texts: MacBook Pro keyboard dead, mouse can't click above taskbar

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I was using Safari and I moved the cursor to the top right-hand corner. It shows the "switch screen" fine:

(sample cropped image; whiteboxes-censor)

At that moment, the keyboard is dead. The mouse/trackpad is able to move fine, yet can't click above the task bar. When I click items in the menu bar, it is able to respond (icon color changes) but nothing happens.

When I right-click items in the menubar, it shows the right-click menu, but I can't do anything with that menu since it's above the taskbar. I tried a USB keyboard—doesn't work too.

Any ideas? (Details)

(MacOS Sierra 10.12.5; Macbookpro 15inch 2017 1TB 2.9GHz)

Edit

I've already forced a restart. Thus separately, anyone knows what logs I can look into to see what has been causing this problem?


texts: App store review - can project contain "beta" in its name even if it's not beta?

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My project contains the word "beta" in name, but has nothing to do with beta. Renaming project is kind of tedious so I wonder if ios app store may reject my app due to that fact? Should I keep trying to rename the project?

What is your opinion?

Thanks in advance


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I noticed that most of the time, Activity Monitor tells me that memory used is above 10 Gb (out of 16). But the processes listed doesn't seem to consume as much memory.

Here are screenshots :

I also want to add that my macOS installation is quite clean (and recent).
I don't expect a virus or something to be the origin of a high memory consumption.
This is a 2017 Macbook Pro 15" with macOS Catalina (10.15.2).

At the time the screenshots were taken, I was using Visual Studio Code for web programming with Chrome (12 tabs), Firefox (3 tabs), MySQLWorkBench with no script running, Trello, a 3 page Word document and a freshly created blank Excel spreadsheet.

Do you think it is normal ?


texts: Possible to save screen resolution settings and quickly switch between them?

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I have different screen resolutions I need for various situations, for example:

Mac Retina while mobile: 1680x1050
Mac Retina + Thunderbolt: default (equal scaling on both monitors)
(optional) Mac Retina 1680x1050 + Thunderbolt: default (equal scaling on both monitors)


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In Mail, when I've selected a message, I would like to have a shortcut to copy the message_id (see my previous question) to the clipboard.

How do I manage that? Applescript, I presume?


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I'm trying to migrate my old messages from my old MacBook Pro to a new one I just bought.

I tried copying over the old Messages folder, including chat.db, chat.db-shm, and chat.db-wal.

I then restarted my Mac and it has created new chat.db, chat.db-shm, and chat.db-wal files - and it appears to have renamed the files I copied over from my old Mac as chat.db.incompatible.v11026.sqlite.db, chat.db.incompatible.v11026.sqlite.db-shm, and chat.db.incompatible.v11026.sqlite.db-wal.

I've done this multiple times and the same thing keeps happening. Any advice would be appreciated!


texts: Finding file in parent folder of an AppleScript

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I have an AppleScript that calls another script (a perl script in this case) which resides in the same folder as the AppleScript.
Now I'm trying to put the script into a variable like this:

tell application "Finder"
    set scriptPath to POSIX path of (container of (path to me) as text)
    set perlScript to (do shell script "find " & quoted form of scriptPath & " -name myscript.pl")
end tell

But the result that I get from the find shell command has two slashes before the file name: /path/to/folder//myscript.pl
Anyone any idea what I'm doing wrong?

EDIT:
While I don't quite understand the double slash I managed to resolve the problem by not invoking the Finder at all and doing the following:

set scriptPath to POSIX path of (path to me) -- path to AppleScript
set scriptFolder to do shell script "dirname " & quoted form of scriptPath -- path to folder with AppleScript
set perlScript to (do shell script "find " & quoted form of scriptFolder & " -name myscript.pl") -- path to PerlScript

Don't know if that's the best way to do it but it works for me.


texts: My MacBook Pro froze.  I turned it off manually.  It won't come back on.  It is 1 year old.  I can't restart in Safe Mode.  I can restart using Command-R and get to Disk Utility but I don't know what to do next.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks so much


texts: Can the SQLite databases that store iOS mail be exploited to back up messages?

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Being the technical dude of the family I'm confronted with the following problem:

An iPhone 3GS with iOS 3.1.2, the owner has a lot of old email messages stored on the device but has lost access to the original email server. Other copies of these messages were safely stored on a laptop but the hard disk died.

Forwarding each message manually from the device is not an option given the amount of work involved (about 2000 messages).

I'm fairly technical but without any experience with Macs or iPhones. Reading around a bit I learned the following:

There's no straightforward way to backup email messages (you can backup email account settings but not the actual content).
There's no way to mark all messages on the device and move them to an IMAP folder so they would sync up to a new mail server.
Messages are stored in a SQLite database file on the device. You cannot access this file and move it to your PC or mail it to yourself unless you jailbreak and unlock the device.

First of all, am I wrong and there is some magical way or utility to transfer messages from the device to a PC? Assuming there isn't, can someone point me to the right jailbreak and unlocking procedures that will not delete all data from the device and allow me to get that SQLite store safely?

I'd love to learn if it's possible to read these databases and make a backup of my Mail by accessing the backup files or the files directly on the device.

Is this possible?


texts: System Preferences lock always unlocks itself after restart

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The Mac's System Preferences panels have a universal "lock" icon which, when locked, will apply to all panes, therefore preventing the user from changing any settings until they unlock the System Preferences by typing in their admin password.

I like to keep it locked at all times. However, whenever I restart my computer, System Preferences unlocks itself.

How do I keep the lock setting locked even after a restart?


texts: Reboot fails after failed disk erase when restoring from Time Machine

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I have an Early 2013 Macbook Pro Retina 15" with 512GB of SSD storage.

My update to Yosemite 10.5 failed for some reason and I was left with an unbootable system and severe file system errors that prevented the system from booting up (fsck_hfs -fy fails and fsck_hfs -ry complains about disk full, although there were about 8% of 500GB left. So I guess the file system is beyond repair.)

So I fired up the rescue system and started "Restore from Time Machine". This worked fine until it erased my disk, which took quite long (about five minutes) and made the fans spin up to full power. Then it displayed a message about it having failed and that I should reboot and try again.

After rebooting, the system does not start any more at all. Not into Recovery (Cmd-R), not into Internet Recovery (Cmd-Alt-R), not after resetting PRAM (Cmd-Alt-P-R) or SMC (Shift-Ctrl-Alt+Power) and surely not when not pressing any boot up keys. I can see the backlight of the screen power up, but that's it. I also now have the bootup chime back, which I turned off before, so I know at least the SMC reset worked.

After about ten seconds when powered on, the fans again spin up to full speed. Nothing else happens (I waited for about ten minutes several times).

Now what? I cannot boot even into rescue mode and I have no idea how to make the machine boot any more at all.

How do I get this machine running again?


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I'm trying to solve some problems and have run across a few things in Etrecheck of which I cannot determine the origin. One such item is the Launch Daemon "com.JWVD.cbcache.plist".

Does anyone know what this is? A Google Search reveals 3 previous posts of my own Etrecheck report containing this item and two German message board threads neither of which seem to be answering this particular question.

The content of the plist is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.JWVD.cbcache</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.JWVD.cbcache</string>
    </array>
    <key>ServiceIPC</key>
    <true/>
    <key>Sockets</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Listener</key>
        <dict>
            <key>SockPathMode</key>
            <integer>438</integer>
            <key>SockPathName</key>
            <string>/var/run/cbcache.socket</string>
        </dict>
    </dict>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/var/log/cbcache.err.log</string>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/var/log/cbcache.out.log</string>
</dict>
</plist>


texts: Is there a way to sync bookmarks between chrome and safari on an ongoing basis?

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I have Chrome and Safari both installed on my Mac.

My underlying need is wanting to use Chrome on my MacBook Pro and to have all bookmarks I create to sync to mobile Safari on my iOS devices.

Yes, I could just use chrome on my iPhone, but I don't want to as iOS directs other apps to always open URL in Mobile Safari.

Is there a way to have two way sync from OS X Chrome to iOS Mobile Safari whether through a cloud service or my Mac which can run 24/7?


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I'm using internet from iPad/iPhone sometimes. The image bellow shows both devices but I don't understand why they are listed in different fields.

Why iPad is not listed in the Personal Hotspot area as the iPhone?

I see all devices from icloud.com. This means they are in the same account?


texts: Location of NetBoot operating environment

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In Apple's Mac Management Basics 10.10 they say that NetInstall and NetRestore images rely on NetBoot to "boot an operating environment that
frees the internal drive for an operating system image or upgrade."

Is the operating environment stored in the NetRestore/NetInstall image or is it part of the macOS Server application?


texts: How to change the path of application in OSX

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I removed phonegap from

/usr/local/bin/phonegap

and installed it again using npm, now when running phonegap, I see this error:

-bash: /usr/local/bin/phonegap: No such file or directory

while phonegap is installed in

/Users/myUserName/.nvm/v5.8.0/lib/node_modules

How can I fix this?


texts: How to install Livestreamer --- super n00b terminal question

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I am just trying to install Livestreamer on my MacBook but it looks like the only way to do so is with:

# easy_install -U livestreamer

I entered this in the terminal and hit enter...but nothing happened. Is that what I'm supposed to do? I know it's a total n00b question but I can't find any help on installing Livestreamer for Mac via Google.


texts: Is there a cost for submitting an application to the AppStore?

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I already own my developer programmer account for which I paid the $99 per annum.

I understand that it allows me to develop and test on the device(s) and to submit applications to the Store.

However, I wonder if there is another associated cost on the submission of the application, and per application.

I am also aware that the process could be rather long, so I am also asking, if, for any reason the application is rejected, are there any fees or cost related to re-submission.

Thanks.


texts: I brought my iPad charging wire to Israel along with the necessary plug adapter.  I have not been able to charge my iPad. I also tried to charge it off of my wife's MacBook.  No go.  I called the front desk and they said it was a common problem and had me bring my iPad to them for charging.  All of my other electronic devices (SONY camera, Olympus digital dictation device, BlackBerry) are taking the charge as did my wife's MacBook.  Any idea what i need to do differently or wire that I need to buy?


texts: Getting music off an ipad into the computer

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I just bought a new ipad, and need to move everything from the old one (an ipad 1) to the new one. I made a sync to the computer. Then made a restore to the new ipad. And then I found it did not copy over my music.
Some of those music files are not in my HD anymore. So if I lose it it might be gone for good. Is there any way in which I can get them out of the iPad in my HD memory.


texts: Names and location of .dmg files for OS X installation

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I believe a file was download and mounted to a director under Applications:

cd /Applications
ls -l | grep -i install
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  wheel  102 Nov  2 23:55 Install macOS High Sierra.app

Is there BASH command that can reveal the name and location of the mounted file?  This question is significant different from: Where is my macOS installer file located?  It would not surprise me if it were a .dmg file, but I would think that it is possible to mount other file types such as .iso

I am seeking the location and name of the file that is mounted to the directory of the Application: not the directory name itself (which is quoted above).

UPDATE

As indicated by the responses, a .dmg was not mounted.  I suspect the OS installation file located at:

ls -l  /Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/SharedSupport

-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel         328 Nov  2 23:55 AppleDiagnostics.chunklist
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root  wheel     2865866 Nov  2 23:55 AppleDiagnostics.dmg
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel        1984 Nov  2 23:55 BaseSystem.chunklist
-rw-r--r--@ 1 root  wheel   486219126 Nov  2 23:55 BaseSystem.dmg
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  4721786712 Nov  2 23:53 InstallESD.dmg
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel        1386 Jun 29 01:55 InstallInfo.plist


texts: Upgrade your iMac's 720p FaceTime webcam to 1080p?

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At least since last March we all know the 720p FaceTime webcam on 21.5 inch and previous generation 27 inch iMacs are terrible.
Starting August 2020 the 27 inch iMacs (and even before that the iMac Pro) come with a much improved 1080p FaceTime webcam. I was wondering if anyone tried yet to just swap their 720p FaceTime webcam with the upgraded 1080p version.
At least dimension-wise it should work fine, since the frame of the iMac hasn't changed between different versions.


texts: Speaker on iPhone not working with Skype or Viber

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I have an iPhone 4, a couple of days ago the speaker when using Skype and Viber stopped working, I tried removing the apps and reinstalling them and have updated to 5.0.1 and it is still not working. I can still hear normal calls but for some reason when making Viber and Skype calls I can't hear, only the other person can hear me.

What else can I do?


texts: Macbook Air A1465 - Not Booting - Cannot power off

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I have a Macbook Air A1465 that was having some issues with Teamviewer, so I used the terminal to remove all teamviewer files with the following command

for x in $(mdfind -name "teamviewer"); do rm $x; done

Now on startup, all I get is a black screen with the loading spinner, but I can't power off the Mac by holding the power button for 10 seconds.
The mouse cursor flashes up every now and then, but that's the only sign of life apart from the spinner.

Is there any other way to power off the Macbook besides waiting for the battery to run dry?


texts: Why doesn't the 'rm' command dump file in Trash?

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Using the rm 'filename' command, i have noticed that the file isn't actually deposited into the trash.
I realise that this isn't completely removing the file from the computer, however im perplexed as to why it would not appear in the trash?

In short:

Why doesn't the 'rm' command deposit file in trash.


texts: ipa installed on device but not appearing

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My friend has developed an app and sent me the .ipa file. He wants me to install it on my phone. So I went into iTunes and dragged the ipa into the app section. Then I connected my phone to my computer, and made sure iTunes could access it. After that I went to the app section of my device info. I saw the ipa file I've imported earlier followed by an install button. I clicked on the install button and hit the apply button on the bottom. Now the app finishes copying to my phone and it does display properly in the device's app info's home screen section. But it is not appearing on the actual device. I tried restarting the phone, but that didn't help. I looked back at the row that displays the app, the button changed from 'install' to 'installing' but never changed to anything else. Any ideas?

EDIT:

I went into the storage settings and found out there is 40GB of storage left; after I press install it has 39.9GB left, so the app is definitely installed but just not displayed, I can't see it in the Spotlight search either.


texts: cc1plus: no such file or directory (gcc)

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Issue

Every time I try to compile something with gcc I get this error:

gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory

What I tried

I have tried uninstalling gcc and re-installing it using brew.

Other Info

I am on a MBP 2015 running Mojave.

Edit 1

$ file $(which gcc)
/usr/local/bin/gcc: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
$ which gcc
/usr/local/bin/gcc
$ gcc --version
gcc (Homebrew GCC 8.2.0) 8.2.0
Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Edit 2

$ cat > /tmp/foo.c << EOFeof
#include<stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    printf("Hello World\n");
    return 0;
}
EOFeof

gcc /tmp/foo.c -o /tmp/foo
/tmp/foo
gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1': execvp: No such file or directory
zsh: no such file or directory: /tmp/foo


texts: Black screen of death with question mark file

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My MacBook screen went black while I was working and then started blinking with this file image:

I was not able to get the MacBook to recover, and I ended up pressing the power button and losing my work. When this happens is there something I should do to get back to my work, or is powercycling my only option?

Details about my setup:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
Processor: 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB
Sierra 10.12.3
No Time Machine set up.


texts: Mission Control freezes. Restarting Dock doesn't help

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I use standard settings to open Mission Control in MacOS Mojave 10.14.4 on MacBook Pro.

Normally swipe up with 3 fingers move all windows into Mission Control mode and I can switch to any available window.

After some time period of time (may be several days) Mission Control stops working.

Swipe up gesture freezes my Mac for about one minute (only mouse cursor can be moved, no other changes on screen). After one minute (without any error messages) I can use apps again, Dock works as well, Cmd-Tab works to switch between applications, but Mission Control doesn't appear in any way. I cannot start it neither by using Shift-Up (standard shortcut), nor from Spotlight.

There are a lot of 'solutions' in internet, where everybody advise to restart the Dock. I have restarted Dock several times, both using Activity Monitor, or Terminal. Dock process Id gets updated (it seems to be restarting), however it doesn't solve my problem.

Only workaround I found so far, is to reboot my Mac. However, I'd like to avoid any rebooting if possible.


texts: In mail.app, get list of recipients for just one of the many email accounts.

texts: I use mail.app to interact with about a dozen different email accounts, which I use for different purposes.  I need to create a list of the senders (or recipients) of just on of those email accounts.  Contacts.app is completely useless as it is mostly full of obsolete contact from previous jobs and I've never figured out how to clean it out.  But since recipient auto-complete functions properly, mail.app must have access to senders/recipients directly and I just want to access that information for a specific single email account.


texts: File icon does not change when association changes

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When I change the default application for opening a file (or all files of a given type), the association gets changed properly, but the thumbnail icon next to the file in Finder in the list view does not. In fact, for many files, that icon is currently set to an application that I have never used to open that file type. The file opens properly, as I mentioned; the issue here is the thumbnail icon.
I have tried changing file associations to the application indicated by the icon and then back, to no effect. I've used OnyX to rebuild the launch database, also to no effect.
Catalina on a MacBook. AFAIK this just started happening recently, but I can't be sure.


texts: Mac OS Sierra - Weather widget doesn't remember my city

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I'm running macOS Sierra 10.12.5 and the weather widget in the notifications drawer (that thing which you can toggle on the right side of the screen, which has "Today" and "Notifications" tabs) has a little but a bit annoying issue - it doesn't remember my city. When I add a city I have weather for it displayed, but after a system restart the widget doesn't contain any data and suggests me to add a city again. Nothing critical, but annoying. How can I make it remember cities I add and keep weather for them shown even after I restart my mac?

NB: I have location services disabled. Are they required for this functionality?


texts: How to see what programs are using keyboard

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Is there a way to find which program uses the keyboard to input stuff?

Why I am asking this question is because my laptop (MacBook Pro) keeps inputting 0 key, my lap works fine after 5 mins from login and this happens all the time, I tried to run a command that disables the keypad but, it doesn't solve the problem, so I concluded that this was a virus, so please help me on this.


texts: Why can't I disable iCloud keychain on my MacBook?

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Running macOS 10.12.6. I'd like to keep this machine connected to iCloud calendars but prevent it from having a copy of my keychain.

Update: Someone suggested I go into iCloud > account details and turn off allow approving with security code but these are the only tabs that I see. Within the devices tab, I can only remove devices from my account. There is no other option.


texts: Takes Long Time to Show Network List After Clicking WiFi Icon

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For the last couple of years, it has taken a long time (sometimes as long as 30 seconds!) for the list of available WiFi networks to be displayed after clicking the icon at the top of the screen.

I have over 400 "preferred" (saved) networks. Does that have something to do with it? I like to keep them because I travel a lot and it's nice to come back to a place and have my system automatically log in without any effort on my part.

I have written a command line application to manage WiFi independently of the GUI (at https://github.com/keithrbennett/wifiwand), but would prefer to have both options available to me.


texts: Syncing applications from iPhone to iTunes with multiple iTunes Store accounts

texts: I purchased applications from multiple iTunes store accounts, and when I sync with iTunes they are removed from the device. What do I do in this situation?


texts:
I installed Ubuntu on a 2010 Macbook, just to try it out. I now want to go back to either Sierra o High Sierra.

I created Install UBS sticks and I tried to boot from them by holding the Option Key. When I do that, a screen appears with the "typical" macOS icons for a HHD and a Removable Disc (orange icon). If I choose the HDD icon it eventually boots Ubuntu. If I choose the Instal USB drive, the screen goes apple grey with a "no parking" sign in a darker shade of grey (...).

I tried every combination I found on internet (cmd+R, cmd+option+R, cmd+option+shift+R, and some other maybe) but nothing makes the disk utility to pop up.

As an additional info, when I boot up, the typical Apple chime is there but no apple logo whatsoever...

Is there hope for something?


texts: I have an iPhone that is running out of space. I have added the Google Photos app and sync'd all photos to it. I deleted photos from the native phone app. That freed up space but now I have an issue with my Messages app. It has several gigs of space taken according to the storage panel in settings. Message is the number #1 app using my storage, a few gigs! I went into Message and deleted all of the messages but it did not register that the space is saved, so it still lists it in the storage panel as using a lot of space. I have about 20 megabytes left on my phone.


texts: How can I install NumPy / SciPy on Lion?

texts:
Macports?
Binary?
RVM-esque tool?
Other?

I will be using NumPy/SciPy for a computer vision project, so I want to do it once and do it right.


texts: Is it possible to change the order of the tabs shown in the Dictionary?

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In my Mac Mini running OS X 10.8, the tabs shown from Dictionary are the following:

All
American English
American English Thesaurus
Apple
British English Thesaurus
Wikipedia
British English

I would like to change their order, as follows:

All
American English
American English Thesaurus
British English
British English Thesaurus
Apple
Wikipedia

I tried dragging them, but nothing happens; I also tried selecting them pressing the control keys, but all I got was a contextual menu that allows me to edit the labels, which  is not what I want to do.

Is there any way to change the order that labels are shown?


texts: Messages on iPhone, iPad and Macbook. One persons messages not on iPad

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I have an iPhone, iPad and Macbook and have the messages set up for all and it works great and everything goes to all devices, except for messages from and to one contact. Messages to him and from him only show up on the iPhone and Macbook but don't show up on my iPad.

Did I do something weird or what can it be?

Thanks, Thomas


texts: How to delete zombie Safari open tabs in iCloud synchronization?

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Recently I’ve restored my iPad from an iCloud backup and now Safari open tabs synchronization doesn’t work for it anymore.
There are two devices in my iCloud: iPhone and iPad. Both of them are running the latest iOS 14.5.1. When I try to access iPad Tabs from the iPhone, everything works well. When I try to access iPhone Tabs from the iPad, I get a long list of tabs that were closed long time ago and new open tabs do not synchronize. If I try to force delete these “zombie” open tabs (that do not actually exist on the iPhone) from the iPad, they keep reappearing in the list and nothing else happens. Currently opened iPhone tabs don’t show up on the iPad’s Safari list.
I’ve tried to delete Safari history as well as restart Safari synchronization (disable and enable it again), but it did not help.
I wonder if anyone encountered a similar issue and could suggest a solution without wiping the devices. Thanks.


texts: Lost search function iPhone after upgrading to 4.3

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Does anyone know how or why the search function in my text messaging is no longer working correctly after I upgraded to 4.3 on my 3G iPhone?

All was fine until I upgraded and now even tho I can see a name in a text for example I search for it and it comes back as "No results".


texts: How can I check to see if my Mac is running in dual channel mode?

texts:
I've just upgraded my iMac's memory with a new 2x8GB kit:

Although I know this "should" be dual channel (as both banks have the same amount of RAM), I'd like to know for sure. How can I check?


texts: Why am I being asked for local password in 'update apple ID settings'?

texts:
I factory reset my iPhone and set it up from new which caused the notification 'Update Apple ID settings' to appear on both my iPhone and my Mac. After asking for my apple ID password it then asked for my iPhone passcode on my phone and my Mac password on my Mac. I have reset my phone a few times in the last few months due to various issues and have never been asked for these local passwords before.
The exact message on my Mac read 'the password you use to unlock this mac will also be used to access saved passwords and other sensitive data you store in iCloud'. The message was coming from the settings app.
Why is this happening? Is there any reason why Apple needs these passwords?
I have read things about this being something to do with iCloud Keychain but I have never had keychain on. Just want to know if this is something that is supposed to happen as it seems a bit odd to me.


texts: Power Mac G5 2005 boots with flashing question mark

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Upon start up there is continuous beeping and clicking resulting in a gray screen with a flashing screen ? icon.

I've reset PRAM and hit the reset button on the inside.  I've tried to start from another drive, but I am not sure I have a proper back up.  That resulted in a screen with a reset arrow and an arrow pointed to the right.

I have not tried to blow out dust yet, but I'm wondering if my start up drive is shot.  If so, will replacing it help? And what drive should I replace it with?

Upon running a diagnostics (when I could) this error resulted.

2STF /8/3: A upper


texts: How to turn off fireworks on my phone after texting "Happy New Year" and any future shenanigans?

texts:
Today is 14-Feb-2021 and I SMS texted "Happy New Year" to someone since it is the Lunar New Year holiday season.
After sending the text message my phone displayed a few second animation of a fireworks display.
Question: How can I turn off this kind of annoying animation shenanigans?
I've already done this: Stop my iPhone from receiving screen shots and other images sent via SMS?
My personal preference is to have a phone that simply does what it's told. Thank you in advance for not telling me that I should "think different"!

messaging myself in order to reproduce the problem:


texts: Submit iOS app to app store on behalf of the team

texts: Me and my friend have developed an iOS app and we want to release it on App Store. Apple offers an Individual or Enterprise developer account which costs 199$. The problem is that we are not a legit company of any kind and we don't want to have any documents or registration. We jut want it to appear in App Store under our team name. An individual account is also not an option as we want us both to be mentioned as developers or none of us (just a team name). Is there a way to do it?


texts: Why have 3 songs from a recent download from iTunes got a ''! next to them and won't sync to playlist?

texts:
We paid for and downloaded an album from iTunes store and 3 of the tracks have an exclamation mark next to them and we cannot move them to the playlist to sync with the ipod. Does anyone know what we can do about that?

Thanks


texts: Looking for a black/white only terminal emulator on Mac

texts:
My original question on Stack Overflow can be found here. Basically, I ssh into my linux work station from my Mac and I would like to test my program (that runs on the linux machine) if color output is not supported on my terminal emulator. Currently I am using Terminal.app and I've tried setting Preferences > Settings > Advanced > Declare terminal as different terminal types but all of them still seem to print colors.

Does anyone know a black/white only terminal emulator for Mac? Is there a way to completely turn off colors on a terminal?


texts: How to completely remove Garage Band from macOS?

texts:
I have GarageBand taking 2.46 GB space on my system even after I deleted the app. Couldn't find any other files when searched via spotlight.

Is there any way to find these files and remove them?


texts: The system preference panes will not load

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When I open System Preferences and click on an item it says 'Loading Users & Groups' at the top of the window, but will not load the pane.

I've tried deleting the property list file:

 /library/preferences/com.apple.systempreference.plist

I also tried clearing the PRAM and booting in Safe Mode.


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I have an iPhone 4S, and it is in recovery Mode, and when I want to restore it, error (1) pop-up. like in photos below

I did search on Internet, people say it's an electronic part issue, is it true?


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Since upgrading to High Sierra (now at 10.13.6) on my Mac Pro 2012, I experience regular episodes where the process chmod eats up ~100% on all 12 cores.
It happens about 15 seconds after logging in and lasts for about a minute. It then happens again later while I'm working. Of course, the computer is quite unresponsive while it lasts.
In Activity Monitor I can see 12 instances of chmod using up each core.

I haven't been able to find anything with Google regarding this issue.

Can anyone help - any ideas?

System:
Mac Pro 5,1
48 GB RAM
2 x 3,06 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon
MacOS 10.13.6

EDIT: Having repeated boot/login while looking in Activity Monitor each time the number of chmod processes vary from 6 to 12, and other processes are (of course) also using CPU. I may have overestimated chmod usage by about 30%, the rest of CPU resources being used by the remaining processes - sorry about that. The problem remains, though.

EDIT: This is the list of entries from launchctl list that do not begin with com.apple:

620 0   com.adobe.PDApp.AAMUpdatesNotifier.5964.3198F160-6F8E-4D56-84B0-E905086713D0
628 0   com.company.BackgroundScheduler.9044
-   0   com.rogueamoeba.loopbackd
593 0   de.rme-audio.RMEfirefaceUSBAgent
616 0   com.leapmotion.Leap-Motion.5968
-   0   label.9ZTHPRB4MV.com.soundradix.TTLWrapperAgent
668 0   com.avid.ApplicationManagerHelper.5960
603 0   com.acapelagroup.InfovoxiVoxUpdater
604 0   com.avid.applicationmanager
-   0   com.openssh.ssh-agent
-   0   label.9ZTHPRB4MV.com.soundradix.TTLWrapperAgent.SL
622 0   com.rogueamoeba.ScheduleHelper.9032
-   78  com.paragon-software.ExtFS.fsnotifyagent
595 0   de.rme-audio.firefaceAgent
598 0   com.code42.menubar
623 0   com.native-instruments.NIHostIntegrationAgent.5976
629 0   com.abyssoft.teleport.5972
-   0   com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0
-   0   com.oracle.java.Java-Updater
-   0   com.iconfactory.iPulse.5996
-   0   com.paragon.updater
601 0   com.spotify.webhelper
615 0   jp.plentycom.boa.SteerMouse.9028
583 0   com.prosofteng.DGMonitor
-   0   com.Arturia.ArturiaSoftwareCenterAgent
-   0   com.google.keystone.user.agent
-   0   com.leapmotion.Leap-Motion


texts: Cannot update from OS X 10.11 to 10.11.1 - Stuck in loop

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On 2014 iMac, OS X El Capitan 10.11...

In App store, I select [Update] for OS X El Capitan Update 10.11.1
The option to restart is displayed. I select it.
Then the message "Available updates have changed." is displayed.
I click [Show Details] option.
Returns to App Store
Repeat...


texts: App Install Button 'Grayed Out' in iTunes 12

texts: I'm trying to install new apps on iPhone 4S via iTunes 12. Music, info, photos are no problem, but iTunes will not allow me to install apps I have downloaded on my Mac via the App Store. All new apps have their respective "Install" button 'grayed out'. I have had no problems up to this point installing new apps. I have changed nothing on either the Mac or the device. All of the apps I want to install are free. Over 2 GB of free space in device.


texts: How to install clang (11) without xcode?

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My brother gave me ssh access to his macbook (uname -a says 19.6.0). I'd like to compile a few simple c files with clang (specifically clang and not gcc). I grabbed the clang 11 mac binary from the official site and move all the folders into /usr/local/. which clang gives me /usr/local/bin/clang. If I do clang main.c it just hangs. Even clang --version hangs
How do I properly install this? There's no xcode or developers tools on it


texts: Need help creating Global Daemon for EyeFi Server

texts:
I have been trying to come up with a headless solution for transferring images from an eyefi card to my mac.  The software from the vendor is decent, but it will only transfer images if there is a user logged into the computer.  I want to use eye-fi cards in an office environment and want to configure it so that the images always are transferred from the card to my mac mini server running Mavericks Server.

So, I found this reference to a python application that does this and runs on synology devices.  http://thijs.elenbaas.net/2013/03/installing-an-eye-fi-server-on-a-synology-nas/

I don't know anything about python except that OSX has it build in.  So I downloaded the software from thijs.elenbaas.net/files/eyefiserver.tar.gz

and configured it on my mac.  It appears to basically be a script called S99EyeFiServer.sh that runs a python app called eyefiserver.py

I had to make a few changes to the S99EyeFiServer.sh script to point it to the correct directories, primarily based on where the whole thing is installed on my mac AND the default pythonpath which on mac is different than on synology.

Bottom line, is I put the eyefi server files into a shared folder and modified the script with the file locations as such:
PIDFILE=/Users/Shared/eyefi/eyefiserver/eyefiserver.pid
DSTPATH=/Users/Shared/eyefi/eyefiserver
PYTHONPATH=/usr/bin

Now, If i go to terminal and do S99EyeFiServer.sh restart or S99EyeFiServer.sh start.  In process viewer, I can see a new process start called "Python" and voila the card will start transferring images.  So, I at least know that this thing can work on the mac.

Great.

However, this still doesn't solve my problem.  I need this thing to always run. It does not have any gui or require any interaction, so you ought to be able to run it as a global daemon, right?

So, I fire up launchcontrol and make a .plist for this global daemon

    Label
    com.eyefi.load
    ProgramArguments

        /Users/Shared/eyefi/eyefiserver/rc.d/S99EyeFiServer.sh
        restart

    RunAtLoad

I load this, goto job, click start.  nothing.  no errors.  python app doesn't start.  no images.

Is it because I'm trying to run it in a shared folder?  So i copied everything into usr/local/eyefiserver, reconfigure the paths and try again.  Again, I can start it from the command line and it will work.  I reconfigure the launch daemon to point it to the script again.  Nothing.

I then tried playing with user:group settings in launchcontrol, trying to run it as one of my users, either either the setup in the usr/local folder or in the shared folder.  Still nothing.  tried a variety of other user:group settings.  still nothing.

Any advice on making this work?


texts: How to tell which email/phone number an iMessage was sent from

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I've got a few addresses that I can be reached at, one phone number and two email addresses. I know which address new conversations are started from, but how can I tell which of my phone number/emails a current conversation is being sent to?

(I want to change my number in iMessage but I don't want to have to message everyone to update them just in case they're sending messages to my phone number instead of my email address on iMessage.)

Is there a way to check my recipient email address/phone number of each convo? Thanks!!


texts: Change the background effect in Launchpad on Yosemite

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In Mavericks I learned that the keyboard combination control+option+command+B would allow the user to cycle through the various background effects (blur, no blur, black and white, etc.). However, this keyboard combination doesn't appear to have any effect in OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Is there a way for the user to accomplish this task in Yosemite?

System: Mac mini, late 2012 running OS X 10.10 with the Apple Wireless Keyboard


texts: In Boot Camp Assistant, how to select a previous Windows version to install?

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I am trying to install Windows via Boot Camp Assistant on my Mid-2014 MacBook Pro Retina, but it's only giving me the option to install Windows 10. It assumes I want Windows 10 and doesn't give me any other options.

I don't have anything against Windows 10, in fact, I was planning on installing it, but apparently I need to have 50GB of free space on my SSD before Boot Camp Assistant can even begin doing its thing.

50GB is simply too much to have free on a 128GB SSD. I was planning on having a 30GB partition for Windows.

So I talked to a friend who has Windows on his MacBook Air, and he told me that he has a 30GB partition and that Boot Camp Assistant never asked for more than this, but he installed it a long time ago (probably on Lion, or Mountain Lion) and he uses Windows 7.

I then decided I would be using Windows 7 as well since it apparently requires less storage space, but Boot Camp Assistant seems to have forgotten that any Windows other than 10 has ever existed.

TL;DR How to install Windows 7 (and not Windows 10) using Boot Camp Assistant on my MacBook using the newest Boot Camp Assistant version and the current macOS Sierra?

Is there a trick I'm missing?


texts: how to prevent these alerts from appearing on my calendar

texts:
My email address was sold a while ago so I get a lot of junk mail.  I try to delete it and unsubscribe but some of it remains.  Recently, messages such as the image below have started appearing on my calendar.  Does this mean that I have a virus or that someone is accessing my iCloud account?  A while ago my email name changed without my knowledge leading to some interesting times!  is this related possibly?

Does anyone have suggestions on what this is, how to fix it, or how to prevent this in the future?


texts: Why do our iDevices give a page not found error when trying to connect to profile manager website?

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I want to know if anyone have also encountered this. We can connect to Profile Manager using one of our iPads (server.website.com/mydevices), but we can't connect using the rest of the iDevices we have. There are no difference between that iPad and the rest of the iDevices that we have, so we're wondering on what went wrong. The error is that the browser can't find the page.

This is a big problem for us because we can't enroll the devices in Profile Manager.

Any information will help. If you need additional info, please put it in the comment section. Thank you.

EDIT: as mentioned by bmike, we already have the DNS and SSL working. It's just this very weird behavior of being able to access the profile manager on every mac and that single iPad but not on other devices. Also note that we don't have that much experience on server administration, and it's safe to say that we don't know what we're doing and just following settings by the books.


texts: Accessing unmountable APFS Volume on a disk image

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I have run into trouble with APFS. I have an external hard drive (spinning plates) with two partitions. Some time ago one of these partitions stopped being mounted. Neither Disk Utility nor running fsck could repair it. Disk Utility in recovery mode could not repair it. The partition is not encrypted. All of this is happening on macOS 10.14.6.

I created an image from the entire external drive in hope that I would be able to access the data on the partition from there. This image, when mounted, correctly shows the uncorrupted partition, but the other partition is not mounted and greyed out in Disk Utility.

My investigation showed that the issue is the object map, which has come up a few times in my googling, but with no solutions.

sudo fsck_apfs -l -n -S /dev/disk4s3

** Checking the container superblock.
warning: checkpoint<->superblock disagree for xp 88
** Checking the EFI jumpstart record.
** Checking the space manager.
warning: spaceman chunk 916 free count 4294943744 > block count 32768
warning: spaceman main free count 351394375 does not match sum of free counts 351417927
** Checking the space manager free queue trees.
** Checking the object map.
** Checking volume.
** Checking the APFS volume superblock.
** The volume Extras was formatted by newfs_apfs (748.57.19) and last modified by apfs_kext (945.220.38).
** Checking the object map.
error: (oid 0x231dea) om: btn: invalid o_type (0x40000002)
   Object map is invalid.
** The volume /dev/disk4s3 could not be verified completely.

I believe the data on the drive is fine, but the few blocks of corrupted APFS make the whole drive unusable.

I know of boysoft data recovery software, but I am not interested in individual files or images etc. from this drive, I want the entire partition (I do wonder however, how is this software able to access files on unmountable drive). I know that had this been HFS system, DiskWarrior could probably rebuild the whole partition, but due to not-fully-documented nature of APFS (WTF Apple?), DiskWarrior people can't help...

I would like to know if there is any way of accessing the data on the unmountable APFS Volume? Or maybe fixing the object map so that the drive can be mounted and browsed?

Any tips would be greatly appreciated...


texts: AppleScript to for a Photo Album of last 90 days of photos?

texts: I have a smart album in Photos of my last 90 days of photos.  I want to have that be the screen saver on my Apple TV, but turns out you can only pick a static photo album, not a smart album.  Is it possible to have my desktop manually update a static photo nightly with photos taken over the last days 90 days?


texts:
On GPU intense tasks like gaming, my laptop starts with increasing the GPU temperature and frequency ( to 85 degrees and max GPU frequency ) then after 5 min or so reduce the temp to 67 degrees Celsius and GPU core frequency and stay there.
This happened both on macOS and Windows Bootcamp.
How to set GPU temperature to the usual standard (80-degree celsius )?
Every laptop I owned use 80-degree celsius as max GPU temperature.

My Laptop Specs :
15 inch MacBook Pro 2018
Cpu: Intel 8850H
GPU: AMD Pro 560X

[ It has a T2 Security Chip ]


texts: I can't upgrade my OS until I change my icloud drives settings

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I have an Apple 2011 laptop. I haven't done any recent updates and nor have I downloaded anything either. My computer needs to upgrade to the next OS but it is saying that a change has to be made to my iCloud settings before I can use my App Store. I have no idea what this could mean.

I tried upgrading my credit card info on my Apple account and rebooting the laptop, to no avail. I also deselected some of the items in iCloud, but to be really honest am less familiar with Macs than PCs.

What do I need to do so I can upgrade my Mac?


texts: Bootcamp install on external, partitioned HDD reboots to Boot Recovery Assistant

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I have followed this guide: https://9to5mac.com/2017/08/31/how-windows-10-mac-boot-camp-external-drive-video/

When I select EFI Boot from my Samsung M3 portable drive it reboots to the boot recovery assistant and asks for my pw to unlock the macOS disk.

This is the second HD I've tried this on, both to the same effect.

The drive is partitioned 75/25 Time Machine / Windows.

Any help is appreciated


texts: Can I directly record a video in iCloud Drive (/Google Drive)?

texts: By record, I mean record a video using the option available in the Control Center. If I am running out of the local storage space, can I record (upload?) directly to the Drive? If not, is there a solution?


texts:
I subscribe to Apple Music (streaming) but not iTunes Match. I ripped a (somewhat rare?) CD, and was surprised to see its status as "Uploaded". Sure enough it plays on my other iTunes-enabled devices.

Since I'm not paying for Match, what service/subscription is this part of? What are the limits? The file does not seem to be counting towards my iCloud usage, at least not from what I can see in the System Prefs usage graph.


texts: Increase KeyRepeat Speed in MacOS Big Sur

texts:
It seems like the method to increase the key repeat speed further than
the settings allow as mentioned in this question no longer works in Big Sur:
How to increase keyboard key repeat rate on OS X?
Has anyone figured out a way to increase the Key Repeat speed in Big Sur?


texts:
I have a 13" mid-2012 MBA, which runs fine except one thing: in the past year the original battery started to deplete its charge quickly and now only holds about 50% of the original capacity.

So I decided to buy a new battery and bought one on eBay from as seller with extremely positive reviews. I replaced the original one and was happy for a short while - everything seemed great.

From time to time my Mac stops seeing the battery and I get a "no battery available" status and a X on the battery icon. Sometimes it goes away by itself after a fairly long time, once I had to replug the battery for this to go away. When I see this warning, mac goes to sleep immediately after unplugging it.

Is there anything I can do about it? SMC reset doesn't help.


texts: What kind of servers does Apple have in their NC datacenter?

texts:
Siri telling me more often than not that it is having trouble connecting got me wondering what kind of servers Apple is filling its datacenters with. At some point in the past, I'd have assumed Xserves running OSX Server, but given that they are no longer making Xserves (or at least they are not commercially available), I can't help picturing pallets of Dell servers being unloaded and racked at the North Carolina datacenter.

Is Apple running its datacenter on Linux or Windows? Are they using standard PC hardware from Dell or IBM or HP? Or have they continued to manufacture Xserves for their own use and have everything running Lion Server?


texts: Reminders: repeat reminder based on date last completed

texts:
I'd like to be able to add custom repeat periods for Reminders starting from the date / time I last completed the item.

eg. Service Car: Repeats 3 months after last completion

Is there a way to do this?


texts: How can I show typing keyboard in record screen

texts:
When I record the screen on a Mac, how can I show keyboard typing in the same image (as shown below)?

Is there particular screen recording software or settings that will do this?


texts: Is there a way to split touch bar to have both function keys and touch bar utilities

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I love the way I can adjust volume, brightness and locking macOS with the touch bar. However, the fact that the left half of the touch bar is always empty is terrible. There's an Esc key on the left, enormous amount of blank black space and then utility icons like brightness.

Is there a way to put at least F1, F2, F3, F4 on the left half of the touch bar without removing the utility buttons?


texts: How to get full resolution for LG 27UK650-W with MacBook Pro?

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I bought a LG 27UK650-W monitor that has 4K UHD resolution (3840 x 2160). When I connect it to my MacBook Pro (2019, 16-inch, Big Sur), the fonts are huge. I had to switch from "Default for display" to "Scaled" and move it down a couple of notches. Once I've done that, the System Report under About This Mac shows:
Resolution:  5120 x 2880 (5K/UHD+ - Ultra High Definition Plus)
UI Looks like:  2560 x 1440 @ 30.00Hz
Framebuffer depth:  30-Bit Color (ARGB2101010)

It is listed as LG HDR 4K Display 27-inch (3840 × 2160) under Displays in About This Mac.
By comparison, my work laptop has a Dell U2719DC with 2560x1440 pixels and it works perfectly with the default settings (no scaling).
I tried both a UtechSmart 6 In 1 USB C Hub and a Belkin USB-C to HDMI Adapter (HKQ22ZM) with the same result.
Shouldn't Apple "just work"?  I expect to plug in a monitor and have all pixels available and the UI in some sane state in terms of font sizes.  What am I missing?


texts: I just tried to clean my iPhone lightning charger port with the graphite out of a mechanical pencil and now it won't charge at all

texts:
I have been having problems getting my iphone to charge once it's already plugged in lately. Like a bad headphone cable sometimes just wiggling it around gets the little lightning bolt to pop up over the battery.

So, figuring there were some tiny debris in there I looked for a toothpick, could not find one, and proceeded to click out the "lead" (graphite) of a mechanical pencil and use that.

The phone does not charge at all now. Have tried two working chargers in different plugs, flipped sides, rubbed on it, wiggled it, etc and it absolutely will not charge now.

Turns out graphite is a decent conductor. Is there any way I can clean it out of there using common household items?


texts: boot camp fails to copy windows 8 installation files

texts:
I have been struggling to get Windows 8 installed on a brand new Macbook Pro Retina.  It seemed simple enough to just run Boot Camp 5 with a 16GB flash drive in the USB port and a Windows 8 Professional ISO sitting on the desktop with the intent of creating a bootable USB drive, but it's not working for me.  After selecting the path to the ISO file, boot camp proceeds to format the flash drive, create the WININSTALL partition, and attempt to copy the contents of the ISO to it, but it fails.

The error message isn't all that helpful, but the console logs seem to indicate that there is some sort of problem remounting the flash drive after formatting:

5/15/13 2:05:05.609 AM fseventsd[40]: could not open <</Volumes/WININSTALL/.fseventsd/fseventsd-uuid>> (No such file or directory)
5/15/13 2:05:05.609 AM fseventsd[40]: log dir: /Volumes/WININSTALL/.fseventsd getting new uuid: FD5D8B3E-A08E-4710-8925-CAA898FA70C3
5/15/13 2:05:05.679 AM fseventsd[40]: Events arrived for /Volumes/WININSTALL after an unmount request! Re-initializing.
5/15/13 2:05:05.679 AM fseventsd[40]: creating a dls for /Volumes/WININSTALL but it already has one...
5/15/13 2:05:07.176 AM diskmanagementd[857]: mount blocked by dissenter PID=857 (/usr/sbin/diskmanagementd) status=0xf8da0003 log=kDAReturnBadArgument message=(null)

I have tried rebooting, removing and re-inserting the flash drive, mounting, umounting, and reformatting.  Boot Camp always winds up in the same place.

Any hints as to what might be going wrong?

Update: I've now cross-posted this to the Apple forums.


texts: iPhone 6s running iOS 10 claims watchOS 2.2.1 is up to date when I attempt to update my Apple Watch

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Today, iOS 10 and watchOS 3 launched, however when I try to update my Apple Watch, I get "watchOS 2.2.1 Your software is up to date."

Obviously, it's not. According to this article, watchOS 3 is for sure out. The paired iPhone is an American (just to rule out possibility of any regional differences) iPhone 6s running iOS 10.0.1. I've tried opening and closing the app, restarting my iPhone, clearing RAM (by holding the power button down until the Slide To Power Off appears, then holding down the home button)---nothing. This iPhone was in the Beta Seed Program, but I just deleted that profile and restarted the iPhone just in case. Still doesn't work. Also, my internet connection is good enough (LTE at 5 mbps), so that shouldn't prevent it from at least searching for the update. I'm out of ideas here. Is there something I can do to resolve this now?


texts: JavaScript run by AppleScript to click button and fill text in Safari

texts:
I’m not managing to execute JavaScript in Safari anymore.

I have this working script for Chrome.

set caseID to "11111"
end tell

####################################### time #########
set myDate to date string of (current date)

set myTime to time string of (current date)

set myDateTime to myDate & " - " & myTime

set textToSave to "MY TEXT HERE
HERE
HERE
" & myDateTime

tell application "Google Chrome"
    delay 0.1
    execute front window's active tab javascript "document.getElementsByName('9.9.5.4.5.CSInfoInspector.1.1.1')[0].click();"
    delay 0.1
    execute front window's active tab javascript "document.getElementsByName('05.5.54.5.CSInfoInspector.1.1.5.41.3.7.57.1')[0].value=" & quoted form of textToSave
    delay 0.1
    execute front window's active tab javascript "document.getElementsByName('5.5.4.5.5.CSInspector.5.1.7')[0].value=" & quoted form of caseID

end tell

I converted to Safari here:

set caseID to "11111"

####################################### time #########
set myDate to date string of (current date)

set myTime to time string of (current date)

set myDateTime to myDate & " - " & myTime

set textToSave to "MY TEXT HERE
HERE
HERE
" & myDateTime

tell application "Safari"
    delay 0.1
    do JavaScript "document.getElementsByName('9.9.5.4.5.CSInfoInspector.1.1.1')[0].click();" in current tab of window 1
    delay 0.1

    do JavaScript "document.getElementsByName('05.5.54.5.CSInfoInspector.1.1.5.41.3.7.57.1')[0].value=" & quoted form of textToSave in current tab of window 1

    do JavaScript "document.getElementsByName('5.5.4.5.5.CSInspector.5.1.7')[0].value=" & quoted form of caseID in current tab of window 1

end tell

The result do return on AppleScript but Safari actually take no action
Result:
"11111"

Basically the script is suppose to click on a button to have a pop windows and fill up the text
What am I doing wrong?

My system:
OS X 10.13.2 (17C202)
Safari Version 11.0.2 (13604.4.7.1.5)


texts:
Iphone 4 ios 6 has shared calendar with iphone 5 ios7.. Having issues syncing.

I have logged on to Icloud and the calendar events are on both accounts. however it is not syncing with either phones... (this is only for the old events only) All new events are showing on both phones.

How do we get the previous events to reflect on calendars on our phones...?


texts: What are the Apple-provided drivers for the AMD Pro Vega 16/20 for Windows 10?

texts: For those who own a 2018/2019 MacBook Pro with AMD Pro Vega 16/20 video cards - what are the Apple-provided drivers that come with Boot Camp? Are those video cards supported under Windows 10?


texts:
I'm trying to send a 36 MB .mp4 video via Messages, but I'm not exactly sure if it's working.

After sending the file, the CPU usage of the processes VTDecoderXPCService and IMTranscoderAgent goes up very high (~300%) and then only about 11 MB of data are send.

I doubt that Messages is performing some magical compression that results in <30% of the original video file size for the transfer, instead I assume that the whole file is not send. But I'm not receiving a warning such as: "Could not transfer file. Attachment too large..."

Is there a limit for the attachment size in Messages?


texts: How Do You View Several PNG Images In Preview With Continuous Scroll?

texts:
I have several PNG images I want to view as a single document in Preview, Lion OSX.

Usually I just select several images and open them in Preview, but when I do that, I can't set the view to "Continuous Scroll."

The default behavior for PNG images in Preview seems to be to zoom out after you flip a page, meaning I have to resize every page scroll down. That gets tedious.

Is there a way to put these PNG images together in one, single Preview document so I can select "Continuous Scroll" as an option and don't have to resize each page?


texts: Can Apple Watch track my fitness data while running back and forth on an airplane?


texts: Mavericks not keeping "Arrange by" when view NAS items

texts:
I am set my finder to always show in Column view and with "Arrange By" set to Kind and "Sort By" set to name.

The problem is, when I open up my Synology NAS folder, the "Arrange By" has reverted back to None.


texts: Disable the disk check when reconnecting an improperly disconnected disk to OS X

texts:
If you disconnect a removable drive without ejecting it first, the next time you connect it, Windows or Mac run an fsck check on the disk to ensure data integrity. Windows will ask if you want to check for errors, OS X does it invisibly.

USB3 disks often disconnect inexplicably in OS X. If the disk hasn't been used for hours I know there is no issue. On Windows, I can simply decline to run the check. On OS X I just have to sit waiting for 30 minutes while the fsck thrashes my disk. This happens daily, so OS X will rapidly kill my hard drive. (This paragraph has been edited since the answers were posted.)

How can I disable this check? Can I connect via a non-native driver? Can I run something to flip the flag on the disk that tells OS X the disk was improperly disconnected? Can I change disk format? Can I disable whatever it is that sets the flag 'improperly disconnected' when I connect the drive, that is then unset on proper ejection? I'm desperate, as the Mac has a tiny hard disk and now I can't use externals. Any direction, no matter how hacky or improper, gratefully received! I have tried accessing the drive through Windows in VirtualBox or Parallels, but they can't see the drive until OS X has stopped fsck.

I believe File System State is the state/setting I need to ignore/override.

The disk is exFat with Master Boot Record, and OS X is 10.11.3. Update: this has now happened on the other USB socket with a flash disk (I'd only seen this on an HDDs that report themselves as non-removable before).

There isn't an Apple repair centre in the country I live in, the disk isn't used for frequently accessed files, I would do a check if there was a chance of corruption (ie, a disconnection during or shortly after a write to the disk), and I've always declined the check in Windows (for decades) because the only time I've had a corruption is from the check itself.


texts: OS X El Capitan - Running Mavericks off of usb drive

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So I plan to erase my MacBook Pro completely. After I erase its drive from an El Capitan recovery drive that I have, I want to boot into Internet recovery mode, plug in another flashdrive, install Mavericks on it, and then use the recovery drive for El Capitan to install El Capitan onto my MacBooks internal SSD.

Basically, I want to have El Capitan on my internal SSD and Mavericks on my external USB drive. Is this possible at all, to have an older version of OS X installed on an external device?


texts: How to create a video recording of a background window

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I'm looking for some solution for creating a video recording limited to a single window, which continues to work even if that window gets partially or fully covered by other windows.

All of the screencasting/recording solutions I found seem to, at most, allow limiting the recording by a sub-region of the screen, and can't record covered/hidden windows.


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I am unable to run an installer with .packproj extension. I am unable to find anything via Web search.

Can these files be handled natively by macOS? How do I install a package with this extension?


texts: it no handler for given file type `flac'

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I hope someone can help me out with this issue.
I have installed the latest version of SoX (14.4.2) on my Mac and I keep getting the following error message:

no handler for given file type `flac'

I have tried to re-install it, as suggested in another thread on this forum, by running the following:

brew remove sox
brew install sox --with-flac

but unfortunately did not the trick for me.

By typing :

brew info sox

I can see the "tick" against the flac option but then when I run the command:

sox oldfile.flac newfile.flac trim 0 30

I keep getting the same error message.

Any help/suggestion is very much appreciated.

Many thanks!


texts: Easy way to remap non-modifier keys on Mac?

texts:
I want to remap § to ` and ± to ~ on my Mac keyboard because they are located in a place I am not used to.
Is there an easy way to do this?


texts: Internet connection in windows after installing bootcamp

texts: After installing bootcamp on my MacBook, I installed Windows 7. Everything seems to work on the Windows side except for the internet. I have tried with an ethernet cable as well as wireless connection. The wireless connection works fine on the OS X side. Any ideas?


texts: Jailbroken iphone 4S stuck in recovery mode after iOS update

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I started an iOS update, on my jailbroken iPhone 4s, via Settings and now the iPhone is stuck in recovery mode. iTunes just wants to restore, but if I do this I will lose all my data and I don't have a backup.

Any suggestions?


texts: iTunes always reset the "Automatically Back Up" option to "This Computer"

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So, this section of iTunes idevice option always keeps resetting to "This Computer" from "iCloud", whenever the sync finishes / the device is reconnected.

Is there any guess why this is happening, even though iCloud Backup is turned on in my idevice's settings? Any solution I can try to do?


texts: How do I sync my music library from my iPhone to my MacBook Air?

texts: I just purchased a MacBook Air and I'm trying to sync my music library from my iPhone 6 to the new Macbook and only music purchased from the iTunes Store shows up on the MacBook although I have lots of other albums on my phone?


texts: iPod: how to solve: sceen shows lines only (nano 2nd gen)

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could someone please suggest how to solve this issue?

I've got an iPod nano 2nd generation. Sometimes, the screen starts to display only lines (please see pictures attched for example). They change when I click around in the menu (buttons are still operational). They used to go away when connecting the iPod to my PC and iTunes, or when leaving the iPod in my drawer for days or weeks (I'm not that into music and I got this device in a raffle) - so this didn't seem to be a permanent fault. But now even that won't help. I tried resetting (pushing select and menu for 6 seconds) as well as restoring to factory settings. The line pattern changes and goes vertical when I shake or tap the iPod (I've read in some online forum that this might solve similar issues). I tried finding a similar issue online, but haven't found anything that looks similar.

How could I solve this issue permanently? Please reply with anything that will or might help - this is the first Apple device I own and I've no idea how to go about fixing these.

Kind regards,

H.

(Note: This is a cross-post from my post at Apple Support Community in the hope of finding a solution.)


texts: Safari default keychain to store the autofill info

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I'm testing the autofill feature of Safari. When I add the login and password for a site, Safari stores the information in the "Local Items" Keychain. My question is if I can change this default keychain to another one, for example mykeychain. I want to use a password protected keychain only to autofill data.

Is this change possible on macOS?


texts: Using automator and handbrake cli to convert videos automatically

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I am trying to automate video conversion process using Automator and Handbrake CLI version. I am trying to implement the functionality that whenever a video is downloaded in my dropbox folder on my PC it is converted and put in another folder. Currently i am testing it with a test folder (not on dropbox so i am just copying files to it to test). When a put a single file or multiple files in the folder simultaneously it works. But when   i put one file (or many) and script is executing i.e. converting the videos and i put another file in the folder then for that new file script is never called so the new video is not converted.

So how can i achieve this functionality that when script is running and new file is added another instance of script is started for new file.

And also the new file is saving with only the first word in the name if name has many words (i.e. breaking on space)

Here is the screenshot of my automator configuration:

Thanks in advance for your help.

Here is my script from run shell script as you asked @:Tony Williams

for f in "$@"
do
    Applications/HandBrakeCLI -i "$f" -t 1 --angle 1 -c 1 -o "/Users/abc/Desktop/TestVidDest/$(basename $f)"  -f mp4  -4  -O  --decomb="fast" -w 1280 -l 720 --modulus 16 -e x264 -b 3800 -2  -T  --cfr -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R 48 -B 128 -D 0 --gain 0 --audio-fallback ffac3 --x264-preset=slow  --x264-profile=high  --x264-tune="film"  --h264-level="4.0"  --verbose=1
done


texts: My iDevice is frozen on one screen and won't let me do anything. What can I do to fix it?


texts: How can I limit the applications a user can access?

texts: My brother is using my computer tomorrow and he just needs zoom, how do I force zoom to the foreground until I enter a password? I am not good with apple script, so if you could make it so I can just use it that would be good. I am on a school computer so I do not have admin rights.


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I upgraded both my iOS devices to iOS 7, so I have my custom sound preferences that I took with me. However I would like to try the default sounds, preferably without restoring my my devices to factory defaults.

Can someone please tell me which sound goes with which alert type (new mail, etc.)?


texts: Why is my MacBook stalling occasionally since being upgraded with an SSD?

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I upgraded my 6 year old MacBook Core Duo with a 120GB SanDisk Extreme SSD. The results are pretty incredible considering the age of the computer.

The only problem I'm having are intermittent stalls. It's happened during tasks like using a simple text editor, to browsing, to watching videos, to just sitting idle. All of a sudden the cursor changes to the dreaded beachball and the system becomes completely unresponsive, except for being able to move the cursor.

Anyone have any ideas how to fix this?


texts: Check whether macOS host is affected by serious vulnerability that enables access to the root superuser

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Is it correct to assume that (prior to applying Security Update 2017-001) a host running macOS 10.12.6 (Sierra, i.e. not High Sierra) is not affected by the serious vulnerability that enables access to the root superuser if the following command returns non-empty ShadowHashData?

sudo plutil -p /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/root.plist


texts:
How could I create a new keyboard shortcut to merge other shortcuts?
In particular I would like to merge ⌘ CommandC, ⌘ CommandF, ⌘ CommandV  (Copy, Find and Paste) - would be useful for instance for Safari.

(a quick way could be automator, but I don't have much experience...maybe this post could help?)

A good example would be the use selection for find
 (⌘ CommandE) feature that exists in preview.

Thanks for your help.


texts: eBook formats - Kindle to iBook and back?

texts:
I am thinking of moving my extensive eBook library to iBooks or Kindle. Has anyone done this, and what does it take?

I just don't want book libraries in multiple proprietary formats, and have to look for content across apps.


texts: Extract e-mail addresses from large text file

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Is there any way I could search through a load of text documents and extract the email addresses from it into one new document?

I have this so far in Automator:

#!/bin/bash

Report=/Users/me/Desktop/mail/cur.txt

for f in /Users/me/Desktop/mail/test/*
do
    if [ -f "$f" ] ; then
        EMAIL=$(/usr/bin/grep -E -o '^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)\.([a-zA-Z]{2,5})$' "$f" )
        if [ "$EMAIL" != "" ] ; then
            echo "$EMAIL" >> "$Report"
        fi
    fi
done

But I am getting lots of empty lines printed to the output.


texts: How to merge "Container disk1" back into my MacintoshHD?

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Through some failures trying to remove Bootcamp I've found myself with a 289GB Macintosh HD and a 201GB "Container disk1". I initially tried to erase the extra volume, thinking it would then give me an option to resize the space into MacintoshHD but apparently not, even in recovery mode. When I delete the volume it just leaves behind the container. I guess APFS works differently.

My main Macintosh HD drive is APFS Encrypted if that makes any difference. Id like to reclaim the entire 201.95GB from Container disk1 back into Macintosh HD.


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I have a time machine backup /Volumes/MyTimeMachine/Backups.backupdb/MyMachine. Exactly as Apple creates a Latest symlink pointing toward the latest snapshot, I would like to create symlinks toward other snapshots. But I get permission denied when I do, in terminal,

% cd /Volumes/MyTimeMachine/Backups.backupdb/MyMachine
% ln -s 2018-06-11-xxxx my_link

where 2018-06-11-xxxx would be one of  the snapshot. I even get permission denied with sudo!! Is there something wrong with my Time Machine disk or is that normal on MacOS High Sierra?


texts: Batch Change application association of found files in different places

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I'd like to associate different sets of pdf files to open with different applications depending on in which path these reside. All files are typically in different places. Some exists inside bundles. These can be pdf files or other specific types of documents.

The end objective is to have these files open with a specific application only associated with these file sets when you open them, also indirectly, that is not manually, like when applications opens its help document or you open from Spotlight results.

One acceptable way would be search and batch change the association of the search list, as these file sets change not too often. I've tried Path Finder, File Buddy and Find Any File so far, but none can do both, i e find files everywhere, also inside bundles, as well as treating the results with batch changes. Even if I manage to find files with the latter app I see no way to do batch change.

I also looked into lsregister but that would seem to only be regarding all associations for all files of a specific type.

Can you share any suggestions on how to do batch changing of a found set of files residing also inside bundles?


texts: Automator finish one task before moving on?

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I have automator running several applescript commands that I want to happen sequentially. For example, I have an empty trash command, then a shut down command. When I run the script, the computer shuts down before the trash empties more than a few files.

How do I make sure that automator completes one task before moving on?

I also have a terminal command for backing up using time machine. I would also like that one to finish before the shut down.


texts:
I LOVE my Magic Mouse.  Unfortunately, at a new job, I can only used wired mice, NOT wireless (security issues).

Is there anything equivalent to the Magic Mouse, but uses a USB cable (for Emission Security)??  I'd really like something with a touchpad feel (NO scroll wheel!) in a mouse, that works for Mac and Windoze 10.


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I have a spare BluRay Drive. I wonder if I can replace the Superdrive in my Mac Pro? I know I could install it along side, but I need the drive very rarely, so I just prefer to replace it.

I'm mainly concerned about the ability to boot and install Mac OS X from it, and about compatiblity with Disk Utility and other burning Software like iLife and DVD Studio Pro. I know that BluRay isn't supported (I dual boot Windows for that purpose)


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I'm going thru a phone swap, and I now realize that I have multiple ID's

"codename"
"codename@example.com"
"realname@example.com"

I've tested all three, and they all have different login passwords. Not sure how I got here but I'd like to clean the mess up.  Is there any way to delete / remove / erase unwanted ID's so they don't exist anymore?  (Note: their existence creates total havoc with any type of ID edit...)

I see from Frequently asked questions about Apple ID that I can't merge the apple ID's, but can I simply delete the unwanted ID's?


texts: Can I access iCloud/device data of the hacker who logged into my account?

texts:
I noticed someone else has been using my iCloud but it doesn’t show up under “my devices”

Since they are logged into my iCloud and can receive my Messages/FaceTime etc, is there anyway I can access there information since there connected to my iCloud?


texts: Is it possible to use diskutil to manipulate the read/write buffer of the SSD portion of the fusion drive?

texts: Has anyone been able to use diskutil to manipulate the Core Storage LVM into increasing the size of the read/write buffer of the SSD?  Currently the Fusion Drive keeps 4 GB free for new reads/writes.  Is it possible to change this buffer/cache to say 10 GB or 20 GB?


texts: How do i turn off email notifications on my laptop?

texts:
I keep getting email's notifying me of my upcoming meetings. This would be fine, but i never asked it to do this.

I use Gmail for email and Google Calendar for my scheduling. On my laptop Mail.app and iCal are linked to my Google account although I never use either of them.

Can someone point me in the right direction for turning email notifications off?


texts: My contact search isn't working with a Letter to match the phonenook on iPhone 6S Plus

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My contact search isn't working. When I write a letter on the search bar, it doesn't find the match on the phone book although I have these contacts saved on my phone. I now have to manually go over a list of 500 to find a contact. I have iPhone 6S Plus and never had that issue before.
I have tried group contacts, hide all, then show all and it still doesn't work.
Please any help or advise?


texts: iTunes 10.5.1 Missing Multiple Album Art Arrow

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So prior to iTunes 10.5.1 the album art viewer in the bottom left of iTunes always displayed arrows on either side of the bar to flip between multiple covers for that particular album. However this appears to have been removed in 10.5.1.

Does anyone know of a way to bring back those arrows? I can still verify that the multiple covers are still there via the Get Info pane but that's a hassle to quickly view multiple covers on lots of songs.

Running OS X Lion 10.7.2 with iTunes 10.5.1.

Also happens with iTunes 10.5.1 in Windows XP SP3


texts: Is there a software that can visually highlight focused windows more?

texts:
I do web development on my Mac and I tend to have lots of windows open. Even per application, I tend to have multiple windows opened (ie a Terminal window for tail -f error logs, one for ssh, and one for local commands).

When I switch applications with ⌘tab, the visual effect on focused window is subtle and I often get confused and perform commands on the wrong window. For example, I switch to Terminal and do ⌘w to close a tab on the tail -f command, but I accidentally closed the ssh tab!

Is there a Mac program that will highlight or do some more effects on a focused window when I switch applications?


texts: A mysterious "Other…" user has appeared on my login screen

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I know this is often caused by enabling the root user, but checking the Directory Utility app — as instructed in other threads on this topic — has shown me that this user isn't at all enabled.

Only software I can think of that can be responsible for this is NoMachine which I use for remote access. But I just want to rule out malware at this point and figure how the hell can I get rid of this "user" (when I click on the its avatar I'm prompted to enter both a username and a password)


texts: Spaces: visualization in menubar, and arbitrary keybinding for 'goto next space'

texts:
I'm looking for a tool or tools to
(1) switch to the next (or previous) space using an arbitrary keybinding, rathern than the modifier+arrow keys allowed in the preferences, and
(2) show a (very) small preview of the windows in Spaces in the menubar.

I've been using Desktop Manager to do this since before they were called spaces.  Unfortunately Desktop Manager is PowerPC-only and is not being maintained; I'd like a more modern solution.  I'm much more interested in solving the first problem; specifically I'd like to have ctrl-command-n to move me to the next space, and ctrl-command-p to go to the previous space.

Any quick solutions?


texts: Airplay works but remote app can’t find AppleTVs

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I can’t figure out why my Apple TV remote app or built-in control center app for controlling the Apple TV won’t work. It cannot find an Apple TV.

I am on the same network, my iPhone is paired with the Apple TV it shows up in the device list and when I held the close to the Apple TV and offered a chance to pair it. I can also airplay videos and screen mirror to the AppleTV, so it is just something to do with the remote app. Any ideas how to get the remote app to work?


texts: How do I use the eGPU to power MacBook's internal screen

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I have a late 2016 15” MacBook Pro with a Radeon Pro 455 with 2GB VRAM.

I have upgrade to macOS High Sierra because its support external GPUs.

I have purchased Sonnet eGFX Breakaway Box with 550W Power Supply and installed NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080.

I cannot get this setup to use the eGPU to power the internal screen.

How can I do this? Is this possible?


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I'm looking to record my screen similar to how Quicktime does it, but I need zero-compression, since I need the pixel colors to remain correct.

Basically, I need a automated series of screenshots, if that's possible - lossless PNG at half-second intervals.

Are there scripts or other tools to do this?


texts:
myfonts.com has a create feature where we can choose sample text and selected size while browsing hundreds of fonts. This makes my life much easier when I need to decide which font to use in my design. I like to know if there is a desktop application that does the same thing (either system app or App Store apps that runs on OSX).

For those who don't know what I ask, I did a screen shot to demonstrate what I meant by 'where we can choose sample text and selected size while browsing hundreds of fonts'.


texts: Automate URL Redirection in Mac OS Automator

texts: I would like some assistance to write an AppleScript to automatically redirect amazon.com to smile.amazon.com. I tend to always forget to use smile. With this automator I will never forget to. Unfortunately I am new to using the tool.


texts:
I would like to use a TODO app with the iPad pencil. I recently got an iPad with pencil and love it and would like to use it with Trello to have a weeks todo list without the hassle of setting dates in a calendar application.

What would be the best way to achieve this?


texts: How do I type a schwa character - ǝ (the upside-down e) on MacOS?

texts:
I have tried following instructions that say its in the emojis and symbols but the upside down e is not in there for me.
Then there is a hot key about Option + Shift and then Option + A, that has not worked for me either.
What keys or input methods can make this easier than cut and paste?


texts: Silhouette of full screen app using mission control stuck on screen

texts:
I was trying to move a full screen app from my external monitor to the macbook screen after activating mission control by dragging and dropping. The app was not moved across screen. Instead only a silhouette was caught on the macbook screen. I managed to move the full screen app over after a second trial but the silouette from mission control is stuck on the macbook screen and blocking the top left part of the screen.

Please see the attached screenshot fyi.

How do I get rid of the silhouette?


texts:
I have just updated to MacOS Sierra, and found that openssh version 1 has beed disabled or removed.

ssh1 is not supported

I have to use ssh1 for some server, how can I enable ssh1?

Or can I install another openssh which support ssh1 tentatively?


texts: Can I connect a mid-2011 iMac to an external HDMI display with a mini Displayport-to-HDMI cable?

texts:
I have a mid-2011 iMac running Sierra.  I just purchased a new Ultrawide monitor to use primarily on my PC, but it also supports dual input devices, so I was thinking I could connect my iMac to it in order to have the Mac as a picture-in-picture on the same screen as the PC.
The iMac has mini Displayport and Thunderbolt.  The new monitor has HDMI inputs.  I would like to use the miniDP port.  Will a miniDP-to-HDMI adapter/cable work?  I seem to recall the 2011 iMac was right on the cusp of some changes to DP and the only way I've ever connected an external display to this iMac was using the Apple mini DP to Dual-Link DVI cable/adapter.  Can I just go direct miniDP-to-HDMI?


texts: iPad battery drain after update to iOS 7

texts:
After update to iOS 7.0.4 from version 5.x, my iPad's battery has only fraction of full charge as fast as in 24 hours. I also noticed that iPad is staying warm even after several hours of idle time with a closed Smart Cover. I still failed to accept iCloud Terms&Conditions, as it always reports 'Unable to connect to server'.

What I already tried with no result:

disable bluetooth
turn Off Location Services
under Location Services, made sure no apps used GPS within last 24 hours
turn off Automatic Updates
enabled Accessibility>Reduce Motion
disable Background App Refresh
in Spotlight Search, keep only Applications; disable everything else
clear any launched earlier, to make sure there's no apps remaining idle in the background


texts: How can I downgrade apps from the Cydia Store?

texts: Is it possible to downgrade apps you have upgraded in the Cydia Store? (Jailbroken) If so how would you do it?


texts: Mouse scroll stopped working with Less in Terminal

texts:
For a few years now, Terminal.app in MacOS has supported mouse-scrolling with the less program, but today I noticed that it is no longer accepting mouse scrolls, and only works with the Up and Down keys now.

What's not working:

less and all other programs that use it are not accepting mouse scrolls. Instead, it scrolls the terminal window. These 'other' programs are:

man
git log
diff

Previously, less would also clear the screen when closing it (q), but now the text remains on the screen.

What I've tried:

Tested other programs: vim for example, still accepts mouse scrolls
Used other Terminal emulators: less is not accepting mouse scrolls on Hyper either
Tested on another machine over SSH: Connected to one of my VPSes, and used less there within the Terminal app. Mouse-scrolls are working with it.
Used a newer version of less: Installed the latest version (530) of less using Homebrew, but it's not working with mouse scrolls either.

So I'm not sure what's wrong. Would greatly appreciate any help to make less accept mouse scrolls again.


texts: Chrome and Firefox not remembering session

texts:
I just switched to the Mac, and I installed Firefox and Chrome. For some reason, I can't get the functionality for opening the tabs and windows from the last session to work either browser.

Mac OS X 10.6.6
Firefox 3.6.13
Chrome 8.0.552.237

I have tried making different profiles and reinstalling the browsers but nothing works.

I have looked everywhere and can't come up with a solution. Any help is appreciated.

EDIT: Safari's "Reopen All Windows from Last Session"  also doesn't restore last session windows.

EDIT 2: I just noticed that quitting the browser (versus closing it by clicking the x button) and restarting it does resume the last session in every browser.


texts: OSX Lion (10.7.5). Network preferences has an option to set up (and order) DNS adresses. My router (Bell Connection Hub - Bell Canda) also has an option for specifying DNS addresses. Which takes precedence in ordinary, vanilla browser requests? In other requests? Are there special situations/considerations? Thanks!


texts: Is there a way to define a box around an equation in Pages using Latex?

texts:
I want to draw a box around formulae I am inserting into a page in Pages using latex.

Pages will not accept formulae inside text boxes and this would be a lame method anyway.


texts: Maverick - Disable external keyboard during sleep

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (model 10.1) with OsX Maverick.

When I press the power button the Mac goes to sleep mode.
It's possible to wake up from it by pressing any key on the internal keyboard. That's fine.

I also have two external monitor (one via HDMI and the other via thunderbolt) attached to my MacBook Pro and an external USB keyboard. Any key on the external keyboard also wakes up the Mac.

When I put the MacBook in sleep mode I close the lid and I would like to disable the external keyboard. Is that possible? Even better, is it possible to put the Mac in sleep mode when I close the lid (with external monitor plugged in) and disable the external keyboard?


texts: Dingit.tv process running in Safari, using 1GB memory and 15% cpu

texts:
There's a process running in Safari (9.0.3) which is killing performance on my MBA. It's called dingit.tv and it's using between 1-2 GB RAM. As far as I know I've never been to this site. If I kill the process it just reappears immediately.

It seems like a virus to me. Anyone else seen this or know how to get rid of it?


texts: Migrate Apple Mail manually (macOS Catalina)

texts:
I have to migrate manually all my mail accounts with all mails, folders, settings etc. to an new computer (old and new computer have macOS 10.15.6 installed). I followed this guide, but unfortunately it won't work because after restarting mail, no accounts show up. I think copying the suggested folder ~/Library/Mail/ and file  ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist simply isn't sufficient; guides for older macOS versions like here or here mention way more files to be copied.
Can someone tell, which folders & files have to be copied?


texts:
I want to find all .app files on my Mac that aren't in the  Applications folder. How do I do this?

Please unmark as duplicate

1st point: The suggested dupe's answer explains how to get a list of all applications installed, but does not explain how to exclude the Applications folder.

  How do I find all files of a specific type that are outside of a folder?
  I want to find all .app files on my Mac that aren't in the  Applications folder. How do I do this?

2nd point: This is a 2-part question. The 1st part is a generic question that asks how to find ANY files of a certain kind not in a folder. The 2nd part is the situation specific to myself. The suggested dupe partially solves my own problem but doens't address the generic question.

https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/217115

3rd point: Furthermore, a key word in this question is "find." The suggested dupe's answer works to get a list of all installations, but it's not possible to get to where they're stored on the disk.


texts:
How do I do the following using the terminal on mac os x?:

  Change permissions of wheel to Read Only in
  /System/Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext


texts: SSD on MacBook Pro - Strange capacity reporting in Finder

texts:
This is less of an issue and more of an 'enquiring minds would like to know' type question.

I have a 1TB SSD in my macBook pro. I've been utilising the space to sort through years of duplications of backups and photos, videos, Flacs and whatnot.

Anyhow, I got a warning of low space, checked and found it had only 4GB left. I deleted a few files, emptied the trash and it went up to 6GB. The trash icon showed empty. I then did the following to get more space:

I Copied a directory of some FLAC files to an external hard drive.
This directory was 20GB in size
After it had finished copying I deleted it from the SSD. The trash icon showed full.
I emptied the trash. The trash icon showed empty.
The capacity only rose to 16GB, rather than the 26GB expected.
I double checked the copied folder and it was 20GB.
I shut down the computer and restarted it.
After restart the capacity now showed 15.5GB
After about 20 seconds, the trash can icon changed from empty to full
I emptied the trash. Trash icon empty again
The capacity now showed 28GB

Unfortunately I didn't have my thinking head on and didn't check the trash to see what had materialised there before emptying it.

I'm guessing the OS (macOS Mojave 10.14.6) is still busy doing stuff in the background even though it shows it has finished, but trying to get my head around what it was doing conflicts with my existing understanding.

For example, when I deleted the directory of FLACs, that actually moves the directory to hidden folder ~/Trash so that should just be writing a directory entry and be virtually instantaneous.

When emptying the trash, it shows a progress bar of the remaining items to be deleted, so when that finishes, it should really be finished.

But it seems like something else must actually be happening under the hood  for the above behaviour to have occurred. Is finder lying when it shows it is emptying trash?

The disk format is APFS, and there is a 70GB partition for a beta/developer copy of Catalina, with the remainder used for the Mojave partition.


texts: How to force Mountain Lion "NetworkAuthorization" prompt

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I remember being able to make the edit

defaults write com.apple.NetworkAuthorization ShowAuthUI -bool YES

back in the day, in order to force username/password prompt for users connecting to AFP file servers. I'm experiencing an issue with multiple computers; when trying to connect to a file server on a different domain the user's domain credentials from their current domain are being used, and not the domain credentials needed for that specific file server on the mentioned domain.

That's why I would like a solution like the one above known to work with Mountain Lion, which that one is not.

I've also tried clearing out and removing the keychain, browsing bonjour through Finder (which still allows a "connect as" login box to be pulled up) but the server, being on a seperate domain, is not showing up.

Any known solutions or suggestion? My workaround currently is to "connect to server" using afp://username:password@fileserver.domain.com doing that allows proper authentication to occur and/or pops up the username/password dialog prompt. That is a fine workaround for me, but our hundreds of users would not appreciate the added complexity.


texts: How to check which process took a desktop screenshot on macOS?

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I heard a shutter sound when pressing the ▼ (down arrow) key on (lock screen) login page. I heard it again 10min after login, when using the same key again. And then heard it no more, even when using the same key.

I found 2 full screenshots on my desktop, both identifying the time and the respective screen I heard the sound. First of the login page, 2nd of my desktop (icons opened apps, etc).

How can I find which app / process took the screenshots?

obs: I'm running macOS Sierra and I'm using a bluetooth Logitech keyboard.

My Chrome has the Adblock Plus and Privacy Badger extensions enabled only; I'm running Sophos AV.


texts: How to stop an AppleScript from repeating itself

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I have an AppleScript that addresses issues with out-of-sync Active Directory passwords on macOS. It resets the secure token on a given account by disabling and then re-enabling the token.  I run it as a Self Service item in Jamf.  The problem is that, once the script has finished, it loops back to the beginning and starts to run again.  Not sure why it doesn't quit after the token has been re-enabled.  If I run it in Script Editor, it doesn't loop, but from Jamf's Self Service, it loops back to the beginning after the second verification.  Thanks for any help with this one.
set the_folder to (path to users folder)
tell application "Finder"
    set foldernames to name of every folder of the_folder
end tell
set theChosenOne to choose from list foldernames with prompt "Select user needing a password sync"
display dialog "Password for " & theChosenOne default answer "" with icon note buttons {"Cancel", "Continue"} default button "Continue" with hidden answer
set thePassword to quoted form of text returned of the result
--disable secure token
do shell script "sysadminctl interactive -secureTokenOff " & theChosenOne & " -password " & thePassword
set theVerification to do shell script "sysadminctl interactive -secureTokenStatus " & theChosenOne & " 2>&1 | awk -F']' '{print $2}'"
display dialog theVerification

set the_folder to (path to users folder)
tell application "Finder"
    set foldernames to name of every folder of the_folder
end tell
set theChosenOne to choose from list foldernames with prompt "Re-select user needing a password sync"
display dialog "Password for " & theChosenOne default answer "" with icon note buttons {"Cancel", "Continue"} default button "Continue" with hidden answer
set thePassword to quoted form of text returned of the result
--re-enable secure token
do shell script "sysadminctl interactive -secureTokenOn " & theChosenOne & " -password " & thePassword
set theVerification to do shell script "sysadminctl interactive -secureTokenStatus " & theChosenOne & " 2>&1 | awk -F']' '{print $2}'"
display dialog theVerification
return


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I want to read PDF files in iBooks on an iPad.

What is the current method to put PDF files on an iPad ? Is there a method that allows me to drag files somewhere so that the files will subsequently be pushed on the device ?

Using iTunes 11.1.5, when I select the Books tab with no device, I have a some kind of list ('Books') under Synchronize.

How do I add books to this list ? File -> Add to library doesn't do anything.

PS: I'm not interested in techniques that involve a third party service, like sending to one self by email or using a file hoster. I'm looking for the most direct technique that involves only one iPad, one Mac and one wired or wireless connection between the two devices.


texts: AppleScript to export script editor script as application

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I have a binary that I want wrapped up as an Application, so I thought this was a good use case for AppleScript.

I want to automate how Script Editor lets you export an AppleScript as a .app bundle. This is what I have so far, I'm confused about how to read the libraries dictionary for the script editor.

tell application "Script Editor"

set command to "do shell script " & "\"APP_PATH\""
set innard to {contents: command}
set Tallgeese to make new document with properties innard
save Tallgeese as "application"

end tell


texts: How can I restore an iCloud backup to a new device?

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I have a new iPad And am trying to restore it from the back up of my old iPad. iCloud storage shows 3 backups - my iPhone, my old iPad and the new iPad (empty).

How do I get the old iPad backup on to my new iPad?


texts: What does the command `csrutil clear` do?

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When I read the arguments of csrutil it says csrutil clear will erase the existing configuration SIP:

csrutil
usage: csrutil <command>
Modify the System Integrity Protection configuration. All configuration changes apply to the entire machine.
Available commands:

    clear
        Clear the existing configuration.
    disable
        Disable the protection on the machine. Only available in Recovery OS.
    enable
        Enable the protection on the machine. Only available in Recovery OS.
    status
        Display the current configuration.

    netboot
        add <address>
            Insert a new IPv4 address in the list of allowed NetBoot sources.
        list
            Print the list of allowed NetBoot sources.
        remove <address>
            Remove an IPv4 address from the list of allowed NetBoot sources.

My question is does executing csrutil clear erase the configurations for SIP?