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I was using this guide and changed a lot of pmset settings duo of FileVault2

https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide#full-disk-encryption

Is there any option to restore the factory defaults?


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I am using Mainstage 3 with my Korg M3. I would like to create patches in Mainstage that select a bank (I-A to I-G and U-A to U-G) on the M3. In Mainstage, you can send a bank select command by entering a MSB and LSB in decimal format. However, I only found the MIDI implementation chart for the M3, and I do not have the knowledge to translate that into the decimals for Mainstage.

I Googled a lot and tried some options, but no bank is selected. A program change does work, so I figured out the MIDI connection should be OK.

Could anyone help me out with this?


texts: Can launching an app trigger the launch of another app?

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When I launch a specific application in Mavericks I'd also like to automatically launch and execute another one.

Is it possible/how?


texts: How to use (sync) Apple Address Book with multiple accounts from Google?

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My impression is that by adding an "Exchange 2007" account to the Address-book does not work with Google Mail.

I tried to configure Google by using the iPhone method: exchange server on m.google.com but it doesn't seam to work.

I need to sync contact from 2 different gmail accounts (to be able to see and edit them as separated addressbooks)

Any ideas?


texts: Reverse sorting order in Photos app on Mac OS X

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the Photos app on Mac is really nice, but it shows the oldest pictures first, so I have to scroll to the bottom each time I open it... and I have lots of pictures.

So my question is: How can I reverse this order and see the newest pictures first? And can I do that across all platforms?

Thanks anyway!


texts: Where are apple quicktime trailers stored?

texts: I am watching some quicktime apple trailers from the website they open up automatically in quicktime. How do I download it at that point. I am assuming that they are cached temporally somewhere. Any ideas?


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Our home phone/internet is down; dug up by council contractors, and won't be fixed for a week.
I am using an iPhone hotspot in the interim.

This works, but when I plug the Ethernet connection to my router into my iMac I can no longer access the internet.
I use the local network for file sharing and printing.

How can I stop the iMac from using the Ethernet connection for internet, or PREFERABLY set the priority for the hotspot to be higher when connected?

172.20.10.1 is the Hotspot IP

~$ netstat -nr
Routing tables

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags        Refs      Use   Netif Expire
default            10.1.1.1           UGSc           53        0     en0
default            172.20.10.1        UGScI          13        0     en1
10.1.1/24          link#6             UCS             2        0     en0
10.1.1.1/32        link#6             UCS             1        0     en0
10.1.1.1           78:a0:51:16:bb:56  UHLWIir        31      156     en0   1192
10.1.1.9/32        link#6             UCS             2        0     en0
10.1.1.255         ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff  UHLWbI          0        1     en0
127                127.0.0.1          UCS             0        0     lo0
127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH              1      300     lo0
169.254            link#6             UCS             0        0     en0
169.254            link#7             UCSI            0        0     en1
172.20.10/28       link#7             UCS             1        0     en1
172.20.10.1/32     link#7             UCS             1        0     en1
172.20.10.1        3e:2e:f9:2a:33:64  UHLWIir        15       12     en1   1181
172.20.10.5/32     link#7             UCS             0        0     en1
172.20.10.15       ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff  UHLWbI          0        1     en1
224.0.0/4          link#6             UmCS            2        0     en0
224.0.0/4          link#7             UmCSI           2        0     en1
224.0.0.251        1:0:5e:0:0:fb      UHmLWI          0        0     en0
224.0.0.251        1:0:5e:0:0:fb      UHmLWI          0        0     en1
239.255.255.250    1:0:5e:7f:ff:fa    UHmLWI          0       10     en0
239.255.255.250    1:0:5e:7f:ff:fa    UHmLWI          0       10     en1
255.255.255.255/32 link#6             UCS             1        0     en0
255.255.255.255    ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff  UHLWbI          0        2     en0
255.255.255.255/32 link#7             UCSI            0        0     en1


texts: Resolving Time Capsule Problem Broke IPv6 Tunnel

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Some time ago my Time Capsule's light was blinking amber. When I opened the Airport Utility, it indicated that my IPv6 tunnel was down, I assume due to the remote IPv4 host being down. I was given the option to Skip or Ignore the problem. I believe when I skipped the problem, the light remained blinking amber, it wasn't until I chose the 'ignore' option that the light returned to solid green.

Since that day, I've been completely unable to use my IPv6 tunnel.

Considering that World IPv6 Day is underway, I would love for my tunnel to work again... How do I undo the damage I've previously done?


texts: Import data from old HDD (on a PC) to new MacBook

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I'm planning to buy a new MacBook Pro for school next month, and I wanted to know if I can use Migration Assistant or any other tool to get all data from my old hard drive to the new one.

The problem is: My old MacBook doesn't work anymore and its not worth repairing it or something like that.

I took the HDD out of the notebook, and I can access it on my PC.

The OS version it contains is Lion (probably 10.7.2).


texts: Make a Bluetooth headset's controls work like the keyboard media keys (instead of starting iTunes)

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I use a PXC 550 Bluetooth headset. It has the usual controls ("click", "forward", "backward" ...).
These controls are understood by MacOS: when I "click", for example, iTunes comes up and starts playing. When I swipe forward, iTunes switches the song, and so on.
Separately, I can use the media keys on the Mac's Touch Bar or the Magic Keyboard to start/stop, rewind, or forward.
There is a big difference though: when iTunes is not running, but another music player like VLC (for example) is, then the media keys control VLC. But the Bluetooth actions do not. That is, if VLC plays a song, and I tap the headset, iTunes is launched and starts to play a song. Swiping will the control iTunes and so on.
Is there some way to make those Bluetooth actions do exactly the same as the media keys? Is there some simple setting for this? Or can I somehow create a script to intercept the Bluetooth events and create fake keyboard media key presses (similar like Karabiner-Elements does it for key presses)? How does MacOS know to start iTunes when I tap the headset?
(Note: there is a similar question Media keys behaviour with iTunes in macOS Mojave - that one asks the opposite though; that person lost the ability to control iTunes and wants to re-enable it. I want to get lost of it.)


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AppleID signed in to MacOS message for the first time: are SMS messages to cell phones routed through the iPhone?  Assume the recipient is not using an Apple device (not use iMessage).
If I did not have an iPhone, would I be confined to sending messages to AppleIDs (email addresses)?
If any additional context is needed to confine a proper question please ask in comments.


texts: How to run the Apple Hardware Test in Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro?

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I have a MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard.

I have an image of the Installation Disk in a USB Hard Drive (Snow Leopard Partition). Then to boot the system and start using the Hardware Test software I did this:

  I change the Starup Disk to the 'Snow Leopard Partition'
  I restart holding down the 'D' key

But it shows me a gray screen and the it start from the Snow Leopard Partition. But I can't see the Apple Hardware Test software.

What am I missing here?


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Put your iphone in airplane mode and then turn on wifi.

Try to ask siri what one plus one is.

She will fail with the error voice dialing is unavaible during airplane mode


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BACKGROUND

An Automator script to save a screen-capture to a file was developed (by someone more clever than myself).  For some reason it does not reliably (rarely) saves the screenshot to the file.  Code is presented below.

The screen capture cursor consistently performs when called: the screenshot is captured to memory.  In contrast, the screenshot is not consistently saved to the file as coded below

QUESTIONS

How can the root cause of the save issue be diagnosed?
Are there any obvious bugs in the code that cause the save issue?
Is there a permissions issue?  How to confirm / test?

CODE

on run {input, parameters}

    --  # Screen Shot to Clipboard and File

    --  # Clear the clipboard so the 'repeat until isReady ...' loop works properly.

    set the clipboard to ""

    --  # Copy picture of selected area to the clipboard, press: ⌃⇧⌘4
    --  # Note that on my system I need to keystroke '$' instead of '4'.
    --  # I assume this is because the 'shift' key is being pressed.

    tell application "System Events"
        keystroke "$" using {control down, shift down, command down}
    end tell

    --  # Wait while user makes the selection and releases the mouse or times out.
    --  # Note that the time out also acts as an escape key press of sorts. In other
    --  # words, if the user actually presses the escape key it has no effect on this
    --  # script like it would if pressing the normal shortcut outside of the script.
    --  #
    --  # As coded, the time out is 5 seconds. Adjust 'or i is greater than 10' and or
    --  # 'delay 0.5' as appropriate for your needs to set a different length time out.
    --  # This means, as is, you have 5 seconds to select the area of the screen you
    --  # want to capture and let go of the mouse button, otherwise it times out.

    set i to 0
    set isReady to false
    repeat until isReady or i is greater than 10
        delay 0.5
        set i to i + 1
        set cbInfo to (clipboard info) as string
        if cbInfo contains "class PNGf" then
            set isReady to true
        end if
    end repeat
    if not isReady then
        --  # User either pressed the Esc key or timed out waiting.
        return --  # Exit the script without further processing.
    end if

    --  # Build out the screen shot path filename so its convention is of
    --  # the default behavior when saving a screen shot to the Desktop.

    set theDateTimeNow to (do shell script "date \"+%Y-%m-%d at %l.%M.%S %p\"")
    set theFilename to "Screen Shot " & theDateTimeNow & ".png"
    --  # set thePathFilename to POSIX path of (path to desktop folder as string) & theFilename
    set thePathFilename to "/Users/user/Documents/Captures/" & theFilename

    --  # Retrieve the PNG data from the clipboard and write it to a disk file.

    set pngData to the clipboard as «class PNGf»
    delay 0.5
    try
        set fileNumber to open for access thePathFilename with write permission
        write pngData to fileNumber
        close access fileNumber
    on error eStr number eNum
        try
            close access fileNumber
        end try
        activate
        display dialog eStr & " number " & eNum buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with title "File I/O Error..." with icon caution
    end try

    --  # Hide the file extension as is the default.
    --  # Convert the POSIX path filename to an alias.

    set thePathFilename to POSIX file thePathFilename
    set thePathFilename to thePathFilename as alias
    tell application "Finder"
        try
            set extension hidden of thePathFilename to true
        end try
    end tell

    return input
end run


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Last year I installed Ubuntu on my 2006 MacBook (Intel), and erased the hard drive with MacOSX 10.5 in the process. Linux was fun, but now I want another Mac to play around with.

I've put 10.8's install files on a flash drive and rebooted (holding option), but this brings up the Linux drive selector, and I do not see my flash drive as an option.

How can I go about installing 10.9 on my MacBook?

Update: I've now got 10.8 on my flash drive. When I load Startup Manager, I see 3 options:

Windows, which actually takes me to Ubuntu.
EFI Boot which produces a "no" symbol and then the computer shuts down.
rEFIt

I've got rEFIt running through my optical drive. When I select this, I get three primary choices:

Boot Mac OSX from Mac OSX Install ESD: "no" symbol
Boot boot.efi from Mac OS X Install ESD: "no" symbol
Boot Linux from HD: Linux boots as normal.


texts: Clever sysadmin needed! How to keep SMB shares mounted?

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We have multiple Mac OS/OSX servers (A mix of El Cap and High Sierra) that have SMB shares mounted for backing /archiving jobs (chronosync and P5)

The SMB shares are connected via "connect to server" and generally remain stable, but become unmounted randomly at least once every 1-2 days.

My question: Is there any way analyse the logs (We've looked in system.log) and find the reason for the unmount?

The goal here is to keep the SMB shares mounted at all cost.

I've read around on StackExchange and tried analysing the network connections using the command from this post:

SMB: auto-unmount then unable to re-mount without restart

netstat -I
ping -c 90 -i 10 your_SMB_server
tail -f /var/log/system.log

No errors or issues with the packets found.

I'm sure there's a sys admin expert out that must have solved this already ;)

Appreciate any suggestions or ideas, however rudimentary

Thanks!


texts: Why Siri says that X is not on my find my friends list?

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I asked Siri on my Mac "where is X?" and she answered: "X is not on your find my friends list".

Siri can locate this person when I'm using iPhone without any problem. I checked Is there a way to "Find My Friends" from the desktop, rather than iPhone? and I can see the location of this person in Messages app on my Mac. Yet Siri on Mac seems to have a problem with that. Is it a bug or a feature?


texts:
Where are iOS7 system wallpapers in the file system?

P.S. accessible with iFile or ssh (jailbroken).

e.g. /var/mobile/...


texts: i cut my iphone 4 jailbroken with evasi0n off and after i powered my phone back on i lost my apps. what can i do to get them back?

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note: it says that my storage is almost full, leading me to believe they are still there. just somewhere else, please help!

Also, I have tried looking at other people with similar or the same problems but I couldn't find anyone, this is very important to me for my phone is all I have left. please help.


texts: Startup failure, tried to reinstall OSX but disk has no free space/unmounted?

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My MBP 15 was frozen so I turned it off via the power button. It now fails to boot and loads OS Recovery straight away.
When I try reinstalling my OSX (Mojave), everything looks fine until I have to select a disk to “unlock”. I only have Macintosh HD, so I selected it. However, when I press the “unlock” button nothing happens. The back button works, so I’m not sure what’s going on. What should I do next?
Other information that might be helpful:
-I’ve tried resetting the PVRAM, didn’t work
-when I go into disk utilities, Macintosh HD is “unmounted”, and when I press “mount”, nothing happens
-it says there’s 0 free space on my Macintosh HD drive, but usually there’s 5-15gb free after boot up. Is there a chance when I turned it off none of the caches cleared like normally, making the drive inoperable? And if so, what should I do?
Thank you!


texts: Where do files go when you AirDrop them on iOS?

texts: Where do AirDrop files go when I transfer them between an iPad, iPhone and iPod? I AirDropped some Google Docs from my iPad to my iPhone but nothing happened; where did my files go? The file was a list of tools.


texts: How to prevent default pdf viewer from being changed to iBooks

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Every so often the default viewer for PDF files gets changed to iBooks.  I want PDF files to be opened with Preview, and I want that setting to persist.

I know how to manually change the default back to Preview (by going to the file in Finder and then clicking Get Info > Open With > Change All).  However, at some point after I make the change, the defaults gets switched to iBooks again.  Is there a way to prevent that from happening, and lock the default PDF viewer to Preview?


texts: How can I fix the annoying post-typing auto-correction?

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I'm fully aware of the long established capability in iOS where the word you've just typed could be corrected immediately after you press space ("auto-correct").
However iOS 13 has a new feature where it can also 'correct' a word prior to the word you've just finished typing. This results in some strange replacements which can easily get missed because you aren't concentrating on that word.
For example, after I've pressed space (indicated by _ in the examples below) after typing you, luck will become duck:
With_much_luck_
With_much_luck_y
With_much_luck_yo
With_much_luck_you
With_much_duck_you_

Another example, where after I've pressed space after typing have, else will become rose:
Does_anyone_else_
Does_anyone_else_h
Does_anyone_else_ha
Does_anyone_else_hav
Does_anyone_else_have
Does_anyone_rose_have_

Turning off Settings > General > Keyboard > Auto-Correction doesn't stop this behavior from happening.
How can I turn it off? Failing that, is there a way to minimize the number of nonsensical replacements it makes?


texts: Creating Rsync script to copy files for multiple users and the shared directory

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I want to copy files to an external drive to use as a backup using RSync. I have installed OpenMediaVault to serve as NAS. I installed RSyncOsX to have a GUI to set parameters for Rsync to execute. Trying to set up the backup script I got confused.

The RSyncOSX manual https://rsyncosx.github.io/RsyncGUIfirststart says one has to give RsyncOSX permission on the root of the home catalog. This seems to suggest that I have to set up a script for all users on my Mac. Previously I used TimeMachine and I didn’t need to set this up for every user. I would like my backup script to work for all users including the shared directory.

I also want all file permissions to stay in place so user files are still protected from viewing by other users after they have been copied.

How am I to proceed?


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I'm looking for a calendar app for OS X that shows available times for meeting attendees, and allows me to propose meetings and accept such proposals from others.

I've been trying Mac calendar and BusyCal, and neither of them meet my needs.

We're using Google app as our calendar server and although I can always use their web interface I prefer to use an installed application.


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I'm looking for an alternative to iTunes' Album Art. I liked it so far but since the upgrade to Lion / latest iTunes I see some annoying bugs.

To be worth considering, the alternative I'm looking for must have at least these three features:

Automatic lyrics download and saving in the ID3 tag;
Automatic cover download (iTunes is confused when the album title is missing);
Display cover/title/artist on the desktop.

Any suggestions?


texts: How to fix no backlit keyboard on BootCamp Windows 8 partition

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I have a Retina Display MacBook Pro with the latest OSX and also installed Windows 8 RTM on BootCamp.

I hadn't logged into BootCamp in a few weeks, so I dont recall if the backlit keyboard ever worked on bootcamp or not. The thing is, I haven't been able to make it backlit.

I installed Power Plan Assistant (and Trackpad++), and the "Turn Off backlit keyboard" option doesnt do anything. I thought if I clicked on it, it'd toggle whatever setting it is it uses to actually turn it off, and I could use that to turn it on.

As far as I know, I have the latest bootcamp drivers (i update anytime I get an alert about that), and the latest windows drivers on the bootcamp install.

I've googled extensively about how to manually turn the backlit keyboard on on a bootcamp partition, but haven't find anything. I tried dimming the display to 0, then to the max, and that doesnt work.

If it helps at all, my function keys don't work either on bootcamp.

Any ideas?


texts: How to make ⌘⌫ delete a line of text in Messages?

texts:
The shortcut ⌘+⌫ normally deletes a line of text in a text field. But in the new Messages app in Mountain Lion, this is the shortcut for "Close Conversation…" (or, if you choose "Save history when conversations are closed" in the preferences, it's "Delete Conversation…").

Is there a way to disable this shortcut such that ⌘+⌫ can again be used for deleting text?


texts: How to get iTunes to reconnect after buffering?

texts:
If I am streaming internet radio and iTunes looses the signal it will try to reconnect and then just gives up and moves to the next track in the playlist of internet songs.

Is there a way to change iTunes config so that it continues trying to reconnect rather than just giving up? Like a time-out perhaps?

I am running iTunes 11.3.1.2 on Windows 7


texts: Camera shows ghost lighting or refrective image

texts: Once I have updated to iOS 12 beta 10 , my camera shows strange reflective images. Suppose if I am taking photo of my television in low light, it shows blurry image of my tv just below an original photo, doesn’t seems like glare but much more than this, also Pictures of CFL and tube light shows refractive image. Is it software issue? Also it seems happening after 1 month of purchase. Lens is clean , no physical damage too. Is there anyway to fix it?


texts: Issue when typing some characters in OS X El Capitain

texts:
In OS X El Capitain when I'm trying type for example ~ (tilda), I'm getting ˜ instead of proper ~, it also highlighted by yellow while typing:

How do I disable this default behavior?


texts: How to connect to wifi from single-user mode?

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the en0 wireless interface doesnt seem to be available from the terminal. is it possible to connect to known and/or new wifi hotspots from the single-user mode console?

root# ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
    options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
    inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280

root# networksetup -setairportnetwork en0 <SSID> '<wifi password>'
Error obtaining SC session.
All Wi-Fi network services are disabled.

my specifications:

sh-3.2# system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType
Software:

    System Software Overview:

      System Version: OS X 10.8.5 (12F45)
      Kernel Version: Darwin 12.5.0
      Boot Volume: lily
      Boot Mode: Normal
      Computer Name: lily’s MacBook Air
      User Name: System Administrator (root)
      Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
      Time since boot: 12:37


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Is it possible to create a dock icon that shows the desktop?

Ideally I'm looking for 10.5.6 support and up.


texts: How to Page Up/Down on Anker Bluetooth Keyboard?

texts: I've got the Anker Bluetooth keyboard and I'm using it with my Macbook Pro. I used to press Fn+<Arrow Up> to do a page up, but that doesn't seem to happen with this keyboard. Does anyone know how to do a page up with this keyboard?


texts: The Xcode package contains files that get installed in /System and /usr. Is it possible to redistribute those files in a different package? What kind of what are the legal implications?


texts: Creating a symbolic link in /bin is not working

texts:
I've tried three different ways to create a symbolic link to Sublime Text on my Mac and, after restarting terminal each time, it still keeps telling me command not found. I'm using a Mac with Yosemite (OSX Yosemite, 10.10). How can I create a symbolic link so I can open Sublime with the sub command?

One

ln -s 'Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl' /bin/sub

Two

ln -s "Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" /bin/sub

Three (no quotes)

ln -s Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl /bin/sub


texts: Would it be safe to use Ubuntu on an unsupported Mac?

texts: I run OS X El Capitan on a Unibody MBP 13-inch mid-2009 and support for El Capitan is likely going to run out in fall, so as El Capitan is the last OSX update supported for my MBP, I will stop using OSX in a few months. The MBP still runs fine though hardware-wise so I’m thinking of just using it with Ubuntu. I’m just wondering if this would be unsafe as I can’t get any updates anymore for Mac OS X or if it doesn’t matter and I’m fine using Ubuntu security-wise? Thinking of things like maybe firmware updates that would have to be tailored to MBP hardware and supplied by Apple (but I’m really just guessing). Any advice is appreciated, thank you!


texts: Applescript to move focus to active or next window

texts:
I am trying to implement a "Command-tab" style setup that works only within a specific space. For most apps, "Ctrl-F4" which is "move focus to active or next window" works correctly, but for emacs/aquamacs it does not (as the keypress is absorbed by the app). (System Preferences->Keyboard->Shortcuts->Keyboard lists this option). I want this to go between the windows I've organised into a space as relevant, i.e. my R script, plots in X11 and in png/pdf format.

I can run an arbitrary applescript with fastscripts or other apps on a keypress. I therefore see two options:

Tell the window manager directly to perform the move focus, WITHOUT going via a keypress
Use a keypress but checking for aquamacs as the active window. On finding aquamacs, get a list of the processes in the current space and move to the next one. (checking for aquamacs seems wise as the default behaviour is likely faster than this lookup)

Searching for these behaviours is difficult, and the applescripts documentation is byzantine to a newbie, so I don't see how to achieve either of them.


texts: Where does Mojave download the Mojave installer?

texts:
Similar to this, I would like to understand where Mojave is downloading itself when I download it from the App store.

The Application folder doesn't have anything like Install MacOs Mojave or similar.


texts: iPhone takes a long time to turn on while charging

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When my iPhone 5s dies, it usually turns on after 5-7 minutes of charging. Now, it sometimes takes 45 mins to over an hour to turn on while it's plugged in.

It also dies very easily. It can be at 100% battery, then within 10 minutes it's at 60%. Sometimes my phone even turns off at 100 or 50%.

Can somebody explain why this happens or what I should do? Is my battery broken?


texts: How can I cancel an app installation on the iPhone?

texts: I started downloading an app then realized that it's really big (over 600 MB) and that I don't want it anymore. Is there any way to cancel the installation?


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Have had MAcBook for about 4 yrs., this is first time I can recall using ethernet, and computer doesn't see it.

SD card reader quit working some time ago but USB is okay.

Ran diagnostic getting 4MEM/9/40000000 0:0x7f1c1390 error.


texts: apple mail with el capitan does not scroll the bottom window of a message

texts:
Since installing El Capitan on 2009 iMac, in Apple Mail, a selected message contents does not scroll in the bottom window when the mouse scroll wheel is used, or when the down arrow key is pressed. Restarting Mail, rebooting does not change the issue.

Using latest version of USB Overdrive extension, but disabling this does not fix the problem.

I saw a proposed solution in Apple Discussions wherein deleting com.apple.mail.plist "in /Library/Containers" (?)solved the problem for one user, but I have no such plist in that folder.

Anybody having this problem?


texts: How to customize .inputrc to make Command-Delete and Option-Delete delete lines and words in iTerm 2?

texts:
I'd like to add a little bit of consistency between editing text in the terminal and editing text in normal OS X programs. I use iTerm2, but I imagine any solution would involve using readline and .inputrc which probably would work in most terminals.

Specifically, I was thinking of adding:

Command-Delete: Delete to start of line before cursor
Option-Delete: Delete word before cursor
Option-Left/Right Arrow: Move cursor between words
Command-Left/Right Arrow: Move cursor to start/end of line

Questions

How could .inputrc be configured to support these keyboard shortcuts?
Would any of these shortcuts generate conflicts with existing terminal or command-line shortcuts?
Are there any other shortcuts that would be useful to create consistency with standard OS X text editing keys?

As a side note, I am aware that there are Vi and Emacs style shortcuts for performing these operations. In fact I use Vi-style shortcuts quite a lot on the command-line. However, sometimes when my mind hasn't shifted modes, it’s disruptive. Thus, it would be nice if the terminal could support both OS X and Vim style shortcuts.


texts: Is there a real benefit to removing applications from the iOS multitasking bar?

texts:
Sometimes, if my iOS device (ipad or ipod touch) is acting sketchy or slow, I will bring up the multitasking bar (double-press the home button) and then remove items from that multitasking bar (do a long touch on one until they jiggle, then press the red delete spot on them.)
I imagine that this is somehow saving memory or freeing up the device somehow.

But is that true?  or are all those multitasking icons simple shortcuts, and deleting them has no real effect?

(bonus side question -- if it does really have no effect, what is a way to free up memory or complexity on the device other than shutting down and restarting?)


texts: Scripting the sniffer built into Wireless Diagnostics

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I'm interested in using the built-in wireless sniffer (accessible from Wireless Diagnostics by pressing Cmd-Opt-6) as a part of a script. Is there a way to control it via scripting, maybe AppleScript?

I need to:

start the sniffer
change the channel and bandwidth settings
output to a file (as usual)

Can the UI be scripted with input events? Does Wireless Diagnostics offer any Apple events?


texts:
My iPhone's camera stopped working. App opens but the shutter never opens. It holds still forever. It just came suddenly without any warning.

My iPhone was Jailbroken and I thought it was something to do with that (though it didn't make any sense as I had it Jailbroken for a couple of years now). So I installed the iOS from scratch (restore) without Jailbreaking it. Restored the backup. Camera worked... for a day.

Stopped working again. I tried Camera+ - no luck either, freezes on the "autofocus" rectangle.

What's happening and how to get it to work again?

I'm fine with Jailbreaking it again if there's any point (like need to access system files...).


texts: Can two people play the Hay Day game on one iPad?

texts: Can two people with different Apple IDs play the same game on one iPad? I am already playing a game, and my son would like to play, but he wants his own game, is that possible if he has his own Apple ID or Facebook?


texts: How to prevent a thief from using my iPhone ever?

texts:
What if my iPhone was stolen and I do not want anyone else to use it?

Is it enough for the thief to restore my iPhone with iTunes using recovery mode to use it as their own new iPhone?
Is there a way to prevent this?
What can I do to make my iPhone totally useless for the thief?


texts: How can I effectively lock down an iOS device for multi-app use for children?

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I have two pre-teen children who would like to do the following things with an iOS device:

Control Sonos speakers
Spotify
iMessage

However, we don't want to sit behind them and supervise every moment of their tablet usage so we need a tablet that can't add apps from the app store and does not have a general purpose web browser capable of seeing any site on the Internet.

At first, "Guided Access" seems like a good solution.  However, it is trivially easy to break out of guided access and gain access to Safari, etc.  My children will most certainly, and quickly, figure this out.

"Single App Mode" is robust, and can't be broken out of, and behaves just like what we need - but it is, literally, single app mode.  You can't have sonos and spotify and imessage available - you can only pick one.

So I am at a loss ...

Assuming that I have smart kids that can look up things on their school computers and figure out how to break out of the jail and assuming that I would like an iOS device that has only a limited set of apps and no ability to add new ones, what is a good strategy ?

Is it possible to remove apps (like Safari) from an iOS device, then lock down the app store, and make it impossible to add new ones ?  In this instance, they could still factory reset the entire thing and get a fresh iOS device with Safari and Internet access, correct ?

Open to any suggestions ...


texts: Having separte Apple accounts on same device

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I have couple of questions to ask related to one topic.

I live in japan and had my apple account installed there.

And now I am here in US for a year and want to make another apple id so i could redeem iTunes gift card here in US. Is it possible to have another apple id on one iPhone?

When I get back in Japan (for example, I downloaded apps using my US iTunes account) and logged in on my Japanese iTunes account, will the apps I downloaded in US iTunes disappear on my phone?


texts: SSD in a MacBook Pro (mid 2012, 13"), Finder symbol with question mark

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I am having trouble upgrading my MacBook Pro (mid 2012, 13") with a SSD.

3 weeks ago, I installed the Samsung Evo 840 (500 GB) into my MacBook Pro. It worked fine for 3 weeks, then two days ago, my MacBook freezes. I restart it, and a Finder symbol with a question mark appears. I open Disk Utility in several ways (connected my old HDD through USB, or used cmd + R), it shows the SSD but I can neither repair nor verify it. When I start the MacBook Pro, it tells me that it cannot read the internal SSD (or something similar).

Then, I installed the MX100 Crucial SSD (500 GB). It works fine from USB, but once I install it inside my MacBook Pro, I again get the Finder symbol with a question mark. Same for the Samsung: it works via USB, but once its inside, I cannot boot from it.

I installed the HDD back into the MacBook Pro, and it works fine.

I didn't find anything similar to my problem on the web, so I'm asking here. What could be the problem?


texts: Volume visual/audio feedback not working?

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I recently installed Big Sur from scratch, and then restored my Time Machine backup. For some reason, when I press F10, F11 or F12, the volume changes/mutes, but there's no visual popup/sound feedback despite my checking it on.
This doesn't happen on another User account, only the main one I use. Is there a way to figure out what's causing that? Thank you!


texts: Suddenly when I hold down arrow key it takes a moment for OSX to respond

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This is odd.

No recent system updates. Before when I would hold down an arrow key, my cursor would immediately start moving left/right/up/down but now when I hold it down there is almost a 2 second lag before it begins to move. To clarify, the cursor DOES move one space on keypress but it takes another 2 seconds before rapidly moving in the direction I am pressing.

I should note that this happens across all apps. It is a system-wide change.

I am running Yosemite 10.10.5


texts:
I'm trying to click a button in a webpage with AppleScript, but it only seem to work 1/10 times. I copied this code,

to clickID(theId) --creates a function that we can use over and over again instead of writing this code over and over again

tell application "Safari" -- lets AppleScript know what program to controll

    do JavaScript "document.getElementById('" & theId & "').click();" in document 1
    do JavaScript "document.getElementById('" & theId & "').onclick();" in document 1
    do JavaScript "document.getElementById('" & theId & "').submit();" in document 1 -- performs JavaScript code that clicks on the element of a specific id

    end tell -- tells Applescript you are done talking to Safari

end clickID -- lets AppleScript know we are done with the function

I added in the .onClick() and .submit() lines because I saw them in some other code snippets and figured it might help for backup. But it didn't affect it at all. Is it a weird button or am I doing something wrong?

Thank you!


texts: Lion : Assigning a fullscreen app to a space

texts:
With SnowLeopard, I was using spaces, with two spaces. On the second space, I was running a fullscreen application.

I created a shortcut to switch from my first space to the second space : Cmd+1 goes to space 1, Cmd+2 goes to space 2 (displaying my fullscreen app).

I recently upgraded to Lion and cannot reconfigure it to have the same behavior I had with Snow Leopard :

When running my app fullscreen, a new space (sub-space ?) dedicated to this app is created. Now, when pressing Cmd+2, it displays space 2, but it is empty, as my fullscreen app is somewhere else.

How can I make sure my fullscreen app sticks to a space, so that using Cmd+1 and Cmd+2, I can quickly switch between my normal desktop (space 1) and my fullscreen app (space 2) ?


texts: Found a "Complete" shortcut in Messages on OS X under Edit, I want to know what it does exactly, but can't find any info. Anyone knows?


texts: Disable Stand By Mode on Retina MacBook Pro?

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I learned that the retina MacBook Pro has a Deep Sleep Mode that is initiated when left idle for a long time. This, however, causes my laptop to take about 3-5 seconds to wake up after it sleeps, such as opening the lid.

Can I disable this Deep Sleep Mode?

I would also like to know the advantages/disadvantages of disabling it. Does it really save that much power? I would rather have a faster wake up time than saving 1% of battery or something.


texts: Disconnecting charger while Macbook Pro Retina is still turned on

texts: Is it safe to disconnect (unplug the charger from) my Macbook Pro Retina 13" while the computer is turned on and running?


texts: MBP system reports 2 disks while About this Mac->Storage shows one HD?

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MacBook Pro mid 2010 system reports 2 disks (320G and SSD) while About this Mac-> Storage only shows one disk. This Mac -> Storage shows only one disk: 320G. I have tried to use diskutil list, it shows two disks as well.

Wonder what causes the different disk configurations?  MBP runs normally. Should I care about the difference?

Furthermore occasionally the Storage shows two disks, (not sure when), including 320G and the SSD, then the MacBook Pro crashed very often, say, every 15 minutes.

Please help and thanks a million.


texts: GarageBand 10.1.1 Removed MainStage Instruments

texts:
After updating to GarageBand 10.1.1, all the instruments I've downloaded from MainStage 3 have disappeared from the instrument library. They still seem to be in /Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Instrument Library/Sampler/Sampler Instruments, but they're not showing up in the list. Any projects with the instruments, however, play perfectly with them.

I'm not talking about Jam Packs here; they're still right there in the "Legacy" category. I'm talking about things like the expanded orchestral strings, world music, etc. How can I get these back?

Topic on the Apple website.


texts: Deleted almost everything from MacBook Air (2014) and still no storage?

texts:
Last night, I was working on Photoshop and it said my scratch disc was full which, after looking it up, meant my startup disc was full. I went through and deleted a good 95% of my photos, all the apps I never use that MacBook doesn't deem necessary (because Chess is very necessary), a lot of my documents, etc., etc., etc. After that, PhotoShop worked for me.

I was working on it again today, and it said my startup disc is almost full once again? Hardly anything has changed last night. What does this mean/what do I do?


texts: hyperlink to another worksheet in Numbers 09

texts: Is it possible to hyperlink to another sheet in the same workbook in Numbers '09? I want to have a link so I can jump back and fourth between sheets. Excel has this feature but I can't find anything about it in Numbers. It appears that Numbers only allows hyperlinks to webpages or to send an email.


texts: Execute App (Apps Authorization Revoked)

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Hello there I am trying to start an app (downloaded from the Internet) on macOS Mojave 10.14.5 though when I double click I get the following pop up message:

  “Ascabart” can’t be opened. You should move it to the Trash.

There is also a question mark button that gives me more info:

  The app’s authorisation has been revoked

  There may be a problem with this app. Although the app was signed by
  an identified developer, the certificate for the app has been revoked
  and it cannot be opened.

  Check with the Mac App Store or the software developer to see whether
  there is an updated version of this app.

Now I still want to execute the app since I myself know I can trust it. How can I do so?

In my Security System Preferences I already have:

  Allow Apps downloaded from anywhere

selected

If there is no easy way can I modify the certificate or app profile?

Thanks a lot!


texts: Why did Time Machine have to do a deep event scan?

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Time Machine needed to do a deep event scan when backing up to my USB hard drive:

11/12/2015 18:03:43.470 com.apple.backupd[1058]: Deep event scan at path:/ reason:contains changes|must scan subdirs|fsevent|file event|renamed|

What does this imply happened? What caused it to need to do a deep event scan?

Whatever it is, I'd like to avoid doing it in future...


texts: How to delete pre-installed apps in Catalina?

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I want to delete the pre-installed apps, like Music, Books, Siri etc. from my iMac running Catalina. How do I do this?

(NOTE: This question asks the same thing but was closed as a duplicate of this question. Annoyingly, the supposed duplicate doesn’t give an obvious answer to the question, and the original was locked can’t be answered, hence a new question. I can’t add an answer to this question either)


texts: Can my Early 2013 15" MacBook Pro connect to a 30" Apple Cinema Display... or two?

texts:
Someone in my area is selling some 30" Apple Cinema Displays for a pretty decent price and I'm thinking about getting one for my home office to use with my Early 2013 15" MacBook Pro. From what I understand, I would need a Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter in order to get the display's native 2560x1440 resolution, but it looks like the seller is including one (whether or not they realize it didn't originally ship with the monitor).

Bonus question: if I picked up two of these (like I said, the price is pretty good), would my laptop be able to use them both at once? I have two Thunderbolt ports (assuming the seller throws in two adapters), but I don't know if there's an internal hardware or software limitation.

I'll certainly bring my laptop to test things out, but I figured I'd check before heading to meet the seller and potentially save myself a trip.


texts: Use external WiFi adapter instead of internal

texts:
I've been trying to get an external USB WiFi adapter to work with OS X 10.10 (Yosemite), instead of the internal one that came with my iMac, but I can't find anything in system preferences whatsoever that lets me configure it, I looked in network settings but couldn't find any option to select the adapter I want to use, it just lets me pick 'WiFi' which is always the internal one.

The adapter I'm trying to configure is an Alfa AWUS036NH, any help will be greatly appreciated!


texts: iPhone FTP utility with automatic backup?

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I am searching for an iPhone utility / application with an FTP client that can do automatic backup without user intervention. More specifically, I'd expect to configure the utility once and specify (somehow) that I want a certain type of file (e.g. photos) backed up automatically, in the background.  As an example, if I specified photo backup, I'd want the new photos to be ftp'ed in the background, shortly after they're created.

I've searched for hours on the AppStore and already bought two top rated FTP clients. Neither does what I want. Perhaps this is due to a limitation of the iPhone architecture?  If so, I'd be amenable to running a jail-breaked phone, if such application were available.

Any pointers gratefully appreciated.

BTW, I've specified FTP rather than than another protocol/service since the goal is to upload photos directly to a host that I control (where the photos will be further processed into a report and sent to a customer).  For this reason, it's important that the photos are moved as fast as they're created and, unlike ITunes/Dropbox/GoogleDrive/etc, they need to move to a computer that I control.  I mention this because IF an application can accomplish the aforementioned task without FTP, that's fine.


texts: How do I backup 2 external hard disks to 1 external hard disk?

texts: I currently own two 2 TB external hard disk and one 5 TB external hard disk. Is it possible to backup the two 2 TB external HDDs to the 5 TB external HDD using my Mac?


texts: How can I set the default width, height, and position of my Mac terminal app?

texts: How can I set the default width and height of my Mac terminal window so that it always opens the way I'd like it to. Currently, every time I launch the terminal app, I need to resize it.


texts: It takes a while for my MacBook to recognize keyboard presses and trackpad clicks upon wake

texts:
Sometimes it takes over a minute for my MacBook Pro 16 inch to recognize anything I write on the keyboard and whatever I do with the trackpad upon waking it up from sleep mode. In fact, sometimes it will say it doesn't detect a keyboard and it expects me to insert or pair a keyboard. After a couple minutes the problem disappears, however.

I've done PRAM/NVRAM as well as SMC procedures. Still having the same problem. I've also booted in safe mode. No result.


texts: How are apps like Mail+ connecting to Exchange, while Apple's Mail.app is blocked by my IT dept?

texts:
My IT department has this great idea: if you want to read your work email on your personal device, you have to give us total access to the device. Well, no. It's my personal device, you can't have it. So I can't have work email.

Then I discover there are apps for Android that really don't care what my IT dept thinks, and they connect to Exchange for the emails anyway. Then I discover Mail+, which does the same thing in iOS: Connecting to my company's Exchange server without the profiles installed, and allowing me access to my work email.

My question is this: How are these apps connecting to the Exchange server? What is different about the way the iPhone connects with native email accounts? Is there a way to make the native accounts work without the profiles installed by my IT dept?


texts: Why DND automatically turns itself on and off in macOS High Sierra?

texts: I am noticing for quite a few days that after upgrading to high sierra though DND doesn't has any custom timeline for auto on and off in system preferences it automatically turns itself on every-day at 12:00 am and turns itself off at 12:00 pm, I don't know why is this happening


texts: Unable to boot into anything but single user mode

texts:
Last night I upgraded from Mountain Lion to Mavericks (mid 2009 macbook pro). Everything went smoothly during the upgrade, but it resulted in an extremely long and unstable boot process. If I was lucky the Mavericks volume would boot after quite a while waiting at the gray apple screen. However, I frequently would not make it through the login process without it seizing up and requiring a hard restart. If I did manage to get logged in it would similarly crash within a short period of time (roughly anywhere from 5-15 minutes). I'm not sure what was happening exactly (kernel panick?), but it would rapidly go from normal operation to spinning beach ball to completely frozen, never to recover on its own.

I should add that a few months ago I spilled a drink on my keyboard. It was pineapple juice, not too much but obviously enough to cause problems. I took the laptop apart and as much of the keyboard assembly as possible, and thoroughly cleaned it with 99.99% isopropyl alcohol. Unfortunately several keys are still shorted or otherwise damaged, so I've been using a USB keyboard since then. Not sure if this h
as a hand in my current problems but it seems relevant. I did try disconnecting the keyboard/power ribbon from the logic board to see if it changed anything. I  jumped the power pads and it powered on but the boot problems were the same.

Before that I tried booting into recovery and repairing the disk. It did find and repair some errors but that didn't resolve my issues. I booted to an old Snow Leopard install dvd and went through the disk utility operations with that to the same end. Next, still using the DVD, I shrank my Mavericks partition, created a new one with the free space, and installed Snow Leopard on that. It installed fine, rebooted into snow leopard, configured itself, rebooted again, and I haven't been able to get past the grey apple loading screen since.

I can't boot in to safe mode with shift, nor into the volume manager with option. I can't boot into the Mavericks recovery drive, I assume because currently the Snow Leopard partition is the startup disk. I can boot into single user mode, I run fsck -fy, it finds and corrects an error. I run it again, and it says the volume appears to be ok. I reboot, and am once again stuck at the grey apple with the spinning gear. Additionally, I haven't been able to boot the Snow Leopard DVD since the install, holding C during startup does nothing.

So the short of it is, currently I can't boot into anything but single user mode, and I'm not sure what else to try. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Update: I successfully set the startup disk back to the mavericks volume with bless, but I'm still having the same issued. I ran fsck -fy until there were no reported changes, but it hasn't changed anything.


texts: How to check if text message has actually been sent?

texts:
On my iOS 14.5.1 iPhone 7 how can I check if an SMS message has actually been sent or not?
It is just a green bubble with no sent confirmation nor 'pending' indication anywhere near it in the Messages app. I don't trust my 1-0 bar fluctuating network connection.
How can I find out if the message has been sent or not?


texts: Image files saving as broken, Pasting Icons instead of the images

texts: I have been having issues with how my computer is saving images and placing images. Whenever I save an image, it views fine on my computer, but shows up as broken anywhere else when I try to upload it online, through Slack, etc... Today, I began having an issue with placing images. Usually I can copy a photo and paste it into inDesign, or other Adobe softwares, and now it's pasting the JPEG icon and not the image itself. These are very specific issues, and I have no idea what could be causing it.


texts: Does iOS 5.1.1 disable Visual Voicemail on Sprint phones?

texts:
I updated to iOS 5.1.1 today, and now the voicemail button on my phone calls Sprints old, audio voicemail system. I no longer have access to visual voicemail.

I suspect that the feature may have been disabled for Sprint users because previously, I was finding Visual Voicemail to be very unreliable, resulting in delayed receipt of voicemail messages, and frequently, messages appearing in the list, but being unable to be played without restarting my phone. (The message would show up in the list with a duration of 0:00 until the phone was rebooted.)

Was the feature disabled for Sprint users, or did the update just break Visual Voicemail in some other way? How can I get it back?


texts: Can't enlarge photos in google images Safari

texts:
Until yesterday, I was able to tap on a picture on google images to view the picture in large.
For example when you search "Apple" on google images you get many photos of it, and if you want to view one of them in large you just simply tap it.

But the problem is that since yesterday I suddenly can't do this! When I search anything on google images and get a lot of photos of it and then want to view it larger, it won't open. If I want to view the photo in large I have to do a hard long press and then it'll open.
How to fix it?

*i tried looking up photos on different Search Engine (Yahoo) and there It's all working good and I can view the image in large when i tap on it but I don't want use it, I wanna use Google..

My iOS is 10.0 and my Safari version is Safari 10


texts: Magic Mouse 2 stops responding after a while

texts:
I just got a Magic Mouse 2 (the Space Gray version) and I've been having some really frustrating issues with it. The sequence of events is the following:

The mouse will connect just fine, it's recognized and I can even check battery level and rename it
After 5 min or so it stops recognizing clicks or gestures. It's only capable of moving the cursor.
If I turn it off and back on it stops working whatsoever
If I leave the mouse off for a while (like 1hr or so) it starts working again but the whole process repeats itself.

I've tried resetting the device to defaults, resetting the bluetooth module, deleting the bluetooth profiles and other stuff, nothing fixes it.

My set-up:

MacbookPro 15" 2017
MacOS Mojave 10.14.5

The issue happens on several machines. I have another Magic Mouse 2 that works just fine and has never had similar issues with this laptop.

Is this a hardware issue?


texts: Is it reasonable to buy a new Apple Watch even though you own an iPhone 8?

texts:
I own an iPhone 8 and I am considering buying an Apple Watch SE (GPS, 44 mm). I have had my iPhone for a long time and I have replaced the battery once. In my opinion, the iPhone 8 works perfectly well. But I have been contemplating about getting a fitness watch for a long time now and I really wanna buy an Apple Watch, but is it a good idea? Will it not drain my phone battery when paired? And will all features on the watch be available?

Question: Should you buy an older Apple Watch if you own an iPhone 8?


texts:
When I open a new terminal, I get the following:

Last login: Sun Jun  1 16:39:07 on ttys000
-bash: Setting: command not found
NAME-OF-COMPUTER-MacBook-Pro:~ name$

I am used to seeing the first and the third lines, but the second seems new. How do I fix this?

EDIT
 After executing bash -x -l as Ian C. requested, this is the output:

+ '[' -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ']'
++ /usr/libexec/path_helper -s
+ eval 'PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin";' export 'PATH;'
++ PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin
++ export PATH
+ '[' /bin/bash '!=' no ']'
+ '[' -r /etc/bashrc ']'
+ . /etc/bashrc
++ '[' -z '\s-\v\$ ' ']'
++ PS1='\h:\W \u\$ '
++ shopt -s checkwinsize
++ '[' Apple_Terminal == Apple_Terminal ']'
++ '[' -z '' ']'
++ PROMPT_COMMAND='update_terminal_cwd; '
+ Setting PATH for Python 2.7
bash: Setting: command not found
+ PATH=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin
+ export PATH
+ PATH=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin
+ export PATH
+ PATH=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin
+ export PATH
+ PATH=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin
+ export PATH
++ update_terminal_cwd
++ local 'SEARCH= '
++ local REPLACE=%20
++ local PWD_URL=file://Conner-Pikes-MacBook-Pro.local/Users/connerpike
++ printf '\e]7;%s\a' file://Conner-Pikes-MacBook-Pro.local/Users/connerpike

Also, Do I need those four long lines for something that has to do with python? It looks unnecessary. Any help on that would be much appreciated also.


texts: Is it possible to link a new text style to the list styles?

texts:
I'm making a custom template in Pages 5.5.3 app on OS X 10.10.

I've created a new text-style for my bulletpoints, but pages does always select the 'main text' for the bullet points.. Is it possible to link my new style to the list styles?


texts:
I recently (two days ago) updated to El Capitan on my work machine (15" MBP, Mid 2015, 2.5 GHz Core i7, 16GB ram, R9 M370X, 500GB SSD) and ever since then, Spotlight has been draining my battery and causing the fans to spin like it's about to take off from my desk. My battery life has gone from about 6-7 projected hours pre-update to only 3 until it's completely drained.

Here's a picture of Activity Monitor:

and CPU:

I initially thought that Spotlight was simply indexing and using high amounts of energy in the process, but 1. it shouldn't be indexing for almost three full days (I don't have very much data stored on the disk at all) 2. the process for indexing is usually called 'mdutil' rather than the actual 'Spotlight' process and 3. Spotlight would usually display a progress bar when it's actually indexing.

I've rebooted multiple times, tried force quitting the Spotlight process (but it just turns back on and uses the same energy) and tried turning mdutil on and off and forcing reindexing (to no effect, most likely because indexing is not the root issue?).

Does anyone know what might be causing this issue?

I updated to El Capitan on my personal Mac way back when it first came out last fall and I never had this issue. Nor do any of the coworkers I've talked to now.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts:
iPhone 4 running iOS 6.0.1.

I have Settings -> Music -> Shake to Shuffle turned off.

Without tapping the shuffle icon, if I select the first track on an album or a playlist, Music will not run through those tracks in start-to-finish order. It's always randomized in some way.

Needless to say, this makes listening to a "live" album fairly distracting...

Google has been no help, and other questions here get as far as "close, but not quite."

Am I missing a setting, somewhere?


texts:
Going with Apple's history it was OS X (standing for OS 10) in older versions of Apple's operating system.

So with the new iPhone should I be calling iPhone "X" or iPhone 10?

What did they use in the announcements?


texts: Windows external hard drive not detected in Startup Disk List

texts:
I am trying to set up an external hard drive with a copy of Windows 10 that I can boot from my MacBook Pro (Early 2015). I used the procedure posted by Alex Lambert in the following thread:

Is it possible to use Boot Camp with Windows 10 from an external HDD?

Following his procedure, I never received any error messages, but when I reboot my MacBook and hold down the option key, the only bootable hard drive listed is my "Macintosh HD". If I open System preferences-->Startup Disk, it finds my external hard drive as a Windows disk, but if I try to select it, then I get the error: "You can't change the startup disk to the selected disk. The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk."

How can I check what is missing on the hard drive that keeps it from showing up in the startup disk selection?


texts: Location Services shown on menu bar even though all apps are disabled

texts:
I have encountered a weird problem with my Macbook Pro (mid 2017/macOS Sierra 10.12.6). It shows the Location Services icon on the menu bar, many times a day, even after unchecking all application from location services except 'Setting Time Zone' & 'Find My Mac' (under 'System Services'). I have also unchecked 'Show location icon in menu bar when System Services request your location', that means 'System Services' can use location services without showing on menu bar.

Why does location icon show up, is there any app which is using location without my knowledge? I take my privacy seriously. or is it some malware/adware.
Please see images:


texts: iphone notes app that supports Dropbox sync, search, import text files automatically

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I search for a notes application that supports

File sync with Dropbox folder
Searching the contents of the text files
Import new files from Dropbox folder automatically

I found an app that claims to have those features, called Locayta. But on my iphone which has iOs 7.1, importing new files from Dropbox folder doesn't work.

I wonder if there are any other notes apps that support these features?


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I recently upgraded my HDD to a SSD. Before upgrading I never checked fan speed.
Now, after my upgrade the fan spins at 1400 rpm on idle.

Is this normal? I thought it would be quiet like on a MacBook Pro, with the fan turning on after it reaches a certain temperature. However, it seems to me the fan is now on sooner and because of this my iMac is noisier than before.

Can someone who has original hdd check fan speed and temperature and post it here?


texts: Using Windows 8 .img file to create a bootable USB thumb drive

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Is it possible to create a bootable USB drive for installing Windows 8 without access to a copy of Windows?

I know I could install a VM and install Windows there, then make the bootable drive and use Bootcamp to actually install that way, but honestly I would rather not have to put the extra software on my system if at all possible.

I checked the Bootcamp documentation and it says I may have the option to "create a windows installation disk" but I don't have that option (unsure why?)

Additional information:
USB Key capacity: 1 16gb and 1 30gb
OS ver: OSX Mountain Lion
Machine: Late 2010 MacBook Air


texts: Why can my Mac charge my iPad but other computers can't?

texts: What do Macs do differently so its USB ports can charge my iPad, but if I plug into a USB port on my PC I get the "not charging" message?


texts: Opening a pdf file from the command line

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I have been using latexmk to make a pdf file in the following way:

latexmk -pdf filename.tex; open filename.pdf

This opens the pdf in Preview. However I want to open the pdf with a given zoom (problems with vision), and Preview reverts to a default zoom at every opportunity. This is annoying because I like to recompile my latex quite often.

I have tried using "open -a" with both skim.app and Adobe Acrobat Reader, because I have gained the impression from reading about these pdf viewers on the web that one can change the default viewing parameters. Unfortunately, a command line such as the one above, possibly using "open -a skim.app filename.pdf" produces the error message that either the file or the program "can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer". This happens whether of not I tell the system (via Command-I) to always open filename.pdf with the appropriate application (skim or Reader).

Since skim provides some kind of AppleScript access, which Preview doesn't, I wondered whether to try using AppleScript. But I need to get on with what I'm writing, rather than get into an infinite regress of things I need to learn first.

I use vim for editing, and briefly considered vim-latex, but rejected it as too complicated to 1) install and 2) learn how to use. I want no more than to open, from the command-line, a particular pdf in a pdf viewer where one can control the parameters for viewing.


texts: System ultra slow when connected to a network

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It's very strange but my work's iMac (5k 2017 / 3.4Ghz Quad i5/16 GB RAM Radeon Pro 570 4GB)
is ultra slow when I'm connected to any network (ethernet or wifi).
When I start an application I take forever, and if I unplug my ethernet cable, it's start immediately.
I'm running 11.2.3, I removed the cache, rebooted a few times, I even changed my DNS server just in case... but I can't figure out what's going on
PS: in activity monitor, nothing strange:

CPU load is very low (System 2.96% / user 6.97%)
Memory have no issue to Physical 16GB, used 9.63, cached files 6.35, swap used 29mb
Disk IO is fine (and speed test for the disk is fine too)
network speed test running around 950Mbps down and 100Mbps up
(Ping and dig don't seems to have any issue)


texts:
Edit: The problem somehow resolved itself today. I'm not sure how, but I suspect it is because I restarted the computer. I don't believe granting Finder.app full disk access was needed, since I undid that yesterday.
Original post:
I can't change icons on APFS-formatted external drive volumes. I've tried many things as detailed below, but nothing is working for me as demonstrated by the screen recording below (click for higher quality):

In the screen recording you see that I'm able to change the icon on "old Mac Pro" which is an external volume formatted as Mac OS Extended Journal (using the usual procedure: pasting an image into the upper left of the Get Info). However, the same procedure does not work on the APFS formatted volume, regardless of whether I copy/paste or drag either .png or .icns formatted images.
I've tried this on both a 2015 MacBook Pro and a 2020 M1 MacAir, both running Mac OS 11.3.
===========================
Details of what I've tried:
This site says .icns files are required sometimes (since Catalina).
This site describes making .icns files using Preview (I found this works for icons when images are 512x512). This video shows making .icns files using a automator quick action found here. User BOrax on this site suggests a need to grant Finder.app full disk access, which I tried using System>Security>Privacy>Full Disk Access>
hit + then navigating to /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app  -- again, nothing helps.


texts:
I have been following directions to create a bootable USB drive from here:

http://borgstrom.ca/2010/10/14/os-x-bootable-usb.html

Here is the relevant screenshot:

However for my case on the USB Drive (a new 32GB Sandisk): the Disk Utility shows the Partition tab is disabled:

Hints on whether the procedure being followed were incorrect appreciated.


texts: Using MacBook Pro 13' (2019) in lower resolution in Windows (1280x800)

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I know the native resolution for MacBook Pro 2019 is 2560x1600. Using this resolution makes everything very small in Windows 10 and its needed to use scales (for example 200x). Another solution for this could be using a lower resolution.
Using 1280x800 seems perfect because it is exactly half in each dimension and it is expected that it does not need any adjustment because each four pixel maps to one pixel in this resolution.
But it seems there is a problem in the firmware of the LCD controller of the MacBook that makes the screen blurred in this resolution.


texts: How to convert my iCloud Photo Library into H256/HEIC/HEVC

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I have iPhone 11 Pro and MacBook Pro 16", both are powerful enough to handle HEIC/HEVC. I just found that significant part of my iCloud Photo Library has an unoptimized MOV files recorded on previous iPhones:

Is there any way to convert library to modern format keeping all the metadata?


texts: How to solve: macbook pro loading only after login & login password input field is yellowish and strange

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As always, every time I would turn my macbook pro on it would have the following actions:

Black screen
White apple pops up
Loading bar runs
Login screen shows up, with my wallpaper, chosen language set up, battery indicator that is being charged(if on the charger)
Then I am logged in normally

A few days ago it started to act strange.

When I start the macbook this is the following behaviour:

Black Screen
White apple
Login screen totally deconfigured: The password field has an yellowish background color, on the top right the language is not my chosen set up, the battery, even if charging, does not show the energy indicator, the background image is the default one at the macbook default image that only should pop up if I had more then one user set on the computer, which is not the case, as I am being directed to my user, as there is only one user set(the admin), so I should get my wallpaper(my user's wallpaper), and not this default one.
When I type the password and login the loading bar appears
Then it gets in the account and the rest is normal

When I tried using the safe mode:

black screen
white apple
Same weird login screen
I enter my password
Loading bar shows up
Safe mode login shows up, for the same user, as there is only one set up on the machine. I have to re-type my username and password.
User is logged in and the rest is normal

I hope I managed to make myself clear regarding the issue.

Has anyone ever experienced this before?


texts: How to know if an iOS app does not access the internet via Wi-Fi or Cellular?

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Is there a clear indicator that an app does not access the internet via Wi-Fi or cellular?

For instance in the Settings App there is an entry for every app installed on iOS 13. There you find an app specific toggle for „cellular data“. But some apps (eg KeePassium) do not have this toggle.

Would an app connect to the internet if its “cellular data” setting is missing?   Because every other app that can use Wi-Fi and cellular has that toggle. I am not worried about bluetooth tethering as I can turn off Bluetooth on individual app basis and cable tethering is not an issue.


texts: Is there an iPad app like Snagit for marking up screenshots or pictures with arrows, callouts, dropshadows, torn edges, etc.?

texts:
I LOVE Snagit.

I know that captures can only be done in iOS with the built in Home-Power screenshot function.

But I'm looking for an app that will allow me to edit those shots and add arrows, shadows, edges, callouts, blur, freehand circles, etc.

Is there something that does this well, with a focus on annotation?  (So I get that I can do this in Keynote an other apps, but since they're not made for it, it's painful, they can't export the picture back to the photo roll, etc.)


texts: How do I block images for one website in Safari?

texts: There is a question on this Stack Exchange site that details how to disable images in Safari, but I only want to disable images on a website or two. How do I do this?


texts: Screenshot go 'nowhere' after Dropbox installation

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I installed dropbox and now my screenshots go to dropbox, I tried disabling "Share screenshots using dropbox" but now screenshots don't go to the folder but also not to the clipboard

How can I store screenshots again?


texts:
When I upgraded from Yosemite to El Capitan, I got a warning about Apple’s Screen Sharing.app being not supported.

Sure enough, an alias to the app was moved to a folder named "Incompatible Software". When I run the app, it never connects to the server.

Is there some replacement for this functionality (VNC screen sharing) bundled into El Capitan? Or did Apple really just drop this important feature?


texts: How can I make ipad Safari bookmark list wider?

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How can I make ipad Safari bookmark list wider ?

I want to see as much text as possible for each bookmark, not have more than half the screen devoted to a dimmed-out web page.

iPad Air 2, iOS 9.3.1

See picture.

When you choose larger text sizes, the default value doesn't allow for much text to show.


texts: JavaScript working when disabled (factory settings) in iOS is a bug?

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I have noticed all my iOS devices and my those of my friends have JavaScript disabled in Safari settings by default (Settings > Safari > Advanced). Yet, JavaScript seemed to be working on all websites.

When I turned it on, websites continued working as expected. But when I turned it back off most websites didn't work correctly because, you know, JavaScript is essential to them. My question is, why was it turned off by default and still working? I have iOS 11 and there's a similar question with iOS 10 here: iOS 10 Safari JavaScript setting disabled. Is this a bug or is there a reason for this?


texts: Why can't I restrict all from executing a folder?

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Why isn't the code working?

mkdir new_folder
cd new_folder
cd ..
chmod 666 new_folder
cd new_folder //this is allowed
ls -la
total 0
drwxrw-rw-   2 David  staff   68 Mar 16 18:20 .
drwx------@ 10 David  staff  340 Mar 16 18:20 ..
Davids-MacBook-Pro-2:new_folder David$ cd ..
ls -al | grep new_folder
drwxrw-rw-   2 David  staff      68 Mar 16 18:20 new_folder
Desktop David$


texts: What's the most robust way to backup an iTunes library?

texts:
I have an iTunes library on my WinXP PC.  This library includes tons of music, some podcasts, and a few T.V. shows.  What's the best way to back up the whole iTunes library?

Specifically:

All music, album art, podcasts and videos preserved and recoverable
All album art preserved and recoverable
All playlists preserved and recoverable
All settings, such as compilations and volume adjustments, preserved and recoverable
Catalog can be restored on Win and Mac iTunes installations

It would be awesome if there were a way to do incremental backups instead of having to do the whole process every few months.


texts:
The terminal app is stuck on a window like the following and doesn't respond to

Reopen,
File > Reset, hard reset.
Renaming .bash_profile and reopen.
Opening other profiles.

Last time I used it, it was for a nodejs server. After I was done using the server, I closed the Terminal window and hit Terminate when it asked if it should kill running processes.


texts: Dual TIme Machine backups; "Delete all backups of a file" applies to only one drive? (Bug?)

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Asked at Apple Discussions but the silence is deafening...

I'm using two 2TB internal drives in tandem for Time Machine and deleted some files while in Time Machine. They deleted from drive A, but drive B still has the files. Is there a way to delete these? I tried unmounting drive A in Disk Utility but then I can't enter Time Machine.

I love the dual backups, but should I be able to do dual deletes of files/backups? I don't see a way to accomplishg this except to force Time Machine to do a backup, then delete the files again so it switches drives, but that seems a bit convoluted.

If one of you guru types has an answer I'd be most interested.

Thanks.

Mike

Mac Pro 3.1 8 Core ML.3


texts: `ls -G` output format changes with less column spacing

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I want to see coloured output of the ls command and so I added

export CLICOLOR=1

to .bashrc file but now the spacing between columns in the output of the ls command changes. How do I maintain the same spacing between columns as the ls command without -G option?


texts: /bin/ls is ALWAYS showing hidden files. it should not

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No matter how i try to make sure /bin/ls has not been aliased, executing any ls command always shows the hidden files. How can I change this?
As the # prompt shows this is being run as root.
# type ls
ls is /bin/ls
# ls ~
.CFUserTextEncoding
.mysql_history
Downloads
.bash_history
...


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Ratings and Reviews not showing up for newly released app. Is there a standard delay or is something wrong?

I don't know whats wrong with Apple Customer Ratings system on Appstore.

Recently I have uploaded two apps on appstore. And still there are no ratings/reviews on apps. Infact I observed there are 1000s of downloads has been made in last 2 days.

To verify this 1 of my friend also added his comment with rating yesterday on 1 of my App. But his comment also not visible, still there are zero customer reviews in both Apps.

Can anyone update me regarding this issue ?


texts:
I have an old account that I don't use. I can log in through

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

and edit my account but can't find anywhere to delete it.

Is it possible?


texts: I cannot get the column to sort the dates correctly in Numbers!  I want to sort the column by date and instead of sorting 1 through 12, it sorts like this: 1,10,11,12,2,3


texts: How do i replace an apple ID on a used iPhone 4?

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I have given my dad my old iPhone 4, and I bought a new 4S. He put a new sim card in and used the phone but now 'his' contacts have appeared on my new iPhone i.e. the old phone retains my apple id.
How can I 'erase' my apple id from the old iPhone and reinstate it with my Dads apple id ?


texts: Can I make a custom keyboard shortcut available to all users?

texts:
I've created a keyboard shortcut but it only works for my current user, we have 3 users on our Mac (OS X 10.8.3) but if I set up a short cut, I have to then set the same one up for our other 2 users.

Is there a way to make it universal?


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The hard drive on my iMac died & I had it replaced.  They installed a new drive, wiped it clean & re-installed the OS.  When I brought it home, I went through set up, pointed it at Time Machine, and viola! next memory my machine was up & running.

With one catch...

I can't get any OS updates.  It keeps saying it's unable to check for updates, make sure you connected to the Internet.

I've tried rebooting a few times to no avail.  I can also connect to websites just fine, including apple.com.

Any suggestions of what to try?


texts: How to stream audio from VLC to AirPlay speakers?

texts:
My configuration looks like this:

MacBook with EL Capitan
AirPort Express 802.11n (2nd Generation)
speakers connected to AirPort's audio port using mini-jack

On my MacBook I switched audio output to AirPort Express and it's working quite well when playing music from iTunes, Spotify or YouTube in Safari. Sound quality is good, audio is in sync with video on the MacBook's screen.

The problem appears when I am trying to play some movies using VLC app. With this configuration, the sound that comes from my "wireless" speakers is choppy and its quality is very bad. Playing the same video file with Quick Time Player solves the problem - audio is perfect. Not all video files are affected by this issue. Some can be played with VLC without an issue.

When using MacBook's internal speakers all video files can be played without an issue using VLC. Choppy, poor quality audio only occurs when audio output is set to AirPort Express.

I assume that the problem could be connected to audio codec used to create video files I am trying to play. I could just play this files using Quick Time Player and both video (on MacBook's screen) and audio (from speakers connected to AirPort) would be perfect, but I like the VLC and how its support subtitles etc.

What should I do to fix audio issues when playing movies in VLC with AirPlay speakers?


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We have a workstation that gets used sporadically, and I'm trying to setup a script that backs it up during shutdown.
I created a LogoutHook in com.apple.loginwindow to a 1-line bash script, that triggers an Applescript that compares my own log entries to determine if the backup should run. If so, it calls the main Applescript which triggers a  Chronosync backup job.

It all works... except that I barely get the backup job started before the Mac terminates it and shuts down. I suppose SIGTERMs and SIGKILLs are being issued and all processes quickly comply.

I also looked into the "proper" way of doing it with launchd (since LogoutHooks are deprecated). Launchd doesn't really support scheduling jobs upon shutdown: it requires starting the script at login, sleeping/waiting to trap a SIGTERM. Again, this poses the problem that the entire system is shutting down within seconds, from the network stack to the Chronosync daemon.

The man page for the shutdown command also states:

  Upon shutdown, all running processes are sent a SIGTERM followed by a SIGKILL.  The SIGKILL will follow the SIGTERM by an intentionally indeterminate period of time.  Programs are expected to take only enough time to flush all dirty data and exit.

Is there a way to delay shutdown until my scripts are all done? Ideally I want the same behavior as Apple's Software Updater, which takes as long as it wants to install updates upon logout, before allowing the machine to shut down.


texts: Can I save an hard copy version of my iCloud Photo Library on iPhone?

texts: I want to unsubscribe from iCloud and, this way, I'll lose all the photos that I previously uploaded on the iCloud Library. Is there a way to unsubscribe from iCloud and keep a hard copy high-resolution version of the photos on my iPhone gallery?


texts: Sound output source changes based on the kind of sound?

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My first Bluetooth headphones ever (Amazon) just arrived today, and they work great on tests in YouTube and QuickTime, but for some reason, when I moved files to the Trash (and out again via Undo), the sound effects played at full volume out of the computer's built-in speakers. I've replicated this several times, and the issue persists even after relaunching Finder. As I was writing this, the "new email" notification sound just played out of the computer's speakers too! How can I fix this?

I'm on an early 2011 13" MBP with an upgraded AirPort card to support Bluetooth LE (gotten for Continuity support), running OS X 10.10.2.


texts:
I am rookie in mac and first time when I got mac I set user name as Admin therefore all that associate with the mac begin with name Admin.

I would like to change this name to Aleksey

I found in System Preferences tab where it could be changed

But I am not sure that if I change name I will not get errors in consequences , because as far as I understand such way I will change path.

Eventually I am not sure that path will be changed in all apps where it has been taken

If my explanation not clear feel free to ask

Thanks in advance!


texts: How do I move my IPhone backup from one machine to another?

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I used to sync my IPhone to my Macbook air using ITunes. All my Apps and other stuff like music and podcast were fully backed up there.

Recently I bought a new mac mini and now I want to create a full backup of my Iphone there. However after, authorizing and fully syncing I noticed that only recently installed Apps were showing up.

How can I get a full backup on the Mac Mini like how I used to have in my Macbook air ?

P/S - I do not backup my Apps on ICloud.
Thanks.


texts: iPhone won't stop connecting to bluetooth, interferes with mouse

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My iPhone keeps pairing itself to my Mac. I know because every time it happens my mouse lags horribly until I remove it.

Things I've tried:

Reset the Bluetooth module
Factory reset all connected Apple devices
Remove all devices
Select device > remove device

When it happens, it is only listed in the Bluetooth menu item; it's not listed in System Preferences > Bluetooth.

Until recently I had an app called Typeeto installed which enabled me to use my Bluetooth keyboard on any other device without unpairing and re-pairing. Basically, it transmits to the Mac, which transmits to the device. I believe this is the root cause and I removed the paired devices from it and deleted it. Still no luck.


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I have a four videos of the same event (a band playing) all taken from different angles.

I'd like to make a concert video of the footage.  Nothing special, just cut from angle to angle throughout the song -- use the guitar player close up on the guitar solo -- that sort of thing.

Is there a way in iMovie to layout each video in a separate "layer" (sort of like in Photoshop), and then (after I sync them to the audio), movie the "camera" from one layer to another?

If iMovie can't do that, is there other software that can?

Thanks!


texts:
I am currently working on multiple projects where I use multiple desktops (created by the "+" button in mission control) and full screens (when entering full screen mode in an application (cmd + ctrl + f)).

Now, when I work on multiple projects the amount of windows used simultaneously is rather confusing which is why I often close all tasks/windows associated with one project to get a clear workspace for the other project.

I was wondering if there is a possibility where I can save the currently open windows and workspace settings, such that by a simple click I can switch between multiple workspaces. Let's say you work on a coding project where you use multiple files as references, an IDE, a browser with multiple tabs/windows open, etc. Now, you'd like to switch (temporarily close all open applications) to another coding project which requires a completely different setting, but in no way less extensive. Instead of opening the IDE and all associated windows and files manually, one could open all of them automatically (a setting saved from the last time you worked on that project).

I never heard of something like this which is why I hoped someone of the community might have an idea.


texts:
I have a MacBook Pro mid-2012 running OS 10.14.6. I'm unable to move the cursor using the trackpad.
More details:
-I'm able to click everything perfectly fine with the trackpad.
-It seems like the cursor slightly moves when I press quite hard on the left-hand side of the trackpad.
-I don't know if this related but my MacBook shows "service battery", the cycle count is 651.
-I've tried NVRAM, PRAM AND SMC reset.
Any help is highly appreciated.


texts: Does changing a daemon's plist file extension prevent it from being loaded?

texts:
I particularly want to disable:
/private/etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist.disabled, but in general for any daemon.
Does changing its plist extension prevent it from loading?
In the past I moved them to a different folder, but this is more convenient.


texts: Is there a standard format for HTML-emails?

texts:
I have noticed that HTML-formatted graphical emails which I receive are the perfect width for the message pane in Lion's Mail app.

It almost looks as if Apple designed them (it didn't they are from random companies).

Is this a coincidence, or is there a standard? Did Apple play a role in defining it?


texts: How to import Chrome passwords into iCloud Keychain

texts:
Latest MacOS release (10.15.4) added the following option:

  Option to import Chrome passwords into your iCloud Keychain for easy AutoFill of your passwords in Safari and across all your devices

Where do I find the settings for this / how to actually achieve this?


texts: Unknown bluetooth device connected to my MacOS

texts:
I just discovered a weird device connected to my macOS.

The device is called "Nets", it is found in the bluetooth menu bar, but not if I open bluetooth preferences.

Any clue what this might be? I've been reading a lot about bluetooth exploits recently.

P.s. I've been driving in a car (without any BT devices), and it's been connected the whole trip.

Update:

After clicking disconnect, it lagged for 4-5 seconds (strange, normally it does not when disconnecting devices), and then disappeared.


texts:
When creating tables in Keynote, is there a way to create them with the booktabs style of typesetting?

For those not familiar with booktabs, an example table looks like this:

-----------------------------------------------
                  Treatment A   Treatment B
-----------------------------------------------
 John Smith            1             2
 Jane Doe              -             3
 Mary Johnson          4             5
-----------------------------------------------

The key points are:

No vertical lines (e.g., between columns).
Only three horizontal lines (at the top, bottom, and immediately below the headings), but we don't have horizontal lines between every pair of rows.

I realize I could create a table in external software (e.g., LaTeX), then export to PDF or PNG and import as a PDF or PNG.  However, that wouldn't achieve consistency of style with the rest of the Keynote presentation, and is more work.

Is there a way to achieve this formatting style within Keynote?


texts: Automator sequential file rename with variable padding

texts:
I want to rename selected files in the finder sequentially. To do this I have created an Automator workflow.

In the Automator workflow you can specify how many digits long you want the rename to be I.e. 3 = 001, 002 etc...

I would like this number to be inferred from the number of files selected.

Is this possible?

Thanks for any help!

Ben


texts: Is it possible for my husband to receive message on his phone that have been sent to me.

texts: Is it possible for my ex husband to receive my message on his phone. Because I don't understand how he is finding out things he shouldn't know and relieving pictures sent to me that I have not sent to him. How do u stop this from happening.


texts: Prevent ‚Screen Time‘ on MacOS from including screen time of other user accounts

texts:
I have two accounts on my MacBook with Catalina 10.15.5:

a private account (with my private appleID)
a work account (without any appleID)

I have activated screen time on my work account, but not on my private account. However, the screen time on my work account includes the time spent on my private account, I can even see which websites I was browsing on my private account. How can I prevent this?
I do want to prevent this for two reasons:

I want to log my work time without including the time spent on my private account
I consider it a privacy breach if I can see what I did on another user account.


texts: How can I make a recovery partition? ~OS X Mavericks

texts:
Can i make a recovery partition for Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.1?

Also, If i upgrade to 10.9.2, will it delete the recovery partition?


texts: Why did the runtime on battery drop to 30-50% with a good battery, with no system updates to blame?

texts:
I have a MacBook Pro 5,1 running Yosemite 10.10.5.

After replacing the battery, it has had excellent runtime on battery for about 6 months. Then the runtime had suddenly dropped by a factor of 2x-3x. The battery still has 95% capacity remaining as indicated by coconutBattery.

Nothing seems out of place in Activity Monitor, there are no apps using significant energy, yet the idle power consumption as indicated by coconutBattery is never below 15W.

The runtime reduction did not coincide with any Apple updates.


texts: APFS Partition Encryption Just... Disappeared?

texts:
When I installed my new hard drive (Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SSD) in September on my mid 2012 13-inch Macbook Pro (running Mojave), I also set up a partition to store sensitive files. The partition is APFS and was encrypted with a strong password; it is launched from my Desktop as a mountable drive.
The odd thing is that at some point in the recent past -- a few weeks to a month ago, maybe? -- the drive just started mounting when I double-clicked it, without prompting me for a password as it had previously. I opened up its Info tab in Disk Utility to see whether I had activated some sort of password autofill without realizing it, but it clearly says "Is Encrypted: No."
Does anyone know what might have happened here? Or if there's any way to re-encrypt this partition? (So far it seems like I'd have to make an entirely new partition to do that, but I may be missing something.) I can't recall doing anything unusual related to passwords/partitions/drives, and it doesn't seem likely that I would be able to permanently decrypt this drive by a single accidental click. So it's pretty unsettling that the place where I have been "securely" storing my sensitive financial / other personal information has seemingly randomly (and permanently) decrypted itself.
Thanks!
-Ethan


texts: How can I update the firmware in my router via tftp?

texts:
I'm going to flash my wifi-router with alternative firmware by following these instructions on my Mac but I'm struggling with the step

Set Your server's IP-Address to 192.168.1.15/24

I can't understand, what is this server. Is it DNS-server?
I fI try to change address of DNS-server, than it gets cut to 192.168.1.15.

How do I need to set up my Mac to allow the router to fetch the new firmware via tftp?


texts: Automator and Launchd: OSStatus error -10810

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I have a number of automator script scheduled in launchd.  All the scripts work fine and execute the workflow as expected.  These are simple workflows that execute some finder actions and shell scripts.  However, I always get an OSStatus 10810 error code on calling them with launchd.  If I create the automator workflow as an application bundle and use "open script.app" I will get the error in job error output.  If I use "automator script.workflow" I don't see anything in the error output of the job, but I do see a similar error code in my server logs.

What is this error in relation to a workflow?

Jun 11 15:54:33 MiniServer.local Automator Runner[17094]: Script Monitor is missing or damaged: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 "The application \u201cScriptMonitor\u201d could not be launched because a miscellaneous error occurred (OSStatus -10810)."
UserInfo=0x7fb5887c1f50 {NSURL=file:///System/Library/CoreServices/ScriptMonitor.app/, NSLocalizedDescription=The application \u201cScriptMonitor\u201d could not be launched because a miscellaneous error occurred (OSStatus -10810).,
NSUnderlyingError=0x7fb5887a5250 "The operation couldn\u2019t be completed. (OSStatus error -10810.)"


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I have MacbookPro mid 2012, Sierra 10.12.4, 512 GB HDD (the initial factory disk), and 16GB RAM (2x8GB, memory was upgraded from the initial 4GB).

Periodically I get the spinning pinwheel of death (SPOD). Most of the time only a single application (the one I'm actively using at the moment) hangs. I can still move the app's window, cmd+TAB switch to another app and do something there, then return to the original app after it has unfrozen. CleanMyMac notifies me that the app has stopped responding. Sometimes though, my system just freezes completely, even the mouse can't be moved. It becomes responsive again after ~10-15 seconds.

I've tried

running disk utility and SMART utility - no disk errors
cleaning caches in ~/Library/Cache - sometimes it helps but not for too long.
there are no CPU or memory intensive tasks in Activity Monitor. However, AM itself freezes sometimes.
there are no distinctive messages in /var/log/system.log before/after the SPOD
booting in recovery mode and then rebooting in normal mode - it helps for sometime.

However the most useful trick I've discovered is

$ sudo update_dyld_shared_cache -force

(no messages are displayed while running). It actually helps for ~half a day of active usage.

Now as I understand the dyld cache is a kind of database of dynamically linked libraries. But I don't have enough expertise to draw any further conclusions and googling does not help much.

If the problem is indeed in dyld cache why does it keep getting corrupted? How can I fix it?


texts: iOS 11 Safari: How to pass user/password in URL for Basic Authentication?

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I have one iPhone running iOS 9 and another iPhone running iOS 11.

On the iOS 9 iPhone, I can navigate to http://username:password@mywebsite.com in Safari, and the webpage will pull up without asking for my username and password. I can then add this full URL to my Home Screen as a direct shortcut.

On the iOS 11 iPhone, when I navigate to http://username:password@mywebsite.com, I am automatically redirected to http://mywebsite.com. I have to manually type my username and password in the pop-up form, no matter what. I cannot add http://username:password@mywebsite.com to my Home Screen because the URL is always changed to http://mywebsite.com. It seems that there is no way to edit or customize the URL of a Home Screen shortcut.

For my iOS 11 iPhone, is it possible to embed my website's username and password in the URL itself, so that I can add this URL to my iPhone's Home Screen, so I will never need to type in my username and password manually?

I understand that embedding the password in the URL may not be very safe, but this is not a "high security" application, so convenience is more important than high security in this case.

If the answer is no, can you suggest a way that I can re-write my website to produce the same effect, without relying on cookies? I cannot rely on cookies because the way that my website works is that it can't place any cookies. Maybe via PHP? I know this question would be a web design question and not an Apple Product question.

TL;DR: My aim is to hard-code a username and password in a URL somehow, so that I never have to manually type in my credentials in iOS 11.

I read this and this and this for help but did not find an answer that worked for iOS 11.


texts: Screen starts flickering when in streaming

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I have this problem that now I am really getting bothered from it. It always starts when I am streaming something on the web like YouTube videos and open other programs which I have to work with like Matlab or some others. Then my screen goes crazy , but it not constantly, it looks like cracking a mirror , attached some screenshots.

Kindly help me cause I am really getting annoyed about this.

P.S. I have MacBook Pro retina early 2015 with Mojave 10.14 , but it used to be like this even with High Sierra.
Any help is really appreciated,

Example:


texts: How to watch air broadcasted TV with VLC Player on a Mac

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I want to watch my air broadcasted TV with VLC Player on a Mac.

I have a standard European TV connection (free air-broadcasted TV), and I would guess I need some sort of USB TV tuner to connect the antenna cable to my Mac.

Can I just buy any USB TV tuner, or do I need to get anything specific?

Could you give me an example of device I need to buy? I'm not asking for suggestions about what to buy, but just an example to define the category.