texts: how to convert all mp3 to m4a and save tags and covers?

texts: Strange bugs with iTunes and iphone, when trying to transfer and listen files in mp3. In m4a everything is all right. Is there any way to convert all mp3 files to m4a and save all tags and covers? Thanks.


texts: Is there a difference between recovering data from the original drive VS a clone of it

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Following up from How to create an accurate byte-level copy of an SSD to another drive?, I did a clone of my entire internal 256GB SSD of my Mac 10.14, with 13-15GB free areas. I have .img file now.

Will trying to do data recovery from a clone of a drive affect the chances of recovery VS doing recovery on the drive itself? Do all data recovery software that can attempt to recover data on the original drive also be able to attempt to recover data from .img clone that I have?


texts: How do I troubleshoot a white MacBook that won't boot?

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I was given an older MacBook (MacBook 2,1, Late 2006, A1181) that won't boot. I can't figure out why. When I push the power button, the CD drive spins, like usual, and the white power light on the front comes on, but the screen never comes on and the boot chime never happens.
I was able to get it to boot last night by holding Left Shift, Command, Option and Power Button (resets the SMC) and it was fine, and I proceeded to wipe the HDD and reinstall OS X, but it won't boot again this morning. Thoughts? I followed all of Apple's suggestions again, but they didn't work.


texts: Is there a problem with closing the lid of a MacBook Pro when using an external monitor?

texts:
I am using an external monitor and the only way (that doesn't involve jumping through hoops) to turn off the MacBook Pro monitor is to close the lid.

Does closing the lid causes any problems? I have read the following on another website:

  You can still run a single external monitor if you close the lid of
  your laptop, but that restricts airflow and exposes your display to a
  lot of heat. Not good.


texts: I have an iPad 3 with iOS version 8.3 and the lastest version of the Stack Exchange app. It's very difficult to use the app because it crashes always, e.g. when I scraping the answers to a questions,when I go to my profile and so on. What is the reason and can be solved?


texts: macOS: Terminal scrolls past file boundaries

texts:
When I have a file open in either the standard Terminal or iTerm2, I've noticed a weird problem. When I use the Trackpad to scroll through the file with two fingers, if I scroll to the top of the file and scroll a bit more, it goes past that and goes back into my Terminal command history.

I'd really like this behavior to not happen, and stop at the top/bottom of the file. I've only observed this in macOS and not Linux.

Is there a setting I need to tweak?


texts: Able to open downloaded programs, but once closed need to download again

texts:
In particular, I'm trying to use Calibre for eBook management. Interestingly, this has never happened with any other app before, but when I   quit the app (CommandQ), it's almost as if I never installed it in the first place.

Any insight into what is going on?


texts:
I have been having trouble with the use of my iPod Touch.

When I go to turn it off, the voice command screen comes up.


texts: How to autotype multiple texts using javascript in automator onto an unfocused application

texts:
How do I execute commands such as typing at a series of short phrases with delays and repeats onto an unfocused application. For example, I want the javascript to be able to type out a infinite loop of a series of texts onto discord running in the background while I'm using chrome.
P.S I haven't really tried anything as of yet as I barely have any experience in coding, so I'm mainly looking for scripts at this point


texts:
After the upgrade to iOS-5, I got the Newsstand app "for free". I don't use it and I probably never will. Is there any way, short of jail breaking, for me to remove it from my iPad2?

I know that I can put it in a folder, but can I remove it entirely?


texts: Copying Xcode.app from App Store to another computer (under different Apple ID)

texts:
I don't want to re-download the 1.4GB of file, and the app itself is free. We're both Apple developers. Is there any way I can copy mine to his machine?

This is the current version of Xcode that doesn't download the "Install Xcode" file.

(I have not tried, but perhaps trying to click "Buy", and then stopping the download, replacing it with my copy will work? Just a shot in the dark, seems very complicated.)


texts: In OS X Mail, what's the difference in checking new e-mail between "Automatically" and "Every X minutes"?

texts:
While "Manually" option is absolutely clear to me, how differently will Mail behave when I will switch between "Automatically" and "Every x minutes"?

I'm running 10.11.4.


texts: iOS App Store chart position: Strange ups and downs

texts:
I'm tracking (every hour) one of my client's apps which is listed in one of the category charts (not the overall charts). However I noticed strange ups and downs in the chart positions. Within only some hours the app hikes down (e.g. from place 60 to 150) and goes straight up to 60 again (I think when someone makes a download).

It seems like other apps surrounding the tracked one are much more constant in their positions (especially the Top 50 ones). Is there any explanation for this?


texts: Clicking on dock icon makes windows for other applications disappear

texts:
I just began using a new Macbook Pro 15" Retina running Mountain Lion. After a couple of days transfering files (from my previous Macbook Pro (early 2011) running Snow Leopard) and generally setting it up the way I wanted, I started getting the following behavior: When I have a few applications open, if I switch to another application by clicking on that application's dock icon, all other application windows disappear.

After some searching, I found this discussion of a similar problem. The solution there was to select the "Show All" option in the application menu (the menu in the upper left corner just to the right of the Apple menu) for a given application. I tried that and all my application windows did indeed appear. But then the next time I clicked on a dock icon, all the other windows disappeared again and I'd have to click "Show All" again. I'm trying to figure out how to get back to "Show All" being the permanent default.

One other thing: Upon further checking, I discovered that when an application creates a second icon in the dock (for example, I currently have two Firefox and two R windows open, which has resulted in there being a second Firefox and a second R icon on the right side of my dock) only clicking on the "new" icons causes other windows to disappear. Clicking on the "original" icons just switches applications without making any other application windows disappear.

I never experienced this behavior before with my previous Macbook Pro. I'm trying to figure out why this is happening (did I accidentally change some setting?) and how to make sure it never happens again. If it would help to know more about the hardware/software configuration or settings of my Mac, please let me know what information to post.


texts: MacBook Pro: Glitch/Copy of closed Window - Graphic card or monitor defect

texts:
I have issues with my Mid 2012 MacBook Pro Retina 15.4" (16GB RAM, i7 2.6Ghz, 500GB Flash Drive, Dual Graphic: Intel + Nvidia GT 650M)

Whenever I open and close any of the application, it still stays on desktop for a few minutes - but with very low opacity (5% maybe - visible on pictures below). Is it some kind of glitch which is solvable or it maybe graphic card or screen is damaged?

I tried another macOS install, tried another Hard Disk, tried SMC Reset, Tried VRAM Reset. This is happening in macOS Sierra and macOS Catalina. After reboot it still stays over there for few minutes. I guess it is a screen/monitor defect?

What may be causing this? Is it possible to resolve it? And if yes, how?


texts:
So, I'm fully aware on how to type characters with various accents (å, à, ø, á, ä and â) but one thing I don't understand is how to type those accents when typing in Esperanto. The circumflex, for instance, will only work with vowels (â, ê, î, ô, û) but Esperanto uses a different set of special characters. These would be ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ, ŝ and ŭ (which can be described as c, g, h, j and s circumflex and u breve) and apart from copying them from other pages on the web or popping open the Emoji and Symbols panel, I am at a loss on how to type these in Dvorak and since I have near exclusively typed in the Dvorak for the last two years, I'm not really too enthused to switch back and forth to Qwerty just to type one character every so often. It, like popping open the "Emoji and Symbols" panel, is simply unrealistic and really breaks my flow.

So, any suggestions on a work around that is actually much simpler?

Just in case you may need to know, I'm running OS X 10.11.1 on a late 2013 15" Retina MacBook Pro.


texts: Compiling CUPS 2.0 on 10.9: what archflags to use?

texts:
I installed CUPS 2.0.0 (cups.org) but evidently I needed to include specific architecture flags. Now several things are broken on my mac (e.g. Word won't boot). Error messages reveal that the problem is with libcups.2.dylib ("built with the wrong architecture").

Per advice I found for an earlier version of OSX, I tried re-configuring CUPS using:

configure  --with-archflags="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" --with-ldarchflags="-arch x86_64"

but that did not fix the problem. What is the correct archflag for building CUPS on 10.9?

Not sure if this is related, but now I can't get the Finder to show invisible files, which is preventing me from reverting to my pre-CUPS 2.0 configuration using Time Machine.


texts: On new Mac, upgrade old Snow Leopard install or start with clean install?

texts:
I've got an old 2008 Macbook which is not eligible for upgrade to anything supported at the moment. So, I am looking to buy a new MacBook Pro.

My question is,

Is it better to copy/move my HDD to the new machine and then do an upgrade or start with the clean install of OSX already on the machine and slowly reinstall all the apps I need, as needed?

Thanks.


texts: Remove A Scratch From The Lid Of A Unibody Macbook Pro

texts: Is there a way to remove a slim scratch from the lid of a three month old unibody Macbook Pro?


texts: Terminal Equivalent of Finder Sort Order

texts:
One of the features I like about the Finder is that it sorts numbers "correctly", i.e - a file named "Episode 10" will come after "Episode 9" in a list, rather than after "Episode 1".

However, I haven't been able to find a way to replicate this ordering on the command line with any of the basic tools such as ls, sort and so-on, though I may have just missed or misunderstood an option.

Is it possible to mimic the Finder's alphabetic sort order to sort numbers by value when encountered? If so, is there a means of doing this that is cross-platform (even partially)?


texts: Logging for SSHD when started from Launchd with `-d` option?

texts:
I'm working on OS X 10.8.5, fully patched. I have an updated OpenSSH server installed in /usr/local/sbin listening on port 1522. Connection attempts result in ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host. sudo grep 'sshd' /var/log/* 2>/dev/null at the server is returning almost nothing, so I'm trying to gather more information at the server on the cause.

According to man sshd(8), -d is debug mode and it sends verbose debug output to standard error. I added -d to ProgramArguments in the plist, but the plist also sets StandardErrorPath to /dev/null. So I'm guessing the debugging information is being discarded.

I checked launchctl(1) man page, but I don't see what I should do to modify StandardErrorPath so that its logged somewhere. The man page does not even discussed the name/value pair.

How should I change the configuration so the debug logging is logged somewhere, and I know where that "somewhere" is?

$ cat /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh-7.1.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Disabled</key>
    <true/>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.openssh.sshd-v7.1</string>
    <key>Program</key>
    <string>/usr/local/sbin/sshd</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>-i -d</string>
    </array>
    <key>Sockets</key>
    <dict>
            <key>Listeners</key>
            <dict>
                    <key>SockServiceName</key>
                    <string>1522</string>
            </dict>
    </dict>
    <key>inetdCompatibility</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Wait</key>
        <false/>
    </dict>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/dev/null</string>
    <key>SHAuthorizationRight</key>
    <string>system.preferences</string>
</dict>
</plist>


texts: Can MacBook Air 2014 use passive mini-displayport converter

texts:
My MacBook Air Early 2014 has a thunderbolt port. According to this article thunderbolt supports dual-mode DisplayPort (DP++), which in turn supports passive converters.

So theoretically I can buy a passive mini-displayport to HDMI or DVI converter, and connect to my monitor and it should work. Is this assumption correct?

I ask because I bought two converters, one for HDMI and one for DVI, but neither of them worked. My monitor just does not detect any signal. So I want to double-check my assumption.


texts: I just purchased 64GB of RAM that's compatible with my 2018 Mac mini, but in no way shape or form do I trust myself enough to make the installation myself. I called my local Apple Store to see if they could do it for me, and they said they couldn't do it with third-party RAM for warranty reasons. Does anyone know of a place that could make the installation for me such as a place like Best Buy perhaps? Not really sure who does this type of stuff by I would definitely prefer to have a professional do it instead of risking messing something up on my own.


texts: I have an iPhone 5c and works great. The issue is I try to update my iPhone but it will stay at the loading part for a long time and wont load. How do I fix this problem?


texts: How can I stop using beta iOS on my iPhone?

texts: I'm currently on the beta program on my iPhone. How can I stop using the beta versions and go back to the newest version of iOS (non-beta)?


texts: rails error on macos mojave 10.14.5: config/load_config.rb:5:in `require': cannot load such file -- configurate (LoadError)

texts:
Im trying to install ruby and rails on macos using rbenv.

On running rails new myapp and rails -v

it gives error:

5: from bin/rails:8:in `<main>'
4: from bin/rails:8:in `require_relative'
3: from /Users/jagtarsingh/config/boot.rb:8:in `<top (required)>'
2: from /Users/jagtarsingh/config/boot.rb:8:in `require_relative'
1: from /Users/jagtarsingh/config/load_config.rb:5:in `<top (required)>'/Users/jagtarsingh/config/load_config.rb:5:in `require': cannot load such file -- configurate (LoadError)

Im following these sources

http://guides.railsgirls.com/install#setup-for-os-x
https://gorails.com/setup/osx/10.14-mojave

I don't have a good search term that can help me figure out this error. Where might I start to research or diagnose this?


texts: MacBook Pro freezes with beachball on login (OS 10.7 Lion)

texts:
EDIT 8/21/11:  It appeared that this issue may have been fixed in Update 10.7.1, but it reoccured just recently.

Recently after upgrading to Lion, my MBP refuses to allow me to login.  I can see the screen and move the pointer, but the password box refuses any entry, and after about ten seconds my pointer turns into the beachball completely freezing up my mac.

I was able to temporarily fix the issue by upgrading my system from 4 to 8 GB of RAM which I already had on order, but after a couple boots, it has returned to it's unusable state.

I have researched some other sites, including the Apple Forums, but I haven't found any great solutions.  I'm wondering if anyone else has/had seen this issue, and knows of a good fix that I can utilize until Apple issues an update.  (which I will have to install somehow after logging in)

I have a 15 in, 2.4 Ghz i5 MacBook Pro from Spring 2010.  I dual boot with Windows 7 under bootcamp and I have a firmware password set.  Both instances of the freeze have seemed to occur after coming back to the mac side from W7.  I have regular time machine backups.


texts: How do I ONLY receive and send iMessage (not SMS)?

texts:
Is this possible? I have an international phone plan that charges way too much money for international texts. I'd like to still be able to use iMessage instead of other texting apps, (but realize it will only be able to be with folks who have an iPhone and iMessage activated.)

I believe I've figured out my settings so I only send iMessage, but I can not figure out how to FORCE receiving texts only through iMessage and not SMS.
Is this possible?


texts: How to remove security notifications about unapproved software after upgrading to macos High Sierra?

texts: Upgrading to High Sierra is really painful. I cannot do brew upgrade, I am getting thousands of security notifications - see the attached file.  There are some recipes in Internet but they are not working, maybe the latest upgrade does not allow them.  I can approve files one by one but there are hundreds of them.  Maybe at least I can approve all files in a directory? Or run a script approving all files?


texts: Stocks app crashes on launch after moving from iPhone to iPad on iOS 6.1.3

texts: I want to port the Stocks app from iPhone to iPad. I transferred Stocks.app and the relevant frameworks files from iPhone 4 iOS 6.1.3 to iPad 2 iOS 6.1.3. The files are zipped via iFile on iPhone and unzipped into the right directories when the files are on iPad 2 so that the proper file permission can be preserved. Weather, compass and voice memo works, however this Stocks always crash at opening.


texts: Magsafe "L" light takes few seconds before turning off after being unplugged

texts:
I've bought the 85w Apple adapter from Amazon warehouse (used). It works fine but when I unplug it, the orange light stays on for few more seconds before turning off, while the old adapter turns off instantly. It only happens if i leave it plugged for few mins. I also tested it on another MBP and it does the same.
Is it faulty/should I return it?
thank you


texts: Better way to create signature for preview than holding a paper in front of the camera

texts:
I have a perfectly fine scanned image of a signature.  It is unnecessarily inaccurate  to hold it in front of the camera instead of using the image directly.

How to enter the signature from the image file directly?


texts: Does FileVault prompt for passwords more often?

texts:
If I enable FileVault on Mountain Lion, will it make my machine ask me for my password more often?

For example, right now I have my machine configured so that when it goes to sleep, if I wake it up within 15 minutes, I don't need to enter my password when I wake it up.  Can I still do that, if I enable FileVault?  Or will FileVault force me to enter my password every time I wake up my machine, period?


texts: What is the IP address of my iphone when my computer is connected to the internet using that iphone's personal hotspot?

texts:
I have this program on my mac that streams my gps location over the private network.

When on the road, my program needs an internet connection as well as the gps data, so I need to pair to my iphone to get internet. After doing this, however, my program can't determine my iphone's IP address so I can't get the location data.

Does my iphone have an IP address when it's the "router" effectively, via personal hotspot??


texts: How to move iOS backup password from one Mac to another

texts:
I backup my iOS devices to my Mac instead of iCloud, I encrypt them so they are more complete, and I keep the password in my keychain.
I got a new Mac.  I still have the old Mac and its keychain so I can get the password from that Mac but I'd like to store it in the new Mac's keychain.  The password in the keychain is the type of item that can not be exported.  And drag and drop from one keychain to another doesn't work.  I could "change" the password to the same which would add it to the keychain but that seems rather lame.
This question could also apply to any item in a Keychain that can not be exported.  What are some techniques to transfer them to a new keychain?


texts: How can I compare file structures before and after a software install?

texts:
I'm writing a new formula for Homebrew for some software I maintain and as part of my testing I'd like to ensure that files are only added to the correct places on install and that all files are removed on uninstall.

What's the best way of going about comparing file structures before and after my test installs and uninstalls?


texts: How can I find out the size of a video file on my iPhone 6 camera roll?

texts: How can I find out the size of a video file on my iPhone 6 camera roll without connecting it to a computer.


texts: Can I use the Bedtime alarm on iOS without using it as a morning alarm?

texts: I use Sleep Cycle as an alarm clock/sleep tracker, but it doesn't offer a bedtime reminder functionality. Is there any way to use the native Bedtime alarm on iOS 10 without using it as a wakeup alarm as well?


texts: Mac won't boot; get the Apple logo then it becomes a prohibitory symbol

texts:
I start up my early 2011 MacBook Pro, and it gives me the login screen, I enter my password, and then booting starts as normal, but about halfway through the progress bar, it stops booting entirely and comes up with this symbol.

I'm really not sure what to do. In recovery mode I'm unable to access the partition that holds the Mac OS (it's grayed out) and when I try to mount the Mac OS partition through terminal, it instead tells me that it's a FileVault or Fusion Drive - it's neither, to the best of my knowledge - and that it must be unlocked prior to mounting. So, U found the logical volume and unlocked it using diskutil corestorage command that actually unlocked volumes, and then it ended up as /dev/disk16, and I was still unable to mount /dev/disk0s2, or disk16. Trying to remove the empty Windows partition through DiskUtility results in failure because it's locked. Any and all help is greatly appreciated, as I desperately need this computer for study, and losing files on it is a non-option.


texts: MBP Headphone Jack Doesn't Work in OS X but does in Windows

texts:
I bought a brand new Mid-2012 MacBook Pro 13" from Apple. Ever since I've had it, it's had this quirky bug where headphones are only recognized if they're plugged in before the computer is woken up: the computer has to be either turned off or put to sleep every time I want to plug in my headphones. I called Apple Support and went through all the usual stuff and some not-so-usual stuff, but the problem still persists. I, along with multiple tech support guys from Apple, finally just concluded it was a hardware issue. I never bothered to take it into the store to get fixed, and the problem never went away (no surprise there).

Today, after living with this and doing nothing about it for months, I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 Enterprise using BootCamp, and in Windows, headphones work perfectly all the time. I've just been living with this issue since I've had a workaround, but this makes me think there must be some way of making the jack work properly in OS X, too.

Any ideas on what could be causing this problem or how to fix it? What would be different about Windows 7 that would make it act differently?

Here's what I've already tried:

Resetting the PRAM and SMC
Ensuring that no weird audio drivers or services were installed (the Apple Support guy and I went through my /Library and ~/Library with a fine-tooth comb)
Re-installing the OS fresh (in fact, since then, I've changed hard drives and installed fresh a second time)
Cleaning out the headphone jack itself
Using a different set of headphones (any of them that use the 1/8th inch jack don't work in OS X but do in Windows; Bluetooth and USB headphones work fine)
Ensuring that everything is attached correctly inside the MBP (no frayed wires, no loose connections, etc.)


texts: Transferring bookmarks from Apple Maps to Google Maps

texts: Is there a way to transfer bookmarks from Apple Maps to Google Maps? I understand why I can't, but has anyone found a workaround?


texts: launchd runs program every hour even though StartCalendarInterval array is provided

texts:
I have my StartCalendarInterval set in my launchd plist file like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>local.script.launcher</string>

        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/usr/bin/osascript</string>

        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
            <string>osascript</string>
            <string>/Users/me/basic-script.scpt</string>
        </array>

        <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
        <array>
            <dict>
                <key>Hour</key>
                <integer>8</integer>
                <key>Minute</key>
                <integer>0</integer>
            </dict>
            <dict>
                <key>Hour</key>
                <integer>16</integer>
                <key>Minute</key>
                <integer>0</integer>
            </dict>
            <dict>
                <key>Hour</key>
                <integer>24</integer>
                <key>Minute</key>
                <integer>0</integer>
            </dict>
        </array>
    </dict>
</plist>

Even though I am declaring 3 different StartCalendarIntervals, the agent still launches the program every hour.
What am I doing wrong?
.
SOLUTION:
As per @Phong's answer, for launchd plist files and StartCalendarInterval, midnight, 12AM, or 2400 hours military time is Hour = 0 not 24.


texts: Chrome slow when loading local virtual host

texts:
I'm developing a local website with MAMP. I've configured a virtual host (hosts files, and apache vhosts).

/etc/hosts file:

127.0.0.1   domain.com

MAMP Vhosts config

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/route/to/folder"
    ServerName domain.com
</VirtualHost>

It all works fine, but in Chrome sometimes the local website takes a few seconds to load, when it should load instantly. I've narrowed down the problem to Chrome as it works fine 100% of the time with Safari.

When this happens in Chrome, the status bar at the bottom says "resolving host". It would seem like it's waiting for a DNS server to respond... but isn't the hosts file overriding any DNS calls?

Any ideas what might be happening?


texts: is iTunes connection a reliable method to check an iPhone is dead or alive?

texts: I guess a turned on iPhone will always show up in iTunes when you plug it to a mac or PC (even if you need to unlock the passcode).  I sometimes need to known if an iPhone is dead inside or it's just the screen not showing image.


texts: Copying one directory into another Mac Catalina

texts:
I have two directories:

~/old
~/new

Each has subdirectories. What I would like to do, is copy old into new, and overwrite everything. When I do:

cp -r ~/new ~/old

It creates:

~/old/new

I tried different things, such as:

cp -r ~/new/*/* ~/old/*.*
cp -r ~/new/*/* ~/old

~/old and ~/new have very similar subfolders structure, and mostly the same file names, but I want it all overwritten. Any ideas?


texts: How to change power savings settings on iPad 2, iOS 4.3.3

texts: After a few minutes, if I haven't touched the iPad 2's screen, it goes dim and then turns off. I suppose this is a power savings behavior; however, when it is connected to my computer I don't want it to power down. How can I change the power savings settings?


texts: USB flash drive in ExFat doesn't unmount

texts:
I need to transfer large files (9 GB) from my Mac to a PC. I bought a 64 GB flash drive, and it wouldn't work because it was in FAT 32 format and I couldnt transfer such a large file.

I reformatted the drive to ExFAT, and copied the file without a problem -- everything opened on my Mac and worked fine. When I plugged the drive into the PC, it said the drive was corrupted. So I went back to my computer, and the drive wasn't mounting. I opened Disk Utility and tried to repair it. After a while, it said it was repaired but the process never finished (even though it said in the activity log that it had been repaired). After an hour I pushed stop repair a few times, but it still didn't stop, so I just quit Disk Utility (probably not a great idea).

I decided to try starting again, and I clicked Erase in the Disk Utility so I can re-format the drive. Its now been about an hour and it hasnt moved past "unmounting disk" and the blue barber pole on the bottom.

Any ideas what I can do? Why did this happen? Should I just keep waiting? Should I quit Disk Utility? Any help or guidance would be incredibly helpful.


texts:
If I want to transfer a 256 SSD with everything on it (OS Catalina) from a mid 2014 Macbook Pro 13" to an early 2015 Macbook Pro 13", will it work?

Or should I reinstall it?


texts: Does Macbook Pro have a hardware or software issue? (Constantly Stuck on White Screen)

texts:
My Macbook Pro Late 2011 (running on Sierra) has suddenly started having the white screen problem and I've tried the following:

NVRAM, PRAM and SMC reset (could not get past loading bar after
entering my user password)
Running in Safe Mode (could not get past loading bar after entering
my user password)
Running in Single-User Mode (fsck shows no problem with the SSD
drive, got white screen after "exit" command)
Running in Verbose Mode (got white screen after I was in verbose mode
or got white screen after "exit" command)
Running in Target Disk Mode (connected with a thunderbolt cable, I
was able to login to my account on the second Macbook by choosing the
main Macbook's SSD from boot selection menu at the
startup on the second Macbook. I copied everything on my main SSD to
an external HDD, so erasing the drive would not be a problem. However, the
second time I've tried this, I could not get past the loading bar after
entering my user password - just like I couldn't on the main Macbook)
Running in Target Disk Mode (this time as an external drive, on the second Macbook I got
the error "macOS could not fix this hard drive, you can still access
files but reformat it asap". So, I thought the SSD on the main Macbook has a problem and
it was causing this problem!)

After this, I've erased the main SSD and tried to install a fresh macOS Sierra into the empty SSD. However, I got a white screen in the middle of the installation! (side note; I was installing from a bootable external HDD via USB).

After many tries and fails, somehow I was able to come to the final stages of installation (where you create a user name, password etc.). I entered the information and hit finish, then the computer just froze (the cursor and everything). I could not finish the installation on the main Macbook.

-Bear with me here-

I was not ready to give up, so I put the main Macbook into Target Disk Mode and I finished the installation on the second Macbook. Logged in, could see my fresh desktop.

I hoped it would work just as fine on the main Macbook, but now I cannot even see the user login screen. The only thing I can see is the Apple logo and the progress bar that never finishes loading (because it gets interrupted with a white screen, it fills 3/4 approximately).

So my question folks, does my Macbook Pro Late 2011 have a hardware or software issue? If it is hardware, what could it be? Keep in mind that I do not have anything plugged in or changed any hardware recently.

Thanks for reading, hoping for an answer.

Cheers & stay safe!

UPDATE: I've installed a fresh macos Sierra to an external HDD and plugged it in my main Macbook Pro, selected that drive using Option key and I still can't get past the loading bar with Apple logo (get white screen).


texts: Is there a list of punctuation commands for iPad dictation?

texts: I'm sure Apple has published something similar for Siri, but now that the iPad dictation is out, where can I find a list of commands for dictation? Can I do things like hit the enter key, or type symbols? I'm obviously able to enter periods and question mark's, but beyond that I'm not so sure. So, how can I type out the words question mark Without actually getting a question mark?


texts:
I have observed the Auto-Lock to become greyed out and unavailable while the battery saver mode is turned on and the iPhone is charging. However, it remains disabled on my iPhone despite turning off battery saver mode.

What's the reason for this behaviour and how do I enable the Auto-Lock?


texts: I think my HD is failing. Can't backup files from recovery mode. How can I preserve my data?

texts:
I'm really worried, and I'm hoping that you guys can help me salvage some files. Here's what happened:

This morning I woke my iMac up from sleep, but it was hardly responding. I would click something and it would show the colorwheel spinning for 30 seconds before responding. So I rebooted, but then it got stuck on the apple logo with the loading symbol for about 15 minutes, then it started osx but it responded even less and the desktop background disappeared every 20 seconds and turned grey.

So I booted into recovery mode and tried to verify the HD, which failed. Then I tried repairing it but it failed again, saying that I should backup my files and repartition my HD. I have an external HD, but it doesn't have enough space for me to save an image of my entire HD to it. So I'm trying to backup files manually through the terminal, but that's not working either. At first I couldn't even see my HD from the terminal in recovery mode (like it wasn't mounted). After rebooting a couple of times I can now access my HD from the terminal in recovery, but when I try to copy a file to my external drive it gives an "input/output error" most of the time.

This all sounds really bad to me. Is there anything I can do?

ps: I tried booting into my windows bootcamp partition but that didn't work. The error message said something about inserting a boot cd if I remember correctly.


texts: App Store shows wrong app version for review comment

texts: Behind each review there is a version like this (v1.5). I've encountered some comments which clearly use a newer version then it is shown. How is this possible ?


texts: What happens if I unsubscribe from Apple Music, then resubscribe at a later date?

texts: I want to cancel my apple music subscription for now, but may want to bring it back this summer. Will all the music I added be permanently removed when I unsubscribe, or will re-subscribing retrieve all my previous music?


texts: Old (1-2 years) photos on iPhone appear blurry, but iCloud Photos are not turned on

texts: I see this question asked a lot and the answer is always to turn off "Optimize phone storage" in iCloud's photo stream settings. My photos aren't backed up to iCloud though so this isn't a problem. The exclamation symbol isn't there either. All the pictures are just blurry and the videos won't load. What's going on here?


texts: Keyboard shortcut in chrome for selecting bookmark in bookmark bar

texts: Is there a keyboard shortcut for selecting a bookmark in the bookmarks bar in chrome? Like you can press f6 in windows and it selects the first bookmark and if you follow by pressing enter it navigate to that page.


texts: Can't boot Apple Hardware Test with correct install disk that has AHT

texts:
I just restored my HD from a Time Machine backup and afterward my AHT won't work, despite the fact that I have the original install disk (10.5 Leopard, disk #2 that says it has AHT on it). AHT worked a week ago, no problem. I'm 100% sure I have the right disk. I've successfully run AHT many times using this disk in the past.

Weirdly, I can still boot to Recovery Mode from the same disk by hitting Command + R (unfortunately, can't reach AHT that way). I ran First Aid from disk just in case, no problems found. So the disk drive, disk, and keyboard all seem to work okay.

I shut down, hit D right after hitting the power button, and screen goes gray forever, never boots. Same thing occurs when pressing Option at boot to choose the boot disk... goes to gray screen, never boots. I'm using a wired USB keyboard (a Microsoft brand, but I'm accounting for default option key vs. command key vs. windows key, etc.). I also tried hitting D at different times after hitting power, before hitting power, and tried different USB ports for the keyboard. Unplugged everything. All fails.

I assume my HD recovery changed something. Apple support said they think my disk is bad, which I don't buy since it worked last week.

Perhaps relevant: I want to use AHT because — before I recovered my HD — AHT indicated I had bad ram. (Ram problems were intermittent). I wanted to determine which of my two chips was bad by using just one or the other and repeatedly running AHT to find which individual chip is bad. Currently using just one of my two 4GB chips, which I guess could be related, if it's the bad one. MacMini is a 3,1 Intel currently running 10.11.6 btw.

Thanks a lot for any advice.


texts: Has my iPhone security been compromised?

texts:
I just had something really concerning happen to my iPhone 6s (iOS 11.3.1, I update my apps everyday, not jailbroken).

I was on the YouTube app when the screen completely froze and the screen’s colors looked slightly off (specs of red and green, etc. Could still see the video, but it stopped playing).  My phone almost never freezes, and in particular it’s never had the screen issues I've just described.

Does this sound like my security might have been compromised? If so, what should I do, and are there any tips to keep my phone protected afterward?


texts: Catalina: How to disable tab(button) in Safari

texts:
Can you disable the keyboard tab button when in Safari?

It is super annoying, when you actually are using tab to switch between application - and when in Safari you keep you little finger at the tab(not pressing) while reading... Then boom you are at the next TAB of the page, just because you relaxed the little finger(only - not the thumb) and pressed the tab button while reading.


texts: I don't want to use iMessage on an iOS 11 phone. How do I turn it off?

texts:
How do I turn it off?

When I sent to Settings, Messages and turned off iMessages.  But then I am unable to SMS people with iPhones.

Error dialog pops up:

iMessage needs to be enabled to send this message.

I don't want to fix iMessage.  I don't want to use it.  I have unlimited SMS so don't see the point.  Is this possible?


texts: Where are the actions stored that the Contacts.app can apply on telephone numbers?

texts:
When I click on a telephone number in Contacts.app (or more precise: on the word left of it) I get to see the following menu:

Where does Contact.app store these actions? I couldn't find anything in the /Library/Scripts or ~/Library/Scripts folder.
I want to know this as I think the Send SMS with Bluetooth is not natively present and I want to copy this action over to a new install I'm going to do.


texts: How can I reduce the display resolution in Windows (Boot Camp) on a Retina 5k iMac?

texts:
tl;dr How can I add additional valid display resolutions to the Retina 5k iMac under Windows 8.1?

So I just picked up a new Retina iMac, immediately threw Boot Camp and Windows 8.1 on it, and started pulling my Steam games over.

All is well except for the fact that the display refuses to switch from it's not-really-native-but-windows-thinks-it's-native resolution of 3840 x 2160. Apparently that's a theoretical max for Windows (or at least AMD drivers) at the moment.

However, since I want to play games in fullscreen (not windowed) modes, I really need to be able to decrease the resolution. How can I do that?


texts: How should I manage different version of Java (JRE and JDK) on Mavericks?

texts:
I would like to know what the best way would be to have multiple versions of Java (both JRE and JDK) installed on Mavericks, and also the best way to be able to use these version with Eclipse.

Currently I appear to have the following versions of JDK and JRE installed:

1.7.0_45 (/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/)
1.7.0_45 (/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/A/Commands/)
1.6.0_65 (/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/)

As far as I can tell, the two version of 1.7.0_45 are not symlinked to each other.

I am interested in installing a version of Java 8 as well, where and how should I install it to make it play nice with the existing versions?


texts:
I have an 27" iMac (mid-2011) upgraded all the way from Snow Leopard-Lion-Mountain Lion-Mavericks-Yosemite-El Capitan.
I am curious abot the new System Font (San Francisco) however I cant find it in any font lists? Not in FontBook either? So where is it?


texts: What more could I have done to secure my iPhone and iPad?

texts:
I recently travelled to China for work. To my surprise our IT department confiscated my iPhone and iPad saying they could not secure the data or communications on my devices against prying eyes.

When I complained saying I would leave them in Airplane mode and remove the SIM cards they said that wouldn't be enough to secure my data on these devices. Instead they gave me a mobile phone for the duration of the trip that was not a smartphone. It had no data connection per se, a physical numeric keypad, no touch screen or apps.

I want to know why putting my devices in Airplane mode and removing the SIM cards is not enough to secure my data from prying eyes? The IT department wouldn't answer that question!

I also want to know what else I could have done to secure the data on my iPhone and iPad, or is there no way to properly secure data on these devices?

I go through phases of being rather paranoid, so that's the reason for wanting clarity on this. It's also one of the reasons I use Apple products, but this experience has got me spooked.

Both devices are running iOS 10.3.3.


texts: Capturing screenshots on macOS Sierra is very slow

texts:
Capturing screenshots on the Mac has gotten very slow recently.

It used to be nearly instantaneous but now it is taking more than 10 seconds for the image to appear on the desktop.

I seem to recall having this problem years ago. The workaround was to delete a large accumulation of log files that the os had built up. After I deleted these log files, the screen capture worked very fast again.

Problem is that I cannot remember where these log files are. Searched for quite some time and could not find the information.


texts: How can I display Activity Monitor's "Memory" columns through Terminal?

texts:
Activity Monitor has a number of columns that show different measurements of memory usage for each process. Including:

Memory
Real Memory (various)
Compressed Memory

How can I display these for a specific process or app in Terminal, AppleScript or Xcode?


texts: How to label text files as such in zip archive

texts:
I am told, about a zip archive I created under Mavericks from the Finder File menu, with a directory containing both pdf and text files: "No file is labelled as text by zipinfo". People ask me to use a zipper able to do that. I went through the entire option list as described on the apple developer site and do not seem to find the correct invocation, if any.

I have zipinfo installed from fink, and indeed when I run it in verbose mode on the archive it says for each file "apparent file type: binary".

Is there anyway using the /usr/bin/zip shipped with Mac OS X to create archives with some text files identified as such, from the point of view of zipinfo?


texts: Terminal stop launching in Double Commander after Catalina 10.15.1 upgrade

texts:
I just upgraded to Catalina 10.15.1 and having some issues opening Terminal from Double Commander

If i click the terminal button that corresponds to this actions:

Now the Terminal just wont show, just nothing happens.

If I press shift+enter that suppose to open terminal in the current dir I've got this error

/var/tmp/doublecmd-Xwwn: line 5: /Users/A/.yarn: is a directory
logout
Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.

F9 does not work either (no terminal shown).
I am on DC 0.9.6 beta Mac OS X >= 10.11, 64 bit, doublecmd-0.9.6-9018.cocoa.x86_64.zip.

Any ideas?

P.S:
In Catalina they've changed the default shell https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT208050 may be it is something to do with that?

UPDATE:
Just created a custom toolbar action that solved my problem, will stick to that for now:


texts:
I have a pdf which, when I duplicate it in Preview and save it, is substantially bigger afterwards:

Before:

$ pdfinfo manuscript-EditorComments.pdf
Title:
Subject:
Keywords:
Author:         Rainer M Krug
Creator:        LaTeX with hyperref package
Producer:       pdfTeX-1.40.14
CreationDate:   Fri Jan 24 13:59:56 2014
ModDate:        Fri Jan 24 13:59:56 2014
Tagged:         no
Form:           none
Pages:          39
Encrypted:      no
Page size:      612 x 792 pts (letter)
File size:      1715794 bytes  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Optimized:      no
PDF version:    1.5  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Afterwards:

$ pdfinfo manuscript-EditorComments\ copy.pdf
Author:         Rainer M Krug
Creator:        LaTeX with hyperref package
Producer:       Mac OS X 10.9.1 Quartz PDFContext
CreationDate:   Fri Jan 24 13:27:14 2014
ModDate:        Fri Jan 24 13:27:14 2014
Tagged:         no
Form:           none
Pages:          39
Encrypted:      no
Page size:      612 x 792 pts (letter)
File size:      2673770 bytes   <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Optimized:      no
PDF version:    1.3   <<<<<<<<<<<<<<

I highlighted the relevant differences. Now is this only caused by the different pdf version?

Even reducing the size with the quartz filter does not change the file size:

$ pdfinfo manuscript-EditorComments\ copy\ reduced.pdf
Author:         Rainer M Krug
Creator:        LaTeX with hyperref package
Producer:       Mac OS X 10.9.1 Quartz PDFContext
CreationDate:   Fri Jan 24 13:35:43 2014
ModDate:        Fri Jan 24 13:35:43 2014
Tagged:         no
Form:           none
Pages:          39
Encrypted:      no
Page size:      612 x 792 pts (letter)
File size:      2428897 bytes   <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Optimized:      no
PDF version:    1.3   <<<<<<<<<<<<<<

OK - no really heavy images in the pdf, but is the difference really only because of the pdf version?


texts: How can I sync mail older than two weeks on my iOS 4.1 device?

texts: In the settings for my exchange account I only see options for syncing up to two weeks back, not more. Is there a way I could sync mail that is more than two weeks old?


texts: Can I test the functioning of an AirPort antenna of a MacBook Pro?

texts:
Recently my Wifi connection has suffered greatly on my MacBook Pro mid2012 non-retina. I now need a much stronger Wifi signal to have a working connection. I did not change my position at my desk (home and office) nor the router hardware. Other Macs have no problem at the same spot.

Since the problem appeared right after the OS X 10.10.5 update and others seem to have similar problems, I am not sure if I am dealing with a hardware or a software issue here. Is there a way to sort that out? I was thinking one could, for instance, measure the electrical resistance of these connectors here:

What I tried so far:

AppleCare stress test - no issues found
setting DNS servers manually
SMC & NVRAM reset
delete /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

UPDATE

It turned out that the antenna cable in the black plastic bar on the screen was in contact with the screen's hinge. So every time I opened or closed the screen, the cable was cut a little more. This seems to be a weak design or faulty assembly in my MBP. I would still be curious how this could be diagnosed without disassembling almost the entire MacBook.


texts: Can I still cast to Chromecast on my MacBook?

texts: In the past I was able to cast to Chromecast from my MacBook. But there's a lot of indications that this service may have been discontinued. For example, the Cast extension on Chrome has been discontinued. Is there still a way to cast to Chromecast from your MacBook? I find it perplexing that they discontinued this service since it was such a useful feature.


texts: How can I identify the first occurrence of a repeating event in Calendar

texts:
Before Sierra Calendar and after "defaults write com.apple.iCal IncludeDebugMenu 1" we could locate the first event of a repeating event in our calendar. This was extremely useful for deleting all linked events from without having to hunt them down one by one. This would be required if one of the events became disassociated from the rest of the repeating events because a change had been made to it, like time of day.

Has anyone figured out how to replace this removed "feature" - the debug menu?


texts: Metadata in photos - not showing when sent from other people

texts: I'm not having ANY photos showing metadata with geolocation unless it's photos taken from my own phone. I have tested if sent on messenger (where I know FB removes it) But also is sent on iMessage as normal SMS from friends phone to me, it doesn't show geolocation on the photo. Even if geo on photos are turned on - on their phone. How can this be?


texts:
Can I boot from an external drive with hardware encryption?

For example I can add a password to my Samsung T5 that turns on the drive’s hardware encryption. Can I boot from that, as long as I know the password? (I assume yes, but that I’ve got to install Samsung software on the target machine first.)

Is the answer any different if I additionally enable FileVault on the external drive (APFS, GUID)?


texts:
I've been happily using Magic Trackpad 2 for exactly a year and a week (suspicious ;)) and today it started acting strange - I'm using only three gestures mainly (dictionary lookup, two finger scroll and pinch to zoom) and the pinch to zoom seems buggy - I'm not sure if that's the problem with the trackpad or the MacOS (10.12.6 - but I've been using that one for months now with no issues).

So in short - before I was able to pinch to zoom all the time, right now I have to pinch and nothing happens and then quickly pinch again to actually zoom. Most of the time it works 50% of the time. I have only one MacBook and I'm wondering if I can somehow check if it is really an issue with my Trackpad or maybe with the OS itself?

Also, a bonus question - what's the lifespan of Magic Trackpads? I've been looking everywhere but couldn't find anything. Can they last years? I'm especially interested in Magic Trackpad 2 as it's the one I'm using.


texts: How to make sure album art shows up everywhere (Mac & iPhone) while using iTunes Match?

texts:
What's the correct way to manage album art while using iTunes Match and have it show up everywhere?

I've noticed that, typically:

When iTunes Match correctly applies album art in iTunes, it only appears on the first track of the album.
Viewing the album after having downloaded it from the cloud to my iPhone, I can typically see the album art
Some songs on the album, when played on the iPhone, will display album art, but some will not.

How can I best apply art through iTunes to have it show up everywhere? Must I ensure it's applied to every song, and then Update iTunes Match?


texts: mounting NFS v4 results in "Invalid argument"

texts:
I recently bought a Synology NAS. I can mount via SMB and APS properly, but I can't make hard links. So I looked around and tried to use NFS. NFS ver3 does work, but Finder behaves strangely for some folders as if that folder can't be retrieved or the drive has freezed, but in terminal everything worked fine (note: using ffplay to play the file in the folder succeeded, but 'open' says that there are no such file). Then I realize that I can mount using NFS ver 4.1 as the NAS supports it. But then I run into this issue. The command I use to mount it is as follows:

nfsver 3:
mkdir /Volumes/File
mount_nfs -o rwsize=32768 -o locallocks -o namedattr -o noac -o rdirplus -o nfsv3 jin.local:volume1/File/ /Volumes/File

Output: mount_nfs: option nfsv3 deprecated, use vers=#

nfsver 4:
mkdir /Volumes/File
mount_nfs -o rwsize=32768 -o locallocks -o namedattr -o noac -o rdirplus -o nfsv4 jin.local:volume1/File/ /Volumes/File

Output: mount_nfs: option nfsv4 deprecated, use vers=#
mount_nfs: can't mount volume1/File/ from jin.local onto /Volumes/File: Invalid argument


texts: With the purchase of a new iMac, Apple seems to be offering your choice of Mighty Mouse (Apple Mouse) or Magic Mouse with the option of adding a Magic Trackpad to the Magic Mouse. I have no interest in either of those mice, and would prefer to simply get a Magic Trackpad with my iMac, which is priced the same as a Magic Mouse. Would Apple Retail be able to set me up with this at a brick-and-mortar Apple Store?


texts: Is there a way to only allow facetime calls from people in your address book?


texts: iMessage Freezes/Hangs when sending screen shots

texts:
Worked fine sending 114k file of .png screen-shot; a 254k file freezes it dead.

So bad that I couldn't open up a tab in Safari. I suspect Evil Forces, but would be amused to learn it's a known issue.

Tested further just now sending 169k jpg file: hung so badly that again couldn't type here in Safari. Like it's sucking up all the good electrons and puppies.

Kernel panic? And why?


texts: Paging Up/Down in irssi Running In The iTerm2 Terminal Emulator

texts:
I can't figure out how to actually page up and down in irssi's history to see previous conversations. The majority of posts claimed that first hitting Ctl+A, then using Shft+fn+[up/down], which didn't work either.
I'm sure this is a meta-character terminal translation issue, but I have no idea where or what to start tinkering with. If anyone knows what is going on or how I can fix it, I would be ever so grateful :)


texts: Change language in OS X El Capitan in login menu

texts: I have a Mac Mini with OS X El Capitan and I'm trying to login, but my password is Russian and I can't change the language, because Russian isn't available in language menu. I am using a keyboard other than Apple's.


texts: 1 item could not be synced. See iTunes for more information

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  iTunes Sync: X items could not be synced. See iTunes for more information

I am trying to sync some MP3s to my iPhone 4S and keep getting the above message. I have seen some replies to this kind of query but only in relation to photos or videos. What more information am I supposed to be looking for?


texts:
Should I reinstall Bonjour after I got an message : File Problem: M DNSResponse.exe
How do I go about doing this?


texts: My iPhone 6 has white streaks lines and blue spots, can I fix it myself?

texts: My phone got dropped in the snow and now has white streaking lines on the screen and blue patches but no lines. Can this be fixed? Is it permanent or can I easily fix it myself? It's an iPhone 6 and I am on a plan where I can't replace it for a while.


texts: Clean Install El Capitan in Macbook without any other Mac

texts:
My Macbook Pro (Mid 2012) got its HDD corrupted due to some hardware issue. The issue has been fixed, however the MacBook lost its system partition data. The recovery partition is still there, but due to some issues (Read here), it never got upgraded to El Capitan's Recovery HD. Thus if I want to download the OS from Recovery Mode, it is installing Yosemite in it.

Is there any way I can reformat the MacBook and clean install El Capitan without first downloading Yosemite, installing it and then upgrading. I don't have any other Mac, but I do have a Windows Desktop. How can I possibly download and clean install El Capitan?


texts: Show more than 20 songs in Up Next (iTunes)?

texts: Currently it is only possible to view the next 20 tracks in Up Next, how does one increase this to 100?


texts: Issue with receiving Apple ID account change notification emails

texts:
I was changing the password and recovery key to my Apple ID tonight. Every other time I've done this, I receive a notification email for both password and recovery key changes and then another notification email is sent to my secondary email about the recovery key.

However, after I did this and logged back into both email accounts (I had changed passwords for these email accounts about five minutes earlier before making the Apple ID changes), there was only one email notifying me about the password change in my primary email's inbox, and no email about the recovery key change in my secondary email's inbox.

Is there a chance that somehow, in this one case, Apple did not send me an email regarding the recovery key change? I've tested this issue out after and I've received all email notifications I expect to receive when I change my Apple ID password and recovery key with no issue. Or is someone most likely trying to mess with me?

I did this all on a Macbook with a recently erased drive and a reinstalled OS via Internet Recovery. I am (overly?) paranoid about the security of my machine ever since a couple of months ago, someone phished a password of mine on an old Macbook.

Both emails come from appleid@id.apple.com, but the reply-to email addresses are different (appleid_gben@email.apple.com for the password email, appleid_usen@email.apple.com for the recovery key email).


texts: How to play an mp3 on an iPhone without installing anything?

texts: How can I play an mp3 on an iPhone 7 (iOS 14) without installing a third party mp3 player?


texts:
I just attempted to restore a folder from TimeMachine.  I was expecting that TM would ask me where to put the restored folder (as it has done in the past, IIRC), but this time it didn't, and instead overwrote the folder1.

This is definitely not what I wanted.

Is it possible to undo the TM restore?

1Bizarrely enough, TM noticed that one subfolder already existed, and asked whether it should overwrite it, keep the latest version, or keep both.  What's bizarre about this is that only one subfolder was selected for such special treatment, out of dozens of subfolders for which it would have been equally applicable.


texts: Set Logic Pro X output device to an iPhone

texts:
It's quite easy to setup your iPhone as a microphone for the Mac using IDAM, but I'd actually want to do the opposite. Instead, I'm trying to send audio from Logic Pro X to my iPhone. Essentially, I want professional audio coming out of Logic to be the mic input on my iPhone.
Here's my setup. I have an SM58 connected via XLR cable to a Scarlett Focusrite audio interface. This interface is the input device within logic. I'd like the Logic output device to be my iPhone.

Ideally this would work, but it doesn't since IDAM doesn't allow the iPhone to be used as an Output device:

So in Logic Pro, I can't select "iPhone" as an output device.

Is there some alternative way that I could get audio from Logic Pro X to my iPhone? Thank you for the help!


texts: Apple Mail prints tiny fonts after Maverick upgrade

texts:
After installing Mavericks on my MacBook Pro 13 (non-Retina) and on my Mac Mini, a printed message from Mail appears in tiny font. This is independent of the printer (tried on Hp and on Epson). After much experimentation I found that I can only increase the printed font size by raising the viewed font size to 16 or above. Even when doing this the mail message header is still about size 8.

Does anyone know of a fix to this? Is there a setting in the printer's plist that can be changed?

This has been reported to Apple via Mail Feedback and Apple Care.


texts: MAC Pro has a cloned hd but with a new username account, old username was deleted. I need the old username not to be offered in username field

texts: I have a MAC Pro that has a cloned hd but with a new username account.  We removed the old username account, but new apps automatically fill in the username prompt with the old username.  How do I get rid of the old username being automatically filled in the username field?


texts: Went to play tunes while working out the other day. I tapped on the Music app to open my playlists and all that appears is an image of a girl with headphones on. No playlists...no songs...no way to proceed to any of my music. Anybody else missing their music via Bluetooth?


texts: How to select 2G as data network on iOS 8?

texts:
It is stated on the iOS 8.1 release notes that users can now select 2G, 3G or 4G LTE as their data network.

I've since updated to iOS 8.1 but I could not find where the option is to select 2G data network.

Where can I find this setting option?


texts: Bought an iPhone 6 from a friend - iCloud question

texts:
The phone was wiped but they left their AppleID logged in. I deleted their AppleID and their iCloud account from the phone and replaced it with my own.

Will my stuff still go to their iCloud?


texts: Press and hold for accents does not work everytime

texts:
I am a German User, but i am using a US Keyboard and the US Extended Keyboard Layout. Sometimes I need to use German Umlauts, and I usually rely on the "press and hold for accented characters" feature of OS X.

However, this is not always available. I cant seem to find a pattern in this behavior. Sometimes I log in, and it works flawlessly, sometimes it doesn't work at all and just repeats the character I press for a long time.

I switched to different keyboard layouts (US, US Extended, US International PC) and different "Preferred Languages" in the "Language and Region" settings.

I also tried the defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true setting, but also no luck.

I have the same problem on different Macs; at work and at home.

How do I configure this feature correctly?


texts: Text Editor Graphical Glitch on Xcode 6.4

texts:
I'm experiencing a very odd graphical glitch with the code editor, initially I thought it was my machine's graphics going to pot but after further investigation it is definitely tied to Xcode and/or my project file.

This glitch appears to follow my project around, I have tried deleting derived data and userdata from the project folder, I've also made sure all of my fonts are the same (this was suggested in another thread for a similar sounding issue). Very often while editing code the below graphical error occurs, it is very frustrating. Has anyone else encountered this?

I've moved the project across multiple Macs and the problem persists, I would be really grateful for any insight on how to prevent this as I'm nearing the end of a very long project and this has pretty much put a halt to progress.


texts: Rearranging iBooks on bookshelf manually

texts: I'm unable to manually rearrange my iBooks bookshelf manually and would like to put individual books as well as a 'series' of books in their right order.It lets me 'edit' and move to the position I want but then re-sets itself back to the order the books started with when I press 'done'. I have tried rearranging and not pressing the 'done' but that doesn't work either.either way, once you re-open the bookshelf it's reset itself again. What can I do to rearrange my books in the order I want and save the changes without my iPad re- setting them? Thank- you for your help.


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When I use PuTTY on Windows, if I SSH to some server and launch a script there, closing the PuTTY window stops the script. (so I typically use screen to avoid that)

When I use iTerm on Mac OS X, if I SSH to some server and launch a script there, closing the iTerm window doesn't stop the script. How comes?


texts: Change date (but not time) in datetime column to date in date column

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I have a table with, among others, two columns, one for a date (e.g. "22. March 2021"), the other for a time (e.g. "16:00"). Internally, the date column contains only dates, but the time column internally contains date and time (e.g. "16:00" is actually 22.03.2021 16:00:00 with only the time shown, as the footer makes clear). This is a problem, when I want to sort the table and the date-part of the time column doesn't coincide with the date in the date column (which often happens when I copy-paste a time from another field).
What I would like to do is to either

strip the date from the internal representation of the time column (but I believe times without dates aren't possible in numbers)

or

replace the date in the internal representation of the time column by the date from the date column.

Can either of the two be achieved without manually editing each and every cell?

Example for option 2.

should become:

Note the footer!


texts: How can I choose by keyboard the autocorrect suggestions?

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I love the apple magic trackpad but, I don't like to use mouse to chose something while I'm typing.

Is there a way, to pick the option using the keyboard?

PS: Note that sometimes it may exist more than one option to pick


texts: Connecting a Samsung Phone via Bluetooth to iMac?

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I have OSX 10.9.2 on iMac 21.5 Mid 2011

I've been scouring the forums for pairing bluetooth devices but I can't find any of the options mentioned. If I go to Preferences -> Bluetooth, there isn't an option to add a devices, it just scans automatically.

It can find my mouse and keyboard in the list, but it doesn't bring anything else up. When I check my phone, it doesn't find the iMac in the list of devices so I'm not even sure if the iMac is only trying to make itself available to iOS devices.


texts: Can I connect 3 display to a mid 2012 MBP retina?

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I have a mid 2012 Retina display MBP, currently connected to 2 external displays.

Specs:

And these are the 2 current monitors, both FULL HD:

One of them is connected directly with native HDMI port and with the other one Im using an HDMI apple MiniDisplay Port adapter.

Im worried cause just bought another FULL HD 23" inches monitor and would like to use it as a third monitor, so I have 4 screens in total (I normally use MBP opened)

So what do you think? Can my Mac handle this? I bought a couple of Belkin HDMI to MiniDisplay port cables so I get rid of adapters.

Thank you


texts: How can I turn off my Time Capsule's wireless router?

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I have a useful wireless network, and then my Time Capsule's wireless network, which overpowers the other network when the computer is next to it. I don't know if it's misconfigured, but the Time Capsule's wireless network lets me do Time Machine backups and nothing else.

Is there a way to turn off the Time Capsule saying "I am the network" or configure my MacBook Pro (Lion) to ignore the router's network unless instructed to? Or how can I configure the Time Capsule, which is plugged in to a working wired network, to be a better router and forward traffic appropriately?


texts: Connecting MacBook Air to two VGA/DVI monitors

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I have a 13" MacBook Air (2012) and I would like to connect it to two external Lenovo Thinkvision monitors. Both monitors are identical. They have both a VGA port and a DVI port on the back (see photo).

I am not certain how the ports can be used properly to connect the two monitors together. What is the easiest way to use them both with a MacBook Air that has only one Thunderbolt port? Can I use a Thunderbolt to VGA adapter to connect to one monitor via a VGA cable and then use a DVI cable between the two monitors?

I would like to use both monitors without purchasing an expensive piece of hardware like the Matrox TripleHead2Go.


texts: How to set application icon using command line?

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I created an application using "Script Editor".
I would like to override the default icon using command line vs the usual drag and drop approach.
Is that possible?
Thanks!


texts: Triggering an alarm on MBP while the lid is closed

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I would like to use an alarm clock application on my MacBook Pro. The thing is, that I need to close the lid on the MBP while sleeping. Now I know this is a common issue, but after moderate amount of Googling I haven't found any reasonable solution. Some solutions are already old, do not work on 10.6.7 or the current line of MBP.

This application almost works. It has everything alarm clock should have. It can wakes the computer from sleep as well. It has some problems with closed lid though. The alarm fires of, but after like 3 seconds it auto snoozes. After snooze cool down expires the same thing happens again. If the lid is open and MBP is sleeping the application works just fine.

Can anyone recommend any other application?

ps. Now I know, that running MBP closed is not recommended due to possible overheating, but all need it the alarm clock, so after 10-20 seconds I will manually turn it off, so it shouldn't be an issue.


texts: IOS Settings App Notification Acknowledgement (red dot elimination)

texts: The settings icon indicates a little red dot with the number of notifications.  How does one acknowledge the notification and turn off the red dot? I want to avoid upgrading IOS and would like to remove the red dot.  Suggestions are appreciated: thank you


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I have a IPhone 4  model number A1349 an it won't update past a 7.1.2 it says my software is up to date but I know the latest software is at the least a 8.4.
Why is that?


texts: How to stop AirPods Pro from switching to Apple Watch?

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It annoys me that whenever I am listening to music on my iPhone and I want to activate Siri on my Apple Watch (to set a timer or reminder, for example), it takes several seconds for the watch to connect to the AirPods to listen to the input. Additionally, afterwards, music playback does not resume. This circumvents the whole point of the switching and just adds annoying friction.
I have disabled automatic device switching on all my devices, except for Apple Watch, for which I cannot seem to find instructions. Possibly this can’t be done.
When I’m using any other Bluetooth headphones with my iPhone, this does not occur.
Is there any way to stop AirPods from automatically switching to Apple Watch?
Please note that I am NOT looking for instructions to disable switching between other iOS or macOS devices, as I have already disabled that. I am also aware of Disable magic switch to Apple watch which is not a solution.


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I have noted that to view a desktop site in iOS 8 (such as Ask Different) that you need to refresh the page after you clicked on 'request desktop page'.

Why do we need to refresh the page when the loading bar move after you click request desktop site?


texts:
I can query the battery level of my bluetooth devices with ioreg with

ioreg -r -l -n devicename | grep  '"BatteryPercent"\ ='

with the following devices

Keyboards: IOAppleBluetoothHIDDriver, AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard
Mice: BNBMouseDevice, AppleHSBluetoothDevice
Trackpad: BNBTrackpadDevice

Any idea which is the object name for Apple AirPods?


texts: How do I stop WhatsApp saving pictures to Google Photos?

texts: I have Google Photos Backup & Sync activated. All the pictures I take are uploaded to the cloud. But since I have an iPhone also the photos that my contacts send me using WhatsApp are uploaded. I do not want this. This used to be different on my Android devices. What can I do to stop WhatsApp pictures being uploaded?


texts:
Recently with the new music app introduced by iOS 8.4, I get strange bugs

Bug 1

While songs are played in shuffle/random mode .

When playing songs from all tracks in shuffle mode, just after listening to songs from a playlist whatever the mode (shuffle or normal mode), the third track played is the last track listenned from the playlist.

How to reproduce Bug 1

Play songs from a playlist
Go to 'Songs' and play all songs in shuffle mode.
listen or skip the first track
listen or skip the second track
The third track should be the last track played from step 1.

Bug 2

When playing songs from an intelligent playlist (playlist with rules ⚙) with a rule that removes the last song played (see below to reproduce the bug), if I pause play, put the iPod into sleep mode, then recover play, songs that are removed from the playlist are played.

How to reproduce Bug 2

Create a playlist with all songs never played in the last month.
Sync the playlist with your iOS device
Play couple of song from this playlist (playlist should update by removing played songs)
Pause play
Put iOS device into sleep mode
Wait somme minutes
Recover play
Songs that are removed from the playlist should play

Am I the only one to have these bugs ?
If someone get these bugs, is there a fix ?

Thanks

PS

I use an iPod touch 5th gen 64gb and I have more than 4000 songs from various artists and genres, with good metadata.
Bugs happened also on iOS 9.
I have tried to kill the Music app still got the problem.
I don't have an Apple Music subscription.


texts: Securing Lion user account directories from admin access

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FileVault allowed me to create encrypted user directories, so that if I handed my computer over to the Apple store for repairs I could give them a clean admin account to do the necessary repairs without worrying as much that they may be browsing my personal files. (Unless they had truly malicious intent and backdoors, etc.)

This is less trivial to accomplish in Lion since it uses full disk encryption. I know I could make an encrypted sparsebundle or truecrypt container and use that, but that would make things like dropbox syncing for access from a windows machine much more difficult. If it had to be something like that, I would prefer that it auto-mount at login.

Is there an easy to use way to achieve the same functionality I had in snow leopard?


texts: Text box gets cut off in Preview for PDF files

texts: Sometimes when I edit a text box in a PDF in Preview App the text gets cut off like this. Is there any way to fix this? It's happened in multiple files. I have Mac OS X 10.14.1.


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When using Preview my Yosemite does NOT have the thought bubble option.. Is it a problem or does Yosemite not offer the thought bubble as Lion did.
I can get the speech bubble no problem.


texts: Which model has better CPU-performance: iMac MMQA2HN/A or Mac mini MRTR2HN/A?

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In this comparison the main difference I see is in the processors.
https://www.apple.com/in/mac/compare/results/?product1=imac-21&product2=mac-mini

Irrespective of other feature differences this is what I'm mainly concerned about.

On the iMac it is 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor

On the Mac mini 3.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i3

Can someone help me to identify which is better in terms of performance?


texts: Mysterious Reply-To Header in Apple Mail

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I send e-mail with Apple Mail from two different accounts - lets call them A and B. Years ago I set the Reply-To header as my A account address (I think to force use of my 'canonical' address), since then I added my B account. Now all of my outgoing e-mail has the Reply-To header set to my A address. This causes considerable confusion to observant correspondents e-mailed through my B account. So, I'd like to fix this.
Here's where the mystery begins. I don't remember how I set the default Reply-To header. I would have thought that I would have used:
defaults write com.apple.mail UserHeaders ...
However
defaults read com.apple.mail UserHeaders
tells me "The domain/default pair of (com.apple.mail, UserHeaders) does not exist."
Next, I looked at the configuration on our e-mail provider, FastMail, to see if they might be setting a default Reply-To header. but I didn't see anything there.
Then, I tried resetting Apple Mail back to its default state using the instructions in How to reset mail to factory settings on discussions.apple.com. No dice.
And then, the method in How to Fix Mail App Not Working After macOS Update. Strike four.
Manually setting the header when I'm writing an e-mail doesn't work. The value I set gets overwritten, by the value for account A.
Where else could the header be set?


texts: iMac WiFi speeds doesn't compare to other computers at home

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My iMac 27" (late 2009, 10.8.2) wifi (3-4 bars) speed doesn't compare to other computers at home. The same Youtube video in 720p loads without delay on my dads computer, however on my iMac (I usually just watch 360p or 240p) because it's so slow.

Now I messed a lot with network preferences when setting up servers and stuff so these speed issues are probably my fault. Strangely Speedtest.net shows the same results as any other computer on the network, but youtube just doesn't work well.

Are there any things I should try? Is there any way to restore defaults? I wasn't able to find the "/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist" as mentioned on some blogs.

I'm also considering reinstalling Mountain Lion cause I have some issues with loud disk activity even when I'm not using the computer. Would this delete all my files and apps? Would it fix the wifi problems I have? How much changes does it do when I install it on my HDD that already has Mountain Lion installed.

All answers will be greatly appreciated.

- Wifi info:
PHY Mode: 802.11n
BSSID 00:17:3f:3b:64:7c
Channel: 3 (2.4GHz)
Security: WPA Personal
RSSI: -55
Transmit Rate: 54
MCS Index: 0


texts: Tell if screen is original or replacement on iPhone 5

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I recently bought a iPhone 5 on eBay. Now I'm suspicious if the screen is the original one or a replacement.
Is there a way I can clarify my concernings?

The screen has problems to recognize my touches and sometimes doesn't work at all.

Here are a few pics of the "suspicious-looking" Screen

You can see the different colors on the screen AFTER I cleaned the whole screen with a special display cleaner.

Can someone explain this ?


texts: Why Mac and iPhone sent message are separated?

texts: I am logged in on Mac and iPhone to my iCloud account. When I am sending message from them, receiver has two different conversation from different sources / devices. Why?


texts: Recovery Mode is taking too long to erase my USB stick

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I had some problems with my USB stick so I wanted to erase it via Disk Utility but a "Operation failed" message appeared.

So, I am currently erasing it via Recovery Mode.

However, it is taking too long and it's stuck in "Mounting disk" message.

Any solution? What happens if I shut down my computer and just use another USB stick?

Please help ASAP.

Thanks.


texts: How to manage newer Ruby installations in macOS without intervening with the default Ruby installations?

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macOS comes with some default ruby installations, more here, that I do not want to overwrite by running gems commands as sudo. I tried rbenv, instructed here, but I am getting a permission error in the last command gem update --system such that

brew update
brew install ruby
echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/ruby/2.4.1_1/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile #bash
brew install rbenv ruby-build
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile  # bash
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bash_profile               # bash
rbenv install 2.4.1
rbenv local 2.4.1
rbenv global 2.4.1
rbenv rehash
gem update --system
Updating rubygems-update
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError) You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 directory.

I do not want to intervene with the default ruby installation in macOS, not to get the need for a fresh installation of the whole OS.

What is a proper way to install newer version of Ruby on macOS without intervening with the default ruby?

Further questions on Ruby in macOS

rbenv not overriding default Ruby version
How to install ruby gems without sudo
Which version(s) of Mac OS X have Ruby installed by default?


texts: How to get rid of spell checker on macOS Mojave?

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I have disabled spell checker in System Preferences > Keyboard > Text.
Also, in TextEdit, under Edit > Grammar > Check spelling automatically.

Opening a document in TextEdit keeps re-enabling the app-level spell checker itself, again and again.

I am not using macOS in English. Running macOS Mojave 10.14.3

How can I get rid of this? I remember this was a bug in some previous Mac OS X version. It has been fixed back in the day.


texts: Preventing Chrome from signing me out from Gmail when browsing in icognito

texts: When using Google Chrome in incognito mode on iOS on iPhone, it signs me out from Gmail after one or tow hours: how can I prevent it?


texts: Should I blow air canister over MacBook motherboard?

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I'm going to replace my Superdrive with a SSD. While the bottom casing is detached, should I gently blow an air canister over the exposed motherboard? Any area I should particularly target?

Is there any other cleaning / maintenance I should do while it is opened?

My MacBook never leaves my desk and the screen is always kept open. I use bluetooth keyboard and trackpad. Dust accumulates on the bezeling (and keys / trackpad to lesser degree).  I've had this MacBook for 3 years.


texts: I've heard that Macbook air saves more power and boot time is very short and it is pretty fast in boot time. I know that instead of HDD it uses flash memory but how can it save more power and boot faster?


texts: /usr/include missing on macOS Catalina (with Xcode 11)

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Follow up to the same problem on Mojave.

After upgrading to macOS Catalina, none of the C headers can be found in /usr/include. The reason for this may be found in the Xcode 10 release notes (previous version):

  The Command Line Tools package installs the macOS system headers inside the macOS SDK. Software that compiles with the installed tools will search for headers within the macOS SDK provided by either Xcode at:

  /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk

  or the Command Line Tools at:

  /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk

  [...]
  As a workaround, an extra package is provided which will install the headers to the base system. In a future release, this package will no longer be provided. [...]

(See the link to the question above for details on this suggested workaround.)

Apparently Apple made good on their threat with Xcode 11. How can one install the C headers to /usr/include on macOS Catalina using Xcode 11?

Context: The clang python binding search the header files in /usr/include per default. According to kkurian's answer and the comment I made (in response to this question), there are multiple ways to control this behaviour, if necessary.

Related question: Can't compile C program on a Mac after upgrade to Mojave.


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In iPhoto, I have all pictures I've ever taken, or opened from my email.

It includes, for example, pictures of my gf showing me the underwear she is hesitating to buy, or anything else I might not be willing to show while streaming through the pics with a few friends.

Is there any way I could, without entirely deleting these pictures, turn some security on, as if they were in a passworded folder?

It seems some privacy/security feature must be available in such a massively used software, but I can't find it...


texts: iPhone X won't charge from 2017 MacBook Pro

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A few days ago, my iPhone stopped charging from my laptop.  I have tried some suggestions and contacted Apple support, but neither was helpful.  My phone will charge if it is connected to anything else, just not the computer.

I have had both for a while now so neither is brand new.  I know that the lightning cable is functional because my cooling pad, which is connected to it, works.  I have tried a few different USB cables and they all seem to be recognized by the device (the USB accessory notification pops up on the lock screen when the device is restarted). However, no cable will charge the phone if power is coming from the computer.

This all began after an odd incident with my phone.  While attempting to kill an app, the screen froze.  I pushed the power button and tried to unlock my phone again, expecting that the problem would be solved.  However, the phone was still locked to the same screen.  I was unable to turn off the device so I just let the battery run.  My music continued to play and notifications continued to show on the Lock screen and on the unlocked device.  When it started back up, it worked fine.  The next day, I plugged my phone into my laptop and the laptop experienced a kernel panic.  Once the device restarted, my phone charged with the computer and everything was fine.  The next day, however, this problem started.  I don't know if they're connected, but it seems pretty strange as I've never had either of these problems before.

Luckily, my computer and phone are working fine now (as far as I know) outside of this error.

Does anyone have any ideas?


texts: How do I remount USB Flash Drive or SD card?

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I noticed that I could remount my USB hard drive through terminal after I eject it by typing diskutil list to find the drive and diskutil mountDisk /dev/disk"X"...

So I tried to do the same with my SD card and my USB flash drive but...after I eject them, I cannot find them anymore through diskutil list.

I suspect this is because they are not "drive" until the system determines them as drives...which happens automatically when you plug them in - and the system remove those drives from the USB interfaces/SD card interfaces after I eject them.

So, the question is, how do I manually determine these USB interfaces/SD interfaces as "drives" so I can remount them. Thanks.


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I was running iTunes 11 under Snow Leopard and syncing to an old iPad, the very first one.

Now, the latest iPad (pro) needs iTunes 11, which needed higher than Snow Leo, so I'm running it under Yosemite. All apps seem to have moved ok, but the iBooks were all left behind.

Is there a simple way to import the folder of iBooks to iTunes 12 to load to the iPad?


texts: Syncing photos doesn't appear to do anything

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I have a ton of photos on my iPhone (4S, although most were taken with my previous 3G). I am trying to sync them to my computer (Windows Vista) but they are not appearing there.

I went to my iPhone in iTunes, clicked the "Photos" tab at the top and selected a folder. After synching, that folder now has a subfolder "iPod Photo Cache" with one file "Photo Database" that is 892 bytes.

Where are the photos? Do I need to do something different to actually copy the photos to this folder?


texts: Recovery HD Is not showing up. Is it because of FileVault?

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I have a problem. On my mac, when i start and hold the ALT key, or the Command-R Key, then it doesn't boot into Recovery HD or even show it. I need it to repair, mount etc. my disk. I tried disk utility and repair disk, though that did say Recovery HD is fine. Is this because it is hidden, or because there is FileVault blocking it? And can i make FileVault enable it, or should I just disable FileVault?

Could ReFIND be a posibility to set it up for Recovery as well? Would ReFIND Still work on a double/triple boot?

diskutil says:

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *240.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         239.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *238.9 GB   disk1
                             Logical Volume on disk0s2
                             0A1D5F20-BFE4-416E-A18F-DEC12BF0A35A
                             Unlocked Encrypted

and gpt says:

      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  467182912      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  467592552    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  468862088          7
  468862095         32         Sec GPT table
  468862127          1         Sec GPT header


texts: FileVault sparsefile uses double of actual allocated disk space

texts:
I just noticed that for some reason disk usage (du) reports that FileVault in my home directory would use its allocated disk space twice:

[/Users]% sudo du -h -d 1 .
184G    ./.moo
170G    ./moo
204K    ./Shared
354G    .

[/Users]% df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/disk0s2    233G  225G  7.7G  97% /
devfs           119K  119K     0 100% /dev
/dev/disk1s2    466G  458G  7.6G  99% /Users/moo

The encrypted home folder is listed twice as /.moo and /moo

Is this indeed the case or is something broken on my FileVault setup?

Is there any steps to further diagnose the problem and bring down FileVault disk space consumption to real level? I have shutdown my Mac many times, so the post-login sparsebundle resize should have kicked in.


texts: Macbook Pro (late 2011 15") is stuck in a boot loop

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It boots up until the progress bar is at about 80%, then it flashes to an empty grey screen, no login window shown, no Apple logo. 30 seconds later it reboots on its own.

Things I tried:

reset the PRAM/NVRAM
reset SMC
booted with d+shift: no indication of any kind of different boot, same as normal boot
booted with cmd+r: it doesn't boot to the recovery window, but switches to "Internet Recovery". Internet Recovery runs to 100% before switching to the grey screen
ran Apple Hardware Test (quick and extended): no failures
tried to boot from an "Install Sierra" USB pendrive: it recognizes the pendrive, but boots with the same behavior as a normal boot
booted to single user mode: I can boot to Single User mode and run fsck on the different partitions. I cannot repair user permissions (thanks, Apple, for removing that functionality).
booted with a live Linux USB-stick: it works, although I have to enter the boot option "nodmraid". However, I cannot start Xorg. I can ssh into the MacBook when booting with Linux. I also ran testdisk and recovered (at least I think so) the partition table. Both, the normal Mac partition, as well as the Recovery Partition are there.
booting to verbose mode.

Some errors occur:

task_exceeded_footprint: failed to warn the current task...

AppleKeyStore: operation failed (pid: 45 sel: 7 ret: e00002c2....

configureInterests - nElements <= 0!Failed to configure interests
I080211Controller:addSubscriptionForThisReporterFetchedOnTimer() Failed to addSubcription

I080211InterfaceMonitor::configureSubscriptions() failed to add subscription

and it finally stops at

IOConsoleusers: gIOScreenLockState 3, hs 0, bs 0, now 0, sm 0x0

Any help is appreciated. Does this mean it has a dead GPU? I just found out that Apple's repair program ended in December 2016...


texts: Why won't Catalina install from Internet Recovery?

texts:
I have a mid-2014 15" MBP which is currently unable to install any version of macOS.

I had 10.14.x running and decided to completely wipe the laptop clean. Instead of upgrading, I booted into Internet Recovery mode using Command+Option+R (as detailed here)

I then erased all partitions and started the installer. However, the installer wouldn't move past the "start" button. I looked at the logs, and the logs just said that it couldn't convert any partition into a macOS journalled partition.

I then rebooted using Command+R. This boots the Mac into a mode where it tried to set up using Yosemite. While the Yosemite disk utility tool was able to clear all partitions so that I could start the installer, the installation itself wouldn't complete. The error message displayed something along the lines of "couldn't download additional resources."

So now I'm stuck. The Catalina installer won't start and Apple won't let me download an older macOS and get it into a state where I can have a working computer.

The only other computer I have at my disposal is a Windows 10 machine. Unfortunately, I don't think that I can download a DMG for an older version of macOS, say 10.14 or older and start the installer.

Any help would be very much appreciated.


texts: I know iPhones (and iPads) run on ARM processors, which are little-endian by default (and iOS on itself is little-endian according to the Wikipedia page); however, ARM processors supposedly have the ability to switch between little-endian and big-endian. How possible is this and how does it work?


texts: Keynote: table cell align right with padding

texts:
I am using Keynote 7.x on Mac OS High Sierra. I created a table of numbers, and for a particular column, I want to align right with some padding on the right.

As shown in the figure below, I applied "align right" to the column foo. Now I want to add some padding between the number and the margin of the cell.

Below are the controls for the cell, but I don't see any options. I tried the "indent" control, but it didn't do anything.


texts: Safari redirecting to http instead of https

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When using Safari 14.0.3 on Mojave, if I paste https://gramhum.com in the address bar, I am redirected to greatfon.com, but the "https://" part disappears and the query is sent unencrypted via port 80. It is blocked by the firewall, so it fails.
I have to manually retype the URL to make it work. Same thing happens if I click the link inside an HTML file.
The option "Show full website address" is enabled, and if I replace https://gramhum.com with https://greatfon.com, it works.
I have no problem with Firefox and Chrome (these browsers redirect properly to https://greatfon.com).


texts: macOS Big Sur Terminal hangs and no prompt appear

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I have a strange issue on my MacBook Pro (Mid-2017 15" with touch bar; MacBookPro14,3; 11.0 Beta (20A4299v)).
I've just installed macOS Big Sur on an external drive and everything was alright for some time. Terminal app was working perfectly and I still has one window open with it working OK.
The last step I remember doing was downloading and installing iTerm and adding it to the Full Disk Access on Privacy Control Panel before executing it.
After this, every time I open any terminal prompt, with the default app or iTerm, zsh, bash, etc., does not appear, and the window shows login "Terminal - login" and it does not show prompt.
NOTE: I know it refers to a beta OS but this problem has already appeared on other macOS versions. I tried the steps on both of these links but none solved it:

Launching Terminal Freezes the System for 5 Minutes in Mavericks
Terminal login hangs

Any ideas?


texts: Installing windows on Mac won't recognize USB

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I am trying to install windows as a boot camp partition on my main hard drive ssd (after spending countless hours trying to get it installed on the optical bay hard drive).

I assumed this would be simple since o am no longer trying to install to an "external" hard drive. But it has turned out to be just as difficult.

The biggest problem I am encountering is that i have a 2010 15" macbook pro which originally came with an optical drive which i have replaced with a Hard disk and the main drive is now an ssd also I am trying to install windows 7. I tried modifying my info.plist so i could create a USB install of my windows iso but when I create a boot camp partition and hit install it restarts into a gray screen and nothing happens. If I attempt to force restart from this It boots into an apple logo that hangs until it goes to a black screen that says "No bootable device found - please insert a bootable device and hit any key." I then force restarted and held down option and when it loaded it didn't show my USB as a device (only my main ssd drive and my optical bay hard disk).

I found a YouTube video of a Czech guy who used virtual box to start the install and then move it to the desired disk and used refit to access it, but when I installed refit it didn't even show up in my boot devices when I held down option...

My question is how I can go about installing windows 7 on my 2010 macbook pro that has an ssd in the main hard drive and a hard disk on the optical bay drive. It can be installed to either disk but I suppose the ssd would be better since its faster to boot. I have a working ISO (showed working from virtual box installs) and a USB drive.


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MacBook Pro mid2012 was stolen. I want to restore the time machine back up to a replacement machine that I haven’t yet bought.

My understanding is the backup includes the OS.

I need to get an old MacBook on which I can restore the time machine backup.

Where can I find out which MacBooks can run the OS which has been backed up, which is 10.11.3 ?


texts: See Installation Status of All App Updates

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I have so many apps on my iPhone, when I install a batch of updates it takes a while for them to complete.  Given how many different screens my iPhone has, it's difficult to determine when all of the updating apps are done installing.

Is there a different view/screen I can pull up to track the progress of all apps currently being installed and/or updated?


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I'm currently using a shared Mac with other users.
All user accounts are Administrators.
I noticed that with sudo my files are accessible from other user, and I'm wondering if also my iCloud Data (Notes, app data ecc. ) are accessible and readable in the same way.

Did someone has any clue?

Thank you


texts: Can 2013 retina MacBook Pro (Mavericks) offer same native 1600x1200 via VGA display that worked with 2009 MBP (pre-Mavericks)?

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I have a Samsung 213T LCD, with a native resolution of 1600x1200, that worked great as an external monitor, using a DisplayPort VGA adapter, with my 2009 13" MacBook Pro through several OSX releases.

I recently upgraded to a 2013 15" rMBP with Mavericks... and it can't properly detect the monitor, and never shows 1600x1200 as a resolution option.

Things I've tried that haven't helped:

the 'detect displays' button that appears when holding [option] in 'system-preferences' -> 'display'
holding [option] when choosing the 'scaled' radio button (it shows more resolution options - but still not the 1600x1200 native)
resetting PRAM/NVRAM
both off-brand (monoprice) and Apple VGA DisplayPort adapters
changing the built-in retina display resolution (to perhaps free video memory)
the free 'Display Menu' app in the Mac App Store

None have helped.

I wasn't expecting a regression in the ability to drive modest external monitors in the 2015 MBP/Mavericks.

Is there any way to restore this previously-reliable external-display function to my latest & greatest Mac?