texts: Disk Utility vs Carbon Copy Cloner - How to clone your drive with Apple's built-in app

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What is the point of using commercial apps like Carbon Copy Cloner when disk utility can also clone your drives? This article here http://www.macworld.com/article/2461362/drive-cloning-utilities-the-best-mac-apps-for-making-a-bootable-backup.html

says that Disk Utility is "less convenient". I don't understand what the author means, how could I create a clone with Disk Utility?

Thanks so much!


texts: How can I disable "Smart Addresses" in the Mail app on iOS/iPadOS?

texts: As a security measure against phishing, I would like the Mail app on my iPhone and iPad to always show the email address of the sender (and other recipients). On macOS, you can deactivate Smart Addresses in the "Preferences" under "Viewing". Is there a corresponding setting for Apple's mobile Mail app? I couldn't find one, even though other advanced preferences like not loading remote images for better privacy exist. Does iOS also have "hidden settings" similar to defaults on macOS where this could be found? If this is not possible at the moment, please let me know when the situation changes in the future.


texts: How can I get the Volume Serial Number of a FAT volume?

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I need to programatically get the Volume Serial Number of a FAT volume (for example, a USB drive or removable SD card) in mac OS. Do you know of any program with which to do it? (Bonus points for a Python API call!)
To clarify, I'm asking for the hyphenated 8-hex-digit number that is displayed by the vol command in DOS:
C:\>vol e:
Volume in Drive E is MYSDCARD
Volume Serial Number is E432-EF79

E432-EF79 is the VSN I'm looking for. It may sometimes be referred to as a UUID, though it's not 128 bits long.
On Mac I can mount the drive, and get its volume name, using commands like df. I can inspect it in DiskUtility, and see things like capacity and device name. But how do I get the VSN?


texts: Error: SHA256 mismatch with brew install

texts:
I tried to install an application with homebrew:

$ brew install poppler

And then towards the end of the installation, I notice the following error:

==> Downloading https://github.com/GNOME/gobject-introspection/commit/4a724ac699f0c34fba2fb452cfadea11540325e8.patch
######################################################################## 100.0%
Error: SHA256 mismatch
Expected: 047c350bad2d222f1037c3ce1889444ebc1095df76120188037c4eb2900848c4
Actual: 928403cf8eb092c664791f5e08cff1199ac9e945d8d5fd21c455c688efbc6dd5
Archive: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/gobject-introspection--patch-047c350bad2d222f1037c3ce1889444ebc1095df76120188037c4eb2900848c4.patch
To retry an incomplete download, remove the file above.

What happened here? Dos this error prevent the application from completing installation?


texts: Installing Big Sur Beta 5 on Catalina: stuck on black screen

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Mac mini (late 2014)
macOS 10.15.6
running from a bootable microSD card (inserted into SDXC slot)
no firmware password
FileVault enabled (should be supported for install as of Beta 4)
Enrolled my Mac into the Public Beta program, downloaded macOS Big Sur Beta through Software Update (I do assume it downloaded the latest version i.e. Beta 5?), ran an update.
After a few hours updating, it stuck on “less than a minute remaining” for a good hour, then rebooted and hang up on the black screen with Apple logo. Diagnostics and Disk Utility’s First Aid find no issues. Rebooting in Safe Mode presents with a login window but gets stuck when progress bar reaches 100%. Clearing NVRAM and rebooting in Recovery mode leads to the same black Apple screen eventually.
I then rebooted in Verbose Mode. Terminal displayed many ‘failed to bootstrap path’ error notices, but nevertheless continued running the boot until it hang and resolved to black Apple screen.
Before switching to the black screen, it displayed the following:
setSystemTargetUUID will use / as the target
Found update container: LPAPFSContainer: AppleAPFSMedia
Found update container but did not find update volume.
mountAndGetUpdateVolumeMountPoint defaultMountPoint failed to get defaultMountPoint
process_update_result_state: no update result file, assuming 1st boot after a restore
OSVersion changed. Notifying clients
Attempting to cleanup saved RecoveryOS state.
RecoveryOS status file not present(not an error)
RecoveryOS connectivity data file not present
Clearing out RecoveryOS logarchives
Deleting RecoveryOS logarchive files
Using default RecoveryOS logarchive preservation timeout

I thought issues with APFS containers were resolved in beta 5 release?

Resolved in macOS Big Sur 11 beta 5
APFS containers with non-default allocation block sizes are now supported for installation. (64312561)

Terminal then proceeds scheduling kernel threads. The very last lines before it hangs and switched to the black screen:
en2: promiscuous mode enable succeeded
_dill_attach_flowswitch_nexus: en2 9000 1500
en3: promiscuous mode enable succeeded
_dill_attach_flowswitch_nexus: en3 9000 1500
IOConsoleUsers: time(0) 0->0, lin0, llk1,
IOConsoleUsers: gIOScreenLockState 3, hs 0, bs 0, now 0, sm 0x0
Got incomplete channel sequence length 0, should be 16
postMessage::1412 APPLE80211_M_BSSID_CHANGED received
en1::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed
AirPort_BrcmNIC::getSSIDData(): Get failure: APPLE80211_IOC_SSID: 02

How can AirPort function be the one that breaks the boot? Do I read it correctly?
Any thoughts on what might have gone wrong?


texts: Can I set up a hand written signature in iOS mail app?


texts: Dual 4K monitors with 2017 Macbook Pro base model

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I have the base model 13 inch 2017 Macbook Pro and want to use dual 4K monitors. I know Apple officially supports the use of two 4K monitors, but I am unsure if the performance will be poor.

From what I understand, the graphics resources are shared with the CPU so will running the 4K monitors negatively impact upon CPU performance?

My workload mostly involves web browsing, viewing 4K videos and programming. Will there be issues with lag or stuttering? Has anyone tried running two 4K monitors at 60Hz with the integrated graphics?

Thanks


texts:
If I fill up the space on my iPhone with photos, but those photos are synced with iCloud Photo Library, how do I remove those photos from my iPhone without deleting them from iCloud Photo Library. Hence, when I try to delete a photo it says:

  This photo will be deleted from iCloud Photo Library on all your
  devices.

Seems like I'm stuck?


texts:
Apple have removed a number of services from macOS Server and moved other services, such as content caching, to the “normal” macOS.

That doesn’t leave much. So, what do I get for my purchase? What are the added features/benefits of macOS Server versus regular macOS?  Am I missing something important?

Edit

I have accepted an answer which basically says it’s no longer the same product.

A few years ago I actually paid for the product for the features they removed. It’s not a hardship as my main server runs Linux.

However, when I saw MacOS server in use in an office I thought it was an ideal alternative Linux to manage internal DNS, mail, file server, etc.


texts: Dock background disappears. Bug or trouble?

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It's already the second time that this occurs. I switch from one user to another and the dock has no background. It looks pretty cool but I don't understand if there's a problem on my hard drive setup or if it's a bug.
I have 10.8.5. Has anyone else experienced this behavior?

This only happens with the new account that I start up as a switch from the old one. The installation is rather new on new hardware.

Note: if I kill the dock from a terminal window, the background comes back. Still...


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My MacBook Pro running Lion boots in maybe 30 seconds. My original iPad, however, takes several minutes. Why is this? I understand the MBP has a much better processor and more RAM than iPad, but surely that can't cause that much difference—especially since OS X is vastly more complex than iOS.

Related: Why do iOS devices take such a long time to turn back on?


texts: How to solve the "Connection Unsuccessful" when trying to connect iPhone to Mac Book Pro via bluetooth?

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MacBook Pro summer 2015 edition. Bluetooth is enabled. iPhone 6 plus and iPhone 7 plus bluetooth is enabled.

When trying to connect from MBP to the iPhone after tapping 'Pair' on the iPhone with the message

Waiting for "iPhone" to accept pairing

MBP is saying that the iPhone is connected but after a second or two the connection gets dropped.

Trying to connect to the MBP from the iPhone gives a message on the iPhone

Connection Unsuccessful
"MBP-Hostname" is not supported
<<Forget Device>>

What is the problem?


texts: How to fix partitions if disk utility is not able to?

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I ask my question regardless of how I came to this point to make it more generally usable.

Disk utility is not able to fix my partitions. First partition is OS X (runs fine), second one is Windows (non bootable at the moment). I used rEFInd for booting.

It would be alright to delete Windows and just resize OS X. But how?

My partitions look like this

Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 234441614
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 56299597 sectors (26.8 GiB)

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00  EFI System Partition
   2          409640        98749479   46.9 GiB    AF00  BVMACPRO
   3        98749480       100019015   619.9 MiB   AB00  Recovery HD
   4       156317696       234440703   37.3 GiB    0700  BOOTCAMP

MBR looks like this:

Number  Boot  Start Sector   End Sector   Status      Code
   1                     1       409639   primary     0xEE
   2                409640     98749479   primary     0xAF
   3              98749480    100019015   primary     0xAB
   4             156317696    234440703   primary     0x0C

gpt output is:

$ sudo gpt -r show disk0
gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         MBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640   98339840      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   98749480    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  100019016   56298680
  156317696   78123008      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
  234440704        911
  234441615         32         Sec GPT table
  234441647          1         Sec GPT header

fdisk

$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 14593/255/63 [234441648 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
 2: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 -   98339840] HFS+
 3: AB 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [  98749480 -    1269536] Darwin Boot
 4: 0C 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 156317696 -   78123008] Win95 FAT32L

I tried resizing the first partition via command line.

$ sudo diskutil resizevolume /dev/disk0s2 R
Started partitioning on disk0s2 BVMACPRO
Verifying the disk
Checking file system
Performing live verification
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume
Checking extents overflow file
Checking catalog hierarchy
Checking extended attributes file
Resizing
Error: -69742: The requested size change for the target disk or a related disk is too small; please try a different disk or partition, or make a larger change


texts: Have a Mac mini hooked up to two screens, but can't rotate one, only both of them

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Having a little problem with my Mac mini. I have two monitors set up with it, and they are working fine as a dual monitor setup. However I want to rotate one so it is in portrait mode but when I change one it alters both of them. The screens aren't being mirrored so I am a little stuck on whats happening?

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: During parallel downloading Xcode and installing homebrew, I stopped installing Command Line Tools for Xcode. Now I can see in Software Update two items related to that. With different versions. After clicking Update Now I can see a progress bar. But finally, the message doesn't go and it proposes me update that 2 items again.


texts:
I've been trying to set up iChat screen sharing between an iBook G4 and my MacBook (both running the latest Leopard) for some time now without success. iChat has been configured on both computers with Jabber connecting to GChat (both accounts are GMail addresses). I've been able to get it to work when both computers were on the same network, but I get this message when I try to connect over the Internet:

Thanks, iChat. That's a lot of help. I do get this line in Console.app if it helps any:

No iChat delegate set for vcc:initiateConferenceCompletedForParty:

Googling for this phrase yields only a handful of posts on the Apple forums, none of which are very helpful in addressing this problem. Is this a firewall/router issue? Is there a workaround?

Oh, and I do know that Skype now supports screen sharing on Macs, and I'm going to attempt to use it as soon as I can talk my grandmother through installing it (no easy feat, so I'd much rather have a fix for iChat)


texts: Time Capsule and Network shares not showing in Finder through VPN

texts:
I'm on my neighbours WiFi, and connecting to my network to my Windows 7 PC which is set up as a VPN server using the native feature. I can access my Time Capsule by going to Connect to Server and entering it's IP Address, but it does not show in Finder automatically, in the Shared section of the sidebar. Also when I'm actually connected to my home network my Raspberry Pi appears in the sidebar, but when I connect over VPN it doesn't.

Is there a way to get the network shares to appear automatically in Finder over a VPN connection?


texts: How do I record a screen cap video of the iPad?

texts: I'm looking for a method to record the video without actually filming the device. Does such a method exist?


texts: Is there a Safari extension to hide results from a Google search?

texts: IMHO one of the most underrated browser extension is Chrome’s Personal Blocklist (by Google). It hides results in your Google search results after you have blocked certain domains them once. Is there a similar extension for Safari? Personal-Search-Result-Blocker, an extension hosted on GitHub, doesn’t work.


texts: How to send a photo with Shortcut iOS app without needing confirmation

texts:
The attached image shows the setup within the iOS shortcut app. I'm trying to have the shortcut take a photo and send it to a predetermined number. It works fine, except for the fact that I have to complete the action manually by pressing send. So the shortcut takes the photo and loads the SMS message but at that point it stops, waiting for me to press send.

How do I automate this last step?

This is where the shortcut ends, waiting for me to press send.


texts: To what application does com~apple~shoebox belong to?

texts: Looking at ~/Library/Mobile Documents I see a folder named com~apple~shoebox. What application does it belong to?


texts:
I know that when you tap on the status bar on top, it will scroll the table all the way to the top.

Is there a similar way that can scroll it all the way to the bottom?


texts: Loading bar stuck at the very end after entering login credentials

texts:
Stuck on the above  screen for over 30 mins.

I’ve tried restarting and rebooting after shutting down - and I get the same result.

This is on a MacBook Pro running Mac OS Mojave.

update 1 -
I’ve tried booting in recovery mode and running the first aid operation in disk utility. That was all fine. No change with login issue.

update 2 -
I held the power button, restarted and held shift. The machine refuses to boot in safe mode. It goes straight to the normal login page every time, not the safe mode login page(there's no safe mode written in menu bar). I entered my password and had the same stuck bar issue.

update 3 -
I have removed FileVault encryption by following this. This link explains how to remove a drive’s encryption from the terminal in recovery mode.

I have then run the disk repair utility on the now unencrypted drive. It’s says everything is good. This didn’t fix the issue. There is now no login screen. I’m stuck with the apple logo and the loading bar in the same place.

update 4-
I have tried booting in verbose mode. It is unclear if there is any issue. There is no obvious error or repeated logging.

I have also tried single user mode and running fsck -fy as the answer below suggests. That didn’t fix the issue.

I have set to boot-args=“-x” to force safe mode. In what should be safe mode the boot still gets stuck on the above screen with loading bar.


texts: change metadata tag before importing mp4 into iTunes to Music Video

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I am a DJ and use record pools to download music and music videos. This is a legal source of mp3 and mp4 of music singles remixed/edited from the album version.

My current workflow is:

Hazel will find mp3s that have not been matched before, open in Metadatics app and add a color tag.
Keyboard maestro when it detects Metadatics is open and execute macros emulating keystrokes to select all then strip all artwork then save all and finally quit metadatics.
Hazel will search for mp3s with color tag that are more than 30 minutes old and import into iTunes.

I want to run a similar workflow with mp4 that will

match mp4s that contain source/URL of the record pool URL.
strip artwork
change metadata so mp4 is imported as Music Video

TL;DR
what is the metadata tag to make a mp4 imported into iTunes as Music Video?


texts: How to force Books to keep local files offline?

texts: I have many PDF and epub books that I have manually added to my Books library. However, when I try to open them, many times they have to be downloaded from iCloud because somehow they were uploaded behind the scenes and deleted from the local drive. How can I prevent this from happening? I haven't found anything in the settings allowing me to do this. I want to keep syncing on because I want the books to also show in my mobile devices, but I don't want the books to be removed from the local drive when they're uploaded to iCloud. I want to always be able to access them offline on my laptop. Is this possible?


texts:
I had an iPhoto library in a non-standard folder and it was not recognised by Photos (which is OK).

I would now like to import all the photos and then delete the old library. How?

If I open Photos with option I can choose the iPhoto library. Will this copy all the pictures?


texts: How to send a pop up message from a Mac to Windows on same network?

texts:
I want to use the equivalent of net send, but from a MacBook.
I want to send a pop up message from my mac to a windows machine on same network. Is smbutil the command to use?


texts: iMac FaceTime HD camera shows no image/black image

texts:
There's an iMac whose FaceTime HD camera isn't displaying video images in applications like FaceTime, Photo Booth, or QuickTime video recorder.

OS X El Cap shows that the camera is attached and registered properly in the About This Mac - System Report.

fresh new install of El Cap on a Fusion drive. Previously the camera worked well with Yosemite.
the green light indicator flashes on/off repeatedly and irregularly when you start an application that uses the camera
there are no error messages or anything about no cameras being attached.
pressing the big button to take a photo in Photo Booth has no effect. The button is on the screen, but isn't pressable.
Skype is not installed

What steps can I take to get the camera to capture and display video properly?

Attempts to fix

reset the NVRAM

Items to investigate

should I reset the SMC?
will the Apple Hardware Test reveal anything

I recently opened this iMac to install an SSD. All cables were re-attached properly.


texts: OSX Mavericks - Enabling Custom DHCP Options

texts:
I am using a new MAC running OSX Mavericks with a solaris ISC DHCPD server.

I have setup some additional options on the DHCPD server but it is my understanding that most DHCP clients don't request all DHCP Options.

I'm trying to ascertain how I configure OSX to send a DHCP request that includes these additional options.

My overall goal here is to issue option 26 which stipulates an MTU size.


texts: Don't copy songs into iTunes folder just use them from file system

texts: I need to add songs into iTunes Library but I don't want to copy songs into library. While drag and drop just copies all songs which needs to be added to the Library folder and then uses it. So, we have waste of space twice, from where we copy songs and to where we copy them. But I don't want to copy songs into Library folder, I just want to add it into Library and play or sync with iPhone. So, at only one place all songs can be managed.


texts: Changing background colors in my folders

texts: How can I change the folder color from black to grey in my folders. I am using OS X 10.6.8. I tried going to View, Show View Options and there is nothing there for me to change colors


texts: What is the EscrowService keychain item?

texts:
I was curious what iCloud Keychain (which I haven't explicitly stored any passwords in, yet) was storing, so I headed to Keychain Access.  There I found an item I wasn't familiar with called EscrowService, which appears to have a Date Modified of around the time I was updating to Mavericks:

Key escrow being very concerning (by definition, it is the storage of a key with a trusted third party), I disabled iCloud Keychain.  The item remains in my Local Items keychain, along with other items such as server passwords used by Mail.app and Wi-Fi keys.

Does anyone know what this item is for?  I suspect if com.apple.lakitu can be identified, it might be a step in the right direction, but I'm coming up short on searches.


texts: List all aliases starting with a particular string

texts:
To improve on the steps I have to take to complete some actions on my Mac, I have created many aliases. Example:

To open System Preferences, which I have to do often to manage multiple monitors, I have created the following alias in ~/.bash_profile:

alias pref='open -a System\ Preferences'

To put my setup in "Work From Home" mode, I have:

alias wfh='code&rdc&smc&'

which opens Visual Studio Code, the Remote Desktop and the Cisco Mobility Client.
To work with aliases themselves I have:

alias editbash='nano ~/.bash_profile;source ~/.bash_profile'

which opens the ~/.bash_profile in nano editor and then when I'm done, it automatically sources the updated contents of the file for me.

Question:

I have numerous aliases that are all related to git. I often forget the alias for some actions. However, the good news is that all of my git aliases start with gt.

How can I list only the aliases that start with a particular string?


texts: Is using Time Capsule better than using an external hard drive because it won't stress the hard drives? (for using Time Machine)

texts:
I just plugged in an external hard drive that has Firewire 800 and started Time Machine, but it seems that both the internal hard drive and external hard drive work frantically copying about 75GB of data from the iMac to the external hard drive.

And in fact, I dare not use the computer while it is copying that much data, as I don't want to over work the hard drive's head.

If it is the case of Time Capsule, backing up using Wireless, then won't it actually work better, because if Wireless-G is limited to 1 or 1.5MB of data per second, then it won't stress the hard drive, and user can work on anything without affecting the hard drive's hard work?

(Updated: Details: 1MB/s, instead of about 75MB per second if using the Firewire 800.  In that case, the user can use the Mac and won't stress the hard drives, especially if the Mac OS X might read 50MB at a time, and put that data in RAM (as a hard disk cache), and just pass this data to TIme Capsule by Wireless-G -- then there is no need to read any data again until 50 seconds later, if assuming the copy speed is about 1MB/s.  Would this be true?)


texts: Mac OS X Lion Server and Macports - Can they work together?

texts: I've been using macports for my MAMP projects for quite some time, but I don't think that the command line server management for Apache and MySQL Server, both from macports, is the best way to do it. I'd like to be able to control those server from one GUI. So, I was wondering if it's possible to configure Lion Server to work with macports' apache version instead of it's native version. Is it possible? What about MySQL Server? Is there a way to control it using Lion server?


texts: Why doesn't Lion recognize my drive as a supported permanent storage volume?

texts:
Whenever I save a Pages (or other) document I'm greeted with this warning.

I really like the version feature and this warning basically says that it is disabled. Any ideas why my hard drive isn't supported? The machine is a mid 2010 13" MacBook Pro with a 1TB internal drive. The drive is formatted as HFS+ Journaled.


texts: What is causing slow Wi-Fi speeds on my Airport Extreme?

texts:
I have a recent model (bought 1-2 years ago) Airport Extreme that, until yesterday, has worked flawlessly.

Starting yesterday, my wireless speeds have tanked. I first suspected my ISP, but that doesn't seem to be the problem - my speeds seem to be fine through my wired devices (albeit subjectively - I haven't measured), just not the ones connected via Wi-Fi.

My setup is:

A cable modem with a CAT-6 cable to the Airport Extreme.
A CAT-6 cable from the Airport Extreme to a cheap 8-port switch.
CAT-6 from the switch to a wall patch panel, which runs under the house to ports in 4 other rooms (where my wired devices live).

The devices that are wired (Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Xbox One) all seem to perform fine - I can stream video, download game updates, etc. at decent speeds. My Macbook Pro, Android phone, iPod and iPad are all affected by the slowness, though.

Thinking there was maybe some sort of priority given to streaming packets at some level, I also tried loading the Netflix player on my Macbook (connected via Wi-Fi), but that was also slow, leading me to believe that Wi-Fi, specifically, is the problem.

Some other pertinent details:

I have a 200Mbps plan via Time Warner, and a very recent cable modem (the model name/number escapes me) capable of close to 400Mbps. I've achieved the full speed of my plan regularly until yesterday. Nothing in my setup changed, so this almost certainly can't be a result of anything I've done.
Strangely, when I reset all of my internet hardware (modem, Airport Extreme, switch) and open a page in a browser on my Macbook, I briefly see fast Wi-Fi speeds. Within as little as a few seconds, though, my speeds drop severely (in the neighborhood of 0-5Mbps). I've even seen the same drop over the course of an online speed test - I can actually watch the "speedometer" needle gradually droop down to almost zero.
I need to try connecting my MBP straight to my cable modem to troubleshoot further - I'm sure that will tell me more - but the adapter cable I ordered is still in the mail.
I'll try a factory reset on the Airport Extreme tonight or tomorrow, but it would be nice to avoid that if possible.

Are there any common issues that can explain this? Any standard troubleshooting steps that I may not have considered?


texts: How to go back to list view of songs in playlists on iTunes 12.6

texts: How do I get the old Songs list view within playlists on iTunes 12.6? Some of my playlists (whether old or new) are now showing up in the stupid huge list that shows the album cover and all kinds of extra crap, and I only have about 8 songs per screen that I can see at once without scrolling. How do I go back to just the text-only list view within individual playlists (not just the main library) in iTunes 12.6?


texts: How do I find location of executable file?

texts:
I was not able to use Illuminated Cloud on Mac since it required to enter Salesforce DX executable path which I don't know.

When I installed SFDX by downloading and executing installer https://developer.salesforce.com/media/salesforce-cli/sfdx-osx.pkg, it never asked me for a folder to install, so I didn't understand where it was installed.

How do I find where SFDX executable is installed to paste it here?


texts: Macbook Pro (13 inch 2016) display flickering, but works fine in safe mode, or with external monitor. Why?

texts:
My Macbook Pro (13 inch, 2016, 4 thunderbolt ports, touchbar) has developed strange screen fault. The entire screen turns black, for a fraction of a second, and then returns to normal, then black, then normal. It's an irregularly irregular flicker - it happens rapidly, or slowly, but not in a predictable cycle. It looks like someone is turning the power on and off again at random. The screen is basically unusable.
Things that I don't think are causing the issue:

GPU switching. Some Macbook models have a discrete GPU and an integrated GPU, and there can be a flicker when switching between them. System report says that I have only an Intel Iris GPU.
This does not seem to be the backlight fault that is described in some 2016 models. If I turn the backlight the whole way down, I can still see the (unilluminated) pixels flickering away in the same manner.

Workarounds that fix the problem:

The screen is normal while the machine is booting (the Apple logo and progress bar appear as usual, no flicker).
The screen is normal when in safe boot mode (another Ask Different user has described what seems to be a similar problem, perhaps indicating a faulty driver, or a faulty GPU function that is disabled when the driver is removed. So seemingly that problem could be fixed by identifying and disabling the appropriate Kernel extension. But, but, heres's the bit that confuses me...
When I attach an external monitor (via Apple's Thunderbolt to HDMI adapter), BOTH screens function entirely normally.

This last point is what I consider odd. If the GPU were at fault, why would it be able to behave normally with an external monitor attached?
What should be my next troubleshooting step? I have asked Apple who advise a logic board replacement. The machine is now out of warranty and I can't afford that.


texts: Can I get iOS notifications for emails routed to folders?

texts: I have rules in outlook that routes certain emails to folders. These still appear as "unread" in the mail app, but not in the inbox, so I'm not getting notifications. Is there a way to enable notifications for new, unread emails that are not in the inbox folder?


texts: I use a Bluetooth keyboard with my iPad. When I am sending messages through the Messages app, the enter key does not initiate a "send" the way I expect (it, instead, just returns down to the next line). Is there a way to make the "enter" key send the message instead of dropping down to the next line? Some magic key combination perhaps?


texts: How can I see what bandwidth each App or process is using?

texts:
I see suddenly that my downstream bandwidth is 400 KBps which is the maximum my ISP gives me, so there's an application downloading at its top capacity.
The thing is I didn't start any download, so it's doing it in the background without telling.
How can I know which app or process is using it?
Or, basically, how can I determine how much bandwidth each open process or application is using?


texts: Is it possible to set the output language of shell commands to anything other than English?

texts:
Am I correct in my assumption that shell commands such as cp, man, ls, etc. always print their messages in English regardless of system and user settings, and also standard shell messages like "command not found" are not localizable?

In System Preferences > Language & Text, I tried changing language, region and input source to a different language/locale. I also tried running sudo languagesetup. Nothing seems to affect the language of shell commands, so I guess it must hard coded to English, but I couldn't find any reference on the internet. If this is not correct, how do you change the shell language in OS X?


texts: Limiting network access for individual applications, on a per-WIFI-SSID basis?

texts:
Today I am out-of-office and have to use my iPhone's tethering abilities to get my MacBook Pro online.

I have an online backup utility, CrashPlan, that immediately noticed that I had connectivity, and started backing up.

Since the data plan on my phone does not include unlimited data (at least not without having to pay extra per MB at some point), I stopped it immediately.

Is there a way for me to configure my MBP so that when I connect to the iPhone's WIFI hotspot, some applications are denied bandwidth, either built-in or through 3rd party applications?


texts: Time Machine deleting backups from several months ago (but not the oldest)?

texts:
During its "Cleanup" phase, Time Machine has recently been deleting backups from several months ago—even though these aren't the oldest backups, and my backup drive isn't full.

My backups go back to January 2012, yet just today, Time Machine deleted backups from May 21, June 11, July 2, and July 23 (all in 2012). And plus, my Time Machine drive still has 200 GB free.

Why's it doing this? Shouldn't it just either delete my backups from January 2012 first (if it needs the space), or just delete the expired backups in the past 24 hours or 30 days (based on its normal rules)?


texts: Backing up home directory, can I exclude ~/Library?

texts:
I want to backup the home directory of my Mac. For reasons I won't go into, using builtin Mac backup tools is not an option and the backup cannot be too large. Luckily I already have my own software to do the backup, so the first point is taken care of. For the second point, I know that the data that is important would add up to about 5 GB, which acceptable.
When I took a look at my actual home directory however, it was way too big. It turned out that ~/Library alone takes about 50 GB.
What exactly is the purpose of this directory, and what sort of files are expected to be in it? What are the consequences of excluding it from the backup?


texts: Creating a bootable Sierra image on Catalina

texts:
I received a MacBook7,1 a few days ago and wanted to use dosdude1's Catalina patcher to install it on my system. The first attempt actually yielded a result that constantly showcased weirdness. When I looked at the page again, I noticed that he recommended having upgraded the BootROM through Sierra. Now, the MacBook did indeed come with Sierra but I had already flattened the SSD to put Catalina on it instead. And now, I am well stuck.

Trying to use createinstallmedia from the Sierra installer app's resources folder does spawn an uncountable amount of processes, but does not actually ever ask me to erase the drive and tell me that it's copying files over. And any other createinstallmedia that I had available to try just outright did the same or refused to accept the application image.

Then I thought of booting up a Sierra VM. After all, I did have the image already, so installing it into a VM and using the createinstallmedia tool from within there should yield me a usable result. But no - just dropping macOS into a VM won't work at all, even if the host is a macOS either.

I have tried several methods, but I am quite out of ideas by now. I may also have a failing harddrive, but using the latest GParted Live DVD to load the Smart Monitor GUI only had me tell me that everything was fine with it. Weird.

How can I create a Sierra image on macOS Catalina (my other, 2014 MacBook Pro) that I can boot off on my MacBook7,1? Alternatively, I have a Windows 10 PC available, so if there is a method to make such image on Windows, this would also help.

Small bonus: Do you happen to know why createinstallmedia just basically throws out so many other createinstallmedia processes?


texts: Cannot log into iMessage or FaceTime from mac

texts:
I have two macs, and at some point one of them stopped being able to log into Messages ( just the apple account ) and FaceTime.  The other mac worked fine, but was not using iCloud keychain ( at the time I did not realize this was the issue ).

Later, I activated iCloud keychain on the working mac and FaceTime stopped working there as well so I think this is related. De-activating iCloud keychain does not fix it.  Making a new account does, but this is a pain.  This started I think on Mavericks, and upgrading to Yosemite Beta hasn't fixed it.

My hunch is there is some keychain confusion going on, but I erasing any keychains related to apple hasn't helped either.

This apple discussion shows I'm not the only one, but nobody has a solution.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5472846?start=60&tstart=0

Any ideas?

Thanks!


texts: What security settings should one use with Keychain?

texts: I'm a new to Mac and found that Keychain has gathered quite a lot of passwords so far. I'm concerned about the security of these data, and I would like what security settings would you recommend so that my keychain data is secure?


texts: WD Passport External USB Drive - Really slow on Macbook

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I just got a Western Digital 2 TB "My Passport" USB drive and connected it to my macbook pro (it says it supports USB 3).  But when I tried to copy my photo library it said it would take 40 hours?

What could be going on?

Details: I'm on a Macbook pro 8,1.  With OSX 10.6.8.  I formatted the drive with Mac OS Extended Journaled.


texts: environment.plist adds extra characters?

texts:
OSX Yosemite 10.10.3

I used environment.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>my.startup</string>
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>sh</string>
    <string>-c</string>
    <string>
    launchctl setenv CX_LICENSE LS
    launchctl setenv CX_LIC_SERVER 127.0.0.1
    </string>

  </array>
  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
  <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

When I go to terminal and type set I get this

CX_LICENSE=$'LS\r'
CX_LIC_SERVER=$'127.0.0.1\r'

then when I try to launch a program that needs to have CX_LICENSE set up it fails.

If I in the open new terminal and run CX_LICENSE=LS and then start the same program from the command line using open -n application.name it runs correctly.

If I do echo -$CX_LICENSE- in the first terminal I get -LS
If I do echo -$CX_LICENSE- in the second terminal I get -LS-

I find this very strange. Could someone explain and probably suggest a fix?


texts: files not appear on Desktop and Drag & Drop is not working on Desktop

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I am using 10.11.4 OS X. I don’t know when exactly these are not working - files don't appear on desktop. Drag & Drop and popping up context menu with right click are not working on Desktop. -
I’ve googled this problem and found no solution. Does anyone have any suggestions to fixing this?


texts: Is there a hidden way to fast charge an iPhone/iPad from a newer USB-C Mac?

texts:
I am charging my iPhone from a newer Thunderbolt 3/USB C enabled MacBook (in my case MacBook Pro 2016) with USB C to lightning cable from Apple.

What I know is:

For example there is an iPhone 8/8 Plus/X or a newer iPad Pro 13

with computer (default(?)) or iPhone charger wall plug: 5W (5V 1A)
with iPad charger or 2.4A powerbank USB A to lightning: 12W (5V 2.4A)
with MacBook charger wall plug (29W or larger) USB C to lightning: 29W fast charging

Anything I do from a 2016 MacBook Pro 15 it seems I get the default charging speed (5W) through USB C despite the same USB C to lightning cable with the MacBook wall plug can fast charge (29W).

The USB C/Thunderbolt 3 standard though supports 100W. Is there a (highly likely unofficial) way to tell my Mac that the iPhone/iPad plugged in via the USB C to lightning cable would like to take a faster charge?

So is there a way to charge from a Mac an iPhone/iPad with 12W or 29W instead of the "default" 5W?


texts: How to sign in to iCloud without verification code sent to other device?

texts: I just formatted my Macbook Pro and reinstalled MacOS. When I try to sign in to iCloud, I am getting this message: "Enter the verification code sent to your other devices.". I don't however have any other Apple devices, which makes it impossible for me to sign in. Is there an alternative way to sign in (e.g. getting verification code by SMS)?


texts: Is it possible to purchase Lion, without using the Mac App Store *on* a Mac (ie. the app)

texts:
This is a followup, but not a duplicate, of my first question:

  Reinstalling a MacBook Pro w/Lion (10.7.2), when previous owner died, can it be done? What do I need?

I have a MacBook Pro, that is going to be given to a new user. The original owner died, so unfortunately I don't have access to his email account, but, the MBP auto-logs on so I'm on the Mac already.

The MBP will be given to the son of the later father, and I have his Apple account details, so I thought I could log on to the Mac App Store with his account, purchase Lion, and then reinstall.

However, in the Mac App Store, the "purchase" button just says "Installed", because of course Lion is installed on the machine already.

So I have a few questions in that regard:

Can I reinstall from the recovery partition already on the machine, use the new users Apple account, and then purchase in the Mac App Store afterwards? Or will the installation stop at some point because that account doesn't own Lion and thus won't activate on this machine?
Can I purchase Lion on the new account somewhere else, through Apple's web site?
Can I trick the Mac App Store to think Lion is not installed, so that I can purchase it? I remember that when I disabled the Spotlight search engine, the app store was a bit confused about what was installed and what was not...
Any other solution?


texts: Is there a video recording app that stores the exact time the video starts (time of day to the millisecond)?

texts:
I'm looking for an app that will log the exact time a video starts to millisecond precision.

I know that normal .mov videos recorded on Apple's Photos app stores time of day information - but from what I understand, this video format only stores up to the second precision, not the millisecond. I'm not looking for a different video format that would store this (although that would also be of interest)- an app that stores the exact time as a separate text file would suffice.

Of course, if there is a way to accomplish this without a 3rd party app, I would also be interested in this.


texts: Message notification does not work in iPhone 4S

texts:
My iPhone 4S always showed a notification in banner (that is, the top of the iPhone screen) when a new message/mail came to me. Those notifications can be viewed in any state(Means, Even if I am playing a game or I am seeing some other apps, I can see the notification in the banner if a new message came).

But, the problem that I faced is, nowadays, it doesn't show the notifications on the banner. If a new message appears, it just show the notification on Messages app icon with the corresponding badge value. Also, I opened the notification screen (by swiping from the top of the screen), the notification appears.

The problem is, it does not show the new message alert in the banner. I attached my Messages app's notification settings here.

Did I miss something? Just confused!!


texts: How can users identify which of their iPhone/iPad apps are still only 32-bit (and therefore won't work in future)?

texts:
Many iPhone/iPad users still use apps on their devices which are only 32-bit. These apps will not work in future if users upgrade to iOS 11, unless of course the apps themselves are updated to run natively in 64-bit.

This being the case, users may want to identify any important apps they have installed that will become useless if they upgrade to iOS 11 in a few months. By doing this users can prepare for the upgrade by:

contacting the developer to confirm their future development plans, and
finding alternative apps that will meet their needs

How can users identify which of their currently installed apps are still only 32-bit?


texts: How do I move a folder and contained files in an external volume to another external volume using Terminal

texts:
I have two drobos. I want to move a folder (called A) from one drobo name (Behemoth) to another drobo (Galactus) using Terminal (Mac). I have tried

ditto ~/Volumes/Behemoth/A /Volumes/Galactus/

but it says directory not found? Thank you.


texts: How to identify iPad models: MLQ82FDA and MLYM2FDA?

texts:
I need to find out what iPads have the order numbers MLQ82FDA and MLYM2FDA. I don't own them and so I do not have the A number available.

I try to identify it using this Apple Support page but with no success.


texts: MacBook Pro takes longer time to open some apps while connected to wifi

texts:
I am using a 2017 None Touch Bar MacBook Pro. It's running on MacOs Catalina 10.15.5 (19F101). I have noticed many times that when I try to open some apps like Chrome, IINA player etc, while connected to WiFi, it takes a lots of time. But as soon as I turn off WiFi, they start immediately. Also when I try to open those without connecting to wifi, they also start immediately. Anyone have experiencing this scenario.
My WiFi connectivity is 3Ghz IPV4 and It does not have any issue with my other connected devices like iPhone.


texts: Does the Power Nap support the purchased apps download?

texts:
Does the Power Nap downloads the just purchased App Store apps? I am expecting it so as stated in this Apple Support Document - How Power Nap works on your Mac.

But, I think I misunderstood it because when I have clicked Install below the Xcode icon in App Store which initiated the download, when the download is at 800MB I have plugged in my MBP-RD-2015, closed the lid, opened it after 30 min and disappointed to see the download is still at 800MB.

I have verified that in settings power nap is checked while plugged in and on battery (I have enabled it before). Does  Power Nap support purchased apps download or does it only supports downloading of updates in App Store?


texts:
I have tried ⌥+→ and ⌘+→, but no luck. Instead iTunes jumps to the next video podcast.

Is there a way to fast forward ?


texts: Converting my Automator workflow to AppleScript app?

texts:
I've configured this Automator workflow that I would like to convert to an AppleScript app:

So far I've come up with this AppleScript:
tell application "System Events"
    keystroke command using command down
    keystroke tab using command down
    keystroke "q" using command down
end tell

tell application "Safari"
    activate
end tell

tell application "SoundSource"
    activate
end tell

tell application "BetterTouchTool"
    activate
end tell

tell application "Finder" to activate
tell application "System Events"
    keystroke "q" using command down
    return input
end tell

end run
Additional info:
The first item (Command, Tab, Command Q) is to Quit an app called "UAD Meter & Control Panel". This app launches upon startup automatically and this seems to be hard wired behavior, there's no preference to turn it off. The app itself is greyed out every time I tried to add it into the Automator workflow. The only way to quit the app is via the Application Switcher and then hitting Command Q.
The last item in the sequence is to Quit Finder because I don't like having the Finder in the Application Switcher.
The problem is this AppleScript completely stops working after launching Safari for some reason while the Automator workflow works flawlessly. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, any help is appreciated.


texts:
I have an iPhone 6 (model A1586) and I installed the iOS 9.0.2 update this morning, and now my TouchID is refusing to work in any fashion:

I cannot unlock my phone with any finger, which I've been able to do reliably previously

a. It scans my finger and the screen shows a passcode being inserted, but the phone then just shakes and rejects the unlock
I cannot enrol new fingers. I figured "I'll just delete my thumb and re-enroll it!", but after about 20 tappings I get a message "Try using a different finger. This fingerprint cannot be read" (yeah it doesn't matter which finger I use).
I restarted the phone (Home + Power) but this made no difference.

Is there any known issues or workarounds for this? I have a pretty long passcode and I use Apple Pay regularly, so it's going to be a PITA without Touch ID.


texts: How to fix “Operation not supported” on mac os

texts:
I am trying to install the Flutter onto my computer onto an external drive I have followed the instructions on their website to try and install it. https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/macos. I can download it then unzip it, but when I try and run any flutter command it gives me an "Operation not supported" error infinite amount of times.

I have tried to install it on my desktop and it worked just fine. The problem is something with the external hard drive. The directory I have tried to install flutter in is /Volumes/RAVPOWER/Devins_Macbook/flutter_development I have added this to my paths folder, I have also tried adding it to .bash_profile. When I run the echo command it shows me exactly where the path to flutter is flutter_development/flutter/bin.

I have also tried changing the permissions for the /Volumes folder I set the users to my name and set it to 777. it has a + at the end of the permissions for the folder I don't know if that makes a difference, but I also don't know how to get rid of it.

I have also set full disk access to terminal first, then I set full disk access to the flutter exec.

I haven't tried running mac in recovery mode because that would only be a temporary fix if I messed with the sip settings and disabled it

I have been dealing with this issue for a while and I'd like to do all my development on this drive as it is the only thing I have space on. any help would be apreciated

shlock: link(/Volumes/RAVPOWER/Devins_Macbook/flutter_development/flutter/bin/cache/shlock1241, /Volumes/RAVPOWER/Devins_Macbook/flutter_development/flutter/bin/cache/.upgrade_lock): Operation not supported

the number after shlock is how many times its tried to run I am not sure what .upgrade_lock running the ls -al command

drwxr-xr-x   8 devintripp  admin    256 Dec 15  2018 Users
drwxrwxrwx+  6 devintripp  wheel    192 Nov  7 20:51 Volumes

as you can see the Users has less permissions than the actual drive

The expected results should tell me what I need to install for flutter to work on my computer as flutter doctor should.


texts: My computer's battery was getting too old so I sent my macbook to an unofficial A/S center. After a week, I got my macbook back and my trackpad felt a bit wrong. It was moving and clicking like it was supposed to, but it wasn't making any of those satisfying 'click!' sound. In the settings>trackpad>point&click section, "Tap to Click" isn't even on. What do I do?


texts: No write permissions on /usr/local/* | Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina

texts:
I have problems with write perms in /usr/local/(lib|Cellar|include|etc.) folders
This material says that admin user have write perms in /usr/local, but I have problems with installing through make, brew, npm and simple copying. sudo chown doesn't work too.
Disabling SIP looks like a solution, but I don't want to keep it off permanently because of security reasons.
Here is some screenshots:
cmake installing: sudo make install

brew installing and sudo chown

npm -g installing

sudo ls -dleO /usr/local /usr/local/*:
drwxr-xr-x   17 root     wheel  sunlnk      544 17 сен 15:05 /usr/local
drwxrwxrwx    2 502      admin  restricted   64 19 ноя  2019 /usr/local/Caskroom
drwxrwxrwx   40 502      admin  restricted 1280 21 июн 20:20 /usr/local/Cellar
drwxrwxrwx    4 502      admin  restricted  128 19 ноя  2019 /usr/local/Frameworks
drwxrwxrwx   20 kotofey  wheel  -           640 21 июн 20:14 /usr/local/Homebrew
drwxrwxrwx    7 kotofey  wheel  -           224  3 июн 13:36 /usr/local/MacGPG2
drwxrwxrwx  187 502      admin  restricted 5984 22 июн 13:45 /usr/local/bin
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     wheel  -            96 17 сен 15:05 /usr/local/doc
drwxrwxrwx   10 502      admin  restricted  320 19 ноя  2019 /usr/local/etc
drwxrwxrwx   66 502      admin  restricted 2112 19 ноя  2019 /usr/local/include
drwxrwxrwx  138 502      admin  restricted 4416 19 ноя  2019 /usr/local/lib
drwxrwxrwx   52 502      admin  restricted 1664 21 июн 20:20 /usr/local/opt
drwxrwxrwx    9 502      admin  restricted  288 19 ноя  2019 /usr/local/sbin
drwxrwxrwx   22 502      admin  restricted  704 19 ноя  2019 /usr/local/share
drwxr-xr-x    4 kotofey  wheel  -           128 11 сен 12:57 /usr/local/texlive
drwxrwxrwx    4 502      admin  restricted  128 19 ноя  2019 /usr/local/var


texts: Will any files or apps delete after updating to Mavericks?

texts: I'm downloading the update right now and I would like to know if any of my files or app gets deleted after this update... I'm sure many people here already installed the update so what can you say?


texts: internal SSD crash. macbook retina early 2016. Mac OS X el capitan

texts:
My macbook crashed after an ongoing update.
I get the "?" file when rebooting it.
After several test i decided to reformat my SSD as it was impossible to install a new version of mac OS X on it.
At this point, the SSD is crashing the reformat or erase process from diskutil. when i launched them. The system is starting to unmount the drive. Then freezing after 30 seconds approximately.

Here are the details of the hard drive and the errors

the problem is disk0

the gpt show command is showing this

when i try to repair the volume

when i try to repair the disk

Thanks a lot for the support
Paul


texts: Is it possible to configure Yahoo Messenger on iChat? There are options in iChat to configure Google talk, yahoo messenger, AOL etc. So far I know it is possible to configure Google talk. But I did not get any document or evidence to configure Yahoo Messenger. I do not know why? Is it possible to fix this problem??? I am talking about Mac OS X Lion.


texts: `AppleCamera` used by Google Chrome even with all extensions+apps disabled/tabs closed

texts:
I'm noticing that Google Chrome (Version 65.0.3325.181 (Official Build) (64-bit) — current version as of writing this question) has enabled my MBP camera and, perhaps, the microphone:

$ lsof | grep "AppleCamera"
Google    1466 areynolds  txt       REG                1,6     354304 4305421720 /Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL/AppleCamera.plugin/Contents/MacOS/AppleCamera
$ ps -p 1466
  PID TTY           TIME CMD
 1466 ??         0:38.47 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome

I have no tabs open (just one window, which defaults to https://www.google.com). I have also disabled all Chrome extensions and apps.

I went into Chrome's settings and set the switches to require sites that use the camera and microphone to first ask my permission.

How do I stop Google Chrome from enabling my camera and microphone without permission? If relevant or useful, I am running OS X 10.13.4.

EDIT

Perhaps an alternative or more general question is: Given that this application is accessing the camera without permission, is there a way in OS X to block access to the AppleCamera device (or any particular device, generally) on a per-application level, as a general security measure? Is there a way to lock down OS X to this degree (perhaps via LDAP attributes used via OS X Server/Open Directory)?


texts: why is aperture filling up my local mac disc when exporting a video to external drive?

texts:
I`m exporting a 1 hour slide show from aperture with music.

I`ve outputted a 720p ipad version (done), now doing a 1080p HD version export.

It gets to about 65% (twice) then gives me an error that the disc is full. I had 45 gig left prior to exporting on my laptop retina.

why is aperture filling up my local disc when i`m exporting to a Lacie thunderbolt drive?

I have zero disc space left, I cannot even perform a screen capture or do rudimentary things on my mac, and I cannot find the video rendered (data exported) so far that has clogged up my system to full... where is it being stored? what do I need to delete to get this space back?

please help urgent, i need to get this wedding slideshow out by tonight and move on to other editing tasks.


texts: Changing the pause required before Voice Commands in OS X Yosemite

texts:
Is there any way to change the pause required before Voice Commands in OS X Yosemite? I.e. if I want to dictate "hello world" then move the cursor on the left, I'll have to say "hello world move left": I would like to define how long the pause between "hello world" and "move left" should be in order for Yosemite to recognize that "move left" is a voice command.

E.g. in Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12.5 professional on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate I can change it like this:


texts: Can Aperture be migrated or reinstalled from iMac to MacBook Pro (which has no DVD drive)?

texts: Can Aperture be migrated or reinstalled a new MacBook Pro which has no DVD drive? Would target disk mode work to simply copy the file? I think Aperture usually runs an "installation" rather than just drag onto the Applications folder. But I can't remember since it has been years since I installed it on my iMac.


texts: How do I take an iPad screenshot that includes a picture of the iPad border around it?

texts:
I know how to take a normal screenshot with my iPad, but I'm looking to see how people on the internet are able to show content on the iPad in a picture that has the physical border of an iPad.

Do they just take a screenshot and superimpose the image?


texts: Restore a potentially compromised iMac - best course of actions

texts:
Long story short, a friend of mine received a "unrecognized IP successful login" alert on a Microsoft mail account he owns. The conditions of the "hack" (timing, password used etc) are such that the only viable option other than a "false positive" alert (which is still very likely) is that the password was somehow stolen from the client - an iMac -  used to create the account in a very short timespan (the "compromise" date is just 5 minutes after the original account creation) - if you like, you can find more details in this question on Information Security.

Anyway, the point is that if there was a compromise, then there must be some keylogger or similar malware on the machine. I did some basic search but found nothing. Also tried to install Little Snitch, but the network filters didn't show anything suspicious.

That said, since I can't find any infection to remove nor I can be sure that the alert my friend received was a false positive, I was planing to "restore/reinstall/format" the machine, even if that means sacrificing all the data contained on it. But I must admit my ignorance... even if I also own an iMac I never had the need to restore it after some compromise, so I don't really know how to proceed.

I am therefore asking for suggestions about the best approach here. I assume I will have to download an operating system iso somewhere on Apple site and then use that to restore the system but I am not sure. This page seems to indicate that I should enter "Restore Mode" and work up from there.... but... does that mean that the "restore" component is still tied to the currently installed OS and could have been compromised too in a way that could give an infection the ability to survive the "wipe"?

Sorry if those questions seems a little confused or paranoid, but having found no trace of the alleged infection I am now starting to evaluate any possibility.


texts: OSX Messages shows contact accounts as invalid

texts:
I had Messages.app when I got my mac a year and a half ago and it worked great.

However, since a few weeks ago all my contacts in my previous conversations appear in red (as if they do not have an account).

What's even more curious is that I can see when people are actually typing (I see the 3 dots (dis)appearing), but I only get the message on my iDevices.

Solutions I have already tried :

Restarting messages
Signing out/in my account
Rebooting

I am now out of solutions, do you guy have any ideas what the problem might be?

NB : My OSX is up-to-date with 10.9.3

Edit : It also doesn't work on my iPad (iPhone is still OK, receiving iMessages as iMessages).
Edit2:  I hoped updating to Yosemite would help. But no :(


texts:
Right beside the Alfred icon, there's a small up and down arrow indicating bandwidth upload and download speeds.

I remember downloading and installing something for this, and now I can't remember the name of it. I'm trying to enter the settings for it and also add in the RAM tickers.

Any ideas on what software causes the up/down icons next to the black hat icon?


texts: Magic Mouse can never reconnect on Yosemite

texts:
Since upgrading to Yosemite (did a wipe of my HD before installing, so no settings was there from Mavericks) I can only connect my Magic Mouse normally once per boot.

Normally you would be able to connect the mouse, sleep the computer, connect the mouse again, however I have to reboot my MacBook Pro after the sleep, if I want the Magic Mouse to work again.

I can see the device in both the Bluetooth preference pane and the Bluetooth menubar icon dropdown, but clicking connect in either of them does nothing.

Sometimes deleting the pairing and re-pairing with the mouse works, however most of the time it doesn't.

I have tried to reset my nvram and deleting /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist, without any success.

When using Mavericks and below, I have never had any issue with my Magic Mouse and the problem still exist when using a different Magic Mouse on Yosemite.

Any suggestion on how to fix this, without downgrading to Mavericks?


texts: Which microphone is used during FaceTime video call in iPhone SE?

texts:
I have an issue with my iPhone SE running iOS 11.4.1. I already spoke with support, and they are saying that it is hardware issue.

Do you know which microphone it is used during video conversation in FaceTime? Because this microphone works pretty well, but when I record something in Camera app, I hear only noise. Whatsapp, Messenger, Siri can't hear me too.

I already did a fresh install of iOS using iTunes. If this is hardware issue, then microphone shouldn't also work during videocall on FaceTime, or FaceTime is using other (bottom) microphone. Can someone confirm?


texts: Will recompiling bash to avoid Shellshock cause more harm than good

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I wasn't particularly worried about Shellshock until I learned that a malicious DHCP server may be able to exploit my DHCP client to run arbitrary code on my system. It's not clear to me whether Macs are vulnerable, but if so, I want to fix it ASAP.

That said, the version of /bin/bash on my Mac is code-signed by Apple.

$ spctl --verbose --assess --type execute /bin/bash
/bin/bash: accepted
source=Apple System

If I follow these instructions and replace Apple's /bin/bash with one that I compile myself (hence not code-signed by Apple), am I setting myself up for trouble?


texts: How do I get rid of the clock in the menu-bar in Mac OSX?

texts: I want to get rid of the clock menu display in Mac OSX. How can this be done?


texts: How is it possible to customize toolbar of Finder and to add more buttons other than defaults ?


texts: How can I remove the window shadow in El Capitan?

texts:
I tried ShadowKiller and ShadowSweeper, they do not work anymore on El Capitan.
I tried to disable System Integrity Protection, but it does not work.
toggle-osx-shadows also does not work: https://github.com/puffnfresh/toggle-osx-shadows/issues/17

Does anyone have other way? Thank you!


texts: Purchasing an iPhone 6 in the United States - Using it in the United Kingdom

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I would like to purchase the new iPhone 6, but as I travel a lot between the US and the UK I have to make sure I buy a model that works well in both places. The idea is to buy an unlocked device so I could switch between American and British SIM cards.

I have come across a few articles that state there could be issues with connectivity as the model of the phones sold in US differ from those in the UK. A few of the articles are listed here.

MacWorld (read the second section of the article).
Reddit
Reddit

In essence, they say that the main issue is bandwidth. Different models tune into different bandwidths and not all carriers support the same bandwidth.

This page on the Apple website shows the different models, the bandwidths that they are suited for, and the carriers and the countries that support them. It says that the model A1586 (GSM) and model A1586 (CDMA) support the following LTE bands

1 (2100 MHz)
2 (1900 MHz)
3 (1800 MHz)
4 (AWS)
5 (850 MHz)
7 (2600 MHz)
8 (900 MHz)
13 (700c MHz)
17 (700b MHz)
18 (800 MHz)
19 (800 MHz)
20 (800 DD)
25 (1900 MHz)
26 (800 MHz)
28 (700 APT MHz)
29 (700 de MHz)
38 (TD 2600)
39 (TD 1900)
40 (TD 2300)
41 (TD 2500)

They also say the these bands are supported by the following UK carriers

3
EE
O2 (including Giffgaff)
Vodafone

Here we see the specification of the iPhone 6 model sold in the UK which says the following LTE bands are supported:

LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25)

Which brings me to 2 questions:

If I buy a model A1586 (GSM) or model A1586 (CDMA) will I have good
connectivity in both the US and the UK?
Is there a difference between the GSM and CDMA model?


texts: TextEdit Chinese Plain Text Style Problems

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I'm working with Chinese text in TextEdit as a plain text .txt file.

This is what a normal line looks like: (and the style that my text document basically looks like)

     bai1 bai1   [pai⁵⁵ pai⁵⁵] (名) 瘸子、跛子。

this is a weird one:

  儿端公——坐地使法  bai1 ber1 duan1 gong1——zo4 di4 si3 fa2  [pai⁵⁵ pər⁵⁵ tuan⁵⁵ koŋ⁵⁵ ——tso²¹³ ti²¹³ sɿ⁵³ fa²¹] (歇) 儿即瘸子、跛子之类的人士。端公即男巫。儿端公只好坐地使法。运用中指不亲自出面就在背后使用阴谋诡计。

I'm not sure why black text is suddenly looking kind of grey and thin - punctuation marks are likewise looking a little worse for the wear.

I think it may have something to do with the fact that I'm using a Unicode extension-B character (which may be using Hanazono font) giving everything behind it a weird look but I'm not sure. Also, this is plain text, I'm not really sure what could be interfering with it - but it's really starting to bug me. (it looks so nasty).

What can I do to fix my weird looking lines?


texts: If you put a Mac in Lost Mode while FileVault is enabled, does it prevent OS X reinstalls?

texts:
Apple's documentation on Lost Mode doesn't say a whole lot about what the finder of the Mac will be able to (or unable to) do with it. Especially if FileVault is enabled.

For example, if I lose my Mac while it is powered on with plenty of battery remaining, they'll see a lock screen and it probably won't connect to wifi unless they happen to be in a place with a known WiFi network (highly unlikely). That means the lock is unlikely to occur, and they're unlikely to ever see the lock message.

However, if they attempt an erase and restore, won't Disk Utility prevent them from erasing the volume since it'll be locked with the passwords of the accounts?

I suppose, theoretically, the only way for Lost Mode to actually do any good is if they figure out how to delete the volume in spite of the FileVault lock, install OS X, and then upon getting online have Apple lock it out during OS X activation?


texts: Latex not working on Anki, even though I have mactex installed

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For example, I've tried typing on the front of an anki card,

Does [latex]\begin{math}\sum_{k = 1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{k}\end{math}[/latex] converge?

given in the example on the official anki website. However it doesn't translate it into its latex equivalent. I've already tried following the instructions in this thread,

How can I get LaTeX working on Anki?

which actually shouldn't apply to me, since I already have MacTex installed and not BasicTex.


texts:
Had a new MacBook at Christmas linked to iCloud password.

Forgot iCloud password so Apple reset it for me. I can login to MacBook using new iCloud password now but Keychain won't allow me to open Local Items keychain says password is incorrect I guess it wants old password that I forgot.

Please help?


texts: Have you got any tools you use for presentations with Xcode? I'm preparing for some live 'showdowns'. Anything is welcome - mouse pointer enhancers, fast typing with snippets, etc.


texts: Change global system property for file.encoding

texts:
Due to a conflict between the mac osx lion 'file.encoding' system-property and my java application, i have to change the setting from MacRoman to UTF-8.
What is the best way to reset this system property globally for all users on this machine?

Regards
mmm...


texts: VPN Disconnects When Internet Sharing Over WIFI

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I'm running MacOS Big Sur 11.2.1 and have a Surfshark VPN.
I have set up a L2TP over IPsec VPN which works when I connect to it but when I try sharing that connection over WIFI the VPN disconnects so my internet sharing stops and i can't connect on another device.
Is there a way I can fix this so my VPN doesn't disconnect when I try sharing it over WIFI?


texts: How do I put the cursor mid-word in iOS 13 phone?

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iOS 13.  iPhone X. Safari, working in text boxes such as on StackExchange.
Happens all the time where I miss a space bar and wind up with 2 words glued together. I don’t use Simple English, so  iOS auto-suggest usually fails to see it as 2 words.
Somehow I dodge the bullet of AutoCorrect changing it.
But now, I need to place the cursor in the middle of the mystery word, so I can add a space bar.  IOS can’t relate. It wants me to either change it to a different word altogether, or stubbornly selects the whole word.
I can drag the handles to the middle to where it selects 1-3 characters, sacrifice those, and retype them.  That sucks.
I want to know the right way to place the cursor mid-word.


texts: macOS 10.15.6, is there a way to get an early low battery warning?

texts: I usually only get the low battery warning when I'm at 1% or so. How do I make it so the notification pops up at 5%, 10%, 20%, etc. Preferably all of those.


texts: Can app store purchase be shared with a Mac running older version of Mac OS X?

texts: I'm running Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8 and need to install an app that can only be downloaded from the App store.  If I download it to a newer Mac can I install it on my main Mac running 10.5.8? When I click "Buy App" it starts the install immediately.  I would like for it to just be a download that I could transfer to my other Mac and delete from the mac downloading the App. Is this possible? How?


texts:
I have had a mt Apple watches for 4 years now (first a series 2 now a series 4) and I always have the following issue: When I active Siri on the watch with my AirPods connected to iPhone (and listening to audio) the following happens:

Siri is activated on the watch
AirPods connect to the watch causing audio playback to stop
Siri waits for the AirPods to connect (taks around 3-5 seconds, sometimes longer)
Siri is ready for input
After input the AirPods don't switch back to the iPhone causing met to take my phone and connect/play again

Is there any way to disable 'Magic Audio Handoff' to the watch? I tried disabling handoff all together in General but this does not seem to stop de AirPods from jumping over.


texts: 2010 15" MacBook Pro unable to recognize internal display, works fine with external

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Today I walked over to my 15" Mid-2010 MacBook Pro (which I had been controlling via VNC not long before) and attempted to use it. I was greeted with a screen that would not wake up.

After much rebooting (by holding down the power button and over SSH), I plugged it into an external monitor, logged in, and opened up System Information (formerly System Profiler). To my shock and horror, only the external monitor was detected and the internal "Color LCD" wasn't listed.

Does anyone know anything about the pathology of a problem like this? Does fixing something like this (probably) entail a logic board replacement?

I'm inclined to believe that the problem lies somewhere in an LCD controller or power supply rather than the panel (because I'd assume that a broken panel would still show up).

Again, the general functions of the machine work just fine—just not the internal display.


texts: Why can't I acces my Mac's webserver from my iPhone using the Mac's ad-hoc WiFi?

texts:
I want to do a demo of an iPhone optimised WebApp using my MacBook Air with a local server, so I don't have to depend on getting an internet connection or WiFi access from my client.

The Air is running Lion 10.7.2 and the iPhone is on iOS 5.0.1.

When I create a network on the Mac I can join from the iPhone, but when I open "http://my-macbook-air/" in Safari, it doesn't work.

Strangely it doesn't seem to utilize the WiFi, as the indicator never appears (but shows connected in the Settings app).

Possibly related:
Why is my iPhone unable to connect to an ad hoc wifi network? (though my question is Apple <-> Apple, so I expected it to work).


texts:
When I record a screen with a standard QuickTime Player functionality, I get a completely green video. I'm using Mac OS X 10.8, Mountain Lion, and a Retina MacBook Pro 15".

Does anybody know what is the issue and how it can be fixed?


texts: Mac shuts down when trying to download software update

texts: I want to download the 10.6.8 combo update but every time I try it, my computer just shuts down. Does anybody know how to fix this problem? I am currently using 10.6. I had been using 10.6.8 but i tried to update it thinking that I was using 10.5.8. after installing the 10.6 I realized my mistake. I am using the combo update from Apple but just before that I tried updating my computer to Core Lion from Softonic because Core Lion doesn't exist in the apple store any more and my computer wont support Mountain lion. Now it wont even start up.


texts: Share books and bookmarks between all devices

texts:
I have lots of books bought or downloaded not from Apple's store.

I would like to simply put a book on my mac, then see it on my iPhone and iPad.
I also like to read it on my iPad, set a bookmark, and keep reading from same page on my iPhone.

Why Apple makes it so hard to work natively with MY books ?
Its my device, so why is it matter how did I get my book ?

Thanks.


texts: trying to delete an app found in 'system information' but it wont delete

texts:
I'm trying to free up some space. From the apple icon in the top left corner I went into 'about this mac'. from there I went to storage, and then clicked 'manage'. In the applications part the app at the top is a game called 'Dota 2' - 23.42 GB but it's not anywhere when i search in find nor if I follow the pathway at the bottom (User->library->application support->steam->games etc).

Is this game on my computer or is it a glitch? It doesn't do anything but freeze for a second when I hit delete in 'System Information'.

thanks if anyone knows something of this nature


texts: Is it possible to modify OS X default MIDI sounds?

texts: I've been looking around to find out how to change MIDI sounds for the Built-in MIDI synthesizer inside Mac OS X, haven't found anything, is there a way to do that?


texts: I cannot get past an "unknown problem" error when trying to login to discussions.apple.com

texts:
I have noticed that when I try to post to any forum threads on https://discussions.apple.com it fails.

I type my Apple ID details at the login page.
Then I am prompted to reconfirm the details for security.
I am then told there has been an unknown problem.
I am given the option to manage my Apple ID.
When I click the button to do this, I am prompted to type in my login details.
After I do this I have to delete the email address that is in the box and retype it otherwise I will go back to the unknown error.

Once I am at the manage page and have logged in, I load a seperate tab and try to visit the threads I visited earlier but I am prompted again to enter my username and password - which I can not get passed.

I would have assumed that there was a possible malware issue on my Mac but the same happens on both my iPad and iPhone. Is there any known issues with either Apple ID or with there website?


texts: How can I stop my iPhone displaying "iCloud Backup requires that you verify your password" repeatedly?

texts:
Due to what turned out to be a (I assume unrelated) sim card problem, I recently wiped my iPhone 4, and then reinstalled from a backup.

Since then, multiple times per day, my iPhone displays a "iCloud Backup requires that you verify your password" message, and then prompts for my iCloud password. If the correct password is entered, the prompt is dismissed, only to return after a few hours (I've not noticed any specific triggering action I'm performing).

How can I stop this prompt from appearing repeatedly?

Presumably disabling the iCloud backup, as suggested at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3406796 would do the trick, but I do still want the backup enabled.


texts:
I just installed xampp on my mac os x. When I tried start mysql it displays a message that mysql is already running on this computer. In order to start mysql stop first mysql. I tried following ways to stop it but neither of them works.

mysqladmin version
sudo /usr/local/mysql/mysql.server stop //mysql.server command not found
mysqladmin -u root -p password shutdown //restarts the server but not shutdown

when i use which mysql command it shows this path

/usr/local/bin/mysql

and when I issue ps aux | grep mysqld command I get following output

zafarsaleem    85209   0.0  0.3  2699804  13204   ??  S     7:51AM   0:00.88        /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqld --basedir=/Applications/MAMP/Library --datadir=/Applications/MAMP/db/mysql --plugin-dir=/Applications/MAMP/Library/lib/plugin --lower-case-table-names=0 --log-error=/Applications/MAMP/logs/mysql_error_log.err --pid-file=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.pid --socket=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock --port=8889
zafarsaleem    85093   0.0  0.0  2435488    924   ??  S     7:51AM   0:00.03 /bin/sh /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqld_safe --port=8889 --socket=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock --lower_case_table_names=0 --pid-file=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.pid --log-error=/Applications/MAMP/logs/mysql_error_log
zafarsaleem    86693   0.0  0.0  2425480    180 s004  R+    8:30AM   0:00.00 grep mysqld
zafarsaleem    86507   0.0  0.3  2678756  11364   ??  S     8:07AM   0:00.63 /usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.20/bin/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.20 --datadir=/usr/local/var/mysql --plugin-dir=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/5.5.20/lib/plugin --max-allowed-packet=32M --log-error=/usr/local/var/mysql/Zafars-MacBook-Pro-2.local.err --pid-file=/usr/local/var/mysql/Zafars-MacBook-Pro-2.local.pid
zafarsaleem    86447   0.0  0.0  2435488    920   ??  S     8:07AM   0:00.02 /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe --max_allowed_packet=32M

How can I resolve this issue?

UPDATE

When I issue this command launchctl list then I do see mysqld in the list as follows

com.apple.AddressBook.SourceSync
-           0      com.apple.AddressBook.abd
1201    -   homebrew.mxcl.mysql                    <--
443         -   homebrew.mxcl.mongodb
-           0   com.google.keystone.user.agent
-           0   com.adobe.ARM.df0ab5bbe6f698196fcc21e3c1e66dcb758bd911f4d637272d9d8109
-           0   com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0
45          -   0x7fd1bba073e0.anonymous.loginwindow
-           1   com.apple.launchctl.Aqua
1261    -    0x7fd1bba0c6e0.anonymous.mysqld        <--
 212    -   0x7fd1ba5206d0.anonymous.launchd
 230    -   0x7fd1ba5203d0.anonymous.Terminal

Secondly when I tried to issue below command as mentioned by @PunjCoder

sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql.plist
OUTPUT for above is:
launchctl: Couldn't stat("/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql.plist"): No    such file or directory
nothing found to unload

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql.plist
OUTPUT for above is:
launchctl: Couldn't stat("/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql.plist"): No such file or directory
nothing found to unload

So what can I do to stop them and how? I am very new to mac os x so don't really know how to resolve this issue. Please help...


texts: How to write out a NORMAL tilde sign (~) in Mac?

texts:
I switched to Mac recently. The only thing that's disturbing me until now is the missing of the tilde sign (~). The closest thing I achieved to this sign is the accent tilde (˜). My passwords are not satisfied with that second little tilde sign.

I'm using a U.S International PC keyboard layout.

How do I make the tilde sign work on my Mac?


texts: "1 alert" is on the next to "About This Mac"

texts:
I am using MacBook Air 11' Early 2015 and macOS Mojave 10.14.6.

I have recently noticed the message "1 alert" appeared next to "About This Mac" in Apple menu.

There seems to be nothing strange in "About This Mac" dialog.

I guess that this happpened after running some executable(s) in /System/Library/CoreServices.
I tried logging as root (saw Silencing the Memory slot utility), but it persists.

Any idea to get rid of this alert? Thank you.


texts: iPod Touch will charge but won't play when connected to a Sony docking system

texts:
I bought a Sony ICF-CS15iP docking system and my iPod will charge when I connect it, but it will not play music through the speakers. This is my 3rd docking system and I have had the same problem with the others - it will charge but not play.  I'm assuming it is my iPod that has something wrong with it. Should I call Sony and or Apple?? Thanks!
Note* I have a 4th gen iPod Touch


texts: iTunes can not find music anymore after changing IP address of NAS

texts:
I have a problem with finding my music again in iTunes after the IP address was changed of my NAS where all my music resides.

After switching internet providers, I changed the layout of my home network. Formerly my NAS could be reached on IP 192.168.0.12, but the new modem demands another IP range, so my NAS is now at 192.168.1.200.

I connect to my NAS (QNAP TS-410) through NFS to a folder called QMultimedia. I mapped the folder to Finder so I have easy access to it and iTunes uses that folder. Next to NFS, I use the same mapping via a Samba share and an AFP share through Bonjour.

After I changed the network location everything is working fine (XBMC, Finder, Time-Machine), except that iTunes cannot find any of my music anymore. If I open a track in iTunes, it will hang for a while (showing the eternal flame for a minute) and then display a message that is could not find the track because it cannot find the path (192.168.0.12, the old location) and if I want to search for it. I can, but I can only do that for a single track and with a few hundred tracks of music, it is an impossible job to remap my music this way.

Did someone experienced this before and how did you solve it? Is there a way to get it easily working again without reorganizing and relabeling all my music in iTunes again? Any suggestions are welcome!

I am experienced with PCs and networking, but a little new with OSX, the Terminal and Bash. I am running iTunes 10.6.3 on a mid-2010 MBP on Mountain Lion.


texts: How do I prevent App Store showing badge on its icon on OS X 10.9 Mavericks?

texts:
On both Dock and Launchpad.

I opened App Store by mistake, and now I cannot remove the badge which is designed for reminding me updates, except I install all the updates or delete all the apps which have updates.


texts: Is is possible to code using Swift on OS X Mavericks? I found the manual on iBooks but that's as far as I can get right now.


texts: As you probably already know, Shazam is a music identification service. However, it is only available on mobile platforms. Is there an alternative to Shazam, but for OS X?


texts: How to use Finder to find all files that do not match a certain criteria?

texts:
How can I use Finder's search feature to find all files that do not match a certain criteria?

For instance, all files that don't end in ".txt" in the current folder.


texts: iCloud Keychain issue ? (otctl : excluded peer)

texts:
I have recurring problems with my iMac that result in a kernel_task spinning at 990% CPU making it almost unusable.
I suspect that this is linked to a problem with my Apple account failing to synch, precisely the account I use for the App Store, (which btw results in a error message in console )
Account <MyAppStoreAccount> is not valid, missing altDSID!

Looking for help on the internet about altDSID I found a reference to the otcltl command why gives status on iCloud keychain syncing. When I run the command I get a very strange answer :
/usr/sbin/otctl status

Trusted peers (by me):
Self SHA256:<somekey> 0= hw:'iMac19,1' name:'' serial: '<MySerialNumber>' os:'macOS 19.6.0 (19H114)' epoch:1

Excluded peers (by me):
Peer: SHA256:<someotherkey> hw:'iMac19,1' name:'' serial: '< MySerialNumber>' os:'macOS 19.6.0 (19H114)' epoch:1

In other words, my machine is at the same time trusted and excluded from keychain icloud with different keys. (my other devices, iPad,iphone,TV, etc... also appear has trusted peers)
This seems quite strange to me. This machine has only one SSD with one OS on it (Catalina), and an external ssd for backup with time machine.
I did not find either any info on the internet about otctl
Any idea if this is normal ?
I have downloaded Xcode and built a small iOS app locally, but apart of that, my use of this Mac is fairly standard.


texts: Is there a way to force read a USB flash drive on OSX 10.6.8 that shows up in the system profiler but not on the desktop?

texts:
USB High-Speed Bus:

Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
  Host Controller Driver:   AppleUSBEHCI
  PCI Device ID:    0x3b3c
  PCI Revision ID:  0x0006
  PCI Vendor ID:    0x8086
  Bus Number:   0xfa

Hub:

Product ID:   0x2514
  Vendor ID:    0x0424  (SMSC)
  Version:   0.03
  Speed:    Up to 480 Mb/sec
  Location ID:  0xfa100000 / 2
  Current Available (mA):   500
  Current Required (mA):    2

USB Flash Drive:

Product ID:   0xc75c
  Vendor ID:    0x05dc  (Lexar Media, Inc.)
  Version:   1.02
  Serial Number:    20130610231308265957
  Speed:    Up to 480 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer: Lexar
  Location ID:  0xfa130000 / 7
  Current Available (mA):   500
  Current Required (mA):    200


texts:
I have an Early 2015 Macbook Pro Retina with a 128Gb SSD and 8Gb of RAM. I know I can't upgrade the RAM but I can upgrade the SSD. Will an Apple Store upgrade my SSD if I take my Macbook to them? Is it possible to know how much will it cost? Or maybe exchange my Mac for another one (same model) with a 512Gb SSD paying the difference?

I have seen this SSD in Amazon that should work for my Mac but if possible I prefer an official Apple Store to do the replacement. I'm asking because I will be traveling to NY and in my country they won't upgrade the SSD.


texts: How do you see more than the Last Opened date when an application was launched on Mac?

texts:
I'd like to find more dates that I've opened an application besides the latest date shown under the Last Opened field.
I was going through my list of apps and found some old ones which I had forgotten about. Trying to jog my memory surrounding them, I stupidly launched them instantly before checking the Get info module for more info on when they were last opened. Now all I see is the current date displayed, and would really like to see earlier launch dates if possible.
Is there any way to see more? A history must be available somewhere right?


texts: Migrate SSD to another Mac...should I reinstall macOS?

texts:
I have a customer who buys a 2012 iMac to replace his old 2010 iMac.  The 2010 iMac has an SSD with macOS 10.13 and would like to replace the mechanical HDD in the newer Mac with the SSD he's got in his 2010 iMac that he recently replaced.

I have two options to tackle this:

I just migrate the SSD from the old iMac to the new iMac.  Then upgrade macOS from 10.13 to a newer macOS.  This will account for any driver incompatibilities as the hardware on the new mac is different.
I migrate the SSD likewise, but then reformat and reinstall a newer version of macOS, so as to avoid any driver incompatibilities.

Option 1 is certainly faster and will avoid having to reinstall apps etc.  Will I have major issues with driver compatibility, etc?

Any help much appreciated.


texts: /etc/hosts not working on Catalina with dnsmasq

texts:
I have several bad guys mapped to 0.0.0.0 in /etc/hosts and this has been working as intended until today.  I launched the default brew installation of dnsmasq and now the bad guys are resolving to their "correct" addresses.
man dnsmasq says that it honors everything in /etc/hosts unless overridden.  I looked through /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf and the line that would override is commented out.
How can I fix this without removing dnsmasq?  Is there a simple "QuickStart" somewhere, or do I have to analyze all the documentation?


texts:
I'm using OS X Yosemite, just updated to 10.10.3 and the at command and related (atq, atrm etc) have stopped working. Has atd been disabled in the latest 10.10.3? If so how do I investigate and reenable the required permissions?

~$ atq
atq: cannot regain privs: Operation not permitted

As background, I have a job that runs daily (using launchd) and submits a list of jobs to atd. The list of jobs are related to events occurring that day so they change times daily. So I use atd to run these jobs based on the daily event times.

It has been working fine up until the recent upgrade to 10.10.3.

/usr/libexec/atrun is enabled and running fine, according to launchd.


texts: Trying to find out what is draining the battery on my MacBook Pro

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I am trying to figure out what is draining battery on my Early-2015 Retina MacBook Pro overnight. I close the lid and leave it in sleep state overnight. The next morning, quite often I find that almost 70-80% of the battery has drained. What is surprising is that on some mornings, I find that only 10-20% of the battery has drained.

I have the same model MacBook Pro at home too. Both have the same issue.

OS: macOS Mojave (10.14.2)

Battery cycle count (or work machine): 217
Battery condition: Normal.

I use an external mechanical keyboard while working, but unplug it before I leave. I do have a USB wireless mouse. The receiver for the mouse remains plugging in, but I turn off the power switch for the mouse.

In energy save preferences, I do not have power nap enabled.

How can I go about finding out what often drains the battery?

Thank you.


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I notice that if i run a first-aid scan in the Disk Utility app on what's known as "Container disk1", it shows a mounted volume called "VM". To my understanding, VM stands for "VirtualMemory" and its a volume that is mounted but hidden in the Finder; it shows up in the Disk Utility app as an amount of storage of 'Container disk1' and doesnt show itself mounted(https://i.imgur.com/O7A8wEB.png). But ive seem to notice every time after a first-aid scan is finished preforming on 'Container disk1' it shows VM mounted in the Finder; restarting my MacBook makes VM hidden again. Here are the steps i used to produce this:

1) restart MacBook into normal boot mode(even if already on)

2) after restart open the Disk Utility app and select 'Show All Devices' in View

3) select 'Container disk1' and run a first-aid scan on the container disk

4) open "/Volumes" path in the Finder after first-aid is finished

Im unsure if this is expected behavior of the first-aid scan on the 'Container disk1' and im unable to test it out on another MacBook as i only have the one. Is this expected/normal behavior? Can anyone else test this out for me to see if VM also shows itself mounted after running first-aid on 'Container disk1'?


texts: Changing the Apple ID on a 1st generation iPad

texts: We are trying to add apps to our 1st generation iPad. We reset to factory settings and need to add some apps to it. I tried signing in with the same Apple ID that is on our other iPad and my husbands iPhone. It says that I need to reenter the password and add a verification code that is found on our other devices. However, when we try to sign in again, it never gives us the option to enter the verification code so we have been unable to download any apps leaving this iPad virtually useless. All the apps require iOS 9 or higher and this generation's highest available version is iOS 5 so we can't download directly. I need to be able to change the Apple ID on the iPad so we can share apps between our devices.


texts: Is iTunes 12.4.1 available for 32-bit Windows?

texts: I couldn't find it on the Apple website, I was only offered the 64-bit version. Maybe that's because I'm using a 64-bit client for the download?


texts: Changing the background image in all spaces

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I'm running Max OSX Mountain Lion, 10.8.4. I have tried several solutions to change the background image in every space/desktop, but can only get one. I have tried this shell script, have tried using Python's appscript and have tried another shell script. It currently only changes the background in the current space.

This operation, changing the desktop background, can be done with a drag and drop method. However, I want to setup a cron job (or any other method) to have the wallpaper change randomly from images in a folder.

As of now, it looks like I just need to figure out how to access all desktops in argparse, as it currently works with one desktop/space. Unfortunately, the documentation is rather poor.


texts: How I download all my files from Drafts for iPhone?

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I made a lot of notes in Drafts and now want to have it on my Mac.

I have access to app by PhoneView but still can't find any text files. Also tried to contact the developer - no response.


texts: Change user password by providing new password as hash in a script

texts: Currently working on a deployment of a large number of Mac's, on which I want to set the password for an administrator account without putting the password plain-text in the script. Is there some way to provide a hash of the password to dscl/passwd?


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How do I pass a password to hdiutil attach?

I have an encrypted sparsebundle  (test.sparsebundle) and it's password is "test", with no quotes.

I'd like to automate opening that file.

I have tried

echo "test" | hdiutil attach -stdinpass test.sparsebundle

and

echo test | hdiutil attach -stdinpass test.sparsebundle

But it returns

hdiutil: attach failed - Authentication error


texts: Which macs are compatible with OS X 10.11 El Capitan?

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Is there a list of officially supported Macs for OS X El Capitan?

I ask to get ready if any hardware which is supported on Yosemite is not supported by El Capitan?


texts: How do I restore the audio balance to default?

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On my iPod Touch, I was playing around with the audio balance setting (settings -> general -> accessibility)

How can I reset the balance setting so that it is precisely at the midpoint (i.e. the default)?


texts: Website loads fine in Chrome, but won't load at all in Safari

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I have a local web server running a basic web site.  The problem I'm having is that the page loads fine in Chrome, however in Safari it wont load at all.

I've tried routing all my traffic through a proxy server and when I load the page in Chrome I see the expected result in the proxy logs, but from Safari there isn't a single entry in the logs, so it appears that Safari is not even attempting to load the page.

I've also tried the following to clear up any potential networking issues:

Turning off the iPhone, and then back on again
Setting the phone to Airplane mode, and then back on again
Reset network settings through the Settings app
Removing all cookies/data/history from the Safari settings page

None of the above have resolved the issue.

I'm doing this on an iPhone, latest versions of iOS (and therefore mobile Safari) and the latest Chrome app.


texts: Applescript to change desktop background positioning (e.g., Fill to screen

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I have the script

tell application "System Events"
    tell every desktop
        set picture to "/Users/jackson/Pictures/Backgrounds/backpic.jpg"
    end tell
end tell

That changes my desktop background to a specific image. The default is "Fill Screen," which I dislike. However, I cannot seem to script the dimensions.

Edit: the default seems to be whatever it was set to last, but I'd still like to know if you can control it from AppleScript

I read here that it might not be possible to directly script the answer (though it may have changed since then), but I was thinking there's probably some GUI scripting that could be done. Anyone have any ideas?


texts: Can I simultaneously connect two pairs of AirPods to my Apple Watch?

texts: Is it possible to simultaneously connect two pairs of AirPods with my Apple Watch (series 3)? This would allow me and someone else to listen to the same music, podcast, Audible book, etc.


texts: Speech recognition in iOS periodically fails - beep does not sound after hitting microphone button

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This problem has occurred on my iPhone 5 with all versions of iOS that have been available for it.

When you want to do voice dictation you hit the microphone key on the keyboard, the microphone iPhone appears and you hear a beep, And you start talking in the icon flashes as it hears the sounds.  When finished you hit the Done button and your transcribed speech is returned.  This is the behavior when things work properly.

Frequently when I hit the microphone button, The microphone icon appears But there is no beep to let me know it has started listening. However the icon does flash in response to sound. When I'm done speaking and I hit the done button, no text is returned. The next time I hit the button it will work - every time.

Under continuous multiple use of hitting the microphone button the problem does not happen. It only happens after some period of nonuse of the feature. But as I said the second attempt after the failure always works.

Is anyone seeing this?


texts: Rename .app and using the new name with open -a

texts: I want to change the name of Visual Studio Code to vscode for using the command open -a vscode. Any idea how?