texts: Explanation /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

texts:
I would like to understand exactly what this command does. I know this command installs homebrew on macOS, but I would like to understand the meaning of the syntax:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

For example:
/bin/bash is the path to the bash folder
what about the other parts?


texts: I have got some ebooks that I want to load onto my iPad in the Kindle App. I don't know how to do this and was wondering if anyone out there has any suggestions


texts: iCloud email bounce message: "user is overquota"

texts:
Whenever I email a particular iCloud email address, I get a bounce message in return.

Sending to the @iCloud.com address from Gmail:

Delivery incomplete
Mail Delivery Subsystem <mailer-daemon@googlemail.com>
There was a temporary problem delivering your message to example@icloud.com. Gmail will retry for 44 more hours. You'll be notified if the delivery fails permanently.
The response from the remote server was:
450 4.2.2 <example@icloud.com>: user is overquota

What does user is overquota mean in reference to Apple's email software?
How can this iCloud email address receive future email messages?


texts:
Is there any way to configure Transmit so that it connects to an SFTP server through some SSH tunnel? (without having to launch the SSH tunnel via command line)

E.g., with WinSCP on Microsoft Windows, I can do the following:


texts: Are iOS game controllers compatible with Apple TV?

texts:
If a game controller mentions that it's compatible with iOS, is it likely that it's also compatible with the Apple TV?

Tons of controllers are iOS compatible, but only a subset of them claim to be compatible with Apple TV. As the Apple TV's tvOS and iOS share many similarities (tvOS is a modified version of iOS), and many games work on both platforms, it seems reasonable that the game controllers would be universal.

I understand that even if it is likely that controllers are universally compatible, individual controllers may not be. Really, I'm just wondering/hoping that Apple TV compatibility is something left off of marketing materials because it's a much less popular platform than iOS, but the compatibility is actually there.


texts:
I apologize if this is impossible to debug, but this has been happening on my Mac with macOS Sierra 10.12.2 installed since a few weeks and I thought I'd give it a shot.

Basically, a metadata.json file gets automagically created on my desktop. I delete it. It appears again after a while. GOTO 1.

Google gets a bit mixed up when I search for answers.

So, how would I begin to find out which app is the culprit?

Edit: this is the file contents (duh!):

{"name":"Desktop","modificationTime":1484074718317,"categories":[]}

I run the suggested command and I got this:

501    788 Sketch        -1 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    347 Finder        13 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    347 Finder        13 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    347 Finder        13 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    347 Finder        13 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    356 bird          25 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    347 Finder        13 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
    0     76 mds           16 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    788 Sketch        29 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    893 quicklookd    21 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    893 quicklookd    21 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    893 quicklookd    22 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    893 quicklookd    21 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    893 quicklookd    22 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    893 quicklookd    21 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    893 quicklookd    21 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
    0     76 mds           16 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    720 mdworker      10 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
dtrace: 2154 dynamic variable drops with non-empty dirty list
  501    908 Sketch        -1 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    356 bird          25 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    893 quicklookd    21 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    908 Sketch        18 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    347 Finder        13 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
    0     76 mds           16 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    893 quicklookd    21 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    893 quicklookd    21 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
    0     76 mds           16 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    718 mdworker      10 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    347 Finder        13 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    347 Finder        13 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    893 quicklookd    21 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json
  501    893 quicklookd    21 /Users/ignacio/Desktop/metadata.json


texts: Column width and document margins don't add up

texts:
I am sure this question has been asked many times, I just couldn't find an answer on the web.

I am writing a letter (I started with one of the Pages templates).
Now I'd like to increase the width of the body of the text.

So I set the right Document Margin to 0; that increased the width a little, but I get nowhere near the edge of the paper.

I've got a paper size of A4, which has width 21 cm.
Looking at Format / Layout / Columns, I see that the column has a width = 14.5 cm.
Left document margin = 2.5 cm.
But 2.5 + 14.5 = 17 cm, not 21 cm!

Where is the rest of the width?
Why can't I increase the body text width further?

All hints and insights will be highly appreciated!
Best regards, Gabriel

PS:
Apple Pages version = 10.0 (6748), macOS Catalina (10.15)


texts:
How do I get all my archived Gmail into iCloud mail?
I don’t just want it in the Mail client, I actually want it on iCloud servers for future reference.
For example, an email I sent using Gmail 10 years ago, should be accessible in iCloud mail on the web, iPhone and Mac apps.


texts: How do I silence FaceTime notifications without silencing others?

texts:
With FaceTime on my iPad now notifying me of iPhone cellular calls, it is important to be able to silence FaceTime notifications, without silencing others (such as alarms or reminders); but there appears to be no way to do this.

How do I silence — not disable, just silence — FaceTime notifications without silencing others?


texts: Force keyboard re-identification in Catalina MacOS

texts:
I switched from a Logitech keyboard to a Mac external keyboard on my macbook pro with Catalina MacOS. Every time I hit capitol M it types MZ. It could be the case that the keyboard is malfunctioning, but before I replace it I thought of trying to re-identify the keyboard and see if it helps.

MacOS user guide says this:

On your Mac, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click
Keyboard.
Click Change Keyboard Type, then follow the onscreen
instructions.

However I could not find Change Keyboard Type in that interface - see screenshot below. I also tried this sudo command but it didn't work.

How I could force a keyboard re-identification?


texts: Stop Mavericks from relaunching applications

texts:
Mavericks keeps launching recent applications at startup although I always keep the checkbox that should control this feature unchecked. This is really annoying, because (a) startup takes much more time, (b) I want to decide which applications are to be started and which are not, and (c) there are some applications that would crash (Apple's own Logic, for instance).

If I knew where OS X kept information about recent applications, I could write a script that deletes that at login. Has anyone figured out where these things are put?

EDIT: I'm also interested in the location where Mavericks puts the screenshot from last session. As you might have noticed, the screenshot is always shown first when logging in, then the screen is refreshed with the actual window contents.


texts: I am trying to install tensorflow with virtualenv. Did not realize I had previously install python3.7. Now I cannot safely and completely delete it without manually removing files from /LIBRARY. I am not sure if that is the right way to do it. If there is a safe way to clean up the system folders please indicate which.


texts: Update from old account appears in my Mac App Store?

texts:
I have a 3 days old Macbook Pro 2015 with OS X Yosemite (10.10.5) on it.
Today (for the first time) a new update appeared in my Mac App Store, an update to an app (Sketch - that is not free) that I never purchased on my Apple ID account.

Also, since I bought the Macbook 3 days ago, I never logged in with any other Apple ID account neither did anybody else use my Macbook.
Now the interesting thing is that a Spotlight search finds this app.

Therefore this means that it would be installed on my machine, right? But it doesn't show up in the Applications folder or in Launchpad. When I try to open it from Spotlight it does open for about half a second after which this pops up:

This is an Apple ID (edited in the screenshot) that I used on another Macbook, when I was working for a company in 2014. I did indeed log in with both my account and this work account (that I no longer have access to) into the Mac App Store on that work Macbook.
Extra info: In System preferences -> App Store , I had Download newly available updates in the background checked. I unchecked it now.

Questions:

How can I unlink (if it's linked somehow) my current Apple ID account from that work account I used in 2014? So that other updates from that work account won't show up in my Mac App Store. Also, I would like this app update to stop showing in my Mac App Store as well.
As I understand, now I have that app installed somewhere on my machine, even though I can't find it on the system. How can I uninstall it?
As I understand, somehow my Macbook downloaded and installed this app on my machine without any visual feedback to me possibly because I had that option checked in Mac App Store (that I mentioned above). Is this correct?

Note

This question might seem similar to Purchase from random account showing up in Mac App Store? but it's different in a way that I recognize the old account and also the app appears in my Spotlight search.

Update

Okay, this is strange. Didn't do anything and the update went away from the Mac App Store and also Spotlight can't find this app anymore. I guess I will leave the question here for 2-3 more days, in case somehow it comes back.


texts: When online my webpage becomes unresponsive on my macbook-pro osx?

texts: When online my webpage becomes unresponsive, particularly when I click on a link, is there a fix? I have a MacBook-Pro osx 10.7.4 about a year old.  This is not a new problem and I have been blaming it on my router but the signal is strong and disconnecting from wi-fi and then reconnecting seems to get things going again. It happens intermittently and I can't figure out what is causing it.  Thanks for any help


texts: Can an AppleScript create new variables on its own?

texts:
I have an AppleScript .app file that creates a list variable based on a website's HTML data. The number of items in this list varies based on the unique HTML data that is downloaded on every iteration, and can range from 1 to 50.

I ultimately want to display the contents of each line as its own drop-down menu in one dialog. I am using the external script library, Dialog Toolkit, to accomplish this, which requires the declaration of many additional variables.

Dialog Toolkit works differently than choose from list, for example. The choose from list dialog will automatically adjust its size to add a new line for each list item. But, for a Dialog Toolkit dialog, you instead must separately define (i.e., as its own unique variable) every drop-down menu that is needed. If you don't, zero drop-down menus will exist in the dialog.

Hence, 50 if statements are needed to ensure that the dialog contains all drop-down menus, like so:

repeat with i from 1 to (count of theList)
        if (i is 1) then
            set {dropdown1} to create labeled dropdown (item i of theList)
        else if (i is 2) then
            set {dropdown2} to create labeled dropdown (item i of theList)
        i if (i is 3) then
            set {dropdown3} to create labeled dropdown (item i of theList)
        else if (i is 4) then

        ...

        else if (i is 50) then
            set {dropdown50} to create labeled dropdown (item i of theList)
        end if
end repeat

-- Note: The above code snippet is a very stripped down version of my code.

Is it possible for an AppleScript to create, on its own, new variables that have formulaic titles?

Here is the type of thing that I desire:

repeat with i from 1 to (count of theList)
    set {(("dropdown" & i) as variable)} to create labeled dropdown (item i of theList)
end repeat

OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.


texts: Is there a way to monitor which disks are spun down in a Mac Pro?

texts: I have an 2009 Mac Pro full of disks, most of them seldom used (boots on a SSD). Is there a way to see which disks are spun down at a given time (currently running 10.6.8)?


texts:
Many of the stories shared on the iOS App Store are pretty interesting and informative. However, it is not always time permitting to go through all of them.

Is there a way to retrieve the archive of all the App Store stories ever posted? On another note, is there a way to create and access a users own collection of favourite stories?

Inspired by this question:

What was the link to the iOS App Store story on selected apps from WWDC18 Scholars?


texts: Create Yosemite install disk on a Windows machine

texts:
I have a 2009 Mac with a new blank SSD. I have a Snow Leopard install disk but it doesn't work (it was a replacement installer disk and has never worked), so I don't have a working OS X install.

I do have a Windows 7 machine.

How should I go about installing Yosemite? All instructions I can find require OS X at some point in the process. I can't even download it from the store unless I'm on a mac.


texts: Potential virus as Excel macro, opened on iOS

texts:
I have just received and email which contained an Excel file with a potential virus in form of macro. I opened the attachment on my iPhone (because it looked like an invoice I was actually expecting) but nothing happened and it looked empty. Then I downloaded it to my Mac and opened the file but I chose the options to run without macros enabled. The Excel was empty, so I closed it and deleted the file. then I was thinking that it was some kind of virus/malware.

I guess with my Mac, I am safe with just opening with macros disabled but what about my iPhone? Do macros work on iPhone? Does this pose a risk?


texts:
I've been working on a small iOS app, intended as a gift to some family members. To my dismay, I'm finding a lot of barriers to attempting to deploy the app. It largely revolves around signing the app to actually be runnable on devices in question, which aren't rooted/jailbroken, and don't have any other particular reason to be.

From my research thus far, I've gathered that the free provisioning Apple provides for can only produce certificates valid for 7 days. Since the app depends on persisted, user-generated data, even were the recipients willing to reinstall every week this would still be a non-starter. On top of that, the Apple ID associated with said devices is a very old ID that a known issue has Xcode being unable to verify the ID. So the free provisioning is not an option.

To an extent I'm balking at the Apple Developer Program subscription fees. However, I'm wondering whether that would even fix the issue? Is there a method within the (paid) Apple Developer Program to deploy directly to local iOS devices, for long-term use, without publishing to the App Store or going through any sort of approval process with Apple? Is this supported by the Ad Hoc deployment provisions of the program? And in that case, would there be a way for an installation of the app to be able to survive later ceasing to renew the Developer Program subscription?

I'd really appreciate if there were a way to deploy as such for free that can work with a legacy Apple ID, but I've already gotten the impression that's not the case - correct me if I'm wrong.


texts: Can I disable saving passwords in Safari 8?

texts:
I just upgraded to a new Mac and a newer OS X release than I previously was running and have encountered some different behaviour in Safari 8 that I can't turn off around offering to save passwords.

In Safari 7 you could disable auto-fill for passwords which would stop Safari ever prompting you per How to completely disable password saving in Safari which is what I had done in the past.

However with Safari 8 the preferences pane looks slightly different and frustratingly enough the relevant option is greyed out and there is no obvious way to disable it:

Any idea how I can disable this behaviour under Safari 8?


texts: How can I fix error 29 in iPhone 4s , I am using the Original battery of the iPhone and the phone was working then it became disabled as I tried flashing it it went to the error error 29 (gas Gauge error) any way to skip it and flash it


texts: Browsing web page stored on local machine

texts:
I am developing a web site and would like to check how it looks on my iPad and iPhone. Is there a way I can set up my mac and devices so that I can develop the web site locally, but view it on my devices over the local wifi?

I'm looking to replicate the functionality whereby you can just save an HTML file in your text editor and press refresh in the browser and the page updates, except that the browser in question will be on my iPhone.

I'm running Lion and everything is connected to the same network, which uses a time capsule as a base station. I know very little about networking.


texts: High Sierra's External Display bug heats Macbook's, damaged my Retina Screen, what can I do?

texts:
After installing High Sierra, I noticed GPU related slowness, I initially sought help here: What could cause a cumulative slowness that manifests itself as high WindowServer CPU usage in High Sierra? - But later on stumbled onto this: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8150105 and easily verified that the issue is related to external displays

Before an external display is connected, the GPU temp is around 55C under use, immediately after an external display is connected, the temperature jumps to 75-80C's (no apps used)

Very recently, I noticed this darkening on my Retina screen, I deduct it's a side effect of the constantly hot temperatures: https://imgur.com/a/Q6bnz

Ironically it's been 3 weeks since my warranty expired

On one hand, I want to solve the technical issue, preferably without re-installing the OS

On the other hand, the hardware damage is pretty saddening, but I'm guessing nothing can be done about it since the issue is assumably not widespread


texts: Is there some way to make Mailbox for Mac access my Mac "Contacts" for recipients?

texts:
I'm using the Mailbox for Mac app. (It's the latest version, which is 0.4.0 at the time I'm posting this.)

When I type names into the recipients field, it shows me some names (I assume they're names in my gmail contacts, but I'm not sure).

But it doesn't show me names in my contacts. I think it used to, but I know other clients I've used have offered me both the contacts taht gmail's servers have for my account AND the contacts on my Mac. So...

Is there some setting or trick to get Mailbox to access my Mac contacts?


texts: How to get rid of system is low in storage space notification (MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6)

texts:
The solutions posted here at: Silencing "Your disk is almost full" notification
don't seem to work anymore, for me.

In particular, when I do

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/StorageManagement.framework/Versions/A/Resources/diskspaced help

I get

2018-08-24 15:57:33.461 diskspaced[8330:542479] Domain: com.apple.diskspaced
Supported keys:
2018-08-24 15:57:33.463 diskspaced[8330:542479] debugLog (BOOL) - log additional debug information. Default: NO
2018-08-24 15:57:33.463 diskspaced[8330:542479] checkAllVolumes (BOOL) - check all volumes. Default: NO
2018-08-24 15:57:33.464 diskspaced[8330:542479] minDiskSize (int) - minimal disk size in GB. Default: 128
2018-08-24 15:57:33.464 diskspaced[8330:542479] minFreeSpace (int) - minimal free size in GB. Default: 20
2018-08-24 15:57:33.464 diskspaced[8330:542479] minPurgeableSpace (int) - minimal purgeabe space size in GB. Default: 20
2018-08-24 15:57:33.464 diskspaced[8330:542479] ---
2018-08-24 15:57:33.464 diskspaced[8330:542479] Commands:
removeAllNotifications - Removes all scheduled and delivered user notificiations.

which seems to be different from the properties that one of the answers suggested to change.

How can I disable the low storage space notifications?

I am using (MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6).


texts: Exchange Apple Watch after 14 day policy

texts: I bought my watch 19 days ago so it's 5 days over the policy. But it froze after the return policy date and I was wondering if they will let me exchange it for a new one. Anyone have answers or experience exchanging a new Apple product after the 14 day period. My watch had a problem after and it's not a lot after the 14 day window so I was wondering if they will still exchange it for me.


texts: When using a third-party script library, I can no longer save an AppleScript file in Script Editor.app

texts:
I have an AppleScript .scpt file that uses the Dialog Toolkit scripting library:

  Dialog Toolkit is an ASObjC-based script library for showing enhanced dialogs.

The following line is at the top of the .scpt file:

use script "Dialog Toolkit" version "2.0"

The Dialog Toolkit file is in the correct location:

  /Users/Me/Library/Script Libraries/Dialog Toolkit.scptd

However, when I try to save my .scpt file in Script Editor.app, I am given the following message:

The dialog reads:

  The document “Untitled.scpt” could not be saved. C and Objective-C pointers cannot be saved in scripts.

  Compiling the script will reset property values and may resolve this issue.

I don't know the meaning of "C and Objective-C pointers", so I don't understand the problem.

I can successfully run and compile the script. But, after I compile the script, I still cannot save the file; I still get the above error message.

If I copy the full code and paste it into a New Document in Script Editor, the error still persists.

If I remove all of the Dialog Toolkit code from my script, then I can save the .scpt file, without error. Hence, it seems that the issue has something to do with how Script Editor handles an external script library.

Also, I have noticed general "bugginess" when working on my script that contains Dialog Toolkit code in Script Editor.

For example, sometimes Script Editor.app will spontaneously quit if the document is open.
Other times, when I press the "Compile the Script" or "Run the Script" button, my cursor transforms into the spinning pinwheel, and remains as a pinwheel for over a minute. Script Editor freezes up, so I then have to Force Quit Script Editor.

There is some chance that this question is related to a previous question of mine:

I suddenly cannot open any files in Script Editor.app

Everything that is listed in the "What I've tried:" section of the above question also failed to fix the The document could not be saved. error.

OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.

Script Editor Version 2.8.1 (183.1)


texts: How to completely wipe 3rd generation iPod Nano

texts: I was using Floola to transfer songs to my 3rd generation iPod Nano and it suddenly stopped working. Now I installed iTunes and I can't seem to be able to delete any of the old songs and I cannot delete them manually. Even my iPod can't see them anymore and classifies them as “other”. How can I wipe the hard drive and start again fresh?


texts: Is there an easy way to switch desktops on the remote computer using "back to my mac"

texts: I have just setup "back to my mac" and the connection works fine. My only "complaint" so far is that I haven't found a convenient way to switch from one desktop to another on the remote computer (or to any other full-screen app). Clicking on the icon in the dock works. But I was wondering if I missed some other way.


texts: Start app/command-line tool without internet/network access

texts: Is there anything that can help me launch an app or command-line tool without internet or network access even when I'm connected to the internet? (so that I can use other apps with Internet, and block access for some apps) Like a firewall? Or something that intercepts the syscalls, something like maybe?


texts:
Can I see the URL of an RSS feed on Apple Mail 4.5?

I cannot find the option.


texts:
I'm confused setting up OS X Server 5.2 to cache IOS and MacOS updates on our local network. The Server Leo seems to cache software for some devices but not others. Leo is connected to the internet via ethernet and to the local network via wi-fi as follows, so presumably I have to tell the Caching Service to allow particular networks ... but which ones?

Leo's network interfaces (per OS X Server Overview tab)

Ethernet: 81.137.126.xxx
Wi-Fi:    192.168.1.65

And this is what the router says:

  Leo-WiFi  192.168.1.65
  iMac-WiFi 192.168.1.72
  iPhone    192.168.1.74
  iMac      192.168.1.69
  Leo       81.137.126.xxx

(All the above connect to the internet via the router's ISP-allocated Public IP Address currently: 81.139.29.yyy)


texts: I'm wondering if anyone has put an iBank file on dropbox and accessed it from different machines. Are there any gotcha's or will it work just as if it was residing locally but with the benefit of accessing one file from multiple machines ?


texts: Menu bar clock disappears during certain times of the day

texts:
I'm running Mavericks on a 2013 MacBook Air. Every time my clock reaches 10:00 (both AM and PM) it disappears, then reappears again once it reaches 12:00/0:00. I have it set as a 12 hour clock.

I found a way to temporarily fix it, by switching to analogue and then back again, however the next time 10:00 AM/PM comes around, it disappears again.

Is there any way to fix this permanently?


texts: "Xcode is not installed on this system. Install from the Apple Appstore." message when installing Metasploit

texts:
So I am trying to install Metasploit on my mac running running latest version of Sierra 10.12.1. I already have Homebrew installed, and I installed latest version Xcode from the Appstore, but when I try installing Metasploit I get the error:

Omar$ ./msf_install.sh -i -p msfpassword -r
[*] Log file with command output and errors /tmp/msfinstall-Nov-08-16-130717.log
[*] Verifying that Development Tools and Java are installed:
[*] Java is installed.
[*] Xcode is not installed on this system. Install from the Apple AppStore.

Even though I just installed Xcode. Things I have tried:

To make sure Xcode is installed I ran the command: xcode-select -p
and it gives: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
which I believe is correct.
I ran brew doctor and it says everything is ok and I am ready to brew
I ran xcode-select --install and it says "command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" to install updates" (even though everything is up to date!)

Please help, this thing is driving me insane!


texts: Macbook Pro 15 inch 2019: will charging from LG 38WK95C-W via USB-C damage/fry the macbook's battery?

texts:
I just received a new 15 inch macbook pro (2019). I connected it to my external monitor LG 38WK95C-W via the monitor's provided USB-C cable.

It does video/data transfer however since it is a usb-c cable it is also charging my MacBook. I did some research and these are the specs for both my LG monitor and my MacBook:

MacBook (15 inch): Battery and Power = 87W USB-C Power Adapter
LG Monitor: POWER: Output 60W >> throughout its USB-C output.

There is no feature to disable power via USB-C cable, under the circumstances will my LG monitor damage MacBook's battery since it provides less Watts (60 W) than MacBook's charger (87 W)?

Also any tips / workarounds to have the USB-C connection only transfer video without providing power?

Thank you for any assistance.


texts: I have a LG 25UM58 ultrawide monitor. Whenever I connect it with my MBP 16 2019, it connects with an incorrect resolution. If I connect/disconnect my monitor a few times it automatically connects with the correct 21:9 2560 * 1080. Is there a fixed way of solving this other than switch res x?


texts:
I saw some command line with sudo for using on macOS. I have seen it even used for NPM installs. I am under the impression that using sudo is discouraged for macOS.

When do I use sudo in macOS?


texts:
I have a late 2012 Mac Mini running Sierra. I have it set up with a Dell U2715h monitor via the thunderbolt port on my Mac, with a miniDP -> DP cable, as the only way to get the full QHD resolution support.

The monitor has several USB ports (USB3 I think) which could be really handy - except they don't work.

I can't find any settings for this on the monitor but as I understand things, the DP/thunderbolt cable should be providing USB connectivity. How can I get this to work?


texts: Fix Terminal error message "-bash: /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh: No such file or directory"

texts:
I am trying to remove the following Terminal error message:

-bash: /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh: No such file or directory

I recently uninstalled RVM (Ruby Version Manager) from my MacBook Air. The terminal error appeared after I finished the RVM uninstall. The error appears every time I launch Terminal. My troubleshooting so far (seaching google etc.) lead to suggestions to modify my bash files. I have checked the two files listed below and found nothing pointing to "/etc/profile.d/rvm.sh"

~/.bashrc
~/.bash_profile

Am I missing a bash file that is causing the error? I was assuming the error had to stem from one of those two files listed above, but obviously I was wrong.


texts: An unknown computer is – sometimes – shown in my Finder

texts:
In the attached picture you can see the name of an unknown computer (desktop-aqnpumc) in my network.

"Delat" means shared and SuperNova is my own TimeCapsule which is shown in Finder. I cannot eject this computer, or server or whatever it is.

Is this a security breach? What shall I do about this?

Appreciate all feedback. Thanks!

[Edit: New info - Most of the time this computer is not showing up. But it has a few times the last month. So it really feel like someone has gotten into my network. PLEASE HELP!]


texts: Cannot connect to wifi after resetting network settings

texts:
I am currently running 8.1.2 on an iphone 6 plus. I have recently noticed that the internet became practically unusuable so i decided to reset my network settings. I tried signing back in to the same wifi I used on my other devices and it gave me the "incorrect password" error. So at first i thought of trying to forget and reconnect to the network on my iphone 5s(also running 8.1.2) to make sure i wasn't typing the weong password, but it worked. Next i tried to go into the router settings and copy the password onto my 6 plus but still could not connect. I've never gotten this problem before.

EDIT:
I will try and update to ios 9, if it still does not work. I'm going to apple to exchange and get back on how it goes

Update:
I decided to hard reset and restore my phone and the wifi started working again. The problem has been solved, i do not know how but i would appreciate anyone's answer might there be any future problems


texts: Are "generic" Optical Bay Hard Drive Enclosures for Macbook Pros just as good as Optibay/OWC

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I'm looking at replacing my DVD drive in my Macbook Pro with an SSD.  The Optibay and OWC solutions seem awfully expensive compared to "knockoffs" found on Amazon and eBay.

Do these knockoff products work just as good?  Does anybody have hands-on experience with these alternatives?

Do you really need a caddy when installing an SSD?


texts: How can I create a new contact from Messages & add it to a specific Group in Contacts?

texts:
When I receive an SMS message, I can create a new contact from the number. Works great, very useful. Lots of business folks must do the same.

What I want to do is create the contact in my business CardDAV server account, not my personal contacts. There is no option to select Group. So I thought i would get clever, went into Contacts, selected "Hide All Groups" and made only the CardDAV account I want active. The newly minted contact from Messages is still saved in the default-by-virtue-of-being-first-in-the-list" iCloud account.

There is also no good way to do this from the desktop in Messages. Creating a new contact similarly always goes into whatever happens to be first in the list of accounts (order which can't be changed after the account is installed). I can then drag the contact into the appropriate group, finally go back and delete the original. That's too many steps and opportunities for mistakes.

Does anyone have a reasonable workflow to get around this oversight? Or a 3rd party app recommendation? Thanks!


texts:
When watching a video, or making a presentation, is there an option or a tool to disable all screensaving, energy savings and all? Regardless of if the power is plugged, I'd like to keep the screen fully on.

I know I can manually adjust the settings everytime. But is there a "presentation" mode, in addition to "battery" and "power adapter" modes?
Or a tool to achieve this?

Thanks


texts: No signal on external monitor after High Sierra upgrade

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I have a Samsung S24C650 monitor and after upgrading my MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012 to High Sierra I cannot use the external monitor.

I have a hub that connects to the thunderbolt, and from the hub an hdmi cable that runs to the monitor.

The monitor works correctly, It is tested with a linux distro on another machine.
The cable is fine (obviously)
The hub is fine, tested with another Macbook 2015 model

The trouble started after upgrading to high sierra, initially the icons where not shown, computer failed to return from sleep (forcing restart) and last and most important the external monitor gets no signal.

When I plug the hub on the thunderbolt, Macbook's display changes (the computer does recognize that an external monitor has been plugged in.

I also have reFind install for dualbooting into Debian, when dualbooting into Debian the same thing occurs.

Any ideas welcome

Edit: Looks like this is an issue...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8085619?start=0&tstart=0


texts: show battery in prompt and have it update after every command

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i just fresh-installed Lion, and i am in the process of seeing up my system.
i am using this function (found somewhere online...) to show it in the prompt :
battery_status()
{
    maxcap=`ioreg -l | grep Capacity | awk '/MaxCapacity/{print $5}'`
    curcap=`ioreg -l | grep Capacity | awk '/CurrentCapacity/{print $5}'`

    curcap=`echo $curcap*1000|bc`
    proc=`echo $curcap / $maxcap |bc`;

    len=`echo ${#proc}`;

    proc_num=${proc:0:3}
    proc_dec=${proc:3:4}

    proc_num_len=`echo ${#proc_num}`;

    if [ $proc_num_len == "3" ]; then
            if [ $proc_num != "100" ]; then
                    proc_num=${proc:0:2}
                    proc_dec=${proc:2:3}
            fi
    fi

    echo $proc_num.$proc_dec%
}

And i generate my prompt like this :
_PS1user="\u@"
_PS1host="$txtred\h"
_PS1time="$txtwht | \t | "
_PS1battery="`battery_status`"
_PS1end="$txtrst\n\w › "

export PS1="$_PS1user$_PS1host$_PS1time$_PS1battery$_PS1end"

unset _PS1user _PS1host _PS1time _PS1battery _PS1end

However, since Lion, the battery Part is not updated every time the prompt appears again. For example, if i do a ls and wait for the battery to drained and then do another command in the same window, without having re source my .bashrc, the battery stays the same.
does anyone know how to have it updated without having to resource my .bashrcfile resourced every time ?
(By the way, this is how my prompt looks like.)


texts: iPhone 4S having audio issues - Other side hears his echo during call

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My uncle bought a brand new iPhone 4S last week and it is suffering from an annoying problem, side b (not him) hears himself with echo. The error does not occur while
using headset or speakerphone, only when using handset.

Is there a fix for that problem?

iPhone 4S
Version 5.1


texts: I need to download photos from iPad, to Microsoft Windows

texts: my Windows computer wont read them off ipad becuase they are saved in icloud, if i disable icloud will photos still be on device that took them (the ipad)? or any suggestions on how to download photos from icloud faster.


texts: Does anybody make a (preferably BT/wireless) Mighty Mouse knockoff? It's my favourite mouse design by a long margin, but Apple doesn't make them any more and the old ones all have bad scroll balls by now :-/


texts:
I have 4 partitions

MAC
Shared 1 exFAT
Windows
Shared 2 exFAT

I can see the partitions when Windows natively but when I am booting Windows through Parallels I cant access any other partitions but Windows

Is there any ways I can fix that?

Was trying this solution http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?88709-Creating-custom-Boot-Camp-configurations-in-Parallels-Desktop-4 but not working in the Parrallels 9


texts: High CPU usage for WindowServer process in Activity monitor

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On my Macbook Pro 13" 2020 model, WindowServer is constantly eating away 20% to 40% CPU.
Tried the usual recommendations, but none help. (reduce transparency, display scaling etc)
Also tried to disable True tone for example.
It happens both with a 4K display attached, or standalone on the laptop.
When I streamed the log (log stream  --predicate '(process == "WindowServer")' --debug),
I see tens of messages per second showing:
WindowServer: (CoreDisplay) [com.apple.CoreDisplay:default] [DEBUG] - On display 0x78c92091, surface is not detached, CoreDisplay is detached (0x00000000), DetachCode = 0

Anyone has some ideas what this is all about?


texts: Compiling (NS/Cocoa) Emacs on OSX with SVG support

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Can anyone explain how to build Emacs --with-ns and SVG support on OS X?

Notes:

--with-rsvg isn't working (when librsvg is installed, ie. via Homebrew)
FYI, The Emacs Mac port uses webkit to provide SVG support, although that build adds far too many things I don't want.

I want to just compile in support for SVG on Cocoa Emacs, I'm not averse to patching, and if no answers are available, I'll see if I can patch over from the Emacs Mac port

(Assume latest stable version of Emacs 24.2, building from source)

Update:

I've tried running brew install emacs --cocoa --svg without success.


texts: iOS frame rate drop without maximum device utilization

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I am making an iOS game using Unity. I am testing some shaders that I have made for the game, and in some cases the device will run at under 30 FPS but not have 100% device utilization.

Sometimes a test will start at a higher device utilization %, and then over time go lower, even though the test is simply rendering a plane with a material on it.

For example, a shader test I just ran on an iPad 4:
Device utilization 85%
Renderer utilization 85%
Tiler utilization 1%
Core Animation Frames Per Second 12

This test is using barely any CPU, and is only rendering 4 triangles (2 big planes covering the screen).

Does anyone have any ideas why this could be happening? Usually the renderer utilization goes up to 100%... pretty stumped, being a graphics rookie.

Thanks for the help!


texts:
I used to be able to copy a photo from the screen by pressing on the screen.

For some reason it will not copy anymore.


texts: Downgrade after failed Catalina install?

texts:
I am trying to upgrade an iMac to Catalina and the upgrade process keeps failing. macOS is not booting back into Mojave either.

I have already tried the following:

Disk utility first-aid
SMC reset
NVRAM reset

Is there a way to get back into Mojave or get the Catalina upgrade going again?


texts: Restricting/Disabling imessage capability on my teen's iphone

texts: I would like to protect my teen daughter by eliminating the use of imessage on her iphone. We have placed proper limits on her texting and monitor her use through our carrier. Like any resourceful teen, she now uses imessage to reach beyond the boundaries. We wish her to have opportunities to interact with friends via her phone, but we don't want it to go beyond the limits that have been set due to some past inappropriateness.


texts: iPhone 6 suddenly lost it's "Name" (I.e. "Nancy's iPhone")

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We don't know what triggered it, but the specific name of our iPhone 6 "Nancy's iPhone" suddenly lost it's "name" and became "iPhone."

Now we're having issues backing it up, as the computer doesn't recognize it (since the name is now different).  How do we change it back?


texts: Quit all Safari Web Content processes at once?

texts: The biggest RAM hog on my computer is my unhealthy habit of keeping too many Safari tabs open. Even when I close them, their associated processes don't necessarily disappear if those processes were also supporting still-active tabs. I know that quitting a Safari Web Content process in Activity Monitor force-refreshes the websites that that process was supporting, but is there a convenient way to do this to all of the Safari Web Content processes at once? I know that restarting Safari works, but I'm hoping there's a faster way.


texts: 10.15 Catalina - Not showing Sync Mark on Finder

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As you can see in the screenshot, the files that are synced is not showing an icon indicating whether synced or not. It used to show different icons when syncing, and sync complete.

I believe it is set properly to show the icon.

Below is a screenshot from the setting page of Backup And Sync, the app that I am using to sync these files.


texts: Terminal problem: "-bash: $: command not found"

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I'm trying to start learning Swift and when I use the terminal line

$ export PATH=/Library/Developer/Toolchains/swift-latest.xctoolchain/usr/bin:"${PATH}"

it gives me

-bash: $: command not found

What should I do?
I have literally no experience with Terminal and just following the steps from Installing Swift.


texts:
I am developing OS X version of multi-platform application. In Windows I can start several instances of application by just opening exe file several times.

I noticed that in OS X when I open my app it appears on panel, and when I start it for the second time - nothing happens.

Can I configure my app (edit .app folder) so it can start several instances of same app? I mean without reconfiguring my Mac, so I can deliver configured app to users. Is it possible?


texts: Yosemite: prevent 'Bring All to Front' behaviour on Command-Tab

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On Yosemite, using Command+Tab will bring all the windows of the selected application on top of everything else, similarly to using 'Window->Bring All to Front' when inside the application.

Note that Yosemite does manage interleaved windows, when manually clicking on background windows. It is possible to have two applications A and B, each with two windows each, and have (front-to-back) A1, B1, A2, B2 interleaved windows.

However, when using Command+Tab to select application A(or clicking on the application icon in the dock) will bring A1 and A2 on top of everything else.

It would be really nice to be able to only bring on top the last used window of a given application (namely A1), instead of all of them, hence preserving the interleaving of the other windows.

I'm not looking for Command-Tab to display all existing windows of all applications (like Witch, proposed in other answers), just not to bring all windows to front. and would like to avoid using Exposé/Mission Control (which requires more inputs).

Interestingly, I can already use SpotLight search with 'Terminal' for example, and this will bring the last active Terminal window in front, but not the other ones. This is what I would like to happen when using Command+Tab.

Do you know if there is any way to do this? I'm happy with some esoteric command-line solution.

Cheers,
Chaos


texts: Excluding location data from shared video not working?

texts:
On iOS 14.4 I use the share sheet on a video in the photos app, and deselect location data under Options at the top. I then choose the duplicate action.
When inspecting the duplicate it appears that my options were not honored — it still displays its geolocation data to me.
How do I strip geolocation data from videos before copying it off the phone via e.g. usb?


texts:
When I am using Chrome for web development I like to have it open on the same space as where I am using my code editor.

Chrome is currently assigned to a different space than my code editor so usually a drag it to that space when I am working.

If I open a new window with Chrome (not a tab), to do non-work stuff, when I open the new window it switches to the space it is assigned to without taking the new window with it. My mac then won't let me switch the the space Chrome is actually active on without first deselecting Chrome as the active application.

So in order to move to that space I need to make another application active, then shift to the space Chrome currently resides in, and then move the new window.

Edited, rephrase necessary... :P


texts:
When a new document is opened, the Left/Right arrows work properly for Page Up / Page Down.

However after having browsed in the document, it frequently occurs that Left/Right arrows only move single characters to the left/right.

I have not been able to discover

what sequence of browsing causes the behavior to change
how to revert the behavior back to full page incrementing

Tips appreciated.


texts: Disk Utility of 10.6.2 install disk does not recognise SDD; Disk Utility of El Capitan does

texts:
I ordered and installed an SSD in my 2010 iMac (10,1). I tried installing El Capitan via USB. This failed and searching the internet I found out that it is best to use the original install disks.

So I booted using the 10.6.2 Mac OS X install CD. However, I cannot install since the SSD does not show up in Disk Utility or the Installer. However, when I go back to the El Capitan installer, the disk does show up. It has one partition, HFS Journaled, GUID.

What can I do to make the 10.6.2 installer see the SSD?


texts: Late 2011 MacBook Pro SSD Install - Error 3403F

texts: Im installing a new SSD on a late 2011 MacBook Pro and keep getting the error 3403F. After researching the error code, it seems that it’s my internet connection. Booting via command+R prompts a network selection. Booting via command+shift+option+R (Which I need to install the old OS) does not. I have tried moving closer to the router and plugging directly in. How can I resolve this?


texts: Time Machine: Back up separate files to separate drives?

texts:
Time Machine allows the use of multiple backup drives. However, any exclusions of files applies to all backup drives.

I would like to backup some files to one drive, and other files, to another drive. Is this possible within Time Machine?


texts:
I'm trying to encrypt an external drive of mine using Apple's built in drive encryption tool into OS X through Finder.

The drive is formatted as Mac OS Extended(Journaled) and I'm plugging the drive through USB 2.0. Also I'm running Mavericks with all the latest updates.

Even though after a restart or switching to another Mac, I'm getting the following error:

  Unable to create a new Core Storage logical volume group.

Any suggestions?


texts: Problems moving free space between two partitions

texts:
On my Mac I installed another version on Mac OS (10.11) on a new partition, with just the minimum required space available.
Now I would like to move and add some free space to it, having some problems in running the OS smoothly.
I tried with IPartiton/Stellar Partition Manager and the latter said the process was completed succesfully, but actually it left me just unallocated space, which does not belong neither to Partition A nor to partition B.
Now the situation is as follows:
Air-di-Edoardo:~ edoardo$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            88.0 GB    disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 2          31.6 GB    disk0s4
   5:                 Apple_Boot                         650.0 MB   disk0s5

    Air-di-Edoardo:~ edoardo$ sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0
Password:
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  171829272      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  172238912    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  173508448   61675864      4  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  235184312    1269536      5  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  236453848     524295
  236978143         32         Sec GPT table
  236978175          1         Sec GPT header

As you can see, having installed two OS, I also have two recovery partitions (can I delete one of them maybe?)
I am not sure how to move that unallocated space to "Macintosh HD2".
I tried in recovery mode with:
diskutil resizevoume /dev/disk0s4 R

but the resizing process aborted with error: "the requested change in size is too small" (though volume Macintosh HD2 appears to be ok)
With a command like
sudo gpt add -b 236453848 -i 6 -s 524288 -t 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC /dev/disk0

I could assign the unallocateed space to a new partition but this would not solve my problem..
Could you please suggest me anything?
Thank you in advance!


texts: Macintosh HD disappeared from finder after "disk damaged and cannot be repaired"

texts:
I have a MacPro 13.3 Inch mid2011 with 500GB storage and recently while performing a Mac update, it froze and was still stuck on a grey screen even after multiple restart attempts. I finally tried Command+R to attempt Time Machine(none were available), Disk Utility but "Repair Disk" was greyed out, and finally tried to reinstall Mac OS X but when it was close to completion, again, it showed Macintosh HD is damaged.

I bought an external hard drive hoping to save my school work from Macintosh HD.

Disk Utility>External Hard Drive>Partition>GUID Partition>Mac OS
Extended
Ran OS X Installer and selected my External Hard Drive as the target. Near completion, it gave me the option of transferring my
information from another drive. I selected the first option (Mac
etc), but when it came to loading my internal drive, it didn't load.
I let it run for several hours but still to no avail so I skipped the
process and finished registering.
When my Mac loaded, it showed the message that Macintosh HD is damaged. Please back up your files immediately.
I loaded Finder, but Macintosh HD is not listed under devices.
I loaded Disk Utility and at first it showed my Macintosh HD with my 69GB/500GB...but then it disappeared after I clicked on Verify
Disk.
If I unplug my External Hard Drive, Mac shows a grey screen with a folder and question mark.

Is there anyway of recovering the data on my Macintosh HD now?

If I don't replace the hard drive and just continue to operate using my external hard drive will that work? I am not sure whether it's better to just get a Thinkpad or repair/replace the internal hard drive.

I appreciate all help and advice you can offer! Thank you


texts: Can you permanently disable rootless on OS X?

texts: When booting to recover and running csrutil disable it just writes it into the NVRAM, unfortunately I reset the NVRAM very often so it's annoying to have to do that all the time. It's also annoying right now when I need to use something which requires me to turn off SIP when I can't reboot, (I am copying a bunch of files).


texts: how to transfer low resolution photos ( optimised ) to the computer

texts:
I deleted all my pics from iCloud and also the recently deleted items in order to reduce the space and revert to the free version ( 5 GB ).

I did check all the pics before I deleted them from iCloud if they existed on my iPhone. Now, the thing is that all the pics that I deleted from iCloud were infact stored as low resolution on my iPhone. So, the device shows all the pics, but they are all low resolution. Ofcourse the high resolution that was stored on iCloud is deleted directly from iCloud and even the Recently Deleted items.

So, what is the solution now? I am happy with the low resolution pics as well. Ofcourse, if I could retrieve the high resolution pics, that would be the best solution.

Looking for help.

EDIT to clarify the question -

I can see the low resolution pictures on my phone, because I restored the low resolution pics from a iTunes Backup and as soon as the restore was successful, I disconnected the internet to avoid syncing with iCloud. Now, I can see all the low resolution pics on the iPhone, and the question is how to bring them on to the computer. A definite solution is to use commercial tools such as EaseUS Recovery tool to extract the iTunes Backup, but that just costs money. So, I am here to ask for other solutions that doesnt cost money.

In other words, the low resolution pics ( I really dont care about the high resolution pics anymore ) on my phone has to be transferred somewhere - maybe using AirDrop or Bluetooth..without connecting to internet to avoid syncing with icloud.  Is that possible?


texts: Why can't I send iMessage directly from my Apple Watch?

texts:
My Apple Watch series 4 has wifi capabilities but when my iPhone is offline I can't send iMessages directly from my watch. If I can't send the message directly from my watch then what is the true purpose of having wifi enabled on the Apple Watch?

If I'm missing some config then Please help?


texts:
pictures taken on my iPhone4 recently became blurry. No software updates were performed, and not water damage exists. Even pictures taken with lots of light show some blur and look foggy.

Anyone else had this problem? - What could be the possible reasons/solutions?


texts: kernel_task consuming a lot of memory, can't finish my computations

texts:
I am running a computational process that requires several GBs of memory. When my process consumes about 11Gbs, Activity Monitor shows me that kernel_task consumes more than 20Gbs thus making my system run out of memory. I need my process to finish the computation, but with kernel_task eating all the memory, the process will not finish in any reasonable time. Why is kernel_task consuming so much memory and is there a way to let it know not to? Hibernation is OFF, opening windows on restart is OFF.

My system: OSX 10.9.2, 32Gb of RAM


texts:
Is there a way to remove some of the absurdly old back ups from my time machine so I can continue using the disk that is now too full?

Or is this even the best idea?


texts: No sound from internal speakers on a Macbook?

texts:
I'm afraid I may have irreversibly harmed my internal speakers, or sound system in general.

Yesterday, I was trying to find a way to hook up my electric guitar to the computer. I, logically, thought that going through my amp and running the amp to the macbook line-in was the best course of action.

What came through my external speakers was just muffle-ly cracked noise that were very unstable sounding. After failing to get a decent sound, I found that my sound in general sounded really weird.

Now I get sound through the headphone jack, but it has odd sound artifacts around any sounds that are played, and when removed the internal speakers do not make any sound at all (but APPEAR available on the system and I can still adjust the volume). Here's what I've tried so far:

Tickling the sensor in the phone jack, managed to turn the red light on and off several times. No effect.
Hardware reset (by holding the power button for a while... could not hear the system "dings" though, due to the absence of sound)
Logging in to Linux partition. Same problem there.
Changing sound inputs a couple times and starting up and shutting down garageband with new and old projects.

Any other ideas? Or have I permanently harmed my sound system?

EDIT: Wanted to add that this macbook is past warranty and there's no apple stores nearby anyway. So I won't be taking it to a retailer.


texts: Can fiber channel cards be used to connect a Mac Pro server to our unmanaged switch?

texts:
(I've tried to research this, but I am a newbie when it comes to this topic, so my searches aren't quite yielding the most helpful results.)

Our company processes a lot of Mac Pros for resale, and many come with fiber channel cards that we have at our disposal. I've noticed that the 24 port unmanaged gigabit switch we use for mass net-restores has a fiber channel port. Could we use fiber to connect our Mac Pro netrestore server to the switch to get the highest possible throughput? We could use every little bit.


texts: Get list of all fonts containing a specific character

texts:
On macOS Sierra, I would like to get a usable list of all fonts that cover (contain a glyph for) a particular Unicode character. Is there a way to do that, either via a tool, or the commandline, or writing a program?

Right now, this is what I can do:

Under System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard, there is an option to "Show keyboard and emoji viewers in menu bar"

which I have turned on. This enables a menu in the top-right corner of the screen, next to the time and date.
In that menu, I choose "Show Emoji and Symbols" (which I think was previously called "Character Viewer"):

Here I can search for the character and under "Font Variation" I can click on each rendering and see the corresponding font:

This is usable when there are few enough fonts that contain the character, but is unwieldy (requires a lot of clicking and copying) when the list of fonts is large. What I'd like is to get a list of all such fonts in plain-text copyable form.

How can I do that? I'm willing and happy to write code if necessary.


texts:
Consider an iPad 2 using WiFi attepting to make FaceTime calls to users on an iPhone 4. Each contact has their phone number defined under the iPhone tag (as opposed to Mobile).

Whenever attempting a FaceTime connection, FaceTime attempts to connect, and fails with the error:

  FaceTime failed - 'Person' is not available for FaceTime.

Measures attempted:

close FaceTime from running apps.
disable & re-enable FaceTime from Settings.
confirmed the device's WiFi is active & enabled.

I've seen the 'solution' of "reset all settings", but suspect that's overkill, and likely won't work, as reported by lots of other users.

How can this error be avoided?


texts: How can I have multiple connections through AFP?

texts:
I have a Synology NAS and I always connect to it through AFP. I enter my login and password and I can access all the shares.

Recently, I have started to use TimeMachine and I created a user for it that can only access the backup partition.

Now, when the computer starts, TimeMachine logs in and then any attemp I make at connecting to the AFP service uses the credentials of the current connection (the TimeMachine ones) and I can't access the other partitions.

How can I have two separate logins going on at the same time?


texts:
Apple terminated Aperture at 3.6. Photos.app is the only replacement, for my uses it's far from ready. I want to be sure I can run Aperture 3.6 for at least 2 more years. I'd like an installer.

We have been able to download from the app store, but yesterday Apple transiently removed Aperture from our Previous Purchase list. (It's now back.) Aperture 3.4.5 updater is the last version available for downloaded from Apple [1]. No-one I know trusts Apple to keep Aperture available.

Does anyone know a way to get the Aperture 3.6 installer? How about a way to restore Aperture to a new machine from backup?

I have a license of course.

[1] https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1657?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US


texts: Looking to create a keyboard shortcut to open the Share menu

texts: I understand how to create a custom keyboard shortcut to a specific app within a nested menu, but does anyone know how to open the Share menu from the Menu Bar via a keyboard shortcut?


texts: Is there a way to automatically sync iTunes to my music folder (which is on a different hd)?

texts: I'd like iTunes to automatically add any music that I add to my music folder to its library. I don't want to have my music on the same hard-drive as Itunes, though, so I can't just copy it into any of the Itunes music folders. Is there a way to do this?


texts: How to move movies already contained in library to external drive?

texts: My iTunes library is located on an external hard drive using the setting Settings > Advanced. Yesterday I bought a movie in the iTunes store without connecting the external hard drive to my computer. Consequently, the movie file is located on my internal hard drive. How can I move it to the external hard drive without any trouble (e.g., loosing rights to watch it "you are not allowed to watch this movie due to DRS" etc.)? For mp3 I locate it on my internal hard drive, copy it to the Desktop, delete it from the iTunes library and import it again. Can I do that for bought movies as well?


texts:
I'm trying to install libusb-devel using Macports on a friend's Mac (we need it in order to install Osceleton). On my computer, the installation went perfectly well, but I'm stuck while installing it on his.

One of the dependencies of libusb-devel is curl. However, installing curl seems to fail. During the configuration of curl, an error message is shown and the installation quits. I'm referred to the log, where this is the relevant part for the error:

:info:configure configure: found both libz and libz.h header
:info:configure checking for "/dev/urandom"... configure: error: cannot check for file existence when cross compiling
:info:configure shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_curl/work/curl-7.21.4-ppc" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-ipv6 --without-gnutls --without-gssapi --without-librtmp --without-libssh2 --without-nss --without-polarssl --without-spnego --with-ssl --disable-ares --disable-ldap --disable-ldaps --with-libidn --with-zlib=/opt/local --disable-dependency-tracking --with-ca-bundle=/opt/local/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt --host=powerpc-apple-darwin10.7.0 " returned error 1
:error:configure Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
:debug:configure Backtrace: configure failure: shell command failed (see log for details)
    while executing
"$procedure $targetname"
:info:configure Warning: the following items did not execute (for curl): org.macports.destroot org.macports.configure org.macports.build
:notice:configure Log for curl is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_net_curl/main.log

If I run the configure-script myself, using the command given in the log, all goes well and curl is perfectly installed. However, Macports is not happy with this, because I get errors telling me that certain files already exist etc. Also, installing curl directly using Macports seems to give trouble.

Because of this, I can't continue the installation of libusb-devel, and we need it quite soon for a school project. Can anyone help?

TIA

EDIT: the entire logfile can be found here: http://pastebin.com/2XAMHv5M . He's running Mac OS X 10.6.6.


texts: Unexplained increase in downloads on iTunes Connect

texts:
We're on our way to getting more downloads of iOS Apps in August than in the last 11 months combined. Sounds great, except we're not seeing any evidence that the apps are actually being run, e.g. automatic registration in the database. They're free apps too, so not making any money off these downloads.

Few questions:

What's going on? Does someone have a bot that's repeatedly downloading our apps? If so, why?
If you have seen something like this, what happens if we switch one or more of the apps to paid, say lowest price tier?
If the downloads stop, then would they resume again if we switch back to free? We'd rather have lots of downloads, even if free, than get none.


texts: Restoring from TM backup causes Mail to import and eat up HD space on Mac Air

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I use a MacBook Air 256 GB HD on Yosemite 10.10. I recently noticed large date range of emails gone missing. Rebuilding the mailbox did not solve the problem so I decided to restore my entire Mac from the Time machine. 5 days of frustration and here I am.

Time Machine restores from the backup however, when I start Mac Mail, it starts to import the messages. I have 130 GB of emails. It seems what happens is when Mail is importing the messages, it is creating a duplicate folder in the system and that is eating into the HD space and not allowing the system to restore as it runs out of space. By the time it has imported nearly all the emails, my mac has run out of space and hence does not allow me to return to the original state.

Any reason why this duplication of emails and even if so, where are these duplicate emails stored so I can manually delete that folder?


texts: Google+ hangout mic volume on iPhone4/the new iPad

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I'm trying Google+ hangout from my iPhone4 and the new iPad. I found that the mic volume is too small, participants can't hear my voice.

Is there any way to adjust the mic volume?

There's no problem about speaker volume. I can hear others voice.


texts: What is Safari Safe Browsing Data and why does it need to copy every time I sync my iDevice?

texts:
Whenever syncing iDevices to iTunes, I always see "Safari Safe Browsing Data" being copied. This naturally sounds alarming. Is Apple tracking my browsing history‽

What exactly is it, and why does it need to copy every time?


texts: Accidentally "Removed Attachments" via Mail.app

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I was trying to clear up space on my HD by running "Remove Attachments" in Mail.app on my Gmail accounts.

Too late I realized this deleted the attachments from server (Gmail) as well. They all show "[The attachment ___ has been manually removed]".

Now I see I should have just deleted locally from my HD, but is there any way to recover these attachments? Are they still on Gmail somewhere?


texts:
command  + tab or clicking on any app in dock opens all windows of that application (except those which are minimised)

I started experiencing this recently, around 2 weeks back

Earlier, if I pressed command + tab click on any app icon in the doc, it would only open the latest active window of that application. But now, it opens all the windows of that app and bring all windows to front.

Is this behaviour expected?

If I'm working with two application Chrome and Finder and I've 5 finder windows opened. It's very frustrating if I Command + Tab and want to go to the latest finder window as it opens all windows and not just the latest one


texts: how to run stickies ONLY on desktop space 1

texts:
I enjoy using Stickies on Desktop 1.  However, when I switch to Desktop 2 I'd like to have no screen clutter whatsoever.
I can't find a right click option that allows me to Open stickies only on Desktop 1 space.  It seems that whatever option changes I make to stickies, in Desktop 1 or Desktop x, the stickies then uses that option for all desktops.
I'm running Catalina OS, stickies version 10.2


texts: Can I use both Thunderbolt ports to get higher resolution/framerate

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I have a mid-2014 Macbook Pro (Iris Pro 1536) with an AOC U2790B. It can only run 4k at very low framerate so I downscale it.
I seem to recall reading a long time ago about using both Thunderbolt ports at once to drive a single monitor. Is that possible with my setup?


texts: Why is Rosetta dimmed when an application is moved to the Applications folder?

texts:
I'm trying to get VueScan working with my CanoScan 8000F. The final step is to start VueScan using Rosetta.
When Vuescan.app is placed on the Desktop, everything works as it should.
Copying the same app to the Applications folder dims the Rosetta option.
Here'a screenshot showing the info screens of the two apps (on the Desktop and in Applications) side-by-side:

What can be causing this behaviour? Why is the Rosetta checkbox greyed out?
I'm on a MacBook Pro 5,3 with Snow Leopard running from an external disk.


texts: List of Metadata Attribute Aliases That I can Search for in Spotlight

texts:
If I open up Spotlight, I can use metadata attributes such as kind:pdf and date:today to refine my search.

I'm curious if there's a way to list all of these attributes that I can use with this syntax (attribute:value)


texts: Change text insertion point size with defaults write?

texts: I know you can change text insertion blink rate (or disable blinking), but I was wondering if it's possible to adjust the size of the insertion point.


texts: iPod touch 4G is stuck and cannot be restarted

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My iPod Touch 4G got stuck while syncing with iTunes on a Mac Mini. I canceled the sync using the slider on the iPod but "Canceling sync" remained on the screen. I was able to open some apps, but Music would not launch. I tried to restart the iPod and now it just shows the Apple logo and is stuck on a progress bar. It cannot be rebooted.

Now it only connects with iPhoto, it is possible to import images. But when connecting to iTunes the progress bar is turning around and no content appears.

Is there a way to fix this?
Thank you for your help.


texts: MacBook Pro: 2017 Unable to connect to Dell U2713HM with USB-C to DisplayPort cable

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I am trying to connect my MBP 2017 to a Dell U2713HM with a USB-C to DisplayPort cable (Part No ELUCDP-01) made by Alogic.

When I plug in the cable to the USB-C port, the monitor will say there is 'No DisplayPort cable' and then show 'Entering power saving mode'.

The main monitor on the other hand will dim for a moment and the keyboard will become unresponsive for a moment.

Anyone know how I can fix the issue?

Error messages in log:

ColorSync: ColorSyncProfileCreateWithDisplayID failed to get profile for kColorSyncDisplayDeviceClass

It seems to me the monitor can be recognised by the MBP. Here is a screenshot of ColorSync:


texts: Keyboard shortcut to display music library in iTunes

texts: So assuming that I'm in a playlist I'd like to be able to type a keyboard shortcut and then have my music library display on the main panel and then tab to the search bar and look for a song.


texts: How do i cancel a purchase in the App Store?

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I purchase an App (Master Record) it is very low quality (recording always clipped, cannot control input level or find any help)

I would like to cancel my purchase?

Is it possible? how?

NOTE: there is not demo/trial mode for this app


texts:
This seems to be the best place for people to find this…I will supply an answer and others can comment or give their own answers...

Update: iOS now supports QFX export for Apple Card statements, replacing QIF export:

I'll delete this answer shortly, as no longer needed.

The Apple Card—Apple’s Apple-Pay-linked “titanium” credit card—doesn’t support Quicken on Mac. How can I import Apple Card statements into Quicken?

More detail: The card account doesn't support direct bank connection Quicken. Apple Card statements come as PDF files, and you can export several additional formats, including OFX, QIF, and CSV.

While QIF is an older Quicken format, it's not supported in Quicken Mac.

Although OFX and CSV are listed, they fail to import the Apple Card OFX and CSV files.


texts:
How to change PHP $PATH setting?

I am using MAMP 2.x, my terminal for PHP command is already set to the MAMP PHP 5.3.x, but now I want to change to PHP 5.2.x

I have done this before, but i forget the location of the file.


texts: Synology NAS (DS218+) and Full Disk Encryption (FileVault2)?

texts:
I’m wondering, if there is a way to enable Whole Disk Encryption on a Synology NAS (in my case DS218+).

Every topic regarding encryption on a Synology NAS addresses “Folder Encryption” rather than encrypting the whole disk. Since I am going to put all my personal stuff - including sensitive information - on the NAS to keep my Desktop and Laptop (Apple OS X) in sync, I need to encrypt it.

As I see it, the easiest way would be to encrypt the whole disk using Apples File Vault2. Is it possible or will I have to find another solution rather than using a (Synology) NAS?

Appreciate your help!


texts: MagSafe light turns out orange after few seconds

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Is it normal for MagSafe to have orange light (not directly to be green light) 3-4 seconds after plugged to outlet ?

I'm a bit nervous with this matter as I've just bought a new mbp after my previous mbp logicboard is broken because of a charging issue and I have the same orange light issue years before and never paid  attention to that.

Additionally, the charging process on the outlet I'm talking above is somewhat longer than the outlets in my house. Should I be worry on this and avoiding this outlet?


texts: Recommended way to move data when changing hard drive in a Mac

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I'm considering upgrading the SSD in my mid 2014 MacBook Pro. I'm wondering:

If I backup my hard drive with Time Machine, will I be able to use Time Machine to paste my current content (whole or parts, OS, documents, configuration etc.) to the new (and bigger) SSD?
Would it be relevant (performance wise) to do a fresh install of macOS instead of pasting my old HD content (OS included)?
Any other things I should consider during this upgrade?


texts: How to adjust or let Apple Watch register that you already stood for 1 minute?

texts:
Sometimes I walk downstairs, wash some fruits, eat it, and walk upstairs, and for sure it is more than 1 minute -- it is more like 3 to 5 minutes.  But Apple Watch still did not register me standing up for 1 minute out of the hour.  How do I make it happen, or set the 12 hours out of a day lower?

(Update: yesterday I stood for 5 minutes and it didn't register the standing up, and only after 10 minutes, then it registered).

For example, how does the watch find out whether I am washing fruit standing up or sitting down?  A coworker put boxes under the keyboard and the monitor and typed and used the mouse for a few hours standing up, and how does the watch know whether he was typing standing up or sitting down? (especially if it was the 2nd floor or 3rd floor, when the elevation of the watch is 18 feet or 27 feet, then how does the watch know whether the person is sitting down or standing up?).

There was also a day when I was quite active for a few hours during the day, worked out for 45 minutes, and also attended two physical activity classes, each for 1 hour.  So my day should be quite complete, but the watch register only 10 hours of standing up during the day, and therefore did not consider my daily goal completed.

So how do I make the watch register my standing up more accurately, or lower the daily goal, say, to 8 hours?

P.S. (1) I have also noticed that if I am watching exercise videos and following it standing on the bed, then for 35 minutes, the standing won't count as standing, maybe due to the elevation. (2) If somebody go for kite-surfing or water sports for 3, 4 hours, and not wear the Apple Watch just to be safe about water getting in, then it will be difficult to complete the "standing 1 minute for each of 12 hours", because if waking hours is 16, then minus the 4 hours of water sports, then he really has to register 1 minute for every single hour, or else, he can be exhausted from the sports that day, yet be recorded as "incomplete" for the daily activities.


texts: I am trying to restore my backup but it is asking to turn off "Find my iPhone" on the old device, which was stolen. How can I restore my backup?


texts: Why does CMD+1 work if using my top row numkeys, but not my right-side NumPad? Mac

texts:
I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts, like CMDkey + 1. However, that 1 has to be from my top row numeric keys. If I try using CMDkey plus a number from the NumPad on the right side of my keyboard - this fails. Even though when I plainly type numbers, my NumPad will type the number just like my top row numeric keys.

Why does CMD+1 work if using my top row numkeys, but not my right-side NumPad?


texts:
I can't find any way to download all my purchased songs at once.

I have a list of 100+ albums, so clicking on Downlod for each album is not viable.

I was hoping to show Account -> Purchased -> Not in my library. and select all albums and then download all at once, but I'm out of ideas.

Is this possible?


texts: Clear Clipboard on OS X after 'n' seconds

texts: I tab a lot between tasks and would like to make sure that I do not accidentally paste something where it does not belong. Thus, is there a feature or an app that allows me to auto-clear my clipboard after n seconds or after having pasted n times?


texts: Can't load music onto my iPhone 5S with my Mac running 10.6.8

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My laptop (a MacBook) runs 10.6.8 and I want to use my iTunes to move my music across to my new iPhone 5s, but the two won't 'talk' to each other.

That is, there seems to be no drag and drop solution, like with other Apple products.

Do you know why, and how I can fix this? Is my laptop too old? Do I need to upgrade?


texts: lsof does not show all files opened in Preview app

texts:
I have about 43 files opened in the preview, however, when I run lsof -c Preview, I only get a fraction of those (i.e. 8 files) which are currently opened.

This is the same output I get when using the Activity Monitor, but I would like to save the complete list of opened files so that I could reopen this list of files later on.

I have found some tips on how to retrieve the list of current files opened in this link.

Does anyone have a hint of what may be happening? Another solution that would be useful is to retrieve the list of files which were opened in the last Preview section.

EDIT:

As commented by D. A. Vincent, it is possible that the files are closed after loaded to memory. If it is possible to make a watcher of the files opened by preview, and log them to a file, this would be an appropriate solution as well. Especially if this watcher thread could be launched when user login or OS starts.


texts: How do you reset an iPhone 4s without a passcode or iTunes

texts:
I have an iPhone 4s running iOS 9.3.5 that i would like to wipe and reset. I do not have the passcode. I also do not have access to iTunes. My only computer is a Linux Ubuntu 16.04. I have tried to run iTunes under Wine and PlayOnLinux as suggested in some other posts, but neither of those worked. iTunes wouldn't run under Wine and PlayOnLinux didn't have USB support.
Installing Windows to a new partition and running iTunes from there is an absolute last resort that i would like to avoid. I am also not reasonably close to an Apple Store.
Is it possible for me to reset this phone without doing that, and if so, how would I do it?


texts: Parallels VM process has high CPU on Macbook Pro Retina when running Chrome in Parallels 8

texts:
When I look in Activity Monitor in Mac OS X 10.8.3 on a Macbook Pro 15" Retina while running Chrome (Build 26.0.1410.64) in a Windows 8 Pro VM hosted in Parallels 8 (Build 8.0.18483) I see that the "Parallels VM" process is constantly showing 40-50% CPU usage, even when the VM is idle. At the same time the Win 8 Task Manager only shows 2-3% CPU usage for all running processes. Closing Chrome in the VM immediately drops the processor usage for "Parallels VM" on the Mac side down to 7-8% (Windows 8 Task Manager still shows only 2-3% CPU usage by all processes).

I can see this problem when Chrome is the only application running in the Win 8 VM.

This problem only happens when a web page is open in Chrome. Plug-in settings for Chrome are set to 'Click to play'. I am not clicking to play any plug-ins when I load a web page.

Some information about my setup:

My Parallels VM is set to use two CPU cores. This would explain why (when Chrome isn't running) I'm seeing about double the CPU usage for the "Parallels VM" Mac process as I see being used by all process when viewing Task Manager on the Win 8 side, since the Mac's activity monitor reports processor usage by all cores and combines those values for the display CPU usage value.

Parallels is running in full-screen (non-Coherence) mode.

Windows 8 Pro has all current updates installed.

Chrome 26 is a base install with default settings and no extensions are installed other than the default 'Google Docs' extension, which is disabled.

Does anyone else have this issue and, if so, have you found a fix?


texts:
I need to repeat bi-weekly events. This is on either the second Wednesday of the month and the first and third Thursdays. When I specify biweekly events and there is a fifth Thursday, that is included. As a result, the first Thursday of the next month is skipped and chooses the second and fourth Thursday.

Can this be done with iOS calendar or a third party app?


texts: Is there version control software with commit messages that preserves macOS tags?

texts: As I mentioned in my answer on tags best practices, the distributed version control software (VCS) Git does not preserve macOS tags (or other extended file attributes). Is there version control software (distributed or centralized) that features commit messages (like Git) and that preserves macOS tags? (The built-in versioning system in macOS does not include commit messages.) I am especially interested in software that can be easily installed through one of the package managers for macOS, but any software that meets the criteria is welcome.


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro that is almost always connected to one of two Thunderbolt displays. Sometimes it will also be connected to a USB headset. Every time I disconnect the headset the audio input and output gets set to the build in speakers. However, when the headphones are not plugged in, the display speakers should be used and I have to switch it back. Is there any way to set device priority similar to how you can do it with WiFi networks? It would be awesome if I could set a rule like "Prefer headset over Display over internal", just like I do for WiFi networks.

Sounds like a small problem, but it get's incredibly annoying throughout my day, because I switch between display speakers and headphones a lot.


texts:
I listen to a lot of smart playlists based on ratings, and I use the grouping field for tags.  For example: Grouping Contains "Mellow", Rating is greater than **.  That playlist has thousands of songs.

Since upgrading to iTunes 12.2, I'm seeing some ratings with black stars, and others with gray stars.  Apparently, the gray star ratings are automatically generated by iTunes.  I've never seen this before.  To make matters worse, songs with zero ratings are showing up in my smart playlists because iTunes assigned them a gray rating.

How do I get rid of the automatically generated gray ratings?  How do I prevent iTunes from ever automatically generating false ratings again?

I've got over 30,000 songs.  I don't want iTunes destroying my ratings system with false ratings!  Just because I like one song on an album doesn't mean the whole album is great.

Additional info: I'm not using iTunes Match (my library exceeds the 25,000 songs limit).  I did check "iCloud Music Library" yesterday while signing up for Apple Music, but I've also tried turning that off and it doesn't get rid of the gray/guess/false ratings.


texts: Repair disk on Snow Leopard using a bootable USB, in order to upgrade to Lion

texts:
I read in many places that you should always do a "Verify Disk" in Disk Utility and resolve any errors before upgrading to Lion (currently running the last version of Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro mid 2010).

I get the following error(s): "Incorrect number of thread records" and "Incorrect volume file count"

Questions:

What is the severity of these errors? Should I be concerned?
I just finished "restoring" a USB thumb drive to a Mac OS Install DVD for Snow Leopard 10.6.3 (mid-2010). Note that the USB drive is equivalent to the install DVD and not an actual installed OS.  As I understand it, it is possible to boot from my newly minted Mac OS Install USB to run the "Repair Disk" without entering the OS.  (where I can fix my problem and go about my business).

Is my understanding correct?  Does running the Repair Disk (from a USB, or in general) pose any risks? Is there anything else I should know?

I have a Time Machine backup going, if that makes any difference.


texts: Can I use my Macbook Pro Retina as extra monitor for my iMac through Thunderbolt

texts:
I just bought a new late 2013 iMac and a new late 2013 Macbook Pro retina. Also bought an Apple thunderbolt cable.

Pressing CMD+F2 (enabling Apples "Target Display Mode") on my iMac lets me use the iMac as external monitor for the MB Pro, but I'd like it the other way around (which doesn't seem to work).

Does anyone know how I through Thunderbolt (for speed, am aware that apps like Air Display and Screen Recycler can do it through WiFi) so that my MB Pro becomes an extra external monitor for my iMac?

While this question addresses this problem for earlier hardware and software, I'm looking for a solution that supports using a thunderbolt cable and works with late 2013 Macs with OS X Mavericks.


texts: Run script/ifttt recipe.... upon notification

texts:
Either this is impossible, or google is failing me. Ultimately, what I would like to do is push system notifications from my Mac to my iOS device. Google only gives me 1000's of hits for going the other way around. The stopping point seems to be that there is no easy way for me to make script/app that can capture notification events (not script -> notification, but notification -> script/app).

In my research I've found that OS X logs all notifications into an SQL database. While this is a privacy concern, it also seems like an opportunity.

Any suggestions? It's an odd question, but I can't be the only person to have wished for this.


texts: Mac OS 10.12.3 Seemingly at random, certain functions stop working. Notifications (top right) are transparent, volume control from keyboard stops working but particularly the Apple Menu top left stops working so I can not shut down or anything else - force quit, about this Mac etc. Switch off using power button and all fine when switch on. Have look for conflict between pros but nothing consistent. Any suggestions please?


texts:
When I put the scaling setting of my screen on setting 4 on the scale of "Larger Text" (1) and "More Space" (5), system report says this:
Displays:
 PHL BDM4350:
  Resolution:   6400 x 3600
  UI Looks like:    3200 x 1800 @ 60 Hz
  Framebuffer Depth:    30-Bit Colour (ARGB2101010)

When I put it on setting 5 on the scale of "Larger Text" (1) and "More Space" (5), system report says this:
Displays:
 PHL BDM4350:
  Resolution:   3840x2160 (2160p/4K UHD 1 - Ultra High Definition)
  UI Looks like:    3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz
  Framebuffer Depth:    30-Bit Colour (ARGB2101010)

I have two questions:

My screen is 4k, and has less than 6400 x 3600 pixels. Is my screen not running at the optimal resolution, or is the graphics card doing additional resizing?
Would my laptop be performing better if it is running at 3840 x 2160 pixels and then increasing font size a bit?


texts:
Is it possible on the iPhone to share the screen live? In other words I would have an app on the iPhone that would allow a person to see my screen live while they watched via a secure URL.

I have seen some apps that allow for screen sharing of files from the iPhone but not the actual screen.

If it is not possible to share the screen live is it possible to record a video of the screen?

Notes: I am not looking for ways to control another iPhone just show the screen live, I am not on a jailbroken iPhone, and I am running iOS 6. Also I am curious to the same for the iPad.


texts: Does use of memory with timing CL=10 instead of Apple used CL=11 slow my Mac down?

texts:
After reading Why is 8GB, Ballistix 204-pin SODIMM, DDR3 PC3-12800 memory module showing as not compatible with Macbook Pro mid 2012? on the Crucial forum, and the response from Crucial:

  use our Apple branded Crucial memory

which doesn't explain the why it is not compatible,

I am curious whether memory modules that use different (lower) timings than Apple's modules with CL11 timing:

Will the Crucial Ballistix BX Sport CL10 [BLS8G3N18AES4CEU/BLS2C8G3N18AES4CEU] modules work?
And what will be the performance penalty or benefit?


texts:
My Mac Mini (mid 2011) frequently freezes under medium to heavy graphics load (e.g., while using Citrix RDP or playing games). Until today I used to think this was caused by overheating but after a thorough cleaning at the genius bar the overheating is gone for sure but the random freeze remains. Here is a photo of the display when my computer froze.

Any clues as to what may be the issue here?

Edit: I am thinking this is to with overheating because when I place an ice pack on the mini then I can play as much as I want. If I remove the ice pack then it crashes within 15-20 minutes.

Edit2: Shutdown cause is -128 but memory checks out fine in Apple Diagnostics Test.


texts: iPhone silencing text messages on Do Not Disturb even if contact is on favorite and Emergency Bypass

texts:
iPhone 7, iOS 12.1

I have a contact on my VIP (favorite) list and in the Do Not Disturb configuration I've enabled the option not to silence calls from that group.

The contact has also the Emergency Bypass option for calls and SMS's.

But when I receive a text from that contact when the DND mode is on, I get no sound notification.

How do I ensure that I still get sound notifications for contacts not silenced in my Do Not Disturb settings?


texts: Time Machine stopped backing up my iPhoto library a year ago, lost all photos

texts:
I recently got my iMac's HDD replaced and when I restored my computer, every single Time Machine backup stretching back to last October contained the same size iPhoto library (+/- 100MB), which was current up to last February, even though the rest of my backups were intact.

Even stranger, before I had the HDD replaced, I copied the Master's folder in iPhoto's Library package to an external drive, and it was also incomplete, and in exactly the same way.

I managed to salvage some photos that were in Photostream by going into ~/Library/Application Support/iLifeAssetManagement/assets/sub in the Time Machine backup, but many are missing and all my videos are gone (because Photostream doesn't do videos.)

Is there anywhere else my photos could be hiding (an import cache, iPhoto trash folder)? Is there anything at all I could do? How do I notify Apple about this issue?


texts: Jailbroken iPad stuck on black screen - home button is non functional

texts:
I just used taig to jailbreak an 8.3 pad.  All went well for a while and I was investigating and enjoying the freedom.  An app then crashed and now I have a black screen with what appears to be no way of restarting.

I should mention that my home button is not functional.

I could wait for the battery to run out but I'd rather not :)

I've tried the hold power for x seconds, tried it with the home but that doesn't do anything, there doesn't seem to be an option within iTunes and I'd rather not restore.

Is there an option for sending a reset signal without restore / home button?

thanks for any help.


texts: How to get Windows Adobe Web Premium CS3 to run on a Mac?

texts:
I spent about $1,600 for Adobe Web Premium cs3 (Windows version) back in the day. How can I get this to run on my Mac without having to buy a Mac license?

Sorry, I refuse to pay a subscription for new versions of stuff I bought and it still does the job.


texts: why are my iPhone4 videos different in size?

texts: Some videos I take are square and 640 x 480, while others are 1920 x 1080, data rate changes with size as well, so quality is much better on the larger size - seems to be random - how do i set the size so all vids record the same? preferably the larger size.


texts: Is there a PDF viewer with a vertical split screen feature?

texts:
I have a very wide PDF and I would like to find a PDF viewer which would allow me to split the screen vertically so I can keep the left side the same while scrolling the right side back and forth.

I found the application http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/, but it only allows one to split the screen horizontally.

Is anyone aware of such a PDF viewer on the Mac?


texts: How to transfer music from one iTunes library to another using shared library?

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I would like to transfer music from one iTunes library to another but I tried to drag songs from local library to a shared library and it didn't work.

Is it possible to do this transfer using just iTunes, without having to manually copy files from one computer to another?


texts: How do I retrieve a specific photo from iCloud backup of my camera roll

texts: I just received an iPad for Xmas. I took a video through the iPad camera, which was stored in my ipad camera roll. I turned on the iCloud backup of photos previously. Last backup was before I deleted the video. Can I get back just that video without having to restore all iPad contents?


texts: New icons come up as default file icon in El Capitan

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I'm not able to properly set icons, I've tried with *.icns and *.pngs.

I'm on a El Capitan, MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)

Does this seem familiar to anyone?

EDIT: I should mention I don't want to disable any security


texts: How can I make a bootable USB copy of Mojave downloaded from Apple when the file is an app and not a disk image?

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When I try to open the Mojave install app on my computer with Big Sur, it says that the operating system is too old and so it will not let me open it in order to install it on the external usb drive.
Additionally, the alternative method - restoring Mojave onto the external drive is not possible because the Mojave install file is an app and not a disk image.
How can I proceed to create a bootable copy of Mojave on my external USB drive considering I am on a computer with Big Sur and the Mojave download is an app file which will not open and it is not a DMG file which I would otherwise be able to restore onto the external USB?


texts: Use keyboard media buttons for Spotify, not YouTube

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Ever since I updated to macOS 10.14.4,  I've been having trouble with media buttons working with YouTube and not Spotify. Is there anyway to write a script to remove YouTube access or is there a way in system preferences to set Spotify as the default?
Thanks!


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OS X Mountain Lion: Is there a way to change the default system font?
Things like color (I'd like it slightly more gray) and the type.

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And Font Weight, if possible.
Thanks


texts: I’ve got empty lines in context menus, what is it and how could I get rid of it?


texts: iPhone 4 has 3G connectivity but can't access internet

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Just last week, my access to the internet over mobile data networks has stopped working. I've already talked to my operator, and they gave me a new SIM card and tested that 3G works in another phone with it.

Basically the operator is expecting this to be an antenna failure, which seems odd as I still get full connection bars, WiFi works flawlessly and my 3G does transport e-mails, just nothing else (like opening websites).

I do have 21M/2M speed, so the connection isn't just clogged.

Does anyone have any idea what this could be?

If nothing comes up, I will probably have to get a new antenna and install it myself.

I've discovered that SSH connections are working on 3G. This is becoming really weird...


texts: Calendar not syncing on iPhone with iOS 13

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The events created on iCloud calendars (Personal, Work, Family) on iPhone will not sync to the other devices connected to iCloud. This problem happened on an iPhone 8 and also happens on my current iPhone 11.
When I create events on the iPad, Mac or iCloud on the browser, they will sync normally. Also, when I create events and put them on Google calendars, they will also sync to my other devices. The problem is just with creating them in iCloud calendars.
I've already followed Apple's instructions, but it won't fix my problem. I have:

Restarted my phone
Deactivated Calendar on Settings and reactivated it later
Set "Personal" as my default calendar
Refreshed my calendars


texts: Default 'Authentication Required' dialog username

texts: I've got a 13" MBP running 10.8. I recently changed my full name of my account, but whenever I get an authentication dialog, it has pre-filled in my old full name. Is there anywhere to change this setting?


texts: Can you what Apple ID is now associated with my MacBook Air using its serial number?

texts: My MacBook Air was stolen. Can you see what Apple ID is now associated with my MacBook Air using its serial number?


texts: Four finger swipe not working on Magic Trackpad

texts: Even though in the preference pane for Trackpad it says "Swipe between full-screen apps" when I'm using the internal trackpad in my laptop, it will switch desktops even if I'm not using full screen apps. However, when I'm using my Magic Trackpad, the 4-finger swipe does not switch desktops.


texts: Is there an easy way to get notified of updates for all of my non-Mac App Store apps?

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I like to keep my system up to date and the Mac App Store is great in that it automatically notifies you when updates are available for apps downloaded from it. However, I'm after an easy way to get notified of updates for all of my apps not downloaded from the Mac App Store. I'm talking about things like Skype, Spotify, Firefox etc. without having to go and start up each app first and let it do its own update check.

I've seen sites like OldVersion and OldApps which do have information about the latest versions of apps and their release dates, which could potentially be "scraped" to obtain this information, but they don't seem to be updated terribly regularly as far as I can tell.


texts: Can I see on "find my iphone" a sort of tracking of where my iphone has been for a day? For exampel Between 1 and 5 pm my iphone were on this addresses..etc