texts:
I am working to create a function that keeps the data in a cell dynamic until the date is beyond that of the date column. In other words, there is a column of dates, i.e. 9/5 9/6 9/7... and the other columns are tracking data from other fields. If the row date is older than the current date, then the data in the field stops updating and remains at the last known value. Is this possible in Numbers or should I look for another solution?

Thank you!
Mike


texts: How to make truly single spaced bullet items in Keynote

texts:
Although I have selected

  Spacing 1.0 - single

in the Text Style, we can see that there is still large space between each bullet item. How to compact them?


texts: AppleScript editor cannot save .scpt file

texts:
I've created a simple AppleScript .scpt file, using TextEdit.

If I now open it with AppleScript editor, I can run it. But when I try to modify and save it, I get the following error:

It's frustrating that such a basic operation has got me completely stuck.

What is going wrong?


texts:
I have a really weird spotlight problem and it is driving me insane.
When I open the spotlight search and type 1 the search box disappears as if it crashed. For example, if I intended to search for 1password, typing 1 will cause the box to disappear. However, if I type pass it works fine and finds the "1Password" app.
As far as I can tell this is the only character that triggers the crash.
I already tried the "disable indexing of bookmarks and history" fix and it doesn't help.
Is there some way to delete the spotlight index? Maybe that will help?
Any other clues I should look for?
I am on BigSur, but this also happened on Catalina, I was hoping the upgrade would fix it... but it did not. :(
Edit: adding the crash report
Process:               Spotlight [71310]
Path:                  /System/Library/CoreServices/Spotlight.app/Contents/MacOS/Spotlight
Identifier:            com.apple.Spotlight
Version:               1.0 (2150.7.5)
Build Info:            SpotlightUI-2150007005000000~3
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           Spotlight [71310]
User ID:               502

Date/Time:             2021-03-22 23:30:10.116 -0700
OS Version:            macOS 11.2.1 (20D74)
Report Version:        12
Bridge OS Version:     3.0 (14Y908)
Anonymous UUID:        xxxx

Sleep/Wake UUID:       xxxx

Time Awake Since Boot: 740000 seconds
Time Since Wake:       55000 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread:        5  Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.user-interactive-qos.overcommit

Exception Type:        EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
dyld3 mode
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSArrayM _fastCharacterContents]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x600002bb9e90'
terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
abort() called


texts: Full height window is not full height El Capitan

texts:
I have the issue that my windows are not really full height in OS X. I'm new to OS X so I don't know if this is new.

Here is an example image:

Watch the few bottom pixels, the background just shows there, because the window ends. This is obviously not the full screen mode for windows like in a separate space but this is the maximize with the option key.

I am on an Early 2013 MacBook Pro Retina if that is relevant. I'm using the smallest scaling so 1650x1050

Edit: Changing the scaling didn't fix the problem.


texts: What can *.itc files contain when not PNG or JPG?

texts:
Yesterday I was a bit curious what iTunes .itc (by default in ~/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork) files were.
After a bit of research, I made a script to convert .itc to images (JPG & PNG).
For 1913 itc files : I get 467 png & 636 jpg files.
I was wondering what the other itc could be. Any idea ?


texts: Block an application's read/write access to a specific file in OS X?

texts:
The premise is this:

I have an app which has been set in its code to only run on OS X versions 10.4 to 10.9.2. (When I try to install it, it gives a message "This version of ____ is for Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.9.2."). I have updated to 10.9.3, and the developer just needs to update the app to fix this restriction in his tool.

I'm actually in contact with the developer, who says he is 'too busy' to work on the app or issue an update right now.

I worked out that the app is just reading /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist to determine OS version, and I managed to bypass its installer restriction by temporarily editing the file using this guide. But after reverting the plist values to 10.9.3 and restarting the system to start (hopefully) using the app, I saw that it even checks SystemVersion.plist to even run as well - not just during installation.

I'm worried that if I keep SystemVersion.plist at 10.9.2 indefinitely it would ruin other parts of the system such as App Store updates and the like.

So my idea now, is to try and find some method or tool, to block the app from being able to even read SystemVersion.plist entirely - think of it as a 'file system' version of Little Snitch if you will - just some way to create custom rules, for specific processes, that disallow read and/or write access, to specific files/folders in the system.

Maybe it would just cause the app to throw an error and not run at all (I could probably test this by temporarily moving the plist file to Trash for just 30 seconds while trying to install/run it) - but in either case, I think it's a really useful thing to be able to have, for powerful security purposes - just like the custom-blocking network access for apps in Little Snitch.

So is there some awesome third party tool, or even native OS X / Xcode tool, that can do this? Any insights as to what would even need to happen anyway, system/programming-wise? Tweaking with 'Sharing & Persimmons' for a file in Finder lets me control user access, but not process.


texts:
Have an SSD installed in my MBP's optical bay. All works well other than being unable to directly log on to my main home folder, which I think is due to the fact they this folder (still on the HDD) is filevault 2 encrypted (workaround is log into a second "test account", log out and the I can successfully log into my main user account).

I really don't need to have filevault turned on, but cannot find a way to turn it off now that I boot off the SSD.  Is it possible?  Advisable?

Anticipatory thanks,
Dave


texts:
I’ve read some stuff on here about emptying the trash can in iPhoto but it keeps locking up .. 35 thousand images in trash but will not go .. any help appreciated.
With a standard windows pc I can run winderstat and go in the back end if stuck.
Is there a way on a Mac ?


texts: MacBook Pro 2017 model with non-existant upload speeds

texts:
MacBook Pro 2017 model (model A1707) with major upload speed issues.
If I do a test from speedtest.net I get pretty decent speeds, but not quite what my ISP offers, but that's ok. I get about half download speed (500mb/s out of 940mb/s my mesh reports) but just presume that's down to Mac's capabilities. I see the full upload speed my mesh reports.
But when I go to upload files from this Mac, the speed is unusable. To upload files to Slack, YouTube, WordPress and even my NAS it sends them at about 5kb/s!!
I've been having this issue for a couple of months now and 'm started to get very fed up.
Any tips on how I can fix this? Might I need a new network adapter?


texts: Send meeting invitation on macOS Calendar from no-Apple-Mail client

texts:
I manage my iCloud calendar through the Calendar app on macOS. When I invite people to a meeting in my "Home" calendar they don't get a meeting invitation.

I'm wondering why. Does it have anything to do with the fact that I don't use Apple Mail as my mail client.

Setup

iCloud for calendar and contacts, I don't use iCloud for email
iCloud email is forwarded to my own domain
iCloud calendar loaded into Calendar app
Thunderbird to manage my non-iCloud email

Behavior

I understand that the Calendar can't automagically use my Thunderbird email account to send out meeting invitations. However, I would expect it to use the iCloud email service to do so. I don't see any invitations in the iCloud "sent items", though.


texts: Force 2560x1600 through HDMI on a Mid 2011 Mac Mini?

texts: So I want to run dual 30" monitors on my mid 2011 mac mini. I have two U3014 monitors. While one works fine through mini display port, the other one is forced to run at 1080p via HDMI. Is there anyway to for OSX to output to the higher resolution?


texts:
even though El Capitan, in recovery partition, allows the user to "disable" rootless, it should be possible to disable "even more" the SIP layer.

could someone confirm that using

nvram csr-active-config=%ff%00%00%00

would disable any feature for the SIP layer?


texts:
I keep my iPhone on silent pretty much all the time. When I plug it in to a charger, it goes "buzz-buzz". My iPad doesn't do this. Both behaviors are the same with iOS 6 and 7.

How do I make my phone not do that?

I have checked the activity-specific sound settings (like Lock Sounds [off], etc). The main suspicious ones are Vibrate on ring and vibrate on silent. I would still like to have it buzz (vibrate) upon receiving texts, calls, and calendar alerts.


texts: How can I tell what's being backed up by Time Machine?

texts:
Sometimes, when Time Machine starts a new backup, I see that it'll be several GB of data. I then wonder: What did I save that was so large? Is it perhaps backing up unnecessary data, that I should exclude in the future?

As a Mac developer, I understand that there must be some kind of database that Time Machine maintains in order to know what files need to be backed up. I like to have access to that so that I can stop a large backup process and then check the database for the pending files, and decide whether I want to take further actions.

I am so far unable to find out where the information is stored.

I checked the tmutil tool, but that doesn't seem to offer an option for listing the pending files, either.

I understand that I can use tmutil compare after a backup to see what was backed up, but I like to instead see the pending files in the queue.


texts: Messages when attempting to empty Trash in macOS

texts:
I getting these message when attempting to empty my trash in Mac:

Cinna-MacMini:.Trashes stevechang$ rm -rf 502/sda/
rm: 502/sda//Cinna Macmini/Users/stevechang/Library/Application Support/Manroling/Manroling.app: Operation not permitted
rm: 502/sda//Cinna Macmini/Users/stevechang/Library/Application Support/Manroling: Operation not permitted
rm: 502/sda//Cinna Macmini/Users/stevechang/Library/Application Support: Permission denied
rm: 502/sda//Cinna Macmini/Users/stevechang/Library: Permission denied
rm: 502/sda//Cinna Macmini/Users/stevechang: Permission denied
rm: 502/sda//Cinna Macmini/Users: Permission denied
rm: 502/sda//Cinna Macmini: Permission denied
rm: 502/sda/: Permission denied

What does the messages mean?


texts:
I recently installed an SSD (m4 crucial latest firmware) with TRIM enabled on my late 2011 MBP 13". I did a clean install of Mountain Lion 10.8.1, enabled FileVault 2 and everything was working fine for about 2 weeks until Finder just started randomly killing itself every time I mounted a DMG or just launched some random app.

At the time I was getting this error:

com.apple.quicklook.satellite[205]: [QL] Using too much memory (308 MB), hit critical threshold (120 MB), exiting immediately to clean up.

Backed up all my files manually and did another clean install. Installed a few applications, re-enabled FileVault, waited 2 days, everything was running fine. Decided it was time to copy my files back over.

Whilst copying over Ethernet with Wifi enabled, I disabled the wifi, Finder hangs had to hard reset. On reboot the error was back:

12/09/2012 23:24:27.883 com.apple.quicklook.satellite[172]: [QL] Using too much memory (300 MB), hit critical threshold (120 MB), exiting immediately to clean up.
12/09/2012 23:24:29.883 com.apple.quicklook.satellite[172]: [QL] Using too much memory (616 MB), hit critical threshold (120 MB), exiting immediately to clean up.
12/09/2012 23:24:29.943 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook.satellite.DED6F2A5-B4D3-44C7-9EF6-86EF86AE217D[172]) Exited: Killed: 9
12/09/2012 23:24:29.943 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook.satellite.DED6F2A5-B4D3-44C7-9EF6-86EF86AE217D) Throttling respawn: Will start in 2 seconds
12/09/2012 23:24:33.509 awacsd[69]: Exiting
12/09/2012 23:24:35.559 com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100002 created
12/09/2012 23:24:36.108 com.apple.quicklook.satellite[205]: [QL] Using too much memory (308 MB), hit critical threshold (120 MB), exiting immediately to clean up.
12/09/2012 23:24:36.129 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook.satellite.DED6F2A5-B4D3-44C7-9EF6-86EF86AE217D[205]) Exited: Killed: 9
12/09/2012 23:24:39.824 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication[108]) Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing<br>

I cannot find anything similar on Google and for the life of me cannot figure out what is wrong.

It's giving me the same error on every reboot and every 3-7 minutes. It's only matter of time I suspect before Finder starts going nuts. It's also worth mentioning that very few applications are installed at the moment.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


texts: Can someone read production week from this serial?

texts:
The serial looks like this

a13038xxxxxxxxxx

I know that I have to look for 3rd digit for the year, and 4th and 5th for week of that year to get the week when my iphone was made.

Do I count the first letter or not? Or I start form the first digit after the letter 'a'?


texts:
I am using iTerm2 3.0.15 beta on Sierra. I have had shell integration installed since many months ago. At some point, shell integration stopped working. (I'm not very observant; I just noticed it at some point. I'd been away for a while, too.) What I mean when I say it stopped working is that command history, recent directories, etc. sections of the Toolbelt are empty. Also, there are no mark indicators before the bash prompt.

I've been looking for a solution off and on for some weeks. I've tried manually sourcing $HOME/.iterm2_shell_integration.bash to make sure it was sourced and that it wasn't getting clobbered by something else in my setup. Just today, I upgraded to 3.1.6 beta 2, but shell integration is still not working.

Nothing has worked and I'm at a loss for where else to look for problems.


texts: Does the USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter transmit 4K 60Hz signal from M1 MBP?

texts:
I have a 13" 2020 M1 MacBook Pro (MBP).
I'm currently experiencing some issues with a third-party USB-C hub. I'm considering replacing it with a USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter. The page for the adapter, if read literally, suggests that the M1 MacBook Air (MBA) can drive 4K 60Hz video via this adapter, but the M1 MBP cannot.
Can anyone confirm that this adapter can transmit 4K 60Hz signal from an M1 MBP?


texts: What's the name of the screwdriver that will open up an iPhone 4?

texts:
I realize that opening up the iPhone can void the warranty, it's already out of warranty, so I'm okay with that. I was wondering where I could get a screwdriver that will open up the 2nd generation iPhone 4.

The original iPhone 4 had normal phillips screws. The newer iPhone 4 (2nd generation, not iPhone 4S) has screws that look like a 5-pointed star.


texts: I just updated TextWrangler to the latest version (5.5.1 (3944)) but Split View does not work. As I see they promote a new editor - BBEdit, so I guess they don't care about this one? Or is it possible somehow to enable Split View?


texts: Why can't Finder find some obvious items sometimes?

texts:
I use Finder's Search bar a lot to find specific items nested in my folders. It usually works flawlessly and I find all the items I want. Other times it just doesn't do anything:

Imagine a folder with just 10 files, and one of the is an image ending with .png. If you search .png in the search bar, Finder literally doesn't find it!

This happens to me maybe once every couple days. I'm not sure why - relaunching Finder doesn't seem to help either.


texts: script to cycle through multiple pdfs and want to close the windows

texts:
Hey everyone I am new to applescripting.  I have a need for an applescript that will cycle through 3 PDFs, located out on a share drive.  I have the script but the problem is that if a user overwrites the PDFswith a new version, the script continues cycling through using the old version, not the updated copies.  So I thought that if the script could close the PDF window and then reopen it that might would work.  However, I cannot get it to close the window. Here is what I have so far and it does not work.  Throws an error saying Access for assistive devices is disabled which it is not.

repeat
tell application "Adobe Reader"
    open "/Volumes/Schedules/Maintenance/DowntimeData.pdf"
end tell

delay (60)

set theTitle to "DowntimeData.pdf"

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Adobe Reader"
        tell window theTitle to if exists then perform action "AXPress" of (get value of attribute "AXCloseButton")
    end tell
end tell

tell application "Adobe Reader"
    open "/Volumes/Schedules/Maintenance/MaintSchedule.pdf"
end tell

delay (60)

tell application "Adobe Reader"
    open "/Volumes/Schedules/Schedulev4.pdf"
end tell
end repeat


texts: How can I prevent Parental Controls from repeatedly popping up?

texts:
Problems I have are following with parental controls (on children account):

If I limit applications, some applications that run on startup are constantly popping up, it does not matter if I click ok and do not enter password, they keep popping out until I allow them to work (applications that I personally use like Teamviwer, Brother printer software and so on, no malware).

How to stop it? I understood that if I do not allow something, that will not work. Maybe ask me one time or twice but not constantly popping out so my children cannot play games.


texts: What are the high level steps and limitations for unlocking & jailbreaking an original iPhone

texts:
My daughter has an original iPhone, aka iPhone 2G.  It is currently unlocked and jailbroken, but that was all done about 2 years ago.  She wants the latest iTunes now, so I am revisiting what the procedure and limitations are for updating, unlocking, and jailbreaking.

I think the right high level steps are:

Backup everything we want to keep. I
am pretty sure the phone gets wiped
during the process.
Download iTunes
current release and install it and
let it do whatever it wants to
update the phone.
Follow the
instructions in the iClarified guide
"How to Unlock/Jailbreak Your iPhone
2G on OS 3.1.3 Using RedSn0w
(Windows)" at
http://iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=7436
which calls for RedSn0w 0.9.4, BL
3.9, BL 4.6, and iPhone1,1_3.1.3_7E18_Restore.ipsw
Re-install apps via iTunes.  Restore backed up personal data.

Is this basically correct or are there any other gotchas or limitations?

Are there better or more current guides than the iClarified guide?

The phone will be used on T-Mobile.

meta question:  what tag should be used for an original iPhone?


texts: Take screenshot and copy its file path to clipboard

texts: I want to have the file path of a screenshot to be available in the clipboard to paste it directly into some text. Greenshot on Windows can do this in just one keyboard shortcut simultaneously taking the screenshot and putting its file path into the clipboard. How can this be done in Mac?


texts: Problem with moving photos to new album on iPhone

texts:
I created a new iPhone album, later I moved some photos from Camera Roll to the new Album. The problem is that when I delete the moved photos from the Camera Roll, I can't find them in the new Album. Why!?

I just want to have these photos in the new Album without being in the Camera Roll, too.


texts: My macbook worked perfectly fine but then its battery ran out and when I recharged it, my screen looked like this, however, it functions perfectly fine. I cannot seem to figure out what the problem is because nothing happened to it.


texts:
I installed apache-spark 1.6.1 lately and then I uninstalled it and update homebrew to install apache-spark 2.0.0. However, When I run brew doctor I don't get any helpful diagnostics about what is wrong:

Error: No such file or directory - /usr/local/Cellar/apache-spark/1.6.1

What should  I do now? The version of my os is 10.11.6.


texts: What manufacturer and model SSD drive are in the Early 2011 MacBook Pro?

texts: Thinking about getting the new MBP but cannot decide if the SSD upgrade is worth it; $100 dollars to bump to the 128 is small money but SSD drives vary widely in performance. trying to decide if I spend the $100 with apple or pick something better up at NewEgg.


texts: VERY intermittent "Self-assigned IP" on Mac M1

texts:
My connectivity looks like this ->
M1 -> (thunderbolt) -> Belkin Hub -> (ethernet) -> Ubiquity Switch -> (ethernet) -> Ubiquity UDM -> (ethernet) -> Cable modem
I have a really weird intermitment connectivity thing, where the wired connection will only get a real IP some of the time. Not zero and not 100% of the time.
Wifi works well, as well as a Windows PC that I connect to the same thunderbolt hub.
I THINK it's some kind of ordering with the network interfaces - but I have the ethernet at the top. I've tried disabling/deleting my VPNs and no benefit there either.
I've deleted NetworkInterfaces.plist, and rebooted several times. Anyone seen anything like this?


texts: I was recently given a used iPhone 3G as a gift, and I intend on using it as a iPod. I am told there are ways to do this, but I can not make sense of it. My phone is completely wiped with no sim card. I went to iTunes, but it won't let me activate it without a sim, which I don't have. Is there something I am missing here? Anything I can do to make its use basically an iPod?


texts: Do Apple's application crash/hang reports contain confidential info.?

texts:
When an application hangs, and I force-quit it, my system typically generates a long report, and invites me to send that report to Apple.

My question is this:  Does this report contain any confidential information, especially information that could be used to compromise the security of my system, were it to fall into non-trustworthy hands?

I ask because this happened recently with one of my programs, and I offered to forward this report to the developer.   However, it occurred to me I don't know the company well enough to trust them with confidential information.  Thus I'd like to know if it is completely "safe" to forward them the complete report.


texts: Why do I have 2 of every picture side-by-side in my Photo Library? I don't edit or rename pictures at all. All I do is take pictures.  Then sync phone to my Mac with iTunes. But Photo Library on iPhone shows 2 of everything without a trash can to remove them. What is going on?


texts:
I want to encrypt a file then email it. The recipient needs to decrypt it.  Needs to be free.

I'm looking for an encryption application that runs on Windows 10 and macOS 10.10 at a minimum.  Would be nice if the app run on android, ios, macOS and Windows.  All I want is to have the application: Ask one question, provide file, then encrypt file.

Actually, it doesn't have to be the same app, but multiple apps that encrypt and decrypt in the same format.

Does Windows have encryption?  Could I find an app that mimics the windows encryption?

What I don't want is for the app to ask a lot of questions like what type of encryption I want,how to save the output file, save a bunch of files on my drive, no command line stuff, easy to hack file, etc.


texts: Networking tools and troubleshooting strategies

texts: I’m having an issue with my iMac network connection. It’s a wired Ethernet connection through a switch and then an Asus router. WiFi clients aren’t seeing the same painfully slow episodes that the iMac is. Googling gets advice along the lines of “log in under Safe Mode”, or “try x” or “try y”. It all seems pretty much guesswork. My question is, how would a network engineer approach the problem? What would a troubleshooting strategy be and what tools would one use? I’m not afraid of using Terminal and have a decent amateur understanding of networking concepts. Just no experience. Thanks for your help!


texts:
So I slept off with the MBP plugged to power. When I woke up and tried to switch it on it wouldn’t come on. I’ve tried clicking the touchpad and it’s responsive.

Holding the power button down doesn’t help, rather the Touch Bar shows a red light for a split second.

I’ve also tried the shift+control+option+power button with no success


texts: Restarting AFP Service / File Sharing Service

texts:
I'm using El Capitan (not Server) and every now and then me or other users can't access a shared (afp) folder or every mounted drive gets very slow.
If I enter the system preferences and navigate to sharing everything is extremely slow. After deactivating and reactivating file sharing in the sharing options everything works again (or restarting the OS)

First Question:
With OSX Server you can edit the AFP Settings from the Admin Console, but I'm not using OSX Server so I found /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient.plist
where I can change different AFP Settings - does anybody know which setting could solve the problem I mentioned before?

Second Question:
If the only way is to restart the Filesharing service / turn filesharing off and on again, does anybody know how I can automate this (like every night at 00:00 restart filesharing) I can not find the filesharing service to restart it via launchctl. Maybe anybody can give me an advice?

Thank you.


texts: If I buy Pages from the Mac OS app store, do I then have to buy it again in the iOS store?


texts: How to fully export and import the VPN settings on OS X Lion?

texts:
I discovered the export option from OS X does not export things like: proxies, or DNS settings from the VPN configuration.

How can I export all of these?


texts: How to install a second instance of R on macOS and make it launch automatically

texts:
I am using an iMac at work that I inherited from a former coworker who already installed R as well as a number of packages before leaving. My problem is that although I can install new packages from inside R-Studio, I cannot update them. I have a separate user account from my former coworker; my account has admin privileges and I expect my former coworker's account did too. When I launch R or R-Studio, I believe it is running from a directory somewhere on their account because I ran this command to see where packages were being installed:

> Sys.getenv("R_LIBS_USER")
[1] "~/Library/R/3.3/library"

...and found that this path does not exist under my account but does exist under the account of my former coworker. When I try to update already-installed packages, this happens:

> install.packages("shiny")
trying URL 'https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/mavericks/contrib/3.3/shiny_1.0.0.tgz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 2693218 bytes (2.6 MB)
==================================================
downloaded 2.6 MB

Error in install.packages : cannot remove prior installation of package ‘shiny’

I know that if I were to re-install R and R-Studio, it would create all the necessary support directories under my account but I am reluctant to delete my co-workers instance of R because I know that they have scripts and analyses on their account that might need to be re-run at some point and I would like to preserve the environment as much as possible. So my question is: how do I install a new instance of R under my account and make it the default instance of R for my user account?

In case its relevant:
I'm using an iMac from late 2013
I'm running OSX Yosemite 10.10.5


texts: Can resource forks contain directories themselves?

texts:
I am trying to understand the semantics of resource forks and so far it seems that they largely overlap with NTFS alternate data streams, although differing it details. For example the resource entries seem to correspond to individual ADSs in NTFS, except that HFS+ can have multiple forks, adding one more dimension to data and resource fork.

However, I have two questions:

can a directory contain a resource fork? As per the Wikipedia article I would assume that no they can't, but I'd like this confirmed by someone who has more insight than that article.
can a resource fork itself contain directory structures?

When looking at this part of the Wikipedia article it appears as if resource forks can contain directories themselves. However, I may be misreading it.

  In macOS, forks are named file/..namedfork/forkname, e.g., the
  resource fork of the file IMG_0593.jpg is
  IMG_0593.jpg/..namedfork/rsrc. The ls command supports a -l@
  option which lists a file's forks.


texts: What are the trusted Certificate Authorities in iOS?

texts:
I'm wondering if StartCom is a trusted CA on iOS.

I'd like to setup a mail server for a TLD, and use their free certificate. It's only about $10/year cheaper than more well known authorities, so the deciding factor is if it's trusted on my iPhone.

I know it is on OS X, Windows and many linux distributions, but would like to be certain.


texts: Problem with Apple Time Capsule Being Used to Extend a Wireless Network

texts:
I have a Time Capsule (it's the last version, not the current one) that is connected to my FIOS modem and serves as the base station for my home wireless network in my three story house.

I have an older Time Capsule (two versions ago) that I have been using to extend the network.

The base station is on third floor. Testing near the 3rd Floor time Capsule I get download speeds of 35 - 55mb.

Near my chromecast enabled television on the first floor, with the extender Time Capsule either on the second floor or first floor, I used to get download speeds of 5 - 15 mb, good enough for Netflix.

Suddenly, I'm getting download speeds by the television of 0.02 mb.

It I turn off the extending Time Capsule, so the whole house has to rely on the one base station Time Capsule on the third floor, I get rates of .8mb - 4mb on the first floor near the TV, not usually enough to reliably use Netflix.

In the first floor kitchen, which is two floors below, but directly under, the base station Time Capsule, I get 15mb - 35mb download speed. But I don't need Netflix in the kitchen!

Is the extender Time Capsule just broken?Can it be fixed? Is it worth fixing?If I replace do I have to use an Apple product like the Airport Express, or will any wireless router work?


texts: After updating to the most recent OS, I can no longer restore ipsw

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Yesterday I used Shift click on "Check for update" and selected an IPSW (version 12.4, which is still signed) and the update put my iPhone into recovery mode but failed to install. Later I tried shift click again on the same iPhone and on an iPod Touch and I got the error: "You are already on the most recent iOS" (even though earlier the update couldn't install).

Today I tried using Shift click again and I was able to select the IPSW again.

Does anyone know why this would happen - i.e. why the IPSW was available, and then it wasn't, and now it is again?


texts: Bluetooth Headset problems in Windows 8.1

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I have a Mid 2012 MBP MD101 and a Sony DR-BTN200 Bluetooth Headset that works wonders on Mavericks and my Xperia S.

In Windows 8.1 though, it is only working for a couple minutes each time i connect the MBP to the Headset after a reboot, then they go completely silent; I have to reboot to get them to work again.

I can't go OS X only as the Xamarin project is still lagged behind VS.

All ideas are welcome.


texts: How to change group owner on a large directory containing locked files

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The command to change the group owner on a whole directory is:

chgrp -R newgroup dir_name

For example:

chgrp -R staff .

But when dir_name contains locked files or directories, this command will fail with:

chgrp -R staff .
chgrp: ./file.txt: Operation not permitted

If you run the command with super user privileges it will fail too:

/usr/bin/sudo chgrp -R staff .
Password:
chgrp: ./file.txt: Operation not permitted

If the number of files locked is small, there is a manual workaround
through the use of the command chflags.

Check that there is a specific flag (uchg) associated with a given locked file:

ls -@delO file.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 bob  staff  uchg 32 Aug  8 11:38 file.txt

Remove temporarily the uchg flag:

chflags nouchg file.txt

Change recursively the group:

chgrp -R admin .

Reset the initial uchg flag:

chflags uchg file.txt

But this method can't adapt to a huge directory structure with hundreds
of locked files. This receipe doesn't scale at all.

What is the basic simple method to change the group owner of a whole directory structure containing locked files, while preserving this locked
status?

The same problem arises with many commands to manage directories containing locked files but I focused here on a practical
and simple case.


texts: Do I need to run out and purchase a new MacBook Pro to upgrade to Xcode 11?

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So I will need Xcode 11 by April of 2020, will High Sierra 10.13.6 support it?

If I download Mojave, will it support Xcode 11?

If I download Mojave, with only 11GB left on my hard drive, will that be a problem?


texts: Can I connect the iPad 2 video out to an iMac?

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This is not a AirDisplay question, it's about the HDMI connection.

I don't have a TV. I use my main computer, a 27" iMac, for watching movies.

The iPad 2 has HDMI out and games can output to 1080p while using the iPad as a controller, as seen in the recent RealRacing HD announcement.

Does anybody know if it will be possible at all to use an iMac screen, and its mini display port, in place of HDMI out?


texts: Black screen with Screen Sharing and VMWare

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I've just upgrade my iMac to Catalina and the security update for Catalina. I'm at 10.15.7. While I start by describing a VMWare issue, I think this is a bigger issue and it makes Screen Sharing unusable, too.
Earlier today I wanted to use VMWare for a Linux based VM. When the window opened, I could see the screenshot of the image of the suspended machine. Once it started running, I got a black screen with a pointer I could move. I paused it and could see the image again. I tested several times and the pattern remained: Pause it, I can see it. Activate it and it's black.
I thought, "Okay, haven't used that in a while, maybe there are updates I need for Catalina," and went on to another task and started to update my MacMini, in another building, by installing the latest security update for Catalina. It started downloading and next time I came back, the screen on the screen share was black - but the pointer is there.  Due to back issues, walking to the building and hooking up the MacMini to the monitor will have to wait until later. But if the box were down, Screen Sharing wouldn't connect at all.
So, again, I moved to the next task: finishing a few tasks on a Debian Linux system running KDE (late versions, probably the latest at this point). I've been using KRFB on there for a while with good success. I clicked to run Screen Sharing and see the Linux system. It won't connect. (I can ssh to the Debian box, though.)
I don't know if this is the same issue, but it seems like there's something wrong with software trying to do any kind of screen sharing at all. I've rebooted and the issues are still there. It seems that whenever I'm looking at a screen being emulated or shared, I get just black.
What's going on and what can I do to troubleshoot or fix this?


texts: App Store: "To update this app, you need to accept it on the Account page"

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I'm trying to update Keynote in the Mac App Store and I get this message:

  Unable to update “Keynote”
  To update this app, you need to accept it on the Account page in the App Store.

I get the same message for Pages and Numbers.

Where is the Account page?


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I have a Mac Mini Server with Open Directory, File Sharing/WebDAV, VPN, and Website services running.

I can view files from my Mac on my iPad remotely when connected to my VPN. I can also view my website locally. I did not port forward port 80 on my router.

However, I have since requested a static IP with my ISP and purchased a domain name. I have the domain name A record pointed to my IP address.

How can I view my website hosted on my Mac by using my domain name ONLY when I'm connected through VPN? I don't want anyone going to mydomain.com and seeing my site unless they are joined to my VPN.

Right now I can type in the local IP to see the site, but I prefer to use my domain name instead.


texts: When printing photos to the Canon TS960 printer from iPhone/iPad using AirPrint, the printer thinks the print job is a CD label

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When printing *photos to the Canon TS960 printer from iPhone or iPad using AirPrint, the printer thinks the print job is a CD label and asks me to 'Place a printable disk on the multi-purpose tray'.  How can I fix this?
*Printing anything but photos works normally.  Also, the issue is specific to iOS devices and doesn't happen when printing photos from my MacBook.


texts: Question: Will an Apple Watch 4 work/pair with an iPhone 6 that has IOS 12.4. but IS NOT an activated phone?

texts: I can't seem to find any reference to this scenario. I have the iPhone wiped, updated, and set-up with a new apple ID. But I would prefer not to activate it as that would require a dedicated plan. I use an Android phone. The iPhone is a device that my wife has abandoned that I am attempting to set up with an Apple watch which, in my opinion, is the best smart watch. I'm aware that I won't be able to see, respond to, or make phone calls, but to have the rest would be great. Who knows, I might even become a convert if things go well. :) I bow to those who have an educated answer. Thank you.


texts: Remove unnecessary backups from TimeMachine to get space

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I know that oldest backups are removed automatically when there is no space for new ones on TimeMachine. I use TimeCapsule also for sharing files on WiFi, so I’d like to free some space by removing of unnecessary backups:

Large files which needen’t to be backed up (e. g. image previews of Lightroom over 1 GB). I have excluded them in TM preferences but they are already present in older backups keeping space forever.
Oldest backups I know I will not need. (So to trigger the same as TimeMachine does automatically but earlier than disk gets empty).


texts: Move referenced iTunes Audio files to another drive/folder

texts: well, my iTunes library is on my main HD whereas audio files are on an external drive. I have to change the drive for these files and / or folder name, how do I point iTunes library to that drive/folder?


texts: How to download only recent mails in Apple Mail.app on El Capitan?

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I have an account at Hotmail/Outlook.com and I have lots of mails there since 2006 (dozens of GB). I am using IMAP and I don't want Mail.app to download them all, also because I have really slow connection (and I dont care about my emails from 2006.)

Is there a way to make Mail.app download only mails more recent than, for example, 10 or 30 days ago?


texts: With AirPlay will I be able to stream to iPhone, iPod Touch, and/or iTunes, or is it only to Apple TV and 3rd party speakers?


texts: Automatically decline meeting invites in Mail or Outlook

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Many people are inviting me to meetings all the time and I'd rather they not assume that I'll be at the meeting if I don't have time to respond myself.

How can I automatically and indiscriminately decline every calendar invite I receive in my inbox? Right now I'm using Outlook for my mail but I'd be willing to switch to Mail if I could do it there and not in Outlook.


texts: Global shortcut to have finder open my home directory

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New Mac/OSX user here. Thanks to google I've come up with this automator script:

on run {input, parameters}

    tell application "Finder"
        activate
        make new Finder window to home
    end tell

    # return input
end run

I saved this as ~/Library/Services/New Finder Window Home.workflow.

In System Preferences/Keyboard/Shortcuts/Services/General/New Finder Window Home I assigned it a new shortcut key ALT+CMD+e. It's supposed to mimic Win+e key on Windows.

On every application I see this script in the top menu in <App name>/Services/New Finder Window Home and pressing that combination works.

Except in Finder itself

In Finder itself, this script does nothing. I would like to behave it the same way as everywhere else: just open me my home directory.

Solution thanks to Thomas

It seems I need to assigned this to the Service and as part of the App Shortcuts with the same shortcut (would be great if someone could explain that too).


texts: How can I make my iChat to connect again to chat server when I wake my Mac?

texts: Currently, my iChat does not recover my status when Mac is waken from sleeping. It keeps being offline. How can I make it connect to server automatically when my Mac waken?


texts: How to clear all notifications with 1 click in Catalina?

texts:
This question offers an AppleScript to clear all notifications within the Notification Center, but all of the answers seem to be pre-Catalina:

How do I clear All OS X notifications with 1 click?

Post-Catalina, with the same script I get an error (reported via Keyboard Maestro) that the Notification Centre cannot access the "close" property of its windows. Looking through some of the AppleScript dictionaries it seems like Notification Center has no windows at all (anymore?).

What would be the way to accomplish this in Catalina?


texts: Is there anyway to use an iphone/ipad as a mouse/keyboard locally (with a wire)?


texts: How can i retrieve all my contacts from iCloud to a new iPhone - I have no back up on a PC

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My iPhone has had problems and they have had to delete all its contents - addresses, etc.

Even if I have no back up on a PC - how can I download my contacts and apps from iCloud to the repaired iPhone.


texts: Where does macOS really install the SF Pro Text fonts?

texts:
I know that it's limited for creative use Apple's proprietary fonts, and required downloading a DMG from Apple's Design Resources and installing so you can use it on your design tools, despite it already being basically installed and being used throughout the macOS system already.
But I wanna ask, where does this fonts really reside when installed? And where you can find it? Including the Emoji font?
It's not on the /Library/Fonts folder then where is it really?


texts: After my brother deleted some system files from my Macbook Air I can’t reinstall macOS

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After an accidental deletion of some system files the MacBook Air shows only a flashing files with a question mark. I’ve tried reinstalling the system through Internet Recovery. After choosing Reinstall macOS I get the message „To download and restore macOS, your computer’s eligibility will be verified with Apple”. After a short moment I am presented with „The installer information on the recovery server is damaged”. How can I fix that?

Thank you for your help in advance.


texts: What do I need to do to sell my iPhone 3GS?

texts:
I've upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iPhone 4 (and my wife's as well). The new phones came with their own US/AT&T microSIM cards and have been activated. So we still have our old phones with the old SIM cards in them. I've deleted the data off of the old phones, and I would like to sell them.

What do I need to do to sell the old phones? Do I remove the SIM from the phone and expect the buyer to put their own SIM in there? How do they go about getting a legit SIM from AT&T to put in the phone? Or do they use the SIM that is in there? How can I be assured the old phones cannot be linked to my current account in any way?


texts: The simplest way to transfer photos from an iPhone to PC selectively (not sync-all)

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Windows 7 user here, though access to a Mac (in case that'd be the only way to do this) wouldn't be impossible.

I know I could download iTunes and sync all the photos, but I have nearly 4000 of them and I'd only consider that a last-resort option. What would be simply perfect: Can I just browse them in Windows Explorer on my iPhone? If not Windows Explorer, some App. If I could even get a list of Albums part of my dreams would come true.


texts: Custom keyboard layout problem High Sierra

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I have just upgraded my OS to macOS High Sierra.

I have been using a custom layout for my Magic Keyboard. But after upgrading to the newer version is stopped working.

I have installed the custom keyboard again using Ukele, but it doesn't work properly.

Here are some weird problems I have encountered

It shows the custom layout in top bar. However I am not able to select this layout. Also this layout is missed in the System Settings.

After rebooting, it may be able to switch to the custom layout and even work correctly, but after some time it may stop working, or there are a lot of duplicated layouts will be displayed in the Settings.

When switching to another input source using Cmd-Space it may show an empty list item without any title.
I need to add my custom layout every time I reboot my laptop.

Please suggest how to fix this problem, I cannot work with the default keyboard layout.

UPDATE

Something really weird is happening to new OS

Here is duplicated layouts, and as far as they are same, I can't remove duplicates.


texts:
I can connect to my UPnP file server (the server is my ASUS router actually) via Connect to Server (⌘+K) diagram in Finder (By the way this server don't show up in Network folder). I don't have write access on this server for huge files. I used to have write access for any size of files when it was connected as Guest.

Now I'm trying to connect to server as a Guest by disconnecting or ejecting the server and reconnecting using Connect to Server but it doesn't show me anything and just connect to server as my Mac user name.

Here is Finder connected to server as my Mac user name:

Here is connect to server diagram:

Here is the error I'm getting when I try to write big file in server:

I'm getting this error only on big file size. Small files copying fine. This file for example was more than 8GB.

How can I connect to this server as Guest? I know if I connect as a guest again, it will solve my problem because it used to have no problem before.

Environment Info:

OSX: 10.7 (Lion)
Router: ASUS (RT-N56U)
Mac: MacBook Air


texts: Do I need to take special steps to fully restore an iPhone after jailbreaking it?

texts:
I heard that the iPhone has some sort of counter that counts every unauthorized connect or something like that, and with said counter, Apple Geniuses can tell if it has been jailbroken and they won't fix it. I was also told that when you perform a restore on the iPhone, the counter is saved so anyone can tell if it's been jailbroken even after restore.

Is there a way to fully restore the iPhone and leave no "fingerprints" behind ?


texts: How to select multiple app icons in Launchpad to move them?

texts: Is it possible to select more than one app icon at a time in Launchpad and then drag them to a folder?


texts:
I need to install PAW on my system for some analysis. I am working on a Macintosh system (Sierra), I tried installing it through Homebrew : brew cask install paw . The installation was successful, but when I run the script which calls for using paw to plot some data, I get the following error:

PAW: command not found

Any suggestions how to fix this? Thanks in advance!


texts: Late 2008 Unibody Mac Book - SSD Integral SATA lll Install

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I am trying to install a new SSD Integral hard drive in to my late 2008 unibody MacBook  but all I get when I use the command R combination is a flashing question mark in a file.

Does anyone know what the problem is or what that symbol means?


texts: Unistall Realtek USB Ethernet Network Adapter

texts:
I would like to uninstall the "Realtek USB Ethernet Network Adapter"
I can find it under System Information -> Software -> Installations in a list but don't know how to get rid of it.


texts: How do you prepare or secure your Mac for the possibility of being stolen?

texts:
I'm using the great applicaton Prey which hopefully never has to get used, but just in case, I want to be prepared.
So basically I have a request for password after sleep/screensaver enabled, but that would propably lead the thief into the direction of re-installing the OS X, all my data would be gone and Prey would be useless.
Therefore I created some other users without a password, so the thief can use the Mac anyway and herewith send me some signals so I can receive his location and all that good stuff.
My problem basically is just that he still can see some Applications, which I can restrict, but the user will see them anyway and get the idea that they aren't full users, so the thief still might have the idea to reinstall. I basically want to make the thief as comfortably in my OS X as possible without giving anything away. What did you guys do? How do you prepare your Mac for the use with Prey ??


texts: Butterfly keyboard: Is this tiny bit of metal important?

texts: Today I noticed a very small bit of metal apparently stuck between the X and C keys on my 2017 15" MacBook Pro. I lifted it out with a pair of forceps. I have not previously had any issues with the keyboard (one loose keycap, easily repaired, but no failed/stuck keys). All keys seem to be working just fine at present. Does this little metal spring look familiar to anyone who has disassembled or repaired a Mac butterfly keyboard? I am hoping this is a coincidence, rather than something that should normally be part of the computer, but can't for the life of me figure out where this thing might have come from.


texts: After resizing partition in MacOS, Bootcamp doesn't boot. having tried to fix, modified MBR (or GPT), MacOS doesn't even see Bootcamp partition

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First, here is the situation;
To increase bootcamp partition (Windows 10), I diminished macOS partition size from MacOS from Disk Utility app (by the pie chart). Then Windows did not boot. There were many articles about this problem and I learned that it was because Windows partition number in MBR became greater than what it can boot. to fix it, I followed instruction here (only later though, I realized the instruction was not meant for my situation - he resized by Windows application while I did by Mac);
Bootcamp won't start after resizing partition
although without really understanding, I carefully followed the instruction and typed all commands correctly. but it still does not boot. moreover, when I see Disk Utility in macOS again, I no longer see the Windows partition which I could at least see before.  still, I noticed the size of the partition "Macintosh HD" is not full hard disk size, I assume data in Windows disk is intact.

Here are my questions;

How to make Windows files visible from MacOS again? so that I can rescue important files at the worse scenario.
How to make it boot from this Windows partition?

Here are the requested outputs:

first one sudo gpt -r show disk0:

gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
     start        size  index  contents
         0           1         MBR
         1           1         Pri GPT header
         2          32         Pri GPT table
        34           6
        40      409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
    409640  1174409400      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1174819040     1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
1176088576   289058816      4  MBR part 12
1465147392        1743
1465149135          32         Sec GPT table
1465149167           1         Sec GPT header

second one sudo fdisk /dev/disk0:

Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 91201/255/63 [1465149168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE    0   0   2 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
 2: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 - 1174409400] HFS+
 3: AB 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1174819040 -    1269536] Darwin Boot
 4: 0C 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [1176088576 -  289058816] Win95 FAT32L

the model of my Mac is MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)


texts:
I want to use the three finger vertical swipe to switch between header and implementation files on Xcode, but this stops working when I have three finger drag enabled in system preferences.

I've tried using defaults write with some trial and error, but am unable to get it to work.

Looking for something like this:

defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode com.Apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.TrackpadThreeFingerDrag 0


texts: In Mail.app, the "Apple Developer" emails I get have a blue background, in the message list.  Why?  And how can I turn this off?


texts:
My 2013 iMac running Mojave 10.14.3 has had this problem for a number of years and spans a few OS upgrades. When in locked mode, the screen can stay lit indefinitely, until I hit Esc.

Behavior is like this. I lock my Mac, or just walk away from it until it locks itself up. I touch my touchpad or press any key to light up the screen. The screen will the stay lit - for ever. I have to manually hit escape to put it back to sleep.

My settings:
I have screen saver on (10 minutes).
In Power Savings, I have standard options. These are checked:
 Put hard disks to sleep
 Enable Power Naps

What can I do to fix this?


texts: Does Canon PIXMA MP560 work on Catalina?

texts:
According to some posts in Canon's forum, the PIXMA MP560 printer/scanner isn't supported on Mac OS Catalina. But it hasn't been officially supported since 10.11, and it still works on 10.14.6.
Anyone have experience trying it on Catalina? Does it work with Apple's built-in drivers?


texts:
My mouse cursor seems to be skipping around. Could this be a virus?

USB Mouse, Macbook Intel Core Duo 2


texts:
I have a WD external HDD which is plugged into my MacBook Air more or less all the time; it has two partitions one of which is my Time Machine disk. Just today I noticed that the hard drive is not mounting correctly anymore

On boot-up, both partitions do not show up in the Finder at all
When I unplug the drive and replug it back in, only the non-Time Machine partition shows up in Finder. It appears to work like normal i.e. reading and writing (I've already copied all my data off it)
I can't seem to either eject the disk or unmount the partition that is mountable. If I hit the eject button in Finder, the partition name greys out and is not clickable but does not go away.

Via Disk Utility, I am unable to either mount the Time Machine partition (I get the generic not able to mount partition error message) and I am also unable to run Repair disk on it (error message: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.). Screenshot below. I tried erasing the disk but that also did not work (error message: Couldn’t unmount disk.)

It sounds like my hard drive has failed (or is in the process of failing) - the only things that I makes me second guess myself and make me wonder if the disk is salvageable are:

The non-Time Machine partition appears to mount correctly and can be used as usual (although as mentioned above it cannot be unmounted)
The drive is not that old all: probably about 18 months old. I have drives that are older that are still ticking along nicely.

Is this a simple case of a failed drive (perhaps a defective product) or is this a symptom of a software related problem (e.g. there have been several instances where the drive has been unplugged without being ejected correctly)?


texts: MBP on battery suddenly powers off when charge reaches 12%

texts:
I recently installed a new battery in my early 2013 MBP 15" Retina. I put it through the recommended two complete charge/discharge cycles, and coconutBattery reports that the design capacity is 8460 mAh and the full charge capacity is 8942 mAh. (I think that's good.) The cycle count is now 7.

When the remaining charge reaches around 12%, the screen abruptly goes black. When I plug in the A/C adapter, I immediately hear the startup bong and the machine boots back up. I've looked for Console messages and haven't seen anything. And I have done the SMC reset.

The fact that it turns off without any warning suggests to me that the problem isn't simply miscalibration, but what do other people think? Should I just persist in this draining/charging routine a bit more?


texts: Which folder can I find cache files for Safari?

texts: Not the cache in ~/library/caches/. I have found it before, with names similar to "FFYWRMQ7RK4CBV2GWNXVTF7IS9DZ9STNWKZHMPPWRI". The folder does not only include images, but also html code. There are no extensions to the files and Finder treats them as "Documents".


texts: I have a 2 yr old Mac Book Pro with retina screen i7 processor, 16GB ram. Since upgrading to Yosemite my Mail app works fine except for when I attach JPEGS to the Mail - then many recipients only receive a tiny version of the JPEG. Been to the local Apple store several times with no success. Apple store say I need to do complete CLEAN REINSTALL of the OS - does anyone know if  I can just reinstall the Mail app by itself / or a scan to detect damaged files.


texts: Blocking Keychain access permanently for an app

texts:
I am using Parallels Desktop 15.1.2 with it's toolbox on my Machine. The toolbox contains several useful utilities which I use on daily basis. An annoying dialog appears, prompting for "KeyChain Access" whenever I launch an application. I think it don't need access to Keychain, even if it does then I don't like to give it permission to access keychain items.

It prompts for each toolbox whenever I launch its specific app, for instance, when I open "Clean Drive", it prompts saying, Clean Drive wants to access key "Parallel Storage Item" in your keychain, with options Allow, Deny, Always Allow.

I am okay with it, if it prompts whenever I launch specific service. However, there's one dialog (presentation mode) which never goes away, it shows whenever I start or stop VM, quit parallels desktop, even shows up with launch of several other apps like after effect.

Q. Is there anyway to permanently get rid off this?


texts:
I have iTunes 11, I'm trying to sync a ringtone to my iPhone, but the ringtone is not added to my ringtones folder (settings->sounds->ringtone) in iOS. The file has a m4r format, and it's currently shown in the "tones" tab in Itunes:

I tried to sync my iPhone many times, and also selected the "tones" option in iTunes preferences under the "general" tab. But I still can't find my song to my ringtones folder !


texts:
I'm connecting a late-2006 MacBook Pro with the Apple DVI to Video adapter and an S-video cable (4 pins) to a high-end but outdated TV. Unfortunately, the output via the S-video cable seems to be only black and white, whether I'm using PAL or NTSC (the TV can switch). Via the composite video output and a S-video adaptor I can get color on the TV, but I'd like to get the pure S-video output, as the quality should be better.

I've tried changing settings and of course restarting but haven't had any luck with this.
Is there a setting I can change to get this to work, or is there some hardware restriction here?

UPDATE: I can get color by changing some settings (NTSC/52 Hertz on Mac and TV, 1027 x 768 Resolution) but the picture is pulsating.


texts: How to undelete notes on iPhone "Notes" app?

texts:
iPhone has a default "Notes" app which allows us to store notes. Stored notes can be deleted by hitting the "Delete Note" button:

How do we recover a note that is accidentally deleted?

Is there anyway to undo the delete?


texts: What permission does Logitech Control Center need?

texts:
I have recently downgraded to a Logitech MX Anywhere first-generation mouse (the one that requires a receiver and without multi-device switching). Got it paired successfully with my Mac and have the basic functions but the Logitech Control Center software does not recognize the mouse so I cannot customize any button.

Every time I open Logitech Control Center in System Preferences, the following dialog box pops up:

  System policy is blocking Logitech system extension from loading, which may result in some Logitech devices not working properly.

I checked the Security & Privacy panel and found only 1 item for Logitech Control Center: under Automation

Logitech's support article (bottom of page) shows that the item under "Logitech Control Center Daemon" to be "Finder" instead of "System Events".

How can I get Finder under there or give Logitech the permission it needs?

Mac OS X 10.14.6 Mojave. Logitech Control Center 3.9.10


texts: How do I install hp officejet printer 4610/4620 onto my apple 4th generation IPad?

texts: I have an HP Officejet 4610/4620 attached to an OSX machine, and I would like to print to it from my 4th generation iPad Apple - how can I achieve this?


texts: Which MacBook models support (directly or indirectly) dual DVI monitors, for a total of three screens?

texts:
I've read through the "Questions with similar titles", and I don't see anything that directly answers my question.

Which current MacBook models (of any product line) support (directly or indirectly) attaching dual DVI monitors, for a total of three screens?

The monitors are third-party (Acer). By "directly or indirectly", I'm acknowledging that I'll likely have to buy additional cables.


texts: How to elegantly obstruct the iSight lens?

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Sometimes you see people placing a sticker over the iSight camera on their MacBook's such that no one can spy on them.

This might seem ridiculous, but from a previous answer it is clear that it is possible to activate the iSight without activating the "hardwired" LED as well. It was first thought that this was only possible with older models (as shown by this paper), but this article mentions that the FBI reportedly can do this to newer models.

Besides that, I just found that the Dutch head of the cybercrime department officially advises (link in Dutch) to cover the webcam lens.

Now the question:
Are there any elegant solutions to obstructing the iSight lens, besides using tape? I don't want to use tape as it often leaves a residue and looks a bit "meh".


texts: Whitelist for audio output devices on macOS?

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I often change the audio output device on my MacBook Pro using the button in the top bar. Sometimes the list of available devices will include Apple TV devices from unsuspecting neighbors. Sometimes I accidentally click one of them because the list keeps adding more devices when I try to click on one of my own devices.
Is it possible to have macOS use a whitelist to decide which audio output devices to list? It's super frustrating and probably quite annoying for my neighbors when I accidentally click one of their devices just because of their vicinity.


texts: What are the available stylus pens for iPad?

texts: Am looking for a good quality stylus primarily to be used for note-taking apps.


texts: Adding gmail contacts in ichat for me.com account

texts: I have a @me.com account and I created an Ichat account using it. I am trying to add my gmail contacts from the address book/ adding just the gmail addresses. Noone seems to get my invitations. Why so? Is @me.com account only for adding @me.com accounts?


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My kindle program says that the current Kindle Reader does not support videos.
Kindle fire plays them at least.
I am not sure if iPad does so.

Which devices are supported by the videos of Kindle?


texts: What are the dimensions of the inscribed rectangle for the iPhone X?

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The iPhone has traditionally had a display that is rectangular, every pixel of which can be used to display content.

The X changes things to be a bit more like the original Macintoshes, with rounded corners and an infamous notch. Within this uneven shape, there is a maximum sized rectangle that can be displayed. (On older phones, this rectangle is equal to the total display area, but that is no longer true.)

What are the dimensions of the iPhoneX's inscribed rectangle, in physical pixels, inches?


texts: Why does iOS require passcode after reboot?

texts: Why does iOS require a passcode (not Touch ID or Face ID) after reboot? Is passcode more secure?


texts: AppleScript : Safari : Open link in a new tab (Command+Click)

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I need applescript to open a link listed on a page in a new tab

here is the page HTML

<form name="k_1_1_1_1_7_0_7_7_1" method="post" action="/WebObjects/WEBTOOLS.oa/o/GdghsdhHSRHdsh/10.56.14.55">Billing  / Phone / Transactions
<input type="hidden" name="osid" value="GdghsdhHSRHdsh">

</form>

I would like to open both Billing and Transaction in new tabs


texts: Has the step counter been recalibrated with iPhone 7 or iOS 10?

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I walk the same route to work each day, however I have noticed that recently I am doing 500 - 1000 steps less each journey. This is an upto 25% difference.

I haven't noticed at what point the this happened, and if it was gradual, but it is certain;y lower since upgrading from my iPhone 6 on iOS 9 to an iPhone 7 on iOS 10.

I am walking the same route, wearing the same shoes and keep my iPhone in the same pocket. Have I lost these 1000 steps, or was it over-reading before?


texts: Could my stolen Mac have been erased before I activated Find My Mac?

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My Mac was stolen on a train and I only noticed it shortly before arriving the final destination. The thief most likely left the train at one of the earlier stops.

I activated the Find My Mac feature when I finally got home after I went to the lost and found office at the train station. I also remotely locked my Mac and activated the Play Sound feature.

Since then, I keep getting the same message, that "the computer is not online". I am wondering if whoever took it was able to open it and erase the contents and operating system on it before I was able to activate the security features.

Would that disable the Find My Mac feature, or would it still be able to locate my computer? (It's a MacBook Pro.)


texts: Auto unmount time machine drive on sleep

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I keep a drive attached to my MacBook for Time Machine backups when I'm at my desk. I also regularly work from places other than my desk. Most of the time, if I close the laptop lid I intend to leave my desk, so I need to unmount the drive. Is there any way to automate this, so that the OS automatically unmounts the drive before sleep? I figure my options are

Just be a bad computer user and unplug the drive. (yikes)
Manually remember to unmount the drive… This takes 15-20 seconds altogether, and I'll forget at least some of the time.
Figure out how to make it automatic.


texts: On mac, phone won't show on chrome remote debugging tools

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I know that remote debugging is deprecated but my colleague needs to use it to debug something in PWA.
On windows, all is fine, I can still access it from chrome://devices/  and it works.

My colleague has a mac and android phone, his phone is connected and the PC sees it, but chrome won't see it, he has the latest version, he tried also Canary. Everything used to work in 2019, but today it's not. How to fix that?

Chrome does not list his phone, he tried 3 different Android phones, two Samsung, and a Huawei.

He has the latest chrome version, he even tried Canary, which is the bleeding edge version. As for the mac, he has MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010), high Sierra.


texts: I-Beam insertion curson goes missing occasionally

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I bought this new Macbook Air, and am completely new to Mac OSX.
I have Mac Sierra installed, and lately have noticed that the The I-Beam insertion cursor for the keyboard goes invisible occasionally. Maybe there's a shortcut or a trackpad problem, I'm not sure. Thought I could ask here.

Thanks for any help!


texts: Does a Magic Trackpad have a button, as opposed to just being a trackpad? I am not sure if this even makes sense, so let me know if I need to clarify.


texts: Turn on find my mac (and other functions) without admin account

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I'm managing Macs on my domain, and would like to allow users to turn on find my mac without calling service desk.
I'd need a command line tool for that so I can push it out to all of the users once the script is tested.
I tried to run
security authorizationdb write system.preferences allow
security authorizationdb write system.preferences.security allow
security authorizationdb write system.preferences.security.remoterepair allow

(and all the system preferences settings)
but not all of them worked. They now can install printers, and set time and date. System Preferences / Security & privacy however didn't open and we DO want that.
Thanks


texts: Does A New Installation Contain Personal Information?

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I am going to sell my MacBook Air when the new MacBook comes out and so I want to make sure there is no personal Information available to the next user.

I am going to wipe my SSD and reinstall the OS however since I have to download the installer from the App Store will information like my Apple ID be copied onto the computer during the installation?


texts: How does iOS decide between DHCPv4 and DHCPv6

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If I understood correctly, when a device connects to a network (wireless in my case), it will send both a DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 (if supported).
I've setup openwrt on my router in order to view the DHCP requests (with wireshark).
I have that windows clients consistently send both DHCP and DHCPv6 requests, but it looks like iPhones (iOS 14) never do. (DHCPv6 is not supported on Android, it seems)
Now, my router doesn't have a DHCPv6 sever, but I assumed it doesn't matter because I'm not interested in the station actually acquiring an address, I just want to see the request.
How does an iOS device decide whether to send a DHCPv6 request, and how can I force it to do so?
Does the iOS device somehow know that there's no DHCPv6 server before sending a request?


texts: 2nd SSD as main boot disk, what do I do with old filesystem?

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Hello StackExchange!

After a couple years of using my macbook pro, performance has deteriorated with each update to OSX. I've tried a few things to improve it, and with no results, I decided to get a 128G SSD and a drive caddy for the CD drive, and install a clean install on it.

Using the SSD as my main boot drive, and wahla, great experience. Now, I just need my old stuff. Migration assistant isn't ideal because:

A) the SSD is 128G, and the HDD is 500G. Lots of applications.
B) I don't want to blindly copy over batches of filesystems, mostly because it's likely that I will copy over whatever caused performance deterioration in the first place (most likely my tinkering).

So, my questions are:
What's the best way to access and organize the files and applications on my HDD?
Can I just copy over specific applications? How do I copy their settings?
Are there things I should remove from the HDD? Like the old User Account?

Thanks in advance.


texts: App version missing from testflight crash feedback

texts: Starting version 9.10.0 and above on my app, I'm not seeing build and versioning number on my testflight crash feedback page (see Build column on image provided). Released app on AppStore seems to have the version correct. Is this a testflight bug? When I click on one of the rows, I can't see app version there either, only dash (-)


texts: iPad iOS 7 bug? Three-liner text in push notifications overlap the pull-down indicator

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I've noticed this on my iPad Mini (Retina), and I've tried to search for this "bug" elsewhere but found nothing which makes me suspect I'm the only one who's experiencing this? Whenever the push notification text is >= 3-lines, it overlaps with the "pull-down" indicator for the Notification Center. This is not a problem on my iPhone (same iOS version).

Any help or insights on why this is happening would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


texts: Does the new Airpod Max support lossless audio on wireless?

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Earlier AirPods and AirPods Pro models send audio over 256kbps AAC.
As I use Tidal HiFi (lossless streaming) and some offline flac/wav files, I still need to use wired headphones, and I need to get 3-4 lightning to 3.5mm jack adapters each year, as they go off often.
I'm thinking about buying the AirPods Max, but I won't buy it if it's still limited to the same 256kbps AAC recompression as the earlier AirPods.
It seems it uses Bluetooth 5.0 which by itself supports up to 2Mbps, also it may have it's own wireless chip again, so I see the chance, but I'm awaiting confirmation as Apple's marketing page didn't convince me if it's supported or not: https://www.apple.com/uk/airpods-max/
Question:
Does someone know if AirPods Max support lossless audio over wireless?


texts: How to display icons in finder in newest to oldest order in a grid?

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Is there a way to make the finder show icons in newest to oldest order in a grid?

As it is when I pick "View->As Icons" and then "View->Arrange By->Date Modified" the finder displays them in long rows. The first row is "yesterday", the second row is items in the previous 7 days, then a row for 30 days, then a row for the previous year. There's 286 files in that row. Navigating by scrolling across the row is nearly useless. There's a "Show All" but that' also useless as it shows all the files a year old but in alphabetical order so for example if I want to find files from November last year I'm S.O.L.

Is there way to just display them in one long grid in newest to oldest order?


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Is there a way to do the time machine backup in a folder of the destination volume and not in its root?

I have a network attached storage that provides a shared volume. I would like to backup my Mac in a folder that other people cannot access.

I know that an option to avoid other people to see my data would be to encrypt the backup, but this is not what I'm looking for.


texts: How to write a script that runs whenever a new file is added to a specific directory?

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I've never written a script for OS X, and I don't really know which scripting tool i'll use for this task.

Here's a pseudo code for the script I want to build :

whenever a new file X is added to the directory D do:
copy X
paste X to the directory B

I don't want someone to code this for me, I want to know what tool (language maybe) should I use to write this script, and how to make OS X runs it whenever the event occurs.

I don't know what to tag this. Please contribute.
Please redirect if this isn't the right forum for this question.


texts: OS X Safari: Toggle Socks Proxy from command line

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I need to toggle back and forth between engaging and disengaging a socks proxy within Safari:

  Next open safari and click on "safari" in the top left menu bar to
  open the drop down menu and then click on preferences. You can do the
  same thing by pressing CMD+,. Click on the advanced tab and find
  "Proxies", click "Change Settings". System Preferences should open and
  you can now select "SOCKS Proxy". You should be setup and if you check
  google for your IP it should be masked by the address that you're
  SSH'd into. Note this is system wide and will cover all network
  communications. You can turn this off by unselecting the SOCKS Proxy.

Is it possible to perform this task with a script?  Bonus round: add button or menu item to Safari UI to execute proxy toggle.   Any feedback to clarify question is appreciated.


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I have an issue getting the discrete graphics card to activate. The About This Mac screen shows only the Intel Iris Pro active.

I've checked that Automated Graphics Switching is enabled in the Energy Saver system preferences. gfxCardStatus shows Intel as active even when I select the Discrete Only option.

I've tried closing any open applications in case something was using the graphics but I'm still unable to activate the discrete graphics.

Does anyone know if there's a command I can run to check if a process might currently be using the integrated graphics? Is there any other way I can try to get the discrete graphics enabled?

Thanks in advance!

Macbook Pro 11,3 MacOS 10.10.5


texts: Why does the wireless disconnect when cooking?

texts: I use a unibody Mac laptop to read recipes or listen to music while in the kitchen. The wireless disconnects sometimes. How can I prevent this?


texts: How to turn 3G off on iPhone 5 running iOS8?

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After the update to iOS8, the switch to disable the 3G has been replaced by a disable 4G switch.

4G is already off but how could I also disable also 3G (which is still active, as shown on the status bar)


texts: Inbox by Google doesn't update unless opened

texts: Despite being setup to allow background refresh, Inbox does not notify of new emails unless I manually open the app. How can I fix this?


texts: Window manager freezes when triggering Exposé on macOS Sierra?

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On my MacBook Pro (Early 2015), I've been struggling with a problem since I upgraded to Sierra.

I don't use Exposé very often, but some times, when I trigger it accidentally with a swipe on the trackpad, it freezes the window manager.

What happens is that the windows start moving inwards (like they do for Exposé) for a beat, but then stops again almost immediately. And after that, the window manager appears to be frozen. I can't bring up any menus, get the “Force Quit” window to appear or change active windows. I can bring up the Cmd-Tab switcher and select a different window, but doing so does nothing – the app that had focus keeps focus, and the windows stay as they were. I can open Siri or Alfred via keyboard shortcuts, but neither receives keyboard focus or reacts to the mouse. I can talk to Siri, but since she can't log me out or kill a process or something like that, that's also useless.

I've only found two ways out of this problem. One is to do a hard reboot (which I'm not fond of), and the other is to SSH in from another machine and do a “sudo killall Dock”, which does alleviate the issue, but requires some logistics.

Any suggestions on how I can stop these freezes, or at least get easier out of them?


texts: Python stopped working after Mountain Lion upgrade

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I upgraded my Mac from Lion to Mountain Lion and ever since then, Python stopped working.
So I re-installed Python and his setup-tools. Now everything seems to work fine except for iPython. iPython requires readline, which in his turn requires the Mac OSX 10.6 SDK.

How can I install the MacOSX 10.6 SDK in my current confuguration (Mountain-Lion)?
Or is there an alternative solution to get things working again?


texts: After iPhone photo import to Photos app on macOS, how can I tell if all photos successfully imported?

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Photos app for macOS seems to have known bugs. Examples: here, here, here, here. Some bugs like photos going into 'not responding' mode; photos app continually finding 'new items'; and photos not believing it has imported photos when it had, can be worked around by reattempting the import - by simply force quitting photos and restarting it, then  clicking on 'Import all new items'.
The problem is, after importing said new items, the 'Import all new items' turns blue and clickable again. So photos app never seems satisfied that it has received all the imported items.
I will be deleting the drive of the device from which photos are being imported, so it is absolutely essential to be certain that all files have indeed been imported.
Question
How can I know with certainty that all the photos on a device have been imported successfully to photos on macOS?


texts: multi-home High Sierra and block one address?

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I run Apache on my Macbook Pro for off-line use of a web app.  But for "self-defense" online, I use /etc/hosts to map certain hostnames to 127.0.0.1 which means if a webpage causes a GET to one of these, it hits my local webserver instead.

I would rather they do nothing.  If I point them to an address that I know is unreachable, e.g., 10.250.250.250, then a poorly designed web page may not render until the GET times out.

In 10.13.4, how do I (Can I) point them to a separate private address that will be handled on the Macbook and set that address to immediately reject everything?  (Without changing how loopback behaves.)

(By the way, Apple documentation has long claimed that /etc/hosts is only used in single-user mode.  I have found that to be false on many versions of OS X/MacOS.)


texts: Can't authorise settings change or install new apps

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1
Hello,
I have a problem authorising any admin tasks on Yosemite 10.10.5 (like installing new apps, unlocking system settings etc.). I have an admin account with a password, yet the system won't authorise it. The prompt just shakes around as if the password was incorrect. However, I'm able to log into my account without problems, so I assume the login details are fine.
I've noticed that the "Username" field is blank by default (while usualy it's already there when the prompt appears) - please see the attached image file. Even if I type the username manually, it still wouldn't work.

Not sure what to do about it, I've never seen anything like this. Any help would be much appreciated!


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I Have a gmail account configured to receive and send emails of a live mail account and I have some services that I need to send emails as live mail to be identified, but in Apple Mail I'm only able to send using the gmail account.

What I need is, using Apple Mail, send emails on behalf live mail account without having to setup the account 'cause I already receive the emails through the gmail account.

Is this possible?


texts: Where does Safari store the homepage URL?

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For unknown reasons I cannot change the once-set homepage URL in Safari (v10.1 on OS X 10.11.6) any more. If I change it in Safari's Preferences window, under General, it simply resets it to the value it was set to before. Same when I use the "Set to current page" button.

The same problem is with Safari 10.1 on another Mac running 10.10.5. I wonder if it's because they're both using iCloud, sharing their bookmarks. However, the homepage is set to a different page on each Mac, which suggests that this address is not synched with the bookmarks (which is good, IMO). And turning off iCloud Safari sharing doesn't help, either.

So I am trying to figure out where it stores the URL on disk, so that I can check if that is somehow locked.

However, I cannot find the current homepage URL in various places. Neither in the Safari preferences file (~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist) nor in any file inside ~/Library/Safari/ (including Bookmarks.plist) and ~/Library/WebKit/, at least not in plain ASCII text.

Where is that URL stored?


texts: Problems starting vnstat installed with brew

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After installing vnstat with homebrew:
brew install vnstat

and opening it, i got following error:
Error: Failed to open database "/usr/local/var/db/vnstat/vnstat.db" in read-only mode.
The vnStat daemon should have created the database when started.
Check that it is configured and running. See also "man vnstatd"

It seems, that the daemon is not running.


texts: Slow network transfer to linux fileserver

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I have a raspberry pi with raspbian installed and an external hard drive attached. File transfers to it using my mac laptop with Mavericks installed is exceptionally slow, around 300 kilobytes per second. Using my linux laptop I generally see file transfer rates of around 2.5 to 3 megabytes per second. I have seen similar speeds using samba, ftp, and scp.

I did some research and found Mac OS X's default network settings didn't always work well with other platforms. I used the settings found on https://rolande.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/performance-tuning-the-network-stack-on-mac-osx-10-6/ but it did not solve my problem.

Any ideas how I can improve file transfer speeds to and from my mac?


texts: Remotely access a friend's files over internet (natively + not screen sharing)

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I am trying to help a friend organize his computer remotely over the internet. Screen sharing through macOS Messages is far too laggy to be efficient. I've been searching and reading about macOS's native remote file sharing options (File Sharing, Remote Login, Remote Management, Apple Remote Desktop, etc), but I can't for the life of me figure it all out or quite understand how it all works.

Is it possible to set up his computer so that I can remotely log into it from my own computer over the internet, through Finder, and organize his files for him, using a native macOS feature/protocol?

We are both running the latest version of High Sierra and running MacBook Pros.

EDIT: Well I've determined that the answer is no, there is no way to access my friend's files over the internet using a mounted disk in Finder, as you might over a local Wi-Fi network. The alternative is some deep Terminal usage and router set-up, which is a bit more than I can devote my time to, but I've marked it as the solution, as it does answer my question.


texts: How do I tell if a network directory is empty, or just loading in Yosemite?

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Basically, I keep a lot of files on the network.

In (at least) 10.8, there was a little spinner indicator that the directory contents were still loading, that tells you that something is happening.

This has (?) apparently been removed in 10.10, so now when I browse to a directory with ~3K+ items in it, finder just sits for 30 seconds - 1 minute with absolutely no indication that anything is still happening, before suddenly displaying the contents.

How can I get some sort of activity indicator back?

Before someone asks, the exact same directory takes only ~1-3 seconds to load on windows or linux, so it's already kind of ridiculous.

Yes, this is using SMB.


texts: How is iOS capable of storing two photos with the **exact** same filename in the same folder?

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Some backstory: I wanted to transfer some photos from my iPhone X (running iOS 13.6) to my Windows 10 PC (running Version 2004 – the "May 2020 Update") in their original, HEIC format. I noticed that whenever you upload a photo to a cloud storage platform (Google Drive, OneDrive) or via email (for example, the default Mail, Gmail, or Outlook apps), the HEIC photo is converted to a JPG file format. The only way to transfer the original HEIC format is via iTunes (or some other equivalent software), or – more quickly – by just connecting the iPhone via USB and using Windows' File Explorer to retrieve the file.
So, I did the latter and was browsing the directory for the photo that I wanted. Let's say, for example's sake, that the photo's filename was "IMG_100.HEIC". The corresponding directory structure was: This PC\Apple iPhone\Internal Storage\DCIM\120APPLE\IMG_100.HEIC. However, I was shocked to see that there were – in fact – two files named "IMG_100.HEIC" in the exact same folder! What's more is that the photos weren't even the same (different date taken, different location, etc).

So, how is this even possible and how come iOS is able to store multiple photos with identical filenames in the same directory – something that is generally forbidden to do, to my knowledge, at least in Windows?


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I have something like 1450 songs on my iPhone 4S, and I have iTunes transcoding the files to 192 kbps as I don't have enough memory. The only problem is that the sync takes from 3 to 4 hours!

Is there any way I could speed it up?

My iPhone runs iOS 6.0 and my computer, Windows 8 Dev Preview.


texts: Investigation about read errors on my SSD

texts:
Definitely more than a year ago I replaced the internal 1TB Apple SSD in my MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2015) with a Samsung SSD 970 EVO 2TB unit (and an adapter). Quick story, no problem so far - SMART stats say 47TB data unit reads and 27TB data unit writes.
Since a couple of days I'm seeing some sporadic failure in reading a few files. SMART "Media and Data Integrity Errors" count has increased. The problem is sporadic because if I test the file that triggered the error (e.g. by computing a MD5 from command line) I see "Device error" at first, but it then becomes ok after retrying.
Is it possible to understand how serious is it?


texts:
I am trying to run a script that will double press space bar in a fast sequence after this command

repeat 10000 times
    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "g" using command down
    delay 2
    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "g" using command down
    delay 2
end repeat

but whenever I try to do another script that includes space bar I get an error saying that spacebar wasn't defined

repeat 10000 times
    application "System Events" to keystroke space
    delay 0.5
end repeat


texts:
There are times when I'm not able to manually add data to the Apple Health app - I provide all of the information and click the "Add" button only to receive a greyed-out button, no new data, and an app that I have to force quit.

It also seems (as I've just confirmed with a reboot of my phone) that I was unable to see data that I'd entered previously at the top of the screen. After the reboot, I am able to enter data again.

Example video showing inability to add data (but also showing the absence of existing data): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYHb-JCfElE&feature=youtu.be

Has anyone else seen this happening? Is there something I can do to fix this short of rebooting when it happens?

I noticed in one of my apps that uses Health for part of its data store that occasionally I could click the button, but the app would not actually record data. Then last night, I was trying to record some other data manually in Health, and I experienced the same issue.

iPhone 7, iOS 11.4 Beta (not sure which sub-version) - I've had this device since soon after the iPhone 7 was released.


texts: Do I need to reinstall OS after macbook upgrade?

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My MBP mid-2009 is starting to slowly fall apart, so I figured I need a new one. I got an SSD for my current macbook, which has OS and apps installed, etc.

Can I just insert this system disk into a new macbook and boot from it? What are possible issues (with Windows I'd worry about drivers)?

Or do I need a migration process of some sort?

I am on latest Lion and I use Time Machine, if it matters.


texts: How to initiate VPN conection from command line?

texts:
I would like to save some mouse clicks and keystrokes by initiating VPN connection from command line. Is there tool for this in Mac OS X? Ideally, it should accept VPN connection name and password and start VPN connection.

Update: I'm talking about builtin VPN client for Cisco IPSec VPN.


texts:
Is there any way to play music through all of the speakers in a 5.1 (or 7.1) surround system in Sierra? I've looked at options like Soundflower, but everything I've looked into is 3+ years old.

To clarify:

I'm looking for a way to play 2.1 sound out of all speakers on a 5.1 surround sound system. I have already configured my 5.1 speakers properly, I do not need help with that. For Windows, there is a handy program called Speaker Fill, but it is not available for Mac.

Below are screenshots of my audio configuration. The 5.1 surround it connected via a USB Sound Card. I have verified that all 5 speakers are connected to the correct channels via the test in MIDI Setup.


texts: How can I launch .sh scripts from the finder in iTerm2 instead of Terminal?

texts:
I have set 'always open with' to : 'Iterm2', for .sh files in osX.
Although a double click on a shell script now opens a new Iterm window, the script does not actually run, I just the get the empty prompt.
There might be an applescript solution, but I would prefer a more direct way.


texts: Is there any way I can update my iPhone SE from iOS 9 to iOS 10.3.3 today, since iOS 11.3 is already available?

texts: I have iOS 9 on my iPhone SE. If I wanted to update it today to iOS 10.3.3, would it be possible? How? I'm asking it because the most recent version is 11.3 beta 6


texts:
I installed vim with homebrew on my macbook

brew install macvim

but the version I wish was 7.4a, the latest beta release, how can I install it?


texts: How to create dual content display with Apple TV and iPad/iPhone?

texts:
We've been looking into using the Google Chromecast with a custom receiver to allow a user to use an app on iOS, Mac, or PC (node-webkit is used for Mac and PC) and then show different content on the TV with the Chromecast to what is being displayed on their device. So that we can do stuff like reports, status boards, etc.

We'd like to also support the Apple TV... but I've not seen anything on the Apple Developer site regarding displaying HTML content other than just video and audio or mirroring the entire screen of the iPad or iPhone. We'd want dual content.

I have seen screenshots on the Apple website showing games that have different content on the the device to what is displayed on the screen.

Can anyone offer advice? As it looks like it's possible... but the resources and information on this are difficult to find.


texts: Transfer my iPad to different user account on same computer?

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I'm trying to transfer ownership of my iPad to a different user account on a different computer. Obviously this is basically the same thing as transferring it to a new computer.

I don't want to lose all my apps and have to remember what I had installed. I thought I might be able to make a hard backup and move it over to the other account, and wipe and restore the iPad on there, but the backup seems to persist the information about which user account / iTunes combination owns it.

Is it possible at all to move my iPad onto a new computer without endless pain and manual work?

There's no option to 'transfer purchases' when I try to sync the iPad. Both are using the same Apple ID on the iTunes store.


texts: IMAP config for Mail.app OSX - not showing folders properly

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I've configured my mail.app IMAP settings on OSX (Mountaion Lion 10.8.4) and it doesn't show account folder properly (it's empty). However, in Mailboxes section account is shown correctly, but all IMAP folders are actually one < Inbox > folder. I want to render IMAP folders separately.

I ve entered exactly the same configuration to my iPad and it is working correctly in iPad mail client


texts: How do I report a spam/fake radio station in the list of iTunes internet radio?

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This radio station doesn't play and is just an advertisement for another service. It doesn't play any music. It only asks you to visit their web site. How do I report it?

  Chillout Beats    Live365 - Epic Chillout - flavored with downtempo, lounge, and a splash of light trance-house-dance.     Relaxing, inspirational, and motivational.


texts: USB Drive Size Lost After Formatting on OS X El Capitan

texts: This is strange. I formatted my 16 GB USB drive on OS X El Capitan with FAT file system and it worked fine. However, same drive on Windows 7 PC shows only 200 MB of size. Where the heck other drive size gone? I reformatted it with EXFAT this time and no problem of size on El Capitan but again it shows only 200 MB size available on PC. Tried to format it again with Windows this time but no help. Where all of my USB size  gone? I had no issues formatting and using it properly on Yosemite or Mavericks. Any suggestions??


texts: Macbook Disk contains swap partition with half my disk - How to reduce swap partition

texts: Half of my macbook disk is dedicated to a section called VM. How do i get rid of the VM section. There are only two volumes - Mac HD and Mac HD-data. No VM volume to unmount or erase. If i delete mac HD-data will that help or is there a better way


texts: Internal Touchpad and Keyboard stop working after login

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I am using MacOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Macbook Air. The problem I am facing is that the internal touchpad and keyboard stop working as soon as I login. They also do not work in Safe mode. I have also tried to create another login account but the keyboard/trackpad fail to work there as well.

I have also tried SMC / PRAM reset multiple times and also reinstalled the OS from recovery mode, but again failure.

The only abnormalities that I have found are that 1) the multi touch kernel extension does not have a Plugins directory which is a different structure than all the other kext directories.

~ Fri Feb 16 20:19:11
$ ls /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBMultitouch.kext/Contents/
Info.plist      MacOS/          _CodeSignature/ version.plist

and 2) there is no option to disable the trackpad in the accessibility preferences pane.

Does anyone have any guesses as to what might be going on ?


texts: Launch app in foreground doesn't work from cron, but does from terminal

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I have the following:

* * * * * open -a /Applications/TextWrangler.app/  ~/notes.txt; open /Applications/Notes.app

Neither of the 2 apps brings focus to the foreground (though they do get launched in the background) so the whole job is a bit pointless (it's to remind me to make some notes at the end of each day at work).

It works if I copy and paste the commands into a terminal. So why does cron behave differently and can this be changed?


texts: What's a good Picasa upload app for iPhone?

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Android has "Instant Upload" with the Google+ app. I'd like something similar for iPhone: an app that takes all my photos and uploads them to a private album on Picasa Web Albums. Jailbreak alternatives are fine too.

Searching the App Store for the word "picasa" gives me far too many results. There are some Picasa album-browsing apps, and a few uploading tools (mostly paid; free versions only upload thumbnails). Rather than testing out all 59+ apps myself, perhaps some fellow users here have personal experiences and recommendations?

I'm using Linux on my pc. This means that iTunes is not an option. (Yes, it's a hassle...) I am looking for something that can upload straight from iPhone to web, without requiring a computer as a middle step.

Bonus points for operation in the background, but I'll accept an app that requires to be foreground -- as long as it can upload.


texts: Mini Mouse Stop it from pairing with another computer?

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I work in a office with a bunch of macs and we all have mini mouse except for one person, who has a tablet pad. I had to use my mini mouse on that guys computer one day, and now everytime I turn my computer off my mouse connects to his computer.

How can I stop it from connecting to his computer at all?