texts: How do I delete or fix my Keychain after changing my password?

texts:
How do I reset my main keychain and completely delete the old one?
I changed my password and its been coming up with all of these popups asking for my new password when I first login.
If anyone can help with updating my keychain I would appreciate it or you can just help me completely delete and reset it.


texts:
What can make the IOS Music app pause when the pause icon is not visible?

I was using an iPad app that has no sound and the song I was playing stopped.  No fingers (nor anything else) was near any of the buttons.  Brought Music to the foreground, and it was definitely paused.

Notification sounds (alarms, e-mail, timers, etc.) can interrupt Music, but they only reduce the volume, and not permanently.  Also, none of those happened.


texts: How can I delete icons from the 6th generation iPod nano?

texts: Is this even possible?  I will never use like 90% of them and I'd like to hide them.


texts: OS X not recognizing Surface Keyboard as a keyboard

texts:
When I connect the Surface Keyboard to macOS, it seems to go fine, I enter the pairing code and everything works, keyboard works.

However I want to switch the modifier keys (Option and Command) to work like the Mac keyboards, and I can't do it, because macOS seems to not realize this is a keyboard. The icon shown in the Bluetooth preferences is the generic Bluetooth icon, and this keyboard is not listed at all in the Keyboard preferences.

Note the Surface Keyboard claims full compatibility with macOS, (see link above), so I'm not sure what I need to do to get it fully recognized.


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Is there a simulator that I can run iOS on a Mac that would allow me to launch and use apps as if I was on the device?  This is for consumer testing not for development.

What I am trying to do is to load the simulator app that would allow my Mac to act as if it was an iPhone/iPad. Then that laptop would join a consumer panel (ooVoo or Adobe Connect) and give the user control so that they can use and interact with an app that is available, while the research team is talking to them about the app.

Does anyone know how I can do this?


texts: Mounting password-protected sparsebundle doesn't ask for password

texts:
I have an encrypted, password-protected sparsebundle that I occasionally mount and unmount from the terminal. I want the system to ask for the password every time I mount it, but for some reason it keeps remembering.

This is how I mount it: hdiutil attach ~/path/to/my/bundle -mountpoint ~/my/mountpoint

These are some of the ways I've tried to unmount it:

hdiutil detach -force ~/path/to/my/bundle
hdiutil detach -force /Users/me/path/to/my/bundle
hdiutil eject -force ~/path/to/my/bundle
diskutil eject ~/path/to/my/bundle
diskutil unmount force ~/path/to/my/bundle

(I've read here that hdiutil unmount is not sufficient to make the system forget the password.)

However, whatever I try, the system "helpfully" remembers the password each time.

Only when I use the eject button in Finder, does the system forget the password.

EDIT: Also, there is no entry in my keychain that suggest the password has been cached. (At least, I can't find it. There are none with kind disk image password.)

What am I missing here? How can I make sure the sytem always asks for the password, each time I mount the sparsebundle?

EDIT 2: I've created a new sparsebundle, with a new name and a different password, but the problem persists.


texts: Will Apple still accept new iOS 8.4 apps?

texts:
I have an app that's close to release. And of course, we didn't get in before iOS 9 came out.

Does apple still accept new applications that work in both iOS 8.4 and iOS 9.x or are we limited to only bug fixes, etc. for existing apps in iOS 8.4 (as we were with 7.x a few months ago), and only releasing new apps for iOS 9.x?

Is there a definitive web page for this information?


texts:
I'm trying to install Yeoman.io and part of it requires Homebrew to be installed. I am on Mountain Lion (10.8) and things seemed to install correctly except when I run $ homebrew doctor it complains with the following message:

Warning: Homebrew's sbin was not found in your path.
Consider amending your PATH variable so it contains:
/usr/local/sbin

Here is what my ~/.bashrc looks like:

#PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.rvm/bin # Add RVM to PATH for scripting
setenv PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$HOME/.rvm/bin:$PATH

and my .bash_profile looks like:

[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"

I use RVM so it's written in its own stuff in case that affects the homebrew installation.


texts: Stop Safari (MacOS) from suggesting password on captive portal

texts:
I'm often logged into a non-public Network, where I was given a user name and password for the captive portal to gain internet access.

In Safari on my MacBook, I made a bookmark for the portal page and stored the password. Now when I connect to the network, I can open the bookmark, click on the key symbol to fill my credentials and log in.

But since a few weeks (or months? I don't remember if it is connected to some update I made) about a second after filling the saved password, Safari suggests to use some cyptic password like it does when you register for some service. It's a nice feature when you are asked to invent a new password, but completely weird when logging in with a stored password (which I can't even change!).

Now I always need to click, that I don't want that suggested password and select the stored password a second time. How can I stop this annoying "feature"?


texts: When mac Awakes From Sleep Apple logo flashes?

texts:
After Updating to mac os High Sierra Whenever Macbook awakes from sleep it flashes a white screen with apple logo and progress bar and sometimes it shows freezed image of the app that i was working on .

reset Smc , nvram and installed new os nothing fixed this .
Device:- Macbook Pro mid 2012
Os:- mac os High Sierra


texts: 75 GB is missing under 'Other volumes' category

texts: I think I might have created a partition a while ago for Boot Camp. Can you please help how to get the space back?


texts: How do I disable the prompt to discard or keep downloads in Google Chrome on Mac OS?

texts:
I have seen other posts asking similar questions to this but they were for Ubuntu and Windows. All answers were exclusive to the respective operating system. I have not seen something that will work for Mac OS users to get the desired result: Disabling the prompt to Discard or to Keep (requiring annoying user intervention to initiate the download) so that downloads just download regardless of their extension type.

I have found a solution to Disable Google Chrome's Safe Browsing feature but that's not what I'm after. Downloads still require user intervention for some file types (such as DMGs which typically contain Applications)

I'm hoping there's a simple solution to this annoyance.

Here's a screenshot of the prompt.


texts:
I have been trying to install gofortran with the command: tar -xvf /Users/usr/Downloads/gcc-7.3-bin.tar.gz -C /

I immediately get the error:
x usr/local/: Can't set user=0/group=0 for usr/localFailed to set file flags

I tried
sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/* from other answers but it does not make any difference. I am using High Sierra.


texts: How do I change GNU Screen's meta-key to Cmd-a?

texts:
GNU Screen's default meta-key is Ctrl-a, which is really inconvenient for me because I frequently use Ctrl-a and Ctrl-e to move the cursor to the beginning or end of the line.

I'd prefer to change this to Cmd-a instead. I know this can be changed in my .screenrc file, but how do I encode the Cmd key?


texts: Custom folder icon doesn't display for SD card — shows as "generic .png" icon

texts:
This is quite perplexing. I created a new folder icon to use with my SD cards. But on one of the SD cards, on one of my computers, it shows only as the "generic .png" icon.

Here's where it gets perplexing:

I set the icon by bringing my image up in preview, selecting all, hitting copy, then opening file info on the SD card, selecting the icon, and hitting paste.
I have two identical SD cards. Using the exact same .png file for both of them, one displays correctly, while the other shows the "generic .png" icon.
Reformatting the card did not help.
Inserting the card into a different Mac worked fine.

So: the icon fails to display on only one SD card on only one Macbook.

I'm guessing that the system has stored some metadata somewhere that causes it to "remember" that one SD card and decide not to display its icon.

Has anybody ever seen this before? Anybody know a fix?

Edit: I was forced to reboot my computer for other reasons, and the problem went away before I had a chance to try any of your suggestions.


texts:
If I were to buy a used iPhone 4 (e.g. from eBay), which carrier(s) would allow me to activate it without a contract?  Is there an activation fee?  Anything else I should be aware of?

UPDATE:
It seems there is less knowledge as to what Verizon's policy is, and as luck would have it they're my current provider.  I would like to know what their policies are also, if anyone happens to know.


texts: How can I empty the trash with "rm -rf ~/.Trash/*" from Finder?

texts: Sometimes emptying the trash in Finder takes significantly longer than just running rm -rf ~/.Trash. Is there some way to remap the "right click on trash in dock + click to empty trash" button to a script?


texts: How to display zero value as blank cell in mac numbers 3.1

texts:
How do I display zero value as blank cell in mac numbers 3.1 yet maintain a formula.  I want a running balance column that only shows balance to the line of the last entry like a checkbook register.
Thanks.


texts:
I'm thinking of doing an alarm clock for iPhone with music as alarm sound.
I have also evaluated similar apps.
They all seems to share the same limitation.
If the app is not active when the alarm is triggered music cannot be played.

So the question, is this a limitation in iOS ?


texts: Sidebar folder shortcuts all disappeared after update

texts:
I've just updated from 10.10.1 to 10.10.3 and now all of the folder shortcuts on my sidebar have disappeared, e.g., 'Desktop', 'Downloads'. Does anyone know how to fix it?

Thanks


texts: How does one enable a terminal color profile for macOS Dark Mode?

texts:
In macOS dark mode, the font becomes #fff in my terminal,
is there any way to set it to black? or just add another theme for terminal.app in macOS dark mode?


texts: Why does word completion not work in Mail?

texts:
If I remember correctly Mail had the possibility of showing a word completion list as described here when you type a word partially and press Option+esc.
Now this function has stopped working in Mail, and I don't understand why.
If I try the same in TextEdit or the Safari address bar it still works.
How can I restore this functionality in Mail in the first place?
Or have I been dreaming and was this functionality never present in Mail?

I'm on Mountain Lion 10.8.5 with Mail 6.6. I don't have any Mail plugins installed.


texts: How to add a contact to notes on iPhone?

texts: I am trying to add a contact to my Notes in iPhone. There is no Notes suggestion in the share options. Is there a way to add Notes to the list of suggestions or actions?


texts: Mac Sierra, iCloud > Notes is greyed out

texts: I recently updated to MacOS Sierra Version 10.12.2. In the System Preferences > Internet Accounts > iCloud > Notes. The Notes application is greyed out. It was working fine in El Capitan. Did someone face this issue? Thanks in advance.


texts: iMessage / iCloud via SSH Port forward to get through firewall

texts: What ports does iCloud and iMessage use and is it possible to use SSH port forwarding via  a proxy to use them on a network that blocks the services?


texts: iCloud Drive not working after El Capitan upgrade, files not in com~apple~CloudDocs

texts:
On one of my computers, iCloud Drive is not working after upgrading to El Capitan. The iCloud Drive folder is missing all my files in finder. Normally, these files are stored in ~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/ for me locally. However, even this folder is empty. My iCloud Drive shows up fine on another one of my computers. I thought a fix may be to disable and reenable iCloud Drive in System Preferences, but when I do that I get the following message...

I have important files on iCloud Drive, so a cautiously click cancel. I have about 40 GB of files on it. I'm wondering if I should just be patient. I installed El Capitan two nights ago and need to access my files. I've been riddled with problems with iCloud Drive. After some misguided tinkering, many of my files take a ridiculously long time to load, but that's another thread. Does anyone know how I can safely get my iCloud Drive files back on my computer?

edit: In reponse to the first answer. brctl log --wait --shorten gives

[note]    0.000 [2015-10-02 19:59:14.231] sqlite.clientTruth             sync-down.periodic-sync BRCPeriodicSyncOperation.m:137
    scheduled a useless periodic sync
[note]  717.386 [2015-10-02 20:11:11.617] sqlite.serverTruth             zone.server               BRCServerZone.m:771
    received 0 edited items from the cloud for com.apple.CloudDocs
[note]  723.513 [2015-10-02 20:11:17.743] sqlite.serverTruth             zone.server               BRCServerZone.m:771
    received 200 edited items from the cloud for com.apple.CloudDocs
[note]  2317.776 [2015-10-02 20:37:52.007] xpc.activity.com.apple.bird.configuration-server-update user-defaults           BRCUserDefaults.m:335
    downloading iCloud Drive configuration
[note]  2508.863 [2015-10-02 20:41:03.093] sqlite.serverTruth             zone.server               BRCServerZone.m:771
    received 0 edited items from the cloud for com.apple.CloudDocs
[note]  2514.711 [2015-10-02 20:41:08.941] sqlite.serverTruth             zone.server               BRCServerZone.m:771
    received 200 edited items from the cloud for com.apple.CloudDocs
[note]  4009.626 [2015-10-02 21:06:03.856] sqlite.serverTruth             zone.server               BRCServerZone.m:771
    received 0 edited items from the cloud for com.apple.CloudDocs
[note]  4016.041 [2015-10-02 21:06:10.272] sqlite.serverTruth             zone.server               BRCServerZone.m:771
    received 200 edited items from the cloud for com.apple.CloudDocs
[note]  5433.434 [2015-10-02 21:29:47.665] sqlite.serverTruth             zone.server               BRCServerZone.m:771
    received 0 edited items from the cloud for com.apple.CloudDocs
[note]  5440.516 [2015-10-02 21:29:54.746] sqlite.serverTruth             zone.server               BRCServerZone.m:771
    received 200 edited items from the cloud for com.apple.CloudDocs


texts: Will FaceTime reveal my caller ID on an incoming call?

texts:
Obviously if I initiate a FaceTime call then the recipient will see the caller ID that I've selected in my FaceTime settings.

However, if someone calls me at one of my alternative addresses, is my chosen caller ID revealed to them in any way? Or will they still only know about the address/number they used?


texts: I’ve just erased all data and settings in my iPhone 3GS. I’ve upgraded to the latest iOS (6.0.1) before that. Will erasing all data and settings affect my previous upgrade?


texts: How to boot into recovery mode without cmd-r?

texts:
I am trying to boot into recovery mode on a Mac Pro with 10.11.1.

I have a firmware password set. When I boot into the boot menu (alt key), I can click on the password textfield and type the password and click on the round button next to it to proceed to the boot menu.

However, when I try to boot into recovery mode with cmd-r, the mouse doesn't react and, why?, the password textfield doesn't have focus. I cannot type the password.

How can I boot into recovery mode without being confronted with this dilemma?


texts: How can I tell Time Machine to keep using its former backup?

texts:
For some reason Time Machine doesn't think that the backups on my external drive are for my current computer.

How can I point Time Machine at the former backup files so it can pick up where it left off?


texts: Sound often randomly disappears from menu bar

texts:
System Preferences > Show volume in menu bar often randomly unchecks itself since upgrading to Big Sur.
Very annoying to look to change my volume or sound output, then find it missing from the menu bar.
How can I stop this from happening?


texts: How can I repair an NTFS partition from Lion?

texts:
What free tool can I use to repair an NTFS partition under Lion.

I already have Tuxera NTFS on it and I do not want to install windows for this task.


texts: AppleScript / Javascript : remove columns in Safari

texts:
Is there a way to remove all instance of a class in safari using AppleScript/Javascript ?

For e.g I would like to remove each instance of :

`<td class="sortable cardTypeDisplayName">

                                    Visa

                            </td>`

I suppose that might have something to do with this but I'm lost in the script as I don't have experience with JS

tell application "Safari"
    set RemoveWhatIDontWant to do JavaScript "javascript:Array.from(document.getElementsByClassName('sortable cardTypeDisplayName'))
.forEach(function(v){v.removeAttribute('sortable cardTypeDisplayName');});" in document 1
end tell

UPDATE :

tell application "Safari"
    do JavaScript "document.querySelectorAll("[class=\"sortable cardTypeDisplayName\"]")
        .forEach(el => el.remove());" in tab 1 of window 1
end tell

Result :

  Syntax Error Expected end of line but found “[”.


texts: iMac 2008 Core 2 Duo does not list my bootable USB stick in the boot menu?

texts: Hi i am trying to install OS X El Capitan on iMac 2008 model Core 2 Duo processor, and  4GB Ram. The way i followed is i created a USB bootable stick and insert to mac machine and restarted the Machine then i  pressed C key in keyboard and i waited more than 30 seconds then it is not showing any usb Bootable option and later it booted directly. Even i can`t able to Boot CD Drive also. can any one help me out here please.


texts: How can I use my iPad as a graphics tablet?

texts:
I have an iPad and would like to use it as a graphics tablet for recording video tutorials on my computer.

What software should I use to allow the iPad to be an input device to control my PC directly? I want to be able to draw on my computer via the iPad. It would work like the Bamboo Pen Tablet like the one in the "graphics tablet" link.


texts: How to delete a podcast episode without advancing to the end

texts:
I listen to podcasts on my iPhone X. Sometimes I want to delete a podcast episode mid-listen and not finish it. I can see and delete unplayed episodes or fully played episodes, but cannot figure out how to delete episodes that I haven't finished. How can this be done? Is it possible but something in settings is preventing it?

My workaround is to advance the player to the last few seconds of the episode, let it finish playing, then delete it.


texts: IPv6 router advertisements for PPP0 (VPN) on the iPhone

texts:
I use IPv6 on the iPhone and it is working fine on the WiFi - I have radvd (router advertisement deamon) in the router and iPhone gets configured automatically.

Problem is when I use VPN through the EDGE/3G to my router. It works good for IPv4 but ppp0 interface doesn't autoconfigure via router adverts. It has only link address fe80*** assigned. If I assign a global ipv6 address to the ppp0 and create a default route, everything works fine.

So my question is - why doesn't ppp0 autoconfigure using RAdvs while en0 does?
I am sure I have radvd configured correctly for VPN connections as I can capture RAdvs and I can connect to it from a Linux box and it gets configured correctly.


texts: Is there a way in Xcode to go to a particular class from the view hierarchy without having to type it out using cmd+shift+o?

texts: Whenever I open the view hierarchy of my app to see which classes I should edit, there is no way for me to just tap in the name and go to the class that I want to edit. Is there a way to do this?


texts: Thesaurus in other language in Dictionary app?

texts:
If I open the Dictionary app's preferences, I can choose different sources. One of the sources is an English thesaurus. Since I'm studying some other languages (like Spanish), I'd like to see thesauruses in those other languages too, but they are not available on my computer. The only thesaurus is the English one.
Are other languages available in other countries? Is there a way to download them?


texts: Changing an Apple ID from one @icloud.com address to another

texts:
I have an Apple ID which ends with @icloud.com and I want to change it to another @icloud.com, @me.com, or @mac.com. I've found a page which describes how to do that but it seems it doesn't work for me. I turned off two-factor authentication and removed all my devices. But there is no the following option:

  Under your Apple ID, click Change Apple ID.

Could you help me?


texts: How can I find out the temperature of my Macbook Pro?

texts: Is there a built-in way to find out the temperature of my Macbook Pro?


texts: Is there any keyboard shortcut to add bookmarks in Safari?

texts: I am simply fed-up of adding bookmarks in Safari by long pressing the plus icon beside the safari omni-box so is there any one key keyboard shortcut to add bookmarks in Safari?


texts:
I set up an Automator Service that receives selected text and then runs a simple shell script to pass the text to open google translate:

open https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/"$@"

It opens google translate just fine, but doesn't pass the text along with it. How can I fix?

google translate service


texts: What is the quickest way to unmute the phone app on a locked iPhone?

texts:
I use my iPhone to connect to conference calls at work. Frequently I'll need to speak up, with little notice. But it takes me upwards of three seconds to be able to unmute to speak:

Click home button to bring up lock screen.
Use fingerprint to unlock phone.
Hit green bar at the top to get into the current call.
Hit "Hide" on the keypad if it's up.
Finally, hit mute button to unmute.

I have Googled around and not found any sort of shortcut here. Even the ear buds lack any sort of unmute feature. My workaround has been to sit there and fiddle with the phone screen for the whole call so it doesn't lock itself.

What can I do to improve this situation?


texts:
Unable to close apps from mission control, Mavericks OS X.

I do not get an "X" to close, and after downloading BetterTouchTool and attempting the close window with cursor over window (which says is suppose to work in mission control) I still have no luck. After reading some reviews I am going to wait downloading Yosemite and become comfortable with Mavericks. New Mac user as of 2/16/15.


texts: Spotlight not showing Bing results on iOS 8

texts:
I'm running iOS 8.0.2 on iPhone 5 and was really hyped about being able to get web search results from Spotlight.
Unfortunately whenever I type a query into Spotlight it doesn't display Bing results.

Any guesses on what the issue here could be? (Screenshot attached below)


texts: Small XCode Bug where No Output is Shown

texts:
I've recently begun to learn how to program in C, and have been using the application XCode (ver 7.2) to do so. For the most part, it's been working very well, but I've recently come across a problem:

Whenever I run the main.c file, a popup showing me that the "Build Succeeded," but there is no output shown in the console. Even worse, when I activate the console and run it, the console just goes hides and does not show any output... I've tried looking, but it doesn't seem like this issue is too common... Any help is greatly appreciated.


texts:
I am trying to restore a dead windows machine, all I have access to currently is an old mac. I am trying to accomplish this by downloading the Win 10 1809 iso and creating a bootable USB stick with it.

Most search and stackexchange results walk through doing this with Boot Camp assistant, however it appears this ability has been removed in OSX 10.14, as I get an error message when I try to launch boot camp with any usb devices plugged in.

Is there a workaround or other suggested way to do this? I have attempted downloading a few free tools which do not seem to work for various reasons, just wondering if I'm missing something obvious built into the OS before I start trying to dive into a specific tool to figure out what the problem is.


texts: Fastest way to get a photo from iPhone to Mac?

texts:
I just want to snap a photo on my phone and work with it on my Mac. Currently I text it to myself (so it comes up in Messages on the desktop)-- quick but hacky. Email is 2nd option (slower). Airdrop doesn't work iPhone to Mac.

I guess the "official" method would be via iPhoto-- but Photo Stream takes time to sync and even after it does, launching iPhoto and exporting a single image to JPG is massively more complicated than it should be, so going this route is really the last resort.

Is the answer Dropbox Photo Sync, or some other 3rd-party app/service?

(P.S. to mods, AFAIK this is not a dupe question-- I searched existing questions closely before posting.)


texts: Can I activate three 3GS iPhones if i set them all back to factory settings using iTunes?

texts: I was wondering if I have 3 3GS iPhones and they are all locked and I set them back to factory settings using iTunes, if I could activate them and just activate using one SIM card and then use them just with WiFi with out the SIM card?


texts: How do I view images embedded into a wiki on Wiki Server 4 (OS X 10.9.5) on other computers?

texts:
A group I am a part of uses Wiki Server 4 to share information. Recently, I've found that when I upload/embed images from my computer onto a Wiki Page, those same images are not visible on other computers (even within the same browser - Safari).

Is there anything I can do so that embedded images are visible within a wiki page for all users on different computers (and different operating systems - Windows 7 verse OS X)?


texts: CrashPlan's top-bar icon, how to get it?

texts: I have two Macs running CrashPlan. In one of them, one day, a CrashPlan icon appeared on the top menu bar that informs me when backups are being done, how much is backed up, etc. In the other one, I don't have that icon. Any ideas how to get it to appear?


texts:
When I compress a folder or file by right click menu of Mac OS X, the archived file contains .DS_Store and __MACOSX folders. Because I share the archived file online for download, Windows users mistakenly trying to search the file in __MACOSX folder.

I need to have a cleaner archive option. I do not want to include .DS_Store and __MACOSX folder, but only the file or folder into the archive file.

All I found is CleanArchiver but it is GUI application. It really takes time and I have lots of files to compress. I am looking for a solution by context menu if possible.

Is there any solution that you can recommend for clean compressing?


texts: Using Mouse scroll plus Control for iWork suite?

texts:
I would like to use zoom function in Pages / Keynote using Mouse scroll + Control while I work most of the time using an external monitor without trackpad.
Such feature works in .pdf viewer or Affinity designer, which I use on regular basis.
Is there any way to adjust such zooming for the iWork Apps?


texts: How do I get audio CD to open in iTunes for ripping?

texts:
I have a Macbook Pro (latest version) and iTunes 10.1.1.  I have the preferences set in iTunes to prompt to import an audio CD when it's inserted into the drive, and my System Preferences set to throw audio CDs over to iTunes, but whenever I put in an audio CD, it just starts playing (and not through iTunes).  I don't see any other players pop up w/ controls, either, and if iTunes isnt' already open, it doesn't open but I see the same behavior (i.e. music starts playing).

Any ideas of what I am missing?


texts: How to Get Expanded Synology Raid to be Recognized in Mac OS?

texts:
I recently purchased a DS517 to expand my DS1817+ Raid. I went through all the steps on the Synology side to increase the volume size. However, my Mac OS computer is still showing the old size of 53.7 TB instead of the new size of 92.8 TB.

When I try to use Disk Utility and go through the Partition tab. I can select the "Free Space" and click the "-" sign, and it shows the projected new space of 92.8 TB. When I click "Apply" it gives me the error of:

  "The new size must be different than the existing size."

In Terminal, when I run "diskutil list" I can see the new size, but the container it's in is the old size. It shows -

/dev/disk4 (external):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                         92.8 TB    disk4
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk4s1
   2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk5         53.7 TB    disk4s2

/dev/disk5 (synthesized):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +53.7 TB    disk5
                                 Physical Store disk4s2
   1:                APFS Volume CC-SYN1                 52.6 TB    disk5s1

I've found commands such as diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk4s2 0 that supposedly are supposed to fix it, but it gives me the error of:

  Error: -69743: The new size must be different than the existing size

I don't have a spare 54 TB raid sitting somewhere to where I can just format and start over, so I'm hoping there's a way to get the container to show the new size. It's obviously there, but after searching Google for hours and seeing mostly the same "solutions" without it working, I'm not sure what else to do/try.


texts: Disable Terminal's title bar directory on Lion

texts:
i was wondering if there was any way of disabling the folder location on the titlebar of the built-in terminal application on Lion. I mean:

Any ideas ?


texts: I just installed MacOS Sierra on my macBookPro , I realised startup is slower than in Mavericks, can anyone direct me how can I or what Can I do to speed up boot and after booth startup. My MacBook RAM is 4GB, I hope this is not a problem otherwise.


texts: Encrypted sparsebundle password appears to be cached

texts:
I use this command to mount an encrypted volume:

hdiutil mount ~/Documents/secret.sparsebundle/

On first use I'm prompted for a password. I then close it either by clicking 'eject' in finder or the matching hdiutil unmount command.

If I try and re-open it using the original command, I'm sometimes granted access without the password challenge. This appears to occur across terminal sessions and (overnight) screen locks.

Is this expected behaviour or a bug? How do I ensure that the passwords are not cached?


texts: How display file path at bottom in "All My Files" on Sierra 10.12.3?

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On older versions of macOS there used to be a file path at the bottom of "All My Files" so you could see where the files were located & click to path if wanted.

Here's a random example I found online:

(file path can be seen at very bottom)

How can I enable this on Sierra (10.12.3)?


texts: How can I automatically log out the guest account after a period of inactivity?

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As part of a kiosk system, I have set up a Guest account on a Mac OS X Snow Leopard computer. This account is cleared every time someone logs off the computer. However, plenty of people don't. Is there any way that I can automatically log out this guest account after a period of inactivity?

I tried using the security preferences pane, but that just causes the confirm logout dialog to show up.

I have hacked around the /System/Library/User Templates/ folder, so I can set the screensaver, desktop background, &c. If something like ScriptSaver can solve my problem, I will gladly use it.


texts: I'm trying to use an SSH tunnel for a web proxy. I've done this sort of thing before (for games.) I fire up firefox and tell it to proxy through localhost 12345 for everything. Then, ssh user@host -L 12345:localhost:8080 -N. When I try to use the browser, I get "connection refused." I enabled all the flags in sshd_config and restarted. No idea how to proceed. HALP!


texts: I erased an APFS Volume containing a second OSX installation (trying out Mojave) but my Mac keeps trying to boot into it

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I added a Second Volume to my Main APFS Container to install and try Mojave (I'm running High Sierra).  I decided that Mojave is not for me and I erased the volume from Disk Utility.  My Mac still tries to boot into Mojave by default when I restart my computer (it fails because that volume doesn't exist anymore).

In order to go into my High Sierra OS, I always have to boot with Alt pressed to choose the boot disk.  If I don't do this, I get the "" icon.

The weird thing is that this volume was indeed erased and does not appear on Disk Utility nor on the Startup Disk menu in System Preferences.

How can I fix this? I want to remove the "Mojave" Volume from the boot disks so that my computer will start normally when I turn it on.

EDIT: I seem to have found something useful in this post, but it is for people who still haven't erased the volume from Disk Utility.  I don't know how to do it in my case, where I already erased it.


texts: How to disable Open Directory to startup with Mac OS X

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I was recently given a computer by the IT dept. at my company, right before the IT guy left for a few days... However it isn't configured to be used:

From what I understand this is called "Open Directory". I don't need it for the work I'm doing. How do I start the computer with the "normal" Mac OS X?

I do not have a way to go past the prompt.

I couldn't find anything online about this.


texts: How can I trigger scripts (lock screen) when leaving a specific WiFi on OSX?

texts: I dimly remember hearing about an OSX application that let you, for example, enable password lock when leaving the current WiFi, but I can't find it anymore. Does anyone know how it's called? Thanks!


texts: Where to get logs of "system preferences" > "profile" importation?

texts: I have created a VPN profile with Apple Configurator 2, I'm now trying to import it via System Preferences > Profiles, but I'm getting the unsuccessful message below without details. Where can I see error logs ?


texts: How many backups does iCloud save for iPhones?

texts:
I've noticed that after restoring or erasing an iPhone and setting it up, you're offered backups to restore from iCloud.

How many and how old are these backups.  I couldn't find any articles explaining this.


texts: How do I disable hiding of the mouse pointer while typing text?

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I think I'm finally annoyed enough with my mouse pointer disappearing as I start typing to want to do something about it.

I want to move the mouse. I want to click. I want to start typing, but I want the mouse pointer to stay as is. I end up having to move the mouse just to figure out where the pointer is and I hate that.

How do I do this? Is this a switch I can toggle from within Mac OS or will I have to use a third-party app? I dug around System Preferences and Keyboard settings, but I didn't find anything relevant.

I'm running Mountain Lion 10.8.2 on an iMac. At this moment, it's a Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 1000 along with the regular Apple Wireless Keyboard.


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When a MacBook fails at my workplace, we, in the IT department*, swap the computer for another one and migrate the user's account over (using the Migration Assistant).

I have found lately that we are having problems migrating users from Mac OS X 10.5 systems (which is what we have licenses for) to other 10.5 systems, and haven't been able to figure out why.

Here's what I've determined:

Migration works perfectly when:

I migrate from 10.4 to 10.5
I migrate from 10.5 to 10.6

When I migrate from 10.5 to 10.5, I get:

occasionally, the migration assistant refuses to recognize that I've plugged in another Mac in target disk mode.
often, I can see the machine, and accounts that should reside on it, but they all show up as being 0 KB in size, and the migration assistant refuses to transfer a sum total of 0 KB.
Distressingly, I've seen some accounts show up at what seems to be the right size, but other accounts, that only reside on the destination computer and aren't on the source computer at all, also show up!
I have not been able to migrate using a network cable at all; even with the airports turned off and an ethernet cable between two MacBooks, after I type in the verification numbers shown on the destination onto the source, the two computers do not see each other.

I've wondered if our 10.5 image is messed up.  For a time, I though that perhaps the older image, on the machines we were migrating from, is to blame.  However, I see these sorts of issues using a freshly installed version of Leopard on both machines, either 10.5.0, or 10.5.8.

If I use the Setup Assistant (which occurs at first boot) to try to migrate files, it will claim that the other computer does not have Mac OS X installed.  (Sorry, I don't have the exact wording handy).

[Incidentally, if no one has an answer, have other people managed to migrate users from Leopard to Leopard successfully?  I could swear we've done it in the past, but I haven't been able to reproduce it!]

*: I am assuming this question fits here better than at serverfault, because it is a procedure regular users can perform.


texts: All my files seem to have disappeared after OS X Maverick update

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I recently did an update on my mac Mavericks It asked me to set up an account after it installed and now all of my files, apps and software have disappeared. I've read a similar post on here where the advice has been to go into /users, and if your home sharing file is there then simply log back into that account, BUT, my computer didn't have an "account" of such before hand, no password or logging,

does this mean that all my files are lost for good? they seem to still be on there somewhere as my the same amount of memory is being used, and I can find random files from before - I just can't open them because I'm on the wrong account, is there anyway of retrieving my stuff if I didn't have an account before?
The picture above shows what is shown in /users - "dummy" is just an account a made in an attempt to fix the issue, "katiewatts" is the account it asked me to create after it installed and "shared" which has other files in it but nothing in those files I don't think.

I'm really stuck and would like to avoid taking it for data recovery as there's nothing wrong with the computer itself, any help will be much appreciated!


texts: No output from MacBook Pro audio jack (input OK)

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I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) and I've tried just about everything I can think of to fix this.  The problem is that I can't hear anything out of my headphone jack.  I can set it to input instead of output and I can input audio just fine, but it refuses to output (yes, I'm using the proper "Use audio port for:" settings.)  I can get normal output from the mac speakers.

I can't remember having this problem before.  The only difference is that I just moved into my college dorm.  There was nothing abnormal about the move; put my laptop in its case, headed about 10 miles from my house, and I was there.  Here's what I've tried:

Resetting the PRAM
Everything in System Pref>Sound
Changing bit rate in Audio MIDI Setup
Jiggling a toothpick into the audio port (No, I don't have the red light problem)
Taking out, putting to sleep, plugging in, and waking up
Trying my headphones with something else
Sacrificing a new-born child

And still nothing works.  Any other suggestions that I haven't thought of would be appreciated!


texts: Images are intermittently distorted when copy-pasted into Power Point

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This is just a small addition to an existing topic, but it's driving me crazy and I don't see an answer anywhere, or have time to gain user points. I reluctantly switched to High Sierra recently on my MacBook and MacBook Pro (I have a lot of old software I'm happy with). When pasting images from a browser or pdf (or probably anywhere) into Office 2008 Power Point, they often come out skewed in the way others have shown. Doesn't seem to matter if I use shortcut keys, or Paste, or Paste Special. What will sometimes cure it is closing the Power Point and opening it again, which is obviously not very practical. I can paste into Illustrator, so it seems to be a Power Point issue. Has anybody figured this out?

Thanks,

Barbara


texts: I am planning to visit a relative that has an ATV-4K and plan to bring wedding videos for everyone to view.  What file formats can the ATV play from a SAMBA share?  If you have had success please state this in your reply: thank you


texts: What happens after an iPhone has its data auto-erased?

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On the "Touch ID & Passcode", there's the option "Erase Data", which says

  Erase all data on this iPhone after 10 failed passcode attempts.

  Data protection is enabled.

Is it possible to restore the phone using a laptop that has backed up the iPhone?


texts: iMessage - Why is someone prompted to pick one of my connected iMessage contact points?

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I have my phone/mail(s) connected in iMessage

The other user has all of this information in a single contact card for me

When they message me, they are prompted to pick one of the 3 methods - why is that?

This user's chats are showing up as multiple separate threads on my phone, really annoying!

How can I fix this?
I have rechecked that both my phone and the other user's contact info is correct


texts: How do I get my HP PHotosmart 7520 setup to scan to mac?

texts: I have my HP Photosmart wireless printer setup successfully to print from my MacBook, but cannot get the scan to PC function to work.  Help!


texts:
Is there a way to disable the sound made when sticky-keys are enabled or disabled by press-shift-five-times?

Since changing to OS X 10.9, this sound is played every time on startup, which is quite annoying.


texts: Folder With Question Mark After SSD Upgrade And OS Reinstall

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I have a problem with my friend’s iMac (mid-2010) that I'm fixing. I’ve replaced his hard drive with an SSD (the Samsung 850 evo) and after reinstalling the OS via recovery mode (cmd+R) it shows a folder with a question mark in it during the boot.

Here's what I've tried so far to fix it:

1) Tried another hard disk (used a 2.5” mechanical drive that I otherwise use for backups) and it worked without the issue on this one.

2)Tried upgrading the sata cable with a new one but it didn’t work.

3)Run First Aid From Disk Utility. The SSD is ok:

4) Tried to select the Startup Disk, but the SSD doesn’t show up! What’s strange is that I can see the SSD in Disk Utility and I was even able to perform the OS installation, but yet it doesn't show up when selecting a startup disk.

5) Tried NVRAM reset (cmd+opt+R+P) but it still doesn't work.

6) Connected the SSD to my PC via a sata to usb cable to check if it works and it works correctly there.

The crazy thing is that I can erase the SSD with disk utility, I can reinstall the OS and at the end of the installation, after the reboot, it still shows the folder with the question mark during boot.

What else can I try to fix the issue?

Here's how the SSD shows up in Disk Utility:


texts: How to add music to ipad Music-app from iCloud-drive

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I have uploaded all my music and epubs to iCloud-drive in different folders.

For books to be added to iBooks I had to select one book at a time and then select option Copy to iBooks and now the books are appearing in iBooks.

Similarly I tried for my audios which plays from iCloud-drive app but I don't see any similar feature to add it to the Music app library so that I can use the features of the Music app like playlists and all. Also I don't see any option in Music-app to add music from iCloud-drive.

I am using latest iPad with iOS-11.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.


texts: Outlook - Keyboard shortcut for searching across all folders

texts:
Say I want to run searches like the following:

from: John
to: Emily

across all my Email folders (i.e. inbox, sent, etc.) in Outlook 2011.

How can I set up a keyboard shortcut so that Outlook takes me to a text field where I can enter those queries?


texts: If iOS 9 automatically downloads (I know it doesn't automatically install, but it does automatically download) on an iPhone with iOS 8, and I delete the update file from the Settings app, will iOS 9 redownload automatically?


texts: Yosemite - Sleep Wake Failure - MBP Late 2013

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I have the following MBP which is currently running Yosemite V10.10.2

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB

Ever since I upgraded to Yosemite I get persistent crashes when the machine wakes from sleeping. It's very intermittent, sometimes it'll be fine for days and others it will happen a few times per day. Either way it's very frustrating.

It results in the laptop simply being switched off when I reopen the lid and I have to start again by pressing the power button. Or it has rebooted already and is back at the login prompt. Again, there is no clear pattern when either of those happens though.

The applications I run every day and are usually open when it happens are Chrome and VMWare Fusion 7 running a single VM with Windows8. I also have iPhoto and Eclipse open more often than not.

I've searched the forum and a few people seem to be experiencing similar but not exactly the same symptoms. A search on the reported code doesn't return any results. I've tried a PRAM reset but I get the same behaviour.

Is there any way of diagnosing exactly what's causing this?

Many thanks,
Lee

The Problem Report lists the following details:

Date/Time:       2015-02-03 20:44:27 +0000
OS Version:      10.10.2 (Build 14C109)
Architecture:    x86_64h
Report Version: 21
Event:           Sleep Wake Failure
Steps:           1
Hardware model:  MacBookPro11,3
Active cpus:     8

================================================================
Code: 0x13006c00
Model: MacBookPro11,3, BootROM MBP112.0138.B14, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.3 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 2.19f12
Graphics: Intel Iris Pro, Intel Iris Pro, Built-In
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, PCIe, 2048 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, -
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, -
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x134), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.15.159.13.12)
Bluetooth: Version 4.3.2f6 15235, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Thunderbolt Ethernet, Ethernet, en4
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
PCI Card: Apple 57762-A0, Ethernet Controller, Thunderbolt@195,0,0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM0512F, 500.28 GB
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 17.1
Thunderbolt Device: Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter, Apple Inc., 1, 5.5

NOTE: ALSO POSTED ON APPLE FORUM: https://discussions.apple.com/message/27605945#27605945


texts: Every time I turn on macbook pro I get menu for choosing startup disk

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Every time when I turn on my macbook pro mid 2014 I have to choose my startup disk to continue with booting. It behaves as if I am holding the option key...

However, the right option key doesnt work when I want to use it in the OS.

When I turn on MP and hold the left option key it starts booting without boot menu, when I do not hold it it shows the menu.
When I hold the right option key there is no difference.

I have tried apple diagnostics and it shows that everything is ok.
Tried resetting SMC and PRAM and doesnt work.


texts:
How to install Mac OS X as a guest OS in VMware Workstation 8 (running in Ubuntu host)?

The author of this askubuntu question (in the question) claims to have done it, but doesn't say exactly how.  Haven't yet succeeded, tried various procedures (also with Virtualbox with no success) to get Mac OS X guest OS to run on VMware-Ubuntu host.

Example unsuccessful procedure: boot-from-installable-USB procedure based upon a install-Lion-USB-drive creation procedure and then employing the Plop boot manager in VMware.  Results in 'boot0: error' and hang of the guest machine.
Next unsuccessful procedure: same as above but using http://kakewalk.se.  However, the guest OS did boot off of the kakewalk USB stick, but the boot-up "crashed" (possibly because of "unsupported motherboard" or some such).


texts: View and copy webpage source code using Safari on iOS9

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My friend needs to view source code on a webpage and select and copy it.

She says she knows how to view it, but cannot select and copy it since an iOS update "last year".

She uses an iPad 1, and believes it runs iOS 9.


texts: Where does iTunes store my iPhone and iPad backups?

texts:
Where does iTunes store data for iPhone and iPad backups? I know that—on a Mac—the following folder is ostensibly the only location.

~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup

I actually replaced this with a symlink to an external hard drive to free up space on my laptop, and was thus a bit surprised to find that backing up my iPhone nevertheless continued to decrease the free space on my laptop's hard drive. I eventually discovered that the following folder was the culprit.

~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media

Are there any other folders that iTunes uses for its backups?


texts: How to use same TestFlight invitation from different devices?

texts: I want to test beta app with different devices, but when I open app from mail in TestFlight and try to start it refuse and shows "The invite has already been used". Any workaround?


texts: How can I access my scanner directly without going through System Preferences?

texts:
Since my printer has scanning capabilities, the Printers & Scanners pane in System Preferences has the "Scan" tab available.
This is the only known place to start and scan one's document.

I am looking for a quicker way to access my printer scanning window.
searches for AppleScript and Automator solutions did not helped me.

Am I that bad a searching? The smallest hint will be appreciated.


texts: Back in 1987 or 1988 we had a Mac network at college, these would have been either Mac Classic or Mac Plus machines. We used a C compiler on them - what C compilers were around at the time?


texts:
My MacBook air 2015 was lid turned down for more than a month
When I opened the lid, it had 12% battery and I put it on charging and send an email to myself
After I came back it is blank and not turning on, it shows charging and nothing else
Only for the fact that on pressing control, shift, option then power button, charging indicator shows fully charged green then back to orange charging state

My question: Is my mac fine and how to make it working again?


texts:
Can I create a window / UI for applications created using Automator?
Or is this just not possible with Automator apps?

Background:
I created an "application" through Automator, and dragged the app into the Dock and it works fine. However the app does not act like an normal app. e.g. I can't seem to "open" a window for it, or have it in the CMD + Tab menu.

Note: this is a follow up question to: “drag n drop” application to convert images to base64 string for web development

SOLUTION

As per answer below I used the free platypus. I simply created a new script through the UI and copy and pasted the code I'd used for my Automator app:

for f in "$@"
do
    openssl base64 -in "$f" | pbcopy
done

Note: this copies the base64 string to clipboard, and thus I assume its only good for simple imgs (which is all I want it for)


texts: "About this mac -> Storage" show different values than "Macintosh HD"

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I attached images to better illustrate the problem

Notice how the total of all the file folders in the Macintosh HD pic is approximately 150GB

--however--

"About This Mac -> Storage" shows only 24GB free of 250GB

vs

I believe I've reindexed the HD by preforming the following steps:

System Preferences -> Spotlight
Click Privacy tab
Drag Macintosh HD to dropbox and click ok
Remove Macintosh HD from list with "-" button
Restart the mac

The reason I'm trying to figure this out as I'm trying find the files taking up the most space in order to free up space on the mac.


texts: Why does OSX's system font menu sizes skip from 14 to 18?

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This is one of those things that has always seemed odd to me. I'm not sure if it's just typographic advice, or a hold over from when anti-alisiaing wasn't the norm in type but is there a known reason that the "size" options (which can be overridden by manual entry) jump from 14 to 18:

Sometimes you need 15, 16, and 17?!


texts: Somebody with chinese username (hacker?) writes files into folder "users", what's going on?

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I'm the single user of my personal MacBook (macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 (17D102)), using it only inside my single apartment, not inside a network, not connected to anything beside my router, and a user called "Linchengzang" has created a user folder inside my filesystem and is writing Xcode files into it.

The user is not know to the system. I never used Xcode (but I am a developer), and I didn't install any software in the last few days, but these files and folders appered within the last few hours.

It's creepy that these files have suspicios names, all related to auth things.

Can somebody please give me a hint what is going on here ?

Big thanks!


texts:
This charger came with my MacBbook Pro which I bought from India.

The other end is connected to the magsafe adapter's ground pin. What do I need to insert here?


texts:
Some directories make sense to be sorted by date modified, while others make more sense to be kept sorted alphabetically.

How can I make it so that finder will apply a specified sort by selection on a per-directory basis?

If no such feature exists (In which case I hope somebody at APPL is paying attention), I suppose using/remapping the keyboard shortcuts (Defaults being Cmd+Ctrl+5 for Modified and Cmd+Ctrl+1 for Alphabetical by Name) is the next best thing.


texts: Can I use a Mac mini without the power brick?

texts:
I don't have the power brick for my Mac mini with me but I have cord that plugs into the back of it, can I use it without and plug directly into the wall? Any harm?

The model is A1347


texts:
I know the Mac's tend to work intuitively... ;)

Having said that, I often have wondered where the missing manual for Finder is hidden...

Does it exist?


texts: Is it possible to enable a Firefox addon using a terminal command on the mac?

texts:
Is it possible to enable and possibly even configure a Firefox addon using terminal?
Every now and then I need to temporarily disable an addon.  I often then forget to re-enable it but it is really important I keep it running as often as possible.  I thought that if I can enable the addon through a terminal command then I can run that command on a timer somehow.
(please be kind, I'm still new to the mac!)


texts: How to delete leftover files from aborted migrations?

texts:
I recently got a new MacBook Air and used Migration Assistant (henceforth abbreviated as MA) to transfer my stuff from my old MacBook Pro. However, until MA actually worked all the way, I had to abort it and restart both machines three times. This resulted in around 50GB of wasted space in my new macbook (but no extraneous user accounts, as I read elsewhere) that I don't know how to eliminate. I assume there are some cache files that MA creates & uses until the entire migration is complete.

Where can I find these files, to delete the leftover ones from the incomplete migrations?


texts: Having two pointers/mice on the same computer

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Multi Mouse & Keyboard for Mac

Is is possible to have two pointers on the same computer? I was working on a project with a friend and it would've been really nice to have two pointers. Note that I am not asking how to connect two mice to a computer, I want two pointers on the same computer.


texts: Main monitor goes black when using external monitor on MacBook Pro

texts:
This problem happens occasionally frequently with my Macbook Pro. When I plug in one or more external monitors, the main monitor goes black. When I try Detect Displays it does not register the monitor. I assume that this is something to do with a docking port or something like that, but I have no idea how to fix it.

This started occasionally, but now it is happening relatively frequently. Generally, it will either happen within 5 min. of (first) boot or it won't happen at all. Sometimes it does not recur after rebooting.


texts: Android device connection broken in Sierra

texts:
I've recently updated my MBP Retina 2013 to Sierra GM, and today it stopped to connect the Android devices.

I have Android SDK installed and lots of devices available with different OS versions. But when I connect them to my MacBook, they are only charging, ADB does not work and I do not see them connected to USB at all:

$ ioreg -p IOUSB
+-o Root  <class IORegistryEntry, id 0x100000100, retain 17>
  +-o Root Hub Simulation Simulation@1d000000  <class AppleUSBRootHubDevice, id 0x1000002c4, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (11 ms), retain 9>
  | +-o IOUSBHostDevice@1d100000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x1000002c6, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (11 ms), retain 12>
  |   +-o IOUSBHostDevice@1d180000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x1000002e8, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (11 ms), retain 13>
  |     +-o Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad@1d182000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x100000309, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (162 ms), retain 15>
  |     +-o BRCM20702 Hub@1d181000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x100000324, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (12 ms), retain 12>
  |       +-o Bluetooth USB Host Controller@1d181300  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x100000352, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (12 ms), retain 17>
  +-o Root Hub Simulation Simulation@1a000000  <class AppleUSBRootHubDevice, id 0x1000002cb, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (11 ms), retain 9>
  | +-o IOUSBHostDevice@1a100000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x1000002cd, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (12 ms), retain 12>
  |   +-o FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)@1a110000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x100000503, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (114 ms), retain 19>
  +-o Root Hub Simulation Simulation@14000000  <class AppleUSBRootHubDevice, id 0x1000012c4, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (1 ms), retain 8>

When I connect my iPhone:

$ ioreg -p IOUSB
+-o Root  <class IORegistryEntry, id 0x100000100, retain 17>
  +-o Root Hub Simulation Simulation@1d000000  <class AppleUSBRootHubDevice, id 0x1000002c4, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (11 ms), retain 9>
  | +-o IOUSBHostDevice@1d100000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x1000002c6, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (11 ms), retain 12>
  |   +-o IOUSBHostDevice@1d180000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x1000002e8, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (11 ms), retain 13>
  |     +-o Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad@1d182000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x100000309, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (172 ms), retain 15>
  |     +-o BRCM20702 Hub@1d181000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x100000324, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (12 ms), retain 12>
  |       +-o Bluetooth USB Host Controller@1d181300  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x100000352, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (12 ms), retain 17>
  +-o Root Hub Simulation Simulation@1a000000  <class AppleUSBRootHubDevice, id 0x1000002cb, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (11 ms), retain 9>
  | +-o IOUSBHostDevice@1a100000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x1000002cd, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (12 ms), retain 12>
  |   +-o FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)@1a110000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x100000503, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (122 ms), retain 19>
  +-o Root Hub Simulation Simulation@14000000  <class AppleUSBRootHubDevice, id 0x1000012c4, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (1 ms), retain 9>
    +-o iPhone@14200000  <class AppleUSBDevice, id 0x100001414, registered, matched, active, busy 0 (3 ms), retain 19>

I've already tried:

Windows way (reboot MacBook, reboot devices).
Use different USB cable.
Connect to different port (2 available).
Use different devices (already tried 3 Samsung devices, 1 Asus and 1 HTC).

Everything was fine for a few days after the update, but does not work today.

Any suggestions?


texts: What's the cleanest way to integrate apps across multiple devices?

texts:
I have an iPhone and two Macs. I sync my files across all three using iCloud and want to do something similar with my apps: I want to be able to use an app on my iPhone, and use the same app on both of my Macs, for apps where this is possible.
What's the cleanest way to do this? Right now I download the app separately on each device using the same Apple Id, so when I update something in the app from one device, the update is present in the instance of the app on the other devices. Is there a better way to do this?


texts: Why do you need a SIM to "activate" an iPhone

texts:
Why do you need a SIM to "activate" an unlocked iPhone, even to use with iTunes?

What happens if you use a SIM from another network than that you intend to use?


texts: Why can a command in Safari's Javascript (JS) console not call a previously defined function?

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I have the latest MacOS and Safari on a 2012 Macbook Pro.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50513038/how-to-automate-download-of-generated-pdfs/50515826#50515826
provides me with a function and a loop to call multiple times.

If I paste the function definition into the JS console, then the loop command, nothing happens.

If I change the function call to "console.log" and put that in, it prints the correct parameters.

If I redefine the function to call console.log and type in the call again, that works.  If I then paste the original loop, nothing happens.

Conclusion: Safari JS console doesn't allow injected JS to call a user-defined function.

Is that a bug, or is there a security setting that I need to change?


texts:
I had set the speed settings to max. But still slow or at normal speed I assume is the battery. But still no help.
MacBook Air 13-inch 2017
Apple Magic Mouse 2nd generation


texts:
I've plugged in a iPod into my iMac. I've plugged it to the back of the mac where the USB Ports are. It does charge the iPod but whenever i want to add music or delete music i can't since iTunes / My Mac won't recognize my device.

Can anyone help me out here?

For anyone out there here's what a iPod Shuffle looks like :


texts: I can no longer boot into macOS after resizing my bootcamp partition in EaseUS

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I tried to enlarge the bootcamp windows 10 partition by 17gb. I went to disk utility on my mac, resized the mac's partition to smaller leaving 17-18gb of free space, then booted up the windows in bootcamp mode, started easyus partition master. I saw the 17-18gb partition (the only one of that size), wiped it and tried to merge it with the windows partition. EasyUs informed me that the system needs to restart to make these changes. The restart failed 2 times (windows crashed) and finally booted successfully the third time. The partition hasn't change the size. I tried to boot into my macOS to see what is the current structure but it doesn't appear among the bootable Operating Systems after restarting and hiting alt.

My question is similar to this one but I don't seem to have a HFS recovery volume visible. I tried to fix it with gdisk but since I can't find the Recovery HD volume I can't set its GUID nor its properties.

The partitions in EasyUS- the largest one is the MacOS 353,9 gb:

What do I need to do in order to get my beloved macOS back? I have a backup but it's not that recent and I'd love to get this back. From what I understand I will have to change GUID types and attribute value but on what partitions?

I suppose the partition of 492 mb might be the missing Mac recovery partition but is surprisingly  formatted in NTFS...

I attach below the details of macOS 353gb partition. There is an info - there's no volume associated with this partition - seems to be a problem.


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About a week ago my battery status (MacBook Pro mid 2017) claimed that the battery should be replaced after 250 cycles. Now, all of a sudden the battery status has returned to normal.

ioreg -l -w0 |grep Capacity

| |           "AppleRawCurrentCapacity" = 4921
| |           "AppleRawMaxCapacity" = 5067
| |           "MaxCapacity" = 5067
| |           "CurrentCapacity" = 4921
| |           "LegacyBatteryInfo" = {"Amperage"=0,"Flags"=5,"Capacity"=5067,"Current"=4921,"Voltage"=12751,"Cycle Count"=251}
| |           "DesignCapacity" = 6669
| |           "BatteryData" = {"StateOfCharge"=98,"PMUConfigured"=0,"Voltage"=12751,"QmaxCell1"=5827,"AdapterPower"=1100127202,"SystemPower"=3035,"ResScale"=200,"QmaxCell2"=6504,"QmaxCell0"=6376,"CycleCount"=251,"DesignCapacity"=6669}

Is it possible somehow to identify the problem with the battery that evoked the message to replace the battery?


texts: Speakers of Macbook Air 2010 model not working

texts:
I have a 13 inch macbook air 2010 model purchased 3 years ago.

In the past year my speakers are not working.

The speaker icon shows fine, but only there is no sound. More puzzling thing is, while switching on my mac after a shut down, I am getting the OS launch sound perfectly fine. But after that no sound.

Even the headphones are not working, with some muffled sound when i insert in to jack.

Since then I am using blue tooth headphones for past one year.

When I consulted a Apple service center they told that the the mother board itself should be changed, which costs around 30,000 rupees. I just got used to and stopped thinking about it.

One other thing to mention is, the output source is always headphones, even without any headphones in the jack.

Now , after seeing this website, I am just curious if someone has any solution for this.


texts:
I have tried to check "Decline without asking" (Translated).

Now, it won't show where I am on maps and so, but even though I use VPN, Google/Facebook/Youtube and other websites know that I am in Sweden? How can I disable this? Say, I want websites to assume that I am in the UK, or in the USA?


texts: Opening any of the iWork suite brings up over 80 dialogs in a row

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Upon opening Pages, Keynote or Numbers I'm informed that it "needs to download the font X" with a skip or a download button via a dialog (great choice, something that remains in the centre of the screen regardless of which app is focused). It's just one font, it's perhaps 10 or 15 that reappear in a loop. I need to go beyond 80 clicks to clear them, even if I quit the app. Choosing download or skip makes no difference, the fonts are never installed, I don't know if they're even downloaded.

I've tried opening Font Book to download them there but when I click the download button I see a download meter appear and disappear in a flash. The font is never installed. They are all in the list of Mojave downloadable fonts.

I use a standard user account most of the time, so I logged in to my admin account and lo and behold, those 3 apps are marked for update. I ran the update, all 3 downloaded, not one updated.

I'd like to be able to get some work done instead of wondering how to track down and berate the developer that doesn't know not to test installs with elevated privileges, let alone for not making them work, so if you're feeling charitable (to me or that dev), any help will be much appreciated.

MacOS v10.14.6

iWork apps are:

Pages v8.2.1
Numbers v6.2.1
Keynote v9.2.1

I got those version numbers from the GetInfo mechanism, there's no way I'm opening the apps up again.


texts: How to open Microsoft XPS document on OS X?

texts: I got an XPS file from my teacher and I couldn't open it using my Mac. It should be a lecture presentation. Does anybody know how to open it?


texts: how do I get the network connection window to stop popping up?

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This window pops up every few minutes (macbook pro circa 2006 running OS 10.6)

I no longer have this internet service, so how do I get it to go away? Hitting cancel or ok just makes it pop back up in a few minutes. Doesn't matter if the airport is turned on or off - it still comes up.

Thanks!
Kendra


texts: Disable Left/Right Scrolling on Magic Mouse with Google Calendar

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I am a first time Magic Mouse user.  I love the vertical scrolling on web pages.  However, on Google Calendar, scrolling left-to-right makes the calendar move forward and back between months.  I'm constantly accidentally scrolling my calendar with the Magic Mouse.

Is there I way I can tell the Magic Mouse to not do the left/right scroll/swipe thing, but to still do the up/down scroll/swipe thing?  One a per application basis?  Or some other solution I'm not thinking of?  This uber complaint thread makes it seem like it's not possible to disable this feature in Google Calendar (although I'm happy to be corrected there).  10.12.5, if it matters.


texts: Big Sur virtualbox ubuntu can't be opened

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I tried uninstalling using the .dmg file, and also tried csrutil clear and reboot in recovery mode before uninstalling and none of these solutions worked. Please help!! Thanks
Big Sur, macboook air 2019
Edit: I've also checked security in the setting, there's no pop-up.


texts: Can I force my computer to use a specific route to the Internet?

texts:
Here's my setup: both me and my roommate have an Ethernet plug in our rooms to which is assigned a distinct public IP address. Also, my roommate bought a shiny wireless router for his/our various Internet-enabled devices, to which my Mac is connected (because his computer is connected on it, and it's sometimes useful to be on the same subnet).

However, our connections are metered separately and I would find it unfair to make all of my computer's trafic go through the wireless network, and thus, his connection instead of mine. I recall that when I was living at my parent's place, AirPort used to take priority over Ethernet when I was connected to the same router with both. Now it doesn't seem to be the case, but I'm still not sure how my computer decides which network interface it'll use to reach the Internet if they're all connected to it.

Is there a way to force my computer to use my Ethernet connection for everything Internet, only if an Ethernet cable is plugged in?


texts: How can I upload my whole iPhoto-Library to flickr?

texts: Is there any plugin or other tool that I can use to upload my whole iPhoto Library to flickr? What do I need to do with that tool?


texts: How can I change the calendar that an event, added from Mail, is attached to?

texts:
When I double-click an attachment from Mail.app and it gets imported into the Calendar app, I am unable to change the Calendar that the event is in:

However, items that are created from within the application themselves can be changed without issue:

I am also unable to edit them or add notes as well.

Furthermore, these events were previously not syncing and now appear to be—although the app on my phone has to be open for syncing to occur. (At least, it doesn't seem like they are there. i.e. I don't get notifications unless I go and check my calendar.)

I have already:

Ensured that the email addresses are attached to my contact (the "Me" one).
Tried deactivating and re-syncing iCloud.

This might be the combination of a couple of different issues, but I guess the big question is, why can't I edit or move these events?


texts:
My friend has this iPhone 6 which is worked just fine until recently. Now she couldn't access the camera and whenever she trying to do it there is a message saying

"Flash is disabled. The iPhone needs to be cool down before you can use the flash"

She tried the "erase all content and settings" but it is useless.

Help is appreciated. Thanks.


texts: How to prevent songs from getting uploaded with iTunes match?

texts: Is there a way to manually exclude songs from getting uploaded to iTunes match?


texts:
My iPhone 4s 64GB was recently updated to iOS7.

The battery was completely empty so I had to charge it.
However, the iPhone does not boot anymore and it's stuck at the Apple Logo.

I went to a service center and they say it's on recovery mode and I have to re-install the software, but data will be lost.

I have a lot of important data, how can I save these?


texts: How do I take a steathy picture with my iSight camera from the command line?

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Is there a command line utility that allows me to take a picture from the built in camera?  Something like screencapture allows for, well, screen captures.

The reasoning for a command line tool is I would like for it to be stealthy, without a countdown or flash or other indication to the user that a picture is being taken.


texts: How to changie Time Daemon synchronization interval

texts: How do I change the frequency that Time Daemon synchronizes with the time server?


texts: How to raise verbosity of Installer.app?

texts:
I'm having troubles with the system installer (/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app) where certain things are not installing and are not providing sufficient details in /var/log/install.log.

I get the dreaded "The installation failed" error:

Without sufficient details within the log as noted above.

Is there a way to raise verbosity so as to ascertain precisely where it may be failing within the install process?  I have been hoping that there is a flag that can be executed to increase this verbosity, but I've not found anything for

/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer

as of yet when executing it from the shell...


texts: Tunnelblick won't run after Time Machine restore to a ne mac

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I use Tunnelblick on a daily basis to connect to my work network.
It used to run great, however after I got a new mac and restored data from a time machine backup, issues began.

First, let's clear the obvious: after restoration, I was asked to confirm the developer of the extension and so i did.

Second, Tunnelblick worked several times after the restore. It was maybe 2-3 times, however with issues. I had to reboot the system to make it work.

Now it doesn't work at all, I am greeted with the following:

The logs contain:

Could not start OpenVPN (openvpnstart returned with status #247)

Contents of the openvpnstart log:
*Tunnelblick: openvpnstart log:
     Loading tap-signed.kext
     stderr from kextload: /Applications/Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources/tap-signed.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) kext (kmod) start/stop routine failed; check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8).
     stderr from kextload: /Applications/Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources/tap-signed.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) kext (kmod) start/stop routine failed; check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8).
     stderr from kextload: /Applications/Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources/tap-signed.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) kext (kmod) start/stop routine failed; check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8).
     stderr from kextload: /Applications/Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources/tap-signed.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) kext (kmod) start/stop routine failed; check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8).
     stderr from kextload: /Applications/Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources/tap-signed.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) kext (kmod) start/stop routine failed; check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8).
     Unable to load net.tunnelblick.tun and/or net.tunnelblick.tap kexts in 5 tries. Status = 71

I am on the latest High Sierra, so i have stumbled upon:
https://tunnelblick.net/cKextLoadErrorHighSierra.html

But no, it's not blocked, I have already allowed it!

I have tried uninstalling Tunnelblick using the official Uninstall app and I have reinstalled, but nothing has changed.

I have tried to check what's up with the kexts:

(kernel) Kext net.tunnelblick.tap start failed (result 0x5).
(kernel) Kext net.tunnelblick.tap failed to load (0xdc008017).
(kernel) Failed to load kext net.tunnelblick.tap (error 0xdc008017).
Failed to load /Library/StagedExtensions/Applications/Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources/tap-signed.kext - (libkern/kext) kext (kmod) start/stop routine failed.

I don't have any other vpn related KEXTs loaded, which could interfere:

>kextstat | egrep '(cisco|vpn|tap|tun)'
>

I will appreciate any help with this, some hint, where to look next?

EDIT:
I thought i have added that already, but manual loading of the kext fails:

sudo kextload /Applications/Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources/tap-signed.kext
Password:
/Applications/Tunnelblick.app/Contents/Resources/tap-signed.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) kext (kmod) start/stop routine failed; check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8).

and the logs are above.


texts: The trackpad click is unresponsive after screen unlock on MacOS Catalina on MacBook Pro 2018

texts: I upgraded my MacOS from High Sierra to Catalina and now I find that after screen unlock, the trackpad click becomes unresponsive. I have to go to desktop (dragging three fingers up) and select a window (of any app) to make the trackpad click responsive again. I didn't have this issue on MacOS High Sierra. Please help in resolving this.


texts: How to load windows 7 directly (without Boot camp) in a Mac Mini with intel processor whose Hard disk crashed and so is replaced?

texts: The hard disk of my Mac mini with 2 GHz intel processor and 4 GB RAM crashed and so I have replaced the Hard disk. How to load Windows 7 without loading Boot camp? Windows 7 original DVD is not able to boot the computer (Bootmgr missing error) and Acronis True image home boot CD (Acronis loader) (both 2011 and 2012 versions) is not able to load completely and recover a disk image. Also please advise how to update the BIOS


texts: How to share existing PC docking-station-like setup with Macbook Pro

texts:
I currently have an HP Elitebook laptop which I plugin into an HP proprietary docking station. When the HP is "plugged in", I have instant access to;

2 monitors connected through various display adapters (at the moment; 1 display port, and 1 vga port, but other options are available)
Several usb ports for peripherals, including a bluetooth keyboard and bluetooth mouse dongle
Power for the HP laptop
Ethernet Adapter

I just acquired a MacBookPro 14,3. I would love to be able to plug my MBP into this docking station and have instant access to all of the above. Obviously thats not possible (nor would the power supply be correct).

What is my next best option if;

At a minimum, I want to be able to quickly and easily switch between using the monitors, mouse and keyboard, between the PC and MBP

I've tried screen sharing from the MBP, but its laggy, and I dont see a way to do dual screen (I'm using VNC viewer). I would prefer to avoid using a switch, given all the additional wires, but I'm guessing thats my next best option?


texts: How can I turn on the macOS firewall from a script

texts:
I'm setting up a new Mac Mini and I am using a script assembled from commands that I've accumulated over the years to set defaults, create directory structures, install software, and otherwise customize my Macs the way I want them.  The first command--to turn on the firewall--is failing to do anything.  How is the firewall currently turned on, in Catalina?

The command I'm using is

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.alf globalstate -integer 1

This is the same thing I'm finding by Googling (or an alternate form with -int instead of -integer).

If it has not changed, what could be preventing it from working?


texts: Wifi seems really unstable since getting new iMac

texts:
Since I've had my iMac I've noticed that my wifi network locks up a few times a week, it is always fixed by turning off the wifi on the iMac, then turning it back on again.

The network shouldn't be over loaded, it's a Time Capsule with iMac, iPhone, Macbook and Apple TV connected, surely these should all play together nicely!

I've checked and the Time Capsule is at the latest firmware level (7.5.2), so not sure what the next step is.

[edit]
iMac is current model 21.5" i3, OSX is at 10.6.6 and software update says everything is up to date.

To clear up unstable the wifi connection always appears to be connected, but if I'm using the iMac I can't view websites, there have also been times where the Airplay streaming has just stopped, so it seems to be the whole network.


texts: How can I best configure this hard drive?

texts:
I have a Mac Mini with two hard drives inside. The 1st one has an OS installed, and the files I work from.
But I wanted to have the second one be used partly for storage, and partly have an OS installed in case the first HD crashes.
I'm imagining that if my main drive fails one day, I will be able to keep working uninterrupted by updating drive 2 with Time Machine.
However in the meanwhile, I'd like to use Drive 2 for storage (while booting from drive 1). I found this article, but it doesn't really say if this scenario would let the user use the rest of the partition for storage if the computer is booted from another drive.
Does this sound like a logical plan, and how would I format and instal the second drive?


texts: Keynote Play presentation on 1 display and Just see my desktop on my second

texts: Is there a way to have keynote play full screen on one display and just let me have access to my desktop on a second display? It always shows the presenter notes. I want to just be able to access my desktop while the presentation is running.


texts: How does the built-in Audio of the Thunderbolt Display compare to the MacBook Pro Retna?

texts:
I'm trying to understand which device has better audio capabilities.  I tried to do independent research, but the Apple site only has generic information for the MacBook Pro and the Thunderbolt Display

What are the detailed audio specs of each device and which one is better for Audio?


texts: How can I query the hardware UUID of a Mac programmatically from a command line?

texts: The hardware universally unique identifier (UUID) can often be used by developers to associate information unique to a Mac. This identifier will usually persist through OS upgrades or reinstalls, as well as across multiple OSes in multi-boot installations. I would like to be able to retrieve the UUID via a command line in macOS in order to use with a script.


texts: Will my MacBook Air 6,1 support MST (Multi-Stream Transport)?

texts:
I have an 11-inch, Mid 2013 MacBook Air. I'm wondering if I can hook up two Dell U2417H monitors using the DP out port on the monitor. So DP from MBA to first Dell U2417H. Then DP to DP from first U2417H to second U2417H. Is this possible? The display is not 4k.

Edit: I realize this question might have been asked, but the one I have found is asking about 4k.


texts: How to install local .dmg files via homebrew?

texts: I´m wondering whether there is a possibility to install local .dmg files previously downloaded. I figured out that homebrewmay use archive file (gzip, bz2, tar, etc.) when putting them into the right path aka /Library/Caches/Homebrewand rerun brew install. However, dont know how to install .dmgfiles.


texts: High Sierra Calendar app undocumented behaviour

texts:
To reproduce:

1) Create a new event

2) Type as the first line of the note the characters message:

Result:
the word message: converts to Show in Mail...

This happened to me by accident when I added this as the first line of a calendar note, and it deletes the rest of the text in the note if there is any.

First I wondered if this was a feature I didn't know about. I’m keen to learn more about calendar features, but it seems to be some undocumented behaviour or maybe a bug/accident.

Any thoughts to share on this?


texts: Can I delete the content of "~/Library/Mail Downloads"?

texts: Since I have to use Outlook from now on (policy of my employer), I have deleted all my accounts in Mac Mail. Nevertheless, there are a lot of files in the folder "~/Library/Mail Downloads". Why aren't they deleted as well? Can I delete them manually?


texts: Preload and preconfigure an iPad for someone else

texts:
I need to preload and preconfigure some software on an iPad, and then give the iPad to someone else.

I thought about just buying the software with my App Store account, but is there a way that I can "transfer" the ownership of the app (and the registration of the iPad itself) to the other person?

This is similar to Is it possible to pre-install apps on an iPad? except that I can activate the device first, and I want to do more than just install an app, I want to be able to pre-configure everything and then (I suppose) transfer the app to the other person.


texts: Unable to reboot from USB on Snow Leopard

texts:
I have an external hard disk, where I had stored my 10.5.8 image. The laptop had issues with keyboard and display, so I stopped using it. I have a relatively new(5 months old) Snow Leopard Mac book Pro.I also have a mini mac. When I reboot the mac mini with the 10.5.8 image, it works fine. But with MBP, when I reboot, it sits at the apple image and does nothing.

The image was created using SuperDuper. I basically have an option in superduper to copy the hard disk to a usb. I think it blindly copie the files.


texts: How to control volume on Philips monitor

texts:
So I just installed a 48" monitor with extended display in my home office, however, I can no longer use the f10 - f12 keys to control the volume.

I a colleague provided this guide:
https://www.lifewire.com/select-audio-in-and-out-from-mac-menu-bar-2260855

This did place the volume icon in the menu bar, but its greyed out. I still cannot change the volume.

Any suggestions?


texts: Can I make the Finder label a folder if it contains a file or folder of a specific name?

texts: I'd love it if I could somehow make the Finder color-label all folders containing a .git directory so I could tell at a glance if the folder is a Git repo. Any ideas?


texts: How can I share or send a radio program I've recorded from the Tune in radio app on my iPhone 5s?

texts: I recorded an AM radio interview via the Tune In radio app on my iPhone 5S.  I would like to share the recorded program by sending the link, if there is one, to someone else by email or text.  Is this possible?


texts: "Control mode" when using Screen Sharing to connect to a linux host via ssh tunnel?

texts:
For years, I've been able to ssh into a linux host and then (using an ssh option like ‑L5902:127.0.0.1:7898) tunnel a VNC connection from my mac; I've also similarly tunneled VNC connections to other macs. In both cases, I was then able to use Screen Sharing to connect to the remote system and work normally (remote mouse and keyboard control were present).

After updating to El Capitan (10.11.4) from Mavericks and finding the new Screen Sharing app, I re-established ssh connections to my linux and mac targets.  Connections to another Mac work fine (I'm able to switch back and forth between "Observe" and "Control" modes).  However, my linux sessions are now read-only ("Observe Mode"). The option to "Switch to Control Mode" (under the "View" menu) is greyed-out; similarly, the "Control Mode" (arrow in a target) icon on the session window is greyed-out and unresponsive to clicking).

Is there some trick to get Screen Sharing to allow "Control" access to a linux VNC host?

[After experimenting some more, I discovered that if I held the control key while opening the Screen Sharing app, the default initial mode for new connections changes to "Control".  In the case of the linux sessions, there appears to be no way to change the mode once the connection is established.  This change in the Screen Sharing's default appears to be permanent -- subsequent app invocations (even to new destinations) are created in "Control Mode". There are no obvious new/changed plist files corresponding to this change to "Control", so I'm not sure if there was some crufty pre-El-Capitan configuration causing the default "Observe" or if there is some other parameter storage mechanism for Screen Sharing.]


texts: Keyboard hangs up on iPhone SE after installing an update

texts:
This is the second time this happened. Does anyone know if there any fix for this?

I installed their latest security update and when the phone restarted it made me enter my password. But when I was in the middle of typing in my password, the keyboard hung up in the process. I could move it to the side by swiping right and left but it didn't allow me to type anything. Then it let me delete something only to hang up again.

I managed to make these screenshots:

Eventually I managed to restart it again by holding down the home button and the sleep/wake button.


texts: KeePass application with synchronization support on a Mac?

texts:
I'm looking for a KeePass application for use on Mac OSX.

KeePassX and KyPass 3 but both lack support for synchronization of KeePass 2 (.kdbx) databases.

KeePassX will just plain overwrite the database.
KyPass 3 will do you the courtesy of alerting you of a potential data loss before overwriting a database.
KeePass is a third option, but I have't not been able to get the application to work, let alone test synchronization.

What Mac OS X apps support synchronization of the kdbx database that stores credentials in this open source format?


texts: How to add startup program using Terminal?

texts:
Honestly, I'm finding Apple's launchctl and plist (XML?) usage to be somewhat confusing and overkill. Using Terminal, I just wanna say hey, macOS, start program.app at boot! or hey, macOS, start my /path/to/shell.sh at boot!

How can I add a boot item --remotely via Terminal/SSH/Netcat/command line/shell?

sh-3.2# system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType
Software:

    System Software Overview:

      System Version: macOS 10.13.4 (17E199)
      Kernel Version: Darwin 17.5.0
      Boot Volume: lily
      Boot Mode: Normal
      Computer Name: lily’s MacBook Air
      User Name: System Administrator (root)
      Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
      System Integrity Protection: Enabled
      Time since boot: 2:03


texts: Has anyone turned off FileVault after it has completed?

texts:
I have a 1TB SSD in a 15" Mac Book Pro

It took about 30 hrs to Encrypt, which during, the computer was virtually unusable. It just finished with that and now it says it is optimizing with 5 DAYS!!!! remaining. I wish I never agreed to do it. Has anyone turned it off after the whole process is complete and if so how long did that take?


texts:
Generally, there is no option to set a "due" date and time for a reminder, just a "remind me" date and time.  However, often when I have a reminder and I change the "remind me" time a "due" time appears as so:

The "due" date and time does not have a check box like "remind me".  How do I get rid of the due date?  The due date seems to be related to a bug where the reminder keeps notifying me and appearing on my screen before it's supposed to remind me (as per the "remind me" date).  How can I fix this and in general prevent it from happening?


texts: Which problems can be expected by continuing to use a MacBook Pro Battery already due for replacement?

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I turned in my MacBook Pro 15" Late-2013 to a service shop. The battery indicator recently has said either "Condition: Replace Now" or "Condition: Service Battery" (I can't remember which).

The service shop returned a service cost proposal: after currency conversion $350 USD + VAT including work. Quite expensive.

The reason for the high price is – according to the shop – that the battery on this model is permanently attached to the so called "Top Case" (unibody case + keyboard + trackpad). To replace the battery, the Top Case assembly must be replaced.

I am inclined to reject the service offer, and keep on using the computer with the current battery. What sort of problems can be expected by doing so? Is the computer in any danger in the short or long term?

FYI, MacOS help about battery conditions:

  View your battery’s condition: Press and hold the Option key and click
  the battery icon  in the menu bar.

  You may see any of the following conditions:

  Normal: The battery is functioning normally.

  Replace Soon: The battery is functioning normally but holds less
  charge than it did when it was new.

  Replace Now: The battery is functioning normally but holds
  significantly less charge than it did when it was new. You can
  continue to use the battery until you replace it without harming your
  computer.

  Service Battery: The battery isn’t functioning normally, and you may
  or may not notice a change in its behavior or the amount of charge it
  holds. Take your computer in for service. You can continue to use your
  battery before it’s checked without harming your computer.


texts: Sluggish mouse cursor with 28" 4K display

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I got a new MG28UQ 28" 4K monitor and I plugged it into my mid 2015 15" retina MBP using a mini display port to HDMI cable. The monitor itself reports it's receiving image at 60Hz, however, Settings > Displays only lists 30Hz under "Refresh Rate". If I lower down the scaled resolution to 1600 x 900, then it starts using 60Hz and the mouse problem goes away.

I'm using an Insignia Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cable that states it can handle 4K.

What am I missing?


texts: How to stop Safari from saving passwords for certain page?

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I am programming a certain webpage with login and Safari is asking me if I want to save my password every time I try it (I have to try it a number of times, because it's the point of the webpage).

Can I stop Safari from saving passwords for just this webpage?


texts: Can't open an iPhoto library because it has already been migrated

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The content of the iPhoto library “iPhoto Library - transfer” has already been migrated to Photos.  Open Photos to view your library or use a compatible version of iPhoto to open this iPhoto library.

I can't find the Photos library that was migrated. How can I open this?


texts: How to set all Google Chrome notifications act like alerts?

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According to Settings > Notifications there are two types of notifications Banners and Alerts.

Banners appear in the upper-right corner and go away automatically.
Alerts stay on screen until dismissed.

I want that all of my Chrome notifications act like Alerts. But they act like Banners. Is there something that I can do to achieve that behavior?


texts: How to move a Time Machine sparsebundle on a networked machine

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I have been trying to only use encrypted sparse bundles as my targets for Time Machine.  The benefit of doing this is that these are easy to move around, as compared to the traditional Backups.backupdb folder.

So here is what I did.  On Mac X I created a sparsebundle (call it TM.sparsebundle) on an external disk.  Then I set it as my target for Time Machine (to do this see How can I make my computer believe a disk image is a hardware disk?) and backed up to it.  Then I disconnected the external disk and connected it to Mac Y.  What I want to do is to use Mac X to backup to TM.sparsebundle which is now connected to Mac Y.  I can get it to do this by mounting the TM.sparsebundle on Mac X and then setting it as a TM target (using the same method as before).

But here is the problem - I can't get Mac X's TM to automatically connect to Mac Y and mount the TM.sparsebundle.  Everything works if I do the connecting/mounting manually.

Of course if I had initially created the sparsebundle from Mac X while being connect to Mac Y then it would have worked.  So the issue is how to get the TM running on Mac X to treat an existing sparsebundle on Mac Y as a legitimate, fully supported TM target and auto-mount it.

If you are thinking this is answered by the Great Pondini, it is not - at least not exactly.  He has many variations on this theme (http://www.baligu.com/pondini/TM/18.html) but does not address this particular situation.  I am going to try to adapt one of these methods but it is very slow to even test this so I am hoping someone here will have a definitive solution.


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Does Silverlight for macOS support 64 bit?
If so, from what version?

If not, when will it?


texts: How to set up a local MySQL database for dev purposes in Sierra?

texts: I am developing a PHP web application where all data is to be stored in a MySQL database but unfortunately have no server on which to upload it to and even if I did I will be working offline quite a bit.  My question is how to set up a database for free using a normal install process (I don't have sudo privileges in the terminal but can type in administrator password to install or download) that doesn't use up a ton of storage. To be clear, I do not need a massive database in which to store tons of data, I will be clearing it and resetting it to test various features all the time.


texts: What would be a stable OS upgrade for my mid/late 2007 Mac Book Pro?

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Can anyone advise what a stable OS version would be for my mid/late 2007 Mac Book Pro? I am running Snow leopard 10.6.8 and know I can upgrade to Yosemite but have my hesitations after reading many comments on blogs. I've started to notice the effects of Snow Leopard being fazed out and want to upgrade but don't want to kill my machine while doing with a OS thats too much for it. I also don't want to lose apps in the process due to incompatibility.

My basic specs are as follows:

Processor: 2.6 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive Capacity: 320GB (27GB available)

I need to upgrade to use apps like Teamviewer 10 for example (as it's not supported on 10.6.8) but as it is my machine has slowed down and hangs despite repairing the permissions, using maintenance in OnyX, using Preferential Treatment and DiskWarrior (I've not repaired the disk in DiskWarrior yet despite my graph showing 39% errors). I just don't want to upgrade too high and completely affect my computers performance. I am correct in assuming this? Any thoughts would be most appreciated!

Thanks

Paul


texts: How to get lower resolution image in current clipboard after using macOS screen-capture shortcut?

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I have set Command + Shift + 4 to a keyboard shortcut to take a screenshot and save to clipboard, usually, I will paste this image for next usage.

But I want to lower the resolution of the image in the current clipboard because it's too big, how to do this?