texts: How to reduce ambient noise when screen recording on MacBook?

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When using cmd + shift + 5 to screen record, there is only one option present for sound (Macbook Pro microphone). This captures the 'computer' audio, but it also records unwanted noise in the physical environment.
To reduce/remove the background noise, I've tried:

System Preferences -> Sound -> Input -> MacBook Pro Microphone -> Input volume to zero. This does indeed prevent background noise from the microphone being recorded, but also causes the screen recording to record without any audio, that is, it fails to capture the 'computer audio' (for lack of a better term)
Opening Audio MIDI Setup -> MacBook Pro Microphone -> 'Mute'. But this has the same effect as the previous attempt (no sound from the microphone, but also no sound from the computer).
As a temporary fix, searching for where the microphone is in the hope of placing something physical over it.

Is there any way to disable the microphone entirely so the 'computer' audio records but without any background noise?


texts: How to play background music and video of other app at the same time in iPhone?

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In iPhone, it is possible to play background music and video app at the same time?
For example, I played background music using AVAudioPlayer framework. It works as well before other video or music app run. But as soon as other video or music app run, this background music is stopped.
I want to play background music and other video or music app together in iPhone. How can I play these together?


texts: How to solve problems with safari download files

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I am on MacOS Mojave and I have not enough data, for now, to upgrade to Catalina. I am getting this extension(and shown still downloading) as shown below even though the download is finished. But the download is finished and it is shown so in the Safari web browser's downloads.

Also, some files are missing in the finder downloads folders but they are shown in the terminal when I list out the contents in the folder. How can I solve this before upgrading the MacOS?


texts: Can I change the color of my Mac OS X Terminal window depending on which server I am ssh-ed to?

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I'd like to have the background as black for server 'foo' but have the background be say gray  or blue for server 'bar'.

I am worried I'll run the wrong command on the wrong ec2 instance because all the pwds are /home/ubuntu! How is everyone else solving this?


texts: fstab syntax for afp share with space and special characters?

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I have a share on a netatalk server that exporting "Don's home" - I want to add to fstab so that it's handled by autofs as an indirect mount.

I've tried using %60 and %20, quoting, escaping with backslash, \40, \040, etc. Anyone know the syntax?

When there are no special characters this works fine:

server:/share dummy url net,automounted,url==afp://user:pass@server/share 0 0


texts: How to remove a folder link from side bar in OS X Lion

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I've updated my OS to Lion today. But now, I can't remove the folder "maven-2.2.0" from Finder Sidebar. This folder was deleted from my computer, and I can't right click on it.

How to do it?


texts: Not able to login using network account after upgrade to High Sierra

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I just upgraded to macOS High Sierra and now I am not able to login using network account. However, I am able to unlock the FileVault2 volume using the old credentials but then it asks for credentials again. On login screen, I see a red dot beside username saying network accounts are unavailable

I have two accounts on my machine. One network account with admin privileges and a local account with standard privileges. I am able to login using local account but not with the network account.

I have FileVault recovery keys, will it help?

I am using MacBook Pro mid 2015 series.


texts: to seperate school account or keep together her itunes account

texts: my daughter has an ipad Mini and an Iphone which has games on it, she will now be getting an iPad air for SCHOOL , we do not want all of her apps from the other 2 devices on there, should I give her a different itunes account for the school iPad?


texts: Cannot Add, Remove, Move, or Drag icons from Dock

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I'm using OS X Yosemite (10.10.2) and recently I have been unable to drag or move any items on the dock. Right clicking them gives no option for "remove from dock", and the icons cannot be rearranged. New icons cannot be added, old icons cannot be deleted.

I have tried restarting, and resetting dock preferences to default, and killall Dock, as suggested by earlier askers. None of it works.

I heard about problems with PushBullet - but I do not have PushBullet. Just in case, I deleted a lot of random applications. Still nothing works.

I've tried various commands from lots of answerers on other questions. I've consulted the Mac Help pages. Nothing.

Does anyone know how I can resolve this? After resetting my Dock in an attempt to fix it, it is now filled with the default icons too. This is really limiting my productivity.


texts: Refreshing files without killall Finder?

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I would like to have a file list refresh in a Folder (like after switching between YES/NO in hidden files option). The only way I found is killall Finder which is fine, but it causes the screen to blinks for a sec (as the Finder is restarting).

Is there a way to refresh the Finder file list without actually killing it?


texts: No version model of Macbook in 'About This Mac' section

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What does it mean if there is no version model?

Is it normal? I expect the money year after the words "MacBook Air" similar to this.

I would like to buy this particular Mac, should I worry about it?


texts: Mac OSX : How to password protect an .app or other folder from deleting/moving by user/admin/root

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I'm working on a security agent. Wherein I do not want to allow any user/admin/root to delete my security agent application normally.

If user/admin/root try to delete the .app file then OS should show password dialog. If user knows the password then only it should be deleted.

Any pointer on this would be helpful.


texts: How do I repair a corrupt Time Machine sparsebundle that is only showing the most recent backup?

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I am trying to recover a nearly-2TB backup of a Mac, whose sparsebundle file was located on a NAS and suffered some corruption. I have followed the steps here, and the sparsebundle is now accessible by both Time Machine and Migration Assistant. However, they only show me one choice for recovering the backup (the most recent one).

Mounting the sparsebundle in Finder shows me backups from 4 dates, which is correct, and I am interested in any of the earlier 3. Additionally, here is the data from the file com.apple.TimeMachine.SnapshotHistory.plist, which also shows the 4 backups:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Snapshots</key>
    <array>
        <dict>
            <key>com.apple.backupd.SnapshotCompletionDate</key>
            <date>2013-11-21T17:37:20Z</date>
            <key>com.apple.backupd.SnapshotName</key>
            <string>2013-11-21-123720</string>
            <key>com.apple.backupd.SnapshotTotalBytesCopied</key>
            <integer>2011005404937</integer>
        </dict>
        <dict>
            <key>com.apple.backupd.SnapshotCompletionDate</key>
            <date>2013-11-22T08:04:32Z</date>
            <key>com.apple.backupd.SnapshotName</key>
            <string>2013-11-22-030432</string>
            <key>com.apple.backupd.SnapshotTotalBytesCopied</key>
            <integer>7208602218</integer>
        </dict>
        <dict>
            <key>com.apple.backupd.SnapshotCompletionDate</key>
            <date>2013-11-22T23:58:38Z</date>
            <key>com.apple.backupd.SnapshotName</key>
            <string>2013-11-22-185838</string>
            <key>com.apple.backupd.SnapshotTotalBytesCopied</key>
            <integer>111986052</integer>
        </dict>
        <dict>
            <key>com.apple.backupd.SnapshotCompletionDate</key>
            <date>2013-12-04T21:16:16Z</date>
            <key>com.apple.backupd.SnapshotName</key>
            <string>2013-12-04-161616</string>
            <key>com.apple.backupd.SnapshotTotalBytesCopied</key>
            <integer>53164333190</integer>
        </dict>
    </array>
</dict>
</plist>

How do I go about repairing the sparsebundle so I can have Time Machine restore one of the earlier backups? My last resort would be copying everything over by hand, but this would be messy, as well as incredibly time-consuming due to the large amount of data. I have spent many hours on this and have had headache after headache, any help is extremely appreciated!


texts: How to recover iPod touch 2G stuck on green screen and Apple logo?

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I have an iPod Touch 2G, I have been trying to switch it on for a few days but it won't. When I plug it in my laptop a green screen appears then it is stuck on the apple logo. I tried to start it in DFU mode but I see nothing at all on the screen then when I plug it in there is the Apple logo.

What steps can I do to recover from this situation?


texts: Why does my Mac Pro running Snow leopard freeze on blue screen on shutdown?

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Symptoms

Mac Pro freezes on blue screen on shutdown. Restart seems to work quite happily, it's just shutting down that my Mac Pro doesn't want to do.
The chime has decided to become super quiet of it's own accord.
Running Disk Utility often tells me that I have

Invalid Volume File Count,
Invalid Volume Directory Count,
Invalid Volume Block Count.

or some such similar on a fairly regular basis.

Attempts

I have tried replacing the main system drive in case it was the HD that was the problem.
At the same time I installed 12GB of brand new RAM.

It worked fine for a week and now the problem is back again.
Nine times out of ten I have to force shut down with the power button or tug the mains cable out of the back.

This was on both the original HD and the brand new one that I've just installed.

Any ideas?
Any suggestions?

I'm thinking of doing a clean install but I don't want to have to go through the nightmare of finding and running all of the installers again. Would Migration Assistant be the thing to use to help with this?

System

2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon running OS X 10.6.8


texts: Composing messages in Apple Mail: Displaying text on screen in larger size without changing font size

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When composing messages in Mail.app, as I now have an HD screen on my MBP, the default Helvetica 12pt appears quite small.

I would like to be able to enlarge the text size, but only locally, without changing the font in the message, as I don't want the recipients to have jumbo-size text on their screen.

Is there a way to perform this kind of "zoom" without using the "Universal access" zoom features which are a little bit too much.


texts: Updating OSX Lion 10.7.5 to 10.8.4 so I can install xcode

texts: The Mac App Store won't allow me to install xcode because I'd need osx version 10.8.4 or later. I did a system upgrade but I'm still at Mac osx lion 10.7.5. Can anyone help? Thanks!


texts: Two iTunes installs pointing at the same NAS share

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For many years, I have had a set of mp3 files on a NAS that I manually managed (I've been picky about artist/album/track naming). The two Macbooks in our house each have their own iTunes libraries (the itl and xml files) on their respective local drives at ~/Music/iTunes/. To add music, I just make sure the SMB or AFP share is mounted and then do "Add to Library" in iTunes, pointing it at the top of the music file tree on the mounted directory from the NAS. This has worked fine for years.

Now, I'm thinking I would like the entire iTunes folder (everything from ~/Music/iTunes and below) to live on the NAS and just let iTunes keep the music organized in a folder below this directory. But, I'd like still like to have both MacBooks keep their own library. We both manage syncing to iDevices by "sync only checked songs..." so we need our own version of what is checked and unchecked along with our own smart playlists.

Is what I'm trying to do possible? What if I play games with symlinks on the NAS (it's a Linux box running Samba and netatalk.)


texts: How to prevent Option+Command+Space from opening "Searching This Mac"?

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The following keyboard shortcut will always bring up a window that says Searching "This Mac":

Option+Command+Space

I would like to use this shortcut for another purpose.  Is there any way to disable this shortcut?


texts: Mac OS X Server ignores remote HTTP connections, but accepts local ones

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I cannot get Mac OS X Server's web server to accept connections from other machines on the same LAN. This is on OS X 10.8.2, running on a Mac mini which originally shipped with Lion Server.

I can connect to it from the server itself, such as by going to http://localhost or http://hostname.example.com in Safari.

Notice that connecting via the box's domain name works. This is because:

$ netstat -na | grep 80.*LISTEN
tcp46      0      0  *.80                   *.*                    LISTEN

That is, Apache is listening on all interfaces, not just lo.

If I telnet server 80 from a client machine while doing a packet capture on both sides, I only see repeated TCP SYN packets. (server perspective, client perspective)

Disabling the firewall in the Security and Privacy settings pane doesn't change the symptom.

The firewall configuration looks harmless to me. (Dumped via pfctl -sa.)

I'm certain the problem isn't on the client side. I've tried accessing it from:

a month old iMac over GigE
a 2 year old MacBook Pro over WiFi
a 5 year old netbook running Ubuntu 12.04 over GigE and WiFi

This server is headless, and I do all my work on it from client machines on the LAN, via both SSH and VNC. This means that while I am failing to connect to this server on TCP port 80, I am successfully using it on TCP ports 22 and 5900. This behavior is what caused me to start looking at the firewall configuration.

Here's what the network looks like:

There are two network switches because this network is spread over two rooms, with one switch in each room and a single cable going between them. I ruled out the managed switch as the problem source with the WiFi test. I exonerated the dumb switch by temporarily running a long cable from the server to the managed switch.

The cable modem and the WiFi router (an AirPort Extreme) each have 4-port switches built in, but only one port on each is used, so no traffic goes through them that doesn't absolutely have to. The DHCP and caching DNS servers are turned off on both routers, since those duties are being done (successfully!) by the server in question. The AirPort is in bridging-only mode.

And yes, I've rebooted the server. And the clients. And the routers. And the switches. :)

My best guess is that the problem stems from having upgraded this box from Lion Server. If so, a complete reinstall will fix this, but that goes against all of my Unix server management training. I want to fix this server in place, if I can.


texts: Suggestions for a safe-n-fast charger for a bunch of 6th gen iPod Touch Devices?

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I have about 30 iPod touch devices that connect to a charger with multiple ports on it.

There are 4x 5V/2.4A ports and 4x 5V/1A ports on the device that charges them.

It seems as though the the 5V/1A devices never get charged but I read that the for the Apple cube chargers that come with the devices they are actually the correct ones.

These devices are used until their power is drained and then returned to the charger as evidenced by how many of them I pick up on the charger read please enter pin number after restart.

The 5V/2.4A charger seems to charge them faster, but the 5V/1A appears to be the correctly rated ones.

The voltage (a.k.a. electrical pressure) going into the devices is the same on both port types, but the amperage (a.k.a. the amount of electricity in the circuit) is much greater on the 5V/2.4A ports;

As I understand electricity, it's a bit like plumbing where too much water will cause a pipe to burst, and in electrical systems, too much electricity (amps) will cause a wire to catch on fire, they are sort of analogous.

I also know that if a battery is fully charged, you really shouldn't leave a device plugged in, it's bad for the life span of the battery.

So my question is:

Is it dangerous to be using a charger that uses more than the recommend amperage, or can you get away with a little bit more?
How can I ensure that these devices are taken off the charger when they are full?


texts: What lock can secure a 4th generation Time Capsule from theft?

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The 4th generation Time Capsule has a security slot at the far right of the back panel:

However, the manual does not mention what kind of lock I can attach to it.

What locks are compatible? For instance, does the Kensington MicroSaver work?


texts: Hotkey Toggling between Private & Non-Private browser window?

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Consider two Safari windows: one private, the other not.  There may be more than one tab in the window.  The goal is to toggle between the two windows (not the tabs) with a hotkey.

Does such a hotkey exist?


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Have a very odd bug--I can't turn Bluetooth on or off. This isn't at a device level--when click Bluetooth in Settings, there is just a spinning rule of death next to "Bluetooth." In the Control Center, Bluetooth is off. If I tap it, it turns on, but the Settings screen is still spinning. I also cannot tap it off in Control Center once I tap it on.

Anyone have a sense if this is a software or hardware issue? My Bluetooth was working an hour or so ago. I saw some articles suggesting this was a hardware issue but it seemed like those were mostly issues affecting iPhone 5Cs; I also saw some suggesting it was a software issue with an old iOS release from 2017, which is obviously not relevant.

I've done all the obvious things, like restart the phone, soft reset, and even reset all my network settings.

I had previously had AirPods Pro, an iPad, and Bose headphones in the saved pairings. All three were not connected. AirDrop also tells me that Bluetooth is off (even when it is "on" in Control Center).


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I have tried command that I found and it works for second and after that second client closes.

open -na /Applications/Mumble.app

Other command that I tryied with the same resul.

/Applications/Mumble.app/Contents/MacOS/Mumble &
[2] 27307
[1]   Exit 126                /Applications/Mumble.app

What command I must use to have multiple Mumble instances open?


texts: assign nothing as default open with application

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I usually have bunch of audio files (.mp3) with my music and some other non-audio files (.asd) in the same directory. To play some music quickly I just select all in Finder and hit CMD + o to open them in my default application (VLC). The .asd files will also get opened, but I don't ever want to open them. They are used by the Ableton Live application, but aren't meant to be opened with it.

Is it possible to assign "nothing" as a default application for .asd files? I'm thinking possibly using defaults or other some other command-line trick, if needed.


texts: Need help deleting multiple items from desktop

texts: I just accidentally copied nearly 500 pics and videos to my desktop.  Is there a way to delete all items by date from the desktop?


texts: possible to run Dell monitors as a single monitor with a MBA 2013

texts: I do software development and would like to run two Dell U2414H's in portrait mode as a single screen. Is this possible with a MBA 2013? Like this:


texts: Automator: Change to selected directory and run shell script

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I'm trying to create a context menu command via Automator service. The context menu command will run a shell script to create some default documents in the given directory.

I wrote out the shell script which executes correctly when run from the target directory:

#!/bin/bash

touch History.markdown
touch Notes.markdown
touch Plan.markdown

touch ProjectName.tmproj

cat <<TEXT > ProjectName.tmproj
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>currentDocument</key>
    <string>Notes.markdown</string>
    <key>documents</key>
    <array>
        <dict>
            <key>filename</key>
            <string>Notes.markdown</string>
            <key>selected</key>
            <true/>
        </dict>
        <dict>
            <key>filename</key>
            <string>History.markdown</string>
        </dict>
        <dict>
            <key>filename</key>
            <string>Plan.markdown</string>
        </dict>
    </array>
    <key>openDocuments</key>
    <array>
        <string>History.markdown</string>
        <string>Notes.markdown</string>
        <string>Plan.markdown</string>
    </array>
    <key>fileHierarchyDrawerWidth</key>
    <integer>200</integer>
    <key>metaData</key>
    <dict/>
    <key>showFileHierarchyDrawer</key>
    <true/>
    <key>windowFrame</key>
    <string>{{113, 95}, {1230, 900}}</string>
</dict>
</plist>
TEXT

I then opened Automator and created a new service. I set the service to receive selected input of folders in Finder.

I then added the following to the top of my shell script to received the selected directory as standard input:

FolderPath=$1
$(cd $FolderPath)

The variable FolderPath definitely gets the current directory. I added a say $FolderPath to the shell script and it says out the entire path when run from the context menu command.

The problem is that when I try to change to the directory in the variable, nothing happens. I put another say command that spoke the command pwd after the directory change and it says that I'm at my user's root.

Is there something that automator does differently when dealing with shell scripts?

Here's a screen shot of the entire service.

I should also mention that I have tried to just concatenate the folder path and the file name that I've tried to create with the touch command and when I do so it only uses the string name of the file to create:

say "$FilePath/History.markdown" # only says "History dot markdown"

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


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On a Windows AD Server, I have a made a mklink /d to a different file system shown a directory and this all appears to link up nicely for PCs on the network, but the Mac's are unable to follow the link.
How can the Mac follow these links?
On the PCs, I had to run "fsutil behavior set set symlinkevaluation R2R:1" as one the linked file system is to a NAS drive. But I am unable to get to any linked directory on the Mac - NAS or standard RAID.
Is this a just a Mac issue or what is the way around this?


texts: How do I set the finder view to only list files and folder by name and not group by date modified?

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I'm using Mojave.
I like to have all folders displayed in list view and sorted by name.
I set the finder view options to sort by name, unchecked "Use relative dates" and clicked "Use as Defaults".
But if I go to upload a file, the finder groups files and folders by date modifed (today, yesterday, May, April...).
Is there an easy way to change this so that I can only see it listed by name when I go to upload?


texts: Apple pricing on screen repairs for Macbook Pro?

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I've cracked my new MacBook screen. A single staple that was lodged between hinges (not dropped damage). The screen is cracked and it wont display anything comprehensible. I've scoured the Internet looking for pricing ranges, from Apple Support to DIY screen replacement, no luck at all.

I don't have AppleCare+. Just purchased it last month from Best Buy. Any advice would help regarding my options for me to save some money.

Specs: 13 inch, I5, 120GB storage, no touch bar. Priced around $1200.


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My operator recently pushed a carrier update and it has messed up my 2G/3G/LTE switch, which is vital for my survival in low signal-strength area. So reverting to old settings is only way for me. For that I need older version of Idea Cellular (India)'s IPCC (version 35).

Any information on where can I find old versions of Apple's itunes version xml? Or somehow force iOS to download the previous settings?


texts: Finding the icon of the default application from Terminal

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Say I have some files

simple_doc.txt
document.pdf
website.html

The .txt file opens with textEdit by default, the .pdf opens with Adobe Reader and the .html file will open in Google Chrome.

How can I find out this information from the command line? In particular, how can I find the icon of the default application for each of these files from the command line alone.

Thank you!


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I have an iMac for day to day use, with LaCie backup, and a MacBook Pro for use on the road, also with LaCie backup, and a mobile phone, too, of course. I do not care much for the mobile phone I have (a 2 year old Motorola model), so I am thinking about swapping it for an iPhone.

But I don't want to swap the Motorola thingie for yet another gadget that I won't like. So, iPhone fans, tell me, what's to like about the iPhone? What will it give me that I don't have between my mobile and my MacBook Pro?


texts: Deleting (intrusive?) Facebook files ok?

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Platform(s): MacOS Catalina (10.15.2) and an iPad (13.3).

Disclaimer: I'm in no way experienced or knowledgeable in anything relating to computers.

Background: I'm keen to cut ties with Facebook completely and thought I'd investigate if there are any Facebook files lurking around on my Mac to do whatever Facebook files likes to do; spying, stealing info etc.

Found: I found the following files using Double Commander, scouring the entire drive.

/System/iOSSupport/System/Library/AccessibilityBundles/FacebookSettings.axbundle
/System/iOSSupport/System/Library/AccessibilityBundles/FacebookSettings.axbundle/Contents/MacOS/FacebookSettings
/System/Library/Accounts/Access/FacebookAccessPlugin.bundle
/System/Library/Accounts/Access/FacebookAccessPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/FacebookAccessPlugin
/System/Library/Accounts/Authentication/FacebookAuthenticationPlugin.bundle
/System/Library/Accounts/Authentication/FacebookAuthenticationPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/FacebookAuthenticationPlugin
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CalendarDraw.framework/Versions/A/Resources/FacebookIcon.tiff
/System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/profile-photo-facebook@2x.png
/System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/badge-facebook@2x.png
/System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/badge-facebook.png
/System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/profile-photo-facebook.png
/System/Library/Frameworks/Social.framework/XPCServices/com.apple.facebook.xpc
/System/Library/Frameworks/Social.framework/XPCServices/com.apple.facebook.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.facebook
/System/Library/Frameworks/Social.framework/XPCServices/com.apple.facebook.xpc/Contents/Resources/FacebookContactUpdater
/System/Library/Frameworks/Social.framework/XPCServices/com.apple.facebook.xpc/Contents/Resources/FacebookIcon.icns
/System/Applications/News.app/Contents/Resources/facebook.js
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/idontthinkso/Library/Caches/Firefox/Profiles/8joe3ovp.default-release/safebrowsing/social-tracking-protection-facebook-digest256.vlpset
/System/Volumes/Data/Users/idontthinkso/Library/Caches/Firefox/Profiles/8joe3ovp.default-release/safebrowsing/social-tracking-protection-facebook-digest256.sbstore

Question: Are these all safe to delete?

Bonus question!: Is there a Terminal command to delete files in this manner? As there is for xCode etc.


texts: Limit the number of versions time machine stores of particular files

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Is there any way to limit the number of versions time machine keeps of files?

In this case, I want time machine to back up some of my Virtual Machines. However, Since VM images are very large and monolithic, using the VM results in a 25 GB file that has to be backed up in it's entirety again.

However, I do want to have at least one version of the VM backed up, as a disaster prevention measure.

Is there any way to limit the history-depth that time machine keeps for certain files? I really want the extended backup that you get of everything else. Just letting the time machine drive fill up, and lose the oldest backups to a bunch of giant VM images is not an acceptable solution

Is there any way to modify time-machine backups using the terminal? I can see using some OS X cron analog to run a script that periodically deletes extra VM backups.


texts: Is there a way to rig iMessage so it receives (and, I guess,sends) messages only when connected via WiFi and not when connected via the carrier's data plan?


texts: External Display limited to 1080p after 10.9.2. update

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I have an Asus PB278 (WQHD 2560x1440) connected via HDMI cable + HDMI-Thunderbolt adaptor to my MacBookPro Late 2011.

Until the update to OSX 10.9.2, I was able to use full WQHD resolution on my external Monitor. Since the update, the highest resolution I can choose is 1080p. It seems that the Monitor driver is broken or simply wrong.

Also, in the system information, the monitor is listed as 1080p TV ?!+

Has anyone the same problem?
I did not find an update for the monitor profile. Is this a fancy Mavericks bug?

I've zapped the PRAM but that did not change anything.
In Monitor Settings, tried to "detect monitor" and listing all resolutions - to no avail.
Thanks for you help


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When you maximise (Apple calls it "Zoom") a window on MacOS like this:

Then it fills the screen like you'd expect from normal operating systems. However unlike other operating systems it doesn't enter a distinct "maximised" state. It just happens to fill the screen. This mostly doesn't matter but there is one really really annoying consequence that isn't an issue on other operating systems.
"Zoom" a window, then move your mouse all the way to the right edge of the screen, click and drag up or down. On Windows it will select the scroll bar and scroll your document.
On Mac is grabs the edge of the window and resizing it. Normally this also shrinks the window to half its size for some reason.

It's infuriating! Is there any way to fix it?


texts: Prevent deletion of specific icons from dock

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I regularly accidentally drag the Downloads folder from the dock to trash when trying to delete a recently downloaded file, removing it from he dock.

Is there any way to disable dragging and deleting icons from the dock? An equivalent of locking a file but for individual dock icons?

I don't want to lock the entire dock, just specific icons.


texts: "Boot Camp only support 64-bit Windows 8 or later" when attempting to install Windows 10

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I tried to install Windows 10 on my MacBook Pro 2015 running macOS Sierra, but I am getting a message on Boot Camp saying

  Boot Camp only supports 64-bit Windows 8 or later installation on this platform. Please use an ISO file for 64-bit Windows 8 or later installation.

I downloaded the ISO from Microsoft's website named "Win10_1703_English_x64.iso".


texts: Any suggestion of how to convert tens of zip files to rar format? App or command line tool are welcome.


texts: Do I need a newer Mac if I want to continue to use Xcode with my iPhone?

texts:
Recently I updated my iPhone 6s to iOS 12.2.

When I went to compile my app, Xcode told me it needed to be upgraded to deploy to device running iOS 12.2.

When I went to upgrade Xcode, it told me my OS needed to be upgraded to macOS Mojave.

When I went to upgrade my Mid 2010 MacBook Pro to Mojave, App Store said “Nah uh, your computer is too old”.

I tried to restore my iPhone to 12.1.4 from the .ipsw, and iTunes says Apple says “Uh um, nope; I decline to authorize…”

Am I separated from my app and data until I pony up for a newer Mac?


texts: How would a Pages document end up as a series of embedded PDFs?

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My grandfather has been writing a book as a Pages document, but he told me the other day that he suddenly wasn't able to edit the document. He thinks that this happened around the same time that he upgraded to the latest version of Pages.

When I went to take a look at the document, I saw something strange: the Pages document consisted of a series of embedded PDF documents containing the original text of the document. So the first page is a page-size embedded PDF with the file name "preview1.pdf", the second is "preview2.pdf" and each PDF has a page worth of text.

It's a very strange problem. He said this had happened to several of his documents and I opened a few to confirm it. Obviously, I could fix this for one document by copying the text in each PDF page and pasting them into a new Pages document.

But the bigger questions are: (1) how did this happen? and (2) is there a systematic way to fix this that doesn't require going through each document and copying each page's text manually?


texts: Is it possible to update my iPhone 3G without a computer?

texts: I want new the new update for my iPhone 3G (used as an iPod) but do not want to mess anything up. Can I update it without a computer? I also have no SIM card for the phone.


texts: Sharing Hotspot from the mac that the iPhone or iPad can connect with?

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Is it possible to share a kind of "hotspot" from my macbook so that the iPhone and iPad can connect with it? Just like there is a "personal hotspot" feature on the iPhone I want it the other way around.

The reason I'm asking is that I'm in a room where I have absolutely NO internet. Wheter 3G on my iPhone nor any wireless or ethernet connection.

Is there any chance I can create my own "internal" wireless network outgoing of my mac and connect my iPhone and iPad with it so that it has a regular IP etc.

I need this because I want to demo a Website that is built for mobile devices. I have a local apache server on my mac and usually develop and test with "Adobe Shadow" (meanwhile Adobe Edge Inspect). This works great usuaslly when all my devices are in the same network. However in this room there is no network so I wonder how I could create my own network.

Any ideas about that?


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Every time I restart my computer it runs setup assistant and forgets certain settings. This has been happening for years (through a migration from a 2011 Mac Mini to a 2015 Macbook Pro) but now I'm afraid its causing other problems. I've tried everything in this thread to no avail.

How to stop Setup Assistant from showing up on every restart on Mac Mini with OS X Mavericks?

Here's what happens:

Computer restarts and I login to admin
Setup options run (data privacy, asks for iCloud password BUT remembers my iCloud username, anlytics, screentime Siri prompts etc.
Goes to my desktop (desktop background has reset)
Keyboard setup assistant runs
Optimize your Mac notification pops up
and recently it gives me a Relocated Items folder

What IS working:

Startup programs all run
Dock settings are saved
reopens windows from previous login if it was set to

Photoshop Preferences Issue:
When I start Photoshop after computer restart it has reset preferences. Even more strange: the first time I open photoshop it runs a "dark mode" more recent looking layout, but if I reopen AGAIN (and any following reopens) it runs a lighter layout, older looking layout that fails to save or export projects.

Not sure if those issues are related but any advice is appreciated. For context this computer has migrated from a 2009 Macbook to a 2011 Mac Mini to now a 2015 refurb Macbook Pro running Catalina 10.15.3 and the issue first started on the mini.

Thank you!


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I have a good internet connection.

The problem comes when I play on Counter Strike: Global offensive. I have stable ping (5-25ms), but each 3-4 seconds i got lag spikes. It's like, I 'teleport' ingame.

I've tested it with just my macbook on my network and with just CS:GO running.

What may cause this problem?


texts: /opt folder no longer accessible in finder on Catalina

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I have always been able to save to the /opt folder. I recently upgraded to macOS Catalina and can no longer see this folder.
In Finder I am able to display hidden folders and I can see it once again. However, when going to the Save As dialog in various programs I cannot see it there.
How can I make /opt visible again?


texts: Is it possible to change Chrome (or Chrome based browsers) user agents on OSX? I dont see a menu or preference option for doing so.


texts: Apple Watch and MyFitnessPal not talking to one another

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For a long time I’ve been using MyFitnessPal on my iPhone as a diet/calorie tracker. I recently bought an Apple Watch Series 3 to track my exercise, steps and so on, and I’m trying to get it to work properly with MyFitnessPal, but something has gone astray.

In MyFitnessPal I’ve chosen my Apple Watch as the device to track steps. And, in the Health app I’ve given permission for MyFitnessPal to read Apple Watch data for Steps, Walking + Running Distance, and Workouts.

The problem is, whenever I look at my Diary in MyFitnessPal it never seems to capture the exercise I’m doing, and this is throwing out all my Calories remaining for the day. It does show an indication of my steps, but I’m not being allocated any calories for this or other exercise.

I called Apple Support and they checked all my settings for the Health app and Apple Watch and everything is good. I contacted MyFitnessPal and as far as they can tell, I’ve set everything right within their app as well.

So why isn’t this working? Has anyone else come across this? Is there a fix? I’m desperate to get this working!

Thanks in advance for any and all help! :)


texts: Does the iPhone 5's bundled Lighting connector / power adapter charge the phone faster?

texts: I have had the iPhone 5 for couple of weeks now. I am looking to confirm whether or not the iPhone 5's new 8-pin lighting connector when used in conjunction with the 5W USB power adapter that comes with the iPhone 5 charges the phone faster then previous iterations of the iPhone and their legacy 30-pin connector. I can go from a 12% remaning charge to a 53% charge in less than 60 minutes. This seems substantially faster than my previous iPhone's (4, 4s) with the legacy 30-pin connector. I understand that Lighting actually cable itself is obviously architecturally different but does the iPhone 5 itself have a different type of battery charging mechanism, the Lighting cable, or some combination therein?


texts: Why is SSH key different for user@ipaddress vs user@devicename.local (same device)

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if i ssh into a device (linux) on my local network using user@ipaddress vs user@devicename.local it seems as though my computer (OSX) is treated as two different devices.

I have noticed some inconsistencies with how the firewall on the device (linux) treats my machine and i am just trying to understand the logic


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Events like EC.cause/GIGE/LIDO/OHC/PWRB/RTC/USB# can wake up a Mac. Is there a way to programatically simulate either of these ?

WOL is out of the question as my machine doesn't support WOL on WiFi. So I am trying to find another way to wake my Mac.


texts: problem with log into epson tm-m30 printer

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I have a problem logging into an epson tm-m30 printer. I have google search everywhere and all seem to say the username and password for accessing the printer is epson and epson. I have tried that and everything else like admin and admin and admin and 0000 and ...etc and nothing have worked out so far. I have spent 3 day searching for it but no luck so far.
I want to set a static IP address to the printer which I need to access the printer and change the IP address. I have also tried to plug ethernet to my laptop but still cannot login as I don't know the username and password. Also tried to factory reset it and still not working.


texts: memtest86(+) not working on MacBook Pro 8,3 17" 2011?

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When i run memtest86 or memtest86+ on my MacBook Pro 8,3 2011 17" 2,5GHz the machine reboots after a few seconds. I tried 3 different pairs of ram modules. problem persists. I never had any issues running memtest86(+) software on various Macs.

I wonder if this problem is related to this MacBook model in general or if there's some something wrong with the machine. (Yes it already has the new Logicboard)


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I'm wondering if you can save a Digital Touch drawing made in iMessage on iOS10.

For example I made this drawing:

Please do not reuse without permission

I took a screenshot of it but it's not the best option.

Once in the messages, if I press and hold the drawing I can "Copy" it, then  paste somewhere else (for example in a Note). But the resolution seems lower.

Is there a way to keep it as an image in the best possible resolution?


texts: MY iPhone says it's overheating, but I have felt the back of it and it feels fairly cool. A week ago, I did however drop it in the toilet. I did leave it in rice in the hot press for a day and a bit. Does anyone know how I can get it to stop telling me that it is overheating when the temperature is clearly not the problem. Also I would like to do this without wiping it. Thanks.


texts: Does Mac OS X have something like SELinux?

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I just spent a looooooong time trying to use Macports' Apache2 to serve documents out of my home directory.  She no work!!!11  In the absence of any meaningful log data (that I could find) to go on, I decided to just plop the whole thing into the default document root ("/opt/local/apache2/htdocs").  Voila!  Immense anger!

So, does Mac OS X have something like SELinux that might prevent Apache from doing something silly, like serve files from the place I want to serve them from?  I read a little about Mac OS X's MAC framework, but that didn't seem to be what I was looking for.

I was using virtual hosts, as initially configured by Macports.


texts: MacBook Pro repeatedly freezes, often with odd display glitches

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I have an older, 2007 15-inch MacBook Pro (model identifier MacBookPro3,1)  which has begun freezing repeatedly.

If I boot into Single User Mode it stays operative, however I've begun to get graphic glitches here too:

Booting to the Mountain Lion recovery partition, a disc, or any other graphic interface I get a freezing hang. This is often before the machine has booted completely.

At other times it will repeatedly reboot.

I have reset SMC and PRAM, and run fsck -fy on the drive.

I should also note that the machine generally kicks up its fan pretty quickly and runs very hot, even in Single User Mode, so I am suspecting overheating, perhaps brought on by the video demands?

Does anyone else have a guess at this and/or another diagnostic step?


texts: Is whatsapp is available for iPhone 2G with iOS v3.1.3

texts: Is whatsapp available for iPhone 2G with iOS 3.1.3?


texts: In order to free up storage on my iPhone, I want to delete some of my older photos. Instead of deleting each one manually, is there a way to delete photos older than x days, or even delete all the photos from 2017?


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I use Parallels on my iMac and Macbook Pro.  It seems to run fine on my iMac but kind of causes my MBP to become a little sluggish and fans to get pegged.  I was speaking with someone that runs several VMWare VMs on their Macbook without any problems at all.  They mentioned my MBP should have more than enough resources to handle several VMs.

Does VMWare generally perform outstandingly better than Parallels on Macs?

Here are my machine specs (both running OS X 10.10.3):

iMac
3.2 Ghz Intel Core i5
16GB DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M 1024 RAM
500GB SSD w/25GB free space
VM is allocated 2GB of RAM

Macbook Pro
2.7 Ghz Intel Core i7
16GB DDR3 RAM
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 RAM
500GB SSD w/47GB free space
VM is allocated 2GB of RAM


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First I am new to Mac after 20+ years of Windows so I admit I am struggling. I was an expert on Windows and seem to be lost on MAC.

I have a Macbook pro with Catalina OS. I am trying to remove a bad entry for my Windows NAS server. It is listed under Finder ==> Network  I also notice is shows as a "MAC" not a server.

What started this issue is that I cannot connect using the WINS/NetBios name but the IP works fine. SO I will just use the IP but want the name removed. Yes I am OCD


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So, I somehow have 40GB worth of applications on my Macbook, but I can't, for the life of me, see what these applications are!

I looked in the Applications folder -- there are no apps except the default ones that come installed on the computer. (I made sure to delete the ones I didn't want.)

Under About This Mac > System Report > System Information, I can see all these apps installed... but I can't actually uninstall them and they don't show up in my Applications folder.

What do I do? I have no idea how to uninstall any of these apps, but 40GB is ridiculous.


texts: How can I hide the onscreen keyboard in the iOS messaging app?

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When I enter the text message / SMS "app" and tap on the input field a keyboard pops up. When I'm done writing and have sent the message I would like to dismiss the keyboard again. I haven't found out how to so this.

The best work around I have found is to leave and enter the conversation.  But surely there must be a better way. How can you do this or is it even possible at all? I have tried almost everything.


texts: Macbook pro 16inches 2019 fails to reinstall catalina on recovery mode after erasing hard drive, and T2 chip dissallows to boot from external drive

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hope you can help me here. My MacBook Pro 2019, 16 inches, with a T2 security chip, systematically times out when trying to reinstall Catalina in recovery mode, after erasing the main drive. The T2 chip dissallows booting from external drive, when trying to create an offline bootable installer.
What I've done:

Enter recovery mode (boot with Command + R pressed)
Erased the hard drive to make a fresh installation of Catalina,
Started the reinstall Catalina utility, which fetches Catalina from Apple servers.
Everything goes smooth until 90% of the installation, when it times out. I've tried this many times, on different internet connections.
Made an external bootable drive with a Catalina offline installer I found using the Catalina Patcher software.
Pluged the external drive to the Macbook. Problem: the Macbook does not allow to boot from external drives because of the T2 chip.
Tried to change the permissions to be able to boot from the external drive through the "Startup Security Utility" app (in recovery mode), but it requests admin privileges, and there is no admin in the computer (as I erased the main drive in step 1), so I get the "No administrator was found" error.

Please help!


texts: How can I use an app after installing it via `brew pull`?

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Because of a reinstall of the OS and a not perfectly migration of my data I had to reinstall a few things. Under these things were homebrew and truecrypt.

brew doctor doesn't show any problems now. Only when I tried to install truecrypt. I know there is a version with brew cask. But I don't like the visual interface so I decided to search just with brew search for it. I show you what I did:

First I searched for truecrypt. Found it and installed it:

  Newton:local hendrikwindel$ brew search truecrypt
  No formula found for "truecrypt".
  Searching pull requests...
  Open pull requests:
  truecrypt: Initial formula for version 7.1a (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/24078)

  Newton:local hendrikwindel$ brew pull https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/24078
  #################################################################### 100,0%
  ==> Applying patch Applying:
  truecrypt: Initial formula for version 7.1a

  /usr/local/.git/rebase-apply/patch:96: trailing whitespace.

  /usr/local/.git/rebase-apply/patch:97: space before tab in indent.
         FilePath Application::GetConfigFilePath (const wxString
  &configFileName, bool createConfigDir)

  /usr/local/.git/rebase-apply/patch:98: space before tab in indent.   {

  /usr/local/.git/rebase-apply/patch:100: space before tab in indent.

  DirectoryPath configDir; /usr/local/.git/rebase-apply/patch:101:
                trailing whitespace. warning: squelched 144 whitespace errors warning: 148 lines applied after fixing whitespace errors.

  ==> Patch closes issue #24078

  ==> Patch changed:  Library/Formula/truecrypt.rb | 339 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  1 file changed, 339 insertions(+)

After it was done I tried do use it:

  Newton:local hendrikwindel$ man truecrypt
    No manual entry for truecrypt

  Newton:local hendrikwindel$ truecrypt --mount /Users/***/física1
  -bash: /Applications/TrueCrypt.app/Contents/MacOS/Truecrypt: No such file or directory

I think it didn't unistall the whole truecrypt.app or rather some lists are still there. If I remember correctly I had to add the terminal commands for truecrypt additionally when I installed truecrypt the first time - before I found out that homebrew exists.

So my question is: How can use truecrypt which I installed via brew pull and how can I fix this issue?

Edit:

  Newton:local hendrikwindel$ type truecrypt
  truecrypt is aliased to '/Applications/TrueCrypt.app/Contents/MacOS/Truecrypt --text'


texts: How to make Numbers accept the "." instead of the comma "," when inserting data?

texts: I'm from elgium. In Dutch, as probably in some other languages, you write numbers like this: 3,141592, where in English it'd be 3.141592, but the Numbers app only interprets my input as a number when I use a comma, which messes things up when I export it as a csv. How do I make it accept the . instead of the ,? My system language is already set to English.


texts: How do I change my language to spanish on Pages 8?

texts:
My computer is a PowerPC running Pages 08. I am now living in Spain and would like to know how to change the language.
 I would like to have Pages 08 in English, but I would like it to spell check in Spanish.


texts: How can McAffee cause a crash on my Macbook Air after being uninstalled?

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I was required to install McAfee antivirus software on my Mac by an employer. When I finished that job, I uninstalled the software. About six months later, my Mac has started to freeze occasionally. I used the Console to find a crash log, copied below, which suggests that McAfee is causing this. Please could anybody suggest a cure?

Path:                  /usr/local/McAfee/fmp/bin/fmpd
Identifier:            fmpd
Version:               ???
Code Type:             X86 (Native)
Parent Process:        launchd [1]
Responsible:           fmpd [85698]
User ID:               0

Date/Time:             2020-02-04 [redacted]
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.14.5 (18F132)
Report Version:        12
Anonymous UUID:        [redacted]

Sleep/Wake UUID:       [redacted]
Time Awake Since Boot: 180000 seconds
Time Since Wake:       9400 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread:        0

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

Termination Reason:    DYLD, [0x1] Library missing

Application Specific Information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/McAfee/fmp/lib

Dyld Error Message:
  Library not loaded: /Library/McAfee/*/libeventwriter.4.dylib
  Referenced from: /usr/local/McAfee/fmp/bin/fmpd
  Reason: image not found```


texts: How to connect to tethering socks proxy?

texts: I've got socks proxy server running on iPhone, it is possible via Tethering app from Emu4iOS. iPhone connected to wifi hotspot and, as I can see in tethering app, connection is active. How can I connect to this proxy from Yosemite Mac wich connected to same hotspot?


texts: Can two iPhones share same backup space on cloud?

texts: I have an iPhone 6+ and my girlfriend an iPhone 6. Can I backup her phone on my iCloud account? I have 200 gigs of space and would like to share backup space. Her phone is constantly displaying a message that her iPhone does not have sufficient space for backups.


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The login password is entered correctly. The progress bar starts to load and gets all the way to the end, but nothing happens.

I did not turn on FileVault, just turned on my MacBook one day and this happened.

I'm using a 17" Macbook Pro.


texts: How do I enable the Debug menu in Calendar?

texts:
The following command entered in Terminal will enable the Debug menu in iCal (Lion):

defaults write com.apple.iCal IncludeDebugMenu YES

I would like to accomplish the same thing in Calendar (Mountain Lion).


texts: Peripherals and the new Macbook's USB C system

texts: My Mac currently has several USB C ports. Would it be possible to connect peripherals to the computer using the USB C to USB adapter which Apple has to offer. And would they work?


texts: MacOS Kindle version 1.12.0 no longer seems to keep downloaded books in the My Kindle Library location, no new files are showing up there. Does anyone know where they are being stored now? Without these files to find and remove the DRM for use on other non-kindle readers I'll probably just go back to finding my books on DRM free sites 8(


texts: Is there any way to set a MacBook Pro to not sleep when you close the lid?

texts:
The most common use case I have for this is when I'm playing music over AirTunes, but don't want an open laptop laying around.   Or when I'm syncing or downloading something.

This isn't the same as this question, which related to sleep vs. hibernation; I'm looking for a way to make it stay active with the lid closed.


texts: iMac slow and unresponsive after Mavericks

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There have been a few questions and answers about memory usage, whether one should pay attention to the Activity Monitor, that Memory Pressure is more indicative of a system being maxed out on RAM, etc.

Ever since Mavericks was installed, copying and pasting from Safari to Excel freezes the computer for a few minutes. I'm watching now as Memory Pressure increases after copying the data from Safari. If I try and paste the data into Excel, Excel won't take it. After several minutes and a very sluggish iMac, memory is freed up (subtracting memory used from Physical memory) and I can paste the data without a problem.

It looks as though the iMac is trying to shuffle memory around (the compression, I believe?) and until it shuffles it I can't do anything with the data I copied.

The iMac only has 4gb RAM, as the geniuses said that was more than enough. It always has been until Mavericks.

iMac is 27-inch, Mid 2011.

I was going to purchase more memory until coming across posts detailing sluggishness after installing Mavericks.

Now I'm not sure if the problem lies with Mavericks or memory. If I installed 16GB, would the same thing happen? Would the OS still use as much RAM as possible and need to "shuffle" memory around in order to free enough up to finish my copy and paste?


texts: How to find word with underscore in pdf file?

texts: I need to find word "evolve_model" in pdf file. Ho to do this? It seems that viewer does not understand underscores (_).


texts: Is it safe to delete a TimeMachine backup subdirectory with the rm command?

texts:
I deleted a TimeMachine backup subdirectory with:

rm -rf /Volumes/.../Backups.backupdb/.../2017-06-07-125321

Then later I realized that I could do it better with the standard utility and did this for another subdirectory

sudo tmutil delete /Volumes/.../Backups.backupdb/.../2017-06-07-125444
Password:
Deleting: /Volumes/.../Backups.backupdb/.../2017-06-07-125444
Deleted (44.4G): /Volumes/.../Backups.backupdb/.../2017-06-07-125444
Total deleted: 44.4G

Now, how to I verify that the TimeMachine backup at /Volumes/.../Backups.backupdb/ is still reliable since the first rm ... command I ran, can presumably be destructive in some way?


texts: iPhone 6s backup and restore from iTunes

texts:
My iPhone 6S had an intermittent issue with the touch screen that was not responding to touch.

I backed it up using iTunes version 12.6.0.100 to my laptop.
iPhone was on version 10.2.1 when it was backed up.

iStore replaced the phone with one that also had 10.2.1 installed on it.

I tried to restore the backup to the new iPhone and got this message:

  iTunes could not restore the iPhone "xxxx" because the backup was
  corrupt or not compatible with the iPhone that is being restored.

I took the phone and computer to the store and they loaded iOS 10.3.1 and said that this was the problem.

However, updating iOS did not fix the problem.

I still cannot restore the backup to the new iPhone. There is a lot of crucial information in some apps that I cannot lose.

It was suggested that I delete the backup and do a new one, however, as I do not have the old phone, I cannot.

What can I do at this point to restore the backup to my new phone?


texts: Is it possible to make a bootable USB stick for a Macbook Pro to do firmware update?

texts:
I know there are some possible duplicates. But the questions are not solved. Such as: Copy Crucial SSD Firmware Update ISO to Bootable USB

I am trying to upgrade the firmware of my SSD (crucial m500) from my macbook pro (mid 2010). My DVD drive is broken and I cannot replace it because the exit of the DVD is broken too. (the DVDs cannot get out after inserting.)

I found a lot of articles and followed them exactly, but none of them worked.
There are two typical methods I found.

1) using terminal to make the USB stick.
Reference: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-mac-osx
I am very sure I did it correctly. But when starting my mac, it did not recognize the usb stick.

2) using natural osx applications to make the USB stick.
Reference: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/apple-in-the-enterprise/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-to-install-os-x/
This one is actually for making a USB installer for OSX. But I thought I would be quite similar to make a bootable USB stick for updating firmware. So I followed it, but disk utility did not allow me to restore the USB from the dmg file.

There are also a third method which uses rEFInd Boot Manager. So I do not actually need to make a mac specific bootable USB stick. But I had a bad experience messing around with rEFInd, and I do not want to take the risk again.

Some people say the USB stick does not work because Apple disabled booting from USB functionality for security reasons. If that's the case my only solutions are using rEFInd or updating the firmware from some other computers?

Is there anyone did it successfully?


texts: Is it possible to assign system wide hotkey to show/hide app?

texts:
I'm trying to mimic iTerm2 feature. It has a feature to show/hide iTerm2 by a hotkey (eg. option + space).

When I press the hotkey, the app was shown. Is it possible to do the same to another app? I want to assign ctrl+space to show sublime text.

I have create an automator like this:

And assign a shortcut (ctrl+space) like this:

I have test the automator. It run well. But, the shortcut won't work.


texts: Allow keychain access to both system and homebrew svn

texts:
I am using svn from Homebrew on macOS Mojave. My repository password is saved into macOS' keychain. The svn command (/usr/local/bin/svn) does not prompt me for the password and uses the keychain instead. Great!
However I also want to use macOS' builtin svn (/usr/bin/svn) without being prompted for the password, because some tool (Unreal Engine in my case) appears to be using it. And it depend on svn being able to save the password.
Notes:

Svn was installed by default with Mojave, It seems to no longer be the case with Big Sur.
Unreal Engine is bundled with a copy of svn but the editor seems to be using the system svn instead.
I made this conclusion because deleting this copy of svn do not prevent Unreal Engine's svn integration to work.
And this integration will only work only if /usr/bin/svn does not prompt for a password when used on the same working copy.
This copy of svn may only be used on Big Sur where svn is no longer installed by default.
I am still on Mojave because of some old version of 32bits app

When only either /usr/local/bin/svn or /usr/bin/svn is always allowed access to the password in the keychain, it will work. But if both are always allowed access, /usr/bin/svn will always prompt for a password instead of using the keychain.
In details
On the same working copy where /usr/local/bin/svn uses the keychain, /usr/bin/svn will always asks for a password, without macOS asking to always allow it access to the keychain.
If I remove the password from my keychain, and use /usr/bin/svn on the same working copy, it will prompt me for the password and add it to the keychain. On a second use, macOS will asks me to always allow svn access to the keychain and svn will not prompt for the password again.
Now, if I use /usr/local/bin/svn on the same working copy, I will get the macOS keychain dialog. After always allowing access, /usr/local/bin/svn does not prompt the repos password.
But then /usr/bin/svn will always prompt for the repos password and no longer use the keychain. /usr/local/bin/svn will still work fine.
In the details of the repos password in the keychain app, there are two svn applications listed with access always allowed.
Workarounds
These workarounds allow both /usr/local/bin/svn and /usr/bin/svn to use the password from the keychain:

Allowing access to the password to all applications in the keychain
Renaming the homebrew svn binary (/usr/local/Cellar/subversion/<version>/bin/svn) to svn2 and adding to symlink to svn2. Now svn and svn2 will be listed as always allowed in the keychain, instead of svn twice.

It seems that the keychain is confused when there are multiple identically named applications in the always allowed list. I do not know if it is limited to svn or if it is the case with any program.
Is this a known bug? Is there a better way to solve this problem because these workaround are not ideal?


texts: Deleted 600mb Partition on Bootcamp-ed MBP while logged into Windows 8 using Disk Manager. No longer boots into OS X

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On Mac Book Pro retina ( 2014 ) Mavericks running Boot Camp, one hard drive partitioned to dual boot OS X and Windows 8.

While messing on Windows 8 I mistakenly deleted a partition which is now showing unallocated 621 MB, using Disk Management. ( it was showing a weird phantom SD drive which i thought was some improperly mounted ).

OS X won't boot and won't show in Boot Camp. Cmnd + R goes into internet recovery. My main data HD Mac partition is fine and accessible ( can copy data at least to backup my files).

I never attempted any formatting and stopped a Windows partition recovery utility as i googled further and turned out it is(maybe) a bad idea.

How can I recover this partition/get back into OS X without losing data, having to reinstall both OS X and Windows?

Edit: Just run diskutil list and this is what I get.


texts: What Macs do when verifying applications

texts:
I am asking this out of curiosity. When I download an app by an unidentified developer:

1) What does it mean that the app is by an "unidentified developer"? How is a developer identified?

2) What is the Mac doing when I am opening that app for the first time and I see "Verifying.." (or something similar)?


texts: Install Adobe Reader DC without uninstalling Adobe Reader?

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How can I install the Adobe Reader DC without uninstalling the old Adobe Reader (11)?
I want to manage the installation of Adobe Reader DC on my clients without deleting their old Adobe Reader.
Is there a official download site from Adobe or could I edit the .pkg package?
I got a free Adobe Enterprise License also but I can only find the installer at Adobe which installs the DC but uninstalls the old Reader.


texts:
I am having problems running the /usr/bin/purge commands on my iMac with Lion since the last upgrade. Someone suggested me that I may be running in safe mode and asked me to type "nvram -p" on terminal. According to this person, I should have any variable listed, but I have these:

efi-apple-recovery (an array)
fmm-computer-name
fmm-mobileme-token-FNM
EFICapsule_result
System AudioVolume
EFIBluetoothDelay

Each variable assigned to a bunch of stuff, specially the first and the third. Is this what I should see typing nvram -p on terminal?

thanks


texts: How can I generate dynamic keynote presentations?

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I'd like to build a series of Keynote presentations that contain some dynamic elements. By that I mean some elements are "compiled" in later. For example if I have a code sample on a slide, I want to be able to pull the latest code sample in from an external file when it is time to create the presentation. So 75% of the presentation is static, but then 25% needs to be included at the last minute. There should be some sort of place holder that is preformatted, and then the specific text is added in with the correct formatting.

Also these dynamic bits may be included from one of a few different sources. For example if the presentation is on Java it would include Java examples, but the next time it could include Objective-C examples.

In the past I end up effectively forking my Keynote presentation by creating a new copy, adding the dynamic bits manually, and then updating it. But then when the next presentation comes up I end up repeating the process, and since the forked copy is updated from the original, then I need to fork it from there, which means cutting out all the dynamic bits and replacing them. So I would like a better solution.

Seems like this is something that should be able to be accomplished through AppleScript or Automator, but I honestly know little about these two tools.

Thanks in advance!


texts: After restoring all of my files are sitting under my documents. How can i clean up?

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I had to erase and reinstall everything on my macbook pro.  I was having issues restoring from timeline so I did a manual copy over from an external hard drive onto my computer.

The issue is that I don't see the Pictures, Music or Movies folders in Finder any more so I just put all of my files inside "My Documents".

I thought that itunes would reorganize my files when i imported everything into itunes but it doesn't seem like it as the machines still thinks i have 200+ GB of documents. (see screenshots) and it doesn't show any movies or music.

So my questions are:

how can i get these other folders (Music, Movies) to show up in My Finder (on the left side bar)
what is the "right" place to store my music, pictures, movies (assuming sitting in "My documents" isn't correct


texts: How to disable 3D acceleration on the Mac Book Air?

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I have a Mac Book Air 2010 with an NVidia GeForce 320M chip. When I use Xcode 6 in the View Debugging tool (a 3D interface that allows debugging the view hierarchy of an app),  the computer crashes and then reports an error with GPU driver (similar bug reported here).

One solution might be to disable the 3D acceleration with a utility called gfxCardStatus. Unfortunately, this solution does not work for the Mac Book Air. Is there any other method to tweak the graphic driver?

Many thanks!


texts: How to disable emoji I see sometimes while browsing?

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Some time ago I saw emoji in my Google Plus and thought, that it is another crappy update, but seems like is it Mac OS who place them instead of text.

How to turn them off?
Mac OS X 10.9.4

Or is it about Chrome 41.0?


texts: I have a MacBook Air 13" and I would like to upgrade to OS Sierra

texts: I only have 5 GB of storage and I have already installed the installer but how much storage do I need on the HD to install it on there?


texts: Can I import songs I downloaded into garageband on my iPad, with no laptop fileshare?

texts: Im a rapper, so all I want to do is import a beat onto garageband and record my vocals over that. Problem is I don't have a laptop, just the iPad. I have downloaded instrumetals on other apps. Is it possible to import these files into garageband just using the iPad(as this is all I have at my disposal)?


texts: External Hard drives not available after sleep

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Not finding this question answered anywhere: Recently upgraded to OS10.12 on my iMac. I have 2 LaCie external hard drives attached via USB.

As long as the hard drives are awake (spinning, blue light on the front is on)---they function fine---I can view the contents in one and the other which is devoted to my Time Machine back up is backing up hourly as programed.

However, after installing Sierra, I noticed the hard drive devoted to Time Machine back up would, after sleeping, not be available for back up. ("Time Machine failed") When I click on the icon of the external on my hard drive---it appears as being empty.

Attempting to mount/unmount the hard drive in Disk Utility creates the following error message: "Failed to eject (name of drive) because it is currently in use."
Restarting the computer "rights" everything: both hard drives are spinning (blue light on), contents are there and available for edit/or back up.

I was able to reformat one of the hard drives using disk utility but this did not correct the problem.

This was not a problem prior to installing Sierra.


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I have my photos saved in my 'Photos' application on my Macbook Air. I also have them saved on my iCloud (i can see them what i log on icloud.com). Now, if i delete photos from my 'Photos' application, then will they be deleted off my iCloud?

I only have a small amount of storage on my MacBook Air and so far they're taking up too much space.


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So I wanted to hide the Finder icon on my Dock.
According to this answer - How can I remove the Finder icon from my Dock? I am suppose to edit DockMenus.plist file. When I tried I had no permission to do that. I tried to use chmod (also with sudo) on that file with no effect, same message from terminal - Unable to change file mode on DockMenus.plist: Operation not permitted. I ran ls -lOe on that file and I learned that apparently there is new permission flag called restricted.

I still don't know how to get permission to edit that file. Does anyone have any solution?


texts: Why does an empty `~/Movies` folder take up 273 GB?

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My ~/Movies folder is empty according to both the Finder and Terminal.

I've never seen this before. In case it's relevant, this is a 2012 Mac mini running the latest version of Yosemite. It runs a few services, including file sharing, FileMaker Server, calibre, Time Machine and Plex.


texts: What determines the limit on voicemail storage on an iPhone 7?

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My iPhone 7 stopped taking voicemails. I dialed it from a different number and got the automated message, "voice mailbox is full." I contacted my carrier, Credo Mobile, and they explained that voicemail storage occurs on the iPhone, not in my carrier account.
On the iPhone 7, I went into Settings, General, iPhone Storage, Phone, and saw that Voicemails took up only 12.3MB. (This was after I had deleted some voicemails and was again able to leave a message.)
Is there, then, some constant, fixed, number of bytes that my phone can store as voicemail? Or is it a fixed number of messages? Or if I reduce the amount stored by some other app---say, Voice Memos, which today uses a whopping 14.86GB---will there be more room for voicemails?
These are not several questions, it is a single question with several possible suggested answers.
(Because of spam phone calls and robocalls, there is a steady drizzle of unwanted voicemails into my iPhone 7 so that even if no one calls me that I care about, the voice mailbox will get full.)
Note that one response to Can I devote more room to my voicemails? states, in the context of Verizon,

Voicemail is handled by the carrier. The size of your mailbox depends on the plan & features you have with Verizon, not on the free space available on your phone.

But Credo Mobile customer service---a live human being speaking with me---unequivocally stated the opposite for their service. In addition, when I logged into my account on Credo Mobile, https://www.credomobile.com/customer/account/login,
I found no option to set or change the amount of voicemail storage. Also, there are no voicemails in my online account. For instance, I cannot go online and listen to voicemails. There is no list of voicemails online.


texts: Facebook app on IOS won't update some threads

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Many threads that I visit frequently at some point stop updating. I get the notifications that someone has commented on the subject but when I click the link I can't see the latest changes. Even if I go back to the thread several weeks later I can't see anything after the point where the thread stopped from updating. As far as I know there is no app cache that can be cleaned or similar. How can I achieve to start updating those threads again? This doesn't happen with all threads just some. If I go into Safari I can see the changes after where the app stopped updating the thread.

My info: iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1
Facebook version 9.0.0.25.31

Thanks for suggestions!


texts: iPad and MacBook Pro won't both connect to my wifi

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My MacBook Pro and my iPad wont both connect to my wifi at the same time. Right now I'm on my iPad and my MacBook has the "no Internet connection" alert...Although there's a check mark by my network name on the drop down list.

Last night when I was on my laptop my iPad wouldn't connect.

I have no idea how to fix this problem.  I've tried unplugging/restarting my router as well as manually joining my network.


texts: Save/Don't Save Menus No Longer Respond to Tab and Spacebar (post Big Sur)

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Prior to Big Sur (OS 11.1), I could use tab to move between the options (buttons) in the type of pop-up menu shown in the image, and spacebar to select an option. For example, in the menu here I could a) press spacebar and have this email 'Save' and b) use tab to transition the highlighted option to 'Don't Save'.
Now, neither of these work, which I don't like bcs. I prefer to use the keyboard. I can't seem to find an option to reenable them (or work around the issue). Any ideas?


texts: How do I fix bluetooth audio to amp after upgrade to Mojave

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After upgrading to Mojave, my bluetooth amp now plays at a slower tempo and at a lower pitch with some audio glitches.

How can I fix this?

Bluetooth amp: GraceDigital GDI-BTAR513

Reason for upgrading to Mojave: I upgraded to Mojave to fix an unrelated problem with kernel panics after working with Apple support and the usual PRAM/SMC/Disk First Aid did not solve the problem.

Also tested: JBL stereo headset (successfully!)


texts: Removing dark borders from UI elements, including windows and buttons

texts:
I have somehow managed to configure my Mac to display dark borders around windows, toolbar buttons, and other UI elements, as you can see in the screenshots below:

All apps are now showing borders like this. How can I remove them?


texts: Mix two video tracks with iMovie on OS X

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I have two video tracks and one audio track of a bass player testing his instrument.

I've been able to put in sync the main video track with audio and now I'd like to add the second video track just in some phases.

I'll try to explain better:
the main video track is from a static cam that has the better stability and colour quality.
the secondary video track was shoot from my hands and it's more cinetic.

How can I mix the 1st video track with the 2nd without losing the audio sync easily?


texts: How do I send text messages (NOT iMessages) from my Mac?

texts:
I recently bought my first Mac, after having been impressed with my iPhone 7 Plus for the past year. On my iPhone I can send both iMessages and text messages by switching on the "Send as SMS" option in Settings.
On my Mac the Messages app works great, except for when I want to send a message to a non-Apple user (most of my friends are on Android). When I try do do this I get an error like the one below:

Your message could not be sent.
PHONE_NUMBER is not registered with iMessage.

I feel like I looked everywhere in System Preferences, but cannot find a "Send as SMS" option. Surely this is possible? How?


texts: How to only route office traffic over the VPN while having default route for other traffic?

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I have a VPN to my office and would like to route only office traffic over the VPN while maintaining my default route for other traffic.

I have attempted the following:

sudo route delete default
sudo route add default 192.168.1.254
sudo route add 172.0.0.0/8 172.26.7.79

Routing table after change:

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags        Refs      Use   Netif Expire
default            192.168.1.254      UGScI           1        0     en1
default            192.168.1.254      UGScI           4        0     en0
127                127.0.0.1          UCS             0        0     lo0
127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH              3      898     lo0
162.119.232.200    192.168.1.254      UGHS            3       78     en0
169.254            link#7             UCS             1        0     en0
172.0/8            172.26.7.79        UGSc            3        0   utun0
172.26.7.79        172.26.7.79        UH             34       95   utun0
192.168.1          link#7             UCS             9        0     en0
192.168.1          link#4             UCSI            3        0     en1
192.168.1.202      127.0.0.1          UHS             0       48     lo0
192.168.1.203      127.0.0.1          UHS             0        2     lo0
192.168.15         link#10            UC              3        0  vmnet8
192.168.99         link#9             UC              2        0  vmnet1

When this happens, I can get to 172.0.0.0/8 but I can't get anywhere else.

If I add a default route back such as:

sudo route default 172.26.7.79

Then everything starts working again.

Starting Routing Table:

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags        Refs      Use   Netif Expire
default            172.26.7.79        UGSc            2        0   utun0
default            192.168.1.254      UGScI           0        0     en1
default            192.168.1.254      UGScI           3        0     en0
127                127.0.0.1          UCS             0        0     lo0
127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH              3      898     lo0
162.119.232.200    192.168.1.254      UGHS            3       94     en0
169.254            link#7             UCS             1        0     en0
192.168.1          link#7             UCS             9        0     en0
192.168.1          link#4             UCSI            5        0     en1
192.168.1.202      127.0.0.1          UHS             0       48     lo0
192.168.1.203      127.0.0.1          UHS             0        2     lo0
192.168.15         link#10            UC              3        0  vmnet8
192.168.15.132     0:c:29:14:38:20    UHLWIi          0      152  vmnet8   1136
192.168.99         link#9             UC              2        0  vmnet1

Any ideas?


texts: how can I enable IOS6 tethering without jailbreaking my Sprint iphone 4s phone?

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I know that you can enable tethering for an IOS6 iphone by jail breaking it and then installing additional tethering software but how can I enable IOS6 thetering without jailbreaking my Sprint iphone 4s phone?
I am aware that you can pay extra to get the "Mobile Share Plan" but I am not interested in paying extra for this service since I am already paying for unlimited data.


texts: Only a small subset of contacts is synced in iOS 9

texts:
Thanks to the help I got here, my iOS 9 contacts are synced with my GMail account pretty well - the sync works, but is not immediate.

I would like to sync my contacts to iCloud as well, in order to be able to call a contact from FaceTime on my Macbook Pro with El Capitan 10.11.1.

I have enabled contact sync under iCloud on my device:

However, only 44 contacts are synced. There seems to be nothing special about them - some are old, some are new, and they were all synced from GMail.

Any idea how to sync these contacts to iCloud?


texts: Gmail contacts syncing to and from iPhone

texts:
I have observed that when I add an email contact to my Gmail account, it also shows up in my iPhone contacts list. I don’t want email contacts under my iPhone contacts unless I have a phone number. I don’t know if iPhone is saving them or if it is something Google is doing.

I do know that no matter what I try, delete, toggle various things off or on nothing stops this. If I delete from iPhone, it also deletes the email address in my Gmail account. If I add the contact back to my Gmail account, it is also back in my iPhone contacts. I even tried hiding the Gmail stuff in iPhone contacts, and as soon as I put the email address in Gmail it was back in Contacts again.

This is beyond ridiculous. I can’t control my own contacts list. Everything I have seen in Google for help/search is old. Even the stuff from 2017 is no use.


texts: Issue with creating a symbolic link inside /System folder

texts:
I am trying to make a symbolic link inside the /System folder and even if I run the command as su I get the following error message.

macbook-pro:~ root# cd /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.18
macbook-pro:5.12 root# ln -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/SVN/ SVN
ln: SVN: Operation not permitted
macbook-pro:5.12 root# ls -ld /System
drwxr-xr-x@  4 root  wheel restricted 136 Sep 22 10:37 System

How can I get this working?


texts: iPhone showing Connect to iTunes screen when updating to iOS 7

texts:
I have just attempted to update my iPhone 4 to iOS 7. The phone switched itself off after a while and now the phone won't work any more. The screen switched back on with the logo of iTunes and the charger with an arrow pointing to the iTunes logo.

I connected the phone to my Mac and it doesn't recognise my phone at all, asking to restore it to the factory setting. If I do that, would I lose everything on it?


texts: "Could not find installation information for this machine" after disk erase

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I erased my disk while planing to reinstall the OS.
Now I get the recovery screen as planed, I press "Reinstall OS X" and then press on "Continue". It checks my eligibility and tells me "Could not find installation information for this machine".

Obviously I cannot go back because the disk is already erased, and I have no time machine backups.

I do remember having this issue in the past, and all I had to do is login to the AppStore. But now this is kinda not relevant (and I was logged in before I erased the disk)


texts: Change name and Application icon when starting via Automator

texts:
I have a script called gnus:

#!/bin/bash
open -n -a Emacs --args --name Mail --title Mail --no-desktop --no-splash --funcall gnus

which I call via Automator

Run Shell Script - ~/bin/gnus

Now I the name next to the icon in the dock, when the program is running, is still Emacs and thew Emacs icon (as when starting Emacs.app directly.

I would like to have the gnus icon and the name as Gnus as I want to pin it to one specific Desktop.

How can I achieve this?


texts: How to set up Keyboard Maestro correctly so that it doesn't catch its own Macro?

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I used to insert ; character by pressing button below ESC on Windows, (which does < on MacBook) and $ by holding alt + the button next to L key on Windows.

I've downloaded Keyboard Maestro and it worked pretty well on Yosemite, but on El Capitan, it somehow, probably, does catch its own keystrokes, randomly. I've got two Macros:

⌥; - should write $
< (below esc) - should write ;

The problem is, that when I press <, it does catch my Macro, wants to insert correct keystroke (;) but somehow inserts $ for unknown reason (maybe because when they simulate original shortcut for ;, which is ⌥;, second Macro catches it?). It does happen very randomly. Quick try:

;$;$$$$$$$$$$$$;$$$$$;$$$$$$$;$$;$;$

How should I workaround this without having to add any more keys or something like that?


texts: Ensure ALL iPhone burst shoot images are shared via upload

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How do I ensure that ALL iPhone burst shoot images are shared via upload for Selection & Editing?

iPhone 8 iOS 13.4.1

We did a casual photo shoot, with lots of burst shots a few months back.

We never got around to working on the pictures together nor did the photographer get to move them off his iPhone.

I know it’s possible for the photographer to upload the pics to a cloud drive/ folder such as Dropbox/ Google Drive / OneDrive/ pcloud. I use them a lot for non photography files.
The issue now is there's something about Burst mode that all images from that burst sequence are not uploaded or shared. How do we make this happen?

I wonder if there’s a better way for the photographer to upload & share with me while we can work on it online itself?

Without me having to download all of them for working on them on my iPhone or Windows based Surface Pro.

We might need to do a repeat of this in the future & again work remotely from each other.

Is there a better photo selection & editing workflow here?

Ps: I am a tech geek but not regular with such shoot & workflows.


texts: Going back to Mavericks: will i lose my files that I have created on Yosemite?

texts:
FileVault slowed my MBP. So, I am going back to Mavericks.
How can I make sure that my files saved on Yosemite will not be lost?
If I go back using Time Machine, how do I access my files that were saved on Yosemite?
Do I have to make copies of all these files on a separate flash drive bf going back using TM?


texts:
I tried to enable Calendar sync at Settings > iCloud > Calendar and a message says "Activating Calendar sync" but it ends up in Home screen with no changes. When I go again to iCloud setting I see Calendar option is not enabled.

Another problem I found is that I can not invite other people to appointments. It seems iCloud is not working for my Calendar.

How can I enable iCloud Calendar syncing?


texts: Items saved to Desktop do not show on Desktop

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I use Safari and Chrome to download files and set the Desktop as the download folder.

Each time I download something it does not appear on the Desktop. But if I relaunch Finder then it will appear on the Desktop. I relaunch Finder 20-50 times per day.

This behavior existed on High Sierra and now on Mojave. Always using release software, never beta software on this machine.


texts: Ridiculously high CPU temperature and fan speeds on MacBook Pro Retina, late 2013

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The temperatures on my CPU cores spike up for no reason sometimes. This bumps my fan speeds to run near 6000 rpm, which is extremely loud. I know this is not normal because my previous Retina MacBook Pro, early 2013 never ran at this high fan speed, even when the processor had a greater load to process and more memory was used.

Does anyone else have this problem?


texts:
I have a thunderbolt to usb 3 adapter & it is plugged into the thunderbolt port. I also have an ac wifi adapter usb 3 plugged into the thunderbolt adapter. It works fine, but my question is, in Network in system preferences shows the ac wifi adapter as connected but the thunderbolt port shows inactive. Confused about this.
MacBook Pro 17" early 2011 - Sierra.
Thanks


texts: How to recover trashed GUID partition table?

texts:
I did something stupid. I ran (something like) diskutil partitionDisk /dev/disk2 GPT HFS+ newdisk against the wrong disk. It was one of those moments where you realize what you've done, as you're doing it. So it only ran for (literally) about 0.25 seconds, or less, before being terminated (^c), like it was all part of a single motion. But it was long enough to trash the existing partition table.

testdisk

I thought I'd be able to recover the original GUID partition table with testdisk, but apparently not. Maybe because it wasn't just damaged or erased, but already overwritten with a whole new GUID partition table, volume label, etc. I'm not really sure, I didn't write the software or study it comprehensively.

photorec

The data was largely, (if not completely) untouched, and easily recovered to a separate disk with photorec. Although it's not as if nothing happened, because the filenames and directory structure is all busted up. I mean, I'm greatful, but I can't realistically recatalogue 2TB of assorted files. If it were a project or something where I needed to extract some files, it woud be a godsend, but this is my perpetual dropbox where I hoard.. everything.

So, the data is obviously still there, but the pointers are gone. Is there a better way out of this situation? I feel there must be but at this stage I don't know enough about the ins and outs of data storage to do it, or to even really properly articulate my ideas about it.

addendum

PS: I'm not going to tell you what you can and can't do, but be careful if you're going to copy/paste commands like these. That's what happened to me, I couldn't remember the exact syntax, so I copied it from one of the questions/answers here on Stack Exchange, with the intention of altering it to suit my needs. Problem is, this included the invisible newline/linefeed character at the end of the formatted textbox, causing the command to execute as soon as it's pasted to a shell. Also, diskutil typically doesn't require elevated priveleges. So there's no warning, non prompt, it just happens.


texts: 5Gb of RAM being used with NO software running?

texts:
My computer (brand new) was using 12 Gb of RAM so after I was done exporting my video I force-quit everything and 8 minutes later it's still using 5Gb or RAM, is this normal?! It seems like so much!

*Note: I only have 1 finder window open and it's just viewing the utilities folder, I used it to get to the "Activity Monitor" app.

Thanks! God bless!


texts: Can I attach 2 dual-DVI screens to a Radeon 5870?

texts:
The card (ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024 MB) has 1 dual-DVI port and 2 mini display ports.

http://i.imgur.com/iUOawq6.jpg

The dual-DVI is hooked up to a 30" 2560x1600 Dell screen. I also have a 27" 2560x1440 screen. Can I hook this new screen up to one of the display ports? Is there a way to get both screens working?
Both screens are Dual-DVI only - no other hookups.
thanks


texts: Manage login items from terminal in 10.11 El Capitan


texts:
What is it?

(I know, oh so subjective.)

So let's make that, what's the most effective and pain free way to do it? I realize those may be contradictory conditions.


texts: Sudden failure of trackpad to function without 'tap to click' set

texts:
This is an odd problem to have.

I use 'tap to click' usually. This continues to work as it always had.
I went to install Mountain Lion, fresh install. This meant I needed to be in the Recovery Mode.

In Recovery, I was unable to select anything using the trackpad at all, although I was able to move the mouse cursor around. Notably, the keyboard shortcuts did not seem to be available.

When I went into my trackpad settings and de-selected 'tap to click' I was unable to click on the trackpad! I had to use the keyboard to reselect it. It is working right now.

Now, I'm certain that this used to work. How can I reset my trackpad to default settings?

EDIT: I also noticed that I can't drag windows anymore. I used to do this by ... well by dragging, holding the trackpad down and moving it. However I just changed to using the 3 finger drag, this works. This started on Lion, and has followed me to Mountain Lion.

EDIT: I'm running a 2009 13" macbook pro unibody. Apparently the keyboard shortcuts, require <Fn>+<CTRL>+<F2> to get to the Apple Menu, for example. Still, many do not work.


texts:
In short, I'd like to be able to complete a workout without having to bring my phone along. The introduction of native apps for the Apple Watch seemed like it would open the door to this, but I've not been able to figure it out. I would need:

Heart Rate Monitoring
An Interval Timer
Music via BT Headphones

Can the Apple Watch do this? If not, any alternate suggestions?


texts: What can I do to regulate iPhone charging rate (make it charge slower)?

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My iPhone is charging from my MacBook. I believe that it charges too fast and even heats quite sensibly. Also, I'm afraid the battery could degrade at a greater rate with such a fast charge.

So, I don't need that fast charging, because it has plenty of time to charge.

As you can see, the battery temperature rises quite a bit.

By the end of the charge, the temperature drops to 30 degrees.

I'm well aware that there's a new thing that analyses how much time you let the phone be on charge and slows down the charging rate accordingly, but only after the battery reaches 80% (more details here - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210512)

What can I do apart from just buying a cheap charger? (I don't think it's a great idea)


texts: How to open/use/enable Spotify Desktop Web Player on iOS?

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Is there any trick to use the Desktop version of Spotify’s browser-based web player on an iOS device (e.g. iPhone)? On a Mac you can access it for instance using Chrome at open.spotify.com/browse. On the iPhone however you'll always get an "Unsupported Browser" warning regardless on whether you try Chrome, Firefox or Opera.

According to my knowledge iOS is forcing those browsers to use Apple’s Web Kit, which is probably the reason for the incompatibility, due to the fact that Spotify has dropped Safari support long time ago.

Explicitly requesting the Desktop view via iOS’ share sheet (or using the Puffin web browser) gives you a slightly wider layout, but there’s still no login option and no full-fledged web player.

So the question is, whether there is any workaround!? Preferably with included support for uBlock Origin... ;)


texts: Removing spotlight icon from menu bar persistently

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I tried to remove spotlight form the menu bar with the following trick:

sudo chmod 600 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search
killall SystemUIServer

Unfortunately if I repair disk permissions and reboot at some point (or just simply reboot some people tell me), the annoying spotlight thing is back in the menu bar.

I don't want to disable spotlight, just to take off the damn magnifying glass from the menu bar persistently.  Is there a way the works better than the one I presented above?


texts: After installing Xcode and I try to open it I get blocked with a message "Scanning for Plug-in failed" and that I may not have appropriate permission..I was logged-in as an administrator. Do I need "root" privileges?


texts: Converting videos in the background using automator and handbrake

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I am trying to automate the process of video conversion using handbrake and automator.

Here is the script that i am using in Run Shell Script action of Automator Folder Action:

for f in "$@"
do
    Applications/HandBrakeCLI -i "$f" -t 1 \
    --angle 1 -c 1 -o "/Users/abc/Desktop/TestVidDest/$(basename $f)" \
    -f mp4  -4  -O  --decomb="fast" -w 1280 -l 720 --modulus 16 \
    -e x264 -b 3800 -2  -T  --cfr -a 1 -E faac -6 dpl2 -R 48 -B 128 \
    -D 0 --gain 0 --audio-fallback ffac3 --x264-preset=slow  \
    --x264-profile=high  --x264-tune="film"  --h264-level="4.0" \
    --verbose=1  &
done

The problem is when I manually run this script from Automator it works fine but when new files are added in the folder then this script is called but videos are not converted. If I remove '&' from the end of the command then it works with new files but not in hidden mode and I want it to run in hidden mode.

So if anybody can guide me about what i am doing wrong here???

Log from the console:


texts: Can I pay for an upgrade to Lion and get Mountain Lion free later?

texts: I currently have Snow Leopard and do iOS development. I'm wanting to play with the new iOS 6 SDK, but I need to have Lion installed. Is it possible for me to pay for a Lion upgrade now and later get a Mountain Lion upgrade for free later?


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Black text on white background hurts the eyes while perusing logs in Console.app.

There used to be some hacks like this to change the colors of the display in Console.app. But those hacks apparently no longer work in current versions such as Yosemite.

Any current ways to change Console colors in Mountain Lion or Yosemite?


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I use Mac Mail on Lion with two IMAP accounts.

The main (local?) inbox works great; all received messages are synchronized.  The main sent box only shows messages that have been sent from this computer.

I can find the individual IMAP sent boxes, with all sent messages from anywhere, in the file tree under 'Show.'  Is there a way to synchronize the main sent box with all sent messages on both IMAP servers?  I'd like to do this so I can search through all sent messages in one action.
Thanks


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I use a 2 TB drive for Time Machine and have used the disk for about a year or two.

Today I wanted to check on an old file (an old version of MonoDevelop) and found out that my oldest backup is from January this year.

I checked the disk itself and found that it really only contains folders for dates starting in January.

What did Time Machine do to my old backups???

(There was always enough room on the disk and there are 1.4 TB free now. I never deleted anything in the backups.backupdb folder.)


texts: Integrative Genome Browser can't find Java Runtime

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Every time I try to run IGV, I'm greeted with can't find Java Runtime error dialog. I have Java installed on the system as running /usr/libexec/java_home returns /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_05.jdk/Contents/Home. I also have the JAVA_HOME variable set to the above value (though the value is not included in my PATH).

The java command is also accessible through command line so I don't see any reason why the application can't access it. Running java -version returns 1.8.0_05.

I believe I also have the legacy Apple Java 6 installed although the preference pane for that is not available (maybe something wrong here?) and I don't know how to verify its installation.

I'm on 10.13 High Sierra.

*** Update
Running /usr/libexec/java_home -V shows that both Java 6 and 8 are installed:

Matching Java Virtual Machines (3):
    1.8.0_05, x86_64:   "Java SE 8" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_05.jdk/Contents/Home
    1.6.0_65-b14-468, x86_64:   "Java SE 6" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
    1.6.0_65-b14-468, i386: "Java SE 6" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_05.jdk/Contents/Home

Any help is appreciated.