texts: Restoring OS X Server Data from Time Machine

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How does one restore OS X Server data from time machine on another server?

I had a Mac mini with OS X Server (Mountain Lion). It had Time Machine backups and this weekend the server experienced a hardware problem. I'm trying to migrate the server to another server. When trying to restore it on another machine, I get the following error.

I then installed OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 and OS X Server and then tried to restore the /Library/Server folder to the new machine. Unfortunately, this failed because some folders are locked.


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Is it possible to access an external HDD or USB drive encrypted on Lion, through a Mac running Leopard?

In other words, is FileVault 2 encryption on volumes/partitions backwards compatible? (It really should be.)


texts: Panning with two fingers in Preview (OS X Mavericks)

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Just updated to Mavericks. Has anyone else a scrolling issue in Mavericks?

I used to be able to pan across a page that's zoomed in with two fingers scrolling, but now this same move turns pages, which I can do using keyboard shortcuts more efficiently.

Also, sometimes two fingers scrolling pans accordingly, other times it turns page. I can't figure out a consistent behavior (scrolling on the side of the trackpad doesn't work).

Any idea why?


texts: Adding Ricoh C4501 printer via command line - Installable options

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I need to deploy one Ricoh MFP to ~50 Mac users. I thus wan't to do this through ARD/CLI. I'm looking for the correct lpoption tags for the Ricoh MP C4501. I want to set the "Finisher" (SR3020) and "Option Tray" (Lower Paper Trays) in a cmd that can be distributed via ARD.

So far I can add the printer no problem... what I can't manage to do it set the installable options for it, here's where I'm up too:

lpadmin -p [PRINTER_NAME] -D [USER FRIENDLY DESCRIPTION] -L [PRINTER LOCATION] -E -v lpd://[PRINTERS DNS NAME] -P /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/RICOH\ Aficio\ MP\ C4501

Above is line one of the cmd and it works like a charm... below is each lpoption on its own line and as it doesn't work - I'm guessing I've got it wrong...

lpoptions -h lpd://[PRINTERS DNS NAME] -E -p [PRINTER_NAME] -l
lpoptions -h lpd://[PRINTERS DNS NAME] -E -p [PRINTER_NAME] -o media=A4
lpoptions -h lpd://[PRINTERS DNS NAME] -E -p [PRINTER_NAME] -o OptionTray=Lower Paper Trays
lpoptions -h lpd://[PRINTERS DNS NAME] -E -p [PRINTER_NAME] -o finisher=Finisher SR3020

Basically - "OptionTray" and "Finisher" are complete guesses based on the naming in the PPD file itself... Ricoh wouldn't talk to me because we lease our boxes and the company we lease from... I'm still waiting for their help desk to respond...

I really hope someone can help...


texts: How can I select “Allow” from System Preferences -> Security Panel to allow the installer to run from TERMINAL

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I am trying to install Docker on a macOS computer remotely from my Windows machine using a terminal connection. In order to to this, I run the following command on the Mac:
brew cask install virtualbox

However, I get an error.
From some websites, I learned that I should enable the "Allow" option from System Preferences > Security & Privacy, but I can't do this because I only have access to the terminal. How do I enable this option from the terminal?
Thank you.
Error message when I say "brew cask install virtualbox":
installer: Package name is Oracle VM VirtualBox installer: choices changes file '/var/folders/12/zxss37v145v2_xz8vvxt2lfm0000gn/T/choices20200708-6100-foe013.xml' applied installer: Installing at base path / installer: The install failed (The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.)
The error message when I say "docker-machine create --driver virtualbox default":
Creating a new host-only adapter produced an error: /usr/local/bin/VBoxManage hostonlyif create failed: (default) 0%... (default) Progress state: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (default) VBoxManage: error: Failed to create the host-only adapter (default) VBoxManage: error: VBoxNetAdpCtl: Error while adding new interface: failed to open /dev/vboxnetctl: No such file or directory (default) VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component HostNetworkInterfaceWrap, interface IHostNetworkInterface (default) VBoxManage: error: Context: "RTEXITCODE handleCreate(HandlerArg *)" at line 95 of file VBoxManageHostonly.cpp (default)


texts: Can a 2011 MacBook Pro handle the new macOS updates?

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I have a 13" Late 2011 MacBook Pro with the following specs:

2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
4GB RAM
240GB SSD

I just put in the SSD and did an internet recovery, which installed Lion 10.7.5.

From a performance perspective, should I just leave it there? Or will I get any kind of benefits from upgrading to the latest (or a later) macOS?

My concern is I upgrade and then everything is much slower due to the machine not being able to handle the system requirements.


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I just updated my iPod Touch to iOS 5.1. During the process, iTunes downloaded a 750MB file: ~/Library/iTunes/iPod Software Updates/iPod4,1_5.1_9B176_Restore.ipsw. I have no use for this file anymore, and it's just using up my limited disk space, so I want to get rid of it.

Questions:

Will this file ever get deleted automatically, or will it stay there
indefinitely?
Is there any GUI command in iTunes that will delete all such files?
Is it safe to manually delete this file?
If I manually delete it, will I be able to easily download it again if I ever do need it?

Update: Ipsw files now appear in ~/Library/MobileDevice/Software Images, and they take up 1+ GB.


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I've just downloaded OS X Mavericks on a Mac.

I'm trying to convert the file:

/Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app\Contents\SharedSupport\InstallESD.dmg

contained inside the download to a .cdr (AKA .iso AKA ISO 9660) file.

I've tried a couple of conversion programs but both of them
report that the file is corrupt.

Hence, I would like someone to post the MD5 checksum so that I may check the
file's integrity with the md5 command from the Mac shell?

That is the only way to determine whether this file is intact or not
and if someone could post the MD5 sum I would really appreciate it.


texts: Macbook pro sometimes left clicks are not registered

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Hi I have a macbook pro 15", primo 2011.

It runs perfect with Mavericks. However recently it has started to get a strange bug from time to time. Some times left clicks on the pad is not working. It happens randomly while I work. It's often happening when I e.g. want to close a window in finder or change/close a tab in safari.

The issue shows like this: When I for an example hover over the "X" and clicks to close the window, nothing happens. I can try 10 times but nothing works. Right clicking though always seems to work. I have noticed that if I move the pointer a little around (maybe clicking elsewhere) and then back on the "X" again, then it always works fine again.

The issue comes and goes, and I cannot find any pattern, except that it's happening for every 20. left click I'm doing, that the computer seems to not register it.


texts: Possible to open/convert Office 98 for Mac PowerPoint file

texts: Is it possible to open or convert a Mac Office 98 PowerPoint file (.pp)?  I don't need to edit it, just either convert it to a more recent version or save as a pdf. I don't have access to anything before OS X, but I still have a PowerPC laptop. Recent versions of PowerPoint refuse to open it, and I haven't been successful finding a converter.  Alternatively, is there a service that would do something like this?


texts: Contact photo not displaying in Messages app

texts: How can I display the contact photo in my Messages app?  My device is running iOS 10.3.3.


texts: Can you install or downgrade to an older point release of macOS?

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I need to do some software testing against macOS. I know I can download the El Capitan and Sierra installers, but they seem to install the last version (i.e. 10.12.6) rather than the 10.12.0 release.

Is there a way to get ahold of the older installers, or some way to downgrade?


texts: Certificate signed by an unknown authority in keychain after upgrading to El Capitan

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I've found a random certificate in my keychain after upgrading to El Capitan on both my Macs. It's called "ENTIDAD PUBLICA EMPRESARIAL RED.ES". It's showing a warning that it was signed by an unknown authority.

Does anyone know what this is used for?


texts: Unable to install Internet Explorer on MAC OS X 10.7.4

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I have a mac mini containing MAC OS X 10.7.4

I must need to go through some sites / links which are strictly allowed only for InternetExplorer,

So that i installed ie on my mac,

while open ie application it doesn't opened and prompt amessage like as follow,

You can't open the application Internet Explorer because PowerPC applications are no longer supported.

what should i do.. i need internet explorer very usrgently

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17963475/unable-to-install-internet-explorer-on-mac-os-x-10-7-4?noredirect=1#comment26256483_17963475


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I have some photos I want to put into my iPhone. So I used iTunes when I chosen my folder with photos:

I synced it and they appear in my iPhone. But I can't remove any of them (from iPhone). How can I make them "deletable"? If this is a feature, it is a really stupid feature.


texts: Modifying behaviour of "Stationery Pad" function in Finder

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I recently found out about the "Stationery Pad" feature of the Finder in OS X. For those who are not familiar with it, it allows you to select a file (usually a document of some sort) and in the Get Info window tick the Stationery Pad button. This allows you to use the file as a template for future files which will be based on this one.

In essence when you have a file that is marked in this way, when you double click the file instead of opening it it will create a copy of the file, called your-original-filename copy and then immediately save it in the same folder as the template file you double clicked on.

This is incredibly useful, but has a couple of annoying features:

It puts the copy file in the same location
It immediately saves the file with a name that you are guaranteed to want to change

Is there any known way to make it open a copy of the file, that does not immediately save it? This will allow me to a) choose my own name without having to subsequently remove the "copy" version, and b) have it in the location of my choice from the start. In effect, I'd like to open it as if it was a brand new file that has no name and has never been saved.

Frankly, at the moment it's quicker to copy and paste a file somewhere else then edit it than use this feature, at the expense of the original file not being 'protected' against edits (which is the best part of it, as the amount of times I create letterheads, etc. for people who then save their first letter over the top of the template file…).


texts: how do I create a signature on yosemite?  preview does not offer that option as shown in the youtube of how to create a signature.


texts: How do I access a mobile mailserver on a mac as opposed to a web mailserver?

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I have an iPad on which I can access my email through a mobile mail server. It all works fine. But when trying to access my mail through my mac there is a security problem of some sort that won't allow me to access my email. So I was thinking, since I can avoid this security problem on my iPad, is there a way for me to access the same server as I do on my iPad? Maybe not in Mail.app but perhaps Sparrow or equivalent?

Cheers for the help!


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Im trying to use the arcfour cipher with SSH.  Yes, I am aware of the risks, but I have my own reasons for wanting to use it.  When I list available ciphers, it's not there.  Is it possible to add it in?

Available ciphers:

$ ssh -Q cipher
3des-cbc
aes128-cbc
aes192-cbc
aes256-cbc
rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se
aes128-ctr
aes192-ctr
aes256-ctr
aes128-gcm@openssh.com
aes256-gcm@openssh.com
chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com

Attempt to use arcfour:

$ ssh -c arcfour file2
Unknown cipher type 'arcfour'


texts: Are there tweaks in Time Machine or VirtualBox by Oracle to make Time Machine better handle small files within a .vdi?

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Within a very important VirtualBox, which was at the time approximately 400 Gigabytes, Time Machine is not backing many files inside this machine, for even several months, despite them being changed every day.  This includes an SQL database and other critical files.  I assume, rather unfortunately, there is some kind of buffer space in the VB, and Time Machine is only operating on the basis of the file size of the entire .vdi file--does anyone know a workaround?

This system runs on a RAID0 array, if that is any factor.

Of course, to the praise of Time Machine, by its nature it has limited settings, and I've read completely the opposite in many places that even with minor changes based on the time-stamp it makes too many backups for many people's tastes; not the case here.  Any tips are appreciated.

The host is OSX 10.10, and the virtual client-OS is Ubuntu 14.10 LTS; time machine is set with default settings to backup all files in a single folder within the user home, into a RAID1 external drive connected via thunderbolt.

When you try and test the backup, the files in the guest operating system are much newer than what has been backed-up.


texts: Unresponsive Keyboard and Trackpad in Macbook Pro High Sierra 10.13.5

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I have a strange issue with this macbook. The built in keyboard and trackpad just all of a sudden died (no light in caps lock for example). Nothing works. But if I plug in a usb mouse and external keyboard they both work fine. Its not a hardware issue because If I use a linux live usb key and boot into it at start up the keyboard and trackpad work fine.

I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar issue. I've seen issues like this, but those are all from a few years ago at least.


texts: I'd like to use a shared drive on my Airport as a central location for all of my media. But, I'd like to not place all my important data on a single drive if I can avoid it. Is there any way to build in some kind of redundancy or RAID as a kind of wannabe SAN into something Airport will allow me to share as a single disk, on the cheap/free?


texts: Two factor Auth code sent to same device

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I logged into iCloud today, and the two factor auth code was sent to the same mac that i logged into iCloud with. My iPhone was right next to me with a full signal, but did not receive the code.

What's the point in that? This seems a bug to me, unless anyone knows any different?


texts: Information missing from Safari location bar

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to fix Safari 6 on Mountain Lion that doesn’t show the full URL in the address bar unless I click it?

The address bar of Safari all of a sudden has stopped displaying full URLs, and is instead only displaying the hostname part of URLs. The full URL is only shown when I make the address bar active again as shown below.

images: address bar and
active bar

Can anyone tell me why this is and how I can restore the old behavior? I do have SafariStand installed, but it never did this before today.


texts: How to view individual images in photos app

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I changed iPhone's and with the new one the photos get imported successfully - as shown below. The weird thing is I can not get the images to display except in thumbnails. With the prior phone I would double click on an image and it would be shown in a large size view.

So what am I missing now in how to view the individual photos in larger resolution?

Update Found this Apple provided documentation https://support.apple.com/guide/photos/browse-and-view-photos-pht56eafa987/mac :

However double-clicking or pressing return just puts that blue check-mark: does not  work.

Update An answer mentioned to import the photos. Well they are already imported: I had double checked and even went into the Library on disk and was able to open the photo from there.. But that's a really awkward/long-ish process..


texts: How can I tell which application is using the network?

texts: Very occasionally when using my Mac, I notice my internet connection slowing down. Using Activity Monitor I can see that it's because something is downloading data at the full rate my connection can support --- but I don't know how to tell what's responsible for it. It can be caused by several different things (Dropbox syncing; some app doing an automatic update; most recently it was a video buffering in a browser tab that I'd forgotten about) so it'd be really handy to have a way to tell which app is responsible for the network use. Is such a thing possible in OS X? Ideally I'm looking for a free solution. (Command line is OK.) I'm on Snow Leopard if it makes a difference.


texts: Are there any differences between iPhone 7/7plus sold in different countries?

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is there any quality difference between an iPhone bought in Dubai and an iPhone bought in USA? to be  precise, my question is about the quality of the gadget itself (hardware), because some of my friends claim that if you buy an iphone 7/7plus in USA, the quality of the gadget (resolution, camera, durability of the gadget) is way better than the one you buy in Dubai or any other country rather than USA. I HOPE this time i am more specific.
i am looking for your answers.

respect


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A few minutes ago I needed to charge my iphone 4. I had the apple USB cable but not my wall adapter (sorry, I'm from Portugal and I don't master all the terms!).

I found that my eGo cigarette charger had just that missing part, just on a different collor. It seemed to me that the pecs where the same, so I tried it.

A few minutes latter I hear a click and the iphone stopped charging and a slight burn sent got in the air. The e-cigarette stoped working. Probably broke!

The question is. Do you think my iphone battery  got compromised with this? I ended up charging the rest directly from the PC USB port.

PS:
Specs on e-cigarette charger
Input: 100 - 240V - 50/60 Hz 0.15A
Output: 5V ---500mA


texts: "File" NOT "App"... can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer

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got an mp3 via email from a musician friend of mine today. when i try to open it (in any app... itunes, quicktime, vlc, etc), i get this message as if it's a new Application that i just downloaded from the internet.

i KNOW what to do if it's an app (keep my system prefs security settings & secondary-click on it & choose open that way) that i trust, but i've never experienced this happening before with "Files" that i trust.

is this normal & safe to open as if it was an app? or could something have happened to it & opening could be bad? or could it have been intercepted & actually be some sort of trojan or something?


texts: Is there any way to simulate clamshell mode, hardware or software?

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The way I am setup, my MBP (2020) does not face me. I use it in clamshell mode, but it gets really hot, much hotter than when the lid is open. If the lid is open though, I lose performance because it has to run another screen. I also lose my cursor when it accidentally goes onto the screen I can't see, and is annoying when a window decides to open in the screen I can't see.
Is there a way, either software or hardware, to fool the MBP into thinking the lid is closed?


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I have been allotted a system-generated password (which is impossible to remember) that I cannot change and every time I mount a folder from the remote machine, I have to enter the password for that account.

I have set-up a public key based log-in which works fine when I use ssh. That is, I do not have to enter the password when I am using ssh.

However, when I use OSXFUSE to mount a folder, I am asked for the password every time. How do I make OSXFUSE to use the public key for mounting the folder?

Command that I use to mount the folder:

sudo sshfs -o allow_other,defer_permissions root@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/ /mnt/droplet


texts: `devfs` runs in fully capacity continuously

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Run df and it reports from MacOS:

    Filesystem    1024-blocks     Used Available Capacity iused               ifree %iused  Mounted on
    /dev/disk1s1    118284248 89296708  25200204    78% 1280499 9223372036853495308    0%   /
    devfs                 186      186         0   100%     644                   0  100%   /dev
    /dev/disk1s4    118284248  3145860  25200204    12%       3 9223372036854775804    0%   /private/var/vm
    map -hosts              0        0         0   100%       0                   0  100%   /net
    map auto_home           0        0         0   100%       0                   0  100%   /home
    /dev/disk2s1    126712832 29139200  97573632    23%  227650              762294   23%   /Volumes/Transcend

The devfs entry occupies physical space of 186, while it runs persistently in full capacity on my Mac.

What's the mechanism behind it?


texts: Apps Filesharing - iTunes - Windows 7 -  could not be copied because its name is too long

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I am an app developer and I am trying to help a customer move a file from their iPhone in Document sharing.

They take the following steps:

But receive the following error:

(<file> could not be copied because its name is too long or includes characters that are invalid on the destination volume)

The longest file name in the folder will be something like: CoreDataUbiquitySupport/mobile\~B63CA3F9-0971-4F53-AF50-B1F792DDEFFE/iCloudStore/BC2FFBEC-33FA-4157-9F89-5D16429878C1/container/mobile\~B63CA3F9-0971-4F53-AF50-B1F792DDEFFE/iCloudStore/dITgSOv1a\~uXwdg84VBrJ5ksgQRT7WHwf7B9JLbKre8\= those random strings should all be the same length (232 chars total).

They tell me they are on the latest version of iTunes and Windows 7.

I can't find anything on google for this error.

Any help hugely appreciated.

[Apologies if this isn't the best place for this question, suggestions for where is the best place very much welcome. The general Apple Support forums which is where I assumed would be best have told me not to post there..]


texts: My fan is running really loud. I have tried resetting the SMC and it didn't work. I have no applications running and my mac is not hot. If you have any idea what is wrong please help me!


texts: iCloud Drive sync breaks when new security update comes out?

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I have noticed (it happened a second time now) that when a security update shows up in System Preferences the iCloud Drive doesn't upload anymore (probably download is affected too, but I didn't test).
I've tried killall bird, but it didn't work.
After I updated the system (Catalina) to the latest security update it synced again, but here I am now facing the same issue. Is a time-consuming update (usually at least 20 minutes) really the only fix?
Has anyone else observed this behaviour?


texts: IPhone4S is not allowing to text; use email nor certain apps

texts: l accidentally did the reset statistics button on my phone and now my phone is all out of whack. What can I do to restore it back to its normal function?


texts: Why does my new bootable external SSD show up as 2 volumes?

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I have an iMac (model 18,2) running Mojave. I have installed a new external (USB 3.1) SSD, and installed Catalina on it (and am in the process of migrating to it as the primary load source).

When I am running under Catalina, both the new SSD and the internal hard drive show up as single volumes ("SanDisk SSD" and "Macintosh HD"). But when I am running under Mojave, the SSD shows up as two volumes: "SanDisk SSD" and "SanDisk SSD - Data." Moreover, when I put custom icons on those two volumes (via Get Info) from Mojave, then reboot to Catalina, it's the icon I applied to "SanDisk SSD - Data" that appears.

This is most confusing. Can somebody shed any light on what's going on?

(FWIW, my customary disk drive icons are based on a photograph of a 1960s-vintage removable disk pack, of the sort that might go into a "Merlin" drive on an IBM 370 or compatible.)


texts: How to Show Virtual Keyboard in El Capitan?

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I changed to El Capitan and I cannot find anymore the virtual keyboard about testing keyboard's keys visually.
It is normally in the right hand corner under the keyboard switcher icon.
I need the tool to review specific characters of OS X Keyboards, since I am typing many of them.

How can you have the virtual keyboard in OS X El Capitan?


texts: Best way to import analog video tape to Mac?

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I want to transfer my family's analog video tape collection to digital form on my Mac (mid-2014 MacBook Pro).  Unlike the asker in Best way to import analog video (VHS) to Mac, my goal is not to identify an inexpensive solution but rather to preserve video and audio quality.  I would prefer to do it myself because besides being naturally hands-on I can't risk these being lost/damaged/not-returned if sent out.

Details

Details of my particular situation follow, but please feel free to provide answers, background, and further considerations useful to future readers with similar but possibly varying needs.

Our working Sony Hi8 XR CCD-TRV65 Video Camera Recorder
(VCR)

which has s-video and composite (not component) outputs through which
I can still play...
Our 20 Hi8 MP 120 tapes

which are 10 to 15 years old.

How can I best preserve the content of these tapes?

What device and/or software should I use to transfer and convert the
videos into digital format?
What target video file format should I choose to preserve quality and
maximize flexibility?  Electronic-only files are fine with me -- I
don't particularly need or want to burn to DVD or Blu-ray.


texts: Workout App Open Goal vs Calories question

texts: On the workout app, for all of my workouts except “Outdoor Hiking” the default setting under the little green figure says “Open Goal” in bright green.  Under the Outdoor Walk it shows “750 Calories” in red. When I start it, the countdown ring is in red. How do I reset this to Open Goal and countdown ring in green ?


texts: Hard Drive Space Eaten Up Daily. Think Crashplan may be a reason. Need Help

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I've been suffering with this for weeks. I'm running Yosemite on a 15" MBP. I am told daily that I have no more disk space and no matter what I end up deleting I'm left with 1GB minutes later.

About This Mac Storage (and Daisy Disk) say I have 247GB in Other.

Disk Inventory doesn't recognize that and just says I'm using 37GB of my SSD.

I can't remember the terminal command I used from another thread but it showed mobile backups and another folder taking up well over 100GB of my space but no one told me how to either clear those to free the space or how to prevent it from reoccurring.

Important to note I used crashplan for awhile and removed it about 3 months ago.

I desperately need my hard drive back!


texts: How can I change default settings for HP Laserjet Pro 100 Color MFP 175?

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I've already created a new Preset configuration, but I cannot set it as the new default settings.

Anyone has any clues on achieving this?


texts: How to check Raw Files in my iCloud Drive?

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I would like to see all my raw files in my iCloud Drive.

I tried going to https://www.icloud.com/#iclouddrive and ~/Library/Mobile Documents, but there’re only the “official, ordered and clean” iCloud Drive folder.

From the iCloud preference panel, I can see every app that stores something in my iCloud Drive, but I can’t see what they store.

Is there a complete way to check my iCloud Drive?

EDIT: This is what I mean by “Raw Files”:


texts: Family sharing payment information verification bug

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I have family sharing enabled and when a family member tries to purchase something (in this case purchasing more iCloud storage) they are asked to ask an organizer to verify by entering the credit card security code.

When the security code is entered and "Done" is pressed nothing happens. (Except I get a notification from my bank that ITUNES.COM has charged me 1$, every time "Done" is pressed.) Nothing here means literally nothing, the shade of the button changes on press but that's it, no dialog, no text, nothing.

This happens regardless of which device is used. I've tried this on two iPhones, iPad and a Macbook.

The current status is that no one in my family can purchase anything and I've payed 12$ in verification fees(?) trying to figure this out. It seems a bit crazy. Any thoughts?


texts: OSX Apple Mail client stops syncing GMail IMAP

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Latest OSX version on a MacBook Pro.

On a regular basis, the Apple Mail client stops fetching new messages from GMail via IMAP.  Clicking on the "Fetch new mail" button does nothing.  It's possible to restart fetching by completely quitting and relaunching Apple Mail.

I've already looked at the following question Apple Mail is not syncing completely with Gmail account and several others.

What I want to know is whether this is a known bug, a known incompatibility between Apple Mail and GMail, or something else, and whether there is a fix available (not just a workaround).


texts: How to create TOC style icon files to use with Option startup screen

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Does anyone know how to modify the icon for an existing disk partition that shows up on the Option startup screen? If you hold down the Option key during power up, you will see an icon for each volume that contains a version of macOS that can boot the computer.

I've got one Catalina partition that shows a nice Catalina icon rather than the generic USB looking icon.

I found out this is controlled by the .VolumeIcon.icns file that is in the root filesystem (or in the case of Catalina it's really a link to an entry in the /System/Volumes/Data folder), and that only TOC type icon files seem to work in the Option boot up screen. Once, you boot into macOS that's a different question -- this is only about the special Option boot screen, that you only see when you press the Option key when powering up or rebooting the computer.

So the question becomes how to create/manage/modify these TOC style of icon files?

Preview can view them, but it seems to show the icons in a different order than they are physically stored in the disk (I viewed the icon file in a hex editor and it is much different order than what Preview shows you and in fact Preview doesn't show the mask icons at all).

If you wish to see the details of these icon files take a look at Icon Image Format for more info.

Appreciate any suggestions or ideas or perhaps there is some utility for creating/modifying/managing TOC style of icon files? I know about iconutil and it doesn't seem to be able to create these TOC style of icon files, as far as I know.

Thanks very much.


texts: Software to losslessly optimize batches of image files

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I frequently work with large numbers of image files to be used in websites.

I'm currently using Photoshop's 'Save for Web' tool to find the most efficient way to compress images, but that takes some time and isn't always perfect.

I'd love to find a nice utility that can automatically go through my images and optimize each one.

Requirements:

Compression should be lossless.
Utility should be able to chug through a batch process automatically (i.e. without me interacting with it for each image).
Should support JPEGs* and PNGs, and ideally GIFs.

The app does not have to be free, as long as it's good.

*By JPEG support I mean reducing file size without making the compression any more lossy than it already is (throwing out metadata, etc).


texts: Even when I disable ALL notifications, I still get text message alerts, how do I go about disabling THEM on an iPhone 3G?


texts: Preserving a Configured Guest User Profile

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I am configuring my school's macs to have a specially configured Guest User so that when students log in as Guest, they have Chrome all set up, with a pre-configured BlockSite chrome extension, and several bookmarks, and open tabs, etc.

The way I have done this is to log in as guest, install the browser extension, configure it and the browser in general, pre-open tabs, save chrome preferences, etc., and then I copy
 - /Users/Guest/Library to
 - /System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Library

This works great until I copy that same folder to a USB drive, and then copy the Library folder from the USB drive to the next macbook that needs to have a pre-configured Guest User.  Once I have it copied over and log in as Guest, there are a couple things wrong:

The browser extension is no longer installed
Chrome's preferences are gone

I am sure there are others, but those are the two big ones.  So my question is, if I am copying the Library folder in its entirety, why are these things not carrying over?  What do I need to be doing differently?


texts: APFS container over multiple physical disks

texts: I have an encrypted APFS container with several volumes. The container lives on a physical partition (disk0s1), which is followed by more partitions (disk0s2, ...) with no free space in between. I need to expand one of the volumes on the container without having to move the other physical partitions in order to expand disk0s1. I know with LVM you can expand the container (physical volume) with other partitions which don't need to be adjacent, or even on the same hard drive. Is that possible with an APFS container?


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I am getting really annoyed by the number of ads that I get in Pandora and am considering shelling out $36 for the paid version.

Are there other streaming music iPhone apps that I can review before I make a purchase?

This will be used in USA.


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I googled a lot and read many documents. But I can't understand the concept behind iPhone's Bluetooth technology.

In my knowledge, Bluetooth was used for:

Transferring files between devices
Wireless communication for things like video gaming and earphones

Recently I tried to copy some of the photos from my old Android mobile to my iPhone 4S via Bluetooth. It's quite simple in my older phones to connect with other devices by Bluetooth for file sharing. But I can't pair other devices (even another iPhone :( ) with my iPhone 4S.

Copying songs/videos may affect their iTunes as well as their business. But what about images? Why is the usage of Bluetooth restricted and what's the use of it being able to transfer images?
Is there any other way to use iPhone's Bluetooth to transfer files? Maybe using an app? But I don't want to jailbreak my device.

I'm confused about the restrictions and Apple's thinking.


texts: What exactly does "erase and sync" mean in iTunes?

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This is one of the scariest, vaguest warnings I've ever seen.

In my case I don't mind if it erases all of my songs and re-syncs with my new computer, but I sure as hell don't want it erasing everything on my iPhone. Why on earth would it need to do that? Why is this error so vague?

I'm definitely not willing to just try it and see what happens.


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Does anyone know how apps are published on the same day as new iOS release?

Because Xcode doesn't launch until then (except for the beta version). And you cannot publish apps using the beta version.

And getting the app reviewed takes at least 7 days.


texts: How do I undo overwriting my /usr/local/bin folder?

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I think i overwrote my /usr/local/bin folder - any way to undo this?

I was installing MacVim and did the following command:

sudo mv mvim /usr/local/bin

Now instead of copying mvim into my /usr/local/bin folder, i think it replaced that folder with a file called 'bin'...

Any suggestions?


texts: Is there a way to get Smart Playlists to work with iOS and iTunes Match?

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I'm an iTunes Match subscriber, and since I signed up, Smart Playlists haven't been working in conjunction with my iPhone.

I have several Smart Playlists and each one has a song limit.
On my iPhone, the Smart Playlists completely ignore the limit, which makes them sort of useless, because I can't download a playlist without filling up my phone.

It also seems that my Smart Playlists aren't updating, even though they're all set to "live update."

Is there a way to get Smart Playlists working with iTunes Match and iOS?

My recently added and recently played playlists were my way of keeping my phone up-to-date without having to manually manage my music. Not having functional Smart Playlists is a pain.


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I've bought Plantronics GO bluetooth earbuds and when I double-click them (next song) it starts calling my last call.

Any thoughts what goes wrong here? plantronics replied that it are my phone settings. What did I miss?


texts: Is it possible to update macOS's emoji keyboard (to use all emojis)

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Following this question, I have obtained and installed macOS Mojave's Apple Color Emoji.ttc on macOS Sierra. While I can now see these emojis if I'm texted them, they don't show up on my emoji keyboard (even when placed in /System/Library/Fonts/)

One of the answers to that question mentioned that this would happen:

  Emoji & Symbol picker will not list the newer emoji added since your version of macOS. For that to work you would also need to update at least /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreEmoji.framework and maybe some other files.

Because of this, I tried switching out macOS Sierra's CoreEmoji.framework for Mojave's. This did not go well to say the least.

As soon as I renamed the original CoreEmoji.framework (to make sure that it still existed), Finder immediately froze, and when force quit didn't re-open, open applications stopped working, and I was unable to launch any apps or files. I was also unable to Log out, Restart, or Shutdown (except when pressing and holding the power button).

After shutting down, when attempting to restart, there was no restart sound, the progress bar didn't display any progress, after about 1 min the screen brightness was lowered a bit (like what happens when you computer is about to go to sleep or start a screensaver), and after 2-3 mins of starting up, the screen turned off completely. The computer didn't respond to any key presses or mouse activity.

I was able to undo the damage done by booting into the Recovery partition and using mv to move the origonal CoreEmoji.framework back into place, and was then able to restart into my regular macOS partition.

So, it turns out that changing something (that I wouldn't think make a big difference) like CoreEmoji.framework can make it so that macOS can't restart, so I was wondering if there is any way, other than by completely replacing CoreEmoji.framework, to get macOS Mojave's emojis to show up in the emoji keyboard. Does something like EmojiAttributes exist for macOS? Or, as ridiculous as this sounds, could EmojiAttributes be modified to work as a mySIMBL extension? The only problem with that solution is that I have no idea how to build with theos, as for some reason it seems that I didn't install it correctly on macOS or iOS (I followed the instructions for both, but it doesn't work).

Also, before you tell me that I did something less than optimally smart, yes, I do have backups of everything, and in the worst-case-scenario, could have reinstalled macOS.


texts: OS X 10.9 - Home Directory for Share Only Account?

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I created a new Share Only user account but I am not able to find the home directory for this account in Finder, or under /Users.

I know for sure that the account was created correctly, because when I try to recreate the same Share Only Account, the system tells me that an account of this type already exists.

Where can I find the home directory for this specific account?

My other accounts (Standard User Account, Administrative User Account and Parental Control User Account) appear in the /Users directory.


texts: Does anyone know how to set the priority order of SSL/TLS cipher suites on Safari for Mac OSX (10.7 ideally, but any version would be helpful). Can't seem to find any documentation on that point.


texts: How to dock multiple screens in a single screen?

texts: I am using Macbook Pro and I am trying to dock terminal in the bottom and my webstorm on the top left and safari in top right. I followed the suggestion but I can't get the dividie by holding shift but can't seem to get the divider the solution suggests. How do we get the divider or is this solution is


texts: Apple Script, Javascript: fill text filed (web form) with data from clipboard

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I want to fill a webform (text filed) from a page i open in Safari with the text from a excel cell. I have managed to do a script to copy the cell content to clipboard but i do not know how to use this to fill the form.

I do not have much experience and i found the below code to input a specific text. How do i change it to do what i need?

tell application "Safari"
do JavaScript "document.getElementById('Exampleid').value = "Clipboard";" in document 1
end tell

Note: the script in total is bigger and it goes in a loop each time selecting a different cell in excel to copy into the same form but at a different address.


texts: Why is Preview.app in /Applications and not where Catalina installed it?

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Recently I upgraded from Mojave to Catalina 10.15.7. When going to "/Applications" in the Finder GUI, I see Preview.app. But if I cd /Applications in the terminal and do ls -lah, I don't see "Preview.app" listed in the directory contents.
What happened?


texts: How to remove defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 10

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Recently, it was suggested to me to run this in my terminal:

defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 10

but I have found that it is not helping my key strokes, but just adding one more annoyance to my work.

How do I undo this command?


texts: Apple TV YouTube "Error occured loading this content"

texts: So my YouTube application for my Apple TV is not working. When I go to play a video, it shows "An error has occurred loading this content. Try again later." This first started happening yesterday out of the blue, and I double-checked to see if any of my other applications had the same problem but YouTube's the only one. I've unplugged and plugged back in the cords on the back of the box, and I've restarted Apple TV and still no luck. If anyone has any suggestions, please reply!


texts: How to resolve screen unlock login screen appearing after a long time?

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I have a Macbook Pro 15'' Retina running Mavericks.

When I lock the screen when stepping away and then attempt to reactivate it by either moving the mouse or entering some keys, the login screen doesn't appear immediately.

I am able to see the mouse pointer, repeatedly pressing any key results in the [action unavaiable] sound appearing but the login screen that will allow me to unlock the screen doesn't appear. It appears after a random amount of time after persistent attempts at unlocking the screen. How can I resolve this issue?


texts: How to Steam Video from iPhone to WiFi-Enabled HDTV

texts: Just bought my first wifi-enabled HDTV.  I have a feeling this is a "duh!" question, but I can't find a clear answer.  Is it possible to stream a video from my iPhone to the HDTV?  I've heard of Chromecast, Apple TV, Roku, and various iOS apps but I'm not clear if / how any of them would do what I want.


texts: Where is the Mac password requested by iOS stored?

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Recently (newly with iOS 11 for me, but apparently earlier for others) my iPhone has asked for my Mac password, indicating that until I provide it, certain features (on iOS?) will be unavailable to me.

Is this stored somewhere once requested. If so where is this password stored?


texts: a problem with the area locked SIM card, how can I unlock my iphone?

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I recently updated my iPhone 4 to iOS 7; however, I need to fully unlock my iPhone (which I inserted a SIM card into). How do I do this?
Note: my sim card is from Tahiti (French Polynesia). Can you help me resolve this problem?


texts: My Macbook Pro often hangs up at shutdown - what should I do?

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My system:

  System Version: macOS 10.13.6 (17G5019)
  Kernel Version: Darwin 17.7.0
  Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
  Boot Mode: Normal
  Model Name: MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier: MacBookPro14,3
  Processor Name: Intel Core i7
  Processor Speed: 2.9 GHz
  Number of Processors: 1
  Total Number of Cores: 4
  L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
  L3 Cache: 8 MB
  Memory: 16 GB
  Boot ROM Version: 185.0.0.0.0
  SMC Version (system): 2.45f0

With alarmingly increasing frequency, when I shutdown my Mac at the end of the work day, it hangs. This means that I have to stop it by keeping the Touch ID button pressed - with the result that when I turn my Mac on again, OSX complains about the forced shutdown. I'm worried this may compromise the stability of my system, and maybe even the life of my Mac.

This is a company machine, so probably the best thing to do would be to log a case for IT and wait for them to solve the issue. However, I'm on a long business trip and I likely won't be able to give them my laptop before the end of the month. Is there anything I can do on my side, to reduce the risk of instabilities/life reduction?


texts: Recording in quicktime from microphone while muted

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I want to record some live sessions that I am taking. sometimes I am busy at work on another computer and I have to mute my session on my MacBook. Before recording, we can set microphone input, which is selected to the build-in a microphone, but when I mute my laptop the sound doesn't get recorded.
How can I record audio too if I put the laptop speaker on mute.


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I have two iPhones (personal and work) that are on the same Apple ID. On the personal one there is the the following problem that doesn't happen on the work one: on the Updates tab of the App Store, the update dates are wrong for most apps. For example, Skype for iPhone right now shows 2 days ago, but when clicking on that app, it shows 2w ago and it was indeed updated about 2 weeks ago (typically I update the apps as soon as updates show up).

The Date & Time are Set Automatically on both phones, the city is found correctly by the location services (Setting Time Zone is allowed). The phones are on different operators, but I don't think that they use the operator time for setting the date and time.

What is most baffling is that it happens only on one phone, although both are on the same account. Any idea what may be going on and how to fix it besides trying to reinstall the phone from scratch?


texts: Drained battery iPhone 5G, about 40-50 cycles only spent, iPhone can't turn on

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Well, basically I bought a good battery it was working fine, and lasting for a long time on a single charge. After like 40-50 cycles or so, I left it without charging and it drained to zero. Now, I can't charge the phone (I use wall charger). It shows only the battery red line sign and a cable, and when I plug it in, it only shows the red lining battery.

I tried keeping it overnight on charging (I use wall charger, because I know it is stronger).
I also tried going into DFU mode, but to no avail. No use. It can actually go to iTunes and iTunes detects the phone, and I can actually restore the phone, but after it finishes it resets and the same happens - red lining battery sign.
I tried keeping the battery on red hot sun and after it almost melts from the heat I wait one minute to cool off and then I put it in phone, same result.

What else can I do?


texts: Mac OSX Mail Closes main window after hitting send

texts: Recently every time I compose an email, when I hit send not only does the mail compose window disappear (as expected) so does the main mail window... and then I have to click the dock icon to bring it back!  Ideas on why this has just started happening?


texts: Higher kernel_task CPU usage when playing audio through Thunderbolt Display

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I noticed today a higher kernel_task CPU usage when playing audio through Thunderbolt Display from my Macbook Pro (early 2011) on OS X Yosemite. Although the CPU usage is not very high (15 - 20%), it certainly gets the fans spinning fast enough to get my attention. I would not expect this as a normal behaviour.

I've tried Spotify, iTunes and playing a YouTube video in Safari and got the same results. Here is an example when playing a song from iTunes through the internal speakers (I get the same values with headphones):

And here is the kernel_task usage when playing the same song through my Thunderbolt Display:

I have tried both SMC and PRAM resets, but to no avail. What could be causing this? Does anyone else experience this behaviour?


texts: How to force Finder to update file thumbnails?

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Recently I updated album covers in most of my mp3s, but their respective thumbnails on Finder did not get updated.

Things I tried:

Removed (rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist) without solving the issue at all
"touch"(ed) the files, which refreshed some - not all - the thumbnails

Any ideas on how to force a refresh of my mp3 thumbnail icons in Finder?

See the manifestation of this issue below:


texts: Accidentally entered the login window while working; is there another way to return to the regular desktop without typing in the password?

texts: In other words, how do you exit the login window using shortcut keys or without inputting a password, or is avoiding this step not possible?


texts: Finding EyeTV Activation Key from existing install?

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I have EyeTV Lite installed on my old computer.

I'd like to move it over to a new computer. I simply copied over the application bundle and everything under /Library/Application Support/EyeTV, but when I try to start up the application on the new computer, it launches the EyeTV Startup Assistant and asks me for the Activation Key.

I bought the EyeTV 8 years ago... I've long since lost the box, disk, manual, etc... all I have is the software installed on the one computer and the USB dongle.

If I launch the EyeTV Startup Assistant on my old computer, it shows me this for my Activation Key:

ARYGC-XXXXXXX-XXXXXXX-XXXXXXX

How could I figure out what the rest of the Activation Key is, or otherwise transfer it to my new computer? I've looked through Keychain Access... there's nothing mentioning Elgato (name of the company that wrote the software) or EyeTV...

There appears to be a SQLite database at /Library/Application Support/EyeTV/EyeTVEPG.db, but when I try opening it with Datum (app I found on the app store), it says the database file is password protected.


texts: How do I get good quality photos onto an iPod Touch?

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When I sync my photos with the iPod Touch, the photos are put on as very low quality.   They do not even look good at full screen size and do not cope with zooming in to see details.

I can't find a setting in iTunes to control how match it compresses the photos.


texts: How can I reset the sorting of my Events in iPhoto back to by date?

texts: I see by default iphoto orders events by the earliest date inside the event.   That being said, i see you can drag and drop events to come up with your own ordering.   Is there a way to reset the ordering back to "by date" if you have done a lot of drag and drop of events to different places


texts: The battery life on my MBP 2017 has recently decreased to around 3-4 hours after lasting around 8-9 hours for the past 9 months. Activity monitor also shows spotlight having an average energy impact of 115. Most people in the past had been attributing this issue to Mojave's 'new' spotlight indexing although this doesn't seem to be the case for me as the problem has only arisen in the past week. My MBP has also been experiencing freezes during this time so could this decrease in battery life be correlated with some underlying hardware problems? Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: Is there an offline RSS Reader for Mac OS X?

texts:
I'm looking for an offline RSS reader, which also downloads images embedded into the feed.
I've tried (and liked) NetNewsWire (and the Lite Version of it), but it does not seem to store embedded images for offline viewing, which is a must for me.
I've no other requirements except this, so it doesn't matter if it syncs to Google Reader or to iOS.

Does anybody know of an application that can actually accomplish this?


texts: How can I sync places between iPhone and computer?

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I'm looking for a way to drop pins on the map from my computer and have those pins accessible on my iPhone.

I know Maps app has Bookmarks but it appears I can't sync them with Google account or anything. Can I achieve this functionality, with or without third-party apps?


texts: Can I use a straight talk iPhone on Verizon's network?

texts:
Can I use a straight talk iPhone (prepaid) on another carrier's network - specifically Verizon?

My understanding is that such a phone comes factory unlocked, so it should be possible.


texts: Documents confirming the legality of the software

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In my country Economic Crimes Bureau1  checks organizations for legality of installed computer software, sometimes. I'm still not a busyness owner (but I may became one) and it is scary for me to.

As far as I know Apple software is protected by DMCA and recent versions don't even have a box version. DMCA is US law and it means nothing to local police, to confirm the legality of the software the license agreement or license to use the software is required. Such agreements must be on paper otherwise they are have no legal power.

So question is how to get written (on paper) license agreement or license to use the software (Apple OSX)?

1 It's called 'УБЕЗ' in Ukraine and 'ОБЭП' in Russia.

I've already asked related questions on Russian Google Answers, but I couldn't come up with a better place for this question than this site.


texts: Unable to access neither Partition Layout nor Option tab in Partition tab on Disk Utility

texts:
I have a problem that I cannot select Option tab in Partition tab as shown in above screenshot. I wanted to convert my external hard disk to GUID partition table.

Thank you in advance for your help.


texts: What's your strategy for archiving emails in Mail.app? Do you archive your Sent & Trashed emails too?

texts:
I'm using Mail.app + IMAP email accounts for my email. I want to be able to archive all my email and make them searchable.

Currently I copy the previous month's email from my IMAP folders to local folders called 2010, 2011, etc. However I don't copy my Sent email, so I'm wondering what's the best way to archive them as well. Any suggestions? Please share!

I'd like a method that doesn't involve Gmail if possible, as I'm not a big fan of the company and the service.


texts: What constitutes the "completeness" of an app for eligibility in testflight?

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I am trying to get my app into testflight for testing with "external" beta testers.  The app is nowhere near complete, it is totally non-functional, and is intended as a starting point for my team to discuss UI elements.

Is my app ineligible for test flight until it constitutes a certain level of "completeness" by Apple's standards?  Does anyone know what those standards are?  Do they differ from the requirements of completeness for an app on the store?


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In Finland we have two more letters than English has. All bluetooth keyboards are however with US layout. Can I somehow change layout so buttons in corresponding places would act as these characters.

If yes, are there some restrictions for keys that I can replace? I would need two buttons to right from L-letter. Some keyboards have eg. keys "-" and "=" there but in some variants there are up arrow.

Iphone 4S with IOS 7.


texts: How to whitelist service provider messages in iOS Messages with Family Sharing?

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I have an iPhone 6S that is managed via Family Sharing. The phone can only communicate with contacts that are in the phone book.
The service provider sometimes sends important messages, e.g. when the budget is low. However, the phone cannot open the message:

Also I cannot add the provider upc ch to the contact list, as it does not seem to have any telephone number and pushes service messages apparently.

Is there a way to whitelist service providers?


texts: Macbook 3,1 (2007 White Model) works slow and lags

texts:
For the past year my Macbook has be getting slower, lauder and lags constantly...
The lags range from switching spaces to changing a language or even typing an input.
It almost never craches, but it does seem like his age is catching up to him...

I have tried formatting it completely already. I bought it with Leopard, and went through Snow Leopard to Lion. It got this way before the Lion installation (which I hoped would help), and now after completely reformatting my into Lion, it took only a few days for it to come back to this condition.

What can I do to make my Mac work right again?


texts: Two Macs and One Apple ID (purchases on App Store)

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I have a Macbook Air mid 2012 model and now I'm thinking about buying a Mac Mini or a iMac so that I can have my Macbook Air for when I'm on the road, and the Mini or iMac stationed at home all the time. For my setup now, I have a external display for my Air when I'm working at home, and I'm getting kinda tired of disconnecting and connecting the external display, mouse, and keyboard every day.

But then I thought about, how about all my purchases on App Store (OS X apps), are they automatically cleared to be installed on my new machine, while I still have them on my Macbook Air or is there going to be some kinda conflict with license?


texts: How do I install Mavericks onto external HD but from inside VirtualBox

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I don't want to lock down my machine for the install. Can I hand it off to a virtual box process?

Open virtual box
Create virtual Mac
Attach Mavericks install pen drive to virtual Mac
Attach real external HD to virtual Mac
Boot virtual Mac from Mavericks pen drive
Install to real external HD from inside virtual Mac

Would/should/could this work?

I'm stuck at step 3.

I've entered:

sudo VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ~/PENDRIVE.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/disk2

which outputs:

VBoxManage: error: VMDK: could not open raw disk file '/dev/disk2'
VBoxManage: error: Error code VERR_RESOURCE_BUSY at /Users/vbox/tinderbox/4.3-mac-rel/src/VBox/Storage/VMDK.cpp(3390) in function int vmdkCreateRawImage(VMDKIMAGE*, VBOXHDDRAW*, uint64_t)
VBoxManage: error: Cannot create the raw disk VMDK: VERR_RESOURCE_BUSY
VBoxManage: error: The raw disk vmdk file was not created


texts: How can I find what program is preventing my Mac from going to sleep?

texts:
My Mac is set to go to sleep after 5 mins of inactivity, and typically this works fine. But every week or so I find that my Mac no longer goes to sleep and nothing I have tried stops this behavior.

So far I have tried:

resetting the SMC and NVRAM a number of times
starting up in Safe Mode
checking that my Energy Saver settings have not changed (Sleep is still set at 5 mins and I have not opted to prevent the Mac from sleeping when the display is off)
quitting all running apps and using Force Quit to relaunch the Finder
updating all my programs to the latest versions
updating macOS to the latest version (currently macOS Mojave 10.14.5)

I have never installed anything to prevent sleep.

The only course of action that works is a full restart, which is highly inconvenient.

How do I work out what program is stopping my Mac from sleeping?


texts: How do I sort a Numbers' table using data from another table?

texts:
So, I've got this data set coming from questionnaires. I created one table per question, questionnaires in rows, answers in columns, and everything is fine and dandy, but now I have this situation where the questionnaires pertain to a number of different groups. So I created a table associating the ID of the questionnaires with their group, and then I sorted it and I've got a nice aggregated view of questionnaires' IDs grouped together depending on their group.

Now I'd like to sort all my other tables' rows accordingly. Is this even possible? I know I should have done this before beginning to import the data…

EDIT Sample document at http://www.morpheu5.net/public/sample.zip

Example of what I start with:

And (below image ) if you sort table "Condition" by column "c", you get a different sorting of the head column with the IDs.

This and the sorting I need to replicate on table "Q5.6…"

EDIT 2 I temporarily "solved" by copying column "c" from table "Condition" to all the other tables and used that to sort accordingly. I'm not marking this as my answer in case somebody comes up with a more efficient/correct way.


texts: Navigating between the different areas in Xcode with a keyboard

texts:
I’m looking to use VoiceOver with Xcode.

Using just the keyboard (and with VoiceOver running) how do I switch focus between Xcode's main editing area, the project navigator, the issues navigator, and the scroll bar overview?


texts: Connect to remote TeamViewer computer desktop via MacOS terminal command line

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How can I launch a TeamViewer remote desktop session to a remote computer from the MacOS command line, assuming that I know the Partner ID of the remote computer?

I already found documentation of command line parameters here, but there's no MacOS instructions for launching a remote session, only PC instructions.  Yes, I know the document says that command line arguments work for both PC and Mac, but there's obviously no TeamViewer.exe on a Mac so I think the main question is where is the Mac equivalent to TeamViewer.exe?

BTW, I want to do this so that I can set up dock icons for each remote computer so that I can connect to them with one click on the dock, without the hassle of opening up TeamViewer to pick the remote client.  After I figure out how to launch a remote desktop session from the command line, the next step will be to figure out how to launch a command line via a dock icon, but that's presumably well-documented via Google! ;-)


texts: Is there any way to define custom hotkeys for "deep" options, in system preferences > keyboard > shortcut?

texts:
I'm using photoshop-like program, what I want to do is binding a simple combination of keys, to the option in
 the app's command bar.

...but the problem is, there is another option which have exactly same name in different category; e.g, Edit > Adjustments > Hue & Saturation is the option I want, but Layers > New Adjustment Layer > Hue & Saturation exists, eventually nothing happens when I specify only Hue & Saturation, though the hotkey seqence clearly appears.

What I did;

System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcut > Application
assigned ⌘ B to *APPNAME*.app > *OPTION*

then, inside *APPNAME*.app;

TAB A > ... > *OPTION* ⌘ B
TAB B > ... > *OPTION* ⌘ B (Same name in different category)
and...neither works.

Is there any solutions?


texts: How do deleted LinkedIn contacts get removed from MacOS Apple AddressBook?

texts:
I have been researching the connection between the MacOS Apple AddressBook and LinkedIn. The connector comes with MacOS and it appears to use the LinkedIn API.  The terms of service for the normal LinkedIn API allows users to download information but not retain a copy. If you wish to retain a copy, you need to sign up for a special LinkedIn program. It's reasonable to assume that Apple has signed up for that program.

Using the ABAddressBook framework, I am able to find all of the entries in my addressbook that come from LinkedIn. I cannot delete the AddressBook card from within the Apple AddressBook; when I have one of these cards selected, the DeleteCard option is not enabled.

So here is my question: I delete somebody from LinkedIn, and they do not get deleted from my Apple AddressBook. So how do they get deleted? Do they ever get deleted?


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I really like the reminders feature in iOS 5, especially the geo-tripping reminders that will alert you when you are at, or leave, specific locations.

I was disappointed, however, that you could not have 'shared reminders list'. For instance a shopping list that my wife and I could both use and contribute to that would alert us whenever we are at the grocery store.

Is there any method or workaround to accomplish this? OR is there an application that does this geo-tripping + the ability to share across multiple users?


texts: MacOS 10.12 (Sierra) - Missing "SystemCACertificates.keychain" file

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I upgraded to Sierra today and it appears that the "SystemCACertificates.keychain" file no longer appears in Macintosh HD -> System -> Library - Keychains.

Anyone know a workaround for this?  I use a smart-card to login to many sites and I no longer have access to 50% of those sites now.  I think this might be the root cause.


texts: Free solution to converting PostScript type 1 font to ttf?

texts: Is there any software out there that can convert PostScript type 1 font to ttf?


texts:
I use remote socks proxies for occasions when I need an IP from various locations.  There is one that I use far more than any others, to the point that I would like a connection to be opened by default when my client machine boots.

Currently I have to open terminal, execute an SSH -D command, type in a password, and then the proxy is live.  I would really like to automate this at startup somehow, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it.  I'm intermediate with CLI stuff but a novice with shell scripting and so forth, so I really don't even know where to begin.

Is there an easy way to have this SSH connection start automatically at client startup?

So far in my searching for a solution, I have found this and am running as an automator workflow using the Run Shell Script module:

ip=aa.bb.cc.dd   #replace with your unix server's ip
username=yyyyyyyyyy #your ssh username
password=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx #your ssh password
command=ssh -D 2002     #what do you want to do with remote server
arguments=-Cq     #arguments for your command
expect -c 'spawn ssh $username@$ip ; expect password ; send "$password\n" ; interact'

It seems to work, in that Automator gives no errors and reports Workflow completed.  However the proxy is not accessible from a browser, so clearly something is wrong.

I'm using Mavericks, latest updates.


texts: Why can't I connect my Iphone 4 to our home Wifi?

texts: Umm, I need help about my Iphone 4... I recently bought it and was able to connect to our home wifi perfectly.. But one day, we don't know why, but me and my brother's iphone 4 was unable to connect to the home wifi. Although, we could connect to our school and other places's wifi network except our home wifi!!! :( Help please??? Thank you!


texts:
I have a iPhone SE running iOS 10.2. It happened so that now I can't use it but computer reads it normally but asks to enter password. Is there any any way to backup it via 3rd party software or something so that I could do a iCloud erase and stay on 10.2 (which is important). Or maybe there's a way to enter or remove password from a computer?

Restoring is not a option. Updating to 10.3.2 and saving data is risky, because downgrading to 10.2 is risky and iPhone may not accept a backup from a newer iOS version.


texts: What do "Mac Ads Cleaner" and "Mac App Cleaner" do while installed?

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Recently I responded to a suggestion that I "upgrade Flash" on my macOS system only do end up with several applications running, and intruding into my browser and desktop that I did not (mean to) install:

Mac Ads Cleaner
Mac App Cleaner
Porn Cleaner

I followed instructions I found online for removing these apps and believe they are gone (Bitdefender's virus and malware virus scan shows no remaining malicious software).

However, I wonder what they did while they were on my machine. What I could see is that they were very intrusive: launching themselves, setting themselves up to re-launch on start, resetting my browser's homepage to a spoof "safe" search engine — even popping up a window when they were installed by moving to the Trash. But I would like to know what else they did while installed *that I couldn't see.

What do these (specific) apps do? Have they done any lasting damage? Or are they only a nuisance while installed?

Note that this isn't a general question about being infected or how to handle it, but what these specific and fairly widespread apps did while installed.


texts: Yosemite Mail.app is playing sounds for non-inbox mail

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I have some filters set up in Gmail, for things like mailing lists. Messages skip the inbox, get tagged, and go straight to archive. This was not a problem in Mavericks, but now I'm getting the "new mail" noise all the time, when really it's a new message in the archive, from one of these filters, but nothing is new in my inbox.

The setting in my preferences is still: New message notifications: Inbox Only.

Any ideas? A bug in Mail?


texts: iPhone 5c does not alert imessages from email addresses

texts:
I have an iPhone 5c running iOS 9.3.1

Why does iMessage only give me sound and alerts when a message comes from a phone number and not when it comes from an email address?


texts: Incoming phone call is going to the phone audio instead of my blueetooth connected headset

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I have just taken a call and was using my bluetooth headset. It has been connected the entire time since the call ended.  A new call came in and the iPhone audio was chosen instead of the headset.
This has been the pattern. It is annoying and confusing to the caller who has to wait while I re-select the headset audio . Note the headset did not need to reconnect: it was already connected/available.
Why is the headset not retained as the default audio device? Is there a configuration to achieve this?
I am on an iPhone6s on ios 14.2


texts: Profile Manager: Enroll gives a error 500

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I'm new to iOS and I'm trying to configure a server to use it as a MDM solution via Profile Manager.

So far I have:

Configured my OS X Server.
Added a signed SSL certificate.
Sent some invitations to end users.

BUT when the user reaches the https://mock_domain/mydevices/ and tries to enroll it (does a POST to https://mock_domain/devicemanagement/mdm/mdm_enroll) returns a **error 500.

After checking the error_log it looks like there is some security issues (probably related to the SSL certificate):

AH01630: client denied by server configuration

I dont know exactly what is happening but might be related to the SSL certificate.

My OpenDirectory service is configured with a self-signed certificate and the rest of services are configured to use the certificate that I bought.

I have tried to change the certificate of the OpenDirectory to explore that path but I can't and I dont know if it is really related to the error 500 issue.

Any advice??


texts: Slow mac when Terminal have been open for some time

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When I have Terminal.app open for some time (mostly after 2-3 hours), everything starts getting slow. When I type there is a delay for each character, and all applications lag when I scroll. If I restart Terminal, it goes away and my mac is quick and snappy again. But the problems comes back after some hours. It's especially bad when I have a ssh connection open to one of my servers.
I use Terminal a lot (I'm a developer), so it bothers me to have to restart it.
Do you have any idea how to find the problem? I can't find anything about this when googling.
I'll attach some screenshots from Activity Monitor, taken while it happens, just incase it helps.
My machine: Retina MacBook Pro, 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM.

UPDATE 1
Content of my bash startup files:
/etc/profile:
# System-wide .profile for sh(1)

if [ -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ]; then
    eval `/usr/libexec/path_helper -s`
fi

if [ "${BASH-no}" != "no" ]; then
    [ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc
fi

export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

/etc/bashrc:
# System-wide .bashrc file for interactive bash(1) shells.
if [ -z "$PS1" ]; then
   return
fi

PS1='\h:\W \u\$ '
# Make bash check its window size after a process completes
shopt -s checkwinsize
# Tell the terminal about the working directory at each prompt.
if [ "$TERM_PROGRAM" == "Apple_Terminal" ] && [ -z "$INSIDE_EMACS" ]; then
    update_terminal_cwd() {
        # Identify the directory using a "file:" scheme URL,
        # including the host name to disambiguate local vs.
        # remote connections. Percent-escape spaces.
    local SEARCH=' '
    local REPLACE='%20'
    local PWD_URL="file://$HOSTNAME${PWD//$SEARCH/$REPLACE}"
    printf '\e]7;%s\a' "$PWD_URL"
    }
    PROMPT_COMMAND="update_terminal_cwd; $PROMPT_COMMAND"
fi

~/.bash_profile:
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.7`

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

~/.bash_login: I don't have this file
~/.profile:
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home

export CLICOLOR=1
export LSCOLORS=exfxcxdxbxegedabagacad

# MacPorts Installer addition on 2012-10-02_at_22:35:07: adding an appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
# Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with MacPorts.

homebrew=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
export PATH=$homebrew:$PATH

export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

~/.bashrc:
mygrants() {
  mysql -B -N $@ -e "SELECT DISTINCT CONCAT(
    'SHOW GRANTS FOR \'', user, '\'@\'', host, '\';'
    ) AS query FROM mysql.user" | \
  mysql $@ | \
  sed 's/\(GRANT .*\)/\1;/;s/^\(Grants for .*\)/## \1 ##/;/##/{x;p;x;}'
}


texts:
I've got a number of windows open, including several browser windows.  One of them is playing an annoying advertising video.

How can I easily locate which window is playing audio?


texts:
I have quite a few apps (Glui, Wunderlist, Cobook) that startup at login (which I do not want them to). I do not have them among the user's login items and when I created a new test user, these apps do not start.

I also checked in LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons (both system and User) and can't find these items there.

Where else can I look? I tried removing all the com.apple.loginwindow.* items from ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost and still these items start at login.


texts:
I'm trying to access my (Synology) NAS share through NFS and always get the same issue.

First, I activated NFS support in my NAS:

Then I set the permissions on the NAS:

My MBP has the IP 192.168.1.109.
From there it seems OK. a showmount -e 192.168.1.2 shows the list:

Exports list on 192.168.1.2:
/volume1/video                      192.168.1.109
/volume1/homes                      192.168.1.109

But unfortunately, my mount always fails:

GroundControl:/ ludo$ sudo mount -t nfs -o rw 192.168.1.2:/volume1/homes /Volumes/home
mount_nfs: can't mount /volume1/homes from 192.168.1.2 onto /Volumes/home: Operation not permitted

The /Volume/home directory is created upfront.

Trying with a non-existing share on the NAS, for example /volume1/qwerty gives a Permission denied error, which is OK.
But what is this Operation not permitted error?

Trying through DiskUtils>NFS Mounts gives the same result.

What did I miss?


texts: Remove Startup Arduino CreateAgent on High Sierra

texts:
Recently this application was installed on my Mac.
Now it runs every startup. How can I stop it ?

Tries to solve:

1) search in Login Item of current user - Not found.

2) Not found in /Library/StartUpItems, /Library/LaunchDaemons, /Library/LaunchAgents


texts: How to remove Google Chrome from Spotlight suggestions in macOS Big Sur

texts:
Starting Big Sur I have Google Chrome that returns in every possible Spotlight result.
This is very annoying because if I do a typo in Spotlight and hit enter then Google Chrome shows up.
If I recall correctly before there was an option to disable this by unchecking: System Preferences > Spotlight > Allow Spotlight Suggestions in Spotlight and Look up. The option is not present anymore on Big Sur.
The only categories I have enabled in Spotlight are Applications, Calculator and System Preferences.
How can I stop this behavior from Spotlight? Or exclude Google Chrome from it?


texts: Left Shift and Left Command combination yields only Left Command; other shift command combos work fine

texts:
Early 2011 15" Macbook Pro, Lion, no external keyboard or mouse:

Lately I noticed that I can't use left-shift+left-command together; it registers as left-command only.  The other three combinations (right-shift+right-command, right-shift+left-command, left-shift+right-command) work properly. I’ve confirmed this in text editors and in the keyboard viewer.

Same problem appears with left-command+left-control.

I’ve shut down all programs, verified no weird keybinds in Universal Access or elsewhere, even installed Lion to a clean external disk and booted from that.  The first thing I did was check left-shift and left-command in TextEdit; same problem.

Any ideas?


texts: Creating a folder in the root of the filesystem results in "Operation not permitted"

texts:
The following command:

$ sudo mkdir /AppleInternal
and entering my password when prompted,

results in:
mkdir: /AppleInternal: Operation not permitted

Is this because of System Integrity Protection? I'm sure I've done this previously with no issues. I'm on High Sierra (10.13.4).

btw, the reason I want to create that folder is so I can run the iOS Simulator in split screen: https://stackoverflow.com/a/46887389/368085


texts: How can I remove iCloud data for a specific app

texts:
I want to delete Pixel Gun 3D status but it is apparently saved to iCloud.

I have tried deleting the app and reinstalling but it kept the game's data.  How can completely delete and reinstall the app as new with no previous data?


texts: I just noticed that I have 2 different accounts on my computers. Is it possible to ask Apple to merge them and been able to share the music I bought on each account ?


texts: How to handle malfunctioning macbook after macOS upgrade while avoiding full reset

texts:
I have done a terrible mistake and upgraded my macbook pro to macOS High Sierra Developer Beta.

I experience multiple malfunction behaviours, including:

Missing files right after upgrade.
Machine does not go to sleep when closing the lid (this might be the cause for other issues, since the macbook got VERY hot in my bag
and shut down forcibly - twice...).
Mouse and keyboard does not function after login screen (not even USB mouse and keyboard. I had to connect via VNC to control the machine).
Finder won't launch (The application “Finder.app” can’t be opened.).

I would like to downgrade back to macOS Sierra (assuming the problems I described are reversible), but to avoid losing all data. Is it possible?


texts: I am trying to record and play back tracks on GarageBand and the pan feature on the tracks keep turning fully right or left without prompting. I re-set them and the same problem arises. So far this has been happening on midi tracks. How do you set the pan equally in the middle so it stays put?


texts: for some reason the toolbar that is normally at the top of my notes plus app is at the bottom and the shade that you pull up so your palm doesn't Touch the glass is on the top. What can I do to straighten this out?


texts: I just downloaded 40+ chapters of a medical reference book onto my ipod touch. They were not available to download as a whole book so I had to download them one at a time. I put them all in a folder in ibooks. Instead of being labelled "chapter 1" or "chapter 2" etc, they are all labelled by the name of the book (that is, they all have the same label). This makes referencing them much harder. I want to be able to find certain chapters quickly. Can I rename these pdfs so they can be easier to reference?   Thanks


texts: What do the checkboxes that appear when editing the card for "Me" do?

texts: When I edit my address card in OS X (10.7) Address Book, checkboxes appear next to all of the entries. What are these checkboxes for?


texts:
On CentOS, the Apache configuration can be found in /etc/sysconfig/httpd

How to change MPM prefork to worker on default Apache OSX installation?


texts: Why is permission denied on this folder?

texts:
I'm trying to understand why I do not have access to a sub-folder in my "Downloads" folder. The folder in question has the following rights:

drw-r--r--   29 laurent  staff   986B Feb 20 14:06 Example

and whoami gives 'laurent'. So as I understand, anybody can view this folder and I am the owner.

However, when I do cd Example, I'm getting:

bash: cd: Example/: Permission denied

In fact it seems to be true of all the sub-folders in my "Downloads" folder, none of them can be accessed (without using sudo). Any idea what could be the reason?


texts: Software to produce plots for very large data sets?

texts:
I'm looking to produce plots from some very large data sets. To start I've got a data set with 40 different series in it, each with 5000 samples that I'd like to produce a line chart out of, with each series represented by a line in the plot.

Numbers chokes after about 450 samples. Excel fares a little better and gets to 1000 samples. But neither of them can handle the full set of samples across all the series.

Is there better software I can use to generate the plot? Would OmniGraphSketcher handle this size of data set? What about R? Or gnuplot?

Something with an easier learning curve is preferred (i.e. I'm avoiding gnuplot like the plague until it's clear it's my only hope...) and it doesn't bother me if the generation of the plot can't be done in real time. I don't mind setting things up and then waiting for an image of the plot to be produced in the background. Bonus points if it can produce plot output that's as easy on the eyes as Numbers will produce for smaller data sets.


texts: How to remove extended attributes from all files in a folder on mac

texts:
i'm trying to remove the extended attributes from some files (where froms) in a folder on my mac.
I could not find a solution for that. Is there a way to remove the attributes from all files in a folder?
Kind regards Bijo


texts: Will iOS backup include a paired Bluetooth keyboard?

texts:
I have an iPad with a broken digitizer. This, of course, renders the iPad useless. Although I would still be able to use it for typing, etc, if only my Bluetooth keyboard was paired to it. But how to achieve that when the touch screen can't recieve input?

So I got an idea.

Can I pair the keyboard with another iOS device, backup that iOS device to my Mac, and then restore that backup to the iPad? Will that include the paired keyboard?

I am (barely) able to unlock the screen of the iPad, so I will be able to sync and restore it from the Mac.


texts: Accept/Maybe/Decline Missing in Apple Mail

texts:
I'm using Apple mail with a fresh install of MacOS and I'm missing the Accept/Maybe/Decline buttons on calendar invites. My company uses a Exchange 2013 server and some other users do see the buttons. For me, I just see an email with an attached .ics file for the same invites.

Expected behavior seen by some people....

How my mail app shows it...


texts: Is there a way to restrict Time Machine backups to a given size?

texts:
I'm using a Time Capsule to do Backups, I've been doing this for a while now. The problem is that the backup begins small and with time it becomes huge. So restricting its size would make Time Machine use it's own space saving operations (I guess).

My idea would be to change the sparsebundle's size limit to a size much smaller than the hard drive's size. Since the sparsebundle is where the backups are done it should restrict available space and cause pruning when that limit is reached.

Would resizing the Sparsebundle cause any problem for the reliability or function of Time Machine?


texts: iMessage workflow for incoming texts from someone?

texts:
Are there any ways to start any sort of workflow based on incoming iMessage texts?

When I'm at work, I usually have my iPhone on silent mode. But when my wife texts me, I'd like to figure out some way of making her texts more..."alerty". But I'm not even sure the first step (Identify when a text/iMessage comes in from her phone #) is even possible on a Mac using anything from Automator, Applescript, Alfred, Keyboard Maestro, anything.

Does anyone know of any way to do this?


texts: How do I vary the playback speed in VLC using keyboard shortcuts?

texts:
How do I vary the playback speed of media in VLC Media Player using keyboard shortcuts?

I used to be able to do this by holding down Cmd-Alt-[Forward Arrow or Back Arrow] but this doesn't seem to be working any more. Instead it's jumping the video forward and backwards by 19 seconds when I use this key combination.

Is there a way to restore the variable speed shortcut behaviour?


texts: Installing a Lion Vm within Mountain Lion

texts:
I have a few issues with Mountain Lion that mean I need to have occasional access to a Lion installation.  I have bootable clones of my old Lion install before I upgraded, but sometimes I only need to run a single application and rebooting from another disk is a pain, so I would like to be able to fire up an instance of Lion as a virtual machine.

The Lion license allows for VM installs (up to 2 I think), so there should be no issue from a licensing perspective, but I don't know how to go about actually doing it.

I have access to Parallels 7 (although I have never used it, got it as part of a software bundle recently), and I would happily use VirtualBox if that's the easiest way.  I have seen a few tips for creating ones within VMWARE, but I don't have access to this software.

So, starting from a point of having access to the Lion download, having the installer image within that download extracted onto a USB stick, and also have a bootable copy of a working Lion image, what is the simplest way to get a clean minimal Lion install working within either Parallels or VirtualBox on Mountain Lion?


texts: Why can't I upload ALL my live Apple photos to my windows PC

texts: I understand that when uploading Apple live photos to my windows laptop that they will come across as a JPEG and a MOV, but I am missing several and I don't know why. I can see them on my phone but I can't see them when plug my phone into my laptop and look via explorer. Any ideas ? There are lots of them !


texts:
I have a LCD tv hooked up to an HDMI switcher flipping between a Mac Mini (2006 snow leopard using a DVI - HDMI cable), cable tv and dvd player.

Trouble is, whenever the switch goes away from mac the picture is blank when coming back.

Having looked into it extensively it seems that the mac polls for edid data from the screen once only. Once the screen is disconnected, the mac won't poll for it again and doesn't "see" the edid from the tv anymore - hence no output from the mac. To double check, when I vnc into the mac it goes to a default 4:3 screen not the widescreen.

There is a supposed hardware solution that buffers the edid and keeps it live - effectively fooling the mac to think the display is there all the time, even when switched to another source. This is a crazy solution requiring an extra box, extra power consumption and anywhere between £50 and £100 (upto $150).

Then I found a little script called HDMI reviver, but that didn't work for me either.

Can anyone explain (to an idiot) how to get the Mac to read, keep and store the EDID and always broadcast a signal, even when the HDMI switch isn't looking for it?


texts: Is pinch and zoom functionality not available in iPhone 5 iOS v 6.0.1?

texts: I been using iPhone for almost 2 weeks and i am unable to pinch and zoom in the video camera whereas I am able to use pinch and zoom in camera. Is this multitouch functionality disabled on iPhone 5 running version 6.0.1(10A525) of iOS?


texts: Move videos from photo seems downsizing it or compressing

texts: When I watch video using Photos  it looks good. But when I simple move video file from Photos to Desktop and watch it then it looks like it was downsized or kind of. How to export/move to desktop video as is?


texts: Windows 8 slowdown since upgrading to Yosemite and Fusion 7

texts:
I was previously running Windows 8 pro in Fusion 6 on Mavericks. I had the VM configured with 2 processor cores and 4GB RAM. The main applications I use in Windows are as follows:

Visual Studio 2013
SQL Server Express
SQL Server Management Studio
IIS Express
Google Chrome (for testing and debugging with Dev Tools)

This setup worked completely fine, almost as good as a native Windows PC. I have recently upgraded to Yosemite and Fusion 7.0.1 along with upgrading VMWare Tools.

This has caused significant performance problems with my setup. Most notably:

The action I perform most is switching between VS2013 and Chrome (alt-tab), this used to be absolutely fine and for all intents and purposes was an instant switch. Now that same process can take anywhere between 1 and 10 seconds.
Opening dev tools in Chrome now takes on average about 5 seconds.
Making a DOM update in Chrome dev tools now takes a couple of seconds.
Attempting to inspect a DOM element (via the magnifying glass icon) now takes a couple of seconds.
Even switching between tabs in Chrome now takes anywhere up to 10 seconds which is just ridiculous. I never have more than about 5/6 Chrome tabs open at any time.

All of these used to be practically instant in the old setup.

All of these things combined for me are completely unacceptable. Although they are all only small amounts of time on their own, when they're added up it's leading to huge amounts of frustration and ultimately loads of unnecessary lost time.

I've done the usual of closing down any unnecessary background apps/services, I've increased the processor cores to 4 and increased the RAM to 6GB. Still no noticeable improvement.

To go from a setup which was working incredibly well and then supposedly "upgrading" and ending up with a setup which is significantly worse is very frustrating. I'm hoping that someone somewhere has come across something similar and can suggest something I can do to make my setup get back to somewhere near where it was before.

Many thanks,
Lee


texts: I have one iTunes account and I have one iPod. My daughter now has an iPod too. How do I get the music from my iTunes library to her iPod?


texts: Can I use an external monitor with my late 2009 21.5 inch iMac?

texts: Basically, I'm wondering with the proper cables if can hook up an additional monitor to my late 2009 21.5" iMac. I know the 27" iMacs are able to be hooked up to external monitors, I'm just worried I won't be able to in the 21.5". Does anyone know if this will be possible?


texts: App that shows an image with transparency so you can see through the window?

texts:
Is there an Application that lets you display an image with some alpha transparency ( either in the image or in the app ) that lets you see through the image into what's beneath? (the desktop, or other windows)

I need this for tracing over (in this case under) in a drawing application that doesn't allow importing background images.


texts:
I have a Macbook Pro, 17 inch mid-2009 with 2 ram chips configured in this manner:

BANK 0/DIMM0:

  Size: 2 GB
  Type: DDR3
  Speed:    1067 MHz
  Status:   OK
  Manufacturer: 0x80CE
  Part Number:  0x4D34373142353637334548312D4346382020
  Serial Number:    0x84D68C36

BANK 1/DIMM0:

  Size: 2 GB
  Type: DDR3
  Speed:    1067 MHz
  Status:   OK
  Manufacturer: 0x80CE
  Part Number:  0x4D34373142353637334548312D4346382020
  Serial Number:    0x84D68C0D

I would like to kick this up to 8 Gb of ram. What should I do? OR, can I just add a 4Gb stick on one side and end up with 6 Gb of ram...most sites seem to indicate that the amount of ram in each slot should be the same.
Thanks!


texts: Stress testing a hard drive with lots of random reads and writes

texts:
I would like to stress test a hard drive with a long series of random reads and writes for a specified length of time, but I'm not sure how I can do it on macOS. I'm specifically interested in random reads and writes (as opposed to sequential reads and writes) as I want to make sure all of the physical components in the drive are stress tested.

One utility I've seen recommended for doing this is fio. However, I'm not sure what the correct way to use it is, particularly since most of the tutorials I've found assume you are running Linux.

How can I do this? I'm open answers for how to use fio or answers that recommend using another utility that can accomplish the same task.


texts: App store is asking me to sign in with my old AccountID

texts:
I'm working on macOS 10.13.4. When I open the App Store and attempt to update my apps which need updating, I am prompted to sign in to my apple account. However, it's prompting me to sign into foo@yahoo.com without giving me the option of changing that ID.

About a year ago, I modified my account to use a different email address, foo@gmail.com. It's the same account - just with an updated ID. How can I modify the ID within the app store?


texts: Does "Erase all content and settings" help with potential Data partition file system issues?

texts:
Recently I have become concerned about the fact that there is no way of checking the filesystem integrity on the iOS platform short of rooting the device and running a manual fsck. If I were to handle some files that are important for me using my iPad (5th Gen, currently running iPadOS 13.4), I would like to make sure that the underlying filesystem is in clean state before doing any file operations. And because currently there is no macOS Disk Utility equivalent for checking the partition for errors on iOS/iPadOS, I figured that the next best way to make sure that the filesystem is clean is to wipe my user data and start from scratch.

Would "Erase all content and settings" be enough to rebuild the Data partition filesystem and solve potential issues, or would I need to reinstall fresh system image using iTunes recovery for this task?

I am having a hard time understanding what "Erase all content and settings" does under the hood. Reading the Apple Platform Security doc I understand that what it does is purge the user data encryption key, rendering the data unrecoverable:

  When stored, the encrypted file system key is additionally wrapped by an “effaceable key” stored in Effaceable Storage. This key doesnʼt
  provide additional confidentiality of data. Instead, itʼs designed to
  be quickly erased on demand (by the user with the “Erase All Content
  and Settings” option). Erasing the key in this manner renders all
  files cryptographically inaccessible.
  Source: https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1902/en_US/apple-platform-security-guide.pdf

Does this mean that the filesystem on Data partition in itself is untouched by this process short of removing the encryption keys, i.e. the user data is left on the partition but unaccessible after wipe? Or does it also do a quick format of the user partition, thus rebuilding the filesystem?

Note: I currently do not experience any particular problems with my device. However, I haven't wiped it even once since the purchase 3 years ago, and since that time it went through multiple updates, app crashes, etc. I know that APFS should theoretically be resistant to filesystem corruption, but at the same time I believe that no software is perfect and there is always risk of some bugs happening that could silently cause problems. I use a MacBook Air as my work PC and I did experience some consistency errors on my user partition that uses APFS, which did not cause any noticeable issues but were solved only by going into Recovery mode and running diskutil manually. So I am concerned that similar issues could be happening on the iPad in the background without attracting attention.

Thanks!


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