texts: How can I stop my Mac from automatically upgrading to High Sierra?

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As per the title. If I have a Mac running Sierra, what can/should I do if I don’t want to be upgraded to High Sierra?

I’ve already unchecked “Install macOS updates” in System Preferences:

but I’m wondering if there’s anything else I should be doing. (Or can do, because I’m not sure I trust that checkbox.)

Why?

This weekend, one of my Macs got unexpectedly upgraded from Sierra to High Sierra, but I don’t remember asking for the upgrade. (I say “upgraded”, what I mean is “freeze, crash, then reboot twice”. Is this a new installation procedure?) A bunch of stuff is now broken, yay.

I’m downgrading to a backup taken when my Mac was on Sierra. When I’m back up, I want to ensure I don’t get another unwanted upgrade.

Normally I would just follow a policy of “don’t hit the upgrade button”, but this weekend’s experience suggests that’s no longer enough. :-/


texts: how to use HomePod mini as a mic for Mac mini

texts:
I have a HomePod mini.
I want to use it as a mic for my Mac mini.
How do I do this?
I want to use it for Siri and google meet.


texts: Signature image not appearing in sent email

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If I create a signature with mac mail and attach a png file to the signature, when I send the email the image appears as a black box on the sent email (examples attached).

In mac mail itself the image appears correctly.

How can I get the image to be sent correctly?


texts: How to restore game progress in OS 9.1 after reinstalling deleted app

texts: I reinstalled a deleted app (Angry Birds) from iCloud but the progress stored in Game Center was not updated. How do I get it back? I don't want to start over.


texts: What is the physical size of the Lightning connector?

texts: The title has it... What is the physical size of the new Lightning connector? That is, what's the size of the tip of the connector that gets plugged into the device? I want to use this information for comparison of physical size of micro USB and Lightning.


texts: Remove „Offers in app purchases” from iOS app

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I would like to remove IAP from app on appstore and get rid of this info under get button:

I have to do some changes in AppStore connect? Maybe just change Xcode project config? I know that I can disable IAPs in AppStore connect, will deleting all do the trick?


texts: Should We Still Install Matched Pairs of RAM?

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When I say "still", I'm not actually talking about current generation Macs. I'm specifically talking about 2012's. Is there still benefit to installing matched pairs or are those days long gone?

I have two 2012 Macs with 4 GB each. I just got my hands on 8 GB from a 2012 iMac. So the question is, which Mac do I upgrade to 8 GB?

...but I could also do 2 GB + 4 GB in each Mac, bringing each Mac to 6 GB.
Way back when, it was always said to install in matched pairs, otherwise the RAM run's "slow". But is this still the case by 2012? Even if it is true, just how much slower is it? It still may be worthwhile to run unmatched pairs to get an extra 2 GB in each machine.


texts: How to share Family calendar with non-family member?

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I have set up our family with iCloud, using iCloud Family Sharing.  Currently, myself and my husband define our Family and use our Family calendar for household events.

I also have a work iCloud account and would like to be able to subscribe to my home Family calendar from my work account so that I can see family events on my work calendar.  Is this possible, and if so, how can it be done (without adding my work account as a family member)?


texts: Erased /usr/bin/env on accident. How can I restore it?

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I accidentally deleted /usr/bin/env and it causing issues when I want to run

brew install python

I am getting the following error:

brew install python3
/usr/local/bin/brew: line 91: /usr/bin/env: No such file or directory
/usr/local/bin/brew: line 91: exec: /usr/bin/env: cannot execute: No such file or directory

I know this was a mistake, can anyone help me get this file back?


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On iOS 9, after restoring from a backup, a screen comes up that says "slide to upgrade."

This doesn't update your iOS firmware, right? I imagine it just prepares your backup for iOS 9. Is this correct? I have scoured Apple's support articles, Reddit, and the likes. All I can find is information about a bug related to the slide to upgrade screen.


texts: "Before proceeding you must first launch Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and accept the End User License Agreement"

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What can I do with this on Mac?

The App Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is installed on mac, and when i launch that app, nothing pops up to accept any license.

It makes, I cannot open pdf file in browser:

This is screenshot of popover in my native polish language:


texts: How do I remove websites from the Limit Adult Websites > Always Allow list in iOS 12

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I have added a website to the 'Always Allow' list in iOS 12 restrictions, but there doesn't seem to be any way to remove it from the list once it has been added.

Can anyone help?


texts: Installation of Office 365 for Mac is freezing at "Running Package Scripts" (Sierra)

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I just downloaded Office 365 for Mac, and tried to install it in macOS Sierra 10.12.5. The installation froze when Running Package Scripts.

It is a common problem. I followed this answer and launched Disk Utility, but it seems that there is no repair disk permission in Sierra.

Then, I found the answer of dianeoforegon here. I did pay attention to close all browsers and applications (except Finder) before launching the installer. Clicking on Shift did not help either.

It is really annoying. Does anyone have a solution? Otherwise, how could I clean what I have installed completely?

Edit 1: I chatted to Microsoft support yesterday, and they let me create a new user account on my Mac, and install Office 365 under that account. I tried, the installation was freezing at the same place.

Edit 2: I chatted to another Microsoft support agent, he suggested me to remove the Office before installing, I then removed them in Applications, there was no Library/Containers or Library/Group Containers (I guess it is because the installation was not completed). And the re-installation still failed at the same place.

Additionally, I have to use VPN to connect to the internet, some sites still don't work well. Is this an issue? Does Running Package Scripts require some special Internet connection?


texts: Using AppleScript to toggle Internet Sharing not working

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I am using an applescript to activate internet sharing option from 'System Pref> Sharing'. I work on MacOs 10.9.4. I found this script on a forum and am using it. This works fine, when the System Preferences window is open. However,when the System Preferences window is closed, the script opens the System Prefs window and then displays this error message:

 System Events got an error: Can’t get menu item \"Sharing\" of menu \"View\" of menu bar 1 of process \"System Preferences\"." number -1728 from menu item "Sharing" of menu "View" of menu bar 1 of process "System Preferences"

This is the code for the script

tell application "System Preferences"
        activate
    end tell
    tell application "System Events"
        activate
        tell process "System Preferences"

            click menu item "Sharing" of menu "View" of menu bar 1
            delay 2
            tell window "Sharing"...
//code after this

I am not proficient in AppleScript ,but only need to use this one to get a keyboard shortcut for toggling internet sharing. Also, the forum I got it from says the other users are able to use the script. I wonder if it has something to do with MAcOs 10.9


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How do I set a command on a profile so that when I start a new terminal window, it fires off that command.

Specifically, I'd like to be able to set my virtualenv with:

workon ENV

So that it starts automatically into my virtual environment when that I use that profile.


texts: Can I use AppleScript to upload a file to a webpage open in Safari using drag and drop?

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I would like to create an AppleScript to open a specified URL in Safari, login automatically if that would be possible and then upload a file to a form that accepts drag and drop file upload.

Would it be possible to automate that event using AppleScript?


texts: "openssl sha1" broken on Mac OS X Lion, or is there a maximum file size?

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I am attempting to install a VMware Fusion virtual machine with Windows 2008 R2 server, but I'm having problems with the ISO file I downloaded.

I want to verify that the file is correct before attempting the installation, and the download page at Microsoft MSDN downloads mentions that the file has a SHA-1 checksum of X.

So, I googled on how to verify the SHA-1 digest for a file, and found this page:

  Mac OS X: How to verify a SHA-1 digest
  ...
  openssl sha1 [full path to file]

Now, here's the fun part. If I execute the command multiple times, I get different digest values.

Is there any way I can, say, make a copy of the file (I know how to do this part), verify that the two copies are indeed the same (to detect that the file is changing, somehow, but I don't know how to compare files)?

Or is there something fundamentally broken either with the "openssl sha1" command, or with my expectations of it?

Here's a sample run:

Lasses-MacBook-Pro:Downloads lassevk$ openssl sha1 en_windows_server_2008_r2_with_sp1_x64_dvd_617601.iso
SHA1(en_windows_server_2008_r2_with_sp1_x64_dvd_617601.iso)= 6b8e9addd77fdaf7f26ca56729802112445d48ec
Lasses-MacBook-Pro:Downloads lassevk$ openssl sha1 en_windows_server_2008_r2_with_sp1_x64_dvd_617601.iso
SHA1(en_windows_server_2008_r2_with_sp1_x64_dvd_617601.iso)= db275e4640a61cf4021142bed7593390ebb1bc74
Lasses-MacBook-Pro:Downloads lassevk$ openssl sha1 en_windows_server_2008_r2_with_sp1_x64_dvd_617601.iso
SHA1(en_windows_server_2008_r2_with_sp1_x64_dvd_617601.iso)= a87acbd3b415440630251ca1f66ed64e444ae96f
Lasses-MacBook-Pro:Downloads lassevk$ ls -la en_windows_server_2008_r2_with_sp1_x64_dvd_617601.iso
-rw-r--r--@ 1 lassevk  staff  3166584832 Dec 12 01:02 en_windows_server_2008_r2_with_sp1_x64_dvd_617601.iso


texts: VPN Tracker 6 won't work on Mac OS X Yosemite

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Equinux VPN Tracker 6 won't start on Mac OS X Yosemite. When starting up, a message says

  Unable to load kernel extension

And invites you to restart, but to no avail.

Needless to say, I don't want to give them € 50 to upgrade to version 8 for the sake of a new UI. And I find their licensing policy (upgrade or perish) very unfriendly.

Any idea on how to get it to run?


texts: How to disable middle click paste Mavericks Terminal?

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I have looked all over the Net and can't find a way to disable middle-click paste in the Terminal application in Mavericks?
I want it scroll but not paste.

Anybody know how to fix this? I'd sure appreciate the tip.


texts: External monitor stopped working after 10.9.2 update

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I've been using a Dell U2713H display for about a year with a mini-display port to display port cable.

However, after installing the 10.9.2 update, the monitor is going into sleep mode when connected to the MacBook Pro (as it doesn't think it's getting a signal), even though the laptop thinks it's correctly connected. (If I turn the monitor off, the menu bar, etc. revert to the MBP screen.)

About the only related Mavericks default I've changed is to disable the "Displays have seperate Spaces" option within Mission Control, although I've tried re-enabling this and logging off/on again to no avail.

I've also tried:

Forcing the system to use the dedicated GPU rather than the on-board chipset.
Resetting the NVRAM and the SMC, neither of which appear to have made any difference.
Re-installing the 10.9.2 update
Creating a new user account to see if there was a user specific problem
Booting in safe mode to ensure no 3rd party apps were affecting things
Forcing a re-detect
Deleting the /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist file (getting desperate here)
Clamshell mode
Using the EDID override approach (As per: http://embdev.net/topic/284710)

After looking into this more deeply, System Information states that the monitor is a TV and I wonder if that could be related to the problem.

My Mac is a 15" MacBook Pro Mid 2010 model.


texts: How to add keyboard shortcut to toggle F1, F2, etc. as standard function keys?

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I saw an AppleScript on Github to automate toggling F1, F2, etc. as standard function keys, but I don't know how to install it to my system and trigger it via a keyboard shortcut. Help?

I am running OS X Yosemite 10.10.1. Here's the script: https://gist.github.com/alampros/2b81af6cfc564f6accd3


texts:
I bought a Mac that is only a few months old. My understanding was that it is supposed to come with iLife (iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand) either preinstalled or available as a "free" download in the Mac App store. However, this doesn't seem to be the case as it is is not installed and the Mac App Store requires that I pay for it before downloading it.

Do all Macs come with iLife? If so, what can I do to get it?


texts: Unable to be Repaired & Further Problems

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I'll start off with some information about my USB. I use a SeaGate external hard drive USB with 1 TB. About ~250 gb of it is partitioned and formatted to create a Time-Machine compatible partition. The rest of it is just a normal partition, formatted exFAT, which I use to store data.

I use a 2013 Macbook Air on the latest version of Yosemite.

This drive was working fine until last night, when I attempted to resize it (with iPartition, so I could keep my data) to give the Time Machine Partition just a bit more room. It seems to have worked, but immediately following that OSX gave me a message saying that the larger partition (which I called MISC) was unable to be repaired and should be backed up and reformatted (or something along those lines) ASAP. My Time Machine partition (which I called OSX) seems to be working properly, but I haven't made any new back-ups since then. As far as I can tell, this would not have happened without the iPartition, but I can't be sure.

I really do not want to lose all my data, since I have no way to back up. This is my only large USB and my hard drive is too small to contain the data I had there. So, I am currently trying to use Drive Genius 3 to repair it (only MISC, but I'm fine with it if I can only repair the entire hard drive at once) WITHOUT losing my data. However, it seems I'm not able to repair it because it's set to read only (this was said in an error message given by Drive Genius). I checked the MISC partition using the "Get Info" tab, and it seems that it is set to read only. However, I'm unable to change permissions. I'm pretty sure this is due to whatever caused OSX to give me the message saying that it was unable to be repaired (Disk Utility gives the same message; it also said something like, "You are not able to write to this drive"). It only says something along the lines of, "You may only read this drive." When I get home, I will provide more clear quotes. It doesn't give me options to change the permissions, so I can't just do that.

My questions are:
1. How do I change the permissions on the MISC partition? I'm ok with just forcing this through Terminal if that would work.
     a. Would Drive Genius actually be able to fix it? Because if not, then there's no point in trying.
2. Are there any other ways to fix this problem without losing all my data?
     a. Note: I'm fine with losing my OSX partition's data, because I can just make a new back-up (and also that partition works fine and doesn't have an error message).

If I can't do this using Drive Genius, unless you guys give me some other possibility, I'll try to use testdisk 7.0 for the task. I'm not quite familiar with it, so if anyone has experience with it that would be greatly appreciated. Failing that, I'll simply have to do it the regular way that involves losing all my data.

I'm really terrible at a lot of this stuff, so I'll need a lot of handholding unfortunately. Please provide screenshots if possible (and I will do so as well!) for your instructions, especially if it involves Terminal, but mostly for anything. If you know of any programs that might be able to do this, even if they cost money, please link them to me!

Thanks for the help!


texts: Why do I get a "This photo is not editable" message in iOS 8?

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I have photos in my iPhone that were added using iTunes sync with a Photos library. I do not see a way to delete them (no trash can icon) and when I tap "Edit" while viewing them I get the following message:

This photo is not editable
Do you want to duplicate it and edit a copy?

I understand that I can make a copy and edit that, but then the original will still appear on my phone and there is no way to delete it.

How can I edit these photos so that only the edited version appears on my phone?


texts: How to disable the special characters shortcut (Cmd+Option+T) in OS X Lion?

texts: I just want to use this shortcut for one other application.


texts: iPhone marks first unread e-mail as read

texts:
I believe this problem started with iOS 9. My iPhone is connected to an IMAP account and used to correctly maintain unread status. Now it is common for - especially but perhaps not exclusively - the first unread e-mail to lose its unread status.

I mark the message as unread and it shows the unread status, the unread count increases, it sync with the server (status line spinner runs and stops). Later on, sometimes very shortly (seconds) afterwards, the unread count has gone down again and the message has lost its status. This seems to happen whether the message view, the unread view, inbox view or all inboxes view is the view that is left open. The message is not open on another device.

My Google skills are not turning up much for this. Any ideas?


texts: In any editor I move lines around with the keyboard frequently. Using the mouse/trackpad is distracting and slow.  Can the same be accomplished in Excel and I just missed it?


texts: How can I force all traffic for a single app through VPN / Proxy + Open Source? aka App Firewall?

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I'm looking for an app that is fully Open Source OR built-in to MacOS as I am trying to use this for security / privacy (to ensure that particular apps cannot make arbitrary connections)

I have looked into things like the built in app sandboxing via sandbox-exec which seems promising, but super hard to find documentation and I haven't seen an example that forces networking through a proxy / port.
Also socketfilterfw which seems to only control inbound connections.
pfctl seemed promising, but too low-level, I can't see how to isolate an entire app reliably.
I just found TSocks which looks great, but doesn't seem to be maintained.  Was rejected 9 years ago from homebrew for this reason.

VMs are too heavy for my use case.

I believe some refer to this as an "App Firewall", but the built-in MacOS AppFirewall doesn't support this use.

I saw this question "Is it possible to have per-app network/vpn/proxy settings" but the answers are 7 years old and include closed-source software like ProxyCap.


texts: Mouse/Keyboard stop responding for short time at random intervals - OSX v10.10, 13 inch MaBookPro Retina

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my whole computer freezes it seems like, if I have streaming music playing it continues, however my mouse and keyboard stop working. This includes the trackpad and laptop keyboard not just my peripheral mouse and keyboard.

OSX v10.10, 13 inch MaBookPro Retina
16GB Memory
3Ghz i7 processor.

Any help appreciated, thanks for your time!


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I've searched in settings and tried turning my iPad off, but nothing has helped.

It's so freaking annoying I am scared I will get in trouble.

I am not sure what kind of iPad mine is (apparently there are iPad Airs and numbered ones like iPhones but I think it is an older version then those).
My iPad is about 4 years and a few months old.

It seems to happen when I am watching YouTube in a browser (not on an app).

What else can I try to resolve this problem?


texts: SWIM works on a lot of different Ableton Live projects and has more than 25,000 '.asd'-files on their computer. On macOS dot-files are hidden by default in finder, does anyone know if it's possible to hide files in finder depending on their extension/filetype?


texts: Are loading times using a USB hard drive slower?

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I recently installed Snow Leopard on a 2 TB USB 3.0 hard drive for my 2009 White MacBook, since the internal hard drive is broken (it no longer shows up during boot or in Disk Utility).

The external drive boots to the login screen in 1-2 minutes. But then it becomes completely unresponsive for about 10-20 minutes (I can move the mouse around, but I can’t click or type anything).

After 10-20 minutes, everything works perfectly and behaves just like when Snow Leopard was originally installed on the internal drive.

I am wondering if this “load” time is expected when using an external hard drive for your operating system.


texts:
Process:               com.apple.SpeechRecognitionCore.speechrecognitiond [8448]
Path:                  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SpeechRecognitionCore.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.SpeechRecognitionCore.brokerd.xpc/Contents/XPCServices/com.apple.SpeechRecognitionCore.speechrecognitiond.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.SpeechRecognitionCore.speechrecognitiond
Identifier:            com.apple.SpeechRecognitionCore.speechrecognitiond
Version:               2.2.7 (2.2.7)
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           com.apple.SpeechRecognitionCore.brokerd [738]

OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.4 (15E65)

Crashed Thread:        2  Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.default-qos

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000000cf0ac
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Dictation fails without notification, system log reveals above crash.


texts: Desktop clean up function - Control, Command 1 – is not working after I installed Lion? Other keyboard shortcuts are working, as far as I can tell

texts: What I thought was a universal keyboard shortcut (ctrl+⌘+1) to cleanup and arrange my desktop, no longer works after I installed Lion. I can go up to the view drop down menu and click on it and it works but I like to use my commands. What can I do about this?


texts: What settings must I change so that when add a contact on my mac, it will sync to my phone?

texts:
Running Yosemite on a 2011 MBP and and iPhone 6.

A contact added to my phone will appear on my mac, but not vice versa.  How can I change this?


texts: Cannot share clipboard when using Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection to Windows7

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I use Remote Desktop Connection on my 10.6.2 to connect to Windows XP and Windows7. I can share clipboard between mac and Windows XP but Windows7.

Any idea how to make it work for Windows 7?

It seems to me that it work sometimes. Not sure when and why.


texts: How to add a 2nd account to receive imessages

texts: My wife and I just bought an iPad and I set it up using my iCloud account info.  Is it possible to have her receive text messages also.


texts:
I recently had to restore my ~/Library/Mail folder from a Time Machine backup, and upon opening Mail it imported the mailboxes seemingly successfully, however my Smart Mailboxes no longer function, despite appearing to be correct.

My smart mailboxes aren't anything fancy, they basically just group similar items; for example, if accounts A and B both have an IMAP folder named "Newsletters" then the corresponding smart mailbox simply combines messages that reside in either folder; it's a simple match any rule for each mailbox.

However, even though these smart mailboxes appear to be valid (pointing to the correct mailboxes), nothing is appearing within them at all. I've already tried rebuilding every mailbox, as well as closing Mail, clearing its entry under ~/Library/Containers (to force it to rebuild its cache) and relaunching. I've also tried creating new smart mailboxes, but these don't work either, so there must be an index somewhere that's not functioning correctly, but I've already tried deleting the envelope index files under ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData.

Is there anything else I can do to solve this problem?


texts: I got about 300 PDFs which I need to transfer to my iPad Mini 2 but when I press the add folder to library in iTunes on windows I am unable to get the PDF's on, I only get the .epub files up... Any idea's on how to do this without having to add them one by one? (Yes I am a book freak :P)


texts: How can I standardize icon size in Finder and across OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard?

texts:
I running OS X 10.6.8 on a Mid-2009 MacBook Pro. I would like to standardize the size of icons seen in Finder (I use Icon View). Currently, every folder has its own icon size, which makes it less comfortable to use. I am tired of trying to "guesstimate" using the icon slider. Ideally, I would like to either revert all folders to default sizing, or be able to specify, for example, 48px.

I would also like to, if possible, revert the dock to default icon size (or at least be able to specify by pixel, and desktop icons also.

Is there an easy way to do this?


texts: Installing beautifulsoup4 returns "requirement already satisfied"

texts:
I ran:

sudo pip install beautifulsoup4

And got:

  The directory '/Users//Library/Caches/pip/http' or its parent directory is not owned by the current user and the cache has been disabled. Please check the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, you may want sudo's -H flag.
  The directory '/Users//Library/Caches/pip' or its parent directory is not owned by the current user and caching wheels has been disabled. check the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, you may want sudo's -H flag.
  Requirement already satisfied: beautifulsoup4 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/beautifulsoup4-4.5.3-py2.7.egg

So I used the -H flag and ran:

sudo -H pip install beautifulsoup4

  Requirement already satisfied: beautifulsoup4 in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/beautifulsoup4-4.5.3-py2.7.egg

So at this point I am not sure if I am good to go or not.


texts: Applescript claims to run shell script, but script has no effect

texts:
So I have a bash script like this:

#!/bin/sh

FILE='some_file.js'
gsed -i -E 's/something/somethingelse/' "$FILE"
echo "Modified File"

When I run this from command line, it echoes the last line, so no errors or something and makes changes to the file. I then try to create an Applescript with these contents:

set msg to do shell script "/path/to/script.sh"
display dialog msg

When I run it, it dutifully displays the dialog, but does not actually change the file some_file.js.
How can this be possible?

Update: If I use sed -i "" -E 's/something/somethingelse/' "$FILE" instead, it works.


texts: Old scanner compatibility with Yosemite?

texts:
I have an old scanner a UMAX Astra 6400 which I can't get my newly upgraded Yosemite system to register. I'm using the FireWire 400 interface and the scanner is powering on correctly.

I think it might be TWAIN compliant and I'm aware support was dropped for TWAIN back on 10.5.

I have also tried installing this TWAIN Bridge package to see if it would work, but still no luck.

Also tried VueScan which is apparently compatible too but I get the following error.

Any ideas on how I can get this scanner working with my Yosemite system?


texts: Why does my MacBook Air (almost) always lock when I shut the lid?

texts:
In system preferences, under Security and Privacy, the "Require Password" box is not checked. Interestingly, even when I have entered my password and the lock icon is open, I cannot check this box - I click on it, and the checkmark briefly appears and then goes away.

Despite the box not being checked, my computer almost always makes me type in a password when I open it or after it goes into the screen saver.

Occasionally, it does unlock automatically, but when it does so, I cannot click or interact with any windows, and I have to shut and open my screen again and type the password in order to actually use my computer.

I am using a MacBook Air running macOS High Sierra.


texts: Look up serial number of an apple device I used to have?

texts: I used to have multiple ipads. Heavily used icloud with all of them and through out time sold them out after some use. Recently had to list the serial numbers of the apple devices I had over years and was wondring. Since I no longer own the devices, nor the boxes/receipts for them is there a way I can look up their serial numbers?


texts: Time machine backups on external HDD over WiFi

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I like to do backups via Time Machine since my TimeCapsule vaporized after 3 years of service. It's only the power supply which is broken but Apple can't fix it they tell me in an Apple Store. A little ridicolous, but anyway...

I like to use a normal USB HDD to do my backups now and I like to plug that into my router so I can do it via WiFi. Problem: My router (and a short research of mine says it is not only my router) is not able to deal with Mac OS Extended format. He only recognizes FAT and NTSF. Time Machine however always asks to reformat the HDD to Mac OS Extended. I read an article about how to deal with that but it is kinda out of date and didn't work under Mountain Lion. So my question:

Is there a way of getting Time Machine using a FAT formatted HDD to make backups on?


texts: How to 'upgrade' to Windows 10, on Virtual Machine

texts: I have Windows 7 on a virtual machine on my 2015 MBP. I want to try it on boot camp and upgrade to Windows 10, but Bootcamp won't allow anything below Windows 8. So it's not possible to 'upgrade'? Do I need to buy a new licence for Windows 10?


texts: Why do I have to format external disk twice? (First time will always fail)

texts:
I have to always format external disks twice on my laptop (Macbook Pro, macOS Sierra). The first time I try to format an external disk it always fails. This happens with any disk, any format type, and regardless of whether I'm using Disk Utility or Terminal.

I would like to know what might cause this issue?


texts: unable to cancel the notification of wireless network

texts: I'm using I-phone 6s, today i suddenly found a notification box showing "select a wireless network" when i reached my office. I can't see any networks and at the bottom there is CANCEL option but its not cancelling. please help me out in cancelling it as iam not able to do anything(including switch off or attending calls) thanks.


texts: How to install new font on OS X to be used across OpenOffice, iWork, OfficeForMac, mail and other word processing applications?


texts: Is it possible to define a custom numbering style in Pages?

texts:
I would like to cite some articles, books. The standard form is to use square brackets, but Pages these are not within Pages numbering styles. I want to achieve:

[1] 1st source

[2] 2nd source

.

.

.

[n] n source

Is it possible to create a completely new style? I know that I can redefined style in the terms of spacing, but I have not find an option to define own "bullet buttons".


texts: Accidentally restored iPhone, how can I recover my data?

texts: I connected my current iPhone to iTunes and I accidentally hit restore and now my iPhone is set up like my old iPhone 4! Is there a way to make my iPhone back to the way it was an hour ago?


texts:
I am looking for a, preferably free tool that would scan current network (using the mark) for alive hosts.

It needs to be able to resolve hostnames and preferably to support bonjour too.


texts: How to Assign Static IP Address to iPad?

texts:
I have been having a problem with the wifi connection on my iPad. After much research online, I have narrowed it down to an ip address lease renewal bug. The iPad drops connection when the ip address lease expires.

The suggested fix is to assign a static ip address for the iPad based on its MAC address and to enter the 'necessary values' in this screen on the iPad:

My question is: how do I assign a static ip to the iPad based on its MAC address? And how to I find out what these values are?

I know that I need to pick an ip address above the 'DHCP range', and I know what this range is. But I don't know how to tell the router to assign a static ip to the iPad and get the relevant numbers to fill in on the above screen. If it makes a difference, my router is a BT home hub 3.

I have very little knowledge of networking and would appreciate any help with this.


texts:
Imagine I do backups using Time Machine at home just like everybody else. But as I travel often and of course also work on the road I also need to have a mobile backup solution. I thought about the following:

One partition of my external hard drive has the same size like my internal hard drive (e.g. 500GB). I use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my internal hard drive daily. The second partition of my external hard drive backups all changes starting from last cloning on; only if manually activated when I leave home for a longer time.

Is this possible?


texts: I installed Lion on launch day, and a few days after, my Finder sounds stopped playing. When I move files, or folders, delete items or empty the trash there is never any accompanying sound. I know this worked under Lion for a while, so I do not thing that the cause is the lion upgrade.


texts: My iPhone 5s will not sync with my iTunes anymore!

texts: My iPhone 5s will not sync anymore. iTunes reads it once it's plugged in and comes back with an error message saying "You do not have enough access privileges for this operation.".


texts:
My 27" iMac wakes up from sleep randomly, even though I went through the "energy saver" preference pane, and bluetooth is only active for my mouse and keyboard.

What could be causing this?


texts: Can I make an iTunes playlist comprised solely of songs that lack iTunes genius information?

texts:
I'm looking to make some lemonade with the "lemon songs" that iTunes genius doesn't know how to catalog. One such example currently is an obscure song called "Polythene Pam" by some beatles boy band with bad haircuts walking on abbey road.

I'm aware that for some people, this song has enough matches for genius to make a playlist - I want to exploit my specific library to make a list of all the songs that currently won't make a playlist. Basically is there a way to get at genius results and create a playlist based on that status in a systematic way.

I'd love to make a smart playlist to exploit this and collect tracks for listening based on the idea that "if genius can't match this song to others in my library, it's worth a listen". This song is either too new (or obscure) and genius won't match it on anyone's library no matter how complete, or that song is so different than the others in my library that it stands out as a singleton.

Basically I'm asking if the Smart Playlist criteria are extensible as I want a Has Genius flag similar to the Has Artwork flag to make a playlist where this is false.

I'd also consider a script or third party software that could periodically make a traditional playlist if I can't automate it with a smart playlist. I am not looking for alternatives to iTunes or genius. Thanks for any ideas you might have!


texts: What's the "Private" directory in OS X for?

texts:
I was running OmniDiskSweeper today, and I came across something called "Private" using 3.9GB. It is listed directly under the root directory along with Users, Library, System, and Applications, so I am assuming it is something included with OS X itself. I'm just curious about what this actually is, because I don't remember seeing this before. Here are some screenshots:

Mid 2012 15 inch MacBook Pro running OS X 10.11.3 El Capitan


texts: Why doesn't Epson driver show up in Software Update as Epson claims it will?

texts:
I'm following Epson's guide for installing OS X 10.9 Epson drivers for Workforce 610, which says to use OS X Software Update to install. Unfortunately, nothing under "Updates" mentions Epson.

I've tried connecting to printer with both USB and Wireless network, and neither work.

The printer already works with an existing Mac on the network.


texts: Outlook Dock badge count doesn't update until app has focus

texts:
I'm using Outlook for Mac (v16.49) on Big Sur (v11.3.1). Recently, I've found that the Outlook icon in the dock will only update the number of unread emails after the app has been given focus. During a working day I will occasionally glance to the Dock to see if new emails have arrived. Now, I need to periodically open Outlook in order to cause the Dock's badge icon to update.
How can I restore the original behaviour, i.e. having Outlook's Dock badge icon update automatically, rather than having to manually focus Outlook?


texts: Can I store my RGE file (Entourage 2008) to an network drive?

texts: Can I store my RGE file (Entourage 2008) to an network drive instead of a local folder ?


texts: I think I have bricked my MacBook Pro, what are my options to get it fixed?

texts:
I have been having power issues with my MacBook Pro (late 2007?). The power cable had a dodgy connection, and kept cutting out. This destroyed the life of the battery to the point where it would only hold a charge for a couple of seconds. Last night it stopped booting up, so I reset the PRAM, and tried booting from a CD but it wouldn't fully boot.

Finally, today I attempted to turn it on using a working power cable and there is no life whatsoever. The light goes green on the cable when I plug it in, but the power button doesn't give any life to the computer, no screen, no sound, nothing.

I've tried booting it with the battery removed.

What are my options? Is it likely to be a motherboard or RAM issue? Can I use the hard disk in another laptop to at least recover files? What is it likely to cost in repairs in the Apple store?


texts: Syncing Contacts to iOS on Mac OS X 10.6

texts:
What is the oldest Mac OS version that can do iCloud sync from Contacts/Address Book to a current iOS 9 device (iPhone SE, in this case)? The goal is to sync contacts between my Macbook running OS X 10.6 and my iPhone.

If iCloud sync is not possible, what synchronization options in 10.6 would allow for contact synchronization to current iOS?


texts:
I have been using the gcc compiler from http://hpc.sourceforge.net/index.php for 6 years. Unfortunately they are not using the most up to date compiler. I have already installed gcc 4.8.3 from mac port. Is mac ports compiler as reliable as the one from http://hpc.sourceforge.net/index.php?

In the past I have had reliability issues with certain mac port products especially their version of codeblocks. If mac port's gcc 4.8.3 also has reliability issues I think I would rather use the older version of gcc or download gcc from somewhere else.


texts: Model Name: MacBook Air Model Identifier: MacBookAir4,2 Processor Name: Intel Core i7 Processor Speed: 1.8 GHz

texts: Battery life catastrophic since upgrade to Yosemite - activity monitor shows 'spotlight web content' items using large amounts of CPU for webpages that are not even open?? Does anyone know why this is?


texts: Periodic System Maintenance: Running as non-root

texts:
I have had a daily maintenance script to clean out ~/Downloads via the periodic system for years. Recently I decided that I didn't want to delete the files but instead move them to ~/.Trash, allowing me to recover a file in the event I didn't move out of Downloads. The script change was easy, but since it runs as root the script finds the files but cannot move them to ~/.Trash.
The key line of the script is
find -dx . -fstype local -type f -mtime +7 -exec /usr/local/bin/trash $@ {} + -print
Documentation of the periodic.conf system is hard to find. Is there a way that I can run a script as myself instead of as root so that the script will work? I've tried su <user> -c "find -dx . -fstype local -type f -mtime +7 -exec /usr/local/bin/trash $@ {} + -print" without success.
Anyone out there know some periodic magic?


texts: Does the reception indicator show voice or data signal strength, or are they the same?

texts: I was informed by multiple people at T-Mobile that having a strong data connection doesn't necessarily mean a strong voice connection, but that confused me and I'm not sure if they're right. So how do the two relate? If there's strong LTE and weak EDGE would the iPhone show full bars or low bars, and would that tell you both how good the voice and data signal is or just one of those?


texts: A few months back, I had a friend install rEFInd on my 2009 Mac Pro so I can use it as a server running a non-GUI version of Ubuntu. Though, after checking it a few months after it’s been off, the rEFInd boot-up manager can not find any macOS instances (only Ubuntu and some “Time Machine” drives). I tried to start the disk up into recovery mode but I got the blinking folder/question mark symbol. I cannot seem to figure out how to boot up macOS on this Mac Pro. Any help?


texts: How to backup email database of Apple Mail?

texts:
My Apple Mail email client is a chaos nowadays. There are numerous emails, all unorganized. I need to clean it up a bit and organize the emails in segments. Before I do that I need to backup my Apple Mail email database so that when I organize I don't loose any email and if I did I can retrieve it from the backup I will create.

Does anyone have a solution for backing up Apple Mail email database. I am looking for a quick and handy solution, not the export function. That takes up ages to export the emails.


texts: an inexpensive airplay device for powered speakers - alternative to Airport Express?

texts: I use a pair of powered m-audio speakers with my macbook air. I really wan't to remove the wires and be able to stream music. It would seem like the obvious choice would be to get the Airport Express but are there any alternative products? I was thinking of  a Raspberry Pi similar to this: http://lifehacker.com/5978594/turn-a-raspberry-pi-into-an-airplay-receiver-for-streaming-music-in-your-living-room but was wondering. Are there any commercial alternatives to Airport Express?


texts:
I currently have iCal syncing to one Google account with 1 main calendar and 3 sub-calendars (selected on Delegation tab). Let's say that this account is example@gmail.com.

This is the only one account set up in iCal.

Additionally I have 4 email accounts defined in Mail.app in this order:

example1@example.com
example2@example.com
example@gmail.com
example3@example.com

Problem 1 - iCal will not send out invites to attendees

I cannot make iCal send invites when creating an event within a calendar that's synced with Google.

I have to create a local calendar on Mac, create an event there - invites are sent out "correctly" (see Problem 2), then I simply move the event from one calendar to another and this seems to do the trick.

This seems to be a bit troublesome though (obviously, really). Is there anything I can do to make it work properly - so the invites are sent out from Google's CalDAV calendar?

Problem 2 - iCal invites email addresses

iCal seems to be totally inconsistent with using email addresses when sending invitations.

Consider the setup:

1 CalDAV account in iCal (example@gmail.com),
1 local calendar (as mentioned in Problem 1),
4 email accounts in Mail (as described above).

Now iCal seems to be sending invites using the topmost email account set up in Mail.app - in this case example1@example.com. Is there a way to use different email account to do this?

Also, it seems that iCal creates invites using the email account defined in iCal accounts - in this case example@gmail.com, even though I use local Calendar and not the CalDAV one!

This means that invite is sent from example1@example.com, but people replying to invites send them back to example@gmail.com. This really is plain wrong. Any way to sort it out?

NOTE: Ideally I'd like iCal to send invites from the second Mail account - example2@example.com.


texts: Has Safari stopped forwarding link URLs to system services when using the link's context menu?

texts:
I seem to recall being able to right-click a link in Safari and use a system service from the context menu in order to send the actual link target URL to the service in question.
Nowadays when right-clicking a link i Safari (13.1) the link's title/text is selected automatically, and when I try to use a service that way it always receives the selected text instead and fails to locate the resource. The services are definitely not receiving the URL since if I use a service with a strict constraint of only accepting URL formatted text, then they don't show up at all in the menu; I have to follow the link and right-click the URL in the address bar before they appear.
I'm wondering if this ever worked like in my first description? If so, what has changed, if anything? Did I change something? Can I get it back?
MacOS Mojave 10.14.6


texts:
Is there any App that permits scanning barcodes?  An app that also supports UPS and Fedex would be useful.

The following search did not bring up any obvious results.  http://alternativeto.net/software/scan--qr-code-reader-/?platform=mac


texts: Convert PDF images to PNG using Automator

texts:
I want to convert a bunch of PDF images to PNG images. How do I tell Automator to resize the final images to a specified size (in pixels) like 100x100?

Automator is also adding a number to the end of each file which increments each time I run the workflow.

Get Specified Finder Items
Render PDF Pages as Images
Copy Finder Items


texts:
The command

shell$ ls . -R

works on Linux but not on OS X. This is because OS X command line options have to come before  the arguments,and not just anywhere as in Linux.

In particular, this means that any shell scripts I write on Linux will be unportable to Macs.

 Question  How can I fix this on the Mac?

I can either take care to write portable Linux scripts, or I can install MacPorts so that  ls  and other commands will be picked from MacPorts and not the Apple provided binaries. Is there any better way?


texts:
I have a curious problem, that started recently with no obvious trigger or change in any configurations, that I know of, that might have triggered the problem.

In Apple Mail, my "Sent" folder will now only show a single email with the "Date Sent" field as "Today".  Additionally, it appears to only show my most recent email as the single email.

It does show emails from earlier dates, but a real gap in time from the single "Today" email.

As of this post on 29 Nov 2016, I have a single email showing "Today", them other Sent email on 24 Nov 2015 (5 days of emails missing).  Not certain without doing some forensics, but I think other Sent emails look missing from each date as well.

Interestingly, if I can remember the right search criteria (like entering "Today" in the Search box) the hidden emails found by the search appear.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

A possible new/additional clue:

In my "Account Info" window shown above, I see two emails apparently received this morning (30 Nov 2016) From "Sender Unknown". (Note, I've had to cover the names on other emails).

These emails do not appear in my Inbox.

Not certain if this means anything or not.
Please advise.


texts: Suggest a Mac Notifications app with cloud sync to an accompanying iPhone app?

texts:
I'm looking for an app in which I can write down a quick message for myself on the Mac that can later pop up on my iPhone and remind me via a push notification.

I'm not looking for a full-featured task manager.  I know I could do this with iCal, but it's overkill for what I'm looking for. iCal is closer in nature to full featured task management apps than I'd like.

I know about two options that fit quite precisely what I'm after:

http://www.NotifyMeCloud.com/
This looks solid. And pretty. Maybe I'm expecting too much, but the fact that the last update to the app occurred June 23rd 2011 gives me pause. It's almost September. Then again, if the app works and is mature, that's not important. But that is rarely the case.
The Mac App only has a single review in the Swiss App Store, and it's one star. User says the UI for entering new notifications is terrible. That it's so bad he's actually faster doing it on the iPhone, defeating the whole purpose of a Mac client. Can anyone tell me more on this? Or let me know what the reviews in the US look like? iPhone app reviews are also pretty mixed with an average of 3.5 stars out of 29 reviews.
http://notificant.com/
I'm not sure what's up here, but this doesn't even show up when I search for it on appshopper.com. And even if it did, neither the Mac nor the iPhone app seem to be available outside the US App Store. iTunes and the Mac App Store give me the "change store" message. So no go on this one's out. (I'm in Switzerland, btw).

Can anyone suggest other options? It seems strange to me that there is no definitive answer to a problem that I presume must be a fairly common one.


texts: Changing country or region without spending the remaining apple balance from gift card

texts:
What will happen if i change my country or region to another country without spending the remaining balance i have in my apple id which i redeemed from gift card?
Can i still buy subscription from another country using that remaining balance?


texts:
My Mac Pro boots into recovery mode every time it boots up. I have to select the start-up disk when in recovery mode.

How can I make so it starts up in Mac Os X Lion every time without it going into recovery mode?


texts: Notification Center stuck in landscape orientation

texts:
This screenshot pretty much says it all:

Notification Center seems stuck in landscape mode, based on the height and horizontal distance from the edge to the center pulldown arrow.

The date and top widget update correctly
I can interact with (what I can see of) the top widget
I can't swipe the arrow up to dismiss Notification Center
I can't interact with the visible screen "behind" Notification Center

The home button dismisses Notification Center as usual. This behavior has persisted across several restarts.

Interestingly, I can't bring down Notification Center while in real landscape mode. I can get the little arrow tab to come down, but in the wrong spot:

...but pulling down on the tab just dismisses it.

Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot this short of a restore?

iPhone 5, iOS 8.3.


texts: Unable to remove a container disk on MacBook Pro SSD

texts:
I am trying to remove a container disk and exFat partition on the GUID partitioned SSD on my Macbook Pro 13" 128GB early 2015. It got created by BOOT CAMP ASSISTANT. It is taking up 29GB of space on my disk. There is also a small exFat partition that I cannot remove. In disk utility the option to delete this partition and container disk is greyed out. When I press partition when I have selected my SSD and click on the 29GB container disk, the - button is greyed out, and in the bottom right corner it says "You cannot remove this volume because the previous volume cannot be resized". I have tried doing this when booted into Recovery mode 'Command + R'

Here are some screenshots:

EDIT: I formatted 'container disk 1' as 'untitled' and as exFAT out of curiosity and it deleted the container disk, but it added another volume called 'untitled' under the 'APPLE SSD SM0128...' which cannot be deleted (greyed out remove button).


texts: I turned my iMac on, but I only see a grey blinking question mark folder

texts:
I bought a 2011 21.5" iMac in a garage sale.

I pressed Command + R. Once I'm in the macOS Utility folder, I don't see the Macintosh HD.
Now, I went back to macOS Utility and tried to re-install macOS High Sierra  . Everything was going fine until the iMac asked me Please Select the Drive, but I  don't see any Internal Hard Drive in the dialogue box?


texts: Do companies have IT "spyware" on corporate iPhones?

texts:
I have an iPhone through my company. From my understanding, Apple does not allow any software onto their i* devices that does not come from the app store. I got into a discussion with a coworker about how IT can track the phone. Is there any keyboard loggers, or other spyware that could be installed which would allow a company to track employees actions outside of the traditional email client?

I know text messages show up on a monthly bill through the carrier. If texting through Google voice, I'm assuming that would be unreadable, since it is a third party app and uses a data connection?


texts: How do you hide App Store app updates that your version of iOS does not support?

texts:
I am running a first generation iPad with iOS 5.1.1 (the most recent version it will ever have) and I just noticed today that the application Shazam has just dropped support for iOS 5 on the latest version of their app. Seeing that this is probably going to be a first of many apps, is there a way to hide updates that can't be installed on your current version of iOS, so that only updates that is compatible with iOS 5 (and my iPad)  will be displayed in the list of updates in the App Store?

This could get kind of messy in the App Store update list with a future shuffled mess of things that I can or can't upgrade or even worse a complete list of stuff that I can't upgrade to too! Are there any work around or fixes to hide that impending mess?


texts: If I delete and reinstall Pages will I lose my files?

texts: I have an iPad 2 running iOS 9.3.  I have many files on Pages app.  The app locks up and will not fully load all the files.  If I delete and reinstall will I lose my files?


texts: Yosemite Activity Monitor: '% CPU' column blank for certain processes (clang compiler)

texts:
I have been a bit confused recently when installing some software updates using MacPorts. Some of the packages required compilation, and as expected the CPU usage (and fans) went up, as indicated in the CPU load graph in the attached screenshot.

However, when I looked into the Activity Monitor for the CPU usage of clang (which was the main activity at that point as verified by MacPorts' verbose diagnostic output), it showed up with blank %CPU usage. Other processes showed up just normally, as did some other MacPorts related processes. I checked also in the shell activity monitor 'top' and it showed clang at 0% CPU usage, even when run in Superuser mode using sudo.

Is this normal behaviour?

Why would this happen?

Is there another way of seeing the real CPU usage?

Should I be worried that I might have some kind of root kit installed? This messing with the displayed properties of running tasks would -- to my knowledge -- be a possible indication for something like this going on.


texts: How to disable finder folder metadata persistence?

texts:
Is there a way to tell finder not to save any metadata about folders?

I would love to get Finder to forget how it displayed any folder the last time I viewed it.
So when expanding a folder it does not expand the whole subtree I opened last time.


texts: Very strange green artifacts in Google Chrome?

texts:
I have no idea what this is, restarting chrome and my machine doesn't fix it, it seems random and it affects things randomly, and goes away randomly.
Notice this issue comes up with I take the macOS screenshot too.  I think it must be a bug with Chrome, not sure if it's my laptop or macOS too?
Not sure how to google for this either, it's a big mystery, and makes a lot of pages unusable unless I’m fortunate enough for it to just go away


texts:
I use Firefox on a desktop iMac, a MacBook and my Android Samsung Galaxy S III mobile phone. All installations of Firefox are set to sync over Firfox's inbuilt Firefox-Snyc feature.

On my desktop computer I have set Firefox to delete all cookies when I close Firefox and defined exceptions, telling Firefox to keep cookies from those sites. I followed this instruction.

This worked fine at first: I visited some sites, closed Firefox, opened Firefox, looked at the cookies, and all cookies had been deleted except those from the excepted sites.

But after I began using Firefox on my other computers, I noticed that:

(a) all cookies were being deleted sometimes; sometimes all remained

(b) the exceptions disappeared sometimes; sometimes they remained

So the question is:

How do I set up Firefox to keep only cookies from select sites, when I use Firefox-Sync?


texts: Make mac mail VIP lists include items I send

texts:
The VIP lists in Mac Mail don't seem to include emails I sent to a VIP that aren't part of a conversation. If I send an email with a new subject (ie: not a reply), it doesn't appear until the recipient replies (in which case the whole thread appears, including the one I originally sent).

Is there a way to get these messages to appear in te VIP lists?


texts: Mac Keynote: How do I add another bend point to a curved connector line (arc)?

texts:
I am using Keynote 7.2 in Mac OS Sierra. I want to add a curved connection line (aka arc or curve) to my presentation but with multiple bend points. How do I do that?

Specifically, I am choosing "connector line" from the top menu.

I then want to add another green bend point to make the line curve multiple times. How do I do that?


texts: Choose from list apple script service execution from Safari opens Firefox to display the dialog with list

texts:
Im trying to use following Apple Script to display a choose from list and perform certain actions based on the choice of selection:
on run {input, parameters}
    set selT to "42"
    set selectedOption to choose from list {"Safari", "Chrome", "Firefox"} with prompt "Search with:" without multiple selections allowed and empty selection allowed

    global urlToOpen
    set urlToOpen to "na"
    if selectedOption is not false and length of selectedOption is not 0 then
        set urlToOpen to "https://duckduckgo.com/?q=" & selT
    end if

    if ((urlToOpen as string) is not equal to "na") then
        tell application "System Events"
            tell (first application process whose frontmost is true)
                set theActiveApp to name of it
             end tell
        end tell
        activate me

        display dialog theActiveApp

        if theActiveApp is "Safari" then
            tell application "Safari"
                tell window 1
                    set current tab to (make new tab with properties {URL:urlToOpen})
                end tell
            end tell
        else if theActiveApp is "firefox" then
            tell application "firefox"
                open location urlToOpen
            end tell
        else if theActiveApp is "Google Chrome" then
            tell application "Google Chrome"
                open location urlToOpen
            end tell
        end if

     end if
end run

But, whats happening is; when the Automator service runs, it opens Firefox to display the list of options. It would be a great help to understand this behavior, because Firefox not being the default browser and it is waste of CPU resource to open it.


texts: I need to test a launcher app icon on an iPhone. Is there any way to do that without having to install an entire app?


texts:
I bought an iPhone4 from ebay, and it was marked as UNLOCKED, but in fact it was not.. After couple of emails, I gave this up, and I want to sell it. It is AT&T. The questions are:

1) What would you do in my case? The untethered jailbreak came out, but needs iPhone to be activated. iOS was upgraded to 5.1.1 9B206, so also the baseband is quite new - no way to unlock it in the near future.

2) iPhone must be activated with the original AT&T SIM or just any AT&T SIM ? So that, I could write it in description in case I would sell it.

Thanks.


texts: Can I convert .ifo files with Final Cut?

texts:
I need to convert .ifo files to upload to YouTube. I don't know how to determine what they are and how to convert / open them with Final Cut.

Is this common knowledge to someone or how might I figure this out?


texts:
Had this strange issue crop up today that I haven't experienced before. I execute ssh <remote ip> and ssh crashes with the following exception:

dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _timingsafe_bcmp
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/ssh
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

dyld: Symbol not found: _timingsafe_bcmp
  Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/ssh
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

Abort trap: 6

I have run the command with the verbose flag and can see this is happening directly after the key exchange between the local machine and remote host.

Things I have tried:

Restarting terminal
Restarting machine
Removing all ssh programs in /usr/bin and replacing them with those of a colleagues mac
Booting to recovery mode and replacing libSystem.B.dylib with the one that ships with macOS
Installing openssh with homebrew
Removing openssh
Adding a PATH to /usr/bin

Note the same error appears on other commands such as scp.


texts: How do I disable iCloud for just one app?

texts: I want to restart one of my games on my iPad, so I uninstalled it, but when i go to reinstall it and start over, it just shows me the cloud option to continue from where I left off. Please help?


texts: Can't re-enable FileVault after growing `system` partition

texts:
I recently disabled FileVault in order to grow my system partition.  This ended up being rather more complicated than expected, but it worked out in the end.

Now that I have resized the system partition, I want to re-encrypt my drive, but I'm getting this error when I attempt to engage FileVault:

FileVault can't be turned on for the disk "system".

Some disk formats don't support the recovery partition required by encryption.
To use encryption, reinstall this version of Mac OS X on a reformatted disk.

This is strange, since the disk has a recovery partition — it was actually moved by Disk Utility in the process of growing the system partition.  Here's what diskutil and gpt have to say about it:

$ diskutil list disk0
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *512.1 GB   disk0
   1:       Microsoft Basic Data                         134.2 MB   disk0s1
   2:       Microsoft Basic Data EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS system                  511.1 GB   disk0s3
   4:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.1 MB   disk0s5

$ sudo gpt show /dev/disk0
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34      262144      1  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
      262178        2014
      264192      409600      2  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
      673792   998271624      3  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   998945416     1269760      4  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  1000215176           7
  1000215183          32         Sec GPT table
  1000215215           1         Sec GPT header

Hmm, turns out I now have two EFI partitions.  Apparently Disk Utility decided to change the partition type of my ext4 partition without consulting me.  What a jerk.

EDIT: just noticed this related question.  Not exactly the same, since that person is not trying to do full-disk encryption.


texts: Script for compressing Files within Outlook

texts:
To prefice, I have no background in scripting whatsoever
I'm trying to create a script that goes into the directory for Outlook and compresses files that are taking up a lot of space.
I was able to find a couple bits and pieces of things that I could use including
--hfsCompression
which from what I could find is able to compress files, and
stat -f %f FILENAME which will give an output flag of either 32(compressed) or 0(uncompressed)
I have not done any testing yet so I am still unable to confirm if this works, but I've put together this conditional statement that I hope will compress files that are uncompressed, and skip files that are already compressed

compressed=32
uncompressed=0

    if ( (stat -f %f)=$uncompressed );
        then
          echo 'Compressing file'
          sudo --hfsCompression ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/Main Profile
          exit 0
    elif ( (stat -f %f)=$compressed );
        then
          echo 'This file is compresed'
          exit 0
    fi

If anyone could help revise this a bit with what they know I would be very grateful!


texts: Share Checkpoint VPN with OS X Internet Sharing

texts:
I want to share my VPN connection over wifi using Internet Sharing, but something doesn't work.

My current setup is:

Macbook Pro: macOS Mojave 10.14.6
VPN client: CheckPoint Endpoint Security for Mac

I've tried the steps described here but something doesn't work.

Some of the NAT rules that I've tried:

nat on utun1 from bridge100:network to any -> (utun1)

#OR
nat on utun1 from 192.168.2.2/24 to any -> (utun1)

#OR
nat on en6 from 192.168.2.2/24 to any -> (en6)
nat on utun1 from 192.168.2.2/24 to any -> (utun1)

#and many more...

My script looks like this:

#!/bin/sh
sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
sysctl -w net.inet.ip.fw.enable=1
sysctl -w net.inet6.ip6.forwarding=1

#disables pfctl
pfctl -d
sleep 1

#flushes all pfctl rules
pfctl -F all
sleep 1

#starts pfctl and loads the rules from the nat-rules file
pfctl -f ./nat-rules -e

The Internet Sharing works without VPN enabled, but after I enable it, I get Connected, no internet....

Is something wrong with my NAT rule or is the VPN, being through CheckPoint Endpoint Security?


texts:
I'm trying to send a message in Mail, but I don't have a Bcc field.

How can I show a Bcc field? Is there a way to set it as default, i.e. always show a Bcc field?


texts: What is the double exclamation mark mean beside clip in mail.app

texts: I have received a mail, which has a double exclamation mark beside the attachment file clip, what did it mean?


texts: Does syncing iPhone with change playlist order?

texts: I synced a lot of songs from my Mac to iPhone. Then I reordered the playlists on the iPhone to my liking. If I sync it back to the Mac, would the order be lost ? If yes, any ways around it ?


texts: How do I save a text file using a variable using the "New Text File" action in Automator?

texts:
I am new to Automator and writing with AppleScript. I wrote a program that collects URLs and stores them as a long, single string.

After the AppleScript portion of the workflow, I want to save the string as a text file, so I added the "New Text File" action from the library. However, I want the input of the "Save as:" field to be a variable.

Do any of you know if this is possible?


texts: I bought my first Mac Mini today. I'm using touch screen LCD PL2735M (http://www.iiyama.com/gb_en/products/prolite-t2735msc-2/). When I click on screen, mouse is moved to that place, but no click is issued. Is there any touch settings? (sensitivity, calibration). Thank you.


texts: Mac's storage manager shows higher usage space for iCloud Drive than it actually is

texts: Why does my MacBook storage manager (Apple icon > About This Mac > Storage tab) shows ~100 GB usage by iCloud Drive while running du -sh from iCloud's directory results only 18 GB? I have also checked the sizes of folders and files in iCloud Drive and was sure that in total they should be well below 100 GB. I have a iMac in my office that is connected to the same iCloud Drive as my MacBook, could it be that this has to do with it? But iCloud drive is supposed to store my files in Apple's cloud and why would my remote iMac have an overlapping storage with my MacBook through iCloud?


texts: Can Time Capsule/Airport (4th gen) serve local DNS?

texts:
I just got a 4th gen Time Capsule for my wife to use as her own backup server, and I'm potentially interested in using it as the main router and Wifi AP on my home network. My current router and AP is running OpenWrt and I'm used to it providing several useful services. Can the Airport/Time Capsule provide enough functionality?

I see that it can take a list of MAC addresses and reserve IP addresses for each in its DHCP config. I can also set up arbitrary TCP and UDP port forwarding although not other protocols :-/. But what about local DNS?

My OpenWrt router is configured to be a caching recursive DNS resolver for the local network, and to inject a few records in the results for static assignments I've made (that go along with static DHCP assignments) for various hosts on the local network.

I don't want to hear anything about how Bonjour/mDNS should be the answer to all my problems. It isn't.

I suspect the answer is no (that's too complicated to be "Appley"), and that I'll need to leave the OpenWrt box as the router, and simply add the Time Capsule to the LAN, maybe also serving 5GHz Wifi.


texts: Videos taken on the iPhone will not sync to the iPad

texts:
I have several hundred pictures and a hundred or so videos that have been taken with my iPhone 4 and 5s. (90%/10% split roughly). These are all in iPhoto and have imported fine. Everything can be viewed on my laptop without issue.

I want to have all of these pictures and videos on my iPad (4). I have checked the sync all photos from iPhoto and include videos.

All pictures and most videos copy. Several videos do not. All that do not work are from the 5s. That said, I do have some of the videos that I know were taken with the 5s syncing fine. (slo mo)

I can say that I have a few 1080p videos that were synced. There were a couple that did not. There were a couple of the slo mo videos that synced and a couple that did not.

The first time I attempted to sync, I did get the warning message in iTunes that some of the videos were not compatible with the iPad, but on subsequent attempts, the message wasn't shown, iTunes just silently skipped these files. (Subsequent attempts after un-syncing, reboots, etc)

I really want to keep my photos and these types of videos in iPhoto for ease of syncing and browsing. What can I do to convince iTunes that the iPad really can play these videos that the iPhone took? Or how can I debug what the issue really is?


texts: What is the proper syntax for setting the nvram backlight-level?

texts:
I am trying to set my laptop's brightness level via nvram backlight-level= however I keep receiving errors, no matter how I try and input it. These are my past results.

~ nvram backlight-level "%96%06"
backlight-level %1e%00
nvram: Error getting variable - '%96%06': (iokit/common) data was not found
~ nvram backlight-level %96%06
backlight-level %1e%00
nvram: Error getting variable - '%96%06': (iokit/common) data was not found
~ nvram backlight-level\ %96\%06
nvram: Error getting variable - 'backlight-level %96%06': (iokit/common) data was not found
~ nvram backlight-level = %96%06
backlight-level %1e%00
nvram: Error setting variable - '': (iokit/common) invalid argument
~ nvram backlight-level = <%96%06>
zsh: parse error near `\n'
~ nvram backlight-level=<%96%06>
zsh: parse error near `\n'
~ nvram backlight-level=<%96%06>
zsh: parse error near `\n'
~ nvram backlight-level %96%06
backlight-level %1e%00
nvram: Error getting variable - '%96%06': (iokit/common) data was not found
~ nvram backlight-level="%96%06"
nvram: Error setting variable - 'backlight-level': (iokit/common) general error

However, I tried this suggestion but I receive this error.

nvram backlight-level=%96%06
nvram: Error setting variable - 'backlight-level': (iokit/common) general error

What is the issue here, I just am looking for the proper syntax.


texts: What's the best way for renaming all the pictures of an event or an album in iPhoto?


texts: Music player program that reads star ratings from Windows

texts:
I used Winamp on Windows. This allowed me to rate songs using a 5 star system. These star ratings are stored in the files as metadata. I could view the star rating in file properties in Winamp and Windows Explorer.

Now I have switched to Mac. I want a music player that reads and writes the same star rating in the file metadata. Is there one?


texts: Setup Exchange account on Mail.app on only one mac

texts:
I want to configure an exchange account on a Macbook. But Apple sets it up as an "Internet account" and sets that up on every mac associated with that apple id.

Is it possible to configure it only on the one mac?

I want to access Mail and Calendar on this one mac. I want nothing to go back to iCloud and sync on my other macs.


texts: Bypassing Gatekeeper in macOS Mojave 10.14.5

texts:
At least until macOS Mojave 10.14.4, a user could run any application on a Mac, signed or not, by right clicking it in Finder and manually selecting Open.

Does this still work for all applications when running macOS Mojave 10.14.5, which has more strict code signing requirements (i.e. Notarisation)?


texts: Time Machine Backup Drive Shows Empty Files

texts:
I have backed up my MacBook using Time Machine to an external hard drive. Now, when I try to open it on a Mac Mini, it doesn't detect my .backupdb files. I were able to see some of the .backupdb file previously, but now they are gone.
Note:

I believe the files are still there since it's still occupying 100GB+ of my external hard drive.
I have checked the permissions of the hard drive and it's read and write.
'Browse Other Backup Disks' list is empty

Is there any way to see my files on the backup drive?
Thank you


texts:
I've been trying to use an Apple Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard with my Windows 7 PC (My own build, not Apple hardware).  If I stop typing for as few as 10-15 seconds, when I start typing again and if I type continuously, there is a lag of 3-5 seconds before the text shows up on the screen. If I type a few keystrokes and then stop, nothing happens. However once I start typing again, all of the previous keystrokes are sent at once.

I'm not sure if this is a driver issue or a problem with my bluetooth adapter.  In Device Manager, it shows 2 Keyboard Devices; 1 on Blutooth HID Device and another on USB Input Device (Logitech Download Assistant).  I am not sure what the Logitech one is. I do have a Logitech Performance MX Mouse, but why that would be under Keyboards, I don't know. Under Bluetooth USB, it shows my Bluetooth adapter from IVT Corporation, Driver Version 6.2.71.213 from June 24, 2010.

How do I fix the 3-5 second lag when typing with an Apple Bluetooth keyboard on a Windows 7 PC?


texts: How to force Startup Manager menu to appear at every boot?

texts: Is there any way to force the Startup Manager menu to appear on every boot? Rather than me having to remember to hold down Alt if I want a different OS.


texts: AirplayUIAgent frequently asking to access Keychain

texts:
Every time I open my Macbook I encounter a pop up saying that AirplayUIAgent wants to access confidential information stored in my keychain under "Lukes Apple TV"

Does anybody know what this process is? Should I just give it access? I have googled around and can find my question on Apple Support forums but nobody has ever answered it.


texts: How can I secure a Retina MacBook Pro to a desk? (similar to how the older MacBook Pro could use a Kensington Lock)

texts:
I work for a company renting office space from a downtown skyscraper. In order to deter casual theft from building employees and cleaning staff my company prefers we secure our laptops to our desks using Kensington locks. With the last MacBook Pro (the 13" one with the slot-loading optical drive) this was no problem, as it had the slot for the lock.

And then I asked for (and got) a recent MacBook Pro with Retina. One of the things none of us really thought about was its lack of a slot for the lock.

So I've investigated the options and none of them are really confidence inspiring.

The prevailing logic is to buy this thing from MacLocks. However, it has very mixed reviews, it requires grafting something onto your rMBP (which, for what its worth, I don't care about for cosmetic reasons, but rather the idea of having to screw something onto the bottom of the thing is a little unnerving), it has very mixed reviews, the website itself looks shady (the JavaScript bot pretending to be a human asking me if I need help is bothersome), and it's sort of expensive ($70) considering all of the above.

Most of the other options I see are no longer on the market (either for lack of sales or effectiveness, I assume) or are precluded on the idea of things like alarms going off should they be removed (which is going to be pointless if the casual theft were to occur after hours). One solution was a "locking case" which reportedly had overheating issues.

As it stands now I'm just tossing the thing in a drawer at the end of the night and locking the drawer which is a pain and doesn't allow me to let tasks like app submission go on so I can leave for the day, but it's potentially the only real option other than MacLocks.

So what other options are there for locking a rMBP to a desk? Has anyone here tried the MacLocks solution? Or is the rMBP mostly a "take home at the end of the day or don't worry about it" device for most people? I'm not taking mine home because I have my own rMBP in my backpack and the nature of what I'm currently doing precludes me from working from home anyway.

For what it's worth I did see this question but it's for a MBA, it's four years old, and the accepted solution (loud noise when the adapter is removed) isn't going to work for me as I mentioned above)


texts: Move files to individual folders, using file name as folder naming convention for folder, using Terminal

texts:
I've been looking for answer on the web now for a few hours and can't find what im looking for. What i want to do is move each file in a directory to a new folder using the name of the file, excluding the extension.

/Movies/Filname.avi ---> /Movies/Filename/Filename.avi

I know how to do each individual file, but can i do it reclusively for the whole folder using one command or a script.


texts:
I've been checking system services within my location services regularly and have noticed the grey arrow by the side of Find My iPhone (FMIP). I understand this means it was accessed in the last 24 hrs.

If I used FMIP to locate my daughter through her email address the arrow appears in location services only and not within system services. From what I can tell the only time the arrow appears against FMIP in system services is if someone has logged in to my own FMIP using my email and password, is that correct?

Presuming no apps or anything used FMIP as they would need to know my password and email, I am concerned my ex is tracking my location. I have changed my password but it's still happening.

Is my understanding of how the arrows work correct? If not can someone clarify for me.


texts: How to get RFID scanner to connect to MacOS

texts:
I am using a RFID scanner: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1857525758.html

This scanner connects via USB to Windows and Rasbian without special firmware. When I plug it into my Mac, however, it lights up, but does not scan RFID tags.

It is detected in the system information, which displays:

IC Reader:

  Product ID:   0x0035
  Vendor ID:    0xffff
  Version:  1.00
  Serial Number:    08FF20171101
  Speed:    Up to 12 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer: IC Reader
  Location ID:  0x14100000 / 28
  Current Available (mA):   500
  Current Required (mA):    200
  Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

Because MacOS is Unix-based, I assumed it work the same on the system. Does anyone know how to get the RFID scanner to connect to my Mac?


texts: Building a small network in Apple environment?

texts: I have four Macs I want networked together so files can be shared between them without email. I want it to be a wired network and I also want to be able to access the files on the network away from anywhere. A backup on a portable hardrive and an online backup would be a plus. Is OS X server what I need and maybe a dropbox? Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am not sure what to do!


texts:
I am using Mac OS 10.15.3 (Catalina).

I was using Bootcamp assistant. I did the following:

Started the assistant.
All options were checked (Create a Windows 10 or later install disk, Download the latest Windows support software from Apple, and the last I think was to install windows.)
The process started normally, it created the installer disk from a windows iso, and downloaded the support software.
Then it asked me to choose the size for each partition (which I did)
Then it said Mac may be unresponsive while partitioning...
Then after some time the Mac restarted (I left it unattended)
Then I found it had booted back into Mac OS!

The Windows installation hadn't begun!
I can see a bootcamp partition has been made. And that the USB drive has been formatted with the name "WinInstall" and has all the installation files on it.

How do I proceed with the next step of installing Windows 10? If I start boot camp again, it doesn't have an option to install windows - only for "Remove Windows 10 or later version".

If I keep the option key pressed when I restart my Mac, the three drive options I can choose are "Windows", "EFIBoot", and "MyMacDrive".

If I choose "Windows", the screen just remains blank indefinitely. It seems that the "BOOTCAMP" drive is empty.

How do I proceed with the next step of installing Windows ?


texts: Recover certain files from Time machine from previous Mac

texts:
I just got my new Macbook Pro Retina and update it to Yosemite. I now want to recover/get some files from my Time Machine backup of my previous Macbook but don't want to migrate my whole Time machine onto my new Mac. So for example I want some folders from my Documents folder of my older Mac, but not the whole folder. And some specific Apps/Programs and not all of them.

I'm working on a Synology NAS so I don't have a backups.backupdb folder. I can open the network folder "Time machine" and there is my Computer name. But when opening I just find a list of files called "ff", "fe",... The main Computername folders are called computername.sparesbundle. So its not like the Machine drive & file hierarchy. Is there any other option? When trying to "Browse Other Backup Disks" via Time machine itself it opens the Time machine "star wars" but shows my current working computer instead of the Time Machine backup.

Thanks in advance!


texts: "No Bag Entry" when trying to reinstall Sierra

texts:
Was given a MacBook Air (2013) secondhand, with one stipulation being that I delete the previous owner's info and items off of the Macbook before I started using it. Did that to Apple's specifications on their website, but whenever it boots into Recovery Mode and I click on reinstall Sierra, I get a "no bag entry" error after clicking go on the MacOS Sierra screen.

I'm at my wits end, and this is basically my last option before I call it quits. Can anyone guide me?


texts: Purchasing hundreds of consumer App Store apps for employees

texts:
The question is very simple as the topic suggests. (How) Can a company buy multiple "licenses" of publicly available apps on the App Store (for example paid Angry Birds app) and distribute those to its employees? Does the company get .ipa files directly from the developer (Rovio) and distribute them using the company's iOS Enterprise Developer program? I would say no, because Apple would be omitted in the transaction and in that case, what is the way?

The distribution would by handled by an application called Afaria (which is a client of Afaria Mobile Device Management solution) via its own App portal (more info in iTunes).

I've read about the Volume Purchase Program, however this is not a solution, because I'm in Europe.

If you need more information, please ask. For now, I can't think of more information I can provide.


texts: I can transfer data from trough a genuine Apple cable from my iPad to a PC but the same cable will not allow my iPad or iPhone 4s to charge battery using a multi point USB hub connected to a power point. how do I overcome this?


texts: What software for video editing should a G5 Tower Use?

texts:
My friend has a G5 Tower and would like to create some music videos for his band. I've looked into Final Cut Pro, but unfortunately the latest version is Intel only.

I assume if we went that route, he would need Final Cut Pro 5?

What are his alternatives? For now it would be safe to say the development would be done as a hobby.

Thanks.


texts:
Mac pro 2009 4,1 Boots up but no video output (black screen).
It was working fine on the old OS that was on it(not sure which OS). I want to update to the highest OS (el capitan) it can run. So I did. But after that I get an black screen.
I tried to reset some things like time code, vram etc. Nothing works. Can't even go to the BIOS to reset everything (or I've got the wrong key combination).
I have also added two other hdds. And on one of them was an Windows installation. So I hold the option key on startup to choose an other hdd and choose the Windows one. And that was just working fine.
What can I do to run Mac OS again? Also tried an Bootable USB with el Capitan but It won't recon the USB flash drive I've made on my 2019 Macbook pro.
When I use Option + Command + P + R
And waited till the second time hearing the startup sound it looks like it's working fine.
But still no output. I see the Apple logo in the beginning but after that no output.
De Mac pro itselfs keeps running with no errors or blinking lights.
Gpu is an ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB Mac Pro Graphics Card
6gb ddr3 ram
And de standard Xeon 2,66 MHz cpu
Ive downloaded El Capitan, (it's in the downloads folder, DMG FILE).
Then I go to the terminal and I fill in:
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/THENAMEOFMYFLASHDRIVE --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app

Fill in my password next, and than it says:
'
sudo: /Applications/Install OS X El Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia: command not found.
Catalina can't put it in de application folder for some wierd reason...


texts: Switching from Ubuntu to OS X and I'm lost

texts:
Situation

I got tired of some bugs/annoyments in Ubuntu(=some programs coming along with it). For example after using compiz for a few days I found bugs that were
distracting my work flow pretty bad (e.g. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/933776).

What I also hate is what I call "monitor lottery", it starts when you plug in an external video-output to your machine. Sometimes you win, and most times you don't.

I needed fresh air and Windows was not an option. I just don't like .bat, cmd.exe, C:\, and those windowsy things.

So I bought 13" Macbook Air.
Someday I probably will test how to code an app for my iPad, so being in Apple-camp helps.

I'm trying to use the Macbook as my main working/coding laptop, because it is light and has better resolution than my current laptop(Thinkpad X220).

Problem

Maybe I'm not used to OS X's philosophy or something. I don't understand the window manager's behavior.
I don't fully understand the behavior of the bottom dock.

I'm quite lost.

Questions

Workspace = single virtual desktop

Window management

When pressing Cmd-Tab and the app switcher pops up:

I have 5 terminal windows open, and would want to bring one of them in front. Is it possible that Cmd-Tab would be window-switcher instead of app-switcher. I know I can switch to app's next window with a shortcut, but I would want to have all the windows in the switcher, regardless of what the app is.
When switching to a minimized app, workspace will be switched where the window should be, but the window stays minimized. Why? I would want it to be shown(unminimized?).
In my Ubuntu machine, I move window's position by pressing Alt, holding left mouse and dragging it from anywhere on the window. Also resizing works by holding right mouse button instead of left. Any solution to emulate this behavior?
I usually use windows in maximized mode. For example when I'm editing text, I do not want to see any distractions(like a browser window). To my mind, maximized means that a window takes all available space on the screen but does not cover the system's toolbars etc. But when I press the green (+) button, the window is streched vertically and the width stays the same. The weirdest thing is, that some of the windows strech only vertically, but some of them strech both vertically and horizontally. I want the maximize button to take all the available space. Is it possible?

Shortcuts

In my web browser, I have always closed tabs with middle click. Also if I want to open a link to a new tab, I press middle click. How can I do that? I often browse news etc with one hand on the touchpad, so pressing Cmd while clicking isn't that good. Touching or tapping(not pressing the whole thing down with force to hear a click sound) touchpad with three fingers would be the best shortcut.
I want the following global shortcuts. The apps should open in the current workspace.

Ctrl - < : New terminal window opens
Ctrl - Alt - b : New terminal window opens and it executes a command: 'ssh bla bla bla'
Alt - m : Maximize/Restores the earlier size of currently focused window.
Ctrl - Alt - c : Browser opens
Ctrl - Alt - s : Text editor opens

Is there any program that would allow this?

Apps/Other stuff

Terminal

Pressing Alt-2 normally produces '@'. But in terminal, it does not produce that character but instead it starts a mode which says '(arg: 2)' on the left.
Not directly related to terminal, but is it possible to setup SSH so that the connection would not drop when lid is closed or internet disconnects? Any experiences of MOSH http://mosh.mit.edu/?

With my Ubuntu laptop, I edited files in a remote SSH server via STFP. Are there any good SFTP clients which could just mount the remote folder, like in Ubuntu it does.


texts: Launching a specific web page from iOS home screen

texts:
I want to create an app icon on my iOS home screen that launches a particular web page in a browser when it is tapped. In other words, it should look visually like an app, but I don't want to have to code an app. I don't want to have to launch a browser and open a bookmark each time I want to visit that web page.

Is there a way to do this?


texts:
In OS X 10.10.2 the Finder's Preview function is not working. If I select some image or pdf files I cannot see file's preview and only see wait logo. How can I fix these error?

I found some solution about qlmanage. Fixing Quick Look issues in OS X This can clear and rebuild the thumbnail's caches, however this program hung and did not finish.


texts: Q: Cannot spoof MAC Address on Macbook Pro 2019 13.3 on Big Sur Beta 4

texts:
I usually change my MAC Address frequently and it worked perfectly on Catalina, however when I transitioned to Big Sur it didn't seem to work correctly, at least for Beta 4.
I would run the command
sudo ifconfig en0 ether yourspoofedmacaddress

where I confirmed that en0 is my wireless device.
I would expect that after running ifconfig the en0 interface ether would display the spoofed mac address, and it does, but as soon as it connects to any wifi connection, the en0 interface reverts right back to the original MAC address.
This also happens after I try to spoof any interface MAC address including en1, en2, and en3. These interfaces aren't used at all, but once en0 receives any type of network connection, all of the spoofing reverts.
Any ideas as to why it might not work anymore in Big Sur or any workarounds for that matter?


texts:
I am unable to get email to connect to my IMAP server using an iPhone 6+ with iOS 8.3.

The telco (Telstra Australia) loves telling me that they do not block ports.

Either the telco is blocking ports or the phone is blocking ports.

Can a hotspot connected computer route port 993 requests through the phone without blocking within the phone?

I have no trouble routing port 80, 443 requests through the phone as a modem, and also direct from Safari, however any other ports through Safari on the phone, or a hotspot connected computer fail to connect.

Is there a firewall on the iPhone that needs to be configured to allow additional ports through, and if so, how would it be configured.

If the phone is connected via wifi it has no issue connecting to any of the ports it needs to, it is only an issue when connecting over 3G/4G networks.

UPDATE This situation miraculously resolved itself.  It seems the telco provider must have been blocking it, as it suddenly started working after months of not working without upgrading iOS, phone, or email systems.  Because of this I can only presume the telco changed something.


texts: How to transfer photo sent as SMS to Photos/iPhoto.app

texts: Somebody sent me six images with SMS to my iPhone. I want to email these and get them on my Mac to use there. Short of copying them one by one into an email on my iPhone is there any way I can transfer these into Photos so that iPhoto will import them to my Mac?


texts: I have an iphone 4.  I went to add a contact and my keyboard will not pop up.  Thus I cannot add or search contacts by name.  How can I fix this?


texts: Why is Launchpad laggy when using a scaled resolution?

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I bought a 32" 4k display and when I use the 4k resolution on it, everything is too small. This is why I use something in between 2k and 4k, but that resolution is not native apparently, and Launchpad is laggy when using it.

If I swipe left to go to the next page of the Launchpad, the sliding animation is choppy. Is there a way to fix this?

I am using a 2018 Mac mini running macOS Mojave 10.14.5.


texts: Unarchive a file with a set of provided password list

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Is there a possibility like in jDownloader, where password protected files are automatically extracted by trying all passwords one by one which are provided by the user?

Something like this:

$ unarchive foo.rar --password-list baz.txt


texts: I have 10.8.5.  I have a laptop with a larger monitor on an A/B switch.  I want to open AutoCAD on desktop 1 on on the main monitor.  I want to open Safari on desktop 1 on the laptop screen so I can take a class on Safari, and immediately do the work in AutoCAD.  I cannot get them to be on the same desktop.  How do I do that?


texts: Can a lost wifi iPad Air 2 connect to internet after set in lost mode

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I lost my iPad Air 2 with Find my iPad activated. I was able to track it once before its battery died. I set it in Lost Mode with a lock passcode. Ever since the device has always been offline.

Can anyone reset the device as new and use without me knowing? Can it connect to wifi while in Lost Mode?

The device is still linked to my iCloud account and has not been erased because I am still hoping to retrieve it one day.


texts: Why is Time Machine not saving Google Chrome History file?

texts: I need to restore Google Chrome (Canary) browsing history from a Time Machine backup. It seems Time Machine has backed up all the profile files in ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default except the History file. Oops. Why is that, and how can I restore Chrome's History from a backup?


texts: App to alert if Internet connection is lost

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Is there an app for the Mac that will alert me if my Internet connection is lost?

Sometimes I work from home and lose my connection without knowing it.


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I have an iPod Model #A1238 in which the battery is low. I tried to connect the power adapter cable which was provided to try to charge it but no luck. I thought it was the power cable so I bought a new one but tried to charge the iPod with it, still nothing. I then used the new cable and connected it to my daughter's iPod, that one charged just fine.

How do you get the port fixed so that it will charge again?
Where do you get the parts to fix it since I can't find them on the internet?
And will my music collection of over 9,000 mp3 survive the change out?

-80GB paper weight.


texts: How do I get Messages on OS X to text to a phone number?

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I recently rebooted an OS X machine on which I had an ongoing conversation in Messages via text with a phone number on a non-iOS phone. Now, though I am able to continue sending texts from Messages on iOS to exactly the same number, I can no longer send texts to that number from Messages on OS X, instead messages fail to send, the two conversations are no longer synced between OS X and iOS, and I'm told that the "phone number is not registered with iMessage".

How do I get OS X Messages to remember that I can, in fact, text that number?


texts: OS X won't create any symbolic links, creates aliases instead

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No matter how I try to create an symbolic link OS X refuses to play along and instead creates an alias. I've tried several tools and also through the terminal using the ln command.

I am on a fresh install and using the ln command worked fine before. Any idea what's up?

Thanks,
Will


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On a site I have come along a pretty cheap 27" mid 2011 iMac. The seller says it's broken and when he press the power button it shows a white/grey screen and the "startup sound" plays.

Is there any chance that this may be a motherboard/logic board, CPU, memory or GPU related issue?

Or will I most likely be able to fix it with a fresh install on a new drive?


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Audio MIDI Setup -> Audio Devices -> Built-in Input has four configurable audio parameters:

Sample Rate
Sample Size
Channel Volume
Hardware Rate Converter

The Hardware Rate Converter has three options:

Automatic
Enable
Disable

This "Hardware Rate Converter" has basically no google presence. Having a decent understanding of digital audio I can infer what these three options will do, but I don't feel confident knowing what the specific correlation is between these options and the actual bits being processed by my mac on input.

So. Where can I find general specs on this thing? I'll settle for just knowing what (if any) latency these three options incur.

Macbook Pro 10.7.3 (11D50)

15-inch, 2.53GHz, Mid 2009

2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

Intel High Definition Audio, Audio ID: 76


texts: How can I script the setup of preferences in Mac OS X?

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I have a couple of Macs and I would like to create some kind of script that I can use to:

Easily setup a new Mac after a reinstall
Update settings to consistent values (so if I decide to change some preferences on Mac A, I can run the script on Mac B to get it to match)

I'd be happy if I could use this script to customize:

System Preferences
Finder Preferences

I would prefer a method where I can use a script or config file to specifically set certain settings I choose to certain values.  I don't really want something that will import/export ALL settings indiscriminately.

I also don't want some complicated IT management solution, since this is really just for me.