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Found the following Can Login Items be added via the command line in High Sierra?

which I'm trying to adapt to add a login item in 10.14.6

I realize that it's a somewhat old thread by now, but I've been trying with the following, in 10.14.6, adapted from the solved in thread linked above:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to make login item at end with properties {path:"/Applications/cDock.app/Contents/Resources/cDock\ Helper.app", hidden:false}'

But keep getting the following error:

syntax error: Expected “"” but found unknown token. (-2741)

Can someone perhaps suggest how to rewrite this to avoid the error?


texts:
I'm trying to install the Mono MDK, and downloaded the .pkg for 4.2.1 (about 200 MB), when I double click on the package, it opens a "verifying xxxxxMDKxxxxx.pkg" window, which does nothing for over an hour while the Installer icon bounces on the dock. Is there a way to bypass the verification or force it to verify?
Or, alternatively is there a way to install the Mono MDK using the command line?
I'm running a early 2011 Macbook Pro on OSX 10.11


texts: How do you use Greek letters in pages, 5.5.2?

texts: Need to use some Greek letters using pages, 5.5.2?


texts: save mysql backup to afp network drive fails as cron job

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For some strange reason I am not able to save a generated mysql backup via mysqldump to an afp network drive as a cron job. If I call the shell script as root user (login via sudo su in terminal), it works just perfectly. So, the script is ok. It must have something to do with the cron job itself.

For doing so, I edited the root's crontab using crontab -e like so:

10 12 * * 1-5 sh /var/root/cronjobs/mysql_backup.workdaily.sh

This tells the crontab daemon to execute it every work day (monday to friday) at 12.10 PM.

With the same call from terminal it works (as described above).

This is the shell script that I am using for doing it:

#!/usr/bin/env sh
LOCALMOUNTPOINT="/Volumes/MyDrive"

# check if network drive is mounted
if mount | grep "on $LOCALMOUNTPOINT" > /dev/null; then
    echo "mounted"
else
    # not needed the below check, but much more safer in cron job execution:
    if ls -lha /Volumes | grep "$LOCALMOUNTPOINT" > /dev/null; then
        mount -t afp "afp://username:password@NETWORKDRIVE%28AFP%29._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Subfolder" /Volumes/MyDrive
    else
        mkdir /Volumes/MyDrive && mount -t afp "afp://username:password@NETWORKDRIVE%28AFP%29._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Subfolder" /Volumes/MyDrive
    fi
fi

mysqldump -u root -ppassword --all-databases | gzip -c > $(date "+/Volumes/MyDrive/Dumps/mysql/username/full__%FT%H_%M_%S.sql.gz")

The cron job creates a file on network drive with a file size of 20 Bytes. If I gunzip it, it is empty. Normally the database has about 12 MB. So, something is wrong here.

This script is executed via the cron job in lunch time, so no one uses the MacBook at this time (the screen is locked with a logged in user). Standby is fully disabled (only the screen standby is active after 10 minutes).

Does anyone know why this does not work? Any help or suggestions would be great.


texts: Close down all background iPhone apps without clearing task switcher (Jailbreak)

texts:
I have a 3GS running 5.1. Memory management is key to keeping it running smoothly.
I've tried:

SBSettings processes. Clears apps one by one and clears memory - and leaves them in the task switcher. But you have to clear one by one
RemoveBG. One press but removes all apps from task switcher
WeeCloseApps - as above.

Is there a tweak or app that can:

clear all running apps in one press
leave all apps in the task switcher
clean up memory

This is because I use the task switcher as a "recent used apps" list - which is sort of Apple's model - for example, when you reboot iPhone no apps are running in the background, but the task switcher is still populated with your recently used apps.


texts: Conditioning launchd scheduled job on file existence?

texts:
We have a scheduled job that we want to run on both our macOS and Linux hosts.
On Linux, with systemd we can just use this:
ConditionPathExists=/etc/this_file_must_exist
ConditionPathExists=!/etc/skip_if_this_exists

and the job will only execute if the first file exists, and the second file is absent (so we can pause the scheduled job from running, e.g. if we're testing a new version).
Is there an equivalent on macOS? I've seen others achieve a similar result by using Bash and just running `[[ -f /etc/this_file_must_exist ]] && run_my_job`` but this seems... not to be the ideal way.
launchd.plist's manpage (https://www.manpagez.com/man/5/launchd.plist/ -- official link seems down) has KeepAlive but that's for keeping the service up, not preventing it from starting.
Thanks!


texts: What precise hard drive do I need to install in this iMac?

texts:
I was just given an old iMac without a Hard Drive.

This is the model (image from the software Mactracker):

It only gives the following details about the hard drive:

320, 500, 750 GB, or 1 TB 7200-rpm

However, when I consulted ifixit to see how I could replace the hard drive, and clicked on the suggested replacement hard drive, some instructions said:

  Important: To ensure compatibility with the 2009 and 2010 21.5" or 27"
  iMac, the replacement hard drive must be of the same brand as the
  original. The model number of the hard drive does not matter as long
  as the brand matches. 2011 and up iMacs cannot be supported by us.

Which doesn't help since I have the 2008 model. I am also not sure whether a 2.5 or 3.5 hard drive is required. The "About this Mac" menus are not available since the computer doesn't power on. I don't know what the RAM is (2.8 or 3.06).

What is the exact reference for a compatible model for this iMac Early 2008?


texts: Change the mouse wheel scrolling acceleration

texts:
I am new Mac user and I don't really like the Magic Mouse so I reverted to a good old 3 button mouse with a scroll wheel.

When I turn the wheel slowly, it only scrolls pixel per pixel (or per two pixels)
If I turn the wheel more quickly, it scrolls nearly line by line. There is a kind of scroll wheel acceleration where the amount scrolled for each wheel step depends on the rotation speed of the wheel.

This behavior is not present in Windows where you always scroll a few lines per wheel step.

Is there a way to disable this behaviour or to tweak it in Mac OS X Lion?


texts:
I recently had a hard drive failure on my laptop and I am in the middle of re-installing everything. I have hit a snag that I am at a loss how to fix.

Basically, I have been backing up my music to a NAS box on my network so I have not lost that I was pretty sure that I had been backing up the iTunes config as well but it appears not. I have an iPod classic that I regularly sync with iTunes and so I have a representation of playlists, star ratings, etc..

So my question is, can I reinstate my iTunes library from the information on my iPod?

Any help much appreciated.


texts:
This is a simple, but annoying case; I have a set of Bluetooth headphones that I use with my computer when I want to watch something late at night, or just to avoid disturbing anyone, and they work great. However, after I use them my Mac always defaults back to Digital Out as the audio device, even though I have never (ever) used this or chosen it in the audio panel in System Preferences.

Instead, I'd like it to just go back to the previous audio device, which is an external sound card (a Griffin Firewave Firewire device, though I may be replacing this with a USB alternative).

Is there a way to do this? I've recently discovered I can switch audio device by option-clicking on the volume control in the menubar, but it's still annoying that OS X goes back to a default that I've never used! Alternatively, is there a way that I can disable other audio devices such as internal speakers and digital out, so it can't pick them?


texts: How do I configure an iPad to use EAP-TLS?

texts:
I try to connect an iPad (iOS 11.3.1) to a WiFi network which uses EAP-TLS. There is no way to specify EAP-TLS mode because of the lack of the certificate, so I need to import the certificate first.

I copied the client certificate to the device, and now, I want to install it. According to a few websites I checked, it seems to be easy:

  Open the certificate file on the device. IOS will recognise the file as a certificate file, and begin the import process. Tap install.

Source

  All Apple iPads and iPhones support PKCS1-formatted X.509 certificates, stored in files ending with .crt, .cer, .pem or .der.

Source

However, I'm clueless as what exactly I should do once I downloaded the certificate file on the tablet. It allows me to do a bunch of actions such as store it in Google Drive, but there is nothing which could look like an import tool, and it doesn't look like the device recognized the PEM file.

What should I do to make the device recognize PEM certificates?


texts: Scaling external Display on Macbook Pro Mid 2012

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I have a Macbook Pro Mid 2012 and I use it together with a Dell 24" Monitor, which has 2.560 x 1.440 pixels (WQHD).

When I use this monitor together with my Windows PC, I'm using a scaling of 125% to increase everything (e.g. GUI elements, font, etc.) to a proper size. Screenshot of the corresponding options in settings:

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be an equivalent setting option on my Macbook. All I can do is to change the output resolution for the external display. When I choose the native resolution 2560 x 1440 everything is of course quite small. When I choose for example 1080p everything has a proper size for me, but it is blurry.

Is there any possibility to have something like "windows scaling" on my MacBook Pro Mid 2012, or is there any 3rd party App which adds this functionality?

I'm looking for something like this for external displays on my MacBook:

UPDATE 16.05.18
available resolutions via RDM


texts: App for "Minds of Modern Mathematics" doesn't work?

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I don't know how to send IBM a message to let them know to please fix this problem at the Apple App Store, but I have left a message at the ratings section of the App.

I have downloaded the free app at the Apple Store before on my iPad and it worked fine, but I lost all my data...long story... And now I want to get the app back, but I have tried four times to down load it and every time the app just displays a spinning wheel after the opening :'(

My intention is to let the Apple App Store and/or IBM know about this problem but can't find any link to report the problem.
 More details maybe found here at the Apple Support Community.


texts: iMac won't display boot up with an external monitor

texts: My iMac has a broken screen which doesn't allow me to view anything. So I got a monitor and connected it to the Mac and it works great. My problem is when I boot up my iMac it won't display the grey screen with the apple logo loading into the OS. It simply stays black until it's at the login sequence of the boot. How can I make my iMac be able to display the whole booting process? I tried using the Mirror Displays and that did not work for me. I also read if I don't select the mirror option it should work, but that did not work for me either. I want to able to factory reset my iMac but I can't do it because I can't see the booting part of my computer which is where I get to partition the drive and wipe it clean. Any thoughts or suggestions on how I can fix this?


texts: Unidentified connections driving up load and kernel_task cpu usage

texts:
Well, I don't know exactly what I should ask, but I'm trying to fix that I've had kernel_task at 100-500% of CPU for most of the past week, bringing everything to a halt.

I've looked at this thread: How to investigate high kernel task memory usage?, which gave lots of excellent things to try.

I've gotten rid of various things I don't seem to need, like startup items for apps I'm not using. And I cautiously try to disable some services I don't seem to need, like gamed. But it isn't getting better. Snapshot of Activity Monitor:

And, when I look at the console, it seems that either passd, CommCenter, or mapspushd are doing this same thing over and over, many times per second:

Little Snitch doesn't seem to indicate any outgoing activity from this, but obviously something is trying to connect with something, and I'm not sure how to find out what.

This is on Sierra on a 2015MBP.


texts: How to find if iPhone is unlocked for worldwide GSM use

texts: I am new here. I am looking for an iPhone online but, want to know if a particular phone would work with GSM carriers outside US. Is there a proper way to find that? Specially the iPhones unlocked from US carriers.


texts: Issues while connecting an external display to my MacBook Air 2015 using a DisplayPort adaptor

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The other day I started having a random issue connecting an 1080p external display to my connected to my MacBook Air 2015 using a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adaptor that I've used for about 6 months. The external monitor  doesn't receive any signal. I've thought "It's no biggie, I already replaced like 5 of those, so I'll just order a new one.". Today, I tried with the new adapter, and nothing happens, just like before.

The issue is that the display doesn't receive any signal, but detects that there is some device connected to it, yet my MacBook, apparently, does not. Also, when I connect it to the external monitor the computer freezes in burst of 2 or 3 seconds, with some 2 second pauses, for about 5 times, I guess it is trying to connect.

I've tried:

restarting my computer
detect a display (with the Option key)
some of my old adaptors
using a brand new HDMI cable (and many old ones, that worked with other devices)
using some different monitors (all of them were 1080p)
using my old Linux installation (which also worked before)
using Apple Diagnostics (CMD-D when booting — it reported no failure)
formatting my whole SDD and reinstalling MacOS
updating to the latest MacOS version
reseting my PRAM/NVRAM
reseting my SMC
booting into Safe Mode

Maybe some info, that might help you is the Thunderbolt section in the System Information, while my adaptor is connected:


texts: What is the Quickest way to eject a specific disk when I have multiple drives mounted? Right now I use spotlight to open Finder and manually search for the drive to unmount, is there an easier way to eject?


texts: How can I retrieve photos from a damaged iPhone 3GS?

texts: Is there ANY way possible (NO MATTER WHAT THE EXTREMES), to retrieve my photos off of my husband's iPhone 3G/3GS? My husband of 13 yrs. was diagnosed with bone cancer and passed away 21 hours later. Every memory of the prior 4 months the kids and I had with him, the hospital 'til the devastating end is on that iPhone & it was dropped in the drive and run over, but still intact, just broken screen is only visible damage. Please help...!!!!


texts: Fluctuating battery capacity in coconutBattery

texts:
I am a new MacBook user. I have a problem with my battery. When I tried to see its stats from coconutBattery, sometimes it said 6200/6667(93%) and sometimes it said 6560/6667(97%) to be the full charge capacity. My cycle count is only 241 right now.

I don't have a screenshot while it said 97% and I don't keep track history of it. But sometimes it does fluctuate back to 97%.
I've already tried a SMC reset too, and the problem is still the same.

What is happening with the fluctuation and how do I get an accurate battery info?

coconutBattery Screenshot with 93.5% capacity:


texts: How do I show the "Up Next" queue on the iOS 11 Podcasts app?

texts:
In iOS 11, the Podcast app got a radical UI overhaul. I have figured out how to add podcasts to my queue of upcoming podcasts by selecting a podcast and choosing to "Play Next" or "Play Later".

How can I view this "Up Next" queue so that I can reorder it or delete things from it?

If it matters, I am interested in the app on an iPhone SE.


texts: iOS iPhone/iPad Mail - rapid mass delete/delete all

texts:
How do you mass-delete emails in iOS Mail?
I don't know if this is documented anywhere, but just to bring it to current attention…


texts:
I don't ever recall installing anything called SyphonInject. I just noticed that I have it in the Launchpad and it sounds menacing.

Is this something that comes preinstalled in a MacBook?

Is it okay to completely remove it?


texts:
I've been having this issue several times: I'm writing a lengthy SMS, suddenly stop to do something else, and later come back with the auto-locked screen.

When I unlock my iPhone, the SMS I was writing is gone.

Is there any way to recover it?


texts: iTunes starts randomly opening every time iPhone is connected -- settings contradict

texts:
I've seen a few OLD articles on how to prevent iTunes from opening up every time you plug in your iPhone to your mac; however, none of those solutions seem to work or either they do not exist anymore.

For example, in iTunes preferences, there is no "Open iTunes automatically when this phone is connected" from the phone's summary tab, so I can't uncheck that. "Prevent device from syncing automatically" is also checked off so I'm not sure why it still opens.

Does anyone have any other suggestions on how to fix this? I'm surprised I can't find anything that's more recent and actually works. I'm running the latest version of iTunes and Mac OS X


texts: Full restore from backup, /Applications not backed up

texts:
I recently had my hard drive replaced. I made sure my Time Machine backup was up-to-date prior to the handing it over to the Apple Store so I could simply restore, but I made one mistake: /Applications was not being backed up with Time Machine.

I got my computer back today, and I now have a fully restored iMac less /Applications. This means the Dock is full of question marks... I have nothing. I'm typing this from the restore partition where I don't see any way to replace /Applications.

All I can think to do from here is start with a fresh install and work from there. Any ideas before I go down that route?


texts: How to replace fusion drive and restore MacOS?

texts: I have 2014 Mac Mini with fusion drive running Catalina. If I replace original fusion SSD with bigger one, can I restore Time Machine backup or reinstall OS?


texts: AppleScript to perform actions to text in new TextEdit document

texts:
I need to make an AppleScript that would create a new TextEdit file, type any random text, then a table would pop up and give you two options to choose font of that text, then same with colour, save the file on desktop and close TextEdit.
This is what I have so far, but I came to an end of my knowledge:

tell application "TextEdit"
    activate
    make new document with properties {text:"XDXDXD"}
    set theDesktopPath to the path to the desktop folder as text
    tell front document
        set font to "Comic Sans MS"
        set size to 40
        set its color to {65535, 0, 0}
    end tell
end tell

I'm not sure how to tell what isn't working from the script above. Can you help with the completion of the script?


texts: …3-4x during first the 5 minutes of use each day.  Is it dying?  A young 15" Macbook Pro drives it and I'm using latest Lion.


texts: LaunchDaemon for pf won't load at startup

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I have a plist in /Library/LaunchDaemons/ that should run as root on startup.

When I run sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.pfctl.plist, it works. However on reboot it does not work.

Interestingly, after reboot, when I run that command it says /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.pfctl.plist: service already loaded but it is not functioning. However, if I unload and load it works normally.

Nothing appears in my error reporting /tmp/pfctl.err.

My plist is here:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.apple.pfctl</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>pfctl</string>
                <string>-e</string>
                <string>-f</string>
                <string>/etc/pf.conf</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/tmp/pfctl.err</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/tmp/pfctl.out</string>
</dict>
</plist>


texts: How can I label the top row of keys on my 2013 MacBook Pro?

texts:
I have re-mapped several of the function keys on my 2013 rMBP's keyboard to execute tasks that have nothing to do with the original function (i.e., the function that is depicted in the image that is printed on the key).

To be clear, I am referring to these keys:

I had thought that I might be able to count on my memory to understand which key does what, based on the relative location of each key. But, I cannot. A couple of months later, I still regularly make mistakes. I need some sort of indicator, either text or visual.

I took a strip of masking tape, and placed it on the aluminum bar that is located directly above the top row of keys. I then drew vertical lines on the tape along the function keys, which allowed me to label the below key with a text abbreviation that describes the respective key's function.

I have found this method to be satisfactory in communicating the custom function of each key. However, there is one problem. This top bar location on my rMBP routinely becomes very hot. Hence, this heat lessens the efficacy of the tape's glue; the tape comes off and leaves a glue mess on the bar.

I am curious if anyone has a better idea. I am seeking a non-permanent way to label these keys. I wonder if I should write directly on the aluminum bar with pencil.

"Buy a new MacBook Pro w/ Touch Bar" is not currently an option.


texts: iPhone using cellular data even if disabled

texts:
I'm currently abroad and my carrier is charging absurd fees for data plan. I decided to turn off completely cellular data and rely only on WiFi but my iPhone is still using few KBs of data every day.

I have reset the usage statistic last night and found out iPhone is using my cellular data for "DNS service" under "System services". How do I prevent this from happening?

My carrier is charging 5 EUR, EVERY DAY because of this!!! It happened already 4 days in a row.


texts: How to configure proxy settings for a specific network?

texts:
A network I connect to requires configuring proxy settings to reach the Internet.

When I configure those settings within the Automatic location, it applies to every network I connect to.

Is there a way to apply those settings only to this specific network so when I connect to it those proxy settings work and when I connect to another network they do not?


texts: 20 Watt charger harmful for the battery of a device?

texts:
I'm considering to buy a 20 watt charger for my iOS-devices. Obviously it charges a device two to three times faster then the 5 watt chargers, which I currently use.
I just wonder: Might it reduce the life-time of the battery? Or is it even dangerous (strong heating up, explosions)?
Should I definitely get an original Apple charger? Or are others vendors safe too?


texts:
I used Time Machine to restore the hard drive of the old MacBook to my new iMac. I now have what seemed to be two back up files with the same name except the new one ends with the number 2.  This morning I got a message saying I don't have enough room on my 2T external drive to back up the 1T iMac with 264 GB available.
The MacBookPro was also a 1T drive with 90 GB available.

That is a BIG difference. It seems TM didn't migrate all my data.
And how is it possible that the 2T drive used for TM can't back up this new iMac?

What is going on and what can I do to get TM to just continue the backup. It is the same exact data just on a new computer and a 2T ext HD should be adequate.

And why the discrepancy in the amount of space available on the two computers when it is supposed to be a complete restore of the data?

Please help!


texts: How to close the window of "None of your preferred networks available" in keyboard only mode

texts:
My trackpad is dead. I need to commit my repository with terminal. I reopen it, but it is still halfway behind a nasty window "None of your preferred networks available".

I am trying Command + W, but it closes the terminal, not the top window. Any suggestions?


texts: Mac not going to sleep after iTunes stops playing

texts:
Hardware/Software

MacBook Pro 17" 2009
Lion 10.7.3
iTunes 10.6

Issue

Unlike a lot of posts on the internet, my Mac actually goes to sleep just fine, usually.

However, if iTunes was playing something, and then I either explicitly stop it playing, or the movie/track/playlist comes to an end, it runs down the battery to zero!

I understand that iTunes doesn't let the Mac go to sleep if it's playing something, but if I explicitly press the stop/pause button, or the media stops playing, shouldn't the Mac go to sleep as per usual?

Anyway I can diagnose/fix this? is it a known issue?

cheers!


texts: Time Machine seems to think my MacBook Pro is a new backup after Yosemite upgrade

texts:
I've been regularly backing up my 2011 MacBook Pro using Time Machine with two separate external drives (1Tb at work, 2Tb at home) while running Mavericks.

Today I upgraded to Yosemite, and Time Machine seems to think I have a brand new computer - the backup on the 1Tb disk failed with "not enough space", and the backup at home is currently attempting to back up the entire 350Gb on my computer.

(Previously with the 1Tb drive, Time Machine would automatically delete old archives when the drive was full.)

Is this a common problem (ie a bug)? Is there a way to tell Time Machine to continue where the last backup finished, rather than starting a brand new "branch"?


texts: Can a book stored in Kindle be saved as a file on my iMac. Would like to open in Calibre

texts: I bought a Kindle version of a reference book from Amazon. The Kindle reader for the iMac is not my favorite application and I would like to load the book in Calibre and possibly save as a PDF. Or just read it using Calibre. Does anyone know if this is possible?


texts:
When I search for the Keynote app using spotlight there is a reference of a previous version on the Mac App Store.

However, when I press on it, I get the following error message:

Does anyone know how to solve this?


texts: How to export and import Atlassian Source Tree from one Mac to another?

texts:
I want to migrate Source Tree (git client) bookmarks from one Mac to another one.

Is there any easy way to do so?


texts: Macbook pro 15", late 2013: internet stopped working

texts:
I have a macbook pro 15", late 2013 with Catalina (10.15.4). It was working flawlessly until few hours ago, now internet won't work. I can't find any trace of hardware issue, the wifi card works fine and it connects to wifi networks. Unfortunately even with full signal internet doesn't work, even pinging from the terminal return the "unknown host" error. I don't have the ethernet adapter so I can't test it.

I tried different wifi networks, I tried forgetting the networking and connecting to it again, I have tried the wireless diagnostic, rebooting the laptop...no results so far...is there something else I can do?

EDIT: to add some context, I know that the wifi is working fine because two other computers and the phone have internet access via the same wifi network

EDIT: output of the command ipconfig getpacket en0 | grep "yiaddr\|router":

yiaddr = 192.168.1.63
router (ip_mult): {192.168.1.254}

EDIT: result of the various pings:

ping 192.168.1.254

PING 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.254: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time 1.891ms
...

it seems to work, same thing for ping 8.8.8.8:

PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time 9.997ms
...

sadly, ping www.google.com still results in ping: cannot resolve www.google.com: Unknown host


texts: Can I use AirPlay with an Airport Express when the WAN port is not connected?

texts:
Is it possible to connect to the Airport Express over WiFi with my MacBook Pro and use it as an AirPlay device when it doesn't have a connection to the internet?

I will not have access to the internet (so no router) for a while in the future, but I wonder if the AirPlay function will keep working.

If this is possible, which of the models support this behaviour?


texts: How to get particular folders from time machine backup?

texts:
I'm going to perform a clean install of OS X. I have a Time Machine backup.

I want to restore just particular folders, not everything. Is that possible?


texts: retry 'message send failure' with editing

texts:
Here is the situation I get confronted with once in a while. I send an iMessage to more than one person. After a while, I get 'Message send failure'. I search for the reason and I figure I have input a home phone number of the person instead of his iPhone or email address. I go to 'Edit' message but the OS does not allow me to delete that phone number. Is there any other way to remove that number from the 'To' field so that I can resend the iMessage? I don't want to recompose the message (including cut, copy, pasting into a new iMessage)

I am on iOS 6.


texts: Does anyone know if there's a way to get rid of the GUI in Mavericks? (Or at least disable it?)


texts: ePub book not showing up in iBook bookshelf on first generation iPad

texts:
I purchased an expensive technical monograph (> $100 (US)) from the iTunes store for use on my 1st generation iPad. It downloaded correctly and I used it for several months with no problem.  A little over a year and a couple of iOS upgrades later, I tried to refer to the book and found it was not visible on my iBooks bookshelves, and not found in search either.

The book does show up in the iTunes folder on my Mac desktop machine, and it shows up in the list of books in the iPad management tab in iTunes on my desktop machine. I have iTunes configured to synchronize selected books, and the book is checked. I'm not having this problem with any other books on the iPad.

I've noticed that the book is no longer available from the iTunes store, so I wonder if the problem is a digital rights management issue, and the iPad can no longer verify that I have a right to view the book. The iTunes store customer support service is unfortunately useless, as I can't get them to actually read my email before they respond with "No refunds" or "Restore from backup".

Any suggestions for fixing or troubleshooting this?


texts: AppleScript auto-responder with incrementing number

texts:
I'm trying to create an auto-responder that will respond to any email from a certain address with something like:

  Thank you for your email.
  Your number is #0000042.

The number should increment every time it sends one of these emails.

After looking online at the expensive solutions it looks like my best bet is automating something with AppleScript - possibly saving the last number in a file and incrementing it.

What would such a script look like?


texts: How do I change the color in Terminal indicating the use of a dead key?

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A dead key (a key that does not generate a complete character by itself but modifies the character generated by the key struck immediately after) is indicated with a yellow background to previous the final character.

It's perfect when you write black on white, but not when you write white on black, like in some Terminal configurations.

My question is: Where can I change that color?


texts: Can I hide or dismiss this music player?

texts:
I’m listening to an audiobook with the Audible app, and while it’s playing (and for a while after) this playback controller shows up above the Notification Center.

However, because of the small screen on my phone (iPhone SE) all of my notifications are obscured. I would prefer if this music widget wasn’t shown, because I can easily control audio from the control centre or in the app instead. I’m using iOS 13.


texts: Can you activate your iPhone 5/5s/5c with iOS 8.1 with any nano SIM card?

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I just got a new iPhone 5/5s/5c and it comes with a fresh install, or factory reset, of iOS 8.1.

I didn't get a SIM card with the phone, and it will not let me activate/use it without one.

I am concerned about the finicky behavior, and even the technical aspects of this.

Do I just simply buy any nano SIM and pop it in and it should be okay? Or is there a specific one I need to buy?

I do not have service or Apple ID but I can make one. I do not wish to pay for service (such as calling/texting) since I only want the device for gaming and other stuff (Skype and other VoIP) to communicate, such as Wi-Fi for internet, etc. Can this be done?

Can anyone clarify this for me?


texts: Turn on Do Not Disturb mode on all devices from one device

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Has anyone found a way to turn on Do Not Disturb mode for every device from one.

Often times when I'm trying to work and people won't shut up I turn on DND mode on my MBP but then my iPhone will start dinging away. So I turn on DND mode there too. Then iPad starts up etc. This is an almost endless process. There's an additional 2 other Macs tied into my iCloud account. I've been tempted to just turn it off completely but it's about as handy as it is annoying.

Also find that when I need to turn DND mode off I forget on 1 device or more causing some annoyance if I actually need the notifications.

Ideally I'd like to be able to activate DND mode globally from my MBP.

I'm curious if anyone else has seen a possible solution to this.


texts: Does Homebrew have a command-not-found hook?

texts: Arch Linux's pkgfile has a command-not-found hook that you can source from your shell's startup file (.zshrc, .bashrc, or whatever).  Does Homebrew have anything roughly equivalent to this?


texts: iTunes share Library not Loading Correctly

texts:
I turned on home sharing on my iMac & I want accessing my library from my iPad. The setup went smoothly and I was able to access my Library from my iPad but some of the content isn't showing up correctly. To be more specific some TV shows are listed more than once and some others are not shown at all. How do I fix this.

PS (All my devices are running the latest software)


texts: Touch ID available only after sleep but not when starting the laptop

texts: I just got my new MacBook Pro and the fingerprint is available only after sleep but not when starting the laptop. Is that the normal behavior?


texts: Why does the login window become active after sleep?

texts:
I'll put my MacBook Pro (13" with Touchbar) to sleep and walk away. When I return, more often than not, the login window is active on the display. Why?

My first thought was notifications. Nope. There are no notifications on screen. Next, I thought that maybe some USB peripheral (hard drive, mouse, etc.) was waking it up. I unplugged my Time Machine drive and my mouse/keyboard dongle. Nope. Still wakes up. Last was my external monitors. No luck there either. The only thing plugged in now is power.

After sleeping the Mac, I'm not sure how long it takes for it to wake back up. Sometimes I'm away for 15 mins, sometimes overnight.

I'm guessing there's some software reason why the Mac is waking up. What's going on here… and more importantly, how do I prevent it?

Here's why I care: I have two old and inefficient external displays attached. When the machine wakes up, it lights 'em all up. That's a waste of power and unnecessary usage. I'd like to keep these monitors around as long as I can.


texts: What should be the proper way to backup photos from iPhone. iCloud do not have much storage for it, any apps is recommended to use for backup photos? I heard a lot of users use Google Photos for backup photos, is that reliable?


texts: measuring data exchange over external network

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I am using Mac Air 2013, and I have a daily limit on the data I can exchange over internet that is 1GB.

I would like to measure how much data each application is exchanging over the network.

I was using Activity Monitor but then I noticed that this app is showing data exchange even when the internet connection is down (in particular, if I write in terminal the command find /|grep -i something this will show large data exchange from processes such as kernel_task and mtmfs). Hence, Activity monitor is showing some data transfer over some sort of internal network, and this is now what I am interested in.

I would like to use some tool (also from command line) that only shows the data exchanged by applications over the external network (either ethernet or wifi). Could you recommend such application?


texts: What happens to the music I downloaded from Apple music if I can't make a payment?

texts: I've downloaded lots of music from the Apple Music trial, what happens if after say 4 months I stop paying? Does all my music get deleted or do I get to keep it.


texts: Problem with "csrutil enable --without debug" on Sierra

texts:
I am using a Mac on macOS Sierra 10.12.5.

I want to run the app XtraFinder which opens some additional features in Finder. I used to have it on different computer, but when I download it on this one I got this error:

So I followed this link.

When I run the csrutil enable --without debug command I got the error: "unknown command without".

Is it something that I do wrong?


texts: Not able to update to macOS High Sierra?

texts: I am trying to update to macOS High Sierra. but it gives me following error:


texts: How do I know what iTunes credit is for?

texts: So I have "2 Credits" showing on the top right of the iTunes Store screen. I've purchased music, but that hasn't changed the number of credits. Are the credits specifically to be used for certain items, if so how do I know what items?


texts:
I have a two display setup arranged as shown in figure.

I can see the dock only on my primary display and only when the application it hosts is not in fullscreen mode.
My dock is configured to appear only when I move the pointer to the bottom of the screen.

Can I configure my Mac to display the dock on the display I am currently working, even if it hosts a fullscreen application?


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My boss has given each employee an iPad 2 with the express permission to use it privately as well as professionaly (take it home, install apps, ...).

All iPads are used with the same company-wide Apple ID, so that all devices are automatically synchronised. However, I also have a private Apple ID and I'm wondering how I could get content I purchased with my private ID on my new iPad. While we are allowed to buy non-free apps with the company's apple ID if we pay for them with iTunes store cards, I would rather buy content with my own Apple ID so that I can keep it.

Is it possible to abandon the principle that all company iPads are used with the same ID and still get automatical synchronisation?
Is it possible to use content purchased with my Apple ID while logged in with another ID?
Are there any other things which are good to know in my situation?


texts: Can I create a custom iMovie transition?

texts:
IMovie is mostly a 'canned' software, I am limited to presets for the most part. I understand that there are a few workarounds to adding custom effects (creating 2d video with green background, or images with opacity etc.); however, I would like to create custom transitions/titles/filters that are recognized by iMovie and treated the same as built-in effects. I am exploring a few options:

Option A: design & import
There might be a way to import my designs to iMovie in a way that I am currently unaware of. If such options exist, please let me know what file type I need to do such.

Essentially, I want to see if iMovie can function like Final Cut Pro does  with Motion 5 as I am working on a budget and can't spend money for this function.


texts: Reliable shortcut for non-ASCII text insertion

texts:
I occasionally use text strings such as ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Unfortunately, I don't have a ¯ or a ツ on my keyboard, so using such strings can be a bit of a pain, usually involving a web search and copy and paste. I'd prefer to have an easier way of typing these. Here's what I've tried so far:

Set up a text replacement in System Preferences.

Problem: It does nothing in several apps such as Discord and Firefox.

Set up an automator service running this AppleScript:
on run {input, parameters}

    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "¯\\_(ツ)_/¯"

end run

Problem: It outputs ¯\_(a)_/¯

Set up a different automator service which
1. Get Contents of Clipboard
2. Set Value of Variable "clipboard"
3. Get Specified Text "¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
4. Copy to Clipboard
5. Run AppleScript `tell application "System Events" to keystroke "v" using command down`
6. Get Value of Variable "clipboard"
7. Copy to Clipboard

Problem: Sometimes it does nothing, sometimes it pastes the original clipboard contents, sometimes it will actually paste ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Adding 0.2 second pauses both before and after step 5 did not fix the problem.

And with that, I've run out of straightforward, reasonably simple ideas that have a chance of having a return on investment somewhere in the vicinity of their cost. Web searches haven't really produced anything other than BetterTouchTool, which is a route I'd prefer not to take at this time.
Is there a reasonably simple, free, reliable, and legal method of doing what I want to do?
I'm running 10.14.6, on a Mac with a Touch Bar. Touch Bar only solutions are generally acceptable, though solutions that can work with or without the Touch Bar are preferable.


texts: Is there a hotkey to Search Wikipedia for "x"?

texts:
This is a question about keyboard shortcuts. I think it's quite cool that you can put a word into the spotlight and one of the options is to search Wikipedia for it, but to get that functionality takes a lot of typing or mouse movement. Is there a fast way to do it?

Example: CMD-Space opens the spotlight, I type tidal basin. About 30 files, most irrelevant appear, and at the bottom is the wikipedia search. I can use the mouse to click on it, or I can hit ctrl-n many times to get there and then return. Is there a faster way to do this?


texts: Terminal display name is changed after a Time Machine Backup restore

texts: I recently restored a Time Machine backup. After that the display name in Terminal.app is changed. MyName@M2004J19C-Redmi9 ~ %. Why M2004J19C-Redmi9?? Terminal works properly but why MacBookPro-etc. is disappeared? How can I change that? If I go to Shell>Change Title Under "Path" I have: file://M2004J19C-Redmi9/Users/MyName


texts: How do I change the partition table for my hard drive?

texts:
I have an external hard drive with Master Boot Record partition table.

I wish to change that to GUID so that I can modify the partition on the fly next time. How do I do that? Is it possible to do with disk utility?

(Similar to this, but I have an external hard drive)


texts: When I use the messages.app, messages I type are automagically corrected/replaced. How can I enable this feature across many more apps like Chrome for example?


texts: Can I run MacBook Pro Retina 13 inch early 2015 without a battery?

texts:
I have a swollen battery, and want to remove it while waiting for the replacement.

Can I remove it and safely turn on the Mac only with the power chord?


texts: How can I download iCloud app data to PC?

texts: I have app data in iCloud. I would like to download it to a PC laptop. Specifically this is the Audio Memos app, and I would like to save the recordings to computer and delete them from iCloud. I do not have access to the device.


texts:
Can anybody recommend a macOS application to search for images similar to a single candidate?

I can find plenty of duplicate finders which search folders for duplicate or nearly duplicate images, but I can’t find one which searches a folder for images matching a particular one.


texts: iMovie only imports 4 seconds of a movie clip that is much longer than 4 seconds

texts:
Intermittent… sometimes iMovie decides to only import 4 seconds of my movie clip even though it is much longer.

I am dragging it out of Photos and into iMovie

When I QUIT & RELAUNCH iMovie, the symptom still happens (no change).
However, the only way I can see to fix this is to do a FULL REBOOT on my machine, then the same clip correctly imports into iMovie


texts: Check the battery level of connected bluetooth headphones from the command line

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I am trying to check the battery level of my wireless headphones from the command line.  I came across a few discussions, and it seems all I need to do is enter the following:

ioreg -c 'deviceName' |grep -i batterypercent

I tried this command using "Powerbeats Wireless" and "bluetoothaudiod" for the 'deviceName''s, but neither returned the batterypercent. I tried ioreg -c bluetoothaudiod |grep -i battery to get general information about the battery, and get this as a response:

| |   +-o AppleSmartBatteryManager  <class AppleSmartBatteryManager, id 0x100000250, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (0 ms), retain 7>
| |     +-o AppleSmartBattery  <class AppleSmartBattery, id 0x100000252, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (0 ms), retain 6>

If I connect the headphones to my iPhone, the battery level immediately pops up on the toolbar.  This leads me to believe that the device is broadcasting battery level, and that I should be able to access this information from my computer.

How can I check the battery level of my bluetooth connected headphones?

Edit:

Initially I thought the issue was with the device name, but it seems "Powerbeats Wireless" and bluetoothaudiod work interchangeably.  Just can't figure out how to access the batterypercent param.

Edit 2:

Looking at the Bluetooth docs, it seems there's a Battery Service which exposes the Battery State and Battery Level.  The Battery Level can be read using the GATT Read Characteristic Value sub-procedure, so I need to figure out a way of interfacing with this service from the command line. I have a feeling batterypercent may only be coded for standard peripherals (trackpad, mouse, keyboard), as all battery monitoring widgets I've tried are only compatible with such devices.

Edit 3:

Revisiting this almost a year later.  I know have a wireless trackpad & keyboard, and can see their battery levels perfectly fine ( in both the toolbar or the command line). Still unable to get the battery level from my headphones though, and not sure why :/


texts: Can't switch from Calendar month view to day

texts:
From the calendar month view, I can't select a date, and jump to the day view.

Running iOS 9.0.2 on iPhone 6


texts: Does Mail log errors into a console or text file?

texts: Does Mail log errors into a console or text file somewhere?


texts: Switching to some apps in a different virtual display doesn't work

texts:
I have OS X El Capitan (10.11.6) installed on my MacBook Pro 2015. I use Spotlight a lot to switch between apps in different virtual desktops and one day some months ago I noticed that it won't switch to the virtual desktop of the app I wanted to switch to. The same happens if I click on the icon in the dock.

Some apps that it doesn't switch to are Skype, FileZilla, IntelliJ Idea and more.


texts: safari website requires a client certificate

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I went to a site I regularly use and got this when logging in with Safari

I seem to have 2 certificated of the same name both issued by Apple and both are not expired (found by searching in KeyChain Access app)

I evaluated at the certificates in Keychain Access and both have a status of good and the keychain they are in verifies OK.

How do I login, what are the risks in choosing the wrong one?


texts: Sometimes clicking won't work for tabbed items on latest Mac OSX

texts:
Basically, when I go to click on the x in a tab in google chrome (or just the tab in general), click on tabs in my terminal, or any other program, sometimes the left click just won't register at all. It's not specific to a program, just tabs within any program. Well, also sometimes hitting the back arrow or refresh for google chrome doesn't respond either. What I usually do to fix this is click somewhere within the web page again, and then it will respond just fine. However, this happens so often that it is a hassle. It usually has no problem clicking things on webpages or within programs.

I've tried the basics, restarting, reinstalling programs, playing with mouse settings, etc, but nothing has fixed this. This happens both on an external mouse and using the trackpad.

Any ideas on how to fix this?


texts: MacBook taking long time to load the boot loader; rEFInd freezes

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 2015 and I am dual booting with Linux. I use rEFInd and since day 1 it has been working fine on most occasions. Sometimes it would take a long time to show its screen and then it would freeze, updating every 5-10 seconds (so if I press down on my keyboard twice, it would jump two entries down in a few seconds). In those cases I would clear the PRAM/NVRAM, re-bless rEFInd and it will be ok. Recently however it happened again and this time resetting PRAM/NVRAM does not help. Furthermore, under Linux no input devices work (neither internal, nor USB keyboard). lshw lists them as working and with a loaded kernel module for them... Internal keyboard works under OS X.

EDIT: The reason I think it may be a hardware problem Related to the issue is that loading the bootloader (whether it is rEFInd after I bless it, or the native Apple bootloader as soon as I clear PRAM) takes about 20 seconds after the start up chime, which is not normal. I noticed that after I reset PRAM, I hear the start up chime, only 3 seconds later I see the Apple logo (boot is fast) and on the very next reboot, it hangs somewhere, which now leads me to believe that maybe some of my OS X settings which also modify the PRAM are corrupted and corrupt the PRAM. Is there a way to prevent OS X from modifying the PRAM in ANY way?

I'd hate to take it to a service, since they'll tell me "20 seconds is not long and we don't deal with 3rd party loaders", but I know it never used to take more than 3 seconds to show the Apple logo, so something must have changed. Ideas?

P.S. I use Gentoo, whose kernel is perfectly capable of being booted directly from the UEFI firmware and there are instructions on how to do this using efibootmgr but they are not specifically for Macs and I've read in some places that efibootmgr may/will brick the firmware on Macs so I am reluctant to try...


texts: Flash doesn't appear in my Chromium "chrome://plugins" page

texts:
I recently upgraded Chromium manually from http://build.chromium.org

I tried loading some Flash content and it won't load.

First I was thinking that maybe there's a problem with the plugin so I went to "chrome://plugins", it wasn't there, I tried installing, still wasn't there.

Went to /Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/Versions/42.0.2286.0/Chromium Framework.framework/Internet Plug-Ins/, there was no PepperFlash directory.

I copied from Google Chrome, reloaded Chromium, still nothing (No content and nothing appears in chrome://plugins).

Tried installing the Pepper Flash specifically from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ (Selecting My current Mac version and the PPAPI plugin from the other list below).

Still not working.

Any additional ideas? I'm really frustrated.


texts:
At some point I misspelled my name when I typed in my email address to one of the those log in boxes.

Now the misspelling always comes up and fills in and I have to delete it and start over.

I have tried clearing history and cookies and the auto fill feature but it still happens.

How can I clear this and why will it not use my correct one after I type it in.


texts:
I am using a Macbook Air Mid 2012 with Sierra.

I am using a lot the terminal to run my local server etc. To cancel the local server I need to press CTRL + C. Unfortunately the CTRL button stopped working.

1) I think it's a mechanical issue, because sometimes it works. I already removed the key and tried to clean it but no success. Any other ideas in terms of making it work again?

2) My main question is: how can I move the CTRL + C command to another key. I would like to quit the server with the ESC key. Where can I change this? Is this a setting on the server (Rails Puma) or a Terminal setting?


texts: Data on file exchange partition is owned by 1000 and locked. How can I unlock this in OS X?

texts:
I have created a file exchange permission that both OS X Lion and Ubuntu 12.04 can write to and read from. This partition is formatted as...

Apple_HFS Exchange

...with journaling disabled.
I have copied a folder from Ubuntu onto that partition. This folder appears as locked in OS X and I am not able to unlock this folder. The option is greyed out.

The permission of this folder are:

drwxr-xr-x   4 1000      1000      136 11 Mai 14:43 Bilder

How can I unlock this file in OS X?
How can I prevent this from happening in the future?


texts: Can't update iPhone to a specific version : "iphone could not be restored device isn't eligible for the requested build"

texts:
Have iPhone 4 with iOS 5.1.1
Trying to update to 6.1.2 (not the latest) via downloaded IPSW but unfortunately getting error:

  iphone could not be restored device isn't eligible for the requested
  build

After searching for fix all over the internet found some suggestion like putting # in hosts file in line gs.apple.com but not helped.

Have you any idea why I'm getting this error and can't restore iphone?


texts: How do I scale down a video without cropping?

texts: The title mainly says it all. I've been looking for a tool to resize a video just by scaling it down. The only options I find when googling is for cropping video but I don't want to do that. I just want to scale a video down.


texts:
macOS 10.15.4 and Calendar.app 11.0 display February 2020 with 28 days, indicating 2020 is not a leap year. Here's a screenshot, showing January and February 2020; note that February 29 is greyed in the February space, indicating that 29 is not a February day:

On the other hand, the month display shows a 29-day February:

Many online sources say 2020 is indeed a leap year. For example, this Microsoft page contains this procedure for determining leap years:

  How to determine whether a year is a leap year

  To determine whether a year is a leap year, follow these steps:

    If the year is evenly divisible by 4, go to step 2. Otherwise, go to step 5.
    If the year is evenly divisible by 100, go to step 3. Otherwise, go to step 4.
    If the year is evenly divisible by 400, go to step 4. Otherwise, go to step 5.
    The year is a leap year (it has 366 days).
    The year is not a leap year (it has 365 days).

Applying this, 2020 is determined to be a leap year, and would have a 29-day February.

Who's right? Maybe this is just a bug in the year calendar display.


texts: I forgot security questions and rescue email

texts:
Recently I got some money in my Apple ID and a few years ago I made a rescue email ( which I forgot how to enter ) and put some security questions I forgot how to awnser and I cannot buy apps ,music or movies because I need to fill in the security questions !
If I don't find an awnser on here, I will call Apple customers support.


texts: Comparison of the new macbook air and iMac Core Duo 2 2.66

texts:
I am planning to buy the new Macbook Air 13", as I need something more mobile, but only have a limited budget. So the Air 13" seems like a perfect solution.

Currently I have a iMac which I bought nearly 4 years ago. And I need to know if it is worth changing for a MBA. I use the iMac for adobe photoshop, illustrator, After Effects, etc. Nothing high end just basic stuff graphic programming, no advanced video editing.

I am just wondering what is more powerful the new Macbook Air 13" Hashwell 1.3Ghz Intel Graphics 5000, 4GB Ram. For the graphics programming I will be doing on it.

Or my iMac:

2.66 Core Duo 2
Nvida Graphics 256
4GB Ram

Just a side note, what is the new MBA like for doing iOS development using the latest version of Xcode? Would it be slow?


texts: I have a Macbook Pro and it has a problem when plugging in headphones/ear buds into the audio jack may cause the audio to lower/raise by itself, but simply just unplugging and plugging back in helps with it, but recently the audio in my earbuds aren't working, I had another pair of earbuds that wouldn't work so i switched to the ones I'm using now but they stopped working as well. Whenever I check the audio when the earbuds are plugged in, it says that there's sound but not connected to the headphones. I have a set of gaming headphones and put them in the usb and they work just fine. Anyone else experiencing this weird audio problem, or at least can redirect me to an solution.


texts:
I just purchased a magic mouse 2, and I can't figure out how to do a pinch gesture or its equivalent that I am used to with a macbook.

From what I have read, it doesn't seem like it is possible to do the exact same pinch gesture, but are there alternative gestures or key combinations to get the same zooming capability as the pinch gesture?


texts:
I accidentally deleted a conversation just now in Messages on iPhone. Is there anyway to undo this action or restore the deleted conversation in iOS 11?

The conversation still exists on my iPad but I would like to have the full conversation on my iPhone too.


texts: How to disable scrolling while clicking with the Magic Mouse?

texts:
I want to disable one finger scrolling with my Magic Mouse while I click with it, because I don't like that it scrolls the content in apps if I click something. I also don't see any practical use of letting this thing enabled.

Video about my problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqCo3mEH51A

Very important, that I want to keep the scrolling on, which I generally love, so shrinking the scroll area with MagicPrefs or disabling scrolling fully is not a good workaround for me.

Are there any tools which let me disable any scroll events during the mouse button is down?


texts: How to use Spyder keyboard shortcuts with Mac OS

texts:
I'm using the Spyder IDE to do Python development on macOS. This IDE provides some keyboard shortcuts I'm used to from other platforms, especially

F9 for running a line or selection of lines of codes.
F5 for running an entire Python script.

Unfortunately they don't seem to work. I found a suggestion to reset the shortcuts within the application by going to Preferences -> keyboard shortcut and restore the defaults. That didn't work for me, so how can I make these shortcuts work?


texts: Add local file URL handling to Applescript Application

texts:
I am using a simple applescript application to open different URL schemes in different Fluid Apps.

By setting this app as the default browser, I can effectively parse out the URL scheme and open the appropriate stand-alone Fluid App as the browser.

Everything works perfectly, except the "share this folder..." option in Dropbox.  This opens a local URL - file:///var/folders/...

This simply does not work.  The default_browser application launches and then immediately closes.

Does anyone know how to update this script so that local file links will work?

on open location this_URL

if this_URL contains "docs.google.com" then
    tell application "/Applications/Fluids/Google Drive.app"
        activate
        open location this_URL
    end tell
else if this_URL contains "drive.google.com" then
    tell application "/Applications/Fluids/Google Drive.app"
        activate
        open location this_URL
    end tell
else if this_URL contains "mail.google.com" then
    tell application "/Applications/Fluids/Gmail.app"
        activate
        open location this_URL
    end tell
else if this_URL contains "gmail.com" then
    tell application "/Applications/Fluids/Gmail.app"
        activate
        open location this_URL
    end tell
    -- default browser here
else
    tell application "/Applications/Google Chrome.app"
        activate
        open location this_URL
    end tell
end if
end open location

EDIT: to clarify - the Dropbox "share this folder..." option opens the default browser app (above), which then closes immediately.


texts: Will generic earphones allow basic inline remote / mic capability on my iPhone 6?

texts: I'm interested in buying the Sony XBAA1AP earphones, and am curious if earphones that aren't specifically designed for iPhones, but which have an inline remote control / mic, will provide basic remote control / mic features on iPhone devices.


texts:
iPhone 5: Since yesterday my phone stopped working to wireless at work.
I asked other people and no one had issues with connecting to wireless.
I went home and no issues with connecting to home wireless either.
So it is just me and my phone having issues connecting to work wireless.

What troubleshooting steps do you suggest? I tried the "forget this network" and re-joining it again but that didn't solve it.

UPDATE
: One thing I found out is that when I am at my desk with whatever router they have around that area, my wireless doesn't work. But when I go to kitchen area with whatever router they have in that area, it connect and works fine.


texts: How can one save a file as plain text in TextEdit?

texts:
I'm not seeing an option to choose plain text encoding (.TXT extension) when saving a file in TextEdit.app in macOS. My documents seem to all be rtf - rich text format.

How can I change this?


texts: No method to install OS X system on to Mid 2011 imac 27"

texts:
Mid 2011 imac 27", which had a new hard drive installed afew months back.
Since having a bad crash, the system had corrupt but seem get stuck in boot cycle
on startup. I ran fsck on the hard drive but no problems were found and the drive was caught in some sort of boot cycle on startup.

I was able to boot from external drive with system and format the hard drive on the imac after I had backed it up. Only problem now is no method install a new system be it 10.8 or 10.9 seems to work.

I've created a USB 10.9 installer and I get the following error:

I also get a similar error when booting from a external drive with a bootable 10.9 system installed on it.

I am unsure the new hard drive installed in the imac is causing the problems or something else on the imac. Any help would be greatful as I think the only option
I have left is take out the hard drive in the imac and replace with another new drive I have.


texts: Run a shell script when switching to battery power

texts:
User Story:

As a MacBookPro user I want to run a script that ejects my USB drive when I disconnect the power source so that I don't have to remember to eject it before grabbing my laptop and hurrying off to a meeting.

Acceptance Criteria:

NO third party apps
NO polling.  It must be event driven

I already have a script that I use for detecting network cable changes.  I launch it using launchctl with a WatchPath like this in my .plist file:

<key>WatchPaths</key>
<array>
    <string>/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration</string>
</array>

I'm hoping to find a similar way to launch a different script when my power cord is connected/disconnected.

I already know how to detect whether AC power is connected or not... I just need to find an event that tells me I can do it.

AC_POWER=`ioreg -l | grep ExternalConnected | cut -d"=" -f2 | sed -e 's/ //g'`

if [[ "$AC_POWER" == "No" ]]
then
    for MEDIA_PATH in "/Volumes/Backup Drive 1/" /Volumes/MyPhotos/
    do
        if [ -e "$MEDIA_PATH" ]
        then
            echo "Ejecting $MEDIA_PATH"
            diskutil eject "$MEDIA_PATH"
        else
            echo "$MEDIA_PATH not mounted"
        fi
        done
else
    echo "AC Power connected"
fi


texts: Just upgraded to Mountain Lion and I have to buy iPhoto again?

texts:
I originally was on Leopard.  Then I got the free upgrade to Snow Leopard.

I bought Lion when it was released and removed it after a few months because it made my machine too slow.  I upgraded the RAM and upgraded to Mountain Lion yesterday.

But iPhoto is missing?  During the last two years I bought (from Apple) an iLife disc.  Remember discs?  lol

Anyway, it's iLife 11 so technically I could install it from disc but I like the app store experience.  Do I really have to pay $15 again for iPhoto in order to get it from the app store?  Or is there another way?


texts: Rename file names in directory to creation timestamp with second precision

texts:
Is there an easy way to do this for files in a particular directory - to have their names be renamed to the file timestamp, with seconds level precision

Clarification:

For example, suppose a (Mac 10.14.15) directory has the following files, where the notation below shows original file name and file creation time. (But, to be clear, we are working from the Mac file directory, and not from the luxury of just parsing thru a text file.) The filenames are uuid 36 character names:

35eafb32-8005-11e9-bc42-526af7764f64.png 09:35:01
419f0eb4-8005-11e9-bc42-526af7764f64.png 09:35:11
43249984-8005-11e9-bc42-526af7764f64.png 21:02:03

Suppose I want to rename the files based on (original creation) timestamp, but the filename of course has to be in an acceptable format:

prepend-09_35_01.png
prepend-09_35_11.png
prepend-21_02_03.png

(In the actual case, the directory has 2000+ files. If it matters, they are transported from an iPhone X app I made - through iTunes file sharing. The file creation date and time shows up correctly on Mac when transferred.)


texts: Can I connect my Macbook Pro to a Windows 10 PC via usb-c for more than just power?

texts:
Right now when I plug my 2019 MacBook Pro into my Windows 10 PC's USB-C port it charges just fine.  I was wondering, if I could essentially use my PC as a KVM.  Is it possible to use my PC's mouse/keyboard and my secondary monitor with my MacBook?

The port is a USB 3.1 Type 2 but all Device Manager shows is an unknown "Billboard Device".  I can't even access the drives at the moment.


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I would like to be able to take my iCal off iCloud entirely. I've attempted to disable it using both iCloud preferences and iCal account settings- and both times the calendars disappeared. However, that means that every time I attempt to create a new calendar, there is no option for where to do it. Without the File>New Calendar>iCloud option, they simply don't exist. Shouldn't there be a File>New Calendar>On My Mac option? Is it possible that I deleted my "On My Mac" folder?

Thanks!
Unsure


texts:
I want to "delete" disk0s4, but it isn't appearing in the Disk Utility app.  This is from a failed attempt to install Ubuntu, how can I delete this partition?

Here is the diskutil list output:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *250.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            189.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:                        EFI                         60.0 GB    disk0s4


texts: How do I use OS X Print/Save as Postscript to produce a custom sized page?

texts:
I am trying to produce a press-quality CMYK PDF file from a Pages or MS Word document in OS X.  The canned Print/PDF options produce insufficient quality in the images, and do not allow conversion to CMYK.  I was following a recommendation to use Save as Postscript, and then Adobe Distiller (which I have on a separate, Windows machine) to get the right results.  It all works great EXCEPT that I need a custom page size.

When I use PDF/Save as Postscript, it produces a US Letter size document, irrespective of the Page Size settings in Pages or in MS Word.  In this case, I need to produce an 8.75 x 11.5" PDF (required by the publisher to support their workflow.

Any ideas?


texts: How do I update my MacBook Pro to the latest version of BootCamp?

texts:
Running Windows 8.1 on my 2013 Macbook Pro that runs OS X 10.10.5.

Want to update the version of BootCamp (and related drivers) that it is running - I don't think it has updated since I partioned and installed Windows 3-6 months ago and I know there have been updates.

I was notified within Windows via Windows Update of new BootCamp and tried the update via Windows update but it failed
Running Apple Software Update within Windows doesn't give me anything BootCamp related to download & install - this Apple Support Article  says that it will be available via this channel but it's not?
The options from within Yosemite + BootCamp all seem to entail a re-partition and reinstall of my entire Windows partition (naturally not first prize)
Download of drivers onto a USB stick from Apple website but this also seems to involve a re-partition.

My end goal is to perform the free upgrade to Windows 10 without reinstalling but I am trying to get BootCamp in order from the beginning.

Related question: how can I tell precisely which version of BootCamp I am actually running. From within Windows I can right click on About Boot Camp and it says 5.1 but this is not specific enough.


texts: connecting a LAN printer while using the 3G network

texts: I have set up a point of sale station using a 3G iPad. I have a LAN printer that connects to a WiFI router that doesn't have an Internet connection. I want to use the 3G to connect to the Internet while being connected to the router's WiFi network for printing. It seems on the iPad the WiFi connection prioritises  over the 3G dropping my Internet connection. Is there a way I can make this work for me?


texts:
I have a MS Word document with links to other word documents. Every time I click on one of these links, I get the "Additional permissions are required to access the following files" messages and it is obviously very awkward to grant permissions one by one to many files this way.
Is there any way around this issue? Can I somehow tell the Mac that it is OK for Word to open files?
Update: Word has full disk access permissions!!!


texts: MacBook Pro Retina 15'' Late 2013 Stoppped Charging

texts:
Related questions here and here.

Hi everyone. This is what happened to me:

I was giving a class, in a 200 people auditorium, and there were lots of power extensions and cables for everyone to connect their laptops while the class. I was running out of battery (about 20%) so I decided to plug my MBP to one of those connectors. I didn't notice if it started charging or not, I just trusted it would. Then after 20 min aprox, we had an hour off the auditorium, and when we got back, I connected the machine again, but this time I noticed the light in the charger didn't work. I thought it was an issue with the power, I changed the place but the MBP was not receiving any power.

I asked to my students for a different charger (thinking it was a charger issue) but trying 2 different ones, still light didn't turned on, so I thought it was an internal hardware issue. (at this point the MBP was still on, with 5% battery or so).

After class, I took the MBP to an official Apple Service center, they told me it was the "Magsafe" (like an internal little board that allows power from charger to battery?) and the charger, both of them seemed to be damaged. Most likely an overpower incident. I understood since it made sense.

Now issue is they asked warranty Magsafe piece, the installed it but machine still not turning on. THey say at Apple Service retailer that could be Logic Board, but does that even make sense? Could a MBP still be on and working if logic board is damaged? I mean, the machine never got turned off, it was alive until battery drained out...

Now we are waiting another freaking 4-5 days to get the logic board. I'm getting crazy since that machine is my main work tool. What do you guys think it could be?

EDIT

Now, I get that this specific model's parts are all welded, so, a new logic board would mean what other new pieces? I'm worried about the data in my hard drive.


texts: Dot-files and other meta data on non-Mac network shares

texts:
Is there a way to tell Finder to not use (or worry about) the ._* files and other meta-data files it normally tries to use when it's on a network share?

Currently when I'm in Finder and I try to copy a file to a network share it results in an error:

  The Finder can’t complete the
  operation because some data in “file_name” can’t be read or written.
  (Error code -36)

But I can copy the file from the terminal command line to the network share and use it from Finder afterward just fine.  It seems that the meta-data isn't really needed on the network share.  Is there a way to tell Finder this?

For reference, I'm using Snow Leopard and the share is a Samba share on a Linux server.


texts: Is there any way to make apps with fixed vertical orientation rotate?

texts: A number of apps on my iPad (iPad Air 2, iOS 12.3) are designed so that they won't rotate--they are vertically oriented only with the camera at the top of the screen. Is it possible to get these apps to rotate so that the camera is at the bottom?


texts: does Macbook Pro continue refreshing screen when brightness is set to zero?

texts:
In other words, does my Macbook's CPU realize it is wasting its time and energy by continuing to send instructions to a screen that has been completely darkened by setting the brightness to 0%?  (Not sure if this is equivalent to "display sleep."  It may be.)

I would hope so, but my guess is that it ignores the brightness setting and continues sending instructions just like it does when the screen is doing something useful with them.

The reason I ask is because I use my iPad as an external display (via Duet Display) and routinely dim my Macbook's screen whenever it's hooked up.


texts:
The OS X kernel does control this directly since below 5% my CPU gets locked to 1.2GHz instead of the normal 3.7GHz so there has to be a way to control the CPU speed.

I am aware of this question (Limit processor speed like in Windows) which claimed it to be impossible but after noticing that OS X does control your cpu speed directly depending on battery power I find it hard to believe it's impossible.

So is there any hidden kext and/or kernel call to control the cpu speed? Forwarding me to kernel documentation so I can write my own app is an option as well.


texts: How do I enter Dutch names in Address Book?

texts:
Dutch surnames are kind of weird, in that a lot of them start with small words such as
de/'t/het ("the"), van ("of"), van 't, van der ("of the"), etc. This makes them a pain to enter in most address books, since you really want to ignore that part of the name when sorting, but not when displaying. This means you get "Piet Vries" instead of "Piet de Vries".

While Address Book has the "middle name" field, which can be abused for this, it really isn't meant for it, causing some applications (iCal, for example) to ignore the field, showing an incomplete name.

iTunes solves this problem for artist and album names, giving you a "sort album" or "sort artist" field to enter a string to sort on (so "The Beatles" are sorted as if they're called "Beatles"). I haven't been able to find a similar field in Address book.

So, what is the correct way to make Address Book deal with this?


texts: Internet connectivity dropping intermittently on Mac 2018 Mojave

texts:
I got a new Macbook pro with the following specs:

The internet connects just fine but then drops randomly, and then reconnects randomly. It actually happens so fast.

I ran a diagnostics report, and it recommended the following:

I searched online and did this (I added both OpenDns and GoogleDNS) like so:

but the problem still persists.

What do I do?

here is my network diagnostic report


texts:
Trying to update Safari 11.1.2 and I keep getting an error message.  Something about unable to update because of an extension in use in Spotlight.

I can quit the application - but Spotlight is not an application.


texts: How to upload photos taken from iPhone to iCloud Photo Library?

texts:
I want to upload photos I take in iPhone to iCloud Photo Library automatically. I set iCloud Photo Library to on in iPhone's Photos & Camera Settings.

However, although all photos I capture using a simultaneous hold on Home button and Power button are uploaded automatically to the iCloud Photo Library, photos I take manually using Camera app are NOT uploaded.

Also, the videos I take using the same Camera app are uploaded automatically.

Why are photos not uploaded properly? What am I missing here?


texts:
I have several .vncloc files what contains lines such:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>URL</key>
    <string>vnc://10.10.10.11</string>
</dict>
</plist>

e.g., double click on the file starts the Screen Sharing.app, and connect to the defined vnc URL.

By default it connects in control mode and I need switch manually to the observer mode.

It is possible to add something to the .vncloc file, to connect in the observer mode by default?


texts:
I just recently bought a mac-mini server and love it. It currently is being used in a small work environment for communication purposes and storage/backup use. However I have noticed that there is a wiki page application residing on the server and available for use. Are there any user guides out there for this application, Im not very familiar with it and want to learn how to use it more in depth.

Also, can this application serve more purpose than just displaying information in a wikipedia format? I'm basically looking for more functionality such as template creation and modification.


texts: Can't ping local devices by network name after DNS change

texts:
Today I was changing the Wifi network adapter settings to give my MacBook Pro a static IP address on the local network (disabling DHCP), and for this I had to add the DNS servers that I looked up in my router's admin interface.

Upon adding the first DNS server with the "+" icon in the DNS tab of the adapter advanced properties, all the entries that were already present in the list of DNS servers vanished without me taking notice of what they were. (I figured they weren't so important). So I added both DNS servers provided by my router's status page as well as the router IP address (you never know).

After applying the parameters, I noticed I could not ping my Raspberry Pi with it's network name raspberrypi anymore, nor could I connect via SSH to it with this name. I have to use the IP address instead.

This leads me to believe I lost a DNS server in the process. How can I find out which DNS server to add in order to be able to ping devices by network name again?

Thanks


texts: How can I know if a user plugged an external storage device into a Mac (such as an external hard drive) and moved/copied any data to and from it?

texts: How can I know if a user plugged an external storage device (such as an external hard drive) and moved/copied any data to and from it?  Is this recorded in any system logs?.  Any article or resource explaining this?


texts: Stop MacBook Pro from disconnecting network while downloading larger files

texts:
I am using a Gigabit Ethernet adapter (Apple) to connect to my network.  While downloading larger files the MacBook Pro blanks the screen and disconnects the network even though it is active doing the download.

Being new to Mac, I don't know where to look other than in the System Preferences under Energy Saver and Network.  Is there any other place to check in order to stop this behavior?


texts: Multithreaded compression in xz on macos

texts:
Is it possible to use the multithreaded compression built into xz 5.2+ on macos? Currently using homebrew xz 5.2.3 on macos 10.12.3 with a hyperthreaded quadcore cpu and no matter my setting for number of threads in xz the compression time is always the exact same:

time xz -9vfT0 test.tar -> real 2m2.753s
time xz -9vfT8 test.tar -> real 2m1.113s
time xz -9vfT4 test.tar -> real 2m1.034s


texts: Direct download of Bootcamp driver 6.1 for windows 10?

texts:
Hi my macbook is a late 2013 15inch model. I just did a clean installation of Windows 10 ver 1607 (anniversary edition). It is the only partition on my macbook. So I don't have any access to OSX. Now I need to install the driver package, but I couldn't find it anywhere on apple support page. Is there a direct download link for the drivers? Thanks!

Update:

I don't have any OSX partition on my pc.
I don't need to read any HFS+ file system. That file system is buggy like hell.
The issue has been solved by installing OSX on a flash drive and run bootcamp assistant to download the drivers. Now my Windows 10 drive is running without any problem. And I was able to read the HFS+ partition on the flash drive. So this is not a bug for me.


texts:
I need to test some software that expects a gamepad to be controlled, but I'd like to test it without a physical gamepad.
What can I do to simulate gamepad input events on macOS?
All I can find are softwares that map gamepads to keyboard/mouse, but I literally need the opposite.


texts: Terminal command to quit Google's "Backup and Sync"?

texts: Is there a terminal command I can use to quit Google's "Backup and Sync" software?  I am writing a Bash script to set the machine up for maximum battery life and I would like to shutdown all non-essential software that I usually have running in the background such as Backup and Sync.  I tried the usual suspects (osascript -e 'tell app "Backup and Sync from Google" to quit' AND killall 'Backup and Sync from Google') without success.


texts: How do I get the weather widget in the Notifications Center of the iPad?

texts:
This is driving me crazy because I see this in notification center in a lot of a screenshots for iOS reviews:

What is the app that adds weather to the notification center?


texts: I always get notifications that my iPad “hasn’t been backed up in X weeks. Backups occur when the iPad is locked, connected to WiFi and charging.” I feel that this must occur all the time, but the iPad still does not back up. Is there a certain amount of time the iPad must be in that state before a backup is completed, or something?


texts: Using the iPad Pro with Apple digital AV Adapter and headphone jack adapter

texts:
I am using the digital AV USB-C to connect my iPad to an external display via HDMI.
Now I want to connect external speakers via a headphone jack.
I plugged the AV adapter into the iPad, plugged HDMI into the adapter and plugged the headphone jack in the AV adapter using the USB-C headphone jack adapter from apple. (I used the USB-C Port of the AV adapter).

The iPad does not recognize the external speakers, and the audio is coming out of the iPad speakers. I cannot change this in the control center.

Is the AV Adapter capable of routing audio to its USB-C port?
Or am I missing something?


texts: Shortcuts to switch with effects between angles in Final Cut Pro 7

texts:
I know that, in multiclip mode, I can switch among between different angles by setting the playhead in open mode and by clicking on a different angle. What I would like is to switch between angles using a shortcut (i.e.: "1", "2"). This would seem to be the default behaviour, except when I press "1" or "2" it just stops playing and focus goes to the "jump to" textbox.

Also, would it be possible to automatically set a fading effect for the switch?


texts:
I have an iMac from 2014. I have recently installed the Mojave update for macOS but the fan is turning at 4649 RPM all the time. I have installed a fan control app but the fan refuses to slow down.

Any ideas?

Thanks.


texts: Does Catalina detect and warn about incompatible apps?

texts:
I've been putting off upgrading from Mojave 10.14 to Catalina as I know I have at least one paid-for 32-bit app which doesn't offer a free upgrade.
This question talks about manually detecting 32-bit apps prior to installation: How can I find out which Mac apps are 32-bit?
But I wondered, when Catalina is installed will it check for such apps and warn me they won't be usable? Further, will it tidy up by removing such apps or will I end up with non-runnable apps to manually clean up?


texts: Remove titlebar from window like Vimperator

texts:
There's a plugin for Firefox called Vimperator which is what it sounds like -- a vim style interface for Firefox. It has the curious ability to nearly remove the titlebar of the Firefox window. This functionality is accessed with vim-style commands.

Default Firefox

set gui=all

Firefox with almost no titlebar

set gui=none

Does this depend on something special about Firefox or is it possible to apply this change to apps in general or maybe to apps that use a particular framework?

By possible, what I really mean is possible without modifying the source code of the program.


texts:
On Catalina, I have a station set up to show unplayed podcasts.    Right now it shows a podcast from yesterday "Science Friday Part 2", but not "Science Friday Part 1", which I had to find by looking in "episodes".

It also doesn't show several other podcasts which I found in "Recently Updated", but which I haven't listened to (I'm tracking which episodes I listen to).

I have given up trying to listen to podcasts on my phone and watch because they won't synchronize with my Mac.


texts: Touch ID Canceled by another authentication

texts:
I've had this issue over multiple iterations of OS. This began for me in High Sierra, followed into Mojave, and now into Catalina. I finally figured I'd deal with it. I've tried everything I've found currently, and nothing works.

I've done the following.

Deleted everything in my Keychain folder and rebooted.
Deleted the entire /Library/Keychain folder itself, and rebooted.
Tested another profile, which did work, however it doesn't help me aside from knowing something's messed up with my profile.

Any other ideas before I blow this profile away? This is a work laptop so it'll be a pain to get this back to normal working order.


texts: Date and Time only partially visible in Big Sur

texts:
As you can see in the image above, the date and time are dimmer than normal.
How do I fix this?


texts: Can I trust the driver/software installer downloaded from https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1888?locale=en_GB?

texts:
I am trying to install the printer driver for the printer HP LaserJet M1005 MFP on MacOS Big Sur.
I tried many ways and followed HP official website guide. But none of them works. (This may because the printer model is old. The provided driver does not install on Big Sur. New recommended way of using HP Easy Start.app and HP Smart.app don't work on this model too)
Now, I found out an installer file which may work at https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1888?locale=en_GB
The page does NOT have many information (the file's author etc) and I never use and download anything from https://support.apple.com/kb/. I don't know if anyone can upload files to https://support.apple.com/kb/ or not.
So basically, can I trust that installer from the above apple support link? Is that an official file uploaded by some apple employee officially?
Thanks a lot.


texts: How can i change Terminal Settings to automatically close terminal after Execution using shell script

texts:
when i execute some command file or shell file after execution terminal remains open and its not look appropriate i want to close the terminal by script without changing settings manually in MAC
please help..


texts: icloud drive > "desktop and documents folder" will not stay checked/ticked after MacOS Catalina Beta 10.5?

texts:
icloud drive > "desktop and documents folder" will not stay checked/ticked after MacOS Catalina Beta 10.5. How to resolve?

Files are not syncing between devices,
Going to icloud.com you can upload and syncs automatically.
Apps are not syncing if they use icloud (eg. Goodnotes, Ulysses)
Ulysses creates a space, but only says downloading, without completion
Finder on MacOS shows "document - local" folder empty
Trying to disable icloud can't be done, tries to create a recover or local folder that does not complete and boxes for other services won't stay unchecked/unticked.


texts: How to Make Bootcamp Windows 7 Folders Accessible in Mac OS

texts: Installed windows 7 on Bootcamp partition. I want to copy files to my Windows 7 folder from Mac OS but do not have appropriate permissions, when I drag something to any windows folder it doesn't allow it.


texts: iMessages between two devices are received by the device sending the message

texts: When my husband sends me an iMessage from his iPhone 5c it sends it to him. If I send him a message from my iPhone 5c it send it to me. This has just happened since we updated yesterday.


texts: What desktop software (for Mac OS) is there similar to Zite?

texts:
Zite is an awesome iPad app that offers a personalized magazine from web sources (an amazing variety of public RSS feeds from conventional news to popular blogs). You start by giving it some keywords that characterize your interests. Then, every time you read an item, you can indicate whether you like it or not, and it will learn your tastes and give you more suitable content.

I love it, but I don't have my iPad anymore. What similar applications exist for the Mac desktop, or as a web app?


texts:
I've tried every suggestion I could find on Apple forums. Deleted .plist files, removed message caches, reset passwords, coordinated sign on/offs between my iPhone and my Macs, reset iPhone and reinstalled Mavericks on my Macbook Air. All pointless exercises.

I suspect it all started because I jailbroke my iPhone using Pangu. It may or may not have been the culprit, but my problems started a couple of days after I did it. All my phone conversations went green and stopped synchronizing with Messages apps on my Macs. Trying to send a new message from Macs would result in either "Your message could not be sent" error with a warning icon next to it, or:

  XXX is not registered with iMessage.

So I restored my iPhone to factory defaults using iTunes. That didn't help immediately, but in a day or two, my conversations with other iPhone users went blue. So I am happy that works.

So now I sacrificed my Macbook Air to try and make messages work on it. I reinstalled Mavericks several times, each time trying different approaches: not immediately signing into iCloud, not associating an iCloud profile with login profile, etc. Nothing helps. I launch Messages app, it asks me to sign in (and I do, successfully), and then nothing goes through.

Sending messages to myself also works inconsistently. Yesterday, whatever I sent to myself (using phone number) would appear delivered to the same window, but not on my phone. Today I get "... not registered with iMessage" error.


texts: To how many bluetooth receptors can I send sound from my MacBook?

texts:
I have two 2.1 surrounds system at home and I would like to pair both with my MacBook via bluetooth to play at the same time. Is that possible? In that case, what should I look for?

I did a little research and found that a mac can pair up to 7 devices (in the link that follow this message). But it doesn't answer my question. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3887#howmany

Some idea? Thanks in advance!


texts: Setting up environment variables for GUI apps?

texts:
Transitioning from Windows to the Mac. In Windows, I had a lot of environmental variables set-up that I used to speed up my work. Thinks like

DEVDIR=C:\WORKDOCS\DOCS_jaravj\PROJ\dev
DOCDIR=C:\WORKDOCS\DOCS_jaravj
PERS=C:\WORKDOCS\DOCS_jaravj\Personal
PROD=C:\WORKDOCS\DOCS_jaravj\PROJ\PROD
SVN=C:\WORKDOCS\DOCS_jaravj\PROJ\SVN_CO_Tort

etc...

That, and the "magic" of autocompletion in the "Run" box and in the file save/open dialogs, allowed me to move around very quickly.

I've set up the equivalent env. variables in the shell, and I can cd and mv etc to the proper directories, but I haven't found a way to do something similar for the GUI apps, so that I can use the same shortcuts in the applications...

I've followed the tips in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/135688/setting-environment-variables-in-os-x to add the env vars to /etc/launchd.conf but when I am going to save a file (for example), I can't use $PROJ in the "directory selector" and have the file be saved there...


texts: How to add a track to Library in Apple Music using Apple Script

texts:
I searched through a few posts online and most of them say to use this:
tell application "Music"
    duplicate current track to source "Library"
end tell

...but I get the following error:
"Music got an error: Can’t set source \"Library\" to current track." number -10006 from source "Library"
Did Apple change/remove adding a track to the Library? I can't find any update on this and Apple's docs on this are nonexistent.


texts: Upgraded to macOS Catalina and now cannot install latest version of SQLDeveloper.app

texts: I am getting the error: “SQLDeveloper.app” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.


texts: High temperature and battery problems after update to Catalina

texts:
I wanted to do my friend a favour and updated her Macbook Air (2015) from El Capitan (10.11) to Catalina (10.15). She never bothered updating and despite having no apparent problems, I advised for the update mainly for security reasons.
After the installation, however, some performance issues have arisen: The temperature of the Macbook quickly rises even when performing minor operations such as browsing images with Finder. The battery drains much more quickly than before. At first I suspected Firefox the use of which I recommended to her, but even after switching back to Safari, the problems persist. The activity monitor does not show any suspicious items.
I realise that my description is vague and I've found other users complaining about performance issues with Catalina, but as I am not familiar with OS X, I wanted to check if there are common issues that I have not thought of.
Any help is much appreciated.


texts: AppleScript: How to write to a specific line of a text file?

texts:
Sample contents of a .txt file on my Mac:

This is sentence A.
This is sentence B.
This is sentence C.
This is sentence D.
This is sentence E.

I want to implement a subroutine, like this:

writeTextAtSpecificLine(("This is the newcomer sentence." & linefeed), 4)

so that, the text file would consequently look like this:

This is sentence A.
This is sentence B.
This is sentence C.
This is the newcomer sentence
This is sentence D.
This is sentence E.

I know that I can accomplish my desired result by making each line of the text file its own item in an AppleScript list object, like so:

set theIndividualLinesOfTextFileAsList to paragraphs of (read theFilepathOfTxtFile)

I could then split the list, based on the desired line number, and then add it all back together.

But, does a more efficient method exist?

My real .txt file is much longer than the sample content above.


texts: Make macOS ignore the creation or modification of .DS_Store file when showing last modified time

texts:
Apple has brought the system integrity protection to a new level by introducing the read-only system volume in Catalina. This makes altering the system process even more difficulty. And I think in the future it would be more and more difficult to prevent the creation of finder trash like .DS_Store file with tools like asepsis. So I think I'll just give up on fighting with the creation of those files.

So my next wish is, is there any way that we could make the last-modified time of the folder untouched when a new .DS_Store is created? It is extremely annoying to have the time stamps modified just because you went through some folders in finder.


texts:
I saw this post: What is com.apple.bird? Why does it grow so big? where they inform that the files in the directory com.apple.bird (session) is related to iCloud backup.
I have some huge files (140Gb total) and I wanna check what is inside before I decide to delete them or to save them.
Is there any software or script that can open those files and show me all the contents?

Thank you for the attention.


texts: Enable 3-finger swipe for home and end in Chrome

texts:
3-finger left and right swipes on my trackpad work in Chrome.  They take me back one page in my history or right one page.  However, 3-finger up and down swipes does not appear to be implemented.

In Firefox and many other applications, an up or down swipe works the same way as hitting the home or end keys, respectively.

Is there any extension, application, or tweak that will enable this functionality in Google Chrome?


texts: Missing app transfer link for new app in iTunes Connect

texts:
I have created a new app in iTunes Connect and filled in the basic details such as description, screen shot, etc.

After I created the app I can see the ‘View in App Store’ link but not ‘App Transfer’ link.

When is the app transfer link enabled?


texts:
I have an external hard drive, not always connected to my laptop. I don't use it for Time Machine, as it's not big enough, and most of my important documents are on DropBox... Plus I only connect it a few minutes per week when I need to copy something.

For iPhoto, I found the Library file and I manually copy it to my external drive once in a while. The problem I have with that, is the file is growing big (22GB last I checked), and I feel like it's a waste to wait so long for copying the entire file, while I'm really only adding the last GB for example.

Is there a way to just add the increment?

Keep in mind again I only connect my external drive when needed.


texts: How do I make a box transparent in Markup?

texts:
I take a screenshot using shift+Command+4 and right click on it and choose the option "Markup" and then draw a rectangle box but how do I make it transparent so that content underneath is visible?

Here is the screenshot showing what I am taking about:

I tried several options but couldn't find a way to make these boxes transparent.Can someone help me on this?


texts: Are CPU and GPU embedded on the logic board?

texts: I'm thinking about whether I should get my MacBook Pro 6,2 repaired. The repair would include replacing the logic board, so I'm wondering if the CPU and GPU are replaced as well?


texts:
I have a PNY 32gb flash drive, when trying to connect the drive directly to my Mid 2012 MBP (specs attached) the drive never mounts, doesn't list in diskutil as an unmounted drive either, however when I plug the drive into a Micro Innovations USB Hub (old ~ 2002) the drive mounts (albeit slowly).

On my iMac (Mid 2010 I7) the drive works perfectly in the machine or through Apple USB Keyboard.

Any help?