texts: Where can I get a small form factor security cables similar to the one that Apple Stores use for their iPhone?

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I notice that iPhone antitheft cables that attach on the back side all take up a huge space on the back of the phone.

Are there small form factor ones? Is there a way to get the Apple Store sized smaller security antitheft cables?


texts: Copying files from a damaged Mac – Finder or CCC?

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I have a Mac which can't boot up (it sees the prohibitory sign when it's turned on). I am going to do a clean reinstall of macOS on it. I want to keep the data somewhere, of course, so I don't lose all my files.

Since the Mac is damaged, do I need to make a clone of the drive (using Carbon Copy Cloner) or will a simply copy and paste of the drive to the target drive from the Finder do? I don't need the copied data to form a bootable drive, as it is damaged anyway. I just want to keep the personal files and folders intact, and perhaps the applications as well so I know what I had installed on the drive.

P.S. I'd rather not use CCC or any external programs if that's possible. I'm running macOS off a USB drive and it's incredibly slow, so third-party software is merely a hindrance.


texts:
Since upgrading to Chrome 90, I cannot print. Chrome version 90.0.4430.212 (Official Build) (x86_64) on macOS 10.14.6 (18G7016).

If the page contains an iframe, the print preview dialogue closes and the page reloads. It's impossible to do anything here, even print to PDF is broken.
The only 'printer' available is 'Save as PDF'
When I say 'See more' under the Destination, it tries to list cloud print printers. I have none, I have never had any, AND it's deprecated anyway! 10.14.6 (18G7016)
Clicking on 'Manage' opens the Printers & Scanners where my printer IS listed. It works in everything else.
Cancelling the print dialogue reload the page without re-posting the same form data.

Printing from Incognito mode doesn't work.
Creating a new Chrome profile and printing from there doesn't work.
Printing on the same network to the same printer from Catalina under the same Chrome version works fine.
Any suggestions?


texts: How do I find songs in my iTunes library that aren’t associated with my Apple ID?

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I get messages when syncing my iPod that tell me that a song cannot be copied because I am not authorised to play them.

Is there a quick way to find all songs that are like this and delete them?


texts: Why doesn't my MacBook Air wake up from sleep when I touch the trackpad?

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Ever since I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion, my MacBook Air doesn't wake from sleep when I touch my trackpad. I have to physically click it in order for it to wake up, which can be quite annoying sometimes since I'd rather not have to press the physical button underneath the trackpad (and it's easier to just tap it when your finger or move your finger on it, as if you're moving the cursor around on the screen).

Does anyone know why it doesn't work the way it did on Snow Leopard?


texts: I think I lost everything after boot camp

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I tried to install Windows 10 into my Boot Camp partition.  I exited the setup and, normally, my computer restarts and I log into the Mac.

Now it's just a black screen flashing a folder icon with a ? on it.  I think I've lost everything and I'm very confused and scared. Please can anyone help me?


texts: Problems in OS X with Transmit “Mount to Disk” after Mac upgrade to El Capitan

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I got a problem in Transmit, after upgrading my Mac to El Capitan (v 10.11). When I tray to "Mount to Disk", I get the following Error:

  Internal error (rc=1) while attempting to mount the file system. For now, the best way to diagnose is to look for error messages using Console.

Anyone got a Fix?


texts:
Over the years I've tried lots of different hosting services in my Mac, so I've got mail, contacts, calendars, etc. from Gmail, outlook.com, and a couple different smaller ones.
I deleted them from Internet Accounts and now only have iCloud in there, but the old stuff still lives on disk. Is there any way to clean that out, aside from just finding the old ones and manually deleting them?
Specifically, I'm backing up my data once in awhile by just zipping up the contents of the mail, bookmarks, calendar, contacts, notes, etc. folders in the library, but I'm getting a bunch of old junk in the backups that's eating up a lot of space.


texts: Disable Bluetooth or disconnect Bluetooth connections when lid is closed

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A case in point: I have Bluetooth headphones connected to my MacBook Pro, I close the lid and want to connect headphones to my iPhone. I can't do that because the MBP ↔ headphones connection is still persisted.

How do I configure macOS so that Bluetooth is turned off or Bluetooth connections are disconnected whenever lid is closed?

I'm using macOS Mojave 10.14.5.


texts: Early 2015 Macbook Air (A1466) Not Charging

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I have searched far and wide to try and solve this issue but have had 0 luck.

I have an early 2015 MacBook Air (A1466) that I've kept in great condition over the years. It's never really left my room/desk and I've gone far out of my way to keep it in this condition because of how much I like this computer.

So, it had been a few months since I last used it (new job, work computer, travel all the time) and I realized the charger had been disconnected at some point meaning the battery had been likely sitting there completely dead for days, weeks, possibly months which I understand is not great for a Lithium-Ion battery?

I just tried to power it on for the first time the other day and it boots up, while plugged in, and loads seemingly normal but when the computer is finally completely started up the battery is indicated as "not charging" when clicking on the icon from the taskbar and the percentage is stuck at 1%.

The orange light on the MagSafe charger is on when plugged in.

The steps I've taken so far.

Reset SMC a few times
Reset PRAM a few times
Option + clicked on the battery to see a report and it shows as
"normal"
Downloaded coconut battery and that also shows as "normal"
Checked the cycle count which is currently sitting at about ~310
which seems well under the expected failure point
Removed my battery and checked the inside of my computer for
corrosion or any other type of damage found nothing
Inspected the battery for any oddities or swelling, found nothing.
Tried multiple MagSafe chargers  Charged another Macbook using my
MagSafe charger

A friend of mine had me take some photos of the IO board to see if he could figure it out and isn't sure but seems to think there might be something up with that? https://imgur.com/a/sXTcq8J - IO board pictures.


texts: Cannot Unmount Mac OS X Base System Disk

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My Mac running Lion was being slow, so I was decided to reinstall OS X. I don't have any Time Machine backups.

Everything went file, but in the middle of the installation, it got stuck, and later the installation failed without any reason. So, I tried to reboot again, but it said that the reinstallation failed and asked me to reinstall again. I tried to reinstall, but nothing came up.

So I tried to use Disk Utility to erase the startup disk and make a new partition. But, when trying to partition, Disk Utility said that it cannot unmount the disk. In Disk Utility, I found another disk called disk2 and Mac OS X Base System. As far as I know,  I didn't see that disk2 in my disk list before.
I tried to unmount it or erase that disk2, but it won't let me. So I tried using Terminal to force unmount that disk, but still it doesn't let me.

Is that disk2 the reason why I cannot partition my main HD? How can I unmount or erase that disk2 Mac OS X Base system ?

I would like to clean install OS X lion again. I already have a boot image on my USB drive. I just cannot start it because the installation fails and something is still running, I guess.

Screenshot of Disk Utility:


texts: How can I identify who is using Sharing to access my Mac?

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How do identify who is using Sharing to access my Mac remotely?

I have a new 2013 27″ iMac using OS X 10.9.2


texts: Plugging USB hard drive put my Mac to sleep

texts: I just plugged a USB hard drive into my MacBook Air and for some reason it immediately went into sleep mode (it also stopped the music I was playing on iTunes). What could be the issue? Is it something I should worry about? I just tried to plug it in again but nothing weird happened, the drive works fine.


texts: What does a "" wake reason mean from powerd?

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This morning, like every morning, I sat down at my laptop but this time the tabs that I normally leave open were closed and Photoshop was trying to quit.

This was totally unexpected so I tried to work out why this was happening. I went digging into the logs and then via the terminal I looked at the wake logs (see the last few below).

2019-05-24 03:38:54.643015+0100 0x6a068    Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver) [HID] [ATC] AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService::processWakeReason Wake reason: Host (0x01)
2019-05-24 03:39:47.402319+0100 0x74       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: EC.DarkPME (Maintenance)
2019-05-24 03:39:47.402321+0100 0x74       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: EC.DarkPME (Maintenance)
2019-05-24 04:42:14.169247+0100 0x28d      Default     0x0                  63     0    powerd: [powerd:sleepWake] Wake reason: "<private>"  identity: "<private>"
2019-05-24 04:42:15.634941+0100 0x6a5a3    Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver) [HID] [ATC] AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService::processWakeReason Wake reason: Host (0x01)
2019-05-24 04:43:08.958830+0100 0x74       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: RTC (Alarm)
2019-05-24 04:43:08.958832+0100 0x74       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: RTC (Alarm)
2019-05-24 06:43:07.636797+0100 0x6abb3    Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver) [HID] [ATC] AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService::processWakeReason Wake reason: Host (0x01)
2019-05-24 06:44:00.846753+0100 0x74       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: RTC (Alarm)
2019-05-24 06:44:00.846755+0100 0x74       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleACPIPlatform) AppleACPIPlatformPower Wake reason: RTC (Alarm)
2019-05-24 08:15:01.640125+0100 0x6b1ce    Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver) [HID] [ATC] AppleDeviceManagementHIDEventService::processWakeReason Wake reason: Host (0x01)

.

There is one that seems different to the others (the one that says Wake reason: "<private>").

I was hoping someone may be able to shed some light onto what this is and satisfy a curious mind?


texts:
I've tried to switch my default shell to zsh, using chsh:

chsh -s /bin/zsh

and:

chsh -s `which zsh`

Both commands ended with:

Changing shell for adamatan.
Password for adamatan:
chsh: Operation is not supported by the directory node.  Operation is not supported by the directory node.
chsh: no changes made

How can I change my default shell in OSX Lion?


texts:
So I have been reading some articles today and I see the 1Password app coming up a lot. Is there anything special with it? I am currently using Wallet for both OS X and iOS and it does its job quite well. I was just curious because Wallet got 23 reviews while 1Password seems to be a lot more popular.

Is there anything making that app better than its competitors?


texts: Issues setting up man in the middle proxy for iPhone

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I am trying to set up a proxy on my iPhone, so that I can view web traffic coming in and out of it. I've tried using a few tools such as Charles and Mitmproxy, but every time I set the HTTP Proxy for my wifi on my phone and open Safari, it just says that the network connection was lost.

I turned on the proxy, and set the proxy settings using the IP of my mac which I obtained like this

and then I set my HTTP proxy settings on my iPhone like this:

Then I try to use Safari and it says "Network Connection Lost." I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong or if the instructions I've been following are out of date for iOS 8. Any help would be appreciated!

Some other information that might be useful, I've tried this with a bunch of different proxy tools and the same issue has occurred with all of them, and I've tried changing the port I'm using the proxy on.


texts: Show/hide Accessibility Keyboard with a keyboard shortcut in MacOS Catalina?

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I would like to display and hide the Accessibility Keyboard in MacOS Catalina using a shortcut.

The old solution from thread How to show or hide Keyboard Viewer with a keyboard shortcut? is not working since the update to MacOS Catalina. KeyboardViewer.app is not anymore in /System/Library/Input Methods/


texts: Is it possible to stream WIDI to Apple TV? I have laptop with WIDI adapter and i want to stream from laptop to Apple tv


texts:
My Macbook screen has started flickering and is unusable:

I've tried restarting but does not fix. It seems to be isolated to the Macbook screen as an external monitor still works. It was not dropped or have any liquid spilt on it. What could cause the issue and how to fix?
Version information:

Update:
Seems to be the same issue as:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzNfrxcVowA&app=desktop
Initially, I could see the display up to 30 degrees of lid being open but now the display renders pink as per above screenshot.


texts: How do I clear iBooks download queue on OS X?

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I purchased a book but I don't want to download it on my Mac right now. I want to download it to my iOS device later. I paused the download. How do I delete it from my download queue without downloading the entire book?

I'm using OS X 10.10 " Yosemite" but hopefully someone knows of a generic solution for most OS X installs.


texts: How can I use the fn key as a standalone key on my Mac?

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I want to use the fn key on my keyboard as a trigger for an AppleScript (.scpt file) via FastScripts.

The reason that I want to do this is because the fn key is occupying coveted real estate on the keyboard, and I don't think I've once used a fn key shortcut in my life.

I installed Karabiner and went through every option under the "Change Fn key" and "Fn To All Modifiers Mode" categories individually, to see if FastScripts would be able to pick up on me pressing the fn key and thus allow me to assign the fn key as a script shortcut.

FastScripts was able to pick up my keypress when the "Fn to F14" option in Karabiner was selected. But, F14 is apparently already in use, because when I pressed the key, my screen brightness setting decreased a notch, which is obviously undesirable.
FastScripts was also able to pick up my keypress when the "Fn 2x to F19" option in Karabiner was selected. But, this obviously requires me to press the fn key, twice in order to start the script. This is also undesirable.

These were the only two Karabiner options that FastScripts was able to perceive.

I am not particularly wedded to using any application in particular (e.g., Karabiner) to accomplish this.

OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6.


texts: All print jobs for all printers say "stopped"

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I can't print to any printers on my network.

All the jobs have the status "stopped" when I try to print. I've tried restarting all printers. I've tried rebooting my Mac.

Clicking the pause then start button doesn't help.

Clicking the retry icon doesn't help.

How do I restore the ability to print?

Mac OS 10.15.3.


texts: how to access system files such as network libraries?

texts:
I am trying to find some algorithms about the implementation of network stack for Mac OS X, can I access the actual codes from the operating system itself.

Any suggestions are very much appreciated.

Thanks


texts: Importing Finder Folders to Albums in Photos app

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I organize all of my photos into folders. I have years of photos organized properly by year_date_event_name. I would like to import the folders directly into the Photos app as Albums named as the folder name.

I can't seem to even find a way to import the folders as albums, let alone having the folder name used as the album name.

I'm guessing a script would be the best way to do this? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Since there was no hint about more RAM during the presentation yesterday, did anyone find out if they stay with 256 or (like iPhone 4) increased it at least up to 512?


texts: Weird text alignment in System Information on Yosemite

texts:
Somehow the text field in System Information appears truncated:

If I reduce the overall size, the content of the bottom pane disappears, kind of goes below the left-hand pane:

It kind of seems like there is a missing horizontal scrollbar below the bottom pane, but I am not sure if there should be one there.

This doesn't affect only Audio, but many other ones fields.

I removed the font caches (although it is unlikely that it is caused by font issues); fixed the permissions (nothing that seemed related), but no go...

This is on a Retina Macbook Pro 13" (mid 2014) running OS X Yosemite 10.10.3, and the issue was also present on 10.10.2.

Any idea what is going on?


texts: Unable to Extend Macintosh HD partition to use Free Space

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After a failed Linux installation I'm unable to extend my Macintosh HD logical volume to recover unused space. I'm on v10.12.6 of macOS Sierra. Trying to remove the "Free space" partition in Disk Utility results in a message of

  The requested size change for the target disk or a related disk is too small. Please try a different disk or partition, or make a larger change.

Since it's a ~20GB change I'm not sure that's the problem. I've tried using the Disk Utility First Aid tool on the physical disk and logical volume.

I'm nervous about using the diskutil coreStorage resizeVolume command since a) it doesn't seem to use the /dev/disk0s2 identifier and b) I've read that it's unsupported (but does show up in diskutil coreStorage on my version of macOS).

Attached are the Disk Utility and diskutil list output for more info.


texts: Where can I find logs for failed sudo attempts on macOS Sierra?

texts: I am aware that older versions of OS X use secure.log, but I have been unable to find any definite answers as to where the the output log goes for for attempting to run a command with sudo privileges on a non-admin account, on macOS Sierra. When we see the command feedback "this incident will be reported"; where is that reported to and how can I see it on macOS Sierra.


texts: Keyboard and Mouse freeze after deep sleep (Mountain Lion)

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I got a mid 2011 MacBook Air 13.6" and its keyboard and mouse freezes very often after I leave it in sleep mode for some time and it wakes up. Only the power key and the lid detector are still responsive. It’s also possible to connect to it via VNC or SSH.

I had a look into the error logs but I couldn’t find anything suspicious. I found out that the System Preferences app does not start anymore and all the OSX related menu bar icons seem to freeze too (Bluetooth, WiFi, Battery icons).

Freezes after sleep mode seem to be a common problem but I couldn’t find any case yet that is like mine (others have a grey screen, no WiFi connectivity, still mouse responsiveness or the keyboard responsiveness comes back after a while – issues I don’t have).

Edit:
 - Also the iSight Camera is not responsive anymore.
 - Notification Center and Hibernation mode do not seem to be the problem (I tested both).


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Is there a tool (preferably free) in OS X that will allow me to verify that an ISO was written to a CD or DVD correctly? I want a tool that can do that without going through the burn first.

If there's a tool that can be used from the command line, that's fine too.


texts: Windows boot camp option missing in Startup Disk selection

texts:
I have a Mac Pro (early 2009) running Yosemite 10.10.2, all up to date. Yosemite is installed on my primary SSD (I have 2 additional magnetic drives). I use Boot Camp, and have Windows 8.1 installed on the same SSD alongside Yosemite.

If I hold down the option key on boot, I see both Mac OS and Windows as options in the boot disk selection screen, plus some recovery options. This works fine, and I can successfully boot into either from there:

My problem is that I want to make the default boot Windows (it is currently defaulting to Mac OS - so every time I restart from Windows I have to remember to hold option and select Windows), but I can't do this from Mac OS -> System Prefs -> Startup Disk, because I only see Mac OS as an option, there is no option for Windows:

I'm guessing something is borked here but I have no idea why or how to solve this, any ideas? As far as I can tell my disk is partitioned fine, everything is healthy. This is the Windows partition in disk utility, I've thought about hitting 'Repair Disk' in disk utility but I have no idea what that will do and I don't want to screw up Windows:

In Windows I have the boot camp icon in my system tray with an option for Control Panel, but this only shows me keyboard options - which seems weird, are there supposed to be more options there?

Also, clicking on boot camp from Windows Control Panel does nothing:

Thanks


texts: How do I sync contacts with Gmail on an iPhone 5?

texts:
I’ve upgraded my device to an iPhone 5; from an iPhone 4. But it seems that Google changed the way it handles free accounts and iOS. Namely they don’t support the Exchange protocol anymore.

To remedy the mail issue, I’m not using the Gmail app as my default mail app. Under Mail, Contacts, Calendars in preferences, I’ve set up Gmail to handle contacts. I’ve turned off contacts under iCloud. Those are the only two accounts I have set up.

Now on my phone, when I go to Phone > Contacts I can enter a new contact but it never shows up in Gmail. I’ve waited (days) and synced with my desktop, but still can't get a contact entered into the iPhone to sync with Gmail.

Am I missing a step? Or do I need to change my settings some how to get this to work?


texts:
With named ranges it is more convenient to operate formulas. For instance, instead of typing =SUM(C20:C30) you can enter =SUM(FirstQuarterSales)

Where is Name Manager located in Excel 2016? I don't see any button in the Formulas Ribbon:


texts: Jailbroken iPad 4 (ios 7.0.4), how to make a backup of only photos

texts: I want to make a backup on my pc of the photos because I want to finally reset it and update it. I already tried the sc way, but there was too much quality loss on my photos. The itunes way isn't viable, because for some reason my backup gets encrypted, I already searched online, the password is the first password of your itunes account. Too bad I changed it years ago. I tried SC on an Ubuntu 16.10 pc, but I also have access to a mac (10.12.3) and a Windows 10 machine.


texts: App for collecting (and categorizing) stuff from the web

texts:
I've looked high and low and I'm surprised I haven't found exactly what I'm looking for; it seems like such a common task.

I just want an iPhone app to rapidly clip stuff from web pages. My first priority is just to clip images (with source url and/or caption). But being able to do the same with bits of text, links, videos, etc would be nice.

The way I imagine it working is: I navigate on the web. I hold down an image or selection. Some "drop points" appear on the side for me to drag and drop it into. I can have as many drop points as I want and they can have names.

More abstractly: I just want a very gestural/natural way (i.e. doesn't require thinking or tapping) to grab stuff from web pages and put them into folders.


texts: Enabling Apple Wallet / Apple Pay on Non-US iPhone

texts:
I have an iPhone that I own outright from Australia (Model A1586). I have recently relocated to the US and have a US Visa card that is compatible with Apple Pay.

However, I do not have any Wallet or Pay options on my iPhone at all.

Is there any way I can add this to my phone?


texts: Setting Account Picture/JPEGPhoto with dscl in terminal

texts:
I'm working on a script based on this question: What steps are needed to create a new user from the command line on Mountain Lion?

The script is packaged up in an empty installer as a postflight script.

It's all working well enough - however, I cannot get the Account picture set. I can use dscl to set the Picture property to an image file, for example the
default Apple Account photos.

I can even copy a photo I include in the package over to a number of directories, including /Users/newAccount/Public. But the permissions are messed up and no one but the newAccount can view the profile image. I am unable to chmod the file. Instead, I have to use the GUI and "get info -> Set Permissions"

The other option that I can see is if I set the JPEGPhoto value. This is what happens when you use a custom photo or take one in photobooth. However, I'm not sure how to convert the photo I include in the installer into Hex or Whatever is being stored in the JPEGPhoto value.

Thanks!
 - Chris

Edit: Added script. Everything works in this script - the picture just won't display, due to permissions. The path is set properly. I've tried to place it several different locations that have shared access, but no matter what the permissions are wrong and I cannot chmod them.

###CREATE TP ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT###

LastID=`dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | awk '{print $2}' | sort -n | tail -1`

NextID=$((LastID + 1))
. /etc/rc.common
dscl . create /Users/administrator

dscl . create /Users/administrator RealName "Administrator Account"
dscl . create /Users/administrator hint "the password Duh"

dscl . passwd /Users/administrator password
dscl . create /Users/administrator UniqueID $NextID
dscl . create /Users/administrator PrimaryGroupID 80
dscl . create /Users/administrator UserShell /bin/bash
dscl . create /Users/administrator NFSHomeDirectory /Users/administrator
cp -R /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj /Users/administrator
chown -R administrator:staff /Users/administrator

cp $1"/Contents/Resources/admin.jpg" /Users/administrator/Public
dscl . create /Users/administrator Picture "/Users/administrator/Public/admin.jpg"

###CREATE TP ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT###


texts: Unable to view files and folders in home directory when using mounty for NTFS drive mount

texts: I have been using an NTFS drive and mounting it using https://mounty.app/ But recently i had an issue with it as it was just showing them as a blank directory for the drive. When i do an ls in terminal it doesn't show anything but when I do a cd for a directory which i remember and then do an ls to list all files then it magically appears. Its weird can someone help me as even i get the list of file names I can somehow copy them to other drivers and i want to format it back to exFat to make sure I need not use any external software.


texts: I have a technical question for this audience.  I have an older 13" white macbook (model A1342, "Mid-2010") which is currently running MacOS Sierra.  It seems to be running it fine but it is a recently wiped/reinstalled OS and I don't do much with it.  I am wondering if this machine can handle Mojave.  As for specs, it has a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 8 GB RAM, and a 120 GB solid state drive.  Definitely not bad for a machine of that era.  What are your thoughts?  Can this Macbook be upgraded to Mojave, and should it?  I am slightly worried that newer OS's on older machines will dog it down some.


texts: How to install Office 365 across all user accounts on one computer (OS X Yosemite)?

texts: I have a new Mac with OS X Yosemite, which came with a 1 year Office 365 personal subscription. This is the family computer and I have set up 3 user accounts. I installed Office 365 through my account, as the Admin, but the applications do not appear in my partner's or son's user accounts on the same computer. Is there some way to get them to appear in all 3?


texts:
On an iPhone 4, running iOS 6.1.3, when I'm listening music,
I regularly hear noises related to cellular phone network.
For example I hear cellular traffic noise:

when I was out of reach of cellular network and entering a new phone cell,
just before receiving a new SMS,
just before receiving a phone call.

I would like to get rid of these "cellular traffic noises".

Does anyone else hear these "cellular traffic noises"?

Do they occur on more recent versions of iOS?

Are these "cellular traffic noises" interference noises and hence fully hardware related?

Do the new models of iPhone (5 or 6) avoid these interferences?


texts: Is there a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that supports binding Ctrl+(Shift)+Tab?

texts:
I want to bind Ctrl+Tab to \033[27;5;9~ and Ctrl+Shift+Tab to \033[27;6;9~. Unless I am missing something, the default Mac OS X terminal emulator will not let you bind these key sequences to custom escape sequences like it does with the "F" keys (F1, F2, etc.) and most other keys.

Is there another terminal emulator I can use on Mac OS X that does support rebinding those keys?


texts: Are iOS in-app purchases information not shared on M1 MacBook?

texts:
I installed Rosetta Stone app, which is a popular language learning iOS app, on M1 MacBook Air and tried restoring the contents, but it showed there is no items to restore.
On iPhone and iPad, I can restore the contents, but for some reasons I couldn't on MacBook Air.
I use the same Apple ID and same Rosetta Stone login account.
So I wonder if the in-app purchases are not shared between iOS and Apple Silicon MacBooks, or if it depends on each app, or others.


texts:
I downloaded the update 8.0.2 on my iPhone 5s and it really did mess everything up. Nearly all my apps keep crashing when I try to open them, my imessage does not work. The only thing I can do with device is make calls and send SMS! I have powered off the device and turned it on again, but it doesn't help.

Any suggestions what to do?


texts: Retrieving contacts via old account to new one

texts: What if you bought a new iPhone so when you transferred your contacts your previous contacts via the old iCloud account, then you sign out of the old iCloud account into a new one. The contacts then disappeared, so how do you now retrieve the contacts?


texts: Which partition do I need to format or fix in order to install Sierra or lion?

texts:
I have tried in vain to get my MacBook Air back up and running. I did a system restore or reinstall a while back and something broke.
I've tried command+R and a bootable USB, there doesn’t appear to be a time machine partition or option.

Which partition should I format? Can I clear them all and start from scratch?
If someone could show me how to get this issue resolved so I can use my laptop again that’d be great.


texts: Advantages of using MAMP stack over Mac's native Web Sharing and downloaded MySQL

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I'm wondering what are the advantages of using a MAMP stack instead of Web Sharing provided with Mac natively and MySQL downloaded and installed manually?

I can see how in some cases MAMP can have latest/other versions of apache/mysql/php, but are there any other advantages?

My MCB came with Snow Leopard 10.6.6 with Apache 2.2.15 and PHP 5.3.3 - so fairly recent (although not the latest) versions.
Since they both were installed I saw little reason getting something that has same functionality.

Installing MySQL was dead simple too so that couldn't be the reason.


texts: Is it possible to customize invitation email?

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I'm a newbie with OS X Server and specially with Profile Manager.

I have already managed to make enrollment work, but I'm wondering if it is possible to change the template of the invitation email since it is pretty awful and leaves no space for branding or anything else.


texts: I have removed all mail accounts from my iPhone and reset it. What's using storage?

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I have deleted all my e-mail accounts from Mail from the iPhone -- iCloud, my work account, etc., and have reset the phone (powering off and then back on) a couple of times.

In Settings/General/Storage, I still show 186 MB of data being used by mail. Is the Mail app itself 186 MB? If not, how can I free up some of the space being "used" when there are no accounts at all on the phone?


texts: What security/encryption is used in an iCloud screen sharing session?

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Does anybody have some pointers or information when it comes to the technical and security implementation of Apple's built-in screen sharing feature, the one where you start the Screen Sharing app and type in an Apple ID?
I can't seem to find any solid info on it. I'd like to make a security assessment on this for my org, with the possible goal of using it for remote assistance. Catalina or newer versions of MacOS.


texts: Can I download software update and apply them on another iMac

texts: I have the same iMac twice at two different locations. On one location I have a good internet connection but on the other one I have internet over satellite and it is limited to 3GB / month. I would like to know if there is a way to download software updates at one location and apply them at the other one? (I've already managed to download the mountain lion install package and copy it on an USB stick, but now I'd like to the same for the iPhoto update for example).


texts: Since I upgraded my MacBook Pro(mid-2012) to macOS Sierra the voice which is being used by Siri is unnatural.It sounds like the old iOS 6 Siri.I downloaded all the dictation voices but the problem persists.Somwhere on the internet I found a solution saying that enabling checkboxes under App Store auto-update fixes the issue but Siri still sounds the same.Does anyone have a concrete solution?


texts: How can I find the files being used by System? (where is my disk space going?)

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If I go to About This Mac and click on the Storage tab, it tells me that I have 500 GB of Flash Storage and that 15.49 GB of 399.57 GB is free.

It will also tell me that 226 GB is for System, 130 GB is for Documents, and 25.8 GB is for Apps.

If I do: sudo du -hx -d 0 /*

 19G    Applications
2.5M    bin
 15K    dev
4.0K    etc
1.0K    home
1.9G    Library
1.0K    net
1.0K    Network
 16G    private
1.1M    sbin
6.6G    System
4.0K    tmp
157G    Users
848M    usr
4.0K    var
 36K    Volumes

Tools like OmniDiskSweeper or Disk Inventory X will report the same basic information. They will generally account for the space that the Storage tab says is being used by Documents and Applications, but I cannot seem to figure out where the 226 GB of files are that the "System" part is using. I had this situation come up once before and rebooting the machine cleared out the used space and I got a couple hundred GB back. I could do that again, but I would like to be able to track down what these files are.

Any suggestions?


texts: On Yosemite Safari opens randomly, why? and how can I stop it?

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On Yosemite, I don't use Safari at all. Never.
Every now and then (like once a week or so), Safari automatically opens, without my interaction and it does not even come to forefront, it just remains in the background, and I notice it when I go to the dock to open something else and notice it is there.
It appears to just want to connect to apple home page (no suspicious tabs or anything that I can see).

Anyone has any suggestions?


texts: I want to change to hot key(s) for spaces

texts: Currently I can switch between spaces using Control + arrow. I want to change that to Command + arrow. How would I go about doing that?


texts: Can i browse the files on an external mac as an external HD?

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Ive got data on an old iMac G4. My plan was to remove the HD, put the HD in an enclosure and transfer the data from the HD.

I looked up the iFixit guide for the process and it seems the HD isn't easily accessible.

Is there another way i could connect to the iMac G4 (not sure what OSX version) from my mid 2012 macbook pro running 10.11.6 and browse the iMac G4's drive, without having to boot the iMac G4 ?


texts: Can I download a free app from the App Store without a credit card?

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I just recently got an iPod Touch and wanted to download some free apps. The App Store wanted me to get an Apple ID, no problem. But now it's telling me to input a credit card. I don't have one, and anyway shouldn't need one to download free apps.

I did some searching here and on Google and found out that there should be a "None" option when selecting credit cards, but it was not there. I then read that it's disabled in some countried, so I tried telling iTunes that I'm in the US (I'm in Argentina), but still no "None" option. Later, I read that apparently this feature was disabled in iTunes 10, so I installed iTunes 9, but I still don't get the option.

How can I get the No Credit Card option to appear when downloading an app for the first time? It doesn't make sense that you should need a credit card for free stuff.

EDIT: To clarify, I already made an account in Apple's website, I'm looking for a way to be able to select "None" when buying an app through iTunes.


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I used a certain domain name temporarily to build a site on. The site has been moved to its own URL and now I want to use the same domain again for another site. I have set up the WP installation but on my computer on any browswer it will not resolve saying the ip is not found.
The WP login page resolves on my iPhone using mobile data
I have rebooted the WiFi router and also reset the MacBook High Sierra DNS cache but it still will not resolve on the macbook?


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LS 3.8.2, MacOS 10.13.6 (I'm in 'music', slowly updating).
It's great having the option to modify the HOSTS file, but with Little Snitch installed it is not read.
(I know the hosts file is not read because I can visit the 'banned' domains in the modified HOSTS file).
How do I adjust Little Snitch so the HOSTS file is read by Safari 13.1.1?


texts: How to detect from a script that a TimeMachine backup is running?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a bash command to check to see if Time Machine has finished backing up?

To run some syncs to remote servers to have their data included in TimeMachine backups I used to use a script like the following to avoid syncing while TimeMachine runs and not get half synced backups.

The detection part of the script that waits until TimeMachine stopped working on 10.8 so I'm looking for a working replacement for it.

#!/bin/sh -x

while ps -e | grep backupd | grep -v grep; do
    echo "Time Machine is running, waiting ..."
    sleep 60
done

The above waits until a TimeMachine run thats already underway finishes.
This is the part that doesn't work on 10.8 anymore since backupd is shown allways in ps -e output.  So it will wait forever.

The rest of the script still works fine and is only put here for reference if anyone needs switching TimeMachine off during a script and then safely on again afterwards.

save=`defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine AutoBackup | sed -e 's/0/false/' | sed -e 's/1/true/'`

This is a fix for the fact that defaults read gives 0 and 1 for bools but defaults write only accepts true and false

echo "Saved Time Machine state: AutoBackup = $save"

trap "echo 'Restoring Time Machine state'; defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine AutoBackup -bool $save" EXIT HUP INT QUIT ABRT TERM

Here we restore the former time machine state when the script stops for whatever reasons -- don't want to accidentally turn time machine off and nobody notices.

defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine AutoBackup -int 0

Switch TimeMachine off, not sure why -int 0 works here maybe the whole sed business is not really necessary anymore?  I think it changes the default to int which is ok for off (?)

# ... script that does some remote syncing with other machines while time machine is not running


texts: Can I safely delete sw.old folder on my MacBookPro?

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Can I safely delete sw.old folder on my MacBookPro ?
I'd like to get rid of all redundant software, and this looks like it.
Can I safely proceed and delete this folder ?


texts: Strange looking certificate in macOS Keychain

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I need help with a strange looking certificate which has appeared in the Keychain of my Mac.

The name of the certificate is "A9936B80-41C7-4D34-8020-59C3E40A31A8 A98369B2-0C8C-4CF8-9921-015C5D9A4C86". It is installed in the login keychain under My Certificates. There is no clear name of an issuer, nor to whom it was issued.

It is not trusted by the system and after deleting it gets reinstalled again and again.

What it is?


texts: How to remove AddressBook book-like interface or enable debug menu?

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I wish to get rid of the Lion 10.7.5 AddressBook book-like interface a.k.a. leather appearance a.k.a. skeuomorphic design.

Usually this kind of setting can be change from the debug menu.

However $ defaults write com.apple.AddressBook ABShowDebugMenu -bool true does not enable the debug menu in AddressBook.

How to enable this debug menu or make addresbook look like 10.6 Addressbook?


texts: In iOS 12.0.1 on iPhone, what is the point of the block list? It doesn't block calls

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I get spam calls on my iPhone SE. I have caller ID.

I have a contact called "do not answer". The contact is blocked

Inside the "do not answer" contact I keep a list of all the spam numbers that call me.

In iOS 12.0.1 I get calls saying Incoming call from "do not answer". How is this possible? Doesn't the phone app see its showing the "do not answer" contact that should be blocked?

The only workaround I have found is to set my "do not answer" contact to have a silent ringtone without vibration but it still interrupts use of my phone

This has been ongoing since my iPhone 4s days


texts: Time Machine fails backup to a time capsule's attached hard disk

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I've been backing up my Lion OSX system using Time Machine to an second, external drive connected to a time capsule. It has worked but stopped working.

The menu says "Faied" and the time machine prefs says:

"The backup disk image “/Volumes/WD1-1/monster.sparsebundle” could not be created (error 22)"

As far as I can tell the external hard disk is just fine.  One really weird thing is that the external drive is called "WD1". However the Volume in the error message is specified as /Volumes/WD1-1. In fact in shall I see this:

monster:~ pitosalas$ mount
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1s2 on /Volumes/MonsterHD (hfs, local, journaled)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
afp_0TSQUm1ubQ4400mmYF0Pyetl-1.2d000003 on /Volumes/WD1 (afpfs, nodev, nosuid, mounted by pitosalas)
afp_0TSQUm1ubQ4400mmYF0Pyetl-1.2d00005c on /Volumes/WD1-1 (afpfs, nobrowse)

and

monster:~ pitosalas$ ls /Volumes/
BootHD      MonsterHD   WD1     WD1-1

(notice that MonsterHD and BootHD are both internal drives of the OSX box called monster)

What is that second Volume WD1-1? It has different characteristics in $ mount listing none of which are meaningful to me. Could that be related to the problem?


texts: Can't create admin user with Mac OS X El Capitan

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My girlfriend did a mistake when she deleted her session login! But, she has only one session login. Now, we can't connect to the Mac because we don't have any access... So I booted to Recovery Mode, opened Terminal.app and tried to execute:

dscl . -create /Users/mynewuser

But it doesn't work ... Terminal said : create: Invalid Path

<dscl_cmd> DS Error: -14009 (eDSUnknownNodeName)

What can I do please ?


texts: Same file reappears on Relocate Items after each macOS update

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The following file keeps reappearing after each macOS update:
/Users/Shared/Relocated\ Items/Configuration/private/etc/shells.system_default
Ages ago I modified the file /etc/shells to add the latest bash version from Homebrew and after macOS changed to this new read only file system for the OS I see this on every update. I also noticed that private/etc/shells seem to be hard linked to /etc/shells, changing one file has an impact on the other (and I don't see a symlink).
The file under Relocated Items is not the modified file but seems to be the default file from macOS without changes (my file /etc/shells still has my changed for the Homebrew bash).
Is there anything I can do to avoid this happening after each update? I always delete the whole Relocated Items folder (not just the shortcut under the Desktop) but it keeps coming back.


texts:
Every now and then, I’ll notice the back of my Apple Watch glowing with a green LED light. It seems to happen sporadically and usually only lasts for a few seconds.

Why does my Apple Watch glow green sometimes?


texts: I have an Apple TV and Keynote for the iPhone. Is it possible to display a presentation that I created on the iPhone on Apple TV?


texts: iTerm2 Supply PWD to coprocess in capture output trigger

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How do you supply PWD to a coprocess script?

For instance, given the below trigger:

When I double click the captured output, it runs the script: ~/rerun_test.sh supplying the filename that was matched: \1.

However, the application I work with does not output the present working directory (PWD) so I need to have it available to me as a variable that I can supply somehow or the other.
For semantic history when you run a command the PWD is \5 for instance:

  Command runs when you activate Semantic History on any filename. Use \1 for filename, \2 for line number, \3 for text before click, \4 for text after click, \5 for pwd. You can also use interpolated string syntax.

Is there anything equivalent that I can resort to? Obviously in this context: ~/rerun_test.sh \1 \5 does not work.


texts: How to shut down an iPad stuck on the Apple logo?

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Having an iPad stuck on the Apple logo, I cannot find a way to shut it down.

When holding down both the top "Power" button and the "Home" buttons, the iPad goes to black screen, but starts again even if I released the buttons when the screen went black.

So, the iPad always comes back to the state showing the back Apple logo on a white screen.

Edit 1:

Thank you for both answers until now.

Holding only the power button down doesn't work in with this buggy iPad.
Holding both the power and the home buttons down reboots the iPad; even if I release one or both buttons a fraction of a second after screen turns black, the screen always turns on in the next seconds


texts:
I was wondering if I could offer (paid) trials of my App in the Mac Appstore using in-app purchase?

So I have a $49 value Mac app, but I allow downloading for free, the app needs a $1.99 in-app purchase to activate the trial for a month.

Do you think it would work. Would Apple allow it?


texts: Minimum required ping time for computer on LAN?

texts:
I want to ping all possible IPs in my LAN, and I have the code for it, but right now, I've already cut the weight time from 5s to 2s, and it's still about 8 minutes to test them all. How long should it take to ping an IP on my same LAN?

Thanks


texts: Photos folder on external hard drive incessant disk usage for 5 years

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My photos collection has way over 500 gigabytes, and when I got a new Mac in 2015, I moved the collection to an external hard drive, and pointed Photos (iphoto by then?) to the external hard drive.
So far, so good. Everything works most of the time, with all the known glitches of Photos which are covered in many other questions.
My question is regarding disk usage. My hard drive is being used 100% of the time (and quite loudly), since 2015. The thing NEVER stops.
I have spotlight disabled for that hard drive, and the people search doesn't show anything anymore (like that "X images still need to be scanned).
The processes using the hard drive are

mds
filecoordinationd (4 threads, same PID)
com.apple.MediaLibraryService (also 4 threads, 1 pid)
photolibraryd (12 threads)
cloudphotod
com.apple.CloudPhotosConfiguration (4 threads)
revisiond (4 threads).

If I kill all those processes, I end up with fseventsd in 1 thread, 28 threads of photoanalysisd, 1 thread of mds, and 4 threads of revisiond. It quiets things for a while, and the activity comes back after a while.
Why is this happening and how to fix it?
Again, this is bothering me for FIVE YEARS. It's not something temporary.


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I have a server running on my iMac (port 8000) and I want my iPad to be able to visit it through the local network so I set this rule using pf anchors (hence ipfw is gone).

It doesn't work, what am I missing?

file: /etc/pf.anchors/com.test

rdr pass on lo0 inet proto tcp from any to 192.168.2.2 port 80 -> 127.0.0.1 port 8000
rdr pass on lo0 inet proto tcp from any to 127.0.0.1 port 8000 -> 127.0.0.1 port 8000

enable the command:

pfctl -ef /etc/pf.anchors/com.test

Visiting my iMac's IP-address from the iPad 192.168.1.1 gives me an unreachable message (Safari)

From my iMac all seems OK:

# nc -v 192.168.2.2 80
found 0 associations
found 1 connections:
     1: flags=82<CONNECTED,PREFERRED>
    outif lo0
    src 127.0.0.1 port 52342
    dst 127.0.0.1 port 5001
    rank info not available
    TCP aux info available

Connection to 192.168.2.2 port 80 [tcp/http] succeeded!

# curl -I 192.168.2.2
HTTP/1.0 302 FOUND
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 10:39:47 GMT
Server: WSGIServer/0.1 Python/2.7.6
Vary: Cookie
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Location: http://192.168.2.2/


texts: Why are home folders in Mac OS X located in /Users, and not /home?

texts:
My question is as title stated.

Why mac osx user directory located at /Users, but not /home?
Because /home is the default directory of user's home of Unix and Linux.


texts: MacBook Pro (2011) bricked after firmware 1.7 update

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I allowed AppStore to apply the newest firmware update to my MacBook Pro, which seemed to work fine, until the final restart. At this point, the machine just shut down. I waited for quite a while, assuming it was doing something (despite no power LED) before trying to switch it on using the power button.

The machine now won't start. If I press the button, the screen does absolutely nothing, and the power led briefly turns on, and dims after about 5 secs. At the same time, my DVD drive attempts to power up, and continues trying to read for a rew seconds before dying as well.

I've tried the following:

Testing the mains charger, it was OK
Trying to start the machine with/without charger
Tried to reset the SMC, but nothing seemed to happen other than the same above
Burned DVD of firmware update for 1.7/1.6 and inserted into DVD. DVD took disc for 1.7, then won't give it back (and nothing else happened)

Suggestions welcome, and my thanks in advance.


texts: Wireless transfer speeds between macs in a home network

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I have a home network with the following components and network capabilities.

AirPort Express (A1264): 802.11a/b/g/Draft N = ?
Mac Mini 2011: 802.11n = 54-600 Mbit/s
MacBook Air 2014: 802.11ac = < 1 Gbit/s

When copying files between the Mini and the Air (using rsync over ssh) I get maximum transfer speeds of about 1 MByte/s, which is a major disappointment.

Actually, I get better download speeds from the Internet (2.5 MByte/s, limited by my type of broadband subscription) than between the two Macs.

I assume the Express is the major bottleneck, however my questions around this are as follows:

What could possibly explain the ridiculously slow transfer speed of 1 MByte/s?
Can the speed be improved by software adjustments? (I have the latest firmware)
What is the maximum speed of the Express, given the "Draft N" specification?
If I buy the newest Express with 802.11ac, what kind of speed can I expect?
If I also buy the newest Mini with 802.11ac, what kind of speed can I expect?
Is there anything else non-evident that would get in the way of optimal speeds?


texts: Restored/Wiped- Automatically enables Location Services like in LOST MODE?

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iPhone 4s with iOS 7.

Like in LOST MODE where the Location Services is automatically turned on eventhough it was OFF before you lost your iPhone, it will give it's location once the device connects to the internet - (already clarified, thank you so much!). Now the question is, Is it also the same when you restore/wiped the iPhone? Will it automatically enable the Location Services after being restored (as long as they will connect it online)?


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How does one know if upgrading OS will slow down their relatively older machine?

For example I bought a MacBook Air a couple of years ago. It came with Leopard and I've already upgraded to Snow Leopard, but now want to download Lion. I'm concerned though that it may slow down my machine.

I've heard of this before where upgrading OS slows down performance on older hardware.

How can one know if they risk a slower performing machine if they update OS?


texts: iPad just updated now shows double icon rows

texts: Anyone seen this before?  After updating an iPad to the latest OS now all rows of icons are duplicated.  They also seem to wiggle a bit.  Hard reboot with home and power button do nothing for the problem.


texts: How to remap "quit application" to Command+ESC system wide?

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As of now it's set to ⌘Q everywhere which is very unintuitive and being next to ⌘W, which I use a lot, it's very annoying too.

⌘Esc doesn't do anything (on my laptop at least) and I think it makes sense to remap the quit action to it. I think I can do it one by one - one app at a time. But is there a way I can change it for all the apps at once - from one setting, or using some tool?

And I would like ⌘Q to do something else or nothing at all.


texts: Will an Apple Airport router work better with my Macs?

texts: I recently upgraded from Windows to a Mac, and now I have two Macbooks. Would they work better with my wireless if I got an Apple Airport a/b/n router? (I couldn't find anything about this on Google or anywhere else.)


texts: 2009 MacBook Pro does not respond to the Option/Command keys on boot up

texts: I want to flash my 4.1 to 5.1. I then want to turn off SIP. No matter what I do, different keyboards tried, different USB ports, nothing I do will let me boot off a USB drive, or into OS recovery or OS Utils.


texts: Is there a Terminal command to know the macOS installed but from an external hard drive or from macOS recovery?

texts: How can I know the macOS version (such as 10.12.1) installed on the startup drive if I don't have the password (or has filevault encryption and I don't have the password).  I wonder if there's a way to know it by using a Terminal command from macOS recovery or by starting from an External storage disk.


texts: Strange network activity virus when Aiport is off / No Wi-Fi

texts:
So I have this strange issue on my aging MBP (pre-retina generation, running 10.8.5 (need this for Maya 2013 to run), where basically the network is always showing activity even when I am not connected...

I am starting to suspect that there is some kind of virus in play, maybe?

Could someone provide me with some advice. I have captured the activity in a short video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvZp5u1nPfw

Note that there are spikes in packets sent/received at about 0.17 seconds into it and again at 0.30 seconds...

How do I begin to diagnose this issue?

Thanks
- J


texts: How do I add a Send to Myself link in the Share menu of iOS?

texts:
in iOS, when I'm reading an article or when I see a picture I want to save, I just click on Share and use Mail to send it to my own email box.

During a few days I had the opportunity to send it to my mail by using the Favorites line in Share menu but now it only contains sending text messages to friends.

Is it possible to configure this Favorites line in Share Menu ?

Or if not, is there a way to make a Shortcut that would automatically take the item i want to share and send it to a pre-configured email box in just one tap ?

Thanks


texts: Safari Auto-Extract ZIP File Upon Download

texts: When I download a zip file through Safari it automatically extracts it into a new folder named as the ZIP file is.  Is there a way to disable the auto extract feature and just leave the file as is in ZIP format?


texts: all process related tools stop working sometimes

texts:
So, for the 4th time now, all process tools on my mac stopped working (top, pgrep, kill, Activity Monitor, etc).

I can't find a pattern nor any log on what's causing it.

When it happens, iTerm freezes and I can't open other terminal apps. I can start a terminal through VisualStudio Code though.

I tried to use ps, top et al to find what is wrong, but the commands never output anything (seems like they "freeze" or something).

Activity Monitor don't show any processes at all.

The only way to "fix" the issue is to reboot, which I dislike (if I where to reboot to fix things I would use windows xp).

So, I don't know what to do or where to look. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? What can I do?

EDIT:

macOS 10.13.2

EDIT2:

I didn't have htop opened when the issue happened, so I don't think it is related to the htop question

EDIT3:

Just rebooted my mac and I indeed had a tab open with htop running. So it is probably the same thing.


texts: Mac Mail - Stagger / batch download emails from gmail over imap

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Ive got several gmail accounts and google apps for business (depreciated free version) accounts. One of the my google apps for business accounts is 25gb.

I want to add it to mail on my MBP (osx - 10.10.5).

Is there a mode where i can stagger the downloading of the emails as trying to download 25gb of emails over imap will trigger a temporary imap freeze on my account on gmails end (the freeze lasts about 24 hours). To get around this is there a setting where i can download either in batches or or donwload up to the last years data, then i can donwload then next years etc


texts: MBP 2010 15" won't boot without disconnecting power and battery

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My MBP 2010 will only power-up if I disconnect power and battery, and then only connect power. When I shut it down, it'll only power up again if I remove the power first for >10 seconds.

I've tried an SMC Reset, a PRAM Reset, but nothing works unless I disconnect everything for >10 seconds.

It seems especially odd as even though it starts up the first time, it won't start up a second time without the complete power disconnect. Note, if i reboot, it restarts fine.

The battery is charging correctly, and I get the appropriate green/orange lights on the MagSafe.

For now I've left the battery disconnected, so at least I can work around this.

Any ideas?


texts: Please help: Win7 on external FireWire drive results in "No bootable device - insert boot disk..." error

texts:
I'm trying to get Win7 working from an external FireWire drive (Macbook pro mid 2009, OSX El Capitan). I've tried the two tutorials below; the installation seems smooth either way and mac recognizes the external hard drive as windows drive after restart (holding option key). But after selecting the windows option, I end up with a "No bootable device - insert boot disk…

1.https://bleeptobleep.blogspot.com/2013/02/mac-install-windows-7-or-8-on-external.html

2.https://blog.macsales.com/40947-tech-tip-how-to-use-boot-camp-on-an-external-drive

Would be fantastic if someone has experience with this and could give me a hint!

Cheers!

Edit: I've now also tried the tutorial here: No bootable device USB 2.0 MacBook Pro mid 2014
I've adapted the Disk and partition IDs to match my system. Same result, after reboot of the mac the external hard drive is recognized as windows partition, but remains not bootable.


texts:
A friend of mine has something weird going on on his Mac. When he's in the overview tab in the "About this Mac" section his version of OS X is displayed in a weird form - with numbers. The screenshot will explain more:

How do I restore the proper name of the OS X?


texts: automator shell script application doesn't work in 10.13

texts:
I created application by automator for running jmeter. Since 10.13, this application does not work any more.

My shell script(I put jmeter directory in application Contents):

RADIR=`ps x | grep jmeter | grep -v grep | cut -c 28- `
COMMAND="$(dirname "$RADIR")/jmeter/bin/jmeter > /dev/null 2>&1 &"
eval $COMMAND

I checked that command is correct. But it doesn't work by running application. And it worked well before 10.12

I got some messages in Console log, The reason seems to be security exception. I am not sure

Some security mechanisms have been changed? How can fix it?

Thanks


texts:
Okay, so one thing I've wanted to be able to do for ages now in OS X is to create or view a combined Applications folder that displays the contents of both /Applications and ~/Applications (assume it exists).

Now, I know LaunchPad can do this, but I'd still like to be able to do this in a regular Finder window, for example using a Smart Folder.

Is this possible, and if so, what are the steps for doing this (either in the Finder itself, or via command line)?

I've experimented for searches of my entire computer for all Applications, however this only returns the application bundles themselves, ignoring any enclosing folders. Really I just want top level items for each of the applications folders; for example, I'd like to see the /Applications/Utilities folder, not its contents.


texts: Time Machine: Enable encryption on a locally connected disk without deleting the existing content of said disk?

texts:
I have an external FireWire-disk directly connected to a computer for backups using Time Machine. So far, these backups have been unencrypted but now I want to start encrypting my backups (the current backup history should be left as is) but when I try to do that, after entering a password, TM displays a pretty scary dialog (my translation) "Are you sure you want to erase the volume 'Backup' that is currently used for backups? All information on the disk will be deleted and this can not be undone. If you want to enable encryption and use the disk for Time Machine it must first be erased".

Why is that? I thought TM used disk images for encrypted backups, why not just create one of them and ignore the rest of the content of this disk? Is there a way around this? I have tried renaming the Backups.backupdb-folder but it didn't change anything.


texts: Why does the Finder run at such a low process priority?

texts:
I'm at a bit of a loss about this.
I'm running a big import in aperture, and it's causing my system to slow down to a complete crawl, basically rendering it unusable for anything, even browsing the web. Since this seems a bit unnatural, I spent a little time looking around.

Running ps -Al shows that, apparently by default, the Dock, Finder, and SystemUIServer all seem to run at a priority far lower then userland applications. While user applications typically have a priority of 33, the Dock, Finder, etc have a priority of 53.

The end result, is ANY processor intensive task completely clobbers the UI, and renders the system unusable until it finishes.

Anyways, using renice -20 -p <prid> bumps them up to the same priority as the rest of the userland UI, and results in not having to wait 1-3 seconds (!) for the UI to respond to something as simple as a mouse click.

Thad said, I have two questions:
Is there any reason I shouldn't be altering the thread priority of the finder like this?
Is there any way to make the priority change persistent, e.g. so it stays that way after reboot.


texts: Unwanted dash ("-") in implicit ProxyCommand from ProxyJump

texts:
Intro

When open an ssh URL scheme (ssh://[host]), the Terminal app will be launched to handle the request, and ssh is launched without a shell.

Symptom

In my case, if the host is configured to use ProxyJump command, the ssh command fails instantly while the host is ~200ms ping away.

For example, the ~/.ssh/config file has the following content:

Host dest
HostName example.com
ProxyJump jump

Host jump
HostName jump.example.com

And upon running open ssh://dest, the command fails with the following output

/bin/bash: line 0: exec: -s: invalid option
exec: usage: exec [-cl] [-a name] file [redirection ...]
kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

But if I run ssh dest in a proper shell (to an actual host), there is no such problem.

Further Investigation

I find that the implicit ProxyCommand from ProxyJump differs:

When I run ssh -vvv [host] within a shell, it reports that

debug1: Setting implicit ProxyCommand from ProxyJump: ssh -vvv -W '[%h]:%p' dest

When I run the same command without a shell (for example, by replacing the command with which to open a shell with ssh -vvv [host]), it reports that

debug1: Setting implicit ProxyCommand from ProxyJump: -ssh -vvv -W '[%h]:%p' dest
...
debug1: Executing proxy command: exec -ssh -vvv -W '[example.com]:22' jump
...
/bin/bash: line 0: exec: -s: invalid option

Question

As shown in previous section, I want to know why ssh becomes -ssh in ProxyCommand, and how to remove the dash.

Reproducibility

I can reproduce this on a newly installed macOS using terminal. (macOS 10.15.5, OpenSSH_8.1p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3)

I cannot reproduce this when I use iTerm2 instead of Terminal.

I cannot reproduce this when using uBuntu.

Workaround

Use ProxyCommand instead. But it is less convenient.


texts: Repeated applications under Open With Menu

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Why does my Mac’s list of “Open with” applications start listing the apps twice and sometimes three times?

When I right-click on a file and select Open With option, I see many repeated applications:

How do I get rid of these repeated options?


texts:
I would like to be able to type with the "full width" characters, such as

ａｂｃｄｅｆｇｈｉｊｋｌｍｎｏｐｑｒｓｔｕｖｗｘｙｚ

and

ＡＢＣＤＥＦＧＨＩＪＫＬＭＮＯＰＱＲＳＴＵＶＷＸＹＺ

or

０１２３４５６７８９

or even

！＃＄＆＊＋－＜＝＞？＠［＼］＾＿｛｜｝～｟｠￠￡￢￣￤￥￦

without having to resort to "hunting and pecking" via the Symbols and Emoji dialog..

Is this possible without laboriously assigning macros for each character via OS X's "shortcuts" (or BetterTouchTool, etc)?


texts: a newer version of iphone software is available while I am already on 12.1.2

texts:
I have iPhone 8 Plus

Around 12/15(approx) I took backup on my MacBook Pro iTunes 12.9.2.5 and then updated to 12.1.2 on phone itself by going to Settings > General > Software Update

Today I connected my iPhone 8 Plus to my same MacBook Pro and it's saying

if I check on my phone Settings > General > Software Update it says your software is up to date.


texts: Can I filter multiple columns at the same time in Excel?

texts:
I haven't managed to find a good answer upon Googling this so here it goes:

I've got a large data set of people and within this there are two columns I want to filter: Location and Rating. I've worked out how to do one at a time (just the regular filter function), but I want to filter for both of these at once so that I have only people of X location and Y rating.

Is this possible?


texts:
I'd like to run applescript to control Excel on a headless Mac.

I want to do it from the command line via ssh, and I cannot - there is no display to run applescript on, so osascript throws an error.

I know there is on a Linux machine with X11 - I'm hoping something similar is available, but how to do this on a Mac?


texts: Why finder application is showing move to trash on ~/.Trash folder? If you will click on move to trash it will show an indefinite progress indicator that will never ends.


texts: iPhone contact sync no longer working with google

texts: Yesterday without warning, I lost all my google contacts on my phone, which is to say all my contacts. It had been working and syncing just fine, but now, nothing. I deleted the account under settings, revoked the application specific password on the google side, and started fresh. I followed the directions at google to the letter and still nothing. Am I missing something? Has anyone else encountered this problem?


texts: iPhone says it is verifying update, but it's stuck on lock screen

texts:
I can't unlock my iPhone and it has been saying it's verifying the update for hours now. I can't turn it off or restart it because the button is broken. I can't even unlock my iPhone or slide to power off when using AssistiveTouch.

How do I get around this problem?


texts: Location of the resource files for the spinning wait cursor?

texts:
For a presentation I am making, I want to find my Mac's system's default "Spinning Wait Cursor" resources.

I was told that the cursors are in here:
    /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HiServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/cursors

and here:
    /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/Current/Frameworks/WebCore.framework/Resources/

Indeed, one can find some large and vectorized versions of most cursors in the first folder, and some other, smaller ones in the second.

But, there seems to be no beach ball in there.

I know one can find the graphics in high resolution online easily, but for my project I would need to get the original system files.

A screenshot or animated screenshot also wouldn't be what I'm looking for. I couldn't find the info anywhere.

Note 1:
From the GUI, a user can see the spinning wait cursor in various different sizes depending on the settings in System Preferences > Accessibility > Display > Cursor size, and then proceeding to crash their computer.

Note2:
I am not trying to change my OS' appearance.

Can anyone help me find where the resource is?
Is it hardcoded like the startup chime?


texts:
I was an idiot and put a magnet on the right hand side of my trackpad on my MacBook Pro! I took the magnet off quickly, after realizing what I had done, but it seems I was too late!

The laptop started making a weird sound so I switched it off, thinking it was the best thing to do. After a minute or two, I turned on the laptop again and it started up but with a folder with a question mark in the middle of the screen. I turned it off and tried again, but the same image came up.

I'm almost certain I've wiped it, but obviously I'm no genius. Is there any way to fix it without taking the laptop to Apple?


texts: OS X El Capitan download button is grayed out

texts:
I'm currently running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 and trying to upgrade to OS X El Capitan. I'm in the App Store on the OS X El Capitan page:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1018109117?mt=12

However, the download button is grayed out and there's really no way for me to upgrade. See image below:

How to solve this predicament?


texts: Why does Finder need me to authenticate its every action?

texts:
I have to enter my password to create, delete, or move any folder or file. It sure is getting annoying. Why is this happening?

This is happening in a new user account that I created today. It has administrative privileges, and I have deleted the old one. (The authentication problem didn't happen in the old account.)


texts:
How can I send a PDF to my iBooks in iPad without having to connect the iPad to my laptop using a cable?

Is this possible at all? Or do I necessarily have to use iTunes and a cable?


texts: Automounting nfs share fails with err=2, RPC: Timed out

texts:
I want to automount a nfs share whenever a user logs in to our Mac Minis. My original idea was to use the remote share as the place for the user's home directories, but due to being not able to mount the share, I'm just trying to get it mounted to an unrelated directory via autofs first.

My /etc/auto_master looks like this:

+auto_master
/net              -hosts -nobrowse,hidefromfinder,nosuid
/home             auto_home -nobrowse,hidefromfinder
/Network/Servers  -fstab
/-                -static
/-                auto_nfs -nobrowse,nosuid

My /etc/auto_nfs:

/home_tmp -fstype=nfs,vers=3,rw,resvport,tcp,soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,noatime,timeo=900,retrans=3 192.168.0.2:/home_tmp

The remote machine is running 4.9.11-1-ARCH x86_64 GNU/Linux and it's /etc/exports looks like

/home_tmp -nohide,sync,rw 192.168.0.0/26

and the share is also visible from the client:

$ showmount -e 192.168.0.2
Exports list on 192.168.0.2:
/home_tmp                           192.168.0.0/26

The machine trying to mount the nfs share is within the 192.168.0.0/26 subnet.

When I do a sudo mount -t nfs -o resvport,rw 192.168.0.2:/home_tmp /home_tmp, I can change into /home_tmp and see it's content. But when I try to change into this directory with automount, I get:

$ cd /home_tmp
-bash: cd: /home_tmp: No such file or directory

The system log shows:

automountd: MOUNT  REQUEST: name=/home_tmp [] map=auto_nfs opts=nobrowse,nosuid path=/home_tmp direct=1
automountd:   PUSH /etc/auto_nfs
automountd:   POP /etc/auto_nfs
automountd:   mapline:  -fstype=nfs,vers=3,rw,resvport,tcp,soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,noatime,timeo=900,retrans=3 192.168.0.2:/home_tmp
automountd:   do_mount1:
automountd:   (nfs,nfs)   /home_tmp -vers=3,rw,resvport,tcp,soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,noatime,timeo=900,retrans=3
automountd:               192.168.0.2:/home_tmp      penalty=0
automountd:   nfsmount: input:
automountd:       192.168.0.2[other]
automountd:       nfsmount: mount on /home_tmp vers=3,rw,resvport,tcp,soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,noatime,timeo=900,retrans=3:
automountd:         192.168.0.2:/home_tmp
automountd:       ping: 192.168.0.2 request vers=3 min=3
automountd: pingnfs: 192.168.0.2: RPC: Timed out
automountd:       pingnfs FAIL: can't get nfs version
automountd: NFS server 192.168.0.2 not responding
automountd:       Couldn't mount 192.168.0.2:/home_tmp, err=2
automountd: MOUNT  REPLY  : status=2, AUTOFS_DONE
automountd: mount of /home_tmp failed: No such file or directory
automountd: MOUNT  REQUEST: name=/home_tmp [] map=auto_nfs opts=nobrowse,nosuid path=/home_tmp direct=1
automountd:   PUSH /etc/auto_nfs
automountd:   POP /etc/auto_nfs
automountd:   mapline:  -fstype=nfs,vers=3,rw,resvport,tcp,soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,noatime,timeo=900,retrans=3 192.168.0.2:/home_tmp
automountd:   do_mount1:
automountd:   (nfs,nfs)   /home_tmp -vers=3,rw,resvport,tcp,soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,noatime,timeo=900,retrans=3
automountd:               192.168.0.2:/home_tmp      penalty=0
automountd:   nfsmount: input:
automountd:       192.168.0.2[other]
automountd:       nfsmount: mount on /home_tmp vers=3,rw,resvport,tcp,soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,noatime,timeo=900,retrans=3:
automountd:         192.168.0.2:/home_tmp
automountd:       Couldn't mount 192.168.0.2:/home_tmp, err=2
automountd: MOUNT  REPLY  : status=2, AUTOFS_DONE
automountd: automountd exited

I read somewhere that this RPC: Timed out error can be caused by the nfs-server being started before some other service, so I restarted the nfs-server, but without effect. Any advice welcome to solve this...


texts: Duplicate entries in "Open With" menu in Finder even after rebuilding Launch Services

texts:
In Mac OS X 10.8.2, I have this curious problem. Every time I install a new updated version of one of several applications that I use, my system adds a new duplicate entry in the "Open With" contextual menu:

I have tried clearing caches and rebuilding disk permissions and rebooting, but the problem persists.

I have completely rebuilt the Launch Services database and completely rebuilt Pre-Binding, more than once, by using the standard command line tools and using two different commercial cleaning utilities to do the same thing.

I have also deleted and rebuilt Spotlight and then rebuilt Launch Services and cleared caches again.

Nothing has any effect.

It seems there have been similar questions posted here before, and all of them are incorrectly answered by "Rebuild the Launch Services database" but that does not help the problem.

Update 18 January 2013

After filing a bug report with Apple, I have received a notification that this is a known bug that they are already tracking and working on. It is Bug ID# 11582257, for anybody who follows these things.

Update April 2013

This bug has not been fixed in Mac OS X 10.8.3.

Update June 2013

This bug has still not been fixed in Mac OS X 10.8.4.


texts: How can I specify a minimum font size for viewing email in Apple Mail?

texts:
Similar questions have been asked in the past, albeit not in the last five years, it would seem, and the Mail application has changed enough to make the answers to those older questions entirely irrelevant. For instance, there is no longer a messages.css to edit in Mail.app's resources directory and defaults write com.apple.mail MinimumHTMLFontSize 12 does not have any effect, although the strings command confirms that specific key still exists in the executable.

In Preferences, you can change the font and font size, but that's for composing email.

How can I set a minimum or default font size for viewing received email in the preview pane? I am aware that HTML email is now the de facto standard and that Mail is probably using the font size specified in the HTML tags or CSS. However, if browsers can resize a webpage and I am fairly sure Mail is using a WebView internally, then it would stand to reason that it can be done. Whether this is a user-accessible option is, of course, another matter.


texts: Does the iPhone 4 geo-tag photos without a data connection?

texts:
In a few weeks, I will have the iPhone 4. I won't take data with SMS-call hours. But I love taking pictures wherever I go, and the geo-tagging feature is a great thing.

Does the iPhone 4 geo-tag pictures usefully even without data?


texts: How do I disable a Macbook pro A1502 keyboard, under Catalina 10.15.7? Karabiner does not work. The terminal command "sudo kextunload

texts: The shift keys, left and right, are stuck ON.  This causes MANY problems.  An external keyboard works, but the internal keyboard is the default on reboot, so it boots in safe mode and Safari stumbles badly with the shifters stuck ON.  Be gone internal keyboard!


texts: Periodic alert about MigratorUIAgent (part of Avira) not being able to start on macOS 10.11

texts:
Since a while I've been repeatedly interrupted by an alert window popping up to warn about a MigratorUIAgent not being able to start.
Clicking "Report" in the alert provided the following (redacted for brevity) information:
Process:               MigratorUIAgent [66602]
Path:                  /Library/Application Support/Avira/MigratorUIAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/MigratorUIAgent
Identifier:            MigratorUIAgent
Version:               ???
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           MigratorUIAgent [66602]
...
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.6 (15G22010)
...
Dyld Error Message:
  Symbol not found: _kSecGuestAttributeAudit
...

So, it's from Avira and it's very likely an incompatibility with my aging OS version, introduced in a recent Avira update.
I found no information on Avira's site (nor anywhere else for that matter), where instead I found out I cannot report the issue to them because that is not allowed to users of the free version. Oh well, in any case I expected a "go buy yourself a new Mac" response.
Since I did not want to remove Avira entirely, I headed inside the app package contents and tentatively renamed MigratorUIAgent to MigratorUIAgent.BROKEN or something like that.
I did not expect it to work, but it did. No more alerts and the rest of Avira keeps working without a complaint. So far so good.
But what is this MigratorUIAgent?
From the name and the periodicity of the alert, I suppose it's the auto update agent.
Does anyone know more about this process?


texts: My iPhone 7 Plus died after being exposed to cold weather and a bit of rain. Will I be able to retrieve my data?

texts:
My iPhone 7 Plus won't respond to a hard reset. I'm not able to switch it on either. The phone detects the Home button being pressed only sometimes. I haven't backed up my data in a long time and really want it back, even if the phone dies out.

Here's how it died out:

My phone was out for a long time when the temperature was around 5-6 degree Celsius. It was dewy and there was some drizzle as well. When I was clicking a picture, the screen showed red and white vertical lines. It flickered once and the phone died out.

After about 4-5 hours, I checked it again. The screen showed a faint blue light but nothing else was working. When I put it to charge, the phone did vibrate. But even after charging it for 4-5 hours, it didn't work. After a few hours, the screen showed two white horizontal stripes and then it died down completely.

Now, there is no light on the screen. The phone doesn't vibrate when I put it for charging either.

What do you think the problem is? How should I retrieve my data?


texts: Can't run Apple Hardware Test as Mac crashes

texts:
My Macbook: Apple MacBook "Core 2 Duo" 2.0 13" (White/07).

Main problem: Mac goes black screen and shuts down when I try and load the Apple HW Test by holding down D as the computer turns on. It goes to a black screen with a flashing underscore like it's about to do something but then just shuts down. I am using the DVD as per apple's instructions.

Why I wanna do this: I'm trying to put some new life into my old mac and want to know if it's worth my while and where I should be spending money. The mac makes funny noises when it boots (listen here) and when it's running (listen here). I imagine there could be a problem with the HD, maybe the fans, (definitely the battery, is has 0% capacity), but yes want to know before I start spending money.

Desired solution: How to get Apple HW test to work, or suggestions for a better alternative.


texts: How make Safari 7 open PDF files in Preview instead of opening them in-page?

texts:
Since Safari 7.0 which was introduced yesterday with OS X Mavericks the little terminal hack

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES

doesn't work anymore (at least not for me).

Once you use the Terminal hack, the PDF is shown in binary/ascii-format in a new tab of Safari (like if you would open the file with TextEdit instead of an arbitrary PDF reader):

Any suggestions how to achieve the desired behavior anyway?


texts: How can I boot to Safari Only (Chromebook style) in Lion?

texts: How can I boot safari only in Mac OSX Lion Chrome OS style? I heard that there was a key that one had to hold at startup, which one is it?


texts:
I had a Macbook Air (2014) running iMovie 10.0.5 on Yosemite which died by water damage.

The SSD survived and I had it TimeMachine backed up to an external drive at an Apple Store.

The backed up iMovie Library file is too big (122 GB) to copy to my Macbook Pro 15" retina running iMovie 10.1.8 on Sierra (10.12.6).

I've copied the backed up iMovie Library file to a different (Mac formatted) external drive which has 'Ignore ownership of this volume' checked.

When I try to open it on the Macbook Pro I get the message:

  The operation couldn’t be completed. Permission denied
  “iMovie Library” is already in use by “my previous username” on “another name.lan”

I tried changing the iMovie Library file permissions to all Read & Write.

iMovie might have been running on the Macbook Air when it became water damaged.

Anyone know how I can open the iMovie file or kill its existing permissions/use?


texts: Is Geotag Location Sent for iMessage Photos?

texts: When I send a photo to a friend via iMessage and not MMS, will the geotag location be sent along with the photo? If so, is there any way to remove the location before the photo is sent for privacy reasons.


texts:
I use SwitchySharp to quick switch between multi-proxies under  Chrome broswer.

Now I want to move to Safari(I love its "Tap to Zoom" feature), but SwitchySharp only works in Chrome, there is no a counterpart in Safari extension.

So I wonder if there is a system level quick proxy switcher script or free app?


texts: Fresh battery replacement already showing degradation

texts:
I have a 2019 MacBook Pro 15 inch running MacOS Catalina (10.15.6) which had the top case (battery) replaced in July 2020 due to significant battery degredation over the 1 year I had owned it. The battery health went from 100 % to 84% in just over 12 months.
Since having that replaced, I noticed that the battery health of the new battery had decreased from 100% to 89% over just 53 charge cycles. I called apple support since it still has apple care and they ran their diagnostics on it (Shut Down Mac, power on, hold option + D).  The agent said the diagnostic report showed my battery was at 97% health which was within spec. I am just curious why system report would be saying my max charge capacity was at 6502/7336 (89%) yet his diagnostic (which apparently bypasses any operating system measurements) is saying 97%?
I thought this might be an SMC issue and reset that earlier this week but no improvements. Is there some other system that needs calibrating?


texts: Safari 'forgets' cookies, iTunes requires authentication 3 times?

texts:
I'm having some really odd problems with my new Mac, that I haven't encountered ever before. Every time I restart my iMac, Safari 'forgets' all cookies and stored website data, which means I have to log in to every site again (usernames/passwords are still auto-filled, it's just the cookies, local storage and history which are gone). I'll do that on a regular basis, but daily is a bit too much for me, especially with 2FA activated on most sites.

The second problem which might or might not be related (started about the same time) is that I have to enter my iTunes credentials 3 times in a row before the dialog stops bugging me and I can use iTunes. I don't exactly know what it's doing after the login, it doesn't complain if I hit 'cancel' either.

Talking about a new iMac, OS X 10.10.1

Any ideas?


texts: Facetime audio calls not working using iPhone

texts:
I have a Netgear Nighthawk MR60 mesh system with a WiFi router and one satellite. Since I installed it, I cannot make calls using my iPhone xs with either of my Mac computers. The window comes up telling me I’m using Facetime audio with my iPhone, but I immediately get a message in the window saying that the phone and the computer must be connected to the same WiFi network in order to complete the call. Repeated attempts at this have failed.
It looks like everything is set up on all Apple devices for this to work.
On my Nighthawk app, all 3 devices show up on my 5 GHz network.
This worked with the former WiFi router I had and replaced. It was not a mesh system. That router had the ability to connect to either the 2.5 GHz or the 5 GHz network manually. Apparently, the Nighthawk does not have the manual connection option.
I’ve tried logging out of and back into Facetime to no avail.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) running macOS Catalina 10.15.7;
iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5 inch, Late 2015) running macOS Cataline 10.15.7;
iPhone XS Max IOS 14.4.2
On the Apple sight I can only find older similar questions - nothing recent except what I posted there.
Any help is welcome and appreciated.


texts: I can't seem to open this .jar file. Can someone make sense out of my error message?

texts:
I'm trying to set up a modded minecraft server on my Mac.
I am on Mojave 10.14.6 and I have Java SE Oracle JDK 15.0.1 installed.
Each time I attempt to open the file forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2854-universal.jar I get prompted  with a warning "The Java JAR file "forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2854-universal.jar" could not be launched."
I also tried opening it with Terminal, relocating the directory and inputting java -jar forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2854-universal.jar but here, i got the error back.
Unfortunately, I am unable to read code. I've done my researched and found multiple others with the same problem but they all had to do with their MANIFEST.MF file, I don't believe that is my case here, from the minimal info I could make out of the error message, I was wondering if anyone can help me find out what is the problem and how I can fix it. Thanks!


texts: Does the Mac Pro 2008 display memory speeds accurately in System Information?

texts: Can anyone confirm that when a Mac Pro 2008 has 800MHz FB-DIMMs installed it displays the Ram speed as 800Mhz in the System Information and not 667MHZ. I am running OS X Lion.


texts: Continuity between 2 iPhones (of which 1 not connected to Cellular / without SIM)

texts:
I recently bought an iPhone 6S, but my trusty iPhone 5S is still in good condition so I figured I would keep it around for use at home. I'm currently using the iPhone 5S as "fixed line replacement" with a VoIP app, as an Apple TV remote, and some other purposes (basically like an iPod Touch), so there is no SIM card in the phone and it's in Airplane Mode with WiFi on (I'm thinking of putting an inactive SIM in there to get rid of a few error messages though).

Recently I noticed that when someone calls me on my iPhone 6S, after a few seconds the call also comes through on the iPhone 5S thanks to Continuity, which is very handy. The thing is, it doesn't work in the other direction seeing as this is an actual iPhone, it will complain (both in Messaging and Phone apps) that either there is no SIM installed, or that Airplane Mode should be disabled.

Is there a way that I can get the iPhone 5S (without SIM, in Airplane Mode with WiFi on) to behave like an iPad and use the cellular connectivity of my iPhone 6S via Continuity over WiFi, so that I can also make cellular calls and send/receive SMS/MMS messages on the 5S (WiFi only) when the iPhone 6S is nearby? Or are the incoming calls really the only possibility in this case?


texts: Does iTunes in the Cloud apply to Movie Rentals?

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I rented a movie from iTunes on my Mac running OS X 10.8. I was under the assumption that it would be available on my iPhone (iOS 6) and iPad (iOS 6) to stream or download but it isn't. It doesn't appear in the Videos app and I can't find it under Purchased in the iTunes Store on my devices. All of my devices are logged in under the same account.

Are iTunes movie rentals not available in the cloud? I know movie purchases are.

Every support document I found on Apple's website didn't mention rentals, only purchases.


texts: Can't change media kind from music to podcast in iTunes 12

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I've been downloading mp3s from a podcast's archives on their website (the archived episodes aren't available on iTunes). After adding these files to iTunes, I'm unable to do the logical thing, which is to change the media kind to Podcasts so it will show up under Podcasts and not Music. When I click Get Info > Options, Music is the only option in the dropdown.

It seems this solution used to work in previous versions of iTunes. Has anyone figured out a workaround? I really don't want to have to switch to the Music app to listen to these mp3s.

Note: Some people elsewhere seemed to think turning off iTunes Match would help, but I don't even have Match, so that's not a solution for me.


texts: Is there a default confidentiality url I can link to?

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I am updating my app on the App Store and I now have to give a url for confidentiality agreement.

Is there a default one I can link to, e.g a basic one that Apple would provide for small developers? Or do I have to write one from scratch and host it on my website?


texts: There's no wget command. How do I get it?


texts: Why didn't my Windows partition show up in the Startup Disk preference pane?

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I install Windows(XP after that 7) on my MBP with Boot Camp and every thing was fine but after a while in System Prefences -> Startup Disk my windows partition was lost and when I want to switch to my windows must restart my Laptop and Press Down option during startup. I can't switch directly from my OS X.

anyone know how can I solve this. or why this is happened?


texts: Why mbp keyboard light stays on while playing video in fullscreen?

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I noticed macbook pro keyboard light stays on while playing video in fullscreen, on youtube and vlc. Wouldn't be better if apple auto turn it off (since I'm not using keyboard while watching movies)?

I'm using latest macOS on mbp 15 retina.

Keyboard light works normally in other situations, if I stop typing for a while it goes off.


texts: How do I uninstall an iOS app completely?

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I deleted and reinstalled a game on iOS. The app still knows my account name.

According to another question there are no leftovers when an app is deleted.

How it is possible that the app still knows my previous login name? How can I make it forget it?

Note: it's a gamecenter app. I also accepted the option to remove it from the gamecenter.

My device runs iOS 6.0.1 and is not jailbroken.


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I used to use smoothly Gdal on my mac from the terminal before the update to Mavericks. Since that, I have struggled. I am now using High Sierra, and my computer can't find the software. If I run:

brew install gdal

then I hit the problem

 brew already installed

Following the recommendations in https://github.com/Homebrew/legacy-homebrew/issues/23424, I reinstalled it, unlinked it and relinked it. It still does not work. Please see picture. Has anyone experienced similar issues? DO you have a fix for this?


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I'm trying to make a screen recording but want to ensure that some personal information does not appear in it. For example, it could be my username in the menu bar, or a portion of an app which has a picture in it. I don't mind if that portion is blocked for the entirely of the recording.
Is there any way to overlay a black box or some image on the screen to block out some personal information in my screen recording? I am trying to do it beforehand so that I don't have to edit the recording and redact the information later.
I tried using Preview, but when I interact with other applications, it falls behind the application window I'm trying to redact.


texts: Kiosk app for iPad that allows using a client side certificate

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My web application is demanding a client side certificate to be installed.

When opening the web app from a browser on my iPad, I'm prompted to allow using the certificate and all works well.

Do you know any kiosk app that will give the same functionality? I've tried several with no success, getting 403 error immediately.


texts: Odd spotlight reindexing problem. Privacy List Error The item couldn’t be added or removed because of an unknown error

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I realized a few days ago that my spotlight wasn't finding any files. It was only giving me dictionary definitions and siri website suggestions. I figured it needed re-indexing so I tried adding the relevant volumes and folders to the Privacy list in Spotlight System Preferences but whenever I tried to add them I got the message
Privacy List Error
The item couldn’t be added or removed because of an unknown error.
I've tried everything suggested here: Spotlight doesn't show applications
I DID have Paragon NTFS for mac installed and working and apparently there are some contradictions there so I manually removed it completely. The only thing that worked, for a fleeting minute or two was force quitting SystemUIServer From activity monitor. Things moved quite slowly but it actually did find some files and I had the "Show all in finder" option at the bottom of Spotlight.
Another symptom is when I open an installer, even a simple, small one, the first step I get the spinning wheel of death, before it then doesn't find Macintosh HD to install onto. Also, not sure if it's relevant, but for some reason my RME Fireface 400 stopped being recognized by my computer (connected via firewire 400 to 800, to thunderbolt 2, to USB-C but it was never a problem before). I am using bootcamp to also have Windows 10.
I've also been having crazy trouble with Google Chrome after accidentally downloading some malware.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. My macbook pro is only a few months old. It's a 2019 Macbook Pro with OS 10.15.5 Catalina.
Thanks,
Alex


texts: How do I remove bookmarks from Terminal window?

texts: With El Capitan, the Terminal app can automatically create marks, and bookmarks. However, there seems no obvious way to delete a bookmark that one's created (by accident). How can one delete a Terminal window bookmark?


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I can't find any equivalent of the Excel Pivot Table or Open Office Data Table features. I'd like to sum up my data grouped by values in various columns.

For example, if I have

A       B       C
red     left    2
red     left    3
green   left    4
green   right   4

I want to be able to get

        red     green   all
left    5       4       9
right   0       4       4
all     5       8       13


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How can I force Finder to only search the current folder, ignoring the contents of all the sub-folders?
I don't want to exclude the sub-folders permanently from Spotlight, just for a certain search.

The reason I want to do this is that I sometimes have a folder with sub-folders that contain files/folders that are identically named. A simplified example is shown below:

main
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|-config.txt
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|-folder 1
|  |
|  |-config.txt
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|-folder 2
   |
   |-config.txt

When I'm in main and hit CMD+F and type config.txt I get three files. I don't want to click every file to see which one is in main and which in another folder, so ideally the sub-folders wouldn't show up in this search.


texts: OS X El Capitan - Cisco Built-in VPN client - split traffic

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On OS X 10.11 (El Capitan), with the Cisco Built-in VPN client, I would like to configure the route table in order to have the following thing :

subnet traffic 192.168.101.0/24 goes through the VPN
everything else (196.168.1.0/24 my local network, and all the internet) goes through en0, and not through the VPN

Is there a way to configure it with some tricky route add|change|delete commands?
Moreover is there a way to run this commands every time I connect to the VPN.


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When I try to configure an IKEv2 VPN on macOs Sierra the following errors occur:

nesessionmanager    Failed to find the VPN app for plugin type com.apple.neplugin.IKEv2
neagent Failed to process IKE SA Init packet

From the first line it seems it's not supported at all.

Have you experienced the same issue?