texts: How to transfer music from one iTunes Library to another on the same computer?

texts: I have a ton of music in my iTunes that is also on my iPhone.  I want to take my kids' music off my iPhone and put it on another device (a nano) that my kids will use.  My kids are young, so they can't have their own iTunes account.  I want to have just one iTunes account, but have different "libraries" to use on different devices.  I have figured out how to create a new library, but I can't figure out how to move music from one library to another on the same computer (e.g. how to get my kids' music from the library I have now with ALL my music to the library with music just for them).  Again, I want to use the same computer and the same iTunes account.  Thanks so much for your help.


texts: I downloaded XQaurtz 2.7.11 for my IMac, my IMac is running 10.12.6. When I go to open the .dmg file it does not open, nothing happens. I believe the file might be corrupted, I am not sure how to download it.


texts: keyboard shortcuts on parallels desktop running ubuntu

texts:
I am running:
MacOS High Sierra on a 2016 TB MBP. >>
App: Parallels Desktop 12. >>
VM: Ubuntu Linux 16.04.

I only use the terminal of the Linux VM to communicate with robotic hardware.

When I use the terminal, I need to use generic Linux command line keyboard shortcuts.

This results in problems, to name a few:

-the cmd key shortcut cannot be disabled in the linux VM.
-all kinds of shortcuts such as ctrl-A, B, C, D, etc. result in actions that are not desired when using in a Linux Terminal.

I know that I can change the settings in the Parallels VM preferences, and within the system settings of the VM. However, nowhere I can find the most annoying shortcut of all, ctrl-D, that results in the following:

This shortcut, when running the MacOS, does not result in this dictation-like pictogram, so it is somehow a shortcut for either Parallels or Ubuntu.

My goal is to disable as many keyboard shortcuts as possible in the Linux VM/Parallels so that all the keyboard shortcuts are available for the Linux terminal command line.


texts: Unable to install Xcode using dmg file downloaded from Apple.com

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I am trying to install Xcode 7.1 on OS X 10.10.5 using the dmg file downloaded from Apple. However, I have tried several times and the install always stopped at "Calculating size" when I dragged the icon to the Application folder. I waited for 2 hours and nothing happened. How can I install Xcode using the the dmg file?

My MacBook Air wireless adapter is damaged so I am unable to update Xcode from Mac App Store — the only way I can get Xcode is to download that dmg file.


texts:
Since I've updated to Sierra and started using XCode 8, XCode started freezing a lot, specially (but not only) when saving. The beachball appears and nothing can be done in XCode.
Sometimes it freezes for some seconds and resumes, other times it won't resume (or at least, not in a reasonable time).

Already tried XCode 8.1 and 8.2. Same problem.

Is there any fix? Or anyway to troubleshoot this (like logs and such).


texts:
Is it possible to get or display the line number in TextEDit in macOS Big Sur?
As I am using the editor for HDL (Hardware Descriptive Language) coding. If it's not possible, could you point me to an editor that supports line numbers that I could use with HDL files?


texts: Macbook retina scaled resolution quality

texts:
I have a 2nd gen Macbook Pro Retina 15 inch. For pretty much the whole time I have been running it at the scaled 1680 x 1050 resolution (1 up from the "best for retina" resolution).

After randomly playing around with the different resolution, I came to notice that the "best for retina" display is in fact better quality to my eye (so much so that its almost painful to use any of the scaled resolutions now):

I tested this by browsing and reading text at the two different resolutions, making sure to zoom to accommodate for size difference. I even tested it out reading smaller text on the higher scaled resolution with the same outcome.  The "best for retina" (1440 x 900) appears less fuzzy and significantly reduces eye strain.

My question is (aside from wondering if anybody else has noticed this): is there a technical reason that could account for what I am seeing?


texts: iPhone 5c says I am out of storage when I'm not

texts: I have 8.1 GB on my 5c and 11.3 GB on iCloud but I can't take a picture because my phone says there's not enough storage. What's going on?


texts: Mavericks and Yosemite marks mails in multiple accounts as read

texts:
I have 2 accounts configured in my Mac mail. alex@ and orders@

If for example I receive an e-mail with TO: alex@ and CC: orders@ it will go to both e-mail addresses. So far so good, but when I read only one copy (either from alex@ either from orders@) the mail app marks as read both of them.

This is happening even if I have Gmail account or Yahoo it does not matter the server.
Any idea of how to stop this? I just need to mark as read the e-mail I read from the specific email account, not from all of them.


texts: Can't reinstall OSX after wiping with intermittent interent; T2, Startup Security Utility, no admin

texts:
I wanted to wipe and reinstall my 2018 MacBook Air with a T2 security chip. I am running into a problem with an intermittent internet connection.

I erased the Hard Drive in recovery mode with Disk Utility, and then went to Reinstall macOS from the macOS Utilities window in recovery mode. My internet connection drops out intermittently and the reinstall fails. I created bootable installation media from my other laptop, but I can't use it because of the settings in Startup Security Utility. I can't get into Startup Security Utility because there is no administrator account on the computer to authenticate with after erasing it.

I'm at a loss. Intermittent internet connectivity is just a reality where I live. I can't change that.


texts: Why do colors appear washed out on macOS Chrome and Safari versus Firefox?

texts:
I'm using a new MacBook Pro 15" with macOS 10.13.4 configured with the default Color LCD color profile. I'm doing some graphic design work and noticed that all colors in Chrome and Safari appear "washed out" when compared to Firefox. The latter has more saturated/vibrant colors. And this happens to native HTML/CSS elements (i.e. not images only).

Here's a screenshot of the SmashingMagazine homepage with the comparison (Chrome on the left, Firefox on the right). Notice how the colors are more vibrant in Firefox (right):

If I change my display's color profile to sRGB IEC61966-2.1, then both Chrome and Firefox look the same.

Why is this? Any help is greatly appreciated.


texts: I disabled mDNSResponder and now can't use Firefox, but can connect through Opera (Chromium based)

texts:
I'm trying to harden my macOS, and have read that mDNSResponder has some vulnerabilities, so I disabled it (after disabling SIP, then restarted with SIP turned on).
So now I can't connect to Internet. Though, when I'm trying to browse with Firefox I can connect only to google.com. My other apps also can't connect.

But with Opera browser I can connect to any site! As I could assume it's related to Google DNS thing.

So currently I have these questions, could you please help with any of them if you know something:

1) Why Opera has a connection? It means that Opera always use Google DNS even if I don't put 8.8.8.8 or similar into my network settings? Means it's kinda have some potential 'spy' abilities?

2) Is there a way to have mDNSResponder disabled and have a possibility to have a net?


texts: Terminal process stopped when MacBook Pro was closed and opened

texts: I am installing files from a website using wget in Terminal and when I closed and reopened my Mac, the download stopped. Is there a way to start it again?


texts: XDM software starting up on login but not present in Login items

texts:
I am using XDM (Xtreme Download Manager software) on my Mac.

When I login then the XDM software is started. But I do not see it in Login items(System Preferences → Users & Groups → Login Items tab.)

How is the software starting up if it is not present in Login items and How do I stop it from opening automatically on Login?


texts: Won't let me download apps on the app store help

texts: It says "verification required before you make a purchase you must tap continue to verify your payment" but the apps are free i've tried taking off the card too but that wont work


texts: Apple Developer Account Tax Forms South Africa

texts: I am in the process of creating my Apple Developer Account, as we are ready to submit our app to the App Store. I am from South Africa, and I need to know how do we address the tax forms which I'm not sure about?


texts: How can I find which chipset the Airport wireless card on my MBP uses?

texts: I'm trying to figure out whether my wireless chipset is capable of entering monitoring mode for passive network scanning or packet injection. How can I view the specific chipset information about the wireless card in my macbook pro?


texts:
When I look up google, I get an IPv6 address and not an IPv4 address
This is giving me issues in Wireshark with the source since I can’t manage to map the different addresses for the same name.

Can I force lookups to be IPv4 or do I have to handle more than one type of address to use wireshark?


texts: Can't find Trash in Finder or on Desktop

texts:
I can't find the trashcan icon anywhere.

I'm using OS X 10.7.4. I'm not sure when it went missing.

I can still move items to the trash, but since I can't find it I can't empty it.

Is there a way to get the icons back, or an absolute path to it?

Note: I'm not using Time Machine.


texts: Batch-processing Image Files in a Folder using a folder action with Automator

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I'm trying to resize new image files in a folder using a folder action so the files that were already resized to 300x250 don't get resized again.  The thing is I'm having issues getting the resizing to happen at all..

Here is my current Automator Workflow:

It works when I test it by adding "Get Selected Finder Items" but when I close automator and I add new files to the folder nothing happens.  I'm using Hazel to move jpgs to the folder, but nothing is happening to the files after they are moved into the folder to be resized


texts: How do I install an older version of an app on an iPhone?

texts:
I want to install the Trello App on my iPhone. On the phone I have iOS 7. When I try to install the App, it tells me it needs at least version 8 of iOS.

I do not want to upgrade my iOS version, especially for the sole purpose of installing an App. However, I do want to use it, it's kind of important.

I searched for a while about how to do this, but I could only find solutions that would work if you installed the App before and it shows up on the "Purchases" page in iTunes or something like that. And this doesn't apply to this case.

How can I install an older version of the App (one that requires "only" iOS 7) without having to upgrade the operating system on my iPhone ?


texts:
Can someone let me know how can I create a macOS 10.12 VM for VMware Fusion? I am not able to find the ISO of macOS 10.12.

In app store I am seeing macOS High Sierra which I am not interested in.

Environment:-

VMware Fusion - 8.5.8
OS in which Fusion Running - macOS Sierra 10.12.6


texts: How does Finder keep track of downloaded files' original URLs?

texts: When you open the info window, i.e. Get Info, of a downloaded file, Finder will show you the downloaded origin, called Where from. This information is there even the file is moved or slightly modified. How does Finder achieve this? Is it a feature of the file system?


texts: Application works when OS X was updated but not on a clean install

texts:
I'm trying to get FileMaker Pro 9 to work on Os X 10.10 (unsupported). Having installed a fresh copy of FileMaker on a new Mac I get an error stating that 'some required files are damaged or not installed'.

However, when I updated another Mac from 10.7 to 10.10 with Filemaker already installed, it continues to work without problems.

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to find out what files are missing on the new machine? They've got to be system or preference files as the application folder is excactly the same.


texts: What is this card and what's its purpose?

texts: I've come across what appears to be a vintage PCI card for the Macintosh. I've searched everywhere to find out what it is, but so far it's been unsuccessful. It has what appears to be memory sims and at least two FPGAs, but has no external ports, making it unlikely to be a conventional graphics card. It's labeled as PowerShop Mezzanine and possibly made by Adaptive Solutions. The board was copyright back in 1995, placing it around the PPC era of Macintosh machines. Any information on this board?


texts: What is the latest version of iTunes that will run on a PowerPC-based Mac?

texts: What is the latest iTunes that will still run on a Power PC based Mac?


texts:
Relevant info:
iPhone 5, ios 6.1 (jailbroken)

Updated to latest version of youtube app (2.0.0.70=804) which I think initially was working. Then recently I used google's "sign out of concurrent sessions" feature to sign out of about 500 logins across various devices. I have 2-factor-auth on also.

Anyway, now I can't play any videos on the phone.  Signed out or signed in.  Any video I try to play just shows me a black screen with "Playback Error" and the smug cat logo.  I tried the things I found on their iOS help page which included changing network settings, trying wifi or LTE, and signing out, uninstalling, then reinstalling.

Nothing doing.

Any suggestions?


texts: Time machine freezes while copying files with no error message (on Catalina 10.15)

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I updated to Catalina 10.15 about a week ago, and I noticed the Time Machine backups do not seem to work properly. Yesterday I thought I'd try to make it work again, but the problems I face are so weird!

The backup goes through the "Preparing backup..." with no errors, and then it starts copying files. When it has gotten about two thirds of the way through the 17 GB (I'm guessing it's so large because of the update) it just quietly stops, without any error message. If I check for the backupd process in activity monitor, the CPU usage is at 0.0 and never increases. Also the drive will stop spinning after a while, so clearly nothing is written. I figured out how to print the log from the process in a terminal, and there are no messages when the process shuts down.

I tried sudo sysctl debug.lowpri_throttle_enabled=0 but it doesn't make any difference.
I have reset NVRAM and SMC. No change.
I ran a First Aid on the backup drive. No issues.
Deleting .iprogress files to start over does not solve the problem.
When running in safe-mode, the backup becomes smaller and it stops earlier. But the issue remains.

I'm using a 2018 MacBook Pro, 13 inch, with Catalina 10.15 (as mentioned), and I have two external hard drives for backups (one is encrypted and one is not). They have both worked fine with Mojave, but now I have the same problem with both.

Edit 1: I updated to Catalina 10.15.1 and the problem persists.

Edit 2:
Since I am getting so little response, let me ask some more specific questions.

How can I tell which file(s) is being copied when the backup process freezes? If I know which file, perhaps I can just delete it and the process will run.
Can I restart the backup from scratch? Perhaps if I rename the folder which holds the backup on the disk, Time-machine won't find it and start from scratch. And if I then want to access my old backups I can take back the previous folder name? Could this work? And which folder should try to I rename?

Edit3: I have recently started to believe that there is some issue with backupd initiating too many threads. Whenever it freezes it shows 67 threads in the activity monitor.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Why does iTunes re-open after I quit?

Hey,

I have some rather annyoing behavior with my system:
Whenever I close or kill -9iTunes it just keeps coming back up.

Any ideas how I can find the root cause of this?


texts:
I have searched through this site alot and i wasn't able to find any solutions.

My situation is the following:
I decided to install linux to dual boot with OSX at my 1TB fully encrypted with FV2 hard drive.
I opened the disk utility and i shrinked the main partition to 500GB. I created another one with 500GB to install linux there.
Right after i did that, i changed my mind :S and wanted to expand the OSX partition again to be 1TB.
This is what I get - everything is greyed out and I'm not able to do anything:

I 've tried to reboot and boot with cmd+r to enter the system recovery and run disk utility from there - the results are the same. I 'm desperate:/


texts: VLC for iPad and iPhone is available, but how to install?

texts:
VLC for iPad and iPhone is available, but how to install it?  (it is not an App Store app)

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html


texts:
I have done everything to trouble shoot my non-working keyboard. I've been using it a year and it is set up correctly There is supposed to be a power button? I sure can't find it!

Thanx!


texts: Can iOS apps be removed from iTunes Music Folder after upgrading to iTunes 12.7?

texts:
Now that iTunes no longer syncs apps to iOS devices, can apps be removed from the folder that iTunes stored them in? (~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Mobile Applications in my case)

I have updated iTunes, and was surprised to see that the applications were not deleted.


texts: Shortcut for selecting the first song result from search in iTunes

texts: Often times I find myself searching for a song in my library and as expected iTunes filters my results. I wanted to know is there a quick way for me to be a to jump right to that first result instead of manually mousing over and clicking it to play. You would think it would be the tab button but that directs me to the left column.


texts: In Safari, can a set of bookmarks in a folder be opened programmatically (e.g. using AppleScript)?

texts: I have a set of bookmarks in a folder. Usually, I open them by selecting the folder  and then "Open in New Tabs". Is it possible to do this using a script? I imagine AppleScript would be the right tool here, but anything that is included with the system would work as an answer.


texts: Time Machine - How does one convert Backups.backupdb to a backupbundle?

texts:
I recently had a critical drive failure on my network drive that I use for Time Machine backups. Creating the first backup over the network (with ~1TB of data) will be painfully slow.
I've already created a backup using Time Machine on the drive mounted via USB, however this is a Backups.backupdb folder structure, not a backupbundle disk image that Time Machine uses when working over the network.
Is there a way to create/convert a new backupbundle file with the Backups.backupdb folder such that I don't have to run a first full backup over the network? Alternatively, is there a way to convince Time Machine to use the backupbundle structure when backing up over USB?


texts:
How do you enable the app-context-dependent touch bar for Photoshop on the new 2016 rmbp?

I've just updated to the latest CC software 2017.0 releases - and not seeing the custom touch bar. A Google search yields a ton of news article demonstrations without actually telling you how to enable it.

A corollary question is - which are the context-specific touchbar apps?


texts: Why did OSX 10.9.4 Internet Sharing stop working?

texts:
I had Internet Sharing working correctly on my iMac with OS X 10.9.4. I was sharing my connection from ethernet to computers using Wi-Fi.

After I rebooted, my iPhone can connect to the Wi-Fi connection from the iMac OK, however has no internet access. I can access the iMac's local server pages, but not google.com etc.

I have rebooted numerous times. What can I do to fix this issue?

I am behind a cooperate proxy which settings are set correctly.


texts: How to fill down in Numbers without dragging?

texts:
I have a 20,000 line spreadsheet in Apple Numbers, and I need to fill a column with data. I don't want to sit there dragging down the fill handle for thousands of rows.

How can I fill the whole column with a value?


texts: Disable display of passwords on an iPhone?

texts:
Once you have defined a passcode to unlock an iPhone, and for every application asking a password, when waiting for a password an iPhone
makes a transient display of any character you type.
It is clear that this transient display was purposefully set in place to help people who have problems with passwords or with the on screen keyboard.
This transient display lasts 3 seconds to avoid too big a security problem. But this is still largely sufficient for anyone behind you to read it really easily.
Moreover this transient display can be easily captured by any camera or
by a software on the iPhone:

I evaluate this echo of any password as a serious risk.
This echo partially exposes a secret.

Is there any simple configuration method to suppress everywhere this mechanism of transient display of any password?

For information, I reported this security problem at Apple:

  Once I have defined a passcode to protect my iPhone, and within every
  application asking me a password, when entering my password iOS makes
  a transient display of any character I type. I guess that this
  transient display of passwords was purposefully set in place to help
  people who have problems with passwords or with the on screen
  keyboard. This transient display lasts 3 seconds to avoid to create
  too serious a security problem. But this is still amply sufficient for
  anyone behind you to read it really easily.

  This transient display can be easily captured by a camera
  surreptitiously activated by a malicious neighbour.

  I didin't find any easy way to block this security weakness with iOS 7
  up to iOS 9.

  How to disable this transient display of any password on iOS?


texts: iPhone randomly fails to take live photo?

texts:
Occasionally iPhone 12 Pro Max fails to take a live photo, instead taking a regular photo. It happens to me approximately 1 in 10 photos. I cannot understand why, nor see the correlation between the photo and any other settings or conditions.
Notes:

I am aware the live photo setting can be occasionally bumped unintentionally by the user, but I can rule this out by viewing a photo taken moments prior, and checking the settings immediately after the last live photo failed (showing live photo mode 'On').

The last time this happened (2 minutes ago) was when taking a photo of a physical journal article abstract to message to someone. Perhaps the iPhone somehow recognised the subject of the photograph was extremely still (i.e. paper), and therefore decided it unlikely that live photo was necessary? (I am not sure, but it's a guess).

Does anyone know why live photos would randomly fail, instead taking a still/regular photo?


texts: Which one is the delete button on an Apple keyboard?

texts: I use the cmdbackspace shortcut but in some applications fnbackspace seems to work as well. So which one it the delete hotkey in OS X El Capitan?


texts: Downloading an old app released for an older version of iOS

texts:
I am trying to download the YACHT & JET DESIGN app on an iOS device running iOS 11. I am unable to do so. The app was released during iOS 7.

How do I download it?


texts: I have seen in many tutorial videos people zoom in and out on Xcode to show the code a little better. I tried with 'control' + 'two finger swipe on trackpad' but this does not work on Xcode. What is the shortcut for zooming on Xcode?


texts: How best to view the current time while gaming on iPad?

texts:
On iOS, in my case the iPad Air 2, games typically run in fullscreen, i.e. the status bar at the top is hidden. If I want to view the time, I have to pull down the Notification Center, which requires two swipes near the center of the upper edge of the screen, which in turn typically requires changing the grip on the device.

Is there any more convenient way to view the time during gameplay? Maybe even continously displaying the clock?


texts: Show Package Content option not available in High Sierra on a pkg file

texts:
I want to "Show Package Content" of a pkg file which is inside this dmg file : https://desktop.visio.renater.fr/scopia/entry/pic/ClientComponents.dmg

So I drag'n'drop the pkg file which is inside the dmg to the "Desktop" folder.

Then I right click on the pkg file and here is what I see :

Can you help ?


texts: How do I create a passwordless keychain?

texts:
How can I create passwordless keychain on OS X? Specifically, I'm wondering if it's possible to sign application without keychain storing p12 and developer certificates

Using 10.7.1 OS X


texts:
Why sometimes the charger for iPad Pro cannot charge for Macbook Pro.
I use the charger for iPad Pro to charge Macbook Pro, sometimes it can be used to charge the Macbook Pro while sometimes it cannot work.


texts:
For reference I am trying to connect them as a headset on linux (where HSP is supported by PulseAudio and HFP requires more work). When I connect them, my bluetooth manager reports an entry for HFP, but I do not see an entry for HSP.

I'm not asking about how to actually connect them, but rather whether HSP is supported given that it seems to be a subset of HFP.


texts: How can I recover iPhone data lost after iOS upgrade?

texts:
I've had my iPhone 4  for about 3 months and when I connected it to my computer today I was prompted to update the iOS, so I did. But somehow I didn't realise that it meant I was going to need some kind of password once the update had been downloaded etc... having failed to remember it after a few attempts I simply left iTunes to get some troubleshooting advice. When I got back it seems that the password prompt had disappeared and my phone seems to be back to its original settings.

How can I restore the data that was on the phone?


texts: MacBook Air headphone jack causing mac to go into sleep mode

texts:
So my MacBook Air continuously flickers between on and sleep modes. It stays on only when I plug in the headphone jack and keep it at an angle pressed. I took it to the store and I was told it could be that the logic board is shorting.

I would like to know if someone had this issue before and if it's an easy fix by opening the laptop. Also, my laptop is not under warranty.


texts: How can I show text labels on buttons globally?

texts:
How do I display text in addition to icons in toolbar buttons?

For example, I find some of the icons in the Preview app to be quite unintuitive.

Is there a way to set this globally across all apps?


texts: Is it possible to use 2 different keyboards without having to switch the layout manually?

texts:
I have multiple keyboard attached to one of my macs. One is more of the gamer type the other is the usual bluetooth keyboard.

One is French (Windows AZERTY) the other one is US (Mac QWERTY).

Is it possible to use both without having to switch the layout manually every time we switch from one to the other in OS X?


texts: How to reliably migrate emails from Mac Mail to Google mail?

texts:
A client has Google Mail on their Mac Mail app. All their emails have been stored within folders in the "On My Mac" section, so the emails were being removed from the Google mailbox. The mailbox is 11GB. Their internet connection is around 40/20Mb.

They now want their emails put back on Google Mail.

The client had started to move some of the 100+ folders themselves, but noticed that the message count would first appear to be correct, but then it would lose about 15 emails or so in every folder.

That issue seemed to have resolved itself, so now we tried to copy all 100+ folders over to Google, but then it says an error that a folder already exists and it stops. This is odd as previously, it seemed to just merge existing folders. So now I'm trying one folder at a time. Mac Mail shows that the emails are on Google, but when I go to Google Mail on the browser and check the folder, it is empty.

Is there a better way to migrate the emails? We've spent 4+ hours on this already and Apple were unable to help with it.

Edit: This is a nightmare! After copying all the folders again, Google place all the emails in the "Drafts" folder on Google mail, but on Mac Mail, it doesn't show them there at all.


texts: Why can't my spotlight open any application?

texts: I can search and find anything on Spotlight, so I think my index works. However, when I try to open an application, even terminal, I just get a spinning beach ball until Spotlight disappears. Why am I having this problem?


texts: Change HD in Macbook Pro Retina Display 13" - SSD 250GB

texts: I have a Macbook Pro Retina Display 13" model with a 250GB SSD which was brought in January this year. I always knew that there wouldn't be enough storage space for me at 250GB however always planned to upgrade with external storage and eventually replace the hard drive with a larger one. The time has come and now I am deciding on the most cost effective, most stable SSD to replace my original one with. I ideally would like to spend around £150 to £200 and want at least 500GB.


texts:
I'm used to having Alt-Tab set to cycle forward through the windows of a single app and Shift-Alt-Tab to go backwards. I had this working on Yosemite by fiddling with the shortcuts in System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts.

But after upgrading to El Capitan, it is only Finder that responds to these commands, no other Apps, although they have not assigned this shortcut for something else.

Is there a way to enable this behaviour on El Capitan for all apps?


texts: Numbers: Find a cell in a table (lookup) using multiple criteria

texts:
I'm using Numbers '09 (but can upgrade if need be).  How can I find a value using multiple criteria?

Let's say I have a table of flights, with columns for the flight date, flight number (including airline code), booking code, etc.; and another table that contains the earnings in a frequent flyer program (award miles, elite miles, elite dollars) for each airline, date range, and booking code.  For each flight (row) in the first table, I need to find the row in the second table that matches the airline code from the flight number, the flight date, and the booking code.  I'll then take the value in a specific column of that row and multiply it by the flight distance to get the earnings for that category.

Example:

Table 1 ("Flights") has columns such as:

Table 2 ("Per-Airline") has columns such as:

For the "Projected EQM" column for a flight (e.g., flight in row 3, the second flight), I want to find the row in Table 2 ("Per-Airline") where:

The airline code matches the code at the start of the flight number
(e.g., "cx")
The "Flight Dates From" column is either blank or no earlier than the flight date
The "Flight Dates To" column is either blank or no later than the flight date
The "Booking Code" column contains the booking code of the flight

In the example, row 96 matches.

Then, I need to take the value in the "EQM" column of that that row (1.5) and multiply it by the value in the "Flight Miles" column.  The result is the "Projected EQM".

How would I do this?  I've read through the descriptions of the likely functions (LOOKUP, VLOOKUP, MATCH, INDEX) but can only see how to search using a single criterion.


texts: Error "/dev/disk04 could not be mounted" when using NTFS-3G

texts:
I use NTFS-3G in order to let myself read and write to my external hard drive in the correct format. My Mac is also bootcamped with Windows 7 on the other side.

Every time I startup my Mac I get an error saying that /dev/disk04 could not be mounted, and it asks me to force or abort it.

Any ideas as to where the root of that problem might be? I think it may be related to Boot Camp.

Screenshot of when harddrive is plugged in:

Disk Util Output:


texts: How to Test Stability of your USB Connections?

texts:
I have a Macbook Air 2013-mid which has been now 5 times in Apple care: new motherboard 1x and new SSD 3x.
It cannot read anymore two USB devices: etc one phone and USB stick impossible. Only one device at the time.
I think the power system may be in bad shape.
Battery is good according to battery softwares.

I can also feel the accumulation of electricity in some parts of the corners of the computer. Touching a computer with one finger gives you a little electric current anywhere in the computer after computer being untouched a short while.
This is a second evidence about the power system.

I am considering getting this device back to Apple because I have still warranty (5 years in total). However, I should have some sort of evidence that there is some problem.

The observation is just that you cannot use two USB devices at the same time, and the accumulation of the electric current. Sometimes, strange read/write errors.

How can you justify dysfunctional USB connections?


texts:
Can I use one charger for all MacBooks from years 2008 to 2013?
... or did Apple change the charger in the last 5-6 years?

A friend of mine has a Macbook from 2007 or 2008 , she can lend it to me but she lost the charger, so I have to buy one here in the Czech Republic... I need the laptop now, so I will have to buy it tomorrow ...


texts: Can I listen to just the audio of a movie on an iPhone?

texts: I downloaded a movie (live concert) to my iphone 4g and would like to listen to it thru my car stereo via the 3.5mm mini jack to aux port?  just want to hear the audio stream, not see the video stream


texts:
I sometimes want to tweet a link from my iPhone (4s / iOS 8). On iOS 6 I used to simply copy the URL from Safari and paste it into the text field of the twitter app.

Placing the 'cursor' inside URL field inside Safari's URL field
choosing 'select all' from context menu
clicking on 'copy' in context menu
switching apps –> twitter
choosing 'paste' from context menu

This however seems to not work anymore on iOS 8. Workflow for sending an email with an URL was the same – and also does not work anymore.

Everytime I try to copy a URL as I used to, anything I copied before that url is pasted instead.

I do have a work around now: clicking the 'share by email' icon will open a new email with that link already in the text field which I then can copy to twitter. But I'm just wondering if anybody else has found a way how to copy URLs into other applications – or is this not possible any more by design?

PS: clicking the 'share by twitter' option does not work – but that's a different story I guess.


texts: What's the difference between "open with" and "recommended apps"?

texts:
Some applications show up in the "Open With..." menu for a given type. But some applications that don't show up in that list still show up in the Recommended Apps list if you choose "Other..." and choose manually.

What is the difference between these two lists, and what would cause an app to appear in one but not the other?

(Lightroom is one example that doesn't appear in the Open With menu, but does show up in Recommended Apps.)


texts: Not entering sleep mode while MBP's Lid closed while using external monitor?

texts:
I have Retina Macbook Pro 15' connected to an external monitor.
Is it possible to close the MBP's lid and still use the external monitor without entering sleep mode?


texts: How do you import AVI Files to iTunes? I know there is a program that lets you do it and automatically names tv shows and stuff, but I cant think of the name, Does anyone know of a program that does it?


texts: Access messages in Outlook's 'Drafts' folder

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I would like to use a message that is stored in the 'Drafts' folder as a template for other messages.  Unfortunately, I don't have the correct syntax:

tell application "Microsoft Outlook"

  -- locate the message
  set theMessage to the first message in mail folder drafts <== error: 'Can't make mail folder id 107 into type integer'

  -- show subject (testing)
  display dialog of the subject of theMessage

  -- for each contact with category 'foo'
    -- copy message
    -- add sender
    -- add first name to message's body
    -- set delivery date to 5 minutes in the future
    -- send message
  -- end loop

end tell

What am I missing?


texts: Restoring one system file from Time Machine backup

texts:
I have this file that I want to restore, that is a system file, normally stored on /tmp.

If I open Finder, and select GO > GO TO FOLDER

I type /tmp on the window and it opens /private/tmp  (???? why ?)

Anyway, the file is not there, but the file was there 5 days ago. I open time machine and it shows me an empty window If I go back in type, but if I type the name of the file on the finder search box, I see several versions of the file (one day ago, two days ago, etc.). I select one of them, but the RESTORE BUTTON is disabled. I right click on a file and select RESTORE TO, but nothing happens...

How do I select a system file from days ago from a time machine backup?

Yes, I am sure the file is there.

thanks.


texts: Can Mail.app be configured to always load remote images from certain domains?

texts:
I like how Gmail gives me the option to, for example, Always display images from allsongs@n.npr.org.

Is there a way to have Mail.app do the same? I can only find the global option for displaying remote images in HTML messages.


texts: Continuous volume shows too much available space

texts:
I have a continuous volume of two identical SSD drives. 2 terabytes, 1.92 terabytes in practice.

I plugged it in via USB today and finder and disk utility show that all the space is available. 1.92TB.

All the files are accessible, nothing seems corrupt, they are large images and photoshop documents and lightroom archives. Moving more files to this volume decreases the available space from what is reported, 1.75TB.

Getting info about existing folders on the drive show me exactly how much space those folders take, and I can determine via subtraction how much space has been used on this volume or how much is free.

But this concerns me

GrandPerspective shows me exactly how much space has been used 841 GB

How do I get finder and the rest of the OS to report to me proper available space


texts:
I know how to setup basic rules to move emails in Apple Mail from the inbox of an email account into folders. Is it possible to do the same thing the other way around, i.e., to move emails that are already within a folder back into the inbox or some folder?

For example: I am moving potential spam emails into the Junk folder on the server and mark them as read before Apple Mail deals with them. Sometimes it happens that emails are wrongly classified as spam and in most cases I can recover those email simply by checking whether the sender is in my contact. Therefore, I would like to apply a simple rule to the Junk folder with Apple Mail and move emails back into the email account's inbox if the sender is in my contact.

Is Apple Mail capable of that?


texts: I forgot a password for iPhone 5C, error 4013 if try to restore

texts:
I was not using my iPhone 5C for a long time and forgot a password for it. How to use it now? I left it for some time without a power and the only thing it forgot was time, so now it writes that next attempt to enter a password will be in 49 years from now.

If I try to update my phone, it says

If I try to restore the phone, the following error occurs:

Where are these error codes documented?


texts: Is replacing HDD by SSD worth it with Core 2 Duo and Filevault2 enabled

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Will I see some speed improvment by replacing the original 5400-rpm with a SSD on a MBP Core2Duo with Filevault2 enabled? Or it is a waste of money?

I ask this question because I know Filevault tend to kill performance of SSD on Core2Duo since this cpu doesnt have the AES-ni instructions as i5-i7 have...

I didnt find many benchmarks results...

My current HDD stats with Filevault2 enabled are (measured with XBench):

Sequential:
  Uncached Write: 46MB/s (4K blocks)
  Uncached Write: 30MB/s (256K blocks)
  Uncached Read: 15MB/s (4K blocks)
  Uncached Read: 42MB/s (256 blocks)
Random:
  Uncached Write: 0.95MB/s (4K blocks)
  Uncached Write: 18MB/s (256 blocks)
  Uncached Read: 0.39MB/s (4K blocks)
  Uncached Read: 15MB/s (256 blocks)

UPDATE:
I installed a Crucial M4 here is the new stats:

Sequential:
  Uncached Write: 153MB/s (4K blocks)
  Uncached Write: 97MB/s (256K blocks)
  Uncached Read: 23MB/s (4K blocks)
  Uncached Read: 130MB/s (256 blocks)
Random:
  Uncached Write: 93MB/s (4K blocks)
  Uncached Write: 101MB/s (256 blocks)
  Uncached Read: 13MB/s (4K blocks)
  Uncached Read: 119MB/s (256 blocks)

As you see, a nice boost even if it's only a non-AES-NI Core Duo 2.26 with Filevault2 enabled


texts: How to switch input language with good old Cmd + Space in Sierra?

texts:
It turns out that in macOS Sierra (10.12) by default you can switch between languages with Ctrl + Space while previously it was Cmd + Space which is faster to click because you can easily do it with just thumb.

My question is - is it possible to switch back to the Cmd + Space?

From what I see now it's not doable


texts: How do I delete iPhone photographs using my Mac? I have tried using Image Capture and it didn't work.


texts: if i get a new phone but same phone number, will i get the sent but undelivered messages people have sent me?

texts:
Im buying a new iphone and getting a number on it:

Here's the deal, i lost my phone and ever since then when somebody sends me messages it appears as sent but not delivered (only 1 check) now, if i get a new phone and start whatsapp on it with the same phone number, will i get those messages?

Those messages really matter and i would like to know if its worth doing all the process to get back the same number


texts: Mojave: Pasting text with control characters

texts:
I use git from within Terminal.app, and will occasionally end up (particularly after a merge resolution) with something like:

$ git status
  ...
  Untracked files:
      foo/bar/baz.orig

Where the whitespace before foo is a tab character.

Since Mojave, copying and pasting that line (which I want to do to rm the file) results in an alert (complete with loud bonk) asking me to confirm whether I want to paste the nasty control characters.

Anyone know if either:

there's a way to disable the alert and just paste with the control
characters, or
there's a keyboard shortcut to paste without the control
characters?

FWIW, I understand that there are other ways to remove the file (e.g. git status|grep orig$|xargs rm) and I understand why, in the general case, you'd want to limit pasting of control characters.


texts: Unable to update apps due to (unknown) payment issue

texts:
My credit card on file expired and I will not be replacing it.  I selected the "None" payment option as per this answer.  However, none of the apps (all free apps) will update anymore as it reports a billing problem.

I have:

Checked all devices on my account and confirmed they only have free apps
Never used subscriptions of any sort

How can I get iOS to once again update my apps?

It'd be nice to identify whatever the billing issue is and get it corrected (as there shouldn't be any billing going on whatsoever).  The biggest thing is though, apps (even though they're free!) won't update.


texts: Is it possible in keynote 09 to stretch a line through an animation without making it more broadly?


texts: How can I install Fedora Linux on a MacBook Pro, Model A1150?

texts:
I performed the following steps:

Formatted a USB Flash Drive as: FAT32
Copied the Fedora Live ISO image to: /efi/boot/boot.iso
Copied ISO 2 USB EFI Booter for Mac to: /efi/boot/boot.efi

I then inserted the USB Flash Drive into the MacBook Pro, pressing the  option key directly after turning it on. However, after selecting the disk to boot from, it only booted to a grub prompt.

What else do I need to boot this Fedora Live ISO image from a USB Flash Drive?


texts: X11 XQuartz 1.20.11 (xorg-server 1.20.11) on Big Sur fonts not recognized

texts:
I have xset +fp the_directory with TTF fonts, I have mkfontdir and mkfontscale the same directory, I have fc-cache -fv and verified the directory is listed and cached and font count correct, but xlsfonts continues to not list the TTF fonts I want added. Fonts I want are included in in the files fonts.dir, fonts.scale and fonts.list. I've verified the fonts I want are in Font Book in User.
I think I'm missing something pretty obvious, but can't seem to find it. How can I get TTF fonts made available for use by X11?


texts:
I am looking for a relatively easy solution for a Japanese spellchecker (not a Japanese dictionary for the Dictionary app) in High Sierra. I would prefer a link to a downloadable spelling dictionary (Japanese websites are okay).

If there are no ready to use Japanese spelling dictionaries, I would be glad if you could point me to a good step-by-step tutorial for making one.

P.S. I already acquainted myself with everything the official Apple website has to offer on the topic. I checked OpenOffice and LibreOffice for Japanese spelling dictionaries and could not find anything that I could make work. I also tried to look for a solution on Japanese and English websites but so far I did not have any luck.

And of course, I did not forget to make sure that my computer is plugged in, turned on, logged into my account, and connected to the internet. It is :).


texts:
Since updating to Catalina I haven't been able to do sudo. I'am an admin user, but every attempt to use sudo (such as sudo visudo or sudo vim /etc/sudoers) gives me this message

this user is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.

I know that apple has creating a read only volume for the system. But when I go the the data volume in the terminal I get the same message.


texts: Default Volume Slider in Quicktime Movie Recording

texts:
Is there any way to change the default volume for a Quicktime movie recording?
If always defaults to 0 (muted) when starting a new movie recording.
I understand that this is done in order to prevent audio feedback, however, this is not a problem for my situation.
I have tried created an apple script in order to accomplish this through automation, but it does not work.
Any other way to adjust the volume in quicktime without having to use the mouse?


texts: MacBook Pro has to recover from Safe Sleep after 50% of all sleeps, although power is connected

texts:
When I wake my MacBook Pro from sleep it sometimes has to recover from Safe Sleep, even though the power is connected.

I have installed 16 GB (2x8) RAM myself on my MacBook, however 8 GB is the max supported RAM.

Could this be why it fails to wake from sleep quickly?

Is there an error log stating why it had to recover from Safe Sleep?

By recovering from Safe Sleep I mean this:

pmset -g:

Active Profiles:
Battery Power       -1
AC Power        -1*
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         4200
 standby              0
 womp                 1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 sms                  1
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            10
 sleep                0 (sleep prevented by )
 autopoweroffdelay    14400
 hibernatemode        3
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         5
 acwake               0
 lidwake              1


texts: Apple Watch shows only new message from whats app user but not the message itself

texts:
I have an Apple watch (2016, V1) and a friend have an Apple watch (2016, v1).

On my watch it shows the message directly on the watch. As you can see here:
"Person sent you a message: Hey" (Answer Button)

On my friend's watch it shows only that there is a message. And he can click on answer. But on what should he answer?
"New message from person received" (Answer Button)

This settings are the same on our both devices.
We enabled whats app notifications in notification center and in the apple watch app.

Do anyone know what my friend must change to see the messages on his watch?


texts:
I am considering buying and using iTunes Match. Is it possible to configure which songs will be available as a cached download on my mobile devices? It so, how? As a smart playlist or via "download me" clicks on the songs?

I use my iPhone to play songs while I commute and I do not want to waste gigabytes of mobile traffic on streaming songs.


texts: Why iTC app privacy policy is not optional anymore?

texts:
When I open some of my apps in iTunesConnect, I see that they are require privacy policy now (the app become edited, Save button is active, privacy policy field is highlighted):

I have this problem only for particular apps. It started after iOS 10.3 update. Did I missed changes in iTunes Connect?


texts: is there an App that can extracts parts of a mp3 file without re-encoding the file?

texts:
I have a big (one hour) mp3 file and want to make one mp3 for song or section of the big mp3, without re-encoding.

Would be great to have a  UI that  permits the selection of the sections that I want to save as individual mp3s.

I want to know if is at all possible to do it without re-encoding the file section again.


texts: How do I update my jailbroken Apple TV to 5.3?

texts:
I have a jailbroken Apple TV (black), which has firecore's aTV flash black installed.

How do I get it to update to the latest ios so I can use HBOGo?

Settings > General > Update just says "You are up to date", yet it's on version 5.0.2.

aTV flash updated to 2.3 without issue.


texts:
I wish to migrate from using MacTex 2015 to MacTex 2016 on my Mac. I have Sierra installed on my Laptop. I wish to know if:

Installing MacTex will overwrite my old MacTex or retain it (I
actually want it overwritten!)?
If it does not overwrite, then what measures should be taken to completely remove the older version and switch to the 2016
version?

I am asking these questions since the explanation provided on www.tug.org/mactex is not sufficiently clear, and it add more to the confusion.


texts: Do multiple AirPort Expresses keep iTunes audio synchronized?

texts:
I have family members planning a party for next month, and they're looking to get a single audio track/playlist streaming across the house. Their current solution is to pick up another AirPort Express (we already have a couple), attach 2.1 speakers to each one, and use a single iTunes instance to stream to all of the speakers wirelessly.

I know iTunes already supports multiple speaker outputs, but I've never tried with multiple wireless speakers (it's always been one internal and one wireless). Will the various devices keep their audio outputs synchronized with each other? They'd very much like to avoid a sound jitter or lag, even slight, from becoming noticeable when walking from room to room.

If iTunes won't do this, will a third-party app (e.g. Airfoil) suffice? It'll all be iTunes audio, so I don't think we'd need Airfoil for anything but synchronization; even so, that may be reason enough, if iTunes won't handle audio sync on its own.


texts: Why does a network volume have a "-1" at the end after upgrading to Lion?

texts:
I have a USB hard drive attached to an Airport Extreme called "Webb Family Network Storage."

After upgrading to Lion, about 50% of the time, this volume will mount with a "-1" on the end, showing up as "/Volumes/Nic's Airport Extreme/Webb Family Network Storage-1/"

Normally this wouldn't be a huge deal, but a few apps that use Java or Air that interact directly with the paths (such as Eye-Fi's Upload Center or CrashPlan) will detect that the volume is missing and I'll either have to re-configure them to use the new "-1" path or reboot the machine and hope that it connects using the "old" path.

Is there a workaround for this? Some sort of cache I can clear?


texts:
Is it worth upgrading an iMac late 2009 model to max RAM at 16gb for video editing/exporting? Currently to export a 3gb video file in Final Cut Pro it takes 1 - 1.5 hours to export the file. Is it worth it to upgrade the RAM or buy a new iMac ( was thinking this model)

Think its a late 2015 model which is the current one in store

21.5 inch

2.8GHz Processor
1TB Storage

2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor
Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz

8GB of onboard memory, configurable up to 16GB

1TB hard drive1

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200

1920-by-1080 sRGB display


texts: I have a Dualshock 4 controller and can't play certain games like portal because there is no PS4 support. I heard on windows are drivers that trick the computer into thinking that the PS4 input is an xbox input but can't find ANY for apple. Is there a workaround or are there drivers for mac that allow me to do the same?


texts: (MBP 2010 13") EFI BOOT Frozen when Trying to Install Windows 10

texts:
Would like to get some assistance:
Device: Macbook Pro 2010 13"

Previously I was successfully install windows by manually create partition, format partition to hybrid GPT/MBR by following a guide. And windows working fine, everything normal until one day I am thinking about install linux so I can have complete 3 OS on mac. And I just carelessly install it and linux installation failed, microsoft partition got affected and OS gone. So I delete partition and now MacOs own fully the disk and partition.

The issue now, I am trying to install windows again and its all working until EFI boot on flashdisk done. When turn on mac and hold option button and the "EFI BOOT" appear as installing windows. When we click or press enter, thats it. Its freezing for a moment and will reboot again.

Anyone can help to advise on what to do? I have tried to repair disk on MacOs recovery. But nothing seems work. If anyone have solution or advise I will be open. Thank you in advance.

Instruction I followed previously which was successfully installed windows without bootcamp: https://bit.ly/2JiffBl

I wish Mr David Anderson >> https://apple.meta.stackexchange.com/users/107222/david-anderson can have a look as well and advise what to do as previously I followed his instruction and all is well until I am carelessly tried to install linux without further research.

Will clean install High Sierra OS fix the issue??

Partition layout from gdisk

dn1122$ sudo gdisk /dev/disk0
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.5

Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their
partition table automatically reloaded!
Partition table scan:
  MBR: protective
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.

Command (? for help): r

Recovery/transformation command (? for help): o

Disk size is 468862128 sectors (223.6 GiB)
MBR disk identifier: 0x98F8FE8A
MBR partitions:

Number  Boot  Start Sector   End Sector   Status      Code
   1                     1    468862127   primary     0xEE

Recovery/transformation command (? for help): p
Disk /dev/disk0: 468862128 sectors, 223.6 GiB
Sector size (logical): 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 847C8A90-5D1F-4055-8ADA-1A6C5D7783F8
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 468862094
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 13 sectors (6.5 KiB)

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00  EFI System Partition
   2          409640       468862087   223.4 GiB   AF0A


texts: Can I somehow know if the other caller is taking a photo (screenshot) while we are on FaceTime? I need to know if they are secretly taking photos of me.


texts: Font Book says multiple copies are installed

texts:
I downloaded a free font that included four .ttf files for the Regular, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic variants, all different. I dragged them into Font Book and they all appeared in a group, but the three variants other than Regular were flagged as duplicates:

  Multiple copies of this font are installed.

If I choose Resolve automatically all variants except Regular are shown as Off. If I right-click and enable these variants, ignoring the multiple-copies message, I'm still not able to use all the variants in TextEdit or Photoshop (the only apps I've checked in so far).

What's going on with this font? The previews in Font Book look exactly as I expect them to (rendering as the proper variants).


texts: "Word of the Day" Screensaver without Words?

texts:
Using Onyx I have set the Word of the Day screensaver as my desktop.

The shimmering blue water effect is wonderful but I am distracted by the words flying through the screen and the fade to black every 30 seconds.

How can I disable the word effects and shift to black so the screensaver is the shimmering blue water by itself?


texts: Using bash/terminal to get number of battery recharge cycles

texts:
I would like to get the number of recharge cycles using bash (terminal commands). I understand the following command will display all of the battery data, but I want the cycle count on its own

ioreg -l -w0 |grep Capacity

I use the following command to get the battery percentage, so I imagine it can be modified slightly to get the cycle count instead;

ioreg -l | awk '$3~/Capacity/{c[$3]=$5}END{OFMT="%.3f";max=c["\"MaxCapacity\""];print(max>0?100*c["\"CurrentCapacity\""]/max:"?")}'

I'm new to bash, so I'm not completely sure how that code works, or how I'd adapt it for my needs.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.


texts: Why can't I fav, heart, or like some songs on Beats 1 radio?

texts: The heart button isn't tappable sometimes while listening to Beats 1 radio on Apple Music. Why is that?


texts:
It used to be in that one could disable the ambient noise reduction in the sound preferences.  But I can't seem to find that option anymore, which means when I record sound with the built-in mic I have to accept the warbling effect.

According to Help, the option should be there so long as there isn't a 4-channel built-in microphone format chosen in Audio MIDI setup.  But my internal microphone is a 2-channel according to Audio MIDI Setup.

How can I get the check box to appear so that I can cancel the noise reduction effect? I have a Late 2013 27" iMac


texts:
Is it possible to use your iMessage to contact other people on Linux, Android or Windows systems? Maybe via another XMPP client (Adium or Pidgin ...)?

What would I have to tell friends on Linux, Windows or Android so they can contact me on my iOS?

Does iMessage use XMPP, so I would have a worldwide reachable Jabber account already?


texts: What's a reliable method to create a stand alone recovery disk for Lion?

texts:
I'm seeing a lot of questions with all sorts of steps to burn a DVD or create a USB disk so you can boot your Mac with Lion if the internal drive is replaced.

Is there a definitive set of steps that is best in terms of support, reliability and cost?


texts: Can't create new directory in home folder: What are "default" permissions/ownership?

texts:
I do know how to set permissions. But what is the default OS X permission and ownership for one's home directory. I can't create a dir. How is mine different?  (See snippet):

jbenniMac:~ jbenni$ pwd
/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/jbenni
jbenniMac:~ jbenni$ ls -l ..
total 0
drwxrwx---@ 101 jbenni  staff  3434 May 14 17:15 jbenni
jbenniMac:~ jbenni$ mkdir test
mkdir: test: Permission denied
jbenniMac:~ jbenni$

Also:

jbenniMac:~ jbenni$ ls -ledO@ /Users/jbenni
drwxr-xr-x+ 13 jbenni  staff  - 442 Mar  9 15:52 /Users/jbenni
 0: group:everyone deny delete

Note: 1) There are other miscellaneous symptoms. E.g., Bash complains about not being able to create  a sessions folder, and I get a spurious "StartupItems" has wrong permissions at login (even though it doesn't).  I suspect all these are related.

Note: 2) Long ago, and several versions of OS X ago, I installed an SSD for my system and applications.  I relocated my Home directory (using the Users and Groups, "Advanced Options...", then browsing to a location on the builtin hard disk for my home directory).  That's been working fine, and life is good in the Finder.  I don't use Terminal often enough to know for sure when this prob. started - but Terminal has worked subsequent to the SSD/HDD separation.


texts: why does the which command output the same path twice?

texts:
Why does this command have this output?

$which -a python
/usr/local/bin/python
/usr/local/bin/python
/usr/bin/python

Specifically, why is "/usr/local/bin/python" listed twice?

The "/usr/local/bin" directory only occurs once in my PATH.

I've only noticed this happening for homebrew installed software thus far.

I'm not certain exactly which version of the which command I am using.
But I think it comes from Apple.

$which -a which
/usr/bin/which


texts: Possible to have WinKey + Number equivalent in Mac for faster app switching

texts:
In windows we can easily switch/open an app in the taskbar by doing WinKey + <order of the app in the taskbar> (e.g. WinKey+1 will open/switch the 1st app)

Just to provide more context. I'm looking for a way to quickly switch to an app in the dock. Let's say I have the following apps in order:

1 - Finder
2 - Calendar
3 - Notes

I'm looking for a way to easily switch to Notes just by doing WinKey + 3 but in Mac equivalent.

Cause right now, the available options that I'm aware of are:

Command + Tab
By using the mouse to navigate to the app which takes a hand of the keyboard.


texts: auto unmount .dmg if it has not been accessed for a while

texts:
Is there a way to automatically unmount a specific volume (mounted from a .dmg/.sparseimage) if it has not been accessed for a specified period?

EDIT:

This would be especially useful for password protected images which contain sensitive data.
Since I got no complete answer to this, I have asked a similar but simpler question here.


texts: After Catalina upgrade and server to 5.9, AFP ACL access locked, SMB access ok

texts:
After upgrading a file sharing server to macOS 10.15.3 and Server 5.9, we can mount our shared volumes via AFP but can not open them because of permissions.

We can access them through SMB but are then having a very old issue (documented somewhere else in this forum I think) where ACL's have to be propagated again up to 10 times a day.

Remote access to the shares with SMB is also complicated due to classic 445 port issues that we don't have with AFP (port 549).

What I have tried:

Propagated permissions via "view info" screen
Propagated permissions with TinkerTool
Removed permissions with TinkerTool
Again propagated permissions with TinkerTool
Removed, restarted then reinstated all the shares/users-groups in File Sharing/prefs panel.
Restarted server several times

To no avail, problem is still there. What other things should I try?


texts: Replace a 2017 Touch Bar MacBook Pro retina display with late 2013 MacBook Pro retina display?

texts:
I cracked my 2017 Touch Bar MacBook Pro display, and I have an old Late 203 MacBook Pro with a screen in good working condition.

I am wondering if it's possible to replace the display of the new one with the old one.


texts: Is it possible to know if a macOS startup drive has been used in another mac?

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I need to know if the storage drive in a Mac (SSD/flash storage or hard drive), has been used on another machine (same model probably).  How can I otherwise know if a file in this Mac or the use of an app has been done in this same Mac, or on another same mac started up after swapping the storage drive?

My idea is that this is not possible as during the boot nothing seems to be written to the startup drive.  I know that the log-in can be found with Terminal (Last command), but how can I know this activity has been done in this mac or in another mac with this same storage?

Image added as part of answer by Jaume:


texts: Scrolling doesn't work in Terminal for commands like less

texts:
I used to be able to scroll using the trackpad through git diff or man pages which both use less when the output doesn't fit on screen. Today I restarted my computer and that behaviour is gone and I can no longer scroll down and if I scroll up it scrolls the terminal scrollbar showing previous commands. However in vim scrolling still works as expected.

The first thing I checked is the "Scroll alternate screen" Terminal setting and it is checked as expected. I also tried with iTerm2 and have the same issue even with the "Scroll wheel sends arrow keys when in alternate screen mode" setting enabled.

My default shell is zsh so I tried with bash and then sh. Both have the same behaviour and I can't scroll through the output.

Because scrolling still works with some commands like vim it seems like the issue might be that less is no longer recognized as an "alternate screen" but I have no idea why. Updating to the latest less version available on brew did not help.


texts: Alternative Large Cursors and show tooltips

texts:
I need to use large cursors when using OSX.

However the standard Apple ones I can choose in System Preferences all make the cursor expand to the right and down. These then hide the beginning of any tooltip (especially in web browsers) and in some programs they hide needed information.

I already use OmniDazzle to be able to find the cursor (and have used Pinpoint in the past) - it highlights the area the cursor is in but it does not change the cursor icon so it does not help me.

Are there any cursors or any way to expand the cursor in other directions so I can still read the tooltips?


texts: Something changed my Time Machine drives to APFS (Case-sensitive)

texts:
Setting up my dual docking station with two HDDs for Time Machine has me baffled.
I was told to format the TM HDDs, backing up my iMac running Big Sur, as Mac OS Extended (journaled) which I did.
I did this two hours ago using Disk Utility and got my dual dock system up and working just fine, or so I thought.
I was checking out one of the eclecticlightcompany.com’s neat little apps called Mints, chose to check Get Volume Info, and was surprised to see that both the HDDs I had set up two hours ago as Mac OS Extended (journaled) were now formatted as APFS (Case-sensitive).
Why is this happening?  Should I be concerned?  Should I reformat these HDD and if so, what format?


texts: How to view my posts and responses on official Apple Support Community website?

texts:
I have an account with Official Apple Support Community linked to my AppleID. The username on the site is different from the Apple ID. I want to find a question that I asked on the website, but there is no way to see posts or comments I have made that is assigned to my username.

I've tried searching my username in the search bar as well, and that is not working either. I'm able to look up posts involving other users (if the post text contains the username) but nothing comes up when I look for text containing my username.

How do I search my posts and responses on the site?

EDIT: When signed in, I've tried going to the "My Subscriptions" page but nothing shows up. I even played around with all the filters, and checked the "Authored" and "Participated" filters but I get no posts.

I noticed it says "There is  no recent content available". Could this be because the posts were made years ago, and haven't been indexed? One post was made in 2013 while another was in 2016, and I know this because I was able to find two posts by googling site:https://discussions.apple.com "MY_USERNAME".


texts: Airport Express is not seen by Macbook, is seen by iOS devices

texts:
I have an Airport Express 1088 (about 7 years old). My Macbook with Mountain Lion 10.8.4 doesn't sees it, nor does my wife's Macbook. Strangely, my iPad and iPhone can detect it and the network traffic goes through it, and everything works smoothly. However, the Airport Utility (version 5.6) on my Macbook does not see it.

Additionally, I can play music from my iPad or send the YouTube voice channel to the Airport Express, so the device works, but my Macbook still doesn't see it.

I have a MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, Late 2008) but I don't think that matters. I think that the OS version will matter here, because two weeks before it worked well.


texts: Searching iTunes Library for file location?

texts:
For any given track in my iTunes library, I can easily ask for the physical location of the file like this,

tell application "iTunes"
    set ilib to library playlist named "Library"
    set z to (get first track in ilib)
    get location of z
end tell

But I want to do the reverse. If I know the physical location of the file, I'd like to get to the track in the Library, if it has been added. I tried it like this

set x to (choose file)
tell application "iTunes"
    set ilib to library playlist named "Library"
    set y to (get track in ilib whose location is x)
end tell

but it fails...

error "iTunes got an error: Can’t get track of library playlist
id 6085 of source id 77 whose location = alias \"OS X
Partition:Users:...:somefile.m4a\"." number -1728 from track of
library playlist id 6085 of source id 77 whose location = alias
"OS X Partition:Users:...:file.m4a"

Any ideas how I can search the location property without resorting to some nasty loop?

EDIT:

Well, the good news is that my old macbook can loop through 2100 tracks in about 5 secs, so it is not so bad... :)


texts: Google Mail for iOS: How to disable image resizing?

texts:
I occasionally mail screenshots to colleagues and clients from the official  Google Mail app on my iPhone.

Apparently, it automatically scales them down:

The image originally was a 1.9 MB screenshot from the new iPad.

I checked the app and the settings but was unable to find a way to disable this behavior.


texts: Finder question: missing expansion triangle in list view

texts:
I have a list of folders shown in list view mode in Finder. But for some weird reason the regular click to expand triangle button which is present on each folder icon has disappeared. This issue is only sticky in one of the many folders in the system.

Do you know how I can re-enable it back?

Thanks


texts: Cannot find Python.frameworks in OS Sierra

texts: I am trying to find Python.framework under ~/Library/Frameworks but it's not there.  I need it to create a path from a software leading to my mac's Python including its bin and lib folders.  I only see Samsung Kies in my Frameworks folder.  Does anyone know why?


texts: What to do with outdated hardware in terms of Meltdown and Spectre

texts:
Apple stated the following in this support article about Meltdown and Spectre:

  All Mac systems and iOS devices are affected, but there are no known
  exploits impacting customers at this time. Since exploiting many of
  these issues requires a malicious app to be loaded on your Mac or iOS
  device, we recommend downloading software only from trusted sources
  such as the App Store. Apple has already released mitigations in iOS
  11.2, macOS 10.13.2, and tvOS 11.2 to help defend against Meltdown.
   [emphasis added] Apple Watch is not affected by Meltdown. In the coming days we plan to
  release mitigations in Safari to help defend against Spectre.

Is it safe to use hardware that cannot be updated to one of these three operating systems? Furthermore, in the case of obsolescent devices, are there significant differences in the safety of old iPhones, Macs, and Apple TVs in terms of these vulnerabilities?


texts: How do I stop Safari from occasionally downloading "mlingos9.html"?

texts: When I'm browsing with Safari, a download of a file called "mlingos9.html" is started on some sites and I end up with several of these in my download folder. How do I stop Safari from doing this?


texts: iTunes University: Items Not Available from U.C. Berkeley

texts:
I have been listening to Professor John R. Searle's course lectures from U.C. Berkeley through iTunes University. Having finished one year's curricula, I wanted to listen another set, but, when I clicked on the link was greeted with:

macOS Sierra 10.12.3
iTunes 12.5.5.5

Looking for an explanation on Apple's Discussion forums and other Apple support sites I found little pertinent to iTunes U. - most dealing with folks uploading their own podcasts.

Is this something on my end with my apple account? (I haven't left the U.S. in ... 20 years?)

...something on Apple's end?

...something on U.C. Berkeley's end? (Maybe they only want the first years worth of lectures available in the U.S.? ...that seems weird).

Also, I get this message:

...when I click on the "get" button.

FWIW, I get an "Error - Playback Failed" on my iPhone4S (iOS9.3.5):

Is this normal? Do I just wait and keep trying? Contacting Apple via email seems likely to result in nothing but a form mail. I am nowhere near a "genius bar" and don't have Apple Care. S.O.L.?


texts: Using Hazel or AppleScript to Convert Word to PDF

texts:
I use Hazel to sort and rename files. I would like to use Hazel to automatically convert Word docs to PDF. I think this best way to do this is with AppleScript. I have searched extensively online, but have been unable to find an AppleScript that works for me.

Does any have an AppleScript that will simple convert the Word file (doc and docx) to PDF? Or is there an alternative way to do it with Hazel?


texts:
What is the finder's default midi player and how does it know which instrument to associate with tracks?

Also where does it take those instruments from? A VST? Is it possible to use these sounds someone with another program like a digital audio interface?


texts: Classic Login to new headless Mac with Apple Remote Desktop?

texts:
I vaguely remember a trick from years ago that I'd find useful now.  I'm wondering if anyone remembers the details.  (I'm assuming this is no longer possible so no longer a "can this be done now" question.)

I have a new 2018 Mac Mini to configure as a headless server.  The typical way to do this is to attach a keyboard/mouse/monitor, then configure Remote Management, then disconnect the keyboard/mouse/monitor and reboot.

I'm reasonably certain there was once a method to configure a new (unconfigured) headless Mac 100% remotely.  I think you'd boot it on a LAN, find the DHCP-assigned IP address, then connect with Apple Remote Desktop.  There would be a default user/password for a virgin Mac, using the last six or eight digits of the MAC address.  At least that's how I remember it.

Does anyone remember the details?  It's even possible this is pre-OS X...

It's been suggested this question is a duplicate of How to setup a Mac (Mini 2015) without a monitor (or mouse or keyboard)?.  That question may verify that the method I remember either no longer works.  The question is more of a historical one, if anyone remembers this from years past.

[Update]: I found my manual of Apple Remote Desktop 2.0, from 2004 (Mac OS X 10.2.8).  It makes no reference to any of this.  I still think what I remember was a thing, but may have been from Classic MacOS days.  So I've added the classic-mac-os tag to clarify, and removed references to this being a current OS question.


texts: Shortcut to move one screen to the right/left in Excel

texts:
The official docs say to use Option-Up/Down

I tried that - as well as Option-Left/Right and Command-(any arrow keys) and they all do different things than the page right/left.

So is there any way to get this functionality short of point and click?

Update By playing around a bit more an answer was discovered:  the Command-Left|Right Arrow will page left/right to the next non-empty cell. I had been seeing it page to the beginning/end since the particular rows had few entries.

Hold on ..  So the behavior is that the `Command-Left|Right Arrow will move to the next non-empty cell if there were other intervening empty cells.  So in the case of a row with all entries filled - e.g. the Header Row - a single invocation puts you at beginning/end of the entire row: so in that case it behaves like Row Home/Row End.

This is not acceptable behavior: is there any workaround?


texts: "Could not find RubyGem rails" on 10.7.1 Server

texts:
I just cannot get Rails to work on my 10.7.1 Server installation. After having run CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 gem install rails --force as root, I still get this:

% rails
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:777:in `report_activate_error': Could not find RubyGem rails (>= 0) (Gem::LoadError)
  from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:211:in `activate'
  from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rubygems.rb:1056:in `gem'
  from /usr/bin/rails:18

RVM doesn't appear to be producing a working install either.

To cap it all, this lack of Rails is preventing Profile Manager from running.

Does anybody know what could be going wrong here? I've tried a clean install of 10.7 (not Server, though) on another machine, and Rails runs fine in that. I'm not particularly keen on nuking and reinstalling my main system, though!


texts: Twitter iOS App: Can I Control Notifications on All Accounts I'm Logged Into?

texts: With the recent changes in Twitter, you can not tweet to more than one account using third party apps such as HootSuite. I use Twitter to tweet from several accounts on my iPhone. I only want to receive notifications from my Twitter account. Can this be done without shutting off the notifications for the other account owners?


texts: .smbdelete files accumulating on server share

texts:
I manage a very modest macOS server (Late 2014 Mac Mini, Mac OS 10.12.4, Server 5.3) that supports several sharepoints for about 20 clients - a mix of macOS and Windows.  I typically have my work machine set to 'AppleShowAllFiles TRUE' so I notice that the shares are accumulating '.smbdelete...' files. These are hidden for most users, but they are getting a little annoying for me because the file listing of one share in particular is getting long.  From web searches, it looks like this has to do with macOS' handling of SMB connections to shares.

So two questions:

Can these be safely deleted?
Can the accumulation of these be halted.


texts: Is there a way to extract contents from AppleScript file without using AppleScript editor?

texts:
I have a bunch of applescript files I need to run but some that were running yesterday are not running today. Applescript is showing me this beautiful message.

When this message is shown, console shows this message:
04/06/14 11:32:44,079 xpcd[324]: Info.plist does not contain an XPCService dictionary: /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/XPCServices/SecurityAgent.xpc

The problem is probably with applescript editor, because I have restored several copies of the script with different dates and none opens. Some other scripts open, but not this.

Is there a way t extract the contents of this file to a TXT so I can try to recreate the script?

thanks

NOTE: I have verified now that the scripts are not corrupted by running them from command line using osascript.


texts: How to get rid of "open in app" bar in Safari

texts:
I am using the new iPadOS Safari browser which has the feature for full desktop website viewing. This is great that I can work on the full google suite on Safari. However, it keeps popping up at the top to “open in app.” It keeps getting in the way and really hinders my work.

For example, see how it says “open in paper app”

I have turned off “safari suggestions” but this didn’t resolve the issue. Is there anything else to be done other than deleting the app?

I find apple’s presumption that the app is a better option than the webbrowser annoying.


texts: Display full name of apps shown in iTunes sync page

texts: As shown in the image, is it possible to see the full name of the app ? For instance, Adobe Reader is shown as 'Adobe Rea...' .


texts: Switch internal monitor off by software (script/terminal/shortcut/…)

texts:
I’m using my MacBook Pro (OS X 10.6) standing in a shelf with an external screen on my desk so I don’t use and need the internal screen. But if the internal one is on it’s shown in spaces.

It is possible to use the MacBook with the internal screen switched off by putting it to sleep and wake it with an external input device while the Book is close. But this way always needs a short sleep and interrupt working. So I wonder if it’s is possible to switch off only the internal screen by software (an app, via Terminal, AppleScript, a keyboard short cut etc.) without switch off the external screen?

I know that there’s a shortcut for “sleep screen“ but this affects all screens including the external one.


texts:
I've installed R 3.6.3 on a Mac OS X El Capitan, but when I try to open it I get a pop-up saying "R cannot open because of a problem".
The message is not in English, but it's the same as this one (replace python2.7 by R):

I've tried with older versions, I rebooted the computer, I uninstalled it and installed it again, but I keep getting the same message.
FYI, I had anaconda installed before and I also tried uninstalling it.


texts: How do I Get Info for multiple items in one window?

texts:
When selecting multiple items in the Finder and hitting the ⌘+I shortcut, OS X produces one window per file, which is painful when attempting to view a summary of, for example, the total size of a number of files at once.

How can I view info for multiple files in a single window?


texts: how to view Apple TV purchases in iTunes?

texts:
I bought a TV series through Apple TV.  Watched the first episode, works fine.

Now I'd like to watch episode 2 on my MacBook.  I opened iTunes (11.0.2), logged in with my iTunes account, and can't find the TV series anywhere.

How do I watch a TV series I bought through Apple TV on my MacBook in iTunes?

Thanks!


texts:
Opened messages and the crash reporter immediately opened stating that the program crashed.  In the reporter it stated:

  Sandbox Creation Failed: You do not have permission to save the file "Application Support" to the folder "Library".

After some research the only possible solution I found involved creating a temporary account to see if its the system or user library and possibly having to delete your current account and creating a new, slightly different account and move your files to that new account.

My question was, is there an easier way to fix this without having to go through so much trouble?

(Hint: There is, or at least it worked for me.  Read on to the answer.)


texts: Has anyone ever seen an error like the one pictured below on Mac OS X? What is it? The system is 10.6.6. I'm quite experienced in OS X but I've never seen such a thing. I was booting in verbose modem, and it looks like the verbose mode came "through".


texts: Unable to use Airplay, Remote App, or wireless printing

texts:
I have a regular home wireless network. The only issue is that, apparently, I'm unable to do things which require device-to-device connectivity (Airplay, Remote App on iPhone, or wireless printing). I'm trying to figure out what exactly is the issue at hand so I can fix it. I hadn't seen anything odd in the wireless settings. I'm not even sure how one can disable this feature.

How can I solve this issue?


texts: Lion Server iCal Location/Resource Calendar

texts:
I have a Lion Server with iCal enabled.

Trying to set up some location and resource calendars, accessing them from Ubuntu clients, how can I work out the URL of these calendars?

I have worked it out for a user already (http://lions:8008/calendars/users/user123/calendar/), is there a way perhaps to see URLs on the server?


texts: using windows 8, message says problem with this drive

texts: recently bought a new computer with windows 8. Installed ITunes and all my music is on the computer. When I plug in my Ipod classic to synch new music added I get the following message: There's a problem with this drive. Scan the drive now and fix it. I am a 65 year old that doesn't know what they want me to do. If I restore it to factory it will wipe all the music off of it right? Anything else I can do? I don't understand how to scan the drive and fix it. Thanks. Carol


texts: Do I need a clean install of Lion if I want to defragment my disk?

texts:
My 2009 MacBook Pro has been running very slow and glitchy under Snow Leopard. I've come to the conclusion that working with large files and repeatedly filling the hard disk to 95% capacity has likely resulted in fragmentation.

With this specific problem in mind, what is the simplest recommended upgrade path for Lion? I've created a bootable clone of my disk with CCC (plus a time machine backup on another drive).

Currently leaning towards wiping the disk, running iDefrag, restoring from the clone then installing Lion. Is there a simpler or otherwise better route?


texts: brew search generates mail notification "You recently used a password to access an endpoint through the GitHub API using Homebrew/2.2.2"

texts:
I got a mail from GitHub:

  You recently used a password to access an endpoint through the GitHub
  API using Homebrew/2.2.2 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15.2)
  curl/7.64.1. We will deprecate basic authentication using password to
  this endpoint soon:

  https://api.github.com/search/code?q=user%3AHomebrew+path%3AFormula+path%3ACasks+path%3A.+filename%3Abusybox+extension%3Arb&per_page=100

  We recommend using a personal access token (PAT) with the appropriate
  scope to access this endpoint instead. Visit
  https://github.com/settings/tokens for more information.

  Thanks, The GitHub Team

The mail came after I searched for formula:

~ brew search test
Warning: Cask 'sqleo' is unreadable: undefined method `method_missing_message' for Utils:Module
Warning: Cask 'squirrelsql' is unreadable: undefined method `method_missing_message' for Utils:Module
Warning: Cask 'yiddish-klal' is unreadable: undefined method `method_missing_message' for Utils:Module
==> Formulae
cpptest                      cxxtest                      memtester                    phoronix-test-suite          slowhttptest                 testdisk                     unittest                     vttest
cpputest                     git-test                     minetest                     shelltestrunner              speedtest-cli                testssl                      unittest-cpp

==> Casks
aja-system-test                                colortester                                    emacs-pretest                                  nsregextester                                  sqlitestudio
clementine-latest                              eclipse-testing                                latest                                         socket-io-tester                               synology-note-station-client

Always a prompt like this pops up:

It look like I have some kind of misconfiguration? I don't like that brew uses my GitHub credentials.


texts: Restore from Time Machine which has newer OS version

texts:
I'm trying to restore my MacBook Pro from a Time Machine backup which has been made on El Capitan.
After I wiped my MacBook it reinstalled the OS it came with when I bought it (Mavericks).
But after I try to restore from my Time Machine backup, it won't work. After it's done it simply does not boot.
What am I doing wrong?

Do I need to upgrade to El Capitan before I can restore successfully?


texts: Fix Safari 6 Address Bar Selection Behavior

texts:
This is probably just something I have to live with, but with Safari 6 Apple made the address bar different from every other text field on the OS, in that a single click (at least when it's displaying a URL) selects the entire contents of the text field rather than placing the insertion point.

It's probably a long shot, but is there a defaults write command or similar that fixes this?


texts:
I have a macbook pro late 2011.

At this moment I am running the basic 2x 2GB 1333MHz rams ,but I want to upgrade.

Now,I have read on some forum that this macbook can run 1600MHz rams even though Apple sold it with 1333MHz rams.

Any ideas what's up with this?I am a bit confused at this point as I don't know what to buy.

Also, are Kingston memory sticks good?I had a kingston SSD a few months ago and it was just great ,but don't know about rams.


texts:
Do PDF documents in iBooks get backed up to iCloud?

It is very strange that there is no answer to this on official Apple forums. Searching for this online often brings up Wifi iTunes sync or using file sharing services like box.net to do this.


texts:
My iCloud calendar has started behaving very strangely.
Syncing issues, randomly changing date, but the weirdest thing is, if i login to iCloud from any browser, and enter an event it gets moved 3 days back, and always to 23:00. This behaviour only happens for events after 25th   October 2019, and before March 30th. So all my distant future events are wrong, and even entering new ones online from an external browser, the event immediately jumps 3 days back. I have tried signing out of iCloud on all my devices, but it didn't seem to make any difference?


texts: Is it possible to use Safari Technology Preview for handoff from iPhone?

texts: When I open a page in Safari on my iPhone the handoff icon pops up in the dock on my Mac. However clicking on the icon will open Safari. As I am using Safari Technology Preview as my default browser I would like to know if there is some hack that would enable me to use is as a "handoff browser".


texts: What are the OS X Mavericks hardware system requirements?

texts:
I have a fairly old (I am not sure when it was bought) iMac 5,1 running OS X 10.6.8, but I just saw the free upgrade to Mavericks. It looks tempting, but I'd rather first know if my computer can handle this OS before I try to install it.

Processor: 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

(I guess that covers the most relevant hardware, if something else is important I'll add it.)


texts: I've been using MAC OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5. How do I request a read receipt when sending e-mail with Outlook for Mac 2011?


texts: Macbook Pro 2016 stuck on "restarting" after installing mojave

texts:
Whenever I try to upgrade my macbook with updates which require a system restart, it will begin the update then freeze on the screen with an apple logo and partially filled progress bar with the text "restarting".

System Info:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
2.9 GHz Intel Core i5
8 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3

This began when I was running macOS 10.13.4 and attempted to upgrade to mojave (without installing 10.13.6 first). The same issue as described above happened so I powered the system off and restarted it.
The update was not installed but it booted up fine and worked normally so I tried again, this time leaving it on overnight but the same thing happened.
This time I tried to install the 10.13.6 update before mojave but got the same results when installing 10.13.6. Upon reboot the system was still at 10.13.4
I tried installing the 10.13.6 combo update, same thing happened
I tried resetting my PRAM with Command + Option + P + R but that didnt change anything
I booted into recovery mode and ran first aid on my disk
I booted into recovery mode and reinstalled the macOS. This succeeded and set me at 10.13.6, hooray.
I opened the app store and tried to install the security update before moving on to mojave, just in case. System rebooted, began install, then froze on the "restarting" step.

I am under the impression there is an error during the install which also prevents the reboot sequence but I don't know how to track it down. Does anyone have insight into what is happening here?


texts: Problem updating apps after iOS 6 update

texts:
"Your account is not valid for use in the Indian store. You must switch to US store before purchasing." I am getting the above error while updating apps (I have recently installed iOS 6). My Apple ID was created with country as India. I followed the below steps:

Open the Appstore.
Go to Featured (scroll down to bottom until you see your Apple ID).
Click on Apple ID.
View Apple ID.
Enter your Password.
Once you login it will say your account is transferred to the respective country.

Since the store somehow thought my account was from the US, I approved "the change" to India and signed out and signed in again, still I get the same error.


texts: Where can I download the versions of Safari that are newer than what Apple ships?

texts:
I'm a web developer that makes webapps that work in all modern browsers. Amazingly enough, I use 100% valid HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Occasionally, I have to release interesting fixes, to say the least, because my webapps don't work in the latest versions for some reason.

Thus, I have the latest versions of all browsers as well as the betas. Firefox Aurora, Chrome Canary, IE10, and Opera Next 12.

I have but one missing: Safari. Of course I have the normal version of Safari, but can I get ahead of the curve before the launch of the next Safari update by Apple?

I'm looking for either the Mac or the Windows versions - both if possible.


texts: How do I check if the battery has been calibrated on my Macbook Pro?

texts:
How can I check if the battery calibration has been done properly?

I followed Apple's steps precisely, but I see no change in the loadCycles, or battery capacity using CoconutBattery.


texts: Google plus notifications in notification center

texts: Is there a way to retrieve or push google plus notifications using applescripts to have them show up in OSX Yosemite notification center?


texts: Can you just use one side of Airpods and leave the other side at home?

texts:
Because I usually just use one side of the Airpods, so that I am aware of the environment whenever I exercise or in a cafe, can only one side of the Airpods be used independently, while the other one is left at home?

So if one side of the Airpods is lost for some reason, you can still use the other side independently?


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I used to have both my phone and somebody else's registered on my Find iPhone in my iTunes account. That person and I have since parted ways on bad terms. I changed my passwords to make sure that person cannot temper with my account. That person's phone, however, has stayed in Find iPhone for me to see. I tried to remove it (only possible when it is turned off), but it reappeared.

The only option I seem have is to remotely erase the iPhone. Will the other person have any means to see that I remotely deleted it? Or will it just be erased? Follow-up: If they restore from backup, will they appear in Find iPhone again? I need a way to get rid of that phone from my account.

Disclaimer: I do not, under any circumstances, want to talk to that person.


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On my file exchange partition that both Mac and Ubuntu should have access to, I cannot manage to get access from Ubuntu.

This partition was created with the Disk Utility in Lion.

Unlike before, there is a file or directory called .HFS+ Private Directory  Data? (including the questions mark!) This was not there the last time I create such a partition. I cannot delete this file/directory.

What is this? Why can't I copy/delete files onto this partition from Ubuntu? It worked the last time I created such a partition. This partition has journaling disabled.

This .HFS+ Private Directory Data? cannot be seen with ls -la in the Terminal of Mac OS!


texts: nvm (node version manager) nvm,node,npm not found

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I did install nvm regarding the documentation, then installed the latest LTS node, nvm install 12.16.1 and globally installed yarn.

everything was working well, the node -v and npm -v and which node were showing what they should.

I did create a react-native app and the metro bundler had a problem finding node. The solution was to make a symlink(ln -s $(which node) /usr/local/bin/node).

Since then, nvm, npm, yarn commands are not found by the terminal (zsh).

I could not find a proper way to install node via nvm where all programs and shells can have access to it. Without needing symbolic links or so.

This is the script added to .bash_profile after installing nvm

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm" [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm

[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion


texts: The events I have entered are gone. I can not enter them. The + is not working. Facebook birthdays are still there.  Also all my list are gone.


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When I try to update an app, and I go to the 'Updates' page, I Get this error in a dialogue box:

Could not load data from the Apple software update server.

I checked my Internet connection, everything is fine.


texts: Can I use the new Lion OS X license on two machines, or do I have to buy one for each?

texts: I have 2 macbooks (the unibody and the one before that). Do I need to buy two licenses or can I just use one license for both machines?


texts: External monitor has blurry font on a MBP retina

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There are indeed countless of these questions, some of them succesfully answered.
I recently purchased an ACER R241Y.

I started using Sketch and noticed the fonts quality was noticeably worse when on the Acer.

System Information:

El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G1217)
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)

Here are the screenshots:

I tried the infamous patch: Force RGB mode in Mac OS X to fix the picture quality of an external monitor, the defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleFontSmoothing -integer X setting.. I am using a DVI -> Thunderbolt(Mini DisplayPort) cable. (I tried HDMI<->HDMI as well).


texts: Split view with green button does not work in macOS Sierra

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When I try to use split view feature in macOS Sierra, I can not use the green button any more. Every help page found by google suggests I should click and hold the green button to activate split screen for the current window. The window would shrink and I could move it left or right and then choose an other open window to place it on the other side. This does not work with my MacBook on macOS Sierra.

I can use split view via mission control for windows already opened in full screen, thats's fine. But sometimes I might prefer to activate it directly from the current window without putting it to full screen first.

Edit: I have no 3rd party tools for windows management in use. I tried with Safari an Maps, both 1st party tools that do support the feature, as far as I know.


texts: how to disable iCloud for Earthlink mail

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When I received a RED warning from Earthlink that my server mailbox
was full and that incoming mail would therefore be rejected, I went to my server's mailbox and deleted all the mail which I had already downloaded to my Macbook. When I returned to my mail application on my MacBook running High Sierra 10.13.6, all the previously downloaded mail was deleted as well. How can I empty my server's already downloaded mail without iCloud deleting that same mail in Macbook?

My email is on an IMAP server structure.