texts: Possible to get 1440p from a 2012 Mac Mini via mini DP -> HDMI adapter?

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I recently purchased a 2012 Mac Mini and am attempting to max out my dual monitor setup.

Currently, I connect my Mac to a Dell S2417DG's HDMI 1.4 in via this passive mini DP to HDMI 1.4 cable. According to the specifications, 1440p should be possible, yet macOS only offers a 1080p maximum in System Preferences > Displays.

After some exploration, I found and applied this patch, which made a 2560 x 1440 resolution available in Displays. Enabling this resolution, however, doesn't work, and the monitor indicates that there is no longer an input signal. I have also tried setting up 1440p via SwitchResX and verified that all timings are correct according to the monitor manual, but when I apply the custom resolution, the display stays in 1080p mode.

Is it possible to achieve 1440p via mDP -> HDMI on a 2012 Mac Mini?

I am running High Sierra (10.13.3).

I am aware that a working solution would be to use mDP -> DisplayPort, but my gaming PC takes up the DP slot for 1440p@165hz.


texts: How do I install Mac OS X El Capitan on my other iMac?

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I'm relatively new to Mac and I cannot for the life of me figure out why it is so complicated to download an OS installer, create a bootable disk and use it on another machine.

According to the official Apple documentation here, one must:

  El Capitan downloads as a disk image. On a Mac that is compatible with
  El Capitan, open the disk image and run the installer within, named
  InstallMacOSX.pkg. It installs an app named Install OS X El Capitan
  into your Applications folder. You will create the bootable installer
  from this app, not from the disk image or .pkg installer.

I downloaded the 6 GB file.
But when I run the installer, I get a message saying

  This version of OS X 10.11 cannot be installed on this computer.

But I am not trying to install it on this computer! I want to install it on a different computer!

How do I just get the OS image so I can create the bootable drive to use in the other machine?

I really appreciate your advice!


texts: How do I copy a calendar from one iCloud account to another?

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I had to stop using my original iCloud account (because of an uncorrectable configuration mistake I made) and create a new one.  I'd like to move the contents of the Calendar to the new account.

I tried exporting each calendar from iCal on my Mac (creating .ics files), switching to my new iCloud account, and then importing those files into iCal, but the import process simply hung.

Exporting as an iCal Archive and then importing doesn't work, because the archive preserves info about what iCloud account it's tied to.

I'd appreciate any help!  Thanks.


texts: My Friend recently gave me her old iPhone 6 and she said that it was currently iCloud locked to AT&T. I have no clue what an iCloud locked AT&T iPhone means. Can I still use the iCloud Locked AT&T iPhone 6 as an iPod to store some music on?


texts: Locked out of Mac OS X Lion, but keyboard and mouse are not connecting

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I'm at the lock screen of Mac OS X Lion (not login, but the quick lock screen), and I know my password, but the keyboard and mouse are not connecting.  I am using an iMac that did have Bluetooth on the last time I was working on it.  I know that restarting the computer will probably help, but I have unsaved work on Xcode 4!  Thanks in advance.

Edit: it seems that Bluetooth is off for some reason on the Mac, as I cannot find it in a list of discoverable devices on my iPod.  Is there a way to restart Bluetooth from a USB device?  I was wondering if hooking up my iPod would help, but the Mac is locked and won't do anything!  If I could click the Switch User button...


texts: Disable “snap” sound when taking pictures?

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Is it possible to completely disable the “snap” sound when taking pictures with an iPhone?
I find this sound very irritating.


texts: Comparing performance between the 2012/2013 MBA 13' baseline model

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The MBA just launch and I did a little research on the baseline 13 inches for both years:

--

MBA 13' (2012):  i5-3317U @ 1.7GHz (turbo: 2.6GHz); 4000 Graphics: 350MHz-1050MHz

MBA 13' (2013):  i5-4250U @ 1.3GHz (turbo: 2.6GHz); 5000 Graphics: 200MHz-1000MHz

--

Since both Ivy Bridge and Haswell are 22nm, doesn't that means the 2012 model's processor has a greater power?  And same goes to the graphics?

I'm getting a sense that Apple's trying to lower their performance on CPUs, thus extended battery life, then ultimately increase the lowered performance by putting a faster SSD; and Apple did that because they really have nothing to show around to the developers and the public in WWDC anyway so they launched a new macbook air which the only thing it does is stays on for 12 hours.

Am I correct? Please correct me if I'm wrong.  Thanks!


texts: iTunes not recognizing my iPod touch! (Wierd Glitch)

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Well, I am using a jailbroken iPod touch 6g and the iTunes isn't recognizing it!

I have tried ever single alternative i could find on internet but had no luck!

The weird part is that whenever i connect the iPod touch to my PC it gets considered as a removable disc but when i turn off the ipod.......just for a split second, my iTunes recognizes my iPod and the again after i turn it on, it gets recognized as an removable disc!

Any solution to this???

I have to restore my iPod....any other way i can find around restoring my iPod?


texts: How to diagnose the cause of accelerated power drain in iPhone 5s / 6s?

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I recently upgraded from an iPhone 5s to a 6s. Most days my phone battery lasts the entire seven hour work day easily (my 6s typically lasts about two days).

But now and again with the 5s I would have a day where it got really hot and the battery drained incredibly quickly. It wasn't due to use because I don't use it much during the day. I'd check the battery info in Settings and nothing in particular would stand out. My guess was something to do with the cellular signal strength in our office which is notoriously bad (WiFi is not an option in the office).

With the 6s I've been getting about two days out of every charge, but today I noticed at lunch time my phone was notably hot and the battery had drained about 70+%. So it's started doing the same thing. I turned on the low power mode and 2-3 hours later, even though I haven't used it at all, my battery is now down to single figures.

My question, is there anything I can do to confirm that the drain today was due to the problematic cellular signal? Is there something to look for in the "Diagnostics & Usage" data? I've seen a glimpse of the tools Apple use at the Genius bar to diagnose battery issues. Are there any Mac/iOS tools available to Joe Public that can talk to an iPhone to query diagnostic information?

Tried rebooting my phone before writing this question. In the time it took me to write the question (on a different machine) my phone battery dropped from 9% down to 6% while sitting on my desk ostensibly doing nothing.

TL;DR; Across two different devices most days my phones last the full work day with room to spare. But now and again I get a day where they only last half the work day. I think the problem is cellular signal strength. Is there any way to prove this?


texts: Where did the info at the bottom of the Finder window go?

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I've re-installed my old system (10.7.5) and "things are different!"

Is there a setting somewhere I need to change?  I always used to see useful information at the bottom of a Finder window in list view and in other views.

I remember a series of small Folder icons representing the path, into which I could drag files, or click to move to that folder. Also the total number of files, and number of files currently selected. Oh, sometimes the available space left on the volume as well!

Now there's nothing at the bottom of the window at all!


texts: How to disable accentuated char suggestion on long click on mac?

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When pushing a key for a long time, you expect to print a lot of times the same char.
Instead of that, I now have a popup suggesting all accentuated chars.

How to disable that and come back to a classic keybaord function?


texts: Can I use Time Machine to restore MacBook Pro after replacing hard drive?

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I am about to replace the hard drive in my MBP.  What I would like to ask is once I have replaced the drive can I use Time Machine to restore it back to how it was?  I have no other way to back it up.

OS X El Capitan
MBP 13" Mid 2012
2.5GHz i5
4GB 1600Mhz DDR3


texts: Why will my iPhone 5 not connect to the Internet through 4g but will on wifi

texts: My iPhone 5 will not connect to the Internet via mobile data but will on wifi ? I have rebooted it several times, the first time worked but a few weeks later it has happened again and now won't clear. Help please ?


texts: MacBook Air (Early 2015) Network Driver for Linux

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I got an unexpected question when installing a Debian Based Linux on my Late 2015 MacBook Air:

Detect network hardware

No Ethernet card was detected. If you know the name of the driver
needed by your Ethernet cars, you can select it from the list.

The list is huge.

Some of the notable names are:

rtl8723ae: Realtek 8723e 802.11ax PCI wireless
b43legacy: Broadcom 4400 10/100 PCI Ethernet
adm8211: Driver for IEEE 802.11b wireless cards based on ADMtek ADM8211

I would restart and try to find information in it, but the installation was failing before ( tried more than 10 times), and it is working now. I don't wanna take any chances.

This is the only information I found in Apple's website :

  Wireless: 802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless networking; IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n
  compatible

What is the right driver? Thanks!


texts: Search for files that begin with some letters and the search need to be non-recursive

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I want to search for a file or folder in the directory I am viewing. I dont need to search recursively into sub-folders.
In Windows, if I am viewing a particular folder and want to search for files or folders that begin with the word "abc" then I type abc(not in the search box but I just type directly) and it highlights a file/folder. And then when I type "abc" again then it highlights the next file/folder that matches
Using Finder I see that only the first file/folder is highlighted. Even if I press escape and type again it only highlights the first matching file/folder. So I used the search box(command+F) to find all files/folders that begin with a particular word but this would search recursively i.e includes the sub-folders as well
I do not have files/folders sorted alphabetically in the directory that I am viewing
How can I do the search in this situation?


texts: Can AppleScript execute a Python script?

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As a math grad student I often have undergrads emailing me homework to be graded. Some undergrads do send me homework in PDF format. On the other hand many don't and it is very tiresome to convert their homework in image files into PDFs manually either online or using my simple Python script using img2pdf.

I would like to be able to

automatically download attachments that look like homework (i.e. the email has "HW", "Homework", "hw" or "Hw",
and there exists images or PDFs as attachments)
and then if images are obtained combine them into a single PDF using the Python script that I already have.
Adding a new option in the Mail app that can convert attachments to PDF using my Python script will also be great.

I think AppleScript can handle the issue of saving attachments. Can it also execute a Python script?


texts: How to disable shortcut for an Automator script?

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A few weeks ago I wrote a short script with the Automator to get familiar with it.
I found a website which explained how to set up a primitive script to start the screensaver and define a shortcut to start it. I chose cmd + L to activate the script and it worked fine.

Now I want to disable the shortcut and delete the script. The problem is, that I forgot how and where I defined the shortcut. It is not listet in the system preference -> keyboard section. Unfortunately I can't find the website with the how to or an equivalent description.

Any suggestions for my awkward situation?


texts: Restore path to be read from /private/etc/paths

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I used the how to from
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-install-macos.html

to install AWS CLI on macOS.
After executing command source ~/.bash_profile it seems that my default PATH location from file /private/etc/paths was lost.

/private/etc/paths file content:

/usr/bin/vim /private/etc/paths

/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin

~/.bash_profile file content:

# Setting PATH for Python 3.6
# The original version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave
PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH

For example next command cant find the location of basic files installed in /usr/bin/:
-bash: vim: command not found

Is it a way to restore path to be reading from /private/etc/paths?

echo $PATH
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin:/Users/<myusername>/bin:/Library/Python/3.6/bin/

Also I can't use the same command to reread from the location

source /private/etc/paths
-bash: /usr/local/bin: is a directory
-bash: /usr/bin: is a directory
-bash: /bin: is a directory
-bash: /usr/sbin: is a directory
-bash: /sbin: is a directory


texts: Smart Folder containing AACs that aren't Apple Lossless

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My iTunes library has well over 25,000 tracks in it, and so I have to use this workaround in order to use iTunes Match. sigh Fine. So I've created the dummy library, and now I have to populate it with the tracks that I want to sync with iTunes Match. I don't want to do this track-by-track, so I'd like to create a Smart Folder of tracks that I can then import into the dummy library.

I want to sync my AAC files, but not my Apple Lossless files (because I don't want iTunes Match replacing the Apple Lossless files with the lower-quality iTunes Store versions). But when I create a new Smart Folder and specify the Kind to be Music and the codec to be AAC, it includes both the AAC files (which I want) and the Apple Lossless files (which I don't want).

How can I create a Smart Folder containing just AAC files that aren't Apple Lossless files?

Update: Here are some screen shots:

These are the current Smart Folder settings:

And here's the info for two tracks, both of which are Curtis Mayfield's "(Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go", the first one encoded as a 256 kbps AAC, the second as an Apple Lossless (For the curious, I rip my CDs as Apple Lossless for listening through my home stereo and then convert them to 256 kbps AAC for use on my capacity-limited iPhone).

Here's the AAC version:

And here's the Apple Lossless version.  Note the much larger file size:

So: As you can see from the Smart Folder settings screen shot, both of these files are included in the Smart Folder, even though only one of them is actually an AAC.  The thing is, both AACs and Apple Lossless files have a .m4a extension, despite the fact that they're different codecs.  From Wikipedia:

  Apple Lossless data is stored within an MP4 container with the filename extension .m4a. This extension is also used by Apple for lossy AAC audio data in an MP4 container (same container, different audio encoding). However, Apple Lossless is not a variant of AAC (which is a lossy format), but rather a distinct lossless format that uses linear prediction similar to other lossless codecs.

Hope that helps, and thanks in advance for any insight you can offer.


texts:
https://opensource.apple.com
I see apple source code can be browsed on line. Is there a git repo in which checkin history can be viewed?


texts: Output format of the standard Mac OS Color Picker dialog (choose color)

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It is possible to create an AppleScript that calls for the standard Mac OS Color Picker dialog (choose color) and gets the output value after user picks some color:

set the rez to choose color
set the rezStr to rez2string(rez)
set the clipboard to rezStr

on rez2string({r, g, b})
    return "(" & r & ", " & g & ", " & b & ")" as string
end rez2string

So, selected color value will be copied to the clipboard.

My question is: can I control the output of this Color Picker dialog in AppleScript? By default it returns the color value in this format: (59432, 59441, 59428), which is a 16-bit high color, I believe.

Can I specify somehow that I want to get a "standard" RGB (with 255 as a maximum value) instead? Or any other? Or 16-bit high color is the only supported output format for choose color? That would be a pity, because as far as I know there is no way to get proper RGB/Hex values from 16-bit high color as it would involve rounding and approximation.

I mean, the very same standard Color Picker dialog that is called by choose color has RGB values (along with the Hex one) on its second tab (Color Sliders), so it is capable of returning values in those formats. But are those available to get in AppleScript?

Update 1.

I wrote a blog-post with more details about the problem.

Update 2.

As Jon pointed out in his answer, the problem originates in the eye-dropper, so scripts are actually able to convert from 16-bit high color into "normal" 255-RGB and then HEX, but due to the fact that eye-dropper outputs incorrect value (from different color space, apparently), all further calculations are doomed.


texts: Terminal says 'Read-only file system' after trying to force RGB mode for my display

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I'm trying to force RGB mode in macOS to fix the picture quality of my external monitor. I had to do this when I got my MacBook 16". Now, after installing Big Sur, the problem reappears.
The instructions I've followed are:

Run:
csrutil disable

in recovery mode in order to disable rootless mode.

Run the following patch:
patch-edid.rb

and then do the following:
sudo mkdir /System/Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides/DisplayVendorID-472
sudo cp DisplayProductID-361 /System/Library/Displays/Contents/Resources/Overrides/DisplayVendorID-472

but Terminal returns this error: 'read-only' file system
I tried the following:
mount -o remount /

But Terminal fails with this error: mount: / failed with 64


texts: Quick Look of image files very slow on macOS Sierra

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With Lion on my old 2012 MPB, I loved how I could scroll down through many figures or image files like .png with Quick Look on Finder. It was immediate and fast, so for comparing plots with different parameters was super useful.

On a mint new 2015 MPB, quick look of images is very slow, I have an spinning gray wheel every time I scroll down a single image. Even if that image has been already previewed several times. What is going on? Is there a way to speed up Quick Look management of image files?

PD: I had already this issue with the factory OS of my machine, El Capitan.

Thanks


texts: Is there any way to make all screens connected to Mac function as one, so full screen apps (like iTunes Visualizer) can extend over all monitors? Thanks!


texts: Default signature per email address not email account

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In Apple Mail, there is functionality to add additional email addresses per email account. In G-Suite (and I would assume Office 365) you can set up email aliases and the additional email addresses in Apple mail associate with those aliases.

My issue is the need for a different email signature to be set by default for each email address, not account.

As you can see here I have multiple email addresses for this one account.

And here you can see that this account has two email signatures, but I can only set one of them for both addresses.

What options do I have to fix this?


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Knowing I can't get rid of the purchase history at all, I've removed payment details and changed the email address from one@whatever.com to a fake one.

Then started using a new one, two@whatever.com. I have purchased several apps.

I was wondering, if I add the first email address now (one@whatever.com) as a secondary e-mail address to this two@whatever.com Apple Store account, so I could log into Apple Store with that aswell, would the account show purchases I've initially made on the previous Apple Store account - one@whatever.com?


texts: How do I change my "Recommended Applications" list (shown after right click > open with) for a given file extension?

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OSX v. 10.9.3

When I "right click" a *.kml file and go to "Open With", the list of applications does not include QGis, my favorite program for medium to heavy duty GIS work.

I'd like QGis to be on that list. I strongly suspect some light to moderate coding will be  involved, but it would save me from another tiny frustration in my workflow..

Thanks


texts: How to make your email signature work well with iOS 8 data detectors in mail?

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I have noticed that with iOS 8, that some mails come up with the 'contact information' at the top of the mail. This is super handy when you want to quickly add a new contact from the e-mail.

The problem is that my signature does not trigger this 'contact information' to come up. I have seen other signatures where only some of the information is filled in inside of the new contact.

Is there a definition somewhere of how these detectors work, so that a signature can be crafted to properly pre-fill that newly created contact?


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I recently reinstalled the Mac Mini Server using Snow Leopard-server, but using the account I created during setup (allegedly the server administrator account) I cannot authenticate to the LDAPv3/127.0.0.1 store.

Using the diradmin account I can get limited (cannot change anything) access (after waiting a long time) using the same password as the 'standard' admin account. Also, using the root account I can log in fine.

So, what am I missing here?


texts: Windows install from DVD or USB on El Captain

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I am learning about Mac more and more every day but I got stuck on this problem - trying to install Windows 7 or newer on El Captain.

I've been trying to put the .iso file on the USB but BootCamp would not recognise it. Now I have a clean DVD but I have no option in BootCamp to choose the installer disc as in this post.

I tried to edit the info.plist file from the BootCamp package but when I wanted to put it back it would not let me. Turns out, the folder permissions are set only to read despite being the user with admin access. When I try to change the permission to write/read, I get this error.

I am starting to think I will never be able to run Windows on this Mac. It is mid-2010 27-inch with El Captain 10.11.1, any advice what the next step would be? I am deliberately trying to use the BootCamp and not VMware.

Thanks


texts: How can I get quicklook to ignore network volumes?

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How can I modify com.apple.qtkitserver.sb to ignore a certain network volume?
For example, I don't want quicklook to build previews of graphic assets that are on a server. When I access a netatalk share with hundreds of jpg's in a folder, fs_usage shows a ton of transactions like this:

09:43:15.675208  getattrlist                            /Applications/Preview.app                                                                                0.000007   Finder.2001210
09:43:15.675276  getattrlist                            /Volumes/server/path/file.jpg                  0.000010   Finder.2001210
09:43:15.675735  open              F=38       (R_____)  /Volumes/server/path/file.jpg >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>    0.000458 W Finder.2001210
09:43:15.675738  fstat64           F=38                                                                                0.000002   Finder.2001210
09:43:15.675745  pread             F=38   B=0x24       O=0x00000000                                                                                0.000003   Finder.2001210
09:43:15.675748  pread             F=38   B=0x62       O=0x00030235                                                                                0.000002   Finder.2001210
09:43:15.676384  close             F=38                                                                                0.000634 W Finder.2001210

Which I am guessing is quicklook building thumbnails and previews of the files contained therein. This is slowing finder down to a crawl until the transactions complete.

I tried adding the rule:

(deny file-read
      (subpath "/Volumes/Volumename"))

That did not seem to have any effect.


texts: I'm using Linux with XFS under Parallels. How I can mount a XFS in an efficient way? I use Transmit to mount guest filesystem as a disk, however performance is very poor.


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I have a local network at home and am trying to develop some program. The program is cross-platform and it should connect to a MySQL server.

The server is set up on the Linux box and it accepts remote connections as I can successfully connect from Windows machines with Connector/C library. The server accepts connection on the standard port 3306.

However, when I try to connect from a Mac laptop (running OS X 10.8) to MySQL a connection is not established. I initially thought that this is due to the fact that my Mac does not display its host name/computer name in the router and therefore the network is confused. But even after applying what was suggested at this link, I still can't connect.

So now I'm wondering if OS X is running some kind of firewall where I need to unlock an outgoing port 3306 so that the connection will go through. Or there is some other thing that prevents the connection.

The port is open on the router, so there is no issues there.

So is there anything I can fix on the Mac side or at least check?

Edit:

I'm trying to connect using Connector/C from my program compiled with Xcode. An exact same code works fine from Windows (i.e. connection is established). All 3 machines are on the same home network. Calling mysql_error() does not produce any errors, but MYSQL pointer is NULL after calling mysql_real_connect().

Edit 2:

Here is what ifconfig shows:

MyMac:dbhandler igorkorot$ ifconfig
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
    options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
    inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
    inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
    inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    ether b8:e8:56:21:e0:c0
    inet6 fe80::bae8:56ff:fe21:e0c0%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
    inet6 2601:140:4003:860:bae8:56ff:fe21:e0c0 prefixlen 64 autoconf
    inet6 2601:140:4003:860:65c6:8063:98a:4650 prefixlen 64 autoconf temporary
    inet6 2601:140:4003:860::1088 prefixlen 64
    inet 192.168.1.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
    media: autoselect
    status: active
p2p0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2304
    ether 0a:e8:56:21:e0:c0
    media: autoselect
    status: inactive

So opening Network Utility and trying to scan for 3300 - 3310 at 192.168.1.3 does not produce anything. It just says this:

Port Scan has started…

Port Scanning host: 192.168.1.3

Port Scan has completed…

Trying to scan the machine where MySQL is I get following:

Port Scan has started…

Port Scanning host: 192.168.1.2

     Open TCP Port:     3306        mysql
Port Scan has completed…


texts: How do I create a Mac OS install thumb drive from InstallESD.dmg file using Windows 7?

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I have completely messed up my Mac OS X Lion 10.7 on my 2011 Macbook Air (Refer thread : Is there an alternative to downloading Lion from the net?)

Recovery Parition attempts to install from the internet. This is not an option since I have attempted atleast 6 times, It takes 18-20 hours for each iteration and fails somewhere in between because my net connection is not reliable.

What I need to do :

Install Mac OS 10.7 Lion on my MacBook Air

Here is what I have :

InstallESD.dmg file for MAC OS Lion 10.7.4
A PC with Windows 7 32-Bit
2011 Macbook Air (Without CD Rom Drive)
Disk Utility in the Macbook Air Recovery partition
USB CD-ROM
16 GB USB Thumb Drive

How do I accomplish this ?

I found this page but the author claims the tutorial is not valid. So how do I burn a Lion DVD / Thumb drive from Windows 7 ?


texts:
In french keyboard the number is accessible with shift key. I use British keyboard because I found that's more practical to have access on symbols.

But I like the idea of having access to the number with the shift key.

It's possible to invert the comportment in UK layout ?


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

texts: Every time I sync my iPhone or iPad (both running iOS 5) with iTunes, I get this error. iTunes displays no information that I can find about what the mystery six unsynced items are. How do I find out - any ideas?


texts: How do I install virgin Leopard on external drive with iMac running Lion?

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I have a new iMac, quad core with Lion running. I want to install Leopard on an external drive to run some hardware that will not work work Lion.

I have formatted the external drive as Mac OS journalled and used GUID but when trying to install Leopard the Installer will not let me choose different installation drive


texts: Why do my new sunglasses make my iPhone and iPad look funny?

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Ok, I know... it's the polarization. And as the company just tweeted at me:

  "Sorry about that! The polarization will protect your eyes though!"

This effect does not affect all Apple products (I get no weird glossy sheen on my Macbook Retina while wearing these sunglasses).

So which products does this affect? And is there anything I can do to mitigate the effect, such as affix a glare filter?


texts: Is it possible to sync photos from Apple Photos app with an external hard drive (not simple export)

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I use a 2020 iMac 27" with MacOS Big Sur 11.2.
Under the iCloud setting, "Photos" is activated and all my photos are synced between this iMac and all my other Apple devices over my iCould.
Since I am afraid of losing data (e.g. when the "Photos" setting gets deactivated and I do not download all photos within 30 days).
I wonder if it is possible to sync all photos of the Photos app to an external hard drive (e.g. with GoodSync). With sync I mean a one-way sync from the iMac to an external hard drive.
I know that is is possible to export all photos at once (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/photos/pht6e157c5f/mac)
However, I look for an automated way to back up all my photos to an external hard drive that is independent of the iCloud.
What I am actually looking for is the folder path of all photos that are stored within Apple Photos app.
Thank you for your help.
Update:
I found some information here: http://www.rawinfopages.com/mac/content/where-are-your-photos-really-stored-os-x

Open a Finder window and go to your home folder and then open the
Pictures folder. You’ll see an item called Photos
Library.photoslibrary. It does not look like it, but this is actually
a folder on the drive. Double clicking it just opens the Photos app,
so you must Ctrl+click it and select Show Package Contents. ...
All the photos are stored in the originals folder in subfolders named
0 to F. These subfolders contain files with what looks like random
filenames ...
It seems like Apple has done its best to prevent you from accessing
photos directly by obscuring the names, dates and folder structure.

However, I am not sure if in these folders all the Original photos are saved and how I could cope with the imaging names (that are altered in these folders)
Update 2:
Thanks to @fsb I learned that all original photos are saved under Photos Library.photoslibrary > originals once  "Download originals to this Mac" in the Photos app setting is activated. I can access this location with a sync program. However, I still do not know how to keep the original names during sync.


texts: Does Preview do something when copying bitmaps?

texts:
I had a jpg with text where I needed to exchange two words. My plan was to just copy the two words, apply a white rectangle on top of the original words to "erase" them and then paste the copied words on top of the white rectangle. But after doing so it looks like text is bolded or something like that.
Here is the original

Here is the result

The differences becomes less obvious when zooming, but it is still there.
Original zoomed in 5 times

What's going on here? How do I avoid it?


texts: I've got the strangest problem with some of my folders on an external drive. They folders in the root of the drive show up, but they are grayed out and I can't click them. However if I change viewing mode I can see the files that they contain. Any idea what this could be and how to fix it? I've attached two screenshots of the different events.


texts: Migration Assistant between two Macs: Yosemite and El Capitan

texts: Is it possible to run Migration Assistant between two Macs with different versions of the OS X (Yosemite and El Capitan)? In my case, I'm looking to transfer some user accounts and apps from old Mac running Yosemite to a new one running El Capitan.


texts: How to download Firefox via command line FTP

texts: I am attempting to install Firefox on my Mac, which currently does not have a browser. From a bash terminal I have ftp installed and am currently connected to the internet. However, I have been unsuccessful in connecting to their FTP server.  How do I go about installing Firefox for my Mac via the command line?


texts: How do I make bind keys to produce a new line character without a return_or_enter press

texts:
How do I use Karabiner to take certain key presses (shift+enter, for example) and give me a new line character. Note that I do NOT want to just replicate return_or_enter, as enter is a very overloaded key that can sometimes execute drastic behavior. I want to behave like it is pasting in a new line character.

Somewhat similar to this question here (Using Karabiner for multi key to multi key remapping) except I am trying to figure out how to replicate a single character rather than multiple characters, to solve the same problem.


texts: New administrator account has limited access

texts:
I have an admin account which has a typo in it's account name and I wanted to fix it. So I created a different admin account so that I can rename the account name and home folder name from that account.

But when I logged in from the second admin account, my macbook air (macOS mojave) is exhibiting weird behavior, for example, the dock has lost its animation, taping on trackpad doesn't serve the purpose of click and I do not see Macintosh HD in the finder.

I tried to rename the home folder from the terminal like so:

sudo mv my-old-home my-new-home

But no luck. It says operation not permitted. How can I fix this?


texts:
Intermittent:

running macOS 10.15.4

macOS Catalina in Finder — return key while a single file is selected does not switch file into name-editing mode.

this appears to be intermittent, works sometimes but not others.

(Please note: I am experiencing this on a very old MBA11" Early 2014 — I do not recommend running this operating system on this hardware whatsoever. Many of my very strange Catalina problems appear to be related to sluggish performance.)


texts: how to use ipad to access webserver on macbook air

texts:
my webserver software is nginx which runs very well on macbook air using mac os x 10.7.5

when i go to http://myapp.localhost on my macbook air, i can access my website perfectly which is running on localhost.

how can i access the website from my iPad? I am asking because i want to test if my website allows tablet to access just as well on desktop browsers.

i have two possible setups.

1) macbook air running HUAWEI-MOBILEModem and using INTERNET SHARING to allow the iPad to access.

2) when both macbook air and iPad are accessing the same WIFI connection.

Please provide solutions for both scenarios.

UPDATE:
i have more than 1 app running on my macbook air nginx webserver.

for conveniences, let's call them

http://myapp1.localhost
http://myapp2.localhost

etc.

How can my iPad access the correct webapp hosted on my macbook air?

UPDATE

on my macbook air, i access different webapps because i edited my /etc/hosts file.


texts:
I'm not really a big fan of macports or any package manager that exists for Mac; Im more of a compile from source guy. Has anyone here tried compiling wine for OSX so that I can execute exe files on my OSX(10.6)?

Are there any alternatives for wine that you would suggest?


texts: does leaving a hotspot on when no one is connected use data?

texts: I am concerned. I do not want the hotspot using data and wasting data without anyone connected. I was told to turn it off but i normally leave it on. I want to find out if it does or if it does not.


texts:
I have an RCA feed with video. I'd like to capture this video to my Mac. I am looking for a mobile solution, something that does not require a wall plug, although battery power is OK. What methods exist to capture video on a laptop?

Here is a solution (mini portable VCR) that does not use a computer, but if I can get it into my Mac for around that price, it would be preferred.


texts: SMS still sends to group via iMessage after disabling

texts:
I recently switched from my iPhone to an Android. Before removing my SIM card, I disabled iMessage in settings. My Macbook Messages app shows it as disabled, and the online service to disable a number does as well. When iOS users send me a message directly, it is sent as SMS. However, when I am added to a group iMessage it doesn't change to MMS. Any ideas?

EDIT:

I found out that deleting the conversation history and starting a new one caused it to use MMS. Still hoping there's a general solution to telling everyone to delete their history.


texts:
tl;dr: I have several email addresses on the same Mail account, iOS defaults to the wrong one as the sender, and I can't figure out how to change that.

Full version:

I set up my email accounts on my Mac. In Mac OS X Mail's Accounts prefs, it's possible to list several email addresses for an account in a comma-delimited list. I do this, and it works well on the Mac. In the Composing prefs in Mail, I set Send new messages from to my primary email address, and that's the one that gets used by default.

On iOS, Mail uses a different email address in the From and Reply-To headers. (It's an address I only use for email to/from Yahoo groups). I haven't been able to find anything like Mac OS X Mail's Send new messages from setting, so I don't know how I can change this. As a result, email from iOS defaults to having a return address that I really don't want it to have. I only get the preferred address if I remember to change it, every single time.

Deleting the address isn't an option-- I do actually use it, sometimes.


texts:
Since Mavericks, Automator is now able to store services (.workflow) in iCloud.

The problem is that services are not available in the Services menu or contextual menu (right-click) when I store them that way.

Am I missing something? I don't see the point of iCloud for Automator if I have to duplicate the services to ~/Library/Services in order to use them.


texts: How to edit icon for Korean input source?

texts:
I use the English and Korean input sources on my Macbook.

For some reason or other, the English one has a U.S. flag as its icon, but the Korean one has a completely different icon — the letter "⬜" instead of the Korean flag. This really bugs me.

I've tried using the program Ukelele to make my own input source with the Korean flag as its icon, but apparently Ukelele doesn't support the Korean input method.

So is there a way to edit a preexisting input source? I'm looking to change the icon of the default Korean input source on the OS X.

EDIT: Apparently StackExchange thinks all Koreans must be spammers. The letter "⬜" (which has been replaced) looks like this: https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%9C


texts: Use USB microphone (like a Snowball by Blue) to iPhone with Lightning cable

texts: How to use a USB microphone like the Snowball Ice by Blue with an iPhone with Lightning port (such as iPhone SE)?


texts: How do I make a bash script so that I can drag its input on top of the icon?

texts:
I need to make a bash script to that I can drag a .rar file on top of it and then the script will receive the pathname of that file as argument 1 ($1).

I have made the bash script, but how do I make it to be an application (right now MAC OSX is treating it as a text file even though I did chmod +x) and how do I enable the drag and drop way of sending a file to my script?


texts:
I'm locked out of an old Mac mini and would like to be able to use it. Completely new to the world of Mac so hoping someone more experienced can help...

The device was made in 2011 (or so I'm told by apple) and it has been in our company since not long after. It was setup by some guys a while ago who have probably left the company but we can't identify. It has a hardware encryption password (tpm?) which we don't know. We do not know the credentials to login to the machine and probably have no realistic prospect of recovering them. Our inventory does not list the item because it was purchased and claimed on expenses (most likely to cut down lead times) so we cannot track former users.

Apple say our only remaining option is to recover the passwords or to use some third party to recover it. I'd like to know what's on it but that's not hugely important (only interested as I'd like to know who set it up). Is there a way to recover or reformat this machine? Command R on boot prompts for a password which we do not have.


texts:
This is a strange phenomenon. My time and date on the upper right corner is correctly set, but for some reason the time of every file is set incorrectly. For example, I just downloaded a youtube video (ABC song)from the internet, but I cannot find it from in the file recent, only

The same is with my email. The one I just received is shown as created on 2017.

What's going on here?
I am on Macbook Pro mid 2014, Catalina


texts:
Can anyone suggest any decent software for writing .bat scripts in Mac that transfer over to Windows properly? I've tried using BBEdit and Sublime Text to write my .bat scripts but when I bring them over they don't work properly.

Sublime Text doesn't carry do newlines properly (even though it's set for Windows) so the scripts don't run.

BBEdit doesn't do certain things properly (like echo) even though I set the newline for Windows and the encoding to Western Latin 1.


texts: phpinfo() displays Wrong version openssl in OS X

texts: I upgraded openssl from version 0.9.8zc to OpenSSL 1.0.2 version. I used this web page How to upgrade OpenSSL in OS X? to do this. The next step I upgraded php to 5.6 version from this web page http://php-osx.liip.ch . When I checked openssl version in terminal it was correct version 1.0.2 but  phpinfo() always shows old 0.9.8zc openssl version . What is wrong? Is in my mac installed new version but apache uses old version? How can I change it?


texts: How should I configure OSX Mail's "mailbox behaviors" to work with IMAP?

texts:
I'm tying to configure my IMAP mail account using Apple OSX Mail to behave in what would seem to be the obvious way: sent mail should appear in the special "Sent" mailbox, deleted in the "Trash", and junk in "Junk". Getting this to happen would seem to involve the "Mailbox Behaviors" settings associated with the account in Mail's preferences; but all my attempts result in bizarre behavior.

Focusing for the moment on just sent mail, and on my Outlook.com account, which I've named "MSN", here's what I get:

If I check "Store sent messages on the server" I get two copies of each message sent, both on the server in the "Sent" folder (as viewed through the Outlook.com web UI) and in OSX Mail in the "MSN" folder under "Sent" (correctly reflecting what's on the server). And to make things a bit weirder, only one of the copies displays the addressee's e-mail; the other just shows my (i.e. the sender's) name instead.

If I uncheck "Store sent messages on the server" I get one copy on the server in the "Sent" folder and  and in the "MSN" folder under "Sent", and one in OSX Mail in a "Sent" folder that appears there under "MSN".

For reference sending from iOS behaves as expected: sent messages go into the special "Sent" folder on the iOS client and into the Sent folder on the server, and these messages appear once, in the "MSN" folder under "Sent" in OSX Mail, at least if "Store sent messages on the server" is checked there. But this means that if I uncheck "Store sent messages on the server" in OSX Mail, messages sent from iOS don't appear in OSX Mail's "MSN" folder under "Sent".

I can find no logic in this behavior at all. What settings should I use to get the (obvious) expected behavior: one copy of each sent message in the  "MSN" under "Sent" in OSX Mail, and one copy in "Sent" on the server (ideally with friendly name recognized by the Outlook.com web UI)? Failing this, are there best practices for coping?

--

Note that the deleted messages and drafts seem to behave as expected when "Store sent messages on the server" is checked, it's only sent messages that produces this odd behavior.

Also: Drafts on iOS are stored in the special "Drafts" folder as expected, but don't appear at all on the server. Though there is a folder there called "Drafts" too, that only saves drafts from the Web UI or (suitably configured) from OSX Mail.


texts:
How to transfer apps and its data from one iphone to another through hard disk? Since I am changing my laptop.
I want to know whether the backup includes app data also? What i mean is when i restore the new phone with the backup, all the apps would get restored on it even if it is another laptop not the one in which the old iphone backup was taken?


texts:
Since I installed Mojave, all my Adobe apps with this installer or uninstaller icon:

don't work at all. I've tried this on a fresh install of Mojave on my MacBook Air 2014 and it still doesn't work. Trying it on a MacBook pro Mojave, it works perfectly. I don't really know what the problem is.


texts:
Is Documents folder of any app on iPhone secure? Can anybody access it with iTunes, or may be a third party program? Can I protect this folder with a password? (for example, Documents can be encrypted if I lock the device).

I would like to know this to correctly write a privacy policy for an iOS app that uses file sharing.


texts: Apple 30" Monitor Intermitently Flashes Off and On

texts:
I have an apple 30" monitor plugged into my late 2008 15" Macbook Pro. Every once in a while when I start up the Macbook pro the monitor will first turn on, then off and repeat indefinitely until I unplug the DVI connection. If I place a finger on the power touch switch on the side the monitor, the display will usually stay on as long as I hold my finger there.

Has anyone else had this problem. Anyone know what causes it or if it can be easily fixed.

The monitor is not under any kind of warranty at this point.


texts: Which social network profile pic appears in my contacts app on Mac OS X

texts:
The individual contacts in my Contacts app have numerous social networks associated with them e.g. a Facebook profile and a Linkedin profile. They have a different pic for each social network.

How do I select which social network photo is used as the photo in the Calendar app?


texts:
I have an external drive with multiple partitions.  I want to clone the entire drive.   There are not any GUI apps that I can find that will clone the entire volume, so I attempted dd.  My command was:

sudo dd if=/dev/disk0 of=/dev/disk2 bs=128m conv=noerror, sync

However, this results is:

 dd: unknown conversion sync

Both noerror and sync are listed under conv in the man page.

I'd appreciate assistance finding the correct dd command to clone an external drive with multiple partitions to another blank drive


texts: iMessages Compression for message history

texts:
Is there some way to compress messages for iMessage? My friend and I talk a lot and at the moment between all of the attachments and messages my iMessages is taking 2.5G of space on my phone.

What can I do to compress this data or back it up or something?

Thanks.


texts: Available SSD disk space shrinking within seconds

texts:
My SSD's available disk space of my MacMini Late 2012 is shrinking within seconds. CleanMyMac says 'Others''s size is increasing. I have no idea what is happening and am wondering why there is so few free space on my Mac. I am not downloading anything (as far as I know).

Here is my activity monitor's 'Disk' tab:

...and the 'Memory' tab:

Any idea why this is happening and what I can do?

Thanks in advance!

PS: In this video you can see the process. (It's not sped up, real time!)


texts: I share an iCloud with my aunt and I turned off my iCloud Photo Sharing and Photo Stream. However, my aunt still is able to automatically get my pictures on her device. How do I stop that from happening?


texts:
I've jailbroken my phone, and I'd like to execute some commands on it from my phone, namely, the Say command. That, unfortunately, does not work. What commands COULD I execute on the iphone, other than the standard ls and cd?

Thanks.


texts:
My wife sent me a video of my son saying something, to which I responded:

What's he saying? Mommy read --- book?

A few seconds after I sent the message, the text "book?" (and possibly the last dash) disappeared from my sent message. My wife says that she originally saw the word "book", but when she went back and looked, it had been removed for her too.

Does this happen for anyone else? Is this intended, or a bug?


texts:
So, I was just trying to watch some video online in Chrome, and when I get to the page I'm told I "need to install Quicktime to play the video". This is odd because I clearly have Quicktime in my applications on my Mac. It seems to be a Chrome problem, but I've read I should go to chrome:plugins and make sure it's on there; Quicktime does not appear on that list. It DOES appear under "Extensions", where it says it's enabled, but still nothing.

When I click the little dropdown box that says I need Quicktime to watch the video, I'm just taken to a page that tells me "Quicktime comes with Mac" with no apparent link to download it independently.

Does anyone know what the issue could be?


texts: Is there a way to set a Finder Shortcut for 'Tags…' in macOS 10.14 Mojave?

texts:
Prior to Mojave, I used a custom Shortcut (System Preferences>Keyboard> Shortcuts>App Shortcuts) for the 'Tags…' command (Finder, File>Tags…), as in this answer: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/112852/63961.

After updating, this shortcut stopped working, and the keystroke no longer appeared in Finder's File menu next to 'Tags…'. The custom setting was still present in System Preferences.

I've attempted to reset this by clearing the old shortcut and re-creating it, with a variety of different keystrokes, and with alternate spelling for 'Tags…' (i.e., with three periods for the ellipsis character). Other custom shortcuts do work in Finder, for menu items either already having built-in keystrokes, or when no built-in is present. The Finder Toolbar button for the 'Tags…' command works fine, as does the menu item itself.


texts: Is there a way to get Terminal on Lion to start up cleanly (without the buffered history)?

texts:
How can I prevent Terminal from showing me my old output when it starts?

I would like it to always start with a clean window.


texts: Upgrading to El Capitan GM Candidate loses all Exchange folders in Mail

texts:
I upgraded from current Yosemite to the El Capitan GM Candidate this morning. For work, I have an Exchange account with a bunch of folders in Apple Mail. Upon starting Mail after the upgrade, my folders were no longer present; Mail synced a few thousand messages, but it does not show the folders that are on the server.

I dug through the Exchange account preferences and the Mail preferences, but I haven't been able to find anything. Does anyone have a suggestion?


texts: Can I make the UI text on iPhone/iOS smaller?

texts: I have pretty good eyes, and I'd like to be able to see more than 5 emails at a time in the list view. I realize I can reduce the number of preview lines, but I want to keep the preview and just make everything smaller. Seriously, the from labels are huge.


texts: MacBook Air does not respond to cursor clicks

texts:
My mac isn't responding. I can move the cursor around and click anywhere but I can't exit or quit anything because it doesn't click on the actual GUI. Closing and opening the lid doesn't help and I can't restart because I can't press that button in the menu.

What should I do?


texts: How do I force TextEdit to not add .txt extension (Sierra)

texts:
I have TextEdit default to plain text files. I also have "Add .txt extension to plain text files" unchecked in the "Preferences" in the "Open and Save" section.

If I perform these steps:

Create new document
Write some text
Click on title bar to set the filename and save it
Type foobar.md in the "Name" box
Hit "Enter"

The result is that the file is actually named foobar.md.txt.

How can I get TextEdit to actually not add .txt to file names? And what is the point of that box in "Preferences" if it doesn't actually do anything?


texts: Mail.app signature preferences too big for my screen. How can I resize so I can access the entire panel?

texts: I've pretty much copied this question from another user because it's the same problem I'm having.  I don't have the Moom App which was causing the other user to have difficulty seeing the entire panel because it was heading off the screen and there is no way to adjust the size.  Because I have so many .signature 'quotes' attached to Mail.app, when I switch to that tab in the Mail.app preferences, the window is too large for my screen.


texts: What happens if I format my iPod Touch 2G?

texts: Because when you connect it to Ubuntu, it sees iPod touch as a usb device and I think it allows to format it also. So, I wonder what would happen if I format my iPod Touch?


texts: iTunes Connect payment not recieved on a closed account

texts: My account got closed for some reason 3 month ago, but I still got money left in my account (over 200 euro). I have seen a few expected expected payments dates in my payments and financial reports section, but everytime the date is passed, it will say "Balance Carried forward". I never had any trouble with recieving payments before my account was closed. I have contacted Apple finance a few times, but they keep saying that I need to wait on the expected payment date. So I waited, but with no succes. So my question is if anyone knows what could be wrong and if I ever can expect to recieve a payment on from my closed account. Thanks in advance!


texts: Trackpad firmware doesn't update and now stopped working (Lion & MacBook 13" Unibody)

texts:
I bought an oldish MacBook 13" Unibody (late 2008) and when I got it one of the first things I did was to install Mac OS X Lion.

Everything was working fine, until I applied an update that made the trackpad stop working (it only accepts clicks, no touch is recognized).

This is the "Trackpad Firmware Update" from the automatic updates.

When starting this firmware update a window appears with a status message,
Cancel and Update buttons. After clicking the Update button, it starts installing, appears to complete, status changes to Finishing..., and Update button comes back active at some point.

After that I have tried (unsuccessfully):

downloading and installing the update directly from Apple Support - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3288
same thing, but using the 'root' account
leaving the computer on overnight to see if actually "finished" the
process
Reset PRAM PVRAM - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Reset SMC - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Hand palm pressing over 30 seconds on the trackpad (read this on
another thread...?)
Reinstalling Mac OS X Lion using a DVD
Indifferent to USB devices being connected or not

I'd be thankful for any ideas to try out.


texts: How to set two-sided printing as default in Mountain Lion Preview?

texts: Every time I print from Preview app I need to manually click on "Two-sided" checkbox. This is annoying when I have a bunch of documents to print. Is there any way to set "two-sided" as default?


texts:
The 10.7.2 upgrade made the launchpad icons bigger which I'm finding incredibly annoying as before I could see all my icons at once, but now because of there being less space between icons my eyes just focus on one icon at a time.

How can I make the icons smaller again? Is there some hidden setting or string I can change (e.g. using terminal)?


texts: Upgrading MacBook with Crucial RAM sticks

texts: I have a MacBook Pro mc700 (early 2011), and I've bought a pair of 4Gb Crucial RAM sticks. The problem is that I'm not sure whether these RAM sticks are original or not, and I'm really worried about not being compatible with my MacBook Pro. Can anybody please help me to find out whether is it original or not?


texts: Can't install apps on Watch following iOS update

texts:
Following an update to iOS 14.3, I'm unable to install apps on my Watch, both before and after updating to watchOS 7.2. After clicking the install button in the Watch app, I get the progress indicator for a second or less, and then the process aborts.
How do I restore the ability to install apps on Watch after updating to iOS 14.3?


texts: Is it more memory/processor-efficient to open many windows in one desktop, or to make all these windows fullscreen?

texts:
I have many, many windows that must be open all at once (VM, Email client, browser, IDE, source navigator, issue tracker, notebook, etc...), and have often bumped up against my MacBook's 16GB of RAM. Would it be more efficient to have these all in 1 or 2 desktops, or to have as many as possible fullscreen in their own desktop?

My logic here is that if they're all in 1 desktop (or 2 with a 2-monitor setup), then the Mac doesn't have to track which desktop each is on, and can use that memory for other things. On the other hand, if I have many fullscreen windows, then it doesn't have to worry about what may be in front of / behind those windows, because it will only be them and maybe a preferences dialog, so maybe it wouldn't care at all about windows on other desktops, or in other fullscreens.

Intuitively, I also feel there must be a performance hit from having so many virtual desktops open. I don't know how Mac OS handles it, but I feel like there's probably duplicate objects there (perhaps each has its own menu bar, dock, icons, etc.)


texts: iOS 8 - Apps other than Safari won't accept Cyberoam certificate

texts:
My college network is secured with Cyberoam network. And Cyberoam requires a certificate it provides to be installed to access SSL secured websites. However, even after installing the certificate only Safari seems to be using the certificate and can open secure websites like Facebook. However other apps like Chrome, Facebook and Messenger won't work. I wonder why Chrome says Invalid Certificate Authority (see the screenshot below). The same certificate works well in PC.

I'm on iOS 8.1.4.


texts: Why is my phone not making space after I delete multiple long videos?

texts: I have the iPhone 6, running iOS 9.1, I had lots of videos (many were multiple minutes long) that took up too much space, I started with (according to my settings app) about 400 megabytes free, after posting the videos to youtube and deleting the videos from my phone, it says I still have about 400 megabytes free. Whats the deal? I've synced my phone to my computer and the iTunes program says I have 1.6 gigs free. Is my phone just displaying incorrectly?


texts: Create a Smart Playlist for iCloud Songs that have been downloaded Locally

texts: Is there a way to create a Smart Playlist in iTunes that will contain the songs in my library that have been downloaded locally?  I have to reduce the bandwidth used at my job but I can download files at night and I want to only play songs that are downloaded to my computer (plus I don't want to play all the songs I own :-)).


texts: After upgrading to Catalina, is there a way to remote control the Apple Music app on my desktop?

texts:
I have upgraded to Catalina and I have enabled Home Sharing.

I am able to connect to an airplay speaker from my desktop and from my phone.

I also have a set of non-wifi enabled speakers attached to the desktop.

From my phone, I am able to access the music library on my desktop, but I am unable to remote control the Apple Music app running on my desktop from my phone.  Is this possible?


texts: Unexpected -bash command not found error when starting new mac terminal window

texts:
I was messing around with ssh keys and permissions and other things I'm not too familiar with and ended up causing some problems on my mac, including denying myself permission to my user account, changing the root directory and other annoyances. Most of the other things were fixed by a restart or fiddling, but I know I get this error message every time I start up a terminal window and can't figure out what to do. How do I get rid of it?

I tried this Terminal returns not found for most commands Mac OSX, but I don't think it's the same error because if I write bash into the terminal it starts a bash interface. Something is entering -bash into the terminal on startup and I can't figure out from where or why?

Last login: Tue Dec  4 08:57:20 on ttys003
-bash
Ludos-MBP-3:~ ludo$ -bash
-bash: -bash: command not found
Ludos-MBP-3:~ ludo$

It's also not a duplicate of this -Bash command not found appearing every time I start terminal because I've checked the .bash_profile file and nothing has changed since last time I checked it. I tried all the statements in there and none of them generate that error.

echo $PATH generates

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/Commands:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/latest/bin


texts: Game Center and iMessage for iOS9 vs. iOS10 multiplayer game?

texts:
Trying to play Quatrian's multiplayer app "FaceMe Backgammon" between an iOS9 and an iOS10 client. How can I get these two to connect since the changes to the Game Center and iMessage?

FWIW, the two are able to play Zynga's "Words with Friends" but that doesn't require the Game Center.

The iOS9 device sends invites to the emil and Game Center username of the iOS10 device, but they are not received.

The iOS 10 device has the Settings > Game Center but does not have an invite option.

The two can txt w/iMessage, but the iOS9 only has "Message".app (the green one, which receives iMessage - blue - data) and doesn't receive iOS10's iMessage invites.

The in-app multiplayer options are limited to Game Center "friends" but does not have the option of inviting.

The email response I got from the people at Quatrian deferred to their "tips" page (which does not address iOS10) and these fairly useless links:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5007662?tstart=0

http://appletoolbox.com/2015/10/ios-9-game-center-not-working-blank-page-fix/


texts: How can I run a current browser on older MacBook?

texts:
I have an older macbook that tops out at Snow Leopard. That is, this is the limit of OS X that it will run.

Current versions of Chrome and Firefox are not supported for Snow Leopard (10.6) Lion (10.7) or Mountain Lion (10.8)

This machine is mostly used for surfing the web while semi-watching TV.

I am concerned about maintaining reasonable security while surfing.

Options:

Run another OS: FreeBSD 8 is supposed to run on MacBook Pro, but that puts me 3 major releases behind current.  Mint Linux is another fairly lightweight version.  I'm quite content to run a simple window manager (In my Linux days, I used fvwm by preference)
Strip Snow Leopard down as much as possible, run VirtualBox in it, and run an OS in that. Set up the mac OS to be in bridge mode, and be unaware of the internet.
Set up MacBook Pro as a VNC/Teamviewer and use one of my screens from my Mac Pro upstairs.

Option 1 is apparently difficult to get a usable workstation on it.

Option 2 is not clear what can be stripped, shut off, etc.

Option 3 needs directions on how to safeguard the MacBook Pro to allow only local networking, with no or very limited access to the world.  It has the advantage that I am still working in a Mac user space.

It's not clear to me what the relative merits of each of these approaches is.

What are the tradeoffs of these approaches.

Is there a 4th approach I'm missing?

I have multiple computers and the original machine I was asking about indeed will run a newer version of the OS.  Curiously, if you click 'software update' it does not report this as a potential update. It's installing as I write.

I have accordingly rephrased the question in light of the next older laptop, as the repurposing of older macbooks is a field of significant interest to many long time mac users.  At this point I'm leaning toward the TeamViewer approach.


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An externally-powered WD My Book Essential, 3TB, which I use for Time Machine and other file storage, recently began "ejecting itself" from my iMac. In an attempt to repair the disk from Disk Utility, I came across these logs:

kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: replay_journal: from: 99262464 to: 99508224 (joffset 0x2bae000)

kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: journal replay done.

fseventsd[47]: Events arrived for /Volumes/My Book after an unmount request! Re-initializing.

fseventsd[47]: creating a dls for /Volumes/My Book but it already has one...

diskarbitrationd[15]: mds [38]:23343 not responding.

kernel[0]: USBF: 670537.390 AppleUSBEHCI[0xffffff802439f000]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 0x26, timing out! (Addr: 3, EP: 0)

kernel[0]: USBF: 670543.393 AppleUSBEHCI[0xffffff802439f000]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 0x26, timing out! (Addr: 3, EP: 0)

kernel[0]: USBF: 670543.798 The USB Family found a device at  port 2 of hub @ 0x26000000 with a bad USB device descriptor (0x0, 0x0 )

kernel[0]: USBF: 670549.396 AppleUSBEHCI[0xffffff802439f000]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 0x26, timing out! (Addr: 0, EP: 0)

This began happening shortly after I've been accessing a movie file from the drive to encode and burn to a DVD from iDVD, but I wouldn't expect this to be the issue. Each time the drive unmounts itself, the error when not ejecting a disk properly appears. Note that in the log, the third entry from fseventd, I believe the "events arrived" was me attempting to repair the volume.

What could be sending the unmount request? diskutil is. The problem, I believe, lies in the journaling. (see update, it's not this)

Update (for clarification also)

I know that repairing the volume requires the partitions to be unmounted, I meant it's ejecting by itself. Just repaired the volume from another Mac and it checked out OK...must be the Mac that uses it for Time Machine.

I'm convinced that it's this error message that is the issue, but I can't figure out what it means.

kernel[0]: USBF: 670537.390 AppleUSBEHCI[0xffffff802439f000]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 0x26, timing out! (Addr: 3, EP: 0)

Update 2

Just finished an archive-and-install of the iMac in question, but I'm still getting the same logs and can't access the files. I can't blame it on a corrupt USB driver anymore, so I really am at a loss now.


texts: Routing traffic internally from Ethernet-Thunderbolt adapter to Ethernet

texts:
I have  Mac1 connected via ethernet to a router.
The Mac1 has the IP 10.0.1.5
On this IP I have a Python-server listening to incoming UDP packets.

Now there is another Mac2 connected to Mac1 via a Thunderbolt-Ethernet Adapter. The IP of Mac1 on this adapter is 192.168.20.1
Mac2 sends UPD packets to this address.

How can i route this traffic internally on Mac1 from  192.168.20.1 to 10.0.1.5?

Both machines are on MacOS 10.10

Thanks a lot!


texts: How do I compile vim with the --enable-gui=yes flag on OS X 10.8.2

texts:
I'm trying to compile the latest version of vim (7.3.785 as on date) with the --enable-gui option set to yes:

./configure --enable-gui=yes
make

but make fails with several errors (full output). I can't quite make sense of the errors, as I don't see anything specific that I can fix. I must add that compiling it works fine without the GUI option, so it might be something directly related to X or the OS X Cocoa frame work. I'm running OS X 10.8.2 on a retina MBP.

What should I change/add/install to get this to work?

  Note: This question is explicitly about compiling vim from source with the GUI option. I'm aware of macvim and this is what I use for almost everything. However, in order to embed vim inside Eclipse using eclim, I need gvim (works out of the box on Windows and Linux). Unfortunately, macvim does not support embedding inside Eclipse, hence my attempts to make it work on OS X.


texts:
I recently installed this "CH341 Driver" so that I could connect my new chinese Arduino.

But when I plug the USB cable, connected to the Arduino, into my computer it crashes immediately. A few moments later a message pops up that tells me that, because of a problem, the computer had to restart.

Now I want to delete this installed driver and download another driver or another version of it. But in order to do so I need to delete the old software (which makes my computer crash).

I looked around on the internet about how to do so, but most of the googled suggestions tell me that I can simply remove it from the "Applications" folder. It isn't a program so that won't help. I also found a few results that tell me to open terminal, enter the command "pkgutil --pkgs", search for the package and enter the command "sudo pkgutil --forget the-package-name.pkg".

But I can't find the package name in the list. So I went to "About this Mac" -> "System Report..." -> "Software" -> "Installations" and there I can see the names of the packages, but unfortunately I can't remove them from there.

So is there anybody who can tell me where I can remove them?


texts: How to get iphone message history on PC?

texts: I am looking for a way to get my entire conversation history onto my windows computer so that I can do some data analysis on my messaging history.  I have my messages set to be backed up to icloud but i don't see a way to view them from there.  I have an iphone 8 and a windows computer.


texts: Macbook Pro - External monitors and harddrive

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro which only has 2 x Thunderbolt 3 ports. I want to allow the following

2 x external monitors, so the ability to have 3 different screens (includes the mac screen)

Power a Lacie Thunderbolt 3 external hard drive.

Charge the mac

Is this possible?


texts: Macbook connects to modem, internet works, but modem -> router, no internet

texts:
I'm running a netgear modem CG3000D, and have been able to access internet without problems. However my speeds on the internet were slow for gaming and extensive usage, so I purchased a netgear R6250 WiFi router to increase speed and range.

My modem will connect to the router no problem, and my Macbook can connect to the router (with a different WiFi network name now), however there is absolutely no internet access now.

I'm not fluent in Mac operations yet, so I'm not sure what to do or where to go to fix this problem.

I tried airport utility but it can't find the router? Not sure what to do here.

Thanks


texts: Will a Perl script still run after I log out of my user account?

texts:
I have started a Perl script from the terminal that runs in the background:

>perl myScript.pl &

If I logout, will it stop my script from running?

Thanks!


texts:
In the last several weeks, my OS X 10.8.4 laptop has gotten completely stuck in states where it's impossible to interact with directly. Several times VMWare Fusion's USB shim has broken keyboard input. One time, the system had an apparent race condition between locking the system and drawing the unlock prompt, leaving the GUI completely wedged. These are terrible problems, but there's nothing I can do to fix them.

All I can do is figure out how I can get a clean restart when this happens. I can ssh in to the computer and run any commands, without problem. I don't really trust the system state to be recoverable in either of those states, so I just want a clean reboot.

But shutdown -h now is not a clean reboot. It doesn't do the same things for cleanly shutting down GUI apps that selecting "Restart..." or "Shutdown..." from the apple menu does. It results in data loss because GUI apps weren't shut down cleanly. I could try finding everything I have running in ps, and sending them all SIGTERM. It seems to work, but it's a hugely manual process. I'd love to just tell OS X to do whatever it does when you pick those menu items.

So - is there a utility that does this right? Am I stuck doing it in a manual and error-prone way?


texts:
I confess I'm not a regular Mac user so apologies in advance if this is a stupid question.

I'm building a web page to be displayed (offline) as a projection on a wall. On the Windows PC, running Firefox in full screen mode (F11) gives me exactly the desired effect -- no toolbars or other distractions, just the web page filling the entire display.

Over on the Mac (v10.8.5) I've tried getting this effect in both Safari and Firefox. On Firefox I got stuck because I couldn't figure out how to hide the navigation bar (yes, I do feel stupid).

On Safari I can manually get rid of all the toolbars but even after that I'm still stuck with a bright white line across the top of the display where the menu bar would appear were I to drag the mouse up there.

I'm after a solution that doesn't require installing add-ons or other software (this isn't my machine) and that is as low-hassle as possible (non-techy folks will be setting it up each day). I might get away with something that can be run off a USB stick if that helps.


texts: Is there a way that my iMessages can be going to a device that is not signed in to my Apple ID?

texts:
I've been made aware that my iMessages have been going to an iPad that I lent to someone a while back. I do not want this particular person to have access to my messages for several reasons. They are refusing to return it to me so that I can fix this issue.

I tried to locate the iPad on 'Find my iPhone' so that I could remotely wipe it but it is not on my list of devices. I am fairly sure I had signed out of the Apple ID before lending it out. I have changed my AppleID password in the case that the iPad is still signed on. But beyond that, I am not sure why the iPad was receiving my messages or how else I can stop it. Is it possible the messages were going to my device without the AppleID? How can I stop the messages without having the device in my possession? Appreciate any feedback, thank you.


texts: Macbook Air reading wrong size and resolution of external monitor

texts:
I have LG Flatron E1941 which has a screen size of 18.5" and native resolution of 1366 x 768 but when connecting to my Macbook Air 2017(macOS Catalina) it is showing 13.9 inch and 800 x 600 resolution in System Preferences > Displays. I am unable to find the desired resolution under displays settings as well, tried switchresx as well, but the quality in the desired resolution is also not good.
d.


texts: How to jailbreak 3g version 4.2.1 with firmware 5.15.04?

texts:
I was given a used 3g iphone and iTunes updated the phone. It is on 4.2.1 with firmware 5.15.04.

What do I need to do to jailbreak it, so that I can download apps?


texts: What causes a Macbook Air (mid-2011) crazy CPU cooling since upgrading to Mountain Lion?

texts:
Since I upgraded to Mountain Lion, my Macbook Air 13" (Intel Core i5) has become extremely noisy.

The CPU cooler starts going crazy after just 10-20 mins of internet surfing. Before I could only make it loud and crazy when I used Xcode or similar 'heavy' apps.

What I can see from the Activity Monitor, is that the securityd process is consuming 12-15% CPU at all times:

Does anyone have a workaround to solve this?


texts: How to view photo ratings done in Capture One in Finder

texts: I rated my photos by Capture One and would like to view these "stars rating" in Finder. I only found a way to shows only colour tags, not the ratings. How can I enable the star rating display (as Windows Explorer does for instance)?


texts:
The Trade Agreement Act (TAA) of 1979 was designed to improve trade agreements, foster an open world trade system, expand US commerce opportunities, and improve international trade rules.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Agreements_Act_of_1979

Are iPhones and iPads TAA compliant?


texts: launchd won't run a loaded script on reboot

texts:
so i'm having a few troubles with launchd

I made this plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs$
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>mosek.mountd</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/etc/mountd</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

My problem is this. When i load the script manually:

launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/script.plist

It works like a charm. It load perfectly, and runs the script as it should.
now when I reboot, it loads the script as it should, but now the script won't start.
Though when I start the script

launchctl start mosek.mountd

it works. So it must be ignoring the "RunAtLoad" key, when it loads the script on reboot. Why does it do that, and how do I fix it?

cheers in advance

edit:
    I forgot to mention that I also made root the owner of the file by running:
         chmod root /Library/LaunchDaemons/script.plist
    and it still wouldn't work


texts: AppleScript - how to search a list for items containing numbers

texts:
I'm writing an AppleScript which contains a list of items that are mixed between text and numbers. I'd like to filter this list to only the items containing numbers.

I haven't been able to figure this out on my own and so far haven't been able to find any helpful suggestions online.

Here's my list:

{"table", "s01e01", "nam", "aces", "linear", "20160430", "01", "textless", "3840x2160", "000011", "jpg"}

And I only want the search to return these:

{"s01e01", "20160430", "01", "3840x2160", "000011"}

For the sake of this post, let's say the list is stored in myList.

I've tried:

set numberItems to items of myList which contain integers

but that's a big no go!


texts: Paste text stored on Clipboard to a variable using pbpaste

texts:
I have some text stored on my clipboard. I want to store this text onto a shell script "variable".

So something like:

ls -altr > pbcopy
tmp="something"
pbpaste > $tmp    # this doesn't get the ls command output :(
echo $tmp         # should not print something


texts: Chrome and Safari keeps hanging after upgrading to macOS High Sierra

texts:
Since upgrading to High Sierra, both Chrome and Safari have been hanging randomly following startup. The rainbow pinwheel would appear every few seconds and I'd have to force quit/re-open those applications. However, the same problem keeps recurring no matter how many times I restart.

The only potential solution that I've come across is from https://setapp.com/how-to/fix-macos-high-sierra-problems:

  GETTING THE RAINBOW WHEEL EVERY FEW SECONDS AFTER UPGRADE

  Check console.app and if you’re getting errors from sandboxd and hidd
  (IOKit), your problem is a third party software. It’s probably because
  it wasn’t supported by the new APFS file system. It tries to
  repeatedly update causing your Mac laptop to be stuck in an endless
  loop. To fix this issue, just find and remove this app and everything
  will be fine.

Following these instructions I found that there was a reoccurring error with hidd, however, I am unable to make sense of the message. Could someone kindly explain what it means?

Otherwise, has anyone had a similar issue with Chrome/Safari? Would greatly appreciate any suggestions on how to fix it. Thanks!


texts: MacBook Pro stuck on Apple logo, Disk Utility first aid and fsck ok

texts:
My laptop (mid-2012) won't boot past the Apple logo. Safe boot won't work either.

Disk utility in recovery mode and fsck in single-user mode both say the hard disk is fine. Verbose mode report has several lines of disk1s1 I/O error, however.

This machine apparently does not have the diagnostic tools on it, as booting while holding down the 'D' key takes me to Internet recovery. I tried that to see if the online diagnostics would run but it gets stuck on the spinning globe screen after I enter my wifi password.

I'm thinking this could be the hard disk, the hard disk cable, or the main board. How do I tell for sure so I don't spend money unnecessarily?


texts: Export - import iPhone keyboard shortcuts as text file?

texts:
On an iPhone, if you go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Shortcuts you can define text shortcuts that expand into longer words.

Is it possible to export this list of shortcuts in a single text file?
Is it possible to import a text file to be used as shortcuts?

This could be useful to configure the same shortcuts on an iPhone and a Mac, on 2 iPhones, to make a text backup, to make quick edits on a textfile…


texts:
It's as if an alien entity has commandeered the trackpad, and it highlights things when it has not been asked to do so; the mouse jumps erratically all over the place, AND opens up random windows unbidden. In this state it's nearly impossible to write anything on the computer in this condition.
Guidance, anyone?
MacBook Pro
Mac OSX 10.6.8
TenQ


texts: Keeping the mac awake when running certain applications?

texts:
I need to keep my MacBook Air awake when running certain applications. But when I put the display to sleep, often the whole system suspends after a few minutes.

Specifically I run Air Video Server on the Mac to stream/decode videos to my iPad. But the Mac keeps sleeping and thus stopping streaming videos.

I tried to use Caffeine to keep the Mac awake, but it looks like it has lost its magic in Mountain Lion – it couldn't keep the Mac awake to continue running services after I put the display to sleep.

Wimoweh (another sleep-preventing app) couldn't detect whether Air Video server is running, so it's probably won't be useful in this situation.

So is there any other app that can keep a Mac running services with the display asleep? I'm not keen to install OS X Server on this laptop since it's more of a once-in-a-while thing and most of the time I need the Air to really sleep if it's unused.


texts: "IOSurface seed changed" warnings in console

texts:
In Console.app, in the System logging section, I'm seeing messages like this, at a rate of roughly one per second:

  19:09:38 kernel: Warning: IOSurface 00000236 seed changed while owned by an accelerator 00000003: 00000304 -> 00000146

What is this, and can I make it stop?  It's making it almost impossible to read anything else in the log.


texts: Cannot copy certain podcast episodes to iPhone

texts:
My iPhone (3GS, 5.1.1) has decided that certain new podcast episodes simply cannot be copied to the phone. When I move them from the iTunes Podcasts category in the library to the phone, nothing happens. This applies only to the newest one or two episodes of each affected podcast. Other episodes copy nicely.

I tried deleting all podcast episodes on the phone, rebooting the phone and restarting iTunes.

Any ideas?


texts: How to find files not containing comment x?

texts:
I try to find all "*.xyz" files in folder x which does not have comment "abc". This code does the opposite. I would prefer to use Spotlight if possible. How i can do this?

Thanks

do shell script "mdfind -onlyin '/path/to/folder/x' kMDItemFinderComment == 'abc' kMDItemFSName == '*.xyz'"


texts: Sent folder on iPhone mail must be emptied!

texts: My iPhone is constantly warning me that archives are almost full.  The problem seems to be that the sent folder in mail has 2550 messages in it, none of them visible, and they take up 4 gigabytes of space.  I've followed instructions for emptying the sent folder to trash where the messages can be eliminated, but the invisible ones in "sent" remain. How do I achieve a genuinely empty sent folder?


texts: Does Apple Watch Cellular clone the SIM card?

texts:
I have read, that Apple Watch will have the same phone number as iPhone and if iPhone is far away, it can connect to cellular network itself.

Doesn't this mean that Apple Watch clones the SIM and how this corresponds with the statement, that modern GSM network SIMs can't be cloned?


texts: How to resume a Mavericks download on OS X 10.6?

texts: I've initiated OS X Mavericks download from the App Store. Upon either re-login or restart, the OS X Mavericks icon in the dock shows that it's paused. Clicking Resume from the context menu doesn't do anything.


texts: MacBook Pro shuts down while in "Login Window"

texts:
I have run into this issue a couple of days ago and it keeps happening. MacBookPro in question is a 13" 2016 model with Touch Bar running macOS Mojave 10.14.1 (18B75).

If I lock my MacBook with Login window and leave it for some time (it looks like it has to be more than 1 hour but I am not certain) then it shuts down. It doesn't wake up and I have to either reconnect power cable or press power button to turn it on. MacBook is constantly connected to power supply. Energy Saver parameters (for Power Adapter) set do not allow MacBook to sleep:

Prevent computer from sleeping... - checked
Turn display off after - Never

I have checked logs and unfortunately I cannot make anything certain out of them. What looks suspicious is this:

Dec  5 09:47:43 mac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.powerd.swd): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 30 seconds.
Dec  5 09:48:13 mac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.powerd.swd): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 30 seconds.
Dec  5 09:48:43 mac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.powerd.swd): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 30 seconds.
Dec  5 09:49:14 mac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.powerd.swd): Service only ran for 1 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 29 seconds.
Dec  5 09:49:45 mac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.powerd.swd): Service only ran for 2 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 28 seconds.
Dec  5 09:50:14 mac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.powerd.swd): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 30 seconds.
Dec  5 09:50:45 mac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.powerd.swd): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 30 seconds.

Which usually occurs around the time the MacBook "starts sleeping" that leads to shutdown (but also scattered in smaller quantities in logs.)

I have already tried resetting the SMC but to no avail.

Does anyone have any ideas?


texts: Can't start any VMs using VMWare Fusion v3 on Mac OS X, nor upgrade to v4

texts:
The flop:  I was running a linux VM under VMware Fusion 3 on my Mac OS X Snow Leopard laptop.  The VM was located on an external hard drive.  The laptop battery died and the system went down.

The turn:  After plugging in the AC adapter and starting up the laptop (WITHOUT the external hard drive plugged in).  Fusion complained about the missing VM file(s), so I closed the VM and Fusion.  I then reinserted the external hard drive and tried to start the VM.  Fusion froze for a couple minutes, then I got an 'internal error' from Fusion.  So I closed Fusion and tried again - same thing.  Then I restarted the laptop - same thing.  Then I tried starting a different VM (located on my laptop's HD) and Fusion froze for a bit and then said "The connection timed out."  I rebooted and tried starting a local VM again - same thing.  So now I can't start ANY VMs...

The river:  After hopelessly searching the Internet for solutions, I decided to upgrade to Fusion 4, to see if that would solve my problem.  Turns out I can't even do that.  When I try using the 'Upgrade from v3 to v4' option in the DMG, I get an error message:  "A virtual machine is running with an older version of VMware Fusion."  Despite the fact that VMware Fusion is NOT running, nor are any VMs (verified by running 'vmrun list' from CLI).

So...what to do, what to do.  Any suggestions?


texts: Disable "natural" scrolling on MacBook with High Sierra

texts:
I've just updated my 2010 MBP to High Sierra, and I'm struggling to turn off the natural scroll feature for the touchpad (I prefer the old fashioned way).

Whenever I look in system preferences, there appears to be nothing relevant when I search for it:

If I try the Mouse or Trackpad sections, it just tells me that neither are connected:

I've also looked under the 'Mouse & Trackpad' section under 'Accessibility' and tried 'Mouse Options', but still no option for it.

Am I doing something wrong?


texts: Are there any applications which integrate with OmniFocus?

texts:
Besides Siri, are there any applications which integrate with OmniFocus.

For example, in my RSS reader or Twitter client, I would love to send items I wish to read later to OmniFocus instead of Instapaper or Readability.


texts: New MBP 13" can't connect to external monitor

texts:
I am trying to connect my oldish LG monitor with DVI port (adapter hdmi to dvi is in monitors end) to my macbook pro 13" (late 2013 haswell model)

and it is pretty weird, macbook recognizes monitors model, I can change resolution, even hertz rate is correct- 59hz, but monitor just says to check cable. Cable is fine, it was working with my windows laptop, it is working with friends windows laptop.

what I have tried, checked all posibilieties that monitor or cable could be damaged, and walked through all settings on mac, can't get it work.


texts: Can't setup reminder or calendar appointment using Siri on Mac

texts:
Any idea why I can't setup a reminder or calendar appointment with Siri on the Mac? When I attempt to setup a reminder I just get her saying "One sec". When I press confirm after telling her to setup an appointment I get "Sorry Scott I can't do that".
Any ideas? Is there something I have to do to get these useful features working?


texts:
I made a mistake and accidentally started downloading iOS 7 on my device.

I didn't notice it until it finished downloading but now it says it needs minimum of 50% charge to start installation.

I do not want to install and and I am concerned of charging my phone as the download might start automatically

Will it install automatically?


texts: Dictionary has to download again every time I log out or restart

texts:
Every time I restart my macbook or I log out of my account, I have to open the Dictionary app and download my dictionaries again to have it working (the three-fingers-tap for word definitions.)

Why is it getting deleted every time after restart and how to make the dictionaries permanent?


texts: Fixing Night Shift incompatibility with external monitors

texts:
If you use an external monitor for your Mac of any shape or size and recently updated to macOS Sierra 10.12.4, chances are you've had some trouble with Night Shift.

Common issues include:

the inability to configure Night Shift from your external monitor
Night Shift being impossible to disable (as a result of the former)
a substantial loss of colour quality (as a result of both of the former happening at once on some connection or screen types, most commonly DVI-D to VGA, DisplayPort, and LCD screens of all kinds.)

How do you get past these issues? Is there a way to enable access to the Night Shift pane on any display?


texts:
I am trying to find a way to get spell checking to play a sound when an error is detected. I don’t mean when an error is “corrected”, but just when one is detected.

A long time ago, you would add a spell checker to your Mac via a third party application. I remember one which made a sound every time it detected an error, which meant that you didn’t have to look at the screen to notice errors.

I don’t think the feature is built into OS X's spelling error correction (why not?). Is there possibly a third part app that will do this simple task?

The following questions hint at the problem:

Is it possible to hack the "Correct spelling automatically" setting in OS X to emit a sound when correcting? & Can I cause auto-correct in Lion to beep and to get a summary of the changes?

but (a) they are more concerned with auto-correct; (b) they are a few years old; and (c) they don’t have a real solution.


texts: How many wifi streams does the Macbook Pro support?

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I'm referring to the Macbook Pro Retina 15-inch (2013) model. I read that it supports three streams, and that it supports both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz.

The question is: does it support three streams on both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz, for a total of 6 streams? If not, how many streams does it support at 2.4Ghz, and how many at 5Ghz?

I'm looking at buying a router, so I want to make sure that the router supports as many streams at each frequency as the Macbook does. Thanks.


texts: opening a new terminal in the /tmp folder exits the new terminal immediately

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when I type this command open -a Terminal . while I am on the /tmp folder, a terminal appears and exits immediately. Before the new terminal gets disappeared, I see this message:

Last login: Wed Aug  2 15:15:32 on ttys006
/tmp ; exit;

It happens only when I am on /tmp, the open -a Terminal . command works for any other location.

Any idea, what's going on? My machine is like this (mac osx sierra):

Darwin macuseer 16.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 16.7.0: Thu Jun 15 17:36:27 PDT 2017; root:xnu-3789.70.16~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64


texts: Why is this specific video on Youtube not playing sound on my Macbook Pro?

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Why isn't this video playing with sound on Youtube on my Macbook Pro?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e1ld1uGpXA

Ya'll are downvoting this post for no reason.

The sound on that SPECIFIC video does not work. All other videos seem to have sound, just not that one. I have tried opening this video in all browsers on my Macbook Pro (mid 2014), but it doesn't work on any of my browsers. The browsers I have are Chrome, Safari, Microsoft Edge, and FireFox. I tried opening that video in Incognito mode/private browsing and it still doesn't have sound.

Here's a video I recorded and uploaded to Youtube showing my issue:

https://youtu.be/tdjaezqizgU


texts: How to create a read-only RAM disk on macOS from the command line?

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On macOS Catalina, a RAM disk with 512MB space can be created with the following command:

diskutil eraseVolume HFS+ "RAMDisk" `hdiutil attach -nomount ram://1048576`

On Ubuntu, a RAM disk and its read-only shadow can be created by:

mount -t tmpfs -o size=512m tmpfs /mnt/ramdisk
mount -t aufs -o br:/mnt/ramdisk=ro none /mnt/readonly

So how can I create a read-only RAM disk on macOS Catalina with command line like this, or create a read-only shadow of existing RAM disk?


texts: Starting from March 2019, is it necessary to build all existing apps using iOS 12 SDK and Xcode 10 for it to work on iOS 12 devices?

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This is what the apple developer website says.

  Starting March 2019, all new apps and app updates for iPhone, including universal apps, will need to be built with the iOS 12 SDK and support iPhone XS Max. All new apps and app updates for Apple Watch will need to be built with the watchOS 5 SDK and support Apple Watch Series 4

Does it mean that even the apps already available on Apple App Store needs to be resubmitted with iOS 12 SDK build for it to work on iOS 12 devices starting march 2019?

And what about enterprise apps that are distributed as .ipa files? Will this also need to be rebuilt with iOS 12 SDK for it to work on iOS 12 devices?


texts: IPhone 5 enquiry, all help gratefully received!

texts: We want to hand an iPhone 5 on to our granddaughter, but want to make sure that her enquiring mind won't find anything in the phone that she shouldn't. Credit card, bank account details etc. if we erase all settings will that clean the phone but leave the sim unaffected?


texts: Can a brand-new iPhone be stored in its box long-term?

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I purchased an iPhone SE last year but still haven’t opened it. Is it safe to leave an iPhone unopened in its box long-term (at room temperature if that makes a difference) without any negative consequences?

From what I understand, the question

Before putting an iPhone5 into very long-term storage should I fully drain battery

discusses about an iPhone that has already been used (and the inquiry is about placing it in long-term storage), whereas mine is asking about a brand-new iPhone.


texts: Can I use the macOS Photos app to mirror photos from an iPhone?

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I don't use Photos for anything other than showing photos taken on my iPhone, so I'd like the library on the macOS side to perfectly mirror what's shown on my device.

Right now, photos sync from iPhone to the Photos app, and the My Photo Stream view seems to remain current. But if I delete a photo from my phone, it still remains in the library on the Mac side. I'd really like for it to be gone, without having to delete it twice.

Is this possible, without using iCloud?


texts: Why can't I download apps on my MacBook Air?

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I recently got a MacBook Air and every time I try to download an app from the Mac App Store, a message box appears saying: We could not complete your purchase. (null) can't be installed on "Macintosh HD" because OX X version 10.12 or later is required. And I look at the Updates tab and there are no updates available. I am certain my MacBook is up to date so why can't I download anything?

Edit: My Macbook is OS X Version 10.8.5


texts: In which file Terminal.app stores its windows?

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Usually after reboot/crash all Terminal windows are re-open automatically, this time they weren't.

Where (which folder/file) Terminal.app stores the session/information about its windows which suppose to be re-open?


texts: my wife just got an iphone 3GS. we both have apple IDs, but her iTunes on her iPhone shows my username

texts: my wife just got an iphone 3GS. we both have apple IDs and use a macbook together, but her iTunes on her iPhone shows my username and the credit amount that I have. When buying a song or an app, my user account info pops up. How can we have her username and log in information appear on her iPhone?


texts: No option to share internet connection with computers using wifi

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I'm trying to setup a hotspot from my macbook. From Settings -> Sharing, when I try select Internet Sharing from my WiFi connection, there is no option to share with other computers using WiFi.
I'm running macOS High Sierra 10.13.3