texts: Cannot see ntfs-3g mounted drive files in Finder, but can in Terminal

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I use Macports and installed ntfs-3g @2017.3.23 with:

sudo port install ntfs-3g

I'm able to mount drives with:

sudo /opt/local/bin/ntfs-3g /dev/disk2s1 /Volumes/NTFS -olocal -oallow_other

However, when I browse the drive, I can't see any files.  I can see folders fine, but none of the files.

Yet I can see the files fine using ls etc. from Terminal.  The colors of the files (and folders) are yellow, which is unusual.  I haven't yet been able to decipher what this means, but here is my LSCOLORS for completeness (I think it's set by bash-it).

$ echo $LSCOLORS
Gxfxcxdxdxegedabagacad

How can I fix ntfs-mounted volumes to make files visible to Finder?

I'm running MacOS 10.14.3.

Update: I also tried using homebrew to install ntfs-3g, as documented at https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/wiki/NTFS-3G, but same result.


texts: How do I use the 'Profiles' tab in System Preferences?

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I've found a bunch of random (sketchy-looking) files inside the Profiles pane of System Preferences.

To delete them, I need to be an admin, but no matter how many times I put my account on admin, it says I don't have admin permissions. My thinking is that  one of the configuration profiles is causing this.

Is there any way I can find/write a configuration profile to make myself an admin so I can delete the rest?


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I work as admin in a college environment. One of the challenges is to stop the services installed by students with CS major. Some time back they got the admin access and installed launch agents and daemons on some systems.The students have also added some plists as com.apple.myprog.run. The problem is these are not present in the launchagents directory or in the launchdaemons directory.

So my question is how to find the path for these daemon services.Then next step is how to stop these.  Since some of these could start again and again(based on certain flags).


texts: iOS music replacement apps for iTunes match and dock connector for car radio

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My holy grail right now is an iOS music app that meets these two criteria

Supports iTunes Match
Works with my car's Made for iPod radio

Currently, I am using "Track 8", which supports iTunes Match but doesn't play nice with my car's radio. The app doesn't send any information to the radio about artist or song name. (Pandora on iOS does do this. Docked with my car, when Pandora is playing, the artist and track info appears on the radio LCD screen)

I need suggestions!


texts: Disconnecting external display without unplugging - turning off monitor doesn't work

texts: I run two external displays off my macbook pro 16" but when I'm not working, I much prefer disconnecting from them and using my MBP as my sole screen. Constantly disconnecting them from the ports is a pain in the butt (since i have one plugged into each side of the computer) and I fear it will wear on the jacks. I figured turning off the display's power would do the trick...but it does not. The displays go black (obviously) but the macbook still thinks its connected to them and I can still mouse off screen etc. What's the hack here?


texts: How can I debug an unrecognised display in High Sierra?

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My external monitor recently stopped being recognised by my MacBook Pro (Early 2011 - 8,2, High Sierra, 10.13.6)

I have reset PRAM / SMC and tried a number of troubleshooting steps as outlined in the apple support docs. I've also tried Opt + Detect displays in the Displays preference panel.

I would like to watch a log file while I plug in the display (thunderbolt to DisplayPort) to see if I can track the issue down.

What should I be looking for either in the console app or by tailing and grep'ing an individual log file in terminal?

The monitor is an LG widescreen. There are no new display drivers. Around the same time, I've been having trouble installing the January security update but no idea if that is related.

The attached image shows a suspicious looking entry in the console.


texts: Mail in Mountain Lion does not search mail server

texts: Ever since upgrading to Mountain Lion, I don't get the full search results when searching my Mail. Mail is now coming back with only 2-3 months worth of search and I'm not sure those are complete. I've tried highlighting old messages, changing the order, etc. Other people are experiencing this too. Does anyone know how to fix it?


texts: How to get data from a MacBook Pro hard drive on a Windows computer?

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My MacBook Pro is not working anymore, I have some valuable data that I want to retrieve right now.

This question is only software related. I can handle all the hardware stuff.

I know that the formats are different so I wanna make sure this will work.

Thank you.


texts: How can I automatically keep track of in-office hours when I connect to my office Wi-Fi?

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I'm looking for a solution that starts a timer whenever I sign in to my office wifi and stops it when I've left. It should essentially log the hours I've spent at the office. I'm aware that there's iOS software for this, but I like my battery time as it is.

Extra bonus would be if the solution could log the hours in iCal automatically.


texts: iMac OS 10.8 sleeps even when set to never sleep

texts: This is new behavior within the last month. I have the iMac set to never sleep so that I can access it via Logmein remotely. But the last several weeks the machine goes completely to sleep. Any recommendations on some sort of re-set or other method to get this system preference to work normally?


texts: How do I get the Dock to go to the bottom on my Mac Pro with Yosemite?  It will go on either side, but not the bottom.  It goes on the bottom on my Macbook Pro, but not the Mac Pro.


texts: precision regarding timestamp of sent text message on iphone

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Is the timestamp of a sent text message on iphone is the timestamp of when the user sent it from his phone (pressed the send button), or the timestamp of when it was acknowledged/received by a cell tower (or something else)?

In other words, can a text message sent earlier in a zone without cell tower coverage end up with a later timestamp, when it is actually picked up by a cell tower. Or is it always the timestamp of when it's sent from the phone, regardless of when it's received by the cell network?


texts: How do you switch between built-in audio and headphone audio without unplugging?

texts: Once I plug headphones into my iMac I no longer have the option in the sound preferences panel to output audio to the built-in speakers. I have to unplug the headphones to get audio output through the built-in speakers. Since the plug is on the back of the display this is inconvenient. Does anyone know of an audio app that allows me to easily switch between built-in speakers and headphones for audio output?


texts: Accidentally deleted my encrypted coldstorage drive. Can I recover it somehow? diskutil cs delete MAC

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The hard drive connection broke in my macbook pro. I used a sata to usb cable and put it on the mac, it still didnt boot.

I went into Recovery. I believe the drive originally had 3 partitions. One was a recovery, one was the mac drive, and I didnt remember what the third was.

I read online without understanding, that I cant recover my files from it because it was a cold storage drive. In mac's disk utility, it kept asking for a password that I never remembered setting. I then ran 'diskutil cs delete Macintosh HD'.

..Everything was gone. Including my ability to reinstall the OS on the drive to save my data.

Can I somehow restore that coldstorage partition? Then reinstall the OS to get my data? I haven't touched it since I ran that command.

I also am able to view my old Recovery Partition using recovery software. Inside, I found a file called encryptedroot.plist.wipekey if this helps my case.

Edit: Plugging it into windows it shows this:

Edit2: I think I figured out what the password might be. But I can't get back to the point where it asks me. Am I out of luck or is there someway to recreate what I deleted.

Diskutil logs from before I ran that command:


texts: Is it possible to install Ubuntu on my iPod Touch 2G?

texts: I just wander whether it is possible to install Ubuntu in my iPod Touch 2G just for fun.


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I have two external USB3 disks, each with a Time Machine (TM) backupDB directory.  When both are mounted, backups alternate.

Both disks are browsable by Finder from admin account.  But the backup directories differ: one is browsable in Finder by the admin account, the other is not.  Also, in the one that is readable, the directory containing the backups is named after the internal SSD; in the other, it is named after the laptop itself.

Why would these differences exist?  Can they be changed to match without major hassle?


texts: Is there a way to schedule airplane mode for iphone?

texts: This question was essentially asked 3+yrs prior, but I don't see any recent updates.   I'd like to set my iphone to engage airplane mode for an hour (example) and then turn off airplane mode/engage cellular service an hour later.  Is that possible?


texts: How to move data between iCloud accounts?

texts:
For some reason when I first got my iPhone the iCloud was created under my mom's email. Now that she recently got an iPad all of my contacts, Photo Stream, internet favourites, etc are all on her iPad.

What I'm trying to figure out is how to get rid of all my info off her iPad that doesn't involve anything getting erased from my phone. Eventually we need to create two separate iClouds, but how would you go about doing that when all the info is on "her" iCloud account?


texts: Snow Leopard and Windows 7 on MacBook White

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I have an MacBook White, will it support Snow Leopard and Windows 7 (via BootCamp).

Are there any softwares/apps (in particular) that won't work after I install Snow Leopard and windows7.

MacBook Specifications

2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor

2GB DDR2 SDRAM

13.3-inch TFT screen

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with Main Memory

NOTE: I know it's old system, but can't help it.


texts:
I'm wondering everytime iTunes has an update :

Why XCode needs to be stopped to update iTunes ?

Is it some kind of shared component ?


texts: Can Apple refuse service under warranty if an iPhone presents only some scratches?

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One morning I found that one corner of my iPhone was hit and there is a scratch on the metal and the small plastic border around the glass. The glass is in perfect shape.

Now, I encounter an overheating problem with the phone and I want to go to Apple but I'm wondering if I could have problems with the warranty due to this.


texts: Not able to install .ipa via iTunes after updating to iOS 9.3.1

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I used to create the ipa file from Xcode/Product/Archive and install it via iTunes. After updating the iPad to iOS 9.3.1, the app keeps showing "Installing" in iTunes and disappears the installing icon on iPad after loading but never completed.
With the Build and run the current scheme option, this app can install on iPad.

I had already updated my Xcode to 7.3 and iTunes. Any solutions to fix it? Thanks.


texts: Is it possible to do a "clean" install of Lion?

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Is it possible to take a Lion install burned by the method outlined in this question and preform a clean install with it?

I just want to make sure that if I buy Lion from the App Store in the near future that when the mood strikes me I will be able to reformat and install Lion without some previous install of Snow Leopard.


texts: VeraCrypt after Sierra upgrade: mount_osxfuse: the OSXFUSE file system is not available (255)

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After upgrading my 2015 MBP to Sierra this past weekend, I've had a lot of issues with Samba, Veracrypt, and even VMware Fusion.

VeraCrypt will frequently give the error in the title, mount_osxfuse: the OSXFUSE file system is not available (255), when I attempt to mount a valid encrypted volume. There's nothing wrong with the volume itself, and sometimes if I reboot, I can get VeraCrypt to work properly, but it's certainly touch and go.

OSXFUSE documentation and googling hasn't suggested any fixes for this issue.

I've attempted to uninstall and reinstall OSXFUSE without any luck. Whether it works or not seems random after restarts. Obviously, restarting this often sucks. I restarted on average 3-4 times a year on Yosemite, and I've restarted about a dozen times since upgrading to Sierra dealing with these problems. I'd like to know if there's a permanent fix for this, otherwise I'll be dealing with my encrypted volumes on a Win 10 VM (when VM Fusion works, anyway...yeesh).


texts: How do I set up a firmware password on a MacBook Air?

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I'm trying to follow the instructions for how to set up a firmware password, the problem is that they don't mention anything about Mac OS X 10.6.*, nor do they mention what to do with a MacBook Air, which doesn't come with an OS X DVD.

If I try searching for "firmware" in spotlight, it doesn't find any relevant application.


texts: Is File Vault 2 whole disk encryption or whole partition encryption?

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Can I use File Vault to encrypt only some of the partitions on my disk (so that I can still have unencrypted and Windows partitions on the same disk), or does File Vault encrypt the whole disk so that you cannot even get to the partition table without decrypting it?

And if not, is there any support for reading File Vault disks on Windows, Linux, or, for that matter, Snow Leopard ?


texts: iMac behaves inconsistently when waking from long periods of inactivity

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I have a late 2012 model iMac with OS X Mavericks installed. When I go to wake the iMac after a long period of inactivity (2 days for example) it behaves in one of two ways:

Sometimes the iMac wakes immediately, meaning the desktop shows up right away and all applications are snappy and ready to go.
Other times after waking, the desktop view is grayed out with a status bar at the bottom of the screen which takes a couple seconds to complete before un-graying the desktop. After the desktop is un-grayed, applications and other user-interactions are slow to respond, as if the computer is still "warming-up".

My Energy Saver preferences are set to put the display to sleep after 5 minutes of inactivity, then the computer to sleep after 10 minutes of inactivity.

Why this inconsistency in waking?


texts: I have a MacBook (2008) that sleeps as soon as you put in a battery

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This MacBook runs perfectly without a battery. Putting in a genuine new and aa genuine used battery does the same thing. The screen goes dark, you can still see the screen for a second and then it's asleep.

Taking the battery out doesn't work after that. To reboot, the battery must come out. ONCE using the old battery that came with it (not the two I've been talking about), it booted up to a gray window with a thermometer bar as if it was waking from sleep. Then it died.

This is a fresh install of ML, so it's not software related. I tested both batteries in another macbook and they both are charged up.


texts: Have to restart to switch external displays

texts:
I have a Macbook Air 2013 model that I use at work and at home. At work I hook it up to an external Dell 27" monitor via a display port adapter. At home I like to hook it up to my Samsung 40" TV.

When I get home after using the mac with the Dell monitor, I plug it into the TV and it doesn't detect the external display (the macbook blinks off briefly, as does the TV but that's it). Even if I go to preferences and hit 'Detect Displays'.

It seems to work if I restart my computer, but I would like not to have to reboot in order to switch external displays. Are there any steps I might be able to take to stop this from continuing to happen?

Edit: I have also noticed that when re-connecting to my monitor at work I can't drag certain programs (iTunes, Sublime Text, maybe others) to my external monitor. They claim to be on the monitor, but aren't visible. Restarting the computer fixes this.


texts: In the latest version of Apple's Server app version 5.0.4 running on El Capitan (10.11.2), SSL websites use TLS version 1.0. But, as one Ivan Ristic says, « The bottom line is that TLS 1.0 is insecure and we must migrate away from it ». How to achieve that with Server 5?


texts: How to show the macOS menu bar on fullscreen mode

texts:
When you maximise apps to fullscreen on Mac OS Sierra, the menu bar is hidden. This is expected, because it's full screen, but if you're using an app with tabs (like Visual Studio Code), the menu bar often drops down when you're trying to switch tabs. This can be infuriating.

Google Chrome doesn't have this issue because the developers have cleverly coded the app to move the tab bar down when the menu bar appears. Unfortunately this option isn't available in Firefox or Visual Studio Code.

I've been trying to find a way to permanently show the menu bar when apps are fullscreened as a workaround.


texts: macOS: Name for app shortcut screen found by pinching with thumb and three fingers

texts: In macOS, what is the name for the app shortcut screen (with all the installed apps icons displayed, taking up the whole screen) found by pinching with thumb and three fingers together (or sliding-in 4 fingers together, alternatively) on Trackpad?


texts:
I want to upgrade my iMac and could use some advice.

Can I put faster RAM in my iMac 21" mid 2011? normally it's 1333 MHz, but the ones you can buy today is around 2100 MHz, but is it possible?
I'm thinking about changing the CDROM drive to a SSD-drive and make a Fusion-drive. Is there any good advice for doing that on an iMac. And is there anything you would recommend to upgrade in a iMac 21" mid 2011?


texts: User folder on mac OS is empty, but still uses 60GB of hard drive space

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I have deleted all the files under User folder, but it still says that it uses ~60GB of space. Real usage is ~2MB. There are no more files to delete. Is there any hidden files i am not aware of. If yes, how i can delete them?

I do not want to delete the user account. I just want to get rid of information that is useless, but I don't want to mess up my Mailbox or other stuff, so I want an advice if it's safe to delete some parts of those folders.


texts: When playing a TV in iTunes via AirPlay to Apple TV, it doesn't play the next episode

texts: I have some TV shows in iTunes that I am AirPlaying to my Apple TV, at the end of each episode AirPlay disconnects and iTunes doesn't play the next episode. Is this default behaviour or do I need to make sure that the names/meta data of the TV shows themselves 'flow'?


texts: Accidentally deleted /usr/share directory... what can I do to fix it?

texts:
A botched terminal command left me without a /usr/share folder. Most things seem to be running ok (although I haven't restarted since, so it's not clear if I'd have errors on reboot). There are already a few things wrong though, such as not being able to backspace in zshell, and emacs refusing to start up (giving me a Cannot open terminfo database file message). I'm not sure what in all is stored there, so I don't know what if anything I can do to reinstall necessary files, etc. Alternatively, is there a repair utility built in to OS X that might be able to restore at least some of the most essential things?

Note: I unfortunately don't have any backup software installed. Live and learn.


texts:
For school I have to create a Powerpoint presentation and I am experiencing a problem. My teacher asked me to use a Text Effect of Gradient Fill - Black, Outline - White, Outer Shadow and when I try to hover the mouse over the text effects it will not show me the name of the effect.

Is it a problem with my mac? Should I report this to Microsoft? Any help will be appreciated.


texts: Force a change to a program's key bindings

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Is it possible to force a change to a program's keybindings?  E.g., instead of an menu action being invoked by Cmd-J it's Cmd-K?

The reason I ask is that Cmd-Q in Firefox drives me nuts.  I occasionally hit it instead of Cmd-W (to close a tab) & I have to wait for my entire instance of Firefox to stop & then restart.  I'd love to bind "Quit" to something ridiculous (or remove it all together).

My hope is this is in a resource file that's easily hacked?


texts: Do the current Apple USB Keyboards support charging the iPad?

texts:
As the new owner of an iPad, it was disappointing, but not surprising, to see a "not charging" in the upper right hand corner of my iPad when I connected it via USB to my Apple Keyboard from 2007. However, connecting it directly to my MacBook Pro from 2010 does charge the iPad, so it seems it's just a simple matter of my USB keyboard not drawing enough power.

Is this something that Apple has updated/changed about their USB keyboard since I bought mine in 2007? The products are otherwise identical. If not Apple, are there any third parties that have keyboards that will supply the necessary power to charge an iPad?


texts: iPad 3 - not automatically backing up (iOS7)

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I have an iPhone 5 and a iPad 3, both running the latest versions of iOS7.

Both are attached to the same iCloud account, which has just over 3GB free space.

My iPhone is charged every night and backs up to iCloud as it should. The iPad however, is charged maybe once a week but is always connected to WiFi when it is charged. Despite this, I keep getting the message telling me that it hasn't been backed up in two weeks.

Basically, my question is, why would the iPad not back up automatically even though it is set to automatically back up, it's on charge, connected to WiFi and there is plenty of space on my iCloud account?


texts: Unload/delete kext in Recovery Partition

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How can I unload or delete a kext file in the Recovery partition? If I try to delete the file I get an error saying disk1s1: device is write lock, even after I did fsck -fy and mount -uw / as suggested in the text that appears in the console and disable SIP. If I run kextunload <kext path>, I get Failed to unload <kext> - (libkern/kext) kext is in use or retained (cannot unload). How can I bypass this writing protection?
Context:
My mid 2010 Mac-mini server has some kind of hardware/driver problem in the FireWire port, that causes the boot process to hang, even when I try to use Safe Mode. Therefore, the only access I have to the macOS is through Single User mode. I managed to solve this problem by deleting the IOFireWireFamily (as explained in https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/395253/381122). However, once I logged in into macOS High Sierra, I updated the OS to its most recent version. The problem is that now, after trying to reboot, the system tries to login using the Recovery partition and my main partition is now named Install macOS. I assume that this is normal behaviour and that this is how macOS deals with bigger updates. The problem is that the Recovery partition still has the IOFireWireFamily kext, causing the boot process to hang. Same thing happens if I try to use an installation pen or Internet Recovery.


texts:
My father updated his iPhone software to iOS 6. Now his wife is recieving his text messages. We tried going to settings and turning off iMessage but that just stopped his phone from getting some of the messages.

How can I fix this problem.  Note: they share the same Apple ID.


texts: Why is my partner's iphone safari history showing up on my macbook history?

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For some weird reason my partner's iphone safari history is showing up on my macbook's safari?
Only my phone is connected to my macbook (for imessages and icloud), so I can't understand how his history is showing up when mine isn't?
How is this possible?
He has used his phone as a hotspot before and logged into his icloud for itunes once but his history has been showing up way before then?
Please help clarify to stop this!


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Possible Duplicates:
  Does the use of SSD give one a dramatic performance boost?
  Replace MacBook Pro hard disk with SSD

Should I upgrade my mbp internal hard drive (160 gb) with a 64 gb SSD? How much improvement will I see?


texts: How to install CPAN modules from the command line on OS X?

texts:
Simple question: How to install CPAN modules on OS-X like normal Linux/Unix way?

I just want to type in cpan something like install Perl6::Say for example.


texts: Safari crash and refusal/failure to reload

texts: Recently, Safari unexpected crashed while I was using my desktop.  Now, when I try to reload, it keeps saying it "unexpectedly quit" and will not reload (even when I push the reload button).  I have restarted my computer multiple times but it will not open Safari and I keep getting the same error messages over and over.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks


texts: Regarding groff - where is the config file and will this work?

texts:
I've been reading Terminal Tips and Tricks For Mac OS X when I came across this.

bman () {
    gunzip < `man -w $@` | groff -Thtml -man | bcat
}

Apparently I should be able to view man pages with some HTML mark-up if I save this function somewhere.

The problem is that I don't know which config file it should go into. Are there any other things I should be aware of when using the code above?


texts: Close all programs after 1min without user interaction

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I work at a store, which sells Apple computers.

I’m trying to find a way to close all open programs after a few minutes.
It’s because of our Shop Demo Account for customers. After opening all windows, it’s quite messy and I want to get a clean user experience.

All I would need is to close all windows.
It should work like the command:

killall -u admin

BUT without admin permission

AND after 1 min,

WITHOUT user interaction.

Maybe, there is a way to:
close all windows and programs, without showing something like "do you really want to",
log out the demo account, and reload.

I found this, after searching some time, but I don't know if that's what I was looking for and how to make it work:

  Apple Script Log Out:

  on run
    tell application "System Events" to log out
  end run

  You can wrap this up in a bash alias using the osascript command:
  alias maclogout="osascript -e 'tell application \"System Events\" to log out'"

  It is the same as clicking " > Log out [username]...", and will logout after a 2 minute wait

  This is easily combined with the sleep command:
  alias delayedlogout="sleep 3600; maclogout"

  ..or could be combined into a single alias:

  alias delayedlogout="sleep 3600; osascript -e 'tell application \"System Events\" to log out'"

Could someone please give some advice? Thanks!


texts: How to open a new blank document in Pages from spotlight?

texts:
How can i open a new blank document in Pages app on Mac OSX Yosemite in Spotlight (and therefore in Alfred)?

Now, when i open Pages it first presents me with New document dialog and then Select Template dialog. Of course i click my way through all the prompts but it would be much more convenient to bring up Spotlight (or better yet Alfred) and just type something like Pages /n and go straight to typing.


texts: I need to create a "Choose from" script on my shortcut project. I have a list of values in the note for that purpose. How can I add this list to "Choose from" step? "Find Notes Where" gives a list of notes (criteria is set to find exact list of values). After that I tried to use Copy Item from List to clipboard and Choose from Clipboard. It gives only the header of the note. What method will help?


texts: How to solve error 4SNS/1/40000000:VDOR-18.507?

texts:
I've been experiencing issues with my old MacBook Pro, early 2011, A1297.

It started showing some vertical stripes, but resetting the PRAM did help.
Some time later it ran into RAM issues, but removing one of the modules resolved this.
And now Apple Hardware Test has detected an error 4SNS/1/40000000:VDOR-18.507

In addition to the error, the MBP feels hot and I can barely hear the fan. I think they should run much faster. I am guessing it is some temperature or fan sensor.

I tried to ask on Apple's official forum, but it displays Access Denied, so I gave it up.

How can I fix the issue?


texts: What happens after an iOS magazine subscription is canceled?

texts:
Now that iOS 5 has been released and devices now have the 'Newsstand' feature, I've been considering switching over some of my print magazine subscriptions to the iPad platform.

Does anyone know what happens to your existing issues after an iOS magazine subscription is canceled?  After downloading the "free" app for a magazine (such as PC Gamer), you have the choice of either buying individual issues at a high price or "subscribing" on either a monthly or annual basis.  The subscription can be stopped at any time (and will expire at the end of the current paid period.)

After the subscription is stopped, can you continue to access the issues that you received during the paid subscription (and, importantly, will you still have access to them using the 'Restore paid issues' option on a new device even if you don't have a then-current subscription)?  Or do you lose all access to the issues after the subscription payments stop? (I'm really hoping that's not how it works, but it wouldn't surprise me.  I think it should work like a paper magazine; i.e. when your subscription ends, the issues on your shelf don't spontaneously combust...)


texts: How to force Swap to be on non-OS volume in Big Sur on M1 systems?

texts:
I'm running macOS Big Sur on an external drive and would like to use the internal (integrated) SSD for virtual memory (paging) only. The bandwidth and latency of these internal drives seem to make this a very efficient option for those of us who are finding that the 16 GB memory max is just not enough for scenarios that involve heavy multitasking with 1000+ processes running simultaneously.
I've not found any solid instructions for setting up this scenario yet for Big Sur and was hoping someone might be able to share the steps to get this working.


texts: Mail App in Mac (unable to Verify Account & Password after upgrade to OS Sierra

texts: I hope you can help me.  I just upgraded to MacOS Sierra.  I get the "Unable to verify account name or password." I'm pretty sure I have the correct password.  I read that deleting and adding back the account seems to work BUT i already have a lot of messages in my inbox that I don't want to risk deleting.  Thanks in advance for your help!


texts: 12V - 0,67 A USB Wall Charger for iPod Classic

texts:
I have a vintage iPod Classic 2004:

I want charge it with my 10W iPad Pro charger and an USB A -> 30-pin old Apple cable. However, it not charged and started to showing Apple logo in a loop. It ran after connecting it to Mac with USB, so device is working. After looking the details on old brick charger, it is a 12 V and 0,67 A charger. Now, I'm searching a USB charger with these properties.Any suggestions? Thank you.


texts: Google Street View not working on the new iPad (3rd generation iPad)

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Trying to use the Google Street View in Safari is crashing in the new iPad. Here's a link for reference: http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/mobile/gallery.html#!/id=258

The same thing works fine in iPad 2. Has anyone faced similar problems? Is there something I can do to fix this issue?


texts: Unable to complete touch id enrollement after Catalina update

texts:
Currently having issues with my Macbook Pro 2018, recently I've updated my OS to Catalina 10.15 and after that, my touch id isn't working. Tried everything, like SMC reset, reset of NVRAM, reinstalled the OS, i even reformatted my macbook. Is there anything else I can do to fix the issue?

Any reply would be highly appreciated.

Thanks!


texts: What scale or measure does Mavericks' and Yosemite's "memory pressure" adhere to?

texts:
Mavericks' (and also Yosemite's) Activity Monitor shows a new diagram, the memory pressure. Sadly, its help text only vaguely explains what exactly it measures. How is memory pressure calculated?

Picture creds go to this answer from a poll question on Mavericks' best new feature.


texts: What are ".com.apple.backupd.mdmv" files for and which tool creates them?

texts:
I am comparing on macOS El Capitan via diff -r a directory with a the corresponding directory of a time machine snapshot (Note: the backup is made under macOS High Sierra.)

diff reports a few files which are only present on the backup: The filenames all start with

.com.apple.backupd.mdmv

(followed by some numbers). The files are XML text files.

I searched for these files via Google, but couldn't find much about them (the only (weak) reference I found was "MDM" - Apple's Mobile Device Management - But I though this is just an iOS thing).

Which tool creates these files and why? Also, I assume I can ignore these files when checking the backup - is this correct?


texts:
In my Network Preferences panel, I've just noticed a network type I didn't see before.

The name is "Ethernet Adaptor (wc5)" (note it says Adaptor and not Adapter). It has an IP, it's yellow, and it says "Ethernet Adaptor (wc5) has a self-assigned IP address and will not be able to connect to the Internet."

What is it? Where does it come from? I am connected via WiFi - and, probably not a coincidence, I have internet issues right now (some sites work some don't).

What is happening?

EDIT: Disabled this network adapter, and now Internet flies. I don't know what it is and how it got there...


texts: How to go to the position of spotlight's result?

texts: I use the Control+Space to search a file, you see the below image, but how can I go to the file's position?


texts: Run a command in terminal/iterm2 when an encrypted usb partition is mounted

texts:
I'm not sure if this is possible.

I have an encrypted partition on a USB drive, when I mount it I want to run a script in iTerm2 or Terminal app.


texts: Mac OS X ElCaptain error and now whenever I startup it always directo to OS elcaptain installer

texts: so I tried upgrading my Lion os to High sierra and I saw one video on youtube saying that I need to download the El captain in order to update my Macbook Air 2012. After downloading, the installer started to crash and it says that "No packages were eligible for install." I decided to quit the installer but it asked me for a startup disk however there was no option for me to choose from. So whenever I try to restart it, it directly leads me to the installer not allowing me to be back at my screen. Please help me how to fix this thank you very much!


texts: How can I create shortcut for Facebook Messenger's contact?

texts: An elder complain to me that she finds it hard to make calls in Facebook Messenger app (hard to find contact, I guess). Unfortunately, she's using iPhone. In Android I can easily make a shortcut for Messenger's contact like in this video. But in iPhone, I can't figure out how to do that, am I missing something?


texts: How to ask for a mail folder in applescript?

texts:
I apologise in advance since this will be a long question. I hope that somebody with applescript knowledge can help me. I am transferring whole of my Windows machines to Apple and I am stuck with one last little annoying thing. Within Outlook I had a macro running that asked me where to file a mail after sending it. I am used to file projects in separate folders and have the incoming and outgoing mail there together. Most of the items I send BTW go into the trash folder. In other words, my sent items folders is always empty.

For reference purposes I attach the original macro below.

I tried this through rules but now understand that Mail does not support rules on sent items. Then I ended up with the automator and applescript. I have found some examples on the internet that move selected mails to a specific (preset) folder. That is however not what I need, I need the script to ask me every time what folder to use.

The next thing I cannot found is some kind of automatic trigger when I send a mail. It would for instance be possible through an option "when a mail gets stored in sent mail". Or something similar. The next best thing is just a key board shortcut that starts the macro although this is pretty close to doing it manually by just moving sent mail to a specific folder.

Anyway, I hope my question is clear and some intelligent applescript guru amongst you has a way to deal with this.

Thanks in advance!

Arnoud

COPY OF MY ORIGINAL VBA CODE USED ON THE WINDOWS OUTLOOK SETUP

Dim objFolder As MAPIFolder

 ' Variable declaration
 Dim objNS As NameSpace
 Dim colKeywords As New Collection
 Dim vntRecipients As Variant
 Dim bolExternalEmail As Boolean

 ' Set variables
 Set objNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")

 ' Set up list of keywords that you use when attaching files
 colKeywords.Add "attachement"
 colKeywords.Add "Attachement"
 colKeywords.Add "attached"
 colKeywords.Add "Attached"

 ' Check for attechment keywords and check for number of attachments
 If checkForKeywords(colKeywords, Item.Body) And (Item.Attachments.Count = 0) Then

 ' If attachments should be in email ask for continue
 If MsgBox("Attachement missing. Send e-mail anyway?", vbYesNo) = vbNo Then
 Cancel = True
 Exit Sub
 End If

 End If

 ' Check for subject
 If Item.Subject = "" Then
 MsgBox "Please specify a subject"
 Cancel = True
 Exit Sub
 End If

 ' Only enable actions for emails
 If Item.Class = olMail Then

 ' Get folder to save email
 Set objFolder = objNS.PickFolder

 ' Check if folder has been specified
 If TypeName(objFolder) <> "Nothing" Then

 ' If folder has been specified move email
 Set Item.SaveSentMessageFolder = objFolder
 Else
 ' Otherwise do not send email and get back to email
 Cancel = True
 End If

 End If

send_message:
 ' Unset everything
 Set objFolder = Nothing
 Set objNS = Nothing

End Sub


texts: Download icon gone in Safari after update

texts:
I updated to Safari Version 13.0.4 on my Mac, but now my downloads icon is gone from my toolbar. There ARE items in the downloads folder, so that is not the problem. In fact, I just downloaded a couple things to see.

I have tried to customize the toolbar, but Downloads is not in there as an option.

Any ideas how to get this back?


texts:
I am currently downloading yosemite from the app store. I have Lion installed. I want a clean install. But i don't have a bootable cd/usb and I don't need to save any data.

Can i do the following or is there a better way?

Create a partition. Install yosemite on it. Delete the other partition where now lion runs


texts: Missing advanced network settings for iPhone USB/Bluetooth tethering

texts:
My iPhone is tethered to my Mac laptop via Bluetooth or USB.

I want to set up a proxy on my Mac for use with the iPhone network interface, but unfortunately in Mac OS X 10.6, under System Preferences -> Network, the iPhone Bluetooth and iPhone USB network interfaces lack the standard options under the Advanced… tab. These Advanced… options are available in other interfaces (e.g., Airport, Ethernet, etc.).

I want to use the polipo caching proxy for tethered browsing, but I am unable to define an HTTP Proxy in the GUI, since these options are missing.

The prefpane windows for my tethered iPhone's network interfaces (Bluetooth & USB)  is missing the normal options for network interfaces.

Does anyone know a command line workaround for setting up an HTTP proxy, or some way of modifying the prefpane settings for the iPhone network interfaces?


texts: my lapop just went into shut down at 100%. i plugged it in and powered it on and their is a really loud fan noise and now it wont show battery percent at top of screen and in energy saver it says percent is 0. also i cant find my cycle count in System Information. The macbook is a MacBook air early 2015, 13 inch.


texts: Why are some desktops locked during a dual monitor set up?

texts:
Sometimes during the dual monitor set up, I can't move a desktop to another monitor. Why??

For example, if I have a dual monitor, I can move desktop 1 to another monitor, but I can't move desktop 2. This happens vice versa.

I've been living with it for the past 1.5 years but finally got annoyed by it enough to ask it here.


texts:
I want to configure a VPN via IPSec for Mac and iOS. I need to set a manual DNS-server with a local adress of the destination network.
On Mac this is easy. Just setup a new VPN, then click Advanced at there you go. You can enter the DNS-server and search domains if necessary. I tested it and it worked perfectly.
On iOS this seems impossible. There is no such option in the VPN settings (iOS 14). I also tried to use Configurator 2 (Version 2.7.1 is the latest I can use with my old MacBook) for creating a profile. However, there are just the same options as in the VPN settings on the device itself.
I want to use the VPN via the mobile network and for mobile networks aren't any DNS options either.
How can I set up the DNS-Server?


texts: "sh: exec: telnet: not found" - High Sierra

texts:
I've just completed updating to High Sierra. I've also successfully installed GNS3 (Network Simulator for Cisco studies) on High Sierra. I get the following message in the console while trying to access the CLI for the network devices with iTerm.

sh-3.2$ exec telnet 192.168.56.101 5000
sh: exec: telnet: not found

The following message shows up when I try and use Terminal.

-bash: telnet: command not found
logout
Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.

[Process completed]

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Is there any way to get iPad Safari Youtube videos to play at a higher (HD) quality?

texts:
I like to watch educational videos (like Udacity) which are hosted on Youtube.  However, when I watch these on my iPad 2 over Wifi, they always play back at the lowest quality!  The quality is so bad that I can't even read the code on the screen!

These same videos on the same Wifi connection play in HD on a PC.

Searching for each individual video from the Youtube app is obviously not an option - that process would take almost as long as the video itself.  Is there some way to get Youtube within Safari to play at a reasonable resolution?


texts: "Show Holidays Calendar" in Calendar.app (Mac) does not

texts:
The Calendar.app in macOS Sierra and Mojave (10.14) offers a "Show Holidays calendar" checkbox in Preferences > General panel.
According to this Apple Support page and this article, a "US Holidays" calendar should appear. On my Mac nothing happens when checking or unchecking that box.
Any suggestions on making the Holidays calendar appear?


texts: Can I charge my MacBook (the new one, with the USB-C) with an iPad charger? I forgot my MacBook charger and may not be able to get it in a week. Thanks!


texts: Why is my external webcam listed multiple times and how can I tidy it up?

texts:
I have a Logitech C920 HD webcam plugged into my MacMini 2012. I've just moved it into a different USB port and now it shows up twice  (only one is available) in camera selection e.g. Logitech C920 HD #2 appears.

I would like to remove these 'ghost' devices, how can I do this?


texts: Any way to "close" a group of reminders all at once on OSX?

texts:
Every time I turn on my mac, a set of like 10 recurring reminder popups clog up my OSX Desktop screen.

I may be a procrastinator and all, but Reminders.app's interface on OSX feels downright buggy without a button to close all reminders at once, or at least all recurring reminders.

Is there a keyboard shortcut or something to make them all "close" at once? A "Saturday shortcut", lets call it.


texts: Setting Safari preferences from script on Big Sur

texts:
I have a Mac mini 2020 with an M1 processor and running macOS Big Sur.
On older macs I had this script to set Safari preferences
# Show status bar
defaults write com.apple.Safari ShowStatusBar -bool true
defaults write com.apple.Safari ShowOverlayStatusBar -bool true
# Show the full URL in the address bar (note: this still hides the scheme)
defaults write com.apple.Safari ShowFullURLInSmartSearchField -bool true
# Safari opens with: last session
defaults write com.apple.Safari AlwaysRestoreSessionAtLaunch -bool true
# Set Safari’s home page to `about:blank` for faster loading
defaults write com.apple.Safari HomePage -string "about:blank"
# Enable the Develop menu and the Web Inspector in Safari
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDevelopMenu -bool true
# Enable Safari’s debug menu
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu -bool true
# Update extensions automatically
defaults write com.apple.Safari InstallExtensionUpdatesAutomatically -bool true
# Make Safari’s search banners default to Contains instead of Starts With
defaults write com.apple.Safari FindOnPageMatchesWordStartsOnly -bool false
# Website use of location services
# 0 = Deny without prompting
# 1 = Prompt for each website once each day
# 2 = Prompt for each website one time only
defaults write com.apple.Safari SafariGeolocationPermissionPolicy -int 2

However, none of them seem to work anymore. Is there a new way to set similar preferences?


texts: How painful is it to use multiple Apple IDs with the MAS?

texts:
I have two different Apple IDs, associated with Apple Stores in different countries. On my iPhone, some apps were purchased with one ID, some with the other. This used to be really painful in iOS 5, but it's not so bad in iOS 6: the system detects all apps that need updates, no matter what account I am currently using for the App Store, and it asks for login information for the other account when it needs to update an app purchased with it.

On my Mac, all apps were purchased with a single account (including Mountain Lion). However, the other account is associated with the US store, which tends to have better prices, so I'd like to buy some apps there. But how bad is the experience going to be? Is the Mac App Store going to detect updates for apps in both accounts, and install the updates with minimal fuss? Or am I going to miss out on half the updates, potentially including OS updates?

I would like to understand the exact experience I'm facing before I go this way, because I don't want to have the same mess I had with iOS 5 on my Mac.


texts: Dropbox-like client for Macs to access existing FTP/WebDAV/CMIS storage

texts:
We have many users on Macs that access their files on one big non-Mac server that supports FTP/WebDAV/CMIS.

PROBLEM: They can not use their files while not connected to the Internet.

QUESTION: Is there a Dropbox-like software for FTP? or WebDAV? or CMIS?

When connected, pushes local changes to the server
When connected, polls the server every n minutes to pull changes
Preferably open source
Dropbox-like UI: Tray icon, minimal configuration dialog, maybe green check in Finder to show which files are synchronized.
Starts automatically at boot or login

Just to make it clear: I am not looking for an online hosting service. I have an existing server and there are no plan to move any data to any cloud. I am looking for a client-side software that can synchronize local files with the server when connected to the network.

FTPbox is nearly perfect and open source, but it has not been ported to Mac yet.
GoodSync does not work in the background (requires user click) so it is a no-go.

I was asked to add a short section describing why DropBox is not a solution: 1) Documents are confidential, third-party is not an option 2) Dropbox is not reliable enough (better uptime/SLA is needed) 3) Dropbox becomes crazily expensive for large scale 4) The FTP/WebDAV/CMIS interface is actually provided by "Alfresco", an enterprise document management system which has many other features (not just file transfer), and is integrated with other critical enterprise systems. So my question is really about client-side only.


texts: Automator won't execute my bash shell script

texts:
I have a bash script that works like a thread. Now I'd like to turn it into a service with Automator.

Input is set to Image Files in Automator and the shell script action is set to Pass input as arguments.

The problem:

Automator takes issue with two things:

The function
The if condition

However, no error shows up in the log and the shell script result is empty:

(
  ""
)

What the script does:

The function createDatePath checks if the passed image is formated like 2020-08-10-demo_image.jpg and creates a folder YEAR/MONTH/ in the target directory. The if condition performs actions on the input depending on whether it's an JPEG or an PNG, and whether the date string is followed by a -qq- string. This is a trimmed down version of the script (I have some of more if conditions, but we don't need them here I guess).

The script:

backup=/Users/me/Desktop/A/backup/
targetPath=/Users/me/Desktop/A/output/

function createDatePath {
    [[ "$i" =~ ^([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{2}) ]] && \
    mkdir -p "$targetPath${BASH_REMATCH[1]}/${BASH_REMATCH[2]}";
}
for i in "$@"; do
    cp "$i" "$backup"
    if [[ "$i" =~ ^([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2})-([^q]{2}).+\.((jpg)|(jpeg))$ ]]; then
        createDatePath;
    else
        exit 0;
    fi
done

Screen shot:

Link to complete shell script: https://gist.github.com/pattulus/a89be63478174853d667

If anyone could explain to me why this doesn't work and how to make it work that'd be great.

PS: In the non-Automator script the first thing I did was cd into the source path, but I since this will end up as a service which takes files as input my guess was that I can omit this (adding cd "$@" didn't do any good).


texts: popout a mac mail window from full screen / split view

texts:
I run my mac mail in split view with other programs on a side monitor. Sometimes it would be nice to pop out reply windows and individual emails from full screen / split view so I can bring them to my main monitor.

Is there anyway to do this without undocking the mail program all together?


texts: On iPhone/iPad, can you view a PDF sync'd in iTunes?

texts:
A podcast I subscribe to has mp3 files and PDF files side-by-side. They all sync together into iTunes. On the Mac, in iTunes, I can double-click on either and hear (mp3) or read (PDF) what's inside.

However, when I sync this podcast and all its files onto iPhone/iPad, only the mp3 files are visible. Is there any way to get the PDF files to appear there? Seems like if they appear next to the mp3s on the Mac iTunes client, they should appear in the Podcasts screen in iOS.


texts: Updating Xcode looping the download process

texts:
In my trial to update my Xcode 7 to Xcode 8 on macOS Sierra:

I have opened Appstore and searched for Xcode.
Beside the Xcode app I found the Install button and clicked it.
The 4.4GB Xcode finished download as per the gauge stuck to the bottom of the launchpad icon after waiting for 30min.
I didn't find the Xcode icon inside launchpad.
I tried to search Xcode but search didn't return any Xcode app.
I opened Appstore again to open the Xcode from inside Appstore.
I spotted the Xcode app in purchases of Appstore and found Install button instead of Open button beside it to my dismal.
I've gone ahead and clicked Install button and downloaded(4.4GB) again.
Now at 99.9% download failed. Appstore said

Now in the launchpad I am happy to see a Xcode icon but I also found a broken icon downloading something which is 4.4GB; Obviously its Xcode.

I am able to get rid of the broken icon by long clicking the icon and clicking the popped up 'X' on the jiggling icon.
I have encountered same issue a year ago when I updated Xcode6 to 7. This is definitely a serious bug; I have to download Xcode twice each time i try to update it.
I have filed a bug in bug reporter to which no one responds.
So I think its I'm the only one who is having the issue as I might have tampered something in the macOS. The App store still shows Install button besides the Xcode instead of Open button though its already got installed and I am using it. How to let know the Appstore that latest Xcode is already installed?


texts: How do I transfer from my computers icloud to my 6S iphone?

texts: I just bought a new 6S iPhone. How do I transfer all my old 6 iPhone to my new phone.  I have loaded icloud onto my computer and think I backed up my old phones data.  Now.... how do transfer from icloud on my computer to my new 6Siphone?


texts:
Many years ago I had an iPhone with GarageBand. I found in my iCloud account a .band archive which I downloaded. It's a folder with a few folders (Contents, Media, Output) and a file named projectData. I haven't got in my possession at the moment GarageBand or any Apple devices.
Is there a way to recover that song? I mean converting those archives into MP3, for example.


texts: What's the best way to control two Macs from one laptop?

texts:
I have an MBP and a MacPro. I tend to use the laptop a lot of the time but have need to control the workstation (e.g. for iTunes, DVD Player, TV tuning etc.) from another room or when I'm working at the MBP in front of the Pro.

Currently I use Screen Sharing to do this, but it is perhaps not the optimal solution when dealing with multiple monitors (3 on the Pro). Ideally I'd like to be able to move the pointer off the screen of the MBP and have it appear on the monitors as if the laptop were connected directly to them.

I think I saw an open source solution about six years ago but I can no longer locate it. Does anyone have any leads ...?


texts: Is it possible to have a playback indicator in OSX menubar?

texts:
On my iPhone, until iOS 6, anytime music is playing a play symbol appears (and disappears when no music is playing).

How can I achieve a similar effect in the menu bar of OSX Mountain Lion?


texts: Reuse a SSD MZ-JPV1280/0A4 as external SSD

texts:
I have a 128GB SSD Samsung Model MZ-JPV1280/0A4 from my 2015 MacBook Pro Retina and I would like to reuse it in my new PC (ASUS Vivobook Pro, with Core i7 7th Gen, Nvidia GTX 1050, 16GB RAM) where i have done a partition of 50GB for popOS (Ubuntu).
I would like to exploit the power of the SSD as external disk. Is it possible? How?


texts: Time Capsule external USB drive - as second Time Machine Drive?

texts:
I have a 3TB Time Capsule ac. Which is used for Time Machine wirelessly.
I would like to connect an external USB Hard Drive to the Time Capsule and use it as an extension to TimeMachine to backup more than 3TB.

What problems if any would I encounter? And how will this work?
Can I have the external drive connected to the Time Capsule work with Time Machine as well?


texts: OSX cmd+tab behavior with multiple windows of same application and monitors

texts:
First of all, my question is not answered in any of the questions with the similar titles. My context is a little different.
I have 2 monitors connected to my MacBook Pro. I opened 2 windows of Safari, one for each monitor.

On 1st monitor, there's a Safari window and Application A.

On 2nd monitor, there's the 2nd Safari window and Application B.

2nd monitor is focused on Application B.

1st monitor is focused on Application A.

On the 1st monitor, I switch from Application A to Safari using cmd+tab and 1st monitor successfully focuses on it's own Safari window.

But 2nd monitor also switches to it's own Safari windows instead of keeping the Application B on the screen.

How can I prevent this from happening so 2nd monitor doesn't switch to Safari as well and instead keep it's application on its screen?
I already tried all the combinations from Mission Control page but none of them helped me achieve this. Or maybe they didn't work as they intended to be, I'm not sure if that's the case.


texts: Copy an app's localized title and text of menu items

texts: I'm learning Chinese, and I'd like to switch my system interface to Chinese to increase my familiarity with the language. However, since Chinese characters are not phonetic or alphabetic, it can be hard to even type or draw characters I read into a dictionary to look them up. I'd therefore like to find a way to copy text from the interface, such as app names, menu item names, etc. I know that strings files are found in the Foo.app/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/*.strings files. However, I can't figure out how to translate these files into a table mapping English strings to their localized equivalents for Chinese, and when I open the files in XCode, I don't see Chinese characters that I can readily copy. Is there a way to accomplish what I want?


texts: macOS "USB Accessories Disabled" notification

texts:
My iMac 2015 model is giving me a popup:

USB Accessories Disabled
Unplug the accessory using too much power to re-enable USB devices.

After which none of the USB ports work.
Obviously I've tried unplugging everything from the USB ports.
I also tried google searching the error.  The advice I found was to unplug the computer overnight, which I did already twice, and I am still getting the error and the USB ports are still not working.
Any ideas?


texts: Dual boot Macbook Pro MD101 (Mid 2012), with OSX and Bootcamp windows and a FAT32 shared partition

texts:
I tried this and my hard disk looks something like this:

Vikrams-MacBook-Pro:~ Vikramguria$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS MACINTOSH H             250.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data SHARED                  167.9 GB   disk0s4
   5:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                81.0 GB    disk0s5

I cant see the option to boot into windows at startup. I guess I can have only 4 partition so that this works efficiently.
Can I just delete disk0s3 or will I have to start from installing windows?


texts: iOS binaries not working (dyld: could not load inserted library)

texts:
I am using a jailbroken iPhone 6 on iOS 9.2.

I have installed proxychains from here via Cydia and created a simple proxychains.conf file (containing http  10.0.0.5 8080) in the current folder.

I then try and run a command such as: proxychains4 -f proxychains.conf openssl s_client -showcerts -connect google.com:443

I get the following error:

[proxychains] config file found: proxychains.conf
[proxychains] preloading /usr/lib/libproxychains4.dylib
dyld: could not load inserted library '/usr/lib/libproxychains4.dylib' because no suitable image found.  Did find:
        /usr/lib/libproxychains4.dylib: mmap() error 22 at address=0x0017D000, size=0x00001000 segment=__DATA in Segment::map() mapping /usr/lib/libproxychains4.dylib

Trace/BPT trap: 5

I get the same error trying to run anything from proxychains, e.g. proxychains4 -f proxychains.conf ping 8.8.8.8

I then tried installing the version of proxychains from here (http:// cydia.radare.org/debs/) via Cydia and basically the same thing hapens

I separately installed GnuTLS from here (http:// apt.saurik.com/dists/tangelo/main/binary-iphoneos-arm/Packages) also via Cydia and when I try and run it gnutls-cli, I get a very similar error:

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libgnutls.26.dylib
  Referenced from: /usr/bin/gnutls-cli
  Reason: no suitable image found.  Did find:
        /usr/lib/libgnutls.26.dylib: mmap() error 22 at address=0x001B1000, size=0x00005000 segment=__DATA in Segment::map() mapping /usr/lib/libgnutls.26.dylib
        /usr/lib/libgnutls.26.dylib: mmap() error 22 at address=0x00269000, size=0x00005000 segment=__DATA in Segment::map() mapping /usr/lib/libgnutls.26.dylib
Trace/BPT trap: 5

Can anyone shed any light on this?


texts: How do I disable screen dimming *only during sunset*?

texts:
Screen dimming is a great feature when moving to differently lit rooms. However, if the MacBook is facing a bright window, and the user is thus backlit, then the sensor goes haywire.

I need to create some of script to disable auto-dim during sunset hours.  How can I access the dimmer feature from bash, AppleScript, or any other language?


texts: Vulnerability and patch management on macOS - what works?

texts:
I am trying to design a plan for patching Mac endpoints at my company.
Are there any readily available tools which I could leverage for continuous security patch/update management for 3rd party apps on Mac. AppFresh seems to be discontinued. I looked into the Sparkle framework. Has anyone used it within an organization, and if yes, what is the best way to use it?

Any thoughts or guidance on operationalizing patch management on macOS in a startup would be highly useful.


texts: iPhone functionality while using CarPlay

texts: Is it possible to open and use a different app on iPhone while using CarPlay or is the CarPlay only mirroring the iPhone? More specifically would it be possible to have Waze running on iPhone and use different apps such as music apps on CarPlay simultaneously? If not what does happen when some non-CarPlay app is opened on iPhone? Does the CarPlay go to home screen?


texts: How to zoom in on picture in Apple Keynote

texts: I've been trying to figure out how to slowly zoom in or ease in on a picture in keynote. I would like the effect to be something like this -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6af4AQG-r4E (go to 0:55 seconds). I've built a keynote presentation in a similar layout to what you see in the video. Additionally, the video also has effects where the image pans sideways. Is it possible to do any of these effects in keynote?


texts: How to make the MacBook always sleep / hibernate instead of shut down when power is too low?

texts:
Sometimes I left the MacBook there and forgot the plug the power in, and it would wake up from a sleep (or hibernation) when I plug the power in and wait a couple of minutes and press the power button again.
But sometimes it did wake up, but Google Chrome would mention it wasn't shut down properly, and the Terminal Bash seemed to have just started fresh too. So in this case it looked like it shut down instead of going into hibernation.
There is enough hard drive space to save all the data in RAM. For example, the hard drive might have 50GB of free space, and definitely was enough to save the 16GB of RAM of the MacBook for the later restore.
What might have caused it to shut down instead of hibernation? Is there a way to make it more certain to go into hibernation instead of shutting down?


texts: How can I show seconds on macOS BigSur's menu bar clock?

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I work in an environment where seconds are critical.
Is there a way to display the time with seconds in the menu bar on macOS Big Sur? More specifically, I am referring to the Date and Time at top right in the menu bar which users can click on to open the Notification Centre.
The instructions I find on the Internet seem to pertain to older macOS versions, and are no longer applicable.


texts:
In a classroom environment after a month without issues all of the sudden everyone is getting locked out of their folders, including my local admin user.

What works is logging into each user, elevated, I may run terminal command:

sudo find ~ $TMPDIR.. -exec chflags -h nouchg,nouappnd,noschg,nosappnd {} + -exec chown -h $UID {} + -exec chmod +rw {} + -exec chmod -h -N {} + -type d -exec chmod -h +x {} + 2>&-

This is from Linc Davis Repairing permissions when owner is "Fetching..."

So how to use Apple Remote Desktop to fix this via UNIX script?

#! /bin/bash

cd /Users

# Create an array with a list of all users in the users folder excluding Shared, site, nc12, and g
full=$(ls -1 /Users/ | grep -v 'Shared\|site\|nc12\|g\|.localized')
echo Fixing Permissions....

# Loop permissions fix for the values of the array $full
for i in $full
{
    cd /Users/$i
    find ~ $TMPDIR.. -exec chflags -h nouchg,nouappnd,noschg,nosappnd ;
    chown -h $UID
    chmod -R -N ~ $i
    chmod -R 700 $i
    chmod -R 777 $i/Public
    chmod -R 733 $i/Public/Drop\ Box
}

# A reboot shouldn't be necessary since the permissions change instantaneously and will be different the next time a program tries to access files.

# That said, it's never a bad idea to reboot
echo "You must REBOOT the machine to complete the process. Thank you."
exit

What may my syntax errors be? Other suggestions?


texts: Force bluetooth usb adapter Mac Catalina

texts:
I'm having trouble forcing my mac to stay connected to my external USB Bluetooth adapter on reboot/restart.

I've read quite a few posts and have found this command

sudo nvram bluetoothHostControllerSwitchBehavior=always

I was able to use Bluetooth Explorer and I switched it to the new bluetooth USB dongle but it will still not remain connected after reboot. Instead it remains disconnected and I have to reconnect it every time I restart my computer.

Machine:
2018 Mac Mini

Current OSx: Catalina 10.15.5

External Bluetooth Adapter:
Asus BT400

https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Receiver-Keyboards-Controllers-USB-BT400/dp/B00DJ83070

Their are windows drivers but not for mac since it uses the same Broadcom chipset.

Is there another command that I can use that will keep it connected after reboot?


texts:
Given latest versions of MacOS and iOS and one iMac and one iPhone both on the same iCloud account.

I take a picture with the iPhone. It shows up, via photo stream on the iMac. So far so good.

Now I attach the iPhone to the iMac and do a sync. Does the photo now "live natively" on the iMac or still just through photo stream? I think it's not native yet.

Now I use Photos app on iMac and import the photos from the iPhone. Now the photo lives natively on the iMac but it looks like I have a duplicate because the stream copy of it is also there.

That can't be right can it?


texts: CPU at 100%, but no processes showing significant usage

texts:
Situation:

All 4 cores maxed out. Mac noticeably lagging.

Attempted Solution:

(Reveals wildly contradictory information.)

Closed all applications
Opened Activity Monitor
Totaled all Process ID activity and noticed that all processes listed (including activity monitor and finder) only add up to about 10-20% CPU usage, BUT ALL 4 CORES ARE STILL REDLINED/MAXED OUT.

Additional Info:

Activity monitor also says that:

User Usage is < 5%
System Usage is almost steady at 85% (yet no PID's show significant CPU use)
Idle 10%

The system in question is running OS X 10.7.5 (Lion).
(I'm writing from another machine.)

Three Part Question:

HOW CAN WE STOP THIS BEHAVIOR?
Why is the total CPU usage drastically different from the PID list total?
(BONUS) Why isn't there any system PID showing up that correlates with the 85% system usage?


texts: Problem loading images from googleusercontent

texts:
Recently switched from Chrome to Firefox Quantum and noticed that images from *.googleusercontent.com aren't loading because "The connection used to fetch the resource was not secure"

If I attempt to load the image directly, Firefox gives "Unable to connect" and checking site info it shows that the "Connection is not secure"

Tried to fix the problem in Firefox by restarting in Safe-Mode and also "Refresh Firefox", unfortunately problem still exists.

Safari has the same problem (insecure connection). Everything works fine in Chrome.

Version details

Firefox: v65.0.1 (and previously v63.0.3)
Safari: v12.0.2
Chrome: v70.0.3538.110
MacOS: Mojave v10.14.2


texts: Receiving a photo via iMessage: when is it downloaded?

texts:
I am downloading a photo over iMessage.  When I see the previewed thumbnail image, is the entire photo downloaded? If not, when I open the photo will it be completely downloaded to my phone? Like stored in a folder of some kind? At what point will it be downloaded completely?

Also, if I save this to camera roll, does it transfer folders?

Just a theoretical question; no real utility from it.


texts: Find my iPhone: how to identify each device?

texts:
A friend of mine got her iPhone stolen. When entering iCloud to activate the "Find my iPhone" feature, I see that her account has 3 phones associated with it. The 3 phones are named:

Iphone
Iphone
(Name)'s Iphone.

How can I know which is her current one? Her previous models are a iPhone 4S, an iPhone 5 and an iPhone 6. I don't see any place to check each phone's model.


texts: How to jailbreak my iPhone 5S with iOS 9.2.1 or iOS 9.3?

texts:
After updating to iOS 9.2.1, I could not enter my iPhone because I forgot my iCloud password (not e-mail) and also my security questions to restore it.

Are there jailbreak options for iOS 9.2.1 and if so, do I need to regain control of iCloud ID to use that option?


texts: Blur screenshot as you take it on default screenshot app macbook pro

texts:
I recently got the 2019 MacBook Pro and one thing different from my previous Windows machine is the lack of ShareX (a screenshot utility).
I like to take screenshots and not have them saved locally to my computer (I take hundreds of screenshots daily for work and send it to other people online, and that would take up a lot of space over time which is unnecessary since I can always just search on the messaging platform for that image). I noticed there's an option to save to the clipboard which is perfect except I cannot blur out personal info unless I save it and then edit the info out in the Preview app. Is there anyway to select stuff to blur out? I heard lightshot screenshot does exactly that but I want to make it so that I can click the screenshot button on my Macbook Pro's touchbar and have it take a screenshot.


texts: macOS windows requiring an explicit click to make active, before UI elements inside can be clicked

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I'm a new Mac user, having been issued with a MacBook Pro when I started a new job three months ago.  A Windows and Linux user before, I'm now getting quite used to the differences with using Apple's desktop environment.

One thing that is still slowing me down a little is the requirement to explicitly click in an application window to make it active, before the UI elements inside that window can be interacted with.

For example, if I have two browser windows open side by side with the left one active, it takes two clicks to follow a link in the right hand window: one to make the window active, one to click the link.

This is in contrast to Windows or Linux, where you can click on a UI element in a inactive window and that single click will both activate the window and the element in it.

A similar issue is trying to copy and paste text between windows.  I can select and copy text in an active terminal or editor, then paste it into another with 'right-click, Paste' but that doesn't activate the window.  I still need to left-click the window to activate it before I can type into it.

In Windows and Linux, the right-click to paste would also activate the window.  If I was pasting a command into a terminal, I could then just hit Enter to run it, whereas an extra mouse click is required on my Mac.  This feels a little cumbersome.

Can this behaviour be adjusted to resemble Windows and Linux?


texts:
Is it possible to transfer an app from one app store account to another? I want to be able to update some apps that my father bought on his account that are currently on my iPhone, but I'm pretty sure that I'd have to transfer those apps to my account first. Do I need to transfer the apps to be able to update them? If so, how would I do that?

Edits

From looking at this question, I guess that the only option that I have is to transfer app account ownership to my account in order to update those apps.


texts: Time setting on iPad changes when I cable-connect to laptop (during Zoom)

texts:
I teach on Zoom with my iPad Air connected to my MacBook Pro laptop by cable. I experience the following problem/bug that I would like to have fixed:

My MacBook Pro laptop has the correct time.

My iPad Air (3rd gen) has the correct time.

When I connect my iPad to my laptop via a cable, my iPad suddenly changes to a random and incorrect time. This instantly fixes itself when I disconnect the cable.

In particular, the instant I "share screen" in Zoom (meaning the Zoom session that I am running on my laptop shares the screen of the Ipad via a cable connection), my iPad suddenly displays an incorrect time that has nothing to do with either the time setting of my laptop or the original time setting of my iPad. This is frustrating because I need to view the time while I am teaching, but I consistently view the incorrect time when I look at my iPad screen (I have to remember to view my laptop screen for the correct time).


texts:
I know there are Login Items under Users & Groups and /Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons under Library, System/Library and Users/FooUser/Library. And then there's right click on Dock icon -> Options -> Open at Login.

What other methods are there for apps to auto-start? The reason why I'm asking is because the Spotify App (downloaded from http://www.spotify.com) keeps starting up whenever I restart my Mac, even though I made sure there is no corresponding entry in any of the above mentioned places.


texts:
Can you recommend a good site with some online training for the latest iMovie on OS X? I have tried to play with iMovie over the years and I never seem to 'get' how it is meant to be used.
Right now I have about 1.5 hours of raw video taken with my iPhone 5s of a set of student presentation and I (naively) wanted to make a short 'highlight real' of it. But once I import the video into iMovie I am not sure how to use its features.
(Note that I am very proficient on my mac in every other respect, software development, html, photoshop, illustrator, all those I manage just fine, but iMovie is so confusing. I feel like I just need a 20 minute leg up in a tutorial or something like that.)
Update:
Here's a screenshot of what I am using: I have played with it a while and I don't see any commands which would make it look like the screenshot in the help screenshot provided below... what am i missing?????


texts: How to text a message to a number on an iPhone?

texts: On my iPhone 5, how do I text a message to a number? I am trying to send the words "HELLO WORLD" TO 888765?


texts: How do you git fetch all repos in a folder?

texts:
I keep all the repositories I work on in a folder on my machine ~/Code, and I want a script to execute git fetch && git status against each of the repos in that folder.

I imagine that, if it’s possible, it might look something like this pseudocode:

cd ~/Code
    && for each subfolder in ~/Documents (git fetch && git status)
    && echo "here’s the repos with updated remotes:\n"
    && echo reportReposWithRemoteChanges

I tried Tower which does not appear to offer this. I also tried GitHub Desktop, which provides irregular support for highlighting some local repositories whose remotes have updates.


texts: My photos stopped going to the iCloud in February.  When I logged into iCloud.com, there is nothing after 2-28-15.  I went to the Apple Store, and the genius guys said "fascinating."  They checked all kinds of things, and couldn't solve it.  My phone is 2+ years old, and I am due for a new one.  Will a new phone solve this problem?


texts: Problems installing Scala (a GTK/X11) application on macOS 10.14.6 or macOS 10.11.3

texts:
macOS 10.14.6 or 10.11.3
XQuartz 2.7.11 (X11)
gtk2 2.24.31

I am trying to install Scala (not the programming language, but a music scale utility) and I have been following the instructions at http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/downloads.html#Mac

The pre-reqs seem to install okay, but when I try to run the Scala software, it gives me the following error...

Ideally, I would like to remove GTK+ completely from my system and reinstall from scratch, but I don't know how to do this, and I'm not sure it would help in any case.

Does anyone know how I can get this application to run?


texts: Should I enable TRIM with a third party (non-Apple) SSD?

texts:
I have an Intel 320 Series 120 GB solid state drive installed in the optical drive bay of my 2012 MacBook Pro 13". I'm not sure whether to use TRIM Enabler to enable TRIM.

I did enable it before on my 2011 MacBook Pro, but I not sure whether I really needed to. I never had problems with it enabled.

I also doesn’t want to tinker with this, when I’m not entirely sure. Maybe I should use TRIM, but enable it with something other than TRIM Enabler. I don’t know.

I know what TRIM does. And if you buy a Mac with a SSD from Apple, it is enabled by default.


texts: Magic Mouse: disable lower half of the touch area

texts:
To avoid false gestures, I would like to disable the lower touch area of my magic mouse.

I tried to use an option in Better Touch Tool (BTT) that is supposed to do this and in the BTT live view, I can see that BTT ignores any touches in this area. However, the touch area still works in all apps.

Is there another way (e.g., via Terminal) to savely limit the touch area of a magic mouse?

System specs: Macbook Pro Retina, Magic Mouse, OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks), BTT 0.9985


texts:
After the update to iOS8, the switch to disable the 3G has been replaced by a disable 4G switch.

4G is already off but how could I also disable also 3G (which is still active, as shown on the status bar)


texts: Export podcast subscriptions from iOS podcast app as OPML

texts:
I want to EXPORT my podcast subscriptions from the iPhone/iPad Podcast app into another podcatcher. In order to be able to import I need an OPML-file with the subscriptions.

Can I create such a file or is there another way to get the subscriptions exported?


texts: water splash caused minor iPad Power Button problems, what is the risk of mainboard corrosion?

texts:
Summary

Water splash on iPad Pro 12.9" (first generation)
Power button stopped working, then few times appeared to press itself, then started working again.
Third party repair service refused to open it and clean the mainboard to prevent corrosion.

Detailed explanation and questions are later, but basically I'm not sure if it's better to keep insisting and searching for other repair service to clean motherboard or maybe the risk is negligible?

Details

I have a waterproof backpack but I must have not zip it completely in a hurry and I was caught by heavy rain.

Upper part of my iPad got slightly wet (about 5cm from the top, based on trace left on protective case). It was not submerged in the water, it appears to be a splash type effect.

I haven't even noticed that after arriving in my office, I was working on it as usual and suddenly noticed the power button is not working and then suddenly noticed the water stain on the protective cover.

As emergency solution I enabled the accessibility feature as replacement for it.

Few hours later the button started to act like pressing itself, just few times, randomly.

Few more hours later it started to work back as usual.

After hours I went to nearest electronic repair shop which is trusted by couple of my friends. I requested them to open up my iPad and clean up the area around the power button using isopropyl alcohol to prevent corossion.

They refused to do it, they said it's just water and my iPad is going to be fine. Honestly, it sounds to me like they just didn't wanted to do it and gave me a bad advice.

Some research

As explained in this reference, the rain water is not pure, it contains contaminants from the atmosphere and even after dried out, can cause corrosion and oxidation.

http://www.circuitnet.com/experts/80616.html

I also reviewed all the water damage related questions on this Stack and extracted relevant ones.

Answers that recommend cleaning at third party repair shops. However in case of those questions, device was submerged or there was large spill making most of the liquid enter insides of the device, not just splashed.

How to deal with phone dropped in water
MacBook Pro mid-2010- water damaged - but it still plays the chime?

Those answer recommend drying, ventilation and just using it as long as possible, however here there was a serious spill and most of liquid ended up inside of the device, in my case probably only a little bit, there is not much cavity to let water through on top of iPad case.

Spilled water on Macbook Pro 13 inch, early 2015
No sound (speakers/jack) + microphone's dead after spilling water

This one in addition seems very optimistic if amounts of water are small.

A few drops of water on my Macbook Pro

The answer here recommends ultrasonic cleaner, however I suppose it also requires opening up the device so doesn't make the repair less risky.

iPhone 4S fell into water and blacked out, with only CPU and mainboard burning. Is it possible to export the data from two years ago?

Questions

Potential damage could be worse than just power button replacement?

Given the fact the device was not submerged, only partially exposed to stream of water and visibly affected only the power button

If potential corrosion occurs, would it require only power button replacement or entire iPad mainboard?

Better to find another repair shop and insist for cleaning?

Cleaning the motherboard is a complicated repair, my iPad is 12,9" version, screen is easy to break, I don't feel confident doing it myself. I head iPads are designed to be splash resistant, I'm wondering if it is worth taking the risk and just not do anything or is it sure corrosion might get it and I absolutely need to search for new repair shop that will take the challenge and clean up the motherboard?

What if they offer this ultrasonic cleaning instead of isopropyl approach? Should I go for it?


texts:
I wrote a 200 pages PDF and someone pointed out to me that there are some repeated words that I should eliminate.
For example, sometimes there are phrases like
The the book is orange
or
the book is is orange.
Is there a way to find such repeated words without reading all the 200 pages? Obviously I don't know what are the repeated words, otherwise, I would have just used CMD+F.
Thanks


texts: Change font size for PDF Text comments in Preview

texts:
I would like to change the font size for PDF Text comments in Preview? I am aware that acrobat allows you to do this. I am looking for
a  solution in Preview (Version 8.1 (877.7))

This is a variation of this post, or that post which apply respectively to text font size or comments in MS Word.

Here I want to change the font in
the comments of Preview.

Even if I copy a bigger text font inside it, it is made smaller once the note is closed. As this example shows, the comment font is too small for my eyes :-)

This might be relevant?
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20070304081248710

Attempt

When I type

defaults read com.apple.Preview | grep PVAnnotationFontSize_5

I get

   "PVAnnotationFontSize_5" = 9;

So I tried

defaults write com.apple.Preview PVAnnotationFontSize_5 12

But it doe not seem to do the trick (even after login out and in again).

It did change the value though as can be seen via the Property list editor

found in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preview.plist as suggested by @ankiiiiiii


texts:
I'm always reading about developers praising TextMate as the editor. What's so awesome about it?

Please note that I'm a long-term Emacs user.


texts:
After deciding I dont want Apple managing any of my music through iCloud I decided to log out of iTunes. Now I am constantly getting an annoying message from iTunes that says:

your iCloud music library session has expired

It's very obvious to me that it is expired, as I signed out. How can I get iTunes to stop pestering me with this reminder? I press esc or CANCEL and it comes back 2 or 3 times before it quits for about 15 minutes then asks me again. I Have to keep hitting CANCEL for it to go away.

Running iTunes 12.2.3.35 on OSX 10.9.5


texts: How to open native youtube app from a video embedded in web page

texts:
when I view a page on my iPad and there is a YouTube video embedded, if I click it I can watch it directly within safari.
This way, though, I cannot favorite the video, I cannot know the title of it or share it. Only thing I can do is watch it.

I'd like to be able to open the link to video in native youtube app, or at least open the YouTube web page of that video.

Is there a way to do it?


texts: Cannot change movement number or name of a classical piece in iTunes

texts:
I just imported a classical CD into iTunes, and am trying to correct the information from Gracenote.  But when I select "use work and movement" it will only let me enter the work name.  "Movement _ of _ named ______" fields are all blank and will not accept focus or typing.

This seems to be a bug in 12.7.1.14—it apparently worked as expected in 12.5.  But maybe it's something I can fix? (instead of submit a report and get a stream of excuses from Apple).

Amadeus and exiftool will allow me to set tags without iTunes running, and iTunes will show the changes when launched.  Are there specific tags for these three fields that I can set?


texts: Triple external monitor on 13" Macbook Pro 2018

texts:
I've recently been given a 13" Macbook Pro 2018 by work so that I can work from home. Just to note I am completely new to MacOS, but have a lot of sysadmin experience on other platforms.
I have a triple monitor set up with my Windows PC and I was hoping to use this with the new Macbook. But I looked online and it seems that this model is officially limited to two external monitors. However The limit is for two 4k monitors, and I want three 1080p which is a lower total pixel count than even one 4k screen so the MBP definitely has the power required for this.
Also I don't need the built-in display as the MBP will be tucked away. Clearly the MBP can do three displays if we include the built-in one, so is there a way to redirect that to an external screen? Is there an official or unofficial way to make this work? Would using a thunderbolt based adapter allow more bandwidth so more screens? I've seen reports of USB3 (not type C) display adapters that can bypass this restriction. Or there's this https://github.com/FD-/RPiPlay that would involve using a Raspberry Pi as an airplay receiver and using that as the third screen.


texts: Disable reminder notification for past events on macOS

texts:
I have an event defined on my Mac to remind my to go home on time.

Unfortunately, if I shutdown the Mac before the time of the reminder, I get a notification the next day as soon as I login.

Is there a way to only show reminders when they are actually on time, and not several hours later?

I totally get why this behaviour could be ok for some cases, but each event where I set a reminder it will not help me at a later time …


texts: No Text Notifications or Sounds from One Contact

texts:
So this is an issue that I’ve had for a few months: On my iPhone 7, currently running iOS 11.4.1, I’m not getting any sort of notification from one specific contact in my phone. No ringtone, no vibration, no banner on top of the screen, no blue circle next to their name in the Messages screen, not even a noise when I’m IN the conversation and they send a text. Basically it’s as if I’ve already READ the text.

And I know the first answer is going to be “Turn of Do Not Disturb for that person”; that’s not it, I’ve done that so many times it’s not even funny. I’ve changed the text tone to default and changed the default, I’ve turned on Emergeny Bypass, I’ve deleted a huge amount of texts/attachements from them, I’ve deleted the contact all together, I’ve power cycled my phone more times than I can count, and I’ve completely reset my phone once; nothing has worked.

This is probably a good time to mention that when this problem started, there were TWO contacts that had this issue, but, by some sort of miracle, one of them started giving me notifications again... and I did absolutely nothing, they just randomly came back, and this was a couple weeks after I completely reset my phone and straight up deleted their contacts.

The only thing that I can possibly think is that there are too many messages in the conversation. I have Keep Messages set to Forever and this is the one person in my contacts I text the most, so there’s A LOT. But at the same I’m not quite sure. Like I said, I deleted a TON of messages, and actually switched my Keep Messages setting from Forever to 2 Weeks, so that must’ve deleted hundreds... still nothing (and I changed it back to Forever) And just today I realized I had a good amount of attachements I hadn’t deleted (about 400, yes I know absurd), so I got rid of them... still nothing. So I’m just completely stumped.

My only saving grace is that, for whatever unknown reason, the technological gods decided that I can get their notifications through my Series 1 38mm Apple Watch. If I don’t have it or it’s not charged, I’d never know they’d sent me a text.

The only thing I haven’t done is delete the conversation all together and... we’ll id rather not, for personal reasons, but if I don’t get anything that works then I’ll do that. So if anybody has ANYTHING that might work, it would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Why is this PDF rescaling Automator script misfires?

texts:
I am using an Automator to convert folders of A4-sized PDFs to other formats.
It uses PDF GhostScript though I have not personally written the code, somebody on discussions.apple.com helped me at the time.
Here is the full Automator which should output PDFs that are sized at 638 x 850 pt.
For reasons beyond my understanding, all PDFs come out at 601 x 850 pt.
No error is thrown by the Automator.

Can someone help me with this?
I am also pasting the script directly below here.

#!/bin/bash

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/Desktop
EXT="_iPad.pdf"
OUTFOLDER="$1"
shift 1

function pdf_rescale () {
    /usr/local/bin/pdfscale.sh -r 'custom pt 638 850' -s 1.0 "${1}" "${2}"
    return
}

# loop through all input files, or folders and transform A4 PDF to 225x300 PDF scaled to 100 percent
for f in "$@"
do
    # is it a directory?
    if [ -d "$f" ]; then
        # nullglob prevents expansion of "*.pdf" to variable x if no match
        shopt -s nullglob
        for x in "${f}"/*.pdf
        do
            shopt -s extglob
            pdf_rescale "${x}" "${OUTFOLDER}/${x//+(*\/|.*)}${EXT}"
            shopt -u extglob
        done
        shopt -u nullglob
    # is it a non-zero, regular file?
    elif [ -s "$f" ]; then
        shopt -s extglob
        pdf_rescale "${f}" "${OUTFOLDER}/${f//+(*\/|.*)}${EXT}"
        shopt -u extglob
    fi
done
exit 0


texts: Help me reset the terminal after sudo command mistake

texts:
I recently installed a cracked version of a program and it instructed me to block outgoing connections by following the instructions below.

Step 1

Click the "Go" menu, select "Utilities," and then double-click "Terminal" to launch the utility.

Step 2

Type "sudo cp /private/etc/hosts ~/Documents/hosts-backup" (omit the quotes here and throughout) to create a backup of the "hosts" file before editing. You can open this file later if you find the changes you made to your system resulted in unintended behaviors.

Step 3

Type "sudo nano /private/etc/hosts" in the Terminal window, and then press the "Enter" key. "Sudo" indicates that you want to gain administrator access, "nano" tells Terminal the program to use -- in this case, the Nano text editor -- and the pathname indicates the location of the "hosts" file.

Step 4

Type your administrator account password, and then press the "Enter" key. You must set up a password for your account to make changes in Terminal. If your account doesn't have a password, select "System Preferences" in the Dock, click "Users & Groups," select your administrator account, click the "Change Password..." button, and then enter a new password.

Step 5

Press the down arrow key to position the cursor below the default set of rules. Don't edit any of the existing rules as they set your current firewall settings and allow your computer to function properly.

Step 6

Type the domain IP address of the website you want to block communication with in a blank line followed by a space and the domain name. Use the format "0.0.0.0 domainname.com" and put each entry on a separate line.

Step 7

Close the window, enter the Terminal application again, and then type "dscacheutil -flushcache" to reset the cache and apply the new rules.

I only made it to step 3. I was asked to insert my password and since then my computer has been slower and the color wheel will not stop spinning when i open certain programs. I'm even having trouble force quitting programs and youtube videos refuse to load.

Is there any way that the Terminal can be reset or this problem can be rectified?


texts: How to disable top bar of the iOS keyboard?

texts:
I would like to remove following top white bar of the onscreen iOS 11 keyboard on my iPad.

I tried to disable all keyboard options in settings but has no effect.

Such bar appears for example when I open a chat in full web (not a mobile view), search something via input field on the top right corner of the page, then go back and trying to post something to the chat:

As you can see this keyboard bar overlaps text input area. So it’s hard to use it.


texts: How do i find a printer which supports wireless printing from the iPhone?

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I am looking to purchase a printer, but more fundamentally, I don't know what features or technology translate into easy printing from my iPhone. How can I determine which printers do or do not work well with an iPhone?

Here is my question: I would like to have a printer that I can print to directly from my iPhone. When I google "air print" (based off of what the iPhone says) I see HP Wireless Printers.

That leads me to the question can I use the iPhone to print on any printer with wireless capabilities or does it have to be one of these HP Printers with "ePrint"?


texts: finder won't launch after Mojave upgrade ( high system cpu )

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it appears my finder will not launch after I upgraded to Mojave. It is always unresponsive.  My system cpu load is constantly around 75% also.

I am unable to relaunch it even if I do a force quit from application monitor. Any ideas?

Also chrome will not render a webpage. Firefox and Safari work fine.


texts: MacBook Pro will only charge if using a 3rd party adapter after battery replacement

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I’m  having a bit of a weird situation. After running a program that really seemed to overheat my computer, a few days after my charger stopped charging my 13” Late 2012 Retina MacBook Pro.
It was really old and had some inner wire visible so I figured it was the charger and decided to change it. Without doing a ton of research, i just ordered the best reviewed adapter on Amazon.  When I plugged it in, it didn't turn on but eventually did a SWC and it began charging, however the LED turned green and but the battery seemed to be dead. If it was unplugged the computer would die.
Thinking I needed a battery replacement and having originally thought that Apple no longer supported 2012 because of vintage, I ordered a 3rd party battery from Puredick as well as one from NewerTech at OWC.
I replaced the battery and had some issues with it working and read about the dangers of using a 3rd party adapter. I ordered a new OEM 65W adapter through Apple,  however once I got the battery working, the OEM adapter wouldn't charge. The third party adapter continues to charge it regularly.
I realized it was an 85W adapter so thinking maybe the battery needed a higher wattage, I ordered a second 85W adapter through Apple and that also, did not charge. The behavior was the same for both 3rd party batteries as I tried swapping them out thinking they might be the cause of the issue.
Everything else runs normally except for the fact that the OEM adapters will not charge the Mac while the 3rd party charger will. I'd like to avoid using the 3rd party and I’m worried that this might be a sign of something else wrong With my Mac or that continued use of my 3rd party adapter will exacerbate the problem.
How can I solve this weird problem of genuine chargers not charging, but 3rd party chargers will?


texts: How to keep your MacBook Pro cool (unibody)

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I'm a developer/system admin/unix guy so I have many IDEs/Editors/Terminals running and I'm also temperature freak... I like it cold, here are a few tips I did to keep my MacBook Pro Unibody under 46 degrees C ~ 115 degrees F. Please list your tips.

Clean your MacBook Pro fans from within... it's simple, open the bottom closure and blow the hell out of these fans.
Download and install Fan Control and run your fans @ 2800-3000 RPM
Position your MacBook on a hard surface
Ditch all browsers to Safari, i tried them all Firefox up to version 5 and 7 (Aurora), Chrome and Opera... nothing beats the CPU usage (less of it) than Safari. Also flash youtube videos run with less resources on Safari for some reason. Block unneeded content (Ads)
If possible - don't use Adobe Flash
Use your faster GPU on AC Power, and lower on Battery power (use gfxCardStatus for source-based GPU switching)
Replace your internal hard drive with an SSD
Keep your monitor running @ 90% brightness or less
Keep your keyboard lights off or low


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I manage a number of iOS devices. These devices are supervised via Apple Configurator. When they connect to a specific SSID, I want the devices to use the servers specified by DHCP (If needed, I can explicitly set the DNS as well.) However, when connected to any other network, I would like for these devices to use OpenDNS.

Is there a way to:

Set the default DNS Servers for a device, even for new wifi connections?
Override that default DNS Address?
Ideally, configurable through a profile so the user cannot change this?

I know that what I'm asking for isn't possible on cellular networks but I'm hoping it is for wifi. I have looked at solutions like DNS Override and I'm fine with a paid solution, but that app requires users to manually change the DNS configuration. It gives a default, but no way to specify it on a per-SSID basis. (Additionally, it wants to create a VPN connection over cellular, and I don't want that.)


texts: What are the consequences of running the 13" Retina MBP in higher native resolutions

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This question is basically about how do different resolution settings affect the performance of your MacBook.

By default retinas are set at the "retina" display mode. You can also set them to the "more space mode", and with 3rd party tools you can go native (much higher)!

But what I want to know is, how does "upping" the res affect the performance of the mac, in particular how does going beyond the retina option affect:

The CPU
The GPU
IO?
RAM (I imagine there is no effect here?)
Battery life (I imagine this depends on how much the CPU/GPU is affected?)

And if any of these are affected, is the relationship 1:1, or exponential, or what?