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first of all, my as accurate as possible definition for "thorough":

No executables (binary, scripts etc.) left on the iOS device
The application itself and the provider of the application has no way of utilizing the computing power of the iOS device (browsing the homepage of the app provider in a browser doesn't count, apparently)
Configuration files need not to be cleaned, and can stay unless these configuration files somehow can be executed on the iOS device

And this is going to be a multi-faced question so a rather comprehensive answer is expected but not required, feel free to give your input.
I'm from one of the Asian countries that are notorious for censoring internet access and monitoring citizens' digital devices.
Because of work I have to install several iOS apps that is developed within my country, and it is pretty much open secret that these apps monitor user behaviors and collect privacy data. The former employees say it out loud on social media without qualms, the CTO made it plain that they cooperate with the authority and news reports every now and then reveal people (usually criminals but who knows) get caught  because the police simply pull the chat log stored on a server somewhere.
I plan to migrate all these apps to another phone, and uninstall them from my iOS device so I could chat more freely with my love interest, (so xe could send me risque pictures, there, I said it)
So here's the question, is the unintallment thorough? Will apps leave binaries, scripts and other executables on my device, even if I uninstalled the app?
My phone is genuine, from original manufacture, not rooted or jailbroken at all
I understand if it's linux core OS we are talking about I probably shouldn't worry all that much but iOS is basically a closed-source BSD system, I want to be sure.
If you think there are exploits and flaws in the iOS itself and could be exploited by apps, feel free to inform me also, much appreciated.
Edit:I wasn't talking about iOS itself, I have confidence in it (else I wouldn't buy an iPhone to begin with), I'm talking about whether APPs could find exploits to continue running/semi-running on the device. I hope I make sense.


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I just installed the Tor Browser Bundle (1.0.24).  Vidalia launches with no problems.  Tor connections are created.  However, Firefox doesn't start.  When I manually click on the Firefox app in the Vidalia bundle, I get the following error:

You can't open the application Firefox.app because it may be damaged or incomplete.

Is this a Lion-specific error, or is it something I'm overlooking.  Thanks for your help!


texts: Why do Mac OS X ramdisks appear to be limited to 550mb and how can I change this?

texts: All I can find on the Internet is a one line bash command to activate a ramdisk. It is only 550mb and I would like to be able to create on with more space? Is there a way to configure how big they can be? If not, why are they limited in the first place?


texts: New programs must be launched twice in 10.7.3?

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I noticed recently that new programs (newly installed or downloaded) are not opening on first try on my MacBook Pro, or on my wife's MacBook. Both are running 10.7.3.

On first launch, new programs take a very long time to start. When they do show up in the Dock, they either bounce for a long, long time and then immediately exit, or finally stop bouncing and show up as if closed (I still have the little highlight turned on so I can see what is open or closed). When clicked, the icon disappears from the Dock. When I re-launch the app, it opens instantly with no issues - it is just the initial launch that seems screwy.

Have not been able to figure out what is happening with this, as my searches elsewhere haven't turned anything up. Any ideas? Related to some kind of sandboxing? It's not a huge issue but it is kind of annoying.


texts: Print using AirPort Extreme from both OSX and iOS devices

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Im having two OSX devices and network setup using AirPort Extreme connected to printer with USB. From both of these OSX devices Im able to print wireless and everything works fine for these. However I also have iOS device and from what I understand I can print only using AirPrint in case of iOS. In this guide they say AirPrint printers connected to the USB port of the Apple AirPort Base Station or Time Capsules are not supported with AirPrint.
So it means I should disconnect usb printer from the AirPort and connect to wireless network directly, but in that case I would be unable to print from my OSX devices? (I assume this AirPrint functionality is not available in OSX, but Im not sure)  Does this technically mean that you can use Airport Extreme to connect with printer centrally shared for the network but cannot use it for iOS and OSX devices at the same time??


texts: iOS Chrome search box changed to "new tab" button

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Google Chrome on my iPhone 8 Plus recently changed the search field at the bottom of the app interface to a "New Tab" button. (See screenshots below.) Does anyone know how to change it back? To be clear, I want the search field, not the plus-button.

I've tried deleting the app and then reinstalling it. Initially I got the search field at the bottom, but the plus-button reappears after a few uses.

If it helps, my iOS version is 13.3.1, and Google Chrome version is 80.0.3987.95.


texts: how to install latest possible iTunes without Yosemite upgrade?

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My Mac is running OS X Mavericks (1.9.5) and iTunes 11.1.

After I upgraded my iPhone to iOS 7 to iOS 8, I get a message saying that I need at least iTunes 11.2 to connect to this iPhone. However, when I click on the "upgrade" button, App Store only gives me the option of upgrading to Yosemite. I can't find a way to just install iTunes 11.2 or whatever version without upgrading to Yosemite.

Is there any place where I can download older iTunes versions?

thanks!


texts: How long should you wait before force shutting down your mac in case of a stuck upgrade/update?

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Its been a while since my macbook pro started updating, and it is stuck.

Wondering if I should shut it down or leave it a bit longer?

The progress bar is stuck and there is no remaining calculated ( calculating time remaining ... )


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Since about two weeks ago, my MacBook Pro started freezing randomly. If iTunes is open, for example, the music keeps playing, but both the keyboard and the trackpad are not responding and it only recovers with a hard restart. I also noticed that it happens (not always, but sometimes) when I move it.

It’s an early 15" 2011 MacBook Pro with the latest version of Mavericks; original RAM and HDD.

How can I diagnose this issue?

I already checked the disk from recovery mode and says it’s fine. I also read the related questions here, but they don’t really apply.


texts: When woken up from sleep, some Chrome windows are blurry

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I have a 2nd monitor attached to my Retina MBP. I was on OS X Mavericks and had this problem, where sometimes the displays would go to sleep and when I wake them, many tabs within Chrome look blurry on my main Retina screen.

When I move the tabs over to the non-retina monitor, it actually fixed it. i.e. the solution is to temporarily move the tab to the non-retina monitor (drop it there) and then bring it back and all of a sudden it looks crispy clear again.

Obviously this is a non-scalable/sustainable strategy.

I assumed that by upgrading to Yosemite that would take care of that, but it didn't. I am still seeing it.

Not all tabs are blurry, and the only ones that seem to be blurry are my Chrome tabs. I haven't tried Safari or anything else yet.

Any ideas for what may be causing this?

Here is a screenshot of a Chrome tab looking blurry.


texts: Is keeping macbook battery 20%~80% good?

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I heard that keeping macbook battery in 20% to 80% is good.

Is it true? or what is the best way to use macbook best way?


texts:
I usually use Preview to read my PDFs. Usually, the files are very long and I have to jump from, let's say, page 20 to page 200 continuously. Is there a way to set the Layout to two Columns or two Rows such that I can read page 20 in one side and page 200 to the other side within the same PDF file opened?

I am trying to do the same thing I do with Sublime Text ( View > Layout >  Columns:2 ) which is able to do so.


texts: My iPhone was stolen and now doesn't appear in iCloud?

texts: My iPhone was just stolen and when I open iCloud it no longer lists ANY of my phones, even old ones that I still have but my kids use as iPods.  What is going on?


texts: What to do if OS X Facebook notifications are unreliable?

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with the release of OS X 10.8.2, Facebook notifications have been introduced. But so far, I'm having problems with the reliability of those: they only appear randomly. Compared to the amount of Notification Center pop ups I should get, I estimate I only receive 10% of all notifications.

Is this the same for you?
Do you have any idea how to fix this?


texts: Apple Tv (3rd Gen) App Development What do i need?

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i have started considering developing an apple Tv app for my personal use so i got some questions and even tough i googled them im still not sure if i understood correctly.

The new TVSJ Framework or the TVML  wont work on my 3rd Gen Apple TV?
Do i have to develop everything via IOS swift/Objective C?
Can i test/install my app without a paid developer membership ?

Thanks in advance , hope this was the correct place to ask.


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I have an iPad Mini (original release) running 9.3.5 - the latest it will support.

This doesn't get much use (having been replaced by a newer iPad) and needs a few updates.

My hosting site has made a few changes to mail servers, so these need to be updated and I have a couple of new accounts.

I used the .mobileconfig sent by my hosting site to update the newer iPad, but can't seem to find any way to use these on iOS 9.3.5.

Is this possible?


texts: Copying (Drag & Drop) mutliple emails of Mail.app to Finder/Path Finder

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I sometimes copy (drag & drop) emails from Mail to Finder/Path Finder. But, when I try to copy multiple files outside Mail, I can't do that. I have to copy one by one.

Why is this? Is there any way to copy(drag & drop) multiple emails from Mail.app?


texts: Failed Bootcamp partitioning bricks drive -even after reinstall

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Been looking everywhere online, could only find references to Lion and Yosemite, with one unsourced page (macOS + Windows 10 + shared data partition) saying that all the old methods would no longer work.

I have a new 2017 Macbook Pro, with a 512 GB SSD. I wanted to run Windows on it (obviously). At first, I just ran the Bootcamp Assistant and everything went well. But then I decided that I wanted a shared exFAT partition between my MacOS Sierra and Windows 10 installs. I tried to repartition the Mac partition with Disk Utility, and ended up bricking the laptop. First Aid kept giving "Invalid number of allocation blocks" errors, and the laptop refused to boot.

I gave up and reinstalled Sierra via the Recovery Partition. However, when I try to rerun Bootcamp Assistant, it always gives a "Disk failed to be partitioned" error. I'm even unable to partition the main drive further with Disk Utility. I've done everything - clear PRAM, /sbin/fsck -fy, reinstall Sierra, even DiskWarrior. The laptop functions fine, but I find myself unable to create any new partition.

Moreover, every failed attempt nevertheless creates 64+8 GB of unformatted partitions, which corrupts the partition table. Each time this happens, I am unable to boot until going through recovery mode to fix it with Paragon's Hard Disk Manager.

How can I fix the system for bootcamp?


texts: Macbook pro Mid-2012 not booting on battery. Not responding to power button

texts: Macbook pro Mid-2012 - Keyboard not working (Space and Caps lock only works) - Doesn't switch on using battery, when I remove the battery connector from board and Plug on AC it boots. I had recently changed the HDD to SSD myself.


texts: Updating iPad to 14, old emails that show as read on Mac Catalina and iPhone 13.7 show as unread on iPad. How can I get the “read” status in sync on iPad without reading every single one of them?  All three devices are IMAP so I would expect it to just work correctly.  I don’t want to update iPhone to 14 until this works.  Do I need to delete and recreate the email account on iPad (and then on iPhone)? Or will the same thing happen again? What an annoying bug! Thanks.


texts: How to disable notifications for a single calendar, in iOS6

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I have multiple calendars on my iPhone (iOS 6) and would like to know how to disable event notifications for just my work calendar (it's an Exchange account, if that makes any difference). I still need to be able to view, and add to, my work calendar though, so can't disable the whole thing.

UPDATE: The reason that I want to do this is because if I get a 'work' alert then I will either:

be in my office and using Outlook for such things, or
be on holiday/at home and not wanting to see work notifications.

The calendar needs to remain enabled because I constantly use it on my phone to plan free time (around work commitments) and also to enter out-of-office entries (e.g. dental appointments).


texts: Mac Chrome only quits with command+option+q

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All of a sudden Chrome on my Catalina imac requires command+option+q to quit. "Warn before quitting" is unchecked. Holding command+q does nothing. command+q works in all other apps.
I have a laptop with the same OS and command+q works fine on Chrome. Is there another setting somewhere I'm missing?
OS is 10.15.6 Chrome is Mac Version 85.0.4183.102
Tx


texts: iOS video player app with short skip forward/backward feature

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I like the feature that YouTube has in their mobile app where you can double-tap the left and right edges of the player and it'll skip ahead slightly in that direction. Netflix has a similar feature that I also like.

Both the scrubbing feature and the tiny player buttons in the iOS default Videos UI just feel awful in comparison.

Is there an alternative video player that has a similar "do this simple action to nudge the active timestamp in the video a couple seconds" feature?

I am using an iPhone SE running iOS 12.


texts: XLR Microphone not working with phantom power supply

texts: I'm using macbook air. My XLR mic works fine without phantom power supply in between, it's just that audio is low. When I use phantom power supply, macbook doesn't detect the microphone. Has anybody faced a similar problem? What's the solution?


texts: MacBook Pro Left click not working on trackpad as well as mouse

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Hey guys just today my macbook pro's (late 2013) left click is not working. I am on yosemite and everything was fine till yesterday night. I tried to connect a usb mouse again then i am not able to do left click, rest can be done. Any ideas ?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)


texts: Is there a way I can add a file (and what type would it be) to the symbols or special characters for use as a custom emoji? If so, would there be a way to set a key to it?


texts: Two Bluetooth devices + MacBook Pro + 2.4gHz WiFi = no network throughput; why?

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My wife has two MacBook Pros.  One is old; the other is new as of a week or two ago.

We have a combination of three Bluetooth devices: two keyboards (one Apple; one Logitech) and a magic mouse.

We have a Comcast-supplied barely polished turd of a combination 2.4gHz 802.11n WiFi gateway/router (standard XFinity fare).

The problem: any combination of two or more Bluetooth devices paired to either machine causes network throughput to drop to effectively zero.

This is true regardless of WiFi channel and is always reproducible.

This is not a pairing issue—that is, it's not the case that the keyboard is actually paired with some other machine; we've tested this with only one machine powered up at a time.

This is not a machine per se issue; the old MacBook Pro is from circa 2010; the new one is from 2014.

This is not an OS issue; both MacBook Pros are running fully updated versions of Mavericks.

Our iMac from late 2013 has two Bluetooth devices paired with it just fine.  It is closer to the router in case that has any bearing.

Wireless Diagnostics shows an "Excellent" signal-to-noise ratio throughout on all machines in our household.

Any tips or pointers?  I've read the threads on generic Bluetooth interference, but this seems very specific to that second device being switched on, and very specific to something that two MacBook Pros from different years must share in common.


texts: How to keep the text selection in Terminal.app when typing

texts: In Terminal.app, when I select some text and start typing again, the text selection is gone. I personally find this very annoying. Is there a way to make Terminal.app keep the selection when I type?


texts: Email stuck in outbox but can't access it

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I have Office 2011 installed on Mac OS 10.6 and I tried to send an email to multiple recipients and got this error: The message could not be sent because it has unresolved recipients. And now, every time it does Send/Receive I get this error: A message could not be sent

The problem is that the message got stuck in Outbox but I can't access it, can't delete it, nothing. Any idea how I could get rid of it?


texts: Disk full; Terminal in Recovery mode won’t delete files; boot kernel panics

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I’m in a pickle here. macOS Mojave, just updated the other day. I managed to fill my disk up while creating a .dmg, and the system froze. I rebooted. Kernel panic.

Boot to Recovery mode. Mount the disk. Open Terminal.

–bash–3.2# rm /path/to/large/file
rm: /path/to/large/file: No space left on device

Essentially the same issue as this Unix thread from ‘08!
https://www.unix.com/linux/69889-unable-remove-file-using-rm-disk-space-full.html

I’ve tried echo x > /path/to/large/file, no good.

It’s borked. Does anyone have any suggestions that aren’t “wipe the drive and restore from your backup”?


texts: Any suggestions for an ultra-lightweight spreadsheet-like application?

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Does anyone have a suggestion for an ultra-light spreadsheet application which is very fast and snappy?

I do most of my deep analysis using advanced statistical programs and I manipulate small-to-medium sized text files using an editor like TextWrangler. However, I occasionally want to put small amounts of data, like from a csv file or cutting and pasting data from an HTML table, into a spreadsheet for some quick manipulation.

Under Windows I used to just fire up Excel, but the Mac version of excel is painfully sluggish for this task and Numbers or OpenOffice are not much better. Plus it takes forever for Open/Neo-Office to fire up, when all I want to is a very quick task.

Are there any lightweight applications made for this task? No charting functionality, no advanced computational features, just a number grid with very simple calculations. Basically, the TextWrangler/Textastic equivalent of Word/Pages/NeoOffice but for grid data.


texts: Import iPhone Camera Roll non-destructively using Image Capture?

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Firstly, to clarify what is meant by "non-destructively" in this context:

Without losing access to all photos contained within burst shots
Without losing the ability to revert to originals
Without losing the ability to view Live Photos as Live Photos Update: I have found an answer regarding Live Photos.

It is my hope that I will be able to simply drag the folder of copied files (jpeg, mov, png, aae) into Photos.app at a later time and Photos will interpret the files correctly and put them back into a state just the way they were on my iPhone, editable and all. But I have no idea if this is what actually happens in practice.

My reasons for wanting to use Image Capture are:

I can delete later, after the import is complete and I have confirmed that all files were copied in tact, instead of having to choose to Delete After Import and pray nothing goes wrong in the process.
I like being able to see all my files in a way that Finder can browse, instead of having to go through some database schema. (Anyone who ever had a corrupt iPhoto Library back in the day can probably relate.) The less proprietary software I need to rely on, the better.

Then, after those basic requirements are met, I can think about copying my photos into Photos.app and putting some albums together.

The problem I currently face is that I don't know if it's "safe" to delete these items from my Camera Roll after copying them to my Mac through Image Capture. Am I committing to keep only the burst shots I've marked, discarding the others, for example? There are a lot of unknowns, and my iPhone's capacity is full. These days I have to delete apps when I want to take more photos, so I am hoping to get an understanding of how to manage these various special photo formats non-destructively once they're on my Mac. Thanks.


texts: In gimp: How do I create a new file / open an xcf file?

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I downloaded "gimp 2.8.10 for Snow Leopard & Lion & Mountain Lion" from gimp.lisanet as indicated by gimp.org and installed it on an intel mac 64 bits under 10.6.8. The installation seems to have worked BUT:

File > New opens a window "Create a New Image" but, after picking a template from the given choices, when I click OK nothing more happens.
When I open an xcf file (created in Seashore) with a 72 dpi resolution, gimp gives the warning resolution out of range in XCF file. After I click OK, nothing more happens.
When I double-click an xcf file (created in Seashore) with a 72 dpi resolution, gimp is launched and nothing more happens.

Please note that I am a gimp newbee so that I may be missing something obvious.


texts: How do I give a CGI script permission to access Calendar?

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When I run my script from the command line I can use - am actually prompted to use -  System Preferences to add ssh-keygen-wrapper to be authorised to access the Calendar.

But when I run the script as a CGI program it is not authorised to access the Calendar - it is running as nobody and fails - and I don't know how to give the CGI-invoked script required permission.

A related question is even whether I should as giving nobody access to Calendar ... but that's a separate issue.

[FYI]
macOS High Sierra
Python CGI script using an AppleScript to read Calendar events


texts: Fatal error after brew update interrupted

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While my system was performing a $ brew update && brew upgrade we had a power failure and my iMac shut down while updating packages/dependancies.

After rebooting I tried to run $ brew update && brew upgrade again and encountered the following error:

  fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/': transfer closed with outstanding read data remaining

  Error: Failure while executing: git pull -q origin refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master

$ brew doctor strangely returns a clean bill of health.


texts: Spotlight in upper right screen corner in Mountain Lion

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In the System Preferences panel for Spotlight in OS X 10.8, it claims "Spotlight is located at the top right corner of the screen". On my system, this no longer appears to be true; the Notification Center menubar icon has claimed that particular piece of prime real estate. There is precisely one pixel that is "at" the top right corner. Spotlight is still near the top right corner, but the top right pixel no longer triggers Spotlight.

Has anyone discovered a way to make the Spotlight icon appear where it used to (preferably without disabling Notification Center, which is indeed useful but doesn't need that particular spot)?


texts: iOS7 to iOS6 for iPhone 4 happy to lose data

texts: Is it possible to downgrade to iOS6 if the phone was never jailbroken, I'm happy to jailbreak it now to get it to work though.  Also happy to lose all data, apps, etc.


texts: Curl terminal command syntax from Applescript

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I want to execute a curl command in Applescript that does the following (per this SE question/answer):

https://superuser.com/a/1054803/471181

  ...Do an HTTP POST of the contents (as a string) of a local file located at path/to/my-file.txt to a URL endpoint at http://example.com/API.

The correct curl command for that is the following:

Terminal

curl -d "data=@~/path/to/my-file.txt" https://example.com/API

Following the answers in this post, I tried the following Applescript command:

AppleScript

do shell script "curl -d data=@~/path/to/my-file.txt https://example.com/API"

The result I expect is to see the contents of my-file.txt POSTed to the API endpoint at https://example.com/API with the key data.

However, the actual result I see at the endpoint with the key data is the following string:

API.data

"@~/path/to/my-file.txt

In other words, instead of POSTing the contents of the file, it's POSTing the literal path to the file as a string.

Question

What is the correct Applescript command syntax?

Other unsuccessful attempts:

AppleScript

do shell script "curl -d data=\@~/path/to/my-file.txt https://example.com/API"
do shell script "curl -d \"data=@~/path/to/my-file.txt\" https://example.com/API"
do shell script "curl -d 'data=@~/path/to/my-file.txt' https://example.com/API"

On list to try:

Use the fully qualified pathname to my-file.txt, do not use ~.
Escape the " in the data= option, e.g.: do shell script "curl -d \"data=@~/path/to/my-file.txt\" https://example.com/API"


texts: When deleting imessages on my mac, I want to press space bar so that i can quickly click on "delete" however tab doesn't work and I can't seem to focus on the pop up that has two options "cancel" and "delete".  Basically I would like to press tab and then press the space bar to delete the imessage.


texts: Official apple Lion USB Thumb Drive licensing

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I own two macs, one running Snow Leopard and one running Leopard. My partner also has a mac running leopard. I am planing to upgrade all three to Lion and am looking at the Official Lion USB Thumb Drive as a way to do this.

So my questions are as follows:

Does buying the thumb drive bind a license for Lion to my iTunes account? I then assume I can install Lion on up to 5 of my own macs.
Can I use the same thumb drive on my partners Mac? Do they need to purchase Lion from the app store as well afterwards?


texts: macOS Sierra: Wrong 'Date Modified' column when searching in finder

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I did ample research before posting this.

I am using macOS Sierra 10.12 on a brand-new iMac, and when I search my files (I am searching for all .psd files in a folder with many sub-folders) the Date Modified column in the search result doesn't match the files' info.

For example, the first .psd that pops up from the search is dated yesterday 2AM in the 'Date Modified' column (in list view), but opening the file info reveals the correct date, which is today, as I have just created the file.

I tried a number of solutions I found online:

Rebooting
Relaunching Finder
Resetting the system preferences for date and time
Deleting com.apple.finder.plist and the sidebar.plist and relaunching Finder

At this point I don't know what to try anymore.

Edit: I forgot to say that if I view the files in Finder in list mode, without searching for them, the dates are correct! It's only when I search.

Edit 2: Here is a screenshot of the problem, search window on the left, regular window on the right.

I can't determine whether it happens only with .psd files, but here's some more data which might be useful: The files are shot on a camera, then downloaded on a Windows computer, then transferred to my iMac on an SD card. The dates on both date created and date modified fields don't match with the dates they were shot, downloaded, nor transferred.

If I create a new PSD or JPG or TXT file on my Mac, it displays correctly both in search and regular browsing.

I really need to be able to sort these files by date modified!


texts: Is it possible to modify the files of the macOS Catalina installer to not require the admin password on install? For example changing a plist or editing an executable.


texts: Mid 2009 MacBook won't recognize [any] hard drive

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My MacBook had been acting fine. I applied the latest update to Mountain Lion and closed the lid. When I opened the lid, it wouldn't wake from sleep (dark screen with whirring fan for ~5mins). I held the power button and it rebooted to a dark grey screen. I reset the pram using Cmd+Option+P and it booted to the grey screen with flashing question mark. So I rebooted with the install disk for lion (I didn't make one for 10.8). Disk Utility doesn't see my root partition, it does however see the Mac OSX Base System 1.4 GB partition (I'm not sure if this is actually on my HDD or if it is a virtual file system created by the install disk). In any case, I swapped out to my OEM hard disk and rebooted. Disk utility still only sees the Mac OSX Base System. diskutil list reports the same. I can't reboot to recovery via Cmd+R or via holding the Option key. I also don't hear the hard drive spin up. At this point I'm thinking that I have a bad motherboard.

Is there any way to confirm that the motherboard is indeed bad?


texts: Is macOS Sierra trying to sync my "connected servers" via iCloud?

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I installed macOS 10.12 GM (16A320) on my 2 Macs (a late-2012 Mac Mini and a 2015 Retina MBP).  Both machines are signed in to the same iCloud account. The Mac Mini which is at home typically has my NAS mounted via smb.

A new problem that has appeared is this:

On the laptop, when logging in, the SMB "connect-to-server" dialog will pop up, attempting to access the NAS. This happens even when I am not connected to my home WiFi network. I usually just cancel this, but it continues to pop up throughout the session (usually when open/save dialogs are triggered).

Has anyone else experienced this behavior or know how to prevent it? I've been using these 2 Macs since 10.10 and never had this happen before.

edit: So I figured out what was causing this.  I store my iTunes music library on the NAS so that I can access the same library from both of my computers. This never caused an issue before, but apparently iTunes 12.5 and/or Sierra handle this differently. They attempt to scan or interact with the library immediately upon login and then continuously throughout your session. So, if you have the library stored on external media or an SMB share as I did, you'll be constantly nagged to mount the volume. I couldn't figure out how to stop this bad behavior, so I resorted to simply deleting my iTunes library from the laptop for now.


texts: How to fix permissions when username changed and admin status given to new account?

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I turned off SIP to try and fix a problem (for while I was moving files between accounts).
I had already created a new account, johndoe, and renamed the old account johndoe-1 (johndoe-old) which shows up looking like this:

(details anonymized).
This is on Big Sur on a 2020 MacBook Pro, and I can't seem to fix permissions having moved files across from the old account which is causing problems; I can't edit some of them, but can open them with no problem, although I can't set default open with applications - some are .html files.
What's the best way to fix permissions for folders and files when moving them between accounts - especially on Big Sur, the latest version?
Edit: I tried chown -R and set my new username to fix permissions.


texts: Can I re-format OS X drive without removing it from my MacBook Pro?

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I've got a mid 2012 MacBook Pro (non-retina) with a removable HD (Machine A). I want to perform a clean install of OS X El Capitan 10.11 on the HD, for which I have an install USB stick made.

Normally to do this I would:

Remove the HD from the Machine A.
Put it in a HD enclosure.
Plug the HD enclosure into another machine (Machine B).
Run disk utility on Machine B to wipe the HD in the enclosure.
Take the HD out of the enclosure and put it back into Machine A.
Boot machine A into my installer USB and install OS X 10.11 from there.

I don't have a HD enclosure at hand and wondered if I can instead:

Turn-off machine A.
Link machine B and machine A by cable. (What cable spec?)
Run disk utility on machine B to reformat the drive on Machine A.
Perform task 6 from above.

Would that work? What cable should I use?


texts: How do I watch a live stream on my iPad?

texts:
I enjoy watching P2P live streams (Flash) on my iMac and I would like to be able to do the same thing on my iPad. I have tried Puffin Web Browser, but the streams that I would like to see are covered in pop-ups with hinky links. On the iMac these will disappear when I go full screen, but within Puffin I can't click that full screen button.

However, I also have VLC for iOS installed. Is is perhaps possible to watch a P2P live stream via VLC? (I tried Open Network Stream and paste urls there, but that didn't quite work. Perhaps don't know how to pick the right url?)

Can you recommend a set-up?


texts: With the "small" Mac keyboard, how to simulate a HOME, END, and PageUp, PageDown key?

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My desk is a little too narrow for the long type of Apple keyboard -- the one that has the keypad and the Home ↖, End ↘, Page Up ⇞, Page Down ⇟ keys...  (it will take up the space for the mouse).

So if the small (wireless) keyboard is used, is there a way to simulate these keys: Home ↖, End ↘, Page Up ⇞, Page Down ⇟?  (Home ↖ takes a user to beginning of page, End ↘ takes the user to end of page).

In some apps like Chrome and Safari, Command ⌘ + Up ↑ is like Home ↖, and Command ⌘ + ↓ Down is like End ↘.  Fn + Up ↑ is like Page Up ⇞, Fn + ↓ Down is like Page Down ⇟, but it won't work in some apps such as in Finder (File Manager) and iTunes, where both of them will only do PageUp and PageDown simulation but not Home ↖ orEnd ↘ simulation.

I have this keyboard:

Not this keyboard (which has the dedicated Home ↖, End ↘, Page Up ⇞, and Page Down ⇟ keys):


texts: Identify Menu Bar App — Up Arrow Line Underneath

texts:
There is an up arrow with a line underneath it in my menu bar. Clicking, right clicking, and CMD + Click does nothing. Also cannot drag and remove. Thoughts? I've never seen this before.

Running Mojave 10.14.5


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I have a huge problem with my iMac. When I boot it, I hear the "start sound", I see the Apple icon and a charging circle. After 2-3 minutes the Mac reboots, black screen then the start sound and then the Apple icon again.

I tried (cmdR) to repair some system files but it doesn't work. When I boot to Single User Mode I see some output and everything looks okay, but after 15 sec of computing, I see this:
"syncing disks, killing all process" and directly after that the Mac reboots.

I don't care if I have to reformat everything even if I loose all my data.
Someone has a solution to repair or to reformat the internal HDD?

What I've already tried:

Reset PRAM (altcmdPR), but no change.
Unplug and push the power button during 30 sec but no change
Trying to to boot to Recovery Mode (cmdR) which doesn't work.


texts: Safari 8.0 Full Screen Shortcut Not Working

texts:
After updating to OS X Yosemite (Public Release), Safari and several other applications stopped recognising ⌃+⌘+F as the shortcut to enter Full Screen. I can use Shift+Command+F to enter Full Screen in Chrome, but not in Safari.

The shortcut worked when I was using OS X Yosemite Beta and Yosemite Beta 2. How to fix this problem?


texts: I cannot change Game Centre Profile name

texts: When I first put in my nickname I used emoji with the name. now each time I try to sign in to change the name a box comes up saying to update my account cannot connect to server. As far as I know my account is updated. However the emoji keyboard no longer is available when I sign in. How do I fix this?


texts: How do I open terminal or browser windows in the current workspace?

texts:
Whenever I open a new terminal or browser window via QuickSilver it switches control back to the last used workspace. I would like to always open in the current workspace, how do I do that?

I am on OS Mavericks. Please keep in mind that existing answers about modifying Expose or Spaces settings do not apply.


texts: Am I missing something basic or is this a bug ?


texts: Can I sync the pictures I currently have in Picasa on my PC with the iPhoto app on my new iPad?

texts: How do I sync the pictures I currently have in Picasa on my PC with the iPhoto app on my new iPad?


texts: How reliable are the iOS data usage stats?

texts: I have a dispute with my carrier such that my bills for the past 6 months list 10GB more usage than listed by my device's (iphone 5 running ios 6) data usage stats. They have told me that they can't do anything because they can't know how reliable the data usage stats are on the device. Are there any documents to which I might refer them that pertain to this question?


texts: So I forgot my iPhone at my locker at school and I didn't turn off the wake-up alarm and I want to know how long it lasts.


texts: Identify which apps on ipad belong to another account for which I do not have the password?

texts:
For historic reasons I have some apps installed on my iPad that were  legitimately downloaded using another account than the one I am using now.  I do not have the current password for said account, so I cannot provide it when I occasionally am prompted for it.

The iPad synchronizes against an iTunes instance running on my MacBook which I have full control over.

I have no idea which apps cause this, and I would like to identify them so I can get uninstall them and stop being prompted.

How would I do that?


texts: Restoring messages from backup not working

texts: I tried restoring the folder ~/Library/Messages, and ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iChat, but when I opened Messages every single Message but the last was gone for every conservation. Can I bring back my Messages somehow?


texts: How to backup iPhone contacts (no iCloud, iTunes or Outlook)?

texts:
I have an iPhone from another age (pre 2008) which is ready to be commissioned as defunct and replaced with a new 4S. My question, is how to back up the contacts form the old iPhone and transfer them to the new one.

The question of backing up iPhone contacts could seem simple at first sight, but in my case it comes with a headache.

I do not use Outlook. I cannot use the iCloud on my old iPhone. I do not use iTunes sync and manage my iPhone manually, so would strongly prefer not to use iTunes at all.

I was thinking placing the contacts on my SIM card, but iPhone only supports getting contacts from SIM and not saving them to SIM.

I was also thinking bluetooth, but learned that bluetooth is only used for iPhone accessories and cannnot be used for iPhone data transfer whatsoever.


texts: What is a locked hard drive, and how does it relate to encryption?

texts: When I mount a Mac hard drive on another computer, I often get prompted to "unlock" the drive. What does this mean? Is a locked hard drive different from an encrypted one, or is "unlocking" just decrypting the drive for one-time use (as opposed to permanently decrypting)? When I boot the drive in its normal computer I'm not prompted for a FileVault password, which is what's making me wonder if this is encryption-related or not.


texts: How do I configure the Emacs-like keyboard shortcuts in OS X?

texts: OS X has built in support for many Emacs-like keyboard shortcuts: for example, Control-A moves the cursor to the beginning of the paragraph and Control-E moves the cursor to the end. How can I configure these shortcuts and add more of them?


texts: Jailbreak: Need Top Option + Restore + Choose ipsw Anymore?

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Before a device was to be jailbreaked, all the tutorials recommended connecting said device to iTunes and then clicking option + Restore > Choose ipsw.

Recent tutorials don't include these steps any more. Rather they just mention restoring through iTunes and not over wifi.

Is the option + Restore > Choose ipsw Necessary Still For Jailbreaking?


texts: Framerate in command line usage of Compressor

texts:
I use Apple compressor from the command line to generate video clips from sequences of images. Here
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/compressor/cpsr9be73312/mac
it looks like the command line command allows for control of the framerate of the output movie, but I can't get things to work. Does anyone know how to do this?


texts:
For example if a directory 'blob' exists and I just type 'blob[return]' then the system cds into the blob directory for me.

In Linux (Ubuntu) I can add shopt -s autocd to my .bashrc file, but on OS X this gives an error: -bash: shopt: autocd: invalid shell option name


texts:
When I pull down the Notification Center, the "Today" view seems to exclude all-day events.
For example, I have 2 events for today:

"Lunch", scheduled at noon
"Ask A Stupid Question Day", an all-day event

My iOS9 Today view says

Wednesday, September 30th
The first thing on your calendar today is "Lunch", in 46 minutes.

If I delete "Lunch" from my calendar, the Today view simply says

Wednesday, September 30th

Why doesn't an all-day event get the same respect as a normal event? Can I change this (stupid) behavior? Am I missing something?
Note: I'm not talking about the Notification Center's Calendar widget (although, it too doesn't not display my all-day event. I guess at least my all-day event is being consistently ignored).


texts: executing shell script requiring input from the user using the Automator

texts:
Using the automator is possible to execute a shell script that requires input from the user (a password) ?
The shell script should be executed in the currently selected folder.
I wrote a "Run Shell Script" action like in the following figure:

About the shell actions:

cd $1
~/scripts/pgpsign

First I change to the current selected folder and then I execute my script, that as far as I understand is failing since it requires processing an input before proceeding.

Below the complete code of the script (in Scala)

#!/bin/sh
exec scala "$0" "$@"
!#

import sys.process._

object PGPSign {
  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    print("Please type passphrase : ")
    val passPhrase = readLine()
    signFilesInDirectory(new java.io.File("."), passPhrase.toString)
  }

  def signFilesInDirectory(dir: java.io.File, passPhrase: String) {
    if(!dir.exists())
      throw new java.io.FileNotFoundException
    if(!dir.isDirectory())
      throw new RuntimeException("Expecting directory")
    println("Signing files in directory: " + dir.getAbsolutePath())
    for{file <- dir.listFiles
        if !file.isDirectory //ignoring directories
        val fileName = file.getName()
        if !fileName.startsWith(".") //ignoring hidden files
        if !fileName.endsWith(".asc") //ignoring signature files
    } {
      println("- Signing file " + file)
       ("gpg -ab --yes --batch --passphrase " + passPhrase + " " + fileName).!!
    }
  }
}


texts: how to execute mkdir in /home/ directory

texts:
I want to create a directory 'administrator' in my /home/ directory but it won't allow me as it alway returns the error Operation not supported. Any ideas?

Roberts-MacBook-Pro:home robert$ pwd
/home
Roberts-MacBook-Pro:home robert$ sudo mkdir administrator
mkdir: administrator: Operation not supported


texts: Mail.app: How to find out the size of local ("On my Mac") mailboxes?

texts:
Finding out the size of IMAP directories sitting on a mailserver is pretty straightforward in Mail.app. By right-clicking on a mailbox and selecting "Get Account Info" I get a nice overview with a breakdown of how much space each directory is taking on the server.

But I can't find a way to get the size of mailboxes that are saved locally ("On my Mac" in the sidebar). Is anyone aware of a way to do that reliably? Bonus points if I can do it over SSH without the end user noticing, but anything works.
Background: I need this because I'm planning to upgrade the storage on our mailserver and upload all our local email archives, and just keep everything in sync over IMAP. All things considered, this looks way cheaper than setting up Backblaze on every laptop. Thus I'd like to estimate how much storage we'll need on the mailserver.


texts: Why was my volume indicator sound suddenly muted and changed?

texts:
Background

I'm on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) running 10.11.3 (15D21). I haven't changed any sound preferences. I bought the notebook brand new about 4 months ago. I only have a few apps installed (namely, Firefox, Affinity Designer, Sublime Text 3, and Transmit from Panic), so nothing specifically sound related, and all very common apps. I haven't changed any sound settings to cause this issue (at least not intentionally).

Before the issue

This is how the notebook has sounded up until today (watch @3:27): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOQOcCISgMI&t=207

After the issue

Today, the volume indicator was suddenly muted (not just SHIFT +  one-time muted, but permanently muted). I went to sound preferences and checked the Play feedback when volume is changed box to re-enable it, but now my volume indicator sounds like this (same video @0:15): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOQOcCISgMI&t=15.

Question

I'm not as concerned with switching back to the old sound (which is easy, via this and many other videos). My main question is why / how did this happen (the indicator change + muting)?

Extra

I did update to 10.11.3 on the 20th, and it's quite possible that I haven't changed my volume since then and simply did not notice that the 10.11.3 update included these changes (hopefully, this is the case), rather than it having just muted / changed today. I can't seem to find a detailed change log for this release though, to confirm that.


texts: What is the best alternative to iTunes 11 on OS X?

texts:
There are some old questions surrounding this topic, but the landscape has changed a bit in the last couple of years. I'm looking for some fresh answers.

Why I'm looking
Over the years iTunes has become increasingly bloated without adding much of anything I care about. It looks a little slicker in some ways. Less usable in others. Like the iPhone, it's just not that exciting any more.

Where I'm looking
I'm considering two primary alternatives (Tomahawk or DoubleTwist) and one outlier (Songbird, whose future seems shaky to me).

What I've got
I have a large-ish library of mostly AAC files (around 65 gigs). I have one iOS device (iPad, which I hardly use) and two Androids (an Android 2.3 phone and 4.3 tablet). I listen to my library mostly on my MacBook Pros (10.6 and 10.7). I have extensively rated, categorized, and tagged (via comments) my entire catalog and I use this data to create detailed playlists.

What I expect
I'm looking for something that is focused on an ordered library and listening experience; maximizing compatibility and sound quality; and killer application performance. Integration with services like Last.fm (personal fave), Pandora, and Spotify is a plus.

What have you found?
Has anyone here successfully made the break? Can you help those of us who long to escape the Apple ecosystem, even if only for a minute?

Bottom line
Have you made the switch successfully? If so, what app did it for you and why and can you share your tips with the rest of us? Moving a music library around is a big effort and I would love to learn from your experience before diving in.


texts: Black screen after login and frozen loading wheel

texts:
I am trying to help a friend with their machine. They are using an iMac (3-4 years old) running 10.12.

At first, their issue was at login. They would get to the login screen, enter their password, see the loading wheel for 1-2 seconds, then the screen would black out. But the machine is still on. Happened for a few times.

Now, though. It just powers on, get to the first loading screen, and then freezes. Tried multiple times. Same thing.

I wasn't sure what to do, so I had them follow this guide, What to do when your Mac displays a blank screen and the cursor after a macOS update.

I had them reset the PRAM three times.
Then boot to Single User Mode, and enter the commands in the article.
There seemed to be some errors in the drive, but I am not qualified to interpret them.
Here are screenshots of all the entries and readouts in Single User Mode.

What seems to be the issue, and what should I have them do next?


texts: Can't restore Mac from Timemachine on external drive

texts:
I am doing time machine backups of my macbook on an encrypted external drive. That drive has 2TB capacity.
Thats the backup drive

Diskutil list
diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     314.6 MB   disk0s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk1         702.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                298.2 GB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +702.0 GB   disk1
                                 Physical Store disk0s2
   1:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD            11.3 GB    disk1s1
   2:                APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data     570.4 GB   disk1s2
   3:                APFS Volume Preboot                 81.6 MB    disk1s3
   4:                APFS Volume Recovery                529.0 MB   disk1s4
   5:                APFS Volume VM                      1.1 GB     disk1s5

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *2.0 TB     disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Backup - Macbook Pro... 2.0 TB     disk2s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Boot OS X               134.2 MB   disk2s3

/dev/disk3 (external, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Backup - Macbook Pr... +2.0 TB     disk3
                                 Logical Volume on disk2s2
                                 28941B6F-CE5A-4B0E-8B4E-38AE62256998
                                 Unlocked Encrypted

So doing time machine backups is just fine. Full system recovery is not.
Command ⌘-R Boot

Time Machine Backup

tmutil listbackups
/Volumes/Backup - Macbook Pro 16'' 2020/Backups.backupdb/.nomad5.osx.16/2021-04-25-122101
/Volumes/Backup - Macbook Pro 16'' 2020/Backups.backupdb/.nomad5.osx.16/2021-04-27-083912

Additional info

There is also a bootcamp partition existing on the internal drive
I have tried the same with BigSur on another macbook with the same SSD. And it shows the backups from the external drive. So no problem with the drive

The Problem / Restoring my 16x macbook
When I try to restore the full system on my 16 macbook from the time machine backup, it's not available for me. When start into the recovery mode (Command ⌘-R) and unlock the backup drive, I don't see any options to do a full system recovery.
The only rollback option I see is, when I unlock my "Macintosh HD", which is not the external drive. But its always the date I have created the backup. But only one.
I am confused:
Does this mean all of my backups have been just a waste of time? How can I properly back up my whole mac for the case of emergency?


texts: Center an element which is "inline with text"

texts:
In Pages it is possible to center an element (such as an image, a table, etc.) whose "Object Placement" has been made "Move with Text" and "Text Wrap" setting into "Inline with text"? When I click the image, table, or chart, I see no option in the format styles panel to center the element.

The only way I can see myself doing this is by adding spaces or tab characters before the image or table, but this doesn't seem like a nice way to do it (although it should be okay as long as the page size/margins stay constant). Is there a better way to do so?


texts: Copy between 10.9 host and guest in Parallels

texts:
I have been using Parallels 9 no problem for quite a while for .Net development in Windows. I have recently changed over to working on OS X applications, and as such, I am using Xamarin.Mac.

As a part of our dev cycle, we have to test. In doing this, I spun up a Mavericks VM, and installed Parallels Tools, updates and created a "Clean Slate" snapshot.

The only problem is I can't get files to and from the VM at all.

The first method I tried was the usual old ⌘ + c and ⌘ + p options to no avail, getting the following response;

In addition to this, I mounted my local home directory (enabled by default) and tried to copy the item over. I could browse the directory fine, but on copy, I got the following information;

Is there some sort of incompatibility with copying between an OSX host and its OSX guest?


texts: How to stop auto music playing on Bluetooth connect

texts: My mom got an iPhone 6s, and she LOVES it. There is one problem. When she connects to her car Bluetooth (the car is a 2012 Toyota Sienna LE), it automatically plays music, even without opening the music app. She tried Siri, opening and closing the music app, and turning off Bluetooth entirely. None of these work. So, is there a setting or a trick to stop music from playing automatically after she connects to Bluetooth?


texts: Copying 85000 files...(takes literally for ever)

texts:
So I have these 85000 files (totally 2.5gb) that I wish to copy from my Mac to my ReadyNAS NV+ [X-RAID] with RAIDiator 4.1.10 [1.00a043]

It's a bunch of Matlab files.

Anyway, it's like it cannot be done. I went thru the wired network and let it copy all thru the night. From 9pm to 8am and it still said "30 hours to go..." Before that I managed to copy 30gb of data (30 files) in an hour.

Are there any better ways of copying these files that I don't know about? I'm using the finder.


texts:
I wanted to ask if it is possible to have periodic batch notifications on iPhone?

It's annoying to be distracted by every notification but I would be fine with getting a notification every hour or two with a summary of the notifications that popped up in the meantime.

If I turn off the notifications I usually don't check my phone so frequently so the extra reminder is useful for me.

Is there such a feature or is there an app that can do this?


texts: Frequent Wired Internet Disconnects on MacBook Pro 2018 (ethernet)

texts: MacBook Pro only, other stuff on network is normal, nearby windows PC is normal. --Internet connection drops random about 6-10 times per hour - - Ethernet Green - - Network Settings Green --The IP address is set manually


texts:
Cleaning out my mother's basement, I found a "sticker album" that I kept as a child in the early 80s. A few pages of my sticker album contain these stickers -- maybe 12 in all -- all still attached to their backing and probably still "stickable":

Unfortunately, I don't remember where or when I got them.

I found it particularly unusual that the bottom "stripe" was so offset from the upper part of the apple and I'm not sure if that is a misprint or a deliberate evolution of the logo.

Can anyone tell me about these stickers and when they might have been released? It might have been before the Mac came out, but the same sticker album also contained a "Where's the Beef?" sticker which was the famous Wendy's ad campaign in 1984, the same year the Mac was released.
Do they have any value beyond nostalgia and hipsterism?


texts: Translucent menu bar option is simply gone after system reboot / freeze (Mac OS X Lion)

texts:
I'm on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2. I just had one of the infamous 'blue screens' when the MBP freezes (known for the early 2011 models).

After my system booted up again, my menu bar isn't translucent anymore (as it was before), and also, even the option to activate it (as described in http://www.mactrast.com/2011/10/mac-tip-translucent-menu-bar-in-mac-os-x-lion/) is simply gone from my settings screen.

How do I fix this?


texts: 2012 Mac Mini with Fusion Drive only Boots while Verbose Mode

texts:
I have a mac mini 2012 which only boots to completion when in verbose mode. when just normal booted it gives the fan symbol for a few seconds and then loops back around.

I've done a time machine reinstall and also replaced the HDD of the fusion drive and rebuilt it.

So I'm at a loss now as to why this is happening.

Any suggestions appreciated


texts: How do I copy global text substitution settings into iWork '09 (Keynote, Pages)?

texts:
Amazingly, a year after Lion has been released, iWork still does not support Lion / ML's global text substitution settings.

I use these widely for special technical symbols.

Although global text substitution is not supported in iWork, Keynote and Pages do have their own local text substitution function, which performs the same as the global one, but doesn't use the global settings.

My problem? I have about 100 text substitutions set up in Lion, so entering them in each iWork application would take an age.

Does anyone know a way (e.g. by editing preference files etc.) to transfer all the settings from Lion's text substitution feature into Keynote and Pages?

This would be a huge time saver for me.


texts: How to make the "Search with Google" menu option open up in a new tab by default in Safari?

texts:
I know I can Command-click it to achieve that. What I want is to change the default behavior from opening in the same tab to opening in a new tab.

Is there an extension or a hidden configuration for that?


texts: Use built-in iMac camera on display connected via Thunderbolt

texts:
I've got a 27" iMac connected via Thunderbolt using Target Display Mode. It all works fine. I am wondering if there is a way (hack or otherwise) to activate and use the built-in camera from the iMac from the Mac Pro (which is the main computer I am using).

From Apple Support Document:

  A Mac that's connected to an iMac in Target Display Mode can't use the iMac computer's built-in camera, ...

So it seems that's a no, but I am hoping there may be a work around, so I don't have to purchase a separate camera.


texts: How can I complete an iPad update when I can't hit "continue"? (broken digitizer)

texts:
My iPad's digitizer has a few dead areas.  I can live with it.   I just updated iOS using iTunes, and it's saying

                   Update completed
  Your iPad was updated successfully.  There are just a
     few more steps to follow, and then you're done!

                       Continue

..... and, the "continue" button is right in a dead area on the digitizer.

Rotating the iPad does nothing; it will only interact in the home-button-down orientation.

I have tried home button, on/off and rebooting.

Is there any way I can access the iPad through iTunes to get through this screen?


texts: Installing Windows on MBP 2015 (Mojave) Using Boot Camp, Error: Not enough space!

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 2015 with macOS Mojave.

I've downloaded Windows 10 x64 October (and April) Update ISO and I tried to install both of them using Boot Camp Assistant.

I have a 500GB disk with 300GB free space. So I set the size of Windows partition to 150GB.

There are no tasks step in the boot camp in this version of macOS. And Boot camp says "Please remove any external storage device attached to this system before continuing.".

The problem is that after these steps it show's an error with this message:

The Windows support software could not be saved to the selected drive.
An error occurred while saving the Windows support software.

Or:

There is not enough space available on the disk.

I tried so many solutions that I found in forums but I couldn't install Windows yet!

Thank you for your help! :)


texts: After I opened the dmg file there's an app called Install Xcode which asks me to agree. After entering administrator's password, it starts installing but then it stops and says it encountered an error and to consult /var/log/install.log.


texts:
I just bought iPhone5S. While I need converter to use iPhone5S charger, instead I am using an iPad2 charger.

Is it OK if I do that? What's the different (in terms of voltage, ampere, and so on) of iPad2 and iPhone5S charger?


texts: What is the "Personal Photo Letter" intended for?

texts: Pages on the iPad has as one of its defaults the "Personal Photo Letter". What is the intent of this type of document?


texts:
In Xcode 12, my left and right sidebars have a tendency to get "stuck", and I can't pull them out all the way.
In this image, I would expect to be able to pull the left sidebar out further so I can read the text that is cut off. When I mouseover the sidebar border, the cursor changes to "resize" as expected, but then does nothing when I drag it out any further.
It seems to randomly work at times, but then go back to this behavior. Is there some setting that would fix this?


texts: I know I'm supposed to enable text replacement via Edit > Substitutions > Text Replacement but… I cannot find that menu in Chrome at all. Help?


texts:
I'm looking for a GUI (or terminal if there is no GUI) application that provides the following:

Visualization of syslog logs.
Filtering: For example, I can filter a particular type of logs, a particular PID, etc..

Basically, I have an application that logs to syslog. I want to read these logs comfortably. Console.app only does show the syslog file, which is, not quite different than opening the file in a note pad.

Any ideas?


texts: Getting Swedish Apple keyboard to map the same way in Bootcamp (Windows 7)

texts:
Whenever I use Windows 7 through Bootcamp, my keyboard mappings are totally different. Many special keys get mapped to what they would be on a PC keyboard, which is a real pain since I program on both platforms (and I am mostly used to the mac layout). The problem characters are these: []{}|\

On my SE Mac keyboard, I use these combinations:

[] - any alt + 8/9
{} - any alt + shift + 8/9
| - any alt + 7
\ - any alt + shift + 7

When in Bootcamp, it behaves like a Swedish PC keyboard:

[] - right alt + 8/9
{} - right alt + 7/0
| - right alt + >
\ - right alt + ?

I have tried numerous keyboard settings without any difference.
I was able to switch control and command using a register key but I have found no way to switch the combinations above.

Is there any way to fix this?

As I understand it, US keyboards  do not have this problem since the above keys maps the same way on Mac and PC keyboards. I really envy that...


texts: Turned off iCloud Photo Library and now can't see pictures after turning back on

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Same question was posted a month ago by a different user, but she stopped responding... I have the exact same
Issue.

This is a little complicated. I turned off iCloud Photo Library (for reasons that are unimportant) and the dialog that says "Photos will be removed from your phone, but will remain on iCloud" popped up and I hit "OK".

So 3100 photos were removed from my phone because they were all stored to iCloud.

Then I turned iCloud Photo Library back on, thinking all the 'removed' photos would reappear in my Photos App, but they didn't, and I don't know what to do. I verified that all of the photos are on iCloud by logging into the web interface on my desktop, I just can't get them to show back up in my Photos App on my phone.


texts: Track down disk activity MacMini and Mojave

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Late 2014 MacMini with combo SSD + HD Fusion Drive

Usually runs great, about 3x a day I can hear the HD really doing a lot of activity, reads / writes.

What can I use to determine which process is doing all of these reads / writes? I really want to find out what kind of diagnostics tool I can use to pinpoint what is doing all the reads / writes. I found some commands searching but those required booting into safe mode, I assume there is something I can use that doesn't require safe mode.

I can see from Activity Monitor that the IO spikes, but I cannot see a way to include a Read / sec column to activity monitor. Assume I need to use something else.

Image 1 shows high disk usage, image two shows it settling back down.
For context on total IO:
Time since boot:    26 days 22:20

Thanks for the help.


texts: Write a script that installs a package file automatically with limited interaction from user

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I'm trying to run a package installer from terminal and have it complete with limited interaction from the user. This will need to be ran on any computer.

The bash script I have so far is:

sudo installer -store -pkg "/Users/username/Desktop/test.pkg" -target /

It will not complete and I am getting the following error:
installer: Can't load package "/Users/username/Desktop/test.pkg": The requested URL was not found on this server.

Not sure what this error means as I'm a newbie to scripting. Please advise what is needed to fix this.


texts: Can I automate changing Magic Mouse 2 settings in macOS?

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I'm a regular user.I often need to leave only the left button of Magic Mouse 2 active ,now I do it in the usual way:I go to the system preferences,and disable unnecessary options It takes ten clicks.After a session where I only needed the left button, I again have to repeat ten clicks to return the previous canceled options ,which is a lot
I would love an example in the Automator or another solution to automate swapping preferences rather than having to graphically select each option when it’s time to toggle my preferences. Is this possible?


texts: How can I ask Siri to play the first video of a YouTube search?

texts: YouTube's search bar is pretty good at finding the most relevant video for a popular search. Like, if I search for "dog of wisdom" the first video is the one I want to see, so I had the thought the other day wouldn't it be nice to be able to ask Siri "play the first YouTube video with search 'dog of wisdom'" and have it play the video immediately. There are no doubt a lot of searches like this, i.e., where the first video of the search term is expected to be the one you want, so that you don't even have to scroll around to find it. Is this something that could be done?


texts: Using iMac (2010) as a display for my PC laptop with with VGA only output (female)

texts: I'm trying to figure out how to connect and use my PC laptop having VGA video output (female) to iMac 27 (2010). Found some articles about connecting PCs having miniDisplay port but it's not my case. Is it possible at all?


texts: We have two servers, ServerOne and ServerTwo. Each server contains a folder called Projects. On Windows, the paths to each of these folders are \\ServerOne\Projects and \\ServerTwo\Projects, respectively. On a Mac, the paths instead are /Volumes/Projects and /Volumes/Projects1. Depending on which order a user accesses the Projects folder from each server through the Finder, either one might be Projects or Projects1. Neither will be available through /Volumes in the Terminal until accessed through the Finder. Is there a reason for this behavior? Is it possible to include the name of a server in URLs so the path is absolute and more easily shared across platforms?


texts:
I've got an issue where after moving a file from the desktop a shared location (mac mini) the file doesn't appear.

After duplicating the file, both the copy and the original file appear so it's not a permissions issue. Is there anything that could be causing it to ghost like that?

Both Mac and the mac mini are Mavericks 10.9.5


texts: What is "applessdstatistics" doing on my non-SSD, non-Fusion drive iMac?

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I have a mid-2010 iMac that has regular HDD (not a Fusion drive, just good old spinning disks). Recently, after reboot, I was hearing intensive HDD I/O sounds and firing up Activity Monitor I noticed applessdstatistics process was reading a lot of data.

I found a way to disable it via Terminal command:

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.applessdstatistics.plist

But the question is: what was the process doing on my computer in the first place?

Does it do any tasks that would—nevermind the process name—benefit a regular HDD? Meaning: should I re-enable it?

I'm on up-to-date macOS Sierra 10.12.3


texts: In Pages 5, how to get a table to span multiple pages?

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I have a two-column table in a document in Pages 5. The table starts mid-way down a page with content above it.

When I add rows to the table, if there isn't enough room to fit the entire table on the same page, the entire table jumps to the next page, leaving a big empty gap in the document.

How do I get Pages to instead start the table at the original page, and span the table onto the next page instead?


texts: Update MacbookAIR Firmware without original hard disk

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I got original SSD broken.
My MacbookAir 7.1 got only YOSEMITE Internet Recovery.
Now, I've bought a SAMSUNG 970 NVME M.2 disk and the system could recognize it using NVME kext patched but cannot boot because my MacbookAir was never updated with HighSierra (and so, no BootROM upgrade is done.With High SIERRA NVME disks become bootable)

Do you think this tool could help me? http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,852.0.html

Other way to follow?

No way to boot the disk using CLOVER or reFIND for the moment. (am I missing something?)

The only thing I've done is reinstalling YOSEMITE successfully directly to external drive using Internet Recovery, but when trying to update to HighSierra or Mojave the NVME disk and the external one are both unselectable due to "missing firmware"


texts: Usb device keeps disconnecting and re-connecting

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I’ve chatted and gone through troubleshooting with Apple support about this issue with no luck so I’m hoping someone here can give ANY advice. I’m trying to connect a USB cassette capture device to my MacBook so that I can convert old cassette tapes to mp3. I purchased this specific device because I saw a video of someone using this exact device with an iMac. However, when I plug it in and look at the sound settings to see if my computer recognizes it, it shows the device but then it disconnects and reconnects endlessly every couple of seconds. I have a Pc that I tried connecting it to and had no problems there. I’ve been trying to find a solution to this problem all day but as I am writing this I looked up at my computer and saw the connection finally stabilized, I tried recording into logic and had success but I have no clue why it suddenly stabilized and I’m worried as soon as I disconnect and try this again I’ll have the same problem. Are there any tips for getting a stable connection that doesn’t involve luck?
Clarification: The device is a Super USB Cassette Capture, I'm attempting to connect it to my 2017 MacBook Pro via USB adapter but I've also tried through a powered USB hub with no luck. The Pc I tried is a HP Elite Display E231i and the USB was connected to it's "tower" (I guess, sorry I don't know much about this PC, I don't use it outside of work) called an elite desk. The device will not allow me to record through the line in port. Its audio output lets me listen to tapes on my headphones or speaker but the only way it allows me to record is with the USB connection. I tried a few things I came across in my search but could not find anything that touched on my specific problem, I've done a smc reset, I've connected it to the USB hub, I opened the activity monitor and stopped coreaudiod, Later apple support had me restart in safe mode to see if the problem happened while in it, they also had me create a new user account on my MacBook to see if it occurred there, then they had me run a diagnostic test, I also tried a different usb cord but none of these things I've tried have worked except doing absolutely nothing and letting it connect randomly. Today I tried my luck again and had it connected to my computer for over an hour to see if it would randomly connect again but it never happened. It's just so frustrating because the device WILL connect and stay connected AND record so I know it works but I can't figure out how to get a stable connection, I will definitely look into an external audio interface though. Any other advice in the meantime is greatly appreciated.


texts: How to use find to list all files except those under .git?

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I want to find a list of file (no directories) excluding those under .git

I am trying out some suggested find syntax to achieve as suggested in this SO question:

https://superuser.com/questions/397307/how-to-ignore-certain-filenames-using-find

Here are what I attempted

find . -type f ! -name '*.git*'

find . \( -type f  -prune -o \! -name '*git*' \)
find . \( -type f  -prune -o \! -name *git* \)
find . \( -type f  -prune -o ! -name *git* \)

But the output always contains files in .git. Here is a partial listing

.
./.coveragerc
./.DS_Store
./.git/.DS_Store
./.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
./.git/config
./.git/FETCH_HEAD
./.git/HEAD
./.git/hooks
./.git/hooks/disable-commit-msg
./.git/hooks/pre-push
./.git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg
./.git/index
./.git/info
./.git/info/exclude
./.git/info/refs
./.git/logs
./.git/logs/HEAD
./.git/logs/refs
./.git/logs/refs/heads
./.git/logs/refs/heads/1312

The version OS X is El Capitan, and I am using zsh. find is located in /usr/bin

Is it an OS X find issue? If so, how can I achieve my intended result?

EDIT

I tried this command

find . \( -type d -name '.git' -o -type f  \)  -prune

and it is closer to what I want. However in the output I can still see the folder .git


texts: Trying to Free Up Space - Can I Delete Library Cache?

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I'm trying to figure out how to free up some space on my MacBook. I downloaded Disk Inventory X, and in looking at the storage breakdown it provides, I see that my Library folder is 119.4 GB. Library > Caches inside there has 96.7 GB. Caches > Adobe has 93.1 GB. Looks like After Effects is taking up the most space in there with 92 GB. That seems like an insane amount of space for one program cache.

Also, Library > Application Support has 21.8 GB. And Application Support > Adobe has 20.2 GB.

What can I delete without messing up my computer? I use the Adobe Suite pretty much every day, so I don't want to screw it up.


texts: Applescript character count in words with combining diacritics

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If I combine an acute accent with, say "x", with a w before it and a y following, like this: "wx̀y", this will look good in BBEdit and Word, and both programs will give a character count of 4. However, this applescript:

set a to "wx̀y"

display dialog (number of characters of a)

... will reply "3".

This is in Smile and Script Debugger, my Script Editor goes into beach ball mode seconds after opening. And it is a real problem in indexing some exotic texts, not only one out of curiosity, so any suggestions would be most welcome.


texts: How to find out the TeamID of installed apps in macOS High Sierra/Mojave

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Can someone tell me, how can I get the TeamID & bundleID of all installed apps in macOS.

I know how to get the bundleID of an app, I want both TeamID and bundleID of all the installed app.

Is there any shell script/command which can be used for this?


texts: Outlook for Mac searching only the current folder

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I am using Outlook v16.16.17 on macOS 10.14.6. The Outlook search (top right corner of Outlook, not Spotlight search) used to return everything. At some point, it started only returning items from the currently active folder (the folder selected in the sidebar). For example, if I am in Inbox, it will not return items from Sent. To search sent items, I have to go to Sent and then repeat the search. At first I thought it was some random glitch, but after several months and multiple updates and restarts, it continues to happen.

I saw some similar posts (such as How to fix Outlook for Mac search), but they seem to be related to Spotlight indexing or privacy. I don't think they are related. The Spotlight search actually works, so messages are definitely indexed.

I also have access to a web-based Outlook interface to the same account. The search works across all folders there, so it's not some kind of account restriction.


texts: Use different Country/Region from Family in App Store

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My family is from Brazil and I live in Romania. I use family sharing so I can use Apple Music from my family account without paying for an extra individual subscription. This is the main feature I am interested in. However, I need to use Romanian apps and I cannot find them in the App Store because my Country/Region is set to Brazil, and not Romania. I cannot change it in the settings because it says:

  The country/region for your Family is managed by

Is it possible to use another Country/Region so I can purchase Romanian apps while still using my family's Apple Music subscription?


texts: Yosemite - Make Safari tab font bold or bigger

texts: I’ve updated my system to Yosemite and now I wonder if there’s a way to increase tab font size (or make it bold).


texts: Does the notarization requirement for macOS Catalina require a Developer Account for local software builds?

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In January 2020 (date may have changed; correct me if I am wrong), notarization requirements will activate for Mojave and Catalina. This will affect every application not released on the App Store.

My question is whether this will apply to local builds created on local machines. If I want to test an app I have made on my local computer (say, with Xcode or Unity), will I need to pay for a developer account, notarize my application, and wait a few hours for Apple to reply in order to perform my testing? My current understanding is that once Apple flips the switch requiring notarization, I will no longer be able to test my own applications without Apple notarizing every single build, so knowing how things will work out in advance will be greatly appreciated.


texts: Does the 13-inch mid-2013 Macbook Air have a noisier keyboard than previous models?

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I just got a Apple-refurbished mid-2013 13-inch Macbook Air. It's great -- except that the keyboard is noticeably noisier than my previous model from mid-2011.

Specifically, they make more of a clicky sound, not when pressed, but just when you brush your fingers across them.

It seems they are looser and make a sound when the keys move laterally within their slots and touch the metal.

Is this by design for this model?


texts: OS X Keychain keeps prompting me for my SSH passphrase even though I save it (OS X 10.6.8)

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Every time I log in to a remote server with SSH, OS X keychain prompts me to remember the SSH passphrase. I type in the passphrase and check the box to remember it. I then connect ok to the server but then the next time I get prompted again and so on...

I have a private key to ssh into my server and the connection works. In my hosts file I have:

Host myhost
    HostName xxx.xxx.xxx.xx
    GlobalKnownHostsFile ~/.ssh/known_hosts
    port 22
    User myuser
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/mykey_dsa
    IdentitiesOnly yes

.. and then I type ssh myhost

This is only a recent problem so I suspect and issue with Keychain? To be clear, I can 're-add' to keychain every time and connect but this defats the purpose. The permissions on my dsa key are set at 600 or -rw-------@

I tried repairing disk permissions but that did no good. My Google-foo is also failing me, nothing of use came up. So I am not sure if this an OS X / keychain issue or an SSH issue.

update:
When I try ssh -vvv myhost, I think it reveals the issue:

debug1: Trying private key: /Users/danny/.ssh/mykey_dsa
debug1: PEM_read_PrivateKey failed
debug1: read PEM private key done: type <unknown>
debug3: Not a RSA1 key file /Users/danny/.ssh/mykey_dsa.
debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA
Identity added: /Users/danny/.ssh/mykey_dsa (/Users/danny/.ssh/mykey_dsa)
debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA
debug3: sign_and_send_pubkey
debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).

... and after that I get connected. I think this crux of the matter is:

PEM_read_PrivateKey failed

Update 2:
After trying the same key and settings on another Mac with 10.6.8 as well, everything worked fine so I think this is a Mac specific question, possibly a permissions keychain issue.

Update 3
I also tried a clean install of Mountain Lion (10.8.1) and alas the same issue which I totally don't get.

Possibly related:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3518441?start=0&tstart=0

Update 4
This is the answer


texts: How can I check the version of a package online before installing?

texts:
For example, when I run

brew search octave

I see:

homebrew/science/octave                Caskroom/cask/octave

I don't know which of these to install so I want to check the version of these programs. Is there any way to get it without installing?


texts:
I cannot eject anything from Finder, either by clicking the eject icon in the sidebar, or by dragging the icon to the trash (it does turn into an eject icon though). I'm using Disk Utility to get around this, but it's frustrating to have to open that up when I'm staring at Finder all day long.

This is a recent development, as it was working fine before. I haven't installed anything new that I can associate with when this started happening.

ETA: I managed to fix this myself. Trashing the Finder and sidebar preferences and then restarting Finder did the trick.


texts: Why do I have Apple Developer tools in /private/var/folders? Can it be removed?

texts:
Some time ago I went through cleaning of my mac and I have removed old developer tools from Library, which were for old iOS versions. I no longer need them, nobody uses them, I have removed them and reclaimed some space.

Today, however, I cam across the com.apple.DeveloperTools located in /private/var/folders. It's around 40GB of uselessness.

How come it ended up there? Can I safely remove it?

Thanks


texts: Can I prevent SMS alerts from showing on the Lock Screen in iOS 4?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I prevent SMS messages from being shown on the iPhone lock screen?

I am aware that the text message preview can be disabled so that the actual message is not displayed. However, there is still an alert that a text has been received and from whom that can be openly seen on the lock screen. Therefore full privacy is compromised.

Can I disable this alert completely on the iPhone 4?

Thank you


texts: Shutting down a frozen iPad with broken sleep button

texts: My iPad is frozen. I have Assistive Touch enabled. I can touch some buttons in AssistiveTouch, but I can't shut it down. The sleep button on the device is broken too.


texts: I just noticed my built-in audio output doesn't work anymore (MacBook Pro, late 2008). I've tried all sorts of headphones, but none of them seemed to work. Right now I'm using an external USB soundcard, but I'd really like to figure out what happened here. I haven't installed, upgraded or updated anything at all: it just happened. Do you guys have any suggestions about this? What kind of data should I look for to help debug/diagnose?


texts: Boot into Safari-only mode in Mountain Lion?

texts: In Lion, you used to be able to boot into a Safari-only mode. Where did that go in Mountain Lion?


texts: Stuck on partitioning disk using bootcamp with early 2015 model macbook air, 480 gb auro pro x2 SSD

texts:
I am attempting to create a 100 GB partition for windows 10 on my macbook air via Bootcamp Assistant. I have been stuck on "partitioning disk...", with the load bar completely full for some time now. I have a 64 GB USB drive inserted, which I believe was necessary for the partition.

Additionally, I have just installed a 480 GB SSD from OWC. When using disk utility my SSD, the USB drive, the iso images for windows 10 as well as the boot camp partition show up. However, the bootcamp partition is in light grey and says it is not mounted.

My diskutil list call results with the following:

If anyone could let me know what I am doing wrong or what I can do to fix this issue it would be greatly appreciated.


texts: iOS MDM Monitoring Internet Search History

texts:
My school have asked the students to bring their iPads and use them for school purposes.

The IT technicians have installed an MDM on our iPads and I receive this message...

Does this mean that the school can monitor my search history?

What else does it monitor?

Also, I have included some screenshots of the profiles that are installed...


texts: Use Siri to fill in input fields on macOS

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How can I get Siri to fill in input fields on MacBook Pro?

At the moment I have to copy paste from the Siri dialogue.

Edit____________

I'm not interested in answers relating to normal dictation in the mac, I WANT SIRI!! )


texts:
Recently my Mac is showing up some weird messages such as "Month 13 is out of bounds".

How do I fix this error I can't go to ant apple authorized repair centre because it is very far away from an Apple centre


texts: How to configure .pac file for proxy in macOS

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I have a .pac file from our hosted web server for proxy. It is working fine for Windows and I am able to access site allowed by proxy.

However, I use the same link of .pac file in my macOS, then it doesn't work at all.
I simply add in Proxies -> Automatic Proxy Configuration and point the URL of .pac. Do I have to do any additional step for .pac working?

I saw the post for a similar kind of problem  but it didn't help me. Do we need any further modification somewhere besides pointing URL in Proxy Configuration?

macOS version: 10.14 and 10.15


texts: What are safe CPU temperatures ranges under heavy load in the unibody Macbook Pro?

texts:
I noticed that under heavy CPU load, the temperature differences between the CPU and CPU heatsink are very high:

picture from iStatPro; 2.0 GHz quad-core i7 (2635QM) Sandy Bridge; Macbook Pro 8.2

That's a difference of 41°C! Is this safe? Is this normal?

When using the discrete GPU, an entry "GPU heatsink" will show up. The temperature difference between the GPU and GPU heatsink are never more than 10°C. This is why I think that the something's wrong with the CPU cooling.

I have never removed the CPU/GPU heatsink in this Macbook Pro.


texts:
I'm trying out Apple Music for the first time and confused by its interface. I've been listening to a "radio" station (e.g. Radio → Charting Now) and want to see what song just finished playing. Where should I look?

I expected to find a play queue like in Spotify and Google Play Music, but so far haven't found anything analogous.


texts: Which video/movie file format would be most convenient for inclusion into a Keynote or PowerPoint presentation?

texts:
I am a Windows user, and I have never used Keynote or PowerPoint on Mac. My colleague would like me to send him a video/movie file that he can incorporate into and play during a scientific presentation. He will use either Keynote or PowerPoint for Mac to create the presentation.

Which file format would be most convienent for inclusion into Keynote and/or  PowerPoint for Mac presentations?  Some file formats that I can create on Windows include:

*.avi
*.mov (QuickTime)
*.mpg
*.mpeg

On Windows, I have found it very difficult to successfully include videos/movies in PowerPoint presentations; usually the slideshow ends up crashing or the video stalls. I am hoping that the Apple developers have this perfected in Keynote and PowerPoint for Mac.


texts:
I purchased an iPhone 6SPlus two weeks ago. When I created my work email account, which is Exchange 2003 (yeah, a dinosaur), I have no problems getting and sending mail and have no problems adding events to my calendar. My problem is that when I click on an event in my calendar, it doesn't open it up. It goes right to the lock screen.

I had the iPhone 5C and it did not do this.

How can I fix tapping an event to reveal the details?


texts: I try to listen to my iTunes Radio. And I'm currently on the latest iOS. And it says it's not supported. What's going on?


texts: Open documents with Preview in the same window from a different space

texts:
Assuming I have Preview assigned to space 2, a document already open there, and Dock > Prefer tabs set to always, I am asking if someone knows a way to:

Go to space 1 (or any other space)
Double-click another PDF document
Automatically switch to space 2 and open both documents in the same window, using tabs

It always open them in separate windows, and I haven't found any workaround. I am using MacOS Catalina 10.15.6
Thanks in advance.


texts: Harddisk exchange from one MacBook Pro to another MacBook Pro with same configuration and model with different serial no

texts:
I am working as a system admin in a corporate company. Today I got one ticket from HR. HR is using MacBook Pro having a 100 GB harddisk. He needs to upgrade the harddisk from 100 to 500 GB. What I did at the moment is that I have the same MacBook Pro with 500 GB harddisk. I exchanged the harddisks for both the Mac in the live state that means on the state I didn't shut down both Macs.

After exchanging harddisks neither of the Mac boot. Is it possible to install new os for two Mac hard drives.


texts: iCloud Keychain breaks login for iMessage and FaceTime

texts:
For about 6 months I have had problems with iCloud Keychain.
Every time I login with my iCloud account on a new computer (e.g. a Mac Pro at work and a brand new MBP 15" with touch bar) iMessage, FaceTime, and Handoff do not work.
It will not let me login to either FaceTime or iMessage. (and somehow, Handoff seems to be linked to this problem).
It displays this error:

Could not sign in to iMessage.
An error occurred during activation. Try again.

I have tried a bunch of things: rebooting, resetting PRAM/SMC, reformatting the hard drive, re-installing the OS, upgrading the OS over 6 months time, calling Apple support for 5 hours.
The only solution I've found after all of this are two keychain items:

ids: identity-rsa-private-key
ids: identity-rsa-public-key

If I delete these two keychain items, and reboot the system, I can login for one session. As soon as I log-out, or reboot the computer, it kicks me out again.
If I create a new User on the machine, and do not enable iCloud Keychain sync in the iCloud settings, everything works fine. I can login to iMessage and FaceTime. As soon as I sync iCloud Keychain, everything breaks once the machine is rebooted or I logout. At which point, you either have to continue deleting the keychain items above, or delete the entire user and start over without syncing iCloud Keychain.
I can probably live without iCloud Keychain. I haven't used 1Password yet, but I'm sure it's awesome. My hesitation is that there are other things stored in iCloud Keychain, like Apple Pay, which would be nice to sync. I feel like iCloud Keychain will only become more important as all of my devices become more connected in the coming years.
Any ideas on how to fix iCloud Keychain from doing this? Thanks for your help!


texts:
Recently I bought a used Macbook air but it was locked.
The seller was not reached by phone or email.
So I tried to factory reset or re-install the OS but all failed due to various reasons.
I called Apple care, but they seem to misunderstand my question and tried to reset the password of 'my' Apple ID which is totally irrelevant. They said they cannot reset the seller's Apple password.
When I failed three times in a login window, they gave me the serial number (of the Macbook) and the record number. Can I reset the login password using this information? What can I do to use this laptop?

By the way, is the computer log-in password same as the seller's Apple ID password???


texts: Is there any way (software) to defrag NTFS on Mac?

texts: I have a lot of external hard disk drives, mainly formatted in NTFS since I have both Windows and Mac. I know iDefrag, but it only works with HFS hard drives and I was wondering if there are any utilities to defrag NTFS drives.


texts: How can I find the reason for my Mac's recent "restart"?

texts:
My Mac just "restarted" while I was looking away and I'd like to know if it was a crash or a postponed restart due to an update.

My Mac does sometimes crash and restart but hasn't done so for a couple of months.

I installed some OS updates in the past couple of days but chose not to restart yet.

Google Chrome was getting slow and had been displaying the green update arrow for a day or two. I clicked on the update button and wandered off to do something before it responded in any way.

When I turned back to the computer it seemed to be "restarting". I'm using the scare quotes because I don't think it was rebooting from scratch since I didn't see the Apple logo with progress bar, which can be a little slow on my system.

I verified that it had restarted by switching to the Terminal app which showed the Restored text with a timestamp from about a minute ago.

When I check when the last reboot was using uptime or System Information it tells me 32 days.

The App Store is telling me that I still need to restart to complete updates.

So how can I check why it just "restarted"? I want to know if my crashing problem came back after such a long time of stability, if asking Chrome to update somehow allowed the other pending upgrades to restart the OS, or if it was some other reason.


texts:
I own a MacBook Pro, Mid 2014, and its 256 SSD started facing problems almost 8 months after I bought it.  I've been looking to replace it.

I've read over at iFixit that you can replace it,

But as I understand that not every SSD is compatible. So I was wondering whether this Samsung 850 Pro 256GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD would be compatible?


texts: How to output sound through HDMI adapter (late 2008 Macbook)?

texts: Is there a workaround that allows the laptop to send sound to a projector, such as using a different type of adapter?


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I have got iMac power Mac G4 which I wanted to reinstall. I followed a Youtube video to do so, now my machine boots to a command prompt.

How can I proceed from here?
PS: I don't have any install CDs/DVDs.


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I have been using VLC Player for 7 years and after update to 2.2.2 It is really painful to use it with El Capitan.

It is very slow to forward or backward, It constantly freezes and lots of time the display gone, color changes in display. It happens with the same mkv files which I used to watch without any problem 1 month ago before 2.2.2.

Is there a solution for this?


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My hard drive is full and I have a finished project on it that may require some small modification.

What is the good way to manage Final Cut X data? I have a 50Gb Final Cut file in my Video folder and don't know how to process...


texts: Using the Numbers app, how to make 2 plus +0.25 become 2.25?

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When a row in a table from a webpage is copied to the Numbers app, such as

2       3    4      5

and another row is copied, as some "deltas" (minor addition or subtraction):

+0.25   0    0   -0.5

Then the numbers are added up vertically.  The number in the first column adds up to 2, while the last column adds up to 4.5.  So the first column is incorrect, and the last column is correct -- I think the reason is +0.25 is treated as a string, while -0.5 is treated as a number.

Is there a way to make it work on Numbers?   (manual editing is not preferred, as it is error prone and there are actually a lot more numbers, and finding the + by eye and removing it can cause an error when it is not seen, and if there are 200 such numbers, then doing it 200 times by hand is quite a time consuming method.)

(and actually, this happens on Google Apps as well)


texts: Are there any dangers of setting kext-dev-mode to 1?

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I am trying to make a driver work on my OSX 10.11. A guide that I am following requires the execution of the following command:

sudo nvram boot-args="kext-dev-mode=1"

followed by:

sudo kextload [path to driver of device]

There are some warning, however, on the internet about setting kext-dev-mode to 1.

What are the risks of doing so? Can I maybe run the second command and then set the kext-dev-mode to 0? Is it possible that the driver will work in that case?


texts: Is there a faster way or keyboard shortcut to close files without saving in Preview?

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When closing an unsaved file in Preview, you're presented with the "Do you want to keep this new document" modal:

There doesn't seem to be a quick way to access the Delete button besides tabbing or using the mouse. I work with a lot of quick throwaway screenshots throughout the day and this step slows me down.

Is there a keyboard shortcut for this button, or another way to close files that will not show this dialog?


texts: I accidentally went into my phone and deleted my phone from Find My iPhone, I was surprised to see that all my photos and contacts and app were deleted, I want to restore my old data back, how can I do that?


texts: How to restore last El Capitan/Safari session manually with Time Machine backup?

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I am using Safari version 9.0.3 on Mac OS X El Capitan version 10.11.3.  I had dozens of Safari windows and tabs open when it became unresponsive.  In the past I could force quit and then the session would automatically restore at the next launch of Safari.  However, this time Safari was still unresponsive after force quitting and relaunching (the whole system was having difficulty at this point), so I force quit Safari a second time.  Now the last session windows are gone, and the history menu option to restore it is greyed out.

In an earlier version of the system a few years ago I used to manually restore Safari sessions by simply replacing the ~/Library/Safari/LastSession.plist file with a backup.  That is no longer working.  I have also tried restoring ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist and deleted the ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.apple.Safari.savedState folder since it did not exist before the issue; I might have caused creation of the folder by fiddling with the General pane System Preference setting to close all windows when quitting an app (I unchecked and checked it back on), and the Safari > Preferences... > General > Safari opens with: setting (changed from "A new window" to "All windows from last session" and then back again).  Any further ideas of how to restore the session?  The History option to restore the session is greyed out no matter what files I restore from the backup.