texts: Parental Controls flooded system.log with errors

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I was digging around for fun, and found that my system.log was flooded with errors. Here is the output of sudo cat system.log | tail -8:

Mar 19 15:33:06 THE-COMPUTER parentalcontrolsd[113]: -[ActivityTracker appDidLaunchOrBecomeFront:launched:] [1844:ezra] -- Got an error when saving MOC: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=259 UserInfo=0x34dd00 "The file “events.data” couldn’t be opened because it isn’t in the correct format."
Mar 19 15:33:57 THE-COMPUTER parentalcontrolsd[113]: -[ActivityTracker appDidLaunchOrBecomeFront:launched:] [1844:ezra] -- Got an error when saving MOC: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=259 UserInfo=0x12a6d0 "The file “events.data” couldn’t be opened because it isn’t in the correct format."
Mar 19 15:34:02 THE-COMPUTER parentalcontrolsd[113]: -[ActivityTracker appDidLaunchOrBecomeFront:launched:] [1844:ezra] -- Got an error when saving MOC: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=259 UserInfo=0x129b50 "The file “events.data” couldn’t be opened because it isn’t in the correct format."
Mar 19 15:34:17 THE-COMPUTER Safari[155]: __CFServiceControllerBeginPBSLoadForLocalizations timed out while talking to pbs
Mar 19 15:34:29 THE-COMPUTER parentalcontrolsd[113]: -[ActivityTracker saveData] [411:ezra] -- Got an error when saving MOC: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=259 UserInfo=0x3451c0 "The file “events.data” couldn’t be opened because it isn’t in the correct format."
Mar 19 15:34:37 THE-COMPUTER parentalcontrolsd[113]: -[ActivityTracker appDidLaunchOrBecomeFront:launched:] [1844:ezra] -- Got an error when saving MOC: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=259 UserInfo=0x3535d0 "The file “events.data” couldn’t be opened because it isn’t in the correct format."
Mar 19 15:34:42 THE-COMPUTER parentalcontrolsd[113]: -[ActivityTracker appDidLaunchOrBecomeFront:launched:] [1844:ezra] -- Got an error when saving MOC: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=259 UserInfo=0x12bbb0 "The file “events.data” couldn’t be opened because it isn’t in the correct format."
Mar 19 15:35:56 THE-COMPUTER parentalcontrolsd[113]: -[ActivityTracker appDidLaunchOrBecomeFront:launched:] [1844:ezra] -- Got an error when saving MOC: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=259 UserInfo=0x34aee0 "The file “events.data” couldn’t be opened because it isn’t in the correct format."

These seem to be messages from Parental Controls, but what do they mean? Also, they are going on all the time. Could anyone shed some light??


texts: iCloud Drive downloads limit hard drive space

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I have iCloud Drive set up on my Mac and it keeps downloading files in the background. My hard-drive space becomes smaller and smaller and I run into problems with a full hard-drive.
E.g. I was recording a Zoom meeting and it suddenly stopped, because my hard-drive was full due to iCloud-Drive downloads. I now have to remove these downloads every time to free up disk space.
How can I make iCloud stop downloading files in the background?


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I regularly move/copy/remove files from the terminal using mv/cp/rm shell commands. With Catalina (10.15.5), file system updates are not reflected in the Finder windows until several minutes later. That is, I can rm a file and it will still show up in the corresponding Finder window for at least several minutes.
How should I go about diagnosing this behavior?
Could any of the following be contributing to it, and if so, how?

If the folder is on an SSD formatted with HFS+ rather than AFPS
Whether the folder is on a disk image and/or one with encryption
Whether there are 1000+ files in the folder
File sizes and/or types

One thing that does work is running disk first aid from Disk Utility or diskutil verifyVolume after any of these commands.


texts: Proper way to reassign installed macOS to another Apple ID?

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I have a MacBook Pro (2009) which has seen it all from 10.5 and up to now where it is running 10.11 on an SSD drive.  I want to give this machine to my son, who has his own Apple ID.

macOS is installed belonging to my Apple ID, which I want to transfer to his Apple ID. I created an admin account on the machine and married it to his Apple ID, and rebooted the machine with the “Reinstall current macOS version” keychord down. We got all the way through logging in, but then App Store complained that the macOS 10.11 download was not available to him. Repeating with my AppleID showed that the download was available to me.

My theory is now that macOS is only available if you have “purchased” it (or if it was otherwise registered as eligible). I thought that this could be fixed simply with having a user on an eligible system, but apparently not.

What is the easiest way to reassign? Going back to 10.6 and then upgrading, sounds like a lot of work I'd like to avoid if possible.


texts: iPhone's Do not disturb, exception for Slack notifications and except for some calls

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I want to silence my iPhone during certain hours of the day manually …
but with two exceptions:

Some of my contacts are important and I want to receive calls from them (I know how to do it).
I have a very important Slack channel which I do not want to be silent at any time.

How can I achieve this?

Update : If there is a 3rd party application to do this i hope someone suggest it ..

Thanks.


texts: Is there a way to add To-Do's to iCal from the iPhone?


texts: How to upgrade multiple Macs to OS X 10.10.4?

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I own multiple Macs at home and, when I installed Yosemite (10.10) I downloaded the installer from the App Store on the main computer, then copied "/Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite" to a safe location, and used the copy to upgrade the other computers skipping the long download time.

Now that the upgrade to 10.10.4 is available, I noticed that there is no "Install" executable in /Applications - so I had to repeat the long download for all my three computers.  How could I use a single download for all computers again?


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I would like to be able to view more Unicode characters on my iPhone—specifically, more mathematical operators and symbols. Most of these are not visible on iOS and either appear blank or as a question mark inside a box despite being directly accessible through the character viewer on a Mac.

How can I view these characters on iOS?


texts: Open Office files from Finder in the same screen

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When opening files from a Finder window, I want them to open in the active Space, regardless of the application already being open on another Space. Instead, they open in whatever Space already happens to have an open window of the application. I've noticed this particularly with Microsoft Office programs, as I tried to reproduce it with Preview and Terminal windows but they seemed to behave properly, so I think that this problem lies within the MS Office suite.

I imagine that this is related to this question, but this occurs with windows that aren't minimized. Similarly, I've already unchecked three of the options in mission control;

Automatically rearrange Spaces based on most recent use
When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application
Group windows by application

If there are any known methods of disabling this behavior it would be much appreciated.


texts: How do I run diagnostics on an iPad Pro 11 with nonfunctioning screen and touch?

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I have an 1st generation iPad Pro 11 with a broken screen with no video image and unresponsive to touching. I would like to run some hardware diagnostics on it before committing to replacing the screen.
So far, I've managed to successfully clean and reinstall iPadOS 14.2 by tethering it to my MacBook Pro using a USB cable. I'm able to see the initial iOS setup screen via QuickTime, but can't proceed any further without a functioning touch screen.
Is there an alternative input device I can use? Also, is there any diagnostic mode or software utility available for testing the device's hardware?


texts: Change what percentage/time remaining causes the battery icon on Mac to go red

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I'm dead broke. So, I have a cheap battery for my dead-broke-esque 2008 MacBook. It only lasts about 2 hours on a full charge. However, it's a little goofy at times. Not in a dangerous way, just that it seems to miscalculate how much time it has left sometimes, and suddenly dies at 25%. I know, terrible choice to get an old battery. But I'm poor and was sick of outlet-surfing, so I got a cheap battery. Anyway, since my upgrade to OS X Lion (in 2018, mind you), I haven't had as much of a problem, but still might have it sometimes. Plus, I'm going to be letting a friend/colleague of mine use it for a while, and would rather tell him to "plug it in when it gets red" than sit and explain the goofy battery more than I already have.

So what I am wondering is how I can, if possible, change the percentage of battery remaining that will cause the battery icon to turn red in the Menu Bar. I also would think it nice to be able to spring the "Reserve power" notification at a certain percentage as well. I know I can also just AppleScript Finder to pop up and say "ey, you're low on power" but I think it would be better to change the actual alerts.


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How to view Export Mailbox status in Mail App?

I am trying to archive my mails: I created a Smart Mailbox, which includes the mails received in last year, then right click Export Mailbox to a .mbox file.

In the User Interface of Mail App, no export progress/ status is being displayed. How can I view the export status?

I can now only guess the export status is complete or not by checking the .mbox filename contains .partial or not.


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I want to set forwarding IP address on a router.
What port is used in OS X for remote desktop?


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I would like to do 2 things in the xCode:

enabling spelling correction in the comments.
unrolling the lines of code/comment, I mean like when I have a long line of code xCode won't break it to 3-4 lines and it all be in one long line.


texts: Folder with Question Mark On Startup, Don't Know the Firmware Password

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So my buddy's macbook one day just booted up with a folder with a question mark in it. Its an old laptop from work, which he doesn't work at anymore. I've been trying to help him out, but I've exhausted my knowledge. We tried to hold down the option key, but it wants the firmware password, which we can't get. I've seen an article on how to decrypt it, but we can't get it to boot, so we can't use terminal, and single user mode wasn't working either. Is there any way we can grab the password or get it to boot in single user mode some other way than holding Command + S?

Thanks.


texts: Terminal shows hostname from old machine, not new machine

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Right now I have a Mac Mini. I migrated macbook pro data from a time machine, but I didn't do it from the beginning of my startup. I used the migration assistance to migrate the data. However, I'm getting my macbook pro name in my terminal command line, why is that?

Name-Macbook-Pro:~ name$

Why am i getting this? I'm on my Mac Mini, I guess its from the migration but will it affect anything else? How do I change this?


texts: Cant enter firmware password on Mac Pro 5,1

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I need to enter recovery mode and finally remembered my firmware password using the magic at https://www.cnet.com/news/use-the-calculator-to-reveal-a-macs-firmware-password/

but the padlock screen won't let me enter anything, not even move pointer with the mouse.  How can I enter my firmware password?


texts: How is it possible that my Macbook Pro with a failed logic board works just fine?

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Some weeks ago, I went to a client's site to install a new router (Macs rock for IT work!) and when I opened my MacBook Pro (5,1) it didn't return from sleep; the screen stayed black and the indicator light glowed a steady white.  I opened and closed it a couple times, but still nothing.  I presumed some fault and so I hard-powered-off.  When I powered back on, I got the S-O-S chimes described here (I know that article is for the Air).  This continued several more times.  I returned to the office and I did some searching and people recommended Cmd-Opt-P-R to reset PRAM, which I tried to no avail, until...I was pressing random keys on the keyboard and it started right up.

I had to swing by the Apple Store for another user, so I asked one of the Geniuses there what his experience was, and he told me that SOS beeping is the logic board, and that pretty much there's no hope.  I was intrigued, and did not tell him that it was sitting on my desk, running fine, at that very moment.

Fast-forward a couple weeks, and my Mac works perfectly fine, except when it needs to reboot.  I find that if I need to reboot, I have to clear the PRAM and then press S or C to start the computer.  Sometimes it takes more than one try.  It will sleep and wake perfectly every time (usually 2x per day, with car rides) and will never give a single issue while running.  Not a hiccup.

Someone suggested a bad solder joint which is being affected by temperature, but I think that's not the issue:  I can leave the computer in the cold car for an hour, sleeping.  It wakes up completely fine.  There's not enough current to be heating any part of the board to maintain contact on a failing joint.  Similarly, I can finish some photo editing and the system is hot and I can close the lid, put it to sleep, and remember 'one more thing' (It's an Apple thing, what can I say?) open the lid, and it resumes flawlessly.

Everything I can find on the SOS chimes is 'Hope you got AppleCare, that means your logic board is gone, man' but that is (in this case) demonstrably not true.  Has anyone else experienced anything like this?  Is there anything else I can or should try?  This has all the symptoms of a firmware glitch to me, or some strange EFI issue.  No one else, apparently is experiencing it at this time.  Anyone?


texts: macOS Server App no longer saves Websites settings

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I have configured about a dozen virtual sites in the Server app under Websites. It suddenly occurred that when I edit one of these websites (no matter what I edit), I click on Save and nothing happens. In the end, I have to click Cancel, and when I check back, indeed my changes have not been saved.

Any idea why this is so and how to fix this?

I've checked the access rights in /Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/sites, but they seem okay. Restarts didn't cure it either.

I'm running Server app 5.3.1 under macOS Sierra 10.12.6. The sites run fine.


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There are loads of iOS apps for song lyrics, but it seems that they all make me play music in THAT app if I want to see the lyrics.

But almost any iOS music app lets me see the artist and song title in Control Center/Lock Screen.  So why can't there be an app that just looks at that info and automatically searches the web for the lyrics using the given artist and title? There are of course several open lyrics search engines on the web usable via API.

Is there an app that does this?
If not, is it technically possible in iOS for an app to read the currently playing artist and title?


texts: Outlook 2016 - show sent messages in conversation list on the left

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I use the conversation view so I can keep track of threads, but it's confusing not seeing my own replies in the list. Is there a way to get it to show my replies by default?

I can see my replies if I click a thread and then click the Conversation arrow shaped button. But what I want is to see my replies in the thread list on the left by default.


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I am going to buy new Macbook and want to transfer all my programs and data to it.  I have googled and as I see the Migration Assistant the best way to do it.  Is it right ?

If it is, I have additional questions:

What is the best way to transfer:  from old Macbook or from Time Capsule ?
My old Macbook have OS X 10.10 installed.  The new one will have 10.9 version.  Can I use Migration Assistant in this case or it will be better to upgrade the new Macbook to 10.10 firstly ?


texts: Are there any iPhone apps which can display/edit OPML documents?

texts: I'm looking to view/edit OPML files on the iPhone/iPad. Is there an app that can do this?


texts: Does a MacBook run differently if the HD is seen as a external drive by the OS?

texts: I had to reinstall a new internal HD and now my computer works but the HD is seen as an external drive. Does this matter? Will performance, any apps or my VM be affected by this?


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I have a Drobo that has a ton of my personal information on it.  I've recently had some issues with it and it had to rebuild its entire structure I believe.  It took about 2 days before it finally stopped blinking.

Now when I open the folder via my Mac it shows that it is empty. So I opened the terminal and did an ls -la and it didn't show anything. So just to try I did a cd to a directory I knew existed an it worked and I can list all the files.

Can anyone explain to me how to fix the root directory so it will list my files?

Here is a screenshot demonstrating the issue:


texts: USB type-C ports max power supply from MacBook Pro?

texts: What are the max power supplied by Apple's touch bar MacBook Pro from its USB type-C ports?


texts: How do I tell AppleScript to read the contents of the "Network" Finder window?

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I'd like to be able to get the contents of Finder's "Network" folder (Menubar-->Go-->Network). The folder contents here is different than /Network or /net.

The overall goal is to grep the names in this folder for a specific (unmanaged...) Mac in my environment. I don't know where it is, I just have the local host name. I was thinking about deploying a script to run dns-sd, but that binary is not too friendly to BASH script. Which is why I'm looking into Applescript now.


texts: Installing SSD using time machine & external hard drive

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I am wondering if someone could help me with the following:

I have a 15" macbook pro late 2011 and I am trying to find a way of changing to an SSD. I have backed up my machine using time machine onto an external usb hard drive. I am wondering if the next step is to install the SSD into the laptop OR if there is a step required so that I can install the operating system (or will I be able to install it when I switch on the machine for the first time with the SSD installed and then restore my files via the external hard drive?).

I am able to to find lots of tutorials but they all seem to use a USB cable connected to the new SSD which I do not have.

Any help would be good, thanks!


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I have seen this instruction for hiding the Finder icon from MacOS:

https://github.com/jesscXC/hide-finder-trash-dock-icons

However, it doesn't seem to work on MacOS Sierra because the DockMenus.plist file seems to be locked and cannot be changed. Is there any other way to do this on Sierra?


texts: Recover Deleted Exchange Account Contact from iPhone

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So I removed an Exchange account from my iPhone not realizing that the phone had been saving new contacts there by default (instead of to my gmail account).  I no longer have access to that Exchange account, so re-adding it is not an option.

Is there any way to recover the contacts (and export them to a CSV or some other format so I can add them to Gmail)?

Also, the phone was never upgraded to iOS 6, so it's still running iOS 5


texts: How to delete ALL notes from Stickies app?

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Eventually I need to clean house when too many Stickies notes accumulate, but it seems harder than necessary. Is there an easy way?

Mac OS allows many windows to be closed at once using option-command-w (Finder Get Info windows, open folders, open Preview windows (even if edits have been made)). But this does not work with Stickies. And since they all have content, you get prompted to save every time command-w is used. So the only way I know is to command-w, spacebar, command-w, spacebar, command-w, spacebar, etc... As you can see in the animated .gif, this gets old.

Is there a better way?


texts: Will reinstalling OS from recovery mode preserve iTunes library?

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I have a Macbook Pro with a broken OS (computer was turned off during an  update and won’t boot any more).

The Macbook contains some user data that hasn’t been backed up in a while, including a valuable iTunes library.

Will those data be preserved when reinstalling OS X (Yosemite) from recovery mode, or is there an easy way to get hold of it again?


texts: How to tell if dmg file contains universal binaries, i.e. if it has been compiled for arm64 hardware

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Can you tell from a .dmg file if it contains arm64 binaries?
I've got a Mac mini M1 running Big Sur. I don't want to run apps under Intel, only arm64. I don't even have Rosetta installed, and want to avoid installing it.
I can install apps, try to run them, and see if they request Rosetta installation. But I'd like to know if the .dmg file contains binaries compiled for arm64 without running the application.


texts: What is OS X alternative to Windows/Ubuntu hotkeys ⌘+1, ⌘+2 etc to start apps from the Dock?

texts: On Windows and Ubuntu I can use ⌘+1 to start the first app in the Dock, ⌘+2 to start the second app in the Dock, etc. How can I achieve same effect in OS X? Is it some built-in functionality or third-party extension?


texts: How to install and virtualize Windows 10 from USB stick?

texts: I have a bootable Windows 10 USB that I bought at Best Buy. Is there any way to install and virtualize it on my Mac?


texts: Why is my hostname set to a random number (228) in the bash prompt on OS X?

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Today I saw that when I open a terminal, the bash prompt displays username@228~:. When I type in pwd I get /Users/username so I was wondering where does this 228 come from? It wasn't like that couple of days ago and I am not sure what introduced this change.

My OS is OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.

In .bash_profile I have export PS1="\u@\h\w: ".


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How do I mount an encrypted disk in single-user mode? I tried using one of the answers to “How can I mount an encrypted disk from the command line?”; but when I tried using “diskutil” as suggested, I got an error saying it’s unable to run.

I booted into single-user mode, ran the two commands that are then listed after “To mount the root device as read-write”, and then got this message when trying to use “diskutil”:

localhost:/ root# diskutil list
Unable to run because unable to use the DiskManagement framework.
Common reasons include, but are not limited to, the DiskArbitration
framework being unavailable due to being booted in single-user mode.

There's a question on “How do I load the DiskManagement framework in single user mode?”, but none of the answers seem to provide a way to run “diskutil”.

The disk, a microSD card encased in a Nifty Minidrive, was set up as encrypted using Disk Utility. How do I mount it in single-user mode?


texts: Mystery Sound on my Macbook - Triggers every 3-5 Minutes!

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Weiiird problem.

Every 3-6 minutes something is triggering my computer's text-to-speech to say the word "nut." I have zero programs running in the background, I know it is internal because I can see the task operating when I used a sudo fs_usage (screenshot)

How can I find what's causing this sound? I previously fixed this problem by deleting all my system's voice files — but after an update to Mojave the sound files are back and so is the ghost sound.

I can provide any system reports/files you need but you'll likely have to walk me through the necessary commands, etc.

Side note: I'm the co-creator of The Nut Button, so more likely than not someone is messin' around and got this bug on my laptop.


texts: Cannot find where php5-fpm is stored in MacPorts

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I installed php5 from macports. But i can't find php-fpm for start.
Look in /opt/local/sbin and /usr/sbin/

I used console command:

sudo port install php5

May be need some like php5 +fastcgi fscgi


texts: AppleScript - How to set variables for an undetermined number of list items?

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I'm new to AppleScript. I'm trying to create a script which takes the list items from a previous Automator workflow action and convert them into variables.

There will be an undetermined number of list items (well, between 1 and 40 each run).

This works for a determined number of list items, let's say three.

on run {input, parameters}

    set value of variable "F1" of front workflow to item 1 of input
    set value of variable "F2" of front workflow to item 2 of input
    set value of variable "F3" of front workflow to item 3 of input

    return input
end run

But if there are only two list items generated from the previous workflow action, we run into problems.

So, I updated the script using if to try to get around this issue.

on run {input, parameters}

    if item 1 exists then
        set value of variable "F1" of front workflow to item 1 of input
    end if
    if item 2 exists then
        set value of variable "F2" of front workflow to item 2 of input
    end if
    if item 3 exists then
        set value of variable "F3" of front workflow to item 3 of input
    end if

    return input
end run

When I run this, only the first variable F1 populates. The others are left blank/do not populate. I'm not sure how to move forward with this?

Can anyone tell me if I'm on the right track, or if there's a better way to do this?


texts: What's the difference between the 3 "Apple Keynotes" podcasts?

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I want to download a keynote for offline viewing, but I'm not sure how to decide between the three different podcasts:

Apple Keynotes
Apple Keynotes (HD)
Apple Keynotes (1080p)

I'm assuming that HD and 1080p are higher quality, and therefore take more space. Which one is higher quality?


texts: How can I stop autocorrect in a granular way?

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I misspell "maintenance" all the time. I usually ignore the autocorrect suggestion and just send it. Recently my iPhone (and iPad and MacBook - thanks iCloud) have started suggesting the misspelling of this word as a correction.

It's one thing for me to ignore an error, but it's another for it to suggest the error as a correction later on. How do I change this behavior? I don't want to turn off autocorrect, I just want to remove this misspelling from the autocorrect suggestions. It also doesn't appear in "shortcuts" in keyboard settings, since it was never defined as a shortcut.


texts: Extreme hardening of my Macbook pro from physical hacking

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Is the a way to double encrypt my macbook pro?
I have followed a guide to harden my macbook pro but I wanted to know if I can harden it more. I have for example used file vault to encrypt my disk and i have put a firmware password on it also. Is there more I can do? I want to make it as difficult as possible to extract information from my hard drive if stolen or lost as there are sensitive documents and details on it....


texts: What does Security & Privacy/Accessibility enable?

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After upgrading to OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the System Preferences app occasionally opens itself to "Security & Privacy", with "Accessibility" selected.

My guess is that one of the apps listed there really wants to be enabled. But I'm hesitant to do so unless I know what level of "control" they are granted. The fact that it's listed as an "Accessibility" option is particularly weird.

What permissions would I be giving to an application if I enabled their control on the accessibility list?


texts: MBP 13' HDD in Optical Drive Keeps Unmounting

texts: I bought a MacBook Pro 13" late 2011, Yosemite, which had a 256 SSD already installed. I recently installed a 1TB 2.5" SATA3 7200 Hard Drive internal drive in place of my optical drive. The HDD keeps unmounting and have to constantly reformat it because it will not repair. Comes up with message "File system check exit code is 8" & "Code - 36" when coping any type of files. I have triple checked all interior connections. I have attempted repair in Single User Mode fsck to no avail. Adjusted my Sleep Settings.                                                               Is there anything else I could try? Or is it a faulty HDD?


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My DNS cache is broken for a few websites (most notably codeship.com) so I need to clear it.

As instructed on numerous websites I've run

dscacheutil -flushcache; sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

in various permutations, including rebooting, but it has no effect.

When running dig I get no ANSWER SECTION, but I don't know how to interpret the rest of the info.

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> codeship.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 15470
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;codeship.com.          IN  A

;; Query time: 54 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
;; WHEN: Mon Dec  1 23:37:49 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 30


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I'm using an macOS machine. I was working with my devices without any problem (Arduinos, external MIDI devices, etc.) until I installed the FTDI 2.4.2 drivers.

Suddenly, all my devices stop working. I uninstalled the FTDI drivers, unloaded the AppleFTDI kext, install the FTDI drivers, and so on.

Nothing happened.

I can't see the devices when I attach them to the machine. I know it is been seen by the computer because I can list them with lsusb. Also, I know that the FTDIUSBSerialDriver is loaded as is listed when I do a kextstat.

After a while...

I found the solution. I had the D2XX.kext from FTDI being loaded. It claims all the /dev/tty.*, so I needed to disable it. Now everything is working again.


texts: Option Shift word selection doesn't work in Visual Studio Code on Mac OS Big Sur

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I can't exectly say when this started, but from some version of Visual Studio Code Option + Shift + Right Arrow/Left Arrow selection stopped working. Currently I use macOS Big Sur, but I am almost sure that this started before upgrading to Big Sur. Can anyone help me to fix this?
UPDATE: I use macOS Big Sur 11.2.2 and VS Code 1.53.2.

UPDATE 2: OPTION + SHIFT + UP/DOWN Arrow works for me, actually this shortcut adds one more cursor to other line.

UPDATE 3: This is not shortcut probelm:


texts: iCloud sign into new device triggers notification or email?

texts: If I sign into someone else's icloud from a device that they have never signed into it from,  will they get a notification or a email?


texts: Is it possible to export a specific mail folder from Mail?

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Is it possible to export a specific mail folder from Mail.app?

For example, I have a folder of mail messages containing invoices that I need to export and hand over to a new accountant.

In my search so far, I've only found a way to export my entire inbox.


texts: Verify if my 18W Apple charger is original


texts: 1 and 2 keys to change tabs in Safari (like in Opera)

texts: In Opera browser 1 and 2 keys can be used to change between tabs. Is it possible to set up this shortcut in Safari? I tried adding a "Show Previous Tab" shortcut in keyboard preferences but is does not allow me to set a shortcut without a modifier key (ctrl/alt/cmd).


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I was using the Utility face on my Apple watch and love the ability to tap the bottom and see my meetings.

The time-lapse faces are compelling, but I'm really missing the calendar complication.

I'd like to combine them.

My question is: Is it possible to get the 'next meeting 'complication on top of the time-lapse watch face?


texts: Disable Wi-Fi and LAN if user is not logged in

texts: How can I disable internet ( Wi-Fi/ LAN ) on Mac Pro while user is not logged in or when the Mac is locked?


texts: Does OS X store my complete install history?

texts: I'm running 10.6.8 and wondering where my Mac stores my install history -- I'm thinking everything from Ruby gems to full blown web apps. Does such a general file exist?


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I have a PowerMac G4 at my office running Leopard Server that I'd like to be able to access remotely. Normally, I'd just use VNC / SSH, but it's behind a router that I don't have admin access over (it's in the office next door and we're in a piggybacking agreement, I just don't feel like asking him to forward ports, etc). I think "Back To My Mac" generally can take care of this, but it's going away and you can't subscribe to MobileMe anymore anyhow.

Is there any software out there that can either UPnP it's way around this situation or somehow create an outbound connection? I suppose it being a PowerPC throws a wrench into the plan also.


texts: My AirPods (1st gen) won't switch over to my MacBook Air (early 2015 running the latest Mojave) from my iPhone 8. When I click 'connect' the indicator just spins and nothing happens. Restarting resolves this, and my AirPods are then able to connect to my MacBook. Any ideas as to the cause of this? Are my AirPods perhaps faulty?


texts: Is it possible to migrate MacBook completely via iCloud? When you restore iPad iCloud backup from another iPad you get everything -- settings, apps, data. Is it possible to do the same on MacBook, including cloning the installed applications and all the data and settings?


texts: Logitech C615 webcam not detected (Mac OS X 10.8.2)

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I have a Mid-2010 Macbook Pro running Mountain Lion (10.8.2) and I purchased a Logitech C615 webcam because I read it is compatible with Mac. I installed the Logitech Camera Software, opened it and the camera worked for that first session, but when I opened the Logitech software later it immediately crashed and output a diagnostics log. I've tried uninstalling the Logitech software, restarting and re-plugging in the USB with no luck. I've tried plugging the camera's USB cable into my D-link USB hub as well as straight into the Macbook Pro itself. The camera goes undetected in all cases.

Any idea as to how I can fix this?

Thanks


texts: Hide page numbers of table of contents in Pages?

texts: Is it possible to hide page numbers in the Table of Contents, either for sub-headings or for the whole table?


texts: Replaced /usr/bin/vim - now I get error messages

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I tried to upgrade from the default vim install on Mac OS X (vim 7.2) to the one used by MacVim (vim 7.3) by creating a symlink:

ln -s /Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim /usr/bin/vim

However, now I get the following error messages:

sk@supernova:~/ > /usr/bin/vim
E254: Cannot allocate color Red
E254: Cannot allocate color White
E254: Cannot allocate color Blue
E254: Cannot allocate color Red
E254: Cannot allocate color Grey
E254: Cannot allocate color Blue
E254: Cannot allocate color Brown
E254: Cannot allocate color SeaGreen
E254: Cannot allocate color SeaGreen
E254: Cannot allocate color Yellow
E254: Cannot allocate color Red
E254: Cannot allocate color Blue
E254: Cannot allocate color Magenta
E254: Cannot allocate color DarkCyan
E254: Cannot allocate color LightMagenta
E254: Cannot allocate color Grey
E254: Cannot allocate color Blue
E254: Cannot allocate color Magenta
E254: Cannot allocate color Red
E254: Cannot allocate color Yellow
E254: Cannot allocate color Black
E254: Cannot allocate color LightGrey
E254: Cannot allocate color DarkBlue
E254: Cannot allocate color Grey
E254: Cannot allocate color DarkBlue
E254: Cannot allocate color Grey
E254: Cannot allocate color DarkBlue
E254: Cannot allocate color LightGrey
E254: Cannot allocate color LightBlue
E254: Cannot allocate color LightMagenta
E254: Cannot allocate color Blue
E254: Cannot allocate color LightCyan
E254: Cannot allocate color LightGrey
E254: Cannot allocate color Grey90
E254: Cannot allocate color Grey90
E254: Cannot allocate color LightRed
E254: Cannot allocate color DarkGrey
E254: Cannot allocate color LightGrey
E254: Cannot allocate color Cyan
Error detected while processing /Users/sk/.vimrc:
line    1:
E185: Cannot find color scheme desert
Press ENTER or type command to continue

Anyone knows how to fix this? If I run just vim or /Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim directly I don't get the error messages. Only if /usr/local/bin/vim gets called. Either directly or via another command line application.

Just if someone comments that I could have simply created an alias, I actually did that before

alias vim=/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/vim

however, some other command line tools were still using /usr/bin/vim.


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I have an iphone4 running the up-to-date version: 7.1.2 since the IOs software is no longer updated for an iphone4. Recently many apps simply crash: such as

chrome
google maps
shazam
IMDB

I assume that the app version is too high for my iphone4. If this is so, then why do such apps update automatically without first testing whether the hardware can support the newest app version? Are there ways I can stop this in the future?  Finally, can one downgrade the app version to something that works?


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When I drag an existing icon from one place to another in Mountain Lion I cannot click to release it. It just remains 'stuck' to the mouse pointer.

Anyone know how to fix this?


texts: How to use find and replace to replace a character with new line

texts: I have a document, I wants to use the find and replace to convert any period (.) into a new line. I can't seems to of that, in Microsoft word you can input ^ CTRL+p into the replace field. But how do you do it on apps like Pages or TextEdit?


texts: How to ignore changes in sub-folders of monitored folder in Launchd?

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I'm using launchd to detect changes of a specific path using "WatchPaths" key and then run some codes, but the content changes of sub-folders are not of interest.

For example, in order to monitor changes on my desktop, I'd add the following code in plist:

<key>WatchPaths</key>
<array>
    <string>~/Desktop/</string>
</array>

It is indeed working, but if I paste a file into a folder on the desktop, the plist is also executed, How to prevent this?

I've already looked through some posts and tutorials, but no clues at  all:

Monitor a folder for changes, and run a command when a change is detected

https://www.launchd.info/

Any advice is welcome, thanks in advance.


texts: Is there an api to the Mac-OS where I can disable screen dim from an application (like python) and when I am ready I can enable it again?

texts: I have an application to run a slideshow on the mac. I would like to disable screen dimming when I start the slideshow, and enable it again when I stop the slideshow... Therefore I need an api into the MAC to do so. Is anybody aware of such api?  ( I am aware of caffine - but that disables this for the whole application...I only want when I have selected screenshow.)


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So, I used to be able to cycle through apps back and forth by holding cmdtab while pressing left/right arrow keys. I can't now that I've done a fresh install of Sierra. What happens now is when I press the arrow keys, the next or previous program opens up. I can't cycle anymore. Only tab does that now, and just in one direction.
I tried searching the net, hoping that there's just something in the preferences that I missed, but nothing close to it comes out. Help?


texts: com.apache.httpd.plist missing file need help creating new one

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I installed Apache recently and tried to set it up to use launchctl to start it. At first it was giving me an option error code and than all of a sudden it said that the file was missing can anyone help me create a new file for the launch daemon.
i am running 10.10.5 and apache version 2.4.16


texts: macOS: MacBook goes hibernate during night and does not restore all windows after turning on

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Using MacBook Pro 13 2015 with macOS Sierra.

Just closing my Mac lid.  Went to sleep.

Mac is connected to external monitor with miniDisplayPort, though monitor power turned off during the night.

Mac is running on AC power.

Next morning trying to login to my Mac, I'm seeing spinning circle on my monitor (not opened mac lid till now).

Waiting some time, some seconds pass, spinning wheel just goes on.

Tired of waiting, opening mac lid and pressing power button.

Mac starts in login screen, suggesting me to use my credentials to login.

It starts off with just one app I left before.

Is this normal behavior at all?

Also, I see that uptime is going on:

Mac:Google sevenfourk$ uptime
11:42  up 1 day, 16:41, 3 users, load averages: 1.97 1.76 2.08
Mac:Google sevenfourk$

I mean, it actually hibernated.

Note: Currently having Bootcamp partition in place.


texts: Is there any way to change the directory bash works out of, so as not to junk up my Home folder?

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Granted they’re generally invisible files, but it’s like every application wants to store a million configuration files in my home directory. I like to keep my home directory neat and tidy. Ideally I’d like to make a folder called bash and store all the bash, shell, etc files in there. Like every app leaves a trail of one line files in my nice, clean home directory.

This is my working directory:

Where I want it to look like this with a nice, neat little folder for the shell to do whatever it wants.

Anyway... sorry if I sound pissy but I just got a new MacBook and I literally had to spend 40 minutes playing 52-pick-up in my home directory with all the files terminal apps left everywhere.

I’m actually surprised Apple allows this. It just let’s the shall spill it’s crap all over the nice, neat home directory. I wish Apple would make it so you need a password to even create a directory there.


texts: I had an iPhone on loan from a friend to try it out and now I need to give it back. How do I make sure that everything is erased from it? SMS, Calendar, Phone Logs, contacts?


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I'm looking to get a Mac for iOS development, and with about $700 to work with, a Mac mini with upgraded RAM seems like the way to go. My problem is I never work strictly in one place (i.e. the office). I'm always at different locations, be it at home, with clients, or simply sitting outside at a coffee house. I always bring my laptop along and have looked into using VNC to access the mini remotely. However, I've read snippets of other users experiencing less-than-stellar speeds/performance when using VNC.

iOS programming (i.e. Xcode) is the only tool I'd be using during remote connections - no surfing, downloading, game-playing, nothing graphics-intensive. The image of me typing a line of code and having Xcode lag two to three characters behind doesn't sit well as I really despise any type of lag. (I know. I'm picky.)

So, I'm wondering:

Would VNC allow me to feel as though I'm interacting with the mini itself and offer (at least almost) instantaneous feedback? Is there a better option out there with my budget?

Any help is greatly appreciated, and apologies for the length; just wanted to be thorough.

P.S. - If there's a way to simply plug the mini into my laptop and use its monitor, that would be better, though I haven't found that that's possible.


texts: How do you say "numeral" in french for Siri to get numbers right?

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In english you would say "Hey Siri, Play Led Zeppelin *numeral* 4" in order for Siri to detect that 4 is a number rather that a word like "for".

Do you know the keyword that replaces "numeral" when Siri speaks french?

(I tried "numéro", "nombre", "numérique", "numéral"... none seem to work)


texts: usbmuxd takes all sockets : no other network connection possible

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Our build bot Mac mini has a big problem since a few weeks:
It seems that usbmuxd will open plenty of sockets and let them linger around.

At some point, there are more than 50000 sockets opened in netstat and lsof, and no other connection is possible on the computer.

In the console, I see a lot of messages like these:

30/10/2014 11:22:25,975 com.apple.usbmuxd[81562]: _SendAttachNotification Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx@fe80::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx._apple-mobdev2._tcp.local. has already appeared on interface 4. Suppressing duplicate attach notification.

Everytime this message appears, 2 sockets are created and linger in "CLOSE_WAIT" state:

$ sudo lsof -i -n -P
usbmuxd   81562       _usbmuxd 1270u  IPv4 0x880c67ed43a38017      0t0  TCP 192.168.0.29:55159->192.168.0.247:62078 (CLOSE_WAIT)
usbmuxd   81562       _usbmuxd 1271u  IPv6 0x880c67ed3a50a4f7      0t0  TCP [fe80:4::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx]:55184->[xxxx:xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:4529]:62078 (CLOSE_WAIT)
[... 1000's of lines like this]

Note also that this appears to be the case only when my iPhone 4S is not connected through wire to the Mac.
As soon as I plug the device, the count of lingering sockets stops increasing.

Restarting the usbmuxd service seems to drop all open connections, so this is a temporary solution (but we have to do it every hour (!)).

Anybody have a hint on what is happening?


texts: How to print from an iOS device to a remote office?

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I've done a bit of research on the Internet, and it looks like I'm at a dead end.

My goal is to minimize cost, and be able to send and print documents automatically (approximately 10 or 20 pages per day) to a laser printer in a remote office.

The preliminary method is to use: iOS 5.1.1 (jailbroken) with 3G connection, HP (or other brands) printer with AirPrint, iCloud Documents and maybe write some launchd scripts to monitor any new documents in iCloud. Maybe with other software. I am not sure yet.

By using the cloud, I can upload new docs to the cloud anywhere in my city, and the iOS will be able to see them within a reasonable amount of time, then print it.

But it seems this combo is not workable.

Anyone got any advice on how to make this set up work, or propose other alternatives? Currently I have a 3GS with 3G connectivity spare. Need to buy a new printer though.


texts: How to upload photo library (of photos not taken with this iPad) from iPad to iCloud or Google Photos

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I have an old iPad that has about 8,000 photos on it, most of them not taken with this iPad, but rather synced from a Mac at a time when iPhoto on Mac was still a thing (before Photos.app and before iCloud). The photos appear in a hundred or so albums, which correspond to the events they were taken at. They are not handily in one single album like "last import".

Now I want to get the photo library off of that iPad, either into iCloud, or Google Photos. It really doesn't matter which one, I don't mind paying for storage, I just want them backed up to the cloud so I can wipe the old iPad.

I tried turning on iCloud Photos, but it gives me a dialog that says:
"Photos and Videos synced from iTunes will be removed. Syncing photos via iTunes is not supported when iCloud Photo Library is turned on.  8,642 photos and videos will be deleted". No, I don't want to delete them, I want to upload said 8642 to the iCloud!

I then tried the Google Photos app: I turned on backup, and it backed up 77 photos to my Google Photos, the photos that were taken with this iPad. I cannot figure out how to make Google Photos see the rest of the 8000 photos not taken with the iPad and upload them as well.

Next thing I also tried was using Image Capture to get the photos onto a Mac - but image capture also only offers the same 77 pictures (taken with the iPad) as Google Photos.

Photos.app on Mac only offers to import 77 photos that were made with this iPad, just like Image Capture.

The linked question does suggest to upload to iCloud manually through the website, which doesn't work, because when one tries to navigate to the page one is immediately redirected to the "set up iCloud on this iPad" page.

I do have a Mac with a clean install of 10.13.6 and the latest ITunes, but it's not the Mac that this iPad was originally synced with.

If I had the photos on the Mac, I would  be able to upload to iCloud the 8000 originals(exported from photos app) from there.

I'm at a loss now. How do I tell either iCloud or Google Photos to upload the library that did not originate on this iPad?


texts: Flash higher CPU usage under OS X than Ubuntu?

texts: I recently installed Ubuntu 13.10 on a 2011 late Macbook pro. With the same version chrome and pepper flash plugin and flashblock extension to block irrevalent flash. When I watch some flash video online, I found that CPU usage is much higher under OS X Mavericks than on Ubuntu. And the MBP gets hot and fan runs very quickly under OS X, while in Ubuntu it is very cool as normal when watching same flash video online. I find it unintuitive because OS X should have better drivers than linux on MBP, making it more power-efficient and usually cooler. What could be the reason?


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I have a Mac that keeps messing up its DNS (this may be a wider network issue, we have windows clients that are having problems too). Whilst I try to understand the DNS issue I'd like to set an 'icon' (app/script) for my customer to be able to click that will flushdns as this resolves the immediate issue.

Unfortunatly flushing DNS needs to elevate. Is there a way to flushdns without sudo.

Alternatively, how do I get automator/applescript to prompt for and accept elevated credentials when double clicked by a user (to then execute a dns flush command in bash?)


texts: iPhone 6 current period not matching with the last reset date

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I want to monitor app wise data usage, and I reset the data counter approximately 48 hours ago. The reset date and time shown at the bottom is correct, but the corresponding current Period is only 1 Hour, 52 Minutes. And it is stuck to this value for the past several hours.

Is this an issue, or is my understanding of current period wrong?


texts: Is there a way to sync Google reminders with the Mac ones

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The macOS Calendar/iCal already syncs nicely with the Google variety. Since 2016 and shortly after the iPhone, the Google web calendar was taught how to do Reminders. Mac OS has its own flavor of Reminders. It would be most productive to be able to use both together. Is that possible?

 ..synced to..  ?


texts: External HD doesn't mount when USB plugged in (Lion)

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I have an external USB hard drive I use for backing up my MacBook (running the latest Lion).  FWIW, it's a Western Digital internal 3.5" SATA drive in an Antec HD enclosure.  Anyway, of course every so often I have to unplug it so that I can take my MacBook places, so I eject the drive as usual and everything's cool.

But when I plug the drive back in, it doesn't mount.  If I plug it in and then power-cycle the drive itself, then it mounts just fine, but due to how my office is laid out, this is inconvenient.  And, too, I shouldn't have to power-cycle the drive, right?  I should be able just to plug it in and have the MacBook recognize it, no?

So: what's going on and how can I fix it?

Thanks in advance for any and all help.


texts: All default 'Apple' icons disappeared on iPhone 7

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I restarted my iPhone 7 today and all stock Apple apps have disappeared like Safari and Settings.  If I search for them they do not appear either.

I tried connecting my phone to iTunes and backing up and then doing a restore. But when I do this it tells me to turn off Find My iPhone.. Which I cannot do without the Settings app.

My phone is up to date with is 10.

How can I get them back?


texts: An Automator workflow for extracting text as speech from PDF files

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I get PDFs to revise course content which I want to convert to MP3 files and take with me as spoken audio.

Automator offers 'text to speech' conversion and it's great. When I try and build a workflow around it, seemingly everything happens except what I need.

I want, as a folder action:

To extract the text from a PDF dropped on the relevant folder
To get this text turned into spoken audio
To provide details for iTunes
Import this into a playlist of my choosing

I currently have variations on this sequence, which does not work:

Extract PDF Text, save
Convert text to Audio, save
Import Audio
Give iTunes info
Add title to PlayList

Currently the PDF text gets extracted, doesn't end up where I expect, and the script then seems to hang on generating the audio. Simple TextEdit documents work fine.

What's wrong?

(This question is a continuation of one I asked yesterday: here)


texts: Dell laptop with DisplayPort (but NOT mini) to Thunderbolt monitor

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I have a DELL E6410, with DisplayPort output. How can I connect it to an Apple monitor with a Thunderbolt input? Searching for that kind of adapter keeps returning mini DisplayPort ones, which won't help.

Going through DVI or HDMI perhaps?


texts: Start/stop internet sharing from a script?

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Is there a way to start/stop internet sharing from the command line or maybe an apple script?

The thing is that I move around my laptop between home and work. At one place I get wireless internet (and thus I have to disable internet sharing), and at the other I get internet from an ethernet cable and set up the computer to share the internet to other devices by creating a small wireless network.

But it's getting a bit tedious having to go into System Preferences and start/stop the internet sharing every time I switch locations, so I would like to have a quick command or script to launch and do the switch on demand.

Any hints or ideas?


texts: I'm a gamer and one day  i was playing mine craft when this blabbering thing just showed up. I went to activity monitor and there was a process called com.apple.dock.extra. From the first day there was a annoying voice all the time and when i went to internet pages, i could not scroll down as it would go back up to the top again. Just yesterday i was playing mine craft when my up key stopped working. After some investigating, i think it has to do with com.apple.dock.extra. Whenever i press up, the annoying little black box goes up to multiple links and says them out to me. Finally, there is a big black box that appears telling me where my system is. My computer is a 13 inch MacBook Air version 10.7.4 and i have Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4. I have a 1.8 GHZ processor. Could someone PLEASE tell me how to fix it, as this is my school computer.


texts: How to print result of some javascript execution in ScriptEditor?

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I want to test a piece of a very simple javascript and print out the result. The Script Editor however only prints out undefined in the Result pane.

What is the easiest way to print out the result?


texts: Terminal command to force-install Mac OS High Sierra onto a specified drive?

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I'm wondering if there is a way to install Mac OS High Sierra using terminal onto a specified drive?

I'm working with a bit of a unique situation as I've been running Mac OS Sierra successfully in a RAID0 setup on a 15" 2011 MacBook Pro.  I've swapped the SATA-connected optical drive for a second internal SSD for maximum read and write speeds.

When I attempt to go through the installation process for High Sierra, I boot into recovery mode with High Sierra already installed on an external drive and the two freshly erased and partitioned internal SSDs in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. I then combine both of the internal drives I wish to use in the RAID0 format with Disk Utility's RAID Assistant. After successfully combining and mounting the drives, I return to the High Sierra Installer to attempt to install the OS on the RAID0 drive.  I'm given the error "You may not install to this volume because it is part of a AppleRAID."

I've spoken with three Apple Senior Advisers over the phone and via chat who were all very willing to help me but unable to find any solution.

My hunch is that because the High Sierra installer automatically converts internal drives during installation into the new APFS, rather than using Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format, it may not be able to do this with a striped RAID virtual drive. I'm able to format both individual SSDs into the APFS format using Disk Utility but when combining the drives using the RAID Assistant the only option is to erase and combine using Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

I have been able to find some code that forces internal drive installation using the older file system, but you are unable to specify a drive:

/Applications/Install\ macOS\ High\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --converttoapfs NO

I'm willing to attempt to force-install to the mounted RAID drive if there is a way to use terminal to attempt this.


texts: Can my retina MacBook Pro SSD drive go to sleep?

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In energy settings there are several options concerning the power consumption of you mac, like dim display, app nap, but also "Put harddisk to sleep when possible".

To my knowledge, an HD hard disk can go to sleep, it will stop spinning and park its heads.

But I have an original SSD build in my retina MacBook Pro. Can this SSD disk go to sleep as well?


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I'm cleaning old 3rd-party stuff out of my /System/* subdirectories on 10.11. And I noticed in /System/Library/UserEventPlugins/ the following file: alfUIplugin.plugin. The file size is zero bytes! And the date modified is in 2012, three years ago; surely it's not part of El Capitan. Right?

I can safely delete this...right?


texts: Organizing and tagging plain text notes (macOS and iOS)

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For the last 5 years, I've been using a fork of Notation Velocity called nvALT 2. Truly a fantastic app.

Some of the benefits:

plain text/markdown. So I can sync the data folder via dropbox and have access to all my data on iOS or another computer. Plaintext also allows me to use TaksPaper for task management.
Sparse and performant interace. Even though I have more than a thousand notes, search is extremely fast. Creating new notes is easy.

What's becoming apparent though, is with that with such a relatively large amount of notes navigating and search is an issue. If I'm looking for a common word I get tons of hits. nvALT 2 supports rudimentary tagging but it's very basic (can't search or navigate by tags).

What I'm looking for is an app that's similar to nvALT in spirit but supports:

hierarchical folders
tags

I've considered the following:

Evernote, the elephant in the room. However evernote uses a proprietary format and is slow.
Quiver looks almost exactly like a dream note taker, but it uses a custom (though "open source") file format. It will make interop with other apps difficult.
Microsoft OneNote. Not plaintext.
SimpleNote a more basic version of nvALT with the same problems.
Apple Notes, not plain text although it would obviously sync nicely across mac and ios.

Are there any other plain text note takers with solid organization that I'm missing?


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First of all, I'm quite new to mac so sorry if this question is too obvious. I'm coming straight from Arch Linux, so this is still a bit confusing for me ;-)

I have problems with the dock. It seem to group windows but always shows the most on top icon. Is there a way I can have mac simply show all available windows?
I.e I have the Mail Application open, and it seems there are 3 windows: 1 Message composition, one detailed view of a message and 1 message overview window. I seem to be able to see them only if I swipe up with 3 fingers and then I get a overview where the 3 ones are on top of each other with every one overlapping a little bit. Also with cmd-tab I can just open to most recent window.
What is the standard way to navigate between these windows?


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Brand new to Mac OS, coming from Linux.

Almost everything I do is out of my home dir ("~/", or on Mac, "/Users/myuser/"). But when I open up the Finder app, I can't figure out how to view  my home dir:

At first glance, it seems like my only options are Desktop, Documents or Downloads.

So I ask: from this screen shot, how do I get to my home directory?


texts: Adding a "Fax Number" when adding a new contact in my iPhone 5, ios6

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When adding a new contact, I"m confused when I get to the "phone contact numbers".

I only see Mobile and Home.  I want to add a fax number, but it isn't available and it isn't offered in Add another field.


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I have an Airport Extreme (4th generation) with firmware 7.5.2; it has been working fine for a long time, but stopped working properly after a brief power outage a couple of days ago.

The router powers up normally and shows a solid green light, alas connected devices (a notebook, apple tv, and a couple of iphones) get "no internet".

using the Airport Utility i have verified that the WAN link is up and the devices are accociated with the network; I have also called the ISP and verified that the IP lease is ok.

I have tried resetting the router several times, as well as powering down different elements of the network and restarting them in different order.

i should mention also that my service is over a fiber network, so if I plug the Ethernet cable directly into my notebook everything works fine - the ISP is not to blame.

To me this seems to be a problem with the Airport router itself, a software / firmware problem of some sort - has anyone come accross anything similar?


texts: No popup in App Store that app is bigger than 100 MB

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I published an application in the App Store named HIV Clinical Guide. This application is more than 100 MB, so it is not possible to download it on a cellular network. Normally when you press the download icon in the App Store, you get a popup that you can only download the app on Wi-Fi, because Apple doesn't allow you to download an application that is more than 100 MB by 3G/4G.

The problem is that with my application, the download starts (you see the blue square), but is not really downloading (because using cellular). When switching to Wi-Fi, the circle is filled (so the app is downloading).

The question is why the user doesn't get the popup when on cellular? Now it looks like that notting is happening (and that's correct) but now we get a lot of questions why the app is not downloading.

I cannot find anything about this. Everywhere I look the documentation says that you get a popup…

Any ideas?


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I have a lot of family photos and home video stored on network folders (my PC, my NAS) accessible via wi-fi.

Are there photo manager and photo editor apps for me to directly work my pictures on my IPad?

By directly, I mean edit the picture (e.g fix red eyes, contrast) in the photo editor app without having to open a file browser app, copy it to my ipad and copy it back on my network folder. It also mean I can view and delete picture in the folder directly within the photo manager app.

P.S. I am open to jailbreaking my ipad or other solutions such as mounting the folders so they appear as local folder as long as the apps can open these files as it does for the Camera roll.


texts: Latest macOS Mojave update (10.14.4) and Mail.app Google accounts issue

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After updating to macOS Mojave 10.14.4 two days ago and still, I have an issue with taking online Google accounts in Apple Mail.app.

This problem appeared immediately after the update, although it wasn't there before. Also after this update, Apple Mail requested to re-login through Safari and it was simple authentication.


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I just bought a Mac mini to use as our office server (Yosemite).

How can I search the shared folders with Spotlight from my client iMac?

I tried to connect via SMB and AFP (Go > Connect to Server > afp://192.168.178.44). I tried to use Mavericks (my iMac) and my MacBook Air with 10.10 installed.

When I use Spotlight on the server itself, Spotlight will find my test file. The files I am searching for are on a new partition (/Volumes/HD2/dir/sharedfolder/).

I even have added Spotlight as user user and group to my shared folder (Icon with one person and two persons on it).

mdutil -s /Volumes/* (from a client terminal) says

/Volumes/team:
    Server search enabled.

Hope for some help :-) I bought an OSX server because just of Spotlight. Before we used a NAS and needed a better search.


texts: Photos taken on an iPhone 7 are encoded with the DCI-P3 color profile. Would editing those photos in the Photos app on a 2013 (non-Retina) iMac result in loss of quality?


texts: Can I create an active, small but uncropped video window, whilst working on a different window


texts: How do I prevent OS X from automatically installing app files on my drive

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I have just reinstalled my Air with Lion. I didn't want to do a Time Machine restore, as I really didn't want any of the old apps, and I'd like to manually sort through my home folder and discard old crud.

After copying back my previous hard drive contents to ~/PREV, I noticed that Spotlight would suggest to launch apps that existed there, even though I hadn't "installed" them, like copied them to the /Applications folder or run their installers (for those that have them).

I quickly updated the Spotlight preferences to not index the ~/PREV folder (no need to, anyway, as it was only a temporary folder). That fixed that.

Now, I just discovered that Finder has context menu items stemming from BetterZip, which is now in my Downloads folder, having been copied over from my PREV folder. I did not install BetterZip.

What the ....? Somehow OS X is automagically installing .app files whereever it finds them? How on earth is this a good idea? What is OS X doing behind my back? And most importantly, how do I stop this crazy behavior?

Thanks :)


texts:
While upgrading to iOS5, my iPhone 4 got crushed.

Here is the log from the upgrade process:

Oct 12 23:23:24 qwertzuiop usbmuxd[38]: AMDeviceConnect (thread 0x100781000): This is not the droid you're looking for (is actually com.apple.mobile.restored). Move along, move along.
Oct 12 23:23:24 qwertzuiop usbmuxd[38]: _AMDevicePreflightWorker (thread 0x100781000): Pair worker could not connect to lockdownd on device 3: 0xe8000028.
Oct 12 23:23:24 qwertzuiop iTunesHelper[790]: _AMDDeviceAttachedCallbackv3 (thread 0x7fff76d4c960): Device 'AMDevice 0x100436990 {UDID = ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff, device ID = 3, location ID = 0x24100000, product ID = 0x1297}' attached.
Oct 12 23:23:24 qwertzuiop iTunes[785]: _AMDDeviceAttachedCallbackv3 (thread 0x10abde000): Device 'AMDevice 0x7fe3cadbb000 {UDID = ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff, device ID = 3, location ID = 0x24100000, product ID = 0x1297}' attached.
Oct 12 23:23:24 qwertzuiop iTunesHelper[790]: AMDeviceConnect (thread 0x7fff76d4c960): This is not the droid you're looking for (is actually com.apple.mobile.restored). Move along, move along.
Oct 12 23:23:24 qwertzuiop iTunes[785]: AMDeviceConnect (thread 0x10abde000): This is not the droid you're looking for (is actually com.apple.mobile.restored). Move along, move along.
Oct 12 23:23:24 qwertzuiop iTunesHelper[790]: AMDeviceConnect (thread 0x7fff76d4c960): This is not the droid you're looking for (is actually com.apple.mobile.restored). Move along, move along.
Oct 12 23:23:24 qwertzuiop iTunes[785]: AMDeviceConnect (thread 0x10abde000): This is not the droid you're looking for (is actually com.apple.mobile.restored). Move along, move along.
Oct 12 23:24:01 qwertzuiop com.apple.usbmuxd[38]: MuxTCPInputSCE received RST for 0x3-ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff@0x24100000:12345->0x100318240-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes:18432: handleConnectResult: failure - 61
Oct 12 23:24:01 qwertzuiop com.apple.usbmuxd[38]: MuxTCPInputSCE received RST for 0x3-ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff@0x24100000:12345->0x101828bb0-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes:18688: handleConnectResult: failure - 61
Oct 12 23:27:25 qwertzuiop iTunesHelper[790]: _AMDDeviceDetached (thread 0x7fff76d4c960): Device 'AMDevice 0x100436990 {UDID = ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff, device ID = 3, location ID = 0x24100000, product ID = 0x1297}' detached.
Oct 12 23:27:25 qwertzuiop iTunes[785]: _AMDDeviceDetached (thread 0x10abde000): Device 'AMDevice 0x7fe3cadbb000 {UDID = ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff, device ID = 3, location ID = 0x24100000, product ID = 0x1297}' detached.

Upgrading stuck with a 3014 error. Any help highly appreciated.

Update: Apple says error 3014 tends to appear when there is not enough free disk space on your Mac. Actually I have only 6GB left on my hard drive, I will try to free more space and try upgrading again.


texts: How Do I Show External Disks on Second Display's Desktop?

texts: I can see my external drives on all the spaces on my MacBook Pro's display, but I cannot see those drives on my external display. Is there a way to make them show up?


texts:
I have some MP3s on my Mac. I want to import them into my iPhone. The problem is that, using iTunes, the iPhone automatically create several folders or albums, depending on the artist, the album, the genre (and so on) of one particular MP3 file.

Using Windows it's easy to prevent this, since I can delete manually all of these tags and file information, but using the Mac I seem to not be able to do this. Is there any way to delete this information?


texts: Is there a way to reverse changes done to a txt file in Documents by Readdle?

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I wanted to open a txt file on my iPhone/iOS. When I clicked the file in iOS file app, it opened up in Documents app automatically. I then before I knew it managed to overwrite some codes/passwords I had saved in the txt file. Stuff I cannot remember. I then closed the documents app and thought no harm done, as I can just open the txt file and repeat the previous procedure. But when I clicked to open it, and it automatically opened up in documents app, the changes were still there, as it apparently saved all changes done. And now I can't seem to find any option to reverse and open up the original version of the txt file, before I accidentally changed a few passwords.
I mean, open up a document and writing something, and no option to go back to original, nor any option to make changes reverse. Kinda stupid. The app apparently saves any changes done and that's it. But there got to be a way to reverse the action somehow?


texts: Why does everything on my Desktop show up on all my desktops?

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I have multiple desktops defined, which I use for different projects. How come everything I save to my Desktop when I'm working in, say,  Desktop 1 shows up on all my desktops?

Maybe I don't properly understand Desktops.


texts:
I have enabled remote desktop in the remote mac machine.

Now trying to access that remote mac machine from a mac laptop.

Using vnc viewer, I am getting the following error:

RFB protocol error: bad desktop size 0x0

Any idea how to circumvent this issue?


texts: When is the Disk Utility external HD Backup usable as a restore point?

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My Mac just had a white screen and disk repairs have been coming back with disk cannot be repaired. I was able to complete a Disk Utility backup to an external hard drive.

Is this usable as a restore point if the Mac HD seems to be corrupted and suggests it cannot be repaired?


texts: I upgraded my Xcode 4.6.3 to Xcode 5 on app store but when the upgraded is finish and open my Xcode it is still Xcode 4.6.3, it should be Xcode 5? What is the problem here.


texts:
A week ago, I found an old MacBook Pro 8,1 (13” MacBook Pro, Late 2011). It was working fine, but the battery wasn't charging. The charging lights on the side of the MacBook said that it was fully charged, but when I unplugged the charger, it turned off instantly.

Why is this happening and what can I do about it?

Note: I installed Ubuntu so that it would run faster, but I do have a backup of macOS.


texts: Can't modify selection of "use cellular data for" for some apps in iPhone 6 after update to iOS 9

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After update to iOS 9, for many of the apps in my iPhone 6, the "cellular data" selection is locked in "Settings/Cellular/Use Cellular Data For" or in the corresponding "Settings/[App Name]" entry. The toggle can be flipped but the new value is not stored when exiting Settings. If the value reverts to off, the app can't access the cellular data network. The apps with the value reverting to on, can. Cellular Data and Data Roaming are on. All apps have the most recent updates.

I've tried toggling "Airplane Mode," "Cellular Data", turning off the iPhone, resetting "All Settings," loading a previous back-up, and restoring the phone. Nothing seems to work.

Please help!


texts: Why is the Turkish Government in my computer?

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Perusing Keychain Access, I see that "TÜBİTAK UEKAE Kök Sertifika Hizmet Sağlayıcısı - Sürüm 3" is listed as a trusted root certificate authority. Per this 2013 article, I understand that:

  my laptop trusts anything signed by “TÜBİTAK UEKAE Kök Sertifika Hizmet Sağlayıcısı”. That’s, apparently, a Turkish government entity. Now, I’ve no particular reason to distrust them, but until a minute ago I had no idea that my computer trusted them. More concerningly, I wouldn’t really know if that certificate came built into [the OS] or just got added last week by a nasty bit of malware…

Is this normal? How should I deal with such a thing?

Delete the certificate? (Is this even possible with S.I.P.?)
"Untrust" the certificate?
Is there a way to neutralize all the certificates which weren't there
when the OS was first installed? (is this even a good idea?)

Of note, there are a handful of other oddly named (therefore suspicious looking to me) certificates in my Keychain Access. Per the comments to this similar question I am reticent to just start deleting/disabling certificates without a better understanding of what I am doing, how to undo any damage I might cause by deleting certificates which look suspicious or a better understanding of the security issues.

Apologies if this is too broad a question, but what is the Turkish government doing on my computer and should I get rid of the embassy they've installed in my computer?

I am particularly leery, as apparently there is a "Turkish Crime Family" making threats about Apple accounts which they are claiming will happen this April 7, 2017.

FWIW: macOS Sierra 10.12.4, mid-2012 MacBook Air


texts: Why are the Desktop, Documents, and Downloads folders empty in Samba shares?

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I'm sharing between iMacs with Samba. Both computers are running macOS Catalina (10.15.3). To get full disk sharing to work, I opened Settings > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Full Disk Access and added smbd.

I can mount a Samba share from one iMac on the other and see the full drive. Everything seems to be working except for this very strange behavior: the Desktop, Documents, and Downloads folders (inside my user folder) all show zero bytes, zero items, and appear empty when opened.

None of those folders are actually empty. I can login with VNC and see the items in them fine. The permissions appear fine (my user has read/write access). All the other folders (inside and outside my user folder) show their normal contents.

What is causing these specific folders to appear empty and how can I fix it?


texts: Syncing between devices and macs problem

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Is there a way to sync between macs and iDevices in a way you specify which device has the most recent data? I mean, suppose I make some modifications to a contact using my Mac or I buy some apps for my iPhone using iTunes on the Mac. When I sync the iphone, the sync is always made as the iPhone is the priority. So, the app will not be transferred to the iPhone and not even the change on that contact. Some times I want the reverse to occur.

How do I manage those situations?


texts: Unable to Adjust Size for pdf in Preview

texts:
As shown in the screenshot the "Adjust Size" is disabled and grayed-out for the given PDF:

So how do we reduce the size of a pdf in preview (or even skim?)


texts: No sound in iMovie of video recording using the Screen Recorder

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I have an iPad (2018) 9.7-inch. I've recorded a video using the screen recorder.

When I play the video on the iPad I hear a sound.

When I import it to iMovie I don't hear any sound.

Even when I play the video in the sidebar I can hear the sound, but when it is in the timeline the audio is no present and I can't hear anything when playing it.

Using the latest OS version.


texts: Can I change Calendar Event details with AppleScript?

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I am a seasoned developer, but very new to AppleScript.

I would like to change some of the details of an event in a calendar.

I have found the Library in the Script Editor, and made my way to the Calendar section. I’m not at all sure where to go from here.

In particular, I would like to change a detail which is not listed in the Library, so I’m not altogether optimistic. That detail is the time zone, in particular for the start and finish times. This information is in the ical vevent data which is in the raw data.

So far I am still experimenting with reading what is there:

set calendarName to "Work Travel"
set now to date "Wednesday, 1 March 2017 at 12:00:00 am"

tell application "Calendar" to tell calendar calendarName
    set currentEvents to get every event where its start date ≥ now
    repeat with e in currentEvents
        set start to start date of e
    end repeat
end tell

My current system is MacOS 10.12 Sierra.


texts: Width of the column view separation line in Finder

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I'm using Mac OS X lion. In Finder, I use the column view. I know how to set up the width, but the thin line you use to drag the columns has suddenly become thicker and very visible.

I know this isn't a huge problem, but I don't know how it happened and don't know how to change it back.

I hope you know what I mean and how to get it back to default.


texts: Share iPhone WIFI with computer over USB?

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Due to a water leakage, we had to move offices temporarily. In our temp offices, we have WIFI network, but not cabled network (yet).

Since my computer doesn't have WIFI (it's a stationary desktop) I thought I could see if I could bridge my iPhone WIFI connection over to my computer via USB while I wait for local facilities to set up cabled network here.

Is this possible?


texts: How to get rid of the "ears" in the bottom of the screen?

texts:
I have a mild form of OCD so by ears I mean this:

I know that I can hide the dock, but then I do not see the opened programs.

What solutions are available to extend the opaque dock background to the edges of the screen so that visually it is a wider bar matching the screen width?

On a Windows machine you have a notification area wth clock and date in the "right ear" and the start button and search etc. in the "left ear".


texts: How can I search within .eml files using Spotlight?

texts: I tried searching for terms found on .eml files on my HD using Spotlight, but it never produces results. Is there a way to search within the content of .eml files using Spotlight?


texts: Can my iPhone search for Wi-Fi only when in a specific location?

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Searching for Wi-Fi uses battery, and it's annoying when the "Choose Network" dialogue box pops up when an iPhone is Wi-Fi enabled, but I don't have any desire to connect to a network.

Is there any built-in function or iPhone (I have a 4S) app that enables Wi-Fi ONLY when the phone is in a certain location -- say "home"?

This seems fairly basic enough, as the phone always knows where I am, and accurately when Location Services are activated. Any help?


texts: Is there any way to have the Screen Sharing app in Snow Leopard to remember the last connected host?

texts: I'm wondering if there is an easier way. Currently, I launch Screen Sharing app, and a window appears asking for a host to connect to. I'd like it to already have the host field populated with my last connected host. Is there any way to enable such functionality? Thanks in advance.


texts: How to factory reset a 2010 MacBook Air?

texts:
I have the late 2010 MacBook Air and need a way to do a factory reset on it.  Maybe factory reset is the wrong phrase, but I would like to delete all of the information from it so that nobody could access any of my information.

Any idea on how this can be done?  (I do not have a Mac OS X disk.)


texts: Allow all applications to access Desktop, Documents, and Downloads in Catalina

texts:
How do I disable the macOS Catalina security feature that prevents apps from accessing the Desktop, Documents, and Downloads folders without my permission?
The ideal fix would be something that I can do once to allow all applications to access these folders without simply granting all applications full disk access.
I have my Desktop and Documents folders stored locally, not in iCloud Drive.


texts:
I don't know why this is bothering me but I've been pressing Cmd-R to refresh my browser and today I mistakenly pressed this combination while using the terminal.

I came across an option known as "Mouse Reporting". What is it? Is it on by default in OS X? How do I reset the terminal to defaults (including mouse reporting)?


texts: Will Pages/Keynote/Numbers be free for old macs?

texts: Will Pages/Keynote/Numbers (ex. iWork) be free for old macs?


texts:
I'm trying to reboot Mountain Lion but it will not allow me. It just keeps saying Waiting... without anything happening. What can I do?

See this image:


texts: Can I safely uncheck the Optimise Mac Storage check box on the Apple ID - iCloud page?

texts:
On this screen, the Optimise Mac Storage box is √ checked. If I uncheck it, do I lose all my files or do they eventually end up in the cloud?
I see a lot of advice about this, but none mention this checkbox option that I can see.

I can't work out if all files will be stored in the cloud, or all files will be stored on my computer?


texts: Do you know if it's possible to give a static IP when creating a ad-hoc network on OS X?


texts: Submit update to app without original certificates generated by prior developer

texts:
I joined a company which had one iOS developer who has created one app and put it on the App Store already. Then he left the company. We have an organization Apple developer account. The developer who left has created the development/distribution certificate, provisioning profile, etc. for the app.

I joined the company after that developer left. For the same app, I need to fix some bugs and release to the App Store again. What do I need to do with those development & distribution certificates?

I think the private key is on that developer's laptop right? Do I have to have that private key in order to release an update for that app?

Can I just revoke the development & distribution certificates created by that developer & create all those certificates & provisioning profiles again for the same app, then update the app in App Store? Or does an app update need the same distribution certificate created by the previous developer?

Also, for a new app, can I re-use the same certificates (development & distribution) but re-generate provisioning profiles with new app's bundle ID?


texts: If mac has the built-in backup tool time machine, why we still need mac data recovery?

texts: I dont know much about computer thing and just knew that mac has a built-in backup called time-machine? what is that? can it help us recover the lost data in my mac. and why people still need some third party mac data recovery tool like minitool mac data recovery software used by my friends for a couple of years?


texts:
I'm looking for a MAMP packaging = Apache + MySQL + PHP bundled together for Mac OS X (which is my OS). Where can I find it? Is there an "official" site where I can download it from?

[ I know that there are Apache and PHP shipped with Mac OS X, but I don't want to use them, because it seems that if I do it, and later upgrade them, I may have trouble in the case Apple provides a system update which reverts or conflicts with my "manual" upgrade. Can you confirm that? Here is the link: 1]


texts:
I'm trying to help someone who uses Office 365 at work with a Mac. Right now, she has to use the official Outlook app on all of her devices (MacBook, iOS, Apple Watch, etc.), but she'd like to be able to use the native Apple apps instead. This seems to work fine for everything except for shared calendars.

On the Mac Calendar app, you can set up delegate calendars easily, but I don't see a way to do that on iOS. Is there a way to view a shared (non-public) calendar on iOS?


texts: Do you have a backup policy that covers the Worst Case Scenario?

texts:
I've a lot of photos and videos of my children. I feel that losing those pictures would be a real pain for me and my family.

In the past I use to make, from time to time, a DVD with all my digital photos, but nowadays, my gallery is just too large to make DVDs of it.

So the way to go is to have a backup on Hard Drive. That's right. I have a external USB Disk dedicated to Time Machine. This situation is safe. For disk failure. But not for instance for robbery, or a fire/water damaging both disks at the same time, since thay are almost located at the same place.

Some of you are almost ready to tell me about the cloud, but I don't to go that way.

So my question is: What kind of procedure do you use to keep a safe copy of your stuff?


texts: Order of operations on clean High Sierra install: APFS Encryption or Filevault? Both?

texts:
When doing a clean install with High Sierra, I have the option to do APFS or APFS Encrypted.

If I choose APFS Encrypted, do I also need to do Filevault as well? Is it the same thing?


texts: Fix bad image quality in dark images in iMovie

texts:
I have an iMovie project (stop motion animation). Everything is fine, except for a dark scene. The photos get pixelated and blocked, and really ruined. The original image is very sharp and clear, yet the one in iMovie and the exported video files is ruined.

The original media is not video. Rather, it is a large set of JPEG images (stop motion animation film). The images are 773 x 515 pixels, and very high quality. If it matters, it's being overlaid with M4A audio.

Other video editors (PiTiVi, Kdenlive) don't ruin it, so it's not a general issue.

Before iMovie:

In the final video:

Any ideas?


texts: If iCloud is logged out in iTunes and my iPhone is reset, can I still track it?


texts: How do I use a bootable disk drive to install Mac OS on an iMac 2011?

texts:
I asked earlier about how to create a Bootable drive for the purpose of installing Mac OS on an older machine, and I received a great answer (thanks to @David Anderson).

However, now that I have the Bootable drive containing Mac OS El Capitan, I cannot find good information on how to actually install from it.

When I turn on my iMac 2011, it takes me straight to the Recovery screen (because I previously Erased the main drive). In Disk Utility, I see my USB drive. When I go back to the menu, and click "Reinstall OS X", I get a prompt saying "OS X can't be installed because you aren't connected to the internet". When I do connect, I click try again and then a fail prompt comes up saying "A required download is missing". This is where I hit a dead end.

Google searches for "install Mac OS from bootable drive" turn up nothing about the actual installation. All the articles are about how to create the bootable drive.

Does anyone know how to actually install the OS? Perhaps some command I can enter into the terminal at the Recovery screen?

Thank you very much in advance


texts: Cannot see my network on Windows 7 running under Parallels 10

texts:
I have 4 Sony laptops, a Seagate Central, 2 Wi-Fi printers and an iMac on my home network. The iMac running under OS X 10.10.3 can see all of the network devices using Finder. The laptops can see the iMac. BUT Windows on the iMac can only connect to the internet. Windows cannot see any of the network Laptops, the Seagate or the printers.

Apart from that Parallels works fine! I have emailed them for support but they have not responded. The machines are all networked via a Linksys XAC 1900 which works really well. I want to use the iMac as my #1 computer (it has more memory and disk than any of the laptops) but this network issue is making that impossible.


texts: Resume file move after Finder crash (unmoved items appear washed out)

texts:
I was moving a large amount of data to an external drive.  The Finder crashed (or appeared to restart) in the middle of the operation.

Now the files appear as "washed out" in the external drive (exFAT), and the move operation doesn't resume.   If I try to move again, the Finder tells me that

  The selected items can’t all be put into the same location, because at
  least one of them named “something” is busy.

Why does this happen? What does the washed out appearance mean? Is there a way to resume the move?  Is it safe to just delete the washed out items (note that it was a move, not a copy)?


texts: Is OpenGL deprecated or removed in macOS Catalina 10.15?

texts:
I've read that OpenGL was deprecated in macOS Mojave 10.14 in the favour of Metal, Apple's proprietary low-level graphics API. Has it been completely removed in macOS Catalina? glxinfo appears to be not installed.

OpenGL is still supported in the latest iMac - supported versions

If it has been removed, is there a way to install it?


texts: Which App saves and restores window size/position on relaunch of an app?

texts:
Is there an app that saves (when I quit the application) and restores the window size and position of an application the next time I start it?

I found apps like Optimal-Layout, Breeze and Simple Window-Sets but all of these apps only give the option to save states for specific apps or globally.
What I would need is an app that saves the size and position of a window by its title.

For example:

I use iTap mobile RDP quite often. The application starts up with a little window showing the bookmarks I've created. Once I double-click on one of the bookmarked sessions the actual RemoteDesktop window appears. But the application always opens it at the upper left corner of my main monitor. I have to move the window to the second monitor every time I open a RemoteDesktop session. I've seen the same behavior for a lots of apps.

I would like to have an app that recognizes the title of the window and moves it to the position where I closed it the last time.
I would also like to avoid manually clicking something in the menu-bar or keyboard shortcut to restore a windows position. It should be some kind of "Window Watcher" which checks a windows title when its created and restores the position and size.

Does anyone know an app like this?


texts: I was searching up homework answers 3 years ago on my iPod but my cousin and I share an Apple ID that she made, and before that and before I had her Apple ID I had my Uncle's I don’t want them to know and tell my mom. Did they see my search history?


texts: Macbook Air (mid 2012) Efi Firmware Downgrade –to original

texts:
I want to bring back my beloved Macbook Air 2012 (MBA5,2) to its 'original firmware'. I have identified the file as MBA51_00EF_B01.scap, which I extracted using unpkg over the downloadable offered by Apple here: MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.5.

That version allows one to install OSX 10.7.4, which is the (oldest) OS that shipped with this machine. That will allow me to reactive an old M-Audio sound interface that only works with Lion OSX. But also to experience and use this hardware performing the lightest, for I mainly use it as a working station with vintage software.

Presently I have Mountain Lion (10.8.4) installed, but once I had El Capitan which upgraded me to BootROM MBA51.00EF.B04 and SMC 2.5f9. I managed to downgrade the SMC firmware to version 2.5f7, which is compatible with 10.7.4–I used rEFIt and SmcFlasher.efi for it. But Bootrom remains MBA51.00EF.B04.

I followed this guide and ran the following command in the Terminal:
/usr/sbin/bless -mount / -firmware "MBA51_00EF_B01.scap" --recovery --verbose

Firmware preloads successfully. But when I reboot to start the installation a black screen remains during three continuous fast reboots (I guess trying to install the new firmware). Then it boots normally and no firmware downgrade happened.

Any idea why this is happening? Are there any other methods to load the BootROM, supposing that it is just being refused by "bless" for being older that the installed one?

Hope this contributes and appeals to those willing to revive the past.

----- UPDATE 30/07/19 -----

Still trying to downgrade firmware in MBA mid2012.

Normal method via 'bless' command and extracted .scap didn't work. I just get a longer black screen and no firmware update, like to someone here and here (with the same model).

I presume apple introduced the iOS policy of no-return in newer firmwares?

An alternative way would be to inject the older firmware with 'flashrom' over linux, but I don't have another MBA with original firmware from where to extract it. Someone uploaded a similar dump here. But it is for MBA2012 11" i7, mine is MBA2012 13" i5. I guess the firmware is the same, but double risk to brick it.


texts: Why is shared volume 'Music' always missing from the DEVICES part of the sidebar in Finder?

texts:
I have a mid 2010 17" MacBook Pro (MBP).  I also have a Windows Home Server (WHS) that I connect to regularly from my MBP.  Normally when I connect to a share on the WHS, that mount point is listed in the sidebar of Finder under DEVICES.

Problem

Under DEVICES, one share never shows:

  Music

All other WHS shares (Photos, Movies, Documents etc.) always show in that part of the sidebar when mounted.

The WHS (named Bundywhs) appears as expected under SHARED, I can take that route to connect to the Music volume.

I can eject the Music volume and reconnect, but it still doesn't show under DEVICES.

I upgraded from OS X 10.7.2 to 10.8, the problem persists.

It's not stopping me from doing anything, just more of a hassle not to have the quick shortcut.

Questions

Is there a reason why Music will not show under DEVICES?

Is there anything I can do to make it show?

Notes

Results of a command in Terminal:

defaults read com.apple.sidebarlists | grep Music
                Name = Music;
                Name = Music;
                Name = Music;
                Name = Music;
                Name = Music;

Results of second command request

 };
            EntryType = 8;
            Icon = <496d6752 00000132 00000000 4642494c 00000126 00000002 00000000 00000000 01160003 00000000 c8c3bb37 0000482b 00000000 019faeb6 019fdd00 0000ca29 d33c0000 00000920 fffe0000 00000000 0000ffff ffff0001 0018019f aeb6019f acc8019f acc7019f a415019f a408019f a407000e 0036001a 00470065 006e0065 00720069 00630046 0069006c 00650053 00650072 00760065 00720049 0063006f 006e002e 00690063 006e0073 000f001a 000c004d 00610063 0069006e 0074006f 00730068 00200048 00440012 005a5379 7374656d 2f4c6962 72617279 2f436f72 65536572 76696365 732f436f 72655479 7065732e 62756e64 6c652f43 6f6e7465 6e74732f 5265736f 75726365 732f4765 6e657269 6346696c 65536572 76657249 636f6e2e 69636e73 00130001 2f00ffff 0000>;
            Name = Music;
        },

{
Alias = <00000000 009e0003 00010000 00000000 00004244 63750001 ffffffff ffffffff     00000000 00000000 00001201 fffe0000 00000000 0000ffff ffff000e 000c0005 004d0075 00730069     0063000f 000c0005 004d0075 00730069 00630012 00000013 000e2f56 6f6c756d 65732f4d 75736963     00090026 00266369 66730000 01000000 736d623a 2f2f5269 636b4062 756e6479 7768732f 4d757369 6300ffff 0000>;
EntryType = 8;
Name = Music;
}
{

"com.apple.LSSharedFileList.TemplateSystemSelector" = 1935822195;
};
Icon = <496d6752 0000001c 00000000 5359534c 00000010 00000000 744d7573>;
Name = Music;
},
{

                    {
            Alias = <00000000 009e0003 00010000 00000000 00004244 63750001 ffffffff ffffffff 00000000 00000000 00001201 fffe0000 00000000 0000ffff ffff000e 000c0005 004d0075 00730069 0063000f 000c0005 004d0075 00730069 00630012 00000013 000e2f56 6f6c756d 65732f4d 75736963 00090026 00266369 66730000 01000000 736d623a 2f2f5269 636b4062 756e6479 7768732f 4d757369 6300ffff 0000>;
            EntryType = 8;
            Name = Music;
            Visibility = AlwaysVisible;
            },
{
            Alias = <00000000 009e0003 00010000 00000000 00004244 63750001 ffffffff ffffffff 00000000 00000000 00001201 fffe0000 00000000 0000ffff ffff000e 000c0005 004d0075 00730069 0063000f 000c0005 004d0075 00730069 00630012 00000013 000e2f56 6f6c756d 65732f4d 75736963 00090026 00266369 66730000 01000000 736d623a 2f2f5269 636b4062 756e6479 7768732f 4d757369 6300ffff 0000>;
            EntryType = 8;
            Name = Music;
        },
                    {


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