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I need to transfer a lot of files between two 2019 MacBook Pros, but when I connect them using a Thunderbolt cable, the bridge never connects and assigns an IP via DHCP.
I tried manually assigning an IP and subnet mask to both of them, but still can't connect them.
What is wrong here?


texts: MacBook Pro 13 doesn't fall asleep when the lid closed

texts:
I have a late 2012 MacBook Pro 13'. I've faced a strange problem: my Macbook does NOT switch into sleep mode when the lid closed. Same when open the lid - it does not wake. Instead of closing/opening the lid I have to use the Power button. It seems to be a mechanical problem, cos I've reinstalled mac os and it was in vain. Guys from my local official apple service said, that there is probably a lid-open/close sensor failure. But all they supposed to do - buy the new motherboard. Bad idea=) So, maybe you do have some ideas about that? Have anyone faced the same problem? Or maybe you know something about this sensor?

Here's the result of pmset -g

Active Profiles:
Battery Power -1*
AC Power -1
Currently in use:
 standbydelay 4200
 standby 1
 halfdim 1
 sms 1
 hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage
 disksleep 10
 sleep 93
 autopoweroffdelay 14400
 hibernatemode 3
 autopoweroff 1
 ttyskeepawake 1
 displaysleep 15
 acwake 0
 lidwake 1


texts:
My Macbook Pro just updated its iTunes to 12.4, and now I cannot figure out how to navigate my Podcasts. In the previous version, I had a list of Podcasts in the sidebar, and I could select one to see a list of all current and previous episodes. Now all I see is "Most Recent" and everything is jumbled together in one list.

Is there a way to restore the previous behavior of listing the Podcasts individually?

Relevant screenshots:


texts: How to make iPad back to factory default without iTunes, restrictions code, iCloud, or backup. I want everything erased so I can completely start over.


texts: Turn off macbook screen when connected to a monitor

texts:
When connecting my 2017 15' macbook pro to a 4k external monitor it gets a little bit warmer (65° celsius, while it's only at 35 without the monitor) than I want it to be, even if it's just idling.
Since I don't ever use the macbook screen as a secondary screen when connected, I thought I might turn it off completely and hopefully cool the machine down a little bit. Is there any way of doing this? I figured out I could just set the brightness to 0 but will this prevent the machine from actually rendering images?


texts: How can I limit bandwidth for a specific port/app in OS X 10.10 Yosemite?

texts:
I am running OS X 10.10 Yosemite, and I am looking for a way to limit upload bandwidth specifically on TCP port 8333, so I can run Bitcoin Core to contribute outgoing bandwidth without completely saturating my connection.

Here is a list of utilities I have looked into:

ipfw - This has been deprecated since OS X 10.7, and has been removed in OSX 10.10. Unfortunately this also means that any ipfw GUIs are out too (Waterroof, Speedlimit, Noobproof, etc).
Network Link Conditioner - This allows bandwidth limiting on Yosemite, but only on a system-wide level. I’m looking for a solution that will limit bandwidth only on a specific port, or only for a specific app, so my entire system won’t be affected by the limit.
pfctl - This is the new tool that replaces ipfw in Yosemite, but there is a lot less help available online, especially on limiting port/application bandwidth.
dnctl - There is almost no documentation available for this online, but it seems like it may be able to do the job if configured properly. It has been mentioned before in this Stack Overflow question, but the answer doesn't provide any examples on how to use/configure dnctl to limit bandwidth.

In short, I am looking for a way to limit bandwidth of a specific application/port on OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Does anything like this exist? And if so, how can I use it to limit outgoing traffic for a specific app, or on TCP port 8333?

Here is what I've tried with pfctl and dnctl:

Maximillians-MacBook:~ Max$ sudo pfctl -E
Password:
No ALTQ support in kernel
ALTQ related functions disabled
pf enabled
Token : 1626248500898813477
Maximillians-MacBook:~ Max$ (cat /etc/pf.conf && echo "dummynet-anchor \"customRule\"" && echo "anchor \"customRule\"") | sudo pfctl -f -
pfctl: Use of -f option, could result in flushing of rules
present in the main ruleset added by the system at startup.
See /etc/pf.conf for further details.

No ALTQ support in kernel
ALTQ related functions disabled
Maximillians-MacBook:~ Max$ echo "dummynet in quick proto tcp from any to any port 8333 pipe 1" | sudo pfctl -a customRule -f -
pfctl: Use of -f option, could result in flushing of rules
present in the main ruleset added by the system at startup.
See /etc/pf.conf for further details.

No ALTQ support in kernel
ALTQ related functions disabled
Maximillians-MacBook:~ Max$ sudo dnctl pipe 1 config bw 10Kbit/s
Maximillians-MacBook:~ Max$

Unfortunately I'm still getting over 1Mbit/s chugging through my connection on port 8333.


texts: When changing email address associated with Apple ID, does this create new imessage account?

texts: So I have a few people I'd prefer not to get messages from in future, basically I'd like a 'fresh start' with my imessage account.  If I change my Apple ID to a new email address, will those people still be able to imessage me, or will (as i am hoping) they be unable to contact me as the email address associated with imessage that they've been using would now be out of date?


texts: Fresh Install OS vs Install Update On New User

texts:
I'd like to ask if there's a difference between:

Fresh installing Catalina using Flash Drive.
Create a new admin user, logout the current user, login the new admin user and delete all the existing users and their files. Then from there, install the Catalina by download.

Will there be a huge difference? In terms of disk space and speed of the machine after installing the Catalina?

I feel like the #2 (my usual way) is more practical in terms of time consumption and effort.


texts: How do I remove icon from the launchpad if I already moved app to trash

texts:
So, I had an app, and removed it (moved to trash)

Now, I can see its icon in launchpad (when I click it says "You can't open the application "Name" because it is in the trash.). With only button OK.

How do I remove it from Launchpad completely?


texts: Mac OS shutting down upon booting to the login screen

texts: I don't know why but when ever I start up my MacBook Pro it keeps shutting down upon it reaching the login screen it also does this for the recovery.  NOTE the machine was enrolled to MDM but was removed by contacting the company


texts: How can I put my music on dropbox without moving the iTunes folder

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I want to copy just my music (not films/tv/etc, so I cant just move the iTunes folder) on to dropbox, so I can listen to it from anywhere for free, but without copying the music as my hard drive space is becoming limited and I don't want to have to recopy everything, everytime I add a new track).

Is there anyway to make Dropbox include the music folder inside the Dropbox folder? If you create a shortcut in the dropbox folder it will just sync the shortcut itself, can I make the shortcut actually be the music folder?


texts:
as Mac OS X in part is an *nix operating system. Will the filesystem of my computer be checked periodically? How to check when the next check will be triggered, if it is checked periodically?

My first guess was to start the "Disk Utility.app", but there were no informations regarding a time based check cycle. I can check the filesystem manually using the disk utility. From my linux

Background of my question, yesterday evening the system startup took a very long time until I gave up and went to bed. Today the boot time was as fast as always, but my MacBook is about half a year old. This is like 180 days of unchecked filesystems.. Just a guess.

regards,
Marcus


texts: How to avoid unselect file dialog when pressing minus sign in Midnight commander on macOS

texts:
When I try to type a minus character (e.g. open -a TextEdit) in the MC subshell, instead of minus the Unselect dialog pops up.

I'm using iTerm2 and Midnight commander via Homebrew.


texts:
Window shading

Window shading, to borrow from the KDE documentation:

  Shade, on the other hand, causes the window to be reduced to simply
  the titlebar. Double clicking on the titlebar again, restores the
  window to its normal size.

On MacOS, it was reportedly first available as an extension, and included in MacOS 8, but then disappeared in MacOS X.

Usefulness of window shading

While users have commented on the usefulness of window shading, that has been
mostly in the context of full windows.

My primary desire to have window shading is to use it with an OpenStreetMap editing application, JOSM. It can have floating image windows that I do not want to dock (not enough screen space), and want to see those windows every now and then. On KDE/Linux, I can doubleclick the titlebars to reduce those floating windows to the titlebar only, and then doubleclick them again to see the image.

Moving the windows around is a very poor substitute, it is very inefficient. While individual applications could implement hacks to imitate window shading, that is an excessive work on the application development side (which is not too likely happen with JOSM in particular).

Window shading in MacOS

As mentioned before, window shading was an internal part of MacOS, but got removed. While there have been some 3rd party applications, they suffer from functional problems as MacOS is updated or do not offer proper window shading experience.

With Apple notoriously ignoring user feedback, return of the native functionality seems not too likely.

Are there any good, free solutions for window shading in MacOS Mojave?


texts: Apple Watch Siri problem: "Uh, oh. I lost the connection. Let me try that again"

texts:
I have an Apple Watch Series 5, with all the latest updates but I have a weird problem.

Whenever I try to use Siri I nearly always get the response:

  "Uh, oh. I lost the connection. Let me try that again"

And since the last WatchOS update:

  "Sorry, once again." or "Sorry, one more time." or "Sorry, let me try that again."

Even for something as simple as setting a timer.  Similarly, upon trying to make a call using the watch I often get a "Call failed" message.

I am on the same WiFi connection and within Bluetooth range.

In another glitch that may or may not be related, if I say to Siri "Call Home", Siri will report a problem with the phone app, and then give me a button to tap the app to manually open it. (Except the button doesn't respond when tapped.)

I've tried re-pairing the watch and restored from backup. I've also tried force-restarting the watch. On the iPhone I reset the network setting but that did not help, either.

Does this sound like an issue that can be resolved in some way — or do I have a defective watch?


texts: Error while Compressing the Mail DB: file is encrypted or is not a database

texts:
I am trying to compress the Mail database by running the sqlite3 vacuum command. But I get the following error:

SQL Error: file is encrypted or is not a database

I was running Mac OS 10.6 and I upgraded to 10.7. Now, it's running 10.7.4. I found that the Mail data folder is placed under the folder ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData
instead of ~/Library/Mail/MailData on my machine.

So I use the following command:

sqlite3 ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Envelope\ Index vacuum


texts: Is it possible to sync a folder from Dropbox to iBook in iPad?

texts: I want to copy an folder which may contain lots of folders from Dropbox to iBook, and keep the folder hierarchy correct. I used to use GoodReader and works fine, but it crashes a lot under iOS 7.


texts: New "EFI boot" drive appearing after reverting OS X drive to HFS+

texts:
Months ago I performed a clean install of Yosemite, and as you can read elsewhere, drive was formatted as Core Storage. Later on I partitioned and put on Windows 8.1 through Bootcamp.

Worked well for months (still working actually). I was booting holding the option key and I was able to choose between the OS X and Windows partitions.

However, Bootcamp does not provide drivers to read Core Storage disks. So, in order to get read access to the OS X drive from Windows, I followed the most common suggestion I could find: diskutil coreStorage revert <UUID>. It is well (though unofficially) documented and worked with me also - OS X drive is HFS+ again and I can read it when booted into Windows.

So?

The only issue I could find is that now, when booting holding option, I am presented a third option called EFI boot. I am not brave enough to click on it, but would like to know what is it, why it's there and eventually how I can get rid of it. It is not shown in Disk Utility of course.

Here is an image pretty similar to my case:

Before doing diskutil coreStorage revert I had just Yosemite and Windows options; now there's this new guy. However this happens only in the boot screen; there's no EFI boot in Disk Utility nor in the Startup Disk view.

diskutil list

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *750.2 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            609.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data Windows HD              140.0 GB   disk0s4
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:        CD_partition_scheme                        *116.8 MB   disk1
   1:     Apple_partition_scheme                         101.7 MB   disk1s0
   2:        Apple_partition_map                         17.9 KB    disk1s0s1
   3:                  Apple_HFS Vodafone Mobile Broa... 31.9 MB    disk1s0s2

//last one should be my internet key actually plugged in.


texts: How to install g++ or c++ without paying for xcode?

texts:
I need to install node.js on my new Mac and it requires having c++ or g++ compiler installed.
How do I get one without paying for xcode?


texts: Google Drive File Stream keeps enabling it's Finder extension

texts:
I do not want any Finder extensions and turn I them off in System Preferences. After quitting and reopening Google Drive File Stream, its Finder extension always turns back on.

What can I do to ensure it remains turned off?


texts: What is quickest, least number of taps possible on Apple Watch to “check-in” with somebody?

texts: I am looking for a way to contact my spouse when I am at work and too busy to text. I want to use my Apple Watch in the quickest way possible, ideally just 1 or two taps, to send an automated text or whatever, just so that my spouse gets some sort of signal that I am busy but "checking-in". I have dangerous job that sometimes goes 12+ hours later than expected, so being able to very briefly "check-in" with a few watch taps would be very helpful.


texts: How to work remotely as a multiuser enviroment on Xcode, deployed on a Mac mini server

texts: I have many windows and mac system users in my office & and mac users use Xcode for development. I have a mac mini server with 16GB RAM, i want to use it as a xcode server, means is that possible some way that multiple window or mac user connect that mac mini server, work on xcode and logout when ever he wants. I also tried screen sharing for mac users and vnc for windows system but both ways are very slow to respond. I heard somewhere like Xcode server i searched for it but didn't get is properly. Can xcode server solve my problem? Please suggest any idea.


texts: Homebrew and Git - Wrong language on the command line

texts:
I have a strange issue - when I use the git command which comes with the Command Line Tools package, the interface on the command-line is in English, as I want it to be. However, the version installed using Homebrew uses German in its output (I live in Germany, but my system language is set to US English and the computer was actually bought in Singapore, if it matters).

I believe this changed only recently. I had to give my Mac for repair and did so in a German store. Now that I have my computer back I noticed that Git's output is in German, not sure if they did anything to the system settings while they had it. As far as I know, this is the only command-line application that uses German as its language. Here is the output generated by the locale command:

LANG=
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_CTYPE="UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_ALL=

I would like to have Git talk to me in English. I know I can set the LANG etc. to English and it would (probably) work, but I would also like to understand where this change may be coming from.

Any ideas?

EDIT: to make things more interesting, I use another Mac that I got from work. It was bought in Germany, the initial language settings were German (which I changed to US English) and everything works fine on it, i.e. both Git installations (CLT and Homebrew) use English. Locale information from the locale command is the same.


texts: How to know if a mac is under DEP (Device Enrollment Program)?

texts:
I just bought a used macbook air 2015
I made a system restore... and was confident the mac is not stolen because of these checks

1- there were no icloud on the computer, and I was able to add my own iCloud normally.

2- the mac firmware had no password

but now, I see something that I have never seen before

I keep seeing this message, always skipping it

1- what are the consequences of allowing DEP, and is it reversible?

2- how to contact the person who has DEP and ask them to remove it from the program?

3- when buying a new mac, how to know if it's on DEP? (the most important question)

4- someone on IRC said that if i was unable to authorize my machine from itunes then the machine is on DEP.. is this correct?

5- the same person on IRC says that there could be a previous owner, and this owner can format my computer and see all of my files even if i have my own icloud on it, is this correct?

the person who sold it to me imported 60 macs from a closed startup in sweden, I can return it to the seller and get my money back, but I really need an answer for these questions...


texts: How to mouse copy a very long line in vim terminal OS X

texts:
I want to copy with mouse one line from one vim terminal to another vim terminal. This line is huge and has a hidden character (I presume at the beginning) that I do not want to copy.

In other words: I want to copy from the first character I consider good to the last character I consider good too. The problem is the copy with mouse does not go to the end of the line because this line is huge. It goes only to the end of the terminal.

The question is, how can I copy with mouse from character A to character B that is not visible on the terminal?

BTW these characters are a series of visible @. One per line on many lines. Using the arrow key there is only 2 lines with these @ in the middle. This shows between the first real line and the second real line.


texts: Can log in to OS X account but can't unlock after locking

texts: Today I bought a MacBook Air with OS X 10.9.4. I have problem with account password. I can log in normally at start, when the screen turns off I get unlock screen, but I can't unlock it and I am 100% sure, that I type correct password. I also can't unlock preferences and do stuff with 'sudo' in terminal. Does anyone know how to solve this?


texts: WIth the new iMac how do we connect an external screen?

texts:
For all that own or know this in the new version.

Is the Thunderbolt output compatible with the Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter?

If not, how do we connect our external monitor?
If yes, with the 27" version there are two ports, can we connect 2 external monitors?

BTW: I'm asking about standard monitors, not the Apple Cinema Display.


texts: How can I stop DiskUtilities from requesting permission every time I try to create an image from a CD

texts:
I have a big stack of CDs from the 90s that I want to keep the data from, but don't want the physical CD anymore. So I'm using Disk Utility to create the disk images.

Every time I do (by right-clicking the volume in Disk Utility and clicking "Image from {volume name}"), I get this message:

The first time it happened, I figured it would be a one-time thing, but it happens every time. Googling the message results in no helpful information. How can I prevent it from asking for permission each time?

Running macOS 10.13.6, Disk Utility 17.0.3, using an Apple USB SuperDrive with a MacBook Pro 15" from 2016.


texts: How can I automatically mount an external HD connected via USB to Airport Time Capsule every time I connect to my LAN?

texts:
I make Time Machine backups on an external 2TB HD connected via USB to my Airport Time Capsule.

PROBLEM

When I come back to home and I reconnect to my wi-fi LAN, Time Machine is not able to automatically reconnect to the backup volume (see image below).

QUESTION

Is there any solution to enable Time Machine to reconnect automatically to external backup volume when I come back to home? ATTENTION: I do not need a solution to auto-mount at login/reboot, but rather a solution to auto-mount when I reconnect to my LAN. Thanks.


texts:
I need to authenticate against Open Directory on a linux box that has open-ldap installed. The program wants me to enter a username and password that can authenticate against OD. However, I do not want to provide my diradmin/password as its a read/write admin account.

How can I create a read-only user?


texts: Deleting photos from Photos app once My Photo Stream is disabled

texts: So I recently set up Boot Camp on my MacBook, and I am in desperate need of space. I have disabled iCloud Photo Library, My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing. There are still photos on my MacBook in the Photos app, and I am wondering: if I delete these photos, will they be deleted from my other devices too?


texts: Xserve display problems during installation

texts:
I've had to reinstalled OS X Server on 2 Xserve machines. The first went fine. See this link for some background.

When I went to the second machine, everything seemed to go OK. As it takes 30 minutes or so for the installation to copy and install files, I got that far and went out to run a few errands while it finished. When I got back, the display had gone black.

I have a mini DisplayPort cable from the server to an iMac. Pressing Command ⌘+F2 switches between the iMac's display and the attached server.

This worked fine all the way through the reinstallation on the 1st server and fine with the second until I got back from my errands. I've also tested the iMac with the first server; it works fine, so no problem with the iMac or switching it to show the display of another machine.

Having just done the install, but not the setup, yikes! What do I do now? The machine hasn't shown up on the network yet, I may have not connected to the network yet.

Should I just shut it down and restart it?

Can I do a controlled shut down from the attached keyboard with some key sequence or combination (again with now view of what's going on)?

Seems like I have either:

a mini DisplayPort cable that suddenly went bad;
a mini DisplayPort on the Xserve that suddenly went bad;
or some kind a controller glitch or failure.

I can only get to the mini DisplayPort cable if I shut down the servers and roll out their cabinet (I have well ventilated but tight quarters).

Seems like I have to restart. Will I need to re-reinstall?

Any thoughts on the best way to do this appreciated.


texts:
I've a scanned PDF and i can't seem to highlight the text of course using the preview on my OS X, is there a software that do that like in windows?

Thanks


texts: What folders does the "all my files" finder view pull from?

texts:
A relative of mine managed to delete all of the files under "All my files."  I am restoring from a recent time machine backup, but am trying to figure out which folders need to be restored.  So far I have:

Desktop folder
Downloads
Documents

What else shows up in this view?  iTunes music and iPhoto pictures both seem to have been excluded from the reaping.

(Seriously, they dragged everything you can see in "all my files" to the trash and emptied the trash.  The entire skeleton of the folder structure is still there, but the files are gone.  Files that do not show up under "all my files," such as applications iPhoto photos escaped the harvest. Thank god for time machine, otherwise the situation would be horrifying instead of hilarious).


texts: Take a screenshot of a QuickTime movie frame?

texts:
I'm trying to export a screenshot of a part of a video in QuickTime Player 10.
How can I save a freeze frame capture from a QuickTime movie?
The saved image should be only the single video frame, not including the QuickTime Player window's chrome or controls.
I can't find a screenshot menu item in the Export menu...


texts: Adding music to an iphone from multiple computers

texts:
My iPhone is currently managed on my macbook, where I've added my music library from iTunes onto the phone.  However, I want to also be able to add music from my PC to the iPhone, without erasing the rest of my music. Whenever I try to do this, it threatens to delete the rest of my library.

How do I add music from multiple computers?


texts: Is there a Mac RSS reader which shows unreads in the dock menu

texts:
I've been a user of NetNewsWire as my RSS reader for god knows how long...  it must be over ten years.  Alas when it changed hands the new developer removed my favourite feature - showing the unread articles in a hierarchical menu in the dock.  That feature allows the user to very quickly scan the unreads, especially if you have your feeds arranged into many folders/topics.

I have become addicted to this feature - so much so that I'm still using NNW version 3.  I would like to move to a new RSS reader that will continue to be maintained and has sync features so that I can use an RSS reader on my iPad.

However - the new application must have the dock menu feature.  I cannot find such an app.  Does anyone know if such an app exists?

Thanks.


texts: Mac Calendar and Google Application Password

texts:
Following a system update, all Apple apps looking to Google required new Google Application Passwords. Generating and entering this enabled Mail, Notes and Messages to sync again.

Not so much with Calendar. I can find no field in Calendar into which to enter the GAP. Does anyone know what Calendar requires when it's lost it's link to Google, as different from Mail, Notes and Messages? I'm running OS X Yosemite on a Mac Mini.


texts: How to make the Open... dialog default to another folder?

texts: I have a problem with the old PageSpinner 5.2.1 that has not been updated for a long time and it can no longer remember the last opened folder in Open dialogs and always default to the same ~/Documents folder. Is there a way to change the default folder for a specific application and/or for all applications Open... dialog?


texts: How to force one app to stay on the last screen?

texts:
I'm always using full-screen apps, and I like to have the Terminal app "sticky" as a last application on the carousel.

Whenever a new app is opened in full-screen, it take this last place and I have to rearrange the app using Expose.

Any suggestion?


texts: Why do browsers not render pictures in native pixel density on retina display?

texts: It seems to me that browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox) on my retina Macbook Pro do not render any pictures at native pixel density. For example, when I open an image from google images and then download that same image and open it in preview, that same image is smaller and more dense in Preview than it is in my browser. This seems to suggest that there is a discrepancy in pixel scaling between the two applications. Can this be fixed for the browser?


texts: How to customize open with menu in Yosemite?

texts: I want to customize the right click/"open with" menu for some file extensions like jpg, in order to see just the 4 apps i want to use with this file type. Google suggests me to edit the info.plist file of the apps (Applications/**/Contents/) by changing the CFBundleTypeExtensions section. This does not seem to work anymore in Yosemite. Does anyone know this?


texts: External hard disk(HHD) showing irregular capacities and partitions

texts:
I tried to partition my external hard disk on Mac using disk utility.
First I have Erased newly added 2TB HHD with "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" with "GUID Partition ".
After that I have created three partition
PC - Exfat - 500 GB

Time Machine - APFS (Encrypted) -- 500GB

MAC - APFS -- 1TB

I was trying to use "Time Machine" partition as backup but it was failing and giving error so I have erased HDD again with "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" with "GUID Partition Map" but It got messed up.

Though I just have 2TB capacity it showing up to 3.5TB in total and irregular partitions ?
I have tried Erase few more time completely but given partitions are not going away.
How to restore to its original state no partition with "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" having GUID Partitions Map ?


texts: Keyboard backlight not working in Windows 10

texts:
I always have had this problem and it used to work with resetting SMC, but not anymore. I've been Googling this for a long time and yet to find a way that would work for me.

When I press the corresponding keys, I get the backlight icon we see in macOS but with a disable icon underneath it. Backlight is working fine in macOS.

Things I've tried on top of my head from various people hinting it:

Killing its process and starting it with Admin privileges.
Since I've just installed Windows and Bootcamp, it doesn't need updating, is at 6.0.
I'm using United Sates (Apple Keyboard).
Haven't installed Power Plan Assistant.
In Windows Mobility Center there is no Keyboard enry.
No Unknown Device in Device Manager.
I have Light Sensor in Device Manager.
Covering light sensor does not change anything.

I'm using Mid-2012 MBP (Non-removable battery) using Windows 10 (Build 1089 Redstone 5).


texts: Mac App Store: Don't show updates for an uninstalled app

texts:
I downloaded the free trial ('lite') version of an app on the Mac App Store. I didn't like the app, so I uninstalled it from my computer.

However, the App Store wants me to install updates for this app that I no longer even have.

Is it possible to tell the Mac App Store that I don't want to be notified about updates for a particular app?


texts: Does an AirPort access point as bridge allow communication between Macs?

texts:
I am planning to make this network :

  ⎡ Internet modem ⎤      ⎡    AirPort     ⎤ <--> [ PC ]
  ⎢       &        ⎥ <--> ⎢  access point  ⎥
  ⎢     router     ⎥      ⎢   as bridge    ⎥ <⋅⋅> [ Mac 1 ]
  ⎣   (Freebox)    ⎦      ⎣ (Time Capsule) ⎦ <⋅⋅> [ Mac 2 ]

The AirPort (wi-fi) access point will be connected to the router in (gigabit) Ethernet.

I am interested in the wi-fi communications between the Macs.

Let’s say I send a big file from Mac 1 to Mac 2.

Alas, the Macs have to send and receive the waves through the access point.

Is this long enough, or do the communications have to go through the router too ?


texts: In relation to the Red Pixels on Dark Mode Question, Here is something new to the issue

texts:
From the photo taken above, whenever my cursor would hover over specific tabs, there would be thin white lines on the border surrounding the url bar as well as the search bar.
I have a video uploaded to my Youtube showing more effects I am assuming that would derive from the same issue as seen in;
Red pixels on Mojave and Catalina Dark Mode
Here is my video: https://youtu.be/sBlje8U9yJk
Anybody know anything about this?


texts:
Is there a way to have Spotlight index the volumes on a NAS?

I've used this: mdutil /Volumes/multimedia -i on. But results aren't there next time the system starts up.

I'm running 10.11 on a Mac Pro 2012 Westmere.


texts:
I have a problem with a iMac mid 2011. It doesn't boot anymore.
When booting, you only see a folder with a question mark, that's it.
Troubleshooting done:

boot from the same HDD on another iMac mid 2011: OK
boot the defect iMac with the HDD from the working iMac: Not OK
added an extra sata-cable and connected the HDD to that cable: Not OK
tried to boot to diagnostics and safe mode: Not OK
reset NVRAM and PRAM: Not OK

What can I try more to get this iMac working again?


texts: Awk/Gawk not working after install gawk on M1

texts:
Using brew, I installed gawk on my m1. upon doing so, awk does not work.
Before install gawk:
❯ awk -version
awk version 20200816
❯ which awk
/usr/bin/awk

Then I install gawk and add the path to the binary to my $PATH
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/gawk-5.1.0.arm64_big_sur.bo
Already downloaded: /Users/jtsmith/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/78854a178070158dd17ca1789b20ecabe69f924bad7052337c019a8efeb30178--gawk-5.1.0.arm64_big_sur.bottle.tar.gz
==> Pouring gawk-5.1.0.arm64_big_sur.bottle.tar.gz
  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gawk/5.1.0: 90 files, 5.4MB

❯ which awk
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/gawk/5.1.0/bin/awk

Now, if I try to use awk/gawk, it always results in a killed
❯ awk -version
[1]    10790 killed     awk -version
❯ gawk -version
[1]    10796 killed     gawk -version
❯ echo "test test" | awk '{ gsub(/ /,""); print $0}';
[1]    10800 done       echo "test test" |
       10801 killed     awk '{ gsub(/ /,""); print $0}'

I assume they are clashing but can't figure out what's going on.
Additional details:
❯ /usr/bin/awk -version
awk version 20200816
❯ /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gawk/5.1.0/bin/gawk -version
[1]    12436 killed     /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gawk/5.1.0/bin/gawk -version


texts: Is it possible to switch parts between Verizon and AT&T iPhone 5?

texts:
I have a water damaged iPhone 5 from Verizon that doesn't work. My cellular plan is also with Verizon. I just purchased an AT&T iPhone 5 from a friend, not knowing that Verizon and AT&T iPhones aren't compatible (beyond incredibly frustrating).

I've opened up my water damaged iPhone and it seemed like the battery was screwed (air bubbles around the battery's lining), not necessarily any of the chips. Although I'm no expert and most of the chips have metal casings covering them. There was a small amount of a white-teal miss-coloration, probably from corrosion, around the battery's connectors but I cleaned that off with 100% isopropyl alcohol.

Can I take the battery from the recently purchased AT&T iPhone 5 and put it in the Verizon iPhone 5? If not, can I take the CDMA+GSM Verizon chip and switch it with the GSM only AT&T chip? Can I take any working parts from the AT&T phone and try them in the Verizon phone, preferably without damaging said parts?

I don't want my friend to give me my money back. He only wanted 20 dollars and I'd rather not insult his generosity. I just want to get one of these iPhones working.


texts: how to open password protected 7zip archive on OSX

texts:
As the title says, I'm looking for a way to open password protected 7zip archive. I have the password but cant seem to find an application to open it. So far I have tried the following applications:

Zipeg
Stuffit Expander
7zx
ExpressZip
The Unarchiver

I would prefer any free applications or solutions if possible

Running OS 10.6.8


texts: How to create an image to GIF converter usable from the finder?

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I would like to be able to quickly convert images to GIF as it can compress line art images much more than PNG or JPEG. The fastest way to convert is an Automator Service, and Automator does indeed offers a neat Change Type of Image function that you can drag and drop into the Service. The problem is that it does not allow GIF as output.

So, I thought I'll try myself on a little Terminal command. It works but at first I didn't get the extensions right and had to hunt around StackExchange for the right command to add.

Now, the only question I have left is whether I can reduce the number of colors using sips. By default it uses the full 256 color space. That is much more than necessary for most schematics. Tuning that down would make for a much smaller image. The sips documentation shows a parameter called space but I have no idea whether that refers to what I need or whether sips even does that. If not are there any alternatives that can be used in a terminal loop?


texts: Can I share my internet connection and redirect clients to my web server?

texts:
I often share my internet connection with other Macs and devices and want to know if I can redirect client's web requests to my local web server.

Is it as simple as having them use my client's IP address or do I need to set up a proxy or otherwise configure things on my Mac or my client's devices?


texts: Native resolution not available on lg ultrawide with mac mini (2012)

texts: I'm aware of displaying more resolutions with the option key like in this answer: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/149152 but after upgrading to 10.10 the resolution of 3840x(i think)1080 of the lg ultrawide is not available anymore. The display is connected via thunderbolt. It changed after the upgrade, before it was no problem. The max resolution available is 2560x1080.


texts: Broken iPhone 5s screen, can't authorize iTunes

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I have recently damaged my iPhone 5s screen and have had to buy a new phone. I'm trying to backup the damaged device to my computer and iTunes is asking me to authorize access to my iPhone, which I can't because the screen is not responding.
Is there a workaround?


texts: Is it possible to create formatted email on the iphone 4s?

texts: I'd like my email from my phone to look like the email from my MS Outlook. The email from my phone looks like ASCII, and there is no way to create a signature with a logo as far as I know. Any suggestions?


texts:
I had a HDD (512GB), and I was taking regular back ups in the time machine. Now, my laptop got too slow, and just shifted to SSD(256GB). Apparently, when I tried to boot from my TimeMachine back up, the space in the SSD was not enough. So, I tried deleting files from old backup, which was 300GB. With this, I am not being able to retrieve my old systems. Installing everything from start would be too cumbersome for me.

Is there any way I could delete few files from TimeMachine backup. Or, the only way is to put the old HDD and delete files from there, update time machine and retrieve that from SSD. Please suggest.

Thank you,
Prabhat


texts: Early 2013 MacBook Pro UE Boom Bluetooth Issues

texts:
I've tried lots of different solutions to get these two working nicely together.

So far I've tried:

Re-Pairing the devices
Removing and recreating all the Bluetooth plist files
Executing (defaults write com.apple.BluetoothAudioAgent "Apple Bitpool Min (editable)" 53)

Nothing seems to fix the drop outs in the audio.  I was experiencing it while watching Netflix but I've just tried iTunes and that does the same thing.

Works fine when paired with my iPad Mini.

I bought the speaker shortly after getting the MacBook and it originally worked flawlessly, then an Update to OSX took out BT and WiFi, and got that fixed by deleted the plist files.

After the update to Yosemite nothing seems to fix it.  It makes listening or watching anything but a pleasure and is actually now very annoying.

What should my next attempt be at fixing this?


texts: Fixed region/dimension screen snipping tool

texts:
basically I'm looking to press a single keyboard shortcut, similar to Cmd+Shift+4, except rather than having to draw my own box, I'd like a box of a predefined dimension appear, such as 300px x 300px that I can move around.

Or an alternative would be to have Cmd+Shift+4 work at a fixed aspect ratio, for example hold down alt and it will be locked to 1:1

The only tool I've found to do this is Snapz X Pro but the price is a bit crazy when I only need it for make screen snips.

My job has a task that requires making multiple (dozens or hundreds) of 1:1 screenshots of various things, I can't fiddle with the mouse down to the pixel. I also can't deal with going through 3 menus and saving and typing my own file name either, but that wouldn't be the end of the world.

If I could just lock the aspect ratio with Cmd+Shift+4 I could start large and batch resize the snips when I'm done, that would be a good alternative.


texts: Disk Utility - Secure Erase is not working in terminal

texts:
I'm trying to securely erase my SSD by using diskutil in terminal in the recovery mode (restart --> hold down command+R --> terminal)

I first use diskutil list to find the disk name, which is disk0:

Then I use diskutil secureErase 0 disk0 to erase the disk:

However, the error "Couldn't open disk" happened. I tried to go to the UI version of Disk Utility, unmount the disk and erase again, but the same problem happens.


texts: Is Apple ID the publisher name for apps or books created with iBooks Author?

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I'm about to sign into the Mac Apps store for the first time.

I have an Apple ID -- my Apple ID is my email address.

When I publish something in the Apps store, for Mac or for iPad or for iPhone, will my Apple ID appear as the publisher of the App?

…This question relating to apps that I publish either through iBooks Author or without iBooks Author...

I'd like the name of the publisher not to be my email.

Eg. Where it says "More Apps by Name" -- the name that appears there, is that name my Apple ID, or do I choose that name elsewhere?

I can't see how names appear in the iBookstore yet because I haven't signed in yet.

I want to figure this out before I sign in because signing in means linking my credit card to this account, and I don't know if I'll need to create another account instead of this one.


texts:
I own a Macintosh laptop (10.11.2) that I would like to create a permanent reverse SSH tunnel.

This way, when I switch network, or the computer is stolen, I can remotely SSH into the device independent on what network it is on.

Currently, I run this command from when I am on the laptop, but if my network gets interrupted, I have to run it again.

ssh -N -R 2000:localhost:22 root@my_server_ip

(and then run ssh -p 2000 localhost on my home server)

But if my laptop switches network, or I am not physically on it to run the command, the reverse SSH tunnel does not work.

Is there any mac command line solution for this?


texts: Upgrading OpenSSL without linking and workarounds

texts:
I am confused by all the posts, questions, answers, dropping symlink, linking, heartbleed bug, etc... that exist on updating your OpenSSL on a Mac.

When I run $ openssl version I get OpenSSL 0.9.8zh 14 Jan 2016 but when I run $ brew install openssl I get Warning: openssl 1.0.2l is already installed.

Does this mean I have two versions installed?

What exactly should I do now via HomeBrew?

Is there a clean way of updating it to the newest and bug-free version without all the linking and path changing, etc...?

I am using OS X El Capitan 10.11.6


texts: Hidden filenames are too faint to read in Finder

texts:
I have enabled the display of hidden files in Finder. But the font color looks too faint to me to read.
How can I make the font color darker?

So this question is now closed because there is a similar question with an answer. That answer did not solve my problem and I don't have enough points (125) to downvote it. I am also confused by the instructions that say "If this question doesn't resolve your question ask a new one", which I did, only to have the new question closed.


texts: Chrome Shortcut windows not reporting url and title on Mac after upgrade to Catalina

texts:
Google Chrome lets you create "shortcuts" to open webpages as if they were native apps.
These worked just like Chrome with apps like Timing.app and Timemater which track what you have open. I used this e.g. to track how long I was spending on emails in Gmail for different orgs (keeping Gmail as a "shortcut window" so it looked like a native app).
However, after upgrading to Catalina, these app no longer seem to provide window title and URL information to the time tracking apps. Is there a way to fix this?


texts:
I have some ISO files here with weird volume labels. I want to rename them to something I can easily remember.

I know in Windows using either winiso or poweriso (both are non-free?) it can be done but I'm not so sure in OS X. I did search the net but nothing useful came up.


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro that is just being ridiculous, so I'm planning on erasing the hard drive and restoring from a Time Machine backup. I hear that Time Machine will only restore from backups that have been made from the computer.

If I erase the hard drive in Disk Utilities will it think the Time Machine back up is a different computer?

Is it possible to perform a clean install and retrieve all my personal files back from the Time Machine? Rather than just reinstall around my personal files?

Or even better is it possible to do a clean install and then pull files manually from the Time Machine backup as and when I need them?


texts: Mounting via /etc/fstab on OS X, but umount deletes mount point?

texts:
The below is for OS X 10.11.x (El Capitan)

I've successfully been able to mount an AFP share (from my NAS) using the commands

mkdir /Volumes/V
mount -t afp afp://username:password@LANIP/v /Volumes/V

Works like a charm.  I can also add this to my /etc/fstab:

# device                         mount_point  filesystem  options                     freq  passno
afp://username:password@LANIP/v  /Volumes/V   afp         nodev,nosuid,automounted    0     0

So when I issue mount -a, things work as expected.

However, if I unmount, either via umount /Volumes/V or diskutil umount /Volumes/V, the umount command unmounts (good), and deletes /Volumes/V (bad?).  Then when I try to mount again, I get an error.

Here is an exact set of steps:

sh-3.2# mkdir /Volumes/V
sh-3.2# mount -a
sh-3.2# umount /Volumes/V
sh-3.2# mount -a
mount: realpath /Volumes/V: No such file or directory
sh-3.2#

This seems a bit chicken-and-egg: I can't mount the mount point without creating it, but when I create it and later unmount it (e.g. at shutdown) it blows itself away.

Is there some place I can create /Volumes/V before /etc/fstab is acted upon by automount?  I found this but it refers to /etc/init.d, which doesn't seem to be on Mac OS X (although there is an /etc/mach_init.d which is empty at the moment).


texts: My MacBook no longer connects to my iMac via screen sharing

texts:
I have an iMac and a MacBook running Snow Leopard.

I used to connect from my MacBook to my iMac regularly with screen sharing.  Has worked great for over a year.

I recently got my hard drive in my iMac upgraded (from 250GB to 1TB), as far as I know the technician somehow "cloned" the drive, but I really have no idea what the process is.  All I know is the iMac works exactly as it did before, it now has a bigger drive,  except that screen sharing no longer works.

There were two "admin" accounts on the iMac.  "rob" and "user" (user was created by the technician during the hard drive upgrade.

When I connect via screen sharing with "rob/correctpassword" it says something like "connect failure, can't verify password".  As a work around I would try "user/blankpassword", same error, then try again with "rob/correctpassword" and it would work.  I had to do this same thing every time to connect.  Rob-fail, User-fail, Rob-success.

Eventually I deleted the "user" account because I never used it, and now I can never connect as "rob".  Screen sharing is on, and like I said, this always worked before, but there's an authentication error every time.

Does anyone have ideas what's wrong, or suggestions for how to fix this?


texts: Only see "Off" option on AirPlay Display

texts: I have a MacBook Pro and for some reason the AirPlay icon has disappeared from the menu bar. When I go to System Preferences → Displays, the status of AirPlay shows "Off" and there's no way to change it since it doesn't show the "On" option. I have an iPad that is sitting nearby and they are connected to the same WiFi network.


texts: iOS Wi-Fi is turned off for some application and cannot turn on?

texts:
This actually looks like an iOS bug. There are quite some related issues that I cannot put all of them in the problem subject, so I am going to describe the background now.
Update by the end of 2020: Based on the follow-ups and answers, it seems that this problem still exists in iOS 14 and also occurs on Apple Watch.

iOS 10 has a region-specific function, that allows Chinese iPhone users to turn off Internet access completely, not just cellular data access. This function is associated with the iPhone model, not with cellular network operators, actual location of users, or language settings. This means it applies to iPhone bought in a Chinese Apple Store, a Chinese authorized store, or from an authorized Chinese website. Not sure if it has to be China, though. Anyway, a US model will not support this function, which means you can only turn off cellular access if your iPhone is a US model. Here is a third-party description of this function but it is in Chinese: 具透 | 你可能不知道，iOS 10 有一个中国「特供」的联网权限功能
Screenshots for this function:

The disturbing problem that I actually wanted to ask, happens this way:
I have two iPhones, an iPhone 5 (Chinese model, for China Mobile) and an iPhone 5s (US model, for T-mobile, and also works with AT&T), both running iOS 10.2.1 (latest version when I was encountered with the issue). None of them has a SIM card inside, which means I cannot use cellular data on either of them.
I backed up the iPhone 5 and recovered the backup on the iPhone 5s. The motivation is simply to migrate from one to the other.
For most of the applications and settings it worked well.
However, there are two applications, which when I open them, say "Wi-Fi is turned off for name of the application". (I cannot provide a screenshot for this because this dialogue only appeared once for impacted apps, even if I re-install the apps.) The dialogue pointed me to Settings, but the US iPhone 5s does not have Wi-Fi on/off switches in the Settings, and cellular data was set to "on". Now, these application cannot use the Internet -- they just say "No Internet connection".

What I tried:

Turn off cellular access of impacted apps. Problem persisted.

Turn on cellular access of impacted apps, again. Problem persisted.

Delete the app from the home screen, and reinstall from the App Store. Problem persisted.

Go to Settings/General/Reset, and reset the network settings. Wi-Fi passwords were removed, however, when I reconnect to Wi-Fi, those apps still cannot use Internet.

Checking if anyone has had similar issue, and if possible, how to fix this without resetting everything on the iPhone 5s.
I am not sure why some apps are impacted while some others are not. Impacted apps are:

CamScanner. It uses Internet to sync scanned files.

不背单词. It is an English learning app that uses Internet to download vocabulary.

This might be relevant and might not be. It could be some settings on the iPhone 5 making such difference but I no longer have access to those settings on the iPhone 5 now.


texts: Open New Terminal From Finder When Terminal is Already Open

texts:
Is there a setting that will let me open a NEW terminal window when I select the Terminal application from finder if one is already open?  What happens now is that it yanks me to the terminal window that is already open, which is a frustrating feature.
Thanks


texts: Console log flooded with "VMware Fusion Start Menu ... : assertion failed: ..."

texts:
I get tons of messages of this style in my console log:

08.12.14 11:03:41,045 VMware Fusion Start Menu[444]: assertion failed: 14B25: libxpc.dylib + 40320 [9437C02E-A07B-38C8-91CB-299FAA63083D]: 0x13

The effect started after updating OS X from Mavericks to Yosemite. Updating to Yosemite 10.10.1 did not help.

I have installed VMWare Fusion 6.05 which should be compatible to Yosemite and the effect happens also when Fusion is NOT running.

The problem is hard to investigate as the string appears in many posted logs that discuss other topics.


texts:
So I recently found a photo of what appears to be a screenshot of a blend of iOS and macOS in my camera roll. It says it was taken on the 1st of September, but I am 100% sure it wasn't there then. I didn't take it, I'm sure of that as well. It seems to have Vietnamese text (I'm not in Vietnam) and I just don't know what to make of it.

I have been messing around with some emulator profiles, if that's any help.

What I'd like to know is, how did this get in my photos, and what is the screenshot of?


texts: Running Chromium OS from bootable USB on MacBook?

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I wanted to try the Chromium OS builds from http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/, but failed to create a bootable USB drive.

I followed the steps on the site:

Download the Mac builder
Download the vanilla .iso
Run the builder (and tell it to use the .iso)

But when I tried to reboot and hold down the option key, the USB drive didn't show up.

When I rebooted back into OS X, it complained that the USB drive wasn't recognized. In disk utility it showed several partitions.

Has anyone had experience with Chrome OS on a MacBook?


texts:
How can I add the division symbol on OpenOffice Writer (Word) on Mac OS X?

I cannot seem to find a way to add this symbol.


texts: How can I undo/redo in iOS Notes.app w/o shaking my iPhone?

texts: Are there alternative ways to quickly undo/redo changes?


texts: Is it any different to clone each partition separately VS cloning the entire disk, when clone is meant for data recovery?

texts:
As directed by an answer on: How to create an accurate byte-level copy of an SSD to another drive?, I tried to clone my Mac internal disk of 256GB. When I ran diskutil I got this:

/dev/disk0 (internal):
╔═══════════════════════╦═════════════════╦══════════╦═════════╦══╗
║ GUID_partition_scheme ║                 ║ 251.0 GB ║ disk0   ║  ║
╠═══════════════════════╬═════════════════╬══════════╬═════════╬══╣
║ EFI                   ║ EFI             ║ 314.6 MB ║ disk0s1 ║  ║
╠═══════════════════════╬═════════════════╬══════════╬═════════╬══╣
║ Apple_APFS            ║ Container disk2 ║ 250.7 GB ║ disk0s2 ║  ║
╚═══════════════════════╩═════════════════╩══════════╩═════════╩══╝

/dev/disk2 (synthesised):
╔═══════════════════════╦════════════════════════╦═══════════╦═════════╗
║ APFS Container Scheme ║ -                      ║ +250.7 GB ║ disk2   ║
╠═══════════════════════╬════════════════════════╬═══════════╬═════════╣
║                       ║ Physical Store disk0s2 ║           ║         ║
╠═══════════════════════╬════════════════════════╬═══════════╬═════════╣
║ APFS Volume           ║ Macintosh HD           ║ 234.1 GB  ║ disk2s1 ║
╠═══════════════════════╬════════════════════════╬═══════════╬═════════╣
║ APFS Volume           ║ Preboot                ║ 21.4 MB   ║ disk2s2 ║
╠═══════════════════════╬════════════════════════╬═══════════╬═════════╣
║ APFS Volume           ║ Recovery               ║ 524.7 MB  ║ disk2s3 ║
╠═══════════════════════╬════════════════════════╬═══════════╬═════════╣
║ APFS Volume           ║ VM                     ║ 1.1 GB    ║ disk2s4 ║
╚═══════════════════════╩════════════════════════╩═══════════╩═════════╝

I understand from the output that while the actual disk is disk0, the partition disk0s2 is mounted as separate disk disk2. I decided to just clone disk0 directly with

dd if=/dev/rdisk0 of=/my/chosen/path bs=1m

May I ask if it would make any difference if I had cloned partitions separately. So instead of the above, would

dd if=/dev/rdisk0s1 of=/my/chosen/path bs=1m;
dd if=/dev/rdisk0s2 of=/my/chosen/path bs=1m;

or

dd if=/dev/rdisk0s1 of=/my/chosen/path bs=1m;
dd if=/dev/rdisk2s1 of=/my/chosen/path bs=1m;
dd if=/dev/rdisk2s2 of=/my/chosen/path bs=1m;
dd if=/dev/rdisk2s3 of=/my/chosen/path bs=1m;
dd if=/dev/rdisk2s4 of=/my/chosen/path bs=1m;

make any difference?

If context is needed to decide whether there’s a difference or not, please consider the same context as in How to create an accurate byte-level copy of an SSD to another drive? - that it is intended that data recovery for lost files is to be done on the clone in the future.


texts: Using Applescript to append user input to existing note in Notes App

texts:
I've been using this little utility to save out random thoughts through the day to a text file.
I want to append the user input to an existing note in the notes APP, but can't figure out getting beyond simply calling the notes app.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Extra credit: If anyone has experience using Applescript to send data to a Google Sheet, I'd appreciate any resources - I have had a tough time finding any.
Thanks!
Here is my working script that logs user input to a text file.
set f to "/Users/Weston/Desktop/JAT.txt"
set myDate to date string of (current date)
set myTime to time string of (current date)
set myStamp to myDate & " " & myTime

set JAT to text returned of (display dialog "What's on your mind, Weston?" default answer " " with icon note buttons {"Cancel", "Continue"} default button "Continue")

set entry to return & ">" & myStamp & " | " & JAT

set myFile to open for access f with write permission
write entry to f starting at (get eof of f) + 1
close access myFile

quit


texts: AppleScript 'choose from list'. How can I run a different command if multiple sections are chosen?

texts:
I have an AppleScript which manages my home made After Effects render farm. The farm is made up of three render machines.

The script asks the user to make a selection of what machine(s) they want to render on. It takes their choice(s) and runs an external AppleScript app depending on what choice(s) they made.

Each external AppleScript app runs a command which starts an After Effects render using ExtendScript like this…

set scriptfile to (POSIX file ("/Applications/Render Farm/Scripts/jsx/render_1.jsx"))
tell application "Adobe After Effects 2020"
    DoScriptFile scriptfile
end tell

The JSX file referenced above tells After Effects to start a render on Render Machine 1. The idea of the master script is that the user can select multiple render machines and start them all rendering at once.

   set Options to {"Render Node 1", "Render Node 2", "Render Node 3"}

        set ListA to (choose from list Options with prompt "Choose items" with title "Select Stuff" with multiple selections allowed)

   if (ListA contains "Render Node 1") then
        tell application "Render Node 1 App" to activate
    end if

    if (ListA contains "Render Node 2") then
        tell application "Render Node 2 App" to activate
    end if

    if (ListA contains "Render Node 3") then
        tell application "Render Node 3 App" to activate
    end if

My script allows multiple choices to accomplish this, but I hate how sequential it is. After Effects has to receive the first AppleScript command, then run the JSX command which ssh's into the render machine, then it opens the aerender command line program multiple times per machine (each instance can take about 10-15 seconds to open). Only after the last aerender instance has opened is After Effects finally ready to listen for another AppleScript command and do it all over again for the second machine.

However, I have a different JSX command that can start a render on all render machines at the same time from within After Effects with no waiting around. I also have other ones that can start a render on Render Node 1 & 2, Render Node 1 & 3, and Render Node 2 & 3 (basically a different script for each combination.

I would like to do the same thing within my AppleScript master script. But I don't want to display a list of every possible combination, I want something that works more elegantly.

What I would like is to modify the master script so that if, for example, two selections are detected then it doesn't run two scripts, it just runs a different script.

Something like this, but with working syntax…

   if (ListA contains "Render Node 1" and "Render Node 2") then
        tell application "Render Node 1 & 2 App" to activate
    end if

When I run that, I get the error "Can’t make "Render Node 2" into type boolean." But surely there's a way to accomplish this?

It also has to work intelligently. If I choose Render Node 1 and Render Node 3 it should ONLY open the application Render Node 1 & 3 App. I don't want it to also open Render Node 1 App, or Render Node 1, 2 & 3 App.


texts:
so i'm starting making gifs and i'm really disappointed in the quality of the gif cause the colors are limited

it looks like this when it comes out

when it should be like this

but i don't have the reduce colors option turned on

so how do i keep the original quality?


texts: Testflight tab keeps hang, does not load

texts:
When I switch to the TestFlight tab for my app in iTunes Connect, it doesn't load. It perpetually shows the spinner.

It was doing this yesterday too. I've tried a different browser and it's the same.

Any ideas?

Web Console shows the following error :

Error: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'this.tfGroupsService.internalGroup.id')
value@https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/WebObjects/iTunesConnect.woa/ra/apps/controllers/tfLink:2:318716
https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/WebObjects/iTunesConnect.woa/ra/apps/controllers/tfLink:2:321777
g@https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/itc/js/compiled/lib/vendor.84585ca92f.js:13:24610
https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/itc/js/compiled/lib/vendor.84585ca92f.js:13:24782
$digest@https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/itc/js/compiled/lib/vendor.84585ca92f.js:13:30917
$apply@https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/itc/js/compiled/lib/vendor.84585ca92f.js:14:657
i@https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/itc/js/compiled/lib/vendor.84585ca92f.js:13:7085
u@https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/itc/js/compiled/lib/vendor.84585ca92f.js:13:9007
onload@https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/itc/js/compiled/lib/vendor.84585ca92f.js:13:9479


texts: Make script run without interrupting GUI experience

texts:
I have an AppleScript that automatically opens SelfControl.app to help avoid distractions when I want to be working. The script is very similar to automate an Internet content filter, and it is automatically launched by iCal at a set time.

The problem is that when the script runs, the window opens on the screen, and if I'm in the middle of typing something, then my typing interferes with the dialog box for entering the password, and the script fails.

How can I get the script to run independently from the user's activity? In other words, how can I run the script without showing the user the GUI evidence that the script is running?

AppleScript

Below is a snippet of code. myTime and myPass are defined earlier in the script:

set myTime to …
set myPass to …

tell application "SelfControl" to activate

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "SelfControl"
        tell slider of window "SelfControl" to set value to myTime
        click button "Start" of window "SelfControl"
    end tell

    tell window 1 of process "SecurityAgent"
        with timeout of 15 seconds
            repeat
                set tryAgain to false
                try
                    set value of text field 2 of scroll area 1 of group 1 to myPass
                on error
                    delay 1
                    set tryAgain to true
                end try
                if not tryAgain then exit repeat
            end repeat
            click button 2 of group 2
        end timeout
    end tell
end tell


texts:
Some time ago I managed to force Mail to always put attachments at the end of the email. Now I would like to revert this setting.

As I don't find anything in the GUI (preferences) I suppose that I changed some preferences with the terminal.

I see that I have AttachAtEnd=1 in my preferences

> defaults read com.apple.mail  | grep AttachAtEnd
AttachAtEnd = 1;

But it seems that I am not able to change it

> defaults write com.apple.com AttachAtEnd -bool No
> defaults read com.apple.mail  | grep AttachAtEnd
AttachAtEnd = 1;

or

> defaults delete com.apple.com AttachAtEnd
> defaults read com.apple.mail  | grep AttachAtEnd
AttachAtEnd = 1;

How can I remove it?


texts: Mail.app with El Capitan displays message titles in undersized width

texts:
After I upgraded to OS X 10.11 (currently running 10.11.1), messages are no longer properly displayed in Mail.app:

All message information is crammed into a space with minimum width, despite the fact that the actual column width is much larger.
Resizing the column temporarily restores a correct display but the problem comes back as soon as I switch to another mailbox.

Of course restarting the application, or the computer itself, did not help.
I have not seen this problem documented elsewhere. Is it only me?


texts:
I accidentally deleted system apps like the App Store.app and the Calendar.app.

How can I restore these? I've tried the combo update like suggested for 10.6.6 systems, but that unfortunately doesn't seem to work on 10.8.


texts: How is iPhone Storage automatically cleared up?

texts:
I'm using an iPhone 6s with iOS 10. I have a few apps, but most of my space is taken up by photos and videos. Now I do run low on memory, sometimes I have just 500MB left, but I just let it be. If I get too low, about 100MB, I free up some space (upto 1GB).

I've noticed this a few times now: Sometimes I get a low storage warning, and I see that I have around 100MB left, but I wait till I have time to free up some storage. But after few hours, when I get time to free up, I see that my phone now has cleared up some storage on its own. Means I now have around 1GB free (for example).

My question is how was the storage cleared? What was deleted "automatically" by the phone to create space?

UPDATE: When I said my phone cleared up space from 100MB to 1GB, that was an example of sort, it usually clears up around 300MB on its own. grgarside's answer(regarding clearing of cache) is the most applicable to my case and hence I'm marking it as accepted.


texts: How can I install a more modern web browser on 10.7.5 Mac Pro

texts:
I have a workhorse of a MacPro built in early 2008. I can not afford a new Mac at the time, and this does everything I need it to except get to important websites such as iCloud, Square, YouTube, and various banks because the browsers are out dated.

I have been told Lion is the most-up-to date macOS I can install.

Is there a newer browser that is still supported by the websites
above that can be installed on this mac.
Is there an Newer OS that can be installed
 **Must be compatible with Adobe CS3 or CS4

Please include helpful links if you know of any.


texts: When MacBook runs out of battery after restart message problem detected occurs

texts:
For some months I have the following problem: After a restart (when my MacBook Pro 2017) runs out of battery, and after having logged in, a message that the computer was shut down unexpectedly occurs. Is this behavior normal?

Does anyone has a similar problem? Do you need more information regarding this problem from me?

With best greetings,
Leon


texts: Can I delete the system and application files on old MBP 2009 hard drive and still access the files in users?

texts: I have an old MBP hard drive that has my old photos and documents stored on it. I have put it in a case and can connect it to my new MBP but it runs quite slowly presumably as it's so old. If I deleted the system files and applications so I theoretically use it as an external hard drive to access photos, music, documents etc on my new MBP would it speed up and still work?


texts: How do you install Emacs on OS X from the console?

texts:
I'm new to OS X and need to install Emacs 24.5 and 25.1 using the console to test a package using Travis continuous integration (http://travis-ci.org). My .travis.yml file looks like this (also testing with Linux) -

language: generic

# test on linux and osx (windows not available on travis ci yet)
# this os key also multiplies the build matrix (set below)
os:
    - linux
    - osx

# build matrix - test on different emacs versions
env:
  matrix:
    - EMACS=emacs24
    - EMACS=emacs25

install:
    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME-$EMACS" == "linux-emacs24" ]]; then
        sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:cassou/emacs &&
        sudo apt-get update -qq &&
        sudo apt-get install -qq emacs24 emacs24-el;
      fi
    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME-$EMACS" == "linux-emacs25" ]]; then
        sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-elisp/ppa &&
        sudo apt-get update -qq &&
        sudo apt-get -qq -f install &&
        sudo apt-get install -qq emacs-snapshot;
      fi
    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME-$EMACS" == "osx-emacs24" ]]; then
          # install with homebrew - builds from source, took ~15mins
          # brew install emacs ;
          # even using the .dmg files takes ~6mins each
          wget https://emacsformacosx.com/emacs-builds/Emacs-24.5-universal.dmg &&
          hdiutil attach Emacs-24.5-universal.dmg &&
          sudo ln -s /Volumes/Emacs/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs /usr/local/bin/emacs;
      fi
    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME-$EMACS" == "osx-emacs25" ]]; then
          wget https://emacsformacosx.com/emacs-builds/Emacs-25.1-universal.dmg &&
          hdiutil attach Emacs-25.1-universal.dmg &&
          sudo ln -s /Volumes/Emacs/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs /usr/local/bin/emacs;
      fi

script:
  make test

I initially got a syntax error with travis lint (http://lint.travis-ci.org/) - "syntax error: (): did not find expected '-' indicator while parsing a block collection at line 30 column 3", which is pointing at the first if statement - that error turned out actually to be due to having comments inside the third if statement, so I moved them elsewhere.

So then I was able to install Emacs 25 with brew, as that is the current version it will build - but how would you install Emacs 24.5 with brew?

And is there a better way to install binaries on OS X than the .dmg files? They were faster than brew (6 minutes vs 15 minutes), but not as fast as apt install on Linux (~1 minute).

Thanks in advance for any pointers!


texts:
I am having trouble getting Mac OS 9.2.2 installed on my PowerBook G4 Titanium (867mhz).
I am knowledgeable with Windows and Linux but I have no experience on how to setup these older Macs. They seem to have a lot of disparate drivers that are very specific and shipped on install discs with those machines only. This is very foreign to me as I'm used to genetic OS disk/discs and then installing a selection of compatible drivers.
I downloaded this:

Download #4: Mac OS 9.2.2 system folders extracted from the PowerBook G4 Titanium (DVI) A1025 (867MHz/1.0GHz) Software Install and Restore DVD. Unstuffed, this should result in a bootable OS 9 toast image.

https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/mac-os-922-system-folders
Which I extracted from the .sit file using Stuffit Expander on a newer Mac running OSX. I then mounted the .toast file and copied the files by dragging them onto a disk newly formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
I installed the disk I to the PowerBook and achieved only a partial success. I get a little face in a folded that blinks to a question mark. The folder has the appearance of OS 9 but does not boot.

Simply formatting a disk and then copying files to it is really strange to me. I'm used to having to setup boot partitions or some kind of a bootloader. But from what I've read you just drag and drop the files?
Here are the files as they appear on the disk. Are the folder names right?


texts:
Using cable that came with monitor to connect to macbook pro (2019) running 10.15.1. The built-in usb webcam is not found by the mac.

Do I need to also connect the usb from the monitor to the macbook pro? I hope not, because the mbp only has usb-c ports which means I need to buy an adapter.


texts: How do I mount a IDE disk connected with USB?

texts:
So I bought a USB device that I connect different HDD to. IDE and SATA. It has a built in molex power adepter. The device works when I'm connecting SATA devices. Photorec works like a charm on SATA devices!

But I'm having some problems with the IDE disks. They are not showing up in finder. I can see that the USB device is recognized by the OS (10.12.6) in system report:

  Produkt-ID:   0x0611
  Tillverkar-ID:    0x1f75  (Innostor Co., Ltd.)
  Version:  0.06
  Serienummer:  20170228
  Hastighet:    Upp till 5 Gbit/sek
  Plats-ID: 0x14600000 / 12
  Tillgänglig ström (mA):   900
  Nödvändig ström (mA): 800
  Extra arbetsström (mA):   300

And the device shows up as /dev/ttys000. I have no clue what filesystem it is, maybe NTFS or fat32. If I run diskutil list, only my primary device for my workstation shows. My machine is a MacBook Pro mid 2014, i7.

This is the result when executing $ system_profiler SPStorageDataType

Storage:

Macintosh HD:

  Available: 140,13 GB (140 134 998 016 bytes)
  Capacity: 499,07 GB (499 071 844 352 bytes)
  Mount Point: /
  File System: Journaled HFS+
  Writable: Yes
  Ignore Ownership: No
  BSD Name: disk1
  Volume UUID: xxxx
  Logical Volume:
      Revertible: Yes (unlock and decryption required)
      Encrypted: Yes
      Encryption Type: AES-XTS
      Locked: No
      LV UUID: xxxx
  Logical Volume Group:
      Name: APPLE SSD SM0512F Media
      Size: 499,42 GB (499 418 034 176 bytes)
      Free Space: Zero KB
      LVG UUID: xxxx
  Physical Volumes:
    disk0s2:
      Device Name: APPLE SSD SM0512F
      Media Name: APPLE SSD SM0512F Media
      Size: 499,42 GB (499 418 034 176 bytes)
      Medium Type: SSD
      Protocol: PCI
      Internal: Yes
      Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
      Status: Online
      S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
      PV UUID: xxxx


texts:
How to change path of opencv library. I have installed opencv using homebrew.

But when I run some opencv code it tries to link opencv library with my older version of opencv (in error below path is /Users/Ashok/Downloads/opencv-2.4.6.1), but I have deleted this folder and reinstalled opencv using homebew.

Ashok$ python face_detection.py
OpenCV Error: Assertion failed (scn == 3 || scn == 4) in cvtColor, file /Users/Ashok/Downloads/opencv-2.4.6.1/modules/imgproc/src/color.cpp, line 3402
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "face_detection.py", line 8, in <module>
    gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
cv2.error: /Users/Ashok/Downloads/opencv-2.4.6.1/modules/imgproc/src/color.cpp:3402: error: (-215) scn == 3 || scn == 4 in function cvtColor


texts: macOS isn't using my configured dummynet

texts:
I would like all UDP traffic on my localhost to have 1% packet loss, 5 ms propagation delay. I thought I could use macOS' built-in dummynet for this.

I ran at the terminal

sudo dnctl pipe 1 config bw 10Mbit/s delay 5 plr 0.01
echo "dummynet out proto udp from any to any pipe 1" | sudo pfctl -f -

sudo pfctl -sa and sudo dnctl list show the expected outputs (the rule seems to have been added).

DUMMYNET RULES:
dummynet out proto udp all pipe 1

00001:  10.000 Mbit/s    5 ms   50 sl.plr 0.010000 0 queues (1 buckets) droptail
    mask: 0x00 0x00000000/0x0000 -> 0x00000000/0x0000

Now I expect all udp traffic to be slowed.

I am developing a UDP app, testing it on localhost between a client program and a server program. The UDP traffic is clearly not having any dropped packets even though I would like to simulate 1% dropped packets.


texts: How do I revert to a previous version of a file using Lion's file versioning tool?

texts: I can't seem to figure this one out.  I have filevault running if that makes a difference.


texts: So I messed up when I thought it would be a good idea to stick some hard drives into my NAS. It's now changed the partition table to a RAID0 one and my data has vanished. What are my best chances of recovering it?


texts: Half of my iMovie videos disappeared, can I retrieve them?

texts:
I have filmed myself doing a painting, it is a lot of film (20 hours). I was planning to massively cut it and speed it up to make a sort of time lapse.

The problem is the first half of the project has disappeared. It was all filmed in the same project but the first half has just gone. I'm quite gutted as I really wanted to do a film of me painting to put on my website. The thumbnails are still on my machine but I can't find the actual clips. Has my mac dumped them or are they hidden somewhere? Can I retrieve them?


texts: How can I add some html to my Mail.app signature?

texts: I want to add my company logo and and some juice to my contact information in the signature part in Mail.app. How can I do that with little or no efforts?


texts: Setting up new Mac Mini with Big Sur. Where is iCloud Data?

texts:
It is now several hours after setting up a new Mac Mini (M1), running Big Sur.
I have "Desktop & Documents Folders" checked in iCloud settings.
Yet, those directories do not appear to be syncing with iCloud.
Is there any way to tell if this is simply updating very slowly or if there is an actual issue with this? And if the latter, what can I try to resolve it?
For reference, there are ~64GB of iCloud documents, and they are visible from other devices.
Thanks!


texts: Why is "tomorrow" displayed as the "Date Modified"?

texts: This is a bizarre situation-on my MacBook Pro (2017, High Sierra 10.13.5), when I opened a folder on the Finder, the Date Modified column for the files in a folder displays "Tomorrow at 2:34AM" and Date Created as "Today at 10:35PM" (see the image)--What could have caused this? I am hoping this is not a sign of my laptop malfunctioning or having been hacked. Any insight is appreciated!


texts: How to reset OS X volume after sleep using launchd?

texts:
I'm been trying to write a plist file on which when I return from sleep mode, I always want to make my Mac volume to the minimum amount. However, it looks like the following plist doesn't work, with an error: 1:1: syntax error: Expected string but found end of script. (-2741)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>KeepAlive</key>
        <false/>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>my.plist</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
            <string>/usr/bin/osascript</string>
            <string>-e</string>
            <string>"</string>
            <string>set</string>
            <string>volume</string>
            <string>output</string>
            <string>volume</string>
            <string>0</string>
            <string>"</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
    </dict>
</plist>

Also, when the following is not working:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>KeepAlive</key>
        <false/>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>my.plist</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
            <string>/usr/bin/osascript</string>
            <string>-e</string>
            <string>"set volume output volume 0"</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
    </dict>
</plist>

The osascript command functions well if I execute it from within Terminal, so I think it's due to how I set my arguments list to the plist.

So is it feasible to take the string argument like "~" in launchd? Or is there some other things that I'm missing here?

I suspect that it might be better to write the osascript command in shell script, and load the shell script to enable the Mac's volume to minimize... but is it the correct approach?

I use OS X Mavericks 10.9.2.


texts: How to convert an IMA File to ISO on Mac

texts:
I got an IMA File and I want to convert it into a .iso file
Where is the Application that can convert ima to iso?


texts: How to move my OmniFocus data from old Mac to new Mac?

texts:
How can I move my data entered into OmniFocus 2.12 on macOS from my old computer (or hard drive) to my new computer (or hard drive)?

Should I just locate and move a data file? If so, where is that data file stored, in what folder?

I am not using Apple’s Migration Assistant. I want to do this move manually.


texts: MacOS 10.13.4 Cannot turn off lock screen in system preferences

texts:
I guess since up 'upgraded' to 10.13.4 I get a login screen if I leave my MacBook air alone for the briefest time. This is a real pain in the neck.

In system preferences the this statement is checked:

"Require password [immediately] after sleep or screen saver begins."

I can't uncheck this box, and I can't change the [immediately] to anything else. If I could change it to 8 hrs I wouldn't be so unhappy, but as it is it is intolerable. Makes me want to go back to Linux.

I live alone and I have never taken my MacBook to any place public. I guess Apple in their wisdom thinks that if I go to the kitchen to freshen my coffee someone will bust down the door and steel all my secrets.

I would be glad to downgrade my OS if I could figure out how, and if that would actually make a difference.

I hope someone has a solution for this, I'm at wits end.


texts: OSX File permissions and inheritance when copying files

texts:
OSX: High Sierra

I have 2 drives mounted. The drive I am copying files from has permissions of 700 and when I copy them to the second mount (NFS) I want them to have 755. How can I get inheritance to happen during this copy action (so the files land at my target with 755)?

Currently the files land on my target NFS server with 700 and no one else on the share can access them.

More information: I am using a creative program that writes directly to the first drive with 700 permissions and I am unable to change that (I may look into the idea of changing this but its storage managed by some people offsite).


texts:
I like to listen to music and podcasts on YouTube on my iPhone while driving. I have my own custom playlists containing content to listen to while driving.

One drawback is that there doesn't seem to be a hands-free way of controlling YouTube through Siri. This means that I'm unable to skip forwards or backwards in  playlist while driving without taking my eyes off the road.

I've tried few different Siri commands, including:

Play next video
Play previous video
Pause video
Play Bohemian Rhapsody on YouTube

How can I control YouTube playback using voice commands?


texts: Late 2011 MacBook Pro Cannot Install OS X

texts:
I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro (MD322LL/A) given to me by a friend. The hard drive was removed, so I put in a new one and have been trying to install OS X Yosemite. However, whenever I boot the install media, be it a flash drive, hard drive, or DVD, the installation gets about 1/3 of the way through and then goes to a blank white or grey screen. When this happens, whatever install media it was reading from, it stops accessing, as if the system had halted. If I boot in verbose mode and look at the output, these are the last lines before the screen turns blank:

fGPUIdleIntervalMS = 0
[AGPM Controller] build GPUDict by Vendor1882Device6741
DSMOS has arrived

This leads me to believe the issue lies with the GPU, but I am not sure how I could confirm this. I was able to install Windows 8.1 on this Mac, however I can't install the AMD nor Intel graphics drivers so I am unable to confirm if they are working that way. Is there anything else I can try? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Edit:

I was able to confirm that the GPU was at fault by installing OS X to a hard drive on another Mac, putting that hard drive in the MacBook Pro, and then booting to single user mode and entering the following:

cd /System/Library
mkdir ExtensionsDisabled
mv Extensions/AMD* ExtensionsDisabled/

This prevented any kernel extension related to the AMD GPU from being loaded and forced the Mac to boot using the Intel GPU, which works as a temporary fix. The real fix is, as answered below, a new logic board, which Apple will replace for you.


texts: OSX Sierra Notes & Reminders sync disabled

texts: On all my other devices(iPhone, iPad, another Macbook) I am able to sync my iCloud notes just fine. For some reason my work's Macbook on Sierra is unable to sync and the checkbox is completely disabled. Any ideas of how I can get around this?


texts: Can't connect to a serial port.( MacOs Mojave 10.14.6)

texts:
My goal is to control a clock over a Serial Connection in Matlab. I have an RS232 Serial Port Connected to a usb 3 to usb c hub. In the system information selection the hub is described as:
4-Port USB 2.0 Hub:
Product ID:   0x5411
Vendor ID:    0x0bda  (Realtek Semiconductor Corp.)
Version:  1.04
Speed:    Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Generic
Location ID:  0x14300000 / 8
Current Available (mA):   500
Current Required (mA):    0
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
And the serial cable as:
USB-Serial Controller D:
Product ID:   0x2303
Vendor ID:    0x067b  (Prolific Technology, Inc.)
Version:  4.00
Speed:    Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc.
Location ID:  0x14340000 / 11
Current Available (mA):   500
Current Required (mA):    100
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
In order to open this connection in matlab I must give the program the location of the port such as "dev/tty.---". The connection is not showing up under the tty.* path as I expect it would. Is there another place to look or way to see if the connection is working? A driver I must install? I have done this successfully using Ubuntu 18, but would like to work on my mac computer. I already have libusb installed.
Thanks


texts: How do you force OS X to re-detect displays?

texts:
I use my MacBook at work and at home. Whenever I switch between work and home,  every now and again I get bug whereby the Mac thinks an external monitor is still plugged in, even if it's not.

This means when I go to plug in either my work or home monitors, one of them doesn't work as OS X still thinks there is a different monitor plugged in.

The only way I've been able to fix this is to restart, but I was hoping there was a quick way to fix this through a terminal command or something.

Note that System Preferences > Displays > Option + Detect Displays does not work.


texts: Emoji Icon does not show up in touch bar when writing in Whatsapp

texts:
When I'm writing a message on Whatsapp, the Emoji Icon (Smiley Face) does not show up in the touch bar. Instead, the touch bar shows just the last emojis like this:

But when I try to search for someone in the search tab of Whatsapp, the Smiley Face shows up like this:

I want the 2nd one to show up all the time. I don't use just the last 5 emojis, there is much more that I use. Is there a way to do this? How can I get the touch bar to always show the Smiley Face?


texts: I accidentally ran a PHP script that creates a directory with permissions 0777 and I am now unable to delete this directory. Any help to delete it would be appreciated, I have inserted a picture of the directory info below.


texts: What is the Computer name that appears on new Macbooks ?

texts:
I'm selling my Macbook online and I want to reset the name of the computer to the generic name as if it's completely new from the apple store. In system preferences > sharing > Computer name. I forgot what the generic name is when you first buy the computer.

Is it "new computer" or "Generic" or "New User"? I know it's completely 100% unnecessary but I want to do it as a nice touch for the next user.


texts: Does Apple's wireless keyboard work cross-platform such as in Ubuntu, Windows and *ixes?

texts: My friend bought me the mStand here and it is quite cool passive heat conductor, placing the screen to the right level and I can use it for books etc besides laptops. It requires a wireless kbd and the only such kbd I would tolerate is probably by Apple (because it is small and function at least in Mac). Now I have different laptops such as Ubuntus, Windows and Linuxes. Can I use this keyboard with them also through Bluetooth?


texts: Mac equivalent of /etc/nsswitch.conf for PHP chroot

texts:
I've setup a chroot for my PHP server running behind nginx on mac.

It works except for any call to a CURL request fails with an error like cURL resource: Resource id #43; cURL error: Couldn't resolve host 's3.amazonaws.com'

Most guides to setting up a chroot environment say that you should map certain files to be available inside the chroot. The only file I can't find to map is /etc/nsswitch.conf which apparently doesn't exist on Mac.

What is the equivalent file on a Mac? Or what file/socket should be made available to the chroot environment to allow DNS lookups to work?


texts: Is getting a Mac Pro to run Windows useful in any way

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With the new Mac Pro recently released I can't help but be intrigued.
The thing that stands out the most for me is the hardware options the Mac Pro has.

I have a few questions about running Windows on the new Mac Pro.

Would it be possible to just install Windows 10 onto the hardware,
by completely removing OSX? I.E. would windows be compatible with the motherboard, CPU, RAM, etc? I would think the answer is yes,
but maybe there are BIOS settings or limitations.
Would running Windows with Bootcamp allow the computer to take advantage of the hardware on the Mac Pro? Eg, to play games, edit videos, etc.
Is there any benefit in getting a Mac Pro if one is simply going to install Windows on the machine? The box is designed with cooling and aesthetics, and it's easier than building a custom rig.

I know these sorts of questions come up often, but I couldn't find any information regarding only the hardware. Most comments on this topic involve Bootcamp and various ways to run windows on OSX.

I'm mostly curious to know if one could buy a Mac Pro and be able to benefit from Mac's great hardware as well as have all the benefits of using Windows, which for me are mostly playing games and software development using .NET (4, not core).


texts: Why can't I see individual email accounts anymore after update to iOS 7.1?

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After upgrade to iOS7 on my iPad, I cannot see my individual email accounts anymore. The overview of accounts only shows "All" as an inbox. See this screenshot:

I've actually got two different email accounts on that iPad, and before the upgrade, they were showing. The settings still show them, by the way.


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I've been using Mac for 15 years, and I've had relatively few problems.

Many years ago, I was using a MBP 17" which sometimes was completely freezing: the only way to wake it was to hard-reset it (hold down power button).

This is where I met "npvhash=4095" for the first time, watching in my log files. Back then, I googled it and found a thread in Apple support forums where a kind guy told everyone who had this problem to open the font book, select all the fonts, right click, click "validate fonts" and delete all those which didn't passed the validation. That solved the problem. Now it doesn’t!

I'm on an 27" iMac with Snow Leopard 10.6.8 installed. Whenever I play Halo, after a few minutes, I get "npvhash=4095"—system freeze, until I hold down power button.

Of course, I've validated all the fonts with no result.

Does anyone know what npvhash means? If you don't know how to fix my problem it's not a big deal, I just want to know what is npvhash! I hope anyone can help me.


texts: Is there a way to play 5.1 surround via Apple TV?

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I have several albums on DVD with both Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 versions. I'd like to be able to listen to them without dealing with physical disks all the time.

I have no problem using ffmpeg to pull the audio data out and stick it in a file, but I haven't been able to find the magic format that will let it play via Apple TV. I've read that the Apple TV doesn't need to understand the format, it just needs to send the data to a receiver that does, which makes perfect sense, but how do I get it to do that? I can't get a WAV containing DTS to work.

If the solution ends up being to stick the AC3 data in a video container, that's fine, but ideally, I just want to store/play the audio (and ideally, it would be the DTS version).

I have both a 1st and a 3rd generation Apple TV (a.k.a. the Apple TV 2 with 1080p support), so any solution, old or new, will do.


texts: Does photo stream retain deleted iCloud photos?

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I would like to know as my iCloud storage is running out so I want to get rid of my old backup and make a new backup. I really want to keep all of my photos and memories on my phone.
On iOS, if I delete a backup will I still have all of my photos, even on my photo stream?


texts: Can I have an iTunes library on a hard drive connected only to my wi-fi router?

texts: I have both Windows and Mac laptop computers with hard drives that are too small to fit my music collection or backup iPhones.  I would like to purchase a hard drive that I can connect to my wi-fi router which can include parts of my iTunes library not on my laptop, and could be a place for me to backup my phone.  For example I was thinking about the Seagate Central 3 TB Shared Storage Ethernet External Hard Drive.  Does anyone know of a way to do what I want with this or any other product?  Thanks.


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Last time I was in an Apple Store, they suggested they could repair the Super Drive on my MacBook Pro (2010) when I next came in. Of course, it is out of warranty, so there will be a charge.

But, are there any conditions in order for them to perform a repair? Since I bought the laptop I have replaced its memory from the standard 4GB to 8GB. If it were still under warranty, is this something they would refuse to repair for (void)?

Do they have any conditions in order for them to repair, even when out of warranty?


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I am running my Windows 8 RP on my MacBook Pro Retina. Everything's going smooth, but I have problems with my keyboard and trackpad drivers because I can't make any changes to them since BootCamp control panel won't start (some error with insufficient privileges for the startup disk).

Now, are there any possibilities to configure my keyboard (F-keys) and trackpad (tap to click and so on) without using Boot Camp Assistant?


texts: Can a MacBook Pro reliably wake a Cinema Display when both are sleeping?

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I use a MacBook Pro with a Cinema Display and every time when I wake the MacBook Pro, the cinema display wakes first and the MacBook Pro display seems to stay in a sleep mode until I press the Detect Displays button in Displays Preferences. The most annoying part is that I need to rearrange all open apps' windows every time I wake my Mac.

Does anybody have any idea how to fix this problem?


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My MacBook Pro froze earlier whilst using it, so I did a hard reboot. Ever since it won't boot up. It gets to the Apple logo with the white progress bar but the progress bar won't move past 20%, I've tried leaving it for 30 minutes but nothing happens.

I am able to boot into Safe Mode and single user mode without any issues.

I booted into recovery mode and did a disk permission repair and disk repair. I also tried resetting the NVRAM and SMC but nothing has made any difference.

I don't know what else to try, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.


texts: How do I download all photos to a HDD from iCloud?

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I have a very simple request, I want to download all my data, or at least all my photos, from iCloud to a local drive, and then I can do whatever I want with them.

The instructions here:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201302

don't work - unless I am missing something. When I choose Import, I see all pictures all through, and I just want to download from Photos those that are on the cloud.

For Google, it is very easy, you just go to Google checkout, and get a ZIP file with all YOUR data. How can the same be done with Apple ID?


texts: Where are the install logs for macOS bootable external installer

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With the more recent macOS installers, using createinstallmedia to make bootable installers is widespread practice now.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372

When we take that drive to a Mac to erase it and install a clean OS - do the installer logs with any errors get saved to the external or internal disk or do we need to inspect/ save / send them to Apple before we quit the installer?


texts: What does this unusual notification mean?

texts: I have received a notification 2 or 3 times in the last week that "Someone has used your phone number to set up a new iPad.  Are you aware of this?"  It only has one option for response at the bottom of the notification -- "OK"  What does this mean?  There is no mention of my password being used.


texts: Bash script to import RootCA and set it to Always Trust from Server

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I am working on a way to import a RootCA into the login keychain of OS X and set it to always trust, the cert is located on a file share server.

I am relatively new to the whole Bash scripting scene and have been actively researching this issue for a few weeks now with some success. I have been able to import and trust a RootCA locally, but unable to reach out to a server and import the cert.

Here is what I currently have:

sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustAsRoot -k $HOME/Library/Keychains/login.keychain $HOME/Desktop/rootCA

When I replace "$HOME/Desktop/rootCA" with my server path, I get prompted for a password, then receive a message:

  Error reading file "Server path"

I have tried to SSH to the server and have been greeted with "Connection refused on port 22"... I don't have access to manage this server either.

Any thoughts?


texts: Apple Music downgrade from family plan keeping music

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I currently have a family plan with myself and 4 family members. Only my daughter is actively using Apple Music with over 2000 songs. I would like to downgrade the service to a single user for her to a student plan (she's in college).
Is there any way she can keep her music if I downgrade to a single user?


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Since upgrading to High Sierra the 'Shared' menu (back to my mac, connected servers, bonjour computers) has disappeared from my Finder sidebar. Selecting/de-selecting in preferences makes no difference. Favorites, Devices and Tags all work as expected.

Thanks.

osx 10.13.3 (17D47)


texts: My phone was taken by my teacher because i play with it while the school time, is it safe to turn it off for 3 months with battery 100% ?


texts: Automator - Connect to Server at Startup based on MAC Address

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I've spent half of my day yesterday trying to figure this out, so I thought it may be useful for someone else in the same situation.
I wanted to automatically Connect to a Server at Startup but not based on the IP Address, but based on the MAC address of my device. This was needed because I change routers from time to time and this change gives a new IP Address to my server device.