texts: iPhone will not connect to corporate WPA2/Enterprise network

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Starting today all iPhones on our corporate network are unable to connect to any of the 4 WiFi access points.  I had no issues as of yesterday.

Android devices and laptops have no issues.  IOS versions tested are 8.2 and 8.4.

I have rebooted the authentication/NPS server.  "Forgot the network" on the phone and also went to General, Reset, Reset Network Settings.

Forgetting the network, then reconnecting does not prompt to accept the certificate any longer also.

I have changed the "Dial-in" settings on the user's Active Directory account to Allow Access and the error is still generated below.  I have since switched them back to "Control access through NPS Network Policy" and the settings on the Network Policies has a checkmark for "Ignore user account dial-in properties"

Here are the settings:

This is the error the server.

Network Policy Server denied access to a user.

Contact the Network Policy Server administrator for more information.

User:

    Security ID:            MYDOMAIN\user1

    Account Name:            user1

    Account Domain:            MYDOMAIN

    Fully Qualified Account Name:    MYDOMAIN\user1

Client Machine:

    Security ID:            NULL SID

    Account Name:            -

    Fully Qualified Account Name:    -

    OS-Version:            -

    Called Station Identifier:        48f8b3a10979

    Calling Station Identifier:        285aeb54d31e

NAS:

    NAS IPv4 Address:        192.168.x.23

    NAS IPv6 Address:        -

    NAS Identifier:            48f8b3a10979

    NAS Port-Type:            Wireless - IEEE 802.11

    NAS Port:            25

RADIUS Client:

    Client Friendly Name:        Cisco EA6300 Wireless AP2 (Back Plant)

    Client IP Address:            192.168.x.23

Authentication Details:

    Connection Request Policy Name:    Secure Wireless Connections

    Network Policy Name:        Connections to other access servers

    Authentication Provider:        Windows

    Authentication Server:        AUTHSERVER.MYDOMAIN.com

    Authentication Type:        EAP

    EAP Type:            -

    Account Session Identifier:        -

    Logging Results:            Accounting information was written to the local log file.

    Reason Code:            65

    Reason:                The Network Access Permission setting in the dial-in properties of the user account in Active Directory is set to Deny access to the user. To change the Network Access Permission setting to either Allow access or Control access through NPS Network Policy, obtain the properties of the user account in Active Directory Users and Computers, click the Dial-in tab, and change Network Access Permission.


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I had a failure trying to repartition an external drive (a Drobo array) using Disk Utility.  Now Disk Utility says my drive is 8.8 TB, but it has only one partition on it using 5.4 TB using up "all" of the space (according to the pie chart).  I've been trying to increase the size of that partition to 6.4 TB with no luck.

diskutil shows this:

/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
 #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
 0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *8.8 TB     disk3
 1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk3s1
 2:                  Apple_HFS Drobo Time Machine      8.8 TB     disk3s2

But df shows this:

/dev/disk3s2   4.9Ti  4.9Ti   26Gi   100% 13373254 4281594025    0%   /Volumes/Drobo Time Machine

Why is one showing me 8.8 TB while the other shows 4.9 TB?  How can I increase disk3s2 to use more of the physical drive?  Obviously I don't want to use all 8.8 TB because I don't really have that much physical storage.  But I do have more than 6.4.


texts: copy song info from mp3 file to aac file from terminal

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I am trying to create a script that performs various conversions between formats of audio files. In one particular step, I use afconvert in Terminal to convert an mp3 to aac(mpeg4/m4a), but in this process all of the info attached to the audio file (name, artist etc) is lost. I tried to id3cp to copy over the info but this doesn't work (I think because aac files don't use ID3 tags...).

Could someone suggest a way of copying all of the associated info on the mp3 files to the aac (m4a) file? Is there a way it can be retained during the conversion (preferable) or alternately a Terminal command to copy the info over?


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I recently bought an iPhone 3gs. It comes with a pair of apple earbuds that have a remote and a microphone.

I used to have an iPod, that has a set of earbuds that have a remote but not a microphone. When I long pressed the center button of the remote on the earbuds, the iPod said the title and artist of the current playing song.

On the iPhone though, when I long-press the center button (of the remote with microphone), it starts voice control.

Is there a way to change the iPhone settings to resemble the iPod settings? I don't ever use voice control, yet I do use the microphone for calling people while on my bike.


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How can I open .VCE files on Mac?

Is there a free software product I can download?


texts: I am making a self-driving RC car to drive around a track for a school project. I am going to attach my iPhone camera to the car to film. the car is connected to my laptop which needs the video in order to tell the car where to go. How can I upload the video from my iPhone to my computer while the camera is filming continuously? the computer and iPhone would be connected by a cable at all times.


texts: Trying to install Homebrew, but I get this "fatal: cannot create directory at 'Library/ENV/pkgconfig/10.10': Permission denied"

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I am having issues with Brew. It was working fine, but now it's a little wonky.

Tried re-installing, but I get this error:"fatal: cannot create directory at 'Library/ENV/pkgconfig/10.10': Permission denied"

Anyone know how to fix this?

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
-e:70: warning: Insecure world writable dir /usr/local in PATH, mode 040777
==> This script will install:
/usr/local/bin/brew
/usr/local/Library/...
/usr/local/share/man/man1/brew.1
Press RETURN to continue or any other key to abort
==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/chmod g+rwx /Library/Caches/Homebrew
Password:
==> Downloading and installing Homebrew...
remote: Counting objects: 207213, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (55712/55712), done.
remote: Total 207213 (delta 150324), reused 207201 (delta 150315)
Receiving objects: 100% (207213/207213), 43.70 MiB | 3.08 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (150324/150324), done.
From https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew
* [new branch]      master     -> origin/master
fatal: cannot create directory at 'Library/ENV/pkgconfig/10.10': Permission denied
Failed during: git reset --hard origin/master


texts: Can I somehow monitor which files/folders are added by an installer?

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I'm wondering where the installer for Dell printer drivers puts its files. I didn't find any in "All My Files", also the contents of my Application/Dell folder stayed unchanged.

Is there a way to monitor the installation process more closely so as to able to follow which files are created/destroyed and where ?


texts: How can I get a photo from an iPad (iOS 5) to my Mac?

texts: I am trying to get a photo from my husband's old iPad to my MacBook Pro. I have backed up his iPad to my computer and iCloud, but can't find the photos anywhere? I tried looking for a MobileSync file on my computer, but one doesn't exist. Any ideas?


texts: Can't create partition on free space with Disk Utility

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I have created new partition by selecting free space option and now I can't merge it or recreate it.

I have tried to use iPartition to create a new partition on free space but it said I have no permission.

How can I fix it?


texts: Where are the sync settings in iTunes 11 for Windows?

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I've just upgraded to iTunes 11 on Win 7 Home Premium x64.

No matter how I try, I simply cannot find the synchronization setting for pictures/podscasts/music/movies etc.

Can someone please point me in the right directeion?


texts: Where are all these ipfw rules coming from?

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Any attempt to connect to a server over port 143 is blocked by the OS. I've verified it's not my connection; other computers on the network can see the port just fine. I've replicated the problem on a different network, as well as both the Ethernet and Wifi interfaces.

On my Macbook, I get this:

$ telnet mail.xxxx.com 143
Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...
telnet: connect to address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: Permission denied
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host

$ telnet mail.xxxx.com 110
Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...
Connected to mail.xxxx.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Welcome to MailEnable POP3 Server

On another computer on the same network:

$ telnet mail.xxxx.com 143
Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...
Connected to mail.xxxx.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK IMAP4rev1 server ready at 07/28/11 19:53:15

The problem is due to a lot of extraneous ipfw rules:

$ sudo ipfw show
00010   1166    210912 allow ip from any to any via lo*
00100      0         0 deny ip from 127.0.0.0/8 to any in
00110      0         0 deny ip from any to 127.0.0.0/8 in
00120      0         0 deny ip from 224.0.0.0/3 to any in
00130      0         0 deny tcp from any to 224.0.0.0/3 in
10010      0         0 check-state
10020    163     12011 deny ip from any to any established in
10030      0         0 deny ip from any to any frag in
20000     14       784 skipto 50000 icmp from any to any out keep-state
20010 227761 225019565 skipto 50000 tcp from any to any dst-port 80,8080 out setup keep-state
20011   7994   1700223 skipto 50000 tcp from any to any dst-port 443,8443 out setup keep-state
20020      0         0 skipto 50000 tcp from any to any dst-port 53 out setup keep-state
20020   1359    125457 skipto 50000 udp from any to any dst-port 53 out keep-state
20030    150     17801 skipto 50000 tcp from any to any dst-port 110,993 out setup keep-state
20031      0         0 skipto 50000 tcp from any to any dst-port 25,465,587 out setup keep-state
20040    501     54357 skipto 50000 tcp from any to any dst-port 22 out setup keep-state
20050      0         0 skipto 50000 tcp from any to any dst-port 21 out setup keep-state
20060      0         0 skipto 50000 tcp from any to any dst-port 123 out setup keep-state
20060     12       912 skipto 50000 udp from any to any dst-port 123 out keep-state
20070      0         0 skipto 50000 tcp from any to any dst-port 113 out setup keep-state
20070      0         0 skipto 50000 udp from any to any dst-port 113 out keep-state
20080      0         0 skipto 50000 tcp from any to any dst-port 194 out setup keep-state
20080      0         0 skipto 50000 udp from any to any dst-port 194 out keep-state
20090      0         0 skipto 50000 tcp from any to any dst-port 137-139,445 out setup keep-state
20090    214     28854 skipto 50000 udp from any to any dst-port 137-139,445 out keep-state
20100      0         0 skipto 50000 tcp from any to any dst-port 1194 out setup keep-state
20100      0         0 skipto 50000 udp from any to any dst-port 1194 out keep-state
20110      0         0 skipto 50000 tcp from any to any dst-port 111,2049 out setup keep-state
20110      0         0 skipto 50000 udp from any to any dst-port 111,2049 out keep-state
20120      0         0 skipto 50000 tcp from any to any dst-port 6881-6999 out setup keep-state
30000      0         0 allow tcp from any to me dst-port 22 in setup keep-state
30010      0         0 allow udp from any to me dst-port 67,68 in keep-state
30020      0         0 allow icmp from 192.168.0.2 to any in keep-state
40000   1284    289790 deny ip from any to any
50000 238005 226947953 allow ip from any to any
65535     25      7914 allow ip from any to any

I cannot find where these settings are coming from, disabling the firewall has no effect.


texts: Why don't my arrow keys work in vim under iTerm?

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They work just fine if I use Terminal and start a vim session, but under iTerm I have to resort to using H-J-K-L to do left-up-down-right movement.

In both Terminal and iTerm TERM=xterm-color. My .vimrc is quite lean and there are no key bindings set in there that would causing this problem.

iTerm v0.10.


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What cable do I need for that? I've seen different things in different places, never specifically for the 2017 iMac with the following specs:

2017 27" iMac Retina 5K
24GB RAM
Radeon Pro 580 8GB
macOS Catalina 10.15.4


texts: How can I automatically add music from a playlist into a folder?

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I am switching from the default music player on my iPhone to using Spotify to play music. The recent updates have meant that I can't use the music player in the same as I used to and I much prefer Spotify in general.I still want to use iTunes on my Mac to organise playlists.

What I need to set up is essentially a reverse smart playlist. I have 2000 songs in my iTunes library but I only want 500 of those on my phone. Is there a way to have the songs that get put into my smart playlist (that gets synced to my phone) getting automatically copied into a folder in Finder and have that as the 'Local File Source' in Spotify? Or would I just have to do this manually?

Hopefully that makes sense, and any kind of help would be awesome!

Thanks


texts: In terminal, running top, info extends past the view of the window

texts: I assume this occurs in more terminal functions than just top. Is there a way to view the information without resizing the console window? I currently have my console window set to open at 80x24, which is far too short in both columns and rows to display all the information.


texts: NTFS Partition got merged in Time Machine

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I have an external storage drive where i had two type of partitions as NTFS and exFAT. To take backup from my macbook, i formated my exFAT and selected for the Time Machine. Then both partitions become one and the data i had in NTFS also gone. How can i get back my data in NTFS. Those are very important to me.
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk3         1000.0 GB  disk2s2


texts: How to stop photos taken in Notes being saved in Photo library?

texts: I mostly work with Notes app in iOS and every time when I capture an image from Note app specific camera, it saves in Photo library. So after making a note I have to delete few images every time to clean my library. So is there any way of stopping that?


texts: Can i set "accept incoming connection" option for Apple Remote Desktop (ARD)?

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We already use Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) for Admin > User connections for admin / tech support sessions. In this instance we DO NOT require the User to confirm acceptance for the ARD session.

We also want to use it for User > User connections for collaborations / meetings. In this instance we DO require the User to confirm acceptance for the ARD session.

Is it possible to set ARD on the receiving computer to require the local user to authenticate / accept the connection ?


texts: iOS - Photos & message access to MDM installed apps

texts: In iOS, is it possible for apps managed via MDM to get access to photos and text/WhatsApp text messages of user stored on user's iPhone. If yes, what kind of permissions do these actions require?


texts:
I really need help with this one. It's extremely important, I can't afford to buy a new computer. So maybe like 3 or 4 weeks ago I got a virus. We got rid of the virus, but the computer was sill INCREDIBLY slow. It got so extreme I had to wipe the drive and install a fresh copy of macOS Sierra. This still did not make it faster. It sure helped, but it didn't fix it. I have to do frequent restarts to get mild preformance for like 10 minutes. As of time of writing, it's being very slow. I'm barely able to type.

So I asked on StackExchange, but I didn't pose my question correct I guess, so at the end, the answer was, I do not need more RAM. I want to fix my computer all the way and make it fast like it was before the virus. I ran like every command on the internet and an EtreCheck to make sure that I have all the information any of you will probably need, if I don't, I'll gladly run any diagnostic.

Apple Hardware Test: Passed

SMART Status: Verified

EtreCheck Log: http://pastebin.com/KN4Ad1hS

Terminal Commands: http://pastebin.com/Gyjm6keX
(sorry it wouldn't let me post more than 2 links, so I put the 2 command's pastebin links in one pastebin)

diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            999.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

diskutil verifyDisk disk0:

Started partition map verification on disk0
Checking prerequisites
Checking the partition list
Checking the partition map size
Checking for an EFI system partition
Checking the EFI system partition's size
Checking the EFI system partition's file system
Checking the EFI system partition's folder content
Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
Checking booter partitions
Checking booter partition disk0s3
Verifying file system
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume
Checking extents overflow file
Checking catalog file
Checking multi-linked files
Checking catalog hierarchy
Checking extended attributes file
Checking volume bitmap
Checking volume information
The volume Recovery HD appears to be OK
File system check exit code is 0
Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
The partition map appears to be OK
Finished partition map verification on disk0

Computer Info Image:

Activity Monitor Image:

Please help! Thanks :)!


texts:
The loading-icon also known as Spinning pinwheel was located in an old Mac version at the following location:

  /Library/Frameworks/OpenBaseManager.framework/Versions/A/Resources/gear.tif

In Mavericks, this location does not exist. Where (if not renamed by Apple to something weird) is this file located in Mavericks? I've checked ~/Library but it cannot find the gear.tif it used to be in the past.


texts: how to delete .cleverfiles created by disk drill

texts: I found this folder called .cleverfiles and it takes over 130G of my MacBook space I found it Accidentally but before I deleted I went to check what is this folder then I lost its path and I can't find it can anyone help me, please I did uninstall disk drill safely but the folder remains and hidden and I can't search for it this folder actually created to save deleted files so you can recover it again.


texts: Send specific traffic through VPN based on the domain

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I'd like to access Hulu and similar sites from outside the US, so I'm using blackVPN via PPTP. Works great, no major problems.

Is there any way to use the (consisting) VPN connection only for a small list of domains like *.hulu.com or *.youtube.com, while not having the other traffic sent through the VPN?

Thanks in advance!

— Ben


texts: Discovering which PCMCIA Wifi card can work on OS X Leopard

texts: I've got an old PowerBook G4. I've installed Mac OS X Leopard on it. Now, i want to buy a PCMCIA wifi card for surfing internet. But I can't understand, which cards are compatible and which not. Information in internet is very old, and I found information only about OS X 10.4. Also, I've read, that all cards,based on broadcom chipset are compatible. For example, does Linksys WPC54G works with my computer?


texts: If I delete a voice memo from the Music app, will it also be deleted from the Voice Memo app?

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I want to remove the voice memos from my Music so it doesn't come up when playing songs, but I want to keep the voice memos.

To clarify, I did not purposely move my voice memos to the Music app.  When I synced my phone to iTunes, all of my voice memos were added to my music library, and when I synced again later on, those voice memos were added to my phone as songs.

Will deleting voice memos from the Music.app also delete them in the Voice Memos.app?

I use an iPhone 6s running iOS 11.


texts: Keep Calendar notifications off permanently

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I use Fantastical for my calendar and thus don't want notifications from Calendar.app since they're redundant with Fantastical's notifications. As you would assume I turned off Calendar.app's notifications but they keep turning back on after a certain period of time. I believe this happens on more than one computer of mine as well.

Every single time I go back into System Preferences and disable the notifications for the app and they turn back on after maybe a couple weeks. This has been a cat and mouse game for the last year or so.

Someone has a similar issue with Messages but I'm not sure it's a similar fix: Notifications for Messages keep turning back on in Yosemite


texts: How do I create Growl notifications for FCE?

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I found this script online somewhere and I'm trying to make it so that it constantly checks to see if Final Cut Express is rendering and when it finishes rendering, it displays a Growl notification.

EDIT: My question is: How do I get the script to constantly check to see if FCE is rendering and once it's done rendering, display a notification? The script works to display the notification, now how do I get it to work right?

EDIT: I tried using an idle handler. It didn't work, but maybe I'm not using the idle handler right.

Here's the code for the script:

tell application "System Events"
    tell application process "Final Cut Express HD"
        set windowList to get name of every window
    end tell
end tell

if windowList contains missing value then
end if

tell application "GrowlHelperApp" -- ** the daemon that is behind the scenes
    -- Make a list of all the notification types that this script will ever send:
    -- ** They really mean "ever" or you'll have to reregister.
    set the allNotificationsList to {"Render Complete"}
    -- , "Another Test Notification"}
    --** Enable another notification

    -- Make a list of the notifications that will be enabled by default.
    -- ** We'll see shortly that a note must be enabled and the user can disable it.
    -- Notifications not enabled by default can be enabled later in the 'Applications' tab of the growl prefpane.
    set the enabledNotificationsList to {"Render Complete"} -- ** just one turned on, the other not.

    -- Register our script with growl.
    -- You can optionally (as here) set a default icon for this script's notifications.
    -- ** Theoretically, you only have to register once, but there is absolutely no harm in doing
    -- it every time the script runs, i.e., leaving this line in your script.
    register as application "Final Cut Render Complete Script" all notifications allNotificationsList default notifications enabledNotificationsList icon of application "Final Cut Express HD"

    --  Send a Notification...
    -- This one will appear because it was enabled by default.
    notify with name "Render Complete" title "Render Complete" description "Your Render has Finished." application name "Final Cut Render Complete Script"

    -- This one will not appear -- it wasn't enabled by default so the user has to turn it on in the 'Applications' tab of the Growl prefpane to see it.
    -- Take out the comments to enable it.
    --notify with name "Another Test Notification" title "Another Test Notification  " description "Alas  you won't see me until you enable me yourself..." application name "Final Cut Render Complete Script"
end tell


texts: How do I get photos from my iphone to the iPad in my husbands name via icloud

texts: Our iPad is in my husbands name, but I have a new iphone. How can I get my photos to appear on the iPad using icloud?


texts:
I want to make a simple macro for a game I play but can't figure out how through mac programs. I'm looking to run a macro where when I press x, it outputs as pressing the x key twice in a row very fast (.5milliseconds).

Basically turning x into xx, but having the output very fast


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In Internet Accounts, I see my iCloud account alright, but under it, "Notes" is not checked, and I cannot change that (the whole UI element is disabled):

I tried re-entering iCloud password several times, but I don't see a way to make these settings editable. Also went to icloud.com but didn't see an option for this there either. Any ideas?

OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)


texts: MacPorts: How do I make py32-scipy not depend on gcc48?

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MacPorts has many unnecessary dependencies. I need to disable the dependency of py32-scipy on gcc48 because gcc48 won't build on my system for some reason. I get this error:

(much information removed)

:info:build echo "#define LOCALEDIR \"/opt/local/share/gcc-4.8/locale\"" > localedir.new
:info:build clang: warning: treating 'c' input as 'c++' when in C++ mode, this behavior is deprecated
:info:build /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_gcc48/gcc48/work/gcc-4.8.1/libcpp/../move-if-change localedir.new localedir.h
:info:build ranlib: unrecognized option `-q'
:info:build ranlib: Try `ranlib --help' for more information.
:info:build ar: internal ranlib command failed
:info:build /usr/bin/clang -arch x86_64 -pipe -Os -L/opt/local/lib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -o fixincl fixincl.o fixtests.o fixfixes.o server.o procopen.o fixlib.o fixopts.o ../libiberty/libiberty.a

Sure, it would be better to fix this, but I'd really just rather get py32-scipy installed. I've got a working gcc; I don't need gcc48.


texts: Video player on iPad that doesn't stretch to full screen

texts:
I'm looking for a video player that doesn't stretch my 640x480 video files to full screen (1024x768), which degrades the quality IMHO.

Is such an app available?


texts:
I have my MacPro Quad and upgraded to Mountain Lion.
I have cloned the system hard disk to bootable external HD.  I have tried it and works fine.
Now when I have put the external HD in the BAY I to use it as my main HD the booting time is very long.
How can I reduce the booting time?
Many thanks in advance for your assistance.
Michel


texts: Remove expansion triangle in list view in Finder?

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I personally prefer list view without the expansion triangle, unlike Finder question: missing expansion triangle in list view

I am able to get it to work by selecting an "arrange by" option, but it does not apply to all folders. How can I apply this as the default? Is there a terminal command or something for it?


texts: Is it possible to run a script when and only when a user is logged out? Why I want to do this is so I can change the login message (sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow LoginwindowText "Message"). Is there a way to do this?


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A recent version of Google Chrome on Android included a feature where the browser tabs were each shown as a separate pane in the task switcher view, which was really convenient for my usage. So much so that when they removed it later :( I manually re-enabled it.

I would like to be able to do something similar on my iOS device: make safari (or another browser) tabs appear as separate panes in the multitasking view, so I can use just the one multitasking idiom rather than needing to fumble around with both multitasking and safari tabs.

How can I do this?

The particular device in question is an iPhone 6, running whatever the most recent iOS version is. I am not presently willing to jailbreak my iPhone to accomplish this, since it is a company-owned work-only phone, but installing other apps is not out of the question (don't need to be strictly just free apps, but must be inexpensive).


texts: Update from Mac OS X 10.6.8 to the newest version

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I want to update from Mac OS X 10.6.8 to the newest version which is macOS Sierra. My Mac should be able to run this version of macOS. If I try to download the update on the App Store it fails because I need Mac OS X 10.7 at least.

What can I do to upgrade my Mac?


texts:
My Macbook pro 15" (early 2012) froze and I had to force restart it. But it freezes in startup too.

I noticed that it stops after "VM Swap Subsystem is ON" line in verbose mode.

Is there any solutions for this?
How can I recover my OS X?

I didn't install or modified anything in the last few days.


texts: Will using Airplay with local files sent to AppleTV (2nd Gen) count towards data allowance from ISP?

texts: I am considering getting a cheap AppleTV 2 just to stream local music and video files but have not found a clear answer if Airplay will use my monthly ISP data allowance. Thanks


texts:
I've tried to search the Parallels Desktop website, but did not find any information about licensing in this case:
If I use the same Apple ID on two Macs, is it then possible for me to install Parallels Desktop on both machines, or would I need to purchase a second product (key)?


texts: Changing iPad Air 2 passcode with only having Touch ID

texts: I just recently purchased an iPad Air 2 and when setting it up, I successfully created the fingerprint ID but cannot remember my actual passcode.  I can still access the iPad using Touch ID but is there a way I can change the passcode without knowing it?


texts: Remove and Reinstall Python on Mac -- Can I trust these old references?

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I'm new to the mac, and apparently I've made some sort of error.  I've been learning python, via tutorials, and between Homebrew, Pip and XCode somehow my versions are all mixed.  Pip3 points to python2, so all my python3 trials fail, etc...

I'm researching how to safely remove all versions and then shoot for a clean install (homebrew?) but I'm a bit nervous.

I've found some excellent links:

Uninstalling Python 3 on a Mac
How to uninstall Python 2.7 on a Mac OS X 10.6.4?

Clearly one doesn't touch anything in the root /system directory, and basically everything else gets deleted.   What makes me nervous, is that this links are pretty doggone old. (six years! +) I'm not sure if I really trust them or not.

Anybody been here lately?  Can I trust the postings linked above?  How do I clean up this python version mess?  Note: I'm using MacOS Sierra (10.12.5)


texts: Can I use two non-Thunderbolt displays on a MacBook Air

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I have been told that the only way to connect more than one external display to a MacBook Air was to buy Apple's Thunderbolt monitor and daisy chain.

Mavericks promises better support for external displays. Is it now possible to run two non-Thunderbolt monitors from a mid-2013 MacBook Air or is this still impossible?


texts: How to adjust a script that works in the Terminal but fails in Automator?

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I have been piecing together a shell script to use FFmpeg to validate video files in a folder and create a log file.

When run in the terminal from that folder, it works fine. When I incorporate it into Automator to use as a service, it fails to create the log file correctly.

It looks like the syntax I'm using causes an issue in Automator, and it's failing as it invokes FFmpeg. How do I adjust my script in Automator to give me the same result as I got in the Terminal?

Here is the script in Automator:

for f in "$@"
do
    echo "$f"
cd $f
pwd
find -E ./ -regex '.*(.MOV|.MXF|.mp4|.MTS)$' -exec ffmpeg -v error -i {} -map 0:1 -f null - 2>error4.log \;
done

And the output from the log file:

  find: ffmpeg: No such file or directory


texts: I am trying to set up WhatsApp on my computer (Mac running OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6).  I am told to "select WhatsApp Web" in my iPhone settings.  But there is no "WhatsApp Web" anywhere.  The iPhone is running iOS 11.3.


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I have a rather strange problem with my  MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011). Whenever I start my computer I see a flashing folder with a question mark. I know this is supposed to be a common problem wich can be usually solved by the solution provided by Apple support.

However, my issue is different. Here is how it all started: I wanted to install Windows using bootcamp. The installer complained that my hard disk was corrupted and that I need to repair it using the recorvery HD. When I tried, I was asked to provide the firmware password. Since I did not have it ( I wrote it it on a piece of paper that I did not have access to at the moment), I went back and restarted my in target mode so I can back up my documents on another mac. Unfortunatelly, after restarting in target mode, I was asked to provide the firmare password again. When I finally got the password, my computer restarted with a flashing folder with a question mark.

I have tried all troubleshooting available on the internet and nothing seems to work. Some people think that I need to replace my internal HD cable. However, how can this be? I didn't mess up with my hard disk at all. During the troubleshooting, I used a bootable hard-drive, and notice that I could no longer see my HD in the list of available hard-drives. It is like it is completely gone. Can someone please suggest any solution? Please keep in mind that I live thousands of miles away from any Apple store. I can't get any official support. I have to fix this myself.


texts: Can’t choose startup disk after wiping hard drive from OSX Utilities

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I’m helping someone with their old laptop (17”, mid-2009, if that matters). I restarted with cmdR to load OSX Utilities, and I used Disk Utility to wipe Macintosh HD, overwriting it three times and formatted as OS X Extended (Journaled).

Afterwards, after successfully connecting to my Wi-Fi, I clicked on Reinstall OS X, and it’s giving me the option to set up El Capitan (the OS X that’s installed, and from what I can tell, the latest that can be installed). But when I hit continue, it gives me an error message:

  An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again.

I get the same message every time I try. So I thought I’d try quitting OS X Utilities without reinstalling OS X and see what happens.

After clicking on Choose Startup Disk, I get a blank list to choose from, with a restart button. No startup disks are available. Clicking restart, as one might expect, yields the following error message:

  You can’t change the startup disk to the selected disk.

  Startup Disk could not gather enough information on the selected disk.

So I quit Startup Disk and went back to Disk Utility, and I tried running First Aid on both Macintosh HD and OS X Base System. Neither one had any issues.

So what is my issue? Did I mess up when wiping the hard drive? Do I just need to reformat it? Is there anything I can do, or have I rendered this computer a hunk of junk? Also, how do I prevent this in the future?


texts: How do I insure a Macbook Pro that's over a year old?

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I'm a huge clutz, and I constantly accidentally destroy electronics. A few days ago, I just barely caught my Macbook Pro as it almost fell off a balcony, and decided I really need insurance for this thing, specifically insurance that covers accidental damage.

The computer was bought over a year ago, so I can't get AppleCare, and from what I understand AppleCare doesn't cover accidental damage anyway. The laptop is a 2015 model 15-inch Retina Macbook Pro that costs over $2,000, and I'm terrified I won't be able to pay to repair or replace is should I break it.

How can I add insurance or a warranty of some sort so I won't have to pay for repairs, or at least have repair costs reduced to something manageable, should this happen?


texts: How to force sound (bluetooth) output to be active on macOS

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I have a problem with my bluetooth headphones where the connection goes inactive (within a few seconds) if there is no sound output from my Mac. When I play sound again, it takes a few seconds before the audio starts working again. If there is no sound in about a minute, they turn off completely.

This is most definitely an issue with my headphones, but since they are no longer being produced or maintained I find help from the manufacturer very unlikely.

I've managed to work around this problem by always having music playing at a very low (inaudible) volume. Now they stay connected, all the time.

Out of curiosity, is there another (less silly) way I can force the bluetooth connection / audio to stay active all the time?


texts: Is there an alarm clock app to replace Sleep Cycle?

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I've been using the Sleep Cycle accelerometer-based alarm clock app for a while now:

But since very recently the app seems to be using up all of my battery overnight, which it didn't do before, and shuts down the phone. It also started to make my iPhone very hot to the touch in the morning.

Besides that, when the app is activated and I lock the screen (which I do obviously for security reasons) the app blocks all text message sounds, which is also bad.

So I was curious if there's any other app (paid or free) that could replace my current app without the drawbacks listed (excessive power, excessive heat, suppressing messages)


texts: Cannot add a photo to an album in Camera Roll

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In the Photos app on my iPhone 4 with iOS 5, I cannot add a photo in the Camera Roll to another album. The album is there, but I cannot select it after tapping on the "Add to" button.
The album I am trying to copy the photo is an iPhoto album synced to the phone.   Can this be the reason of the problem?


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I have a software problem with my Mac laptop:
I had made a division in the hard drive some time ago and installed Windows in the other partition using Bootcamp software.
But now I think that the Windows partition is getting full and when I try to switch from Mac to Windows, I get a message saying "inadequate system resources"
and the Windows side does not boot up. Can you tell me what to do to fix this issue?

Thank you very much; I'm stuck and have some important documents on my laptop.


texts: Cannot Run Sudo After Mac Sierra Upgrade

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I tried running sudo in a terminal and was greeted with the error message:

sudo: unknown uid 501: who are you?

I tried doing an ls -l ~, and instead of seeing my user name in the file entries, I saw 501.

I think this might have happened in the process of upgrading Mac OS to Sierra; at least I think this is the first time I tried to run sudo since upgrading.


texts: Does the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter support Mini DisplayPort?

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I would like to use the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter to connect a DisplayPort monitor to my USB-C Mac.
Thunderbolt 2 and Mini DisplayPort use the same connector, so it seems like this should work.
Will this adapter convert Mini DisplayPort monitor signals to USB-C / Thunderbolt 3?

I'm specifically attempting to connect a non-Thunderbolt Apple Cinema Display to my Mac via Apple-branded adapters.


texts: After using a virus scanner to clean my Mac, it will no longer start

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I had been getting a lot of pop-ups and browser ads on my Mac and I suspected it might be due to a virus so I installed Avast. After running a virus scan, Avast found 10 viruses and 18 warnings, which I told it to delete.

It might have deleted some system files because now my mac will not start. If shows the Apple logo on boot and then it shows an error logo with the processing bar and that's as far as it ever gets.

Please tell me how I can get my Mac back in to a working state?


texts: Airdrop or export multiple original quality videos from iOS Photos app

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My Photos library has a few large videos in it encoded in HEVC. I am trying to export specific videos out of it in original quality, but I can't find a way to do this effectively.

Airdropping seems to convert the videos first no matter what. I couldn't find any settings to make Airdrop transfer original-quality videos, either to another macOS or iOS device, even if they are above macOS High Sierra/iOS 11 (the requirement for HEVC playback).
Using iOS's share sheet will also "Prepare" (or convert) the videos you're trying to share before allowing another app to open them.
I used to put these videos into an album, open the Readdle Documents app, and then move all the videos from the album (which you can view directly from the Documents app) into a folder. I could then transfer this to my computer at my convenience. However, it seems like now when Documents requests the videos from iOS, iOS automatically converts the videos before allowing Documents to access (move) them into its own file system, thereby doubling the file size.
I tried using Image Capture on macOS to import the videos to my Mac, which allows for the importing of originals. However, it's not possible to grab videos from an album this way. It's quite hard to find each video individually from the list to export.

Does anyone know of some smart way to export multiple original-quality videos from the Photos app?


texts: Can we setup a local HTTPS Server in Mac OS X using swift

texts: I want to setup a local HTTP Server running in my Mac OSX machine which should be able to handle requests that are coming from web browser. But I am not sure whether we can setup HTTPS server using swift. In this https://swift.org/server-apis/ there is only info about HTTP but not HTTPS. Any help is very much appreciated


texts: Attach a sketchpad device to a MacBookPro to make use of sketch-enabled apps

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Is there a device (sketch pad?) that can be attached to a MacBook Pro so that you can make use of sketching software in OS X?  Like for example using Skitch, it would be better if you have a sketch pad at hand rather than using a mouse for using the app.

If I'm not mistaken, are those devices sold by Wacom the ones I might be referring to?

Cheers!


texts:
I have a mid-2011 27" iMac. I have realized that the screen brightness adjusts depending on the ambient light. When the sun hides behind the clouds, and the room gets darker, the brightness decreases. I have located the sensor to be the camera. When putting a finger over the camera on top of the screen I can reproduce the sun hiding.

How do I turn this magic feature off?


texts: Mac won't wake from sleep unless its plugged in

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MacBook Pro mid-2014, El Capitan
The charger has to be plugged in before it will wake after sleeping, sleep-wake is set to 1 minute.


texts: What Linux variants can be installed on an 1st generation Apple TV?

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I want to install some version of Linux on my 1st gen Apple TV.

What Linux variants can be installed on an Apple TV?

Bonus points: is this even a good idea?  How useful is the Apple TV as a computer?  Do you have a link to detailed tech specs?


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Is it possible to choose which IP address will be used to browse the web? I am connected to a VPN which created tun interface with different IP addres so now I have two of them.

I would also like to browse the web through the second one, the tun interface.


texts: AirPort Express behaves strangely while being connected to ADSL modem

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I have an AirPort Express linked to an ADSL modem with Ethernet cable.

Statement 1: ADSL modem is set up as a router with DHCP, so any cable connection to it will provide an Internet access. If one just plug the cable from modem directly to laptop everything is fine, Internet works, no visible dropouts.

Statement 2: AirPort is set up as a bridge so it just transferes the connection of the modem. It has static IP, subnet mask, dns and router adresses set.

The issue is that AirPort blinks with green-none-yellow (1 second for a color change) and AirPort Utility is just keeping switching between no status messages and 1 status message. When exists, status message is WAN Ethernet is not connected, though the cable was connected all the time. And during those two seconds of no-errors connection Internet via WiFi does work!

Assuming the Statement 1, I believe the problem lays somewhere inside the AirPort or its settings. I've googled this error but the only thing I found is that AirPort should be considered inoperable only in case of constant blinking of yellow-none which is definitely not my case, so my question is:

How can I get rid from this blinking and make my wifi connection persistent?


texts: Is Internet Explorer 11 mode available in the new Microsoft Edge for Mac browser?

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Microsoft announced several weeks ago that it was abandoning its proprietary rendering engine for Edge and replacing it with Chromium. More recently (May 2019), it announced that it is making this new version of the browser available for the Mac.

One of the key things that was announced as part of the release (at least for Windows) is that it would integrate the Internet Explorer 11 rendering engine so that users that have to use IE11 would not have to launch a separate browser.

My question is, is this IE11 feature only available on Windows or is it also being made available in the Mac version?


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A command line tool is preferred, but not required.

Preview and PDF Pen and dozens of other apps can delete arbitrary pages from a PDF file and save the result. The key problem I can’t solve is how to systematically detect a blank page and have it deleted. Blank is defined as no visible line or text or content.

Do you know of any tool that can detect and remove blank pages from a multi-page PDF file and be controlled by automation (script / Automator / something other than click, look, click)?


texts: How to solve the problem of not being able to highlight particular text in PDF and ebooks?

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Short question: in some cases, you cannot highlight some text in a PDF using Preview, because it seems some "structures" is overlapping the text, so if you highlight a line or a few words, all the adjacent structures are all highlighted (it can be some structures that contain normal text or headings).

How can this be solved?  This may need some apps to make those bigger structures' boundary smaller probably.  Can it be solved by using Preview alone, or by Adobe Acrobat Reader that is free, or by Acrobat Standard or Pro that costs any where from $130 to $299?

Details: I have been using ebooks in the form of PDF files for a while, and find the searching of them very useful, and that there is no need to buy to buy highlighter pens, and it can be taken with me when I have my Macbook or iPad with me any where in the world, and carry 80 ebooks with me all inside the iPad when I am drinking a coffee at a cafe.  But the limitation of highlighting is one issue.  I also cannot highlight items in a picture or graph, which I could do with a physical book.  I solved the graph / picture highlighting problem by draw "arrows" that point to the important points in the graph or picture.  It works... although I might have 4 or 5 arrows pointing and it can look messy.


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Title says it all. Is there a way to sync an iPhone with iTunes (tethered) without charging it concurrently?

An answer below indicated that this was possible by either modifying or purchasing a modified sync cable. If anyone knows how to do either one, please feel free to answer.


texts: wish to change appleid on new iphone whilst keeping original id on old phone

texts: I now have two iphones.  both use same email address and apple id.My wife is to use the old one. I wish to have a new appleid on one of them whilst keeping the original on the other. how do I change the appleid on one without changing it also on the other. ? I am worried that when I change it on the new one it will also change it on the old one.


texts: How to get to compare one column between two sheets to tell info in one sheet that is not in the other in Numbers

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What we are trying to accomplish is:

1) We have a list (spreadsheet) of all of last years clients.

2) We have a list (spreadsheet) of this years clients.

3) We need numbers to subtract out all of this years clients from last years clients so we know who all is yet to have come.

How do we accomplish this on the current version of Numbers (6.2.1 I think) on MacOS 10.15.3?


texts: 'items rooted in the hierarchy of the named item' - what is being described here?

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Any number of descriptions of Macos file permission and ownership features use the term 'rooted' in ways that indicate that it is a well understood concept.
For example: 'items rooted in the hierarchy of the named item'.
However, I can find no specific definition for what appears to me to be a slippery synonym for an intermediate folder that holds a file and folder hierarchy in a way that might be similar to a 'root folder' holds a hierarchy of files and folder in a tree arrangement.
Would someone please clue me into the intended meaning of this manner of speaking?
thanks,


texts: Can I pair my Apple Watch 3 + cellular with iPhone 5s

texts: I bought apple watch 3, but I didn't expect that it doesn't work with the iPhone 5s. Is there any way to disable the cellular functionality given that the GPS-only version should work with 5s?


texts: Unable to login with Apple ID in iBooks Author

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I have access to iTunes Connect with my Apple ID, but when I'm trying to sign in with the same Apple ID in iBooks Author it shows the following error:

  This Apple ID isn't associated with an iTunes Connect account.

I'm unable to understand the cause. Is it an issue with iBooks Author?


texts: Is it safe to reformat drive during Recovery Mode install?

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I've inherited an almost brand new 13" Macbook Pro Retina. I'd like wipe the hard drive clean and start with a fresh install of Mountain Lion. I've done this a million times before... but never while booted from the Recovery Partition. So I just thought I'd have someone who has experience with this check my math here.

Take a look at the following photo of the Mac booted into Recovery mode with Disk Utility running. Can I safely click on the "500.25 GB APPLE SSD S...", go to the Erase tab, wipe it completely clean, and then use it as the target for the install? Will that keep the Recovery Partition intact?

Seems reasonable to me... but I've been advised against this approach. I've also used Apple's Recovery Disk Assistant to make a bootable USB stick just in case. Is there any reason that I should boot off of and install from that instead?

Bonus Question: When I'm erasing and reformatting disks, I never know if I should click on "500.25 GB APPLE SSD S..." or "Macintosh HD". Thoughts?


texts: Is an unlocked phone and a jailbroken phone the same thing?

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I just read that apple is now selling unlocked phones? I also read somewhere earlier (probably Wikipedia) that jailbreaking was made legal.

Is jailbreaking and unlocking the same in this context?

Addendum:  If they are different, does it also mean that jailbreaking doesn’t unlock the phone? and the steps to unlock are different? I was under the impression that when I jailbroke my phone (using redsn0w), it also became unlocked.


texts: How to default UTF-8 encoding in Text Encoding in Mail.app?

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I'm using Mail.app.

Often times I would write on reply emails typed in foreign language (Chinese, Japanese), and the receiver will see garbled text (e.g. a bunch of ??? or squares).

The way I solve the problem is: before sending each of these reply email, I go to "Message" -> "Text Encoding" -> select "Unicode *UTF-8*". But as soon as the email is sent, text encoding is set back to "Automatic". On my next email, I have to set the text encoding again to UTF-8.

This is annoying. Is there a way to set UTF-8 as default text-encoding, and not Automatic?


texts: Disable confirmation before creating file beginning with a dot in Finder

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When I attempt to create a file beginning with a dot in Finder, I get a confirmation prompt asking if I really want that. The text of the prompt reads:

  Are you sure you want to use a name that begins with a dot “.”? The system treats items with these names as invisible files.

Attached is a photo of the dialog. I'm hoping to find a defaults write or similar configuration option to allow me to disable this confirmation dialog.

macOS version is 10.15.2.


texts: iPad Air unable to run IOS 8.3 update despite over 19GB iCloud storage available

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Only approx 200 M of internal drive storage left, but over 19GB of iCloud storage available and yet I am unable to run the latests iOS update as there is not sufficient space.

Could someone explain why that is? Is there anything specific I need to do so the iCloud storage can be used for the update? I'm sure I ran updates based on free iCloud storage space alone in the past and worked fine.


texts: If I buy a new fan online will the genius bar install it for me?

texts: I need a replacement fan and they only cost about $10 online. If I take it to the genius bar, will they install it for me?


texts: Multi node cluster setup with home network for parallelized computing using e.g. hadoop, MPI or Rmpi

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currently I am reading more and more about multi-core processing (threading) and parallel computing. So I was curious about how to use my 4-core processor to calculate parallelized algorithms using Thread-Libraries etc..

My home network consists of an iMac (i7-4cores) and a Macbook (late 2008-2cores). I was googling around to find out how to set up a home server from my iMac to create multiple nodes from my iMac and Macbook to be able to compute my algorithms parallelized on both machines. I also heard of a local version of hadoop to manage parallelized computations on network nodes.

Therefore I am very interested in a workflow or in some help to set up :

A WLAN network with multiple nodes from my iMac or Macbook without using the "OSX Server App" (just from the Terminal or other open sources) to be able to compute jobs simultaneously on my iMac and Macbook using my home WLAN network.
Setting up hadoop on both machines and starting a simple example for
a map reduce job (so I can "see" that the job has been distributed to my iMac and Macbook).
Some tips and tricks to manage multiple nodes and distributed processes in a home network.

Thank's a lot!


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My computer was working fine until last night when I restarted. When the computer booted up and I logged into my account, I suddenly got the beachball whenever I tried to open an application. For example, I tried opening Safari and the window opened, but then the computer froze. I then restarted and logged in again. I tried opening iTunes and the computer froze. I did this for Finder and for iCal too, and none of them responded; the window would open, and then the system would freeze up. I tried to fix this by:

Booting into Lion Recovery and repairing the disk (twice + verified twice)
Booting into Lion Recovery and repairing the disk permissions (twice + verified twice)
Resetting the PRAM
Running a Hardware Test (results said hardware was fine)

I also tried to boot into safe mode but for some reason I couldn't. As a last resort, I attempted to reinstall Lion but my wi-fi would cut out so the download never finished.

When I booted into Lion Recovery and tried to save a file from Safari, I could view all the files on my Macintosh HD (not their content, but just the structure); it looks like the filesystem is OK. It's just that when I boot regularly, every application is unresponsive. Also when I boot regularly, Safari doesn't work (a window will open and then I get the beachball), but when I boot into Lion Recovery, Safari works fine and I can browse the web (which is how I'm posting this).

One thing that's weird: I have Geektool and I set it up to display the running processes and how much memory and percentage of the CPU they were using, and I noticed one process called "Character Palette" was using up 90-93% of the CPU. I suspect this might be the problem. All other process were taking up under 10% (most were under 1%).

Basically,  my question is: what can I do to fix my computer?

Thanks in advance!

Computer:

13-Inch Macbook Pro (2012) with 500 GB SSD Drive and 8 GB of RAM.


texts: What are the correct .Trashes Sharing & Permission settings?

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I was trying to recover some files I accidentally deleted, so I followed this wikihow article. It makes you change the privileges for the .Trashes file, but then after says, "You can now reset the Access Privileges in the .Trashes Info window back to what they were".

This would be fine, except I didn't pay attention to what they originally were.

If anyone could take a quick look and see what there's are that would be great.


texts: Free firewall and network monitor Application like the LittleSnitch?

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I am searching for a good free firewall and network monitor as the littlesnitch but I can't pay for this app.
I want a firewall that will protect me but more of that to monitor any connection in or out of my mac so that to check if any malicious connections are establishing from or to my mac.

Thank you.


texts: Can't scan but can print with Canon PIXMA MG5500

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I have a Canon PIXMA MG5500 and a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.10.3

The printer and scanner are supposed to be wireless and I have no problems with the printer but when I try to use the scanner it just won't cooperate.

I have tried everything. I've uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled them, I've tried looking for answers in the manual and nothing.

When you want to scan something the scanner says I need to set my computer to scan. When I do that my computer can't find the scanner even though the connection is fine and sometimes it asks me to connect it with a USB cable which I don't have and it didn't follow the printer.


texts: how can I transfer empty space between partitions?

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I would like to dual-boot OS X Lion and Snow Leopard, because I have a few programs that do not work on OS X Lion yet.
That works, but now I have the problem that I have run out of disk space on my OS X Snow Leopard partition, and I would like to resize the partition of Snow Leopard so it takes space from the Lion partition, but in Disk Utility that is apparently not possible...

Is this really impossible or do I need a special program for this?


texts: Can a Verizon iPhone 5s use T-Mobile LTE?

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I'm planning to purchase a new iPhone 5s outright (ie, not on contract) for use with one of T-Mobile's prepaid plans.

I'm wondering if it makes more sense to buy a Verizon iPhone 5s, just in case T-Mobile's service is unacceptable.  I know that Verizon phones come unlocked, due to the terms of a recent spectrum purchase, but I don't know whether that applies only to the 3G bands.  I also know that if I buy an unlocked T-Mobile iPhone, Verzion will not allow it to be used on their service.

Does anyone have experience with this?  I'm certain the Verizon 5s will work on T-Mobile 3G/HSPA+, but I'd really like to have LTE.


texts: Applescript for specific System Preferences pane

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I'm trying to write an applescript to get me to a specific section of the system preferences - Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services and hopefully to a specific service as well. I've gotten a part of the way with this:

tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    reveal anchor "shortcutsTab" of pane id "com.apple.preference.keyboard"
end tell

This gets me to the Shortcuts portion of the Keyboard prefs pane but I'd like to drill down further into the correct selection. Is there a way to select a specific service in this prefs pane? Ultimately I'm wanting to direct the end user to change a keyboard shortcut for a service previously installed.


texts: Youtube doesnt play on a specific connection on Macbook Air

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I am using a Macbook Air 13" (2013 model).
i5 Intel Processor - 4 GB RAM - 128GB SSD.

A few days ago, when I opened youtube (on Safari) to watch some videos it gave me the error "An error occurred. Please try again later."

I tried later, tried all the steps that Youtube suggests and it didnt work.
Now I cannot play any youtube video on my macbook.
All the other video sites like Dailyotion and Viemo are working fine though.
Using Firefox also didnt work. I have not tried downloading and using Chrome yet.

One day, I took my Macbook to a friend's place. I connected it to her wifi and Youtube was working like before. I came back home and was unable to play youtube videos again. The same error was staring me in the face.

Since then, I have found a proxy 'Proxy Free' to watch youtube. The videos work using the proxy, but the player is not the default youtube player. Also, chosing HTML5 player on youtube didnt work either.

I have then noticed that it works fine on other networks, but mine.
I have a basic modem (it has wifi but I have disabled it) provided by my ISP 'MTNL'. The modem then goes into a Netgear router. PPPoE is on the modem and the router is set to get the IP dynamically.

My wife and brother have Dell Windows 7 laptops and they are able to watch videos on youtube.

MTU is set 1492 on both the modem and the router. I have tried checking my MTU (also pinged it for a fragment test) and the results were fine.

Please help.

EDIT: Today, I clicked on a youtube link on twitter, and the video started playing. Then I clicked on the videos on the right side and they all (3) played too. But then I went to Youtube's homepage, and tried to play a video from there -- same error.

I went to twitter and clicked on the same link again -- it played.


texts: Can I sort finder results by multiple criteria at the same time?

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The last files I interacted with are usually the ones I want to find quickly, but the column view in Finder only lets you sort by one criterion; (date added, date modified, date created etc.) at a time.

The problem here is a file that I recently modified won't be at the top of the "date added" list, and one I just downloaded won't even show up on the "date last opened". I'm still coping with the loss of recent files thanks to High Sierra update.

Is it possible to sort columns by two criteria at the same time? For example, sort downloads folder by date added OR modified?

A decent example of what I'm looking for would be similar to the dropbox mobile app, where it sorts by date added, but recently opened files go to the top of that list.


texts: MBPR 13" Late 2013. Two identical SSDs (different revs.) - one boots, one doesn't?

texts:
I have a new MacBook Pro 13" Retina (Late 2013) which works flawlessly. It has a factory installed 512 GB SSD, which also works flawlessly. Then I bought basically the same type of 512 GB SSD, 2nd hand but new, which I intended to install in another MacBook Pro Retina Late 2013.

The seller told me it is compatible with the MBP Retina Late 2013, but when installed, the known to be good MBPR doesn't boot. Not from that SSD, not from an attached USD HDD which has two perfectly bootable Mavericks partitions. When pressing the alt-Key on booting, I can however see two partitions on that SSD (Mac OS X 10.8.4 and a Recovery Partition), yet it is not booting at all, thus also doesn't allow me to inspect or treat this SSD with Disk Utility or other tools.

All I get is the grey screen with the striked through circle sign (see attached image). I've tried both, PRAM reset and SMC reset, no change.

Here comes the interesting part: Although both SSD look absolut identical, they have slightly different model and part numbers (see attached image).

Working, factory installed SSD: Model MZ-JPUS512T/0A6. Part No. 665-1805D

Non-booting, 2nd hand SSD: Model MZ-JPUS512T/0A2. Part No. 665-1805A

Any ideas what’s going on here and how to solve this?


texts: How to redirect MacBook Pro audio to my TV?

texts: I just connected my MacBook Pro 2013 to my TV using HDMI. The visuals are working, but the TV does not get the audio from my MacBook. How can I redirect the audio from my MacBook to my TV?


texts:
I was checking out a MacBookPro with Retina display a few days ago in the mall, and I noticed something:

Photos look awesome
Apple apps had super sharp text
All other apps that I tried had awful looking text (Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat)

I tried running at different resolutions, but it didn't help. I did note that PDF files created in MS Word (which looked awful in MS Word) looked beautiful in Preview, so I don't think its a problem of source files.

I'm a developer, so I'll likely be using tools like Ruby Mine, Coda, Textmate, Visual Studio in Parallels, etc. I assume vim in the terminal is going to look fine, but I didn't check.

What can help with this? How can I prevent text from looking awful? It's my livelihood, so it has to work.

Note: fellow programmers.stackexchange.com user has added this comment below:

  text in the Eclipse IDE and Xcode look fine. MS Word not so much.

This came from a discussion about programming on "high resolution screens" that may be of good reference to anyone reading this. https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/154710/do-higher-resolution-laptop-displays-matter-for-programmers


texts: Why doesn't FileVault work on a RAID volume?

texts:
At work, I said to my colleague that it was not possible to enable Filevault on a RAID volume. He was surprised and asked me the technical reason.

So I would like to know. It's strange because Filevault is at the software level while RAID is at the hardware level.


texts: Photos App deleted all of my photos during a transfer to an external drive

texts: I know I should have been more vigilant and backed up my drive before transferring, but have never had a problem before. However, this time, all of my precious photos from before my son's birth until now, 8 months later, are completely gone. Is there any way to recover them? The only information that the "Photos Library" is reflecting are a handful of random photos from 2008-2013.


texts: Stopping certain data from ever leaving your Mac?

texts:
Is there any way to stop certain data (e.g., a particular string) in unencrypted, clear, plain text from ever leaving my Mac by any network protocol (including my home network) but not affecting regular backups to other drives?

I seem to remember Intego's NetBarrier had this facility, years ago at least, though I'm not sure if any of their products still do this, but I wondered if there was an alternative, simpler way of doing this?


texts: Mac says password is wrong but it's right. I have to enter it twice to start Mac every time. How could I solve it?

texts:
Mac says password is wrong, but is right, and wants me to enter it again to start Mac every time. My password is used to be characters and numbers. I changed my password into all numbers but it doesn't work.

How could I solve it?

Thanks.


texts: Generate recovery key for Mac Time Machine

texts: I encrypted my Mac Time Machine recently, but have unable to figure out how to generate the 'recovery key' in the advent that I forget the password. Is there a simply way to do this on Mac like with Windows systems?


texts:
I just installed pip and got a few warning messages. Should I be concerned? Is there a way to check that pip was installed properly?

Here's what I did:

[mchenja@mycomp ~]$ sudo easy_install pip
Password:

Searching for pip
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/
Best match: pip 7.0.3
Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-7.0.3.tar.gz#md5=54cbf5ae000fb3af3367345f5d299d1c
Processing pip-7.0.3.tar.gz
Writing /tmp/easy_install-yd6xox/pip-7.0.3/setup.cfg
Running pip-7.0.3/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-yd6xox/pip-7.0.3/egg-dist-tmp-YX6Zk1
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.coveragerc'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.mailmap'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.travis.yml'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'pip/_vendor/Makefile'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'tox.ini'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'dev-requirements.txt'
no previously-included directories found matching '.travis'
no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/_build'
no previously-included directories found matching 'contrib'
no previously-included directories found matching 'tasks'
no previously-included directories found matching 'tests'
Adding pip 7.0.3 to easy-install.pth file
Installing pip script to /usr/local/bin
Installing pip2.7 script to /usr/local/bin
Installing pip2 script to /usr/local/bin

Installed /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-7.0.3-py2.7.egg
Processing dependencies for pip
Finished processing dependencies for pip

[mchenja@mycomp ~]$ which pip
/usr/local/bin/pip

[mchenja@otori ~]$ which python
/usr/bin/python


texts: what happens if an Apple ID is never authenticated?

texts:
Allan says that something smells rotten about the account, that something, somewhere, must be compromised.  Is that an absolute?

That, in order to create an Apple ID, that the e-mail must be authenticated?

Apple writes:

  My name is Jennifer, and I am one of the Senior Advisors here with the
  iTunes Store Support Team. After consulting with the adviser handling
  your request, I have taken ownership of your case so that I can work
  directly with you, and answer any questions you may have.

  I understand you’ve received an email about someone using your email
  to create an Apple ID using a device you do not having. I would want
  this reviewed as well if someone was using my email, allow me to help.

  As we have no means to contact out to the person who create the
  account, as this is only an ID in the system, not a full account to be
  associated to any downloads or purchases. I would use the site
  iforgot.apple.com to begin the process to gain access to this account
  and reset the password and associate it to your own device.

I ask because Wikipedia states:

  An Apple ID must be a valid email address, protected by a password
  that is an alphanumeric string of at least 8 characters, and
  case-sensitive.

and

  When a user creates a new Apple ID, Apple will send a verification
  email to the email address that the user provided during registration.
  The user is required to follow the URL that is included in the
  verification email to activate the account, then the user will be able
  to use their Apple ID. It is possible to create an Apple ID without
  specifying a credit card.

My question:  what happens if, in the best case scenario for me, some one got a nice iPhone for Christmas, and simply entered my e-mail by accident?

Is the account ever activated?  Is it in a sort of limbo?

Again, Alex's answer categorically states:

  Given the security process, your email must have been compromised when
  it was created

Which is concerning, to say the least.  So, to clarify, might it be possible that this is a mix-up?  Or, because I received the activation code the other day, that my e-mail has been compromised?

(Unfortunately, no iPhone for Christmas.)

A bit less concerned now that I seem to be speaking with a person at Apple.  Still, curious.

It occurs to me that I just received the e-mail about the iCloud account being created; not sure that's the same as an Apple ID creation.  It's not impossible that I created an account long ago, but unlikely.  I'll look for other e-mails from Apple.


texts: Play all songs by the same artist on iOS

texts: How can one play all the songs from a particular artist or group sequentially from different albums? Currently I have to open up the next album of the same artist or even the same album if songs from it were purchased at different times.


texts: What is the way to copy text from Windows to iOS and vice-versa?

texts: What is the way to copy text from Windows to iOS and vice-versa without using iTunes?


texts: Automatically select right “From” address in Mail Mac OS X based on history

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In Mail for iOS 8+, when you write a new message, the app will automatically select your "From" address based on the history of your conversations with this contact.

I would really like to use the same feature in Mail for Mac OS X. Does anybody knows a plugin or a script for that? I could not find anything alike the internet (maybe because the function is somewhat difficult to formulate...).

To be more schematic:

I have my email addresses X and Y installed on my iPhone or iPad. My default address is X, but I am used to write emails to contact C with my address Y.

I start a new message. By default, "from" address X is selected. I type the address of my contact C in the "To" field. And now the magic happens: As most of my previous conversations with C were made with my address Y, the app automatically changes my "From" address from X to Y.


texts: Are Apple's AC Cords for MagSafe (1+2) always the same?

texts:
I am getting a customised MacBook Pro Retina and it will have a AC Cord for Britain, but I need one for EU/Germany.

So can I easily switch the AC Cord of my MagSafe 2 to a German one?
Are these Cords somehow patented or normed, so I can use every cord on any adapter?

Also:
Where am I able to buy a Apple-original AC Cord (not the whole adapter)?


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I want to understand committing to using iCloud given my particular needs, which to date I totally avoid except for "find my mac." Consequences, gotchas, costs - both money and time, an upgrade tread mill trap, etc. E.G. "useful" trumps unicorns and rainbows.
I'm reading icloud questions and much of it is old. That's minute details anyway, I need a bigger picture with relevant detail to make sure I'm not screwing myself in some way.
Cause for Pause
The nuclear option: if I disconnect from iCloud everything iClouded on that device is deleted. That. sounds. bad. Like no backing out, ever?! It seems like any backup recovery puts the computer back to a wired-to-the-cloud state.
Buggy iCloud? When first introducted iCloud was quickly turned off by Apple, people fired, and months of rework preceeded a re-introduction of iCloud. Pervasive glitches in the nooks and crannies due to sheer complexity?
Convoluted processes: Might customizing (or the lack thereof) iCloud doom me to a lifetime of jumping thru hoops thus making the whole thing not worth it?
Vague security and privacy concerns: synching via public WiFi hotspots. iCloud means no air gap (yeah, the "air gap" myth). General iCloud security, "ownership", what Apple does w/ iClouded stuff.
Unforseen show stoppers due to hardware, software, personal-needs differences.
Synergy and benefits I'm simply unaware of.
General mindset: Living fully wired/connected 24/7? I'm just not feeling it. But obviously I would not have made this post if I was absolutely against alien technology; no conspiracy theorist, I.
My Landscape

2008 iMac that cannot upgrade beyond El Capitan
MPB 2011 on Sierra
iPod on iOS 10.2
MacBook Air 2015 model on Sierra
Keep the iMac beyond mere inconvenience.
I locally backup all my computers. iPod is backed up on iTunes.
Different people

MacBook Air, let's call it "ID1"
All other devices, collectively call it "ID2"
I've read threads about separate AppleIDs. Use a common ID for purchases, separate IDs for all else. But that needs some tweaking; see below

Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) functions.

Reliably synch calendar and contacts across all devices
ID1, ID2: separate email, browser history/bookmarks

Photos

Decades of photos - Is it all or nothing?
Sharing and syncing photos behind our household firewall is all I really need; I think.
I don't know if I completely grock iCloud implications of "camera roll" vis-a-vis "photo stream". I think of my photo "library" as one thing.

No iPhone

iCloud/iOS gotchas because an iPod is not an iPhone. EVERYTHING is iPhone centric now.
Don't ask. I'm a kool-aide drinking Apple fan boy since pre-Macintosh yet I choose to no longer have an iPhone. iPhone 6 jump the shark pricing + provider pricing + engineered upgrading + reality check = the total cost of ownership last straw.

Unnecessary $$$ for unnecessary storage

I don't need instant iPhoto Photos synching?
I backup my computers at home.

iTunes

I'm old school. I "own" my music. I don't subscribe to Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, etc.
"match my music" doesn't make sense from my perspective. But I'm open to new concepts.
iCloud induced creeping storage costs, crippled functionality, other?


texts: App review process (testflight): In review for a long time?

texts: An app I submitted a while ago to testflight changed to "in review" a couple of days ago, and is still in review. Is this normal to be in review for this long?


texts: Difference between auto-downloading "all" podcasts vs. "most recent"

texts:
On my iPhone 5 with ios 7 I can choose to automatically download "all" episodes or "most recent". At first glance it sounds obvious what the difference is, but since I've had the "all" setting checked for a while on a podcast that has not started auto downloading (I have enough free space) I have to ask. The app has had plenty of wifi access. The podcast has some added but not downloaded episodes.

Auto downloading the most recent episode only makes sense if it keeps downloading the most recent episode at all points in time from then on. So basically that's the same as "most recent and all future episodes". The "all" setting should then download everything, but what is confusing in that case is that as an explanation of the auto-download settings it says "automatically download new episodes". So is the "all" option "all future episodes" or what? If so there's almost no difference between the two settings.


texts: Difference between Export PDF and Print to PDF in Safari

texts: What is the difference between to File > Export as PDF and File > Print > Save As PDF?


texts: Syncing iPhone Contacts with an Exchange Server

texts:
Happy new year!

I'm using an iPhone 4 with 4.2.1.

On the iPhone with Exchange Server, how do you get the group 'All On My iPhone' to sync with the exchange server? At present everything but that group is synced.


texts: Is it possible to install Windows Vista 64-bit on mid 2010 27" iMac w/ Mavericks?

texts:
I have a legal copy of Vista which I used to use before I had a drive failure on my mid 2010 27" iMac. Since then I've installed OSX Mavericks, and now it's telling me that only Windows 7 and 8 are supported via Boot Camp.

I tried circumventing this by booting from the Vista disk, but it won't let me install because now OSX uses GPT instead of MBR (or so it seems). I really don't want to have to buy Windows 7 since I only need Windows for a few games. Is there any way around or am I stuck?


texts: how to have holidays of different countries shown on OS X default app?

texts: I have US holidays and in the settings there is Chinese calendar too. But I want to have holidays of a few different countries included in the calendar simultaneously. Is there a way to do this?


texts: Automatic Deployment of 802.1x profile for Wi-Fi

texts:
I am wondering if there is a process that people use here to deploy 802.1x profiles in a Windows AD environment on Apple hardware specifically MacBook Pros?

Specifically when the Root CA is renewed and profiles need to be deployed. I have read up on some techniques here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/macsysadmin/comments/9ugsq9/macos_8021x_authentication/
https://community.cisco.com/t5/identity-services-engine-ise/how-to-automate-process-when-deploying-dot1x-between-ise-and-mac/td-p/3749868
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4784

These either mention a third party or the information is outdated. I may be missing something but any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Is there any way to upgrade a mid 2007 iMac to macOS Sierra?

texts:
I recently got this used iMac, and was hoping I could use it for development work. I had an old Mac OS X Snow Leopard install disk, which I used to upgrade as far as OS X El Capitan, and wasn't able to get farther than that.

At the time I thought this was fine; after all El Capitan isn't that old, right?

But apparently I was wrong. I've been working with Xcode recently, and everything was going fine until I started trying to install and use CocoaPods.

Most of the pods nowadays have been updated to work with Xcode 9, and (only by a few little details), are not backwards-compatible with Xcode 8.2.1 (the farthest I've been able to get).

So, currently I see two ways to solve the problem (other than buying a new Mac, which I don't have money to do).

I could find a way to install macOS Sierra (preferred).

I've looked into the MacOS Sierra patcher program, but this computer isn't supported.
I'm absolutely willing to try a hardware upgrade. What do you guys think about this post on iFixit? It uses the same EMC as my Mac.
I could find a way to upgrade to a newer version of Xcode (9 or later)

This solves the current problem, but not others that I've encountered as well.

Here is the EveryMac page for my Mac. Any help with either of these would be great.


texts: How can I get Snow Leopard to properly reconnect to my Windows network drives after it goes to sleep?

texts:
My mac goes to sleep. It wakes up. The volumes mounted to a Windows server in my house all work. I can see pictures and listen to music. Until I can't. After two or three sleep/wake cycles, I can't connect to the Windows server at all, with Finder hanging infinitely on trying to connect. I have to reboot the entire machine to reconnect properly. With OS X 10.5, I never could get the volumes to reconnect after sleep, but at least they didn't sabotage Finder. Anyone have any ideas? I hate leaving the mac running all the time.

(27" 2010 iMac, OS X 10.6.4)


texts: How can I view images from iPhoto in Finder?

texts: On my MacBook, with 10.7.3, if I go to ~/Pictures/iPhotoLibrary, no images show in the Finder, though it does say "size 4.01GB". If I double click on iPhotoLibrary, iPhoto opens up — is this the only way to view images and drag files, etc? Can't I view them in Finder?


texts: How to reinstall OS X when Recovery isn't working?

texts:
My wife has a MacBook Pro that she bought new in 2012. In 2013/14 it had an issue with the system files and when she took it into the Genius bar at Apple they reinstalled the OS (wiping all personal data in the process). At this point they also upgraded her to the latest OS X at the time. I'm not sure what version this was but I assume Mavericks or Yosemite for reasons that will become clear.

At the weekend the laptop seemed to grind to a halt and lockup while we were browsing the web. After waiting for several minutes to regain any kind of response, we did a hard reboot using the power button. On restarting the system showed a grey screen and a flashing directory symbol with a '?', then switched to the Prohibitory symbol. Unfortunately the warranty has no expired so any trip to the Apple Store will be quite expensive.

I've been reading various articles and posts for the last few days to try and work out how to fix this, as follows:

Apple Hardware Test comes back OK.
Booting from the local Recovery partition (Command-R) does not work. Every time I try this it boots Internet Recovery instead. This means that I cannot reinstall the version of Mac OS X currently on the disk. Running diskutil list in Internet Recovery I can see that the Recovery partition exists on disk0 but I assume it is corrupt in some way.
I have ran 'First Aid' in Disk Utility a number of times in a Verify/Fix cycle. It says that it has fixed the disk but there still seem to be issues in the fix log (checksum errors, etc.). Another strange note here is that it shows the 500GB disk as having all space used except 37.5MB. This wasn't the case when the laptop was working.
Finally, when I run the Internet Recovery and select Reinstall OS X it tries to install Mountain Lion and gives me an error saying that the laptop cannot be 'upgraded' as it is running a newer OS (presumably Mavericks or Yosemite)

So my question is: What is the best course of action to get out of this bind? My thoughts are:

Is there a way to get the local recovery partition working?
Is there a way to determine the version of OS X installed on the system from the recovery tool?
Is there a way to obtain a disc copy (without paying as we already have it installed) of Mavericks or Yosemite so that I can reinstall from media?
Finally, is my only option now to do an Erase and then Install OS X from the Internet Recovery tool?

Any help much appreciated.


texts:
I’m running iOS 12 on an iPhone 6 and Safari no longer gives an auto-suggested password when creating new online accounts.

Am I misremembering that this feature existed at one point or is there some new way to access this feature or otherwise turn Safari suggested passwords back on?


texts: How to adjust volume during movie playback on iOS 11?

texts:
A recent update to iOS 11 eliminated the volume control, which used to be in the corner of the screen when you tapped a movie as it was playing.   My iPad is on a stand and the physical volume controls are not as easily accessed.  I found that I can do a cumbersome double-swipe up from the bottom of the screen, and sometimes get to the control center.  Sometimes I just get the home bar and have to try a third or fourth swipe.  Once I get the control center, the movie shrinks (while still playing) into a tiny window near other apps that are running.  Then, I can tap on the volume control, which looks a bit like a white and black thermometer now, and hold my finger for a while.  It will enlarge and the everything including the movie will blur.  Once it is enlarged, IF I keep my finger on it, I can slide the volume up and down, but if I accidentally remove my finger the control is unresponsive, and I need to collapse it again and press and hold a while more to start over.  Finally, I get to adjust the volume.   Once set, I can tap anywhere in the blurred screen to return to the tiny windows and then select the one containing my movie which has been playing.  It will enlarge again and I will then slide the movie playback controls to find where I was in the movie before I started this complex adventure in volume control.

If you're like me, you may find yourself wanting to quickly adjust the volume up and down during a movie.  If your device is on a stand, how do you do it?  Is there another volume control or way to open an easier to use interface for quickly adjusting volume as you watch a movie?


texts: Disable chat room notifications for OSX Messages?

texts: In the Mountain Lion Messages app, is there a way to disable notifications for chat room messages, but still have notifications for private messages? (this is the default behavior in Adium)


texts: Samsung T5 cannot be accessed in macOS guest running on VirtualBox macOS host

texts:
I am running the latest version of VirtualBox with the extension pack (version 6.1.8). Guest additions (version 6.1.8) is installed on the macOS guest using the spctl kext-consent add VB5E2TV963 patch.

The Samsung T5 is APFS-formatted and assigned (✓) to the guest using the Devices/USB menu.

Running diskutil list on the host doesn’t list the Samsung T5, same on the guest.

Am I missing something?

EDIT: I am able to access a Samsung BAR APFS-formatted flash drive so the issue appears to be specific to the Samsung T5


texts: Modifier keys settings does not work on login screen

texts:
I am using a PC keyboard and have to switch the Win (⌘ Cmd key) and the Alt (Opt key) for this to feel like a proper Apple keyboard. I have this remapped via System Preferences for my user account just fine.

However, this remapping does not work on the login screen, everything seems to be reverted to as if I haven't done any remapping on the login screen.

As I want to use the Cmd+Shift+Letter to select my face to login without having to touch the mouse it became annoying every time I had to re-remember that the remap only takes effect after I login.

Any suggestion on how can I change the modifier key settings for when I am not yet logged-in?


texts:
I wrote a very simple C program and my goal is to build an x86-only binary and then run that binary on an Apple Silicon Mac and have Rosetta 2 translate it into a Universal 2 binary. I want to look at the Rosetta 2-translated binary specifically; I'm not looking to build a Universal 2 app myself (that would be trivial).
I attempted to run the program through Terminal ($ ./helloworld) and even stick it inside of a .app, put it in the Applications folder, and double-click it. In both cases, the program runs correctly, but according to $ file helloworld, the binary is still x86-only (Rosetta 2 didn't add an arm64 executable).
Any idea how to force Rosetta 2 to translate a binary?


texts: How can I have ClickToFlash except for YouTube?

texts:
I use the ClickToFlash Safari extension, out of concern for Flash security vulnerabilities and to remove annoyances. However, I do not like its replacements for YouTube video players over YouTube's own player.

How can I configure ClickToFlash so that it does not affect YouTube players (whether on YouTube pages or embedded), but blocks/replaces all other Flash? Putting “www.youtube.com/” in the “Allow Flash on these sites:” list works for YouTube itself, but not embedding.


texts: Booting Mac OS 10.6.7 from an external hard drive if internal drive running Ubuntu?

texts:
I have a old Mac Mini. (1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo)
Running Mac OS 10.6.7
That is not able to upgrade to “Lion”.
Also several large external “Firewire” hard drives.

What I would like to do is install and run Ubuntu on the internal Mac Mini drive, and then boot into a clone of my current Mac OS from the external drive, once in a great while.
Is this doable?

I now run rEFit on the internal system so that I can boot into the Ubuntu system on my external drive. I would like to reverse this.

I can not afford to buy a new mac at this time.

Boot loaders are a mystery to me. Do I need to install rEFit on the Ubuntu system?

Thank you in advance


texts: I updated my iphone to version 9.2 and I no longer get calls on my other devices

texts: It doesn't ring through to my ipod touch, and attempting to call out says it is disabled on my iphone. When I go back to the settings for which devices to allow, and message forwarding, its all enabled and set to forward.


texts: What certificates and/or files are needed to bypass iOS's passcode lock?

texts:
Some forensic tools like Lantern 2.0 allow the use of a passcode bypass file to get around the passcode lock on iOS 4.2 and later. This means that if someone has your device they can get around the normal restriction to not sync until the device is unlocked.

I'm wondering which file or files iTunes creates and stores to convince a locked iOS device to sync over USB. Even better would be an analysis of the specific keychain items are needed to bypass the passcode lock for iOS.


texts: Yosemite maximization shortcut and Java applications

texts: I'm using OSX Yosemite and I hate how windows maximization works... previously (with Mountain Lion) I was using RightZoom, in order to always maximize windows as it should be (using the whole space). I discovered that by clicking on the green button with ALT + SHIFT the maximization is applied as I like, BUT is very annoying... so I created a shortcut (CMD+SHIFT+M) by going to preferences > shortcuts > app shortcuts > clicking on "+" and creating a shortcut named "Zoom"... it works great for all the applications but not for the Java ones (or at least it does not work for Intellij Idea and PyCharm)... so... are app shortcuts available only for native Cocoa applications? Is there another way for a fast and simple maximization? (I was thinking about some kind of "defaults write blahblah", but I didn't find anything)


texts: Problem in installing Xcode on MacBook Air 2017 with macos Mojave version 10.14.5

texts: I am trying to download Xcode from the mac app store but it fails again and again. I am using my mobile hotspot for internet. It has a daily data limit of 2.5 GB but Xcode is of 6.1 GB. Once I put Xcode on download from the app store and it processed till 2 GB and then it failed saying slow internet connection. I also tried to pause the download in between but on resuming, it restarts from the starting. I also tried to download it from Apple's website but that also didn't work. Please help with this issue.


texts: New HD - Mid 2007 MacBook - Wrong OS Disk

texts:
I am trying to install a new hard drive in a MacBook from mid-2007. (Original question re: drive replacement here)

I have managed to install the physical drive, and format it ready for the installation of the OS. (Map Scheme: GUID partition table; Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled))

Now it's telling me "Mac OS X cannot be installed on this computer". I'm satisfied that the hard drive is fine. And from what I can tell, the OS CD I've been given is not the one that came with the macbook originally.

I put the last three digits of the serial number into the EveryMac website, and it came up with this result: Apple MacBook "Core 2 Duo" 2.16 13" (White)

This is how I knew it was a "mid-2007" model.

Then I looked at Apple KB article HT1159 regarding about what version of OS X shipped with each MacBook. For "Mid 2007", it tells me 10.4.9 or 10.4.10 is included when the Mac was shipped.

When I tried booting from the install CD, I closed the error message and looked at the name of the CD in the drive via Utilities → Startup Disk and it tells me "Mac OS X 10.5.2".

So, are all my assumptions above correct?
Can Mac OS X 10.5.2 be installed on this MacBook?
If yes, then is my issue something else other than incompatible software?
If not, will I need to find the original CDs that came with this specific Mac to continue?


texts: How do I add loyalty cards to the iOS wallet?

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Is there any way to add loyalty cards to the iOS wallet? I'm talking about those mini keyring cards. Or any arbitrary barcoded card, like my library card.

I'm interested in OS provided methods, first. When I scan my cards it says no codes or passes found or something. Not very helpful.

The support forums seem to indicate that I need to install specific apps for every card. Forget it.

And these loyalty card and wallet enhancing apps all seem rather sketchy.


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After a Time Machine backup, a verification kicked off:

  2016-10-29 23:47:35.736819-0500  localhost backupd[198]: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine.TMLogInfo] Checking for runtime corruption on /dev/disk5s2
  2016-10-29 23:47:36.450339-0500  localhost backupd[198]: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine.TMLogInfo] Verifying backup disk image.
  2016-10-30 09:18:16.815734-0500  localhost backupd[198]: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine.TMLogInfo] Backup verification canceled due to thermal pressure.
  2016-10-30 09:18:17.167520-0500  localhost backupd[198]: (TimeMachine) [com.apple.TimeMachine.TMLogInfo] Backup verification skipped during fsck.
  2016-10-30 09:19:01.016411-0500  localhost backupd[198]: (TimeMachine [com.apple.TimeMachine.TMLogError] Backup verification incomplete!

My problem is I want the verification to complete. The error is Backup verification incomplete!.

Does this mean that my Mac overheated or is it memory pressure or something similar?


texts: How do I launch an app at start up but as a specific user?

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I want to launch an app at login but have it running as a specific user. Here's the use case:

I turn on my Mac and login in as Ben. In the background iTunes is launched for Bill. Ben can launch his own instance of iTunes and access Bills songs via iTunes sharing. Ben doesn't care have access to Bills instance of iTunes. All other iTunes on the local network can also access Bills shared iTunes library.

Please don't suggest iTunes specific solutions (e.g. Home Sharing) as I also want to run other apps in a similar fashion.

Is this possible?


texts: Can command-line commands be made insensitive to order of filenames and options?

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I'm new to Mac usage.  It seems that most commands trip over options given after the file names. In linux, which I've used for years, it doesn't matter.  On Apple, it does.  Is there some setting somewhere or some hack to make commands like ls behave "normal"?

dwilson 0====> ls -l p*
-rw-r--r--@ 1 dwilson  owner  184 Jul 29 13:57 poo.c
-rw-r--r--@ 1 dwilson  owner  133 Jul 29 13:57 poo.h

dwilson 0====> ls p* -l
ls: -l: No such file or directory
poo.c        poo.h

dwilson 1====>


texts: I was just using it and I let the screen go off and now it will  not do anything. I tried plugging it into a computer. It won't turn on or off. The battery was not low.


texts: Mail on Mac OS X Mavericks automatically unflags all messages

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I recently noticed that Mail on my Mac would automatically remove flags from my messages.

I had set up a rule to flag every incoming message so that I do not forget to reply to a message even if it is marked as read.

However, recently Mail started removing the flag from a message if I view it for a few seconds. I also once saw that all flags were gone without me having viewed the messages at all.

Is this a known problem? Any ideas how to prevent Mail from  unflagging messages automatically?


texts: How many photos will fit on a 16 GB  iPad?

texts: I am interested about an iPad for my mom and can't decide whether to go for 16GB or 32GB. Assuming no movies on it, and minimal amount of apps (she will use it mainly for browsing and skype) how many photos can fit on a 16GB?


texts: I can't make bootable USB on 2008 iMac 2008 running El Capitan

texts: I have 2008 iMac and OS X El Capitan on it. I will make bootable USB drive for my friend, but I can't. I format my USB as Mac Os Extended and GUID parition map, then I downloaded InstallMacOSX.dmg file from apple; double click on it and I have installmacosx.pkg. (I can't find The El Capitan installer to the /Applications folder). I click on this package and I have an ALERT: "OS X v10.11.6 is already installed on this computer. Use the Updates page to install the 10.11 update or if you would like to download the full OS X installer click Continue". I click continue and have to select destination disk, but when I select my external USB drive, I have the message: "OS X can't be installed on this disk. macOS isn't installed". Can you help me?


texts: Zooming in Quicktime Screen Capture Doesn't Show

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I'm trying to record a screen capture with Quicktime, but whenever I zoom in, it doesn't translate to the video taken. I've seen videos with screen zooming in them, so I know it can be done. I repeat, I can see the zooming while recording, but it doesn't show up in the video later on.

Thanks for any help.