texts: Problems creating a Live USB for OS X from Linux Fedora 25

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I've been considering to move from OS X to Linux, because I want to have full control over the source code of the os and the apps I use, and Linux and open-source software allows me that in general, without having to go against the EULA.

Bearing this in mind, I installed Fedora 25 on my Mac. I created a Live USB, with the given app for OS X, which I used to boot. I had no problems doing so, but after a while I started feeling like the os was not only comprising my hardware stability, but also there were a few tiny little bugs, which I didn't want to mess around. Furthermore, two days after installing the os, I had problems with the boot loader, and I had to format the computer again. Furthermore, I don't have graphics acceleration in my graphics card, and the Planet CCRMA repositories, which were the main reason why I moved to fedora 25, don't seem to work on my install.

Bearing all of this in mind, I want to know how can I move back to OS X, creating an OS X installer thumb drive straight in Linux. I tried doing so throughout three possible ways:

I tried to run createinstallmedia from the installaton disk, which didn't work out (I currently have a hard drive in the place of the dvd drive) - the command for doing so doesn't run in Linux, because it cannot run the specific binaries.
I tried to create an install media with sudo dd if=x of=y, straight after using dmg2iso command but it turned out not to work, simply because this has to be done using the predeceasing bash utility.
Finally, I tried to use an app called UNetbootin, but for some reason, it doesn't recognize the USB disk I need to use as a target, making it worthless (probably the software is needing some maintainance to work fine on Fedora 25)


texts: Is there a QR-Code reader application for Mac OS X? I'm using Mac OS X 10.6 and an iSight.


texts: SSH to Macbook works when lid closed (and plugged in to power)

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I noticed that my PuTTY session to my MacBook (which is now on Mavericks 10.9.3) seems to stay alive with the clamshell closed so long as the power cable is plugged in to the laptop. This can be seen by unplugging the power, the terminal stops responding after 10 seconds or so, but comes back once I plug power back in, all while the cover is closed.

While this is extremely convenient given how my desk is set up, I can't help but wonder how overheating can be prevented. Obviously some reasonable level of CPU clock and power management would take care of it, but I would only be extremely impressed and remain incredulous that this is something that has been achieved.

So, what's going on here? Is this the "Power Nap" feature at work? If I start running some CPU loading benchmark from the command line now, what will happen?

I tested just now by running yes > /dev/null & yes > /dev/null & yes > /dev/null & yes > /dev/null &, and it sure did get the fans spinning, I open it up and it was definitely pretty toasty, so that would not have been good if I had the machine out of physical reach.


texts: Should I use APFS for mechanical hard drives (for the startup drive) in Macs?

texts:
What's the recommended formatting for a startup HDD Mac drive? I guess HFS+ is a better option as APFS is more suited for SSDs?

Any recommendations much welcome.


texts: Are there keyboard shortcuts for Home, End, PageDown, and PageUp in OS X?

texts:
How do I set keyboard shortcuts for Home, End, PageDown, and PageUp on a 13" MacBook Pro? Are there default keyboard shortcuts? Or can I do it with Automator (and if so, how)?

I want them to work the same way that Home and End do on all Windows apps.

I also want general solution I get that Kyle Cronin♦ was do the same in some apps, but what about others? is there any tricky solution?


texts: Where do you report serious flaws with iOS7?

texts:
I now have a list of over twenty serious flaws with iOS7. It is driving me nuts that this new iOS is so riddles with flaws it should never have been released in this state, and Steve Jobs wouldn't have permitted it so. And this site just helped me resolve the mystery of why all my contacts vanished this morning. (thank you!) when the iOS decided to suddenly and for no apparent reason turn off contact syncing sometime overnight. I've hesitated to do a blog post as I'm sure no one at Apple would read my blog though it is a high trafficked blog in my market and would certainly hurt Apple sales, which isn't my desire, I'm a mac fan boy - but frustrated with all the problems and it seeming like after 4 updates, they aren't fixing them.

Thanks! I'd happy list them here if this is the place. If not, just delete this post. But I'd like to be helpful and note a complainer, but at a dead end on how/where to post up to 25 critical flaws that are hindering the practical use of the iPhone now. (despite the fact I still prefer it over the other options)

How do you get Apple to hear and address these things?


texts: What will Dropbox do when I boot my external backup drive?

texts: My MacBook just died and I brought it into the store to get it fixed. Luckily I have a recent backup (from last week) that I made with SuperDuper so I can actually plug it into my wife's Mac and boot it up -- the drive is a bootable clone -- and continue my work. Since I made the backup of course there were changes that I made to files, most of which were uploaded to Dropbox. When I boot up the external HD, what will Dropbox do? Will it automatically update the files to the most recent version?


texts: Duplicate PDF pages without blowing up the file size

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I have a PDF document with one page, containing a large image and some text. I need to add some other PDF documents and duplicate the page with the image 60 times, resulting in a final 70-page document for a professional printer. I've used Preview to do this, but it resulted in a huge file size because the image was always copied.
Is there any way (app, command line) short of Adobe Acrobat (too pricey) to duplicate a pdf page while just referencing the image?


texts: How should I properly format my iPod nano 5th generation?

texts:
I've been the happy owner of an iPod nano 5th gen, 8Gb for a few years.
Over the years, I've added and deleted many songs, lyrics, album art, etcetera, and I recently assumed that something was corrupted in the drive: when I would add new album artwork to a song, it would either not work or add the album art of one song to a lot of other totally unrelated songs.

This thread is excellent to start troubleshooting, but didn't really help on a iPod nano (diagnostics mode is limited on this model).

Permissions Repair (or actually "First Aid" as it is now called) didn't find anything.

So I backed up all the songs I had on the it to my MBP. I also checked that the files were not corrupted.

I would like to restore the device the best possible way, before I put the tracks back on it.

When I launched the (brand-new) El Capitan's Disk Utility, there was a new setting I hadn't seen in previous versions, called "scheme".

The options are:

GUID Partition Map
Master Boot Record
Apple Partition Map

I'm not really sure which one to use for an iPod nano, and couldn't find anything online.


texts: I want to buy an external charger, it has USB. Are there any adapters (including transformators, I think that might be needed, right?) so I can charge my MacBook with the external charger?


texts:
We have some Mac Pro workstations, and a number of people with Linux and windows laptops would like to be able to run GUI programs from those workstations remotely, ideally with X11 forwarding.

I know you can use Xquartz to get windows from a remote Linux machine, but is it possible to do it the other way around? That is, is it possible to use X forwarding to get windows from a remote Macintosh machine? If so, how?


texts: Exchanging desktop publishing files between my Mac an office pc

texts:
I have a Mac notebook, running Microsoft 365 for Mac which does not include Microsoft Publisher.  Our office uses pc's and Microsoft Publisher to create our brochures, flyers, and bulletins.  We each need to be able to read and edit the files.

Is there any way we can accomplish this exchange of pub files?  The answers I've read in response to similar questions address 1) using other software that is specifically for Mac, 2) creating PDF files in publisher that can be imported into my Mac app (but doen't tell if I can export the files so that the pc can import and edit), or 3) using the limited option of publishing layout in word.

Both the Mac and PCs need full functionality.  Any suggestions?


texts: OS X 10.11 unable to press "allow" on Keychain Access dialogs

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I'm running into an issue where keychain password verification box does not verify password - does not shake for incorrect password and nothing happens when I press "allow". I'm using iCloud keychain.

What could make the Keychain Access wants to... dialog box to not verify the password?

Nothing happens when I press "Allow" with password enters. The box does not shake when password is incorrect:


texts: Unable to switch input sources after updating macOS to 10.14.6

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After the latest update to Mojave 10.14.6, I'm unable to change input source using the keyboard shortcut (it works when I change it by selecting the input source manually).

I tried changing it to different key combinations, rebooting, etc. but nothing works unfortunately. Before the update, everything was working fine.

My question is, is there any known issues/fixes on this? Thanks in advance.

UPDATE

I found out that the control key is causing the issue (Before, I tried only the shortcuts that contained it). I was using ^Space, however, when I change it to Shift+Space everything works fine. Has there been any change to the control key behaviour recently?


texts: How do I undo an import into macOS calendar?

texts:
I imported an iCalendar (.ics) file into macOS Calendar. Because I expected the file to only contain a handful of events, I chose to add the events to an existing calendar rather than create a new one. However, the file turned out to contain hundreds or thousands of events, most of which were not relevant to me and which I don't want spamming my calendar.

I tried to undo the import immediately after it happened, but undo was not available. I tried manually deleting some of the events, which works for some of them, but many others have other invitees and Calendar says it will notify them when I delete the event which I want to avoid as it would mean sending many notifications. I don't want to delete the calendar to which I added the events, as it already contained a lot of events that I don't want to lose and that would be a lot of work to note down and recreate.

Is there any way I can bulk remove these events without sending a bunch of notifications? I'm willing to use third-party software if necessary.

Edited to add: Most/all of the invitees on these events are long_string_of_mixed_alphanumerics@group.calendar.google.com addresses, so I assume the emails would be sent to some sort of group of subscribers or members on the Google Calendar from which the events were exported.

If I try to move one of the offending events to another calendar, I get a message:

  You're about to send an invitation for "event_name".

  Do you want to send "event_name" now, continue editing the event or revert the changes?

The options are Revert, Edit, or Send.


texts: iOS's file system: where are those files that are synced with the iPad via iTune? photos, videos, etc

texts:
Where are files that are synced with the iPad via iTune stored?

For example, if you sync some image files onto the iPad via iTunes, where are those image files in the iPad?


texts: Is there a way to browse the OS X App Store from iPad?

texts:
There are times that I'd like to browse the OS X App Store from my iPad - to get info for future reference.  But when I try, I get a message that I have to use a Mac.

Is there a way around this?


texts: How could I set apple icon image (xxx.icns) to file or folder?

texts:
There is already a related question talking about setting a png image to file or foler as icon (
How can I change a file or folder icon using the Terminal), but what if my image is an icns?

I know pngs may be extracted from an icns, then follow the solution above. But icns has an advantage that it could fit different sizes.
So how could I set apple icon image (xxx.icns) to file or folder?


texts:
I'm using nice Lingo IRC client, but it a bit outdated.

Links in About seem to be broken and I can't find this app in App Store.

Does anybody know for sure is Lingo IRC abandoned?

Maybe there is a way to contact with maintainer?


texts: 2015 Retina iMac Unable to Display 4k@60 Hz on My External Monitor

texts:
Recently I purchased a 4K monitor for my Mac. I have a MiniDP to HDMI 2.0 converter and a HDMI 2.0 cable. I connected my late 2015 Retina iMac to the external monitor. I was able to get 4k@30hz on my external display. However, I was unable to achieve the 60hz refresh rate.

After some research I figured that late 2015 iMacs with the thunderbolt 2 ports should support 4k@60hz video output. I can't seem to figure out why I can't get the 60 Hz refresh rate.

When I open System Preferences, the Refresh Rate drop-down menu is gray.

Mac Configuration: iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015)
MacOS: Catalina

I connected the same monitor to my 2018 MacBook Pro using a USB-C to HDMI 2.0 cable. My MacBook Pro was able to drive the display at 4k@60hz.

Thank you for your time and consideration!


texts: I accidentally put a USB to Lightning cable in the washer and dryer.  The cable is mostly ok, but the plastic at the lightning end got a little warped.  Am I risking anything by trying to connect a device with it?  I'm reluctant to damage an iPhone, but at the same time, those cables aren't cheap.


texts: How to install newer version of /usr/bin/host via Homebrew?

texts:
My host command doesn't understand CAA records.

host -t CAA google.com
host: invalid type: CAA

which host
/usr/bin/host

how to install newer version of /usr/bin/host via Homebrew? In which package the host command?


texts: Change default key combination for backslash character on a German Mac keyboard?

texts: As pressing ⌥⇧7 keys simultaneously to type a backslash character (\) on a German iMac (macOS High Sierra 10.13.4) keyboard is rather unhandy and painful I would like to know whether it is possible to change the key combination to something different, like ⌃7? Is there any way to achieve this without using any third-party application?


texts: How easy is to play many home pods simultaneously?

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If I have 3 or more home pods, how easy is to play the same track simultaneously on all of them?

Can I just touch play from the Apple Music app? Or do I also need to specify everytime that I want to play on all devices? (by selecting each home-pod one by one in the list?)


texts:
I have a MacBook 2011 running OS X 10.11.5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Drive. Today when I am restarting my computer, I accidentally pressed Cmd+R while booting. Now I try and restart my computer, it shows this:

Now I tried going into recovery mode then disk utility, it does not allows me to do first aid on the disk Macintosh HD. I run fsck on Terminal in Recovery Mode as well. Still it says disk is fine. Now I wondered if it is the problem with the memory stick, so I removed the memory stick and plug the, back in, same problem. Now I tried pressing option at boot, then select Macintosh, before hitting enter I pressed cmd+s. A black screen appear then and this error was displayed on the screen:

Error loading kernel cache (0xe)

Now I am wondering what is the problem now and where should I debug next?

Thanks.

EDIT:

I tried removing the disk from my computer and connect it as external, doesn't work, same error.


texts: Growing black portion on the screen of 2017 MacBook Pro. What could be the cause?

texts: I bought my MBP 13" 2017 (without TouchBar) in late 2018. So far, so good, but after I started using it by plugging in an LG 23" monitor (as a second display), a black pixel stripe started showing up at the bottom of the screen on the MBP Retina display (even with when unplugged to the LG monitor) and its grown larger ever since. The Mac is out of warranty, so the only way would be to replace the entire screen assembly. Would this solve this issue? I'm guessing that using a MBP that doesn't have a graphics card with a second monitor is not a good idea...


texts: Junk mail filtering ignoring "Sender is in my Contacts"

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Lately some of the emails I get from a particular website have started going into my Junk folder. I have the sender address in my Contacts, and in Mail's Junk Mail preferences I have the box "Sender of message is in my Contacts" checked. Yet this doesn't seem to be working, they're still being filtered. The site is an online forum, and it emails new postings in threads I've subscribed to.

I also had the option "Perform custom actions" selected. I think this may have been left over from years ago when I was also using a third-party spam filtering plugin. When I look in the "Advanced..." page, the conditions are equivalent to all the checkboxes on the main screen. I tried changing that option to "Move it to the Junk mailbox", but this actually made things worse -- instead of just a couple of the messages being moved to Junk, almost all of them were -- so I put it back.

I haven't figured out what might be distinguishing the messages that are being marked as junk.

Any idea why that option isn't really exempting them from junk filtering?

EDIT:

In case it's relevant, I also have a rule that matches these messages; it matched the sender and subject line. It was just marking them as read (I have a menulet that shows the number of unread messages, and I don't want these included). When the messages were put in Junk, they were still marked as unread, so this must be happening before rule processing. I tried changing the filter to move them to a new folder, it didn't help.


texts: How can i get Facebook back if the app won't re-download?

texts: iPhone Facebook app had a "bug fix" update so I clicked it and it wouldn't load. I deleted the app and reinstalled and now it keeps saying it can't be downloaded at this time. I've tried re-downloading it with both my Wi-Fi on and off and it still doesn't work!


texts: Why does macOS 10.14.6 suddenly ask for a PIN to download software?

texts: downloaded software three days ago to run a CAC reader. No issues. Working. Now, the reader isn't working. So i'm reinstalling. keeps asking me for PIN to install software. Used password (have full admin rights) and Apple ID. Nothing is working. I don't know what to do.


texts: How can I view recently added songs in iTunes grouped by Album like the Songs view does?

texts: I have just added 6 albums worth of downloaded music to my iTunes library. I know that some of the files will not be identified as the same album by iTunes because of different Album Artist metadata, and some of the tracks will be missing track or disc numbers. These problems are easiest to see in the Songs view, where I can see one album split in half, then select all of the offending songs and apply the 'Compilation' flag or correct the missing metadata. However, the only way I can find to filter my view down to just the newly added tracks is using the Recently Added smart playlist, which does not give me a preview of the Songs view's album grouping behavior.


texts: What security preferences are blocking McAfee?

texts:
I changed some of my Macbook's security settings today.  I also updated to the latest version of High Sierra (10.13.4) shortly before changing my security settings.
 Shortly thereafter, I got the following message from McAfee:

  Your system's security preferences are blocking McAfee software from loading.  Because of this, some software features are not enabled.  You can change your settings in the Security & Privacy System Preferences pane.  Click OK to open System Preferences.

"Cancel" and "OK" are then given as options.

This keeps popping up.

The privacy features I changed:

Share Mac Analytics and Share with App Developers were turned off.
Dropbox and Steam are no longer allowed to "control [my] computer", changed under "Accessibility"
Under Location Services, under System Services, "Location-Based Suggestions" was turned off and "Significant Locations" was reset and turned off.

What security features are making McAfee upset? Or does it have to do with the OS update?


texts: 3 (2 monitors + Ethernet adapter) devices to 2 Thunderbolt ports on a Retina MacBook Pro?

texts:
There are 2 Thunderbolt ports, but I have 3 devices. Is there a way to attach all 3?

I've read stuff about "daisy-chaining" but I don't know what it means.


texts: Deleted files from Macintosh HD still take up space

texts:
I just deleted about 50GB of files from my Mac's onboard storage, however it only resulted in the removal of about 8GB.

What happened and how can I fix this?


texts: Only show active windows in the current space in Mac OSX when pressing CMD-Tab

texts:
I'm new to Mac and have the following wish:

I would like to have one instance of an application (app1) on space1 and another application (app2) on space2. When I pres press CMD-Tab I see every open programs in every space. For example I'm in space1 and press CMD-Tab then I can switch between app1 and app2. But I would like to see only app1 when I'm in space1 and no app2 when I'm in space1.

Is there some setting where I can change this behavior?

Thanks for your help.

Matthias


texts: Replacing hard disk with SSD or increasing RAM in MacBook Pro

texts:
I am using MacBook Pro for the last 1.5 years. Here is my configuration.

13" MacBook Pro, min-2010
2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
4 GB RAM
OS X Lion 10.7.4

Would you recommend upgrading to SSD for fast processing or would upgrading RAM will be better?

I am also worried about my pocketbook. 320 GB of hard disk can be used as external hard disk after upgrading, but in case of RAM previous RAM will be useless, as the Macbook Pro only has two slots. (Currently both are used, 2GB RAM slots each.)

PS: I am a Ruby on Rails and iOS developer and using my MacBook Pro more than 15 hours a day for coding purpose. I have the 2 year extended warranty.


texts: Password not working on time machine restore after clean install

texts:
So I recently wiped my computer clean because it had some problems, and did a clean install of Lion from a flash drive. I then restored my user from a time machine back up originally made from my laptop. When I transferred the account over, my password didn't work. The same password I used to log onto this account on this computer I'm using (my laptop) did not work on the account on the desktop I restored this laptop to.

This is the second time I have gone through this process and I am thoroughly frustrated. There is a single account on my computer that I cannot log into. I don't know what to do, any and all help is appreciated.


texts: Repair Bootcamp after creating new partitions

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I have an iMac 9.1 with OS X Leopard on it. A while ago I used Bootcamp to install Windows 7 on it. For several reasons I now wanted to add two more
partitions to the disk using the Disk Utility. I now have four partitions:

Macintosh HD
UBUNTU
WINDOWS DAT
BOOTCAMP

Number 2 and 3 are empty.
When restarting the computer and holding the alt-key, I only get booting into Mac OS as an option. I already found out that this probably due to a mixup between GBT and MBR.

I tried using GPT fdisk to repair this by writing a new hybrid MBR, but no success.

This is the output of diskutil list:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *596.2 Gi   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         200.0 Mi   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            454.6 Gi   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data UBUNTU                  50.0 Gi    disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data WINDOWS DAT             49.9 Gi    disk0s4
   5:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                41.0 Gi    disk0s5

This is the output of sudo gpt -r -vv show disk0:

gpt show: disk0: mediasize=640135028736; sectorsize=512; blocks=1250263728
gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1250263727
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         MBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640   953312872      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   953722512      631152
   954353664   104857600      3  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  1059211264      262144
  1059473408   104595456      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  1164068864      262144
  1164331008    85932032      5  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  1250263040         655
  1250263695          32         Sec GPT table
  1250263727           1         Sec GPT header

and this is the output of sudo fdisk /dev/disk0:

Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 77825/255/63 [1250263728 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE    0   0   2 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  954353663] <Unknown ID>
 2: 07 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 954353664 -  104857600] HPFS/QNX/AUX
 3: 07 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1059473408 -  104595456] HPFS/QNX/AUX
 4: 07 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1164331008 -   85932032] HPFS/QNX/AUX

Here you can see the result of my GPT fdisk try. I tried to put disk0s1and disk0s2into the MBR as partition 1 and then disk0s3 to disk0s5 as partitions 2 to 4, where the last one is flagged as bootable.

Now comes my question:

How can I fix this?

"Fix" means keeping the two new partitions and being able to boot into Windows 7 on the Bootcamp partition. I should note that I do not have the Win 7 DVD at hand (it was a burn-your-own-install-dvd student version, it seems that the dvd got lost over the years).


texts: MacBook Air with retina display resolution question

texts: I recently purchased a new MacBook Air with the 2560 x 1600 display. I noticed my resolution didn't appear to be even 1080 when I was connecting to some Windows remote sessions, so I started poking around in the display settings, and the highest it will scale to is 1680 x 1050. I can appreciate why you wouldn't want to go much higher than that since everything would be tiny, but I am wondering if there is a way to force macOS High Sierra on the 2018 MacBook Air to allow Microsoft Remote Desktop to render a remote session at least 1920 x 1080?


texts: Bluetooth headphones not connecting with reason 0x16

texts:
I am running a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015), 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5, 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3, Intel Iris Graphics 6100 1536 MB with macOS version 10.12.2. I have had a problem with my headphones for a long time where every now and then it begins to refuse to connect. When I look at the problem in Bluetooth Explorer I see the following in the logs:

Sennheiser MM500-X connected, handle: 0xE
2017-03-23 14:54:59 +0000 Handle: 0xE disconnected, reason: 0x16
Sennheiser MM500-X disconnected

I also see the graph of the link quality for that device look like this: [\_  ]

I know that 0x16 is AKA "Terminated by local host" but I don't exactly know what that means. Does it mean the local computer is stopping the connection? Could, actually, it be some scenario sideways (like the host is disconnecting because the headphones aren't responsive)?

If you need any further information just let me know! I have uploaded a photo of the device information from when it last connected which might help.


texts: MBP Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012, with MacOS 10.13.5

texts: What's Web Sharing and why incoming connection to it are blocked and mark as severe security risk by Norton?


texts: AppleScript to mark video file as TV show?

texts:
I'm using Hazel to automate the conversion of video files to iTunes .mv4 format, however one limitation I've run into is being able to mark a video file as "TV show" or "Movie" before adding to iTunes.

I'd like to do this via Applescript so I can run it as part of my rule set up, but I'm more of an AppleScript copy/paster than a coder.


texts: Is it possible for a broken iSight cable to prevent a 2009 Macbook Pro from booting?

texts:
OK I took a 2009 MBP to the Apple Store/Genius to get looked at as basically it was only getting to the white screen with apple logo. I was pretty sure the hard drive had died, so I left the MBP with the Apple Store for day. When I returned I was told I needed a new hard drive which I expected and also a new Display assembly part 661-5040 because my isight cable was broken or almost broken and it would stop the MBP from starting up correctly when a new drive was installed into the machine.

I basically asked surely a new cable can be installed, but was told a new display assembly had to be installed which i thought was strange and very pricey at £355.
Along with a new hard drive, the Apple store wanted me to pay £598.80 in total to get my MBP fixed.

I basically just wanted to know, if anyone had heard of the an isight broken or wore cable causing a MBP not to startup?

I've since booted up my MBP with an external drive and the isight camera is working fine along with the display. I've ordered and new hard drive myself to install as £120 for a 500gb drive i thought was too pricey from Apple.

Anyone else been misdiagnosed by there Apple Store???

Any information would be helpful to me.


texts:
Could someone tell what is the Preboot folder in /Volumes and may I delete it?

$ ls -l /Volumes/
total 0
0 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   1 Oct 20 12:13 Macintosh HD -> /
0 drwxr-xr-x+ 3 root  wheel  96 Sep 26 11:25 Preboot

UPD: Here is the files list inside Preboot folder.


texts: How to claim free disk space in APFS after deletion of huge amount of files?

texts:
Given: Macbook pro 13 Inch with MacOS 10.15.1 (Catalina), 500 GB SSD built in.
Hard drive had 34 GB of free disk space according to diskutil and df -h.

Wanted: Reclaim  free disk space.

What I did:

I moved a huge folder of 120 GB onto an external disk. Trash was empty. I rebooted the machine, ran Disk Utility's First Aid as well.

It remains with 34 GB of free disk space.

I moved another folder of 9 GB to an external disk drive.
It still remained with 34 GB of free disk space.

I gave the system some hours of probably internal reorganizational tasks (if any... because you'll never know)

Then I figured out 2 further cache folders on a project holding 25 GB each and removed them via rm -rf.
du -sh gave me proof that these 50 GB was really deleted and my whole projects folder was 50 GB smaller than before.

However, my disk is still quite full. Free space: 34 GB.

How can I fix this without reformatting and reinstalling everything from scratch?


texts: How can I attempt to boot an older version of macOS than my hardware supports?

texts:
I have a 2015 Macbook Air. The earliest version of macOS this model ever shipped with was OS X 10.10 Yosemite. However, I want to try installing OS X 10.9 Mavericks, because Yosemite makes my eyes bleed I like Mavericks.
This is probably not going to work. Mavericks was not designed to run on my computer and likely lacks the necessary hardware support. But, I'm stubborn and I want to try anyway. If it's going to kernel panic, I want to see the damn kernel panic with my own eyes!
So I created a bootable Mavericks USB installer and plugged it into my Macbook Air. I then booted my Mac while holding down the option key to reach the disk selection menu, and selected the installer USB drive.
As soon as I select the drive, my Mac immediately flashes a prohibited ("") sign. This is not what a kernel panic usually looks like, and it happens too quickly after selecting the drive. Clearly, Apple has implemented some sort of arbitrary check to prevent me from even trying to boot this old OS on my machine.
Furthermore, there does not appear to be any way to boot the USB drive in verbose mode. Holding down cmdV has no effect.
How can I bypass this check and force my Mac to attempt to boot the installer?


texts: How to interpret the USB MacBook maximum monitor resolution?

texts:
I'm wondering if a macbook (USB C only) can support a 49" (5120 x 1440)  monitor display.

The 2018 Macbook has the Intel® HD Graphics 615 card (per specifications).

The Intel website for this graphics card has a confusing table for max resolution which cites: 4096x2304@60Hz, 3840x2160@60Hz.
The card apparently has 16GB of memory.

Although I am a trained electrical engineer I'm not knowledgeable enough to work out if this card can support a 5120 x 1440 display.

Is it as simple as ensuring that:

5120 x 1440 < 4096 x 2304?

Or is it more nuanced than that?


texts: How to find replacements for Dashboard widgets in macOS Notficiation Center

texts:
I have been hesitating "upgrading" to macOS Catalina from Mojave because of its loss of the Dashboard.  I know that the Notification Center's "Today" view is supposed to replace the functionality of the Dashboard, and I'm willing to adapt to a new workflow if it's possible to recreate it in the newer OS version, but thus far I haven't found the same set of widgets that I use in the Dashboard.

Notification Center seems to have a different set of working assumptions than Dashboard.  That is, instead of installing widgets, you have to install an application that supports a Notification Center extension.  Apps produced these days are mostly trying to grab your attention (hence "Notification" Center) rather than providing useful functions.

Specifically, there are a couple of dictionaries, including the built-in dictionary app and a 3rd party foreign language dictionary, that I frequently use in the Dashboard.  There is also a general-purpose web clipper tool that you can use to create a new widget out of a website.

Is there:

Some secret rich repository of Notification Center widgets I don't know about where I might find a replacement for the dictionaries I use?
A way to search the Apple App Store for applications that offer widgets?
Some magic I can do with Script Editor to expose a widget from a current app like the macOS Dictionary?


texts: Installing legacy Microsoft Office 2008 on macOS Sierra

texts:
After leaving a company that supplied MS-Office 365, I removed it from my Applications folder according to instructions from the IT support. All seemed to go well. I've preserved the deleted files on a thumb drive in the event they're needed.

I would like to re-install my original MS-Office 2008 from disk onto my MBP (mid-2016) with macOS Sierra.

When I ran the installer from a copy on a USB thumb-drive (for convenience), it hung-up.
When I ran the installer from the original disk using a USB Superdrive™, everything seemed to go well until I received an error message that there was nothing to install ! ! !

Not true, I can see all the files in the Finder window.

Any ideas?


texts: Problem with pdf attachment sent by mac mail

texts:
I use Mac Mail. Sometimes it happens, that when I attach (drag and drop) a pdf file to a new e-mail message it doesn't show on other computer (PC). Is there a problem on my side? Or is it a matter of the way files are being attached?

Thanks


texts: Safari has a problem displaying certain images

texts:
Safari does not display certain images properly.

The latest example is http://i.imgur.com/GqQchYM.jpg which is perfectly loadable in firefox.

In Safari however the picture is displayed properly while it is loading/as long as it is only partially loaded. When it should display the whole picture all I get is black or white box. It can be clicked to zoom in though.

Safari

Firefox

I've had the same problem once before. That time I found this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3796427

and was able to get it working by deleting:

~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db

I've tried that this time as well, but the picture is still failing.

The system is updated. My version of Safari is 7.0.3 (9537.75.14). The operating system is  OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021).

What can I do to get the browser working again?

EDIT:

I've tried removing all extensions from the browser.

I only had Reddit enhancement suite installed before cleaning.

EDIT2: problem persists after updating to Safari Version 7.1 (9537.85.10.17.1)

EDIT3: Problem solved in Safari Version 8.0 (10600.1.25)!


texts: Keyboard shortcut for Spotlight doesn't work in full screen Google Chrome on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)

texts:
I've noticed that the Spotlight Search keyboard shortcut (cmd space) doesn't work if I'm running Google Chrome (12.0.742.122) as full screen application in Lion.

Is this a Chrome-related bug or is this inherent of some type of applications? Is there a way to fix it?


texts: How to reset macOS v10.15 (Catalina) with apps that come from the store before I sell it

texts:
I already tried Cmd + R. Then I went to Disk Utility to delete Macintosh[HD] and Macintosh data. Finally, I exited Disk Utility and with the Wi-Fi connection reinstalled macOS v10.15 (Catalina).

But I don't find the programs like iMovie, Garageband, Pages, and Keynote, that appeared when I first turned on the Mac. How can I get them back?


texts: Security update should take 5GB. I have 36GB available but somehow it's not enough

texts:
I've tried to install security update 2019-002 on my HighSierra in 3 different ways. Through the App Store, the terminal (softwareupdate) and the file I've downloaded from Apple's site. The result is always the same. I restart, it starts installing and then I get the message "macOS could not be installed on your computer. The target disk is too small for this operation- Quit the installer to restart your computer and try again."

The thing is, I have plenty of space available. The update requires 5.31GB of space and my disk has 36.68GB available:


texts: Using SwitchResX to shrink active width/height of retina display

texts:
I have broken my Macbook pro display, and part of it became invisible.
I found this application SwitchResX in which I could define custom resolutions and set some settings  that decrease the active height and width.

Unfortunately I could not manage to get the correct settings (especially not the scan rate and pixel clock)..
Does anyone have any experience with this?
My laptop's screen is retina 15", and my resolution is 1440 x 900 @ 60hz


texts:
A friend who runs a spa wants to send out a reminder to all her customers four weeks after their last appointment. It is a small number, half a dozen per day. But I need an app that can send an sms to a group of customers that a separate program generates. (Separate program runs on a PC, phone is an iPhone.)

Does such a think exist?

I know I can use an SMS gateway for this, problem is that when the message goes out, the reply has to come back to HER phone number. So if the message says "Would you like to schedule an appointment", when the customer his reply they want to say "How about tomorrow at 12pm?" and that go to the spa onwer's phone. SMS gateways don't seem to be able to do that reliably. So I wanted to go through the phone directly.

Any other suggestions to achieve the same goal would be appreciated.


texts: Is it possible to see the content of the "Send to Apple" crash report after closing it?

texts:
My app crashed, and I just took a screenshot before closing the window.
Instead of the screenshot, I really should have copied the whole log...
I can't reproduce the crash, and really want to see the rest of the details.

QUESTION: Can I get the full details of the Problem Report, even after I have closed it?

Or is it too late, and it is lost forever?


texts: WhatsApp iCloud backup stuck at 0% and just won't move

texts:
Last successful backup of WhatsApp to iCloud was on 10th April 2019, since then the process keeps hanging.

My iCloud is as good as unused, it has 4.5 GB/5 GB available, so I doubt space is the issue.

Status is "Backing up..." and its hung at "Uploading: 0%"

What did I try:

Updated iOS to 12.3.1.
Updated WhatsApp to version 2.19.61.
Deleted WhatsApp data from iCloud Drive and tried to backup again. Instead of getting stuck at 0% it then got stuck at 3%.
In iCloud Drive, turned WhatsApp "Off" and "On"
Hard reset on iPhone

Nothing works! Anyone tips or the same problem?


texts: Different Spotlight preferences per boot volume

texts: In my Mac Pro, I have two boot volumes — one stable with Mavericks and one for testing Yosemite.  When running Mavericks, I want Spotlight to ignore the entire Yosemite volume, and vice versa.  But Spotlight privacy preferences seem to be shared between the two systems.


texts: IOS10 - Sharing photos - Mail option disappears when 6 photos is selected

texts:
I have 1 phone where the mail option disappears when 5-6 photos are selected for sharing

What I do
1. Open the photos app
2. Press Select in top right corner and select one photo
3. Press Share in the bottom left corner
Here I among other options have the the option for sharing via mail
4. Add photos by selecting them in the top
When I have selected 5 or 6 photos, the mail option disappears.

Is it possible to set a restriction somewhere, that I can remove, or is it size of the photos.

I have another phone with the same setup, but different mail address, on the same domain though, and on this it doesn't happen.


texts:
I'm trying to install Bundler on my Mac which is running OS X El Capitan Public Beta 6 (15A278b).

I try sudo gem install bundler but I get the following error back

  ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno:EPERM)
      Operation not permitted - /usr/bin/bundle


texts: Canned air and Liquid Submersion Indicator (LSI) Macbook

texts:
I think this is more a chemistry stack exchange question but I believe being related to a computer it isn't well received there.
Canned air spray is used to clean dusty internal or external components. Sometimes it has vapor or liquid that comes out in pressure.
I wonder if it is able to trigger Liquid Submersion Indicator (LSI) or Liquid Contact Indicator (LCI) present on MacBooks motherboard.
This indicators turn red when in contact with (water?)
Wiki always refer to water so i'm not sure.
Apple recommends using canned air spray for some macbook keyboards[1] but i guess the layers of keyboard are more resistant to liquid contact.
[1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205662


texts: Finder: show video thumbnail for all kind of formats/containers

texts:
I wish that Finder show video thumbnail for all kind of formats and containers. *.flv doesn't get a preview, some *.mp4 not, *.mov not.

Is this possible? Maybe a video browser in place of Finder? I have Perian installed.


texts: How can I highlight text on a screenshot using Markup in macOS?

texts:
When I take a screenshot in macOS Mojave, I get a handy screen with Markup tools to edit the screenshot. But I’ve never been able to get the “highlight” feature to work.

I want to highlight text on a page in yellow, similar to a highlighter pen. It looks like it should do it, but the highlighter tool is always disabled. Nothing I do seems to enable it.

Does this tool work? How can I use it?


texts: Cannot authenticate to twitter, facebook, linkedin in "Internet Accounts" MBP OSX 10.9.4

texts:
OSX Mavericks 10.9.4 on an MBP

I cannot authenticate to any social network from the "Internet Accounts" in System Preferences, usually the response is:  "Unable to verify account name or password"
(I have checked these credentials at the websites for the appropriate networks)

Here is an example result from the system.log:

Jul 17 14:48:15 apa com.apple.preferences.internetaccounts.remoteservice[3953]: *** accountTypeWithAccountTypeIdentifier:com.apple.facebook returned nil
Jul 17 14:48:15 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Jul 17 14:48:15 apa com.apple.preferences.internetaccounts.remoteservice[3953]: -[IAAccount initWithProviderType:loginName:] [358] -- *** Missing parameter. provider = com.apple.account.facebook; loginName = (null)
Jul 17 14:48:15 apa com.apple.preferences.internetaccounts.remoteservice[3953]: *** accountTypeWithAccountTypeIdentifier:com.apple.facebook returned nil

I have verified and tried facebook, twitter, linkedin, and flickr.  I mostly just want to integrate these services into the notification center.

Has anyone seen this behavior (failure for all social networks)?  Any fixes?  Thanks for looking...


texts: Removing emojibubbleshooter chrome notification

texts:
I have emojibubbleshooter notification on chrome every once in while.
(https://emojibubbleshooter.com/?utm_source=notif_wct)

I haven't installed new extensions for few months so I am not sure why I am getting this ad.

I checked notification tab, and found the following :

What is this 'games alert'? I checked my application folder but I don't have an app named like that. I can set the notification to None but is there a way to remove this 'Games' completely from my mac?

Currently using Nod32 Internet security for mac and no virus apparently.

My list of installed extensions from chrome://system:

  aapocclcgogkmnckokdopfmhonfmgoek : Slides : version 0_10
  ahfgeienlihckogmohjhadlkjgocpleb : Web Store : version 0_2
  aiimdkdngfcipjohbjenkahhlhccpdbc : Flash Video Downloader : version 31_2_3
  aohghmighlieiainnegkcijnfilokake : Docs : version 0_10
  apdfllckaahabafndbhieahigkjlhalf : Google Drive : version 14_1
  blpcfgokakmgnkcojhhkbfbldkacnbeo : YouTube : version 4_2_8
  cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm : uBlock Origin : version 1_14_24
  dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo : Tampermonkey : version 4_5
  eocfeihmkgnmldnhgijijlffdpegocnh : jBart Crawler : version 0_8_4
  fdpohaocaechififmbbbbbknoalclacl : Full Page Screen Capture : version 2_2
  felcaaldnbdncclmgdcncolpebgiejap : Sheets : version 1_2
  fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop : Postman : version 5_5_1
  gfdkimpbcpahaombhbimeihdjnejgicl : Feedback : version 1_0
  ghbmnnjooekpmoecnnnilnnbdlolhkhi : Google Docs Offline : version 1_4
  hdokiejnpimakedhajhdlcegeplioahd : LastPass: Free Password Manager : version 4_5_0_5
  ipkbbcamfcnlflkedfdaokofdmfgocfp : Mudfish - HTTP Proxy : version 4_4_5
  jpfpebmajhhopeonhlcgidhclcccjcik : Speed Dial 2 : version 2_2_0
  jpkfjicglakibpenojifdiepckckakgk : Gestures for Google Chrome™ : version 1_13_4
  kbfnbcaeplbcioakkpcpgfkobkghlhen : Grammarly for Chrome : version 14_824_1430
  kmendfapggjehodndflmmgagdbamhnfd : CryptoTokenExtension : version 0_9_46
  mfehgcgbbipciphmccgaenjidiccnmng : Cloud Print : version 0_1
  mgijmajocgfcbeboacabfgobmjgjcoja : Google Dictionary (by Google) : version 4_0_8
  mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai : Chrome PDF Viewer : version 1
  nbokbjkabcmbfdlbddjidfmibcpneigj : SmoothScroll : version 1_6_1
  neajdppkdcdipfabeoofebfddakdcjhd : Google Network Speech : version 1_0
  nkeimhogjdpnpccoofpliimaahmaaome : Google Hangouts : version 1_3_5
  nmmhkkegccagdldgiimedpiccmgmieda : Chrome Web Store Payments : version 1_0_0_3
  ocpcmghnefmdhljkoiapafejjohldoga : Context Menu Search : version 2_93
  ojplelelocihfchkdaebocpankipadmp : Scopus Document Download Manager : version 2_0_2
  pfmgfdlgomnbgkofeojodiodmgpgmkac : Data Saver : version 2_0_2
  pjkljhegncpnkpknbcohdijeoejaedia : Gmail : version 8_1
  pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm : Chrome Media Router : version 6317_1002_0_5

What are these strings before ':' by the way?

Thank you.


texts: How can I prevent users on Mac from connecting to any WiFi networks and only connect to white-listed networks?

texts:
I want to make it so that the user cannot connect to any other network other than the specified network. I know I can do this with GUI by removing preferred networks, but this way, I will have to do it for every single one of them. It will be even harder when more networks keep showing up in the networks list.
Is there a method that lets the Mac block every single network and only lets the user connect to specified networks? See the answer in the link below where the guy is doing this through a script for a single network at a time by periodically running the script. Is it possible to do this for all networks?
How to completely block specific Wi-Fi SSID on macOS?


texts:
I'm trying to open an app in the background from the Terminal by using the -g or --background flags like so

open -g -a Franz

Unfortunately, the app isn't opening in the background. I've also tried the j flag, which is supposed to hide the app, according to the help:

Usage: open [-e] [-t] [-f] [-W] [-R] [-n] [-g] [-h] [-b <bundle identifier>] [-a <application>] [filenames] [--args arguments]
Help: Open opens files from a shell.
      By default, opens each file using the default application for that file.
      If the file is in the form of a URL, the file will be opened as a URL.
Options:
      -a                Opens with the specified application.
      -b                Opens with the specified application bundle identifier.
      -e                Opens with TextEdit.
      -t                Opens with default text editor.
      -f                Reads input from standard input and opens with TextEdit.
      -F  --fresh       Launches the app fresh, that is, without restoring windows. Saved persistent state is lost, excluding Untitled documents.
      -R, --reveal      Selects in the Finder instead of opening.
      -W, --wait-apps   Blocks until the used applications are closed (even if they were already running).
          --args        All remaining arguments are passed in argv to the application's main() function instead of opened.
      -n, --new         Open a new instance of the application even if one is already running.
      -j, --hide        Launches the app hidden.
      -g, --background  Does not bring the application to the foreground.
      -h, --header      Searches header file locations for headers matching the given filenames, and opens them.

The app opens in the foreground as if the I had simply called

open -a Franz

Any idea why this doesn't work and an alternative?


texts: Have the MacBooks Pro in 2011 and 2012 still shipped with installation disks?

texts: I'm looking into acquiring some older Apple hardware and am wondering how long Apple still shipped hardware with installation disks. So when did Apple stop shipping installation disks (or more specifically: did the 2011 and 2012 MacBookPros still ship with disks)?


texts:
I want to block certain phone calls with my iPhone. However, the block list in iPhone actively blocks users and the caller known that he's being blocked.

However, sometimes you do NOT want the blocked user to know that he is blocked. So sometimes I just want to ignore callers (i.e., no incoming call notifications etc)

Is there any way and/or app to achieve this?


texts: Mac mini (2014) won't output video signal over HDMI only via Thunderbolt

texts:
I've got a 2014 Mac mini running OSX 10.11.6 connected to 2 screens; one via the native HDMI and one via a Thunderbolt to HDMI convertor.

It has been running fine for about 2 years. I turned it off around the 19/12/18  and turn it on 7/1/19.

The screen powered via the Thunderbolt to HDMI convertor works fine, and if I swap the screens around I can verify this. But for some reason, the screen plugged into the HDMI port  doesn't work. I've done some multi-variable testing to test the various components and can only conclude the HDMI output on the Mac mini isn't working.

I've tried restarting the machine several times and I've tried relaunching Finder several times. But the second display connected to the HDMI port just wont work. It just shows up a black screen with a generic error "check signal". If i go the System Preferences > Display the second display isn't listed.


texts: 'which openssl' returns nothing when trying to upgrade OpenSSL

texts:
I've been working the last day or so to get openssl upgraded on my machine. I've followed the answers here and here and now I've got some pretty funny results.

When I type which openssl I get no response.
When I type openssl version I get -bash: openssl: command not found
When I type brew install openssl I get Warning: openssl-1.0.1g already installed.

Why does brew recognize an installation, but my other terminal commands suggest that nothing is installed? What do I need to do to get my system to recognize the installation that brew is seeing, or what do I need to remove to allow me to do a fresh install of openssl?

Edit: 'brew doctor' gives me the following:

  Warning: Your XQuartz (2.7.4) is outdated
  Please install XQuartz 2.7.5:
   https://xquartz.macosforge.org

  Warning: Python is installed at /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework

  Homebrew only supports building against the System-provided Python or a
  brewed Python. In particular, Pythons installed to /Library can interfere
  with other software installs.


texts: Airport Extreme to 3 Sony Airplay speakers

texts: I'm was wondering, before purchasing the Airport Extreme , if it was possible to connect my 3 Sony Airplay speakers  to the 3 LAN Ports of the Airport Extreme and airplay simultaneously as multi-room audio from my Iphone ?


texts: Time Machine backs up complete drive as new data after failing to mount reference snapshot (after a restart)

texts:
Since January/February 2020, most restarts of my Mac (High Sierra) cause Time Machine to see the complete content of one of my two (internal) drives as new and copy it fully to my Time Machine destination (last Time Capsule model), wiping out my TM history as there isn't enough space to hold all my data twice. The affected drive is a non-boot drive (HDD) and formatted in APFS. A second TM backup to a locally connected drive is not affected by this (this drive is unplugged most of the time).
Analysis of my logs shows the point of failure is the inability to mount the reference snapshot for this drive. Everything works as usual up to and including (generally each entry occurs twice, one for each drive):

Mounted stable snapshot: com.Apple.TimeMachine.[date]
at path:/Volumes/[...]/[current date]/[drive name] source [drive name]

During a 'normal' backup the following entry is:

Mounted reference snapshot: com.Apple.TimeMachine.[date]
at path /Volumes/[...]/[previous date]/[drive name] source: [drive name]

When things didn't work as expected (after the restart), only the first internal drive (the boot drive) got this message, whereas the 2nd drive got:

Failed to mount APFS snapshot with name: com.Apple.TimeMachine.[previous date]
on volume '/Volumes/[drive name]'
at mountpoint: '/Volumes/[...]/[drive name]'
error: Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or directory"
Failed to mount reference snapshot: com.Apple.TimeMachine.[previous date]

With APFS-formatted drives, TM uses snapshots by default but if something goes wrong there, it refers back to the eventdb database. That seems be happening here:

Forcing deep traversal on source: [2nd drive]
Deep event scan at [...] reason: must scan subdirs|require scan|
Running deep scan - looking for changes after [previous date]
Finished scan
Not using file event preflight for /Volumes/[2nd drive name]

Which then results in (corresponding to total used space on that drive):

Will copy (1.x TB) from [2nd drive]


texts: Should I place air holes in my custom MacBook Pro case?

texts:
I'm fabricating a plexiglass case just like this to snugly fit my new MacBook Pro. I'll slide the laptop inside whenever I'm traveling for safety reasons.

It'll only be accessible from the right side. Should I place air holes in the back if it's going to be on whilst the lid is closed?


texts: How to automate the wifi login of a captive window?

texts:
I want to automate filling out a WiFi captive portal page on macOSs because I am not asked to save the password.
Only the username gets recorded -- not the password. The "click on the password field" gets recorded but not the input.
How can I determine if this is a limitation in Automator, or the captive window, or the design of the web page when it programmed how the text entry fields are set up?
How can I get the source code of the page from the captive window?


texts:
I'm making a timesheet.
I have =sum (A2-A1) but I have more than one task a day and not all times are used. The cells without time in them result in an error with the formula. Which, in turn, choses the day totals to show an error also.

How can I show a blank cell instead of the error?


texts: iPhone 5 always asks for username when connect to Wifi

texts:
(I'm using wifi from a personal access point in my room, of which the security type is "WPA/WPA2 Personal" (it's what I see in network settings on my mac). Normally it just requires a password to login, no username is required.

My issue is that when I use my iPhone 5 (iOS 7.0.4) to connect to that wifi, it always asks for both username and password. I tried leaving the "username" field blank and fill in the "password" field only, but it says "Unable to connect to...".

This issue happens only on my iPhone and doesn't happen on any other devices such as Macbook, iMac or iPad.


texts: Mac HD won't mount - FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF Error

texts:
Same error as a lot of users here, but I'm running Catalina, so I'm not sure if that changes things and I would rather make sure I'm going about it the right way so I don't make things worse.

I tried to delete a partition, and disk utility crashed halfway through. I restarted and got the folder with the ? on it.

I would greatly appreciate if someone could guide me to fixing this without losing all of my data. Thanks.

E: I realise I should probably add a little more info. I have an Early 2013 15” MBP with the 500GB SSD.


texts: How can I sort a Finder search by size on OS 10.6.8?

texts: I'm using OSX 10.6.8, and when searching on finder, it doesn't let me sort files by size, is there a way to do this?


texts: Why do 1080p displays look pixelated unless the monitor is 4k when retina is 1080p?

texts: I had a 1080p monitor and it looked slightly pixelated. I bought the LG Ultrafine 4k display and it looks great. I asked my work to buy me a monitor for the office and they offered a 1080p monitor. I am a web and graphic designer so it looking good is important to me. I also noticed that the native display is 2560 x 1600 which isn't 4k. Am I going to have to convince them to get a cheaper 4k monitor? I have a 2017 Macbook Pro Touchbar.


texts:
In Big Sur the mail client doesn't show a folder combining archives of all accounts. I'd like to have such a folder and tried creating a smart mailbox for this purpose as I'd successfully done to create an All Junk folder.
Here's the smart mailbox configuration that I thought would work:

However, it throws this error:

Any tips on how I can access an archive across accounts?


texts: My iPhone got stolen and they locked my icloud account. How can regain access to my icloud account to erase my data?

texts: My iPhone got stolen and apple locked my iCloud account. I don't have access to the reset email for iphone cause it uses an icloud email address that's on the iPhone and I don't recall the security answer. I  was told to answer the security question and reanswer it every 8 hours to unlock my iCloud account. Is there another way to access my iCloud account to erase my data on there and track my phone? Thank you!


texts: What happens to an iTunes season pass for a TV show if the show is cancelled before the end of the season?

texts:
I know the basics of the Season Pass from the iTunes store for current TV shows - you can buy the pass in either HD or SD. Episodes that are currently available will download immediately, and future episodes will enter your download queue as they become available.

It looks like there is a slight discount for buying by the season, which I definitely like. I'd like to be able to do the season path math, but I do not know how to determine how many episodes for a season. A typical network season airs 23 episodes for a given show. So The Good Wife in HD, for example, costs 52.99 for Season 3. If 23 shows are delivered the cost is 2.30 per episode a discount of .69 per episode, or a savings of 15.78 on the season. But what if it is cancelled after only 10 episodes? Did I just pay 5.30 per episode? Will I get a refund?

I know this situation is unlikely on a show like The Good Wife, but it possible on this show and even likely on some new shows. Please do not answer with speculation, if you have personal experience with this issue, or can find an apple support document on this topic (my google search was not fruitful) I would appreciate it.

I have asked this question of Apple Support and I will post their answer if I do not get a definitive answer here.


texts: AppleScript detect key press by user alternatives

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I have searched and found that AppleScript is unable to detect key presses by the user. I would like to know is there any other alternatives to do this?

I am building a script for a specific tabs in all Internet browsers, IE, FF, Chrome, Safari.

The specific tab will be blur out, title tab, favicon, URL in address bar will be masked or replace.
When the user press "tab" key for example, it will temporary remove all the things that is done in step 1 and show the original content.
If the user press tab again, it will go back to the state in step 1.

I have only managed to temporary make the body blur out but not the rest of step 1 and the detecting of key press.

My code:

tell application "Google Chrome"

    set allTabs to front window's tab
    repeat with eachTabs from 1 to count of allTabs
        set eachTab to item eachTabs of allTabs
        if URL of eachTab = "http://c10h20o.com/uniqlo/2016/0923/" then
            set currentTab to eachTabs
        end if
    end repeat

    tell front window

        tell tab currentTab

            execute javascript "document.body.style.filter = 'blur(0)'" --this line is working

            execute javascript " --this javascript always returns me missing value

            $(document).keypress(function(event){

                    var keycode = (event.keyCode ? event.keyCode : event.which);
                    if(keycode == '13'){
                        alert('You pressed a enter key in somewhere');
                    }

            });
            "
        end tell

    end tell
end tell

I am completely new to this and it's my first time doing this.

I have asked on stack overflow but no one has replied. Hope you guys can help me out with this.


texts: I created a new folder on the terminal and is not shown in the finder

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I came across this issue in my new mac book pro. I created a folder using iterm and I have some content on it (I cloned a git repo). When I go to finder I don't see it.

So maybe I'm not in the right folder... but I tried to create the folder in the finder and I get the "folder already exists" error but still I don't see it.

Im using mojave 10.14.1


texts: My USB is basically gone after 'diskutil zeroDisk /dev/disk2'. What do I do?

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My USB was screwed up after I did something wrong while using bootcamp (don't remember the details).
I did a bunch of stuff but it doesn't really matter as here's the current situation:
My USB won't show up on the desktop. It's in Disk Utility, with the main disk seeming normal and WinInstall blanked out and saying 'Not Mounted'. In previous attempts, whenever I tried to erase or mount it, the usb would disappear. I do not know what I should do anymore. It has currently disappeared again and I'm reinserting the USB to get it back up in Disk Utility
(Please don't mention Finder>Preferences>External Disks because I checked it already)
(First Aid also fails to do anything with the WinInstall volume, but it succeeds in the general VenderCo disk that's above it.)
I need to format the WinInstall volume but do not need the files on this USB to be recovered, although if it were possible it would be great.


texts: Best app for texting internationally to non-smartphone mobile?

texts:
I'm going to be permanently moving abroad in two months, and I've decided to get an iPhone to bring with me.

I pretty sure that I'll be on a plan with unlimited texting and 2GB of data, but it will NOT include texts to the USA. No-one in my family has a smartphone.

Ideally, I'm looking for a way that they can text me and I can text back for free, but I can't tell if such a thing exists. I do have a Google Voice number, but I'm not sure how to make the most effective use of that.

Any thoughts?
Thanks so much!


texts: Is it possible to have my dock visible on all monitors in El Capitan?

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Don't mark this as a duplicate. Question has been asked several times in several places but it was years ago.

I have two monitors connected. One primary (that has dock at the bottom) and secondary. My monitors aren't mirrored (cloned). Both of them display different stuff but the dock appears just on the primary one.

Is it possible to see my dock (the same dock) on both of them?


texts: Can't disable "Press the Option key five times to turn Mouse Keys on and off"

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Apple lets users who occasionally want the use of Mouse Keys to enable/disable it by pressing Option (⌥) five times. I use Maya, so I'm constantly using the Option key to manipulate the camera, and this usage often triggers Mouse Keys. Unfortunately, this disables the rest of my keyboard (see this Apple KB page) and I can't use other helpful shortcuts. I can of course disable it again, but it's annoying when I have to do it again and again.

I went to the appropriate place in System Preferences to disable this (Universal Access > Mouse & Trackpad), but it's greyed out. I've done extensive searching and haven't found anyone with a similar problem.

Why is this happening, and how can I stop it?


texts:
When I open a few different applications, the temperature quickly surpasses 200 F, however, when I'm working lightly, it is around 170 F.  It just seems like ever since I upgraded to Mavericks, it's heating up very often and fans go crazy, which is by design I guess.

I just don't know what this ouc process is and why it's using so much CPU.  I force quit it, but it comes back in a few minutes again.


texts: MacBook speakers off, red light coming from the headphone jack

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This morning, I was using my Late 2008 MacBook when I found that audio wasn't working. The volume icon in the menu bar was grayed out and System Preferences said that my output was set to Digital Audio instead of Internal Speakers like it normally is (and Digital Audio is my only option).

More surprisingly, the headphone jack has a glowing red light (I had no idea it could do that!).

Why is this happening? Can I do anything to fix it?


texts: Script that outputs number of emails in Mail.app inbox

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I'd like to have a command-line script I can invoke at the Terminal that will output the total number of messages in my "Work" Inbox in mail.app. Usage would look like this:

$ inbox-count
48

What does the Applescript code look like to do something like this?


texts: Bash script not working on Automator but working from terminal

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I have this bash script that works perfectly on terminal

#!/bin/bash

for f in "$@"; do

  DIRNAME="$(dirname "$f")"

  filename=$(basename "$f")
  name="${filename%.*}"
  extension="${filename##*.}"

  /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i "$f" -filter_complex 'scale=1920:1080, pad=2134:1200:107:60' "$DIRNAME"/OUTPUT_"$name"."$extension"
  /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i OUTPUT_"$name"."$extension" -vf 'scale=1920:1080' FINAL_"$name"."$extension"

 done

I am trying to create a service for finder that accept movie files and process them using this script. The service is setup to pass input to stdin. When I select movies on finder and run that service, nothing happens. Like I said, the script works perfectly from terminal.

Any clues?

This question appears to similar to ffmpeg working from command line in Terminal but not in an Automator shell script! but applying the answer (full path to ffmpeg) did not solve my problem.


texts:
I recently updated my computer from Mavericks to El Capitan, and I'm unable to add or remove items from the dock. If I attempt to change the dock, the computer freezes and I am unable to interact with the computer through the GUI.

The machine has multiple users, and I am the only user on this system that has this problem. I suspect that it's an issue with the way my dock is configured. Is there any way to "factory-reset" the dock? Failing that, is there any way to fix a dock that can't be modified?


texts: WhatsApp doesn’t show usernames on notifications

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Today I updated to version 2.18.52 & I can’t see the names of the people who send me a message. The only thing I see is the WhatsApp logo and the word “message”.

I can’t also see the status my friends posts, they all look black. I uninstalled the app, reset my phone & nothing seems to work so far.


texts: Multiple Airport Extremes in bridge mode slow down over time as they are used

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I have two Airport Extremes connected to a Vigor2820 router which acts as the DCHP server. There is not any conflict with IP addresses.

The Airport Extremes are set to create a Roaming Network and work fine for while. After a period, can be hours or even a day or so the Internet Connection slows from 6 Mbps to virtually nothing. I have established that if I disconnect the Ethernet cable or restart one of the Airport Extremes the speed goes back to normal.

Both are set to bridge mode.

I have tried swapping the location of the bases but that doesn't make any difference.

How can I stabilize this setup so I don't have the gradual slowdown and the need to restart one of the Airport Extreme stations so often?


texts: How to dim screen on Mac before going to sleep

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I would like my MacBook (on El Capitan) to dim the screen before going to sleep, so that I can hit a key to keep it unlocked if desired. Currently, there is no way to keep it from locking if it's started to turn off the screen.

Any thoughts?


texts: Drag & drop stops working sometimes on High Sierra

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After a while of leaving my computer (macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra) on, drag & drop stops working. To be clear: I can only hold files and drag them, but cannot drop them at any location (in finder or within browser). Unlike related issues, copy and paste still works for me.
The only way I can drop the file and free my cursor is by going back to finder, and hitting the escape key, which returns the file to its old location.
Here are all the things I've tried so far:

Restarting finder (Mouse sticks only when dropping with drag and drop.)
Clearing preferences (files not appear on Desktop and Drag & Drop is not working on Desktop)
Restarting the clipboard process (Copy and Cut sometimes don't work + CoreDragCreate error - drag&drop and copy-paste stop working)
Changing mouse settings (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7984153)
Killing the dock process (Restart OS X GUI)

None of these fix the problem. This issue occurs both with an external mouse and the trackpad.
Restarting or logging out and back in solves this issue temporarily, but it always comes back after some usage. Since it usually takes several hours for it to start happening, I haven't narrowed down what application I open or activity I do that might cause this issue. I enable x11 when connect to a remote server terminal, so I have thought about whether that could cause an issue. But closing x11 and restarting finder doesn't seem to solve the issue.
Another strange thing that happens simultaneously with this issue is that my dock does not display when I move my mouse to the bottom of the screen. But this is not as big of an issue since I can do three-finger up to show it.
System info:

macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra

Common apps I use which might be related:

Google Chrome
x11 from iTerm2
InsomniaX (closing this & restarting finder doesn't solve this)
Spectacle (closing this & restarting finder doesn't solve this)

Console info:

This looks like a relevant message on the console, which occurs when I try to drag & drop:

default ...     WindowServer    CoreAnimation: Context is a zombie!

Thanks!


texts: App Slicing Thinning: Pre determine actual true size & space taken by App install or update on iOS Device?

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Note: This has to do with App Slicing and App Thinning that was introduced by Apple in late 2015. Nothing to do with your 2012 question.

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/AppDistributionGuide/AppThinning/AppThinning.html

http://www.imore.com/app-thinning-ios-9-explained

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/10/05/ios-9-app-slicing-now-available/

http://www.appcoda.com/app-thinning/

Given that my iOS storage has been running out of space, I try to keep iOS App versions which are smaller in size and not update unless essential or compelled to {e.g. Uber compels updates}

So, I recently did a comparative analysis for 2 apps and what sizes (in MB) they show in 3 places (iTunes 12.3.3 On Windows 8.1 x 64):

App Names:
Todoist  11.0.3
Wunderlist 3.4.3

Current Latest Versions updated & synced this weekend:

iTunes > AppStore | As shown on AppStore before download
70
95

iTunes > My Apps  | As shown in iTunes after download
34
53

iPad 2 - iOS 9.0.2 > | As seen under iTunes > Sync > App Selection area after Install/ Sync
65
87

iPhone 5 - iOS 9.0.2 > | As seen under iTunes > Sync > App Selection area after Install/ Sync
XX
YY
{Will post these numbers soon as well}

I cannot understand why the "complete un-thinned App from the AppStore would take more space when thinned for the iPad or iPhone"


texts: MacBook Pro 2017 occasionally showing black screen with blinking folder icon

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I am afraid this might be a hardware issue, but want to ask anyway in case someone has experienced differently. My MacBook Pro from 2017 suddenly goes black and displays a blinking folder icon. When I turn the Mac off, and then on again, it works again (at least so far).
So the question is, is it likely that this is a hardware issue, or can this happen on a Mac, and be repaired using disk utility in recovery mode?
I am afraid to do anything right now, other than creating a backup and waiting for a reply to this question.
Thanks.


texts: How to see photos taken from iPhone 6+ in photo stream on my mac w/10.10.2

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I have photo stream turned on, on my iPhone 6+, iPad 2 and my Mac with 10.10.2

I just took some photos with my iPhone, to share via an email.  I sat down at my Mac to type the email and attach the pictures within mac mail.  But they are not showing up in the photo stream when I click on 'Photos' under media.  I see things from yesterday, but none I've taken so far today show up.  Is there a way to 'refresh' photostram for iPhoto on my mac?

Michelle


texts: Can I use iMac G5 PowerPC for iOS app development? If not, why?


texts: What happens if I create a file while Time Machine is backing up?

texts: Will the file be saved onto my backup drive? Is there a possibility that I might corrupt my backup?


texts: Where can I find the official OS X 10.10 documentation?

texts: I'm a programmer and system administrator with more than 15 years of experience on Windows and Linux. I recently switched to OS X, using a MacBook Pro. Can anybody point me to the OS X documentation where I can find everything about OS X, from the files system and utilities, up to philosophy and architecture?


texts: Adding playlists to iPod Nano 6th generation

texts: I recently found out that you can add playlists from within the Nano. Can I do that from iTunes? If so, how?


texts: Does my Macbook Pro support 5 GHz Wi-Fi?

texts:
I have MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013). Does it support 5 GHz Wi-Fi?

I found the following details about Wi-Fi module there:

Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0
802.11 a/b/g/n

If 5 GHz are supported, then will it work with 2.4 GHz in parallel?


texts: I have a 13-inch, Mid 2010 MacBook and I am stuck with the version 10.11.6, I am not able to  make any upgrade. Currently I am not able to download any app from the App Store (only old versions) and I am afraid, soon I will not be able to update some applications (as Unity, VS and GitHub Desktop). Could you help me with any solution? I do not really want to stick with old version on my applications. The replacing of my Mac is not an option


texts: Issues with Texts Sending Through iCloud

texts:
I'm having issues where my texts are sending through my iCloud. I've read the other threads in here and tried the following:

Go to Settings → Messages → Send & Receive

However, under "you can be reached by iMessage at" has my phone number greyed out and two email addresses (my icloud and my apple email).

Under "start new conversations from" it only shows my email addresses and not my phone number.

I think this is also affecting my ability to send texts via my Apple Watch.


texts: What does an Apple "battery service" involve?

texts:
I've got a mid-2012 13 inch MacBook Air that I've owned since new. Quite soon after I bought it, the drop-down menu that appears when I click the battery icon in the menu bar included the item "Service Battery". I never did anything about this, as although the battery seemed to drain more quickly than I would like, I'm usually close to a power outlet and use my MacBook while it's plugged in.

However, I thought I'd try to fix the "Service Battery" indication and see if I could get the battery running for longer. I reset the SMC, and when I rebooted the battery icon had a cross through it. I've seen this before on my MacBook, so I tried my luck and unplugged it. The screen went black, but when I plugged the MacBook back in it took me back to where I was, and the cross had disappeared from the battery icon. When I clicked on the icon, "Service Battery" had come back.

Do I really need to take my MacBook into Apple to get them to service the battery? Or is there anything I can do myself? I've attached a listing of all the data relating to the battery. Does anything look wrong?


texts: Text-to-speech: Skip words (especially HTML)

texts:
I am a frequent user of Apple's built-in Text-to-Speech.

I write a lot of articles in a CMS where the formatting has to be entered as HTML. If I use text-to-speech, it reads the HTML tags.

Is there any way I can get it to skip the tags?

If not are there any free alternatives that will do this. Ideally, the voice should be as good as the Apple Leo voice (as a lot of other programmes sound too robotic).


texts: Can you use Sidecar with 5G only to connect Macbook Pro to iPad Pro M1 devices reliably for work

texts:
I am using the 13" Macbook Pro M1 and considering getting a iPad Pro 12.9" M1 to establish a portable dual screen for work. So I would add the Tmobile 5G plan on the iPad and do not want to connect to wifi on the road.
Can I use the 5G from my iPad for both devices and get dual screen sidecar working reliably for work?


texts:
I have a mac book pro which I enabled syncing desktop and Documents to iCloud.

This is working fine.

I also have a iMac which has a different desktop and documents.

If I also enable syncing desktop and documents to iCloud on the iMac.

Does it separate the documents & desktops into different folders on iCloud.

Or

Does it merge the two together into one desktop and one document folder.

If it merges, what does it do with files and folders that are the same name but different documents?


texts: What is the conventional location to install binary executables?

texts: I would like to install a binary executable so that all users can run it from the terminal. Where should I put it?


texts: How to restart an iPhone with a broken Hold Button?

texts:
I have an iPhone 4S (iOS 7) and my Hold Button is broken. Consensus on the Internet seems to be that if this is the case, one can maximize phone capability by activating Assistive Touch (Settings > General > Accessibility > Assistive Touch > On).

I've done this. And I can now turn off my phone by holding "Lock Screen" under "Device" in the Assistive Touch menu.

But how will I turn my phone back on once it's off?

Is there any way to simply restart from Assistive Touch?


texts: Cloned disk with dd, but it won't mount?

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Goal: clone my internal disk to an external disk, and boot from the external disk.

update thanks klanomath, who pointed out that I had to change the uuid of the core storage disk for both the internal and external disk to be present at the same time. I tested the external disk on a different mac and it works perfectly. I have not tried to change the UUID as my idea is to now wipe the internal disk anyway.

I used dd to make a clone and verified the md5 sums.

At boot, I can choose from all the expected volumes: "Untitled", "Windows", and with external-disk-symbol: "Untitled", "Windows".

Regardless of which "Untitled" I choose, it ends up booting up using the internal disk. Any ideas as to why? How I could I fix it?

How I made the clone:

I booted into Linux from a USB stick, no other filesystem was mounted, I proceeded to make the copy:

dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdc bs=4096 conv=noerror,sync

I verified that the md5 sums of the entire /dev/sda matched the equivalent size on /dev/sdc.

Info about the disks

Once in OS X (from the internal disk using "Untitled"), this is what I see with diskutil list:

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *751.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Untitled                689.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                61.0 GB    disk0s4

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:

            Untitled               +689.1 GB   disk1
                             Logical Volume on disk0s2
                             137B561F-8819-4ABD-BFBF-DD8F3A997D60
                             Unlocked Encrypted

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         689.4 GB   disk2s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               650.0 MB   disk2s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                61.0 GB    disk2s4

In Disk Utility the only volume that shows up for /dev/disk2 is BOOTCAMP.

fsck_cs

Running fsck_cs on both disk2s2 (the external disk's core storage) and on disk0s2 (the internal disk's core storage), I get equivalent output and the volume seems fine.

Perhaps the issue is that there are two volumes (on different disks) with the same UUUD? (9EE93F75-E7F0-40C2-B562-6A8733A6EB16)

$ sudo fsck_cs -n -l log.txt disk2s2
Password:
   Executing fsck_cs (version 540.30.1)
** Checking volume
** disk2s2: Scan for Volume Headers
** disk2s2: Scan for Disk Labels
** Logical Volume Group 9EE93F75-E7F0-40C2-B562-6A8733A6EB16 on 1 device
** disk2s2: Scan for Metadata Volume
** Logical Volume Group has a 17 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancy
** Start scanning metadata for a valid checkpoint
** Load and verify Segment Headers
** Load and verify Checkpoint Payload
** Load and verify Transaction Segment
** Load and verify Transaction Segment
** Incorporate 1 newer non-checkpoint transaction
** Load and verify Virtual Address Table
** Load and verify Segment Usage Table
** Load and verify Metadata Superblock
** Load and verify Logical Volumes B-Trees
** Logical Volume Group contains 1 Logical Volume
** Load and verify 4F52DBC8-6A69-4099-82B4-5E437C4CEA74
** Load and verify 137B561F-8819-4ABD-BFBF-DD8F3A997D60
** Load and verify Freespace Summary
** Load and verify Block Accounting
** Load and verify Live Virtual Addresses
** Newest transaction commit checkpoint is valid
** Load and verify Segment Cleaning
** The volume 9EE93F75-E7F0-40C2-B562-6A8733A6EB16 appears to be OK


texts: Photos for OS X: How to generate album automatically at import

texts:
In iPhoto I relied heavily on the events feature. I had about 100 events. In Photos for OS X I'm totally ok with the new albums that replaces events somehow. But I am looking to automatically create an album of the pictures I import.

In iPhoto you could drag a folder into the program and it automatically created an event with the name of the dragged folder. Is there some similar mechanism to automatically create an album? The only way I found to create the similar behaviour is to drag a folder to Photos for OS X, import all of the photos, go over to the last imported section and create an album out of these images. Is there a better workflow?

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Edit: I read the question here (Events or Albums in Photos for OSX) but it doesn't help me very much unfortunately.


texts: Apple Mail 9.2: How to specify port and SSL options for incoming and outgoing IMAP servers?

texts:
When setting up a new IMAP account in Apple Mail 9.2, it gives me no option to specify the incoming and outgoing ports, not SSL options. See screenshot below.

The ability to do this would be most helpful as some mail accounts do vary from the norm in terms of default ports and SSL. When I do fill in all the fields asked for, I get the spinning progress animation for a long time before it gives up with an error (shown). I have no idea if it had tried several different ports (including the ones I want to use) or if it just kept retrying on the same (wrong settings).

Other email clients give the option to set the ports. At the moment I don't have these available and need to use Apple Mail.


texts: How to close all windows of MacOS Finder EXCEPT the foreground window

texts:
The number of times I want to drop something from the Finder to another application but I'm stopped by endless open windows below. I have never found a simple shortcut to close them all except for the active one.

Could this be scripted?


texts: How to make display PDF images with mouse hover in iTerm2 after " ls -l '?

texts:
On Catalina 10.15.2, Sometimes, in iTerm2 terminal, after a ls -l command, I can visualize some pdf files (a popup window appears suddenly) when my mouse is over the list of PDF filenames.

But this is not systematically and I would like to know how to make appear this popup window into which the image of filename pointed appears (that would be very useful because this popup window is relatively large and we can distinguish details).

If someone could know what to do to activate systematically this behavior with mouse (maybe it is a shortcut with mouse or other things, I don't know), this would be nice to explain it.


texts: Enable click-through, preferrably for all applications

texts:
I would like to enable click-through on all windows. Is this possible on Lion?

To be more specific, "click-through" as defined by Apple in the Mac OS X Human Interface Guidelines means "that the user can activate the item when the containing window is inactive."

  An item that provides click-through is one that a user can activate with one click, even though the item is in an inactive window. (To activate an item that does not support click-through, the user must first make the containing window active and then click the item.) Although click-through can make some user tasks easier, it can also confuse users if they click items unintentionally.


texts:
Just saw an article about the vicious malware that is Wirelurker. In short, Wirelurker can attack even non-jailbroken iOS devices, and has great potential to turn these wonderful iOS devices into dumb bots:

  Once WireLurker is on your iPhone or iPad, it appears to do a number of weird and wonderful things. If you’re not jailbroken, WireLurker simply installs/side-loads more apps from the iTunes App Store. If you’re jailbroken, it does a lot more, including infecting/trojanizing existing apps on your iOS device and backing them up to your Mac. In both cases, WireLurker constantly pings a central command server, which can trigger a payload update, or instruct WireLurker to harvest and transmit sensitive details from your device.

What can be done to safeguard against this heinous software?


texts: Sync Exchange Calendar with iCloud Calendar on iPhone

texts:
I have an Exchange account at work that contains my calendar. I'd like to sync that Exchange calendar with my iCloud Calendar on my iPhone so that I can see and create appointments on my home computer (that cannot see the Exchange server because it's behind the work firewall.)

Does anyone know of an app or technique that will sync two calendars within an iPhone?

(There are many answers about syncing between iPhones, but that is not the question here.)

(There are also answers from seven years ago, but those really aren't duplicates of this question because they've aged out.)


texts: Gboard Keyboard Not Showing Up in Various Google Apps on iPhone Xr

texts:
iPhone Xr
iOS 12.4
Gboard 2.2.0.247258495
Gmail 6.0.190602
Docs 1.2019.28202
Chat 0.156.259040960

Issue:
I various apps developed by Google, such as Gmail, Docs, Chrome, Chat, the Gboard keyboard is not appearing. Nor is the "globe" icon that should allow one to switch between keyboards. Instead, I'm left with only the basic keyboard.

Screenshots:

Things I've tried/reviewed:

Reinstalling the apps where I'm seeing the issue
Reinstalling Gboard
Restart of iPhone
Tapping where the "globe" should be
Within Settings, rearranging the Gboard keyboard to not be the default
Within Settings, confirmed that the Gboard keyboard has Full Access
Ensured all individual apps, as well as iOS itself, are up to date

Has anyone experienced this issue or have any suggestions of what else to try to resolve this?


texts: Command Line (CLI) Command for disconnecting wifi from current network

texts:
I'm looking for a way to disconnect from my current WIFI network via CLI. There is a way to do that, but it's a GUI way.

Any ideas how to accomplish that?

Thanks!

Note:  I don't want to disable Wi-Fi because I need Airdrop to be function so I just want to disconnect it from the existing network.

EDIT: Why do I want this?

At work we connect out MBPs to Displays w/ ethernet attached. Also we heavily use AirDrop functionality. The aim is to write a script, that automatically disconnects from WIFI networks, when ethernet cable is plugged in, so that we can still use other WIFI features like AirDrop & Apple Watch unlocking.


texts: How to update bridgeOS without internet connection?

texts:
We recently tried to update an air gapped Mac Mini 2018 with the 10.14.6 Combo Update. It failed because the bridgeOS version was too old. On an internet connected Mac it just downloads the latest version of bridgeOS and completes the update, but I haven't found a way to download and install it manually from a USB drive.

Well, I've found one way, which seems quite cumbersome and unnecessary. Also, it's clearly designed for fixing broken firmware and not for routine updates. Does anyone know if there is a better way?


texts:
Basically, I have this short script to "clean up" the desktop. This is the code:

tell application "System Events"
    tell application "Finder" to activate desktop
    delay 0.1
    tell process "Finder" to click menu item "Clean Up" of menu "View" of menu bar item "View" of front menu bar
end tell

The script works fine when there are no Finder windows open. However, if there is at least one Finder window, when the line tell application "Finder" to activate desktop is run, it will make that window active, rather than the desktop.

What is the reason for this? And what is the correct way to put the focus on the desktop (same effect as clicking on the desktop image)?

(Doing this on El Capitan)


texts: Is it possible to clone directories in APFS?

texts:
APFS supposedly

  features cloning for files and directories

I would like to figure out how this works, but I can't find a way to use this feature.

The only man page which seems vaguely relevant is clonefile(2), which says:

  If src names a directory, the directory hierarchy is cloned as if each
  item was cloned individually.  However, the use of copyfile(3) is more
  appropriate for copying large directory hierarchies instead of
  clonefile(2)

But when you check the man page for copyfile(3), it says:

  Note also that there is no support for cloning directories: if a
  directory is provided as the source, an error will be returned.  (This
  is only applicable for the copyfile() function.)

This is further clarified further down the page:

  Because copyfile() does not allow the cloning of directories, a
  recursive clone will instead copy any directory it finds (while
  cloning its contents).

Nonetheless, a few blog posts on the subject seem to imply that Finder can perform this operation using option + mouse drag, but when I test it here, it seems identical to a recursive copy, and isn't even cloning the contained files, let alone the directory.

So what's the deal here? Is the feature implemented at all? If it is, how do I get it to work? Or is it something they implemented in the on-disk format but never hooked into any APIs or tools?


texts:
I was trimming a just recorded Voice Memo and accidentally kept the part I wanted to delete instead.

Is there any way to get the original file back?


texts: To install Brew's ImageMagick and fix its Symlink

texts:
Assume you installed Imagemagick by

brew install imagemagick

but it does not get into your PATH.
For example, I run unsuccessfully

compare

since imagemagick is not in PATH: -bash: compare: command not found.

The command ls -l /usr/local/bin/compare gives

ls: /usr/local/bin/compare: No such file or directory

My .bash_profile

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
    source ~/.bashrc
fi

# http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/53058/15504
export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH

Echoing $PATH gives

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/texbin

which seems to be ok because /usr/local/bin/ there.

ImageMagick in my system - answers to 4ae1e1's answer

The command brew --prefix gives /usr/local so ok.

The command brew info imagemagick gives

imagemagick: stable 6.9.0-3 (bottled), HEAD
http://www.imagemagick.org
/usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/6.9.0-3 (1440 files, 22M)
  Poured from bottle
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula/imagemagick.rb
==> Dependencies
Build: xz ✔, pkg-config ✔
Required: libtool ✔, xz ✔
Recommended: jpeg ✔, libpng ✔, freetype ✔
Optional: fontconfig ✔, libtiff ✔, little-cms ✘, little-cms2 ✘, libwmf ✘, librsvg ✘, liblqr ✘, openexr ✘, ghostscript ✘, webp ✘, fftw ✘
==> Options
--enable-hdri
        Compile with HDRI support
--with-fftw
        Compile with FFTW support
--with-fontconfig
        Build with fontconfig support
--with-ghostscript
        Build with ghostscript support
--with-jp2
        Compile with Jpeg2000 support
--with-liblqr
        Build with liblqr support
--with-librsvg
        Build with librsvg support
--with-libtiff
        Build with libtiff support
--with-libwmf
        Build with libwmf support
--with-little-cms
        Build with little-cms support
--with-little-cms2
        Build with little-cms2 support
--with-openexr
        Build with openexr support
--with-perl
        enable build/install of PerlMagick
--with-quantum-depth-16
        Compile with a quantum depth of 16 bit
--with-quantum-depth-32
        Compile with a quantum depth of 32 bit
--with-quantum-depth-8
        Compile with a quantum depth of 8 bit
--with-webp
        Build with webp support
--with-x11
        Build with x11 support
--without-freetype
        Build without freetype support
--without-jpeg
        Build without jpeg support
--without-libpng
        Build without libpng support
--without-magick-plus-plus
        disable build/install of Magick++
--HEAD
        Install HEAD version

which seems to be ok.

I run the command  brew link imagemagick and get

Linking /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/6.9.0-3...
Error: Could not symlink bin/convert
Target /usr/local/bin/convert
already exists. You may want to remove it:
  rm '/usr/local/bin/convert'

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

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

This seems to be strange. How can you solve this problem?

I run the command brew reinstall imagemagick and get

==> Reinstalling imagemagick
==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/machomebrew/Bottles/imagemagick
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/imagemagick-6.9.0-3.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
==> Pouring imagemagick-6.9.0-3.yosemite.bottle.tar.gz
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
Could not symlink bin/convert
Target /usr/local/bin/convert
already exists. You may want to remove it:
  rm '/usr/local/bin/convert'

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

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

Possible conflicting files are:
/usr/local/bin/convert
/usr/local/share/man/man1/convert.1
==> Summary
  /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/6.9.0-3: 1440 files, 22M

so something wrong in symlinking.

How can you solve the error about symlink?


texts:
I just created a second user in my computer so guests can use my Mac without the need of using my account. I did this through the GUI (Settings → Users → New User).

While trying to set up permissions and restrictions. I can see that this new user is shown as owner of some of the Applications in my Mac.

Why is this happening?
Should it be happening at all?
Is this Unix related, or macOS related?


texts: Scrolling speed on Thinkpad USB keyboard with Trackpoint

texts: I'm using USB Override and bind "Move to scroll" to middle button like suggested in this topic: link. But scrolling speed in this mode is too slow for me and this seems to be independent from cursor speed or any other settings. Can anyone help me to find any settings that manages scrolling speed in "Move to Scroll" mode?


texts: How do you disable the autofocus of a Razer Kiyo webcam on Mac?

texts: The Razer Kiyo is not officially supported on Mac, but works anyway. Problem is: autofocus is not convenient, with the camera often jumping in and out of focus. Is there a way to disable it?