texts: Galaxy S7 user with inactive iPhone 6 - Can I get iMessage with my active phone number?

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I have a pretty unique and specific scenario.

Here's some context. My friend lost his iPhone 6 in my house last October. Since he had insurance on the phone, he was able to replace it. I ended up finding it four months later. To complicate matters, Sprint said the phone's IMEI is blacklisted because the phone is listed as lost or stolen. My friend is contacting Sprint to let them know that he has found the phone, and he will let me keep the phone since I found it.

I already have a Samsung Galaxy S7 with my active Sprint number (415 area code). I prefer to use my Samsung for daily use with that number.

What I am looking to do is use the iPhone just for iMessage, so that I can still be in touch with friends and family who have iPhones while I'm out of the US. I only want to use the iPhone 6 to use iMessage when connected with Wi-Fi because I am going overseas for work in January. I might pause the active Sprint ph#(415) account while out of the US since I wont be able to receive SMS messages while in Europe and Asia but still considering all options.

Assuming my friend is able to get the phone's IMEI off the blacklist, will I be able to activate the iPhone with my Sprint phone number and get iMessage up and going, then go back to my Samsung Galaxy S7 once I get iMessage account running? Are their any easier ways to get my end goal of communicating thru iMessage without any obstacles?


texts: iOS 7 Messages app reverts from iMessage to SMS at random

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I am having an issue with the Messages app on iOS 7.0.4 (11B554a) whereby on conversations that were previously all SMS and the other person purchases an iPhone, Messages reverts from sending iMessages to SMS seemingly at random.

I have tried:

Disabling/re-enabling iMessages in the Settings app (temporary fix)
Killing Messages from the multitasking view (temporary fix)
Disabling the "Send as SMS" option in Messages settings (does not work)

Has anyone else experienced this or know of a possible solution? I am considering using a third party tool like iExplorer to export all of my conversations and starting fresh, but I really view it as a last resort since some of these conversations have been with me since the launch of the original iPhone in 2007.

Edit 1: I should point out that these are not failures to send an iMessage that results in a fallback to SMS, rather I notice as I'm composing the message that the text entry box has the subtle "Text Message" on it and the Send button is green. I perform steps #1 or #2 (typically #2) and the iMessage is sent and received just fine.

Edit 2: Further investigation has shown that when the Messages app isn't used for a long period or is suspended due to a using resource intensive app (like a 3D game), this behavior will occur -- the Messages app will show messages to the one person who I used to contact with SMS has reverted to SMS again while everyone else still shows as being iMessage capable so I don't believe my connection Apple's servers is the issue. Again, simply killing the Messages app from the multitasking view shows everyone is capable of iMessage again and iMessages are sent and received properly.


texts: Disable mac autocorrect for imessage via terminal/defaults write

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I have already disabled system's autocorrect feature with

defaults write com.apple.notes NSAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled -bool false

However I still can see autocorrect enabled in iMessage:

I know I can just click on it, but I would like to have a computer set up script which would disable this via terminal and defaults write. Is there a way to do that?


texts: Can I unlock my iOS, or access it's data some way, via PC?

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In other words, if my iOS device is stolen, will the person be able to get my data by pluging it in a PC and use some trick (or by being able to jailbreak my device while it is protected with a passcode lock)?

For the discussion, please assume my iOS device:

is in airplane mode, so I can't remote wipe.
not currently jailbroken


texts: How to get rid of (base) inside terminal app in 10.14.6?

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when I get a fresh terminal, my prompt says

(base) ~>

The (base) part is something that seems new.
Was this added during a recent update?
How do I get rid of it?
There is one piece of customization in my dot .profile, namely

export PS1="\[\e[32;1m\]\w> \[\e[0m\]"

I also installed Conda recently, which might be related to that.

How do I remove  (base) ?


texts: If i am on my MacBook Pro's iMessage and messaging someone that has an iPhone through iMessage will their replies and my messages show up on their phone bill. if it shows up will it be as data or as texting?


texts: Should I still use case insensitive file system in Mac Mojave?

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I switched to Macbook from Linux OS. In the beginning, I was using high sierra and people recommended to use case-insensitive file system because some apps may not work with case-sensitive file system.

Now I have upgraded my MacOS to Mojave, I am wondering if this is still true. I really don't like case-insensitive file system. It's just weird to me. I am just wondering when I can use case sensitive file system without any problems.

Thanks a lot.

PS: There is one article talking about adobe softwares don't work well on case sensitive filesystem at 2017: the external link


texts: How to add a location to photos in the new photos app?

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I have tried anything I could think of and also consulted the "photos" help as well as google but I could not find a way to geotag photos in "photos".

Is there a way to do this or is it really only possible to view photos on a map if they have been geotagged when imported to "photos"?


texts: Can't reformat laptop after sudo rm -rf /

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I had a friend who was trying to be funny and mess with my laptop and he typed in the command: sudo rm -rf /

This completely messed up my laptop. So I decided to reformat my Mac. When I try to reinstall it it says "volume contains a macOS or OS X installation which may be damaged.

Any suggestions of what I could do?


texts: How to override default `Modifier key + Click on app icon in Dock` behaviour on macOS?

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For example, by default Option(Alt) + Click on application icon in Dock hides all windows of currently active application. And Option(Alt) + Cmd + Click hides all applications, except for one which's icon was clicked.
Is it possible to override Modifier key + Click on app icon in Dock behaviour to, for example, minimising windows of application which's icon was clicked or opening a new window for it with let's say Option + Click on its icon?
My question is quite similar to this one from 8 years ago, but it seems there was no resolution at that time.


texts: Automatically move files when inserting SD card?

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Is there a way to detect the insertion of an SD card so it would be possible to automatically move specific files (photos in subdirectory) to another location? I do not want a photo application to take control.
Even better, when I put the card in, I get asked whether to move the files.
I would like the files to be moved directly to a shared folder..


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In the system preferences, I've set all of them to "None" for the various applications, but I'm still seeing things like software updates and battery status there in pop-ups in the top-right corner of my screen.

Is there any way to just turn off all notifications?


texts: When I select Windows to start in my start up disk and restart my computer it doesn't work. It's no bootable disk please insert bootable disk press any key to continue. I was told that I might have rebuild my BCD files on the volume. My question is do I need the installation disk to do that? I don't have the disk anymore. I have music on that side that needs to be finished and save. Please help!!


texts: Cannot open files from iCloud drive on Mac but they open on iOS devices

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I only use iCloud Drive for files I need to access on my Mac and my iPad. I have a few Keynote presentations that open fine on my iPad and iPhone, but when I try ot open them on my Mac, I get an error saying that the file could not be opened. The error is the same for MindNode files as well.

The error message simply says that it "Cannot open" the file. There is nothing else in the message.

I tried to logout and log back into my iCloud account, but that did not work.

Any suggestions how I can access these files on my Mac again?


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I use mouse with left-hand. My system is shared with other people who are right handed. So, I need frequently to switch mouse button.

I would like to know how to swap mouse button using AppleScript? I am using default mouse come with my iMac machine.


texts: 'Macintosh HD' not bootable anymore after installing Yosemite on a second disk

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So I installed a second HDD that I plan on eventually using as my main system disk and did a fresh install of Yosemite on it. The thing, is that I'd like to boot back into the original Macintosh HD so I can start going through what needs to be migrated. I can browse the disk through finder (at least the folders I have permission for), but I can't boot off of it anymore. When I go to Systems---> Settings--> Startup disk. Only the new drive is listed. Even if I reboot and hold down option, it's the same thing.

Did something happen to to the original Macintosh HD disk after installing Yosemite on a separate drive?

I'm just worried that even if I can't boot into it anymore, I'd still like to be able to pull stuff from my old home folder, but it's saying I don't have permission. What's the workaround for that? I'm using the same login credentials on the new installation that I was on the old one.


texts: How can I scale a 4K external monitor to have a comfortable amount of space

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I'm using a 13inch touch-bar MacBook pro with a Samsung U28E590 4k monitor.

I'm very happy with the resolution on the MacBook's screen and everything is a comfortable size. However on the monitor the "default for display" (which says "looks like 1920x1080) makes everything huge and sacrifices the amount of space on the screen.

If I go into display preferences and choose the middle option (3008x1692) this is a good size, but it has a noticeably bad effect on performance - window switching, resizing etc is jerkier and slower.

The setting I currently have it on is "more space" (3180x2160) which doesn't suffer the performance issues but makes everything tiny. I have to zoom in on any applications I use in this monitor (mostly terminal and text editors).

Is there a nicer solution to having a comfortable resolution on a screen like this without sacrificing performance?


texts: Can second hand SIM locked iPhone 4S be activated with a different carrier?

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I have my first experience with an iPhone, so really need some guidance and advice. I have got a second hand iPhone 4S - OS 5.1.1. I was told that it is SIM locked to a certain network.

When I switched it on it had Apple's Terms & Conditions on the screen which I had to accept or decline to proceed. After restart it asks me to insert a "valid sim card".

Questions:

I am wondering if this is standard to get T&C on the screen after restore or this phone never been activated?
If this iPhone has never been activated - can it be activated with a different carrier's SIM card to what it was supposed to be locked to?
If I try to activate it with a SIM card from a different carrier - what is the chance that it stops working and becomes a "brick"?


texts: As far as I can tell, I have all iCloud settings turned off, but I am still incessantly asked to log into iCloud. Is it possible to not use iCloud without being reminded every 5 minutes to log into iCloud? I'm on a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.9.5. Any insight is much appreciated!


texts: How can I switch back the SMB file service to SMB1?

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I am using an Canon print workstation to send files to OS X. Unfortunately OS X El Capitan uses SMB3. It's no longer possible to send files scanned PDF files to OS X. How can I switch back to SMB1 for the OS X El Capitan SMB file service?

Update: The command isn't correct.

echo "[default]" >> ~/Library/Preferences/nsmb.conf; echo "smb_neg=smb1_only" >> ~/Library/Preferences/nsmb.conf

It sets the default network protocol to the slower but more reliable SMB 1 protocol. However I don’t want to connect to a SMB Windows file server. It’s the other way around. I am using the built-in OS X SMB file service (SMB3) and the printer connects to OS X.

Anyway, there aren’t many articles on how to force OS X SMB server to use SMB1. There is also a application SMBUp which replaces Apple’s OS X native netbios and SMB services. You can find a detail tutorial here
http://www.tweaking4all.com/os-tips-and-tricks/macosx-tips-and-tricks/smbup-mac-os-x-smb-fix/

Solution: Finally I said goodbye to SMB and switched to FTP file protocol.


texts: Sorting out compile errors when using multiple different versions of Xcode

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I am on Yosemite and trying to compile a software package using g++. Compiling this particular package has previously worked on Mountain Lion under Xcode 4.6.3, but now I have Xcode 6.1.1, and the software won't compile. For this reason, I'd like to be able to switch between different versions of Xcode. I should say I am working exclusively with the command-line tools (CLT), make, g++ and the like. Now I installed an earlier version of Xcode, 4.6.3, so that the situation is the following:

/Applications/Xcode.app: current version of Xcode, 6.1.1
/Applications/Xcode4.6.3/Xcode.app: earlier version of Xcode, 4.6.3

I was planning on switching in between these two using sudo xcode-select -s PATH. As far as I can tell, this command works, and I can check the result using sudo xcode-select -p. Further, I have CLTs installed in /usr/bin, so that e.g., which g++ shows /usr/bin/g++. Still, if I switch to the older Xcode version, the package won't compile. Interestingly, find below the output of g++ -v for the two different versions of Xcode:

For Xcode 6.1.1:

g++ -v
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 6.0 (clang-600.0.56) (based on LLVM 3.5svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin14.1.0
Thread model: posix

For Xcode 4.6.3:

g++ -v
couldn't understand kern.osversion `14.1.0'
Using built-in specs.
Target: i686-apple-darwin11
Configured with: /private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~182/src/configure --disable-checking --enable-werror --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/llvm-gcc-4.2 --mandir=/share/man --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --program-prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --with-slibdir=/usr/lib --build=i686-apple-darwin11 --enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~182/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.11.00)

So my questions are:

What does the message couldn't understand kern.osversion 14.1.0 refer to? Is this something I should be worried about?

Why does it continue to show

--prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/llvm-gcc-4.2

in the output of g++ -v after selecting the older version, pointing to the new Xcode package, even though I changed the Xcode path using sudo xcode-select -s PATH?

What is your preferred way of having multiple versions of Xcode, each with their own set of CLTs, installed at the same time?

It'd be great if someone could clear things up.


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My father has a 2019 iMac (with latest version of macOS installed) and about 800GB of free space.
The Mac is taking too long to open apps.
First, when you click on an app nothing initially happens. After a few seconds, the icon starts bouncing and after minutes, the app launches.
After opening and closing the app, it launches quickly.
What is the problem?
This is the Activity Monitor while opening Word.
Also I just found out that when the wifi is off every thing is ok and apps run fast.


texts: Resizing preview pane in Finder column view

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When dragging the border of a Finder window in column view with preview visible to resize it, it seems arbitrary whether Apple will take or make space by adjusting the preview pane size or by showing more or less of the ancestor columns.

Is there a way to resize just the preview pane?

Is there a way to show more or less of the columns while keeping the size of the preview pane?


texts: How to clean install the macOS Catalina?

texts: I want to clean install the Catalina but there is Macintosh HD - Data so I'm confused to deal with this extra partition.


texts: How can I tell whether or not my FileVault recovery key is stored in iCloud?

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I setup FileVault on my MacBook years ago. I believe I set things up so that my recovery key is stored in iCloud, but I'm not sure. And the FileVault preferences pane doesn't give any clues.

How can I check whether or not my FileVault recovery key is stored in iCloud?


texts: Block internet/network access to a specific application, or just to launch an application?

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We have a legacy application which tries to force login at startup - but the server is not accessible. If there is no internet it just skips login (talk about security).

I have ethernet so I'm after the easiest way to disable network for just a couple of seconds, or for that app in general, rather than pulling cables or disabling my entire network adapter. Is this possible in an easy way?

Running Sierra.


texts: Accessing the default path for the user keychain folder via terminal

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By default, user-domain keychains are placed in ~/Library/Keychains. Can this path be changed and, if so, is there a terminal command to print out the configured location?

For context, I have a ruby gem and I'm trying to play good citizen rather than hardcoding the location.

(I know you can add a keychain from any location, but I'm referring to the default path that keychains reside in)


texts: Audio book just becomes silent on iPhone after a few hours, no issue with desktop player

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I built an Audio Book (an M4B) file from a set of MP3 files. The result lasts 18h30, and was encoded using Free MP3 to Audio Book Converter. The resulting file uses AAC version 4 - LC - SBR.

When reading this file with Windows Media Player, I encounter no issue.  But on the iPhone (a 3GS running iOS 4.0.1), the sound just abruptly stops at after a few hours (approx. 5 hours), always at the same place: the player still plays the file, but it emits no sound. Another file, encoded the same way, gave me the same problem: at some point, the sound just stops.

Previous audio books that I had built had no such issue. They last around 10 hours, which is still more than the time at which the two problematic files stop.

Any idea about what could be going on?  Is it not possible to reliably build large audio books for the iPhone?

[EDIT] I just tried to delete the book from the iPhone, and download it again.  Noticed two things: while the length displayed on the book library is 26h36m43, the length displayed in the player itself is only 13h15m21 (one half)...  Other thing is that now, it stops after only a few minutes...

[EDIT] An audio book I converted with the same program is available here (290MB). On my iPhone, all sounds disappear at 30m57s.  I uploaded it twice, with the same result.


texts: How do I figure out if my iPhone is iCloud locked?

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I have an iPhone 6 that I purchased online. During initial setup I selected the language and country and also connected it to Wi-Fi. However, it's giving me the following error:

  Your iPhone could not be activated because the activation server
  cannot be reached.

Does this mean it's iCloud locked? Or is it just that it needs a SIM card (I haven't put one in yet)?


texts: How to format a partition for bootcamp without to partitioning all drive?

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I'm trying to install a Windows 10 in my MacBook Pro 2012 with El Capitan. I am now in the step that Bootcamp will create a volume for Windows installation. My MacBook got two internal (physical) disk drives:

One main SATA SSD 240GB with the OS X, and I wish to keep like this.
One secondary SATA HDD 500GB (the original HDD) in the optical drive bay using a HDD Caddy.

The second HDD got a 240GB that Carbon Copy was using to daily backup, now I'm using an external HDD so I'll use this space to Windows. The rest of HDD is an OS X volume for everything that does not fit inside the SSD (extra space).

So diskutil reports this info:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *240.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS MacProSSDBoot           239.7 GB   disk0s2
/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS WindowsBoot             239.5 GB   disk1s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS MacProHDPlus            259.6 GB   disk1s4
/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *8.0 GB     disk3
   1:                 DOS_FAT_32 WININSTALL              8.0 GB     disk3s1
/dev/disk4 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            J_CCSA_X64FRE_PT-BR... +4.4 GB     disk4
/dev/disk5 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            Boot Camp              +2.8 GB     disk5

The problem is Bootcamp is showing two drives - SDD and HDD - and my options are to divide the SDD (don't want to) or to format all 500GB HDD to make it exclusive for Windows. I don't want to dedicate all that space for Windows! Maybe if I do format the HDD again but I'll have to find some place to save all the - and it takes some time. Also, I am afraid of to do as Bootcamp said (format all 500GB) and not being able to resize the Windows partition to recreate the OS X partition.

Is there "on the fly" solution without removing the OS X partition? Can I do as Bootcamp says and resize to decrease partition size so I can bring my data back?


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I am currently running macOS Sierra (10.12.6) and was wondering if there is an easy way to format code (like there is for Title, Heading, etc.) in Apple's Notes app?

I'm open to any workarounds to achieve this. I would like to have syntax highlighting as you would see in a text editor (like Atom or Sublime).


texts: How to make calendar notifications work in Sierra

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In iCal, I add an event. I then set alert to alert, at the time of the event, Message with Sound, Basso.

Before upgrading to Mac OS Sierra, at the time of the event, I would get a pop-up banner in the Notifications area. (The banner would pop-up even if the Notifications panel was closed).

Now nothing happens. If I click on the Notifications panel, it's listed in the side bar, but it doesn't pop-up.

In System Preferences > Notifications, I have iCal set to Alerts. I've also made sure that Do not disturb is disabled.

How can I bring the pop-up banner back?


texts: Can't format o repartition any USB or Flash Drive

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I am trying to format an SD card and an USB flash drive.
When I use the Disk Utility application I receive the following message:
"Couldn't open device"
I also tried via terminal and the message I get is "-69877: Couldn't open device"
If I try to repartition the drives I get the same message.

Please note that those usb flash drives and SD cards work fine in Parallels/Windows7 setup.


texts: Create random playlist of albums not recently played?

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Is there a way to create a smart playlist that consists of random albums and when I sync my iPod touch, will remove the music I just heard and replace it with new randomly chosen albums?

If not, is there anything close?  I'd like to play music in album order, hear complete albums and hear music I have not heard recently.

I'm on Windows, so Mac plugins wouldn't work.


texts: Switch between apps by both option+tab and Cmd+Tab

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I have keyboard attached to my Mac. I would like to switch between apps with Cmd+Tab key on my laptop, and with option+Tab on my keyboard.

The easier way to do that is to enable both Cmd+Tab and Option+Tab. I tried to use third-party software (BetterTouchTool) with no luck.

What other options do I have?


texts:
Every time I try to open iTunes on OS X (10.7.5) it opens and after few seconds crashes. I installed the latest version 11.1.1 and still the same. Here is the crash report.

This happens over and over again. I fixed disk permissions, reinstalled iTunes and still the same problem. I even tried creating a new music library but to no avail.


texts: Can I assign a language for each iMessage contact?

texts: I write iMessages in different languages, depending on who the message goes to. Text input is very difficult if auto-completion/correction is using the wrong dictionary. Is there a way to assign a language for my contacts, so that iMessage will pick that up? Or if not, is there at least a quick way (without leaving the app) to switch languages manually?


texts: Why are my browsers only downloading some files but not others?

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My 12 month-old MacBook Pro just suddenly seems to not want to download certain files.

This sounds like a silly noob PEBKAC but it's not! For the past few weeks, most files that I click on in my browser which are not viewable in the browser (DMG, ZIP, etc) do not prompt me to save them. Instead of the Open with/Save File dialog appearing I just see a blank page and get the spinning wheel in that browser's tab. The status bar at the bottom reports "Transferring data from " but the download never completes, no matter how long I wait.

I've done some initial troubleshooting. Here's what I've ascertained:

I can use my web browser to view HTML pages, PNG images, JPG images, Flash sites, and even sites that load Java applets.
The issue is not specific to a file type (extension). I can download some ZIP files, but not others (see below).
The issue is not due to any ISP level filtering. My wife's computer, on the same network (older version of OS X) does not have this problem.
The issue is not related to the size of the file. See examples below.
From doing some digging on the mozillazine knowledgebase, I thought perhaps that my problem was a corrupt localstore.rdf file. I deleted this, both manually and using the "Safe mode" option, but it didn't seem to make any difference.
I've also tried resetting options related to browser.download in about:config, but this hasn't made any difference either.
It was at this stage that I tried other browsers, and came to the conclusion that it was something at the OS level. Yes, this problem occurs in ALL browsers that I have installed (Firefox 3.6, Opera, Safari and Chrome).
The issue happens regardless whether I'm connected to my home wi-fi network or a different wi-fi network (e.g. at work).
I currently have my firewall disabled in System Preferences.
(edit) After posting this question, I installed a download manager called Folx. Entering the URL of a file directly into this app seems to download any file just fine. However I'm stunned why the default browsers are behaving like this, and would prefer the lightweight browser default to a heavy, feature-rich third party download manager.

Here's an example of a file that I can download just fine. The Open with/Save file dialog appears, and I can specify a location to save the file. The file saves without problem.

This freeware font:
www.fontspace.com/livin-hell/carnivalee-freakshow
(click the Download button — I didn't link to
the zip file directly because the
site checks the referer to discourage
hotlinking)

And here are some files that display "Transferring data from somesite.com..." and a spinning wheel but never actually save any file to my local machine:

This freeware DMG file: mac.eltima.com/download/downloader_mac.dmg
This 512KB test.zip file on Dropbox: dl.dropbox.com/u/477850/StackOverflow/test.zip
This freeware font: www.1001freefonts.com/font/BaroqueScript.zip

Now I'm stuck. Any ideas from the community are very welcome! Also apologies for removing hyperlinks that were added for me by a mod — I couldn't update the post without removing them :(


texts: I transferred my photos to the stream and they were all there, I went back recently and noticed a section was deleted, is there any way possible for me to recover those photos?


texts: Can I save an HTML file to my iPhone and open in Safari?

texts: Does anyone know if its possible to save an HTML file to your iphone and then open it with Safari so that you can then favourite it and have it appear on the launcher as an icon?


texts: Why does 'df' not show changes after running CleanMyMac?

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I've used CleanMyMac to remove around 40 Gb of files, but a before/after of df -h doesn't show much difference at all:

# Before:
[Kens-MacBook-Pro:~] % df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused               ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s1   466Gi  445Gi   18Gi    97% 2138098 9223372036852637709    0%   /
devfs          188Ki  188Ki    0Bi   100%     650                   0  100%   /dev
/dev/disk1s4   466Gi  2.0Gi   18Gi    11%       2 9223372036854775805    0%   /private/var/vm
map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%       0                   0  100%   /net
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%       0                   0  100%   /home

# After:
[Kens-MacBook-Pro:~] % df -h
Filesystem      Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused               ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s1   466Gi  445Gi   18Gi    97% 1899364 9223372036852876443    0%   /
devfs          188Ki  188Ki    0Bi   100%     650                   0  100%   /dev
/dev/disk1s4   466Gi  2.0Gi   18Gi    11%       2 9223372036854775805    0%   /private/var/vm
map -hosts       0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%       0                   0  100%   /net
map auto_home    0Bi    0Bi    0Bi   100%       0                   0  100%   /home

In this case the removals were in two stages, first doing a "Smart Scan" that says "10.13 GB Unneeded junk removed", and then using Space Lens to manually select items, after which it says "CleanMyMac has freed up 30.21 GB of space on your Mac."


texts: Scroll with mouse in 'less' without clearing the screen

texts:
When viewing a long file in Terminal with less (or man, which uses less internally), I can use two-finger gesture to scroll up and down the file; it's great. But less on OS X has an annoying problem: When I quit, it resets the screen back to what it looked like before I started less.

% date
Sun 30 Oct 2016 16:18:23 CET
% man less
% (hmm... where did my output go?)

When I quit I want to see the next prompt appear below the last screenful I was viewing in less. I can achieve this by using less -X or setting LESS=-X, which suppresses the terminal initialization sequences. Unfortunately, -X also turns off the mouse-scrolling feature. Is there a way to suppress the screen clearing but still be able to scroll with the trackpad?

As I understand it, this would require using a different set of terminfo settings. I cannot make heads or tails of the whole terminfo infrastructure. Does anyone have a solution? I'm on El Capitan, in case it makes any difference.


texts: Can water seep into my laptop through the sides of the trackpad?

texts: If I use the my laptop while my hands are (very) wet, will the water get into the insides of the computer through the gaps at the side of the trackpad?


texts: In the Window where it shows Digital Color Meter, what is the unit of measurement used in RGB?


texts:
I have a Outlook synced with my HTC Hero, but now I also want to sync it with my new iPad.

However, I never touched an Apple product before, so I have absolutely no idea how to do this.

So can anyone explain me where these settings are hidden?


texts: I want to run the software Digital Datcom in my Mac, which is a Macbook Pro with macOS Mojave 10.14. For this I had to download the program Xcode form the appstore, as well as the gfortran package from the official page. I have already run the file datcom.f in the terminal with the command gfortran before, after that the instructions at the official page of datcom says that the program will start after typing "datcom" one more time but my terminal says me that the command does not exist. Can anyone tell me please what I need to do to run the program and reach the part where it asks me for the input file? It would be really helpful. Thank you.


texts: disable iMessage on one or more devices but not all

texts:
I have an iMac, iPad, a MacBook Air, and an iPhone.
I want iMessages to work only on the iPhone.  How can that be accomplished?


texts: How do I move application data from one Mac account to another?

texts: I'd like to move my kids applications to a separate account but am trying to figure out the best way to move the application data.  For example, are documents and settings stored somewhere consistently on a Mac or do I need to use some sort of migration assistant?


texts: Adobe Illustrator CS6 64-bit no longer works on Catalina!

texts:
I read somewhere that Adobe Illustrator CS6 is 64-bit and able to run on Catalina.  I did run a 64-bit software check on OSX Mojave to double-confirm that it is 64-bit before upgrading to Catalina.

I am now left with a defunct Illustrator and Photoshop which I needed to rush my stuff!

This is what I see on my dock after Catalina upgrade!


texts: System Information Recognizes iPhone, Xcode/iTunes Does Not

texts:
Following the directions outlined by Apple here, i can confirm that the system itself recognizes my device, but iTunes and (more importantly) Xcode refuse to. I made sure to update everything i could; and since this is a vanilla install, I can think of no "third-party security software" that would conflict. How does one troubleshoot this?

Phone Type: iPhone 6

macOS version: 10.12.6

iOS version: 10.3.3

Full Output of system_profiler SPUSBDataType: here


texts: Too many open files error when trying to ssh into mac

texts:
I ssh'd into my iMac from my laptop fo a while without incident. At some point, I started getting "too many open files" along with other errors:

Last login: Fri Jan 31 09:25:00 2020
5.0.7(1)-release
/Users/me/.local/bash.d/exports/10-git.bash: cannot make pipe for command substitution: Too many open files
/Users/me/perl5/perlbrew/etc/bashrc: cannot make pipe for command substitution: Too many open files
/Users/me/perl5/perlbrew/etc/bashrc: cannot make pipe for command substitution: Too many open files
/Users/me/perl5/perlbrew/etc/bashrc: cannot make pipe for command substitution: Too many open files
/Users/me/perl5/perlbrew/etc/bashrc: line 19: cannot create temp file for here-document: Too many open files
/Users/me/.bashrc: line 8: read: read error: 0: Bad file descriptor
/Users/me/.bashrc: line 7: sort: command not found
/Users/me/.bashrc: line 7: find: command not found
/Users/me/.local/bash.d/exports/10-git.bash: line 10: declare: cannot use `-f' to make functions
Can't locate warnings/register.pm:   Too many open files at /System/Library/Perl/5.18/vars.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /System/Library/Perl/5.18/vars.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /System/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Config.pm line 11.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /System/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Config.pm line 11.
Compilation failed in require at /Users/me/perl5/perlbrew/bin/perlbrew line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /Users/me/perl5/perlbrew/bin/perlbrew line 3.

It's annoying because command line will hang for several seconds before continuing. But everything works as expected after a bit.

Can someone please point me in the right direction as to why I might be seeing these errors? I think it might be some kind of bash sourcing loop or something. Not sure where to begin looking.


texts: How do I backup my complete iTunes library (to new a PC)?

texts:
I am currently using XP on my laptop, which has the iTunes library.
I use it to sync my iPod/iPad.

I am planning to buy a new laptop (Windows 7). How do I make the transition seamless to the new iTunes library switch ?
i.e. I should get all the Music/Movies/Apps/Photos,etc on my new Win 7 laptop seamlessly.


texts: Showing the Tab list on the side instead of on top

texts: MacOS Big Sur, is it possible to show the tabs list of Safari in the Left/Right sidebar (or other bar), instead of the default view of horizontal bar on top of each window?


texts: Images from PDF to presentation: low quality

texts:
I have a PDF that has some embedded images, and for some reason I'm not able to extract them with wondershare PDF editor (they're not even seen as images). So I tried to make a screenshot with cmd+alt+4 but the captured images have a too low quality, specially when I insert them into a powerpoint presentation. This is how they are seen in the PDF:

And this is how they appear in the presentation:

I don't know if you can see the difference, but it's clearer when I run the presentation on my macbook. The problem is that I don't find a way to directly extract the images, so I'm looking for an alternative solution, something like a high-quality screenshot or another way to extract images from the PDF.


texts: Mac server MDM profile manager enrollment problem

texts:
I use mac os server to active the Profile Manager and Open Directory.
And I want to enroll our devices to the server

Why My ipad and iphone always get the error:

Profile Installation Failed
The SCEP server configuration is not supported!

[
If I use the server to enroll

Profile installation failed.
Could not be installed due to an unexpected error.
<NSOSStatusErrorDomain:-1096>

Could anyone  help me !  Thank you very much !


texts: How much will adding an extra hard drive to my MacBook Pro affect battery performance?

texts:
I have a current MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.2Ghz with a 500GB 7200RPM (default) hard drive.

I am thinking of replacing both the current hard drive and the superdrive with two Seagate Momentus Hybrid 500 GB drives and placing them in RAID0 for optimal performance.

Now, I don't think performance will be a problem, but how about battery life? Are there any examples of users who already have done similar things and noticed the effect on battery life?


texts: I got my iPhone back from service with a sticker on "WMI Fail" or "VMI Fail". What is "WMI"/"VMI"?

texts:
I just got my iPhone back from service with a sticker on "WMI Fail".

What is "WMI"?

Googling doesn't return any sensible Apple related explanation, neither does asking @AppleSupport on Twitter (they didn't know).


texts: I'm thinking about trying the Messages Beta on OS X Lion. I'm wondering if I will be able to uninstall it if I don't want to use it anymore. If so, will I be able to use iChat again?


texts: Allow button not working in system preferences

texts:
I am trying to install some software, (at this particular moment I want to install VirtualBox, although this issue has happened with other software), and I have to click "Allow" in System Preferences, in the Security & Privacy -> General window. When I click on it, nothing happens, and the button and message stays there.

I looked online, and all of the solutions say that there is some kind of program running that captures/forwards mouse clicks and such, and thus I am not "directly" clicking on the Allow button.

The problem is that I don't know of any programs that I'm running that do this.

I am on a Macbook Pro 13 inch 2016 with touchbar, running macOS High Sierra

I am not connected remotely
I have tried restarting my computer
I have tried running the installer through terminal, with and without the sudo command
I have tried right-clicking and clicking on "open" on the .pkg file
I have tried unlocking the system preferences page before clicking "Allow"
I tried re-downloading the .pkg file


texts: External monitor not working when in closed clamshell mode

texts:
I have a mid-2015, 15 inch MacBook Pro, connected to a Dell P2715Q with a Display Port to mini-DP cable. With the lid open, I get both displays working.

I used to be able to close the lid and it would switch to just using the external monitor, but I have changed something in the settings so that when it is closed, the display is black.

I am using SwitchResX, to change the resolution, and I think I changed the colour from Millions to Billions, which broke it.  I now can't change it back as it is only broken when the lid is closed.  I want to have just the single monitor.  How can I change the settings back to normal so that it works properly?

The MacBook Pro is plugged in to mains power, and is connected a USB Keyboard and Bluetooth Mouse.

I use the exact same setup at work, with identical Keyboard and Mouse, but a different monitor, and that works fine.  It appears that the configuration for the monitor in open clamshell mode is different to that in closed clamshell mode, and I'm trying to find out how to re-configure the closed clamshell mode when it does not display anything with it closed.


texts: How to search for a character in the special characters window?

texts:
Am I missing something or is the search function in the special characters window not very helpful?  For example, I'm editing text and I want to insert the character for π (pi), so I select "Special Characters..." from the menu and get the window.  Then I type "pi" in the search field and get the following, which is not helpful.

Next I try "greek pi".  The search results are still surprisingly useless, but it did find a character with name "greek pi symbol".  It failed to find the characters I really wanted because they have names like "greek small letter pi"

So to find the character you need to know it's exact unicode name? That doesn't seem right. Is there a better way to search for a character?

This is OS X Mavericks.


texts: iOS 11 how to prevent iBooks from moving my books to the cloud?

texts:
I see that my iBooks seems to be uploading my books to the cloud without keeping a copy on my local device. So when I reopen the app, I have to wait for the book to do finish downloading (which is a hassle if it is a 600 page pdf)

How can I prevent iBooks from deleting local book files and moving them to the cloud?

Is this related to “offload I used apps” switch? (it’s on for me)


texts: Mac book Air Does not start without charger connected

texts:
When I close the lid of my macbook then it does not boot on opening the lid again. The battery is 100% charged, It boots only when I connect the charger and takes 3-4 minutes charge before it starts booting.

I used a compatible charger for a couple of months which caused this issue perhaps.


texts: "not supported on this architecture" error (git)

texts:
I'm trying to install the Gitx Git client on my friend's mac and it seems to install fine but when I run it I get the following error:

You cannot open the application "GitXStable" because it is not supported on this architecture.

Ideas?


texts: iTunes 12 Turn off Repeat Song and Repeat Playlist Separately

texts:
The last answer in this thread makes iTunes 12 shortcuts for shuffle (on and off), but I was wondering if it were possible to make shortcuts for turning on the repeat playlist, song, and turning off repeat. By doing 'Off' (as it appears in the menu) it only affects the shuffle command.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts:
I've downloaded an application but when I want to open this application it shows an error message saying that it will damage my computer.

I tried to download the application from multiple sources but it continues to give me the same message. When I try to open the application with my right mouse button it still gives me the same message.

I have the last open beta of OS X El Capitan if that matters. If anyone knows how I can still open it, I would appreciate it. Thanks.


texts: MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012) yellow tint when watching Netflix or YouTube in fullscreen

texts:
I noticed recently that when I try to watch YouTube videos or Netflix in full screen on my Macbook Air, the whole screen will wash out with orange and yellow and I can't see anything. But it's perfectly fine if I don't watch it in fullscreen. And on Netflix, if I use subtitles, it's normal when someone is talking, but when the text disappears the screen gets an orange tint again.

I've tried calibrating the colors through the display section of system preferences but it always tells me that there is an error. I've searched for someone who is having a similar problem but haven't found anyone.


texts: iTunes - don't know how to moves songs from library to library in same computer

texts:
I am using iTunes for the first time, and it seems to be very different from Windows OS.

I am trying to do what I would have expected would be a very basic thing - take a song from one library in iTunes and move the song to a different library in iTunes. Everything is on the same computer! I could not find a drag and drop option or a cut and paste option.


texts:
I keep reading online that the Mac doesn't support focus follows mouse, even that its not really possible all around.

Anyway I never had it on, then one day I woke up and its on. Is there a way to turn it off? Every single time I move my mouse to chrome or the terminal it automatically focuses and pops up, and worse if a window pops up and my mouse is not over it, it automatically pops up and focuses the window under the mouse!


texts: Disk Utility Image from "BOOTCAMP" creating empty dmg

texts:
I have a very complicated and time consuming Windows 10 install on my mid 2018 Macbook Pro (running 10.14.6 Mojave) Bootcamp partition.  Virtualization (including Parallels 15 with Metal support) is not an option as this install is for Oculus Rift development which requires a very specific driver setup and as much video memory as possible from my eGPU.

I am also using Parallels 15 to run from the bootcamp partition when I'm in Mac OSX and I don't need to run the Oculus (again the drivers are different for display so this is useful to modify files, or do development when I do not need to run the Oculus).  I only mention this as maybe there is something Parallels does to the partition that confuses Disk Utility?

I would like to create a backup of the bootcamp partition in order to restore later if needed.  I have seen several people use Winclone, SuperDuper as well as vanilla Disk Utility with dd and hdiutil.  I would prefer not installing any external software as I know this should be totally possible with the already installed software.

When I follow the instructions online here.  The first step is to simply create a dmg image of the bootcamp partition with Disk Utility by right clicking on the Bootcamp partition and selecting Image from ... where '...' is the name of my Bootcamp partition.  I leave Format: as read-only and Encryption as none.  When I hit save it unmounts the partition and gives me an alert to grant permission for the operation:

diskimages-helper wants to make changes.  Touch ID or enter your password to allow this.

I would prefer to grant Disk Utility and any helpers permissions so I don't have to allow every time as I'm curious if this is part of the problem.  Once I do grant permission Disk Utility continues with creating the disk and reports that is was successful.

here is the detailed output:

Creating disk image from “BOOTCAMP” (disk0s3)

Unmounting “BOOTCAMP”
Preparing imaging engine…
Reading Master Boot Record (MBR : 0)…
   (CRC32 $90E6AEF8: Master Boot Record (MBR : 0))
Reading  (Apple_Free : 1)…
   (CRC32 $00000000:  (Apple_Free : 1))
Reading  (Type 72 : 2)…
   (CRC32 $6B3CCE6A:  (Type 72 : 2))
Reading  (Apple_Free : 3)…
   (CRC32 $00000000:  (Apple_Free : 3))
Adding resources…
Elapsed Time:  1.864s
File size: 11023 bytes, Checksum: CRC32 $A711D232
Sectors processed: 500469760, 11 copied
Speed: 3.0Kbytes/sec
Savings: 100.0%

Operation successful.

The problem, however, is that I am trying to do this on a 256 GB Bootcamp partition but the dmg created is only 11kb.  It only takes a second to generate it as well.

Why is Disk Utility not copying the drive?  Can I use dd directly on the bootcamp partition instead?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT:

I noticed that although my dmg is only 11kb when I continue on and use hdiutil:

hdiutil convert -format UDTO -o BOOTCAMP.img BOOTCAMP.dmg

The output:

hdiutil convert -format UDTO -o BOOTCAMP.img BOOTCAMP.dmg
Reading Master Boot Record (MBR : 0)…
Reading  (Apple_Free : 1)…
Reading  (Type 72 : 2)…
Elapsed Time: 36.230s
Speed: 6.6Gbytes/sec
Savings: 0.0%
created: /my path to my folder/BOOTCAMP.img.cdr

The output file is 115GB.  Perhaps someone with more knowledge about Disk Utility could explain how the dmg works?  Is it just referencing the Bootcamp partition in some way?  Or is this 115GB file just garbage?


texts:
I am a web developer and I often need to do testing on i devices. I have a macbook around and I don't know what is the best way to test my web applications on iOS devices. I don't have any physical iPhones or iPads (yet).

Is there any simple & good iOS simulator? I'm interested to debug the JavaScript in Safari, in developer tools.

Is it possible to install the simulator without installing XCode?

How to do that?


texts: Recovering deleted "whatsapp backup" from icloud

texts:
On sunday I had to restore my iPhone to factory settings (deleted all files and configuration). Before I did that, I backed up Whatsapp to iCloud (7 gb backup file). After I deleted my iPhone, I reinstalled Whatsapp and the backup file was not found on Whatsapp, however it did appear on iCloud. I don't know what I did but finally I was able to recover my messages and multimedia to Whatsapp... BUT a message came up telling me that only messages were going to be restored at first, because of the large size of other files, and then the multimedia were going to be restored. That never happened, the multimedia is showing as question marks (I cant add new stickers nor use the older ones), stickers with spinning wheel as "charging", can't reproduce any of the older audios. Anyway, I thought I could delete Whatsapp and restore again the 7 gb backup... but unfortunately, Whatsapp made an automatic backup file, now it's 500 mb. Of course multimedia and others were not backed up.
Is there anyway I can recover the 7 gb backup file from iCloud?

Thanks.
-C


texts: "drag n drop" application to convert images to base64 string (for web development)

texts:
I'm after an osx program that will convert an image into a base64 string (for web development).

Basically replicates this: http://webcodertools.com/imagetobase64converter/Create

I suspect there is no application, and in that case I'd be interested if I can get the terminal command which will encode, to apply to a certain file on Right-Click

Followup question: Can I give Automator apps a window?

SOLUTION

I combined the two solutions below, to create an application with the following code

for f in "$@"
do
    openssl base64 -in "$f" | pbcopy
done

And infact I made a dropzone target using Platypus, as shown in my subsequent SO question/answer


texts: Can I prevent previews of images in Finder?

texts:
I often upload images to the internet, and doing so is always a pain. The Finder's Open/Choose dialogue takes over 5 seconds to load image previews, regardless of the size of the image (very small screenshot pngs take the same amount of time as 8MB jpeg photos). While waiting for the preview to load the whole window locks up so I can't click 'Open' until the preview has loaded.

Is there a way of preventing image previews from displaying in the column Finder view, or stopping them hanging the upload Finder window?

Chrome, Mavericks, 2012 Macbook (non-retina) 15"


texts:
My primary goal to purchase new Macbook is to develop iPhone, iPad and Mac applications.

I want to know in which Macbook xcode will run very smoothly ?

I have two selection option Macbook air and Macbook pro

Please help me to choose any one


texts:
I need to factory reset my Macbook but cannot recall the password.
So I used Cmd+R during startup and go to terminal and typed 'resetpassword'
according to this advice
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5309334?tstart=0

Now 'Reset Password' application appears but there is nothing where I have to select the volume containing the user account.
Why does this happen?


texts: Can I delete this folder? Library -> Application Support -> iOSinstaller

texts:
I have run out of space on my 13" MacBook Pro Retina (Early 2015).
I used DiskInventoryX to see what's taking up so much space and I saw that a folder in my Library was over 50 GB.

The folder in question is: /Users/Ruzin/Library/Application Support/iOSinstaller
The contents of the folder and the files that are taking up a lot space are text files
(See included screenshots)
My question is:
Is it safe to delete this folder? Which app created it?


texts: Macbook Air 2017 unable to connect to wifi networks with different country codes

texts:
I just got a used Macbook Air for a pretty good price, but it has problems with wifi. The previous owner said it would connect to some networks, but not others.

It connected to my phone hotspot just fine, so I figured the wifi-card isn't actually broken.

Here at home, I was unable to connect to my router. I tried using wireless diagnostics and one of the things it told me is that there was a conflicting country code. I gather that, for wifi, the Macbook gets its own country code from the first wireless network it sees. The first time I tried, the laptop had the country code 'JP', and was unable to connect. Then, I tried again, and it had the code 'GB', and was also unable to connect. The third time, I sat down next to my own router, and got the code 'NL' and I was able to connect just fine.

With my own Macbook Pro this has never been an issue and I have always been able to connect to every wifi network.

It seems like the country codes are the issue. Why is the Macbook Air unable to connect to wifi networks of a different country code? Is there something I can do about this, or will this be an issue forever?


texts: Running Growl without a user logged into a graphical session?

texts:
I currently have an OS X server (running 10.8.2) that has irssi installed, and is set up to send Growl notifications to my laptop when I am mentioned or have received a private message on IRC. However, Growl only appears to have options to start when a graphical login is done: trying to run it in a terminal over SSH gives:

$ /Applications/Growl.app/Contents/MacOS/Growl
_RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL.

Running it as a launchd daemon also doesn't seem to work, as I can't use growlnotify to create a notification.

It runs normally when started as a login item or via the Finder, but this is unideal for a server machine, where I only want to login via SSH.


texts: Reattaching microphone on iMac 21.5" 2017

texts:
After reassembling a 21.5" 2017 Retina iMac (and being careful that the adhesive strips on the bottom don't block the mic), I noticed the microphone was extremely muffled.
The delicate mic cable was a little bent, so I decided to order a new one. Unfortunately, the iFixit tutorial for the 21" iMac microphone is missing and the teardown isn't that specific when it comes to the mic.
I did find this photo of it on their site. But I'm not sure of a few things:

The orientation of the mic (is it supposed to fold and wrap around the lower support chin strap bracket?)
Is the gold part supposed to touch the aluminum of the iMac chassis?
How to adhere it to the aluminum?
How does the sound even get through this thing if there's a piece of glass in front of it, and adhesive on either side of the glass?


texts:
I installed Lantern a while back and I cannot find option to turn it off from startup and it is not in my Login Items list in my Users & Groups. I like to know how to disable lantern from startup.

OS X 11.11.1


texts: Mission Control has no spaces, background image doesn't change and Launchpad background is dark

texts:
I just ran a system update on Lion and after the reboot I got issues with Mission Control.

Namely,

When I trigger Mission Control, it only shows windows on current space and doesn't provide a way to add or switch between spaces. The whole top bar is missing.
When I trigger Launchpad, it shows on a background that has nothing to do with the desktop background image, as if the underlying image was black.
Changing background image in Preferences doesn't take effect until a restart.

This is very frustrating and seems like a bug. How do I fix this?


texts: Late at night with inverted colors on, dynamic background is inverted as well, how to stop it?

texts:
I'm having the Catalina background in dynamic setting. I feel it really helps me to have a background that shows night and day on my laptop. However, now that I'm experimenting with working late at night, I'm noticing that the background is pretty white in both its dark mode and night mode.

How can I stop this from happening, can I script the background to not invert colors?

I suppose one hack I could do is to simply generate a script that inverts colors and chooses a white background that inverts to black. But I still wonder if one can invert their mac, but not their background image on their monitor.


texts: Downgrading Google Chrome version after disabling auto updates

texts:
I wish to keep using a particular version of Google Chrome macOS app. I have used this link to stop Google Chrome macOS app from auto updating. But, the problem is that I stopped auto updates while running version 75.

I need to run version 70. I am also unable to revert back the changes which I made.

Could anyone please help me in resolving this issue?


texts: Upgrade - Declined to authorize this image on this device for this user

texts:
This is a classic problem but I can't find the right solution for me. I have downloaded iOS 11.1.2 (current latest version is 11.2.1) from apple's official servers and tried to install it manually with the latest iTunes 12.7.2.58 on my iPhone 6. After extracting the software, I get the error:

  Declined to authorize this image on this device for this user.

I'm currently on iOS 10.3.3 and don't want to upgrade to the latest version to keep my iPhone "jailbreakable".

I've tried to restore from my MacBook and my PC. The PC gave me error 3194 which seems to be the same error.

I know Apple doesn't sign this version anymore but I thought that upgrading was always possible (as opposed to downgrading). Am I wrong?

I checked my hosts files (/etc/hosts and /private/etc/hosts) and it looks fine. I also tried to restore in DFU mode without success.

Anyone with a potential solution is welcome to share it.


texts: Why aren't my photos backing up to i cloud

texts: I have a Mac, approx 600 photos have backed up to iCloud, leaving 12,600 which haven't. Boxes for iCloud photo library and iCloud photo sharing have been ticked.  I have 195Gigabytes of unused storage and have given it 24 hours.  How do I get the rest stored


texts: Outlook for Mac - archive single email with a keyboard shortcut

texts:
In Thunderbird I can press the "A" key and archive the highlighted email to a folder named after the current year. In Outlook I've seen various ways to move to a folder via a keyboard shortcut and then select the folder to move to (a two step process); I could not find a way to move an email to a particular folder with a single keyboard shortcut.

Is there a way a to move an email to a designated folder with a single keyboard shortcut in Outlook 2016 for Mac?

Note: I had previously asked this question at personal productivity but my question was deemed "too specific".


texts: USB Keyboard and Mouse not working in Bootcamp Windows 7 installation

texts:
I installed Windows 7-64 bit on an iMac (27" late 2012). Mouse and Keyboard worked during the installation process. But now when I'll try to log in into windows, I am stuck on the login screen because my USB keyboard and mouse aren't working. It looked like during the windows installation process that my mac installed the bootcamp drivers correctly (Version 5.1.5621).

I tried to reinsert the USB mouse/keyboard. Boot without and then insert. Switch the USB ports etc. Any idea how to fix this?


texts: If I turn off imessage and get a message will I see it when I turn imessage back on?

texts: So there's this girl I'm texting and she usually never forgets to text back so I'm wondering if it's cause I had iMessage off and she tried to send me a message but it didn't deliver?? I've turned it back on since but still don't see a message :/


texts:
I have a Macbook Pro. I'm legally blind and usually don't see the popup that says the battery is low.

Is there a way to make it give me an audio alert?

I've heard that you can do this with Voiceover, but I can't find any options for it. If there's a way to do it without voiceover, that would be even better.

Thank you!


texts: Trouble syncing multiple Apple products between multiple computers

texts: In our house we have two iPhones and an iPad. Each one has a separate iTunes account so we could have different versions of the games instead of sharing. We've upgraded our computer from a PC to a Mac and when trying to sync any of the iPhones or iPad, we get an error message that says that the particular item is synced to a different account. How do I sync the iPhones and iPad to the new computer without erasing all the information on the item?


texts: iTunes keeps losing iPhone wireless sync

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I'm running iTunes 11 on my Mac with an old iPod touch (iOS 5) serving as a jukebox and an iPhone 4 (iOS 6.1) as my main device.  Both are set up for wireless synching.

When I start iTunes, it finds the iPod and synchs with it wirelessly without trouble, but it doesn't find the iPhone, forcing me to connect it to synch with the dock cable.

If I disable wireless synching for the iPhone in iTunes, synch, re-enable wireless synching and synch again, wireless synching returns and works again.

Until such time as I quit iTunes and restart it.

Why does this keep happening?  It can't be a network/firewall problem, because the iPod keeps on synching with the same machine through the same network.  Needless to say I'm finding this pretty frustrating, what's the point of wireless synch if you keep having to re-enable it with the dock cable every time you start iTunes?


texts: How to switch between mail and safari on iPad 2?

texts: When reading email using mail, I always click on a link and it open in safari. But when I want to go back to mail, I need to press the button and then find email. Is there a better way to seamlessly switch back to mail, with a gesture or something?


texts: In bash script, how to have a script that runs in the background and starts when an application is opened

texts:
I'm making a script which should run when I open Safari. I want it to open when the user logs in and run in the background, then have part of the script to run when Safari opens.
Is this possible in bash script?


texts: A 250 GB HDD stuck with one 180 GB partition

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I have a 250 GB hard drive in my MacBook Pro, I used to have a 70 GB BootCamp partition installed, leaving the Mac partition to 180 GB.
Now I no longer need to have BootCamp, so I deleted it using a Ubuntu live CD.
The reason I did it this way was because after upgrading to Mavericks, OS X no longer recognised my BootCamp partition for some reason.

But after deleting the partition, my Mac partition got stuck on 180 GB, with no possibility to make it 240 GB (excluding the EFI and recovery partitions).
This is my current:

Last login: Sat Jun 15 00:55:02 on console
MacBookPro:~ auser$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            179.6 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s4
MacBookPro:~ auser$


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Most of my old CDs that I'm adding to my iPod touch 4th generation are compilations, so I have to add in the details my hand. I accidentally got rid of the "Artists" column in iTunes, which made it nice if I wanted to sort by artist.

How do I get that field back, and do I have to re-enter each artist for several hundred songs by hand?


texts: I'm having a problem when playing games on full screen or windowed games on macOS. The first photo I clicked is an example of how it shows the screen when trying to play albion online. The second photo is how it shows the screen when I try to take a screenshot using cmd+shift+5. I guess is a problem of configuration and not of the screen, but I don't know how to solve this problem.


texts: How to bind a key to press two separate keys

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In other words, if I press "x", it registers as me pressing "a" and "b" sequentially.

I run Mac OSX Yosemite 10.10.5. A Karabiner solution eludes me, thus I am researching more.


texts: Is there a way to disable "Top Hits" in the Safari 6 address bar?

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The Top Hits section of the suggested results list that appears when I type in the Safari address bar proposes sites that are way off base.

Is there a way to remove Top Hits from the address bar's suggested results, or at least "demote" the Top Hits section so that it is not the default?


texts: External HD shows "Invalid Extent Entry" in Disk Utility First Aid for the Time Machine "Backup" volume. Erase that Backup volume?

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External is a Seagate 2TB Backup Plus Desktop Drive for Mac. I'm running 10.11.6 on a Mac Mini. It's connected by FW800. Disk Utility First Aid for just that volume stalls after the "Invalid Extent Entry" note.

I ran Disk Utility on the entire external drive (all volumes). Result: [All checks seem good, then...] "Problems were found with the partition map which might prevent booting. Operation successful."

Other 3 volumes on that Seagate seem to work fine. One of those volumes has secondary Time Machine backups.

After restart, Mac without prompting says: "OS X can’t repair the disk “Backup.” You can still open or copy files on the disk, but you can’t save changes to files on the disk. Back up the disk and reformat it as soon as you can."

I assume I should erase that Backup volume but my concern is I'm afraid erasing that Backup volume might screw with the other volumes, and my only other TM backup, which is on another volume of the same external HD.


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What applications can add a general autocomplete feature to all text fields in MacOS?

There're text expanders, like the built-in one and TextExpander, but they don't suggest things while typing and do not learn from the previous input.

iOS has both of these features, but I didn't find similar apps for MacOS.


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So i know i can manually tail files using

tail -f filename.log

Question

I would just like to double click any .log files and have them open with Terminal using tail -f

Backgrounds

i am a long time windows users, and i have always used baretail but this is my work MAC so i can't just install or download any software would love to use just out of box tricks

Edits
Not launching from console but more of like i open the .log and they can open in Terminal itself and then i don't mind just leaving that Terminal or multiple Terminals while i am viewing them


texts: What are launchd's LaunchAgents directories for?

texts: I created some job plist files and put them in ~/Library/LaunchAgents. Now I don't see the point of this special directory (see launchd manpage). When I want to load a job, I have to specify a whole path to a plist file. Or can I somehow restart launchd so that it reads those files again?


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I installed sleepwatcher to run ~/.sleep before my computer goes to sleep.

I need to unmount /Volumes/Backup before my computer falls asleep. If I forget to do it, I get a message telling me that I unsafely unmounted the drive, etc. when the computer resumes. It's a rare external Seagate drive glitch. Lucky me.

So I am trying to remedy the problem with Sleepwatcher by unmounting the drive before the system sleeps. Obviously sudo and the password it requires is standing in my way.

Any ideas?

I can't use the echo "password" | sudo -S xx xx method because my password contains a dollar ($) sign,  So I need another form of injection.

If I remove the password requirement from /etc/sudoers, the system becomes very insecure.

So any creative ideas?


texts: Mac App store apps use a different user ID so I can't install updates

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The OSX Mavericks machine that I use for work has Keynote, Pages, and Numbers installed under the company's Apple ID. (It was purchased in December 2012, pre-Mavericks. It was recently wiped and replaced with an image that I'm guessing already had iWork installed.)

Every day the App store bugs me about installing updates. When I try to do so, I'm prompted for the password, which I don't have. And it won't let me sign in under my personal Apple ID.

Is there a way for the helpdesk to transfer these apps to my personal account? Or any other way for me to get the updates aside from opening a helpdesk ticket and waiting patiently?


texts: Encrypted Time Machine backup is super slow using an encrypted USB volume?

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I have an external USB3 disk connected to my MacBook Pro. I first formatted it with GUID/APFS and encryption, and used the "atto disk benchmark" app to measure performance. It showed about 100MB for read/write.
Then I turned to Time Machine, and selected that volume as encrypted backup drive.
But Time Machine writing the backup is super slow. It takes about 100 seconds for 1 megabyte to be written. Thing is running for 20, 30 minutes by now, and I see 17 MB out of 112 GB of progress. It is so slow that Time Machine won't even give me a "time remaining" information.
Is there anything I am missing? Or should I just forget about using such kind of drive for an encrypted backup? (Doing an encrypted backup is a hard requirement.)


texts: Someone synced my iphone 4 with their ipad without my knowledge or permission. I have tried to find a setting or action on my iphone to "unsync" my phone from the ipad or other devices, but was unsuccessful. what can i do now?


texts: Emails in Microsoft Exchange account not following rules in iPhone

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I have a work email that is on a Microsoft Exchange account, and I have certain rules of where emails go and what they do based on who is sending them.  I have rules that send emails to certain folders, and they work just fine both on the MS Outlook side and on the iPhone (Mail) side.

I have one rule for a particular sender that both sends that email to a folder (on the server, not locally) and marks it as read.  This rule works perfectly fine on the MS Outlook side, but on the iPhone - it not only does NOT mark the email as read, it also takes a step backwards and leaves it in the inbox.

The next time I go to MS Outlook, all the emails are right where they are supposed to be (in the other folder and marked as read), and after a minute or two it reflects the same status on the iPhone.

How can I get this rule to work properly on the iPhone without having to open up MS Outlook every time?


texts: Deleting iCloud account with no password entered on the iCloud page

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The password for my iCloud account has not been entered on the iCloud page under settings and I don't know what it is and therefore because it's not already entered on the iCloud page I am not able to follow the instructions to turn off

Find my iPhone without the password. I need to turn off Find my iPhone in order to delete my iCloud account.

iPhone 5 and iOS is 8.0.2.

Any suggestions what I should do?


texts: What mail program offers spam filtering and a unified way to check multiple mailboxes?

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I have been using Mail and I really don't like it. I have tried Thunderbird, Entourage and Postbox and do not like any of them either.

I need a clear and unified way to check all my mails and also a very non-intrusive spam filter.

Edit: The thing, that I hate about Mail is:

Its hard to get a collated view of all my mails. I have multiple classifications, that does not make much sense, some mails end up in Important and Junk at the same time. What is the point of having both Junk and Spam.
Sent Items are not maintained properly. I would expect the items sent from other mail client to be visible.
The Junk mail algorithm is faulty and I have missed a whole lot of important mails recently.
Maintaining multiple account is difficult. I have found myself sending same email thread using different email accounts. ( I think mail has memory on what is the last used email account)
Mail threads are difficult to read. It creates multiple copy of the mail thread.

What I would like in the optimal email client:

Simple, single unified view.
Seamless handing of multiple email accounts.
Ability to handle Hotmail and Microsoft exchange accounts.
Better Junk mail classification algorithm.
Maintain better record of past conversations, including sent mails.
Good interoperability with Calendar and possibly other related services (like chat client).

Edit 2: I had further analyzed my problem with Mail and I have found out, that the problem has been with Gmail's interaction with Mail. I was quick to judge, Mail as a faulty piece of software. I have found an very useful link, that has addressed, almost all of my problems, http://www.macworld.com/article/1157846/mailgmail.html. Sorry again, for a very nebulous question and being very judgmental. (I am a programmer, judging things is in my genes ;) )

Also I have been  trying SpamSieve and the faulty behavior of spam filter is mostly user error. In this case, me providing faulty training data to the software, by clicking on all junk emails and not marking enough mails as junk.


texts: Can an iPhone use OS X Server's Calendar service without enabling iCloud calendars?

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There are iOS devices in my household which do not have iCloud calendar syncing enabled. However, I would like to have a shared calendar that is contained within my household and not replicated on the cloud (iCloud, Google or other).

It seems that OS X Server's calendar service allows you to have a shared calendar within your household and presumably syncs when those devices are on your home LAN/WiFi network. All well and good.

The question is, would you be able to use the Calendar service from OS X Server without enabling iCloud calendar syncing?


texts: Autocorrect & Capitalization of Words in iOS13

texts: Since upgrading to iOS 13 I've noticed that every time I type my name (primarily in Messages and Mail apps) auto-correct insists on fully capitalizing my name (James > JAMES) whereas before it would only capitalize the first letter. I don't know why it has suddenly started doing this and can't find any way to 'reset' the auto-correct dictionary. Turning off auto-correction in Keyboard settings doesn't make any difference to this behaviour. Any advice on how to fix this annoying feature?


texts: Change file association for unknown type

texts:
I'm trying to open a file that the Files app doesn't recognize. On clicking, it opens a window that just says "Filename, 32KB". Then I have to go to share, scroll right, click more, and then click to open with the app I want.

Is it possible to set this app as default?


texts: Wifi doesn't work unless I cycle it off then on again coming off of sleep

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro Retina, 15in, and I have the above issue. In a related question (Wifi doesn't work unless I turn it off then on again) a user commented:

  For as long as I can remember, I've had to do this on my MacBook Pro
  Retina 15″ — I've always presumed it's the router, as I only have the
  problem at home. I even have a script that will automatically cycle
  the Wi-Fi if it's attempting to connect to my home network and fails
  for more than 3 seconds :) –  grgarside Jan 26 at 20:00

Does anyone know how to write/load this kind of script? Thanks!


texts:
I have forgotten my apple rescue email address, how can I find it.  Because I have forgotten my security answers I have clicked the email link, but do not recognise the address the resetting is being sent to.
Thanks


texts: Image dimensions not showing in item info on second drive

texts:
On my second drive image dimensions do not show. On my main drive they do.

Is there some way to enable that?

Thanks a lot.

EDIT: The second drive is 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)'. If i make a new folder on the drive and paste a pic in it works, but others it not. Yes, i have checked "Show Item Info" in View Options.

it shows item count and some file size info but not image dimensions

EDIT2: its just a folder tree on a drive that not show it... if i rename the tree they show, rename back and they stop showing. if i copy a file to a new dir or root it shows

how to change or reset what shows where? i tried adding and remiving from spotlight privacy window but


texts: iMessage off, deregistered, still cannot receive SMS

texts:
I am trying to turn iMessage off on an iPhone. I tried repeatedly all the steps here http://www.cnet.com/how-to/three-steps-to-disable-imessage-and-not-lose-your-mind/ or here
http://www.ianswerguy.com/not-receiving-text-messages-from-iphone-users/
without any success:

Turned iMessage off on all devices.
Logged off iTunes and iCloud on my iPhone - for extra sanity
Turned iMessage and FaceTime off on my iPhone.

No success. I am able to send SMS (green messages), while the other's iPhones still see me as blue. If they send the message, I never get it, until I turn iMessage back on.

I also deregistered my number on Apple's web site. No success. When I tried to do it again, it told me "I reached the maximum number of tries".

This is an iPhone 5s. I tried the same experiment on another iPhone and it worked fine. It looks like it is something particular about this number, Apple will just not remove it off the iMessage server. The only thing that's different is that it is a prepaid, no-data SIM, but I do not see what that would make a difference. (It is hard to replicate it though, as it is a very rare configuration)

Is there anything else I can try?


texts: Open the official Apple Transporter app with params

texts:
I am looking for a way to automate the deploy of my React Native application built with Expo.

I am using the transporter app (not Xcode) to upload my app to the apple store.

echo ''
echo '==============================='
echo ' Download archive.ipa'
echo '==============================='
echo ''
APP_IPA = $(curl -o app-ios.ipa "$(expo url:ipa)")
echo $APP_IPA

open .
open /Applications/Transporter.app
echo '=> You can upload the .ipa with Transporter'

When I execute my bash script I have this result:

Problem

I need to drag and drop my app-ios.ipa to the Transporter app.

Question: can I add an extra param when I open an app?

I want to pass a file as a param, maybe something like this

open /Applications/Transporter.app --file="app-ios.ipa"


texts: Mac OS X 10.10.3 running out of disk space after sleep / Potential memory leak?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro Retina 13" (Late 2013) with 16 GB RAM/512 GB SSD running Mac OS X 10.10.3. There are 20 GB free space on the SSD according to the Finder.

Despite the relatively huge amount of available disk space I constantly get the "Your startup disk is almost full" alert after waking up the MacBook from sleep. I can then observe in the Finder that only approx. 100-300 MB are available in that very moment, but that within seconds space is freed again, though not the entire space (for example 6 GB become available). It requires a restart/reboot to make the entire 20 GB to reappear.

I'm a hardcore Safari user (a dozen windows open with 1 to 25 tabs in each) and also have ten thousands of mails in my 10 email accounts in Mail.app. I'm also aware that Mail.app retrieves mails while the MacBook is closed, yet I still can't believe that this is what eats up all the disk space. The interesting point is that it only gets dramatically low during/after sleep. When actively using the machine the free space decreases, but never to that degree that the said alert pops up.

I got the strange feeling that one of the various extensions might be the responsible resource hog. How can I nail down who or which app (or if Safari: exactly which browser tab) is responsible for this? Exactly how and where to look in Activity Monitor!?

Swap files? Uhm, yes... But which app and why during sleep!?

Just learned about the existence of a "Sleep image" which likely is to save the state in case the machine runs entirely out of power. Still I'm worried about a memory leak as there is dramatically less space available after a while of using the machine compared to the situation after any reboot.


texts: Kernel_task boosts CPU to 300%-500% (Yosemitte MBP 2011 without a battery)

texts: Long story short, my oldie MBP 2011' battery started bloating, I've contacted a repair service center and they advised me to remove the battery and use it on AC power, while they get a new battery for a replacement. What I've noticed a few days back, that my MBP starts extremely lagging from time to time. After a restart, it works fine for 12 - 20 hours and then the problem appears again. I've noticed that when the lagging starts, kernel_task begins consuming up to 500% CPU. So I bet that the problem's source is kernel_task, but what causes its extreme rise? Could it be a removed battery?


texts: How to determine out what Wi-Fi channel is used from the command line?

texts:
If I hold Alt/Option and click the Airport icon at the top, I get a bunch of extra data about the access point I'm connected to.

Most interestingly for me right now is the Wi-Fi channel. ifconfig doesn't seem to include it.

How can I get this same info from the command line?


texts: Does Parallel still allow booting from a Bootcamp partition with HIgh Sierra?

texts: Will I be able to create a Bootcamp partition that I can boot into from Parallels once I've upgraded to High Sierra?


texts:
I want my users to be able to login to their computers (which are Macs) using RFID or Magnetic Stripe. Can anyone recommend a way to implement this?

They all run Mavericks or Yosemite, and it doesn't matter whether they are connected to AD or not, as long as I can get cards to work! I will unbind the macs if necessary!

Thanks
Ed


texts: Where is downloaded adobe file stored before its extracted and installed?

texts: When downloading a trial product from adobe through the creative cloud manager, where is the compressed install file temporarily stored before its extracted and installed?


texts:
I've changed some options related to font rendering by defaults write command in past (I can't recall was it lcdfilter, or something else).
Now when I turn off antialiasing in system preferences font are still looks antialiased, but have less weight (see screenshots).

Note, I have Retina display, so, this could be normal behaviour, but I'm not certain, that's why I decided to ask about it.
If this is not default behaviour (it seems to me, that fonts too heavy when antialiasing turned on), how can I rollback changed values to defaults?


texts: Mac won't finish logging in after restart, must shut down to login completely

texts:
Not sure if this is a duplicate question (I haven't been able to find a question dealing with this yet). Here's my problem:

Currently on OSX Mavericks.

I restart my machine.
It shuts down and starts back up.
I get the login screen.
I enter in my login credentials successfully.
I'm passed to the interstitial white/gray screen that you typically get when starting up.
Instead of continuing the login process, it just hangs on this screen and never logs in.

If I shut down completely and then turn my computer on, I can log in with no issues.

Any ideas how I can fix this issue?


texts: How to seamlessly switch between spelling languages in Mail?

texts:
I write my emails in two languages. So system-wide spelling language setting is not very useful for me, since in span of working day I usually write half of my emails in one language and half in another. Now the current spelling language switching mechanism is not very good. First of all I need to invoke spelling window with CMD + : then change the language, then close the window, refocus my mail window and then continue writing. Also the spelling with the new language is applied only to the text I am entering after changing the language. Previous text is not spelled, unless I click each word individually.

So I have the following questions:

Does there exist a quick method to change the language? Keyboard shortcut? List of the languages appearing after right click the way it is organised in Google Chrome?  Maybe there is a possibility to associate spelling language to keyboard layout? I use different layout for different languages, so this would be very natural.
How to automatically apply spelling to the text which was entered before the change of the language?

I use Mac OS X 10.6.6.


texts: No notification of receiving call whilst on a call

texts: While on a call, any other calls do not come in. After the end of the first call, I do not get any notification that I have missed a call. I have turned off call waiting but this has not helped.


texts: Default video app keeps resetting from MPV

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The Problem

I use the mpv video player to play all videos on my mac, though I also have VLC installed. The problem is that after a while my default video application changes to VLC (and/or Quicktime, depending on the file type/extension) without any apparent reason and trying to change it back gives an error.

What it looks like

The whole process is a bit weird and this doesn't happen always, but when it does, it looks like this every single time:

I double click on a video file, and it opens up in mpv (since it is set as the default video application for a lot of formats i.e. mkv, mp4, etc.)
The video ends (or I close it) and open another video. It opens in VLC. At this point, the video file icons still identify mpv as the default application and are listed under it in Finder, until I change directories.
I open Get Info / Inspector to set the default app (It correctly shows the VLC video icon since that is the default at this point).
Here's the Weird Thing 1: mpv is greyed out in the application list (It's not usually).

But still selecting mpv and clicking Add gives this error:

  You can't change the item "My Video.mkv" to always open in the selected application.

  The item is either locked or damaged, or in a folder you don't have permission to modify (error code -9499).

Here's the Weird Thing 2: Since I have no choice but to close inspector at this point, mpv becomes the default app automatically after closing it. But when opening a video, the OS thinks that I am opening MPV for the first time and shows this dialog:

  You are opening the application "mpv" for the first time. Are you sure you want to open this application?

  The application is in a folder named "HEAD-xxxxxxx". To see the application in the Finder without opening it, click Show Application.

The thing to note here, is that if I don't even attempt to change the application, VLC (or QuickTime) would remain the default. So even though I was unable to "successfully" set mpv as the default, it becomes the default as soon as I close the file Inspector / Get Info dialog.
mpv remains the default video app for an indeterminate period of time until it happens again

Reproducing It

While this has been happening for months now, I've been unable to consistently reproduce the issue or pinpoint the cause. It just happens™, sometimes twice in one day, sometimes after weeks.

What I've tried

Tried upgrading MPV
Completely removed and tried installing from different sources

Homebrew binary with bundle (using this currently)
Homebrew cask
Compiled release from the official website/github


texts: Migrate time machine data stored on external server (DROBO) onto new iMac 3.2Ghz

texts:
I was hoping this was going to be easy :)
I have tried using the migration assistant but it can't seem to locate my server (DROBO fs) which has my time machine back up from my old mac book pro, i'd like to migrate my movies and photos onto my new iMac 3.2Ghz. My server is connecting to the iMac but the migration assistant can't see it.

Thanks in advance


texts: If I leave my webcam (bultin Macbook) always on, may I reduce its life?

texts: If I leave my MacBook iSight camera always on, does its life get shortened?


texts:
I got an Early 2011 MBP i7 2.2 8GB RAM Mavericks latest version

I worked with my laptop monitor and an external monitor. The external is connected via the Thunderbolt out with digital.

Since recently I figured out some crashes from time to time, when my monitor is connected.

I used gfxCardStatus to check if it is the chip. Using only the laptop monitor I can use Diskret and Internal chip, so i think both are fine. However when I connect the monitor it sometimes breaks: split screen, then gray.

Today I worked two hours in a coffee shop, no problems. Moved back, worked three hours with my second monitor, then it started crashing. Now it runs for one hour with a single monitor, no problem again.

Anything I can do to make sure this is the problem? And how to fix it?


texts: Does skipping "device enrollment" make files inaccesible to supervisor?

texts:
Basically, I have a MacBook pro issued from work, I want to play some games so I have installed macOS X on external drive and boot from it. Now I get "device enrollment" notification every few hours and I always skip.

Does it make my files and traffic inaccessible to administrators? Or can they see whatever I am doing at a given moment on the device?


texts: Turning on FileVault with a symlinked directory

texts:
Running Mojave (10.14.6). There's not enough room on my SSD for my Music, Pictures, and Movies. I have those on an external drive. I have not yet turned on FileVault. If I create symlinks for those folders in my home directory on the SSD pointing to the external drive, will there be any issue when I turn on FileVault? Will only the SSD folders get encrypted, or also the symlinked folders? And related question: will Time Machine automatically include those symlinked folders?

I've seen elsewhere the advice to just move the entire home folder to the external drive, but I want to keep it on the SSD to speed app launching (among other things).


texts: What is the last macbook or macbook pro model that had a replaceable battery and hdd?

texts: I was thinking of buying a used macbook or macbook pro and plan to replace the battery and HDD


texts:
Sometimes, when I try using a special character (⌥+U for ¨) a strange bar will appear at the bottom of my screen. This doesn't happen every time, just on and off for no apparent reason. I haven't changed any Safari settings or preferences since upgrading to Lion, and I'm using Safari 5.1.

Could anyone explain what this is and why it's appearing when I try using my special characters?


texts: What's the Numbers equivalent to Excel's "A1:A10-B1"

texts:
I'm switching from Microsoft Excel to Number.app, in Excel you can do

=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A5-A1)^2,B1:B5)

the a1:a10-b1 bit will return a cell range equivalent to a1:a10 but with all the cells decremented by b1. What's the proper syntax in Numbers for that?

If I try to import an Excel workbook using that syntax into Numbers, that formula will be imported verbatim and Numbers will complain.


texts: Is it possible to repartition hard drive from which Mac OS X boots?

texts:
I have the following problem. I wanted to have dual boot to Ubuntu, so I've created 3 additional partitions using BootCamp (I probably created freespace with Bootcamp and then used Ubuntu installer to partition the free space, I cannot remember exactly, since this was 2 years ago). Now I want to remove these partitions to reclaim space, but the only thing I can is to reformat them to use MacOsX HPFS+. I tried booting from the Mac Os X install CD, but that did not help. When I try to remove partition by pressing - in Disk Utility it just throws some error about MediaKit. The only thing I am allowed to do is to reformat the disk entirely.

I've searched this site and in some answers I've found that you cannot change partition table on hard drives with MBR (i.e. if you have a mac os x boot on one partition, you cannot change the partition table). Is this really the case? Seems like a huge restriction on Apple's part.

Or is it that bootcamp (or ubuntu installer) has written wrong partition table, and now there is no way to change it?

I'm using udpated Snow Leopard.

Here is the output of diskutil:

ivrin:gdpp mpiktas$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            195.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS disk0s3                 11.9 GB    disk0s3
   4:                  Apple_HFS Linux Swap              4.2 GB     disk0s4
   5:                  Apple_HFS freespace               38.0 GB    disk0s5


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After I replaced the hard drive in my old iBook G3 (with the help of iFixit guides), it will not boot connected to mains power, only with the battery. It also always returns its date/time settings to its "zero-hour", when it left the production line.

The G4 suffered a fall and no longer "finds" the HD to start. In addition it has a yellow vertical line on the monitor at the beginning of its rightmost third part to the left.

I suspect a logical board problem on the G3, and some physical damage on the G4's HDD.


texts: my ipod touch wont turn on? what do i do?

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today as i was playing a game on my ipod touch, i used assistive touch to get out of the app since my home button was jammed, but it was acting slow, so i pressed lock screen on the assistive touch and now it wont turn on at all
i tried hard reset but nothing turns on at all !! and plus the screen is cracked, and i dont know what to do right now i had all my good photos and apps and music on it.. when i plugged the usb in the charger, it says its charging but nothing showed up at all


texts: PF set condition for not equal to a list of ports for MacOS

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I'd like to set a condition so that a firewall rule will not apply to a list of ports, something along the lines of this:

 table <my_table> persist file "/etc/pf.anchors/entries"
 set skip on lo
 block out quick proto { tcp, udp } from any to ! <my_table> port != { 66 80 }

This gives a syntax error when running 'sudo pfctl -vnf /etc/pf.conf'.

If I put the following, it works (only specify one port).

 block out quick proto { tcp, udp } from any to ! <my_table> port != 80

How can I specify a list of ports with the '!=' operator?


texts: Any alternatives to Quicken with auto download of transactions?

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Quicken for Mac continues to suck, so I'm wondering if there are any viable alternatives.

I've tried a few, but none of them are able to automatically download activity from banks ("Direct Connect"). Yes, you can manually download an OFX/QFX from the bank's website, but I want the app to pull down the data without me having to go to a browser.

gnuCash seems to theoretically be able to do it, but it's incredibly complicated, ugly, and I couldn't get it to work.


texts: How to use FN keys as FN keys on macbook pro touchbar for ALL apps?

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Touchbar breaks my external keyboard, and the option to use all fn keys as fn keys is gone. Is there a way to do so anyway? For me the whole touchbar thing is completely useless, and I'd prefer only having it while I hold the fn key, like it works when I add a single app in the settings

Sierra 10.12, 2017 model


texts: How do I temporarily hide the Picture in Picture window?

texts: When watching video using Picture in Picture on a Mac, how can the video be temporarily hidden?


texts: macOS Photos Library size is 700MB but I don't see any picture running Photos?

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The Photos Library seems to be a directory, but I cannot open it in Finder. I can look into it from terminal bash nd and I see several thumbnails. However, if I open Photos, there are no photos...
Actually, I have also an iPhoto Library, almost of the same size.
But if I click on it I get the error:

Cannot open migrated library. The content of the iPhoto library “iPhoto Library” has already been migrated to Photos.  Open Photos to view your library or use a compatible version of iPhoto to open this iPhoto library.

I'm very very confused, I'd like to recover the photo and/or the wasted space. Could something have happened when I upgraded my Mac to MacOS Catalina?


texts: In Finder's List view, is there a keyboard shortcut to go to top/bottom of list?

texts: Before Leopard, hitting the Spacebar would take you to the bottom file in List view -- but that now initiates QuickLook. As far as I know there has never been a keyboard shortcut to go to the top of the list. Or am I just ignorant?


texts: Shortcut go to folder containing the file opened in TextEdit

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I know that I could right click on the window title to have the folder path but the question is specifically to use a keyboard shortcut.

Maybe is there a way through the creation of an Automator service? Or AppleScript?

Any suggestions are accepted thanks :)


texts: Would it work using Time Capsule both as Time Machine AND media container?

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I currently have a Macbook Pro and Time Capsule 3TB (ac-wifi).

The easiest solution for me would be to use the TC for both media storage AND backups via Time Machine.

Would this be possible?

I am thinking that the system could be "confused" loading down photos from TC to Macbook, and at the same time making backups with those same files from Macbook to TC.

I also read that OS X Photos and similar don't work well with external drives.

Can someone please bring light to this subject for me?

Thanks!