texts: How can I mix audio from separate devices and output to one device?

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I have a USB audio interface which I use for recording. When I use some recording app (like Audacity), I can select the USB interface from a drop down menu, which will tell Audacity to use that device for audio input.

Sometimes I want to record from that device, and also add voice-over using my computer's internal microphone. I cannot record from more than one device simultaneously using Audacity (as far as I know), so I'm looking for a program to mix the inputs first.

I have the Soundflower driver installed, so all I need is a program where I can select both my USB interface and my internal microphone for input, and select the Soundflower device for output. That way, I can select the Soundflower device as input in Audacity to record the pre-mixed audio.

Is there such a program, and am I on the right track (no pun intended)?


texts:
I like to have a stack in my dock with my applications folder in it, but some applications (especially games installed by Steam) appear in my ~/Applications folder, instead of my /Applications folder.

Is it possible to have a stack displaying the merged contents of both folders?


texts: Schedule disabling of outgoing Caller ID

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Is it possible with or without an additional app to dynamically disable my caller ID on an iPhone?

I would like to suppress my number for calls I make for my employer from my private device. These usually happen in specific hours during work days and go to numbers not found in my contacts. If possible I would like to transmit the number of my companyʼs call center instead. Currently, I switch off the feature manually each morning and on again in the afternoon, but I frequently forget to do one or the other, which annoys friends whom I call in the evening.

Since iOS 10 there is the CallKit framework available for app developers. If I read the API documentation correctly, there is no official way to influence the transmission of caller ID information, i.e. suppressing your outgoing phone number or spoofing it. (The respective answers in  Caller ID spoofing or change caller ID? apparently rely on paid third-party services.) The only way I see would be to transparently add codes like #31# when placing a call.


texts: Save Microsoft Account in Keychain for Windows Server?

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I regularly connect to a Windows file server that uses a Microsoft account login (email address + password). Every time I connect, my MacOS (10.14, but also 10.13 and 10.12 previously) asks me for the login info. It won't save the email and password required. (It saves the first part of the email address, before the @, but not after the @ and not the password).

Is there a way to make my Mac automatically fill in this information when I go to connect?


texts: Can I use iTunesConnect even if I don't have a phone number?

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I don't have any SIM card (in the past I had, and used it on iTunesConnect) and I just found that when I tried to log in, the SMS verification page popped up and forced me to enter the verification.

I deactivated the phone number so I clicked the cannot access to it button. Then I entered the phone number that I used to use, and then the page moved to another one describing that I must add another phone number on iPhone and Mac by going to the Settings - Name - Password and Security (the exact name might be different as I don't set English).

However, adding another number also forces me to get the SMS verification done...

In this case is there any way to use the iTunesConnect without the phone number?


texts:
In the application I write in (Ableton Live), there are always several floating windows open. ("Floating" in the OSX sense: ^F6 toggles through them).

I use them so often that I need a way to tile them, so that they maximize screen space.

The issue is that they're always different sizes, so their dimensions would have to be detected in order to be properly tiled.

I've looked many places and no luck. Mosaic, Divvy etc only work with regular windows, not floating windows. There must be a solution somewhere.

Would LOVE some help on this!

Regards,
Nathan


texts: For all my Windows PCs I use CCleaner to perform cleanup duties. Is there a similar tool that I can use for OS X to clean up any accumulated crap?


texts: How do I turn off touch bar's auto brightness adjustment? I want it to be at the same brightness level in all lighting conditions.

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I have checked all the options provided in the display, keyboard, and power save settings. Is there any way I could set the touch-bar brightness to a constant level. My laptop specs are as follows:

Macbook Pro 15 inch 2018, Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.6


texts: Is it possible to set how long the lock screen will disappear on the iPhone?

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Sometimes on the lock screen of the iPhone there is a Notification I'd like to look at and copy data from. But the lock screen seems to disappear within 5 seconds.

There is a way to set the screen to dim down and disappear after 1 minute or 5 minutes, but doesn't seem to have one for the lock screen.  Is there a way to set it to disappear after 20 or 30 seconds?


texts:
On iTunes radio I have been unable to find any new news channels with the exception of public radio in every city.

Are there any other news stations on iTunes Radio?


texts: Count number of text occurrences in column using Numbers

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I am using Numbers to track data. I have a column that has comma separated values within each row (e.g. ‘I like cats, I hate rain, I like dogs’).

Is it possible to count the number of appearances for a specific phrase (e.g. ‘I like cats’) and report that count in a cell, for each phrase?


texts: Why is my Legacy FileVault image larger than the physical disk?

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I'm still running Snow Leopard and recently enabled FileVault on my home directory. I noticed that the OS X thinks my home directory is 1TB, which is strange because the hard disk in my laptop is 500GB:

How could this happen? Should I be concerned?

While I enabled FileVault, I probably had an external 1TB drive connected via FireWire. I verified that I can still log in to my account without the external drive connected.


texts:
How can I fix a Terminal hang?

Almost every time after the Terminal app goes out of focus, when I move away onto a different app, and then return to it the app just hangs. Sometimes it is only for a second or two, but most of the times it lasts longer, about 30+ seconds.
I opened the Activity Monitor to see what is going on when I bring the Terminal app back into focus and here are the two types of behavior:

The CPU usage goes up to 50-60% and the app hangs for a few seconds.
Or the CPU goes above 70%, the app hangs for longer, and the Activity Monitor reports (Not Responding).

I removed the number of Terminal tabs opened and behavior is the same.
It seems to me it gets worse the longer the app runs. Not quite sure about this theory. I haven't had enough time to test it out.
Besides installing iTerm (which works fine) I haven't found a solution to this hang issue. The settings on iTerm are the same as Terminal.

I'm running macOS Mojave 10.14.6 and Terminal 2.9.5.


texts:
Is it possible to import samples into the iPhone version of Garageband?

I have see that its possible to do this on the iPad & mac version but I am not sure if I can do it on the iPhone.


texts: What causes incorrect PDFkit or blurry PDF display in macOS Sierra and how to fix or remedy that situation?

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Problem: Some applications like Preview or Skim do not display anything in certain PDFs, primarily in text PDFs, while images work fine. Skim even displays tables of contents but both start beachballing heavily after quite a while.
The PDFs display fine in Adobe Reader and I do not see anything meaningful in log or Console.
Logs for "Devices" in Console are filled up with messages like these:

Preview   the behavior of the UICollectionViewFlowLayout is not defined because:
Preview   the item width must be less than the width of the UICollectionView minus the section insets left and right values.
Preview   Please check the values return by the delegate.

Interestingly this situation looks infectious.
Certain small PDFs open OK at first and keep this state while scrolling. But after opening a larger PDF, which does not display anything, the first PDF degrades its display quality, especially after scrolling.
To illustrate this, left is Preview.app, right is QuickLook preview for /Library/Documentation/License.lpdf:

It seems quite weird that this looks more like a collection of bugs in Sierra's Preview.
One bug is that the intermediate scrolling representation in Preview sometimes doesn't get updated properly once scrolling stops. This effect is visible with almost all PDFs but remedies itself rather quickly most of the time.
The worst bug seems to be triggered when using big and complex PDFs especially when they were produced with LaTeX.
One example seems to be this UserGuide.
Preview seems to be affected the worst. Closing Preview windows pseudo auto-quits the program but doesn't eliminate it from the list of running processes. Once a document like this is opened Preview.app or Skim descend into an abyss of weird behaviour like in the screenshot above.
On other Sierra systems that were less manipulated than mine the same behaviour was observed, but not always.
Currently I do not see which systems will be commonly affected nor a pattern for which PDFs will trigger these symptoms.


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Which Macs support HDMI with ethernet, either natively such as the 15" retina Macbook Pro, or via a Mini Displayport adapter?

My Samsung TV can connect to the internet, but has no Wi-Fi access. However, it should be possible to share my internet access via a HDMI connection and update the TV's software, right?


texts: Workflow does not finish when initiated by dictation command

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I created the following script to open up the dictation commands editor in system preferences. It works when I run it from within automator, but when I use a dictation command to initiate the workflow, it gets stuck after revealing the "Accessibility" pane. Any ideas?

tell application "System Preferences"
    activate
    reveal pane "Accessibility"
end tell

tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
    delay 1
    select table 1 of scroll area 2 of window 1
    delay 1
    select row 14 of table 1 of scroll area 2 of window 1
    delay 0.5
    click button 2 of window 1
end tell


texts: Is there any iphone call history downloader for windows which actually works?

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Does anyone know an app (or procedure) that WORKs, to export the 4 months of iphone call logs, that everyone has been saying since 2016, is saved in iCloud?

Google is jammed with pages which say they "download call history for free", but DONT even find ANY (on phone, itunes or iCloud), as at April 2020.  They all look strangely similar, they all have "free download" buttons and then they don't work

(not 1 trial actually shows it properly finds and downloads all call history, several dont find even notes or reminders, others show wrong numbers of contacts...)

and then demand payment for their buggy software!

Minitool free $60 (CALL HISTORY EMPTY, ONLY ONE NOTE, 2 REMINDERS, double contacts, no whatsapp atts)
freeiphonerocovery gihosoft $60 (took hours, found 411 but cant view or download)
imanager gihosoft $35 only found 190
wondershare Dr Fone $99
Syncios $40, no call logs or whatsapp found, NW ios 9+
Easus MOBISAVER FREE $60- 0 call history, reminders, whatsapp; Mobimover doesnt even have button for call history
Tenorshare ultdata- $70,says found 1031, but doesn't show what dates it has recovered - and large patches of details missing completely - why would it hide PREVIEW if the app worked?
Imobie phonerescue

Copytrans doesn't (but doesn't say it can!)

Will post more apps- after I get rid of the migraine...


texts:
I run a particular abandoned open source project (StreamBaby) on my home media server, a Mac Mini.  It's awesome but has one unfortunate issue which occasionally causes the app to generate an absolutely massive error log - like on the order of many tens of gigabytes.  Sometimes by the time I notice it, it's well over 100GB.  All I have to do is delete it and restart the service and all is fine, but obviously problems can arise if the drive runs out of space due to this.

I'd like to monitor this file and any time it's larger than maybe 10MB, alert me in some fashion (beep, send an email, pop an alert... something).  I've found services that will monitor if a file size has changed, but I need to monitor it for a specific size.

Can this be done via Automator, AppleScript, or some other means?


texts: How can I preview a onedrive file that hasn't yet been downloaded?

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If a file has a cloud icon next to it, indicating that it can be downloaded, but hasn't yet been downloaded, how can I view it in Preview?
I know I can open it up in another application, and then view it in preview, but that isn't very "pre", it'd be more like "postview".
Likewise, I can select "Always Keep on This Device", but that seems to be overkill.


texts: My sister's MacBook Pro often shuts down at ~20% battery.  It won't turn on again until it has been plugged in for about 10 minutes.


texts: Will Parallels be safe while upgrading to El Capitan?

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The new update seems pretty legit, so I am considering updating my macbook.

I have Parallels installed on my computer, and I don't want it to be removed or damaged during the installation of El Capitan.

If I use time machine to back up my macbook, will it back up everything and keep Parallels and the files on it safe? Or, will it only store original Mac files, ignoring parallels?


texts:
I multitask a lot, have a lot of windows open at the same time, even though I'm mostly peeking at using around 2 of them. I've become a fan of the alt+tab shortcut.

I love that the window goes to the dock on minimize, but is there a way I can stop mac putting them into the dock, or better yet blocking access to minimized applications on the alt+tab shortcut?


texts: Can I use MST on one mDP and 4k on the other?

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I have a mid-2015 MacBook Pro 15" retina (A1398), and I'm trying to setup external displays as follows:

4k tv (TCL 43s405) @60 hz with mDP to HDMI adaptor
2x HP VH240A 1080p using mDP to 2xHDMI MST hub

When I have just the 4k tv hooked up, it works fine at 4k 60hz. When both mDP are in use, it drops to 30hz.

When I have just the MST hub hooked up, both displays work, but are only recognized as a single display in System Preferences. It seems to be working more like a splitter than an MST hub.  I thought this might be because only one mDP or the other is 1.2, but this is the situation no matter which it is plugged into.

So, 2 questions, and a plea for help:

Are the mini DisplayPorts on my MacBook Pro 1.2 or 1.0? If they are
1.2 then my MST hub should allow the displays to be recognized separately, right?
Why does my display drop from 60hz to 30hz when both mDP are used?
How can I get this arrangement setup?


texts: Cannot access specific website (MBP - OS X 10.10.5)

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I’m having problems connecting to a certain website. It’s random whether the site loads but recently it’s been getting worse. What happens is that I turn my router and computer off at night, then after rebooting in the morning more often than not the site in question will not load. This happens even though I could access it the day before without any difficulty. A reboot of the router is what triggers the glitch. All other web sites load as they should.

The site itself is ok since I can access it via a proxy server and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com verifies it’s online. I suspect it has to do with my computer since I can access the site using an Android tablet via wifi (same router & modem).

Things I’ve tried on my computer:

tried 3 different browsers (Firefox, Safari, Opera);
cleared the browsers' caches and disabled firefox addons
ran Onyx in automation mode, rebooted.
deleted SystemConfiguration in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration then rebooted.
tried booting into 2 different HD disks.
flushed the DNS cache (from Admin account)
added/removed DNS addresses on Google & OpenDNS. Currently use my ISP’s DNS addresses.
disabled OS X firewall briefly. Disabled & reinstalled GUI app for OS X firewall.
disabled LittleSnitch, rebooted.
checked /etc/hosts (localhost entries only)
changed MTU to 1453 in Preferences > Network > Advanced > Hardware (Manual, 1453)
called my ISP. They told me it was a problem with my computer.
A ping test results in 100% packet loss and Request Timeout.

Router & modem

reset router and modem to factory settings and rebooted.
tried 2 different routers; one wifi, one wired, same maker.
bypassed the router so that the modem was connected directly to my computer. Problem persisted after modem/computer reboot.

I have no anti-virus software installed but I recently upgraded to a new modem. Am using a Macbook Pro on OS X10.10.5. I’d appreciate any suggestions as I’m out of ideas. Thanks.


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I have an iPhone 3GS, jailbroken, on iOS 5.0.1 . Everything was working great till this morning, where when I woke up I noticed that the device had no WiFi. Sometimes sbSettings crash so I rebooted the phone. From that time on, the phone restarts every 2 minutes , has no signal "no service" , the Wi-Fi and Bluetoooth in the settings are -greyed out- that means I cant select them.

I cant even close the device, as when I do it automatically restarts! The only way I found to finally close it was to plug in to my pc, put it in airplane mode and then shut it down. Like this it remains closed.

I used iPhone Enterprise Configuration app to get the logs from the phone the 2 minutes that it stays open , before it restarts again.
The console logs .

I read some dozens of forums with people with the same problem and i tries solutions, like putting the phone on aeroplane mode, restart and then back to normal, i also tried opening data-3g, take off the sim and then restart the phone and put the sim back again, but nothing seems to work.

Has anyone ever encountered something like this before? My problem can actually be exactly described here .


texts: Will it Work?.. Download querry for ipod

texts: I have an ipod and have two accounts with Apple. I was wondering if I started to download an app with one of my accounts and then  logged out of that account and used the other one, would the download still continue?


texts: Which keyboard layout is this? Its AZERTY so I tried French (all french keyboards but the keys up are not well mapped) it's really weird.


texts: Does Apple's Disk Utility 'Restore' function make a 'byte for byte' clone?

texts: I've used Apple's Disk Utility to 'restore' a drive with accidentally deleted files.  I need to know if this is an exact byte-for-byte clone that I can scan for deleted files on.


texts: How do get the text in Messages to display while I’m typing?

texts: At one time my Messages app showed text and the text field where I would type my messages but suddenly it has disappeared. How do I correct this? I've tried changing the contrast and the display settings and nothing has helped. Also it is hard to see fields where I might enter names or info. In other windows as I use the computer (although the problem has just recently occurred I did change the monitor recently as well).


texts: iPhone iOS Exchange not showing new folders

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for some reason my iPhone's Exchange account won't add new folders that I created in Outlook. Emails come in, but not new folders. I am not sure how long I've had this problem so I can't pinpoint to an iOS update or anything like that.

Things I've looked into:

PUSH LIST - Everything I've searched and read mentions adding folders to a push
list, however these new folders don't even appear to add to the push
list.
RESET ACCOUNT (works) - The only work around I have to delete the Exchange account entirely
on the iPhone and then add it again. THEN, I get my new folders.
TOGGLE EMAIL - Turning off and then back on the "email on/off slider" in the account
settings does NOT help either.

Here is what I'm running:

iPhone 4S w/ iOS 7.1.1
Windows Server 2003
Exchange Server 2003
Outlook 2010

Any thoughts?

Thanks


texts: How many kinds of volume are there on the iPhone?

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And how can I change them?
I believe the following all have independent volume levels, although there could be some overlap:

Ringer and Alerts (as defined in settings)
Alarm clock
Phone calls (separate for earpiece and speaker?)
Media (and apps in general?)
Siri
External devices (e.g. earbuds or bluetooth)

Is there somewhere I can set them all, or is there at least a definitive list?


texts: How to configure and use multiple ssh RSA keys with Keychain help

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I am looking for a solution that would automatically load multiple RSA keys at login, some of them having passwords stored in the Keychain.

Example: first keys would be obviously in ~/.ssh/id_rsa and let's say that the second cone would be in ~/.ssh/id_rsa.2.

I want them to be loaded automatically, without having to enter their passwords.


texts: Always show directory icon on Finder on Big Sur

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The default finder window looks like this:
If I click on the folder name (AdventOfCode) twice, first a popup with the path opens, and then the directory icon stays, until I click again or move out of the "label area".

Does anyone know how to avoid the hiding of this icon?


texts: Is office for the mac the only way I can open and save as word documents?

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When apple people interact with people who use MS word, is the only way to do this by purchasing Office for the Mac or can pages make do?

I believe pages can output to a format that is word friendly correct?


texts: It happens regardless of what network I'm connected to. Every hour or so, the internet connection will just load forever. Nothing else changes as far as I can tell, the wifi menu still says "connected" and "internet reachable" but webpages will not load. Reconnecting to the network / turning wifi off and on will always fix it. Early 2015 13" MacBook Pro Retina.


texts: Why does iTunes keep re-downloading my deleted podcast episodes?

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I delete my podcast episodes from iTunes after I listen to them. Recently, I migrated from a Lion machine to a Mavericks machine (both iTunes 11), bringing my iTunes Library with me (but not my preferences file). Since then, when iTunes updates my podcast, it insists on re-downloading the episodes I've deleted (and worse, now they're marked as unplayed).

Is there a setting I need to change to stop this? It used to work fine.


texts: After iOS 12 to 13 upgrade, Photos.app corrupts large .MOV files

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I have an iPhone 8. I recently upgraded from iOS 12.4.1 (if I recall correctly) to iOS 13.3.

The very first time I tried to scrape the photos off my iPhone 8 onto my MacBook Pro, it hung. The Apple Photos.app process was using very little CPU, it was using very little I/O (it should basically be maxing it out), and it was making no progress.

I soon realized that it hangs if the "new batch" of photos contains a .MOV file that is "sufficiently large", but that is about ONE MINUTE.

Not only do I need to force-quit, but the .MOV file is corrupted. I didn't realize because I don't usually watch them, or not that soon. It is not badly corrupted, they play in VLC, but they don't play in Photos.app.

So it will get to one .MOV file, use up all the disk space, and produce a slightly borked .MOV file. Then helpfully delete the original.

The stupidest possible work-around is to put the longer videos in a separate "album", the way that iOS 13 added an album for screenshots (which annoys me, they should all be "camera roll").

Another stupid work-around that works with iOS 13 but not iOS 12 is to use AirDrop for large videos. Which shows how they are spending the money.

I'm curious if other people have this problem. The photos scheme changed a lot, and I am not surprised.


texts: iPhone forgets how to bluetooth, audio app overnight

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Overnight, my iPhone forgets how to Bluetooth.  It also forgets which audio app I was using.

Let's start at 7:30AM when I get in my car, assume everything is working, and go from there.

I turn on my car, Bluetooth connects automatically ("device is connected")
I push the play button on the Bluetooth adapter and a podcast starts playing (with my phone in my pocket).
I get in my car at lunch, everything works as above
I get in my car to go home, everything works as above
I get home, do whatever in the evening, go to sleep
Next morning, I get in my car, turn it on
Bluetooth does not connect automatically.
I need to open the Bluetooth settings and manually select the device.
Sometimes this doesn't work and I need to turn off/on Bluetooth for it to connect.  This doesn't seem to be the fault of the Bluetooth adapter.  It will patiently wait for the iPhone to figure out what's going on.
Once connected, I click the play button on the adapter.
Either nothing happens, or some random song from my local iTunes collection starts playing.  Overnight, the audio system has forgotten the last audio app.  This is the same for controlling audio from the lock screen or the control panel.
I open my podcast app and click play directly.
GOTO 3

So I guess there are two issues here:

Why does the iPhone completely forget what audio app I was using yesterday?
Why does Bluetooth stop working overnight?

Other info:

I don't have any other Bluetooth devices registered with my phone.
I charge my phone overnight, but don't usually turn it off
I use it pretty much every evening as a control device for a Sonos speaker.
iPhone 5S, iOS 8.3 (although this has happened in older versions of iOS)
My usual podcast app is Pocketcasts, but my problem applies to all audio apps, not just Pocketcasts and not just podcast apps.
I have the Himbox Bluetooth adapter, as recommended by thewirecutter.

What I expect:
When I get in my car, Bluetooth should connect automatically and when I push play, it should continue playing whatever I was listening to yesterday.  This seems like a reasonable expectation.


texts: Audacity Says "Error Locking Temporary Folder" and Won't Open

texts: I was using Audacity and it kept saying that it couldn't save to the autosave folder. I went to turn it off and it said it couldn't save its user configuration file. Now, when I try to turn it off, it says "Error Locking Temporary Folder." What can I do to fix this issue?


texts: Accessing files from Mac OS X in VMWare Fusion?

texts: I'm running VMWare Fusion on a Boot Camp partition. When I launch the virtual machine, I see the C:\ drive which is the BOOTCAMP partition, but I don't see the other hard drive (D:) which is visible when launching boot camp directly. I realize that I can drag and drop files between OS X and the virtual machine, but I was wondering if this is the only method of accessing OS X files from the virtual machine. Is there no way to have it show the second hard drive so that every file I want to access doesn't have to be copied over?


texts: How to locate the Power Pads on a MacBook Pro A1398

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My mac will no longer power up via the keyboard. I have taken the back off and have it before me with the fans at the bottom and the batteries at the top.
How can I jump-start the Mac ?

I have tried to find the Power Pads but to no avail.

I have also read about shorting pins #5 and #29 of the keyboard cable but unsure where this is and which pins exactly to short.

My question is how to start the Mac using either method above or another.


texts:
I want to remap terminal shortcuts (In particular, I want to remap INTR from CTRL+C to Command+C) in Terminal.

So these are my current stty bindings

$ stty -a
speed 38400 baud; 38 rows; 179 columns;
lflags: icanon isig iexten echo echoe echok echoke -echonl echoctl
    -echoprt -altwerase -noflsh -tostop -flusho pendin -nokerninfo
    -extproc
iflags: -istrip icrnl -inlcr -igncr ixon -ixoff ixany imaxbel iutf8
    -ignbrk brkint -inpck -ignpar -parmrk
oflags: opost onlcr -oxtabs -onocr -onlret
cflags: cread cs8 -parenb -parodd hupcl -clocal -cstopb -crtscts -dsrflow
    -dtrflow -mdmbuf
cchars: discard = ^O; dsusp = ^Y; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>;
    eol2 = <undef>; erase = ^?; intr = ^C; kill = ^U; lnext = ^V;
    min = 1; quit = ^\; reprint = ^R; start = ^Q; status = ^T;
    stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; time = 0; werase = ^W;

And for example if you want to remap something it'd be like

stty intr \^c

Which maps SIGINT to CTRL+C

But I want to map SIGINT to COMMAND+C. Something like this (which is invalid):

stty intr ⌘c

Now I know that the terminal doesn't really recognize the Command key, but is there a creative way of doing it?

Note: I know it can be done with ITerm2 but am wondering if there's a way to do it with the vanilla Terminal.

Thanks


texts: What is the highest video resolution achievable with my MacBook?

texts: I know how to use QuickTime to record a movie with my Macbook camera. It seems the resolution is 1280x720. Is this the maximum? Does this depend on the used software?


texts: Can I request Apple to expedite the approval of a new version of my app to rectify a critical bug

texts: If my app is live and users are facing a critical issue, can I upload another build and ask Apple to make it live within a day or two?


texts: Spotlight search of iCloud folder on Catalina is slow - is this normal? What can I do to improve?

texts:
Here are the details of my issue:

Since I'm in an all-Apple ecosystem, I've switched to using the iCloud folders as my "general" sync tool (vs FreeFileSync, which I pay the premium for and use when copying to my pocket SSDs).
Over time, as I grew this content to include all my "live" client folders, I regularly use the "Remove Download" and "Download Now" options to control the amount of iCloud synced data on my various machines (iMac Pro, iMac, 13" and 15" MacBook Pro models) at any given time to save space, especially on the smaller hard drive (256 GB) 13" model.
Sometimes I need to find a file quickly, and I've taken to using the EasyFind app since Spotlight (frequently) will locate files -- at all.

Questions:

Is this a bug or a "feature"?
If this is a known issue (at least in Catalina), is there a workaround other than using another tool like EasyFind?


texts: Exporting pictures from iOS device without using a computer

texts: How can export pictures on an iOS device to an SD card or a USB memory stick without using a computer?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Internet Sharing is grey out

My Mac is connected to internet using WiFi and its working fine. I want to share the internet connection via LAN but I am unable to select the port (Ethernet) to be used for sharing in the internet sharing menu. Please see the screenshot attached.

Any solution to this problem?


texts: MacOS Dark Mode toggles back to Light Mode

texts: I have an issue were when I log into MacOS Dark mode seems to be toggling back to light mode.


texts: Is system maintenance software required? If so, what is the best?

texts:
On Windows computers, people often use third party software like SystemCare in order to keep their system functioning at top performance.

Are there Mac equivalents that monitor startup, configuration and the like?  How necessary are they?  What is the best general purpose package?


texts: Telnet connection to servers frequently drops on battery

texts:
This is a 15" 2018 MBP, i7 6-core 16gb RAM. I run multiple telnet connections to MUSHes through the terminal and also via website or desktop clients, however on battery power all the connections drop fairly frequently and simultaneously, despite no break in WiFi connection. On mains power the connections only drops if the WiFi connection goes down. It's been a problem since I bought the machine, and is a real headache. I understand telnet is deprecated and not included with current versions of OSX, but, AFAIK this is the only way to connect to MUSH servers and it's a major part of what I use a computer for. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've also established that it's not a router problem by testing with Windows laptops, all able to maintain continuous connection on the same WiFi network, and the fact the Mac doesn't drop connection on mains power. I have tried all combinations of power saving settings with no difference.
Edit: This is on MacOS 10.15.7 but was on previous versions of MacOS as well, so I don't think it's related to an update.


texts: MacOS - turning off the bash session restore

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I’ve tried editing /etc/bashrc_Apple_Terminal as well as adding files such as .bash_profiles, etc to my home folder but my session history keeps showing - when I open terminal, it will open 3 windows with its history. What to do? Thanks!

Edit: SHELL_SESSION_HISTORY=0 does not work as well


texts: iTunes - adding content to third party app

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Prior to this iTunes 12 update, there was a way to navigate to the apps on your iPad and select a third party app from the App Store, then be able to 'add media' to that application. I would put home videos and other content to CineXPlayer this way.

With iTunes 12, I no longer see this option for my third party video player. Is this no longer supported? Are third party video apps out of business?


texts: Install Snow Leopard 10.6.3 on 2010 Mac Pro

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I am trying to install Snow Leopard 10.6.3 on a 2010 Mac Pro Quad Core Intel but on a secondary drive that is a solid state drive. My Mac Pro is only upgradable to El Capitan which I am running now on original hard drive. There are currently some glitches with installed system software on original drive and it's very slow to start up.
I spoke with Apple and they stated to start with Snow Leopard CD and upgrade to El Capitan online,
When I put Snow Leopard in I get a white circle with X thru install. Error comes up:
You can't use this version of the application "Install Mac OS X" with thie version of OX. You have to "Install Mac OS X" 23.1.1
I'm tried rebooting from install disk, but it wouldn't boot. My MacBook Laptop does not have a CD drive so I can't do it by connecting that one. Urg!
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Liz


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A few OS updates ago (maybe as far back at the first 9.x version?), Spotlight search on my iPhone has performed very inconsistently.  I can enter the same search string several times, but I'd say no more than 50% of the time do any results appear.

I've tried reseting & restoring my iPhone, but the problem persists.

Is this a known regression or something I can try to fix?


texts: Trackpad, mouse will not click. Command+Tab switcher is invisible

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I've had this issue come up about four times now on my 15" retina Macbook Pro, running Mac OS X 10.8.4.

The trackpad will no longer click — neither right nor left click works. Regardless of whether I tap the pad or press the physical click mechanism.

The computer remains responsive via the keyboard and the mouse cursor still moves. However the following symptoms occur:

Cmd+Space for the Spotlight menu does not work
Cmd+Tab switches between applications but the visual switcher does not display
I am able to open apps via the terminal, and force quit them via Cmd+Opt+Esc
Plugging in an external mouse via USB exhibits the same behaviour (movement only, no response to clicks)

The only thing I've found that resolves this problem is a restart, which I am able to do via the keyboard. I have attempted to kill all open applications but this does not solve the issue.

Does anyone know how to resolve this issue? I ask because next time this happens I would like to avoid restarting my computer.


texts: Why do I need internet to listen to my music library?

texts: I was taking a walk yesterday, and I was listening to music in my personal library. No Apple Music subscription. After awhile, my music stopped. I checked, and it said something about needing internet to access music and turning on cellular music in settings or something like that. It happened again today at the mall.  I'm confused... I thought that my personal library was on my device. Is it? By the way, I am using an iPod touch 6th generation and running (gulp) iOS 9 public beta. My best guess is it's the beta. Maybe they don't want all my music on my device in case I have to reset it. But wouldn't it be backed up to iTunes?


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I can’t find the .plist file for TextEdit, Preview. I’ve looked into /Library/Preferences, ~/Library/Preferences, and ~/Library/Containers. I have tried opening the app and changing the preferences and still it doesn’t create them.

I run the following command in Terminal to find it:

mdfind -name (osascript -e 'id of app "Preview"').plist -onlyin ~/Library/Preferences -onlyin /Library/Preferences -onlyin ~/Library/Containers/

I also looked myself and they weren’t there. Any reason this is happening? Odd this is I can still read the defaults with defaults read -app Preview in the Terminal. So where is that coming from, is there another place it’s stored at.


texts: Restart Screen Sharing Service on Mac mini Server

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I'm running Mac OS X (think it's Snow Leopard - 10.6.7) on a Mac mini. I'm trying to connect remotely from an iMac (this has been working fine in the past, for some time). When I click "Share Screen..." in finder on the iMac, I (eventually) see the server's desktop, but it appears to be frozen. However, I've managed to determine (from closing the window and sharing screen again, on repeat) that it IS actually receiving input, just not updating the display.

I can ssh into the server, but how can I restart the screen sharing service?


texts: Burning disks fails with error 0x80020022 on MacbookPro 2012

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My Macbook Pro is about 22 weeks old and I keep getting this error:
0x80020022 (communication with drive failed) when trying to burn DVDs or "attempt to burn a disc failed"/unknown error -3 in iTunes.

I read the usual "venting-anger-and-sharing-solutions"-thread, but I'm expecting that, just like the last time my SuperDrive failed, it's just a bunch of voodoo solutions, ie.:
Nothing works for everybody, everybody tries everything and if it happens to work right after, they believe in it until it fails again.

I've burned less than 10 discs with my drive and I don't feel like spending two whole days on failing to fix it again. Do you think this is a warranty case? Or is there any site where the knowledge shared in Apple discussions is meaningfully combined so that I don't have to wade through ideas like "Restart Finder 11 times, worked for me".


texts: System font display issues since upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion

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Since I upgraded my system from 10.6 Snow Leopard to 10.7 Lion, I have errors in the display of system fonts, and in the spacing of characters in documents.

An image of my old system under 10.6 Snow Leopard was restored from a Time Machine backup onto a new system running 10.7. I get unusual results:

Like this in the Spotlight window

And this in my battery display

This in my Safari bookmarks

not to mention errors opening documents - this is a .docx doc with Times New Roman, as seen in Pages '09

which looks like the following in TextEdit

Question

What should I be doing to remedy this, given that Lion comes on no Physical Media?

Should I re-install something from disc? Online?

Thanks!


texts: I saw the post on how to change time and date using touch or setfile. Is there a way to remove time and date entirely from a file? I tried xattr -c which did not work.


texts: Does turning iMessage off remove previous iMessages and text messages?

texts: Does turning iMessage off remove previous iMessages and text messages that were saved on the device?


texts: Didn't Apple use to provide USB stick with OS X on it?

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I'm quite new to the Apple Mac world, and I've been told that some of the older macs used to include a USB stick to boot the OSX Mountain Lion.
I have a Macbook Pro with Mavericks, and there was no USB stick included. Did they discontinue this?


texts: Printing from a remote windows computer on a printer connected to a MacBook Air

texts: We have a consultant who has a MacBook Air. He connects that to one of our printers via USB. The Mac recognizes the printer and we can print from his documents etc. He then remotes to his office computer which is a Windows PC. He needs to print stuff from his office computer on the printer that is connected to his Mac. The documents will not print. We can't get the remote computer to recognize the printer that is connected to the Mac. (It actually did work for a while, I have no idea how we got it working, but now that it has stopped again, he is getting mad at us for not being able to get it to work.) I have spent hours on his Mac, trying to get the printing working and can't.


texts: Mac not bootable, save files with other mac

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I am looking for a way to recover files from a Mac. Following facts:

The files I want to recover are on Mac #2.
I have another Mac if I need it.
Mac #2 no longer turns on. It no longer boots up. It powers up, but it won't come to the login.
On the Mac that works, I can't enable FileVault. I can't because it's a company laptop and without the admin password that goes through the Apple ID, I can't turn on FileVault. However, I think FileVault should actually be enabled on the broken MacBook? It probably isn't.
It's really just about a file that is in the home directory.
the Macbook is already a bit older. It should be around 2015.

Now the following questions:

Would it be possible for me to take the hard drive out of the broken Macbook and connect it externally to the working Mac and have access that way? And if so, can I then access the files at all? It is possible that they are encrypted.
When I turn on the mac in recovery mode and do "reinstall macos", will the personal files be deleted?

Or in general, what can I do? Time Machine is probably not an option.

Edit
The file is extremely important and of high value. Also, I have a lot of knowledge in Linux. So I can practically handle very well the shell of the laptop and then drag files to a USB if this were possible.


texts: How to remotely change iCloud settings on iPhone 5?

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I would like to restore factory settings on my iPhone 5. When I try to do
this via iTunes, the computer tells me that I have to change the iCloud settings on my phone:  deactivate "Find my iPhone".

Unfortunately both buttons are inactive on my phone, so I am not able to get to the settings menu. I am also not able to reboot it. I have tried pressing both of them for a long time to no avail.

Do you have any ideas how to get around this?


texts: Do you still need iPhone when running with Apple Watch?

texts: Are you able to use the Apple Watch when running or jogging without taking the iPhone out? The iPhone is bulky and I don't like running with it.


texts:
I am looking for a preferably free SQLite frontend to use under OS X.

Something similar to MySQL Workbench will do. Put separate suggestions in separate answers.


texts: iOS 9.3.5 Apple Music can't play albums any more

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The first song repeats forever. When I manually select the second song, that repeats forever. See screenshot:

See screenshot. This has been happening since I downgraded from iOS 8.4.? to 9.3.5.

Is there any known solution, other than "wait for an update"?

For US$10.00/month, I like to think I can expect as much as my 8 track player was capable of when I was in the 7th grade.


texts: If I have set `disksleep` to 0 in pmset, will my disk go to sleep when I close the lid?

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I have MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) and OS: 10.13.6

My pmset outputs:

$ pmset -g
System-wide power settings:
Currently in use:
 standbydelay         10800
 standby              1
 womp                 1
 halfdim              1
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 powernap             1
 gpuswitch            2
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            0
 sleep                0 (sleep prevented by coreaudiod, Google Chrome)
 autopoweroffdelay    28800
 hibernatemode        3
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         20
 acwake               0
 lidwake              0

You can see that I have set the disksleep to 0 somehow (not sure when I did that), will my disk go to sleep when I close the lid?


texts: Failing to connect Python to MySQL -- no luck with brew install mysql-connector-c

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I think I must have made some mess with brew install/uninstall of MySQL, but I don't know how to get out of this state:
I'm trying to run MySQL stuff on Python 3.7 (High Sierra 10.13). However:
ImportError: dlopen(/Users/me/virtualenvpath/ve3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/_mysql.cpython-37m-darwin.so, 2): Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/mysql-connector-c/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/me/virtualenvpath/ve3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/MySQLdb/_mysql.cpython-37m-darwin.so
  Reason: image not found

So of course I try to brew install mysql-connector-c but that just installs mysqlclient. I tried uninstalling, reinstalling - mysql, mysqlclient, mysql-connector-c -- but nothing changes.
I did have a broken link in /usr/local/opt/mysql-connector-c. I removed it but that didn't change anything either.
Ideas?


texts: Is it possible to have multiple filevault2-activated partitions on one disk?

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What I would like to have: A disk with the following systems on it:

OS X 10.8 (FV2-encrypted)
OS X 10.9 (FV2-encrypted)
Windows 7

When I try to start FV2-encryption on my secondary partition, OS X tells me that in some configurations FV2 cannot be activated. Do you know if this can be done? How?

Bonus question: The Bootcamp partition is not available in the boot menu after installing 10.9. Is it possible to have multiple OS X + Bootcamp live together on one disk?


texts: Managing second iPhoto library with some albums and events from first library

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My iPhoto library is very fat already. I have about 90GB in it. I want to make a new one and label it 2012-present with the old one something like 2000-2011.

However I do sync my iOS devices with my iPhoto library, and I want some of the recent events and albums to be included in my new library so I can keep syncing them to my iPhone. Is there any way to copy the albums/events or make the other library see the albums/events?

In general, I do want to keep it in just one library, since iPhoto should be able to detect faces, show geotagged photo map, etc. However I may not do that for a while until I upgrade to a new computer :( (this is another big problem for me)


texts: iPad repeatedly sets app local network permissions to off

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Since the introduction of the local network permission in iOS 14, my daughter's iPad can't connect to any other devices on the local network.
For example, previously she could play Minecraft and join a world on another device on the same network, but now they no longer show up. My iPad and my wife's still work as they did before.
I've noticed there are app-specific permissions for local network access, however if I access the permission via Settings -> Privacy -> Local network -> Minecraft, it's set to "On", whereas if I access it via Settings -> Minecraft -> Local network, it's set to "Off". If I set it to "On" there, it has always reset itself to "Off" the next time I look.
I've screenrecorded a demo of the permission issue here.


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Other than ifconfig, is there an app/script for OS X Lion that produces similar output/info to ethtool?

Specifically, I would like to be able to query the following:

driver info
online/offline
speed
duplex

Output from ethtool looks like this:

ajc@ajc-3] sudo ethtool eth0|grep Duplex                                                                                ~
    Duplex: Full
ajc@ajc-3] sudo ethtool eth0|grep Speed                                                                                ~
    Speed: 100Mb/s
ajc@ajc-3] sudo ethtool eth0|grep Link                                                                                ~
    Link detected: yes
ajc@ajc-3] sudo ethtool -i eth0                                                                                ~
driver: pcnet32
version: 1.32
firmware-version:
bus-info: 0000:00:03.0


texts: Change the order of email accounts in iOS

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I'm curious if there is a way to re-order email accounts in Mail on iOS without re-setting all the accounts up (I haven't tested re-creating all the accounts). I know someone that has a ton of email accounts on his iPhone, and he would like to re-order them - ones he uses most at the top, with the other further down the list.

Any ideas?


texts: Bootable USB for Windows 7 isn’t showing up on MacBook Pro 12,2

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I made a Windows 7 installation USB using Microsoft’s installation tool on my Windows PC. When I boot the Mac while holding Option. Only the Mac disk appears. The USB is NTFS. I checked if anything is wrong with the USB and nothing seems wrong. I’m not using Bootcamp because it only accepts Windows 10.

Is there any way to get it to appear? I don’t want to install Windows 7 in my Mac OSX disk using Virtual box.


texts: Frozen/Incorrect 'Date Created' and 'Date Modified' in Finder

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The 'Date Modified' and 'Date Created' are completely wrong in the Finder. Not off by a Time-Zone adjustment, just plain wrong. For instance, I created new directories today at 14:01 and they appear as Apr 23, 2018 at 12:06 and other such incorrect dates. The Date Added attribute is correct.

I noticed this today and it looks like it started happening a couple of days ago, perhaps 4 days ago at most. I think that's around the time I applied the updates below. Any suggestions?

MacBook Pro, macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 Update, Version installed Apr 3, 2018.
Security Update 2018-001, Version installed Apr 26, 2018.


texts: iOS 11.3.1 Mail app doesn't shown new mail until the iPhone is rebooted - any cure?

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I have an iPhone 6s running iOS 11.3.1.  The Mail app is able to download and display e-mail from my GMail account.  However, e-mail to my account at register.com is frequently not displayed until I have powered off the phone and powered it back on.  The webmail service at register.com shows that the e-mails have been received, and the iPhone actually shows a little message saying "Downloading 5 of 5" or whatever, but the e-mails never appear.

We all know that 11.3.1 is something of a failed release, but has anyone else experienced this problem and found a solution that doesn't involve turning the phone off and on to receive new mail?


texts: OSX 9 Mavericks - Homebrew - g++ 4.8 - link fails: Undefined symbol "__istype(int, unsigned long)"

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g++-4.8 -o block_test block_test.o Block.o MemRef.o CI_Metadata.o ConnectMxctl.o Log.o BLog.o -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -g
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "__istype(int, unsigned long)", referenced from:
      std::ctype<char>::is(unsigned long, char) const in block_test.o
      std::ctype<char>::is(unsigned long, char) const in ConnectMxctl.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64

The closest thing to a solution I've found from Googling is to run xcode-select --install.  This actually succeeded once, I think; subsequent attempts fail because it is "not currently available from the software update server."

xcode is installed and up to date, including the command line utilities.  Also, I used homebrew to install g++-4.8, so things are located in /usr/local/Cellar/.  Other suggestions have been to (compile? link?) /opt/local/lib/gcc48/libstdc++.a, which I changed to /usr/local/Cellar/gcc48/4.8.1/gcc/lib/libstdc++.a because I'm using brew, not MacPorts -- but I haven't figured out where that belongs.


texts: I currently have a iMac (27-inch, Late 2009, Intel Core 2 Duo) which I would like to use as display for a new Mac Pro. How do I do that?


texts: Are Macbook Pros with a rusted / corroded MagSafe port safe to operate?

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So I have MacBook Pro 13" 2015 and when I connect the MagSafe power connector to it, it seems like it’s more difficult to charge. So I check the MagSafe port and want to clean it I think.

When I checked charge port I think it got corroded, or I don't know what it is, but I think it isn’t burnt. So I'm afraid to charge the MacBook, and I do some first aid to try to clean it with cotton swab with alcohol but it shows nothing.

But what should I do? Is this safe? Should I just continue to use it and charge it? Or should I bring it to an Apple Authorized Service shop or just any common non-Apple service center?

Thank you!


texts: How to remove OS X Installer for 10.10. to get back to 10.7, the originally installed OS?

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I ran OS X 10.7 latest version on my MacBookPro 2011.
Then I installed on an external USB stick 10.10.3 from my running system OS X 10.7.
The installation on the stick was successful.

After testing 10.10 for some minutes I restarted the system, took of the usb-stick and wanted to restart from my internal disk the 10.7 system.
However, now there is the installer and insists on installing 10.10, what I do not want to do.

The disk utility says that my internal disk is not writable and that I cannot modify it.
Starting with an external disk with 10.7 works, but does not allow to reactivate the internal disk.

Recovery with  Cmd ⌘   R   loads 10.7 via the internet (it therefore still know that the original system is 10.7), but I cannot recover the 10.7 system, since I cannot write to the internal disk.

The internal disk is now Master Boot Record partitioned.
I do not know if it was GUID before or not: At least it worked for three years before.
I have a backup, but since this is 1TB I do not want to load it via a USB 2.0 port.

How can I reactivate my internal disk with 10.7?
If reasonable I would change to 10.8 (but not higher) if there is a utility that works with 10.8 only.
Any proposal or links to tool to remove the OS X installer and allow me to restart from my internal disk with 10.7?

The output of gpt -r show /dev/disk0:

sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0
results in:
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         MBR
           1           1
           2  1466246608      1  MBR part 175
  1466246610           1
  1466246611   487278557      2  MBR part 175

I have a time machine backup.


texts: ‘Swap file "./.bash_profile.swp" already exists’

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I'm trying to edit .bash_profile because I am installing the JDK on my Mac.

When trying to open up the file using vi ./.bash_profile, it shows an error because there was a swp file of bash. It also said there may be someone editing it or that a past session crashed. It gives me options to edit, recover or delete. So I recovered it and got this:

Swap file "./.bash_profile.swp" already exists! "./.bash_profile" 2L, 87C

What does that mean and how do I move forward? I need to edit the file and put in this command

export PATH=$PATH:/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/ jdk1.8.0_91.jdk/Contents/Home/bin


texts: Can't boot up mac stuck in 'No Bootable Device error' Mac Book Pro Late 2011

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I have a MacBook Pro 13-Inch Late 2011 (MacbookPro 8,1) with Bootcamp installed.I have been using Mac OS High Sierra and Windows 10. Once When I boot into Windows 10, an error shows up 'No Bootable Device — Insert Boot Disk and Press Any Key'. Then I have tried to change the startup disk, enter into recovery mode, safe mode, inserted Mac OS bootable disk ,Windows bootable disk. Nothing worked and I have even removed the Hard disk.Still stuck on the same error. I can't do anything on my MBP. I have tried all the startup key combinations and none of that worked with both inbuilt keyboard and external keyboard.

I would like to fix this MBP but Holding option key for changing startup disk or holding other key combination for Recovery doesn't work on internal keyboard or external keyboard.

What are the next steps to fix this?


texts: How to delete a file using the delete key

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I want to use only the delete key in order to delete files in Finder — no key combinations.

So far, I have been unable to find a configuration entry or even a 3rd party app that allow me to change the default behavior of OSX.

I'm using several systems, and OS X is only one of them. Having some consistency is great. I really want that behavior as it seems straightforward to me that the delete key actually delete.

Does someone have a solution?


texts: Apple wireless keyboard is outputting an " character when I expect an @ character

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I just bought a Mac Mini and a wireless apple keyboard. Whenever I type Shift+2, expecting the @ symbol to appear, I get a " character instead. How can I diagnose the problem and correct the mapping so Shift+2 produces the @ symbol as expected?

Several other Shift keys in that row are also wrong:  6 is &, 7 is ', 8 is (, 9 is ), 0 is 0.


texts: How to play a video file (avi/mp4) in AppleTV?

texts:
Suppose I would like to play a video file (avi/mp4) in AppleTV 3. I see two options:

play the file in the laptop and mirror the screen via AirPlay on the AppleTV.
import the file into the ITunes in my laptop connected to my home network, enable home sharing, and make AppleTV play this file from the ITunes.

Is it correct ? Are there easier ways to play a video file in a laptop in AppleTV ?


texts: Analyze a bunch of files and categorize them according to their content, content-duplicates possible with different format

texts:
I have material such as images, PDFs, DOC and DOCX with a lot of duplicated items but in different format. I may have a paper in PDF and then I have it also in DOC and DOCX. I want to somehow categorize all material according to the content of material. If PDF and DOC have the same content, they should be categorized to the same folder. My first idea was ssdeep and Adope PDF's search for PDF -files but slow solutions.

  Does there exist some method that would categorize a massive directory with duplicates according to their contents?
  Please, note that the duplicateness is a statistical measure in a way: if enough similarity, then categorize to the same folder. How can
  I do this kind of categorization in Mac?
  Some ready software for this?

Please, add labels such as categorization to better match this thread. Some better labels?


texts: BigSur upgrade breaks the share menu option in Safari

texts:
I've just upgraded to Mac OS X Big Sur (Version 11.01) from Catalina. Normally in the browser or finder you can select the 'Share' to send information to another application. For example, if browsing a site and want to save the information I would typically select the 'Share to' icon, select Notes and then my information would be saved.
After upgrading to Big Sur I've hit the following issues:

Share menu in Safari is empty
Selecting the 'More' option pops up
the Extensions preference which is all blank

Now if I try the path of going to the Safari option to add an extension the new functionality in BigSur pops open the App Store. I can select an option and after installing it then says to return to the Extensions 'management' screen but nothing is able to be selected or activated.
Net result - stuck !
Does anyone have any suggestions


texts: How to disable SIP when Big Sur is installed in a VMware Fusion Player virtual machine

texts:
I have Big Sur installed in a VMware Fusion Player virtual machine. I desire to disable SIP. With an actual physical Mac, the usual method would involve first booting to internal macOS Recovery, then entering the command given below in a Terminal window.
csrutil disable

However, booting to internal macOS Recovery does not seem possible. The holding down the ⌘+R key combination at startup does not work. The Mac Startup Manager does not appear to exist. I can restart to firmware, but the Recovery volume does not have a boot.efi which can be chosen to boot from.
I realize the SIP setting is stored in the 4 byte NVRAM variable given below.
7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82:csr-active-config

The firmware does allow booting to a built‑in EFI 1.0 shell. However, this shell does not appear to have any commands which can modify this variable. In fact, the variable does not even currently exist in the virtual machine NVRAM. I tried entering the command below in a macOS Terminal window.
 sudo nvram csr-active-config=%7f%00%00%00

The result was the error message given below.
nvram: Error setting variable - 'csr-active-config': (iokit/common) not permitted

What procedures can be used used to disable SIP?
I am using the current free version of VMware Fusion Player (Version 12.1.0).

Host Stats
Guest Stats

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013)
Mac

macOS Catalina version 10.15.7
macOS Big Sur version 11.2

Memory: 16 GB
Memory: 4 GB

Quad-Core Intel Core i5
2 processor cores

2.9 GHz
2.76 GHz

USB 3 (5 Gb/s) Samsung T7 SSD
SATA HDD

Below are a links to sites with procedures that either I could not get to work or only work with previous versions of macOS.
Can I initiate a MacOS restart to Recovery mode solely from the command line?
how to disable SIP (system integrity protection) in vmware fusion 12 for macOS big sur?


texts: How to make an Image of my Solid State Drive

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I have installed macOS, Linux and Windows to my MacBook Air. It was hard installing a triple boot system because each of issues with their boot loaders, but now everything works fine.

I want to save the image of my SSD to an external hard drive. How can I do that?


texts: How to toggle between normal, vibrate and silent modes like in Android

texts: On Android it is easy to toggle between normal (ring + vibrate), vibrate (vibrate only) and silent (no ring or vibrate) modes. How can I get all 3 modes and easily change between them on iPhone?


texts: How can I test if my security questions work correctly?

texts:
I just changed my security questions, I want to test if they works correctly (in case I make some mistakes like typo, upper case, lower case,...). But I don't want to do something extreme like reset my password to test security questions. I can go to Settings > Password & Security > Change Security Questions, then it will ask 2 out of 3 security questions, this works but it takes time to test all of my 3 questions because: 1. you have to wait 30 minutes or so for it to ask again. 2. it only ask 2 random out of 3 so it'd be exhausting to test 3 questions quickly.
Edit: I just tested the first time and realize Security Questions don't care about upper case, lower case. It cares about "The" or without "The" (count as typo) though.


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Is there any log, where I can see what pmset did and when?

I am thinking about scheduling my macbook power on and the power off and scheduling some job in between to see if it worked, but is there any better way (some power management log file etc.)?


texts: Elgato Eve is connected on Home app of iPhone but not on iPad

texts:
I have Elgato Eve Thermo. Home app on iPhone shows that the device is connected. While on iPad, Home app shows that the device is not connected.

Any ideas what is going on and how to fix it?


texts: I need to create a "document" icon for an application on the mac, and I need a source "blank page" image to use for it. Is Apple OK with using their own blank page icon as the backing for your icon? If not, is there a free equivalent somewhere I can use?


texts: How can I open a file from a shared location on OSX?

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I'm fairly new to OSX, and I'm trying to do some work stuff here.
On my job, we usually have to open some files that are located on a shared network folder, so for example, I would hit WindowsKey + R, which brings up the Run command window, and then enter something like:

file://server/clients/T\TestClient\XXXX\XXXX\Email.eml

That just opens the email directly.
I usually have to access network locations as well to browse for files.

How can I do this on OSX?

Thanks in advance!


texts:
So I’m about to ditch Outlook for Mac because I’m missing too many meetings.  I’m not sure if anyone is experience the same issues but when using Outlook on Windows, if I get a meeting invite sent to me it automatically gets added to my calendar as “tentative”.  When using Outlook for Mac, unless I physically accept, decline, or tentative the meeting it doesn’t show up.

My understanding is that this is a server side setting so I’m not sure what the issue is.  Even the iphone when pulling down mail marks me as tentative and syncs it back to the Exchange server.  Its almost like when the mail is pulled down into Outlook for Mac, the client side does something to the invite.  No idear.

Its an issue when I get backed up on emails from being either out or in meetings all day and I miss an invite.


texts: Time Machine stopped working after upgrading to Yosemite

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I have upgraded my Mountain Lion system to the latest Yosemite release in the App Store.

When I click the Back Up Now link in the Time Machine menu it says it's preparing the backup but it never gets past this and actually starts backing the system up.

How do I get Time Machine working again?


texts: identityservicesd IP resolving to non-apple IP - possible man-in-the-middle?

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When I dig init-p01md.apple.com using Google DNS 8.8.8.8 returns A name of 219.88.192.83 (SPARK NEW ZEALAND TRADING LIMITED)

Then digging init-p01md.apple.com using Kloth.net (again with 8.8.8.8) returns A name of 2.20.189.156 -- an Akaimai address that Apple uses as a cloud provider.

Kloth.net dig of init-p01md.apple.com on 8.8.8.8#53

 >> Non-authoritative answer:
     init-p01md.apple.com   canonical name = init-p01md-lb.push-apple.com.akadns.net.
 >> init-p01md-lb.push-apple.com.akadns.net canonical name = init-p01md.apple.com.edgesuite.net.
    >> init-p01md.apple.com.edgesuite.net   canonical name = a1051.b.akamai.net.
     Name:  a1051.b.akamai.net
     Address: 2.20.189.123
     Name:  a1051.b.akamai.net
     Address: 2.20.189.156

Any ideas why it would be resolving to a local NZ IP address?


texts: What happens to iCloud mail if storage payment fails

texts: I'm thinking of switching to iCloud Email and to buy more storage (currently 5gb) but im not sure if it's reliable to be charged for the storage on a monthly basis. Can someone tell me what happens if a payment fails for some reason, can I still receive messages for some time until I resolve the issue (even if unable to login to my mailbox) or the sender will receive a delivery error?


texts: In multi-monitor setup, how to control which workspace a newly launched app appears in?

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I have a MacBook Pro (OS X 10.11)  with one HDMI monitor and one USB monitor. The MBP is on the left, HDMI in the middle, and the USB is on the right. Each monitor has ~3 workspaces (meaning I usually have a total of 9 workspaces).

My overall setup seems chaos with regard to on which monitor, and in which workspace, apps launch into. I launch apps via the Dock and Finder.

Example: On the USB monitor in workspace #8, I double clicked a .docx file in Finder. At the time, I had workspace #1 displayed on the MBP. The MBP monitor all the sudden flipped to workspace #2 and opened the document.

Likewise, launching apps from the Dock gives inconsistent results.

Note:   The behavior that is most logical does happen when you start Launch Pad and System Preferences from the Dock.

put mouse focus in the monitor and workspace you want.
click on the Dock for Launch Pad or System Preferences.
they launch in the monitor and workspace that has the current focus.

For apps like Chrome, Excel, NetBeans, iTunes, etc. that does not happen. I can't figure-out how OS X decides which workspace to put it in.


texts:
My Mac was updated to Sierra and, although I can use the Notes app just fine, it erased all my previous notes and I don't have a backup in Time Machine or iCloud.
I tried to recover them from the library and changed the extension to .html (for example: NotesV2.storedata-wal.html) but when I open it in a browser it just code garbage.
How can I get my notes back?


texts: App Store "An Unknown Error Has Occurred", Apple Support fix was only temporary. How fix permanently?

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When opening an application installed from the App Store (TextWrangler) I am prompted to sign in. After entering the correct Apple ID and password I get an error, An unknown error has occurred. This only happens with one app, other apps installed are OK.

This error also occurs when I sign in to the App Store. So its not just affecting a single application.

This also seems to be affecting my iCloud login. It prompts for a password then just seems to hang.

I spoke with Apple Support yesterday. They had me delete all Caches from /Libary/Caches, ~/Library/Caches, and a few cookies then restart my iMac. This fixed the issue yesterday. Today I start my Mac and get the same error again. I called Apple Support and got the runaround, I was told to use ExpressLane which doesn't really seem to have a solution.

How can I permanently fix this error?

Previous attempt to identify/triage the error

Searching online turns up similar suggestions to clear caches and cookies, but also some more extreme suggestions involving network settings that I am hesitant to try.

Logs after starting TextWrangler and being prompted to login:

9/19/12 10:01:30.611 AM com.apple.backupd[889]: Couldn't find en0.
9/19/12 10:01:30.638 AM com.apple.backupd[889]: Backup completed successfully.
9/19/12 10:01:58.592 AM RockMelt[306]: Cannot find function pointer CMPluginInFactory for factory 3487BB5A-3E66-11D5-A64E-003065B300BC in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x796aa090 </Users/jon/Library/Contextual Menu Items/Google Notifier Quick Add CM Plugin.plugin> (not loaded)
9/19/12 10:01:59.885 AM RockMelt Helper[931]: Internals of CFAllocator not known; out-of-memory failures via CFAllocator will not result in termination. http://crbug.com/45650
9/19/12 10:02:00.615 AM RockMelt Helper[931]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1100)
9/19/12 10:02:07.797 AM WindowServer[89]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "RockMelt" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
9/19/12 10:02:11.035 AM WindowServer[89]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "RockMelt" after 4.24 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
9/19/12 10:02:34.240 AM Blink Lite[310]:REDACTED
9/19/12 10:03:07.693 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[192]: ([0x0-0xae0ae].com.barebones.textwrangler[938]) Exited with code: 173
9/19/12 10:03:39.054 AM librariand[951]: MMe quota status changed: under quota
9/19/12 10:03:40.741 AM com.apple.security.pboxd[959]: Bug: 12B19: liblaunch.dylib + 23849 [224CB010-6CF8-3FC2-885C-6F80330321EB]: 0x25
9/19/12 10:04:00.293 AM Dock[205]: LaunchPad: __53-[LPAppManager(StoreSupport) _acceptStoreConnection:]_block_invoke_0 app store xpc message error: Connection invalid
9/19/12 10:06:11.123 AM TextEdit[949]: SCNetworkReachability server not available
9/19/12 10:06:11.124 AM TextEdit[949]: SCNetworkReachability server not available
9/19/12 10:06:11.130 AM TextEdit[949]: socket(PF_ROUTE) failed: Operation not permitted
9/19/12 10:06:11.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(990) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
9/19/12 10:06:12.423 AM sandboxd[990]: ([949]) TextEdit(949) deny mach-lookup com.apple.SystemConfiguration.SCNetworkReachability
9/19/12 10:06:12.426 AM sandboxd[990]: ([949]) TextEdit(949) deny system-socket
9/19/12 10:08:22.725 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[192]: ([0x0-0xbd0bd].com.barebones.textwrangler[1015]) Exited with code: 173
9/19/12 10:09:00.951 AM Dock[205]: LaunchPad: __53-[LPAppManager(StoreSupport) _acceptStoreConnection:]_block_invoke_0 app store xpc message error: Connection invalid


texts: Automate a Webex Meeting outside of work?

texts:
I'm trying to schedule a daily meeting, end the meeting, then open it back up each day. Its just a meeting where agents / friends can join to chat outside of the regular work meeting.
The main issue I have is that the computer I intend on automating this with, is my work computer on days I work, so any foreground tasks / scripts can get in the way.
Right now, I'm just using AppleScript and SystemEvents to open Safari page, click a few things and then the meeting is opened. I am testing the simplest way to do this first, before I turn it into a scheduled task.
Since I have to log into Webex, adding credentials in AppleScript would be nuts, so I'm stuck having to log in before starting the script, which pretty much defeats the purpose, since most days I'm not working and leave the computer and when I'm there, I start it up like normal anyway.
I was thinking of maybe using my backup Android phone to just be plugged in all the time, and use some Root Macro app or if I can, a terminal script or something. Its all cracked and beat up so i dont vare about screen burn and all that.
Any tips / advice? Webex Meetings does have a scheduler, but I dont think it actually starts the meeting


texts: How to remove a book from a Books collection

texts:
In Books app we can organize books in collections. We can have multiple collections and a book can even be in multiple collections.
But how can I remove a book from a collection? I don't mean to delete the book.


texts: How do I re-authorize Quicktime Player to use the microphone when once it has been denied?

texts: I wanted to use a USB audio input to record a video, and got something I've never seen before having done this 100 times; it asked "Authorize Quicktime to use the microphone?" I clicked no, because I didn't want it to use the internal mic, I wanted it to use a USB input.  Now, it won't let me get rid of the denial.  I've quit QT, quit & reopened it twice and it still won't let me choose ANY input source. It still says it doesn't have access to the microphone.  Is this a new Mojave 10.14.2 bug or what?  How the heck do I get out of this?  Thanks!


texts: Will the battery from an iPhone 4 fit an iPhone 5

texts: Will the battery from an iPhone 4 fit into an iPhone 5? The battery in my iPhone 5 is bad and I have an iPhone 4 I was thinking of exchanging the battery from.


texts: Shortcut app step for activating the Low Data Mode setting when opening an app

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AIM : When  I open a movie app, such as Netflix or Shudder, I want the Shortcut app to trigger the Low Data Mode setting automatically so that the current movie app is now the only app using the WiFi resources.
(Context: I live up on a mountain, with limited satellite  internet resources.) I do this action myself manually, I would love to automate this action with Shortcuts, but couldn’t see how to . Choosing that particular setting wasn’t available as a triggerable option, it seems?


texts: Are there any iOS games that involve game theory?

texts: The closest I found is Topia World Builder, but it's unclear to me if the predator/prey dynamic is based on game theory or is some generic algorithm. Seems this would be a simple game to implement, so I'm surprised there are many varieties, or anything really, in the App Store.


texts: Can you restrict Command + Tilde (CMD + ~) in El Capitan to switch between only windows on the same desktop?

texts:
In Yosemite, I could use CMD + ~ to switch between windows of an application, but it switched only between windows on the same desktop/space. When I use the same keyboard shortcut in El Capitan, it switches to windows of the same application that are opened in other desktops. Is there a way to restrict its behavior to within the same desktop (the way it worked in Yosemite)? Thanks!

UPDATE:

As linkedlist suggested, I updated to 10.11.1, which fixed the issue when using Chrome. However, I find that PHPStorm's windows still behave as described above.


texts: iTunes stuck on "installing" when installing .ipa files

texts: I have downloaded an .ipa file (a free game). when I trying to install it form iTunes to my device, it is stuck on installing:


texts: What do the various iTunes Match icons in iTunes mean?

texts:
Enabling iTunes Match adds a new default column to song lists in iTunes that displays several new icons:

What do each of these icons (as well as no icon at all) mean?


texts: Open list of URLs in your clipboard as new tabs in Safari

texts:
I want to open a list of tabs in Safari I have currently open in Chrome.
In Chrome there i use the Copy all URLs extension, which allows me to copy all open tabs URLs into the clipboard. The same extension allows me also to open a new tab for a list of URLs in the clipboard.
I found Tabs to Links, which allows me to copy all open Safari tabs as URLs. But nothing to open tabs for a given list of URLs.
Do I miss something? Has anybody a suggestion how to solve this?
Thanks in advance.


texts: Not able to take screenshot on MacBook Pro Retina

texts: I am trying to take screenshot on MacBook Pro Retina using the shortcut commands shift+command+3 and shift+command+4 but nothing happens . I also have checked System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts and checked all the boxes but still doesn't works. Please help me with this.


texts: How to delete App Documents and Data for iOS apps like Twitter?

texts:
Some apps like Whatsapp, Twitter and Instagram end up storing a lot of Documents and Data, way more than their actual size.

I want the exact opposite of this: How can I delete an iOS app and preserve its data?

Is there a way to remove just the Documents and Data and leave the app installed?


texts: How to remove a non-existant iCloud mail account from mail?

texts:
I have been having problems with my iCloud account not syncing properly with my iOS devices, so I wanted to reinstall the iCloud account.

The first thing that I wanted to do was to remove my old iCloud account, which worked for everything except for Mail.

When I try to deactivate the iCloud mail setting, it says:

  iCloud Mail couldn’t be disabled from the iCloud Preference Pane.

  Open Mail and remove your iCloud account from Mail preferences.

However, when I do that, Mail does not have an iCloud account, so it cannot be removed.

Here is what I have tried till now, without success:

I tried to add the iCloud mail account into mail.app so that I could remove it.

Adding the account “worked”, as in it didn't fail, however the account still does not show up on my list of accounts, and so still cannot be removed.

I have restarted my computer

I didn't expect this to work, and it didn't.

I have repaired disk permissions.

There were a few errors (aren't there always??), but this didn't help.

I have searched the web for others having the same problem.

I didn't find anyone with the same issue, nor did workarounds for other similar issues help.

In response to the comment on the question. I have a lot of (almost 6000) 'ACL found but not expected' messages. I have been led to believe by various internet searches that these are harmless.


texts: Can BeejiveIM for iPhone block unwanted add requests?

texts:
I've been getting a lot of bogus contact add requests from my Yahoo account - it almost always turned out to be a spambots. I wonder if BeejiveIM has a feature that can block these spam requests?

If that's not the case, what multi-protocol instant messaging client for the iPhone that can block out these spammers? Ideally they will automatically prompt for a captcha to the requester before showing me the request.


texts: Best way to share all photos with partner

texts:
I want to create a comprehensive cloud photo archive together with my girlfriend, for all our mobile devices and laptops.

This is what we want:

Photos should be archived in full resolution
Photos should be automatically uploaded from iPhones

I’m a bit desperate because everything I tried so far failed:

Dropbox: uploads everything into one folder and would mix up the sources of the photos; plus it would require sharing my Dropbox ID
iCloud: it’s only possible to share albums, so sharing the entire collection is cumbersome. Plus, backing up shared albums seems difficult (I’d need to manually save them and would create redundant copies for all photos I uploaded before to the shared album)

I’m now eyeing at Google Photos. It seems to be best at sharing libraries and - of you pay - allows you to upload full scale pictures. While I’m worried about Google’s tendency to grab data, I’m willing to accept that.

Now my questions:

What so you use for sharing entire photo libraries from different devices with your family?
Would you recommend using one account for our collection, or two separate ones? With two separate accounts, can you share full resolution photos using the Shared Library function? With ohne, is there a way to separate between sources (i.e. what she uploads from her iPhone / why I upload from my iPhone / why she uploads from laptop / ...)


texts: How can I mount a removable device as un-ejectable

texts:
I have a Micro-SD card which I keep permanently inserted in my MacBook Pro using a nifty Mini-drive. I doubt it should matter, but this is a 13" early 2011 MacBookPro, running High Sierra (hardware doesn't support upgrading to Mojave, and app store actively prevents it).

Since I use this as my long-term "tepid" storage (not disconnected "cold" storage, but not using space on my more actively used SSDs), I would prefer that it be mounted in a manner where it cannot be ejected from the OS, either through Finder, or Alfred or any other means.

Is there a way of flagging the device, through Disk Utility, fstab or some other manner, to do so? Essentially, for it to behave like a permanent/fixed disk, as opposed to it being removable?


texts: Keyboard Only Control When Hotkeys, Hinting, and Tabbing Fail

texts:
I'd like to never need to reach for a mouse or trackpad.

Right now I spend most of the day mouse free. Alas, I occasionally must reach for a mouse or trackpad. It can really derail a good day.

What is the most efficient method of last resort for "clicking" those elements that have no hotkey, that I can't get any program to provide a keyboard hint for, and that can't be tabbed to?

My expectation is that the answers will be methods to move the mouse cursor and click via keyboard (like mousekeys) but any solution is applicable if it allows a keyboard to do anything a mouse can do.

Update Here's a very specific example of something that I don't know how to control by keyboard. In Firefox I'm unable to start this video:
http://vimcasts.org/episodes/comparing-buffers-with-vimdiff/

This specific example isn't too important, the point is that even with tools like Shortcat and Vimperator, sometimes hinting isn't provided. Video controls are a good example of something challenging. (Vimperator sometimes works for video controls, sometimes doesn't.) Maybe there's a better way to get hints for these?


texts:
I downloaded and tried installing GMAT on macOS Catalina but when I tried to open the application I first got a warning and then I got an error. How to resolve this error?

I've run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ~/Downloads/GMAT but still getting the same error.
$ ls -ld GMAT GMAT/R2018a GMAT/R2018a/bin GMAT/R2018a/bin/gmat_startup_file.txt
drwxr-xr-x 4 ayushmehta staff 128 Sep 23 13:20 GMAT
drwx------ 15 ayushmehta staff 480 Sep 23 13:21 GMAT/R2018a
drwxr-xr-x 11 ayushmehta staff 352 Sep 23 13:24 GMAT/R2018a/bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 ayushmehta staff 10432 Apr 20 2018 GMAT/R2018a/bin/gmat_startup_file.txt


texts: Water damaged mid 2014 Macbook Pro - SSD question

texts:
My laptop got wet in my bag, and I want to try to retrieve the data from the hard drive. My old Mac computers used SATA II drives, and I have a cable that can plug right in.

Is there something similar for this generation Mac? If the SSD isn't damaged, I have some important things on there I need.

The model is a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014).


texts: Mirroring iPad to Apple TV using local router and using data connection?

texts: I have a iPad 3 or the new iPad and it's 3G. I plan on using this at trade shows so I can mirror what's on my iPad to the TV using Apple TV. We'll be using a local router instead of wi-fi because it's a fortune to purchase internet at shows. My question is once I access an app that requires 3g connection will I lose my connection to Apple TV?


texts: Mojave and Catalina slows down with no internet access

texts:
For security reasons, our workstations are disabled from accessing the internet. From installation of Mojave, if the OS detects an Ethernet connection, it attempts many times to reach internet leading to slow down the station, mainly the launch of apps takes several minutes.

Workaround : unplug Ethernet wire at boot time, then replug before mounting shared volumes...

The internet access solves the issue.

In Console : many errors concerning daemons :

NSURLSessiond
trustd
passd
parsecd
others

HTTP load failed (error code : -999 or -1001).

Avid confirms this issue : http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Troubleshooting/Pro-Tools-Launches-Slowly-when-Local-Network-Is-Not-Connected-to-Internet

Due to :

ProTools' PACE
DSig macOS

Apple Support says :

upgrade to Catalina : same issue
set IPv6 to local only : no solve it

Context :

Mojave 6 & Catalina 2
Software Titles (not exhaustive) :
Adobe CC > 16.00 (PP, AE, etc.)
ProTools > 12
Libre Office 6.0.7
Hardware :
MP6,1
MM8,1
only one Ethernet port plugged
NAS (with Samba)

How to avoid this slowdown which makes the computer practically unusable?


texts: What are the advantages of Emacs for Mac OS X users?

texts:
Over the past year or so I've seen a movement towards switching to Emacs on Mac OS X, often away from TextMate. While I understand the motivation for switching away from TextMate (TM2 is more or less vaporware), I don't really understand the appeal of Emacs. I recognize that it's an extremely powerful editor, but it does not integrate with the operating system very well, uses different key commands than most other applications, and has a heck of a learning curve.

With a preponderance of other programmer's text editors on Mac OS X (BBEdit, Sublime Text, Xcode) and some promising upcoming ones (Chocolat, Kod) what is the appeal of Emacs to someone that does not live in a terminal and does not have the muscle memory for it (yet)?


texts: How do I sync my photo's from my iPhone to Google Drive?

texts:
I try to  find a way to sync my photo's on my iPhone to my Google Drive, it appears that this is not so easy, this is what I did allready:

In my photo app on my iPhone I select 4 photos > share > to google drive and select folder and that works.
I select 13 photos in my photo app > share and Google Drive is gone, I can't select it
upload photos in the Google Drive app and that works, it's a hassle because I need to delete the original photos from the photo app, that kinda sucks
then iCloud: I turned on sync with iCloud on my phone and on my mac I set it up to sync my iPhone photos with my mac to put those pictures in a specific location and what do I get when I open finder in that location? a whole bunch of F[2 digits] folders, how helpful is that?...
then I found this topic and I tested photosync and I got excited I set up to sync the photos to a Google Drive folder in low quality because the original quality cost money.. and it works I tested it and deleted a photo in google drive and I synced again and the deleted photo came back in Google Drive. In my book that's not syncing.

I came from Android on my Android: I downloaded a drivesync app I set it up and BAM done, no problems.
Why is it so hard for IOS to sync photo's?
Does anyone here has a sync with iPhone photos to Google Drive working?
and I mean Google Drive not Google Photo's
on My mac and Windows laptop I sync the photo's and I have a renaming files and directory structure workflow, and I don't want to change that. So Google photo's is not an option.
Regards,
Ralph


texts: Audio device list screwed up in El Capitan, audio interface not appearing in list

texts:
I'm using the following audio interfaces:

Internal audio
Thunderbolt Display audio
RME Fireface UC (USB audio interface)
Alesis ControlHub (USB audio interface)
Orion32 (USB audio interface, used occasionally at a friend's studio)

Everything was working fine on Yosemite. I upgraded to 10.11.2 a couple of weeks ago and since then, I've been experiencing the following:

When connected to the Thunderbolt display, it doesn't appear in the audio device list. Instead, the Orion32 device appears. I checked to see whether there's just a title mixup with the display audio, but nothing comes out of the speakers when selected so that's probably not the case
The Alesis interface does not appear in the list and is unusable. According to this KB article, it should work out of the box. I also tried disabling SIP as detailed in this article (which deals, though, with another audio interface). I opened an issue at the Alesis support forum but don't have my hopes up for a reply from them, seeing other people complain about USB devices and getting no feedback.

I'm assuming that the two issues are related. I haven't tried connecting the real Orion32 device, as it's not in my studio, but the RME device works fine.

I would appreciate any input on how to investigate further.


texts: Apps only crashing on iPad Air 2 with iOS 9.3.1

texts:
I have a very strange problem with my iPad Air 2.

The problem is that certain apps crash immediately on launch. I tap the icon, the start screen shows and then the app crashes.
This does not apply to all apps just a few. I have not been able to find a pattern. Even Apple’s own “Remote” app is one of the apps.

If I launch the exact same apps on my iPhone, iPad Air or my iPad Pro they work just fine. I am logged into the same Apple/iCloud account on all devices.

I have tried the following:

Launching the apps in airplane mode, with/without wifi and with/without bluetooth active.
Deleting and re-installing the apps in question.
Deleting, restarting the iPad and then re-installing the apps.
Reset all the settings and apps on the device restoring from a backup with iTunes.
Reset all the settings and apps on the device setting it up as a new device. Afterwards I downloaded the apps to the device and attempted to launch them.
Downloaded the current iOS version (9.3.1) from the developer’s page (IPSW file) and then alt-clicked restore to select the IPSW and really re-install iOS on the device. Installed it as a new device and then downloaded the apps in question.

All attempts have been fruitless and futile.
Otherwise I could mention, that the iPad is a cellular model and has never been jailbroken.

Does anyone have any ideas what I could still do?
Or is my only hope visiting an Apple Store nearby?

Thanks kindly for any feedback.

PS: I almost forgot the apps in question have never opened correctly on this specific iPad Air 2. My friend's iPad Air 2 can use the apps without any problems. So it does not seem to be a device-type specific bug.


texts: Only sync facebook events that I have RSVPed "yes" to in iOS6?

texts: I like being able to see facebook events on my calendar with iOS6. I don't like that it shows me events that I have been invited to, but haven't responded to, or sometimes events that I have rejected. Is there a way to only sync events that I have specifically RSVPed "yes" to? If not, why not?


texts: Why did Screen Sharing suddenly stop working (10.6.8)?

texts:
I have a Mac Mini 10.6.8 for which I've used Screen Sharing frequently. This is NOT a headless Mac. A monitor is attached, it is on and it works fine.

Sometime this week I connected as I always do (Finder -> Connect to Server -> vnc://targetmac.mydomain.edu) only to be greeted with a black screen.

Sitting next to the Mini I can verify from my laptop (10.6.8) that screen sharing works. I can type commands on my laptop and they are executed on the Mini. This is simply a display issue. I know that Screen Sharing is turned on, that I have permissions to connect and that it works. I'm just blind.

Interestingly, my laptop's trackpad movements are NOT transmitted to the Mini. Only keystrokes.

I've tried setting the Screen Sharing app on the Mini to run in 32-bit mode (per this Tidbits article). Tried setting the Screen Sharing on my laptop to 32-bit mode. No dice.

I've tried toggling adaptive quality and full quality. I've tried toggling the Screen Sharing service itself. No dice.

I can connect to an identical Mini (bought the same day, running same OS) from my laptop, so I'm pretty sure this isn't my machine. I've verified that someone using another mac has the same results, so it seems unlikely to be something in my preferences related to this particular Mini.

What the heck?

Could this be some weird video card issue that only affects VNC? Seems unlikely. The most obvious explanation is that the bug mentioned in the Tidbits article was reintroduced, but I'd expect to see other machines similarly affected.

Edit: Ahhh, interesting ... ssh only partly works. I can shell in, use cd and ls ... but if I ps the session hangs once the output fills my laptop's terminal window. Similarly, if I attempt to vi a new file, it hangs after vi clears my laptop's terminal window. This may be a subtle networking thing after all.


texts: Avoid computer to show automatically password wizard option after time out

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The issue

Regularly, the following happens:

A Mac computer, running mac OS 10.15.3 (19D76), with Filevault enabled, is turned on,
If the user logs in immediately, everything is normal.
Otherwise, after a couple of minutes, the following message appears:

  If you’re having a problem entering your password, press and hold the power button on your Mac to shut it down. Then press it again to start it up in the Recovery OS.

After ~5 minutes, the screen goes black.
Then, the screen can not be brought back up. Pressing keys or touching the touchpad does not bring back the screen.
The only way to interact with the computer again is by hitting the "Power" button. Once hit, there is a ~2 minutes waiting time, and the "Reset password wizard" appears.
Since we do not want to reset the password (after all, we know it!), we have to reboot the computer, which takes some time, and to go back to step 1.

Can you make password recovery starts only if explicitly asked, and not if this time limit, or whatever it is, was triggered?

What I've Tried

Reset NVRAM an PRAM,
Updated all software,
Plugged in a keyboard at start up,
Ran diagnostics,
Ran disk utility,
Deleted all the preference files.

None of that raised any issue nor changed this behavior.

Related Questions

The process looks fairly similar to what's described here.

I'm assuming this comes from some time-delay we trigger, but it is annoying. We are not not entering the password because we forgot it, but simply because we were doing something else at the time.

This question is loosely related, and suggests that this behavior comes from enabling Filevault. I do not want to deactivate it, but would like for the log-in screen to "simply come back" when the mouse is moved or a key pressed, without having to exit the "reset password wizard" and rebooting.


texts: How to detect network change (unplugging/plugging cable)?

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I have read at multiple places that the folder /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration is supposed to "change" in case that I unplug a network cable.

Now, I have a MacBook Pro, so I use a USB3 adapter to connect a network cable.

Indeed, nothing changes when I plug or unplug it within this folder. I clearly see in "Network settings" that the LAN connection is established or dropped when I plug or unplug the cable.

Where should anything change? Is there some folder or anything else that I can use as trigger for AppleScript, when plugging/unplugging the network cable?


texts: Smart Cover on/off no longer functioning

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After only 4 months of use my Smart Cover no longer turns my iPad off/on. Apple in Brasil says they are not the manufactures, so I would need to look for XDA.

How can I fix or exchange it?


texts: My External hard drive fell and not showing up on Mac

texts: 1 week back my 1TB Seagate Expansion external hard drive which I used for Time Machine backup fell on ground. I freaked out and immediately connected it back to Mac. and to my horror the drive didn’t showed up neither desktop nor on Disk utility. I checked it again and found that the light was still on. There were no sounds which indicate physical damage I mean clicking, buzzing, tickling or damaged component sound. I looked on the web to scan this hard drive with some software and found this link http://www.stellarinfo.com/support/kb/index.php/article/recover-mac-time-machine-drive but again the drive isn’t getting recognized by the software. Thisa drive is no longer in warranty. Could someone let me know how should I open the hard drive safely? What tools I might require? Will changing the enclosure bring back this drive? I still believe the hard drive might be OK since there is no signs of physical damaged and its light is still on. Please help ….


texts: spotlight search for folder within finder

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I hit cmd-shift-g for go to folder, but I have to type the full path

Is there some way for me to search a folder name and go straight there?

Like how automjump/z etc. work in the terminal


texts: Installing OS X 10.7 on new HDD from DVD

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I have a macbook A1181 model core2 duo3.1.3gb RAM. I lost my old HDD so I bought a new harddrive. Since I lost my old HDD I do not have the option to clone the old drive to the new drive. Mac OS X 10.7 DVD is available.

I tried installing Mac OS X onto the new 320GB HDD by pressing the "option" key. It only showed Mac OS X DVD drive in the startup screen. It did not show the HDD. So I clicked Mac OS X DVD icon. After loading I got the error:

"There was a problem installing Mac OS X. Reinstall again"

Then I selected Disk Utility and formatted my new HDD as OS X Journaled. Afterwards I tried again. I inserted Mac OS X 10.7 DVD into an external DVD drive (Inbuilt DVD drive is faulty). I pressed the power button then held the option(Alt) key. It was the same as before. There was no HDD listed in startup.

How can I install Mac OSX onto my new HDD?


texts: Where does MacOS store old versions of Preview edited images?

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If you open an image in Preview and View->Show Markup Toolbar and then add some markup.Then close Preview you'll see the file has been edited

If I then double click the picture, which relaunches Preview there's a File->Revert To option

And if I choose "Browse All Versions" a UX like this appears

Where are these revisions stored? And while I'm thinking about it, is there a user friendly way to delete the revisions or do I just have to manually dig into the file system? I found this which has a section about deleting revisions but doesn't actually specify how to delete revisions.