texts:
I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro and the disk doesn't isn't being recognised.

So far I’ve tried:

using disk utility, but obviously I can’t repair a disk that doesn’t appear in the left column
running fsck - but it says that everything seems okay even though I still get the folder with the “?” whenever I try booting
holding down option on boot up, but only the internet recovery appears
running the hardware test which results in it coming back clean, so it doesn’t appear to be damaged.

How else might I troubleshoot this?


texts: I have 4 hd in my MacBook Pro. Macintosh HD - system disk. But where did the 3 other disks come from and what to do with them?


texts: Is there any way to nest groups hierarchically in Apple Contacts?

texts:
I have a huge number of contacts.  If there is absolutely no better way to organize them than a "flat file" list of groups, I may be forced to export each card individually just so I can have them in a directory structure.

The things I love about Apple Contacts are:

Integration with Mail.app.
Integration with Alfred PowerPack.
Pretty UI.

So this is really a two part question.

Is there any way to have hierarchically nested groups in Contacts.app?  And,
If not, is there any other application I could use that would give me this functionality without sacrificing other usability too much?

I have one possible not-so-great workaround myself, which I will post as a self-answer.  I'm hoping someone else has something better.

P.S.: Using El Capitan 10.11.6.


texts: Sync Desktop now that Dropbox no longer supports symlinks

texts:
How can I have my Desktop sync over Dropbox?

Previously, I used symlinks to have Dropbox sync the Desktop and Documents folders while keeping them in their actual locations. Dropbox no longer supports symlinks in this way.


texts:
I'm unable to quit or close Messages.app.

Even if I do Command+Q, I still see a popup message telling me that I received a message.

I don't want to disable notifications at all, I just don't want to receive messages while the application is closed.

I haven't been able to do this? Is there any special/hidden setting to do it?


texts: Is there a way to see a list of all the apps available on the app store?

texts:
I know that there are several ways to browse the App Store. You can see the featured apps, which I assume are featured by Apple staff. There's genius, which is based on your prir purchases. Then there are the Top Charts, which I guess are based on consumer choices. Categories allows you to see apps by category.

All of these are insanely great, but is there a way to just see an alphabetized list of all 500,000+ apps? Perhaps on iTunes on Mac OS X?

(Incidentally, it would take a hundred thousand iPhones to see all the apps at once.)


texts: How can I save a Facebook video from their PR site to my Mac?

texts:
I use a product called Grappler to save YouTube videos and it usually works for many other video sources when I'm on my Mac.

It's not working to help me download the video file that Facebook has posted on their new home product for Android.

https://live.facebooklive.com/videos/322/facebook-home

Note that I'm not looking to download thing from people's Facebook accounts, but video from their corporate blog / PR area that is publicly available.

I've opened that link in Safari's inspector (after turning on Show Develop menu in the menu bar in the Advanced pane in Safari's preferences) and can't figure a way to get their CDN to expose the actual file for download.

I'll probably use a screen recorder to grab this file now, but want to learn if a better tool or technique than Grappler exists. I'm open to any solution to get the video file using iOS or Mac software in addition to a technical trick that works in Safari on the Mac. (i.e. I don't need any suggestions for a screen recorder. Screeny app has my back there.)


texts: How do I trim first and last few seconds of a mp4 using AppleScript?

texts:
I'm using Mac 10.13.3.  I want to trim the first second and the last two seconds from my mp4 (movie).  I tried writing an Applescript like so

trim output.mp4 1 from (0*60 + 1) to (32*60 +38)

but when I try and save it, I get the error

A identifier can’t go after this identifier.

Could someone provide some guidance on how to correct my script?  When I try and trim using the QuickTime GUI, I find I can't move the trim bars by just a second or two with my mouse (it seems to move in large increments), otherwise I'd use that route.


texts: Connect to my other Macbook Pro not over LAN

texts:
I can connect to my other Macbook Pro (both on OS High Sierra) using the built-in “Screen Sharing” app when at home, but I can't connect when I'm away from home and not on the same Wi-Fi.

I get an “Unable to resolve” error message which says the following: “Verify the name you entered and make sure your network connecting is working.”

Any idea how to make the “Screen Sharing” app work for when I'm out of the house and on a different WiFi network? Thanks!


texts: Searching for files on SMB share shows all files as question marks "?" on macOS High Sierra

texts:
Searching on SMB share in Finder on macOS High Sierra (10.13.3) shows all files names as "?". The correct kind and size is identified, it is just the name that is messed up.

Browsing works fine and all files show up correctly.

It worked fine on Sierra before upgrading to High Sierra.

Also the "kind" suddenly contains Japanese(?) letters. Doesn't usually show. The system language is English.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?


texts: How can I set up DNS for Bonjour and AirPrint to advertise printers across subnets

texts:
Several printers do not stay connected to clients--even though everything has static ip addresses--and they are not searchable across networks i.e. they do not appear with Bonjour.

Ideally I would like to setup DNS so that in all of my networks, printers could just be added with Bonjour, and then as well, the settings would continue to work the next day, assuming the IP addresses, etc. did not change.

Apple says very clearly at the top, here to "use DNS to print across networks," but unfortunately does not explain how to do this!  I suspect that gesture was aimed at converging Windows users.

All the resources I find online, seem quite old--for example, here is information that was really exciting, and from Apple, all 3 printers are listed here--but in the OSX Server interface, or the latest OSX, there is not even a way to add many of the services people describe.

To be specific; these are all HP Printers, which support Airprint, and the server is running Yosemite with 5.0.1 (the same problem existed on server 4 as well), with the clients either on Yosemite or 10.11.

The firewall settings for layer 2, 3, and 7 are all correct and not interfering with this, as far as I know (have experimented, with it off).  Also I have experimented with enabling and disabling IPv6.


texts: About a week ago, we received a Facetime call from our own email address and it was a complete stranger.  Then a friend of ours got a Facetime call with from our email address and they missed the call, so they tried Facetiming back and they got this same stranger.  This person Facetimed me again, and I confronted him and hung up.  Then he messaged me on my iPhone.  How could this happen?  What happened?  Did he hack our account?  We have since changed our apple id password, but how could this have happened?  Is changing our password enough?  Would he still have access to our information?


texts: How can I tell whether my friend is using iMessage or Message to SMS me?

texts:
When I SMS my friend (iPhone 4 to iPhone 3), green messages mean that it's a Message and blue messages mean that it's an iMessage.

However the messages that my friend sends me (iPhone 3 to iPhone 4) are all grey in color,

How can I tell which message service my friend is using to SMS me?


texts: How can I watch slowed down Youtube videos in iPad?

texts: I found this tutorial here but I am unable to find such type of buttons in iPad. I am also unable to slow down videos in OS X. I am trying to watch this video here but it is too fast educational video. So how can I watch slowed-down videos?


texts: Is there an iOS app for quick switching of the wifi network?

texts:
On my iPad, I frequently need to switch between two wifi networks due to different access rights on those networks. It's quite cumbersome having to navigate to the Settings App, find the network settings page, and switch networks there. I'm looking for an app that helps me speed up the network switching, by either:

offering a list of available networks, ideally as a notification center widget, and allows me to select a network there; or
offers a quick link to opening the relevant page in the Settings App.


texts: Mismapped keyboard keys? How to correct them by software means

texts:
Now I had a problem with my keyboard.

When I press shift and number keys,
the output is different than expected.

When I press Shift plus 2, it gives me "

when I press Shift plus ;, it gives me +.

when I press [, it gives me @.

All the symbols are strangely mapped. I thought something was wrong in the keyboard routing or processor. I checked system preference -> keyboard:

Here is what I see;

So strange! Apple recognizes the wrong mapping but continues it! I want it back to normal mapping.. Is there any way to do it or actually create a software mapping so that SHIFT PLUS 2 is @ ?

Thanks
Indeed this layout belongs to a Japanese Layout, obtained from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2841:  Now the question is how to remap it back to a US layout..


texts:
I was trying to add an entry in /etc/hosts on a MacBook Pro 2018 (macOS 10.14.1) that has been installed transferring data from another MacBook Pro (2013 running macOS 10.13.6) when I found the following entries (beside the normal ones):

54.170.1.113 pgvmb
54.217.124.67 pgvmc
54.170.13.116 pgvma

I can't remember edited /etc/hosts on the old MacBook Pro, but sure I did not edit on the new MacBook Pro.

The ip addresses seems to be pointing to Dublin addresses (and I never accessed a Dublin address) and they are not present on a Mac mini that I was able to access (I can't access the previous MacBook Pro to check /etc/hosts)

Does anyone know something about these entries?


texts: Screen recording on iPad 1: what are the options without jailbreak?

texts:
AppStore requests a demo video for my app, but at the moment all I have is an iPad 1 with iOS 5 on it. They don't accept a video recorded in a simulator.

Buying a newer iPad is one obvious option, unless there are others.

Any ideas? Thanks.


texts: Attempting to install HP LaserJet on macOS, no DMG

texts:
I want to install an HP LaserJet Pro M1536 Multifunction Printer on macOS 10.15 Catalina. The printer already works with AirPrint. I'm attempting to setup the scanner.
I can not find .dmg, only HP Easy Start.app, e.g. Apple Store. HP Smart...
Where could I find simple dmg file?
Note this site:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201465 where it did show previously scanning not supported.
Additional question, if no dmg, downloading HP Smart, will scanner work?


texts: how to reduce Normal Boot's graphical performance (so that it copies Safe Boot's)?

texts:
I am having an issue recently which causes my MacBook Pro 2015, 15", to spontaneously (and randomly?) shut down.

These shut downs do not happen in Recovery Mode or Safe Boot.

Here is my MacBook information:

  MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
  Processor 2.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
  Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
  Graphics Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB

Temporarily, before I am able to identify and fix the root cause, I would like to continue using my laptop.

I suspect the reason the shut downs don't happen in Safe Boot is because its graphical performance is limited. I am therefore hopeful that similarly reducing Normal Boot's graphical performance will help me use my MacBook again.

I would like to at least try, as it may be further helpful to identify the root of the problem anyway.

How can I limit Normal Boot's graphical performance?


texts: If I put an event in Calendar, on my Mac, in does not sync to my iPhone. However it does sync if I put an event into the iPhone when it will then pick up the previous unsynced events.


texts: My MacBook Pro won't exit out of iPhotos

texts: I was importing pictures from my Nikon d3200, i had to stop it early, so i pressed the stop importing, and the delete the pictures that you have already imported, then I left. Now, it won't close out of iPhotos and it says it is importing photos, but it said that all day. Since it won't close out, i can't shut down my Mac or restart it. And I can't import the rest of my photos either. What should I do?


texts: Why is my Mac's CPU throttled? (Turbo Boost Ratio)

texts:
AnandTech has a instructions1 on how you can check the Turbo Ratios for the Mac's CPU. Since they are logged, the information is very easy to find.

In Mountain Lion you can do this the following way:

Open /Applications/Utilities/Console.app
Open the system.log on the left side.
Search for entries containing Turbo Ratios

What you'll find is something like this:
Dec 16 20:11:47 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: Turbo Ratios 0035

And this means:

The line above lists turbo ratios as 0035. The four digit number is the turbo ratio for the active cores
(4C/3C/2C/1C). Depending on the active cores, the clock speed
can vary. Each number is hexadecimal.
The first two numbers are 0s because the CPU doesn't have more than
two cores and thus doesn't support any turbo ratios when 4 or 3 cores
are active (2012 Macbook Air, i5-3427U). The third number tells us the
maximum turbo boost with two cores active: 3. That's 3 bins, where
each bin is 100MHz, or 300MHz above the stock 1.8GHz operating
frequency (2.1GHz).
The fourth number gives us max turbo when only a single core is
active: 5. Five bins is 500MHz, which on top of the 1.8GHz base
frequency gives us 2.3GHz.
(Edited text from AnandTech to fit my CPU.)

However, according to notebookcheck.net2 the Turbo Ratio should be 008A or 1.8GHz/2.6GHz/2.8GHz. This would be in line with Apple's advertisement3 for the 2012 13" Macbook Air:

This raises the obvious question: Why is my Mac's CPU throttled?

I wish I were able to use the MSR tools to get more information about the clock speeds, but for them to work I need to boot in 32-bit kernel mode which is not available in Mountain Lion anymore.

MacCPUID4 is an official tool by Intel which you can use to calculate the current CPU clock. The current version 2.1 has been released on the 10/31/2012 but still seems buggy. No matter how I stress my CPU, it always calculates that the clock is at a constant 2.3 GHz.


texts: Very custom screen dimensions on OS X El Capitan

texts:
I'm trying to do a screencast with two screens side-by-side, each screen being square. Any tip might help.

I could use two computers and stitch the recordings together. But I would have to set the screen dimensions to something square. setResX and friends require me to reboot and turn off integrity security; same for hacking the monitor plist files (on El Capitan).

I could use one computer and have a split workspace. Still requires me to hack the screen plists or use setResX.

I could try to run OS X in VMware on OS X (how?). That gives more flexibility in setting the virtual screen I think.

Here is a nice idea, Syphon virtual screen. Doesn't work on El Capitan!

I dislike all of the above. Anyone have better ideas?


texts: How to (re)enable YouTube videos on Safari with Flash plugin 10.2?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  The browser doesn't show videos on Youtube

Youtube videos appear as a black box only in safari 5.0.3, since flash payer has been updated to 10.2. They work if I change the User Agent to Safari 4.0.3 using the Developer menu, but this is not permanent.

Flash Player 10.1 is no longer downloadable, so I don't know how to downgrade. User agent setting are not permanent, or I don't know how to set them fixed.

Maybe, it is a bug in YouTube embedding, because Flash sites like that from Adobe work. I am relativly sure that the new flash plugin is the problem, because I have to macbooks with OS X 10.6.6 and Safari 5.0.3. The only difference if the version of the flash plugin: 10.1 shows youtube videos, 10.2 not.

I'm not sure the flash version is the reason. ALso the working mac has been installed with OS X 10.6 from scratch, the not working has been updated from an 10.5.


texts: OSX Lion 10.7.1 - Safari, Textedit or Stickies in separate Mission Control Desktops

texts:
I have various Safari windows, TextEdit docs, and Stickies notes that relate to different things (e.g. work, home). I want to split these across two Mission Control desktops depending on what they are for. On Mission Control, I can't seem to drag these separate windows or even whole apps (collection of windows via the icon) into a desktop - the drag action works, the plus square appears, but the item then just springs back. Same for hovering it at edge of screen.

Update: these apps had "Assign to All" set - changing to "Assign to None" via Dock did the trick :-)


texts: iPhone stay connected to WiFi even if there is not internet

texts:
We are developing an app to configure a WiFi enabled device. App connects to device over WiFi and allows config + shows some stats on the app. We want to ensure that when app on iPhone request to connect to device over Wifi the iPhone doesn't switch to mobile data network.
Is the a way to prevent iPhone to switch to mobile when connect to WiFi with no internet?
Thanks in anticipation


texts: Record video while playing TV on Jio Phone

texts:
I connect my iPhone to the AUX cable in my car and play TV. This one time I wanted to video record, but when I switch to the video camera, it turns my TV off.

Is there anyway to record video on iPhone 6 while playing TV, so that the TV shows is in the video?


texts:
iPhone Simulator on Macbook is showing question Mark. I am not able to launch the iPhone Simulator. I have my app deployed on the simulator.

How to fix the iPhone Simulator?


texts: My Macbook Pro gives electric shocks. How can i measure it?

texts:
I'm getting electric shocks/strong tingling sensation with my Macbook Pro whenever the power chord is plugged. It happens all the time, anywhere, and is unrelated to wearing shoes or not. It's disturbing enough to prevent normal use, and really makes me wonder if it is a health hazard (what's the limit again for DC, 30 milliamps before you're history?).

I tried measuring it with a multimeter. I got some readings at 18V (quite typical of a charger voltage).

I'm unhappy with this, and the net is littered with people complaining about this same problem.

How can I properly measure the voltage?  What do regulations say?


texts: Selection of Wi-Fi using AppleScript in Big Sur

texts:
I've tested the code below (from another question) and indeed it works fine, but I have minor problem with it. As my two SSIDs are called "kat" and "kat2", the expression "starts with" won't work for me.  I tried to replace it with "equals" or "ends with" but for these two options I get the result "missing value".
Any thoughts?
From URL: Big Sur 11.1: AppleScript to Automatically Change Wi-Fi Networks
tell application "System Events" to click every menu bar item of menu bar 1 of application process "ControlCenter" whose title starts with "Wi‑Fi"
tell application "System Events" to click every UI element of scroll area of group 1 of window "Control Center" of application process "ControlCenter" whose title starts with "YOUR_SSID_HERE"


texts: Can I upgrade the SSD drive in Mac Mini M1?

texts: Can people buy 256 SSD Mac Mini M1 and upgrade it later, or can't upgrade it like memory?


texts: iTunes, even when not playing, keeping my computer from sleeping automatically

texts:
I'm using the default Energy Save preferences on a MBPro running Mavericks. If iTunes is running, my computer will not go to sleep automatically even if iTunes is not playing (e.g., if I stop it by pressing Command-.). I've tried all of the following without success:

Resetting the NVRAM as recommended here
Resetting the SMC as recommended here
sudo pmset touch
sudo mv /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist ~kuzzooroo/Desktop
sudo mv /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration ~kuzzooroo/Desktop/
Reinstalling iTunes
Running Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions feature

Here's some pmset output from while iTunes is running:

$ pmset -g | grep " sleep"
 sleep                1 (sleep prevented by coreaudiod)
$ pmset -g assertions | tail
   ExternalMedia                  0
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     1
   NetworkClientActive            0
Listed by owning process:
   pid 198(coreaudiod): [0x0000000100000159] 00:04:37 NoIdleSleepAssertion named: "com.apple.audio.'AppleHDAEngineOutput:1B,0,1,1:0'.noidlesleep"
   pid 74(hidd): [0x0000000a00000167] 00:04:23 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle"
    Timeout will fire in 110 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
Kernel Assertions: 0xc=USB,BT-HID
   id=501  level=255 0x4=USB mod=5/19/14, 21:55 description=XHC1 owner=AppleUSBXHCI
   id=502  level=255 0x8=BT-HID mod=12/31/69, 19:00 description=com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver owner=BNBTrackpadDevice

And here's what I see after quitting iTunes:

$ pmset -g | grep " sleep"
 sleep                1
$ pmset -g assertions | tail
   PreventSystemSleep             0
   ExternalMedia                  0
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     0
   NetworkClientActive            0
Listed by owning process:
   pid 74(hidd): [0x0000000a00000167] 00:06:25 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle"
    Timeout will fire in 104 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
Kernel Assertions: 0xc=USB,BT-HID
   id=501  level=255 0x4=USB mod=5/19/14, 21:55 description=XHC1 owner=AppleUSBXHCI
   id=502  level=255 0x8=BT-HID mod=12/31/69, 19:00 description=com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver owner=BNBTrackpadDevice

I usually have iTunes running and would prefer that the computer sleep even if I forget to quit iTunes (and forget to put the computer to sleep manually).

What is the next thing I should try? Thanks!


texts: Core Apps Not Launching After Installing OS X Mavericks

texts:
I Installed OS X Mavericks about a week ago, It worked fine at first but all of a sudden no core Apps will load.

Mail, iCal, App Store, Maps, iMessage all quit and log a console message "Exited with Code 1"

I have tried: rebooting, resetting the NVRAM, and booting my OS in safe mode. None fix the problem.

I really don't know how to fix this without doing a clean install and wonder if anyone has a solution to this more narrow than reinstalling the OS cleanly?


texts: I have an iPhone 4S.  When I send or receive texts, my phone uses my email address and I followed instructions to switch it but it wouldn't let me click on my number to receive messages from that.


texts: iPadOS 14 keyboard-like Bluetooth device button remapping

texts:
I'm annoyed I can’t remap keys on a Mocuto 052 “VR remote"-like device on my iPadOS 14.

I intended to use it with Procreate to have a physical access to undo-redo shortcuts and others.
I expected gamepad detection and full ablity to map the buttons using native system settings.

Ideally I want to remap existing shortcuts inside Procreate
I've tried a load of different firmwares for the controller (iPadOS always detects a keyboard, regardless of side switch position
I'm willing to jailbreak my device, if it helps.

So what I'm asking is: is there a way to remap the buttons I'm getting from my Bluetooth keyboard-like device?


texts: Can someone fool me with their location on 'Find my iPhone'?


texts:
I'm currently trying to get a missing cronjob runner script thing to work, but it was written for Arch Linux, which is pretty different from Mac OS X, and one of the things that it tries to do is run last -x, which fails since Mac's version of last doesn't include a -x option.

According to About.com -x displays the system shutdown entries and run level changes.  Is there any way to emulate this behavior in Mac OS X?

Here's an excerpt from the man page for last on Ubuntu Linux:


texts: Do power logs in the iOS file system only store for ~5 days?

texts: Ive been browsing through the iOS file system with Filza File Manager on my iPad iOS 9.3.6 that is jailbroken. Ive found where power logs are logged as well as the power logs for the past few days within the 'Archive' folder. However, from what I've found, it only stores power logs for ~5 days. I need to find older logs though, like dating back a 1-2 months. Is there a way to find these or no? Thanks


texts: is there a Cydia tweak that will make Google Maps the default map app?

texts: The Cydia tweak Browser Changer lets you change the default browser on iOS. Is there a similar tweak for changing the default maps app? I'm specifically asking if there's a way to make the new Google Maps app come up when any type of navigation links are clicked.


texts: Will an original Smart Cover work on an iPad 3?

texts:
I bought an iPad 2 and Apple smart cover last year, before they updated them and got rid of the orange color. Now I'm thinking of upgrading to the new iPad, will my Smart cover work on the new iPad or do I have to shell out another $40 for a new one?

(The reason I ask is because I think the dimensions of the new iPad are slightly different? and the sides are apparently more curved?)


texts: App to video chat between iPod Touch 4 and Android phone?

texts: I am looking to do a video chat between an iPod Touch 4 and an Android phone (not sure which version, but less than a year old).  Both of these devices have video cameras and microphones, I'm just not sure the easiest way to video chat between the two.  Any suggestions?


texts: Paragon NTFS for Mac 14 doesn't see NTFS disk (OS X 10.11 El Capitan)

texts:
I upgraded my Yosemite to El Capitan few days ago. Also recently Paragon sent me an e-mail with an offer of free upgrade from version 12 to 14. Since I bought ver. 12, I decided to install version 14. As an existing customer I was given a new serial number and I did the activation - everything went good.

Today I plugged my USB hard drive with NTFS partition as usual (the same disk I used before - nothing has changed). Now Paragon doesn't see it. OS X does. I can read but I cannot write. Am I missing something? Version 14 is fully activated.

Thanks for any help.

EDIT: Link from Paragon makes no sense for me. The reason why I bought this software was to avoid triggering any additional commands. I just want to use my NTFS partition as before in Yosemite. I want to plug in my USB with NTFS and simply put something into it. No formatting (I have stuff on it), repairing etc... :/ Anyone can help? Now this software does nothing.


texts: Permission Problems for copied files from NAS

texts:
I access my Synology NAS via AFP and can open/edit all of my files directly on it. But when I copy a file to my desktop I can't open it. Finder tells me I don't have appropriate permissions.
When I look at the permissions (CMD + I) on …
… my NAS:

(unknown): read & write
everyone: no permissions

… my desktop:

staff: read & write
everyone: no permissions

ls -l will print (for both paces): ----rwx---  1 suntrop  staff  35354  4 Jul 10:32 File.docx
Is this a problem on the Mac or Synology or my settings?


texts: iPhone 5 slowly fails to connect to wifi

texts:
My iPhone 5 running 7.1.1 has stopped connecting to wifi networks.

In the beginning, everything was fine. It seemed like maybe the network in my house was stretched a little thin, and I had trouble connecting at one end of the house. So did all of our other devices, so I thought nothing of it.

Then I moved to a house where I don't have access to the wifi controls. My phone began to drop the connection periodically, but I could usually get back in after a few tries. I blamed it on my stepdad's weird network settings that I couldn't access. Until I stopped being able to get in at all. No matter what, I got the "Unable to join the network "[our network]"" dialog and "Failed to join ["ournetwork"]".

I was still blaming it on my stepdad (because that's what stepdads are for) when I realized I couldn't connect to any of the public wifi networks in places I visit periodically (and have successfully connected to before).

I have restarted my iPhone and reset its network settings. This morning I did a full backup and restore, having read around the internet that that fixed the problem for many. During the iOS setup process, I was asked to enter a password for a nearby wifi network. Nada. Couldn't get in.

It's like my iPhone 5 just slowly forgot how to wifi. How do I remind it?

  Update!

I took my phone to the Genius Bar, where an Apple employee ran all the diagnostics and looked into a bunch of histories. He found that TCCService had been crashing periodically, and did a Reset All Settings (as opposed to Reset Network Settings, which I'd already done).

It seems to have helped a little bit, but it remains to be seen whether this has fixed the problem completely.

  Long-awaited update

Profiles were to blame.

I have a couple of different custom profiles on my phone because I work with a few beta apps. Removing obsolete profiles fixed this problem.


texts: Is there a comprehensive recurring Notifications / Tasks app for iPhone?

texts:
I want to have configurable recurring tasks and notifications for those tasks.

Eg, I need to trim the hedge once a week, but it doesn't matter whenabouts in the week that I do it. So I want a task that recurs once a week, but I also want to set the notifications to remind me twice every day until I mark it as done, the task then being dormant until the following Monday when the reminders will continue twice every day until I have clipped the hedge that week.

I notice that NotifyMe for iPhone does more or less this: does it, specifically, allow me to customize when I am reminded?


texts: I look in the console, and it's filled with "found bogus extentref tree entry, skipping". Should I be concerned? I am on a Mid 2014 Macbook Pro.


texts: How to make MacBook Pro sharing Wi-Fi from iPad?

texts:
I connected from iPad to MacBook Pro (mid 2012) by USB. I turned on iPad personal hotspot and Internet Sharing works.

Now I want to share my MacBook Pro's internet connection too. I made the following setting but it is not working for me. In Wi-Fi options I set the following: Channel: 1, Security: WPA2 Personal.

How can I make it work?


texts:
I have discovered an annoying lag when typing on my Mac. It’s a fraction of a second, but it’s enough that it can be as much as a word behind.

The lag occurs when I use Firefox, Notes or Atom, so it is clearly not related to a single application.

I have recently upgraded to 10.13 High Sierra, as well as the supplementary update. I am running on a current model iMac.

As far as I am aware, I’m not running anything in the background which affects the keyboard. I even have background spelling turned off. And, of course, I have restarted.

This is not apparent on my MacBook which is similarly configured.


texts: Mac Mini running El Capitan Server unresponsive

texts:
I have a Mac mini (Late 2012),  2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 Processor, 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Memory that runs OS X Server 5.1.7.

Three times recently (I think since the upgrade to Server 5.1.7), the machine has become completely unresponsive and I have had to reboot it. On both occasions the fan was blowing full blast.

Given the complete lack of response I get the impression the CPU is completely tied up, but I can't see what process/es is/are causing it.

After the second occurrence I poked around in the log files a bit. In system.log I found the following, which had been repeating for hours:

 Aug  4 10:06:11 s-mx-01 configd[88]: could not allocate mach port: (os/kern) no space available

I went back and tried to find out when it had started and found this:

 Aug  3 18:05:44 s-mx-01 configd[88]: BUG in libdispatch: 15G31 - 384 - 0x1000600c
 Aug  3 18:05:44 s-mx-01 configd[88]: could not allocate mach port: (os/kern) no space available

Does anyone have any idea what this might mean? And how to fix it?


texts: Running a command whenever Mac boots up with launchctl/plist

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I need to run nohup nice synergys -f --config ~/bin/conf/synergy.conf & command whenever the computer boots up.

As is written in this post, I came up with the following plist code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC -//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd >
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>synergy</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>nohup nice /usr/bin/synergys -f --config /Users/USER/bin/conf/synergy.conf &</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>LaunchOnlyOnce</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

And, ran this command.

launchctl load ./synergy.plist

However, I got this error message.

launchctl: no plist was returned for: ./synergy.plist
launchctl: no plist was returned for: ./synergy.plist
nothing found to load

What's wrong with my plist? Or is my launchctrl command wrong in options?


texts: Folder accessible in Teminal but not in Finder

texts:
I have a new Mac Book, and I moved data using Time Machine.  Since I have a new username (raj.more) on the new Mac Book, the restored data is sitting in it's own profile folder structure (rmore).

I am currently trying to move all of my music back into iTunes.  However, the old folder /users/rmore/music cannot be accessed in Finder.  I get an error saying "You don't have permission to access the content".

Funnily enough I can open the folder in Terminal, and browse to it without any issues at all and copy files.

How do I fix this (it applies to Documents, Downloads, and other folders as well)?


texts: Domain accounts available to use only after restart

texts:
We have issue with our OSX Catalina desktop computers and AD domain.
The machines join domain with no problems, but the domain accounts are usable only after login with local account.

Say there's unexpected system crash (restart) or power outage. Afterwards on the login screen the only option for login are local accounts. After that if I logout then I'm able to choose domain account to use.
I've tried all the suggestions I could find after googling, but none of them helped.


texts: Remapped Caps Lock to Control works except for with Control-C (/interrupt)

texts:
The left control key on my external keyboard seems not to be working and so I remapped the Caps Lock to control;

Hitting Caps Lock-A results in Ctl-A:

But hitting Caps Lock-C results in c:

While I realize this is a fairly obscure/corner case situation I still wanted to see if anyone had an idea on it.   I am on Mojave and using iterm2.


texts: How can I remotely delete sensitive data and log out from a stolen Mac?

texts:
Is there any software or a procedure that would allow me to

log out of all services (gmail, dropbox etc.)
and/or delete any sensitive data remotely

...from a machine that has been stolen?


texts: iPhone 4 with updated iOS 7 not synching some contacts

texts: Since updating to iOS 7 on my iPhone 4, the home address of some of Outlook contacts do not sync to the phone.  Some contacts will show home and work, and some will not show any address on the iPhone. How do I fix this?


texts: Where can I find/unbind control shift space? (^⇧ + space)

texts: I read through all of the system-wide keyboard shortcuts in "System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts" and I could not find nor unbind the Control+Shift+Space macro for use by SkipTune's pause/play keybinding. I know how to bind it in SkipTunes, but it just shows me this:


texts: Can you remap keys to only be used while using VMware?

texts:
I've just started using VMware, and I am admittedly a novice Mac user. Anyways, I installed Windows 7 on my iMac, and I've been playing this little indie game that requires the use of the insert and home keys. My keyboard doesn't have those keys available.

Is there a way to remap keys so that they are only remapped within Windows? If not, what is my best option?


texts: ld linker is missing when installing gcc using Homebrew on Mac OS

texts:
I am a new Mac user and need to install GNU compilers (C and C++) and CMake for the code I am using.

I installed gcc and its binary utilities and CMake via Homebrew with the correct PATH to the executables (/usr/local/bin). However, compiling my code shows error messages regarding a missing linker.

It seems like installing gcc and binutils via Homebrew does not include ld linker. Does anyone know how to manually install ld (via Homebrew preferrably)?


texts: Catalina - Window menu shows all Finder windows tabs instead of current window tabs

texts:
I had to do the update to MacOS Catalina because of freezes following high sierra security update 2020-002

One of the problems i have now with Catalina has to do with Finder Window menu

Let's say i have two finder windows open.
On Window 1 i have 3 tabs : Desktop, Images, Videos
On Window 2 i have 3 others tabs : Downloads, Home and Applications.

With previous versions of MacOs if Window 1 is highlighted, when i click on the Window menu, i could only see Desktop, Images, Videos

Now, no matter what window is on the foreground, all 6 tabs are listed there all the time. And it's a mess

Is there a way to get back to the way things were ?
I only want current window tabs listed.

Thanks


texts: Can imagent in OS X Mountain Lion be made to consume fewer resources?

texts:
imagent is constantly consuming CPU cycles and a couple of GBs of "real memory" on my wife's MacBook Air since upgrading to OS X Mountain Lion. I believe this is part of the Messages app.

Is there anything that can be done to make it behave more acceptably, or is it just not practical to use on these devices?


texts:
I am running emacs 24.3 through the terminal on OS X 10.8.4. I would like to modify the meta-key which is currently set to be the ESC key. I have successfully changed the meta-key from ESC to option/alt however I am interested in remapping the meta-key to be the left-shift key. As I never use the left-shift key, I wouldn't mind remapping it permanently for all applications on my machine.

How can I change the meta-key in emacs running from the terminal to any other key?
Specifically, I would like to change the meta-key to left-shift as this would be really close to where my fingers are usually placed.
Can this be configured through emacs via emacs-lisp? Or, must this be configured through OS X settings such as how I changed the caps-lock key?

All help is greatly appreciated!

EDIT: How can I do this both on my mac and when I connect remotely?


texts: Two of the original video cards in 2009 Mac Pro?

texts:
I have a 2009 Mac Pro and am curious about whether or not I can put two of the stock video cards in it. My friend has an identical Mac Pro, but has a better video card. I could put his old stock one in mine if I wanted. I'm wondering if I can combine my card and his to get roughly twice the video performance? Or would that not work, since that little bridging thing isn't there?

Thanks!


texts: El Capitan Remove Finder from Application Switcher (cmd tab)

texts:
I'm having trouble removing the Finder icon from the application switcher in El Capitan.  The guides seem to be all from 2012 - I get permissions errors (even using sudo) when I try to update Info.plist.

Is there a way to edit /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Info.plist, or a completely different way to remove the Finder that I'm unaware of?


texts:
Today I opened Health on my iPhone 6 and I realized that it is counting my steps.

However I never enabled this functionality.

Is there a way to disable it?


texts: External Drive Encrypted Journaled - Show Password Hint

texts:
I encrypted an external hard drive using MacOS Journaled Encrypted about a year ago. I'm confident that I was prompted to provide a password hint when I entered the original password and formatted the drive.

Now, when I connect the drive on a new computer running MacOS Sierra, I cannot get the password hint to show. Online pictures show a button on previous UIs but not on the current UI.

I contacted Apple and they sent the question to the engineers. They got back to me and said the engineers were aware of it, and it would be fixed in a future update.

I'm wondering if anyone here knows of another way to expose the password hint, maybe using a PC (doubtful) or Terminal. I'd like to access the hard drive and do not remember the password but am confident that the hint would help me.


texts: Accented characters and terminal redirection

texts:
I'm having problems dealing with accented characters in file names in the Terminal.  Consider the following:

$ touch leão.png
$ ls > test.txt
$ open -a TextWrangler test.txt

The accented characters in test.txt are incorrect. Here are some possibly relevant facts:

I'm using Terminal with the default settings; the character encoding is set to UTF-8 and "Set locale environment variables on startup" is checked.
the output of locale in the shell is:

LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"

TextWrangler's default encoding is UTF-8; trying to reopen the file in any other encoding just makes matters worse.
I'm running OS 10.6.8.

Update

In response to the comments, here is some more information:

The output of od -tx1 test.txt is:

0000000    6c  65  61  cc  83  6f  2e  70  6e  67  0a  74  65  73  74  2e
0000020    74  78  74  0a
0000024

If I do echo leão.png > test2.txt the text shows correctly in TextWrangler
Opening test.txt in TextEdit displays: leaÃÉo.png
Opening test.txt in jEdit displays: leaÃÉo.png
Opening test.txt in AlphaX displays: leaÃÉo.png
Opening test.txt in emacs from within terminal displays: leão.png

I'd really like to be able to work with non-ASCII filenames from within the shell. How can I get this to work?


texts: How can I reset my user account password on OS X?

texts: My MacBook keeps saying that my password is wrong. I haven't changed it in a year. I have tried to reboot it, but I have no idea how to do it. I have my laptop in recovery mode.


texts: Should i Buy SSD first or RAM for my Macbook?

texts:
I have a macbook pro 15 inch mid 2010.
For school i have to use mostly Adobe applications but they take so long to boot up.
Not only these programs but other programs too.
What should i do to improve my macbook.
I was thinking to upgrade my ram from 4GB to 8GB.
I was also thinking to buy a Samsung Evo 840 128GB SSD.
But i don't know which one should i buy first.

Which one should i buy first? (SSD or Ram?)


texts: Able to receive but unable to send emails on macOS Mojave from any account using any app

texts:
I have a 2018 15" MacBook Pro running macOS Mojave 10.14.2. I am unable to send emails from any account (be it Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL or others) using any app (tried the default Mail app, Canary Mail, Spark and Airmail). I am, however, able to receive emails without any problems.

Whenever I try to send an email, it ends up Outbox, and I get a prompt to specify outgoing server, which I do for the specific mail servers according to the official requirements on their websites. Most of the times, I cannot even add the outgoing server into the SMTP Server List because after adding it and clicking OK, it doesn't remain therein, it just disappears. Those few times I somehow managed to add an outgoing server into the SMTP Server List, I still was not able to send emails even though in the Connection Doctor the connections all appeared to be OK (green dots).

Now I just checked and the same is happening on my iPhone, I can receive but I cannot send emails. I suspect it may have something to do with iCloud Keychain, which I have enabled but I'm not sure and I haven't tried disabling it so far.

Anyone has had a similar problem and was able to resolve? Any suggestions?


texts: Pages.app - set default zoom level for new documents

texts: Whenever I create a new document in Pages.app, either blank or from a template, zoom is set to 125% by default which is too small for me (I am using an external monitor). How can I change the default zoom level? My Pages.app version is 8.1.


texts: Open new Numbers document in older Numbers

texts:
I have a Numbers (v3.5) file from a Yosemite install. I have since abandoned Yosemite (here is why WindowServer high CPU on Yosemite).

Now I cannot open this file in Mavericks' Numbers (v2.3) app. I do not want to upgrade my whole OS X to open a single file.

Is there a way around this other than upgrading to Yosemite or finding a machine with Yosemite on it?


texts: Is it possible to search mail for strings?

texts: Is it possible to perform advanced searching on the native iPhone Gmail client? Search for mail containing "some string" or mail sent by, from?


texts: In a school library I have 30 iPads to set up for teachers to use in their classrooms.

texts: In a school library with 30 iPads on a cart.  Should one appleid be used for all 30 iPads?  I will be the only one adding the apps, and then the cart will be taken to classrooms.  The same apps will be on all iPads.  Would it be better to just create a genric appleid or an iCloud id, or what's the best way to do this?


texts: Sort of duplicates (?) in my Photos library

texts:
I'm having issues after a big import.
I can see a bunch of duplicated in my library. So far, I feel is pretty common.
But I would expect them to have different file names (in the file system they must).
Instead, if I open the info, the duplicates have the exact same name. How's that possible?
Is that a duplicate or a glitch in my photos library?
Any suggestion?
Thanks
ps: big sure 11.2.3


texts: How do I change the path that is being searched for launching an application?

texts:
I am trying to launch the D programming language compiler DMD, but the terminal is giving the following error:

dmd: failed to launch executable at /Library/Compilers/dmd2/osx/bin/dmd

But there's not folder called dmd2 under /Library/Compilers.

I can launch the dmd compiler from this path /usr/bin/dmd, but I don't want to type this path every time I need to compile a source code file.

This is my $PATH:

  /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/texbin

Is there a way that when I type dmd it launches /usr/bin/dmd, instead of trying to language a compiler under /Library/Compilers/dmd2/osx/bin/dmd?


texts: What language is used in equations in Pages and Keynote? e.g. \texttt{}, \mathtt{}, \tt{} and \text{}

texts:
This answer to How to include equations in-line with text within the cell of a table in Keynote? is quite helpful. I noticed that \text{} is interpreted as boldface, and I had to find something else to get "normal" looking text within an equation, whereas in MathJax that we use here in Stack Exchange \text{} produces "normal" text within an equation.
It seems that \mathtt{} and \tt{} produce "normal" looking text while \texttt{} and \text{}produce boldface font.
Question: When we start a recent version of Keynote or Pages, exactly what language is used to generate equations? Is it MathJax or Tex or LaTex or MathML or some mix? Is there a documentation page where I can find reliable information on how to format complicated equations with various features like matrices, aligned equal signs for several equations appearing in multiple lines, and other goodies?
Secondary question: Are there options for changing which language is used, or is it hard-coded?
Right now I only know Mathematics SE Meta's MathJax basic tutorial and quick reference and so far I've simply been lucky that most of what I do in MathJax seems to work in Notes and Pages.


texts: How to set default paper size for scan with continuity camera

texts:
How can I set the default paper size when scanning with continuity camera using my iPhone?

I am using the fantastic new Mojave feature to scan documents directly into Preview with my iPhone using File > Import from iPhone > Scan Documents.  My paper is a sheet of white A4 paper. The iPhone correctly detects its margins automatically on a darker background and I snap the photo. But when it arrives in Preview I find the image is slightly reduced in size in order to fit on a pdf of 8.5 x 11 letter size. I've tried also with other sizes and everything is put on a white letter size PDF background.

How can I make sure that it ends up being the original size?

I tried to change the "Default Paper Size" in System Preferences > Printers/Scanners but to no avail.


texts: Finder rejecting/renaming file extension?

texts:
I was just attempting to set up a local web project, and came across a peculiar behavior. If I try to change an existing filetype from anything to .scss, Finder ends up rejecting the new filetype and appending the old one to it.

Renaming styles.css > styles.scss becomes styles.scss.css

Renaming blank.txt > blank.scss becomes blank.scss.txt

If I use terminal or a text editor to rename and save the file as styles.scss, finder just leaves off the extension and shows it as styles.

This doesn't happen with a .sass extension, so I can just use that for now - but I have other projects that use .scss so I'd like to be able to get around this if possible. Has anyone run into this issue, or found a way to resolve it?


texts: How to monitor file access for an OS X application?

texts:
I am looking for the OS X corespondent of FileMon, that was later included in ProcessMon.

BTW, it is essential to be able to filter by process.


texts: Does Apple Pay require password unlock protection on the iPhone?  I know I am a party of one for feeling this way, but having to use the password unlock routine is just too cumbersome for the immediate use of my phone.  Please don't slam me over the virtues of it's use, or the idiocy of not using it. I just want to know if it can be eliminated to use Apple Pay.


texts: For applications that do not store Quick Look information within the file, where does Lion (or a Server) store that information?

texts:
Some applications can store Quick Look information (previews and thumbnails) within the file. Others can not.

Two aspects to this question

For a file that is local and without integral Quick Look information:

where does Lion store that information?

For a file that is remote, on an AFP server (Mac OS X Server (Leopard)/AFP 3.2+ or greater) and without integral Quick Look information:

does Server store the information remotely?

(An AFP client can cache some information locally, with limitations, but I strongly suspect that there must be a more permanent store.)

Initial guesses

Much Quick Look information is stored in the attributes B-tree.

If so, an attributes B-tree in a more modern version of Mac OS X Server may be potentially better (than older versions of Server) for AFP clients where bandwidth is limited.

Please, does anyone have more definite answers?

Reference and other items of interest

Quick Look — Wikipedia

Mac OS X v10.6 to v10.7 API Diffs: QuickLook Changes

Apple Filing Protocol Programming Guide: AFP Client Caching: File Metadata Caching

I don't know whether Quick Look-related information is classed as metadata for AFP client caching purposes.

Technical Note TN1150: HFS Plus Volume Format: Attributes File, in particular:

  IMPORTANT:
  The exact organization of the attributes B-tree has not been fully designed. Specifically:

  the structure of the keys in the attribute B-tree has not been finalized and is subject to change, and
  addition attribute's file data record types may be defined.

Quick Look Programming Guide: Quick Look Architecture

Quick Look Programming Guide: Saving Previews and Thumbnails in the Document

In Ask Different:

How do I prevent document preview over slow connections?

There are various other  Quick Look-related questions in Ask Different and Super User but at a glance, none of them answer this question. Examples:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/search?tab=relevance&pagesize=50&q=quicklook
https://superuser.com/search?tab=relevance&pagesize=50&q=quicklook

No significant amount of Quick Look-related information in application support or cache areas

[macbookpro08-centrim:~] gjp22% date
Fri  5 Aug 2011 08:33:02 BST
[macbookpro08-centrim:~] gjp22% uname -a
Darwin macbookpro08-centrim.home 11.0.0 Darwin Kernel Version 11.0.0: Sat Jun 18 12:56:35 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.22.73~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
[macbookpro08-centrim:~] gjp22% du -sh ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.QuickLook/
4.0K    /Users/gjp22/Library/Application Support/com.apple.QuickLook/
[macbookpro08-centrim:~] gjp22% du -sh ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.quicklook.ui.helper/
 52K    /Users/gjp22/Library/Caches/com.apple.quicklook.ui.helper/
[macbookpro08-centrim:~] gjp22% du -sh ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.QuickLookDaemon
 52K    /Users/gjp22/Library/Caches/com.apple.QuickLookDaemon
[macbookpro08-centrim:~] gjp22% du -sh ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.QuickLookDaemon32/
 52K    /Users/gjp22/Library/Caches/com.apple.QuickLookDaemon32/

Meta

Quick Look (two words, in Finder and elsewhere) seems more proper than QuickLook.


texts: safari iPad: disable ipad cache while its connected to mac?

texts:
i read online recently that there is a way to disable safari's cache on the iPad using the mac's safari developers tools as long as the iPad is connected via usb.

I can't find the article i was reading but is this possible? If so please provide steps.


texts: Mail - Subfolders on own IMAP-Server are all shown under INBOX

texts:
I've got a problem with my folders within the mail app.
As you can see, I've got three accounts:

an exchange server
my iCloud server
an own imap server

The problem with the IMAP server is, that all of the subfolders are shown under the INBOX and I can't move them to the server-root, because, as you can see down further I have no possibility to move them to the root.

I'm not quite sure wether this is the correct community for this question..
but, would love to hear some tips :)


texts: I have somehow managed to delete Safari from my iPhone and I can't get it back.  It's obviously still on my phone, because when I search for it, I can find, and use it.  Is there a remedy for this? Is it just a case of downloading the latest version of software?


texts: My mac has 64-bit EFI, but it only boots with 32-bit kernel

texts:
I followed the guide at
http://macperformanceguide.com/SnowLeopard-64bit.html
to boot into 64-bit mode. I had no problems with the instructions and on the boot screen it says "PAE enabled, 64bit mode enabled" but when the system boots, both uname -a and System Profiler tell me that it has booted into 32-bit mode.

I really need to boot into the 64-bit kernel, what should I do?

System is MacBook Unibody (Early 2009, 6 GB RAM, 2.4 Intel CPU, 10.6.6)


texts:
I was stupidly trying to clean the keyboard by taking out each key using a screwdriver as a lever, washing and subsequently drying them. Now only the power button works (MBA 2012). During the process, the screwdriver pierced through some of the plastic "button" (which in itself shouldn't be a problem I guess), and the sharp head (not always dry) touched the underlying board (which is not the motherboard) from time to time as well.

Now I'm planning to replace the broken part on my own, and found out two options. Either the keyboard alone, which isn't officially supported but cheaper, or the complete upper case. For the first option I'd need to make sure that it's really just the keyboard that's broken. Could anyone tell me roughly how likely it is the case from my description?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Mac Mail - move IMAP message to Exchange folder

texts:
In Mac mail I have most of my email accounts set up
Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, and Exchange (office365 hosted).

When I try to move any of my messages from the first 3 (all IMAP accounts) into my Exchange Folder (where I archive everything), it gives me the error can't move message.

Is there any solution?


texts:
Is it possible to set a hierarchy for audio output devices?

I have a home and work office and move my MacBook Pro (13", Touchbar) between them. When I'm at work, I connect to an Apple Thunderbolt display with built-in audio. At home, I connect to an HDMI monitor with horrible built-in audio, so I prefer to use the MacBook's speakers.

Despite manually changing the output device in each environment, the MacBook can't seem to make the right (or even consistent) choice on its own.

For example, at work, instead of choosing the Thunderbold display's speakers as an output device, my MacBook will choose it's internal speakers. At home, it will choose the HDMI monitor's speakers.

It would be great if I were to be able to put the output devices in a hierarchy, so, if a device at the top of the list exists, it would be selected before any others… similar to how you can drag Wifi networks into a specific order:


texts: I have the AutoFill option enabled in my Safari settings, and I am not doing Private Browsing. However, Safari will not offer to save my Ebay password no matter how many times I log in. I have also tried clearing cookies and history. Anyone have any ideas?


texts: Safari - Top Sites disappears after another app went rogue

texts:
A few days ago an app went rogue and leaked memory taking up all 4gb of RAM and more than 8gb of page file space. The result was a machine which was unusable and took about 20 minutes to (eventually) shut down.

After rebooting Safari would not show my "Top Sites", instead showed me a "This page could not be found" (or something similar, I can't remember), would not display the "Top Sites" button on the menu, and the button was not available in the list of buttons to add.

After a reboot this was resolved, but I would still like to know what went wrong.

Does anyone know what could have gone wrong here?


texts: ssh-askpass on Mac OS 10.9/Mavericks broken?

texts:
On Mac OS 10.7 and 10.8 (separate computers) I've been using a ssh-askpass script to let me verify the use of SSH keys:

https://github.com/TimZehta/mac-ssh-confirm

However, this does not seem to work on Mavericks/10.9?

Plain SSH keys works fine:

box ~$ ssh-add -D
All identities removed.
box ~$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Enter passphrase for /Users/user/.ssh/id_rsa:
Identity added: /Users/user/.ssh/id_rsa (/Users/user/.ssh/id_rsa)
box ~$ ssh remotehost
remotehost ~$
^D

But with -c, it no longer works..

box ~$ ssh-add -D
All identities removed.
box ~$ ssh-add -c ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Enter passphrase for /Users/user/.ssh/id_rsa:
Identity added: /Users/user/.ssh/id_rsa (/Users/user/.ssh/id_rsa)
The user must confirm each use of the key
box ~$ ssh remotehost
Agent admitted failure to sign using the key.
Password for user@remotehost:

/usr/libexec/ssh-askpass is owned by root and has +x. It does not even get executed it seems (added simple "touch a-logfile" line, never called).

Any ideas or hints on how to debug further?

Thanks


texts:
I am using iOS mail with an IMAP push enabled inbox.
Notifications for new emails appear instantly but sometimes the new email does not appear in the inbox (it seems that it needs to be downloaded first, taking up to 2-3 seconds).
Is there a way to eliminate this time and always have the mail in the inbox without waiting for it to appear?
This happens on multiple different accounts.
Is this intended behavior and can it be tweaked?


texts: Backing up the iCloud Photo Library when it won't fit on my internal drive

texts:
I love the iCloud Photo Library. Formerly an Aperture user, I enjoy having my entire library available on every device and now use it as my master repository. I upload raw files into it, taken from my DSLR, and of course the photos my iPhone takes. It's great. None of the devices I have, carry sufficient storage to download the entire library and so I have them all set to 'optimize'. Which is fine for day to day use, and even while editing as it downloads when needed. But I keep reading horror stories about libraries getting wiped out through bugs in Apple's software, and just generally speaking am getting increasingly worried I have just 1 copy of my entire library: the copy in iCloud.

So, I want to back up my library. But my drive is too small to make a copy of the library onto it. So, how?

"Attach an external drive" ... I tried doing this. And while I can store the library on the external drive, this then means I no longer have ANY photos on my laptop when I'm not at my desk.

"Create a second library with different sync settings" ... It's not possible to have 2 different libraries both sync down from iCloud, it turns out.

What other options do I have?


texts: Waking upon restart a Thunderbolt Display connected to a CalDigit TS3 Plus dock to a MBP in closed-clamshell mode?

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When I have a Thunderbolt Display connected directly to my 2018 MacBook Pro 15" in closed-clamshell mode and I restart the MBP, the Thunderbolt Display will of course turn on so that I can see that I need to enter my login password at the FileVault 2 login screen. But when I restart with a CalDigit TS3 Plus dock in-between the TD and the MacBook Pro, my Thunderbolt Display remains dark until I lift the lid of the MBP and enter the FV2 login password (the internal display of course illuminates immediately after I lift the lid). Then with the lid closed again and a bit later in the boot sequence, the TD turns on.
Is an inactive display at the FileVault 2 login when it is connected through a Thunderbolt 3 dock? The folks at CalDigit say it isn't.


texts: Touch ID to wake up macbook pro 2018, only works sometimes

texts: Sometimes I am able to wake up my Macbook from a completely black screen with just the touch ID. But sometimes I have to press a keyboard key or move the mouse before using the touch ID in order to wake up the Macbook. I don't seem to know the reason, does anyone know?


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Macbook (v2018)'s Trackpad was working perfectly fine when it suddenly starts behaving oddly without warning.

Summary :

scrolling (2-finger drag) works fine
tap doesn't work
2-finger tap (rightclick) doesn't work
trying to move the cursor almost never works. doing it with two or three fingers it works sometimes, but it's 'difficult' and chancey.
no 'bob' feedback at the lower part of the trackpad (click doesn't register either) (top part of trackpad still works, for presses only, not for taps)

Wiping the trackpad doesn't help. Restarting doesn't help either. I recalled couple months back it had the exact same issue but it somehow managed to recover by itself automagically and I didn't bothered with it after.

What could be the issue? Is it likely to be a hardware issue or software issue or both?


texts: IDERepositoryViewer damaged or missing resources causes Xcode 5 to crash. Why?

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I recently updated my OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion from Xcode 4.6.3 to Xcode 5 using the App Store upgrade.

As I mentioned here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19051461/does-embarcadero-rad-studio-firemonkey-work-with-xcode-5, every time I tried to start Xcode 5, it would crash before I clicked or did anything.  The console log told me that a crash log was created at myusersfolder/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Xcode_2013-09-27-16245...

That log said that "The bundle \U201cIDERepositoryViewer\U201d couldn\U2019t be loaded because it is damaged or missing necessary resources.\".

So, I went to Xcode, Show Package Contents, and in Contents/Plugins, I found and renamed IDERepositoryViewer, by adding an "X" to the end of its name.  Now, Xcode 5 runs without problem.

I have not used the IDE Repository Viewer -- it appears to work with SVN, whereas I use git.  However, in the Xcode menu, the Source Control/Checkout window opens (although I have no servers defined),

Does anybody have any idea why a fresh Xcode install, on the very first run, would have a plugin that is missing resources, causing Xcode to crash?

(My related question on SO was about app development.  This question is why Apple's app, Xcode, does not run correctly for me, so it seemed more appropriate here).

The beginning of the stack trace follows:

Process:         Xcode [284]
Path:            /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/MacOS/Xcode
Identifier:      com.apple.dt.Xcode
Version:         5.0 (3332.25)
Build Info:      IDEApplication-3332025000000000~2
App Item ID:     497799835
App External ID: 38302662
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:  launchd [142]
User ID:         501

Date/Time:       2013-09-27 16:24:54.365 -0700
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8.5 (12F37)
Report Version:  10

Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:  EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

Application Specific Information:
ProductBuildVersion: 5A1413
UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION (NSInternalInconsistencyException): Error getting value for key 'delegateClass' of extension 'Xcode.RepositoriesViewer.MenuDefinition.HelpContextualMenu' in plug-in 'com.apple.dt.IDE.IDERepositoryViewer'
UserInfo: {
    NSUnderlyingError = "Error Domain=DVTPlugInErrorDomain Code=2 \"Loading a plug-in failed.\" UserInfo=0x7ff6b1ec5430 {DVTPlugInIdentifierErrorKey=com.apple.dt.IDE.IDERepositoryViewer, DVTPlugInExecutablePathErrorKey=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDERepositoryViewer.ideplugin/Contents/MacOS/IDERepositoryViewer, NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=The plug-in or one of its prerequisite plug-ins may be missing or damaged and may need to be reinstalled., NSLocalizedDescription=Loading a plug-in failed., NSFilePath=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDERepositoryViewer.ideplugin, NSLocalizedFailureReason=The plug-in \U201ccom.apple.dt.IDE.IDERepositoryVie
wer\U201d at path \U201c/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PlugIns/IDERepositoryViewer.ideplugin\U201d could not be loaded.  The plug-in or one of its prerequisite plug-ins may be missing or damaged., NSUnderlyingError=0x7ff6b
1ec2630 \"The bundle \U201cIDERepositoryViewer\U201d couldn\U2019t be loaded because it is damaged or missing necessary resources.\"}";
}
Hints: None
Backtrace:
  0  0x00007fff82a7faee __exceptionPreprocess (in CoreFoundation)
  1  0x0000000101080c23 DVTFailureHintExceptionPreprocessor (in DVTFoundation)
  2  0x00007fff8142f3f0 objc_exception_throw (in libobjc.A.dylib)
  3  0x000000010100ebd2 -[DVTExtension valueForKey:] (in DVTFoundation)
  4  0x00007fff825e85a9 -[NSFunctionExpression expressionValueWithObject:context:] (in Foundation)
  5  0x00007fff82670578 -[NSComparisonPredicate evaluateWithObject:substitutionVariables:] (in Foundation)
  6  0x00007fff82670493 -[NSPredicate evaluateWithObject:] (in Foundation)
....(much more follows .. if more is needed, let me know)


texts: View amount of time left when uploading files to iCloud

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I am currently moving some files to my iCloud drive with the total File Size of 42GB. At the moment I can only see the percentage completed by looking at the progress bar in the Finder. Since this is taking a long time (not surprising), is it possible to view the estimated time remaining?

Edit:

Think this will be useful for another time because 42GB uploading with 0.75Mb/s will take >2 months. Answers will still be useful though for another time.


texts: iPhone 7 Sim Switching, Account Switching or just Normal Domain Traffic?

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I think there is some funny business going on with one of the devices in my house.

I'm not sure if the person is changing into between iCloud Accounts on the same device, or switching Sims or using multiple Sims on an iPhone 7 or not? It just seems strange and I'm trying to get to the bottom of it.

I'm seeing patterns like this below. I think some might be add networks but I'm seeing a lot of the certificate stuff. Here's an example in order.

6:18PM - ocsp.godaddy.com

6:18PM - ib.adnxs.com

6:18PM - prg.kargo.com

6:18PM - match.adsrvr.org

6:19PM - match.adsrvr.org

6:19PM - sync.mathtag.com

6:22PM - ocsp.apple.com

I see the ocsp domains a lot along with items like;

ocsp.digicert.com

sr.symcd.com

inet.ess.apple.com

Just wondering if any of the above will show up a lot if;

the device is being restarted

a new sim is being initiated

or if an apple id account is being switched between


texts: Preview app will not open on my MacBook Pro 2011, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)

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When I double click on the preview app nothing happens. I try dragging files into preview and a message comes up saying "The application "Preview" is not open anymore".

I cannot remove the shortcut from the dock, I've tried opening from the applications folder and that doesn't work either. I've checked the activity monitor and when I search Preview under the CPU tab nothing comes up. I've tried force quitting Preview through the apple menu and by right clicking on the app.

Please help!


texts: I'm currently going through a divorce, and I do not want my text messages or browser history showing up on my wife's (used to be our) Mac from my iPhone.  I'm not hiding anything, but since we are no longer together she does not need to know what is going on in my life.  Since I don't have access to the computer, how can I turn off this feature?


texts: Unable to format my memory card/SD - error -69877 couldn't open device

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I can't seem to able to format my PNY 32 GB SD card

When I go to Disk Utility and try to erase it gives me error: Unmounting disk, Couldn't modify partition map and operation failed

I successfully unmounted disk2 (the SD card) via terminal but when trying to erase it it shows  error -69877 couldn't open device

I also tried command sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk2 bs=1024 count=1024 but it shows permission denied

System: OS X El Capitan 10.11.6

Can you help please?


texts: Is Apple Screen Sharing just an implementation of VNC/RDP or similar protocols? If so, then which?


texts: Unable to get the password policy thru pwpolicy on MacOS Catalina ( 10.15.7 )

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How do I check the user password policies via Terminal? When I do sudo pwpolicy -u username -getaccountpolicies I get only a print
Getting account policies for user <username>..  but nothing else comes up. Any ideas?


texts:
There is no iBooks on my iPad. I went to the iTunes AppStore and searched for iBooks and that showed anything and everything but that app.

So what is the correct way to use/install/download iBooks ?


texts:
I am a little bit confused as to how best to setup my devices to have the best battery life and best syncing options.

I have an iMac, iPad mini & iPhone 5.

Currently I use Google Apps (Gmail) to store my email, calendar and contacts. I want to use some of the other iCloud functions such as Notes and Reminders syncing.

I figure it was best to switch everything to iCloud except my email. But that still requires me to be syncing two accounts on my iPhone and iPad (one exchange account for email and one account for iCloud) which I assume would drain the battery alot.

Is there any way I can have this setup such that I am only syncing one account and everything is pushed to my devices and in sync?


texts: How do fix Safari extensions on Safari 12?

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Since installing Safari 12, I've been unable to get my extensions working. In particular I have no functioning ad blocker, and the primary extension I use, Pocket, (rally the only reason I use Safari at all) doesn't seem to work. In order to prevent Safari from showing repeated warnings each time I launch it, I've cleared out my extensions and emptied ~/Library/Safari/Extensions/.

How do I get and ad blocker and Pocket working with Safari 12?


texts: Software-only way to disconnect and reconnect a USB device?

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I have a DisplayLink 3rd monitor on a Mac Mini.  Half the time I wake the computer up, the DisplayLink syncs but the graphics onscreen are garbled.  Reaching behind the computer and unplugging/plugging the DisplayLink USB cable fixes it every time.

But this stinks.

Is there a terminal command or AppleScript I could run to make the Mac pretend the USB device was replugged?  This would be a much nicer way to bring the DisplayLink back to life.

I found the unmounting USB drives answer which is similar but obviously won't work for a display.

Thanks for any hints.

As for the DisplayLink, it's pretty laggy and I'm stuck on Mountain Lion, but it was cheap and recycles my old monitor.  It works just well enough that I'd recommend it to someone with low expectations and wants to use it for mostly static tasks like reading documents and code.  Not for editing though -- too laggy.


texts: Why won't launchctl automatically load my plist entries?

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I have put several plist entries in /Library/LaunchDaemons all configured to run at load. However, after booting, none of them load up automatically. Every other script in this directory loads automatically. My only workaround is to use an app called LaunchControl to manually load them, which works fine. Here is the text of one of these scripts

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Disabled</key>
        <false/>
        <key>GroupName</key>
        <string>wheel</string>
        <key>InitGroups</key>
        <true/>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>com.usseinstein.dns</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/usr/local/sbin/dnsmasq</string>
                <string>--keep-in-foreground</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
        <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
        <string>/tmp/com.local.dns.stderr</string>
        <key>StandardOutPath</key>
        <string>/tmp/com.local.dns.stdout</string>
        <key>UserName</key>
        <string>root</string>
</dict>
</plist>


texts:
I just got off a very long and very frustrating phone call with Apple support.

I purchased a used Apple computer which came installed with Mountain Lion. Meaning that the computer was shipped by Apple with Mountain Lion installed, and received by me with that same installation.

As a precaution, I tried to reinstall Mountain Lion via Recovery mode. This failed because my Apple ID hasn't purchased Mountain Lion.

Apple insisted that because I didn't purchase the computer new, I don't have a license for OS X. I don't believe this is correct, or even legal. This means that anyone using a used computer is doing so illegally, unless they've purchased a separate OS license.

Am I way off-base here? I'm pretty sure I now "own" a copy of Mountain Lion, and Apple is in the wrong. If this is correct, what are my options?


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I've been using OS X since Lion. I'm a sole user of my Mac.

When I log into the Mac, I log in as Admin. Also, in System Preferences, under Users & Groups, the Current User is listed as Admin. However, in Finder, under /Users, there's a folder with a cottage icon on it, named my firstname and lastname

Also, when I run get_current_user() in PHP (inside a XAMPP installation), I get my firstname and lastname

What's the relationship between Admin and firstname and lastname ? Are they the same?
Why is it that Mac thinks the current user is Admin , but PHP thinks that the current user is my firstname and lastname?
Under System Preferences, why isn't my firstname and lastname listed anywhere?
What's the significance of Users listed in the Users folder? Are they different than users listed in System Preferences under Users & Groups?
Does the concept of a unix-like root account factor in anywhere here?


texts:
Chrome refused to run a java app unless i upgraded to .45, which I did my dling the installer from oracle.  Java 7 u45.  Installer said it worked.  Chrome still won't start java.

$ which java
/usr/bin/java

$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_06"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_06-b24)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.2-b09, mixed mode)
~/private/WDI/git

I may be easily fooled, but that doesn't say "45" anywhere.  (Yes, "06", and "24" and "23.2-b09", but nary a 45.  Such numbers!)

Anybody know if this is u45, or where the installer placed it?

UPDATE: there is a Java System Preference Panel that says "Your system has the recommended version of Java: Java 7 Update 45."  Still, Chrome doesn't appear to see it.


texts: Trying to access Safari developer tools prints "Access not allowed (-1723)"

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I am trying to create a script which lists me all available open simulators to inspect in safari developer tools but when I run the code I get the below error. At the end this script should open the inspector tool for one simulator device. My guess it that in general this is not allowed but I gave the terminal the accessibility rights so yeah I have no idea.

listDevices.applescript:122:168: script error: „"Simulator" of menu "Entwickler" of menu bar 1“ kann nicht gelesen werden. Zugriff nicht erlaubt. (-1723)

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Safari"
        name of every menu item of menu item where its name starts with "Simulator" of menu "Entwickler" of menu bar 1
    end tell
end tell


texts:
Short story:

Ted owns a company. His company put all employees and owner and owner’s family on a single iCloud account. This brought on several problems including iMessages delivered to wrong devices, among many other issues, but that’s the way it stayed for years. Ted sold company recently and company has allowed him to keep iCloud account. Since then Ted used AppleID website to change the common iCloud email address to a personal account. All other devices are still pointed at old iCloud account.

Main Goals:
1. Retain purchases made under common iCloud address.
2. Fix iMessages wrong-delivery issues.

I am developing a process to do this, but I don’t have a great deal of confidence in it.

Here’s a summary of my process.

On a phone still tethered to old iCloud address:

Go into iCloud settings and sign out.
Go into App Store and iTunes and sign out.
Go into Messages and Sign Out.
Create new iCloud address under iCloud settings and confirm via email.
Sign in in AppStore, iTunes, and iMessage.
Confirm all bad addresses and phone numbers are not referenced in iMessages.
Open contacts and make sure there are no references to old iCloud email address.
On Ted’s phone, set up Family Sharing and connect to address created in step 4.

What else could I be doing to help this along? Or is there an easier way?


texts:
With Chrome, the only way I can run a bookmarklet is by typing the bookmarklets name into the address bar and then clicking the suggested result. In Safari on iOS, it displays a result saying that JavaScript cannot be run from the address bar. I don't have access to an iPhone that I can continue to use to test the bookmarklets I write, but I attempted running it from the bookmarks menu in Safari and it didn't do anything.

How do I run bookmarklets on iOS in Safari?


texts: How can I add custom week numbers to Calendar?

texts: Calendar.app on both iOS and OS X provides functionality to add week numbers. However, I'd like the week numbers to match a custom pattern (numbered by semester rather than by year). Is there a way I can do that?


texts:
I’m wondering if its possible to use dark mode on Mac or iOS as a kind of notification. Like, connect it to an external trigger / api and activate / deactivate it quickly whenever an event happens.

At least in macOS, its possible to control dark mode remotely.


texts: I don’t get a notification when I get a new text message (iPhone 5, iOS 12)

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For some time now I have not been receiving notifications when getting a text message on my iPhone. Notifications for all other apps work fine, and I have checked that notifications for messages are switched on in settings.

I have tried turning it off and on again.

I’m receiving messages in Messages just fine. The app icon shows a red ”1” when a new text message has come. It’s the alert sound and vibration I’m missing. I am signed in on my Mac with the same ID. I tried turning the computer off but it didn’t help.

I don’t get notifications from anyone, so it’s not contact-specific "Hide Alerts" unfortunately.

I do get a notification if I am inside the app, but not otherwise. Can you help me?


texts: what is the earpods controls technically doing?

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I try to implement the same functions from earspods control middle button with an regular button, for an device which use the same functions and connection.

Normally when you push the button ones you can pause, two times change the song etc. But does the button have an internal logic, or does it cut off a connecting (ground/mic/LR) for the time it is pushed?


texts: Visited and unvisited Google search results have identical styles in Safari 12.1

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In Safari 12.1.1 for macOS (or perhaps since version 12.0), I've lost the ability to see which of Google's results I've already clicked on. The links corresponding to visited sites aren't colored differently from unvisited ones.

I have clicked on several links in the search results above, but as you can see, I am unable to determine which ones I've visited.

The distinction is visible in Chrome 74.0 as well as in Firefox 67.0.

What am I missing?

Update

This is observed by others as well, judging by Google suggesting the string "google safari visited links not changing color 2019" when typing the first few words, and by the posts on discussions.apple.com.

maP1E bluE's solution works. If your "Show Develop menu in menu bar" is already checked, but your Develop menu's entries are disabled, including those under "Experimental Features", try to uncheck then check "Show Develop menu in menu bar" and/or to open a "New Private Window", from where you may be able to uncheck then check the "Swap Processes on Cross Site Navigation" entry.

Update 2

The solution doesn't last. This is simply a bug in Safari 12.1.


texts: Internet Sharing failing on Mac OS X Lion Server

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Before I upgraded to Lion Server, I was running 10.7.1

I setup Internet Sharing in the preferences

(Share from Ethernet 1 to Ethernet 2).

After the upgrade, sharing doesn't work unless I take the following steps

Login
Turn off Internet Sharing
Turn Internet Sharing back on

So the question is can I have Internet Sharing on and running even if no one is logged in?

Thanks


texts: Can I manually put an external hard disk to sleep?

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Is it possible to manually put an external hard disk to sleep? Right now, I've already got "Put the hard disks to sleep when possible" checkmarked in the Energy Saver preference pane, and so they should sleep after 10 minutes of inactivity, but I'm wondering if it's also possible to do this manually whenever I want.

I just bought an external hard drive and it's already spinning constantly, compared to my current external which is completely quiet, so I'm wondering if I can put it to sleep when I need to to stop it from spinning all the time.


texts: Recently updated the company to all IMAP accounts, but now every account is synced?

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There are two computers at my company that are Macs.  We just both upgraded to El Capitan OS, and had to change our mail accounts from POP to IMAP to work with the Parallels that we run.  Ever since we did that, both of our mail accounts have been in sync with one another.  Whenever he reads an email on his computer from our General Mailbox, it shows up on my computer as "Read" already.

It's getting very frustrating, because we feel as though things are starting to slip through the cracks.

Is there a way to reverse this?


texts: My CPU is running slow after a system restore (4x0.8 GHz). Turbo Boost is definitely not working. And how can I fix it?

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Last weekend, my Macbok Air suffered a heart attack and I ended up doing several hard shutdowns due to an unresponsive system. In the end I had to do a full system restoration.

Everything is working fine now except for one thing: The CPU is slow. Much slower.

CPU related computing is much slower than before, even though I can't tell for sure how much exactly. When running Ubuntu, I monitor the clock speed and see that all four cores are running constantly at 0.8 GHz. The same is true for OS X when using the Intel Power Gadget. It used to be 1.8GHz to 2.6GHz. (Macbook Air 5-2, i5-3427U)

$ sudo modprobe msr ; sudo turbostat
cor CPU    %c0  GHz
         11.50 0.80
  0   0  13.34 0.80
  0   2   7.76 0.80
  1   1  18.47 0.80
  1   3   6.44 0.80

Could this be a software related issue? What should I do then?

I guess you see that a hidden assumption is that the firmware is corrupted. This is why I tried to reinstall the latest firmware for my Mac from https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237. But when I install that file I get the error: "This software is not supported on your system." Most probably because the latest firmware version is already installed.


texts: Is it possible to maximize a Finder window without third-party software?

texts: How can I maximize a window in Finder without using third-party software? I read this post but none of these tricks seemed to work.


texts: How do I enter superscript text with Preview's PDF annotation feature?

texts:
I can add text to existing PDF files with Preview. But how do I enter superscript text like 123m2 ?

This normally works by selecting the appropriate menu entry

or shortcut, but I don't find such an entry with Preview and the shortcut does not work either.


texts: In Applescript, how can I correctly obtain values for a process window that is the not the front window?

texts:
I currently have an Applescript that takes values from Google Chrome, but it only works if Chrome is the front window. In the case Chrome is behind another window, it no longer works:
tell application "System Events"
    repeat while "Chrome" is in (name of application processes)
        try
            tell process "Chrome" to set VALUE to value of every static text of every sheet of front window
            if {{"somevalue"}} is in VALUE then
                s
                tell application "System Events" to key code 39
            else
                delay 1
            end if
        end try
    end repeat
end tell

The problematic line is:
tell process "Chrome" to set VALUE to value of every static text of every sheet of front window

Is there a way to specify something else other than front window while not running into bugs or bringing it to the front? Thanks!


texts:
Is there any way to disable command+Q for quitting apps?

I tried adding this menuitem to the "Keyboard Shortcuts" preference pane (as suggested here), and remapping it to command+option+Q (slightly harder to hit), and the menu item changed to show this, but command+Q still causes the app to quit.

I'm using OS X 10.7, but I'd happily upgrade to 10.8 if it fixed this.

The app I really want this for is Firefox, but if there was a solution that disabled command+Q for every app, that would be fine, too.


texts: How can I kill my iPhone when my location service is turned off?

texts: My iPhone 5 was stolen and my location service was turned off but I have Find My iPhone enabled. I have been trying to put my iPhone on lost mode but it appears to be offline. Is there any way I can track it or kill the iPhone perhaps?


texts:
I need to merge two calendars in macOS Sierra Calendar App. I found instructions on the web that describe how to do this with previous versions of OS X, however these are not relevant for macOS Sierra. The answer to this question provides the same steps, which does not solve my problem.

Basically, the problem is if you export the calendar, then import the calendar, it will simply import back into the original calendar, giving you no choice to where you want it imported. There is never an option to select a target calendar as described in the previously mentioned steps.

Is it no longer possible to merge two calendars in macOS Sierra Calendar App? Are there any other ways to do this?


texts: When trying to edit the mask, I am stuck with this blue dot that only rounds the corners of the mask and I can't get rid of it. How do I go about editing the mask borders?


texts: ls command: What does the @ in file mode mean, and how to get rid of it?

texts:
After I download files on OSX and then want to use them, they often have an @ appended on the file mode whenever I do a ls -l. Here is an example output, see the @ near the beginning of the line:

ls -l *.php
-rw-r--r--@ 1 username  staff  11179 Dec 17  2010 class.mysql.php
-rw-r--r--@ 1 username  staff     24 Nov  1  2010 info.php
-rw-r--r--@ 1 username  staff     61 Dec 23  2010 page.php
-rw-r--r--@ 1 username  staff   1157 Dec 17  2010 photo.php

I think it is some kind of locking meganism, is that right? And how do I get rid of it?


texts: SMS messaging when tethered to phone in Yosemite, not just iMessages

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Ive got facetime on my laptop working with my phone which allows me to make and receive calls (these are phone calls as opposed to facetime audio calls).

Ive also got messages on my laptop but with the messages it seems to only let me send and receive imessages is there a way i can set it up to also allow me to make and receive incoming SMS messages ?

On the apple support website i can see that that it seems to be possible, but when i got to messages on my machine i only get the option to iMessage.

My laptop is an MBP running 10.10.5, My phone is a iphone5s running iOS8.x (latest 8 version)

This is my current messages setup :

And this is the setup on my phone :


texts: 2017 MacBook Pro 13" with Touchbar (USB-C) can't connect to LED Cinema Display 27" (Mini DisplayPort)

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I purchased a new 2017 MacBook Pro 13" w/ Touchbar (updated in June) from my local Apple Store. I want to connect my 2010 LED Cinema Display 27" which uses a Mini DisplayPort connection. The clerk at the Apple Store wrongfully sold me the Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter, which did not work. I later confirmed on Apple's support site that it does not work for this use.

I then purchased an AllSmartLife "USB C Type to Mini DisplayPort Adapter" from Amazon, which had many reviews from people having successfully made the connection I am trying to make. I received the adapter, plugged it in and... nothing. I looked back realized none of the reviews specified they had a 2017 MBP.

Does anyone have this exact setup with a successful connection? If so, which adapters did you use?


texts: How do I unlock an old iPad with Activation Lock without knowing the Apple ID password?

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I want to start using my old iPad again. I forgot my old Apple ID and the iPad is stuck on the activation lock screen after resetting it to factory settings. I used a different Apple ID for my iPad and iPhone, so I don't remember the password. I don't remember the answers to the security questions. I cannot change the password for this account. The iPad is running iOS 9.

I have looked into some shady internet tips recommending an app to unlock it, but the app doesn't work when activation lock is on.


texts: Alfred takes longer to show results, database disk image is malformed

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I don't know why, but about a week ago I started seeing a lot of errors like this in system.log:

9/15/12 5:55:21.769 AM Alfred[263]: DB Query: select item, count(item) as used from knowledge where ts > ? and item in (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?) group by item
9/15/12 5:55:21.769 AM Alfred[263]: DB Error: 11 "database disk image is malformed"

It would occasionally take about a second for files to show up in the result list.

Deleting the Spotlight index didn't help, but then I noticed that the usage tab didn't display any statistics either:

I think I solved it by just pressing the reset knowledge button. But I didn't find search results for this issue, so I'm answering this question myself.


texts: Install my ATI graphics card in Parallels

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I installed parallels 11 on my iMac and installed windows on it. Then I'm trying to install my ATI card on windows so I can install the Catalyst manager as I want to disable the anti-aliasing option as shown here and here, and to do so I need to have the Catalyst control centre installed. So I want to have the Catalyst control centre installed, Any suggestions please?

This is my iMac display details:


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I just finished upgrading to Lion from SL and Safari won't open. When I click it, the app bounces in the dock for a moment then a box pops up and says

Safari quit unexpectedly.

Click Reopen to open the application again. Click Report to see more detailed information and send a report to Apple.

I tried going to the apple website to download safari but http://www.apple.com/safari/ doesn't contain a download link on the page (to me, at least) and http://www.apple.com/safari/download just redirects to http://www.apple.com/safari/.

I can't find a Safari version for Lion anywhere.


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When I use three-finger lookup, this is what I got.

The order of the results is wrong (i.e., different from my settings shown below), and many dictionaries are missing!

However, I open the dictionary app and look the same word up inside, the order of the results is correct, the same as my settings.

How do I correct the result order of three-finger lookups?


texts: "The creator of this list has upgraded these reminders" - macOS Catalina beta vs. iOS 12 Reminder incompatibility

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After installing Catalina (10.15 Beta (19A487m))on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014) Reminders no longer sync across devices (e.g., between the Reminders app on a Mac running the Catalina beta and the Reminders app on an iPhone running iOS 12.3.1).

On the iPhone there are new reminders items suggesting that something needs to be done, including one titled "The creator of this list has upgraded these reminders" with a note that reads "Learn more here: [kb article link]" - but there is no link - this looks to me like a beta loose end, and I assume that it will be resolved in a future release.

What I'm wondering right now is if anyone has found a way to get reminders working - would installing the iOS 13 beta on the iPhone get reminders working (and get me some new "quirks")? Or is there an updated version of the iOS 12 app?


texts: Can I move my Dock to the left side of my right monitor?

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I have set up a two-monitor display, with my laptop on the left and my main screen on the right. I like having the Dock on the left side, but it's on the left of the left monitor, and as such it's too far to the left.

In the Dock settings, I only have the choice of Left (left side of left monitor), Bottom (bottom of left monitor), or Right (right side of right monitor). Is there any way I can set it to the left side of the right monitor?


texts: Find Record with List by key in AppleScript

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Is there way to get a Record by the value of one of its keys without looping?

I've been doing this:

set theKey to 22

set theRecords to {{key:11, value:"foo"}, {key:22, value:"bar"}}
repeat with theRecord in theRecords
    if key of theRecord = theKey then
      display dialog (key of theRecord as text) & ":" & value of theRecord
    end if
end repeat


texts: how to add the white border and 'peeling' shadow to a photo in Pages?

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It's been a while since I used Pages, but the last time I used it, I dragged and dropped a photo into a blank document and there were options to add nice borders to the photo.

Specifically, I added an effect which made the photo look like it was peeling off the page on the left and right side, and there was a shadow underneath each corner giving it a 3d appearance.

I can't for the life of me find that feature in Pages (using Page '09).


texts: Unable to install apps on new iPhone 11 Pro Max because I have to purchase them first

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Yesterday I got my new iPhone 11 Pro Max which is an upgrade from an iPhone 6S. I backed up my iPhone 6S first (to iTunes on a Mac) and then proceeded to set up the new iPhone 11 Pro Max by restoring from the iPhone 6S backup.

After the restore was complete there were many apps that still needed to download from the App Store. Their thumbnails were on my home screen, but the apps needed to download. So I placed my new iPhone on charge and left it connected to Wi-Fi thinking that today all of the apps would be downloaded. While many of them were, quite a few (about 20) were not. They do have the cloud icon on them though and when I tap on the icon they seem to start to download but then I get a message that says

  Unable to Install "App". You must purchase this app to install it.

Example screenshot follows.

Now I know I purchased them already using the same Apple ID. I also confirmed this by checking my purchased history. Furthermore, when I tap on View in App Store, it opens up and instead of getting the GET option like you do when you haven't purchased an app before, I get the dot option that you tap on to install an app again.

My problem is that tapping on the dot doesn't do anything. Clearly the app is still available, but I can't download it.

What to do?


texts: Since the update to macOS Catalina, I installed Emacs separately using brew cask install emacs. Now when I type emacs in Terminal, Emacs is opened in a separate window with a GUI (the Emacs.app?). How do I get back to just a plain old Emacs in the terminal with no GUI?


texts: iPad putting random spaces in customer number

texts: When I try to enter my customer number on the NS&I website, my iPad seems to be treating it as a telephone number and inserts spaces in it.  Because of this I cannot log into my account. The problem does not happen when I log in on my computer, so it must be caused by the iPad. Does anyone know of a solution?


texts: How can my Windows 10 connect to 'Personal Hotspot' of my iPhone automatically

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My Personal Hotspot (henceforth PH) remains on, with the same password (see underneath).

After clicking the Wireless icon on my notification area/system tray, I see 'iPhone' on my WiFi list and connect successfully.

Suppose that my iPhone remains on, but I shut down/hibernate/sleep my laptop. After I turn on my laptop again, why does 'iPhone' never appear on my laptop's WiFi list automatically? I have waited 10, 30, 60 mins, and repeated this process 5 times.

Then  I enter Settings > PH, change nothing, and see no changes. 3 mins. later, iPhone appears on my laptop's WiFi list.