texts: What causes a Mac to lose its serial number?

texts:
I upgrade my brand new late 2012 Mac Mini's drive to an SSD and changed the RAM. Now when looking up the serial number in "About this mac" or System Profiler it just says "System serial#" :

The Mini also performed an OS and EFI update before I noticed the problem.
I cannot log in to iMessages and posts an the 'net lead me to believe the non-present serial number may be at fault.

Already tried PRAM reset. Can it be easily reinstated or otherwise fixed  ?

Update:

The only deleterious effect seems to be the inability to log in to Messages with my AppleID. [Earlier edit of this question referenced being unable to download Mountain Lion from the App Store, this issue turned out to be unrelated.]

Apple Support sent a new machine and replacing RAM and SSD did not cause a repeat of the problem. This machine is able to log in to Messsages.


texts: How do I focus on file navigation in open / save dialog boxes?

texts:
When the dialog opens, it is focused on file navigation. After pressing tab, the search box is highlighted. But how do I get back to file navigation with the keyboard? I used to be able to just tab back, but that seems to have stopped working.

I’m not interested in “Full Keyboard Access”.

macOS 10.14


texts: Regain data from iphone 6s(not sure if plus) factory reset?

texts:
Sorry if this is not the right place to ask this, but I'm not sure of anywhere else I can post this.

Some time ago I changed my iPhone(iPhone 6s or 6s plus, not sure which, should be latest ios, 12 at the least.) password, but now I forgot and I have tried until I reached the 'iPhone is disabled, connect to itunes' page. I have went to the apple service providers with Proof of Purchase and they said my only option is to restore my iPhone, which will wipe out all my data. I was also told the same by a data recovery specialist I was recommended to try by said provider. Is there any alternative? Can I factory reset my phone and try to find the original files using some other third party data recoverer or is factory reset the same as restore and will also overwrite the data?

I know the files will be likely to be encrypted and take a long time to decrypt, if not forever. That is fine, as long as I can extract the files, encrypted or not I am ok with their status.


texts: Can I have two mac users share one iTunes library on the same mac?

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I have my iTunes library that lives under my account.  There's about 20 Gigs of music and I sync the music to my own iPod.

My wife now has her own iPod.  She wants to log in under her own account, see the iTunes library and customize it for herself; for example, make her own playlists, set her own star ratings to her favorite songs, and so on.

Is this possible?


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I'm looking for a way to disable ⌘ Command⇨Tab and set up some other key chord to accomplish the same app-switching function (but without mapping that key chord to ⌘ Command⇨Tab).

I use native Screen Sharing regularly and sometimes when I'm using a VPN (with GlobalProtect), the ⌘ Command⇨Tab key gets interpreted locally rather than on the remote machine. If I turn off the VPN, then I can't do the screen sharing.

I've explored use of key mapping techniques, using Karabiner-Elements in particular, but if I disable ⌘ Command⇨Tab at the keyboard level, I can't send it to the remote system. If I map it to some other key combination, it gets mapped prior to going to the remote system. If app switching and its mapping to ⌘ Command⇨Tab would just appear with all the other keyboard shortcuts in System Preferences, this wouldn't be a problem.

I could work around this by setting up key mappings on the remote systems as well, but since I have this problem with many systems and I don't personally control some of those systems, I'd really like a solution that doesn't require a modification to the remote systems.


texts: How to connect to a FTP server from a Wi-Fi Hotspot that prevents direct FTP connections?

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I am using the wifi at a library where they prevent me to connect to FTP servers for some reason. I need to upload my work.

Is there any tool or trick to go around this?


texts: Automatically Mount a Network Drive and Copy a File to a Network Folder (AppleScript)

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I've a rather complex task to solve. I don't use OS X, but now I have to provide some colleagues with a simple application that automatically copies a certain file to a network folder. Normally I'd use a shell script, but some minimal GUI is a must-have thing in this case. So I thought I could use AppleScript.

I'd have to perform these steps:

Connect to a network drive (smb://myserver/public, where every user has different login names and passwords, so wiring the usernames and passwords in the code is not an option).
Navigate to a folder on the network drive (every user has a different folder on the network drive).
Copy a certain file from the user's desktop to the opened folder on the network drive.

So when running the script the user has to enter his or her username and password for connecting the network drive, and the user has to enter the name of the folder they should copy the file to.
Can the name of the folder be stored permanently somehow? So the user won't have to enter the folder name each time when he or she runs this script. But from time-to-time these folders may change, so there has to be an option to change the folder before copying.
Also how can I check if the network drive is already mounted, so the user won't be asked for username and password each time he or she runs this script?

Here is how far I've been able to go in assembling a script to accomplish this task:

I'm struggling to understand how AppleScript likes to store a path to a file/folder on a mounted network drive.

So here is what I have now:

property userName : "myfolder"
property folderName : "myusername"

property serverName : "public"
property serverAddress : "smb://myserver/public"
property serverStatus : 0

on connectToServer()
    global userName
    global folderName
    global serverName
    global serverAddress
    global serverStatus

    set mountedDisks to list disks
    if mountedDisks does not contain serverName then
        mount volume serverAddress as user name userName with password (display dialog "Enter password for" & quoted form of serverName with title "" default answer "" giving up after 3 with hidden answer)
    end if

    set mountedDisks to list disks
    if mountedDisks contains serverName then
        set serverStatus to 1
    else
        connectToServer()
    end if
end connectToServer

on mainLoop()
    global userName
    global folderName
    global serverName
    global serverAddress
    global serverStatus

    if serverStatus is equal to 0 then
        connectToServer()
    end if

    set mainDialog to display dialog ¬
        "Your username: " & userName & "
Your folder's name: " & folderName buttons {"Quit", "Settings", "Copy file"} with title "File Copier" default button 1
    set mainDialogAnswer to button returned of mainDialog

    if mainDialogAnswer is equal to "Quit" then
        quit
    end if

    if mainDialogAnswer is equal to "Settings" then
        display dialog "Enter your username" with title "Step 1 of 2" default answer userName
        set userName to {text returned of result}

        display dialog "Enter your folder's name" with title "Step 2 of 2" default answer folderName
        set folderName to {text returned of result}

        mainLoop()
    end if

    if mainDialogAnswer is equal to "Copy" then
        -- copy the file
    end if
end mainLoop

mainLoop()


texts: Right click/secondary click not working on Mojave

texts:
I'm on Mojave and this evening my right click stopped working with my Logitech MX Ergo trackball.
When I swap around the buttons using the Logitech Control Center software, it's the left button that doesn't work! So it's not something hardware related.
I also can't right click/secondary click work on the trackpad. Control+click works for some of the cases, but not all.
Any clues?


texts:
Like most, I'm having trouble with my media keys being hijacked, so I can't press Play/Pause/Rewind/Fast Forward and have it work with iTunes. In the past, the culprit has been Google Chrome Music, but this time that's not it. I don't have that extension, or any other media extension installed. I don't use Spotify or Pandora or have any media applications other than iTunes. The fn setting in System Preferences is also not the solution because I don't have it checked.

I'm open to any solution, and am familiar enough with command line if anyone has a really technical solution. Please and thanks in advance!


texts: Input source for Logitech 750 keyboard not working as expected

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I have a Logitech 750 and until now I have been able to properly use it as my keyboard in my Macbook (same layout).

All of sudden (or at least I don't know what I have changed), for the key that I was able to type a back tick (`), now I can type this: §.

In my input source, I have US selected and I see this:

How can I use the backtick where § is located?

The physical layout of my Logitech 750 is this one:


texts: Installing & running OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion from an external hard drive onto my Snow Leopard Macbook Pro?

texts:
I am currently running Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard on my late 2010 Macbook Pro. I am perfectly fine with running Snow Leopard at present, but I feel I may be missing out on features or indeed updates to the Apple Operating System that maybe being provided to later versions of OS X ie Lion or Mountain Lion, that are not available or being provided to Snow Leopard. Someone told me that Snow Leopard is no longer officially supported by Apple anymore (whether this is true or not, I don't honestly know).

I am apprehensive of upgrading from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion outright on my Macbook Pro, however I have been told there are a number of other ways to utilise both OS Xes on my computer, without having to forgo one OS X (in my case Snow Leopard).

The one method that interests me is installing & running OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion from an appropriate external hard drive.

I would therefore appreciate step by step guidance on how to install & run OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion from an external hard drive onto my Snow Leopard Macbook Pro.


texts: Can iCloud synchronize contacts from Windows Mail?

texts:
Can I sync my Windows Mail contacts into iCloud?

I don't use Outlook for Windows, only Windows Mail.


texts:
The company I work for had people out in the field doing data entry on their iPads.  We would like them to be able to print from the iPad to a bluetooth printer in their car, but I'm not sure if this can be done.  We tried using the HP Officejet 100 Mobile Printer, but while we can connect using bluetooth we have been unable to print.

Has anyone done this?  If so, can you point me in the right direction?


texts: Texture and Pattern generator, Alternative to fireworks

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I use Adobe Fireworks for its Texture and Pattern tools to make things like this:

and then i copy-paste it to Flash Professional to use there.
but fireworks is so slow and buggy

is there a free or commercial alternative to do this simple Texture / Pattern thing easily?

Texture (like the second image above)
Patter and Texture (like the first one)
Transparent Texture, so the background would be instead of the white lines in second image
The ability to copy and paste it (as PNG 32 or any alpha transparent image) so i don't have to save it first and then import it to flash

* I Use Mac OS X 10.8.4 *


texts:
I'm currently studying and taking courses to be a penetration tester. I've downloaded parrot OS onto a USB drive and done all the necessary requirements to dual boot it onto the Mac.

Once I get it booted, I have the option to choose a username and password.  For some reason, my laptop keyboard doesn't register what I type.

Im using an external mouse because even the trackpad won't work on Parrot.  What should I do to fix this?


texts: OSX shows warning that application was downloaded from the internet, any way to stop this?

texts:
Im running OSX 10.13 and my preferred browser is Google Chrome, i have set this as my default browser.

Every time i open Chrome i get the following alert (see screenshot) is this normal ? And can i set it to remember my answer so it doesn't keep asking me ?


texts: "DatabaseError: database disk image is malformed" error dialog when re-opening Google Drive after re-installation

texts:
I recently ran into this problem when doing desktop support for a user, and wanted to share the solution. They had deleted the Google Drive app and re-installed it, but then kept seeing this error dialog when they tried to open the re-installed app:

When I tried uninstalling it (i.e. by dragging it to the trash), I kept seeing another error dialog that said that the application was running (and therefore couldn't be moved to the trash), but the icon in the taskbar wasn't there. I tried searching for the process:

$ ps -ef | grep -i drive
  202  208    1  0  2:06pm ??        0:00.06 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreAudio.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.audio.DriverHelper.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.audio.DriverHelper
  501  292  194  0  2:06pm ??        0:03.04 /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Versions/40.0.2214.94/Google Chrome Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome Helper --type=gpu-process --channel=194.0.484367729 --supports-dual-gpus=false --gpu-driver-bug-workarounds=4,13,22,25,27,36,39,41,44,50 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --gpu-vendor-id=0x8086 --gpu-device-id=0x0a26 --gpu-driver-vendor --gpu-driver-version
  501  526    1  0  2:12pm ??        0:01.29 /Applications/Google Drive.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Drive
  501  588  537  0  2:15pm ttys000    0:00.00 grep -i drive

And was only able to kill its process with kill -9 (yes, I tried the other kills first...), after which I was able to move it to the trash.

I tried reinstalling it with a fresh installer from the Google Drive website but kept on running into the same issue.


texts: Cannot open Parental Controls preference pane in Yosemite

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I cannot open the Parental Controls preference pane in OS X Yosemite. It just gives me: "Preferences Error. Could not load preference pane."

Here are the console logs I got:

System Preferences[609]: an error occurred while attempting to connect to listener 'com.apple.view-bridge': Connection invalid
System Preferences[609]: *** Assertion failure in +[NSXPCSharedListener connectionForListenerNamed:fromServiceNamed:], /SourceCache/ViewBridge/ViewBridge-99/NSXPCSharedListener.m:394
System Preferences[609]: ### com.apple.preferences.parentalcontrols instantiatePrefPaneObject exception:NSXPCSharedListener unable to create endpoint for listener named com.apple.view-bridge


texts: Logging into apps using Facebook credentials always uses a browser - Is this avoidable?

texts: For instance, when trying to login to the Wish app on my Iphone 8, it always opens the Facebook login page on Safari--even though I have the FB app open and logged in. This seems like a waste of time. Is this by design? I would think it would be much more efficient if it would recognize the fact that I'm already authenticated as evidenced by the FB app being on & in.


texts: NetRestore not working on new MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter

texts:
I am hoping someone can help me with an issue I am having trying to image newer MacBooks with a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter.
The server is running 10.11.6 with server app 5.1.7 and the image I am trying to install is also 10.11.6. It isn't an issue with the image as it works fine on any machine with an internal Ethernet port but just not on any MacBook which needs a Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet adapter. I have also tried using a USB to Ethernet adapter and still have had no luck.
When I try and netboot using the N key I get the flashing globe which would indicate the machine is requesting an IP address, but then it seems to time out and boots into the current Mac OS installation on the disk. I have checked the DHCP settings and everything is fine on that side. If I try holding the option key to bring up the Startup Manager it only sees the internal disk and not any of the images on the server. But if I go into Startup Disk preferences it sees all the images but selecting one of them and restarting I get the same behaviour as when I boot using the N key. It seems like it isn’t loading the driver for the the thunderbolt adapter until it loads the OS. I’ve checked in the logs on the Server and I don’t see any entries that relate to the MAC address of the adapter for DHCP or BDSP. Its a real shame that you can't do a NetBoot in verbose mode (not as far as I know anyway) so you could actually find out where it is failing.
Does anyone know why the Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet adapter isn’t get recognised until the OS has loaded? If this is by design then Apple have really messed up as how would you be able to do a NetBoot/Install/Restore without the adapter being recognised when the firmware loads?


texts: My Macbook Air won't connect to the internet

texts: I have a Macbook Air I bought in November 2011, v 10.7.4 and I have issues connecting to the internet. Though the wifi symbol shows that I have a strong connection, I have no internet access. The only way to get it is to shut down my laptop, and reset my router by turning the power off and waiting for a bit then turning it back on. I know I don't have a problem with my router/internet access as other users in my flat have no trouble. Anyone have any idea what the trouble is?


texts: How Can I Create a Multi-Line Input Dialog using Applescript?

texts: How can I create a multiline text input dialog using Applescript? Creating a single line dialog is simple...


texts:
[Mac OS 10.13.2, Meld 3.19.0]
After choosing either File or Folder comparison, when I click the button to choose a file/folder and select the root folder (label of the drive mounted as /), the selection of folders is limited to:

Applications
Library
mounts (I've changed permissions for this)
System
User Information
Users

However, because none of the other folders are listed, I cannot select /usr.  I suspect this has something to do with GTK+, and an earlier Meld version worked fine.

Do I need to hold down special keys (like option) or do something else to allow this?

As a workaround, I created a symlink from my home folder to the folder in /usr/local/ that I needed to analyse.  However I don't want to change file/folder permissions just for this.


texts: Apple USB Keyboard not working on 27" iMac (Intel Core i7)

texts:
I have two similar iMacs (27" - i7 - os10.8.4 ) and use Apple's extended USB keyboards on both of them. After a power outage neither keyboard will work on one iMac (A) although both keyboards work fine on the other iMac (B). I have reset NVRAM and SMC on iMac A but to no avail. I have plugged printers into the USB ports and they seem to work fine. As it stands, the only way I can log in on iMac A is by using a Bluetooth keyboard, the USB port however remains "invisible"...

Thank you for your help.


texts: Unable to edit config.inc.php in the phpmyadmin configuration

texts:
I'm trying to edit a file on my mac. The file is config.inc.php of XAMPP located in /opt/lampp/phpmyadmin.

Permission of the folder and file:

Phpmyadmin -> drwxr-xr-x 12 root wheel 4096

Config.inc.php -> -rw-r--r-- 1 daemon daemon 5109 config.inc.php

I tried to open file with: sudo nano config.inc.php but it doesn't change it because it says i don't have permission to do it.

To changing the privileges with: sudo chmod 777 config.inc.php, but it doesn't make me modify it.

To reset privileges of the computer and create a new administrator User, but he doesn't want to know about changing the permissions.

I'm freaking out can anyone help me out?

Here a screenshot of the Terminal error:


texts: Is it possible to have a second table of Numbers data sized dynamically based on the first?

texts:
I'm making a Numbers inventory sheet of cable and hardware plug tips. The first table is just an unformatted log of devices I'm adding, with the columns:
Device Name | Plug Type
iPhone      | Lightning
iPad        | USB-C
Wonderboom  | Micro-USB

I duplicated it to a second table and turned on Categorization to have all common plug types linked.
In the second table I set a formula that is just =Inventory::A, then dragged the formula bullet (the little circle that shows up on the cell border when you fill in a formula, used to dynamically render it for the rest of the cells) to the right and down and Numbers automatically adds new records to it. The nuisance is that I keep the table shrunk to exactly as many rows as I need, so when a new row is added to the Inventory table, I then have to also expand the Categorized version of the table.
Is there a solution to this besides having an extra number of empty rows? This is a nuisance primarily because it adds a "none" category with "error" entries.


texts: iPhone 7 battery discharges very fast after using Waze and charging 3 hours from the car

texts: I charged my iPhone 7 (iOS 11.3.1) from car for about 3-4 hours during the ride and Waze app was on all the time. Next day I noticed that phone discharges really fast. Power saving mode helps, but also the problem still appear. And the problem is not in apps running in background that could take power too much. Now it also gets very hot when charging, like never before. What could be the problem? Could it be that the battery life is almost over?


texts: Use an External USB SSD before logon (daemon)

texts:
I noticed that after a system reboot my new USB SSD (SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD) attached via USB-C to an MacMini 2020 is not available until the first user has logged on (interactively using the GUI).
On this MacMini a daemon is running which requires access to the external USB drive directly after a reboot before any user has logged on (because this MacMini runs at server and therefore nobody ever will login).
What do I have to configure in Catalina to make my USB SSD available before the first user has logged on?
The daemon that should use the external SSD is started via registered plist in /Library/LaunchDaemons/ using the following flags:
<key>RunAtLoad</key><true/>
<key>UserName</key><string>myuser</string>
<key>SessionCreate</key><true/>

I have formatted the external SSD as APFS (case sensitive).


texts: How does one activate a square bracket on a Spanish Magic keyboard?

texts:
I have problem on macOS Big Sur with an my square bracket on my Spanish magic keyboard
I need this to configure shortcuts for my Wacomb tablet and Photoshop.
I've tried changing keyboard language settings, pressing command + option together, option + button but so far to no avail. Can't copy or paste either.
Is there a guide or step for international keyboards to make code characters easier to type?


texts: Keep iCloud from syncing tags across machines?

texts:
I recently upgraded to OS X 10.9 (Yay!), and I've been playing with Tags. After I installed it on a second machine, though, I noticed that all my tags were synced across (just the list of tags, not the actual documents).

The problem with this is that I'd like to have a different set of tags on each machine. Is there a way to do this?


texts: TextMate 2: How to enable/disable Code Folding

texts:
Text files shown in TextMate 2 are not currently showing me any options for Code Folding. IOW, there are are no up, down arrows over in the line number gutter on the left that allow collapsing regions of source code.

I assume I may have disabled Code Folding in the past (intentionally or unintentionally).

How does one toggle Code Folding enabled/disabled in TextMate 2?

My Setup:

TextMate version 2.0-alpha.9503
OS X 10.9.1


texts:
So on Linux it's eth0, eth1 etc which stands for ethernet interface 0 etc

So what does en0 on mac stand for? (the "en" part)


texts: How to remove an entry from iOS Safari's URL bar?

texts:
On my iPad (iOS 8.3, but this also happened with earlier versions), when I start typing in the URL bar, one of the completions is a rather unsavory URL which I visited once.

It appears in the "Bookmarks and History" section.  I've cleared my history in the Safari preferences (and confirmed that my History in Safari has no entries left).  I've gone through all of my bookmarks, and every folder, but it's not there anywhere.

I've looked all over for "how to delete an iOS Safari bookmarks", but they all start with "First, open the Bookmarks, and find the one you want to delete".  It's not there! -- or if it is, it's hidden so I can't find it anywhere.

I've had to reboot my iPad a few times, due to crashes (8.2 was pretty crashy), and that doesn't help, either.

How do I fix this?  Is there some way to reset the URL bar's idea of what's in my bookmarks?


texts: How can I back up my iPhone without Wi-Fi?

texts:
I assume there is something wrong with the battery in my iPhone 4, because it will not stay on unless it's plugged into the charger.

I have about 1,000 pictures on my phone, and when my phone is plugged in, I can look at them, and still use my phone somewhat normally but my phone will not connect to Wi-Fi.

Is there any way I can keep my phones pictures if I have to get a new phone, without doing an iCloud backup?


texts: Dark mode issues in iPhone 6s+ iOS 13.6.1

texts:
Till yesterday the dark mode on my iPhone was fine
But idk what happened to it just now
I m talking about using it on WhatsApp and Settings app(only minor change in settings app)
Earlier:

Now:

I even contacted apple support bt they weren't able to suggest the solution and said me to reset the device!
I did it bt its still the same
any suggestions would be surely appreciated !
Thanks in advance


texts: Keyboard and Mouse start behaving oddly. I've had to restart my Mac to fix this

texts:
I imagine I'm hitting some serious of hotkeys but on rare occasions, my Mac will start handling keyboard AND mouse clicks in an odd way.

This just happened and, all of a sudden, here are some of the oddities that were happening.

Whether caps lock was on or off (as indicated on my keyboard by the light), ALL TEXT WAS IN CAPS.
In parallels, if I clicked on some text and moved my mouse, the text would highlight as I moved my mouse, as if I were holding down the mouse button.  I wasn't.
In Chrome (in macOS, not my parallels OS) clicking on a link would open a new tab.

There were some other odd behaviors but I didn't catch them all.  I was able to restart the machine from the macOS menu and, thankfully, this turned off whatever mode was turned on.

So, any idea what happened and how to cancel next time?  I have a hunch that this is an accessibility feature, but I have no idea what that would be much less how to turn it off.

(Just in case these details are required, I have a 2017 MBP, and I'm on the most up-to-date version of macOS High Sierra.)


texts: Creating desktops and opening programs on those desktops using applescript

texts:
I'm new to applescript and I'd like some help with something I'd like to create. I've searched around on the internet and found a few pages, here and here, that describe pretty much what I would like to do, but I don't completely understand it.
I'd like to make an application that closes everything on the computer (not required), opens 4 desktops, first one with google chrome open, third with iMovie open, and fourth with textedit open.
Could anyone help with my coding? I here's what I have so far. I'm not using full code, just dragging launch applications to places in the application
I believe that the only things that I need to add would be code in between the launch applications that opens a new desktop and switches to it(2 times to create the empty space in desktop 2). I'm not entirely sure how to do this though.


texts: Crashes and hangs after memory DOWNgrade

texts:
I recently lost one of my SO-DIMM memory modules on my 20" iMac (2.4GHZ Core 2 Duo alu), and now my iMac is back on 2GB memory from 4GB. Both were ValueSelect (DDR2 667MHz 200-pin) modules from Corsair.

I'm having trouble with erratic crashes and beach balls from which it sometimes never recovers. Now, my question is, is there some sort of maintenance I can do to help my iMac after this downgrade?

I can tell it's struggling.


texts: I tried going into System Preferences, Sound, and Input and making sure the "Internal Microphone" is highlighted but it still won't work. No one can hear me in any Skype calls I make.


texts: How to save passwords for ssh in iterm2?

texts:
I am using iTerm2. Can someone let me know how can I save the password (may be via Password manager) so that I don't have to type it every time.

Please don't suggest me about saving the SSH keys. I am looking for iTerm2 specific solution.


texts: Can I remotely control an iPhone from a Windows laptop?

texts:
Does TeamViewer Quicksupport only let me  see her  iPhone screen from my Windows laptop? Between computers, TeamViewer lets me control and operate the other computer.

This YouTube video and article refers only to screen sharing.


texts: How do I use web sharing in mac to allow access to files from machines outside of my local network?

texts:
I want my web-service to be accessible from out side of my local network.

I am using MAMP and I have also started web-sharing on my local machine, but it is working only locally.

I want any file to be accessible from another machine which is not in network.


texts: Is an admin password enough to protect my files?

texts:
So I'm debating whether or not I should encrypt my MacBook Pro's HDD. Is the account password enough to keep my files safe? If my MacBook got stolen would the thief be able to access the files?

Would encrypting slow things down significantly?


texts: Having issues reinstalling El Capitan xo

texts:
I wiped my desktop and now I’m unable to reinstall El Capitan I keep getting the error message

This is not available at this time please try again later


texts: Configuring iPad's to not require passwords routinely

texts:
I have a small commercial building with about 6 iPads that were set up by a marginally competent vendor. They periodically require passcodes and Apple ID passwords and this has become a serious inconvenience.

The iPads are set up throughout the building and control things like lighting, access doors, and the security system. Individual applications have their own authentication procedure and everyone in the building is authorized to use the system. The Apple ID is owned by management and has a very secure password.

Here's the problem:

The iPads constantly prompt for the Apple ID password, which only management knows. This has resulted in someone from management having to go to every room in the building and enter the very secure (takes long to enter) on every iPad. And I've watched them do this -- it prompts for it over and over. First it asks for it for no particular reason. Then it asks for it to update software. Then it asks for it again for no particular reason. I should make a video of this, it's ridiculous.

This means application additions and updates have to wait for management to make rounds to every iPad and enter every password two or three times. The prompts for the Apple ID password also seem to appear randomly and are system modal -- you can't just ignore them or hit the home key, you must answer them.

There has to be a better way.

How can I deal with users trying to access emergency functions having to find the "Cancel" button on an Apple ID prompt that has appeared for no particular reason?

How can I allow users to install and update applications without having to go to a manager to get the Apple ID password?

Are we doing everything wrong? Is there some simple, sane way for a very small entity to manage a small number of iPads that solves these issues?


texts:
I first moved Caskroom to new location

mv /opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom /usr/local
for f in ~/Applications/*.app; do oldloc="$(readlink "$f")"; [[ -e $oldloc ]] || ln -sf "/usr/local${oldloc#/opt/homebrew-cask}" "$f"; done

Then tried to install MultiBit.app

   > brew cask install --verbose multibit
    ==> Downloading https://multibit.org/releases/multibit-classic/multibit-classic-0.5.19/multibit-classic-macos-0.5.19.dmg
    Already downloaded: /Users/john/Library/Caches/Homebrew/multibit-0.5.19.dmg
    ==> Verifying checksum for Cask multibit
    Error: It seems the App source is not there: '/usr/local/Caskroom/multibit/0.5.19/MultiBit.app'
    Error: Kernel.exit
    > rm /Users/john/Library/Caches/Homebrew/multibit-0.5.19.dmg
    > brew cask install --verbose multibit
    ==> Downloading https://multibit.org/releases/multibit-classic/multibit-classic-0.5.19/multibit-classic-macos-0.5.19.dmg
    /usr/bin/curl -fLA Homebrew-cask v0.51+ (Ruby 2.0.0-648) https://multibit.org/releases/multibit-classic/multibit-classic-0.5.19/multibit-classic-macos-0.5.19.dmg -C 0 -o /Users/john/Library/Caches/Homebrew/multibit-0.5.19.dmg.incomplete
      % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                     Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
    100 32.4M  100 32.4M    0     0  1604k      0  0:00:20  0:00:20 --:--:-- 1886k
    ==> Verifying checksum for Cask multibit
    Error: It seems the App source is not there: '/usr/local/Caskroom/multibit/0.5.19/MultiBit.app'
    Error: Kernel.exit
> ls -al /usr/local/Caskroom/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  29 john  staff  986 Jun 26 13:05 .
drwxr-xr-x  22 john  wheel  748 Jun 26 12:40 ..
drwxr-xr-x   5 john  staff  170 Jan  2 15:43 appcleaner
drwxr-xr-x   3 john  staff  102 Mar 19 11:28 bettertouchtool
drwxr-xr-x   4 john  staff  136 May 25 19:30 cryptomator
drwxr-xr-x   3 john  staff  102 Mar 19 11:29 cyberduck
drwxr-xr-x   4 john  staff  136 May 25  2015 disk-inventory-x
drwxr-xr-x   6 john  staff  204 Jan  2 16:00 firefox
drwxr-xr-x   5 john  staff  170 Jan  2 16:01 flash
drwxr-xr-x   4 john  staff  136 Jan 29  2015 google-chrome
drwxr-xr-x   4 john  staff  136 Oct  3  2015 google-earth
drwxr-xr-x   4 john  staff  136 Apr 30 21:00 hacker-menu
drwxr-xr-x   5 john  staff  170 Jan  2 21:29 handbrake
drwxr-xr-x   5 john  staff  170 Jan  2 21:31 java
drwxr-xr-x   3 john  staff  102 Mar 19 11:29 kitematic
drwxr-xr-x   3 john  staff  102 Mar 19 11:29 mediathekview
drwxr-xr-x   4 john  staff  136 Mar 19 11:29 miro-video-converter
drwxr-xr-x   3 john  staff  102 Mar 19 11:29 mongohub
drwxr-xr-x   3 john  staff  102 Mar 19 11:29 mpeg-streamclip
drwxr-xr-x   3 john  staff  102 Mar 19 11:29 namechanger
drwxr-xr-x   3 john  staff  102 Mar 19 11:29 paintbrush
drwxr-xr-x   3 john  staff  102 Mar 19 11:29 robomongo
drwxr-xr-x   4 john  staff  136 Jul 12  2015 skreenics
drwxr-xr-x   5 john  staff  170 Jan  2 21:34 thunderbird
drwxr-xr-x   4 john  staff  136 Jun 26 11:07 torbrowser
drwxr-xr-x   4 john  staff  136 Jan 27  2015 transmission
drwxr-xr-x   4 john  staff  136 Mar 19 11:29 vienna
drwxr-xr-x   6 john  staff  204 Jan  2 21:36 virtualbox
drwxr-xr-x   5 john  staff  170 Jan  2 21:37 vlc
> ls /opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom
ls: /opt/homebrew-cask/Caskroom: No such file or directory

My brew installation looks fine

> brew doctor
Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers
with debugging if you file an issue. If everything you use Homebrew for is
working fine: please don't worry and just ignore them. Thanks!

Warning: You have unlinked kegs in your Cellar
Leaving kegs unlinked can lead to build-trouble and cause brews that depend on
those kegs to fail to run properly once built. Run `brew link` on these:
    cf-cli

is this a bug or user error?


texts: How to support 32-bit windows installation on boot camp

texts:
I'm attempting to make my USB a bootable windows 7 installation. I have the Windows 7 installation ISO image and related files. When I attempt to format my USB with the files, I receive the error: Boot Camp only supports 64-bit Windows installation on this platform. Please use a ISO file for 64-bit Windows installation.

My ultimate goal is to make the USB bootable with a new Windows 7 install from within my mac, and then booting my old Windows Vista computer with the fresh install.

How might I get this to work?


texts: iPhone remote apps - “Apple TV Remote” vs ... something else?

texts:
I use the “Apple TV Remote” app to control my Apple TV 4K (A1842). From Settings I can see that I have version 2.2 (344.28) of the app (it’s called merely “Remote” in there, but the info screen confirms it is “Apple TV Remote”).
I can access the app in three different ways:

Via its icon in the Control Center (this is my normal method)
By telling Siri to ”Open Apple TV Remote”
By tapping the app’s icon (labelled “Remote”) on my iPhone

HOWEVER: the main screen I get using method 1 looks different from what I get with the other two methods. They look like the following, with method 1 producing the first view and methods 2 and 3 producing the second view:

It almost looks like the first method is running a different app from the other two methods.
However, if I go to Settings>Control Center and see what remote app is in there, I find that it is called Apple TV Remote.
So, what’s going on? When I go into Control Center and tap on what Settings claims is Apple TV Remote, why do I get something different from what I get if I tell Siri to open Apple TV Remote (or if I simply find the Remote app and choose it).
Thanks!


texts: Renaming the volume or folder in which the Aperture library resides

texts:
When you rename or move folders or volumes on a Mac, do applications know the files moved.

Specifically, I have an external drive with a name, say "A very long long name", and I want to rename the drive to "Short-Name"

And inside that Drive, I have a folder with a long name which I want to rename to a shorter name.

Aperture is referencing these paths in a very large library (>100,000 images)

Thanks!


texts: Only small contact photos since iOS 6 facebook integration

texts:
Before I've upgraded to iOS 6 I did my facebook contact synchronization with an app called "phone+". It synchronized all my contact pictures (and some other things as well). The photos were in large scale. So if somebody called me, his/her picture would be shown on the whole phone screen.

After upgrading to iOS 6 I switched to the integrated facebook synchronization. Now the newly synchronized pictures are in small scale. So if somebody is calling me, his/her picture will only appear in "thumbnail size" at the right-hand side of the name, but not on the whole iPhone screen anymore.

Does anybody know how to get the bigger pictures back using the integrated solution, or is synchronizing in "thumbnail size" actually the solution Apple designed?

(Additional: Maybe one with facebook integration turned on can tell me in a comment how his/her pictures are shown?)


texts: Cannot see files from Finder but I can from Terminal

texts:
I have one folder where ExifRenamer (some tool for renaming images by date created) put my renamed pictures, but I cannot see them from Finder. I can see the files with ls -la but I cannot see it from Finder. How can I change make it "normal"
CMD SHIFT dot (.) won't show files.

-rw-------  1 nemb  staff    6033609 May  1 18:19 2019-05-01_18-19-42.jpg
-rw-------@ 1 nemb  staff    4645069 May  4 21:02 2019-05-01_18-30-14.jpg


texts: some songs removed from my iTunes libary not always automatically removing from iPhone when using Match

texts:
When I decide I no longer like one or more songs from my iTunes library I remove it in iTunes (and not just the download).

they then disappear out of my iTunes library and computer. All as expected

Then i go to my iPhone and Often i will still find some of these removed songs on my phone.

Not all but some songs never disappear slowly filling up my iPhone. this happens to songs that had been downloaded to the iphone but also to songs that remained in the cloud while they are long gone from my computer and iTunes.

(I use iOS 9.3.1 on an iphone 5 64gb and iTunes 12.3.3.17 on win 10 64bit)


texts: How to change file names in different folders?

texts:
I have lots of files with identical name, say "hello.jpg".

They are located in many folders, say

\aaa\hello.jpg
\bbb\hello.jpg
\adaage\hello.jpg

I want to change their name to

\aaa\aaa_hello.jpg
\bbb\bbb_hello.jpg
...

How can I accomplish this?


texts: When I turn on the Photobooth or Zoom app, the green light keeps on blinking and the screen just shows gray color. What to do?


texts: How can I speed up terminal startup on my schools NFS system?

texts:
First of all, I'm sorry if it seems like this question has been asked a million times before, I tried to make the title hint at the fact that my schools filesystem is different from anything I've used before, and the usual results that you will find on google don't work for me.

Let me start off by saying that my school just upgraded their computers from El Capitan to High Sierra, and before the update, all it took to speed up the terminal was a simple one liner to delete the logs:

find ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports -mindepth 1 -delete

However, this solution no longer seems to speed up my terminal, and it's getting progressively slower on startup, as well as having a bit of lag when using ls and other simple shell commands... I have gone to the IT staff at the school about this, but unfortunately they have bigger issues right now than a slow terminal and they said they would get around to it when they have time.

Thing is, I don't know how long that's going to be, so I would like to see if I can solve this without their help. After a bunch of google searches, all I was able to turn up was stuff that either didn't help (disabling certain features to speed it up), to delete log files that don't exist on this machine, or to delete logfiles in an area that requires a sudo password which I don't have.

Is there any way I can locate the source of the slowdown? If I can at least find the source, I can bring my findings to the IT staff and they will happily help me out if the solution requires sudo... but for the time being they are too overworked to investigate the issue.

Our school uses iMacs running High Sierra, on an NFS filesystem. I'm pretty sure the computers are virtual machines as well.

Thanks.


texts: Sound output issue on boot with Duet 2 and Logitech Headset

texts:
I'm having a sound output issue on my mac when both my Apogee Duet 2 and Logitech H540 headset are connected to my Macbook pro at boot.

Every time I restart my mid-2012 Macbook Pro my volume control icon in the menu bar is greyed out. If I unplug the Logitech H540 headset and reboot the volume control is solid (dark) and everything works fine. But when both devices are connected (which I need them to be), the volume control is grayed out so I can't make any adjustments from the menu bar.

The H540 headset is Mac compatible and doesn't require/have any drivers. This is a pretty annoying issues because I need to open my sound preferences and switch from the Duet USB output device to another device and then back to the Duet USB device to get things working properly again.

I have my MBP connected to an external Thunderbolt display, and I'm also using a USB hub for some extra USB ports. I always leave the Duet 2 connected to one of the MBP's USB ports, and I've tried the H540 headset in the Display USB's port, Hub's USB port, and connected directly to the MBP. Neither of those three ports made a difference on a reboot.

Is there some way I can delay the headset from connecting at boot? Maybe set it to delay by 30 seconds or something so that the Duet 2 becomes and main sound output and after 30 seconds the H540 is recognized as an additional sound output device?

Do I have any other alternatives or things I can try?


texts:
What fonts does macOS have that give major Asian scripts an artistic, calligraphic look, as if painted by a scholar with a brush? (As opposed to a formal, computer characters.)

I'll update the list as suggestions come. (Let me know if some important/beautiful script are left out.)

China: Xingkai
Japan: Xingkai (?)
Korea: Nanum
Burma
Tibet
Thailand
Cambodia
India

India has many scripts, so I'll leave it to a knowledgable person to suggest the major (or most artistic looking) scripts and corresponding calligraphic fonts for them.

Arabian scripts seem to look very hand-written by default, so suggestions are not necessary.

(This question was initially posted about Chinese fonts, but I soon realised this question is relevant for other scripts too such as Japanese, Indian, Korean, etc. so I've generalised the question.)

macOS has dozens of "greyed out" fonts in Font Book that can be downloaded on demand, but there's no guide to help you navigate these, except downloading all of them and trying them in turn.

I'm primarily looking for fonts that are available from Font Book. External font downloads only if macOS doesn't offer good enough scripts out of the box.

Some examples of the "artistic" look I'm looking for:

Chinese

Indian

(India doesn't have the same history of calligraphy as China, but in return there's no shortage of western yoga chicks who henna paint beautifully flowing Indian characters on their persons.)

PS! I don't know Asian scripts so I hope none of the pasted images contain insults of any kind.


texts: What to do when Finder just won't quit / relaunch likely due to network share issues on client?

texts:
Been having more and more trouble with Finder and filesystem access on 10.12 and 10.13.  It seems that when SMB mounts are involved, the system sometimes comes to a creeping halt.

Usually Finder seems to be at the center stage when this happens and when I try to kill it (kill -9) or Relaunch it from Dock, it still doesn't respond.  It's windows go away, but the process never really dies and respawns.

Once this happens other processes seem to cascade into failure as well. For example, Terminal will not respond when attempting to ls a smb mount in /Volumes/ after this and hangs just like Finder without even control-c killing ls.

I suspect there are IO errors with SMB for some reason or another, but I can't be sure. Other workstations are fine when accessing the same host.  It's an enormous enigma and the only resolution so far has been restarting the workstations that exhibit this problem.  Restarting is just not a viable solution when you're in the middle of work and so I need to hunt down the root issue...

Any thoughts on hunting down what may be at fault or how to give Finder a stiffer kick in the butt than kill[all] -9?


texts: Is it possible to connect Macbook Pro 2020 to 5.1 sound bar with HDMI?

texts: Bluetooth or AUX doesn't support channel separation. So wanted to connect via HDMI for surround sound but it's not getting detected.


texts: Slow download speed via Web browser on macOS Mojave

texts:
I am trying to download a big file from the internet (~4GB), but for some reason the download is extremely slow. An Internet speed test says I have a 4Mbps download speed, but the browser download never exceeds 500Kbps and sometimes gets as low as 25Kbps.

I read on here about people switching away from Apple applications, but switching to Google Chrome hasn't altered the download speed. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I am using a baseline 2019 15" MacBook Pro. I understand that many variables can affect download speed, but I was posting here in case this was a problem that people had faced before.


texts:
I'm considering buying an iPad to read comics, so I am looking in to my options for purchasing digital comics.  I see Barnes and Noble sells "Nook Comics", and their site indicates these can be read on the color Nook tablets and the Nook app for Android.

Seems odd that they'd support reading the comics on the Nook app only for Android, not under iOS as well.  I was hoping someone who uses the Nook ecosystem and has an iPad could clarify if this is an oversight, or accurate.  Does the iPad Nook app really not support Nook Comics?


texts: Responsive icon solution when changing icon sizes in OS X Finder

texts:
I rarely use the Finder outside of list view, but sometimes I need to view a large folder of images to select from. By default, the icons/image previews are not large enough for my needs, so I increase the size of the thumbnail icons in the bottom right of the finder window to determine which image to use. Easy peasy.

When I do this, however, the icons don't cascade down. Instead, I get a scrollbar with icons out of view to the right. This is so Windows 2000.

My solution is to go to View > Clean Up By > Name and all icons are shown with only up and down scrolling and are the size I want.

Is there some way I can have it so when I increase icon preview size in the Finder, that all images stay inline?

I don't need to set a default size for all icons to load. I prefer the default size for most use cases, aside from this one.

See below for an example showing my workflow issue.

tl;dr I want responsive design applied to my finder icons!


texts: iPhotos eHDD Format Inquiry and Windows Compatibility?

texts: I have a Seagate Backup Plus Slim 1TB external hard disk drive that I'm using to store a lot of large files. I have files from both Mac and Windows (as I use Parallels). I was trying to create a new iPhoto library on my eHDD when it started to give me an error. I think that iPhotos requires Mac Extended (journaled) or maybe exFAT format for a library to be written to that volume but I'm not sure. Even if I did, would my windows files work without any issues on Mac Extended? Is there any way to create an iPhotos library on my eHDD hopefully without formatting it?


texts:
Below is a script intended to press the up arrow key every time a pixel of #535353 is encountered at 555,888. This is intended to create a bot for the Chrome dino game. However, for some reason the script does not always successfully press the up arrow when a cactus passes through 555,888. I reason this to be because the script isn't running the shell command to test the pixel frequently enough. Is there a more efficient way to test for the color of an onscreen pixel such that I can test for it more times per second?

repeat
    set px to ""
    set px to (do shell script "screencapture -R555,888,1,1 -t bmp $TMPDIR/test.bmp &&
             xxd -p -l 3 -s 54 $TMPDIR/test.bmp |
             sed 's/\\(..\\)\\(..\\)\\(..\\)/\\3\\2\\1/'")
    if px contains "535353" then
         tell application "System Events"
            key code 126
         end tell
    end if
end repeat


texts: Is iOS 4.1 faster than iOS 4.0 on the iPhone 3G?

texts:
There are numerous questions (and good answers!) about the fact that iOS 4.0 is horribly slow on an iPhone 3G.

How about iOS 4.1? Does anybody have any positive experiences to share? I'm staying on 3.1.3 for a long time still, or until any new v4.x isn't any slower.


texts: I am new to the MacBook Pro laptop. Why does the trackpad have to be pressed down to register a click, rather than just touching on the pad? Is there a way to change this? Please advise because it is very irritating to have to press hard on the trackpad.


texts:
Is an external keyboard with the keys from the new Macbook available for purchase? I'd like to get the San Fransisco font key caps and crisp new mechanics in an external keyboard.

Apple describes the keyboard on their site...

  Now when your finger strikes the key, it goes down and bounces back with a crisp, consistent motion that makes typing with precision a breeze.

It definitely feels good to type on and I'd love to acquire those mechanics in the size of the Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad.


texts: Trouble in Automator's Shell Script after OS X 10.9 Mavericks upgrade

texts:
I've got a problem. I use from lot of time an Automator's shell script:

cat >> ~/Dropbox/ClipBoard/Appunti\ Mac\ del\ $(date +\%Y-\%m-\%d).txt

It ever worked but, after Mavericks upgrade, it return an error while running: "ambiguous redirect (1)". Trouble should be depending from date's code, because using

cat >> ~/Dropbox/ClipBoard/Appunti\ Test.txt

it runs correctly. I tried modifying code or adding some quotes, for example

cat >> ~/Dropbox/ClipBoard/Appunti\ Mac\ del\ $ (date “%Y-%m-%d”).txt

but the trouble persists. How can I correct it?


texts: How to input accented characters to an OS running in a VM?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro with English (US) keyboard layout. I usually hold the right-alt (option) key, and press E to activate the accented vowel insertion (it shows a placeholder where the accented letter—á/Á, é/É, í/Í, ó/Ó, ú/Ú—would appear), and after pressing the corresponding vowel it will be inserted in place. Similar procedure using the N key to insert the ñ/Ñ characters.

I also have an Ubuntu Desktop computer with Latin American keyboard layout. Latin American Spanish keyboards have the acute accent character ´ right after the P key. In order to insert an accented vowel, you type first the acute accent, and then the vowel. Similarly to insert the ñ/Ñ characters, one would type the ~ character and then the n/N letter.

Everything fine until here.

The problem is when I have to run a Linux OS on a Virtual Machine (VirtualBox) on the Mac. I don't have the ´ character on the physical keyboard, and the right-alt (option) key doesn't have the same effect as in Mac OS.

The question here is, if there's a way to insert international (or at least accented vowels, which are the ones I mostly use) characters from the physical keyboard of the Mac, to the guest OS in the VirtualBox?


texts: Launchd will not execute plist. Where am I going wrong?

texts:
I am trying to create a plist for a unix executable. The executable works perfectly well when I run it in Terminal. However I simply cannot get it to run from launchd. Here are the steps I took:

sudo touch /Library/LaunchDaemons/Parity.plist

sudo nano /Library/LaunchDaemons/Parity.plist

Then I input the following data:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
  <plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
      <key>Label</key>
        <string>Parity</string>
      <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
          <string>/usr/local/Cellar/parity/1.5.12/bin/parity</string>
          <string>start</string>
        </array>
      <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
      <key>KeepAlive</key>
        <true/>
   </dict>
</plist>

If I run:

sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/parity.plist

I get the response:

/Library/LaunchDaemons/Parity.plist: service already loaded

Does anyone have any suggestions?


texts: How do I send calls from numbers not in contacts to voicemail?

texts:
I'd like to send all of the calls that I receive from numbers that are not in my contacts to voicemail.

Is this possible on ios10?


texts: Does Pages have an in-built formula editor? If yes how do I access it? If no, are there any third party software I can use?


texts: Stop the message 'A software update is required to connect to your iPad' without doing a software update

texts:
I'm not interested in updating any software at this point. I would like this message to stop being displayed. Is there way to stop it from being displayed? I would prefer a System Preferences solution, but I'm also comfortable at the command line.
I'm currently running MacOS 10.15.5 and IPadOS 14.4.


texts: Why does Apple's website not make extensive use of CSS3 fonts?

texts:
Ever since Steve Jobs published his Thoughts on Flash, I've always seen Apple as advocators of open web standards. Scrolling halfway down the What is Safari page seems to confirm this notion.

So, why does Apple overwhelmingly use images for their headers? For example,

and on Retina displays,

Wouldn't it make sense, with respect to both open web standards and page load time, to instead link to the fonts in a CSS file?


texts: Is there an iPhone 4 car kit for charging, music, and hands-free calls?

texts:
Is there an iPhone 4 compatible Car Kit which supports charging, playing Music through the car stereo + Hands Free Calls?

I've looked at a few kits, eg from Parrot but not many (if any?) seems to be iPhone 4/iOS4 compatible?

I currently have my iPhone plugged into my stereo, but since I upgraded to iPhone it no longer charges which is why I need to upgrade.

Any suggestions welcome


texts: Macbook Pro SD card reader is not listed as USB hardware

texts:
I have 15" early 2011 MacBook Pro with OS X Mavericks installed. Everything works fine, except the SD card reader. Even it's not listed in USB hardware list.

The SD card slot is dust-free and pins are clean. Resetting the PRAM/SMC has not helped.

How to fix it?


texts: I am a windows user, and I am a game developer. I have my .exe file, and I want my friend on Mac to be able to run the program. I know I can use Wine, but my question is, if I upload my .exe file to a website, can a Mac user go on the website and run the application?


texts: How to get access to an iPod Touch 3rd gen wich currently is in recovery mode?

texts:
I have an old iPod stuck in recovery mode. I know it's old, but I can't afford anything new. Is there any way to get it out of recovery mode without losing my music?

PS: I don't have the original computer I used to use. Some of the music is in the cloud, but half of them are not.


texts: Is it safe to super glue a broken fan connector back to the logic board?

texts:
While I was replacing my mid-2010 Macbook's HDD with an SSD, I accidentally dropped a screw and it got stuck somewhere behind the logic board. I removed the fan so I can retrieve the screw through there. I successfully removed the screw, but during the process I ripped the female fan connector from the logic board, leaving only the pads.

Thankfully, the connection still works if I hold the connector there, but once I release it the fan stops working.

I don't have a soldering iron and I'm currently in a rural area so I can't go to the store to buy one if I order it online it arrives in at least a week and I can't wait that long.

Can I just super glue it back on? Or would epoxy be better?


texts: Replace password prompt with Touch ID to read Keychain password

texts:
I'm using the following command to fetch a password from the Keychain in a shell script: security find-generic-password -w -s "MyServiceName"

It works, but it's showing a popup window asking me for the login keychain password:

  security wants to use your confidential information stored in
  "MyServiceName" in your keychain. To allow this, enter the "login"
  keychain password.

  With the options to Deny, Allow or Always Allow

But I don't want to enter my keychain password every time, so I can't use "Allow" and I'd rather not "Always Allow" in order to keep some level of security here.

Ideally I'd like to get a Touch ID prompt instead. Is there any way to do this ?


texts:
I am having problems with printing some PDF documents on a 2014 MacBook Pro running macOS 10.14.3.

Most PDF documents print fine (from Preview), and I'm happy with the quality.

Examples are these two:

However, I'm having issues with a specific paper.

In Adobe Reader and Preview, the quality looks good, and the letters are very sharp.

But something different happens when I print:

Firstly, from Preview:

Now from Adobe Reader:

This is annoying.

Why is it doing this? Presumably there's a problem with the pdf. But what could it be, and how can I fix it? The pdf looks fine in Preview and Adobe!

For reference, this is the paper I am trying to print.


texts: How do I get display resolution on modern macOS?

texts:
Now that xdpyinfo is gone and Settings -> Display have no useful information.

How do I get the display resolution details?


texts: How to make a duplicate of a photo on iPhone before I crop or edit it?

texts:
There are many times I want to crop a photo using iPhoto on iOS and post to Facebook, and then possibly crop it another way (like panoramic this time), and post to Facebook, but I don't want to lose the original.
Is there a way to make duplicates of the original and edit it using iPhoto on iOS?
P.S. I also found that when you crop a photo in the Photos app, the original is not lost.  You can simply re-crop it again (or un-crop it) to get a different cropping or get back the original.  But, it still might be good to have a duplicate if you want to keep 2 different ways of cropping of the same photo.


texts: Migrating Active Directory accounts from one Mac to another using Migration Assistant

texts: Is it possible to migrate Active Directory network accounts from one Mac to another with Migration assistant? They don't show up in Migration Assistant; only the local accounts do.


texts: Give local PHP Full Disk Access in Mojave

texts:
I have a PHP webpage running on the local apache installation.  The page uses shell_exec to access the messages/chat.db via sqlite3.

shell_exec("sudo -u ben sqlite3 ~/Library/messages/chat.db \"SELECT ...

Before Mojave I got the response correctly, but since updating to Mojave I get:

unable to open database

When running in the Terminal directly, this same issue occurs and is solved by adding Terminal to the "Full Disk Access" pane in System Preferences.

I can't figure out what I need to add for the PHP page; I've tried everything I can find... sqlite3, apachectl, php-fpm, but nothing has worked.

What do I need to add?

FYI: ben is in the sudoers file


texts: I am planning to install VMware software in order to launch another OS while running my current OS. I have research something about it but still would like to ask questions on the common installation problem? Hope you'll share your personal experiences.


texts: How to make applescript type items into url bar

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How do i make applescript type certain things such as urls into the url bar?
I've been trying to set up my computers so I don't take 9 years to set everything up when I need to work.
I have most of it ready but I can't figure this part out...
Can someone help me?


texts: How to free space on Time Machine on a Netgear NAS?

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I have obsolete time machine backup file in Netgear NAS with another one. I cannot so just format or erase whole disk. I just need to delete the non-used file from taking disk space. I am running 10.6.8 Snow leopard and I haven't found a way to delete it. TM does not recognize file anymore so I can't use the "star wars" to access it and delete. I tried to delete using view package but nothing seem to happen when deleting files one or many. Normal deleting does not seem to work.

Anyone done it? I need a proven solution!


texts: How to set fmask, dmask or umask on OS X?

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I want external drives mounted with specified permissions. I know that fmask, dmask and umask in fstab do this trick.

I added this line to /etc/fstab:

LABEL=D2-HT250   none    msdos   rw,auto,fmask=0122 0 0

But when I checked file permissions, still rwxrwxrwx. OS X simply ignored the fmask=0122 option.

How to set masks on OS X? (I am using OS X 10.9 Mavericks.)


texts: No dual brightness control - 2017 MacBook Pro and dual LG UltraFine 5K Display

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TL;DR

Both 'dual' controls show in OS for brightness, but they both only ever control one of the two monitors.

Basic Summary

When I plug in dual thunderbolt displays, everything appears okay until adjusting brightness > last connected monitor 'steals' both dual brightness controls.  Only way to adjust brightness is to disconnect the other and set it on the remaining, and vice versa.  Makes it tricky and painful to make brightness adjustments. (especially painful given the cost).

What I've done

Called Apple support they seemed totally lost, and wanted to push me to LG, did usual PRAM and SMC, deleted/adjusted basic colour  profiles, then was asked to reinstall OS.  All done.  Problem remains.

Searches coming up totally blank.  Tried installing LG's 'screen manager' software, no dice.  Tried changing the ports used on the MBP.

Sidenote: the screens when brand new had a very different colour 'warmth', with one being very cold, and the other very warm.  I've adjusted this with a lot a colour profile adjustments manually, but suspect this wasn't normal, and could be related.  Also no ambient light sensor option (but this seems normal for other LG 5k users currently).

Versions:

2017 MacBook Pro, 15", 3.1 GHz, i7, 16 GB
macOS 10.13
Graphics: (2 listed?) 1. Radeon Pro 560 4 GB, 2. Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB
Monitor: 2x Thunderbolt LG UltraFine 5K Display (software version listed in LG screen
manager is 3.04,1.13,5235,3.04,0.1e - not clear if this is the LG
screen manager software version or the firmware version.  it says
'the software is currently up to date').


texts: Does "Bypass proxy settings for these Hosts & Domains:" in Proxies system preferences accept subnets?

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In the "Proxies" tab of the Network system preference, there's a field to bypass proxies for some hosts ("Bypass proxy settings for these Hosts & Domains:"). By appearances, it's a comma separated list of IP addresses and hostnames, but what's the general format? What types of addresses can be entered? More specifically:

Does this setting accept only IP addresses and domain names, or does it also accept subnets?
If subnets, what formats? Does it accept CIDR notation? If so, do all four quads need to be entered, or can quads that are part of the host ID be left off (e.g "192.168/16")?
Can it take address ranges?
Can it take any other types of data?


texts: Battery issue with MacBook Pro 13 inch (Early 2011)

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So, around June 2011 I finally had the chance to buy my first Macbook Pro (13 inches, i5)

But recently, I've noticed something wrong with my battery!

Actually with only 2 months of use, I was under Boot Camp doing random stuff when I saw something like "98% fully charged" (battery icon in the menu bar)and didn't pay attention to that until now.

Now, with around 40 cycles, my battery is showing 94/95% (5412-5450 mAh)

Any ideas? I think my battery is defective =/


texts: I was wondering, how to enable the F12 shortcut key on OS X for Firebug? I don't really use Dashboard, so I'm more than happy to disable it.


texts: Use asterisk/ variables in keyboard shortcuts editor

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I'm using a Mac laptop with an external PC keyboard. Via Apps shortcuts I've redefined some of common shortcuts for Find, Copy Paste actions. However, some applications have dynamic actions names, for instance, Finder shows Copy "filename" action (where filename string is dynamic, obviously). Same goes for several other apps.

Is it possible to create shortcuts for such menu action items?

I know it is possible to swap modifier keys, however I would like to change letters as well.


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I have a large number of message folders in MacOS Mail (v. 9.3, El Capitan 10.11.6), with a pretty deep hierarchy in places--I have folders in folders four or five deep in some places.  (I am talking about folders in the Mail GUI at this point, not operating system folders/directories on a drive.)

Sometimes a folder just disappears, and what's happened is that it's become a subfolder of some other folder.  (It's possible that I do this by accident with uncautious use of the mouse, but I don't think that's it.  I think Mail just gets confused and does stupid things sometimes.)

I know that the folder and its messages still exist, because if I open the message search box, I can find messages, and they are listed as being in a folder with that name.  I want to drag the folder back to where it belongs, but sometimes I can't find out where that folder is.  Since I have so many folders and subfolders, poking through every folder in Mail to find out where Mail decided to move the folder in question is time consuming.

Is there any way to find a folder, by its name, for example, in the Mail folder hierarchy?

Even if there's no tool in Mail to do this, maybe there's a kludgey way to do it by searching through Mail's data files on disk using ls, grep, Unix find, etc.  Maybe there's some graphical utility that I don't know about that will help.

Thanks.


texts: Macbook pro keeps returning to login window

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No matter what settings I apply within System Preferences, after a time of inactivity the login screen pops up. I'm attempting to backup to an external hard drive and create a time machine backup, but both stop once the login screen appears.

What setting am I missing that will prevent this from happening?


texts: What is the benefit of nanosecond granularity?

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Apple recently announced a new file system for Apple products, Apple File System (APFS).  Amongst the characteristics, is Nanosecond Timestamp Granularity. Sure, this sounds impressive, and is a great improvement compared to one-second granularity of HFS+.
Lee Hutchinson writes that:

Nanosecond timestamps are important in a modern file system because
they help with atomicity—in a file system that keeps a record of
writes, having nanosecond-level granularity is important in tracking
the order of operations.

How does nanosecond granularity improve my experience as a user of Apple products?  Or is something I'm not likely to notice?


texts: OS X Yosemite always mounts usb-hdd to the new folder

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I have a Seagate Free Agent HDD drive with NTFS formatted.
Since there was trouble with writing to NTFS partition in Yosemite, I've installed OSXFUSE from dmg package and ntfs-3g from homebrew and it becomes writeable.

But, I've noticed, that every time, I connect the hard drive, It mounts to the new folder.

OSX will normally create a directory/folder as the mount point in the /Volumes/ area for a drive. When you unmount the drive, the system should also remove all references of the mount point from /volumes/. I.e the folder it created.

But in this case when I unmount my drive the system is not clearing the mount point folder it created in /volumes/

for instance here is output of listing Volumes folder:

$ ls -l /Volumes/
total 16
d--x--x--x+ 3 root          admin   102 Jan 24 12:57 FreeAgent Drive
d--x--x--x+ 3 root          admin   102 Jan 24 13:01 FreeAgent Drive 1
drwxrwxrwx  1 nikolaygolub  staff  4096 Jan  9 01:35 FreeAgent Drive 2
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root          admin     1 Jan 24 12:50 LV -> /

As you can see the old mount point folders still exist and each new one increments with a number increases.

I've tried to remove all folder after disc ejecting, but it didn't help. I've noticed following messages in log file:

24/01/15 13:02:10,654 ntfs-3g[782]: Version 2014.2.15 external FUSE 27
24/01/15 13:02:10,654 ntfs-3g[782]: Mounted /dev/disk3s1 (Read-Write, label "FreeAgent Drive", NTFS 3.1)
24/01/15 13:02:10,655 ntfs-3g[782]: Cmdline options: volname=FreeAgent Drive 2,local,negative_vncache,auto_xattr,auto_cache,noatime,windows_names,user_xattr,inherit,uid=501,gid=20,allow_other,nodev,noowners,nosuid
24/01/15 13:02:10,655 ntfs-3g[782]: Mount options: volname=FreeAgent Drive 2,local,negative_vncache,auto_xattr,auto_cache,allow_other,nodev,noowners,nosuid,allow_other,nonempty,noatime,default_permissions,fsname=/dev/disk3s1,blkdev,blksize=4096
24/01/15 13:02:10,655 ntfs-3g[782]: Global ownership and permissions enforced, configuration type 1
24/01/15 13:02:10,764 fseventsd[20]: failed to make the directory /Volumes/FreeAgent Drive 2/.fseventsd (5/Input/output error)

How can I fix this? It looks like a minor issue, but I don't want to periodically clean up folders after OS.

I want to achieve normal behavior for mounted NTFS drives: I want to be able to write to them and I don't want to manually delete folders, created during automount.
I don't have any problems with that in OS X Mavericks.

P.s. Yosemite is the worst OS X ever.


texts: show dock permanently on the primary display only or simultaneously on both displays

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I have an external monitor connected to a Macbook. The current behaviour of the dock is that it jumps from one display to another whenever the cursor is at the bottom, which I find quite annoying.

Is is possible to change this to either of the following?

Show the dock permanently on the primary display only
Show the dock permanently on both displays


texts: running a simple shell script on startup in Yosemite

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Regarding stackexchange  post how to get shell scripts to run at startup on Yosemite

The offering here is interesting but all I want to do is set the ip address of one of the ethernet interfaces, en0 with ifconfig. I don't want to launch a deamon.

the command to run is just:

ifconfig en0  inet 192.168.1.23 netmask 255.255.255.0

Of course the interface drivers have to be launched and the interfaces available for configuration.
This has to be run by root, other wise it has to be prefaced with sudo, which
has to have the credentials provided.

I have the root account activated on this system and am comfortable with and know most of the hazards.

But I don't want to do this manually every time the machine is booted or restarted.

Perhaps someone from Apple has a reference to a patch or info on why the
network preference operations for manual configuration of interfaces will not set them on mine.

I have been buying and using Macs since the late 1990's. This is one of only two out of nearly a dozen Macs I have owned that is not newly purchased from
a reputable dealer.

Apache server will also not launch with the web sharing option.

Perhaps the machine with the installation is too old? It is

Note: I BOUGHT THIS MACHINE USED FOR CASH
 Model Name:    MacBook Pro
 Model Identifier:  MacBookPro5,1
 Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo
 Processor Speed:   2.4 GHz
 Number of Processors:  1
 Total Number of Cores: 2
 L2 Cache:  3 MB
 Memory:    4 GB
 Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
 Boot ROM Version:  MBP51.007E.B06
 SMC Version (system):  1.33f8
 <sn deleted for this post>
  Hardware UUID:    63410FEB-9CFF-5C8C-A692-8733BBEE36C5
 Sudden Motion Sensor:
 State: Enabled

This does not tell me its actuall manufacture date.

Thank you for time and attention

Jeff


texts: I'm currently using sips --resampleHeightWidth 250 300 "S1" to resize new images in a folder but I think that it might be resizing images that were already resized.. Is there anyway to know this for sure?  If not what do I add so I can only resize images taht are 315x300?


texts: iPad: upload photos to web storage (Flickr or Picasa)

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I want to upload photos from iPad to web storage.

I use Google Plus and Dropbox.

But these things have some disadvanteges like:

Dropbox have a limited space
Google Plus doesn't upload a full size photos (but theirs resolutions are pretty good, really)

Now I want to try Picasa or Flickr as alternative and specific web services for photos.

Which app can upload photos on Flickr or Picasa as Google Plus and Dropbox best parts do:
 - Dropbox download full-size photos
 - Google Plus automate upload them via wifi, without connection to laptop

Or maybe I miss something? Maybe there is a more clean iDifferent way?


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SO! I've spent 2 days doing this so far and I've gotten so close to accomplishing my goal but I'm on the last step.

I've attached my Time Machine HDD to my landlords Mac mini (So I didn't have to carry it everywhere to backup) and installed server, and enabled Time Machine server.

I put my backup I made when it was plugged in via USB (said 20 hours over the network, USB3 is much faster :P) on the drive in the sparse image for my MBP.

I'm now trying to get Time Machine to "inherit" the backup, which it's not doing even though I'm not getting any errors.

These are the commands I've ran through terminal:

1) sudo tmutil setdestination /Volumes/Backups

2) sudo tmutil associatedisk -a / /Volumes/WD\ My\ Passport/Backups.backupdb/Austen\'s\ MacBook\ Pro/2014-09-15-121229/Macintosh

3) sudo tmutil inheritbackup /Volumes/WD\ My\ Passport/Backups.backupdb/Austen\'s\ MacBook\ Pro

but yet this still occurs in the TM settings:

I really can't figure out what's going on, so any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :)


texts: Mac trying to play audio through monitor's thunderbolt port

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I have a Dell monitor connected through a thunderbolt port.

Sometimes my Mac for some reason is attempting to play audio through that port.  How do I stop this from happening?

It appears in my list of sound outputs in system preferences but I have headphones selected.  Unplugging the monitor from the thunderbolt port makes the audio work correctly.


texts: Upgrading to OS X Mavericks (10.9) via Screen Sharing

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When I upgrade to OS X Mavericks (10.9), after the final reboot (where it asks for your Apple ID), should I expect Screen Sharing to be functioning properly? (Q: Has anyone done this, or can verify that they've seen or heard it work?)

I'm running a Mac mini (Late-2012) using Screen Sharing with no physical display attached.

Notes

I have already installed ARD 3.7.1 - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6045

and it is working fine
so I no longer have the firewall issue as mentioned here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5520097

(with 10.8.5 and ARD 3.7, I had to disable the firewall in order to use Screen Sharing)

Update

The upgrade when smoothly.  (I also had SSH (Remote Login) enabled just in case).  I thought the upgrade might take 45 minutes; when it took longer I felt a little concerned, but right at about the 1 hour mark, I saw the Mac mini's (Internet Sharing) wifi signal on again (yay!), and Screen Sharing working just like normal! :)  It showed the progress bar for the final installation step, just before the "Sign in with your Apple ID" screen.

(As long as you don't run into any installation problems), after the initial Screen Sharing disconnect by the installation process starting, it's completely unattended and easy/painless, took an hour.  All the sharing services seemed to work normally after the installation process.


texts: Purchase Apple Developer Program outside of USA

texts: I am in Iraq and I need to purchase the Apple developer program? How do I do this, because I'm not able to purchase online?


texts: How Can I Search A Specific Type of File in Mac?

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Is there any way to search a specific type of file using Spotlight? I remember there was a special command or something that I had to put in front of the search phrase but I cannot remember it now.

For example, if I want to search only PDFs for a particular phrase in Spotlight, what would I do?


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I'm trying to set the values of some file metadata attributes in OS X Yosemite - kMDItemDateAdded and kMDItemLastUsedDate - the values of which can be shown using mdls <filename>.  I'm trying to set their values using xattr.

I've tried this:

xattr -w com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDateAdded "2001-01-01 12:34:56 +0000" some_file.txt
xattr -w com.apple.metadata:kMDItemLastUsedDate "2001-01-01 12:34:56 +0000" some_file.txt

I've tried this:

xattr -w kMDItemDateAdded "2011-01-01 12:34:56 +0000" some_file.txt
xattr -w kMDItemLastUsedDate "2011-01-01 12:34:56 +0000" some_file.txt

...but have had no success.  xattr reports no errors, but the file metadata attribute values are left unchanged.

Do you know if what I'm trying to do is possible, and if it is, where I'm going wrong?


texts: How do I use tmutil to figure out what's wrong with my Time Machine?

texts:
How do I use tmutil to figure out what is wrong with my Time Machine as it keeps backing up huge amounts of data each time it back-ups although nothing has changed since the last back up?
I'm backing-up to a Drobo FS


texts: How can I charge an iPod with an unsupported cable?

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I bought 2 usb cables to sync and charge.
The problem is that my iPod Touch says "unsupported cable" and will not charge (but can sync over usb).

Is there a cydia hack to stop the os detecting the unsupported cable and start charging?

Or a mod to the cable itself?


texts:
I'm trying to mount a remote volume with cifs. Whenever I try to mount -t cifs ..., I get an error saying mount_cifs can't be found. Where can I find it? Or how do I install it?

I'm using OS X 10.9.2 .


texts: How to download entire iCloud Photo Libary to Windows PC

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Is there a way I can download my entire iCloud Photo Libary to my windows PC then clear the iCloud Photo Libary to free up space on my iCloud account?

I have spent the past hour researching this and I'm still no further on...


texts: Java 8 appears to be installed but in fact is not (macOS)

texts:
I downloaded  Java 8 from oracle.com, and  I installed it.
Nothing unusual.
But when I type java I get: No Java runtime present, requesting install.
And if I go to settings the java icon is there!


texts:
In OS X, modal dialogues are displayed as "sheets" that drop down from the top of the window. In many cases this is nice, but occasionally I find it really annoying. Consequently, although it's a long shot, I thought I'd ask whether anyone knows a way to either disable these modal sheets entirely, or to detach a sheet so that it becomes a proper window.

The reason I want this is that I often have many (unsaved and untitled) documents open in TextEdit and other applications, with short notes that I've made. When I shut down my computer it asks me whether I want to save each of them, but if there's only a few lines of text then the modal sheet completely covers it, so I can't see what's in the document. This means I have to cancel the dialogue, which cancels the shutdown, then go though and manually save everything.

So although it's nice to have modal dialogues attached to the window they're associated with, I'd really appreciate a way to move them out of the way to see what's underneath, if one exists.


texts: Stuck on Apple logo after attempted iOS 8.0.2 update

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My iPad was at the latest iOS 7.x when I decided to update it to 8.0.2 via iTunes.  At the end of the update I got an error, 6 IIRC.
After that the iPad was stuck in restore mode for around half an hour.  When it got out of restore mode somehow (without doing a restore) it wouldn't boot up.  It gets as far as the Apple logo then dies after a few seconds.  It does the same thing whether plugging into a laptop or a wall charger.

To make things worse the sleep/wake button is stuck.

How can I unbrick this thing?

Edit:  I've found that by pressing the home button while plugging into the laptop, I can put it in restore mode again.  But restoring is a last resort.


texts: Service on Big Sur to start Terminal doesn't work with Finder, works with other apps

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I picked up a new MacBook recently and started customizing it software-wise.
After some research, I have managed to set a shortcut for opening Terminal as follows:

Open Automator
Select New Document, Quick Action, search „Launch Application“ and drag it over
Select the desired application (may be located in „others“)
Select File->Save in the menu bar
Open System Preferences and select Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services
Provide a shortcut for the Quick Action. In my case, I have selected CommandControlT

Sadly, the shortcut CommandControlT doesn't work when the Finder is the active app. With any other app, it works.
I don't understand why, as the shortcut isn't assigned to any action in the Finder.
Thanks in advance


texts: Search within opened file in Xcode without Apple keyboard

texts: Is there a way to search within opened file (only!) in Xcode when I can not use Apple keyboard (because I am connecting remotely via LogMeIn from a PC)? I guess there was a search icon just above the text editor in Xcode 4.3 but I can not find it in 4.6.


texts: What iPhone model is shown in Apple's Recycling video?

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In Apple's most recent event, they highlighted their environmentally-friendly products. One of their videos sported a robot named Liam, who would disassemble iPhones once they were in need of recycling.

However, in the video I couldn't place the iPhone shown on the disassembly line. I've included an image below. Can somebody identify it? Or is it not an iPhone in the current lineup, something different or...dare I say...new?

Looks like it has a flush camera lens, which is something the newer models don't have. That's what's confusing me.

Link to the video is right here, at the bottom of the page.


texts: Can I force the Finder's Go Menu to open a new window?

texts:
The Finder's Go menu offers a bunch of shortcuts to commonly used folders, like Applications, Utilities, Downloads, etc.

However, when I try to jump to one of these folders while I already have a Finder window open, Finder takes over my current window to open the special folder.  This happens whether I use the menu or the keyboard shortcut.

Most of the time, I'm trying to open a new window so I can quickly pull up something (like a utility) or to move/copy files between one of the special folders and another location.

Is there a way to have folders from the Go menu open in a new window or a new tab under Mavericks?  I think old versions of OS X had this as a default behavior.


texts: Can I release a new App for iPad 1, as of 2017?

texts:
I have downloaded old versions of Xcode and macOS so I could develop and test an app on my old 1st-gen iPad device.

I wonder if I can submit a new app which runs on iPad 1 (iOS 5)
to Apple App Store as of 2017?


texts: How does time machine handle iMovie libraries?

texts: My iMovie library is about 50GB, and appears to be one file. Does time machine version this file after each change, or is it intelligent enough to see into the library, even though I can't?


texts: What version of OS X originally shipped on my mac?

texts:
The short version:
Is there a way to find the original operating system that shipped with my mac from within the operating system itself?

The long version:

I am trying to identify the version of OS X the originally shipped with my Mac. It is a Macbook pro from late 2008 15-inch. It is currently running 10.10.4 and it was originally running some version of Leopard but I'm not sure. How can I find out what version of Leopard it was originally running? It appears as though apple also provided an install disc for the original Leopard on the system but that disc doesn't have any printed information about what version of Leopard it is.

Thank you :)


texts: Why does Apple Watch keep installing apps I didn't ask it to?

texts:
The iOS Apple Watch app has a setting (General > Automatic Download > Automatically Download Apps) that is described as follows

  When this is on and you have apps on your iPhone that also work with
  Apple Watch, those apps will automatically download and appear on your
  watch home screen.

But whenever an iOS app on my phone is updated to include Apple Watch support, it gets added to my Watch, even when this setting is off.

How do I prevent newly Watch-enabled apps from downloading themselves?


texts:
As stated above VDCAssistant seems to be causing perpetual crash reports to the point that the ReportCrash system process will use 50-100% of cpu.

Application Specific Information:
Client is attempting to access a display by index (1) instead of display ID.
abort() called

These crash reports also seem to disappear and reappear. (i.e. the number of crash reports in Console.app never grows but are constantly being generated). The process cannot be force quit.

I have no idea whats causing this as I don't use iSight camera and nothing else is connected to laptop (macbook pro 4,1 osx10.9.2)

Logging out does not cure it, but a restart will.


texts: Where did the "hide the toolbar" thingy go on OS X Lion?

texts:
On OS X Snow Leopard, there was an option to hide the toolbar in many applications, such as

but I don't have that option on Lion anymore

This isn't MacVim specific issue, I don't see it in Adium and many other applications too. Did the button just disappear? Is there any way to show ita again?


texts: if both data and wi-fi are enabled, will iPhone use both?

texts: I was using my iPhone with both data enabled, 3G enabled and inside my hose, where I was connected to wi-fi. I just saw that I exceeded my monthly limit and I was billed $10. So when data is enabled, will it always be used? I understand that 3G is only used for data, so I am not billed for it separately. right?


texts: How to disable auto load of applications on restart/turn on over OS X Catalina?

texts:
Every time when I turn on my mac it immediately opens previous applications...

For example - Safari and Video editor were opened before to turn off my laptop I closed all applications and then shut down the laptop. Next time when I turn my mac on it immediately opens again last closed applications (Safari and Video editor for example).

I found this answer on SO

https://superuser.com/questions/327460/how-to-disable-auto-load-of-applications-on-restart-over-os-x-lion

it did not help

Also, I checked auto-loading applications

There are not any applications listed as auto-loading.

So, question is - how to disable these recent auto-loadings?


texts:
coming from Android i was surprised that iPhone alarm isn't smart enough to know that low volume will render alarm useless.

is there a way to ensure that the alarm will sound even if the phone has turned down volume and/or is on mute switch?

on android this was done via separate volume control in the alarm and "sound alarm even if phone is muted" setting.

if there is nothing equivalent perhaps there is some app that can do this?  otherwise they'll always be times where users forget to set appropriate volume before going to sleep.


texts: Incorrect resolution while external display connected

texts:
I have an Dell external display which has the best resolution @1440*900.

My laptop is 2015 13 inch rBMP MX840. The problem is that when I connected this external display into the Mac, it cannot show correct resolution, it only shows some general old 4:3 ratio resolution such as 1280*1024 etc.

I tried to use a utility called Display Menu but I still cannot see the optimised resolution. Here I post one screenshot of all resolution shown in that tool.

Any idea to solve that issue? The correct resolution can be shown when I use my old MBP which comes with a non-retina display. By the way, I am not using Apple official Thunderbolt-VGA converter.


texts: No feedback sound when I press the volume buttons (volume up / down) on touch bar even though the box is checked in system preferences

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All of a sudden, I don't have the feedback sound when I turn the volume up or down on my touch bar.
I have tried resetting NVRAM, resetting the SMC, tried the secure boot mode to see if the problem occurs here as well (the touch bar volume buttons are actually disable when I turn on the secure boot mode), and I also tried using another user account - the problem persists. I've also connected my MBP to my bluetooth speaker, and here I also do not hear the feedback sounds.

As you can see from my screenshot, the play feedback when volume is changed box is checked, as is the play user interface sounds. The interface user sounds seem to work, as I can hear sounds for incoming emails, or messages, even phone calls ring on my phone.

I went into system preferences, keyboard and customized the touch bar. I removed the volume control, restarted the computer, added it again to the touch bar and the feedback sound worked momentarily. But now it does not work again.

I also noticed that when I press the shift key on my keyboard and press the volume up or down buttons on the touch bar that the feedback sound is there again. Weirdly enough, when I do it on my MBP, the sound is quite normal but when I connect the laptop to my bluetooth speaker, so sound crackles and does not give feedback upon pressing the key each time ...

PLEASE HELP! All this started today when I wanted to watch a youtube video and notice that I didn't have any sound at all - not on youtube, not on netflix, not in itunes. I managed to fix this, though I am not sure how, either be restarting numerous times or, most probably, through resetting the NVRAM. Now, all my sounds work - no problems with playing back music, or videos.
But why does the volume up / down feedback not work? I have also noticed that the sound of the feedback when I press the shift key and the touch bar button is different from the sound it used to make.
I'm using macOS 10.14.4


texts: Identify Certificate Authority from public key

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Under OS X, the /usr/local/etc/openssl/cert.pem contains many certificates in this format:

----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
 <...snip..>
----END CERTIFICATE-----

In Ubuntu, in /etc/ssl/certs, each certificate is in its own file; with the files named like Visa_eCommerce_Root.pem, Swisscom_Root_CA_1.pem etc.

I was wondering if on OS X there is a way I can get similar names for each certificate contained in the cert.pem file?

PS. The context is that I am trying to debug an issue on OS X where some SSL connections fail, but when I import all the .pem files from Ubuntu into OS X, the SSL connection works. I wanted to identify which certificate is missing on OS X.


texts: Find iPhone on another MacBook is not showing my MacBook's old location

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I lost my MacBook around 18 hours ago. When I log into Find iPhone on another MacBook, it is not showing me the last location of my MacBook.

Why would this be? Can I resolve this?


texts: How can I prevent OS X from resetting/disconnecting from wifi when left idle?

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Doing work at home, I noticed that OS X would drop my wifi connection when I left my 2011 MacBook Pro and it went into idle mode (screen black, but still powered on).

When I moved the mouse or touched a key, OS X would "wake up" but not have a wifi connection. Then it would not connect to the wifi for a minute or two, before resuming normal connectivity.

This was new to me since I have had the machine for more than two years and had never experienced this, but recently updated OS X to Mavericks.


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I received a 2015 MacBook Pro with two Thunderbolt 2 ports. Can I use a Mini-DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable?
According to Apple:

Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2 are not the same as Mini DisplayPort . They have the same shape, but use different symbols on the cable and port. However, this port does support Mini DisplayPort for video output, so you can use a Mini DisplayPort cable to connect a Mini DisplayPort display.

It seems you can, but I have had trouble with Mac-related compatibility before, so I want to make sure.
Thank you.


texts: Locked out of OS X Server after switching network (wireless -> wired)

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I am completely locked out of my Mac Mini OS X Server (Mavericks) after installing in our server rack.

I was able to setup the server just fine on the bench using a wireless connection; was even able to join to our Active Directory domain.

I simply connected the Mini to our network switch, disabled the wireless network connection (.100), reconnected to the wired connection (green-lit at .200) using VNC at the new IP - which worked - but now, it's not accepting any account credentials, domain (MYCOMPANY\admin) or local.

Took it off the network to try and login locally, I still get "the shake" on the local administrator account, and now have no way of accessing the server.

Anything else can I try?
Thanks.


texts: Can I download iTunes U courses to USB flash drive?

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My Macbook Air is limited on hard drive resources right now.

Can I download iTunes U courses onto a USB flash drive（formatted to Mac OS Extended）instead of downloading courses on my own Mac?


texts: Is it possible to hide the scrollbar in Terminal?

texts: In the 10.4 or maybe 10.5 versions of Terminal.app it was possible to hide the scrollbar completely. Does anyone know if this is still possible in the 10.6 version of Terminal.app?


texts: Remove blur effect from lock screen on High Sierra

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I'm on High Sierra 10.13.5. Following these steps to use my unblurred original wallpaper on the initial login screen of my Mac worked perfectly. Now I would like to do the same thing with the lock screen. While at work I have to lock the screen every time I step away from my desk. But I've never liked that my wallpaper is blurred while on the lock screen. I searched and searched but I couldn't find any instructions for getting rid of the blur effect on the lock screen, only for the login screen, which, as I've said, I've already done successfully.

Does anyone know if it's possible to remove the blur effect from the lock screen wallpaper?


texts: I am developing an iOS application for a business associate of mine. Is it possible to associate a second bank account for the revenues of that application? Or do all funds generated from a single Apple ID flow into a single bank account?


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Could you please recommend me software for drawing plots? I need something like the Grapher application that is included with Mac OS X but with these functions:

Axis naming
Error bars
Advanced working with input datasets(I need to plot data from physics labs)

For reference by default Grapher is installed in /Applications/Utilities/


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I've never really been a huge fan of trackpads but after playing with the official Apple Magic Trackpad using Lion, I have to admit, I loved the full screen swiping and using two fingers to swipe Chrome web pages.

I'm a programmer by trade and do VERY minimal art work using Pixelmator.

What are your impressions of using Apple's multitouch trackpads?


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From some versions, importing tracks to iTunes and playing them, iTunes cuts the song.

I mean: I download it on my Mac then I drag it to iTunes. I write author, title, genre, etc., then I play it. At minute 2:44, iTunes will jump to the end of the song the to the next song. It's not a setting issue because songs are set to end at their end and file plays fine so they aren't corrupted.

Syncing these songs to iPhone, they will have the same issue.

I noticed that it happens just with "high quality" songs (256/320 kbit/s),  low quality songs (as 128 kbit/s downloaded from YouTube) are played fine right to the end.

Played counter get updated.

I think it's an iTunes bug from, around, October 2016. Songs imported before this bug works fine.

Am I the only one having this issue? Is there any way to fix it?


texts: Turn Do Not Disturb on or off in an Applescript app (macOS Catalina)

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I want to turn on or off (not just toggle) Do Not Disturb within an Applescript-based app.
Apparently there used to be a method for doing this on older versions of the OS (I'm on Catalina). Now, the only solution I've found is a hack that uses a keyboard shortcut to toggle the condition of Do Not Disturb. This won't work for me because I don't know in advance the state of the setting before I run the app and I specifically want to turn it off when the app is run (later I'll turn it back on).
If there's no way to specifically turn Do Not Disturb on or off, then I suppose what I need to know is how to ascertain the current state of the setting and only execute the keyboard shortcut if it is not in the desired state.