texts: Does iPad still use its battery when it is connected and fully charged?

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I use my iPad on my desk with a stand everyday and it is connected to usb cable, which also charges iPad. It usually stays at 100% charge since my cable is connected.

In this case...does my iPad still use the battery? Does it still decrease lifespan of my iPad battery?


texts: mouse move wakes up sleeping mac.. how to prevent?

texts: When the cleaning man has been by my desk then my computer wakes up from sleep. How can I make it insensitive to mouse movements?


texts: How do I duplicate Apple Configurator profiles?

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I've been working with Apple Configurator in its various versions (now 1.2.1) since its introduction and it is a powerful tool to manage and supervise iPads & other iOS devices.

One glaring omission is the inability to duplicate an existing profile in order to make small changes and save as a new profile. Without this function, one must create a new profile and recreate all the settings. With complicated profiles this becomes a tedious and potentially error-prone exercise. One cannot simply export the profile, rename the file in the Finder and re-import: it merely replaces the original because the original profile's name is coded into the XML, and I can't figure out what to change in the XML code to get this working, if that is indeed what must be done.

The iPhone Configuration Utility (latest v3.5) has the function I need, but it cannot process new iOS 6 configuration details and strips them out when imported.

Has anybody figured out how to duplicate profiles?


texts: Can iMessages be deleted permanently or at least kept either on a phone or a computer, but not both?

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I would like to stop messages on my Mac from loading up all the messages I have on my iPhone when I plug it in.

Scenario: receive 10 iMessages on my iPhone during the day. I then delete them. So messages inbox on iPhone is empty.

I then plug phone into MacBook Air at the end of the day. When I open messages on the Air, and all messages load up, even though the ones that were deleted on my iPhone.

How do I stop this from happening?

I would like my iPhone messages to stay on my iPhone only, and my computer messages to stay on my Mac only.


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I'm running macOS 10.13 on a MacBook. Users & Groups show me one Current User and a deactivated Guest User:

but on the boot screen another user shows up, that I had added and removed a few weeks ago:

Tried to add a user and that won't show up on the boot screen. How do I refresh that?

I'd also like to remove the "Disk Password" option to just have the user and password field directly open, without the need to click on it first.


texts: How to troubleshoot WLAN WPA2/WPA not working after updating to OSX 10.8.4?

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I've tried to update my macbook pro to osx 10.8.4. While my macbook rebooted, it said, that the update failed. After this failed update, my Mac will no longer connect to my TL-WR841N router.

I clicked the OK button and waited until it completely started. Then I tried to connect to my wlan (with no success). I got a "Connection timeout.". So I disabled/re-enabled my wlan, removed the wlan interface in the network panel, rebooted my macbook, added the network panel and got rid of the connection timeout. But it wasn't working: I got the error, that I couldn't connect to this network. I tried a lot: Repaired the access privileges in the utility program, changed my location in the network panel. I also reseted my router, but this was not the problem, because I could connect to it with my iphone without problems.

Then I discovered that I can connect to every network that has no encryption or has WEP encryption. I changed my wlan security settings in my router to "NO" and "WEP" (just for testing) and I could connect. But when I change it to WPA or WPA2 I can not connect (Yes, the password is right)..

What can I do now? How can I solve that? OSX 10.8.4 log says that it improves some points concerning wlan, so I think it has something to do with that. However beside the wlan my macbook is working great and (in contrast to the error message when updating), the "About Mac" panel says OSX 10.8.4.


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They open like power-points in Powerpoint with animations. I would like to maintain the animations. There are just a few mistakes that I would like to correct in the body.

How can you edit .pps files and maintain the animations of the presentation?


texts: How can I empty the trash with old backups in it?

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Since my backup disk is full, I wanted to delete old backups to free space. Since I didn't figure out how to do it on TimeMachine itself properly, I selected all the folders with backups on the TimeMachine disk and put them in the trash.

Now, however, I can't empty the trash/ delete those items. Whenever I try, it shows that "Library is in Use", even when I close all tabs and applications.

How can I empty the trash and really delete those old backups so the space on my backup disk is free?


texts: How to get MacBook Leopard installation disks?

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We bought this computer second hand without the disks. Some of the applications were accidentally removed. The trash was emptied before realizing they were in there.

We are trying to find someone with the disks to recover what was lost.

Where to find the installation disks or if we can use other disks that are more available?


texts: How do I import photos from my iPhone when using iPhoto in full screen mode on Lion?

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In non-full screen mode your iPhone shows up in the left side bar under the 'Devices' area. In full screen mode there is no left side bar. I tried File -> Import to Library... but there's no iPhone listed in the Finder window that opens up.

How do you import photos from your iPhone when iPhoto is running in full screen mode on Lion?


texts: How to enable search when using Emoji keyboard on iPhone?

texts: I would like to search for Emojis using text when using an Emoji keyboard on iPhone. I have seen some people using this (also, I guess WhatsApp keyboard supports it?), and was wondering how to enable this, does anyone have a clue?


texts: Extend wireless network with Airport Express or Extreme?

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I know (or think I know) that both devices can do this.

Basically I have the ISP provided router, which has wifi, but it doesn't work well. That gives wifi to most of the house, and then on the other side, I have an airport extreme that then hooks up to an xbox, ps3, etc, and provides wireless to the other side of house.

I want to replace the ISP wifi (well, turn off the wifi on the ISP router) with an Apple Base Station, to better extend the network. I would purchase either an extreme or express, and plug it into the router, and disable wifi on the router.

Is there a benefit to using one or the other? Can an Express have a Hard Drive attached to it for TimeMachine? Can an Extreme extend a dual band network from another extreme?

Update: I already have one extreme, and very use to the software. Just wondering if it would be better to get another extreme to extend the network, or just an express. The extreme runs dual band, has a HDD connected. Its mostly in a bridge mode, the ISP router still handles DHCP, etc. Just want to disable wifi on the router, and add a second base station.


texts: Apple Watch won't unlock MacBook Pro unless watch is restarted

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My issue is unlocking my Mac with the Apple Watch feature.
I've read where turning off the watch and phone will then in turn allow me to unlock my Mac.  This works, the problem is, I have to do this every single day.  Since enabling this feature, I haven't gone two days in a row without having to restart my watch/phone to be able to use this feature.  Once I do this, the feature works great all day.  But it's very frustrating to have to do this on a daily basis.

Note: I turn my Mac off at night and turn in on in the morning at work.
Anyone else having this same problem, or know of a fix?

Apple Watch OS: 3.1(14S471) 1st Gen watch
iPhone OS: 10.2(14C92) iPhone 5s
Macbook Pro OS: macOS Sierra 10.12.1 15-inch late 2013


texts: How to get push notifications for a user tweets on Twitter for iPhone on iOS 7

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I can change the twitter setting on iOS 6, but in the latest version of Twitter on iOS 7, there is no "Turn on notification" button in the user's setting.

How can I set this?

This is how to on iOS 6
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Push-Notifications-for-a-Users-Tweets-on-Twitter-for-iPhone


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I need to completely disable the S key, as my keyboard keeps pressing (and spamming) it without any user input and it's very annoying while coding. I need to completely ignore it (but allow external keyboards to input it).

Please help.


texts: This application requires iOS XX.x or later

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Ages ago, if I tried to install an app on an older version of iOS, it would alert you and allow you to install the last release of the app for the iOS you are on.

But when I tried again today at work to install Excel on a iOS 10 device I got, "This application requires iOS 11.x or later".

I know for a fact that Excel for iOS was available on iOS 10. Why is it not installing the older version applicable to iOS 10? Is there some quick and easy trick to make it do it? If not I'll have to tell management to get new iPad which they will not be happy about.

PS: I am familiar with the hacky way to force installation of older versions.


texts: 2011 iMac (high-end) taken apart, how to reassemble?

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Well, this is awkward.

I set about disassembling my iMac in attempt to fix a problem, and the problem is fixed, but now I'm not quite sure how to put it back together.

Does anyone know where I can find a guide on how to put it back together?

Do you think Apple repairs (store & authorized dealers) will take my iMac and put it back together if I asked them to? (Out of my pocket of course, my warranty expired)


texts: icdd process consuming substantial memory on macOS

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In the past week or so the process 'icdd' has been starting from time to time and when it does it consumes massive amount of RAM (upwards of 7 GB). When this happens, my MacBook Pro essentially becomes non-functional until I can open the Activity Monitor and force-kill the process.

I've attached a screenshot of the activity monitor showing icdd using over 7GB of RAM and making the memory pressure skyrocket.

Does anyone know what this process is or how I can prevent this issue from occurring every 30 minutes or so?


texts: Sync Photostreams from different Apple ID's to the same PC

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I've got a great setup when it comes to backing up the photos I take with my iPhone.  They are synced to iCloud with Photostream, and then iCloud pushes them down to my PC.  My PC runs a job in the middle of the night to backup this folder offsite, and all of this requires very little maintenance or thought.

However, we recently got an iPad for my wife and I'd like to add her Photostream into the mix.  I want Photostreams from both devices to end up on my PC eventually so they can be backed up.  The part I have not figured out yet is how to push Photostreams from two separate iCloud accounts to the same PC.  We use the same account for App Store purchases, but we have different accounts for everything else and we'd like to keep it that way.  Does anyone have any thoughts?


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I have inherited an iphone as my work phone, the user previously set the restrictions PIN number and I have no idea what it could be and therefore cannot change and delete his apps
Any body got any ideas.


texts: Is there a Mac-native equivalent of xvfb for running on a headless Mac server?

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I'm attempting to automate some tests of a GUI application on a headless Mac.

I'm able to run theses tests from the terminal on a desktop Mac, and there's no issues and they run as expected (without popping up a window). However, when I attempt to run them on a headless server, I'm not able to get them to work. They error out with issues related to getting a display. (Specifically, CGLChoosePixelFormat() is returning an error.)

For our Linux platform tests, we've had similar issues, and can solve that by using xvfb to create a "virtual" display.

Looking around, it does seems like it is possible to use xvfb itself on Mac ... if you install a whole X display subsystem first. This seems rather suboptimal to me. Ideally, I'd like to test on Mac using the same display system a regular Mac uses, not a different, testing-only display system.

Is there an equivalent to xvfb for the native Mac display? That is, is there a way to launch a "virtual" display on a headless Mac server?


texts: I buy quite a few apps on my iPhone, but as of late I am noticing a weird issue: any app that cost money, 'times out' after a few days use. 'Timed out' apps don't appear on my iTunes purchases history, and I am forced to buy them again(?) and re-download them before I can use them again. When the app 'times out', the icon remains, but the app immediately exits when pressing on the icon. It seems as though my iPhone may have lost the connection to the store somehow? Any ideas?


texts: How can I get the exact URLs/requests that a program is trying to connect to?

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I currently use Little Snitch to control network traffic on my Macbook Pro, and see what my apps are connecting to.

Unfortunately, Little Snitch only shows you the hostname that an app is connecting to. Is there a tool which will show you the full URL of the requests that apps are making? Even better if you can view the headers.


texts: Is it possible to remap Command-N in Catalina's Safari?

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I used to remap Command-N in Yosemite's Safari to New Private Window, but Catalina's Safari doesn't seem to allow this.

Has anybody figured out the voodoo to get this to work? Thanks


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I realized yesterday that I could not see authentification pages of some WIFI. I'm running High Sierra 10.13.

Apparently to solve this issue I have to go to Keychain Access > Preferences > Certificates => disable OCSP and CRL.

The problem is that "Certificates" panel doesn't exist anymore.

Some people said that I had to find an old version of keychain.menu (TimeMachine's backup) but I don't have an old backup.

Could someone please update their old version of keychain.menu or help me one way or another to disable OCSP and CRL?

Thank you very much


texts:
I'm trying to install OS X Mavericks in VirtualBox on Windows 8.1. I have VirtualBox installed and the VM set up, but I need an ISO file to install the operating system.

I've searched around and found one result one a website I hadn't heard of, but Google Chrome flagged it as malware. I found a file on CNet, but it's an upgrade file for machines that are running an earlier version of OS X.

Is there an official source for downloading OS X ISO files? If not, is it possible to get the required ISO file without already having access to OS X?


texts: Is there a capability difference between 3D Touch and Force Touch?

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Wired claims that there is a difference because 3D Touch can detect levels of pressure, but in my experience Force Touch can as well.

For example, pressing the fast forward button in QuickTime with more or less force will switch between 2x, 4x, 8x etc. speed.

Is there any capability difference between the two haptic/Taptic features?


texts: MacBook pro retina 15" mid 2015 - two monitors 4k@60Hz

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I'm considering to buy the above mentioned MacBook with the Intel Iris Pro Graphics and without the additional AMD graphic card.

Now my question is whether this configuration supports connecting two external monitors with 4k resolution @60 HZ or not. Moreover SST or MST support will be helpful, too.
I'm thankful for every source link provided.


texts: I currently have the new MacBook Pro connected to a external monitor, USB keyboard, and a USB mouse. I set it to sleep every night but it wakes up with the slightest touch/activity on the mouse or keyboard. I also own two cats who walk all over my table, thus waking my MacBook Pro in the middle of the night from sleep. Is there a way I can set a keyboard shortcut to wake my MacBook Pro from sleep rather than any keystroke doing so?


texts: How to disable Incognito mode in Chrome?

texts: For Mac OS X, how do you disable Incognito mode in Chrome? The desired result simply being that the user cannot browse in Incognito mode, even if they know the keyboard shortcut or something similar.


texts: How to restore a time machine backup of a USB drive to a new USB drive?

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One of my external USB disks died. I want to restore the time machine backup to a new (bigger) external USB disk.

I could just copy the latest backup to the new disk, but I want to keep the backup history, so that time machine uses the new disk as a replacement for the old disk (with all the backup history).


texts: "Keep in dock" option missing for a specific app

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Am trying to get rid of this app from my dock, I've tried the following commands but nothing worked:
defaults delete com.apple.Dock contents-immutable && killall -HUP Dock
defaults delete com.apple.dock; killall Dock
defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array
defaults write com.apple.dock show-recents -bool no
defaults write com.apple.dock recent-apps -array # intentionally empty

Below is a screenshot from my dock:

EDIT:
The app am trying to remove is called "The Mac Hub". It is sold under the brand jamf.


texts: how to use terminal to remove item from dock

texts: Hi I have a shell script in my login item , which runs whenever i log in to my system . It does work completely but once it exits the terminal , it leaves the terminal shortcut on my dock and I don't want that I want my dock to be clean and want only my required application in it.Is there any command which I can keep at the end of my script so that once the script executes completely it also remove terminal from my dock.


texts: Programs take a long time to load after startup

texts: After turning on my computer, logging in, and waiting for the desktop to load, I try to start a program. It takes a really long time to load, no matter which program I try. After about a minute of the icon bouncing stupidly up and down it finally opens. From then on programs start much more quickly. Why is that?


texts: How to determine where the localhost:8080 source and server are located

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I am running Mavericks OS currently on my iMac. It has been a while since I set up a web server on my iMac. I went to my Firefox browser and went to localhost:8080 and it returns a simple string "SUCCESS". How can I determine what server is responsible for this and where the source file is located? I have searched multiple locations and can't find it's location. I have looked at /etc/apache2/sites/...conf file and it shows /Users/(me)/Sites but the index.html located there is not what I'm seeing. I would expect that to be on port 80 anyway and it won't load, suggesting that the apache server were running, which I'm pretty sure is not, based on  the Activity Monitor.

I don't recall how the server was started. I have been dabbling with nodejs but not sure which project is involved with this. Is there a way to track this down and control the server and the webroot code located there?


texts: Mystery OS X Install program keeps running

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I am regularly getting an error message from a program that purports to be an OS X Install program.  I have no idea how this is starting, or where it is from, but it appears after reboots too, and I don't like it.  I'm running the El Capitan 10.11 Beta (15A278b), so there is a possibility it's connected to that.

After trying to update some other apps from the MAS, I get an error message which indicates it's a Yosemite Beta Installer.

Anyone know where this can come from, and how I can stop it?


texts: Hard drive unmounted and missing then back?

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I have a 15" 2011 MBP with the OWC data doubler (a generic version).  In my primary drive position (the spot where the factory HDD was) I have an OCZ-VERTEX 3.  In the data doubler (the spot where the factory DVD drive was) I have the factory HDD (500 GB Hitachi).

The other day, I opened my MBP resuming from sleep and the OS told me a drive had been unmounted unexpectedly (or something like that).  The first thing I did was open finder and I saw that the factory drive's mount was missing.  I checked in the System Profiler under Serial-ATA and the drive didn't show up.

I rebooted a couple times and it the mount point never came back.  I was traveling at the time, so I guessed the SATA connector came off and that I'd have to open the case when I got home.  I got home, booted up and the drive was back, the mount point was there and so was all of my data.

As far as I can tell, the Mac doesn't know there was ever a problem.  I've done a little poking around in the logs and I can't find anything indicating what happened.  The drive's smart status says verified...

These are the only possibly relevant log entries I've found:

7/5/11 1:07:27 AM   fseventsd[49]   event logs in /Volumes/Storage/.fseventsd out of sync with volume.  destroying old logs. (375382 2 375384)

7/5/11 1:07:27 AM   fseventsd[49]   log dir: /Volumes/Storage/.fseventsd getting new uuid: A4E5301E-C2AE-482A-B3AE-7553D58CCFFA

I found the device is 'disk0s2' and found these log entries for that:

7/4/11 9:54:47 PM   kernel  BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2

7/5/11 1:07:26 AM   kernel  jnl: disk0s2: replay_journal: from: 13338112 to: 14224384 (joffset 0xe8e000)

7/5/11 1:07:26 AM   kernel  jnl: disk0s2: journal replay done.

Perhaps it was just a glitch I shouldn't really worry about, but I'd like to know as much as possible about what happened.

What sort of post-mortem diagnostics should I be doing to find out what happened?


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I'm now using Big Sur Beta 11 I can't set a folder to make wallpaper through system preference. Are there any way to set wallpaper folder without using system preference?
I've tried this:
tell application "System Events"
    -- RANDOM ROTATION OF A FOLDER OF IMAGES
    tell current desktop
        set picture rotation to 1 -- (0=off, 1=interval, 2=login, 3=sleep)
        set random order to true
        set pictures folder to file "/Users/mankuang/Desktop/ManKuang/wallpaper"
        set change interval to 5.0 -- seconds
    end tell
end tell

but there is an error message:
結果： error "「System Events」發生錯誤：無法將「file \"/Users/mankuang/Desktop/ManKuang/wallpaper\" of current desktop」設定成「file \"/Users/mankuang/Desktop/ManKuang/wallpaper\" of current desktop」。" number -10006 from file "/Users/mankuang/Desktop/ManKuang/wallpaper" of current desktop


texts: How to edit .imovielibrary extension as project?

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On iMovie 10.1.6 for Macbook Pro High Sierra 10.13.6— I'm trying to edit a project/clip which has been autosaved by iMovie with a .imovielibrary extension.

When I try to open it to edit in iMovie, it shows me the saved movie clip in My Media and allows me to drag to panel below. Doing so seems to have saved none of the transitions, overlaid music, etc necessary to make additional edits. Checking My Movie above in Project Media is the same story.

Question: How can I recover / open the video clip with the transitions, overlays, etc so I can begin where I left off?

Then I thought I should click on All Events then drag them onto the library clip but it won't let me drag or otherwise add the events:

Originally I thought I may have lost them, so I checked in the cached folder and it's the same deal here (no editable "project" files):

~/Users/me/Library/Containers/com.apple.iMovieApp/Data/Library/Caches/iMovie Backups.localized


texts: Battery performance on iPad in sidecar mode

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I'm thinking of getting an iPad as a second display using the sidecar feature.
Assuming the display be always on in sidecar mode and it's always plugged in to charge, would the iPad using its battery while it's charging? Or will it be drawing power from the outlet?
I'm wondering about battery performance (cycles) since the device would be on most of the day and it would need to charged often.


texts: MacBook Pro 15" 2015 CPU throttles down to 0.8 GHz

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My MPB has had this problem for years every time the ambient temperature gets a bit warmer. It starts in the spring and gets ridiculous during the summer.

The MBP clocks down its processor to 0.8 GHz, making it pretty much unusable. This happens as soon as some process-demanding apps (like NodeJS or Unity) are running on the machine.

However, the CPU temperature is just fine, between 60 and 80 degrees Celsius. It doesn't look like a thermal problem. Thus, I don't understand why this happens?

I tried every hint I found on the internet, including resetting SMC and NRAM, I even re-installed macOS.

Because this has happened from day one, I have been at the Apple Store many times, and the MBP now has its 4th logic board (!) Still, the problem remains.

What else might cause this strange phenomenon? I'm at a loss!


texts: How to know if the MacBook Pro is having dual core or Quad core?

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What do dual or quad core mean and how do I know which one I have in the Mac.

In the hardware info I see the processor name "6-Core Intel Core i7". But I expected Quad core means only 4?


texts: dragging browser tabs to new window moves old window

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Happens periodically with chrome, not sure about other browsers.

If I have a window with multiple tabs and drag one of them either to create a new window or place it in another, usually to my other monitor, the original window gets moved as well, typically about half of the distance.

This just started happening out of now where, the only thing that has changed on my computer recently was I reinstalled chrome after having flash issues with video.


texts: What would I lose if I needed to reinstall from a Time Machine backup?

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Is there a list somewhere of the areas of the hard drive that aren't backed up by Time Machine? And does reinstalling from Time Machine install everything from the backup or just parts of it?

I like to tweak things a lot, like customizing the system Apache server and installing stuff into /usr/local (Max Howell's Homebrew, for instance), so I'd like to double check what areas I might lose if I needed to reinstall from a Time Machine backup (whole disk image backups seem a bit overboard for my tastes).


texts: How to I go from .flac to .mp3 using LAME & FLAC using the Terminal alone?

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For a long time I've been using a relative clunky technique which involves Audacity with a LAME plugin. This is fine I guess, but the appeal of the Terminal approach is I can be a little finer grained with my [options] and perhaps use more up-to-date binaries.

Furthermore, my MacBook is ageing a little now and if I can get rid of an unnecessary GUI, all the better.

Thanks in advance.


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I have used Boot Camp to create a bootable usb of Windows 7. But when I hold Option to select the drive all I get is my Mac OS and the restore drive or whatever it is.

Shouldn't Boot Camp create the USB to be bootable? Am I doing something wrong?


texts: How to remove top and bottom lines from a file using sed, awk, etc. in 1 step

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I want to chop the top 13 and the last 6 lines from a file

There are several answers on unix/linux but they aren't working for me as the sed options used aren't available on osx, tac isn't available, etc.
Si I am posting here for a q&a that is specific to osx

Right now I am using

$ cat myfile | tail -n+14 | sed '$d' | sed '$d' | sed '$d' | sed '$d' | sed '$d' | sed '$d'

but am looking for a shorter '1 step at the end' way.


texts: AirPlay video from retina MacBook Pro to Apple TV often doesn't send audio

texts: I use my retina MacBook Pro to stream some videos from the web and play them, via AirPlay, on my Apple TV 3. Every now and then, when I switch to AirPlay, the video goes to the Apple TV, but the sound continues to come from the MacBook Pro. The only way to get it to work correctly is to restart the computer. I've tried the Sound preferences, but choosing the Apple TV there still doesn't send the sound to the device. Any thoughts on what may be happening?


texts: Setting preference for com.apple.loginwindow to disable auto login in managed system

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I was setting disable autologin manually using the following command
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow DisableFDEAutoLogin -bool YES.
However, it didn’t read this new attribute so the login still perform the autologin after FileVault unlock.
I believe that when MDM software is installed like JAMF, than loginwindow load its configuration from a different plist file, any idea how to find this file ?
The motivation behind this request is to be able to try another 3rd party login plugin on a managed machine.
The client that uses this machine for POC doesn’t have access to the MDM console so I wish to override them in that specific machine.
P.S. I also looking for any indication from command line (so I can use it in scripts) to check if the setup is managed by MDM or not.
thanks !


texts: Booting from a previously cloned Windows 10 installation

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I have a cloned drive as a backup and my computer is stolen.
This computer was probably MacBookPro 11,2.

Now i have an old MacBookPro 6,2, i installed my backup drive as an internal drive to this one.

I can boot to my old OSX Sierra and happy about it.

The second partition has a Windows 10 installation in it.
I can't see this partition in option-boot screen.
I can reach my Windows 10 partition from OSX.

How can i install or modify the necessary software to make this partition bootable again?
I know i need the drivers for this particular computer and i have downloaded them from boot camp.
If i can boot to my partition i install them and continue using my old operating windows, am i right?

Thank you.


texts: Automatically backup JailBreak iPhone DCIM photo directory

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Hi I heard that you can write cron job into plist and put it to JB iPhone /Library/LaunchDaemons folder in plist format

I would like to backup the photo folder every 300 seconds, so I put a com.backup.plist like this into /Library/LaunchDaemons folder

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>

    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.backup</string>

    <key>Program</key>
    <string>/bin/cp</string>

    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>-u</string>
        <string>/private/var/mobile/Media/DCIM/100APPLE/*.*</string>
        <string>/private/var/backup</string>
    </array>

    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>300</integer>

</dict>
</plist>

I have created a folder of /private/var/backup with access right of 777 mobile:mobile

I rebooted the iPhone, however, the script just doesn't work

Does the failure refer to the "cp" command access right?
or should I change the /private/var/backup folder access right to something else?

btw I'm running iOS 4.3.3 Jailbreak iPhone 4

Many thanks for reading


texts: How to add Folder Actions in Mountain Lion

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I'm trying to add an Apple Script to my Download directory. From what I read on the Internet I need to copy the script to Macintosh HD -> Libraries -> Scripts -> Folder Action Scripts - however, I don't see this directory on ML, what should I do?

Thanks.


texts: Keep iTunes movies and TV shows on iPad for offline viewing?

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When I purchase a TV show or movie on my iPad from the iTunes Store it goes directly to the cloud. I want it to stay on my iPad so I can watch it on the plane in offline mode. I checked and I do have 2 GB of space available.

How do I download the content to my iPad?


texts: Using TextMate, is there a hotkey to move the cursor out of the quotations?

texts: Using TextMate, I noticed when you open a new set of quotations, the ending quotation is automatically created and wraps what you are going to type. Let's say I am finished typing my string literal, and now my cursor in the position right before the ending quotation. I still need to write other things after the ending quotation. For example, I may be writing a parameter for a function, and the function has a few more parameters. I know CMD + ENTER goes to the next line, and I know CMD + SHIFT + ENTER ends the current line with a semi-colon and then moves the cursor to the next line. Is there a similar natured hotkey that moves the cursor to the position after the ending quotation? I understand that I can just press ' and then SPACE, and that I can use the arrow keys, but I want to know if there is a hotkey with similar a similar nature. Also, for future reference, I feel like I can never find all these hotkeys that I maybe look for. Where am I supposed to look?


texts: Global shortcut for New Mail in Thunderbird

texts: I would like to have a global shortcut key to send a new message using Thunderbird in Mac OS. How can I do this?


texts: xterm commands (ls, cd, ...) unable to access Desktop, Documents after updating to Catalina

texts: I have been using the beta versions of Catalina, and mostly have not had any problems.  However, I often run XQuartz and use several xterms.  These are run from TWM.  Before Catalina I would be able to run ls, cd, vi, and other shell commands from within an xterm, even on the Desktop and Documents folder.  I have added XQuartz to the list of apps for Full Disk Access in the Preferences.  That doesn't fix the problem.  I have also given /opt/X11/bin/xterm Full Disk Access, but that doesn't fix it either.  Can anyone suggest what I might do to give the xterm commands permission to access these folders?  Thank you.


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I am currently running Mountain Lion and have Safari 6.2. I need to upgrade Safari to version 7 to run some tests for a particular application. However, in order to upgrade Safari I need to upgrade to Mavericks.

Unfortunately, that is easier said than done since Yosemite just came out. I did some checking and found that Yosemite is running Safari 8, which will not work for the tests I need to run.

Are any of the following options possible?

Get Safari installed on Mountain Lion
Upgrade from Mountain Lion to Mavericks
Upgrade to Yosemite and then downgrade Safari to version 7

Update:
I do need it to actually be Safari 7 for my tests. Is there any (non-shady) website that I can still get Mavericks from?


texts: Monitoring and disconnecting users from an AirPort Extreme

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Does anyone know a simple way to monitor who is connected to an AirPort Extreme, see the bandwidth they are using, and the ability to disconnect them or throttle their bandwidth usage?

I know for disconnecting two options would be
1. updating wifi password and restarting the AirPort Extreme
2. setting a limit by MAC address

but I am looking for something that wouldn't involve restarting the AirPort each time.


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I want to setup a two-monitor environment for me and my MBP15 Late 2011. I already have an external monitor (Dell) and I want to buy another one and somehow link them together.

I heard about thunderbolt splitters.
If anyone ever done this please provide me with options and how to carry this out.


texts: MacBook Air 2020 multiport not working properly

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The problem: One of the USB-C port of my multiport is not wokring, all others are working fine.
In detail:
The multiport has two USBC sockets, SD and micro-SD card reader and 2 "normal" USB (I think version 3.0) sockets. One of the USB-C ports does not work, but all other sockets do. I need at least one USB-C for an external display and the other to charge the MacBook Air from time to time, but since I cannot use both I need to disconnect the display to charge the notebook.
What I've tried:
The display and charging works fine on the one USB-C socket and also no problems if connected directly (I need the multiport also for the USB ports, that's why I still need it...)
The multiport should be working fine as I tried another one (same type) because the first did not work.
Is there any updates to do or driver problems I have to solve? I am not so experienced in this kind of field.


texts: Command + C does not always work from the first try in Microsoft Word (Office 2011)

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I have no idea why COMMAND + C doesn't always register from the first time. I sometimes try to copy something off Word, but I have to press COMMAND + C more than once for it to register, otherwise COMMAND + C just prints what was copied in clipboard before. This becomes very irritating.

However I realised that if I press COMMAND then pause for a second, THEN press C, the command always registers.

EDIT

I noticed that when I select any text in word, it takes about a second for the Cut and Copy buttons to be highlighted (otherwise they're greyed out). And THIS has direct effect on this problem. Only when they are not greyed out anymore can I copy and paste using keyboard shortcuts correctly.

What is happening ?


texts: I was trying to use VIM and it kept blinking "recording" all the time. Now I know that it means VIM was recording what I was typing. Where does it keep these recordings? I would like to delete these.


texts: HDMI passing sound but no picture from MacBook Pro

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My HDMI is not working as usual. I can hear the correct sound, but no picture. I believe the last software update may have been the cause. I have attached a friend's MacBook Pro and the HDMI works correctly.

I am running a 2015 MacBook Pro with macOS 10.12.4.


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I have a 2010 Macbook Pro with a MagSafe T Power adapter.

The power adapter makes a buzzing/hissing/fuzzy noise when it is plugged into the wall.

When it is plugged into my mac, my light turns green for about a second, then orange for 5-10 seconds, and then no charge.

I am not sure if the problem is my Macbook Pro battery, or my adapter?

How can I diagnose/troubleshoot, and what are the best recommendations?


texts: No sound from mac, how to find the problem?

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Good day, I have Macbook Pro 2012 with el Capitan 10.11.3.

The problem - no sound from my mac.

I have listen the music, after that I decide to insert headphones, when I'm taking out the headphones sound from Mac disappeared and there is red light from audio jack. Between that I have made an update from 10.11 to 10.11.3, maybe the problem is with that?

There was not any sound from my mac on startup, but when I have use disk utility repair the sound on startup appears..

How can I diagnose myself where is the problem and fix it ?


texts: Accessing an MCU via minicom but it keeps saying Resource Busy

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I am accessing a micontroller that's running linux off the SD card and is connected to my Mac via USB cable, but when I try to access it serially via minicom, it errors out:
minicom: cannot open /dev/disk3: Resource busy

How do you know what application is using this disk? I tried using lsof but not sure if I find something that's using disk3. What am I missing?


texts: How do I completely disable HTML5 Video playback on Safari?

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I am so sick & tired of HTML5 videos, that I just want to completely disable them. I don't want em playing at all. Even if I click on them or whatever.
I found this extension for Chrome, which does the trick. Looking for something like this on Safari
PS: I did try converting this extension, but the resulting extension while appearing to work, is unable to actually block videos


texts: I need help "quitting mail" on my Apple computer

texts: After I tried to use links in some websites, my Apple computer will not send the emails to those links nor will it allow me to quit mail. Since I cannot quit mail, I cannot get updates because the mail program interrupts the updates.  What do I need to do?


texts:
I'm used to using Ditto on windows, and need something similar on my mac mini.

Any Suggestions?


texts: Is there a shortcut to connect Bluetooth headphones on iOS?

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Every time I want to use my Bluetooth headphones with my iPhone (iOS 12) I have to open Settings, tap Bluetooth, then select the device.
Is there a way to connect with less friction?


texts: Cannot seem to install VMware vCSA 6.7 cert on macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra

texts: Trying to install the web certificate for my vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA 6.7) on my Mac Mini (running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6). I download the cert.0 file, change the extension to .crt and double-click the file, Keychain Access opens...but then nothing. The cert does not get installed. This is exactly how I've always installed the cert on machines before. Where could be going wrong here?


texts: iPhone/iPad battery charging/discharging cycle

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Apple recommends at least one charge cycle (charge to 100% and then running it down completely) per month.

Then, is it OK to charge iPad/iPhone all the time as long as I have charge cycle per month? Or, do I have to refrain from recharging iPad/iPhone until it's completely discharged?


texts: Is there an iPhone app that will pop a message on another device?

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Is there an iPhone app that will let me pop up a message on another device (iPad / iPhone / iPod)?

For example I would have the app running on both devices and from my iPhone type "come upstairs" and it would pop up a message on the receiving device that shows "come upstairs"


texts: Quick switching to maximized application on Lion

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I used to use spaces for quick switching between applications (I had a space with a browser, another with a terminal and yet another with an editor). For spaces I could have a keyboard shortcut. This way, I had a quick way to switch using a keyboard shortcut.

Lion introduced maximized applications. I find this a great feature, however, after maximization the application it is on its own space for which I do not know how to define a keyboard shortcut.

Could you give me a hint how to quickly, using a keyboard shortcut, access a maximized application on Lion?

Thank you!


texts: Installed GarageBand Jam Pack 2 Remix Tools but can't find it

texts: The installer installed it to my hard drive but I don't see an icon that I'm supposed to click on to access it.  Can anyone help me understand this


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I updated to the latest iOS today and I heard there is a new version for Airpods also. So I paired them with the device then put them in their case.

What's interesting is that you can't check their firmware on the iPhone since they just disappear from the general->about menu on the iPhone.

Actually they are no where on the phone, but you can still hear music and pair them.

Not only I don't know how to update them, I also can't check their version now.


texts: Can I remove items from my App Store updates

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The App Store wants me to update my Pages 4.3 to Pages 5.0.

Given the changes to and reviews of Pages 5.0, I wish to stay with 4.3.

Can I somehow delete the upgrade reminder from the list?

I would also like to remove the Keynote and Numbers upgrade reminders as well.

Note that my current Pages, Numbers and Keynote were purchased on CD's and not via the App Store.  As such, they do not show up on my purchases list in the App Store.


texts: How can I permanently disable the Mac keyboard backlight?

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I'm running Lion, soon to upgrade to Mountain Lion once I can ensure compatibility with installed apps, on an MBPR, and in the meantime I'm being driven crazy by the keyboard backlight. Here's the deal: you may have heard about people who have issues with an undersensitive ambient light sensor, viz.: people turn on "automatically illuminate keyboard in low light" in System Prefs -> Keyboard, and then find that the light comes on too frequently.

They are helpfully informed to disable the automatic illumination, and manually to turn the light off using the F5 and F6 keys (actually, technically, the keyboard light down and keyboard light up keys when not using fn modifier).

Here's the funny thing: I have the "automatically illuminate" setting turned OFF, and I use the keyboard light keys to turn the keyboard light off.

Yet within a second, the light is back on.

Seriously!

Procedures to reproduce:

Be doing anything
Keyboard light is on
Press keyboard light dim button -- but whatever is reporting the keyboard illumination level thinks the keyboard light is already off:

Press keyboard light increase button -- the light actually ends up dimmer, because it increases its illumination to one unit from what it thinks is 0 but is actually something higher.
Press keyboard light dim button again -- keyboard light switches off for a split second.
???
No profit. The keyboard demons switched the light back on during step 6, and now the light is on again.

Once again: I have automatic illumination DISABLED [please don't make me upload another screenshot to prove it:) ].

Frankly, I don't need keyboard illumination. It's occasionally useful in pitch black, but I touch type anyway, so it is usually just an annoying distraction and waste of battery.

So, I'd like to just turn the darn thing off permanently. Terminal commands appreciated!

Addendum:
Apparently, the behavior does not repeat when plugged into power.

Addendum 2:
Apparently, the behavior does persist when plugged into power; it just takes longer for the computer to realize that it has stopped annoying me.


texts: What can cause a MacBook Pro mid 2015 sound output to fade rapidly to silence?

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Today when i am using my mbp 2015 retina , sound went off suddenly.
Internal speaker or headphones are silent. I can only get sound from hdmi output.

Sound settings seem ok to me.

Some unspecified Diagnostic shows no problems.

No red lights in headphone jack.
I have reset the nvram and smc. With headphones, 8 hear sound just for a second but that fades out very quickly. I am running OS X mojave and don’t know how to fix this.


texts: USB C to Ethernet on iPad Air 4 in hotel

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The WiFi in my hotel room has been dropping video calls so I got a USB C to ethernet adapter and plugged it into my iPad Air 4 running the latest iOS. Ethernet settings appear in the settings app and show an IP address but nothing will connect to the internet.
Apple Support was at a loss so I called the hotel’s internet provider and the agent said she could authorize my device for internet. Great. But she needed a specific address from my iPad. She said it’s a USB key. I have no idea what this means or where to find it in iOS.
Any ideas?


texts: How to prevent Macbook Air from going to sleep after disconnecting power cord?

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I have an annoying issue with my MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014 on macOS High Sierra Version 10.13.6): A few minutes after disconnecting the power cord from my fully charged laptop, it goes to sleep. I can restart it (even without connecting it to power though it will go to sleep again), and my system's clock is set to 1st January 2019.

Does anyone have a suggestion how I can prevent my laptop from going to sleep or which changes (battery replacement or other) would need to be made?

As long as it is connected to power there is no problem, but I would like to solve the issue. So far, I have reset the system management controller (SMC) (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295) which unfortunately did not change anything. I also unchecked the "Put hard disks to sleep when possible for both the Battery and Power Adapter settings of the 'Energy Saver' (see below), which unfortunately also did resolve the problem.

Assuming that this issue is related to my battery, I found this stack exchange post (Fully charged MacBook Air turns off when power cord removed) and tried the following Terminal command, which gives me the following:

system_profiler SSPPowerDataType | grep -i "charge information" -A 10

Results:

      Charge Information:
          Charge Remaining (mAh): 5412
          Fully Charged: No
          Charging: Yes
          Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 5558
      Health Information:
          Cycle Count: 679
          Condition: Normal
      Battery Installed: Yes
      Amperage (mA): 332
      Voltage (mV): 8444

Interestingly, the same command gave me an Amperage reading of 0 (zero) yesterday. Not sure what use the reading is when my laptop is connected to power, but that's what it says today.

I'm also worried that my power cable should be replaced (see below, really being honest that I know very little about electricity and battery tech):


texts: How do I ensure computer stays awake for Back to My Mac?

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My laptop Mac goes to sleep even though I have Back to My Mac turned on.  What kind of thing is likely to cause this?  What kind of steps can I take to fix it?

The Mac that is going to sleep has has OS X 10.8.  It works ok if I wake it up by hand.

Edit:  Thanks for the responses.  I should have mentioned I do not have an Apple router.  Back to My Mac used to work without having to ask the computer never to sleep (in System Preferences).  Asking it to wake for network access seemed to be enough.  Unfortunately, some weeks passed after it last worked and before I tried it again, so troubleshooting is tricky.   Asking it to sleep is OK as a work-around, but I'd like to find the real problem.


texts: How do I "Get Info" from the command line?

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Related to this question: https://superuser.com/q/514528/90435

Via http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/12/find-out-where-a-file-was-downloaded-from/ I find out that you can use 'get info' though Finder to find out where a file was downloaded from.

For example -

Now - my question is - can I get the same information from the command line?


texts: How to put Magic Trackpad 2 into Discovery Mode

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I have a Magic Trackpad 2.  I previously had it paired with my Mac.  I then had it set up to work with another computer.  I now want to use it with my Mac again and it will not work.

I have followed the suggestions in this question to no avail.

I have tried resetting the Bluetooth module on my mac.  I have tried clearing all the connected devices from my mac.  The trackpad is fully charged.  It works when connected via a wire.  I've tried turning the trackpad on and off and that does not help.  My Mac just can not see it via Bluetooth.

Is there a way to force the Magic Trackpad 2 into discovery mode?


texts: How do I get rid of "phantom user" after migration?

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I got a new Macbook so I used Migration Assistant to move all my content from the old Mac... my only used on the old mac was called 'user' and that is the only user I wanted to move to my new Mac.

Halfway through the migration, however, the connection ended, so I just decided I would start it over again. However the 2nd time I did not have the option to overwrite the half-baked 'user' account. Hmm. So I just asked it to bring over 'user' as 'user2' on the new machine... then I figured when it finished, I would delete the original 'user' folder and account, rename user2 to user and be done.

So it is done. But now on my new Mac, I have 2 users in Users & Groups:

user
user2

BUT only one user folder, /user, which appears to have all the content from the /user folder on the old Mac (i.e. it seems to have brought over everything okay there). No sign of a /user2 folder at all. Odd.

I guess it sort of figured out that the first user was already set up and just used it, which is fine. I want to delete user2 from Users & Groups but the Mac freezes whenever I try to do that.

How can I delete the "phantom" user user2? I want to keep just 'user' and the main /user folder.


texts: macOS: Identify tool and keyboard shortcut

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While working on a project in Xcode, when attempting to take a screenshot, I mistakenly invoked a random keyboard shortcut for some graphic/UI tool, instead of Command + Shift + 4 which I actually wanted to invoke.

It showed the following screen with three tabs (Screenshot, Screen recording and a 3rd item that I can't recall) on top. It also shows a smaller view where a square was shown split into four with some coordinates and colour code at the bottom:

I have tried, but I couldn't reproduce the keyboard shortcut again. What is the tool and what is the exact shortcut? I am using a Late 2013 15" MacBook Pro with US International keyboard, running macOS Mojave 10.14.2.

Note: Kindly notice the two controls highlighted in the screenshot. The top is a tab like interface with three buttons (third one is selected with white background). If you'll notice carefully, the button background is a shade of dark grey which closely matches with Xcode dark interface. Just below that is some kind of UI tool with a box with 4 squares, coordinates and RGB colour codes.


texts: Using mdfind to evaluate the text content of a specified file?

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I would like write an applescript to evaluate whether a particular file contains a specified string (perhaps as part of an if... then statement). I want to invoke a shell command using mdfind to do this and I am aware of how to restrict mdfind to find files containing a specified string only in specified directories:

mdfind -onlyin /Users/viktor/Desktop/ nintendo

This command will find all files containing the string "nintendo". Is it possible to somehow query a file rather than a directory? And return true / false or the file itself to indicate that the string is in the text content of the file? Putting a file name after "-onlyin" does not work of course...


texts: Photo library will not fully upload to iCloud from computer

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I'm trying to upload my entire photo library to iCloud before my computer completely breaks down. There have been internet connection issues (among other problems) and I'm trying to back up my photos to the cloud before I restore the computer to its factory settings. I already backed everything up with time machine, but I would like to back it up to the cloud as well because I've had issues with time machine as well.

Of the 15,000 photos I have, only 2,000 are uploaded to iCloud. I tried to sync everything months ago, and it still won't upload any more photos. I have plenty of storage on iCloud, so that isn't the problem. I tried the upload multiple times while the Internet was working fine as well.

In iPhoto (on my Mac) and under preferences -> iCloud settings, I selected "iCloud photo library" (says it will automatically upload and store my entire library in iCloud to access photos and videos from all my apple devices or on the web). Just below it says "uploading 12,809 items" with a bar below that shows no progress on the upload is being made. Again, this option was selected months ago, so there is some issue that I don't know how to fix.

I have tried to manually upload the photos through iCloud.com, but it won't work either. I'm obviously not very computer savvy, but any help would be greatly appreciated!


texts: In Numbers can you auto-populate a cell with a date when another cell is populated?

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I'm an avid Excel user and recently I've had to figure out how to use Numbers. So far I've been able to replicate all the Excel functionality that I use in Numbers... except for one thing.

In Excel I can add the following formula...

=IF(A1="", "", IF(B1="", NOW(), B1))

This formula says when a value in added to cell A1 populate cell B1 with the current date. To get this to work you must turn on an Excel feature named iterative calculation (Options==>Formulas==>Enable iterative calculation).

I use this when I'm building an Excel task journal and I want to auto-populate the date.

The important thing about this formula is that the date value is not updated another change is made.

How can I do this in Numbers? How can I auto populate a date value in column "B" when a value is set in column "A"? It's important to keep in mind that once the date is set I don't want it to change.

Here is my attempt at translating this formula in Numbers...

=IF(A2="", "", IF(B2="", NOW(), B2))

I get an error message in Numbers...

This formula can't reference its own cell, or depend on another formula that references this cell.

Thanks


texts: Unable to reinstall Mac OSX without an Apple ID that I don't know

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I was recently given a retired MacBook pro from my work.  It's a 2009 A1278, originally shipped With OSX Leopard 10.5.7.  When I try to reinstall, it asks me for an Apple ID.  Nobody around the office recalls what that might be, since it was 8 years ago when it was originally purchased, and the records from that time were messy at best, and we've gone through a substantial management change since then as well.

I'm considering buying a new install disk from Apple, but they don't seem to sell 10.5.7.  So my main questions are, how do I get around this requirement to enter the Apple ID and re-install the OS, and if I purchase a disk that's a higher version than what was factory installed, will I be able to install it?

Any other details you have would be appreciated.  I just want to make this thing compute again.

Thanks!


texts: Bash Script That Automates A Software Install

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I am trying to create a bash script that automates all parts of a .dmg/pkg software install.

For example, the script should pull the installer from here: http://download.techsmith.com/snagitmac/enu/Snagit.dmg

It should pull the installer from online, run the installer, automatically proceed past all the user prompts, and run root so the user should just have to run the script.

Is there anyway to make the snag it installer proceed without human interaction and finish the installer via this script?

This is the script I have so far:

#!/bin/bash -e

cd ~/Desktop
curl -O http://download.techsmith.com/snagitmac/enu/Snagit.dmg


texts: I recently just changed my Apple ID account and I want to change my iCloud account to the same email. I'm thinking of changing it. But, the only problem I have, is whether or not my app and everything on my phone will be deleted and erased when I change my iCloud account. If I change my iCloud account will all of my apps and photos be erased?


texts: All calls from Viber and Skype are appearing as normal calls after updating to iOS 10. How do I disable this?

texts: After updating my iPhone 6 to iOS 10, all calls coming from Viber and Skype are appearing in the calls list as normal phone calls. Also, when I'm on a Viber call and a real phone call comes, I don't get notified. Before iOS 10 it used to mute Viber and give me a notification than someone is calling.  How do I return back to these settings?


texts: Why don't Apple want a download all music in their Apple Music App?

texts: I'm very curious as to why Apple doesn't want to implement a download all music feature like Spotify. It's very inconvenient and I hate having to download each music respectively.


texts: How to send only "work" related requests over vpn for El Capitan (10.11)

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I have configured a new VPN connection (Type - Cisco IPSec) for work using network preferences and it works.

How can I stay connected to my work vpn and direct only my work traffic through vpn?
Given that I already know that all of my work related requests fall under specific ip-range say, 10.0.0.0/8, how can I direct my non-work web traffic to not use the work vpn?

If possible, please provide an effective way to verify the setup as well.


texts: My father-in-law has an original iPad and is having trouble with apps crashing. He lives 6 hours away and is not at all tech savvy so it's difficult to troubleshoot over the phone and email. So far, though, I've had him do a restor through iTunes and that didn't seem to work so I'm unsure what to do next. Any ideas?  It seems to be all apps, not just a specific app.


texts: Moving large system directories to another drive and using symlink?

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I have a SSD (Boot Partition) and a HDD (Data) for my Mac.
I only bought a 128GB SSD thinking the boot partition wouldn't need a large drive, however I was mistaken.

I find that Mail and MobileSync folders in my Library directory take the majority of the storage on my SSD sometimes even bringing 'Low Disk Space' prompt if I don't watch it for a while and let it loose.

I wanted to know if I use symlinks to create the following directories in another location would they work correctly or cause problems?
~/Library/Mail
~/Library/MobileSync


texts: Sophos AV always runs double instances of it's app. How do I just have 1 running?

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I run Sophos Anti-Virus on macOS Mojave and it always runs two instances of the app. It has 2 menu bar icons and it runs as 2 separate processes. When I attempt to quit or force quit either of the apps in Activity Monitor, it automatically just runs them again (I assume as a security measure).

Is there a way to just have 1 running?


texts:
I ran a Java applet, and it used over 200% of my CPU....

It actually rose to over 400% after I took the screenshot.

How is this possible? Can someone explain why Activity Monitor shows a task as using more than 100% of my CPU?


texts:
The extremely high system storage is making my phone unusable. What do I do?

None of my apps have any storage more than 3.44 GB. When I connect to iTunes it shows like 30 something GB available. It is annoying to have because I’m not able to download any apps either. I have an iPhone 6s running iOS 11.3.1.


texts: chmod 760 or 777, could this be a security problem?

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I'm trying to build a local PHP server using XAMPP.
When I'm trying to run one of the PHP files, I get an error about the fopen command in the file.
From a quick search in the web, I've seen that in order to solve it I need to run this command on terminal:

sudo chmod 777 file.extension

On the comments to this article, I've seen that I should use 760 instead of 777.

My question is what every chmod command can do? Can it be a security problem? What do you recommend me to do?


texts: Automator AppleScript: Only Click Checkbox if Unchecked

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I'm creating an Automator workflow to click the Enable This Account checkbox in the Contacts preferences pane. I used Watch Me Work in Automator to make most of it easy. The automation runs fine, but I want to add code to only check the box if it's unchecked. I searched a similar question, but the code in the example isn't structured anything like the code I'm seeing in Automator. I'm a very beginner programmer, so any help would be much appreciated.
on run {input, parameters}
-- Click the “Enable this account” checkbox.
delay 0.441495
set timeoutSeconds to 2.000000
set uiScript to "click checkbox \"Enable this account\" of tab group 1 of group 1 of group 1 of window \"Accounts\" of application process \"Contacts\""
my doWithTimeout( uiScript, timeoutSeconds )
return input
end run

on doWithTimeout(uiScript, timeoutSeconds)
    set endDate to (current date) + timeoutSeconds
    repeat
        try
            run script "tell application \"System Events\"
" & uiScript & "
end tell"
            exit repeat
        on error errorMessage
            if ((current date) > endDate) then
                error "Can not " & uiScript
            end if
        end try
    end repeat
end doWithTimeout


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I have jailbroken iPad (iOS5.1.1) with the shell utility installed.

I'd like to be able to launch and control applications via the command line, as I would normally do in Unix or Linux. Say I want to play a specific file in my iPad, I want to be able to ask the iPad's music app to play it for me via command line. (Something similar to cvlc, I couldn't find cvlc for the iPad)

Is it possible to do so? If yes then how?


texts: Translate shell script not working within Automator

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I have this code to translate a word from/to English/Spanish:

S=`/usr/local/bin/trans -b -id -no-ansi "$a" | grep Code | awk '{print $2}'`
if [ "$S" = "en" ]; then T=es; else T=en; fi
/usr/local/bin/trans -b :"$T" "$a"

(trans is from https://github.com/soimort/translate-shell/)

Running the script straight in Terminal (bash) works great.

But when I try to use it in Automator, I get this error:

/usr/local/bin/trans: line 5073: gawk: command not found

Running gawk in Terminal also works fine.

UPDATE: Thanks to solver below, final working script for automator is:

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
S=`/usr/local/bin/trans -b -id -no-ansi "$@" | grep Code | awk '{print $2}'`
if [ "$S" = "en" ]; then T=es; else T=en; fi
/usr/local/bin/trans -b :"$T" "$@"


texts: How to force a macOS user to change their password when they log in over SSH?

texts:
I am setting up a Mac Mini for use as a server in our office. I am trying to set in place a reasonable security policy. Currently, I am struggling to accomplish the following:

How can I make a user change their password when they sign in for the first time via SSH? I have seen answers involving setting newPasswordRequired=1 using pwpolicy, but this has been deprecated since 10.10. Bonus points if the login keyring can be updated at the same time.


texts: "bash" command runs scripts in version 3.2, not 4.4

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Currently, in terminal, my default interactive shell is bash version 4.4. The OS ships with 3.2.
If I want to run a script (e.g., my_script.sh) using bash version 4.4, I can source it (source my_script.sh) or type it into my terminal directly. Though, in each case the script runs in my current shell.  I can also give a script execute permissions and run it as a command, allowing the shebang to control which version of bash to use.
However, the command bash continues to use version 3.2. For example, if I run bash my_script.sh, the script will be executed in a new shell (which I want), but the older version of bash will be used (3.2). Similarly, if I just run bash with no argument, a new shell opens up using version 3.2 (recall, if I open a new window or tab in terminal, it uses my default shell, bash v. 4.4. The problem here is what happens when I use the command bash).
I've added the path to bash 4.4 on my machine (/usr/local/bin/bash) to my PATH variable in .bash_profile, and it's not being overwritten somewhere else (echo $PATH gives the expected result: the very first path is usr/local/bin/bash). I expected this to change the behavior of the command bash
I can use a workaround, by setting an alias (alias bash4='/usr/local/bin/bash'), but I don't have to use an alias for bash 3.2, or for upgraded versions of, e.g., python or R.
Is there something I'm missing? Is the alias solution the only option here?
EDITS
in response to comments:
SHELL is /usr/local/bin/bash, which is unsurprising, since that's my default login shell.
type -a bash is interesting...
bash is /bin/bash
bash is /usr/local/bin/bash
bash is /bin/bash
bash is /usr/local/bin/bash
bash is /bin/bash
bash is /usr/local/bin/bash
bash is /bin/bash
bash is /usr/local/bin/bash

My entire PATH is a mess, which may be the source of this problem.
/usr/local/bin/bash:/Users/coltrane/Programming/Unix_Workbench/Code/Commands:/usr/local/bin/bash:/Users/coltrane/Programming/Unix_Workbench/Code/Commands:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Applications/anaconda/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin:/Users/coltrane/Programming/Unix_Workbench/Code/Commands:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Applications/anaconda/bin:/Users/coltrane/Programming/Android_Development/sdk/platform-tools:/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Applications/anaconda/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin:/Users/coltrane/Programming/Unix_Workbench/Code/Commands:/usr/local/bin/bash:/Users/coltrane/Programming/Unix_Workbench/Code/Commands:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Applications/anaconda/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin:/Users/coltrane/Programming/Unix_Workbench/Code/Commands:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Applications/anaconda/bin:/Users/coltrane/Programming/Android_Development/sdk/platform-tools:/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Applications/anaconda/bin:/Users/coltrane/Programming/Android_Development/sdk/platform-tools:/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin

unrelated problem with my path, i had inadvertently repeated $PATH in one line of my .bash_profile, (PATH=$PATH::$PATH) causing unwanted duplication


texts: Unable to open the MacBook Pro mid-2014 lid with single hand

texts:
I have got a MacBook Pro with Retina display Mid-2014 model. I cannot open the lid of the device without putting one hand at the bottom and other on the lid, which was not the case few months ago. I purchased this machine last year in the month of October and only a week ago it was the Apple service center for the same issue. Folks there cleaned it and said to me that they can't loose it up any further.
My question is, Is this normal?


texts: How are System Preferences categorized in Catalina?

texts:
Starting with macOS 10.15 Catalina, the contents of System Preferences are divided into two categories. This is a change from 10.14 Mojave in which the panels are divided into four rows.

What is the logic that determines how the panels are divided up in Catalina? There is no name that appears for the category, so I'm not sure what is common between the various panels that make up a category group.


texts:
I have recently changed the App Store region to South Korea, as I'm currently living here. I'd like to know if there is any way to change the currency of the App store without changing the country of the store?

I think it cannot be done but my husband insists that I have to change it because Apple charges more in KRW than USD.

I am using an iPhone 7.


texts:
I created an AppleScript for cleaning the clipboard which had this command:
tell application "System Events" to set the clipboard to ""

How would I create an AppleScript that did this with this shell script in Catalina latest version?
I tried:
do shell script "defaults delete -g NSNavRecentPlaces"

and got this error message:
error "2020-06-27 22:20:11.304 defaults[1830:54087]
Domain (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication) not found.
Defaults have not been changed." number 1

How would I get an AppleScript to work for this sort of thing like the clipboard one I made?
Any advice appreciated on this!


texts: Transfer app and data from iphone 5s to iphone 6s

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I have an iPhone 5s (iOS 8.2) and an iPhone 6s (iOS 10.2). On the old iPhone I have a banking app which I'd like to copy securely to the new iPhone, including all the app's data. I do not want to make a full backup. Both devices are using the same credentials for iCloud, none of the devices is jailbroken.

The app does not use iCloud.

Is it possible to copy only this single app without using third party software?


texts:
After I formatted my disk (instead of just erasing the volume), I struggled to reinstall Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan) on my early-2009 Mac Mini (10.11 being the latest supported version.)

I tried physically removing the disk and installed a bootable installer on it, following the Apple guide "How to create a bootable installer for macOS". When I tried to install the OS this way, the OS 10.11 installer started fine, but just before the actual install procedures commenced, it gave the error: "Volume contains an OS X installation which may be damaged".

I subsequently tried installing the OS from a USB drive instead of from the disk itself. Unfortunately, I got the same error.

What would cause this error, and what would be a good way to resolve it?


texts:
I have problems updating my MacBook Pro (2016 edition) to the latest version 11.2.3 Big Sur
First of all, I am running on 11.2:
sw_vers
ProductName:    macOS
ProductVersion: 11.2
BuildVersion:   20D64

Now my System tools will announce that the 11.2.3-update is ready and pester me to install it. When I click "Update", it will start downloading a 2 MB (yes, MEGAbyte) update in an extremely slow speed. This takes around 10 minutes. Then, hooray, an update has been found: "11.2.3", weighing 2,5 GB. Downloading this then takes a day. A whole day! If not more!

Its not my connection, which is with approx 10MBit good enough I would say. In the meantime (i.e. in parallel), I updated IntelliJ and my entire MS Office without problems. Also, I have plenty of disk space free.
Now, after downloading the 2,5GB, the Mac will ask to restart, then announce that "there's an update". Guess which one it is? "Big Sur 11.2.3".
How to get rid of this and install 11.2.3 for real?


texts: Google chrome extension between Mac and PC

texts:
I'm using Google Chrome both on my macbookpro and my pc.

On my PC which running IDM extension on Google Chrome. But on my Mac i really don't need that.

So my question is: how can i use google chrome on mac without IDM extension? I'd like to keep my bookmark.


texts: Why is the photo quality terrible in Automator?

texts: I am trying to use Automator as a Photo Booth but when I use the video snapshot command the photo quality is terrible. The built in camera is fine in other apps such as Skype or Photo Booth? I can't find anything online about this.


texts: Is it possible to shorten the time between uploading an ipa to iTunesConnect and it becoming available?

texts:
The last release time to TestFlight was:

30 seconds build time.
4 minutes uploading a 5mb binary.
19 minutes waiting for iTunesConnect to make it available.

Is there something we can do with xcode to help apple along or is it completely out of our hands? Right now we end up with a reverse pomodoro technique when we're at the tail end of the work. :)


texts: How to remove removed apps OS X URL schemes from system?

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Some OS X apps register URL schemes and let users open the app directly through browser such as macappstore://itunes.apple.com/us/app/unibox/id702816521?mt=12 to open the URL in Mac App Store.

Recently I downloaded RCDefault and discovered some of the URL schemes from apps I’ve removed — Steam for Mac and Monosnap — are still available.

Is there any way to remove those apps from the list? I’ve tried to use this command below to disassociate all the URL schemes relic, but the mentioned URL schemes are still visible.

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

Here’s the screenshot from RCDefault.


texts: Audio interface from MIDI Keyboard to Logic Pro X on Mac Mini

texts: How do I connect my MIDI keyboard using MIDI to Thunderbolt interface with zero latency which is compatible with Logic Pro X? I'm aware of MIDI to USB interface but Thunderbolt is much faster. Otherwise, would I need to purchase an audio box?


texts: Why can't I add artwork to my music in iTunes?

texts: I have a few songs that don't have artwork, and would like to manually add the cover art. I'm trying to use iTunes (Get Info > Artwork > Add Artwork). However, the 'Add Artwork' button is grayed out and cannot be clicked. Is there a way to fix this?


texts:
I've upgraded from Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Lion. I used several scripts with sshpass but after I upgraded to Lion the following error appears:

Permission denied, please try again.
debug1: read_passphrase: can't open /dev/tty: Device not configured
debug1: permanently_drop_suid: 502
ssh_askpass: exec(/usr/libexec/ssh-askpass): No such file or directory

I can only connect with sshpass (or type the password manually). No public/private key way. I've reinstalled MacPorts and sshpass.

How can I get ssh-askpass? How can I configure /dev/tty ?

Greets!


texts: How do I get my GPS working on iPhone 3GS after upgrading to iOS 5?

texts: I've upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iOS 5 and hence changed my baseband to 5.16.05. Now it is not possible for me to unlock the phone. Is there any way I could get both GPS and phone working?. I've done jailbreak with redsnow. I don't need iOS 5 and is willing to downgrade without breaking anything. Is it possible to do it?


texts: Full screen enabled ipad to windows streaming VNC

texts:
I'm streaming my windows desktop with Splashtop Streamer to my iPad.

However it doesn't support full screen windows apps. Are there any apps which does support full screen windows apps?


texts: I have 2 email addresses. The App store uses email address 2 and I can't remember the password for that. Anyway I'd rather it used email address 1. I have checked through Settings>iCloud, Settings>iTunes & App Store and both are logged into email address 1. Settings>Messages was logged into email address 2 but I've signed out of that. Even so I still can't get the App Store to let me login with email address 1.


texts:
In GarageBand '09, I find that the Metronome plays only when I'm recording.

How do I use the Metronome just for practice?


texts: "open" command starts separate Emacs.app processes, or none at all

texts:
I recently moved to a MacBook Pro with Catalina from a different MBP running Mojave. I use Emacs.app from https://emacsformacosx.com/. For all previous Mac OS versions, the command

open -a /Applications/Emacs.app myfile

would, initially, start a new Emacs process and open my file; if Emacs was already open, it would open a new buffer for that file.

Now, in Catalina, it either (a) starts a completely new copy of Emacs with that file open, or sometimes, if Emacs is running already, (b) does nothing, neither of which is what I want.

Any ideas how to get the old behavior back?


texts: Three-finger trackpad gesture on Mission Control and Expose not working in my Mac Pro

texts:
The trackpad gesture to call Mission Control or Expose with three-fingers does sometimes not work for some reasons. It works when I use four-fingers, and it functions as usual whenever I open my System Preferences and reset the Mission Control and Expose section to use three-fingers gesture (instead of four-fingers). However, it's set to three-fingers at first, and it's just that I first disable it and then enable it again...

The symptom occurs whenever I restart my Mac, so it's nothing but tedious to bother to open my System Preferences to check off and then on to the Mission Control and Expose checkboxes. As I said, when I reset the setting, it works as usual.

My trackpad is Apple's Bluetooth trackpad, and my Mac Pro is late-2013 machine. I also use mid-2012 MacBook Pro with Retina display, and while it might occur on the machine at times (maybe only a couple of times per 1,000 sessions), I have not had such issues almost usually.

Is there anything that I should investigate further? PRAM and SMC didn't resolve the issue... I'm curious to know why it occurs whenever I restart my Mac, and how to solve the issue.

I use the latest version of Mavericks.


texts: WebKit Errors in System Logs: (com.apple.WebKit or com.apple.CoreDisplay.Notification)

texts:
When I first startup safari I'm seeing a lot of WebKit Errors in my System Logs:
Webkit System Log Errors:
com.apple.WebKit (kernel sandbox deny(1) mach-lookup com.apple.system.logger)
com.apple.WebKit.Networking (CFNetwork)
com.apple.WebKit.WebContent (SkyLight)
com.apple.CoreDisplay.Notification
Webkit System Segmentation Faults:
(com.apple.WebKit.WebContent : com.apple.Foundation)

NSSecureCoding allowed classes list contains [NSObject class], which
bypasses security by allowing any Objective-C class to be implicitly
decoded. Consider reducing the scope of allowed classes during
decoding by listing only the classes you expect to decode, or a more
specific base class than NSObject.

Here is a screenshot of my WebKit Fault / Error console system log...

I was able to get rid of some system log errors by "cleaning my web history in safari"...?  This maybe also related to removing (trying to clean) and then adding default (apple) system repaired Keychain Security Access?


texts:
When I compile a open source program called gate with "make" I have this error message:

  error <atomic> is not implemented

I must add that I know this program and I compiled it several times previously with no problem

My setup looks like:

sudo xcode-select --install
which gcc
gcc --version

I run on yosemite 10.10.5, xcode 7.1.1 and I tried several compilations with clang and gcc


texts: Why is Google Chrome trying to run netbiosd attempting to connect to 192.168.2.255?

texts:
I usually don't use Google Chrome, because on my MacBook I'm addicted to Safari.

Today when I launched Chrome, it ran netbiosd to connect to the local IP: 192.168.2.255. The local IP does not exist on the network and my local subnet is different than it is attempting to connect. I use a software called LuLu to detect outgoing calls. It is a packet filter similar to Little Snitch.

So where did it come from? What is netbiosd process?


texts:
I'm a Mac user. I want to know which software will help me find the free app of the day in the App Store?

App store always lists the free apps, but it doesn’t display the original price of the applications.


texts: Maximized window on both displays on OS X 10.8.3

texts:
I have a dual monitor setup on the Mac. I want to work on a tool, in full screen, on display 1 and simultaneously check few things, on Final Cut Pro, on display 2.

When I maximize the tool in  display 1, I can't see the FCP in display 2.

Is there any third party tool to solve this, or is it an OS X limitation.


texts: Auto renew Apple Developer Program with different card

texts: Does anyone know if it's possible to auto renew your Apple Developer Program with a different credit/debit card than the default one on file for your Apple ID?


texts: Mac Mini 2018 Ethernet option 1 vs. 10 GB

texts:
What is advantage of 10 GB Ethernet vs. 1 GB Ethernet in the new Mac Mini?

Where is it important or helpful to have the 10 Gbps option that costs $100 extra.


texts: Is there a way to remove the spacer between the downloads stack and apps?


texts:
In Safari 6 - I know have a single search/address bar. I like it mostly, although as I'm developing sites locally, when I type in a local address such as site.local it searches Google for site.local,

I'm wondering if I can config it to look at the local DNS first, or turn this search off.


texts: Outlook 2011: where are mail message in my archive file stored?

texts:
I use Outlook to access Exchange.  I store old mail in an Outlook Archive folder. I know that Outlook 2011 stores data in /Users/<user>/Documents/Microsoft User Data but where exactly are these Archive emails stored on my computer?

The reason I'm asking is because I want to provide the path to my archive files to my cloud backup program and exclude all the other Outlook files that are available/stored on the Exchange server.


texts: How do I link/call an actual shell script saved within an Applescript app?

texts:
What's the correct syntax in the Applescript below to make this app run by double clicking on it rather than how it runs now by just running the Applescript in the AS script editor?

The Shell script is located at:

ToggleHidden.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/toggle.sh

And it is set to execute by all.   (I did chmod a+x toggle.sh)

Applescript

set bottomRoot to (path to me) as alias

 tell application "System Events"
 set myPath to (POSIX path of container of bottomRoot)

end tell

set scriptPath to quoted form of (myPath & "/toggle.sh")

do shell script scriptPath

Shell script

#!/bin/sh

STATUS=`defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles

if [ $STATUS == TRUE ];

then

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE

else

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

fi

killall Finder

sleep .5

open .


texts: Yellow mexican singer in system 7 / mac os 8?

texts: What was that extension in System 7 and Mac OS 8 which put a little yellow smiley thing of a mexican singing out of tune on your screen?


texts: I would like to setup Mac OS mail to use exchange mail server. However after adding my e-mail and password the next prompt wants me to enter local and remote proxy server address. Question is how do I get around this and simply get the prompt to enter the server address? For on iOS I could simply add the server address and connect to the exchange server to get access to mails, no proxy settings asked for.


texts:
I need to know if someone has used my iPhone or not. Sometimes I can't recall the last time I used my iPhone and I've tried many things to view the log if that is even possible.

Is there a "Slide to unlock" history log maintained on iPhone? Or any other way to determine times when the iPhone was used?


texts: I have discovered that at certain times, my iMessages are delivered as SMS instead; which is perfectly ok with me, considering I have it set up to do so.  My question is, under what conditions are the messages sent as SMS with both myself and the recipient does not necessary been in a wifi area to receive or send iMessages...is it that when the recipient has their phone powered down that it is sent as SMS, and if that is the case...why is it that I receive messages sent as SMS instead of iMessages from the same recipient...what exactly does "...when iMessage is unavailable" mean??? Thanks in advance for any/all response(s)...


texts: Make chart series rise when number of rows rise

texts:
I have spreadsheet that I'm updating every day with new numbers. Each day I'm adding new number to new row.

I need to create chart that has series from those rows but I don't want to edit data series every day. I want that my chart update dynamically when I add new rows with new data. Is there any way to add formula in Series Value field (look at screenshot)? So far I see I can only add range. When I try to write in this field e.g. Indirect function I just can't write it there. I think this is silly question and this is easy to solve but I just cant figure it out how to do this with Numbers. I'm moving from Excel.


texts: Legally run IE for testing via Parallels on Mac, _without_ buying Windows?

texts:
Web designers and developers using Macs (and others) need to run (Windows) Internet Explorer for testing, and a popular option here is Parallels, which virtualises Windows in the background and lets you run Interent Explorer from the dock as if it was a regular Mac app.

The problem is, you need a Windows DVD or image file, which you then install into the Parallels virtual machine.

Buying a Windows licence purely for the purpose of this is one option - but the idea of financially rewarding Microsoft for IE doesn't sit well with anyone who's spent hours fighting with IE's many bugs.

Piracy isn't/shouldn't be an option for tools for professional work.

So, I'm looking for another way to get a working, legal copy of Windows into Parallels.

For another Windows virtualisation product - Virtualbox - it's possible to acquire a free, legal Windows image published by Microsoft for the purposes of testing, that comes with IE and essentially nothing else. However, the source I know for this (https://github.com/xdissent/ievms, also advocated on this site in this question) seems to be specific to Virtualbox.

Is there an equivalent legal, free source of Windows for Mac IE testing virtualisation purposes that works with Parallels?


texts: Why does OSX use 6GB of RAM after restart?

texts:
Just had OS X crash on me because of swap pressure. I have 2012 rMBP running the latest version of Mavericks (10.9.1), and it only has 8GB of RAM.

Since reboot, OS X now consumes 6GB, which leaves me almost no memory to do any work.

Is there anything I can do about it?

EDIT: Just had it crash again. I only ran Chrome with few tabs, and my super lightweight workspace. The trouble is, workspace lives in memory, so when system crashes, I lose everything. I guess I have to throw this shitOS away, and get a proper PC with GNU/Linux.


texts: Is there a way to dedicate the discrete graphic card to CUDA on a MacBook Pro?

texts:
When a display is attached to a CUDA capable graphic card, a run time limit is enforced on CUDA kernels run on the card.

Is it possible to use the integrated graphic card to power the display and, at the same time, exploit the discrete one to run long running CUDA kernels?

I tried gfxCardStatus, but if I force the use of the integrated card, the discrete one is disabled completely and isn't recognized anymore by the CUDA driver.


texts: My iOS calendar is synced with a caldav server. If I set up my Facebook account in the iOS settings to also see Facebook events, can Facebook also read my other calendar events?


texts: Where to find documentation for apple services (agents, daemons) and status codes?

texts:
I have looked all over the place with incredible frustration - what should be basic information I can't find anywhere. Whatever I do find, is single items of information (and not what I was looking for).

Instead of poking for info on a case by case basis, is there one or a few main reference documents that will give all the info for Apples services (along with there codes)? Also, perhaps something similar for the major, popular 3rd party services?

Thanks


texts: Blinking yellow light on my Apple Time Capsule

texts: What does a blinking yellow light on my 2TB Time Capsule indicate?  Seems as if my WiFi is still working.


texts: Weak/Variable Connection between our Macs and our WiFi router

texts:
I have a Belkin N+ Wireless router. Up until recently, it was reliably connecting my husband's Mac Pro (wired), my Mac Mini, our iPad, and a couple of video game consoles (all wireless) to the Internet. The problem started when we bought a network storage drive (wired), mainly to back up my husband's computer. After we got it set up with Time Machine, the router started requiring daily hard resets. After checking around online, I tried updating the router's firmware and eventually got it to accept the latest version. The need to reset to router has decreased since then, but we're still need to do it from time to time. The bigger issue is that our connection speed on the iPad is ridiculously inconsistent. I've been getting anywhere from around 25Mpbs - where it should be - to well under 512k.

NEW UPDATE: I've been experimenting with position of the router and it's antennae with limited success. Connections speeds on the iPad remain high in the basement, low on the second floor, and super variable one the first floor. (I realize that the basement is not an ideal place for the router, but I don't have a better option and it worked previously.) I've been on the first floor doing nothing and had SpeedTest record speeds around 25Mbps, around 13Mbps, and under 1Mbps in the space of half an hour.

So now the question is, why is my router performing so poorly when it was fine just a few weeks ago? How can I get it back to providing reasonable speeds for my entire house?


texts: Shortcut used by another action/reboot breaks shortcut

texts:
I think this is a bug, but perhaps it is a unique problem to me for some reason.  I really like independent display switching in Mavericks, and I set it up in what I guess is a unique way.  I have two monitors with 4 displays each.  Displays 1&5 are activated by the same keyboard shortcut ctrl-1.  All the other displays are activated individually with ctrl-2 through ctrl-7.  This worked really well and I liked it until I rebooted.  Then, it broke.

After rebooting, ctrl-1 still activates display 1, but not display 5.  I figured this was not an intended usage, and so I fixed the keyboard shortcut so that display 5 was activated by a different shortcut.  However, the shortcut for display 5 is completely broken until another reboot, regardless of what key is is set to.

What I want is for this to work the way I want - to support one shortcut key for multiple displays.  I do not expect to get that, unless someone knows of a good utility or plug in that will create that behavior.


texts:
While working on something unrelated I had to look into my keychain access app and noticed that I have a self-signed root certificate in there with a name from some person that I don't even know.

I have no idea where this certificate came from and what it means. How can I figure out what put this certificate there? What can it be used for?


texts: How to use Jupyter Notebook with iCloud storage to read a data set?

texts:
I am trying to work with a very large dataset in my Mac. The storage space on my Mac was not enough, so I bought 50 GB of iCloud storage. But I don't know how to use it. I still cannot download data on my Mac.
I am a data scientist and I am working in Jupyter notebook. I need to save my data in iCloud and then load it from there.


texts: Text notes randomly enlarge in Preview pdf files

texts:
I like to edit my pdf documents and add notes (I'm studying Russian). But sometimes I'll add a note, and then open the file on a later day, and the text will have become much larger, or sometimes have completely disappeared.

This is random as far as I can tell. Sometimes it happens the next day, and sometimes everything is stable for weeks.

What is causing this, and how can I fix the problem? Sometimes I lose very important notes because of this problem.

In the screenshots below the once blue text has, for no reason, enlarged and become black. Sometimes all the text will even dissapear from the screen entirely, or half will be in some no-man's land off the edge of the screen.


texts: Backing up Macintosh HD via Disk Utility (error -5344)

texts:
I am trying to backup the Macintosh HD, to my external hard drive via disk utility. I created a blank image and tried to restored my MacintoshHD to that image, but the error pops up, "Restore Failure: error -5344"

Any help on how can I proceed with the backup?


texts: Is there any way to get a log of all the recently installed files and their respective folder paths and source directories?

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I recently installed an open source game. The file type is .pkg .

Now, during installation the installer asked for permission to access the system UI server. I didn't knew the reason behind it so I googled it up and before I could deny it the dialogue box asking for the permission has disappeared.

The installation was successful. But, I don't know where did the installer installed the game I tried every app cleaner to find the installed file but couldn't find it, it's not even in the applications folder.

So my question is; is there any way to get a log of all the recently installed files and their respective folder paths and source directories, so that I can find it and delete it?


texts: Is it possible to manually sync reminders with iCloud whenever you want?

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I regularly seem to have problems with my reminders not syncing in a timely manner. I am using the Reminders app on my iMac (OS X 10.11.6).

Is there some way for me to manually sync my reminders with iCloud?

I’m thinking something like the option to ‘get mail’ in the Mail app that you can click on to manually get your mail.


texts: How can I troubleshoot R and tk on macOS?

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I am getting warnings and empty popup boxes when compiling and loading R packages that depend on tk. They say that tk was not installed correctly.

I am using homebrew, but I can't tell which package might provide a correct install of tk, or if it would conflict with the existing (but broken) installation.

What is the recommended way to install enough of tk on OSX so that an R package with tk as a dependency (e.g. RNCEP) R will compile without giving this warning?

Update

Here is the warning that I get when trying to load an R package that depends on tk.tcl:

Warning message:
In fun(libname, pkgname) :
  Can't find a usable tk.tcl in the following directories:
    /System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.5/Resources/Scripts/tk8.5

  /System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.5/Resources/Scripts/tk8.5/Resources/Scripts
  /System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.5/Resources/tk8.5
  /System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.5/Resources/tk8.5/Resources/Scripts
  ./lib/tk8.5 ./lib/tk8.5/Resources/Scripts ~/Library/Tcl/tk8.5
  ~/Library/Tcl/tk8.5/Resources/Scripts /Library/Tcl/tk8.5
  /Library/Tcl/tk8.5/Resources/Scripts /System/Library/Tcl/tk8.5
  /System/Library/Tcl/tk8.5/Resources/Scripts
  /System/Library/Tcl/8.5/tk8.5
  /System/Library/Tcl/8.5/tk8.5/Resources/Scripts
  ~/Library/Frameworks/tk8.5
  ~/Library/Frameworks/tk8.5/Resources/Scripts /Library/Frameworks/tk8.5
  /Library/Frameworks/tk8.5/Resources/Scripts
  /System/Library/Frameworks/tk8.5
  /System/Library/Frameworks/tk8.5/Resources/Scripts ./library


texts: Does the new iPhone 5 Lightning connector still provide serial output (or does it when the dock connector adapter?)?

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I'm working on an iPhone DIY dock kit, that exposes the serial connection for controlling the music playback controls through the serial port (Apple Accessory Protocol).

Does anyone know if the AAP serial commands still work with the new Lightning connector, or even better, with the dock adapter (since I'm not going to be shelling out for Apple's hardware developer program just yet)? I've had a hard time googling it successfully, other than that the adapter works with some other hardware and things like the MintyBoost DIY charger.


texts: "You cannot auto-download or download past purchases with a different Apple ID for 90 days" when switching iTunes library from old PC to new PC

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I have migrated all of my music from my old laptop to my new desktop via iTunes Home Sharing. I can see all of it, but it will not allow me to play any of the music. It says:

  This computer is already associated with an Apple ID. You cannot auto-download or download past purchases with a different Apple ID for 90 days.

What does that even mean? When I go into "My Account" it says that 4 computers are authorized, but under manage devices there is only 1 computer listed and it was associated dec. 25, 2013, well past the 90 day rule. I'd like to get rid of my old laptop, which is why I'm trying to move all my music. Does anyone know what I should do?


texts: Opening multiple finder directories simultaneously

texts: Is there a way to open multiple finder directories at the same time without necessarily opening two windows? I'm thinking something similar to opening multiple tabs in a mac terminal.