texts: CPU Die temperatures reaches 90° C, is that normal?

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My Macbook Air 13", Mid 2011, got heated and is slow in working. I noticed that CPU Die temperature reaches 90° C, is that normal?

I've changed my fan recently but still get this issue.


texts: Can I keep track of one specific app's sales from someone else's iTunes Connect page?

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I'm an iOS developer, and I just found a publisher for my app - they will sell the app with their own iTunes Connect account.

I have my own iTunes Connect account as well, and I'd like to keep track of my app's stats. My publisher says they would give me access to their iTunes Connect page, but I would be able to see their info for all of their other apps. So they suggested to use a service called Appfigures.

I'm a bit skeptical - is there really no way I can have access to the stats of one specific application in their iTunes Connect page? If not, are there more reliable services to keep track of such data?


texts: Rejection of iOS app due repackaged website

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I have a travel app which showcases the content related to the travel platform like "Offers", "Essentials", "Attractions" and "Ships for different routes" "facilities in each ships". But the "Booking" feature we are covering with help of that app's corresponding website.

The workflow is as follows, if user clicks on "Create Booking" button, it takes the user to website displayed in WKWebview which is presented modally. User can book the  tickets and once he close the WKWebview after booking the tickets, my tickets screen which is a different tab view gets updated.

I just wanted to clarify, is there any chance that my app will get rejected as it is doing the "Create Booking" feature by displaying the website in WKWebView.

Specifically we like to know, whether the above workflow is against "4.2 Minimum Functionality" guideline mentioned in apple appstore review guideline(https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/)

It will be really helpful, if your team is able to provide us insights regarding the above clarification
Thanking in advance,
Smitha


texts: Once backward conversion of encryption has started, can it be stopped?

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I have accidentally given my external Extended journaled hard drive (with password) the command to "decrypt" the disk.

When you restart the decryption starts immediately on the external, how can you stop it? (even via a command line option in terminal.app or such)


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I'm running the latest OSX on an MBP from '11.

I've installed the latest zsh from macports and all of a sudden it stopped parsing the .zsh. Whenever I login I need to source ~/.zshrc before any binaries installed through macports are available.

Has anyone seen the same?


texts: How To Let My MBP know that a USB is bootable?

texts: I have got Unetbootin and have put the files onto my drive which is properly formatted as MS-DOS(FAT) and GUID. I have several folders and files: [BOOT], boot, casper, dists, EFI, install, isolinux, md5sum.txt, pics, pool, preseed, README.deskdefines. When I go in Startup Disk in System Preferences, or press option in startup, it doesn't show the drive, when I go in Disk Utility, click on the drive, then info, the table shows Bootable: no. I do not know why this is happening, as I followed the legitimate steps. I would like still to install Ubuntu on my MacBook Pro 2018, thank you.


texts: What iOS Twitter apps support custom API URLs?

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I recently read about the WordPress.com Twitter API released in 2009, and I want to test it out.

The API requires you to use a Twitter client that supports custom API URLs.  The example iOS application that they listed was Tweetie2, but it's dead now.

Are there any other iOS app that allow custom API URLs to that I can test this out?


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I am trying to do a batch find and replace operating in PDF files. Goal is to search for SKUs in a supplier's catalog and replace it with our sales price. Result does not have to look nice, as long as it works 95% of the time.

For instance looking for PRODUCT9522 and replacing it with PRODUCT9522 - 95.20E.

I tried several options, like uncompressing the PDF with pdftk and then searching and replacing with sed, but that did not work. Some GUI tools did work to some extent, but not exactly like I wanted them to.

I would really appreciate your expertise on this matter.

I would like to do this on a Mac using OS X


texts: how can I put a macron over the letter "m" in MS Word?

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I'm running MS Word 16.16.5 on macOS Mojave 10.14.1. I can't figure out how to put a macron over the letter "m". I can create with vowels but not consonants with the ABC-Extended.

Any suggestions?


texts: I burned a lot of photo's to a DVD but it was an older version of iPhoto and now I can't view anything from the DVD on the new MAC.  Is there any way to access these photos? Thanks!


texts: How do I change the login screen background in macOS Big Sur?

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I'm asking for help with FileVault enabled.
A similar question was answered  for Mojave, but their Swift program doesn't work in Big Sur because /Library/Desktop Pictures/Mojave.heic no longer exists.


texts: macOS Sierra slow to accept password at login

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In the last 2 days, I have found it difficult to login when I start up my mac pro retina. When I try to type in my password, I either have to retype the same letters multiple times or press the same letter key a few times before it is accepted.

I tried NVRAM reset, SMC reset - no different. I tried Apple support via chat and was instructed to set up a new test admin account - same problem remained. I rebooted in safe mode - the issue resolved. So I was told it was best to reinstall macOS Sierra in recovery mode, but the problem persisted after I reinstalled macOS Sierra.

It would probably be easiest to get a Genius Bar appointment and for an expert to look at my Mac, but I am going away for 6 weeks. Hopefully, I can get by until I return, but if anyone has any suggestions what could be the causes and what else I need to investigate to eliminate the problem, please let me know!


texts: .DS_Store creation disabled on network shares, but I want them enabled for a specific share

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I use my Mac in a corporate Windows environment all the time, and have it set so that it doesn't drop .DS_Store turds all over the network.  I used the following well-known terminal command to disable it:

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true

However, I also have a server at home as well as a Time Capsule, and I would like the .DS_Store file created on those shares.

Is there any way to make an exception to the rule?

I'm running Mavericks BTW.


texts: iOS13 Beta / iOS13 requirements TLS Certificate

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this post is about this link iOS 13 requirements TLS Server Certificate and two questions that bother me currently.

First of, can anyone tell me, if a SHA2 signature is required only for my server certificate and it's issuing CA cert or does every certificate in the chain of trust need to be signed with SHA2?

My Situation: Trusted Root CA cert (SHA1) -> Intermediate CA cert (SHA256) -> my.domain.com cert (SHA256)

And my second question is, if anyone has already installed the iOS 13 Beta and could tell me, if there were changes in the trusted root certificates until now?
 I especially want to know, if the GlobalSign Root CA R1-SHA1 was removed. I don't think so, becaus it'll be valid until somwhere around 2028 but I don't want to build something up on my believes, if I can have facts.

If you have any insight on that, I'd really appreciate your input here.

Thanks in advance guys


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I rearranged the Sharing Activities in News on my iPad and when Done, the News-specific items stopped showing in the Activities.  I reproduced in News on my iPhone.

Steps: Open News, go to News+, on an article touch the Sharing icon.  When the Sharing pane shows, scroll Right to More...  Rearrange the items to put "Save" as the first item.  Tap Done.

All News Activities are gone!  Share, Love, Dislike…

I deleted the app and downloaded it…no luck.

Any ideas on how to reset the Activies under Sharing for this app?


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I have a Macbook white model A1342 that I'm fixing for a friend of mine.

The macbook will freeze up totally randomly (usually while surfing the net but it happened even when no browser was opened). Freezes are usually 2-3 per day, but once it starts freezing it will freeze again in due time
It freezes without any beach ball spinning up, the cursor remains where it is and the only solution is shutting it down via the power button.
When I took it from my friend for fixing, it had only 2gb of ram and mavericks installed, and was painfully slow. I thought that was the culprit and installed 4gb of RAM, but it freezed again, today, just after installing the RAM, like nothing changed.
AHT and memtest won't report any errors, and the system log reports warning like disk swapping but nothing too dramatic. Tried etrecheck too, apple support's app for checking your system and nothing wrong reported here too.
Here is a list of what I tried so far:

upgraded to 4gb of RAM
clean reinstall of mac os lion
tried swapping disk, Mac freezes the same.
opened up the bottom lid and checked if fan is on, it seems to be
working ok.

I should add that the macbook has an erratic airport card. It often won't get detected by the system. Could a faulty airport card be the culprit of these freezes?

I'm pasting what the system.log reported just before this morning's crash (I don't know if it helps):

Apr 29 12:30:44 macbook-di-luca iBackup[376]: "download and install new plugins"
Apr 29 12:30:54 macbook-di-luca mdworker[327]: (Error) Import: Couldn't recover plist from xattr com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_xjx7qauyg5mltgjdmyyeartz4e
Apr 29 12:31:41: --- last message repeated 5 times ---
Apr 29 12:33:16 macbook-di-luca KernelEventAgent[43]: tid 00000000 received event(s) VQ_LOWDISK, VQ_VERYLOWDISK (516)
Apr 29 12:33:17 macbook-di-luca Finder[125]: _GetISImageRefFromIconRefInternal: could not retain image ref 0x213c0055 (err=-2580)
Apr 29 12:33:17: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Apr 29 12:33:17 macbook-di-luca UserEventAgent[11]: Cleaning up local snapshots on volume file://localhost/Volumes/WD-GIGI/
Apr 29 12:33:20 macbook-di-luca Finder[125]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 22c20010, actual seed is 109cf92e
Apr 29 12:33:20 macbook-di-luca Finder[125]: ISGetIconFamilyFromStorage: seed mismatch for 213c0055, actual seed is 39386575
Apr 29 12:33:22: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Apr 29 12:33:22 macbook-di-luca xpchelper[481]: for uid: 501 -- timeout while waiting on FSEvents flush; clearing cache.

After that it freezed up for good like usual, without any warning.
Thanks a lot for any suggestion and help in advance. I'm quite discouraged and can't seem to find the solution to the problem, and I don't want to start swapping parts randomly.


texts: Connected to Wi-Fi but Internet not working

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Internet was working fine on my MacBook Pro until this morning and now suddenly stopped working.

I'm able to establish a connection with the Wi-Fi network but I can't access Internet or even ping the router.

I have tried setting up manual IP address, tried different values for DNS including 8.8.8.8, restarted modem and the laptop few times. I have also removed all the unused networks from the advance network settings and also rejoined my Wi-Fi network.

Other devices connected to the modem are working fine. I tried to connect my MacBook to my iPhone hotspot but still no luck. I can connect but internet does not work.


texts: How to find closest AppleCare service provider

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A friend is considering buying a MacBook pro AppleCare package. She lives on the Canary Islands, and is getting a new MacBook soon.

Is there any official information on what kind of AppleCare services are available there? I don't seem to be able to find that information anywhere on the Apple site - and I don't speak Spanish, so searching apple.es is out of the question.


texts: What are "Popular Apps" on the Mac App Store?

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The Mac App Store features "Popular Apps".

The list even comprises apps with a rating of 2 or less.. which seems weird.
'Better' apps are not listed.. do we have any clue how this list is compiled and what's a "popular app" in terms of the Mac App Store?


texts: Are there any security risks with leaving guest account enabled?

texts: Mac OS X comes with a guest account enabled by default.  Are there any security risks with leaving it enabled?  Are there reasons to disable the account?


texts: Security Update 2020-004: Apple Remote Desktop and Screen Sharing Not Working? Anyone else noticed?

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I just installed the security update on a remote computer and can no longer access that computer via Apple Remote Desktop or Screen Sharing?
Luckily I had Teamviewer as a backup...
Anyone else notice/got any ideas how to fix this?
I tried cycling everything on and off a few times, restarts, etc. SSH is working OK.
It seems to be exclusively the security update 2020-004 that broke it...I haven't changed anything else, and it's worked all year. Another computer on the network also on 10.14.6 is working fine (since I haven't installed that update on it yet...nor will I until I can resolve this).
Thanks.


texts: TextEdit app is displaying wide borders at bottom and right corners

texts: Suddenly the TextEdit.app is displaying wide borders on its bottom and right corners. How to revert it back so that the bottom and right borders are back to normal just like the left border?


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I'm searching an alternative Program which can draw Flowcharts for pieces of sourcecode. I found Programs like "C/Delphi/Basic Code 2 Flowchart" or "Visustin" but they're only for Windows.

Helpful and lazy as it is - I'm searching for a program that turns C++ code into Flowcharts to have a better overview what my program does.


texts: 2015 13" MacBook Pro Trackpad and Keyboard stop working

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Recently the keyboard and trackpad on my 2015 13" MacBook Pro have stopped working. This is the second laptop to do this, the same issue happened about 6 months ago and Apple gave me a new one when they could not figure it out.

The issue usually starts with force touch not working then progresses to the keyboard and trackpad not being recognized at all. Currently the power button works and force touch works but all other keys and the trackpad don't work.

When this happens there are a lot of errors in the console regarding the AppleHSSPIController.

4/21/16 6:56:47.000 AM  kernel[0]   Error: AppleHSSPIDevice::start failed to get device descriptor
4/21/16 6:56:47.000 AM  kernel[0]   Error: AppleHSSPIController::_enumerateDevice Start failed
4/21/16 6:56:47.000 AM  kernel[0]   Error: AppleHSSPIController::_handleEnumerationFailureGated Giving up on device

You can see the full log here: http://pastebin.com/r8x9S46K


texts: What are "Photo Stream" events in iPhoto?

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They seem to have redundant copies of all my other photos, but bundled into month groups?

I have iCloud turned off in iPhoto. But maybe I used to have it turned on.

Are the photos copies? Or just pointers to other photos?


texts: MacOSX Installer signed but Gatekeeper complains

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My C++ daemon for MacOSX is being successfully signed with productbuild:

productbuild: Wrote product to Installers/app.pkg-unsigned
productsign: signing product with identity "3rd Party Mac Developer Installer: myCompany" from keychain key.keychain
productsign: adding certificate "Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority"
productsign: adding certificate "Apple Root CA"
productsign: Wrote signed product archive to Installers/app.pkg

The certificate I am using has been created by first creating an App ID for my daemon, then by requesting a Mac Installer Distribution certificate for the particular App ID.

I can verify that the .pkg is signed with pkgutil --check-signature app.pkg, both with the fresh package file AND with the same package uploaded on Google Drive and then re-downloaded to simulate the download from an exteral site. Both checks give me the following:

Package "app.pkg":
Status: signed by a developer certificate issued by Apple
Certificate Chain:
1. 3rd Party Mac Developer Installer: myCompany
   SHA1 fingerprint: oh happy day
2. Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority
   SHA1 fingerprint: oh happy day
3. Apple Root CA
   SHA1 fingerprint: oh happy day

However, when I try to start the installer Gatekeeper complains: Impossible to open "app.pkg" because it comes from an unidentified developer..

What am I doing wrong? Do I need a different certificate?

Thank you in advance.


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I have a MacBook Pro from 2017.

It has the new keyboard with the shorter travel distances, touchbar, etc.

Some keys have been very sticky recently. What tools + methods can I use to clean the keyboard keys so they no longer stick?

On the older MacBook Pros, you could remove the keys and use compressed air to clean. The newer MacBook Pros don't have enough space to pop them off with a finger nail anymore.


texts: Will disabling and deleting iCloud photos also delete iCloud shared albums?

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My photos were taking up too much iCloud storage space, so I decided to "Disable and Delete" my iCloud photos. However, I also have quite a number of iCloud Shared Albums that I've shared with other users. Will selecting the "Disable and Delete" option only delete my own photos uploaded on iCloud, or will it also delete all my iCloud Shared Albums that I have shared with users?
I understand that iCloud Shared Albums don't count towards iCloud storage and iCloud Shared Albums is also activated under a different area in settings (Settings -> iCloud -> Turn on iCloud Photo Sharing). Is it right, then, to think that disabling and deleting iCloud photos (therefore clearing up my iCloud storage) will have no bearing on iCloud Shared Albums? Thank you!


texts: (homebrew.mxcl.mysql[2274]): Service could not initialize: Unable to set current working directory. error = 2: No such file or directory

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If I run console on my mac and go to the system.log I see that system,log is getting flooded with this error

Oct 31 15:57:59 abhisheks-mbp com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (homebrew.mxcl.mysql[2185]): Service could not initialize: Unable to set current working directory. error = 2: No such file or directory, path = /usr/local/var/mysql: 17A405: xpcproxy + 11040 [1403][43FABD4F-8081-3087-91BC-95B588688D55]: 0x2
Oct 31 15:57:59 abhisheks-mbp com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (homebrew.mxcl.mysql): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
Oct 31 15:58:03 abhisheks-mbp com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.preference.displays.MirrorDisplays): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.

I had installed mysql using homebrew many months ago. but I had removed it I don't know why its still trying to run it.

I tried to remove mysql

~ > brew uninstall mysql
Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/mysql

But still i see messages pouring in.


texts: automating "Reset Advertising Identifier" is it possible?

texts: I want to use osascript or some other way to automate "Reset Advertising Identifier" is it possible?


texts: How to switch from Spotlight to Alfred via Terminal?

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I installed Alfred through homebrew-cask. I want to disable Spotlight and let Alfred be opened with Cmd+S.

The first Terminal-based solution I tried was unloading Spotlight with sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist. However, this makes homebrew fail with "couldn't get the client port", and it's known.

The second one was to change Spotlight shortcut by accessing System Preferences -> Spotlight and disabling the option "Spotlight menu keyboard shortcut". It worked.

What I still don't like is that this solution isn't portable, and I can't add that to my dotfiles. Also, Spotlight still runs, but I think I will have to deal with it because I need homebrew to work.


texts: Difference between iPod 5th Generation (80GB, late 2006) and an iPod Classic (160GB, late 2009)?

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Is there any difference between an iPod 5th Generation (80GB, late 2006) and an iPod Classic (160GB, late 2009)?

The 80GB iPod works perfectly with a USA-SPEC PA-12 adapter for a BMW car stereo and a simple 30-pin to USB adapter for input to a receiver. The newer 160GB iPod is not recognized and will not play.

I also have a SONY RDP-X500iP Dock. The newer 160GB iPod works with it, but the old 80GB iPod does not.

Can anyone help me with these two iPods?


texts: Is there a way to prevent downloads of purchased items to iTunes?

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Is there a way to indicate that I do not want a given item to ever be downloaded to iTunes, but prefer to have it remain in the cloud?

For example, if I purchase a TV show or movie, iTunes assumes I want it downloaded to my machine, and will attempt to do so several times, even when I cancel the download and delete it from the downloads list. In general, after several tries, iTunes seems to finally give up, but it's hardly a convenient process convincing it to do so. This the issue repeats (automatically) with purchased TV series.


texts: How to hide/show a specific icon on Mac OS X Desktop

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I have managed to write a piece of code in .profile file in bash to hide/show all the icons from the Desktop, running from Terminal.

I need the same functionality just for 1 icon to work with after I have hidden all in the first place.

So I need something like showicon %1 command, where %1 is the name of the icon on Desktop.

Any Suggestions on how do I do it?


texts: Should I take additional precautions to use Parallels shared folder on Linux?

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On macOS Catalina I installed Debian 10 i386 on Parallels, installed the vm tools also. Everything looks fine.

I would like to play with Qt projects on both platforms. Since Qt is multi platform that should work.

So I created a simple Qt project on macOS, compile and run, fine. Shared that folder on Parallels , so Debian should read/write there also. Went to Konsole on Debian, hit qmake, that was fine. Then to the problem, when I run make I get some strange charactes:

What is going on here?


texts: Is there a limit to how old a device/iOS version iTunes can backup?

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I have an old iPod touch which cannot be upgraded past iOS 3.1.3 and the (currently) newest version of iTunes (12.6.0.100). iTunes does not allow me to create a backup of that iPod to my Mac (the buttons and settings in the Backup section are just grayed out). That's not terribly bad, but it got me interested: Is there a minimum iOS version or other restriction that prevents recent versions of iTunes from creating a backup of a device? Is this documented somewhere?

I think it's important to know because I may want to migrate my data to a newer device, regardless of how old the old device is.


texts: Is it possible to have the dock in different positions in different desktop?

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Is it possible to have the dock in different positions in different desktops? In particular I'd like to change the settings between a normal desktop and a desktop where there's an app at full screen. In this way I'd keep the dock in lower side of the desktop when there's an app at full screen and vertically on the left side during normal use.

I have this problem that, sicne I usually have the dock vertically on the left, it pops out everytime i go to the far left in an app I'm using with full screen, and using this app I have to move the mouse to the left quite often.


texts: Mac ports installation of gcc46 failing due to architecture problems

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When trying to install gcc46 on OS X 10.6.4 using port (MacPorts 1.9.1) i get the following errors:

artemis:foo$ sudo port install gcc46
Error: Cannot install gcc46 for the arch(s) 'x86_64' because
Error: its dependency gmp is only installed for the arch 'i386'
Error: and the configured universal_archs 'ppc i386' are not sufficient.
Error: Unable to execute port: architecture mismatch

MacPorts was freshly installed on the 10.6 system.

Any suggestions on how to resolve this or how to install gcc46 for i386?

(Previously asked and as of now unanswered on SuperUser.)


texts: What apps/programs/daemons on OS X use my ~/.ssh/id_rsa* keys?

texts: I recently started using Git with GitHub and thus discovered that I already have a generated pair of SSH keys, public and private. This leads me to ask: what applications/programs/daemons on my Mac might have caused this keypair to be created? I've never used SSH to log in to another machine.


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I have what I believe is a Mac Pro from 2012. It has 2 CPUs, 12 GB of RAM a 5770 and no disks. I want to stick an SSD in it and install Windows. The Mac Pro does not currently have any disks and hence OS.

So I stick a (Windows layout) keyboard in a USB port turn it on. I'm not quite sure how to navigate Mac on boot. I hit alt when I heard the chime, and it's meant to show me the boot devices. After I let go of alt , I see the mouse cursor appear, but I do not see my brand new SSD I installed... does it only pick up drives with certain formats?

If I don't have access to another Mac device what can I do to get it to boot to a DVD or something containing Windows? How do I get it to detect a boot device (even if there is no OS on it)?


texts: How do I stop email notificatons on my Apple watch 2

texts: Recently I've been getting my Yahoo mail notifications on my Apple Watch 2.  I've looked everywhere I can think of on Yahoo and in my Apple settings to try to turn off.  Any ideas? TIA!


texts: Why is my Mac using smb://IP-address in File Sharing

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I have a weird situation.

One of my Macs is file sharing, its hostname and local hostname are set but in  System Preferences > Sharing > File Sharing the address to access the SMB share is given as smb://<IP-address>. However on other Macs in my network it's smb://<hostname>.

Where does Mac OS get this value from?

I've used the scutil --get HostName and ... LocalHostName command.
I've looked in /Library/Preference/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.smb.server.plist

I have looked in the file /etc/hosts.

What am I missing?


texts: You can set your Mac OS X account to automatically lock the screen so that the password is required after a certain amount of time of inactivity, but can you do the same thing using a schedule (say at 5:30 PM every day)? Kind of like how you can have the computer turn on/off or go to/wake up from sleep at a certain time.


texts: iPhone 5s takes blurry photos only in apps that access camera

texts: My iPhone 5s takes perfectly clear photos when I access and use the stock Camera app to take a photo. However, if I try to use the camera in an app, e.g. to use the camera in my banking app to deposit a check, the photo is too blurry to use. I have found this is the case with all apps that use camera other then the Camera app.


texts: why do I get this message: “Installer“ wants access to control “SystemUIServer“

texts:
I get a popup with the following text:

  “Installer“ wants access to control “SystemUIServer“ ...

with option to allow / not allow.

every single time I install an app from a pkg file

why do I get this message? and why would the installer need that access? Furthermore, there is no way to grant this access in the settings.


texts: Monitor not displaying color red. Is this the monitor or some setup I'm missing?

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I've plugged the monitor into both an iMac 2006 and a MacBook 2008. Red shows up as black. I've set up the monitor in System Preferences and on the monitor itself. The color red simply shows as black. Is there something I'm missing or is the monitor likely broken?

I've searched online and can't find similar issue.

Edit: Now I'm *really confused: can't be the monitor, because I tried plugging a different monitor (from a friend's computer) and I have the same problem.


texts: How to "archive" iTunes files with all metadata?

texts: I recently decided to do a big cleanup of my iTunes library. I am low on disk space and have quite a bit of music that I haven't listened to since I was a much younger man, but I can't bring myself to get rid of it completely yet. So what I would like to do is move these tracks to another machine or an external drive, but I don't want to lose any of the metadata, (including dates added, play count etc). Any ideas on a safe and efficient way to do this? I'm running 10.9.4 with up to date iTunes.


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In Activity Monitor, there are a couple fields: "PID", "Process Name", "User", "%CPU", "Threads", "Real Mem", and "Kind". I'm not familiar with the inner workings of computers and the related technical terms, but I've always thought the "%CPU" and "Real Mem" would be synonymous. However, when I look the running processes in Activity Monitor, I see this:

Evident from the image, "Real Mem" and "%CPU" are not synonymous.

What's the difference between real memory and CPU, and what are there effects on the performance of my computer?


texts: How do I switch my Apple ID email to a previously used rescue email?

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I originally had my current email address set as a rescue email, and my old email as the original Apple ID.

When I deleted my current email address off the rescue email list, I was unable to set it as my Apple ID address.

How would I be able to set my current email as my Apple ID?


texts: Time Capsule full system restore to a new Mac

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My current MacBook Pro is configured to run both OSX and Windows, either via Boot Camp or Parallels.   It's backing up to a Time Capsule.

I want to set up a new MacBook Pro with the identical configuration along with data and applications that reside in both partitions.

Can a backup be restored onto a new machine and have both OSX and Windows partitions?


texts: I have been having trouble with this message. I cannot get any tweaks or anything from cydia anymore. How do i get rid of this message?


texts: Updating OS X El Capitan to macOS High Sierra as a developer

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I'm working as a software developer and have a project that I've taken over from an old colleague which is developed on a mac with OSX El Capitan.
I'm having some problems updating Xcode to the newest version and from what I've read I have to install a more current version of the OS, so I've downloaded macOS High Sierra.

Before I go ahead and install it I just wanted to ask someone who has more experience with this to avoid losing anything important.

I've backed up the data using the Time Machine feature, I've done it twice just to check if it could and it looks like it works.

Is there anything special that I should be aware of about the OS in general & as a developer that affects the update process?

Is there any way to validate the backup just to make sure that nothing on it is corrupted?

Any information is appreciated.


texts:
I happily use mail with several accounts. When I send a new email I often forget to choose the correct 'From' account. Is there a mail plugin that allows to set the default 'From' account using some rules.

One example could be: if the recipient ends in '@example.com' use the work account.

Or as an alternative is there a way to change the 'From' dropdown menu using a key combination? (this would not solve the case when I forget to set it but would at least speed up the process)


texts:
I'm experimenting around with my computer and I realized that all the commands in the terminal that aren't bash builtins were stored in the /usr/bin. So I wanted to see (to confirm my realization) that they would not work in Terminal if they weren't there. So I copied bin to my desktop and deleted bin in usr. Sure enough, I was right. All the builtins still worked but things like 'say' didn't. Feeling content with myself for figuring out something about my computer, I promptly placed bin back in usr and check to see if 'say' was working to confirm no harm was done. It worked. Then some time later I need to use sudo for something and I get an error. I restarted my computer, hoping that would help. Now I can't even use Terminal anymore. When I boot it up it says:

Last login: Fri Jul 25 01:12:20 on console
login(529,0x7fff744b4310) malloc: *** error for object 0x7fcfa3600e20: pointer being freed was not allocated
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug

[Process completed]

Uh-oh, so how do I fix this? The only thing my non-educated brain can think of is a reinstall of OS X.


texts:
I want to install a new version of ruby via rvm.
To install that, I need gnupg2. I installed it using brew, but it could not be linked.

I get the following error message when linking with brew link gpg2:

Linking /usr/local/Cellar/gnupg/2.1.20...
Error: Could not symlink bin/gpg-agent
Target /usr/local/bin/gpg-agent
is a symlink belonging to gpg-agent. You can unlink it:
brew unlink gpg-agent

To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
brew link --overwrite gnupg

To list all files that would be deleted:
brew link --overwrite --dry-run gnupg

I have no idea what the gpg-agent does and if I can savely overwrite the link without destroying something that my system somewhere needs.


texts: Cycling backups with multiple Time Capsules?

texts:
I am using Time Capsule for backing up my Mac at home and like this solution for its convenience (automatic hourly backups in the background, etc.).

I would now like to add an off-site backup to the mix, with the intention of cycling backup media between on-site (used for backup) and off-site (sitting at a safe location) every week or so. (An online backup service is not an option.)

Could I accomplish this by buying a second Time Capsule and just switching between the two (with Open Time Machine Preferences | Select Disk) to effect the cycling. Would this work and/or are there perhaps better (also cheaper) ways to do this?

(I understand that Time Capsule has been designed to be kept running, so the device could perhaps suffer from being turned off/on relatively frequently, i.e. every other week. I also understand that some NAS support hot swapping, which sounds promising, but isn't really meant to support this scenario either. Creating a RAID 1 between the Time Capsule -- now to be kept on-site and one from a set of USB drives -- now to be cycled -- sounds elegant but is perhaps more complex than a backup solution ought to be?)


texts: I'm trying to unlock an old iPhone 5c to access some pictures I have on there. Every time I try to unlock it, it takes me to the white screen with the "Hello" message, and then it tries to connect to a network (I have been able to connect it to my home Wifi) and I get the "Your iPhone could not be activated because the activation server is currently unavailable" message. I have tried holding the home and power button at the same time, connecting it to iTunes, and none of that has worked. The phone has an old SIM card in it, but I just want to be able to unlock it to access photos. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!


texts: update to 10.8.3 from 10.7.5 broke many (all?) existing aliases

texts:
I depend a lot on aliases to files and folders.  Just after upgrading, most of those I've checked, aliases that worked before the upgrade, fail now.  I get the usual error message, "...the original item can't be found,..." which offers the option to Delete or Fix that alias.  It seems I can fix the broken aliases, one by one, but it would be good to a) understand why this happened and b) to find a systematic fix, if any.

In at least one case, I noticed an 2 year-old alias to a folder I renamed about 6 months ago seemed to indicate, in its "get info" the previous name of the original folder.  I use this alias routinely, and I know that prior to the update it took me to the folder per its new name.

So:  it is AS IF MacOS 10.8 uses a revised alias database (?) and there was a problem transferring the data from the 10.7 database.

Ideas?


texts: What are the storage locations of the various types of Automator workflows

texts:
The purpose of this question is to create a reference for the various default storage locations where Automator stores the files it creates and saves.

I've found a few from searching, but have yet to see a quick reference listing the possible storage locations for all the Automator workflow types. On OS X 10.6.8 with Automator 2.1.1 they are:

Workflow
Application
Service
Folder Action
Print Plugin
iCal Alarm
Image Capture Plugin

Can anyone provide a list? (If you have lists for other OS/Automator versions, that would be a nice addition to the reference as well.)


texts:
I currently use a "Mid 2010" MacBook Pro and was able to install Sierra and XCode 8.3 without any issues.

I would like to use this MBP for some two or three more years, however a person told me that Apple has an "8 year support window" and that 2017 is the last year in which I'll be able to update to the latest OS and install the latest XCode, etc.

I've Googled but couldn't find anything stating a similar policy. Does this have any truth to it? Is it possible to know how much longer I'll be able to install MacOS and XCode updates?


texts: .bash_profile is empty after accidentally deleting everything, now sudo returns -bash: sudo: command not found

texts: I was trying to set the directory for flutter, but when I did I accidentally deleted everything inside my bash_profile. Is there any way to fix this? Thanks


texts:
Apparently, Apple has removed CVS under the OS X 10.9 Mavericks devtools (and yes, it's really gone). For the uninitiated, CVS is the Concurrent Version System, a tool for keeping files up to date between different machines and users (developers).

I have some legacy projects that still require it (no, I cannot change it to use SVN, much less git).

Where is the best place to get a version that works under OS X Mavericks?


texts: Is there a slowing of app download speed when an iPad is locked?

texts: I've noticed that downloading apps continue to download in the background as well as when the iPad is locked. Is there a speed decrease in either of these situations (assuming the foreground app isn't using network)?


texts: Where is a list of "Boot flags" available for Parallels Desktop for Mac?

texts:
In the need to disable/remove the not configured ata5, ata6, ata7 and ata8 devices, I was looking for a list of available Boot flags for Parallels Desktop for Mac.

So far I found this list:

devices.apic.disable=0 # workaround to run Solaris installation, after installation a pic can be enabled
devices.net.track_link_status=0 # for network link connect/disconnect issues
devices.net.force_adapter_type=rtl # force realtek network adapter
devices.usb.ehc=0 # disable EHCI interface (USB 2.)
devices.usb.enable_mouse=0 # disable virtual mouse
devices.usb.keyboard=0 # disable virtual keyboard
devices.video.pci_device_id=0x5005 # workaround for issue with black screen in Windows 8 with guest tools installed
kernel.waet.enable=0 # disable Windows ACPI Emulated Device Table
video.dx_cmp=0 # workaround for crash if you attempt to go into character customization
video.dx_profile=6 # force Windows 7 Aero compatibility at the cost of possible 3D problems
vm.app_mode=32 # set your virtual machine process to run in 32-bit mode
vm.compat_level=2 # workaround for Blue screen of Death STOP 0x7B or System Repair screen
vm.mem_anonymous=0 # workaround for crash with host server 4.0 and guest mac os x server 10.6.5 < 10H574

Is there a more complete list of (all) "Boot flags" available for "Parallels Desktop for Mac"?


texts: Reinstalling OSX is blocked with unreviewed Apple ID

texts:
I got a couple-of-years-old MacBook Pro with OSX Lion, and I attempted to format it. I erased the installed drive using Disk Utilities and then chose to reinstall OSX.

Unfortunately, in order to reinstall, I had to enter Apple ID. I, of course, have an Apple ID, but when I enter it, I get a prompt dialog asking to review the account. Clicking it, nothing happens. Of course I don't have the original Apple ID of the original owner.

Is there any way to bypass this in order to reinstall? I'm currently completly stuck.


texts: How to enable VT-x for Docker on MacPro 2008

texts:
So I've read that it is possible to enable Virtualisation on MacPro 2008 however I do not find how.

I know that I have VMX since the output of sysctl -a | grep machdep.cpu.features is :

machdep.cpu.features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH DS ACPI MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 SS HTT TM PBE SSE3 DTES64 MON DSCPL VMX EST TM2 SSSE3 CX16 TPR PDCM SSE4.1

But I think what I need to enable is the virtualisaiton support which I can check with : sysctl kern.hv_support and output me

kern.hv_support: 0

So how can I enable it ? I've tried to install the EFI update from this official link but it tell me than the update is "not necessary".


texts: Unable to cut from text edit and paste into terminal

texts:
Up until a day ago, I was able to cut and paste commands into terminal from text edit. This is a ongoing function as I store regularly used bash commands in text files so I can cut and paste them without needing to type them.

As of today, I can cut from text and paste to text, I can copy from terminal and paste into terminal. But I am unable to paste from text to terminal...

Where to even start figuring this out?


texts:
I have a Mac mini with OS X El Capitan 10.11.x installed.

I want to change to a new hard disk and reinstall the OS and data. I don't have the installation file for OS X El Capitan, as I bought the computer with it installed.

Is it possible to make an installation disk using which I can perform a clean installation of OS X El Capitan.

I need to run OS X El Capitan 10.11, as some critical software I use runs only on this release.


texts: Force aspect ratio with crop on external monitor while mirroring display

texts:
When I connect my Macbook Pro to an external monitor with a different aspect ratio than 16:10 (which the Macbook Pro has) and let it mirror my display, the resolution is automatically changed to something that fits the external monitor. Also, my MacBook Pro screen is cropped.

Can I change this around? I want to force a certain aspect ratio, and force the external monitor to crop its display.


texts: Will airdropping FCPX to another computer work?

texts: Will Final Cut Pro X work if I airdrop it from one mac to another, and the macs use two different Apple IDs (through just airdropping the .app file, not other files). If only airdropping the .app is not enough, what other files do I need to airdrop?


texts: How to force coloured display of visited links in Safari 5+?

texts:
Relatively recently most browsers, including Safari disabled the colouring of visited hyperlinks for privacy concerns.

I do not give a damn about this type of privacy and I consider that this is a huge downgrade of accessibility.

Is there a way to re-enable this via a hidden setting or extension?


texts:
When switching between running applications via Command-Tab one can see all of the currently running programs.

This is however somewhat cumbersome, for instance I don't want certain programs to be listed there, say Adium - I would rather click on the icon in dock to bring it up, since I need it not as often as other apps.

I guess the solution I am looking for is similar to the behavior apps minimized into Windows tray area - can I somehow have an app running on Mac Os, active in the dock but not in the list of switchable apps?

It should be possible from technical standpoint - there are windows which not registered in the Command-Tab list, for instance - Character/Keyboard Viewer.


texts:
I have written a simple script for macbook and later found a program called platypus which makes an .sh file to an .app

Now I want to ask if it's possible to launch that app from the USB automatically as soon as it's plugged in?

And if somehow yes. Does it also work if the mac is closed or just in login Screen?


texts: How do I make Firefox open a PDF in a tab instead of downloading it?

texts: I find it really annoying, that firefox on my Mac (OS X Lion) automatically downloads a pdf instead of viewing it in a tab. On Windows this works flawless. But why is it not working on the Mac? Is there a way to change this?


texts:
If you visit this page, it seems there's a new version of Web Inspector for Safari. (screenshot)

How can I access that?


texts: iPhone vibrates in spite of "Do Not Disturb"

texts:
When i switch my iPhone 5 (iOS 7) to "Do Not Disturb"-Mode, and also activate "Always" in the Silence-Settings, it vibrates when it is unlocked.

  So when i am reading an iMessage, and it arrives a new one, my iPhone
  vibrates.

I want to switch my iPhone completely silent with this option, but it is really possible? I can turn off vibration, of course, but i really don't know what Do Not Disturb really does!

It turns of Vibration and Sound when new Notifications arriving, but when i am using the Phone, it should be complete silent as well.

  Is this a bug or just a missing feature?


texts: Why can't I change a restricted System file after doing csrutil disable?

texts:
I want to change a file in /System/Library/Input Methods/PressAndHold.app/Contents/Resources/, but even after disabling csrutil in recovery mode, I still get this flags with -ls -lO <filename>:

  -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  restricted, compressed 6365 23 Aug 03:55 Keyboard-de.plist

UPDATE: I just figured out that I can change the ownership, so I should be able to cp and rm the file I want to change.
Still, when I am opening the file with TextEdit, I can't do anything, but I think this should be possible too.

EDIT: To check if SIP is still on, type csrutil status in the terminal. With SIP on it's impossible to change those files as any user.

sudo nano worked just fine. Thanks for all the help!


texts: Not able login into Google account on Mac with correct password

texts:
I am trying to login into my Google account in browser (tried Safari, Firefox, Chrome) on newly bought MacBook Pro (macOS Sierra 10.12.4) but getting 'Wrong password. Try again.' error every time, even though with same password, I am able to login on my Android phone and Windows laptop.

Found this article https://support.google.com/accounts/troubleshooter/3178296; 2-way auth is off on my account currently, tried this https://www.google.com/accounts/displayunlockcaptcha too, but still no success!


texts: Some Finder icons previewing as text when they shouldn't

texts:
I have this problem in my main user account which manifest itself that some file types in the Finder incorrectly preview as text. For example I have several .dmg file that looks like this:

They also preview as text if i use Quick Look on them.

I have tried resetting all in ~/Library/Preferences (I moved all items in there to a different folder temporarily and logged out and back in again). I have cleared everything in ~/Library/Caches and I have nothing  in ~/Library/QuickLook

I have also tried doing a Safe Boot and then restarting normally.

Any ideas of what to try next?

Okay, I've now found that the problem goes away if I log into the Guest Account, but it is still there if I create a new ”Standard” user. Hmm…


texts: Double tap to zoom stopped working after upgrading to iOS 13

texts:
After upgrading to iOS 13, double tap to zoom in on an element (like a column of text) on web pages does not work any more. Not on iPhone, not on iPad. Simply nothing happens. (this is with Safari web browser)

Pinch zoom still works.

Is there some setting or similar to re-enable the tap zoom feature?

Actually, it kind of works when tapping on empty parts of web pages, but nothing happens when tapping on text (which is where I actually need it).

Apparently this problem appears only on some pages and not on others, so here is a list.

List of web pages that have this problem:

(feel free to expand it)

https://stackexchange.com/
https://stari.rtvslo.si/ *
https://slo-tech.com/forum/t39

* this page zooms on doubletap on iPad, but not on iPhone SE

List of web pages that do not have this problem:

https://daringfireball.net/


texts: MacBook Pro appears to be completely dead and the charger is showing only a very dimmed green light

texts:
After doing a suspend I wasn't able to "revive" my early 2011 MacBook Pro.

MBP does not respond to: power, long-power, SMC reset or even battery test button.
the charger is showing a dimmed green when connected (almost invisible in day light)
the charger does not have any problem (tested)

The computer is still under warranty (only 6 months old).


texts: How do I change settings in QuickTime 10?

texts:
I'm trying to follow these instructions on configuring QuickTime so I can use a browser-based web app that uses QuickTime as a plugin in FireFox: http://tones.wolfram.com/tsfaqs/osx/configurequicktime.html

I'm using QuickTime Player version 10.4 (833.1). The instructions I'm reading clearly indicate that QuickTime Player should have a Preferences option in its menu bar, as shown in this picture:

However, my version of QuickTime Player does not seem to have any preferences whatsoever:

How do I change QuickTime settings using QuickTime Player 10.4?


texts: Double click on Safari title bar to fit screen

texts:
When I double-click on the title bar of most Apps they automatically fit the whole screen.
If I do so in Safari it only fits the height.

If I want it to fit the width as well I have to double click on both upper corners as well. I do not want to switch to full screen mode. What I'm trying to achieve is the following:

Is there some way to change this behaviour?


texts: Can’t load plist. Launchctl says "Invalid property list", tried plutil, SIP, permissions

texts:
I want to use the following plist to run a backup script under macos High Sierra.

File name:
com.pollux.backup.plist

Content:

<?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>Label</key>
    <string>com.pollux.backup.plist</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
     <string>sh</string>
     <string>-c</string>
     <string>/bin/backup_pollux_server</string>
     <key>KeepAlive</key>
     </array>
     <key>RunAtLoad</key>
     <true/>
     <key>StartInterval</key>
     <integer>3600</integer>
     <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
     <string>/tmp/pollux_backup.err</string>
     <key>StandardOutPath</key>
     <string>/tmp/pollux_backup.out</string>
  </dict>
</plist>

Permissions: -rw-r--r--@ 1 root    wheel  694  3 Apr 19:57 com.pollux.backup.plist

I use the same script and plist to backup my wife’s MacBook (Mavericks). It runs flawlessly. But when I try to load it with launchctl at my MacBook I get the following error message:

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.pollux.backup.plist: Invalid property list

I checked the plist with plutil:

LaunchDaemons pollux$ plutil com.pollux.backup.plist
com.pollux.backup.plist: OK

xmllint just shows the content of the plist.

I switched off the SIP:

LaunchDaemons pollux$ csrutil status
System Integrity Protection status: disabled.

Does anyone have an idea what to try next?


texts: How does my Selfie Stick take a picture using the *headphone socket*?

texts:
I just got a selfie stick, and it connects to my iPhone via the headphone socket.

Clicking a button on the stick causes a picture to be taken.

I'm wondering how that actually works. If the headphone socket is an output, how is the stick sending an input, and that too to take a picture?

Does the headphone socket have some sort of input 'mechanism' the stick uses??


texts: After downloading file installer process runs and uses all memory

texts:
When I download a file from the internet a process starts with name "installer" and uses all the available memory until my Mac crashes.

It's not related to the browser — I tested with Chrome and Safari.
The only solution I have is to kill the process from Terminal.

What is installer? How can I delete installer process from my Mac?

I have a 15″ Retina MacBook Pro with 16 GB memory.


texts: Installing Linux on a MacBook Pro and waranty

texts:
On a 2014 MacBook Pro Retina, does dual-booting the pre-installed OS X with Linux (say Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora/etc) void the hardware warranty? Does installing Linux and removing OS X void the hardware warranty?

I do not mind the entire hard disk being erased and set to a default OS X install if the machine has to be given for repair under warranty.

If you're going to suggest "reinstall OS X yourself before giving for repair", yes, that is an option if some non-essential component of the machine stops working. But it's not an option if the machine won't boot at all, which is when you'll be in need of servicing the most.

The country of purchase is India, if it matters.


texts: How to reload app preferences and documents on iPhone?

texts:
So I updated my iphone to new iOS and then my backup became corrupted.

I was then able to get ALL the information out of the backup unto my computer.

I now have for each app its corresponding Library and Documents.
These  contain additional folders that the apps use and the Preferences folder, which contains the .plist files.

I would like to put all this information back on my iPhone. But how?

Is there a program for this? Can this be done through iTunes?

I am quite desperate, as I would love to know how to get this done.


texts: Repeatedly slower internet on Mac only - fixes work temporarily

texts:
My internet connection speed (wifi) keeps slowing down on my Mac. I usually get 250mbs, but it'll slow right down to about 20mbs, only on my Mac, and when I do a speed test with other devices on the same network they still get close to the full 250mbs.

The accepted answer here works for me, but only temporarily. If I follow the steps in the link the speed will be fine for about a day, then the same issue occurs.

Any pointers on what could be happening here would be massively appreciated.


texts: How do I change the login screen background in macOS Mojave 10.14.2?

texts:
It used to be the case in macOS Mojave that if one changed the Mojave.heic file in /Library/Desktop Pictures/ then it would boot into that new picture. This is documented in this thread.

10.14.2 broke this solution, forces the desert background, and does not react to changing said HEIC file.

Does anybody know how to change it in Mojave 10.14.2?


texts:
So I'm riding the Mavericks, I mean I'm using OS X 10.9.2. :)

I played around with the account settings and now the account is damaged.

Below is exactly how I damaged it.

I wanted to change my username.

According to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428,
I first created a new account, then went to the directory "/Users" and changed the name of the folder "/Users/mac" to "/Users/Air".

Then I went into System Preference -> Users & Groups, and entered the "Advanced Options" of the account named "mac".

I happily disregarded the "WARNING".

I deleted "User ID".

And deleted "Group", which automatically turned to "wheel" after the cursor was moved to the next field.

I Changed "Account name" from "mac" to "Air", and changed "Home directory" from "/Users/mac" to "/Users/Air".

I clicked "OK", restarted and logged in the newly-named account. Then it says the resource library was damaged, and the system stopped responding (that beachball spinning!)

Any help is greatly appreciated!

-- Frax


texts: Can't set different Java version in Mojave with jenv

texts:
I want to have different Java versions on my machine.
I installed jenv for that reason. However, I can't set the desired Java version to it. Actually couldn't set any version.

I have Java 8 and 11 installed. I want to set Java 8 as a global.`

Here is snippet what I have tried:

sdos-MacBook-Pro:~ nazar$ ls -la /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  4 root   wheel  128 Nov 28 16:58 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 root   wheel  160 Nov 19 19:41 ..
drwxr-xr-x  3 root   wheel   96 Nov 19 12:04 jdk1.8.0_192.jdk
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 nazar  staff   96 Oct  6 15:25 openjdk-11.0.1.jdk
sdos-MacBook-Pro:~ nazar$ jenv versions
* system (set by /Users/nazar/.jenv/version)
sdos-MacBook-Pro:~ nazar$ jenv add /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_192.jdk/Contents/Home/
ln: /Users/nazar/.jenv/versions/oracle64-1.8.0.192: No such file or directory
sdos-MacBook-Pro:~ nazar$ ls -lg /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_192.jdk/Contents/Home/
total 52224
-r--r--r--   1 wheel      3244 Oct  6 19:57 COPYRIGHT
-r--r--r--   1 wheel        40 Oct  6 19:57 LICENSE
-r--r--r--   1 wheel       159 Oct  6 19:57 README.html
-rw-r--r--   1 wheel    108062 Sep 12 12:20 THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME-JAVAFX.txt
-r--r--r--   1 wheel    155003 Oct  6 19:57 THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.txt
drwxr-xr-x  46 wheel      1472 Oct  6 20:01 bin
drwxr-xr-x   3 wheel        96 Nov 19 12:04 bundle
drwxr-xr-x   9 wheel       288 Oct  6 19:57 include
-rw-r--r--   1 wheel   5207430 Sep 12 12:20 javafx-src.zip
drwxr-xr-x  10 wheel       320 Oct  6 19:58 jre
drwxr-xr-x  14 wheel       448 Oct  6 19:58 lib
drwxr-xr-x   5 wheel       160 Oct  6 19:57 man
-rw-r--r--   1 wheel       427 Oct  6 19:57 release
-rw-r--r--   1 wheel  21242800 Oct  6 19:57 src.zip
sdos-MacBook-Pro:~ nazar$ java -version
openjdk version "11.0.1" 2018-10-16
OpenJDK Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.1+13)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.1+13, mixed mode)

I can't understand what is missed there.
How to set Java 8 with jenv?


texts: Mac Outlook 2016 Inline Response Formatting

texts:
It seems like a recent update to Mac Outlook 2016 broke the formatting of replying inline.  Up until recently (the last 2-3 weeks) when I would reply with inline questions/comments, it would separate my edits from the indented, original email.  Now, I don't see it creating this separation; my edits just blend in (with the same level of indentation) as the original message.

Am I crazy, am I missing an option in the preferences menu to fix this myself, or is this actually a regression that other people are seeing as well?


texts: Can not run ack after installing it using MacPorts

texts:
After installing p5-app-ack using Macports I can see it is installed correctly.

I can not run it however.
I get ack: command not found.
and which ack displays nothing.
How can I see where port installed my ack and how to add it to the executalble PATH?


texts: How can I change the default width of Finder columns?

texts:
I have found OS X's default column width to be a bit too narrow. Is there any way to make it wider?

I know how to resize columns manually, but it's annoying to repeat the process every time I open a new folder. Can I force Finder to "remember" the new column width? Also, if this is possible, can anyone point me toward the official Apple documentation that describes how to do it?


texts: Confused about USB-C transfer speeds of latest MacBook Pros

texts:
I was reading this
article about the next iteration to USB-C ports. It says that the new standard will double speeds from 5 Gbps to 10 Gbps.

It also says:

if you just bought a brand new computer with USB-C port,
like, for example, the 2016 MacBook Pro that I'm using to write this
article, you're pretty much screwed.

But according to Apple’s website their USB-C ports
support up to 40 Gbps data transfer speeds. So this is 4 x faster
than what the above article is saying about the new USB standard.

Can someone explain this to me? I am confused.


texts: How to keep MacBooks keyboard and trackpad functionality when using Windows on Bootcamp?

texts: Before installing Windows 7, I used to work with Mac OS X on my MacBook Pro. After the installation I noticed that the functionality of the keyboard and trackpad changed. I really want to keep using Windows 7 and the default/old keyboard and trackpad functionality as in Mac OS X.


texts:
I work offsite and for a large company and need my OS updated. The tech support has been outsourced and it's impossible to get anything done if you work offsite. Whenever I try and update OS through the app store it is blocked.

Is there a way to update to Yosemite without going through the app store?
I have admin access but there is something protecting the computer from accessing the OS update. My problem is, ADOBE CC 15 requires a new OS which I can't install... so I'm stuck in CC14 while all my vendors have upgraded.

Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: pause download from appstore and shutdown then resume after restarting computer

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I am using mountain lion on macbook pro.

I want to know if it is posible to pause while downloading xcode from appstore and shutdown my computer, then resume my download from where i paused it when I start my computer again. I need to know this because xcode is very large to download and due to slow internet speed I cannot download it all at once.


texts: How to automatically share my iPhone's internet connection with my MacBook

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I believe I heard from the Apple keynote that with the release of Yosemite and iOS 8 we will be able to automatically share the iPhone's internet connection without having to connect every time with hotspot (when within range). I now have Yosemite on my MacBook and iOS 8 on my iPhone, but I cannot see any options to enable this automatic connection. I currently connect with bluetooth to get my iPhone's internet connection.

Did I misunderstand or is there such an option?


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I have a problem where the Yosemite install does not see 240GB Mercury 6G Electra SSD during an install from the USB drive.

I'm using a USB thumb drive installer. It boots up fine. Except that when I get to the page where it asks you what drive to install to, all I see is the USB drive itself, and no SSD.

I triple checked that the SSD is installed correctly. I put it into the machine straight of the box, brand new.

Macbook Pro 8,1. Yosemite 10.10 installer.

Any ideas?

Thanks


texts: How can I change Finder's sidebar icons in macOS?

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Without using a 3rd-party application, how do I go about changing the icon in the sidebar for the Developer folder?
When I click on "Get Info" for this icon it's showing the icon does have the hammer icon but it's not showing in El Capitan in the sidebar when I add it over there?
Does anyone have a solution or can refer me to an article that will provide me with some direct information on how to add/edit this?


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My mac laptop freezes after I login with correct password. All I see is my wallpaper. after that the rainbow thing starts spinning.

I tried to start in safe mode but that didn't help either. I also tried to login with the guest account but the same error happens. Is there a way to fix this problem?


texts: How to assign Kana (かな) key in Japanese keyboard to another Language?

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I have purchased my Mac Pro ( it is running OS 10.9.5) in Japan. Needless to say that it has two different keys assigned exclusively for English and Japanese (英語 for English and かな for Japanese).

But the issue is that I'd like to change the かな key to a third Language (Persian in fact, that I am using in addition to English).

Is it possible?


texts: How to remove __MACOSX folder in a list of zip files (not a single zip file)?

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I know I can remove __MACOSX in a zip file by:

sudo zip -d bg1.zip "__MACOSX*"

but I want to remove it in all zip files, I tried

sudo zip -d *.zip "__MACOSX*"

but it says

zip warning: name not matched: __MACOSX*

zip error: Nothing to do! (bg1.zip)

and seems stop from processing next file. How can I remove all __MACOSX in a list of zip files?


texts: If i install Cisco any connect inside my iPhone, can our system admin access my iPhone without my knowledge

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I work for a company, and i need to access some internal sites inside my iPhone. so i got the instruction from our network team to install Cisco any-connect to my iPhone and connect to our network. but my question is, since this is my personal mobile device, so if i am connected to our network using Cisco any-connect, can our system admins or network admins access my iPhone content while i am connected through Cisco any-connect?

Thanks


texts:
I installed OS X Fuse on OS X 10.9.4  as outlined in http://osxdaily.com/2014/03/20/mount-ext-linux-file-system-mac/

Unfortunately it does not mount any of my Linux filesystems (on external HD or SD card), either directly or with Disk Utility

Has anyone had any success with this? I note a few others seem to have similar problems.

Is any other package required?

NOTE I can read the data on a Linux machine, so do NOT want other suggestions, but it would be convenient to read on my Mac.


texts: I have an “other” login on my computer that I can’t seem to get rid of. I try to delete it by clicking on the minus in the groups and users section and it won’t let me. It’s greyd out. What’s  odd is the login for it is the same as my husband’s login. I’m the administrator but typing in his name and password for his own login works for it. It’s like a duplicate of his profile on my computer. The wallpaper is even the same. But the login screen has it listed as other. I also have been trying to get rid of this stupid websearchstride pop up problem. Idk if it’s all related or not. The system has been updated. I tried to get Bitdefender to scan my computer. Said it got rid of stuff but I’m steal dealing with issues. TIA.


texts: Alternative Notification System for Macos || Program or CLI to Display Image/Emblem/Icon at corner of screen (no text or box)

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I am hoping there is some kind of alternate notification system available for macos as a program or a cli. I don't mind paying. I have created vim bindings with karabiner that work anywhere on macos, but I would like to display a small indicator any time I switch modes or turn the bindings on or off.
If you don't know what vim is, basically I just want to display a small colored circle or some similar indicator on the corner of my screen using a bash/zsh/shell scripting command.
If anyone could give me some direction on beginning to write an application or system extension I will do that if I can't find a tool for this out there.


texts: Strange case of truly invisible file (?) and undeletable directory on macOS

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I'm having issues deleting a directory on my macOS Mojave 10.14.3 system.

The filesystem is APFS and these are the symptoms:

$ rm -rf strange/
rm: strange/: Directory not empty

$ sudo rm -rf strange/
Password:
rm: strange/: Directory not empty

$ ls -lia strange/
total 0
786499 drwxr-xr-x   3 kk  staff    96 Feb 26 18:56 .
430961 drwxr-xr-x+ 49 kk  staff  1568 Feb 26 21:50 ..

$ ls -lid strange/
786499 drwxr-xr-x  3 kk  staff  96 Feb 26 18:56 strange/

Notice that the link count for the directory is is 3. A freshly created empty directory has a link count of 2.

No other file or directory on the system has the same inode number (this was checked using sudo find / -inum 786499), and I believe that directories on APFS filesystems can't have additional hard links anyway (like they can with HFS+).

Putting the directory in the trash and emptying it returns a dialog with the text

  The operation can’t be completed because the item “strange” is in use.

However, running sudo lsof "$HOME/strange" (after returning the directory to my home directory) returns nothing, and rebooting the machine changes nothing. Using sudo lsof +L1 (listing open files with a link count of zero, i.e. deleted files kept open by some application) also does not reveal any paths under the strange directory.

The directory does not have any ACLs or extended attributes:

$ ls -lde@ strange/
drwxr-xr-x  3 kk  staff  96 Feb 26 18:56 strange/

Making a copy of the directory using the Finder creates strange copy.  This copy directory has a link count of 2 and can be deleted.  Curiously though, the "Get Info" dialog in Finder says that each directory (original and copy) contains an item (it usually reports zero items for freshly created empty directories).

$ ls -la strange*
strange:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   3 kk  staff    96 Feb 26 23:57 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 49 kk  staff  1568 Feb 27 10:36 ..

strange copy:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   2 kk  staff    64 Feb 26 23:57 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 49 kk  staff  1568 Feb 27 10:36 ..

Running "First Aid" using the macOS "Disk Utility" does not change anything (returns "Successful" at the end). This regardless of whether this is done on the live system or in Rescue Mode.

Running fsck_apfs -y on the disk in Rescue Mode mode does produce a number of warnings on one of the filesystem snapshots of the following type:

warning: Cross Check : Mismatch between extentref entry reference count (1) and calculated fsroot entry reference count (0) for extent (0x236654a + 4)

This does not seem to be repaired by fsck_apfs though.

Any clues as to how to go about deleting this directory?

For those who wonder, the directory was initially found as a subdirectory of a Steam game (Factorio, release 0.17.0).  The original path of the directory was ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Factorio/factorio.app/Contents/data/base/campaigns/demo/locale/ru.  The part from demo downwards caused the game to not start properly (it was, apart from the directories, empty, but the game tried to pick up some non-existing file from the demo directory and crashed). Moving the directory away made the game playable, but I later discovered that the bottom-most ru directory could not be deleted.  This is the directory that I then renamed strange and that I refer to throughout this question.

I have submitted feedback to Apple about this, but I'm no Apple developer so I can't submit a formal bug report.


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This is driving me a little bit crazy. In my old PC days I used to press either F5 or F9 (I can't remember) to have Excel recalculate.

What is the Mac equivalent?

PS: Perhaps this is not the place to ask. If so, please redirect me. :)


texts: How do I stop the "Are you sure you want to open it?" dialog box from displaying when I open an app?

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Every time I open the "Amazon MP3 Downloader" app (by downloading a new MP3 from Amazon.com in Safari) I get this dialog box:

I'm used to seeing this the first time after I open a new app I've downloaded, but usually I don't see the dialog box after the first time I press the "Open" button.

Is there a setting somewhere I can use to indicate that yes, I am sure I want to open "Amazon MP3 Downloader" without this dialog box?


texts:
This command was working previously in macOS High Sierra to install the OS via Terminal:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall -applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app

But I'm getting:

"--applicationpath" is deprecated in macOS 10.14 and greater. Please remove it from your invocation.


texts: Can't restore music to iPhone from iTunes

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I have a family member that did something a bit carelessly (but with good intentions) and I'm trying to help fix it.

They upgraded their iPhone 4 to iOS 5, but they did it from a different computer/iTunes than the one their iPhone was associated and synced with.  This wiped out everything on the iPhone, of course.

Now I'm trying to help them restore data, apps, music, etc.  There was a device backup in iTunes on the old laptop so I copied the contents of the MobileSync folder between the two systems.  On the new laptop, I restored from backup via iTunes.  Then, I proceeded to download all previous purchases in iTunes (apps, music), and then tried to sync:

First I synced apps only. No problemo.
Then I added music to the sync settings. Houston, we have a problem.

When I try to sync music it says that the iPhone is associated with another iTunes library and the phone will be erased.  Ugh.  If I only try to sync apps, there isn't an issue.  But of course, they want their music copied back to the iPhone. :)

In short, how do I accomplish all of the following:

Restore important data from the iTunes device backup copied from the old laptop
Ability to sync all purchased/future purchases of music
Ability to sync all purchased/future purchases of apps

Thanks in advance!


texts: Is it possible to remove or hide an app for a user on Mac? This way I want to make a user not known about the presence of the app.


texts: Console command recAudio is broken in modern iOS

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A while ago I used to use the recaudio console application provided by Erica Utilities, installed in Cydia on jailbroken devices. It doesn't seem to work any longer, which isn't terribly surprising, since it was built in 2008.

When I run ./recAudio, I get:

Illegal instruction: 4

I had read that this was due to the binary being compiled for an older processor, and some people had recommended running:

sed -i'' 's/\x00\x30\x93\xe4/\x00\x30\x93\xe5/g;s/\x00\x30\xd3\xe4/\x00\x30\xd3\xe5/g;' recAudio

And while this helps, now I am getting:

Start talking. Press ^C to finish.
Starting recording
Could not start Audio Queue

At which point I Ctrl-C doesn't work, and I have to kill the process to get out. I am left with a 4096 byte empty AIFF file.

Has anyone had any luck getting this to work on more modern processors and devices? The project seems abandoned and I haven't found any sources for me to try to recompile.


texts: How exactly does Cmd-shift-4+space work?

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Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   4  +  Space   behaves unexpectedly. For example, when I right-click on Chrome, the captured window does not include the right-click UI.

What exactly determines a unit in  Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   4  +  Space   ?

How exactly does  Cmd ⌘   Shift ⇧   4  +  Space    work?(Mac v10.12.5 here, though focused on generality.)


texts: Opening a terminal window to a specific directory from a bash script

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How can I write a bash script in Mac OS X that opens a Terminal window in a specific directory?  I'd assume something like:

open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app

But that does nothing (maybe it's loading the Terminal application which is already open instead of launching a new Terminal window).  And of course it doesn't cd into a directory as I haven't specified that...


texts: How do I insert the cursor after the last word (that is misspelled)?

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Latest iOS, using Safari.  I am often writing a post on SE and the last word I left off on is a misspelling.  For instance

  ... so I definitely prefer QO to Homeline.

  *

The misspelled word is jargon or a trade name.

Now, I want to continue writing.  So I place the cursor at the asterisk above: the beginning of the next paragraph (I had hit new line twice after the misspelled word). Instead, it lights up the last word in red.  I cannot type because the word and new lines will be destroyed and I will be adding to the previous paragraph.

What is the proper way to put the cursor at the end of the word or the start of the next paragraph?


texts: How to open port 9150 on a Mac so external devices can connect to it?

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On Localhost I can access and connect to port 9150, but on another devices on the network it cannot see the port and cannot connect to it. I've checked and there is no firewall on the network preventing the connection.

If it matters I have a proxy server running on that port that I need other devices to be able to connect to.

I am running macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 on a MacBook Pro Early 2015.


texts: Are purchases from the App store single or mulitple user licencing

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I have two Macs, I haven't bought any software on the App store yet.

If I wanted to buy lets say for example Pages and Numbers, would I be able to install that on one Mac or two macs? just like I can if I download an app from the iTunes app store I can install on both iPad and iPhone for the single price?

Thanks


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I had iMessage working just fine with the latest iOS8 on my iPad, iPhone & Yosemite OSX on my MBP... then after a system restart on my MBP a week+ ago iMessage is all out of whack. It works fine and as expected on my iOS devices (iPad & iPhone), but on my MBP, while I can receive & send messages, I have the following symptoms:

No one resolves to their name... only phone numbers are listed for the other person in the conversation. This includes people I've sent messages to or received.
When I sent a message, I can find the person by name & autocomplete, but when I accept the person from autocomplete, it resolves to their number.
All recipients show up as red... for instance if you hover over the name/number, usually it shows a blue selection box, but for me they are all red.

I've tried signing out & back in, but that didn't work. I don't have any contacts in iCloud as I am on a hosted Exchange (Office 365) where all my contacts are. This is how it was setup since I got my MBP 1yr ago so I know this works and it still works on my iOS devices.

Everything I've seen talks about syncing your contacts to iCloud... but I've never needed to do that in the past and even when I manually copy one contact over, that has their name, email & correct phone number, it still won't resolve them to their name, only their number.

Any ideas how to reset this as everything I'm doing isn't working :(


texts: Why does my Mac Pro have two ethernet ports on the back of the computer?

texts: I'm curious as to how or why I might want to take advantage of two ethernet ports on the back of the tower?


texts: (Numbers) COUNTIF values from one column match another column?

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I have a Numbers file containing some rows with machine learning predictions and also what the actual values were. The first column contains an unique ID, the second column contains the actual values, the following columns contain the predicted values.

Per column I would like to count the number of times the predicted value was correct, so the amount of rows where the predicted value matched the actual value from the other column.

I'd like to add a row add the end of the data where I display this amount of correct values per column, and also what the accuracy would be (correct values/total values).

I tried using the COUNTIF function for this, but get errors every time.

This is what I tried e.g. =COUNTIF('Random Forest', '=Echte waarde') or =COUNTIF(C2:C100, '=B2:B100')

Anybody know what the correct syntax would be to achieve such a function? Thanks!


texts:
This issue has been going on and off for years.  I still don't consistently get the new mail sound when new mail arrives.

Sometimes it happens, most of the time, never.

10.6.7


texts: How to troubleshoot web errors on the Apple developer forum?

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I have an AppleID and paid $99 dollars to enroll in the iOS Developer program. I tried creating new thread in iOS Developer Forum but end up in blank white screen. I couldn't see anything on the screen.

Has anyone a suggestion on what the requirements (or how to troubleshoot) the developer forum web page when you run into issues?


texts: Hide the dock in Mission Control and Launchpad?

texts:
I am really fed up with the Mac OS Dock showing in Mission Control and especially Launchpad.

Is there any way at all (even if I have to program it myself) to hide it in Mission Control and Launchpad because it gets in the way.

I still want it to show on the desktop and when I have applications open.

Can the dock be hidden only for Mission Control and Launchpad in macOS ?


texts: How did Starbucks send bold text in an MMS to Messages?

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I received the discount message shown below from Starbucks on iOS 7.0.3.  Somehow they managed to make part of the message text bold.  How did they do this, or better, how can I recreate it?

I tried sending a formatted email to my phone number, but it was converted to plain text, as I've thought all SMS/MMS messages are.

Note: The bold text accessibility setting in Settings is set to off.


texts: App submission and approval on Hackintosh (2016)

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We just recently developed an iOS app on a iMac. The process to get the approval tooks us 15 days.

Our Mac got damaged and won't turn on. We need to keep developing while the Mac is on repair. Will there be any trouble for the submission and approval of our app if we develop it on a Hackintosh?

I know that there are a lot of similar questions but those relate of 2011. Now I think Apple has got more strict in the reviews of the apps, so I would like to know please how are they managing this in the recent days. Thanks


texts: Keyboard shortcut to switch between applications in Mission Control

texts:
Does Apple have keyboard shortcuts to switch between applications in Mission Control? (Instead of hovering over with the cursor)?

e.g., which key combination cal I press to get me from "preview" to "app store?"


texts: Is it better to have more cores or higher processor clock speed to decrease build time for iOS projects

texts: I am trying to pick the most appropriate hardware to speed up build time for iOS projects - I don't know if I should favor faster processors (3.5 GHz) with fewer cores (6) or slower processors (2.7 GHz) with more cores (12).


texts: Make my iCloud @me.com email my primary Apple ID

texts:
Before iCloud began operation I used a gmail email for my Apple ID. With the advent of iCloud I have begun using my iCloud email for everything. The one thing that frustrates me is that Apple does not allow me to change my Apple ID to be my @me.com address.

The Apple ID page suggests making my @me.com address my ID, but every time I click it, it is not allowed. If I try to force it to change I get the message: "You cannot create an Apple ID using a MobileMe account. If this is your email address, it is also your Apple ID." This is obviously a remnant of MobileMe. Is there any way to fix this?


texts: Can I move the Google Drive folder to a different volume?

texts: Is there a way to put the Google Drive folder on a different volume on my Mac (where I have more free space)?  I tried Googling the question, and just got tips about doing it on Windows.


texts:
On my Mac, the device to Handoff from is showing as "iPhone SE (Model A1662, A1723, A1724)" instead of the correct name (like "My Dear iPhone").
Methods tried(didn't work):

Re-enabling Handoff on all the devices.
Turning iCloud keychains off and on.
Reboot.


texts: We’re unable to validate your product’s purchase date

texts:
I recently bought a MacBook Pro ordered at Apple Online store. When attempting to check the service and support coverage status, I am presented with a webpage that says that the product’s purchase date can not be validated. I am asked to provide a date of purchase.

This is a custom configuration and the unit actually got shipped over a couple weeks after originally placing the order. As I understand, this date would be used for 1-year warranty coverage, my question is:

What's the valid date of purchase that I should provide here:

The date of placing the order?
The date of actually receiving the shipment from Apple?

I want to make sure that I receive the full 1-year long warranty coverage (as promised by Apple).


texts: How to make an executable .py available everywhere on OS X?

texts:
I have this directory /foo/bar/. Inside, I have a python file named myfile.py. I made it executable by adding (at the top):

#!/usr/bin/env python

Then, I made it executable by issuing

chmod +x myfile.py

I edited my path by issuing

sudo nano /etc/paths

I added /foo/bar/ to it.

The problem is that although I can run myfile.py by typing ./myfile.py while I am inside /foo/bar/, it doesn't work from any other location. What am I doing wrong?

Thank you.


texts: How can an AppleScript droplet give me a list of names of Finder items?

texts:
I want to get a list of file names (not paths, just the filenames without extension) of some dropped items in AppleScript.

I can get the droplet to reveal each item's names incrementally, but what I really want is a list, each text item separated by a line break. Then I can pass this list to my next action.

Can anyone help? This seems so simple and I feel like I've dealt with far more complex things in AppleScript before!


texts: On my iPhone I can't give my apps access to the camera, microphone, etc

texts:
iOS Version: 11.3

My iPhone won’t allow me to give any apps camera, microphone, or library access.

I’ve gone to their individual settings for the apps and there’s no options. If I go to Camera in privacy, I don't see the options.

Furthermore, I notice all of my contacts are gone. None have any names nor can I give them any. If I try going to the Phone app, the tab for contacts has disappeared too!

In the Calendar, the option to add dates is grayed out and all the dates of the automatic holidays and such are gone too.

I’ve had the phone for just over a year and it only just started doing this.

I’ve made sure that I don’t have restrictions on, I’ve reset locations and permissions, and I’ve reinstalled apps. I really don’t know what else to do.

How else might I try to resolve this?


texts: Can I connect to a L2TP/IPSec VPN linux server using a Snow Leopard client?

texts:
Do I need any special software?
What should I do to connect to a L2TP/IPSec VPN?


texts: Mountain Lion: Use standard keyboard function keys, F1, F2, etc.?

texts:
I'm having issues with Mountain lion in which I am unable to use my non-Apple keyboard's function keys, i.e. F1, F2 etc.  Upon firing up System Preferences ➤ Keyboard, this is what I'm greeted with.

In prior versions of the operating system there had been an option here to

  Use all F1, F2 keys as standard function keys...

...which enabled me to utilize the Functions keys, as expected, instead of triggering whatever "Hot Key" usually hijacks that binding ordinarily.

How can I get this capability back under 10.8.x?


texts: Delete a rented movie that is only partially downloaded

texts: I rented a movie and actually was able to watch it, but in iTunes it still shows up as a download in progress with an error and when I tap the icon it just says I don't have enough memory to continue the download (for the movie that I already watched and the rental time expired for). It is taking up a bunch of space and I want it gone!  Please help. I do not have a computer I can get onto at this time and don't want to lose my 100+songs currently stored on my iPhone.


texts: Can I use 2 harddisks to backup using time machine (not duplicate, but to extend)

texts:
I have 2 x 500 GB external Harddrives and 500 GB internal harddrive . I use time machine to backup from the internal 500GB and one external 500GB HD to the second 500 GB HD. This is good till date since I only had to back up less than 250 Gigs in total.

What would happen if and when I exceed the disk space of 500 Gigs?

Can I use another 500 GB harddisk (in order to horizontally scale) on Time Machine . I need incremental backups like TimeMachine does and I like the interface too. I picked out 500 Gigs as an example.

Can I mount 2 external HDs as a single one so that the TimeMachine
does not need to know about it ?
Does TimeMachine support backing up
to use multiple harddisks depending on space constraint ?
How is this problem usually addressed for a non-business requirement ?

Sairam


texts:
I'm currently running the old version of Apple TV (4.4.4) but I've been considering upgrading, now that the new version has an untethered jailbreak. I use the Apple TV primarily for FireCore's Media Player (files off my NAS) and Netflix.

Now that the new UI just throws a ton of icons out there, is there any way to order them? Or by chance, do they re-order themselves based on usage?

I don't ever use iTunes Movies, TV Shows, or Music, so I'd really hate for the entire first row to always be useless to me. With the current version I can at least use Overflow to hide the menus I don't need.


texts: Working with Apple HTML class data in AppleScript

texts:
I saw the following line of code in this post on AppleScript coding of HTML class data.

do shell script "osascript -e 'try' -e 'get the clipboard as «class HTML»' -e 'end try' | awk '{sub(/«data HTML/, \"3C68746D6C3E\") sub(/»/, \"3C2F68746D6C3E\")} {print}' | xxd -r -p | textutil -convert rtf -stdin -stdout > " & quoted form of theRichTextFileName

I assume the awk command is changing «data HTML to <html> and » to </html>.

What is the reason for doing this?
Does it mean that you do not put <html> and </html> in applescript HTML class data?


texts:
I'm trying to shoe-horn a shell script into an application bundle so that the shell script will be run when I open the bundle, as opposed to the executable put in there.

Specifically, I'm trying to do some environment setup before running the binary, e.g. setting environment variables (I already tried just putting the environment variables into the Info.plist, which didn't work, presumably because MATLAB is stupid), and when I cd into the bundle and manually execute my script, (./StartMATLAB) it works; The program launches, and the environment variables are recognized.

When I double-click on the .app in Finder, or call open MATLAB_R2011b.app however, it fails.  When calling open from the commandline, I get:

LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10810 for the file /Applications/MATLAB_R2011b.app

I've tried playing around with the Info.plist to no avail, but I'm not too familiar with how they are put together.  Does anyone know why I cannot open this bundle?

Thanks!

EDIT:
The Info.plist for the program I'm trying to edit seems to have a lot of java-related stuff.  I've tried to remove it, but no luck so far.  I'm thinking the problem may be with the .plist file, as it is expecting a java-based program as opposed to any other executable


texts: How do I record HDMI input to a file with my Mac

texts: So I have an HDMI signal and an HDMI to USB adapter. I need to record this HDMI signal to a video file. Zero budget. Will plugging this into my Mac work as a video input? If not, how else do I do this?


texts:
I've been trying to resolve this issue with my MacBook for 2 months and finally reaching out for help.
When I Power Cycle my MacBook Pro (2017, Catalina 10.15.7), I can use Safari successfully for a while. After about 2 hours of non use, I try to use Safari and it will not reload or bring up new websites. Same with Chrome. However, I can use Firefox successfully after 2 hours.

I have made sure browsers are up to date with latest version.
I cannot move to Big Sur since a couple of pieces of software I need for mainframe interface are not going to do anymore updates. We are investigating options at this point for other solutions.
I have turned off Safari extensions to make sure these are not the
issues.
I have RoboForms, DropBox and CleanMyMac running in the
background. Turning these 3 off did not have any impact on the issue.
I turned off screensaver to eliminate it as a possible culprit.
I have tried turning off WiFi and changing to a different network but
the browser still does not work. (I use my iPhone on cellular data and not connected to network.) I have combed through my network settings to make sure Proxy is not turned on by accident and DNS is using the router.
I have used Activity Monitor to stop all agents that seem to be associated with Safari and Chrome but that did not resolve the issue.

Safari shows the blue "attempting to connect" progress bar in the URL window at 1/8th progress but never completes or shows an error message.
Chrome starts loading the website but fails and shows "unable to reach server" message.

I have cleared PRAMS on MacBook and cleared cache on the browser.
I have tried Private Browser window on Safari and Chrome but no luck.

The only way I can get Safari to work after it gets into this state is to power cycle my MacBook. Reboot does not resolve the issue.
It's weird since I Safari and Chrome do not work but Firefox does. And I have confirmed it is new data and not cached data in Firefox.
What am I missing? Power Cycle seems to indicate some sort of memory issue but I don't believe this is the issue since I can still use Firefox browser and internet programs such as Reddit app,
Apple News, FB messenger.
I'm good with terminal windows and linux commands if there is some sort of command I can issue to turn on logging at the system level. I've looked through the logs that are turned on but I have not seen anything to relating to timeouts to resolve this. I'm just not too sure what I need to tweak to capture and resolve this issue. Wireshark shows that the commands to websites are going out and coming back since the browser tab changes to the website URL but the UI page does not display the results.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Donald


texts: MacOS dock freezes when I launch Java application

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I have a late-2016 MacBook Pro (without Touchbar) - MacOS High Sierra 10.13.2 - Java 9

Since one or two weeks, when I launch a Java application (NetBeans, a JavaFX app, Eclipse... etc) my MacOS docks freezes for at least 5 seconds before unfreezing and showing the application in the dock (and launching it). I can't switch between applications. It does the same thing when I try to compile applications from my development environment. It's unusable for now...

Do you have any solutions?

EDIT : Tried to uninstall Java, still the same thing. When I launch the Java installer it does the same problem : dock/mac freeze for 5 seconds...
EDIT 2 : Tried to launch a console program : no problem. This is only when I launch a GUI Application.


texts: How do I automatically save messages on my Mac, even after deleting the conversation

texts: I tend to delete my conversations from Messages to keep it neat, but some messages I don't actually want to be gone forever. How can I have my messages save somewhere in a folder automatically even after I delete them from the Messages app?


texts: Can't ping host osx from guest Ubuntu 16.04

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I created an Ubuntu-16.04 VM via VirtualBox on my osx machine. I'm using 2 network adapters: Bridged Adapter [en0: Wi-Fi (Airport)] and Host-only Adapter (vboxnet0).

This is the ifconfig o/p from the 2 machines, osx first:

en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 3c:15:c2:c8:27:d0
    inet 192.168.0.12 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
    media: autoselect
    status: active
bridge0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    options=63<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4,TSO6>
    ether 3e:15:c2:8c:a2:00
    Configuration:
            id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 hellotime 0 fwddelay 0
            maxage 0 holdcnt 0 proto stp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200
            root id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 ifcost 0 port 0
            ipfilter disabled flags 0x2
    member: en1 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
            ifmaxaddr 0 port 5 priority 0 path cost 0
    member: en2 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
            ifmaxaddr 0 port 6 priority 0 path cost 0
    media: <unknown type>
    status: inactive
vboxnet0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether 0a:00:27:00:00:00
    inet 192.168.56.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.56.255

Ubuntu next:

$ ifconfig
enp0s3    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:7a:ba:0d
          inet addr:192.168.0.26  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::f296:f0:610e:2b37/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:6174 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4228 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:7159986 (7.1 MB)  TX bytes:456256 (456.2 KB)

enp0s8    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:b6:c9:6e
          inet addr:192.168.56.101  Bcast:192.168.56.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::ba63:3f0e:321:ee37/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:135 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:75 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:26827 (26.8 KB)  TX bytes:9002 (9.0 KB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:583 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:583 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
          RX bytes:79319 (79.3 KB)  TX bytes:79319 (79.3 KB)

I'm unable to ping osx from ubuntu:

$ ping 192.168.0.12
PING 192.168.0.12 (192.168.0.12) 56(84) bytes of data.
^C
--- 192.168.0.12 ping statistics ---
480 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 490401ms

But I can ping ubuntu (guest) from osx. How can I fix this?

Note: Firewall is disabled on both the machines


texts: External drive does not mount after plug off without eject

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I accidentally unplugged my hard drive without properly ejecting it, and now the drive does not mount when plugged in.

What can I do to make it work again?

I can see the disk in lsusb and diskutil list.

So far, I've tried:

sudo diskutil unmountDisk force /dev/disk2
sudo diskutil unmount force /dev/disk2
Reboot with disk.
Reboot without disk.

It seems that the disk is working because it's vibrating very slowly, but I can't see it in Finder.


texts: Where is the error message for a failed podcast download?

texts: I am running iTunes 11 on Mountain Lion, and I am subscribed to several podcasts. All of them work except one: With that one, new episodes are found, but every time I try to download one I get an exclamation point next to the name. If I copy the URL from the episode and paste it into a browser, I can download the file so I don't know why iTunes is failing. Is there a way to see an error message? I looked in Console and did not see anything.


texts: How to create a second partition on an external disk and is it safe?

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I want to create a second a partition in my hard disk where one (about 900 GB) is used for Time Machine and another (100 GB) is used to store info like a thumb drive.

I don't want any existing data to be lost. I know someone who partitioned his hard drive and it is now spoiled and not repairable. I have important info in this hard drive and this is my only one.

For your info, I am using a retina MacBook Pro with Mavericks and want to repartition a WD My Passport for Mac hard disk.


texts: Extra space being deleted after selecting a word?

texts:
Frequently I double-click to select a word, then press "delete". Recently it seems the behaviour somehow changed to also delete the space before the word. Is there a way to revert this?

For example (cursor is |, selection is #):

  this is some text|

I double-click on "text":

  this is some #text#|

Press delete:

  this is some|

What I expected:

  this is some |