texts: Apple Watch message: "Sign Into Complete Purchase"

texts:
My Apple Watch 4 keeps showing this message asking for an Apple Id authentication that is my email but not my apple id really.

  Sign Into Complete Purchase

  Enter the password for you Apple ID "email@example.com".

I did a lot of research already of what it could be trying to do and no luck.


texts: Is there an easy way to get web page shortcuts on the desktop to use the favicon from the site?

texts: All of the web shortcuts on my desktop look the same.  Any reason they can't be using the site icon (favicon) the same way the browsers do?  Is there a way to do it in OSX 10.6?


texts: How can I remove DRM from my iTunes music without transcoding?

texts: I have some iTunes files with the file type AAC audio (protected) on Windows 7. The problem is that these songs only work with Apple software, and I want to remove the DRM.


texts: /System/Library/LaunchAgents is locked in El Capitan

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I'm trying to achieve this:
Make my password protected SSH key expire or timeout after a while

In Yosemite, this worked fantastic, in El Capitan, using sudo, the files in /System/Libary/LaunchAgents is completely locked :(
I cannot chmod, write, or chown the files.

Using Finder -> Get info, the locked checkbox is disabled for the folder and the files in it (changing owner using finder doesn't work too).


texts: It is showing as compatible for this MacBook Pro but when I try to download the error message pops out that requested version of Mac OS is not available. then it checks for updates and shows the message as Your Mac is up to date.


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I have a pretty new MacBook and got this from our central IT department pre-installed.
I experienced a problem, which I first thought was related to Terraform, but after investigation this seems to be a general problem at all.
Having a look at simple cat commands:
ls -al /var/tf-test/
total 8
drwxrwxrwx   3 root     wheel   96  3 Aug 11:00 .
drwxr-xr-x  30 root     wheel  960  3 Aug 10:57 ..
-rwxrwxrwx   1 user     wheel  198  3 Aug 11:00 backend.hcl

cat /var/tf-test/backend.hcl
I am fine

pwd
/Users/user/tf-test

cat ../../../var/tf-test/backend.hcl
cat: ../../../var/tf-test/backend.hcl: No such file or directory

This is pretty strange ....since cat should resolve the symlink und should automatically point to the real path, right?
This basically leads to my Terraform to not deploy anything, since Terraform is generating a relative path from the current directory to a backend-config (a parameter) and then couldn't resolve it:
pwd
/Users/user/tf-test

terraform init -backend-config /var/tf-test/backend.hcl
Initializing the backend...
Error: Failed to read file
The file "../../../var/tf-test/backend.hcl" could not be read.

Permissions seems to be ok, isn't it?
ls -la /
drwxr-xr-x    6 root  wheel    192 28 Mai 01:32 private
lrwxr-xr-x@   1 root  admin     11 13 Jul 13:05 tmp -> private/tmp
lrwxr-xr-x@   1 root  admin     11 13 Jul 13:05 var -> private/var

Guys, this freaks me out.
Any ideas how to fix this?


texts: MacBook Air 2013 model A1466 after sleeping issues

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My MacBook Air 2013 does not wake up after sleeping for 7 hours. I reset SMC by pressing the Shift, Control, Option and power button all together for 10 seconds and it does not respond and nothing appears on the screen.

Now the respond I’m doing to my MacBook Air is to drain the battery for the couple of hours then plugged in the charger and try those steps i have done earlier. So far I don’t know what should i do?


texts: In the event of a Jailbreak, Which I'm considering, What website/s should I trust? And do the risks out weigh the benefits?

texts: Some of my friends have jailbroken their Apple devices, but I'm not sure myself. Here, I'll give you some background info: I got my Ipod 4th Gen. as a Christmas present last year from my parents, and I am extremely reluctant about messing up my device. I have recently updated my Ipod to Version 5.1/ iOS 5, and I have done some reading on multiple sites, stating that they have just jailbroken that software. I've seen the benefits of jailbroken Ipods, but I terrified about messing up my device. Please notify me of trusted websites and useful information. Thanks!


texts: Is there away to stream music from iPad to chromecast via AirPlay?

texts: Obviously there is not native support for that. But I wonder if there are any hacks to do that. Or if there are not solutions yet is it technically possible, does apple and google expose API which could make this work?


texts:
My iPod 4 was disabled for 1657 Mins Yesterday. I put it on the charger to see if it would make a difference the next day and it did. Those mins were gone and all it said was connect to iTunes (but it is still disabled).

I need to reboot my iPod on iTunes but I don't know how. Please help.


texts: 2017 iMac (27” 5K) not working with headset microphone

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I recently purchased a 27" 5K iMac (2017 model) and am trying to use a KOTION EACH G9000 3.5mm Game Gaming Headphone with it.

The headphones work fine, but I'm having problems using the microphone. The Microphone is recognised in System Preferences > Sound, but isn't working when I play Fortnite.

So far I've:

played around with Fortnite's settings
plugged/unplugged the headset
purchased and tried using a 3.5mm/USB adapter
restarted the iMac
ensured all my software is up-to-date
checked with Apple on whether they sell an Apple-branded headset

Is this a hardware capability issue? If not, how might I troubleshoot this further? Am I missing something in the settings somewhere?

My goal is to play Fortnite, enjoy music, and start recording once I sort out the microphone issue.

[UPDATE]

Here are two screenshots to show my current Sound preferences:


texts: How to set long password for MySQL user?

texts: I want to set user password of length more than 32 characters. But got an error password is too long. Is there any settings that I can change and use long password? I'm using MAMP PRO 4.4.1, MySQL 5.6.38 on mac os High Sierra


texts: When I use iMessages, is a copy of all messages retained in iCloud?

texts: When I use iMessages, is a copy of all messages retained in iCloud (on Apple's servers)? If yes, how can I delete them?


texts: Installing OS X on new SSD with 10.8 found online

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Since I had lost the CDs that came with my MacBook Pro (late 2010/11 model – 10.6 OS X CDs) I couldn't continue with my OS X installation. I asked Apple about purchasing the CDs but it would take over 2 months for them to arrive :/ (I can't wait that long as I use it for work.)

I have found a version of "Mac OS X 10.7 Lion (Final Retail)" online but it's only 3.5 GB. Is it a logical size of the OS files to be that "little"? I remember OS 10.6 was like 6 GB+.

If I went on and burned that dmg file to a disk would I be able to install Mac OS X or is "Mac OS X 10.7 Lion (Final Retail) - 3.5 GB" a patch file and I would need the operating system to be already installed?

What I am worried about is the reliability of the uploader of this file and if he has tampered with it.


texts: Mountain Lion displaying graphical artefacts on screen

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I have a default automatic login account, User A. The Dock renders all it is responsible for (Dock, Launchpad, Mission Control) correctly for User A, but when I Fast User Switch to User B or C or the Guest Account, the Dock process doesn’t render anything properly, as shown in the screenshot.

This doesn’t happen when I disable automatic login and login to either User B, C or Guest on boot.

I did not have this problem on Lion.

If it matters, I have an Sapphire ATI Radeon 5450 HD.

Why is this happening and how do I fix it?


texts: Mac stuck in "El Capitan" installer loop: "no packages were eligible for install"

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My problem is that my Mac starts up to the "El Capitan" installer. After restarting several times, OS X is still on screen telling me that "no packages were eligible for install".
Can someone help please, and can you bear in mind that I’m not technically minded so keep instruction in simple terms.


texts: No matter what I do, I can't get new items that I add to Outlook 2011 calendar to actually show up in iCal. Is this a bug? Does anyone have a fix for this?


texts: Getting all files from a web page using curl

texts:
I would like to get all files from the web page below using curl:
http://www.ime.usp.br/~coelho/mac0122-2013/ep2/esqueleto/
I tried:
curl http://www.ime.usp.br/~coelho/mac0122-2013/ep2/esqueleto/
It returned a bunch of lines in the terminal, but didn't get any file.


texts: Sometimes I find that the Do Not Disturb feature is off, but I did not turn it off

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I am not sure what I am missing.  I turned the feature on, then went into Notifications, set it up.  The moon icon appears in the top status bar and then the next day (or day after), the icon is gone.  I go back into Settings and sure enough, the feature is OFF.

What am I missing?


texts: Is it possible to sync an iPhone with multiple computers? I know the music will be restricted, and I don't mind. I want the contacts, bookmarks, etc. to be in sync across my home iMac and my MacBook.


texts: Roll back to Mountain Lion without time machine backup

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I've installed OS X Maverick which was downloaded by someone else and was registered to other apple ID, that's why I can't install maverick free apps like keynotes, pages...how can I roll back to my mountain lion or start a fresh install or change the registered user of maverick I'm using right now?
I don't have any time machine back up or any installation disk.


texts: Can I have my iPhone play sound for MacBook?

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Say I am playing a video on my MacBook Pro, and I don't want to distract others with the sound. The problem is, I don't have a 3.5 mm Headphone or AirPods at my hand, but I have an iPhone 8 Plus and its EarPods with Lightning Connector. Can I play the sound from the video playing on macOS with the iPhone, preferably without connecting the iPhone to the Mac so that I can plug in the EarPods to the iPhone's socket?

This is basically the reverse of Can I play audio from my iPhone on my Mac?


texts: How to enroll developer.apple program for multiple years

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Yesterday, I enrolled in the developer.apple program for one year, for 99 USD. But I want to increase this for more 3 years. Yesterday, I didn't find any option where I can increase the time period. It had only one option: 1 year 99.0 USD What is the process if I want to enroll in the program for next 3 years?

Thanks a lot in advance.


texts: How do I simulate a bad Wi-Fi connection on my iPad?

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I'm testing an iPad application that requires an Internet connection. I'd want to simulate a situation when the connection isn't stable and can be suddenly lossed. If it's possible I'd want to control this process and "hit a button" that will abort the connection for a couple of seconds. I'd want to abort/resume connection quickly to test that app will resume it in case of connection abort.

How can I simulate non-stable Internet connection?

I know that it's possible to just turn Wi-Fi off on iPad but will it be the same for application as abortness of connection because of other reasons?


texts: Spotlight doesn't work after Yosemite Upgrade

texts: Why doesn't Spotlight work now that I've upgraded to Yosemite?  How to fix?


texts: Does the current volume for one's iPhone have any implication on how "loud" it vibrates? Or is vibrate "loudness" static, i.e. the vibrate level remains the same no matter what the phone's volume level is.


texts: At work, I've got a new 21.5" iMac. If I leave the machine alone for 20-30 minutes, the wired network will lose it's connection. After I do something on the machine, the network comes back (usually after a minute or so). Is there a setting that I'm missing that turns this off automatically?


texts:
I'd like my Mac OS X machine to automatically install updates for any software where it can, with no interaction from me.

System updates, updates to applications, security patches -- I want them all.  I'd prefer to not have to do anything.  I'd like the machine to simply download and install them in the background, automatically, without requiring me to click anything, approve anything, or take any further action.

Is there a way to do it, on Mountain Lion?


texts: I have just got a mac and I have quite a large external drive that I've mainly used for making back ups of important files. Someone told me today that I could plug this into my mac and split it up and use half the space for the Mac and half the space for Windows files. I'm only looking to do this in order to use Time Machine. I wasn't sure how to do this or if it's recommended.


texts: Mac Mini 2011: Dual Display setup and HDMI Switching

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I have following setup:

A Mac mini 2011 with two displays - one on HDMI and on in Displayport. The HDMI display is connected to an HDMI Switcher which I use to connect different input devices to the HDMI display, like a RPi.

Every time I switch the input devices through the switcher away from the Mac mini, macOS deactivates dual display mode - all windows move to the DisplayPort display. When I switch back input to the Mac mini dual display support is re-activated and all windows move back.

Is there any way to change this behavior? I would like to keep dual display mode going on even after switching the display input. Is this possible?


texts: Text-To-Speech to read websites in Chrome?

texts:
I am using the Chrome browser and I know OS X has built-in voice synthesis that can speak to assist visually impaired users.

Can I use this feature to have the computer read contents of websites for me? Eg., I'd like to select a couple of paragraphs and have them read.

I know Safari has that built-in, but for one, there I don't know how to change the voice (e.g. I'd prefer a male voice), and secondly, I'd prefer to have it with Chrome.

Is it possible?


texts:
I have OS X 10.9.5, and my Calendar (version 7.0) will not let me change the "Days start at:" and "Days end at:" in Calendar general preferences. It will allow me to change the times inside the actual preference box (in the scroll menu), and it will stay to the specifications I set it at. However, it does not change on the actual calendar: every day in the weekly view starts at 1am and ends at midnight, no matter which time it is set to.

The "Show: ... hours at a time" option works still; it's only the "Days start at:" and "Days end at:" options that don't work.


texts: Using a apple tv box as a second monitor to your osx machine

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I've heard that you can use as ipad as a second monitor to you macbook by using software like iDisplay.

Is it possible to use apple TV in a similar capacity?

If so then:
a. Which software do I use?
b. What types of appleTvs will allow that?

Thanks.


texts: Which cable should I choose to do data transfer between a 12" MacBook and a 2017 MacBook Pro via target disk mode by Migration Assistant?

texts:
This is a quick image showing my cables and MacBooks.

I got a new MacBook Pro 13" with Touch Bar (A1706) and now I need to transfer all my data from my old 12" MacBook (A1534) to it. While Migration Assistant always generates errors over Wi-Fi, I see target disk mode could do the work.

From this official article by Apple it says:

  Target disk mode on MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports

  You can use target disk mode to transfer data between MacBook Pro
  models with Thunderbolt 3 and other Mac computers.

  To use target disk mode between a MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt 3 and
  another Mac notebook's USB-C port, connect the two computers with a
  USB-C cable such as the Belkin 3.1 USB-C to USB-C Cable.

So I got this Belkin 3.1 cable. However, when I restart the 12" MacBook into target disk mode and connect it to my 13" MacBook Pro when Migration Assistant is searching for the source, nothing happens.

Before this I actually accidentally got a Thunderbolt 3 cable to try, and nothing happened either.

So even the official post is not telling the right thing? Or where did I get it wrong? Which cable should I get to complete the job? I'm so confused right now.


texts: iPhone: Game app able to access Photos without permission

texts:
I have downloaded a game from the App Store onto my iPhone. My understanding is that apps need to ask for, and be granted or denied,  permission to access iCloud, Photo gallery etc.

But in this game, there is an option to change the profile picture, and when I tap on it, it accesses my Photo gallery and I can change the profile picture from images in my gallery.

In Settings, I don’t see that there is any Photo gallery access permission for this app.

What exactly is happening in the background? Does iPhone treat game apps different from normal apps?

The app in question is a game called Word Domination.


texts: Does Apple's stock Reminders app geofencing work with iBeacons?

texts:
I'd like to know whether geofenced reminders in Apple's stock Reminders app can use iBeacons to trigger.

My use case is that I'd like to place an iBeacon in my home, and trigger reminders when it is detected by iOS/CoreLocation. The default GPS-based location finding can be less than prompt, since GPS reception near my home can be hit-or-miss. I've been unable to find specific confirmation that this is supported in the stock app. I may have to go to something like Proximitask if the stock app doesn't support this use case.


texts: How to access a connected iPhone device from within Terminal?

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How can I access the connected iPhone or iPad from within Terminal on OS X? I want to get all the photos (only photos) from the connected iDevice and save it to any directory in my OS X filesystem. I don't want to use the iTunes and instead just want to do it all within Terminal.

I want to get the file path like /Volumes/my_iphone_name, but for some reasons I didn't find anything such in /Volumes subdirectory. Also, diskutil list didn't get me anything that seems related to the connected device.

So where is there my iPhone detected on the entire filesystem?


texts: Certain users cannot connect to Apple Server through AFP

texts:
I'm running into some issues with an Apple server running Server OS 10.4.11. There are 43 users in the workgroup manager, all with access to a RAID-server on that machine. Recently, a few of the users told me that they couldn't access it through their normal AFP process, however they can still access it through SMB. This is a temporary fix, as SMB is quite slow for them.

My testing was done on El Capitan 10.11.6. The users in question, let's call them $u1 and $u2, are running on Snow Leopard 10.6.8. AFP for $u1 and $u2's accounts does not work on their machines, nor mine. However, a newly created account works on AFP on their machines and mine.

I'm not sure what information I can provide in this situation, but so far, I've observed the following;

I have reset that user's password, however the issue persists with AFP. Again, SMB has no issues connecting.
When creating a new user on the server, they can connect with AFP just fine. A few existing users cannot. I have tried to compare settings between a new user and existing ones, but for all intents and purposes, things look the same.
The Console gives me the following error when a login attempt fails:

  NetAuthSysAgent: ERROR: AFP_OpenSession - login failed with 13

I can provide any other information that may be needed, this one is puzzling me to no end.


texts: Mac Pro 1,1 Ethernet not working, How do diagnose the problem

texts:
I have a Mac Pro model 1,1 which used to work with Ethernet pluged into either RJ45 socket. It now does not recognize either connection.

Since this could be physical or sortware, how can I further diagnose the problem?


texts: Wi-Fi slow on iPhone, fast on computer or tablet

texts:
At our home, we pay for 20 Mbps Internet connection to operator. On computers and tablets we get full speed via Wi-Fi, while on iPhone 7 and iPhone XR we gat max 2.7 Mbps. We live in apartment with maybe 20 different wireless networks.

We tried different channels - no change in behaviour on our iPhones.
We tried phones at our company Wi-Fi networks - we got around 17 Mbps there, so phone hardware is capable of receiving more data.
We bought new modem/router Asus DSL-AC55U which can stream also on 5 Ghz - still same behaviour.
We called with provider on the phone trying to change settings - no effect, still same behaviour.
we have tried on phones change DNS server to manual, we tried googles and others - still same behaviour.

I believe that there is problem with Wi-Fi settings. Anyone has idea how to resolve this issue?


texts: can't update my macbook to any version later than 10.7.5

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My Macbook is 1.8 GHZ Intel core 2 DUO with 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM, version 10.7.5.  I'm not sure what year I got it but it's old.

I'm not able to perform an update to the most current version and I don't know why.

The reason I want to upgrade is that apps will not let me do an install on this OS version.  I tried installing a different OS, like Linux or Windows, but it did not go well.

It runs really well so I'm wondering if it has reached its end.


texts: Terminal name changed to 'Name@dhcp-xx-x'

texts: I have no idea what dhcp means, so I don't know why instead of just showing 'Name ~' as the beginning of each terminal line, it started showing 'Name@dhcp-xx-x' as the format of my username. Is this a virus or did I just accidentally change this? How do I undo it?


texts: Safari downloads files via FTP as Unknown.dms

texts:
This is a rather recent issue: when I download a file from my web server via ftp it gets saved as Unknown.dms
macOS: 10.12.6
Safari: 11.0

Interestingly, downloading the same file with e.g. Chrome works flawless.
One of my download links: ftp://v473.vanager.de/file_format_examples/ASD/old_format/DC.013

If the file is archived as zip first, then the download works, giving the correct file name to the downloaded file (automatic un-archiving of the download).


texts: How can I restrict data use on an iPhone?

texts:
I need to know if there is an app for iPhone 5 that would control the data (or lock it down entirely)?
Also need to control who is called and what callers can be received.


texts:
I try to make and get:

Makefile:81: "*** WARNING g++ minor version <7 ***"
mkdir -p obj_linux/codebase/spoa/src/
g++ -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -D__cplusplus=201103L -I"./src/" -I"/usr/include/" -Icodebase/argparser/src -Icodebase/seqlib/src -Icodebase/samscripts/src -Icodebase/spoa/src -O3 -fdata-sections ->ffunction-ections -c -fmessage-length=0 -ffreestanding -fopenmp -m64 ->std=c++11 -error=return-type -pthread -march=native -o obj_linux/codebase/spoa/src/alignment.o codebase/spoa/src/alignment.cpp
clang: error: unsupported option '-fopenmp'
make: *** [obj_linux/codebase/spoa/src/alignment.o] Error 1
lahmersk-iml13:racon lahmersk$ whereis g++
/usr/bin/g++

I have a home-brew install of 7.3 at /usr/local/Cellar/gcc

I tried to export PATH in .bash_profile with:

# gcc location
export PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc:$PATH

My Cellar directory has:

lahmersk-iml13:Cellar lahmersk$ ls
aragorn     gdbm        libmpc      parallel    sqlite
barrnap     gmp     llvm        prodigal    tbl2asn
blast       hmmer       lmdb        prokka      xz
cmake       infernal    minced      python3
eigen       isl     mpfr        qt
gcc     libffi      openssl     readline

and gcc is:

lahmersk-iml13:Cellar lahmersk$ cd gcc
lahmersk-iml13:gcc lahmersk$ ls
7.3.0

My current bash_profile is:

# Homebrew location
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH

# Centrifuge location
export PATH=/Users/lahmersk/centrifuge:$PATH

# Spades location
export PATH=/Users/lahmersk/SPAdes-3.11.1-Darwin/bin:$PATH

# Bowtie2 location
export PATH=/Users/lahmersk/bowtie2-2.3.4.1:$PATH

# Pilon location
export PATH=/Users/lahmersk/pilon-1.21:$PATH

# Prokka location
export PATH=/Users/lahmersk/prokka/bin:$PATH

# Barrnap location
export PATH=/Users/lahmersk/barrnap/bin:$PATH

# gcc location
export PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc:$PATH

when I do sudo vi /etc/paths I get:

/usr/local/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin

I could use some assistance. What other info can I provide?


texts: Excel Mac - Some txt files can't be opened/imported ("Grayed out")

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A bit of an odd one.
I'm using Excel for crunching some data I have in several .txt files.

When I'm trying to import them via Data > Get External Data > Import Text File:

Like as I've done many times in the past, I get the "Choose a File" Dialog Box, but when I browse to the folder, only a couple of the files are "selectable"; the others are "Grayed out":

There are no differences between the files that I can see that would justify the difference. The only "logic" is that the "source" file (let's call it 20150728 - SOURCE.TXT) comes via email from a Windows machine, and the two other locked files (20150728 - Source Fragment 3.TXT and 20150728 - Source Fragment 3 copy.TXT) are a copy of the Source where I've deleted some lines, and a second copy of the resulting file, while the non-locked ones started out as the Source where I deleted lines, and then did a "Save As" in TextWrangler...

I can work around the issue just by copying the contents of the "grayed" files into a new document in TextWrangler and saving it, but I'd like to understand the reason for this behavior.

Doing a file in the files in question shows them to be similar if not the same:

Mac:samples jjarava$ file 201507*txt
20150728 - Source Fragment 3.TXT:      ASCII text
20150728 - Source Framgent 1.TXT:      ASCII text
20150728 - Source Fragment 1.TXT:      ASCII text
20150728 - Source.TXT:                 ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators
20150728 - Source Fragment 3 copy.TXT: ASCII text

I'm a bit "stuck" on what the issue might be. I have the feeling it's one of those "Obscure Mac Quirks" that are very hard to explain.

EDIT: As per the comments below from @user3439894 and others, I've looked into the extended attributes of the files to see if that yields any hint.

The output of ls -l@for the files gives us:

-rw-r--r--@ 1 jjarava  staff   7652 Aug  3 13:58 20150728 - Source Fragment 3 (BAD).TXT
    com.apple.FinderInfo       32
    com.apple.TextEncoding     15
    com.dropbox.attributes     83
-rw-r--r--@ 1 jjarava  staff   6570 Aug  3 13:58 20150728 - Source Fragment 1 (Good).TXT
    com.apple.FinderInfo       32
    com.apple.TextEncoding     15
    com.dropbox.attributes     83
-rw-r--r--@ 1 jjarava  staff   6616 Aug  3 13:58 20150728 - Source Fragment 2 (Good).TXT
    com.apple.FinderInfo       32
    com.apple.TextEncoding     15
    com.dropbox.attributes     83
-rw-r--r--@ 1 jjarava  staff  21138 Aug  3 13:58 20150728 - Source (BAD).TXT
    com.apple.FinderInfo       32
    com.dropbox.attributes     83

Again, I see that one of the bad files (Source) is apparently missing the com.apple.TextEncoding attribute -- but the other "not working" file does have the attribute... Just in case the values are different for the good and bad files, let's check:

Mac:samples jjarava$ xattr -p com.apple.TextEncoding 201507*txt
20150728 - Source Fragment 3 (BAD).TXT: UTF-8;134217984
Source Fragment 1 (Good).TXT: UTF-8;134217984
Source Fragment 2 (Good).TXT: UTF-8;134217984
xattr: 20150728 - Source (BAD).TXT: No such xattr: com.apple.TextEncoding

So that doesn't seem to be the trick either...


texts: How to prioritize decryption on older MacBook Pro?

texts:
I'm working on a 2011 MacBook Pro, and the decryption process is taking forever. It seems that it speeds up if I click on the System Preferences window. Is there a way to prioritize the process using 'renice' or something?
The drive is definitely showing its age; it's very sluggish.
Thoughts?


texts: Macbook pro 2018 13inch display goes to black and pink dots in the display

texts:
I own a Macbook Pro 13inch 2018 touch bar model and suddenly it is showing some issues in the display. (works fine in an external monitor though) For a week, I noticed some pink dots everywhere on my screen and now it goes to a black screen after the OS boots. (Pink lines are visible sometimes even when the during the OS booting)
I don't have AppleCare for this device and when I gave this for a diagnosis to an authorized service provider in Sri Lanka(Since we don't have apple stores or Genius Bars here), they told me that the whole screen needs to be replaced and they cannot check the issue which causes the problem. Another store told me that this could be an issue in the logic board.
My device doesn't have any dents, physical damages or any liquid damages as well. I know that Apple has a tier system when it comes for repairs.
I would like to know any rough estimates for this repair and cause for the issue if anyone has experienced the same.
Also, if someone can tell me the level of the tier(Apple's repairing tear system) this issue falls into that would be great.
For your convenience,  I have attached few videos and pictures of the issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBSV0NtvxZI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghc63hbPWnw


texts: Why does macOS Preview show different sizes before/after resize?

texts:
An image saved locally on my MacBook Pro (macOS Mojave 10.14.3) has a size of 4.4 MB, as you can see in the screenshot below:

4.4 MB is the original size of the image, which has a resolution of 6000x4000. I want it to be 1000px wide. Opening macOS Preview to resize it, the software tells me that the size of the target image would be 152 KB:

Clicking OK and then checking the size of the new image, now macOS tells me it's 136 KB:

Why does macOS give me two different values?


texts: Time Machine fails to backup certain files

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A few months back I did a clean install of Yosemite, followed by restoration of user files via Time Machine. Weeks later, I was horrified to find that several dozen files (seemingly random) were missing post-restore.

I manually checked for the missing files on the Time Machine backup, and they're not there; they were apparently never backed up, despite having existed on the source disk for years, and residing in folders with other files that were backed up just fine. These files were not on the "exclusions" list in TM; they were just ignored for some strange reason.

Since I'm generally paranoid about backups, I keep multiple TM disks around, as well as a Carbon Copy clone and Backblaze. So I was able to manually restore the missing files. But only because I happened to notice they were missing in the first place.

Since that experience I have taken to keeping a close eye on TM by occasionally comparing what makes it onto the backup vs what is ignored. Today,

tmutil compare -n

shows that yet again, I have a random list of files (different ones) that Time Machine is ignoring. I tried to "touch" each file to update the timestamp, followed by a manual TM run, and they are still ignored.

What would cause Time Machine to leave certain files off of the backup schedule? Is there any way to debug this? At this point I have no faith at all in Time Machine, as a faulty backup is in some ways worse than none at all.


texts: Siri to lock screen and take screenshot?

texts: Apparently, the power button has become pretty insensitive in my iPhone 5. When I say "lock screen" or "take screenshot", I want that iPhone does such activity. Now when I say them, iPhone just googles them that is very stupid. So how can I make Siri to lock screen, screenshot and hopefully other things?


texts: Need to clean install Yosemite without knowing or resetting password

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I have a laptop that I would like to get in working order. There are 2 main issues:

I forgot the password.
When I boot the laptop, I am seeing the flashing folder with a question mark which indicates that the system software cannot be found.

I have a bootable USB with Yosemite on it, so I attempted to boot the computer and hold down the 'Option' key so that I could reformat the hard drive. However, I was prompted for a password which I do not know.

I also tried booting into single user mode and resetting the password, but it gets stuck on a blank white screen without ever reaching single user mode (likely due to the lack of found system files).

Does anyone know how I can clean install Yosemite on this laptop without knowing or being able to reset the password?


texts: Could I use my iMac 2010 (mini-DisplayPort) and Windows 10 as a second monitor for my Mac laptops?

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I have an iMac 21.5" Mid 2010 that has a miniDisplayPort on the back.  Is there any way to connect a Mac laptop (either a mac with Thunderbolt 1 or 2 or 3 port or a Macbook 12” with USB-C  port) with a cable (such as a MiniDisplayPort to MiniDisplayPort Cable) to my iMac that uses Windows 10 (not Parallels, just Windows 10).

I’d use this to use my iMac as an external display for troubleshooting Macs that have display issues.

Any help much appreciated.


texts: How can I downgrade from keynote 10.1 to 10.0?

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Well, I updated to Keynote 10.1 and it hangs when starting the slideshow of the presentation. All of them went well on v10.0, but they don´t in v10.1.
Any advice or suggestion. (Running in macOS 10.15.6)


texts: iPhoto claims there is an update available

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iPhoto came with my Mac. It is currently version 9.1.1.

When I open iPhoto, it pops up:

"An iPhoto update is available. Would you like to open Software Update?"

Then it offers me to start Software Update, but it finds no updates. Some people said I should check in the AppStore, but it asks me to pay if I want to take iPhoto from there.

I am running Mac OS X 10.7.2

I believe this update is to enable Photo Stream.


texts: FileVault 2 Login Issues on OpenLDAP Network with Admin, Managed, Mobile Account on Lion 10.7.4

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This issue occurs on any machine with Lion in my environment. I install Lion and connect to OpenLDAP for authentication. I enable FileVault.

Some users were reporting that when they'd wake their computer from sleep or reboot, the only available account to unlock FileVault was Administrator (not their local cached OpenLDAP account any longer).

In an attempt to reproduce this issue, I shut down all network interfaces on my test MacBook Pro and rebooted -- sure enough FileVault will only allow me to unlock my hard drive by using the Administrator password, just as it occurred for my users.

Also, when I tried to check to see if my user account was still enabled in FileVault (by accessing System Preferences -> Security & Privacy), System Preferences crashes.

I found a workaround that sometimes works: Open any other System Preferences pane (for example, Users & Groups), and authenticate by clicking the lock icon. Then click Show All to go back to the main System Preferences UI, and access Security & Privacy again. It will work. In the FileVault tab, the text "Some users are not able to unlock this disk" appears (presumably my Admin, Managed, Mobile Account). I click on the "Enable Users" button and it brings up a dialog, but in this dialog my user account is the only one listed, and it has a green checkmark badge, as though it's set up properly (even when it isn't). If I click the "Done" button here, it appears to process something for a moment. If I reboot after doing this, it works, and I'm able to authenticate as myself.

I think what is happening here is that the network is shutting down on MacBooks that are in sleep mode or shut down, and FileVault is then removing any accounts that authenticate with LDAP from the Enabled Users. I presume something is broken too here, due to the crash that happens when trying to investigate the FileVault configuration.

Steps to Reproduce

Install Lion.
Connect to my OpenLDAP server.
Enable FileVault 2, enable LDAP-authenticated user to unlock FileVault.
Reboot.
It works!
Log in, and disable network interfaces, with the goal of forcing Lion to use the cached LDAP credentials for user authentication in FileVault.
Reboot.
The only user that is available for authentication is Administrator.
After logging in as Administrator, then logging out, and logging back in as the LDAP-auth'd user, I try to access System Preferences -> Security & Privacy. This causes System Preferences to crash with the crash dump pasted below. The only way to prevent this crash is to authenticate by clicking the lock icon on any other System Preferences pane (e.g. Users & Groups), then click "Show All", then click "Security & Privacy" again. This time it will work. Details are noted in the above Summary section of this bug report.

Expected Results

I would expect FileVault 2 authentication to work for the user it is originally set up under.

Actual Results

This isn't happening, and the users end up not able to unlock their machine (and thus, can't work without me (the sysadmin) coming over and unlocking their machine as Administrator, then logging out and letting them log into OS X under their account). I have filed a bug report with Apple, but heard nothing from them. I'm going to get in touch with phone support to see if it is of any use, but I'm curious if anyone here has encountered and somehow overcome these issues.

Notes

Here is the crash log produced when trying to access Security & Privacy after the issue occurs:

http://pastebin.com/2ewfZCUP


texts: file not found error in shell script called from Automator

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I want a shortcut to a script that merge video and audio.

If I go in terminal to the directory documents/convert and run the script with ./script.sh everything works. If I copy the script in automator I got error *.mp4 not found.

This is the script. I just want to click an icon to run the script.

#!/bin/bash
Cd "/Users/Tom/Documents/Convert"
for filename in *.mp4; do
    stub="${filename%.*}"
    /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i "${stub}.mp4" -i "${stub}.wav" -c:v copy -c:a aac -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 "${stub}_crf".mp4
done


texts: How to have multiple names in Apple Mail?

texts:
In Mail.app I can send e-mails on behalf of different mail addresses.
It looks like this:

I've achieved this by inputting multiple e-mail addresses separated by a comma in the Email Address field of the Account information in the Preferences.

I can also select a full name in the mail preferences:

However, any name I input there is the same for all three reply-from e-mail addresses.

How can I set a name for each reply-from e-mail address?


texts: I have been using AppleWorks -- and think very highly of it.  However, I also know that I need to move on.  Is FileMaker the most similar piece of software?  Can I transfer files from AppleWorks to FileMaker -- or do I need to start from scratch?


texts:
I have a 2008 13" MacBook (A1278) and it has a problem.
The keyboard has a few keys on it that aren't exactly not completely broken, but sometimes when pressed they will send a few weird sequence of letters and symbols. Now before I go off and buy a new keyboard to replace it, is there a way to tell if it is a keyboard problem, or if it might be the logic board? Please, any suggestions would be appreciated. I did not spill anything on it.


texts: Understanding photo libraries when migrating from iPhoto to Photo

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I recently updated an outdated OS to Catalina, in which the iPhoto app was replaced by the Photos app.
In HD/Users/User/Images, I now find three different folders :

iPhoto-Library (Migrated Photo Library) - 45GB

iPhoto-Library (Photos Library) - 40GB

Photos-Library (Photos Library) - 50GB - contains some 150 more photos than iPhoto-Library - Not sure if the Photos-Library was created automatically or by me.

I know I can open one of these libraries at a time in the Photos app. I also know that in the Finder, I can right-click and access the structure of these libraries. I noticed that they do not have the same folder structure.
My goal is to obtain one Photos-Library containing all the photos contained
in the three libraries (including a check so as not to lose possible non-duplicates).
Where can I get more information about how to proceed?
On this Stackexchange, I found several questions related to my issue, but I haven't found the exact solution. Some links :

How to duplicate-check between iPhoto Library and Photos Library *and* move non-duplicates from iPhoto -> Photos?
If I've migrated from iPhoto to Photos, can I safely delete the migrated photo library?

EDIT
I have added the file sizes in the list above.
The second linked question indeed answers my question more or less. It seems I can delete the iPhoto-Libraries and keep the Photos-Library.
I still do not understand the difference in file size, and would like to see which photos appear in the Photos-Library but not in the iPhoto-Library (maybe I have imported them before noticing there were different libraries). However, it seems there is no easy way to compare two libraries, as only one library can be opened at a time (except using external software, cf. the first linked question).


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On MacOS, you can drop a PDF directly onto the window of a Printer's print queue, and it will be sent to print immediately (with the printer's default settings).

I'm looking for a way to do a similar thing with a specified folder. E.g. Any PDF or PostScript file dropped onto that folder (or saved there through any other method) will be sent straight to the printer.

The obvious thing is to use Folder Actions and an AppleScript, but I'm wondering if there's a neater solution that I've overlooked? Essentially, I'm looking for a filepath that works as a print queue.


texts: Recommendation for minimal Mac to run iOS Simulator

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I am rather new to Mac and iOS. I have been a Linux, Windows and iPad user to this point.

I am considering getting a Mac, mainly for the purpose of running an iOS simulator. (I am sure I will discover other joys of being a Mac user, but simulating an iPhone is my top priority.)

Is there any known minimal CPU/RAM/storage capacity needed to be able to run up to 2 parallel iPhone simulators?  Is Xcode required for this purpose?

Any pointers would be appreciated.


texts: Is there any way to know when was my iPad updated to the latest version of iOS?

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I would like to see the OS update history in my iPad, as in when and at what time did I install a specific iOS update in my device.

Is there any way to see that?


texts: How to restore recent files back to their folders?

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I have recently tried to iCloud backup and I restored local files. But in doing this, accidently I pressed cancelled and local files were not backed up fully.

Luckily, I found my local files in iCloud (archives) which is in recents files. But they are located in files not by folders. I can copy and paste, and bring back to the mac, but need to create every folder. Is there any way to bring recents files back to mac with folders?

The image below shows the recents file which was backed up by iCloud archives. I want them back to be relocated in folders which I created before iCloud backup. I really cannot create every folder and bring each file back in..


texts: Dim screen brightness of MBP, using AppleScript (and while using a secondary monitor)?

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I just got a secondary monitor to use with my MacBook Pro (13" Retina Early-2015). I previously had AppleScripts for dimming and for increasing the brightness of the MBP screen—either to no bars or to about 75%—but now they aren't working for some reason (w/ or w/o the external monitor plugged in). I also tried using Shades but both screens keep flashing every 2-3 seconds (I'd rather use an AppleScript as well).

Basically, my external monitor is my main screen and I want to be able to dim my MBP screen using an AppleScript to either no bars or about 75% (of which the scripts will then be redirected to keyboard shortcuts with an application).

What AppleScript code would be needed to do this?

EDIT:
Here is the old that worked really well before, but for some reason stopped (with out without an external monitor plugged in).

tell application "System Events"
    repeat 16 times
        key code 107
    end repeat
end tell

and

tell application "System Events"
    repeat 11 times
        key code 113
    end repeat
end tell


texts: Cannot access terminal in recovery mode on M1 Mac

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I am trying to follow this tutorial to temporaily disable SIP on my new M1 MacBook Air.
Once I get into recovery mode, instead of seeing a Utilities menu where I can open the terminal, I see a message that says "There are no users on this volume to recover" (image here) and all I can do from here is restart the computer.
What do I need to do so that I'm prompted to enter my administrator password and access the terminal in recovery mode?


texts: I Have A 2013 MacBook Air that refuses to charge. I continue to use it once it says that it has no charge left. What do I do?

texts: I received this brand new laptop yesterday and today the charger isn't responding to being plugged in. (The lights aren't flashing as they should be). The battery icon on the upper right corner has a big X inside of it indicating that there is no battery charge left. However, I continue to use my macbook air as if it were charged normally. I don't know what to do. Please help.


texts: OS X Server File Sharing - Airport Extreme Disk via VPN

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I have a 3 TB disk mounted on my Airport Extreme, which I can access locally just fine. However, I would like to be able to mount it over VPN outside of my network. I am able to do so with any drives on the server (internal or external), but the server application doesn't seem to recognize any drives connected via the Airport Extreme.

Is there any way to do this, or is my only option to move the drive to the server instead of the Airport Extreme?


texts: Is there a way to configure iTunes on a Mac to wake up another Mac to access its music collection?

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macOS pleasantly has a few on-demand wake-up-from-sleep features, most notably that a wireless keyboard or mouse/trackpad will wake up a Mac attached through Bluetooth.

The music scenario is less user-friendly, it appears.

You can configure a Mac to share its music collection.

But if you let the Mac containing your music collection go to sleep when unused, then iTunes on another Mac on the same local network will not see the sleeping Mac's music, and there is no way to wake up the Mac with the music collection from sleep—short of walking over to that Mac and waking it up.

I would like to confirm that this is as good as it can get. And yet a Mac can be woken up through ssh, so it's not a stretch to ask about WiFi.

Is there a way to configure iTunes on a Mac to wake up another Mac to access the music collection on it? Is there a way to share the music collection through Bluetooth to achieve the same, perhaps by forgoing video sharing since the bandwidth may exceed Bluetooth's?


texts: How to change the default language of Facebook share page on iPad?

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Whenever I want to share something on Facebook using another app on iPad, the Facebook login page show in Chineese.
I can change this by choosing English at the bottom of this login page but after I login the following pages would be still in Chineese.

How can I change the default language?


texts: MacBook Pro El Capitan runs out of space on boot

texts: MacBook Pro (10.11.6) All updates. 512Gb SSD with 17Gb free. On Boot, some sort of caching or other process runs that takes free space down to a few megabytes - or even zero. Quickly recovers back to 17Gb free, but only after the various errors appear. Not loading any major programs on boot - just Pathfinder, Google Drive. Don't recall having this problem prior to El Capitan.


texts: External USB Windows keyboard Ctrl key not working with MacBook

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I'm using an USB Windows keyboard with my Macbook Pro 2017.

When I press the Ctrl key on it, nothing happens. I verified using https://www.keyboardtester.com/. It does not detect the key at all. I know that the hardware is fine, I verified using this keyboard with a Windows laptop.

My keyboard modifier keys settings look like this


texts: How can I kill or refresh Desktop Wallpaper with a Terminal command?

texts: Is there a command for refreshing the Display Settings? Or, in specific, refreshing the Desktop Wallpaper?


texts: Unable to boot into Mac OSX after updating dual-boot Ubuntu, Partition Type FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF

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On my Mac OSX Mojave machine.. I installed Ubuntu 18.04 to attempt to dual boot on the internal Apple SSD. Worked for a while, but after some updates to Ubuntu... hitting the power button boots up to a GRUB terminal, and when hitting the option key there is no 'Macintosh HD' as a startup option.

I have seen 2 similar posts on this topic, but none of them appear to exactly match as far as partitions go here and here and I am hesitant to try something that would wipe out or corrupt my OSX data that I know is still on the SSD/drive.

When booting into recovery media, I executed the following command to list disks:

I notice the partition FFFFF-FFFF...

I then do a disktuil info /dev/disk0s2 to look at the info.

I then use GPT to check...

gpt -r show /dev/disk0

What can I do to make it so that I can fix my OSX boot partition without losing any files. The disk that my OSX files are stored are on disk0s2, which is the FFFFFFF partition... how do I fix up my ability to boot into the OSX Mojave without wiping out my data or is there a way? Does APFS have anything to do with this?

At this point I don't care about the Ubuntu 18.04 partition, but I do not want to lose any data on the 900+GB partition, which is all my the Mac files are.


texts: Is there any way to spoof Bluetooth LE4.0 (low energy standard) on older Mac hardware to enable Apple Compatibility and Handoff?

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I have an iPhone and iPad running iOS 13 but my older Mac Mini (2010) and MacBook Air (2009) are no longer compatible with Apple Continuity or Handoff.

Everything worked fine in iOS 10 and Yosemite. At some point Apple ‘broke’ this feature for older Macs without low energy compliant Bluetooth compatibility. I’ve tried rolling everything back to before but it seems like Apple changed the ‘rules’ somehow and now this feature no longer works.

I’d like to just have the Macs broadcast or advertise or handshake (whatever the protocol requires) as if they are low energy devices. Neither Mac operates without being plugged in so I really don’t care about the energy consumption or any additional radiation since the Bluetooth is always on anyway.


texts:
By chance, I opened my Game Center account settings ("Internet Accounts" on Mac System Preferences, "Game Center" in iOS Settings) and noticed I have 25 "friends" that I don't recall ever adding. They have random/spammy/crude names, I don't use Game Center, and I'm not somebody who would add random people.

I've removed them using the "Remove All" functionality on iOS, but I'm curious if anyone knows how they showed up?

I do not have logs turned on, unfortunately.


texts: When I try to send a text on Mac, it highlights the message rather than sending it

texts: When I try to text on Mac, and I hit the return button to send it, it will highlight the message instead of sending it (as if I wanted to copy the message). Does anybody know how to help with this?


texts: Reset 'Top' command default view on Mac OSX

texts:
I met a problem when using linux top command on macOS. The default top open view now looks like

It displays too many unnecessary columns and didn't sort by CPU or MEM by default. I remember it used to be like

Anyone know how to change it back? I've checked my home folder that there is no .toprc file.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Note taking apps on macos that allow drawing (using the iPad pro as another monitor w/ duet (or similar))

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tldr: I need a whiteboarding/drawing/notes app that will also let me add text using the macbook's keyboard

I have one macbook and one iPad pro. I use the ipad + pencil to sketch ideas and write math formulas. I would also like to type in the same document from the macbook. What app can do this?

I like using Duet to make the iPad function as another macOS screen, but unfortunately the macOS version of evernote doesn't support drawing, only the iOS version lets one draw.

I have tried using the iPad pro as a standalone iOS device, running evernote. Under this setup, the sketching works great, but now when I need to type something with a keyboard, it's a pain to use the iPad's keyboard. I would much rather use the macbook's.

A variation on the theme of using the iPad in iOS, perhaps one could use a different sketching app in iOS that syncs very quickly between macbook and ipad. Evernote and notes both do not have live syncing. Do other iOS drawing/typing apps?

Is there a drawing/typing app for macOS that supports the Pencil on the iPad?

Or

Is there a drawing/typing app for iOS that syncs instantly with macOS?

Both Notes and Evernote suffer the problem of not supporting instant sync on the iOS to macOS. Both also suffer the problem of not having a drawing mode on the macOS version.

I don't necessarily need to save the notes. I just need a whiteboarding app. I can copy what I come up with to evernote when the draft is done.


texts: I have lots of lock icons -- how can I get rid of them?

texts:
The top bar of my screen looks like this:

What's with all the locks? Can I get rid of some of them?


texts: What is the difference between Home and Host drives on my windows Virtual Machine (Parallels)?

texts:
I am running Parallels 9 with Windows 7 on a 2011 27" iMac with 20gb of ram, i5 3.1 processor, etc.  On the windows side, I have both a Home (//psf, though sometimes loads as Y:/ after a while) and Host(Z:/).  What is the difference?  Am I supposed to be able to access files the same way through both? I guess they point to different levels of my Mac Drive - the Host the whole drive, the home just my user folder. But why? Why are they both their? What is their purpose?

Note:  I am currently having trouble saving ArcMap outputs to a file geodatabase which I had created from Windows on the Home drive (//psf - Y:/) and am wondering if this trouble could be related to differences in accessing or creating files between these two drives on the virtual machine.  SO, these problems prompted this question.


texts: iTunes does not play non-Apple Music songs which were synchronized with iCloud Music Library on Windows

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I'm facing the following scenario: I live in a country where a certain album from a band I like isn't available on most (if not all) streaming services. I own a physical copy of the album, and I have imported it to my computer and storage clouds.

When evaluating Apple Music, I noticed that on the Mac I'm able to upload songs to the cloud (iCloud Music Library). I thought "this is it, Apple Music is going to be great!".

However, on my Windows PC, while I'm able to download the songs, I'm not able to play them using iTunes specifically. Every other music player works just fine for the same file iTunes should have no issues reproducing. The songs show up on the library, together with all other musics and playlists I have access, but then when I click the play button over the song, iTunes just get stuck on 0:00. If I try to play another song, then it will play it just fine, as long as it is not a song downloaded from iCloud Music Library.

So why iCloud Music Library exists, if the player doesn't allow me to play it? Or is this a bug? I noticed that the first song of the album is playing just fine, but all the other songs are not.

I've checked the iTunes folder permissions for the current user, and I have full access to it.

Update to the question information

I own a 13-inch early 2015 Macbook Pro, where the original files are. I also own a custom built Windows 10 PC (latest updates applied to both systems). I've tried the latest version of iTunes on the Windows PC. First I downloaded it from the Windows Store, but it didn't work (same error described on the question), so I uninstalled it and then installed using the .exe installer from Apple's website. Same error occurs.


texts: How make Safari open XML file instead of downloading it

texts: I'm on MacOS Sierra.  When I click on a link to XML file, Safari downloads it.  Instead I want to view the XML right in the browser.  Is there a way to accomplish this?


texts: Does anyone know of a Crystal Reports viewer app for iPad?

texts:
Right now I am using Logicity on my PC. I would like to know if there is a way to see Crystal Reports files on iPad.

While there are ways to boot into windows and then run my file (use iTap / TeamViewer to log in to Windows and then run Logicity), I would like to know if there are any native apps, web services, which would make the process of running this .rpt file easier.


texts: iTunes songs play fine on PC, but stop midway on iPhone

texts: Certain songs will stop playing midway through.  The counter keeps progressing as though the song is still playing, but no audio. The same song plays fine on iTunes on the PC.  I wiped my iPhone (I only use it as an iPod) and reloaded my entire library.  Same issue.  Found an old iPod Nano.  Wiped it and reloaded the library.  Same song, same issue.  So 2 pieces of hardware have the same problem, yet the original file plays fine on iTunes on the PC


texts: Can I boot my MacBook Air into Windows 8.1 from a network drive?

texts:
I have a Macbook air with a 128gb SSD. Not a ton of space. I also have a Mac Mini that I use as a web/media server with a 500gb HDD. Much better.

Both are networked together locally over an Airport Extreme and I have pretty good speeds on file transfers.

I want to run Windows 8.1 in a dual boot setup on my Macbook Air, but it takes a bunch of space (like 20gb). This is obviously a good portion of a 128gb SSD. Is it possible for me to install Windows 8.1 to the Mini, and then boot into it from the Macbook Air? I don't want to VNC the Mini from the Air, I want to actually load Windows 8.1 on my Macbook Air using the Mac Mini's hard drive. I guess my ultimate question is can I boot my Macbook Air from a partition on a network drive?


texts: Dock/Expose not working, Desktop stuck with gray background (Lion)

texts:
I am running Mac OS X 10.7.5 and the Dock/Mission Control/Desktop functionality is totally broken.  My dock is not present after startup so I have to start all applications from Spotlight.  I can't even alt-tab between them as the process that controls that function is also down.  My desktop is working but the background is permanently stuck on Gray no matter what I change it to.

killall Dock reports that there are no matching processes that belong to me.  I have removed the plist and db files for Dock and Desktop (com.apple.{whatever}.plist) in the Preferences folder and rebooted multiple times (both Safe Mode and regular) and nothing will change.  Does anyone know what might be wrong? Looking for a solution short of a full reinstall.


texts: Upgrade 24” iMac video card - ATI Radeon 256MB to NVIDIA GeForce 512MB

texts:
I'm not certain that this is the correct Stack Exchange forum for this question... let me know.
I must acknowledge this iFixit Q&A "Can the graphics card of the 24" iMac be upgraded?". I have read through the question and most of the answers and comments.
Background
My model is the entry level early 2008 24" iMac 2.8GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB HD, SuperDrive, etc.
My particular model shipped with the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB of VRAM.
Many years ago I upgraded to 6GB RAM and installed a 2TB Seagate HDD with an SSD flash module (to mimic a “Fusion“ drive). These upgrades still work perfectly.
Recently the ATI Radeon video card expired… at least I used the four LEDs at the bottom edge of the machine to diagnose this as the issue. (Refer to this iFixit Q&A "iMac Intel 24" EMC 2134 and 2211 Diagnostic LED's".)
I successfully procured a replacement - the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS with 512 MB of VRAM - a BTO upgrade option for the original machine.
I assumed that this card would be a part of another successful “upgrade” project.
Despite A LOT of advice to the contrary, my particular iMac has a video card slot that physically accepts both types of cards (the ATI or the NVIDIA).
Whether the replacement card functions as expected in that slot is something I'll have to provide advice on later...
Problem
So while the replacement NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS board physically fits the space within the chassis and it physically fits into the video card slot, it DOES NOT fit the heat sink.
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS board has 8 RAM chips in different locations to the ATI board's 4 RAM chips. The heat sink shipped with my iMac (for the ATI Radeon video card) also has a different size clamping bracket (the bracket that clamps the heat sink plate to the video card) and also has a different layout for the screws.
The photo below details the two video cards. The video card on the left is NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS and the video card on the right is the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO, with the heatsink above (mirrored).

The photo below details NVIDIA GeForce video card when compared to the clamping bracket from the ATI Radeon video card.

Help
I am now facing a decision…

Do nothing, give up on the project and place my time and energy into something more productive.
Sell the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS and buy an ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO.
Keep the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS and buy a heatsink to match that card.

I acknowledge that there may be other issues with this proposed conversion that I don’t understand or possess the knowledge and skill to resolve, such as upgrades to the video card BIOS and EFi. Advice on how to overcome or avoid these issues in particular would be appreciated.


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In OS X Mountain Lion, is there an easy and fast way to scan to PDF, with multiple pages per PDF?

I know this can be achieved with Image Capture, but in my opinion that is just a terrible application. For my purpose (quickly scanning handouts), it is very slow and painful. (Overview scan, then select the part of the page I want, even though I always want the full page, restart it every time I want a new PDF, etc.) It seems to me that it was designed mostly for scanning things like photos, as it really does a terrible job for documents.

I'm open to using a 3rd party app - for example, Linux has the remarkably good and simple Simple Scan app, which would be perfect for my purpose.


texts: 2020 macbook air ethernet disconnection problem

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I have been struggling with an ethernet disconnection problem on my Intel MacBook Air 2020 for several months now. The ethernet connection (through a wired USB-C lan connection) turns off after I have the camera on during a video conference for around 10 minutes. Turning to wifi works fine though. It happens with a variety of videoconferencing applications as skype, webex, zoom, GotoMeeting but strangely not with FaceTime. I thought it was an adaptor problem but I have changed four adaptors: Satechi Multiport (tried 3 different ones) and Belkin USB-C multimedia hub.
After updating to Big Sur the problem got even worse as it not only freezes my ethernet, but forces my home VDSL modem to disconnect from the Internet and I need to reboot it to get connected again.
I also posted it at the Apple community forum and it appears others have this problem as well. When I was returning the Satechi adaptors to the Apple dealer they were testing on their MacBooks before giving me a replacement and they were also experiencing the same issue.
Apple Support has given me a list of things to try like resetting SMC, NVRAM, PRAM, which I tried with no result. They also suggested to wipe my disk and do a clean installation of the OS which I have not tried yet as it will take me days of work to reinstall everything.
Does anyone have any idea of what the cause could be, or what else I could try? Has anyone managed to solve the problem?
UPDATE: following Apple support advice I also installed a clean version of the OS on an external disk and booted from this, but the problem persists


texts: Macbook freezes upon waking when connected to VPN

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I have a 2019 15" MacBook Pro running OS X Mojave (10.14.6) (company laptop, so can't update yet) and I have a weird problem. When I am connected to the company VPN (via the built-in client, no third party VPNs), and my computer goes to sleep, it often freezes for a few minutes when waking up.

When this happens, upon tapping a key or the track pad the screen wakes up, but the mouse cursor is frozen, and the keyboard does not seem to register any input. The touch bar still works (I can adjust volume, brightness, etc), and if I press Esc then the screen immediately turns off, as though it realized "oh snap, I'm actually still asleep". If I wait 3-5 minutes, it will eventually shake itself out of this stupor and wake up properly.

It also only seems to happen if it goes to sleep for at least a few minutes (so, only on actual sleep, not just display blanking).


texts: Can the Safari 6 omnibar search be changed from google.com to google.co.uk?

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How can I change it so when I search using the omnibar it searches google.co.uk and not google.com.

For example when I want to look at prices for a product, I use the omnibar to search google but it shows me prices in dollars as it is looking results in google.com.

I would like to show results from google.co.uk to get localized search for the UK.


texts: Network broadcast/multicast not sent by iPhone in personal hotspot mode

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Based on recent empirical findings, and based on various posts on the web, it seems that an application running on an iPhone with personal hotspot enabled cannot send broadcasts and/or multicasts out onto the personal hotspot's network.  Can anyone shed light on the cause of this problem?

The Application

I have an IOS application, built with cross-platform C++ code, that broadcasts and multicasts its presence onto the network it is running on.  The application works flawlessly when the iPhone is connected to a Wi-Fi network.  In this case, other devices on the network receive the broadcasts/multicasts, and everything functions correctly.  This can be verified easily by connecting a computer running WireShark to the network -- the broadcast/multicast packets can be seen in the packet trace.

Needless to say, the application works well on an iPhone connected to a local Wi-Fi.

The Problem

When I run the application on an iPhone that has its personal hotspot enabled, no broadcasts/multicasts are released onto the hotspot network.  This can be verified using WireShark, which shows no such packets in its trace.

Is there any constraint regarding using a personal hotspot as a network router capable of handling broadcasts and multicasts?

When I requested a web page on my "WireSharking" device using a browser, the personal hotspot responds correctly to all packets, returning the web contents.

Collateral Information

I have come across other Stack Overflow pasts that report the same, or similar, problems:

TCP connection not working properly when using iPhone as hotspot
Fail to send ssdp broadcast by personal hotspot

A good tutorial for writing such a broadcasting/multicasting application on iPhone is Michael Tyson's "The Making of Talkie: Multi-interface broadcasting and multicast".  Suffice it to say that my application conforms with all requirements (e.g., setting socket options SO_BROADCAST, SO_DONTROUTE, and IP_MULTICAST_IF where appropriate).

A reply to reference (1) above writes "Could it be because the personal hotspot introduces Network Address Translation?".  I filtered the WireShark traces to show only packets connected to the hotspot IP, and there is no evidence of the personal hotspot sending anything to a NAT address.

In summary

Can anyone explain why an iPhone running a personal hotspot does not broadcast/multicast packets, and how to solve the problem?

Many thanks in advance.

P.S.  I originally posted this query on Stack Overflow, and learned about this more Apple-oriented forum.


texts: Photos will not sort by date when texted from iPhone 12

texts: I recently took 6 photos of a process with my iPhone 12. Each photo represented a single step in a multi-step process. When I attempt to send them via text messaging, they are out of sequence. I confirmed that each photo displays the correct date and time. I have also selected sort by oldest to newest. There is no logic to the order they appear in the text and can change differently when another attempt is made. Quite annoying.


texts: Exchange Calendar syncing issue on Maverics

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I have an Exchange calendar synced with Mavericks' Calendar app. I've changed time of one event. Since that a window with following message appears over and over:

  Calendar can’t delete an occurrence from the repeating the event
  “[event]” from the Exchange server.

I've tried to re-add the calendar as well as the whole Exchange account. Deleting the Calendar Cache* files (in ~/Library/Calendars) screws up all calendar data and I'm not able to re-add the synced calendars.

I've all calendars synced in cloud (iCloud, Google, Exchange), so deleting the Calendar files is no issue.


texts: trouble saving word documents on macbook

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Sometimes, when I create a document on Microsoft word I have issues when trying to save the file on my Mac.

For example, I type out an entire document titled HEALTH. The file will save no problem first try. However, when I go in and edit the document HEALTH and try to re-save the file, a notification pops up saying "replace the file" I click yes. The word doc then closes, and then re-opens on my screen by itself within seconds. I then click save as, replace file, and so fourth. The document will continue to open and I could literally click "replace" 100 times, but it is not replacing.. I then tried to click "don't replace" or "don't save as" thinking it must have saved after those multiple attempts. Nope, file is gone, it is deleted, no option to recover file. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING !! I see no other people with this similar issue, but it happens to me quite often when I create a new document, and then try to edit it at another time.. My only solution has been copy and pasting the file into Pages and saving it there..


texts: Why is my S key intermittently typing ß inßtead of s <----See

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MacBook (White) 2.4Ghz Intel Core Duo, 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, OS X 10.6.7

Keyboard language - Canadian English (have also tried US English).  All other languages
removed, computer language ENGLISH.

All keys type fine apart from the S key which frequently types a ß or when capitalized an Í.  I am typing from a USB keyboard which types the S (s - see) fine no issues but as soon as I reach over and type on the laptop - ß there it is.

Have looked and Googled without help, I see a few others with the issue with no resolve.  Ready to throw this computer out the window!


texts: How do I connect my calendar on my Macbook, ipad and iphone?

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I have an iPhone 6s, a Macbook and a new iPad. Right now events I create on one do not show on the others.

How do I connect the calendar on all three?


texts: I there a way to set a separate password for a file (other than root)?

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I struggle with procrastination on sites like reddit, youtube, and netflix so I want to block them. I know I can do this by modifying /etc/hosts to redirect to 127.0.0.1, but I still can and do change the hosts file back. Is there some way I can set a password for /etc/hosts so that I can not sudo edit it? Alternatively can someone recommend a better solution to block these sites? I use High Sierra and Chrome.

Thanks for your help.


texts: iTunes keyboard shortcut service only works when in focus

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I have created an Applescript that will favorite the current track. I saved it as a service, and gave it a shortcut.

on run {input, parameters}

    tell application "iTunes"
        set loved of current track to true
    end tell

    return input
end run

However, it only works when the iTunes window is in focus. If I press the shortcut when iTunes is not the window in focus, I don't even see the Services gear appear in the system tray, indicating that the script is not running.

How do I make the script run regardless of what window has focus?


texts: Display long text with applescript, preferably with a scrollbar

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How can applescript display a long text that does not fit on the screen? I am looking for command similar to "display dialog", yet where I would be able to read the whole text. "display dialog" amended with a scrollbar would do the job.

Thanks


texts: VMware: Shared folders on mac not updated on the virtual machine

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I'm using vmware on mac to emulate Ubuntu.

When I change shared folders files on OSX I don't see the changes (automatically updated) in Ubuntu...

When I added the folder, everything was visible and it perfectly worked, but when I edited some files, these become red in the Ubuntu terminal, and I cannot see the new versions of them (even if I restart Ubuntu, I guess the only way is to remove and add the shared folder again).

Any help ?


texts: Stuck with unwanted advertisements in-game

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Whilst playing Angry Birds with my grandson, an ad for another game kept appearing. Despite trying to close this ad several times, I now find myself stuck with this game app on screen inviting me to download.

All other 'buttons', features, refresh, etc are inactive. How do I escape from this app and return to the wanted game?


texts: How can I change the apperance of terminal to make it indentical to Ubuntu's terminal

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I like using the default terminal application, but as I use both Ubuntu and OS X a lot I want to make them behave and look the same. How can I change the Mac terminal to make as identical as possible to the Ubuntu terminal?

edit: A similar post Can I make my Mac OS X Terminal color items according to syntax, like the Ubuntu terminal? does not answer my question for the following reasons:

It does not tell me what background color Ubuntu uses or if the colors given are the default colors that Ubuntu uses.
Gives me a multi line command prompt (I really prefer the single line prompt)
It talks about syntax highlighting I am interested in other changes as well such as copying and pasting behavior.
Does not properly explain how export PS1="\n$C_LIGHTGREEN\u$C_DARKGRAY@$C_BLUE\h $C_DARKGRAY: $C_LIGHTYELLOW\w\n$C_DARKGRAY\$$C_DEFAULT functions.

From what I can tell in changes the prompt so that newline is light green, user appears next in dark gray and blue(?), host name appears in darkgrey, something else is light yellow(?), current working directory is darkgray and a newline is made (?) $(or # for root) is a default color.
Looking at this website asnwers a bit of my question.


texts: Troubleshooting a MacBook Pro that is not charging from power

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My MacBook Pro isn't charging, the light on the charger isn't lit, and the battery image indicates it is not charging .

The computer is approximately a year old. I've tried multiple outlets, so I know that's not the problem. The connectors look clean, but I cleaned them with a toothpick just to make sure. What can I do?

Thanks!


texts: How to allow the Files app to save to "On My iPhone" (or to "On My iPad") in iOS 11

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I have an iPhone SE with iOS 11 installed. I really love the idea of the Files app for managing downloads and such, however I am running into difficulties:

If I try to save, say, a photograph locally using Save To Files → On My iPhone I can see the On My iPhone option, but cannot select it.
If I try to enable On My iPhone in Files → Locations → Edit there is no On My iPhone option, just iCloud Drive and Recently Deleted.

I am

Uninterested in using iCloud, and
Uninterested in installing Pages (or some other app).

Given these constraints, is there a method for me to actually save things locally using the Files app?

(I wonder if I misunderstand the intent of Files app: Perhaps local storage is only intended to augment the use of Files with other apps?)


texts: MBA (2013-15?) wont boot from macOS boot stick

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A friend of mine somehow managed to delete his internal drive including the recovery partition while trying to reset his MacBook to factory settings. Now when trying to boot up the MBA only displays the flashing folder with the question mark appears.

He is not so sure about the age of his machine, but says it has to be from 2013 to 2015, so I thought that this issue can be easily fixed by booting from a macOS El Capitan recovery stick which is a version of macOS that should be supported on his machine.

Unfortunately, when trying to boot from this there were some surprises:

Firstly, when I pressed the option key, the Clover boot menu showed up instead of the native one, which I find pretty strange because I thought that this is only a utility for hackintoshes. I have never seen this installed on a real Mac! Moreover, my friend has never heard of Clover and he has got really little knowledge about computers, but he bought it new and was the only person who ever used the machine - so how can there be Clover installed?
Secondly, no boot volume selection menu shows when my USB is not plugged in, but when it is only the USB shows up as an option to boot from - but not the internal drive.

When I try to boot from the stick the Apple logo shows up, but the bar underneath never appears and I am stuck at the boot screen.

I activated verbose mode and tried booting from the stick again. Obviously, this time there was no Apple logo, but also not a single word appeared whereas normally the screen is full of verbose boot messages.

The recovery stick itself is definitely not the cause as I tested it both before and after with my own MacBook Air and it worked perfectly fine. In fact, the bar underneath the Apple logo appeared immediately and you could not see the Apple logo alone for even a second.

Finally, when I try to enter recovery mode, the boot volume selection opens up instead.

How else can I troubleshoot this?


texts: Selecting multiple files in Catalina breaks the finder

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Both our MacBook Air 2015 and MacBook Pro 16inch with Catalina 10.15.3 and 10.15.4 run into problems when selecting a lot of files at once in Finder:

When I select a few hundreds DNG photo files in a folder or SD card, the finder freezes, beachballs and takes a few minutes to become available again and select them. During that waiting time, the CPU becomes super hot and the fans spin up to max.
Same when I select simple TIFF files in one folder. When I do that on the new MacBook Pro with Catalina, the Finder freezes and the fans spin... it takes so much waiting until the files are selected and I can then copy, delete, continue with my work.

PRAM, SMC reset, secure boot didn't change a thing.

(My 2013 iMac 27inch with Sierra and Mojave handles this just fine, although as soon as I boot it into Catalina the same problems occur.)

I suspect the OS now has a problem with selecting a large number of files? The more complex the files (24MB DNGs versus 6MB TIFFs) the less of them you need to select for the finder to freeze.

Any ideas on how to solve this would be appreciated.

Done so far:
PRAM, SMC, secure boot, new user, fresh install, login items removed, relaunch finder, first aid for Mac SSD. Replicable on different Macs with Catalina, no problem with other MacOS X Versions.


texts: iOS Shortcuts App missing GET function in variables

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I'm attempting to write an automation in iOS and need to "get" a variable that I've assigned a value.  This function seems to exist because if I go into the gallery and select an automation like "Clear out Photos", the function is there.

However, if I try to create a brand new automation, I can't find that under "Scripting"

Am I missing something?   Is there something I need to do first to make this function available?  I know it exists because it's in the Gallery and it works because that shortcut works on my iPhone and iPad.


texts: Getting PCIe attached SSD to show up as internal drive for BootCamp

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I purchased the OWC Accelsior S PCIe to 2.5 SSD Host adapter to install Windows on my 2009 Mac Pro. However, Boot Camp sees the SSD as an external device and doesn't allow it.

I've read that some users have used the Apricorn Velocity Solo with some success but others have reported the same problem with this card as well. I have this card on order and will be testing it too. More on this to come.

I can install an OS (in my case, FreeNAS, based on FreeBSD) on a SSD while connected to built in SATA channel, then move it to a PCIe adapter, but it won't boot. It only boots if connected to one of the 6 built-in SATA channels.

Is is possible to get an SSD to show up as an internal device with ANY PCIe card? If so, do you know of a list of cards that do work?


texts: Screen Time blocks Google websites because YouTube is restricted

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I'm using Screen Time's feature to block a website:
System Preferences -> Screen Time -> Content & Privacy -> Limit Adult Websites -> Customise... -> Restricted -> https://youtube.com/

Funny thing is, when I try to visit google.com or any of its subdomains (drive.google.com, calendar.google.com), I get this:

I looked at the Network tab, but there I only see requests to the google.com domain, but no requests to youtube.com. And what's even funnier is that when I visit youtube.com by entering it in the address bar of the browser, it loads without any problems. Do you have any idea why Screen Time behaves like this and how to fix it?


texts: If I submit multiple apps to be reviewed at once, is it possible for them to all be reviewed at the same time or do they go down the list and review the next one only after the one before it has been reviewed?


texts: What protocol does iOS use to sync Notes to a server

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I was wondering which protocol the native application for notes on iOS is using to keep the data in sync with iCloud. My aim is to host the notes on my own server, but I could't figure out the protocol. Any help is much appreciated!
I would also be happy about tips on existing open source projects or a protocol specification as I will consider writing my own server application if I don't find any other software.
Thanks in advance.


texts: Change my Apple ID email address on iCloud account

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I had to make a new email address for my new Apple ID since I forgot my previous Apple ID password and couldn't receive a verification email.

Now that I have my new Apple ID and password, my iPhone 4s still shows my old Apple ID. How can I change it so that my new Apple ID shows when I wish to download anything?

My iCloud account still has my old Apple ID and is in grey; so I can't change it! I don't want to delete my old iCloud account.


texts: Use hostnames from second network interface

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MacBook Pro Mid-2015, macOS Catalina 10.15.2.

Summary

My Mac is connected to Wi-Fi and a wired LAN. Wi-Fi is the first in the Service Order in Network Preferences. There are some hostnames in the wired LAN that don't exist on the Wi-Fi.

How can I make it so that hostnames which don't exist on the Wi-Fi network, are "looked up" in the wired LAN network?

I am connected to a Wi-Fi network (which has an internet connection), and I am using a USB Ethernet adapter to connect to a second LAN (from which I can't figure out how to access the internet).

I changed my System Preferences > Network ordering so that the Wi-Fi takes precedence over the wired LAN. If I don't do this, then it seems I can't access the internet.

Trying to access the internet with the Service Order the other way round looks like this:

$ ping google.com
PING google.com (172.217.169.78): 56 data bytes
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
36 bytes from vlan...(lots of stuff, not sure how sensitive).myuni.co.uk (129.??.??.?): Communication prohibited by filter
Vr HL TOS  Len   ID Flg  off TTL Pro  cks      Src      Dst
 4  5  00 5400 58db   0 0000  3d  01 a4f5 192.168.??.??  172.217.169.78

16 bytes from ....myuni.co.uk (192.168.???.???): Router Advertisement

Request timeout for icmp_seq 1
Request timeout for icmp_seq 2
Request timeout for icmp_seq 3
Request timeout for icmp_seq 4
Request timeout for icmp_seq 5
36 bytes from vlan.....myuni.co.uk (129.???.??.??): Communication prohibited by filter
Vr HL TOS  Len   ID Flg  off TTL Pro  cks      Src      Dst
 4  5  00 5400 6cc8   0 0000  3d  01 9108 192.168.??.???  172.217.169.78

I've never seen this kind of ping response before and don't know what it means. It was easy enough for me to infer however that it's going to be more difficult for me to access the internet through the wired LAN.

So I rearranged the Service Order and put wifi first. Now my internet access works as usual.

However, that means that the custom hostnames from the wired LAN aren't available:

$ ping customhostname
ping: cannot resolve customhostname: Unknown host

If I turn Wi-Fi off then it works:

$ ping customhostname
PING customhostname.myuni.co.uk (192.168.100.200): 56 data bytes

Additionally, I can leave Wi-Fi turned on and still access that computer via the IP:

$ ping customhostname
ping: cannot resolve customhostname: Unknown host
$ ping 192.168.100.200
PING 192.168.100.200 (192.168.100.200): 56 data bytes

But how can I make it so that hostnames which aren't recognised (in this case, customhostname) by the Wi-Fi interface, are "looked up" in the wired LAN interface?

I don't want to have to memorise the IP address, and manually update my own records whenever it changes.


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Working on both Linux and OS X (10.10.5), I'm using the command line tool dd to copy the contents of a USB flash drive to and from a compressed archive. To create the archive, I use the following on an unmounted drive (on Linux the format is something like /dev/sdb; on OS X it's something like /dev/disk2):

sudo dd if=/dev/disk1 bs=1m | gzip -c > disk.image.gz

which copies the entire drive's contents, compresses it, and then writes it to disk.image.gz. To unpack the image into a new drive, I use:

cat disk.image.gz | gunzip -c | sudo dd of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m

which takes the compressed disk image, uncompresses it, and then writes it to the drive. (You can check the progress of either command by executing the following in a separate window on Linux:

sudo killall -USR1 dd

or on OS X:

sudo killall -INFO dd

which in both cases signals dd to output a couple of lines on the amount of data transferred.)

Both processes work well on Linux. However, although the reading and compression work well on OS X, the decompression and writing never terminates. dd keeps writing data and more data, even though the (decompressed) source file has ended, and the disk drive should be full. If I wait until more data has written than should fit on the flash drive, and then ^C to terminate the command, the resulting drive seems to mount and operate just fine. But, it worries me that the behavior isn't what I expect.

Any idea why dd's writing never terminates, even though it is no longer receiving data?

(BTW: if you're using this as instructions to burn your own disk drives, MAKE SURE you have the right device identifiers (e.g. the /dev/sdb or /dev/disk2 mentioned above). dd does exactly what you tell it to do, so if you get the wrong identifier and tell it to overwrite your boot drive, it'll happily do so. Look elsewhere on how to determine the right device.)


texts: Can I record iPad screen contents over AirPlay to an Apple TV and then recording the HDMI output?

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Does the AppleTV HDMI output include any copy protection (e.g. HDCP)? If so, is it always present, or only when playing DRM'd content?

I'd like to use the AppleTV (with AirPlay mirroring from an iPad) as a cheap and simple way to record iPad activity (at a school, for their private use only) by simply plugging the AppleTV into a DVD recorder (no computer is available - so capture cards or other tools needing a computer are out).

If the AppleTV output is set to prevent recording, what about the output directly from the iPad via the HDMI dock connector ("Apple Digital AV Adapter")? This isn't as convenient, since it's a physical tether to the recorder, but it would be ok (and still cheap and simple).


texts: Lock screen on mac? w/o enabling "require password after sleep"

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a quick way to lock my Mac?

I want to be able to lock my screen on Mac, much the way Windows+l does on windows. I do not want to have to put in a password each time my computer sleeps/screen saver turns on. I want a keyboard shortcut to lock the screen while still allowing the computer to wake from sleep without a password. I don't want my session logged out or suspended in any way.

Note* I would like a keyboard shortcut for this.


texts: How to create a text file and a folder from terminal?

texts: How, from a Terminal, do I make a plain text file and a folder?


texts: Can you save a work session and reopen it later?

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Imagine you are working on a book, for which you need 5 precise internet tabs/pages to be open at the same time, Apple Pages, Dictionary, and, I don't know, a classical music CD in iTunes that inspires you.
And on the same day, you will also work on your finances and accounting, for which you will need Numbers, Calculator and three tabs open in a browser.
And you're also helping your kids put together a video for their school, so whenever you work on it, you need to have Final Cut Pro X, the TextEdit file corresponding to the project, and 4 images/visual resources opened in Preview.

These are tasks that might take a week or two to get done. So every time you're going to get to work on one of them, you're going to have to spend a long time finding the right documents, source files, and recreating the work environment that you need to be ready to work. And if you are interrupted, or wish to shut down your computer or close the task at hand, you'll have to go save and close in every application.

My question is, does anyone know of a way to simplify opening and closing all the files related to long term projects? Obviously no one turns on their computer to write a novel from A to Z. And no one does "just one thing" on a computer as well. Maybe there is an app that exists that launches a very precise work environment for you?

"Spaces" is good, but what I'm talking about would be a way to save every little setting within a space, and be able to close or reopen or name them (and Spaces has been replaced by Mission Control anyways).

The only way I think someone could do this is by creating aliases of the files related to one task, then select all aliases and reopen them each time (might not work for browser tabs?)

Let me know I would love an answer to this, as I often work on several long term projects in the same year and need to take breaks, or turn off and on my computer often.


texts: How to make a custom keybind that runs an applescript file?

texts: No additional questions. I'm fine with installing an additional program.


texts: Weird Permissions/ Sandboxing issue: installer.app is not entitled for system.install.apple

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There is a serious ownership/ permissions/ entitlements fault in my 10.7 install.

What happened:

1) After swapping the stock drive for an Intel SSD of the same size in my Mac Mini 1,2 (2006 -ish?), I performed a clean install of 10.7 via target disk mode; That is, I put the mini into TDM and mounted it via FW400 to my iMac which I booted using a 10.7 install USB drive.

2) The install went smooth and the machine boots by itself as expected all the way to the desktop.

3) I try to install the 10.7.5 combo update via Software Update, it fails due to bad checksum.

4) Knowing I get corrupt downloads from several CDNs (incl. Apple) through my janky cable internet, I download the standalone 10.7.5 package to a USB stick at the local library and, having brought it home, etc, run it from the mini's desktop. Fails for unknown reason.

5) Console log indicates that before the installer even started to unpack the updates:

  14-03-25 4:18:59.771 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: Installer.app >is not entitled for system.install.apple-software

  14-03-25 4:18:59.813 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: Installer.app >is not entitled for system.install.app-store-software

  14-03-25 4:18:59.853 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: Installer.app >is not entitled for system.install.app-store-software

  14-03-25 4:18:59.856 PM com.apple.SecurityServer: Failed to authorize right >'system.install.app-store-software' by client >'/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/>installd' [301] for authorization created by >'/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app' [290]

What I've tried:
I've tried installing less significant things (like the iTunes update) and get the same error.

I've tried every permutation of repairing disk permissions and fsck from active partition, disk in target mode, single user mode, safe boot, etc. No effect.

I've tried chown-ing things, still no luck.

Somehow the installer has become sandboxed and cannot do stuff, for lack of better language. I'd love some help with this!


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I am trying to figure out why my iPad won't automatically reconnect to my home wi-fi after coming back home. I will have to go into Settings and manually connect to wi-fi. My iPhone SE (2020) and MBP both reconnect without any problems. I check the settings on the iPad and they are the same as on my iPhone.
I keep my wireless network hidden but if I allow it to be seen the iPad still doesn't auto-join. What could be causing this problem and how do I fix it?
iPad Air 2 running 13.5.1
iPhone SE running 13.51


texts: Windows client cannot access SMB file share on macOS Mojave

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I am trying to get my Windows 10 PC to access a file share on my MacBook running macOS Mojave. I enable File Sharing on the Mac, give my account read/write privileges to a file share, and enable Windows authentication in System Preferences. Then I go to my Windows PC, and enter \\10.0.0.202 in the address bar in File Explorer (that's the IP of my Mac, of course). What happens next varies:

If Windows authentication is enabled, I get prompted for my username/password. After I enter it, the connection blocks (no visible progress) for ~30 seconds, then gives me a generic "connection failed" dialog. Clicking "show details" gives me an error along the lines of "The semaphore wait timeout has expired".
If Windows authentication is not enabled, my username/password will not be accepted, despite various Internet sources stating that the Windows authentication flag is only needed for Windows XP-era clients.

I have not found any reason why the semaphore-timeout error occurs; there are no logs that indicate any sort of problem (and I've looked everywhere, from the Console to system.log to running sudo smbdiagnose in the Terminal; that last command even captured a packet trace, although I don't have the skills to interpret it). Additionally, the file /var/log/appfirewall.log does not exist, even if the firewall is turned on (which it wasn't). Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


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Sometimes, the pointer(cursor) behaves weirdly, getting clicked here or there, undesired clicks & drags. This has happened around 5-6 times in my MacBook Pro (mid 2012).

What could be the probable cause and how can I work around to remove this behaviour.


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There are a number of post on the internet arguing that Siri might be better if Apple would not value privacy so much. Other say that this is not necessarily true.1,2

Assuming, that apple does respect my privacy I am wondering how Siri (on my mac, my iPad, my iPhone etc.) does actually learn.
Do I need to dictate to Siri (and correct all the blue under lined words)? Does Siri get better over time and if so is that a cloud improvement for my Apple ID or something localized to the learning on each device as it learns?

[1]: www.fastcompany.com
[2]: www.cnet.com


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I'm trying to install Windows 8.1 on my Macbook Pro 15" 2011 model running El Capitan

I'm using Boot Camp and a 8GB USB

First of all i only have two options starting Boot Camp and not three like i see in a lot of guides about how to do the install.

My options are:

Get the newest software for Windows support from Apple
Install Windows 7 or newer

After i've marked the two options the download runs, but after it's done i get a message telling me that the installationdisk doesn't exists.

What am i doing wrong?

Thanks in advance


texts: What is MobileAccessoryUpdater and why it runs on my MacBook?

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My MacBook Pro 2011 with latest  High Sierra 10.13.02 is suffering from a hard disk usage from time to time. In attempt to track down where all these disk I/O 's are coming from I came across to a "fud" process being called:

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileAccessoryUpdater.framework/Support/fud

What has to do with Mac OS X and can I disable it ?


texts: How to restart Bluetooth service from command line

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On Linux, if one wishes to restart the Bluetooth service, they simply launch a terminal and issue the following command:

sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart

What is the equivalent on Mac OS X?  I would like to restart my Bluetooth without having to restart the entire computer.

I am using Yosemite.

Update:  Of the various command line options provided by Testing below the only one that seemed to work was the last, which is this:

sudo kextunload -b com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport
sudo kextload -b com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport

Update 2: The above command no longer works and I wonder if it ever did.  The first time I tried it it might have been something else that restarted my bluetooth services.  The only thing that will work for me is a restart of the entire machine every morning.


texts: Photos not taken on any of our devices showing up on my Photo Stream

texts: Photos that were not taken on any of our devices are showing up on my Photo Stream. My son recently had his iPhone stolen, and he had Photo Stream turned on, so I am guessing that the photos are coming from the person who stole his phone.  We reported it stolen with AT&T, and erased it on the Find My iPhone app, so what else needs to be done so that we no longer get those photos?