way to change the selection color? Or perhaps some other solution?


texts: Is there anyway to pin windows that an application launches to a specific screen? As an example zoom launches two windows when starting a meeting one that for video and one with meeting information. It used to keep launching them in the same screens but lately I have noticed that each window will open on a different screen each time. The pattern seems random as sometimes they will just swap places but other times they will go to a different screen where it is not normally on to begin with.


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Before you raise your pitchforks, this is NOT another "How do I change my $PATH variable value?" question. I had installed Oh my zsh on my machine(Macbook Pro), and didn't like it. So I uninstalled it.

Ever since I installed it I get the following when I run the $PATH command:

Anups-xxxx-xxx% $PATH
zsh: no such file or directory: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin

How do I get rid of the bit that says zsh: no such file or directory. Thanks in advance!


texts: Is an iPhone backup of 1st January 2001 midnight real?

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A friend broke an iPhone (see Recover data from broken iPhone) and the Mac computer shows an "unknown" backup dated 1st January 2001, at midnight, long before acquiring the phone or the computer:

Restoring the backup to a new phone fails because it is encrypted and the owner does not remember either backing up or choosing a password.
The location of iPhone backups at ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ (from this thread) shows a tree of folders created on 7th November 2020:

What is this iPhone backup, and is it real?


texts: IPhone behavior while connecting to Bluetooth devices

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I have a question about the behavior of the iPhone after I connect to a Bluetooth device.
I have two different devices - a JBL wireless speaker and a card radio named Dual BT.
Once I connect to the car radio with Bluetooth I get a notification saying 'Dual BT connected' and then once I pull the notifications down I see sort of a muisc player in the notification area. When I click play, it starts playing the music from one of the music apps I have.
When I try to connect to my JBL speaker, I don't get any notifications about that.
Do you know what's the difference between those two cases, why is it happening?


texts: Is it normal for the maximum mAH to fluctuate by 100's from time to time for a 2012 macbook pro?


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My macbook pro speakers are totally busted and I think that the soundcard is broken as well because I cannot play music even through headphone jack.  The volume is always grayed out muted and no output device is available in system preferences --> sound including the internal speakers.

Is there anyway I can use my iPhone device as an audio driver as sorts, I can't figure it out with airplay.  I would want to plug in my headphones to my iPhone and then stream whatever audio was coming out of my laptop first to my iPhone and then out the iPhones headphone jack to my ears.  Suggestions?

Thanks!


texts: Is there an equivalent to Problem Step Recorder (PSR) for OS X?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there an equivalent to the Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder on MacOSX?

I would like to find an application that reproduces the functionality of PSR on OS X as closely as possible. Thank you.


texts: Late 2011 MacBook Pro 13" stuck on white screen

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My Mac model is MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) (MD314).
Things I've tried so far:

Reset NVRAM (PRAM) which actually does reset and laptop restarts when it resets.

Reset SMC.

Tried booting to Recovery, doesn't work, stuck on white screen.

Tried booting to Internet Recovery, still stuck on white screen.

Cleaned the contacts of the adapter charger and laptop's charging port with WD40 (dry contact cleaner for electronic equipments).

Tried attaching an external monitor and external HDD.

I'm not sure what's wrong, it has upgraded RAMs (2*4 GB slots) and a Samsung Evo 250 GB SSD.
My laptop doesn't have a battery, when the charger is connected to the laptop, the light is always green when I'm stuck on the White Screen.
What should I do?


texts: Mail.app in Lion - is there a way to create tasks from email?

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I'm not sure if I haven't seen that in earlier versions of Mail.app, but I would really love to have the ability to create a task in iCal from an email - and that this task could link to the original email.

Maybe there are some third-party solutions that would let this done easily?


texts: How to set monitor display 90º rotation as default?

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I have a external display monitor that I physically turn 90 degrees. Naturally, I must rotate the display 90 degrees to view the content.

Every time I unplug and plug in the monitor, I have to set the rotation back to 90 degrees.

How can I configure this to be the default? Is it possible thru mac OS? I checked the monitor's hardware display settings and it does not have the option to rotate.

Mac OS version: 10.13.6

Monitor product id: Dell UP3017

Edit:
I do not believe this is a duplicate of Keyboard shortcut flip screen -- that question is asking for a hotkey to change the setting. My goal is to set a default setting and forget about it.