texts: I have disabled SIP, I have read/write permissions with terminal, but not with Finder. What causes this?

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System: macOS Catalina 10.15.2

Background: I've been a *nix user for many years. I use a remote Linux server where the root directory is used (i.e. there are folders where users can r/w such as /data and /analyses ), and I've used macOS in the same way until now. I got a new MacBook from my workplace this year. I administer the machine, so I am able to change anything that root can.

In the interest of continuing to use the file organization system on our remote server, I have disabled SIP and I'm mounting / with read/write on each boot (similarly to how it is done here). I can work in the /data and /analyses folders using the Terminal with no issues, but when it comes to using Finder, this is not the case. Creating and deleting folders and files is not possible with Finder. This is not the case with other GUI apps (for example, I'm able to use a text editor such as Sublime to edit plain text files in these folders, or create and save new ones into the directory of my choosing).

Issue: When I use Finder to move or modify these files (for example, dragging a file to Trash) I get a warning message: "file" can't be modified or deleted because it's required by macOS. I can delete or modify these files with other apps, including Terminal, but for convenience sake I'd like some help finding a solution to this issue with Finder (for example, is there something I could change w/r/t Finder's permissions, or with the permissions set by macOS for the directories I'm working in).

What I've already tried: changing the file and folder permissions/ownership with chmod and chown, with no effect on Finder's behavior

p.s. Unless you are certain it will directly help to solve this issue with Finder, thank you in advance for leaving out any lectures about why I should re-enable SIP, I've already heard them all. :)


texts: How to make MacVim remember its zoom level

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Every time I open the MacVim, the font size of its contents are just too small to read. So I have to zoom in (with Command + +) several time before editing stuff.

The problem is it doesn't remember its zoom level when next time I open the MacVim, I have to do the zoom in actions again...

Any helps are welcome!

mitnk


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I've started noticing that, after booting and launching all app that was on at the time of shut down, finder simply quit after ~10 sec and I have to turn it on manually. I didn't recall this issue before Mojave (but maybe it was already like that, I barely turn off my laptop - just closing it).

It doesn't seems to crash as there is no warning like "finder quit unexpectedly" or anything...

When opening console after finder quit, this output appear :

[ApplicationManager statusChangedForApplication:] | In status changed, finder quit, calling to get number of foreground apps

Disk utility check says everything's fine, and I just did a clean install as my MBP crashed during last update.

What could be the cause of Finder quitting after launching all app ?

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017) version 10.14.4 (18E226)

EDIT :

I find out that when I open pCloud, Finder quit (but still not crash)

Console output :

[GUIApplicationLogout loadProccessesToQuitArray] | Checking app: pCloudFinderExt


texts: Automatically open Finder when disk image is mounted

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I created a Disk Image (.dmg) with Disk Utility with the APFS filesystem. When i open the .dmg it gets mounted, and i can go to finder and manually open it.

How do i make Finder automatically open a new window with the .dmg contents when i open/mount the .dmg?

(macOS Catalina, 10.15)


texts: Quality factors relevant for getting a replacement battery (MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012))

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The battery in my computer (MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)) is due:

I'd like to buy a new one. I'm looking for something efficient, i.e. having a long battery time and with the most refill.

What kind of characterstics/quality factors do I need to look for while searching for a replacement?


texts: Is it possible specifically select a Wifi channel use? I am defaulting to channel 6 which has a low signal to noise ratio.  "Wifi Signal", ver 1.3 suggests that several other channels offer better qualities.  Is there a way to move another channel?


texts: How can I see which processes are draining my macbook battery by percentage?

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Android devices have a screen that shows you approximately what applications and processes are using your battery, by percentage.

I'm wondering, in theory, can this be done on a MacBook? How do you think Android determines those numbers?


texts: Where are good places to buy RAM (memory) for a Mac?

texts: What reputable stores exist for purchasing RAM for a Mac?


texts: Find my iPhone useless in case of stole?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Lost iPhone, what action to take?

Consider this scenario:

A thief stole my iPhone.
I disable my iphone on www.icloud.com
The thief in the meanwhile reinstall iOS

Does Find my iPhone is useful in this scenario?


texts: Need help finding a specific folder for a friend

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I am a Windows user, so I have no idea what the Mac equivalent of different locations in Windows are, but they still came to me for some reason...

The folder I am trying to find for them is their equivalent of C:\Users\taj1994\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Cockatrice

Where would they be able to find this folder?


texts: How do I prevent AppleScript from using short numbers?

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So AppleScript by default uses the exponential notation of numbers - for example, 2.99E+68.
How do I prevent that from happening? I want the number written out as it is.


texts: Anyone know of a timecard app that uses GPS?

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I'd like to log the hours I'm at work using the GPS on my iPhone. (It'd start logging when I get to work, then stop when I leave for lunch, etc)

If possible, I'd like to be able to log the time at multiple locations, so I could see for each day time at home ~12h, work ~9h, commuting ~3h


texts: Decimal separator setting for the Spotlight calculator

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I use the Spotlight calculator a lot but since the upgrade to OS X Mavericks the decimal pointer has changed to a , instead of the . as in a previous release. Probably it now respects some locale setting but I cannot find which.

I reside in a German speaking country but use a US keyboard, the interface is set to English, the region formats are set to United States (with the exception of the currency being set to Euro), see this screenshot.

Still, the calculator expects a , as a decimal separator:

1+.5

gives no result, while

1+,5

prints 1+,5 = 1,5

How can I change the decimal separator back to a .?

Edit: As you can see in the screenshot the decimal point is set to . through these settings. Spotlight ignores that setting until you reboot (which I hadn't done at the time).


texts: How Do I Permanently Disable Hot Corners on Mac?

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I have a work computer, and every time I turn it on and log in, hot corners are enabled where when I move my mouse to a corner inadvertently, it locks my screen. This happens all the time in the middle of my work.

Every time, this annoys me, and I go into System Preferences and set all the hot corners options to none. But, the next day or whenever I restart my computer, they come back! I am wondering if anyone knows how to permanently disable them so I don't need to manually disable them every time I restart my work MacBook.

Is there a terminal command or something I can set to stop Hot Corners settings from resetting back on constantly? I'm guessing my company has defaults that they apply that override the settings on restart.


texts: I can't transfer data from my hard drive (FAT32) to my laptop

texts: I have been using this hard drive for a while now and recently I haven't been able to transfer files from the hard drive. I have stored close to 500 GB of data and now that I am trying to move some of them onto my laptop the transfer is getting stuck. This is happening for all of the data I am trying to transfer from this hard disk. Is there any way for me to get around this problem?


texts: iOS 6 opening bogus Apple website when connecting to WiFi

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I recently upgraded to iOS 6 on my iPhone 4, and since then I am unable to connect to any WiFi. When I try to connect to WiFi, it briefly connects, then brings up a dialog to a bogus Apple website. What is going on?

I don't have a proxy server setup, or anything like that.

So far I have:

Rebooted access points
Restarted Phone
"Reset Network Settings" on my iPhone

Here is what is brought up:

That just magically appears when I try to connect to WiFi from Settings.

EDIT:

Seems like many other people are being affected by this.

  I am having same problem on iPhone 4s. It connects to router then tries to bring me to apple.com page. Then kicks me off network.


texts:
I'm using Mac 10.11.3
I installed Card Reader for PIV and mess something and now I have 'wrong' Keychain CAC-000... It is not one that I need.
I have to get rid of it and setup another Keychain.
I tried to 'Reset My default Keychain' option but it did not remove this one.

How could I remove this one?


texts: If I switch a SIM card from an iPhone to an Android, then back to the same iPhone, will data be lost?

texts: I want to take a SIM card out of an iPhone 7, stick it into a Samsung Galaxy A30 for a day in order to make calls from that A30, then switch the SIM card back to the iPhone. Do I need to back up the iPhone's data before doing this, or will it all still be there when I put the SIM card back?


texts:
I have some music albums that while I want them, I don't want them to show on a specific device.

The albums are not downloaded to the device. So there songs are not on there, but the album covers still show.

How can I set it up so that the album covers for non downloaded music dont show on the device?


texts: Lost email settings and no icon for Mail

texts: I've lost my Settings → Mail, Contacts, and Calendars on my iPhone 5.  No icon for Mail and no Mail settings.  How do I get it back?


texts: How do I suppress iTunes internet connection alerts when listening with Wi-Fi disabled?

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I will sometimes use iTunes to listen to my laptop's music library while on an airplane or somewhere else I don't have an internet connection, and thus I turn off Wi-Fi to save battery. I haven't had problems with it in the past, but I took several flights today and encountered an annoying alert that came up every time a new track started playing, letting me know that iTunes could not connect to the iTunes Store. The network is down or unavailable.

Well, of course the network is unavailable, I turned it off!

None of my library was purchased from the iTunes store; my entire library is unencrypted mp3 files on my local drive (mostly purchased from Amazon).

These same files are all synced to my iPhone and play just fine on there in Airplane mode.

The files play as normal, but the above alert comes up every time a new track starts, and bounces the iTunes icon in the dock as well.
If I start iTunes with an internet connection and then turn the Wi-Fi off, I don't get the alert on every track. However, if I Quit iTunes and start it again with Wi-Fi disabled, I get the alert.
My last flight was in December and it didn't happen then, but I have automatic updates on and I suspect something may have changed in an update. I'm currently on macOS 10.12.2 and iTunes 12.5.4.42.

Is there any way to allow me to use iTunes with Wi-Fi turned off that doesn't give me the above alert every time a new track starts?


texts: Word 2011: No new paragraph / line break possible in text box?

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I have a Word document (didn't create it myself) containing a text box in which I am unable to insert new paragraphs. Nothing happens at all when I hit Return in there. Shift+Return pretends to work at first, but on saving the document, the line break is stripped.

I can create new text boxes in this document which behave absolutely normal.

Has anyone got an idea how the behaviour I am describing above is coming about? What do I have to do in order to get it / get rid of it again?


texts: Is there a way to keep a copy of our highlighting in iBooks? (email it or print it)

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In iBooks, we can see a list of our highlighting and added notes to an ebook, but when we email it, so as to keep a copy for ourselves, only the added notes that we wrote is emailed.  The highlighting is not.

Is there a way to keep a copy of what we highlighted as well?  We can take a snapshot of the iPad screen, but that's a photo instead of text.

There is also a "Print" option, although I don't have any printer linked up for the iPad to use.  Can that Print option print highlighting, or print it as a PDF doc?  Or any other possible way to keep a copy of our highlighting and notes?


texts: I have a kinda odd question. In theory, would it be possible for a new Mac (Lets say a fancy new MBP) to downgrade from macOS High Sierra to a OS X 10.4.11 Tiger Intel build? If so, what would be the complications of doing so, and would doing so make it irreversible?


texts: How to exit a page without reinstalling Chrome?

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It doesn’t allow me to tap on the tabs, so I am stuck on this page. I also don’t want to tap OK as I suspect that it could trigger some malicious JavaScript code and steal my information. I also can’t go to private mode. What should I do?

Update: I tried to turn off data but it seemed like the page loaded anyway. And since I cannot reach the menu, I can’t clear the cache.


texts: Can I prevent SMS from showing on the Lock Screen in iOS 4?

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I have some private SMS messages I want to hide. The problem is that they are displaying on main screen even when it's locked. So it was useless using password because it's displayed even with the lock.

How can I make SMS messages hidden on locked screen?


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Is there any way to unhide partitions that have been hidden by a third party partitioning tool on a Mac using nothing more than Terminal via a Mac OS X Boot CD or USB stick?

Edit

These partitions have not been hidden via any Mac OS X mounting options. They have simply had their partition identifier changed via software like Partition Magic, GPartd or some other similar tool.

I have already taken a look at the command line options provided by diskutil and can not find anything to make the equivalent changes under Mac OS X.


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The music player on my iPad iOS 8.1.2 has started crashing. After playing half a dozen songs or so the music player stops completely. This is very recent behaviour. Whether the music is downloaded or cloud does not make a difference. All music is in my iTunes account.

I have rebooted the machine (let the battery run down to force a restart) but that has not fixed the music player. How can I restore normal music player function?


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I'm copying the old Mail folder over a fresh OS install.
I Copied over ~/Library/Mail & ~/Library/Application Support/Mail
Mails and mailboxes imported all right ( even better results than using Import Mailboxes menu option )
But the accounts didn't import. Where are they stored?


texts: OSX Prohibited symbol on Boot (High Sierra Update Caused)

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ive been researching and fighting this for a couple days now.  I tried recovery boot, disk utility, repair etc.. nothing seems to fix this...

heres what happened..

this 'puter was just fine, nothing wrong, runs great,  use it for software dev.  I "stupidly" clicked on update for High Sierra and it upgraded to high sierra.  rebooted, came up but was running slow.

A couple days later, a high sierra update showed up, so thinking it would fix my slowness i installed it...

Rebooted... Prohibit symbol.. rebooted...  rebooted .... prohibit symbol...

PRAM reset, SMC reset, rebooted...  same
recovery booted, loaded recovery fine, did Disk Utility, it says the drive is fine. rebooted... same
recovery again, use terminal i can see the files, they are there, i can browse in terminal..
did FSCK from terminal completes all is fine... rebooted... same
created a recovery thumbdrive with a working copy of high sierra on another mac, booted from that, tried to do reinstall OS, did its thing, rebooted... same...
Tried the gpt delete add, rebooted ..  same...
Ideas?

Here are some details

-bash-3.2# diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *750.2 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            749.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +748.9 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 3219E74D-E794-411D-836C-39FA507F94C5
                                 Unencrypted

-bash-3.2# diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 9FEA1FA4-F17A-4760-BDDE-26720CDAF4C5
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         749296615424 B (749.3 GB)
    Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
    |
    +- Logical Volume Family CBEDC035-AB5C-4683-BC47-755288A34DE2
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         None
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 3219E74D-E794-411D-836C-39FA507F94C5
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          748944293888 B (748.9 GB)
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS


texts: Did Mail.app once allow messages to be annotated with notes?

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I thought I remembered being able to add notes to a message in a pane over the main message (as well as todos). In Lion, I don't see how to do that. I can create individual notes but not annotate a message.

Am I remembering correctly? Is there some way to get that feature back in Lion (without using MailTags, which won't sync across machines with my Gmail accounts)?

I never really cared about the feature but found a use for it just this week.


texts: I'm running a Mac Mini server, IP 192.168.2.2.  When users connect remotely, often they have issues because their network at home (or wherever) happens to also be 192.168.2.x.  So I instructed server.app to hand out VPN IP's from an unlikely IP range: 192.168.168.x.  Now, that's all working fine, but some users need to send some of their traffic over the VPN, so they have the 'send all traffic over VPN' box checked.  Here's my question: it's not allowing them to get out to the internet, because there's no route between 192.168.168.x and 192.168.2.x.  I've tried everything I can think of to try and make this happen but I'm having no luck.  Help, please?  I need traffic to flow both ways, from WAN to the server to the VPN network to the client and vice versa.


texts: Adding alias of an App or actual App onto the right side of Dock

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How do I do add an app placed on the right side of the Dock as shown?  (On the right of the line separator, along with the Downloads and Trash icons).
This is on a Macbook Air 2015 running Mac OS Catalina, I had this machine since the default OS on Macbook Air 2015.  Probably added the app icon there during Mac OS Mojave.
Reason for asking is that I remember actually adding MacVim.app onto the position as shown but forgot how to duplicate this.  I don't believe I used any non-native stuff to do this.
If anyone knows a better place to ask this question, please tell me.
Thanks.


texts: How do I stop devices that are not on my network from appearing in the list of Airplay targets?

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I basically have no trouble seeing my own devices but I also see devices that aren't on my network in the list.

How can I get those AppleTVs that are not on my network to not show up?

This image is the devices that should appear (are actually connected to my network):

I'll go to click one of those two which are always in the menu immediately, but since the list is populated asynchronously (there appears to be some extra discoverability step) another one will appear and invariably cause me to click the wrong device in the menu.

...sometimes multiple times...


texts: Bought a new iMac to replace the old, have two questions regarding file migration

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My old iMac died -- hard drive is on the fritz -- and the system is mostly unusable.
I just received my new iMac and would like to know the proper way to migrate my files from the old iMac to the new one:

Should I create a new Apple ID / login username or use the old?
Given that the old iMac is unusable, what is the best method for transferring my files to the new iMac? I assume iCloud would be best in this scenario since Migration Assistant requires the old system to be operational. FYI, I did not have Time Machine backing up to an external drive.

Thanks!


texts: Dual monitor setup for a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)

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Is it possible to have a setup where you have:

two non-mirrored external monitors (with maximum 2K resolution)
eventually excluded built-in monitor (blank or lid closed)
power supply
single USB-2 with keyboard/mouse
other USB-2 free

with my MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)?

If so how can I do that more efficiently? And moreover what are the requirements that I have to satisfy while buying those two monitors?

It seems like two Apple Multiport Adapters would potentially work, but the reviews don't seem to suggest that at all.


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I'm planning to upgrade from a 2011 base model Mac Mini to a 2014 high end Mini (2.8Ghz i5, Iris, 16GB ram) and wanted to see if I could drive two 2560x1600 monitors through the thunderbolt ports with two mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort cables.

Specs from EveryMac don't specifically mention Mini-DisplayPort to DisplayPort, but am I right to assume that Thunderbolt is pretty much identical to DisplayPort?

  This model supports "up to two displays" at 2560x1600, both at millions of colors, via the two Thunderbolt 2 ports. It supports Thunderbolt digital video output and native Mini DisplayPort output as well as DVI, VGA, and Dual-link DVI using Mini DisplayPort to DVI, Mini DisplayPort to VGA, and Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapters.

Based on other questions I’m 99% sure it works but just wanted to be absolutely certain!


texts: Compressed archive in Lion creates a root-level "Archive" folder in .zip file

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I'm trying to compress 5 files into an Archive.zip

Selecting the 5 files and using Finder's built in Compress feature, the resulting Archive.zip contains a root level folder name "Archive", which in turn contains those 5 files.

How do I create an Archive.zip that unzips those 5 files without any containing folder?


texts: How to open Mac terminals with Bash script (convert this Linux script)

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I am a Linux user but just got a new job and was looking to convert this script which sets up a dev environment with 6 terminals (2 windows of 3 tabs each) to Mac to help my new mac user co-workers.
# work-dbs (rabbit-dev, database-dev, redis-dev)
gnome-terminal --tab -e 'sh -c "ssh -N rabbit-dev -v; exec bash"' --tab -e 'sh -c "ssh -N database-dev -v; exec bash"' --tab -e 'sh -c "ssh -N redis-dev -v; exec bash"'

# work-apis (work1, work2, work3)
gnome-terminal --tab -e 'sh -c "cd work1-api; yarn run start:development; exec bash"' --tab -e 'sh -c "cd work2-api; yarn run start:development; exec bash"' --tab -e 'sh -c "cd work3-api; yarn run start:development; exec bash"'


texts: Turn on Bluetooth on an iMac without a keyboard or mouse?

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I have a 2015 iMac, that I use with a Magic Keyboard and a Magic Trackpad. Today I was changing some settings and accidentally turned off Bluetooth, disconnecting my peripherals.

Is there any way to get Bluetooth re-enabled without a USB keyboard/mouse? I don't have either a wired mouse or keyboard. Could I remote in from my iPhone somehow?

If I have to get them, will a wired keyboard be sufficient to enable Bluetooth without a mouse?


texts:
How people sync contacts between devices on PC, Tablet, Phone?

When i use same apple account on my ipad and iphone it is ok but it is not possible to sync with my Android Tablet (google account) and my PC (Microsoft Account)

How to achieve that?


texts:
A few days ago, I was chatting via Messages and because the phone I was tethering off of went dead, and I reconnected after connecting to the wireless network of the hotel I was in, which is...dubious at best.

Now Messages isn't working. It loads, I can receive messages via notifications and the unread messages number increments, but any attempt to interact with the application directly gets caught in a beachball, and Messages shows as Not Responding in Activity Monitor, and is taking up 100% of a core. Weirdly, it's persisted past a simple OS reinstall, which is surprising.

Any idea what's going on here, or how to fix it?


texts:
I am running a late 2010 MacBook Air running OSX Mountain Lion with latest update.

Looking around in my system folders I found a file called Logger.bundle and it's in my /System/Library/SystemConfiguration directory. The file logger.bundle was apparently created Monday, June 25th 2012 (so very recently). If I "view package contents" inside the /Contents/MacOS directory is an executable called Logger.

Is this Logger.bundle some sort of trojan or something like that, or is it a normal part of the file system?


texts: I have some sensors that I would like to be able to glance at to see their values in the toolbar on my Mac. Is there a program or an API to let me do this?


texts: Associating ssh public key with user account

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How do I associate an ssh public key with a user account on the machine I connect to, so I don't have to type in the account password every time I make an ssh connection to that machine?

The machine being connected to is an older mini with Leopard installed. I assume that this is doable in Leopard, and I don't have to upgrade to Snow Leopard or Lion.


texts:
I installed rEFIt in order to install boot camp via a USB key. Now that Boot Camp is installed, I no longer need rEFIt, so I'm trying to uninstall it.

I followed the uninstall directions for "Removal when using rEFItBlesser", because when I installed it, I ran "rEFIt.mpkg" (i.e. the installer package). I trashed the "efi" folder, and "rEFItBlesser". I restarted the computer twice, and the menu still appears when the computer starts up.


texts: In full-screen mode, Chrome only sometimes reveals tabs -- why?

texts:
In full-screen mode, Chrome reveals all open tabs when you move your mouse to the top of the screen. Except when it doesn't. Sometimes clicking on the content of the currently open tab seems to jolt Chrome and make it start noticing the mouse-to-screen-top movements, sometimes I have to do Command-L to reveal the search/URL bar to force the tabs to show.

Anyone else have this problem? Am I doing something wrong? Is this just a bug?


texts: Need help w/ SSH port-forwarding on Airport Extreme

texts:
Here is my setup -

DHCP Reservations -

Mapped Raspberry Pi (pi01) to internal IP address

Port Settings -

Remote Login - SSH

Public UDP Ports: 2200

Public TCP Ports: 2200

Private IP Address: [internal IP address from above]

Private UDP Ports: 22

Private TCP Ports: 22

Yet, I cannot connect to the RPi using ssh https://[external IP address]:2200. What am I doing wrong?


texts: What is the purpose of the Shift+F3 keyboard shortcut?

texts:
F3 and Cmd+F3 are two useful shortcuts on a Mac. What is the purpose of Shift+F3 and Shift+Cmd+F3?

They seem to do the exact same thing as F3 and Cmd+F3, but perform the animation much slower. What is the practical purpose for this?


texts: I upgraded my Macbook Pro this morning to Version 10.11, and all my personal mail folders disappeared with up to 24 months of archived and must needed emails.  They still show up on my iPhone 6...and I'm getting iCloud flow between the two.  How do I get them to reappear on my Mac?  Help?


texts: Magic Mouse middle click in Windows 8 with Boot Camp

texts:
I've seen this asked around the web quite a bit, but nothing recent, so I'm hoping someone has an answer.

I've got Windows 8 loaded with Boot Camp, and a Magic Mouse. The mouse left and right click works fine, but I'm hoping to have middle-click functionality. It's 3-finger click in OSX (I don't remember if that was with MagicPrefs or built in), but I'm trying to do the same in Windows.

I've seen something where you can do a middle-click by doing Ctrl-Click or something like that, but I'm looking for a regular mouse solution.

Thanks


texts: Not receiving Text Messages after upgrade to iOS 7

texts: Upgraded both iphone5s to ios7 approx two weeks back. Suddenly last Thurdays I cannot receive his texts. Phone calls and FaceTime yes. Texts no. He can receive texts from me. Any ideas?


texts: Big Sur: Time Machine icon in sidebar - constant spinning

texts:
New iMac Pro running 11.1 (that is, fresh in every way; new external Time Machine hardware, OWC, RAID 1, APFS).
The Time Machine's icon in my sidebar seems to spin for hours - even after TM itself has finished backing up (very quickly, once each hour; 600GB Macintosh HD + three smaller external volumes); and when TM is not running.
I can always 'Stop Backing up' from the dropdown to the right of the TM Volume in the sidebar.
Is this Spotlight working… I am aware that Time Machine and Spotlight are intimately connected in Big Sur?
Should I worry?
Is there anything I can do to turn it off, please?


texts: How to flash img on Mac for Raspberry Pi

texts:
What's the best way to copy a Linux disk image on to an SD card to use in a Raspberry Pi

I tried Disk Utility but it did not allow for FAT32.


texts: My iTunes account shows an incorrect device

texts: How do I change my device in iTunes. It shows an inactive iPod but I need it to show my iPhone. I could not locate the area within iTunes that this change should be made.


texts: Has anyone figured out how to identify the unique page of each separate Safari Web Content process with Safari 7/Mavericks?

texts:
I know I'm not the first one to wonder this.

Something like the Chrome Task Manager.

In short, when you have multiple tabs/pages open in the new Safari 7 (shipped with Mavericks), each one is launched as a separate system process. You can view the list of processes in Activity Monitor, but you cannot see the underlying page or URL of each process.

This would be very helpful for troubleshooting a runaway or hanging page that's sucking up RAM or CPU cycles.

Apple removed the Activity window in Safari 6. And now with Safari 7, the separate processes are great, but more granular info about each tab would be really great.

Anyone?


texts: SD Card file changes don't trigger apps to update

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I've recently moved my git repo to an always plugged in SD card, formatted to OS X Extended I've noticed with both SourceTree and WebStorm don't pick up on file changes anymore. Gets really annoying when you reset files from the command line, make some changes and then when you go to save that file WebStorm complains that the file has changed.

Edit:

New found info, this actually appears to be an issue with symbolic links. When I moved my projects to the new SD card, I made a symbolic link in my home directory to the SD card, because I have some scripts that are setup to expect that. This also came with the convenience that WebStorm's project bookmarks would just work too. When I deleted the old bookmark and made a new one to the SD card location everything's working as expected.

So new question is, is this just a limitation of symbolic links in OS X, or is there something I can do to combat this.


texts: Application tries to launch although it is deinstalled

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In my console a message is occurring every 10 seconds. I think it's trying to launch a deinstalled application (NetDrive2):

18.12.15 23:55:40,047 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.bdrive.NetDrive2.nd2svc[2777]) Service could not initialize: Unable to set current working directory. error = 2: No such file or directory, path = /Applications/NetDrive.app/Contents/Resources: 15B42: xpcproxy + 12028 [1353][19011403-4854-3CCD-9FCF-49C36302EB40]: 0x2
18.12.15 23:57:30,155 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.bdrive.NetDrive2.nd2svc) Service only ran for 0 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 10 seconds.

I searched for files named com.apple.xpc.launchd or com.drive.NetDrive2.nd2svc, also with the Terminal, but it seems like there are no such files.
I'm running OS X 10.11.1
Does anyone know how to fix this?


texts: How to stop this icon from appearing on the taskbar?

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I'm not sure how to explain this. I recently upgraded my iPad. And this thing wasn't happening before. Let me show it with a screenshot:

Say, if I close one app and want to go to the Mail icon. I will try to touch "Mail" (blue one, second from the left) at the bottom row. But right when I'm doing this, that new icon appears on the right (marked with a red arrow) and the whole strip shifts to the left making me click the App store icon instead of Mail.

This is VERY annoying!

How do I stop that icon from appearing on the right?


texts: External display -- Insignia TV cutting off edges?

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So I have a 2010 Macbook Air, 1.6GHz, and I am trying to hook it up to an external display, this Insignia:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-24-class-24-diag--led-1080p-60hz-hdtv/9844485.p

I have an HDMI -> MiniDisplayPort cable from Amazon that I've connected. In both closed clamshell mode and extension mode, a tiny bit of the screen on all four sides is cut off from the monitor -- the entire top menu bar is cut off, and a bit of the bottom dock is cut off. The settings in Display Preferences is 1080p. I've tried holding alt, and I do not see any listing for 1920x1080 -- I only see 1080i, and lower resolutions, none of which fix the problem of the menu bars being cut off. Could it be the HDMI -> MiniDisplayPort Cable? I've ordered a Male VGA -> MiniDisplayPort and will try that, but in the meantime, does anyone have any other ideas?

Thanks.


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I have a Macbook pro late 2011. It has always been connected to the same wifi and never had any problems. I updated to Yosemite and now my wifi goes off all the time. Most of the time when I the in the password for the wifi it simply says invalid password. It is the correct password.

I have followed lots of articles about this problem with Yosemite and tried all the suggested trouble shooting tips I can find. I even phoneed up Apple care and they just went through the same trouble shooting techniques which sometimes works by chance and then the wifi disconnects again.


texts: Is there a way to make OS X Services (from Automator) work in GTK apps?

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I’ve written a simple Service using Automator which takes a number in text and adds sales tax to it, replacing the original number, and a companion service which does the reverse.

I wrote these with Gnucash in mind, to save me time and the annoyance of having to have a terminal open with calc running in it.

Unfortunately, it seems that the service is not recognised within Gnucash for some reason. It seems that either GTK apps running on OS X do not support Services at all, or the text within Gnucash is not recognised as text by OS X and therefore the Service is not offered.

Has anyone successfully used Services with GTK apps? Is there a trick?

Please don’t answer with recommendations of alternate accounting applications (Gnucash suits my needs best for many reasons) or suggestions to use the tax tables in Gnucash (they are too limited for my purposes).


texts:
I read a few guides online that explain how to use the command last to have a list of user logins.

One of the easiest command is:

last -s yesterday -t today

which should show the list of logins from yesterday till today. But when I execute this command on a Mac I receive an:

last: illegal option -- s
usage: last [-#] [-t tty] [-h hostname] [user ...]

This is not how it is supposed to work.

Why -s is not recognised?


texts:
First of all i'd like to ask politely for all of those who feel the need to explain it to me how perfect apple's memory management is to ignore this thread.

A little background:

The theory goes that if you have lots of inactive memory - it's can be freed for applications that need it. It's like free memory according to apple and their blind followers. And i like the idea of it, but... in practice: when free memory hits low numbers and inactive hits high numbers - osx (at least snow leopard) slows down ... So even if the inactive memory is being freed - it is done very very slow and that's not acceptable.

But for some reason the problem has just gotten worse for me: i've just noticed that inactive memory keeps piling up faster than ever. I've done a couple of purges just to confirm my theory and ... the number gets high again very fast ...

So until apple fixes whatever is wrong with their memory management - i'd at least like to know which apps are producing the inactive memory.

Is there a way to somehow monitor processes and see how much memory they allocate and free during their lifetime?

Thanks for your thoughts


texts: Control-A combination doesn't work in Terminal

texts: My Control-A combination in terminal doesn't work.  Nevertheless, the Control-E combination still works. My macOS version is 10.15.4. Can anyone help me?


texts:
Upon testing a within a standalone network with just a DHCPv6 server on it and several client computers with different operating systems, OS X 10.7.4 fails to automatically obtain an IPv6 address from the DHCPv6 server.

Settings are set as the following for IPv6
System Preferences > Network > Ethernet > Advanced... >

Configure IPv6: "Automatically"

Is there a way to make OS X Lion work as a DHCPv6 client for a full IPv6 network with a DHCPv6 server?

Or a way to add a 3rd party DHCPv6 client?

As of now each Macs has to be manually set to a static IPv6 address to get them on the network, which is not ideal.


texts: What's the "@"mark at the file description?

texts:
I installed princexml for Mac. With ls -alF, I have -rwxr-xr-x@ 1 prosseek  admin  14190120 Jun  8 16:11 prince*. What's the meaning of @ in -rwxr-xr-x@?

And when I tried to execute the binary, I got ./prince: Operation not permitted error message. Does this have anything with @?


texts: Disk problems and reinstalling Mavericks!

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This started after I installed a BootCamp Windows 8.1 partition. That partition ran out of space so I decided to not heed any warnings and tried to format my Macintosh HD into free space, 10G of free space. Still no problems until I decided to boot into Mac OS X and saw that I accidentally deleted my Mac OS X partition!

I booted into my Recovery partition and reinstalled Mavericks.

I formatted the Recovery HD partition as HFS.. since after I made free space it showed up in the Mac (This is before the reinstall)

So after the reinstall, I am here. I went into the terminal and merged the apple_boot recovery HD into the main Macintosh HD partition...
except, there was one more Recovery HD partition HFS?

So what I want to do is remake my partition map, like the manufacterer's default.

Is there a way I can reinstall Mac OS X Mavericks without external media? Is Internet Recovery built into the rMBP Late 2013 13"?

If so, can I use it, delete all of my partitions, and reinstall Mac OS X mavericks and will that installation also make a Recovery HD partition?

What do I do?

No backups needed.

updated

/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS MACINTOSH HD            89.4 GB    disk0s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            Disk Image             *102.4 MB   disk1
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *136.2 MB   disk2
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         30.7 KB    disk2s1
   2:         Apple_Driver_ATAPI                         2.0 KB     disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Recovery Disk Assistant 136.2 MB   disk2s3
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 MB     disk3
   1:                  Apple_HFS Minecraft               1.0 MB     disk3s1
/dev/disk4
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *158.6 MB   disk4
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk4s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Google Chrome           158.6 MB   disk4s2

No CoreStorage logical volume groups found


texts: Diagnose if corrupted volume is due to hardware problem

texts:
This morning when turning on a Mac laptop, it suddenly announced that an external backup disk (which was connected overnight) "can't be repaired".  Disk Utility also says:

  Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as
  possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.

The volume can't be mounted at all.

How can I diagnose if this failure is due to hardware problem or if it's entirely a software problem?  Is it for example possible to have Disk Utility look for bad sectors?  The same disk has another (exFAT) partition which seems fine.

I need to know if the whole disk is bad, and needs to be replaced, or if it's safe to use after reformatting.

The disk has never been subjected to mechanical stress (it wasn't even carried much), so I suspect it might not be a hardware failure.


texts: Burn folders continuously created when a blank CD or DVD is inserted

texts: I have an iMac running 10.13 and it creates burn folders continuously until I eject the disc. If I reset Preferences to ask me what to do when a blank disc is inserted, it creates Finder popups that appear and disappear continuously. Any suggestions?


texts:
I believe I may have a temperature problem with my iPhone X. My iPhone gets extremely warm when using Snapchat. Even up to 92 degrees Fahrenheit! Snapchat is not the only app that causes this behavior. Safari and Facebook both cause similar warmth. Texting and phone calls can also increase the temp but not as much (only up to 84 degrees).

It generally idles a degree or two more then room temp and during charging it can warm up to [ missing temp ] even when not in use.

To troubleshoot, I have attempted to reset. Unfortunately, this did not fix this issue.

Also don't believe its a hardware issue as this my second X, and also happens on my spare iPhone 7....

If any of you have a thermometer to check the temp that would be awesome.

Thank you.


texts: Can't access Recovery Mode (2011 Mac Mini)

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I was gifted a 2011 Mac Mini and I decided to try and get the thing up and running with a recent enough version of MacOS. When I turned the thing on, I was greeted with a fast boot to grub, indicating CentOS 7 was installed.

In my efforts to get the thing to boot from my bootable USB drive, I have been completely unsuccessful. I've tried multiple different key commands at boot up (Option+R, Command+Option+R, Shift+command+option+R, c, t) all offer the same behavior: a speed boot back to the grub bootloader. My assumption is that the recovery partition was nuked when the previous owner threw linux on this thing, but I'm not entirely sure how I can repair this. My original thought was to try and get the thing into Target Disk mode, but no joy.

Is there another path forward or will I likely need to pull the drive out, wipe it and maybe throw it in another mac to format the thing?

EDIT: So, despite having used this keyboard to boot OTHER macs into recovery mode, this one needed an entirely different keyboard. Key presses were not recognized at boot but now are. I appreciate everyone who provided feedback about this.


texts: Is MacBook Air 2017 used for programming viz Java or Python and also for Web development?

texts:
I'm planning to buy a MacBook Air 2017 8 GB RAM with 256 GB SSD. The reason I'm going with a MacBook Air is primarily for portability and Battery life, since I see that it gives at least 10 hours.

Is it good for performing the below activities? Please suggest. I have looked into MacBook Pro line as well, since, it is heavy, it would be difficult to carry around where ever i go.

My Primary Work:

I would like to do only programming on this laptop, by installing IntelliJ IDEA IDE, PyCharm and WebStorm etc.
I primarily work on programming languages such as Java, Python and Node.js for web development (even though am very new to web development)... I would like to run couple of containers on this device.

I forgot to mention earlier that, in INDIA, we are having a amazon sale of Air 2017, which might end soon, hence, i was interested in going only for Macbook Air and nothing else, for now.


texts: How to get MacVim to autoload ~/.vim/syntax

texts:
This might be something quirky about MacVim, so I'll ask here.

I put a syntax file in ~/.vim/syntax, but it doesn't load. I have syntax on in my .vimrc.

When I open the editor, :scriptnames doesn't include the syntax file.

Is there anything else I need to do to make sure it loads?


texts: Prevent Safari from transforming downloaded CSV files to Numbers files

texts:
On a computer that has Numbers installed, downloading a CSV file will automatically be converted to a Numbers spreadsheet and no longer be a plain CSV (not just the extension, but the contents themselves are transformed such that they are no longer readable in a text editor or similar). If the machine does not have Numbers on it then this conversion does not take place.

The workaround is obnoxious at the time, opening the file in Numbers then saving from there into CSV so it can be actually used as intended.

Is there anyway to disable this automatic transformation from happening (aside from uninstalling Numbers)?

Update: I have tried this on various machines and it is definitely a very spotty behavior. I am teaching Intro CS to a college class and all the students have "identical" machines (except whatever modifications they have made after they received them from the college). About 1/4 of the students experience this problem and none of them know why (not very computer-oriented students being a general-education class).

It seems that on some computers with Numbers installed, opening a CSV file in Numbers will cause Numbers to convert the file to it's own format, delete the original CSV file, and replace it. I can't find a setting for this, but on certain student laptops this is always reproducible.

Additionally, on some computers with Numbers installed, the mime-type text/csv (what the particular server is serving those files as) is considered a 'safe' file and then auto-opened with Numbers, as per How to stop Safari from unzipping files after download

So one solution is following @CraigStodolenak solution which causes Safari to them auto-open the file with a different program and the auto-conversion then never happening.

Once I get access to another machine like this I will also try the ⌥ alt trick that disables auto-opening for a single link in Safari.

As a side note, on my own machine from the school and another loaner I have received I cannot reproduce the issues with auto-opening or auto-transforming.


texts: I am unable to enroll Touch ID on my MacBook Pro 2018

texts: After clicking on add finger and putting my password in the dialogue box, it automatically says failed before scanning the finger. I have tried resetting the SMC, running device in safe mode but none of them works for me.


texts: Option key jumping is inputing special characters

texts:
I've got an issue with text input using special characters against my will each time I use the option  ← →  keys to jump between words.

I'm not wanting special characters to be what I'm typing when I jump to another word and start typing. The option key seems to be acting quite differently than what I'm typically used to all of the sudden in general (it seems to jump way past words now also).

This question Shift-Option-<key> is adding accented characters I was hoping would solve my issue apparently has no relation to this super annoying problem. Behavior persists after rebooting, and it seems to be system-wide; any suggestions?


texts: some files show extensions while others don't (OS X El Capitan)

texts:
The issue is very minor but I'm OCD with these things. I love consistency.

The first screenshot was taken from an ls output. As you can see all the files have an .xlsx extension.

The second screenshot was taken using finder. As you can see, one file shows the extension while the rest don't.

I don't want to change the finder setting where all extensions are shown.

Any ideas what could be the issue? thanks


texts: Last night I was trying to install Windows 7 on my new MacBook Air, I started it and the Windows installation began. I deleted 80GB HD (preinstalled Mac OS) also deleted, but I could install windows completely. Now my MacBook is not starting or booting from external USB DVD rom, please help me out, not even booting from the original Mac CD which came with PC.


texts: 12" MacBook (early 2015) problems with ethernet adapters toUSB type c

texts:
Iv'e got 2 Ethernet to USB type C adapters:
first one:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015CKP9NK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and second one i bought in a store, here is a picture:

the one I bought from amazon is not even detected in the network preferences but the usb ports does work, and the Ethernet works fine on my friend's windows computer with usb type c.
the second one works fine on my MacBook.

I want to return the second one to the store but i am not sure how to configure the working one to be configured on my El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G31) Mac.

What steps do I need to make ethernet work over USB C on Mac?


texts: How to change country for iOS news feed?

texts:
I'm Australian. I live in Spain. I use my iPad running iOS 9 in English (Australian) because that's my mother tongue. But I haven't lived there for 12 years and I care nothing about Australian sports results and celebrity gossip.

On iOS 9, when I swipe on the iPad home screen from the left, I see some news items. They all come from Australian newspapers and are about things happening in Australia.

How can I change the sources for this news feed to more global sources and items?

EDIT: my iTunes account is for the Spain App Store.


texts: How to boot my mac mini up when my iPod Touch is near?

texts:
What I'm trying to achieve is if I'm near my mac mini (10 meters) I want to press a button (or something else) on my ipod touch and than my mac mini should boot up.

How could I make that?

There's a wifi network in which my ipod is. My mac is in there also but my mac is off.

Any ideas?


texts: Finding Peak Memory Bandwidth on MacBook Pro

texts: I am required to find the peak memory bandwidth for a 2016 MacBook Pro. Where can I find this information?


texts: Stop Spotlight from indexing a drive that is regularly unplugged and reattached

texts:
I backup my Mac laptop to a volume on an external Thunderbolt drive using SuperDuper.  This drive gets removed every day when I take my computer to work, then reattached when I get home.  Because it's a clone of my hard drive, I would like to exclude this drive from being indexed by Spotlight, to avoid getting duplicates in my Spotlight search.  I have tried adding the drive to the "Prevent Spotlight from searching these locations" list on the Privacy tab of the Spotlight Preference Pane.  Unfortunately, MacOS seems to forget this setting every time the drive is removed (every workday, in other words). Is there some way to prevent Spotlight from indexing the drive that will endure even after the drive has been removed an reattached?

Hardware is a Macbook Pro with Retina Display and a Seagate GoFlex Desk Thunderbolt drive.   Currently running MacOS 10.7 Lion (at least until the Mountain Lion Up-to-Date Program manages to get itself straightened out) and SuperDuper 2.6.4.


texts: How to get rid of nuisance time machine popup dialog

texts:
Every hour the Time machine pops up a dialog window.  It takes the focus off of what I am doing and is generally a nuisance.  The external disk drive is connected via a thunderbolt cable.  It is an apple thunderbolt powered 1t drive.  It is primarily used by time machine.  I could care less that it cleans up its own space, just do it and don't tell me about it.  There is nothing I can do or should do.

Text of dialog below:

  Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “HD-PATU3”.
  The backup disk ran out of space unexpectedly. Time Machine will try to make more space available by removing expired backups during the next scheduled backup.

Open Time Machine preferences to select a larger backup disk or make the backup smaller by excluding files.

Is there anyway to get rid of this nuisance?  One time I went in and manually cleared a bunch of old time machine files, and that fixed it until it filled up again.  But I thought apple was better than that.  Forcing users to understand the administration of there machines and do manual efforts.


texts: wget unable to download anything from https sources.

texts:
Using wget to download files from an https source is causing a host is down error.

$ wget https://www.google.co.uk/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png
--2018-07-16 20:56:17--  https://www.google.co.uk/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png
Resolving www.google.co.uk (www.google.co.uk)... 216.58.198.163
Connecting to www.google.co.uk (www.google.co.uk)|216.58.198.163|:443... failed: Host is down.
Retrying.

--2018-07-16 20:56:18--  (try: 2)  https://www.google.co.uk/images/branding/googlelogo/1x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png
Connecting to www.google.co.uk (www.google.co.uk)|216.58.198.163|:443... failed: Host is down.
Retrying.

When downloading files via http wget works as expected. I'm also able to download the file via curl. However, I prefer wget. As I'm using wget -i flag to download about 50 different files from a url.txt file.

I've tried downloading the source file via desktop Chrome, and again there's no issue.

wget is version GNU Wget 1.19.5 built on darwin17.5.0. and installed via $ brew --version Homebrew 1.6.17 Homebrew/homebrew-core (git revision f0ff; last commit 2018-07-15). I'd previously run into an issue with pip and openssl a while back. Which I've still been unable to fix. So wonder if this might becausing the issue?


texts: How can I make word for mac docs open in front of the current application, not behind

texts:
Before I upgraded to Big Sur my word docs used to open in front of whatever application I was using, e.g. Finder, Mail. Now when I open a Word doc from Finder or a Mac Mail attachment it opens behind the current screen. So I have to minimise or close the current app to be able to see the Word document, or swipe to mission control to go find it.
It used to be easy, now its infuriating. Is there a way to set it up to open in front - where I obviously want to see it?


texts: What do I really lose if I backup my iPhone to iTunes without transferring purchases?

texts:
I don't want to waste tens of gigabytes of space on my laptop to store apps that I can just as easily download from the App Store.

Assuming I would have to recover an iPhone backup from iTunes to a brand new replacement iPhone, what will I lose if I don't agree to transfer purchases when making the backup?


texts: AppleScript Finder "can't get disk" from selection

texts:
I used to have a script to open files one at a time, then manipulate them, then close them. I haven't used it in a while, but now it does not work when I use it in a NAS directory. It breaks when I try to open the files that were selected in Finder:
tell application "Finder"
    set theSelection to selection
    repeat with oneItem in theSelection
        open oneItem
    end repeat
end tell

when it tries to open the file, I get

error "Finder got an error: Can’t get disk "foo"." number -1728 from disk "foo"

the location of the file is
//NAS/foo/bar/file.pages

I have tried:

hard code the location in applescript
mount the disk manually in applescript first
change the location to "/Volumes/foo/bar/file.pages" and different versions of that like document file file.pages of folder bar of folder foo of folder Volumes of startup disk
on my local machine it works fine
when I ask applescript to get selection it replies with the correct location

when I try to use /Volumes I get the same error but for "can't find folder Volumes"
This used to work fine...and it seems like a pretty straightforward task for AppleScript/Finder...any thoughts?


texts: Being asked for credit card information for updates on apps already purchased

texts: I have purchsed the apps & most I have are free but I'm being asked for credit card information for apps that are being updated.  I'm not being charged for the updates, am I?


texts:
Occasionally when I am using iPhoto an app with a generic white Lego piece icon opens on the dock with the name "com.apple.MediaLibraryService.xpc".

Activity Monitor lists it as "(Not Responding)" and shows it using a pretty large amount of CPU time. When I quit iPhoto its % CPU drops to zero, but it remains in the dock and remains unresponsive in Activity Monitor.

It doesn't happen every time I use iPhoto, and there doesn't seem to be any particular action that triggers it to open. It does seem to correspond to a general slowing of responsiveness (already not great) in iPhoto. I am generally loathe to force quit something if I don't know what it is.

Does anyone know what this app does, why it is opening, and how to prevent it from hogging my CPU when I'm working?


texts: Can I access 10.6 Server network/mobile accounts on a Lion client machine?

texts:
I have a Mac Pro running 10.6.8 Server and a MacBook Pro (Mid 2010) running Lion 10.7.2. I would like to configure a mobile account for my wife to use. The idea is that she'll be able to access her user account locally on the server using Fast User Switching, but be able to log into the same account on my MacBook Pro and have the home folder sync through a mobile account.

I was able to do this when my Mac Pro had Lion Server on it, but I downgraded to Snow Leopard Server because Lion Server caused a lot of issues and dropped several key features from Snow Leopard Server.

Right now, I have her account configured to Create Mobile Account at Login. I am able to log into the account locally, but if I attempt to log into the account from the MacBook Pro, it says "Unable to log into account at this time".

I have the user account's home directory on a separate drive. The correct directory is set in Workgroup Manager, and the Users directory is set as an automounting share in Server Admin>AFP. The user I'm trying to log into has Read/Write access to the Users directory and the home folder, as well as ownership of the home folder.

The MacBook Pro is joined to the OD server through System Preferences>User Accounts>Login Options>Network Account Server. The MacBook Pro is also added as a computer and is in a computer group in Workgroup Manager.

Is there something I'm missing to configure this mobile account to be able to log in?


texts: Will Lion download from Mac App Store resume if network connection interrupted?

texts: I'm contemplating downloading it but I'm in an area prone to connectivity outages. Or does it install a pre-loader which then downloads the actual disk image (which I can curl)?


texts: My current path is /Users/UserName/Downloads/Downloaded_Path. In Downloaded_Path Folder i have multiple folders like F1, F2 etc and each folder contain rar part-files from rar to r99. What I want to do is to list all files which are either rar or r* extension type and copy them from those respective folder to a new folder.


texts:
Keyboard: Apple Wireless Keyboard (model number MC184LL/B)

System: Macbook Pro Early 2011 running OS X 10.8

The keyboard gets detected and when I try to pair it, the system asks to enter some numbers through the keyboard.

However when I press the key (on the wireless keyboard) nothing happens, the only key that seems to work (i.e. to move to the next key in the code) is 0. I can also press enter to confirm but it always fails (since the only code I can enter is 0000...0).

I've also tried pairing from the bluetooth preference and changing the passcode option. However this won't work either.

Any ideas? The keyboard was paired with another MacBook Pro (I don't have access to it anymore). Is there any method to 'reset' the keyboard to factory settings?


texts: How do I install Windows 8 or 10 on MacBook Air 2015 11" El Captain?

texts:
I want to install Windows on my internal SSD. Because my internet connection is slow and unreliable, and the download within Boot Camp Assistant can't be resumed I've downloaded the support software (Boot Camp drivers: AppleBcUpdate.exe) directly from Apple using this direct link.

I did use the Boot Camp Assistant to make a bootable drive for Windows and put the support software in another drive. When I try to proceed I get the error message

"couldn't find the support software.....".

How can I proceed from here?


texts: OS X Yosemite - TCP/IP issues when using manual IP

texts:
I seem to be having a weird issue on OS X Yosemite (10.10.5) - When I have my wifi connection set to DHCP, everything works fine. But, when I switch to manual IP (even with the exact same IP config that I get from DHCP), routing to internet sites fails. I can ping local computers, but, pinging other sites results in "No route to host". I would appreciate any ideas on how to fix this. Thanks

Edit:
The routes that I have after setting a manual ip are

Routing tables

Internet:
Destination        Gateway            Flags        Refs      Use   Netif Expire
default            192.168.2.144      UGScI           1        0     en1
127                127.0.0.1          UCS             0        0     lo0
127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH              8     2206     lo0
169.254            link#5             UCS             0        0     en1
192.168.2          link#5             UCS             7        0     en1
192.168.2.1        a0:63:91:2:9e:b0   UHLWI           0       88     en1   1195
192.168.2.3        74:d4:35:94:ef:54  UHLWIi          5      302     en1   1140
192.168.2.9        9c:20:7b:c8:9d:f7  UHLWIi          1        0     en1   1188
192.168.2.14       64:27:37:e7:24:51  UHLWI           0        9     en1   1141
192.168.2.100      28:c6:8e:5f:de:82  UHLWI           0       84     en1   1140
192.168.2.140      0:11:32:b:b9:11    UHLWI           0       14     en1   1140
192.168.2.144/32   link#5             UCS             1        0     en1
192.168.2.144      link#5             UHLWIir         2        0     en1
192.168.2.250/32   link#5             UCS             0        0     en1
192.168.2.255      ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff  UHLWbI          0       24     en1


texts: Airport Express difference between MC414LL/A and MC414Z/A?

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I can't seem to find the details on Apple's website, but I have seen both model numbers MC414LL/A and MC414Z/A for sale at various web shops.

The english wikipedia only lists the LL/A variant and the german wikipedia has only the Z/A model.

Is it perhaps just the difference between US and European models?


texts: How do I disable double-vibration when I dock my iPhone?

texts:
How do I disable double-vibration when I dock my iPhone (6 Plus)?
I am running some past version of iOS and using Cydia is not an option.


texts: Rarely able to show available wifi networks in UI

texts:
I have this weird issue. I am on a 2020 MacBook Air with Catalina. When I click the Wifi icon it shows that it is scanning for networks but very rarely shows any except my phone. On my phone I can see there are 10-20 wifi around - range is not an issue - I can be anywhere such as in a public cafe. I have tried restarting of course, creating a new user, updating to latest MacOS patches etc no avail. If I use the CLI I can see all the networks just fine - so I am currently stuck at scanning and connecting to wifi using the terminal.
Any idea what could be impeding the GUI?  It will work once in a while - perhaps if I click wifi on/off restart - maybe a few hours into it it might show :).


texts: Factory reset an iPad without knowing the iCloud password?

texts: Is there a way to reset a iPad or return it to factory settings if you don't know the iCloud password?


texts: Three finger drag not working in Safari 10

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I've noticed that three finger drag does not work in the latest Safari.

I used to be able to select text or pan in Google Maps easily. Now I have to push finger.

Outside Safari it works as usual.

I use BetterTouchTool if that makes any difference. Old school glass trackpad with click.


texts: USB charger of Macbook Pro disconnecting rapidly

texts: Suddenly I am facing this strange problem, When I plug my type C charger on Macbook pro, it go on cycle of connecting and disconnecting. I have restarted multiple times, tried all the ports and different wall sockets and reset NVRAM is also done but no respite. Once battery is completely drains out and I put back on charge then it starts behaving normally. Afterward charger works fine for few hours and then issue reappears. I am stuck in remote place and don't have other charger to test out and can't visit to apple store due to covid issue. Any guidance will be helpful.


texts: Yosemite : change sound output between speaker and headphone

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I want to switch between headphones (jack) and internal speakers without having to insert/remove the jack?

Is it possible ? And how ?


texts: Is there any mini game available for the today section in notification center yosemite?

texts: Is there any mini game available for the today section in notification center yosemite like that tile game in dashboard.


texts: Mac OS X: How to merge pdf files in a directory according to their file names

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I want to merge several hundred pdf files in a directory automatically according to their file names.

E.g.

The files
1000.1.pdf
1000.2.pdf
1000.3.pdf
1000.x.pdf should be merged into 1000.pdf

and

2000.abc.pdf
2000.def.pdf
2000.ghi.pdf
2000.jkl.pdf
2000.5.pdf into 2000.pdf.

I don’t want to use solutions based on Preview/Automator (if available) because compared to third party software like Adobe Acrobat or PDFpen merging pdf files often (depending on the source documents) results in a significant increase in file size (see e.g. What causes PDF file size to increase when saving in Preview?)

Do you have any recommendations? Thank you!


texts: Safari address bar complete URL with keyboard shortcut

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Does Safari in OS X have a keyboard shortcut to complete a URL in the same fashion that Chrome does?

I'd like to be able to type in an incomplete address like askdifferent, press a key combo, and have Safari prefix it with www. and suffix with .com, and automatically navigate to that URL.

I've tried all various combination of fn, control, option,command, and return. Most of them will open your search in a new tab.

Does Safari support this, and what's the key combo?


texts: How to disable switching user with Touch ID?

texts:
So here is a hypothetic scenario:

I'm at work presenting something to a colleague and we are both looking at my screen, when suddenly I have to access a service that requires a password. I use 1Password as my password manager, so I hit the key to autofill the password and when 1Password prompts me I will use Touch ID to identify myself. But here is the deal - things went a little fast and I did not notice that 1Password was expecting my to type a password and not use Touch ID and when I pressed the Touch ID button Mac OS would instantly switch to my "private" user and resume my "movie watching session" from last night, providing a greatly amusing experience to my colleague and less so for me.

How do I disable this stupid feature without actually disabling the ability to sign in with Touch ID? I'm perfectly happy with doing a few mouseclicks when switching user, but I fill in passwords many, many times a day and I'm not interested in being switched to my secondary user by mistake.

I've checked the system preferences panes for Touch ID and users and found nothing.


texts: Monitor with MacBook Pro 2016 not waking up

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I have a late 2016 MacBook Pro with 4 USB-C ports and the LG UltraFine 4K Display that Apple is selling. So it is a USB-C to USB-C connection.

The monitor does not have an on/off button, argh. When I wake up the MBP, the LG display does not wake up. I have to go into Display settings of the Systems Preferences and detect new display every time. There is no info on troubleshooting in the documentation (the documentation on the monitor is not very detailed). Only that "The monitor will turn on automatically if the PC is operating normally."

Anyone have a similar situation or advice?


texts:
I noticed that in iOS 13, Apple added a security feature that prevents users from downloaded untrusted shortcuts unless they manually enable the option in settings to allow untrusted shortcuts.
Is there a way for me to have my custom shortcut vetted and added to the gallery so the people who I share my shortcut with have a peace of mind?


texts: Check / remove proxies from iPhone USB Personal Hotspot

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I installed Charles Proxy to do some testing, later I disocvered that any traffic going through Personal Hotspot is also routed though to a local port. I've remove the Mac OS X proxy settings, but unless I have Charles open, I cannot connect over HTTP.

I have checked System Preferences > Network and there's no trace of any proxy settings. Can I use any command line tools to list and remove proxies?


texts: Why am I seeing smtp.gmail.com:cabbellgroup (offline) under Outgoing mail server?

texts:
My emails are not getting through to anyone.  When I go to MAIL and then to
ACCOUNTS and then at the bottom under OUTGOING MAIL SERVER (SMTP) it shows that the server is offline.  Is this the reason my emails are not getting through?  What can I do about it?


texts: What to use on OS X Lion: OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice or NeoOffice?

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I was quite surprised to discover that both releases and beta versions of LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org do crash on OS X 10.7 when you try to access the preferences screen.

I even payed to get a copy of NeoOffice which I was able to use, quite well in the last week but ended up finding an ugly bug: bibliography references from inside frames are not numbered, they just use [0] but they are listed in the bibliography list.

You end up having a bibliography like:

[1] ...
[2] ...
[3] ...
[0] ... (this was used inside a frame)
[0] ... (this was used inside a frame)
[4] ...

As the maintainers of NeoOffice ask a 100$ payment to be able to post something on their forum, I do not feel that my 10$ investment was quite well made.

Also, their codebase seems to be quite ancient, compared with OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice. Their beta version is based on OOo 3.1 !?! while now Ooo is 3.3 final for quite a while.

Now, what should I use?!

Update: I removed all the preferences files related to LibreOffice and still crashes after about 30-60 seconds from start while I am inside the config window.

The crashdump is listed at http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=BJVtsKXY


texts:
Has anyone tried to get Colloquy to work with Google Talk? Have searched online, but couldn't find any useful articles.

PS. Not sure if this is the right place to ask for such a question.


texts:
i am working on a asp.net web app.This app is mainly related with media in which user have to upload images and videos.It works fine on other browsers rather than mobile safari.

I had solved one problem here by using picup app but now problem is how i can upload videos here

thanks in advance


texts:
My iPad 3 will not turn on.

It started freezing up and would reboot and then it would have a black screen with white text. It's currently stuck on the iTunes logo. It will connect to iTunes but it will not update or restore. HELP!!


texts: How to write AppleScript for clicking an OK button on a custom dialog?

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I have done a script to quit program:

tell application "Live"
    quit
end tell

…but I get this prompt to click the OK button:

I am running my Mac for schedule shutdown as it is running for an exhibition with unman on/off.

Could someone help me write an AppleScript to click this button?


texts: Can I force Mac OS X to select certain Wifi network?

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When I turn on Wifi on my MacBook, it always selects some open network.

Can I somehow force the system to choose another network (it is password-protected but I have the password stored in the Keychain and it keeps choosing the open one)?

I'm using Mac OS X 10.7.4.


texts: OS EXL 10.11.6, Difference in Mail Box size and its size on Hard disk

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I am having a Macbook Air and using OS EXL 1.11.6. The mail box size is 164 GB but on Hard Disk its showing 267 GB. This extra usage is eating my hard disk space.

Please suggest why is this and how to clear this extra space used on hard disk.


texts:
In Omnigraffle, if I want to export a fitted PDF that only encloses the objects I've drawn, I can select "export all objects" from the export menu.

However, I don't know what to do if I have a multi-canvas document in omnigraffle and I want to export a PDF of the entire document with each canvas sized appropriately. If I export the entire document it exports the entire canvas.

Now I could manually resize each canvas, but that's a pain if I later wish to add something that changes the canvas size. I'd much prefer an automatic solution if one exists.


texts: Can I open files in TextEdit from the Terminal in Mac OS X?

texts: I frequently find that a Terminal command to open a file in TextEdit would be very handy. Does such a command exist on Mac OS X?


texts: Finder refuse to open shared files with Microsoft Office

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We have a nfs share server mounted trough automount on which we store multiple *.xls files.

Since a few days, two MacBooks refuse to open those files with the following error message:

"file.xls" is damaged and can't be opened. You should eject the disk.
"file.xls" is on the network volume "name_of_volume". Microsoft Excel opened this network connection on 10 October 2018.

Every thing is ok on other Macbooks and worst if I go through, Excel > File open... it works...

Can anyone solve and explain this?


texts: I am trying to play music from an external hard drive to my TV using my Apple TV and Network with no success

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This is an apple household with Apple TV HD, Airport Extreme base Station, Macbook Pro 16 (2019), Catalina, not to mention iPhones and iPads.
I have a large amount of music, almost 400gb, on a SanDisk 500GB Extreme Portable USB 3.1 Type-C External SSD. This is far more than the capacity of the Apple TV.
I would like to be able to access my music on the drive directly on my Sony TV using the Apple TV. I have 2 computers accessible through the Apple TV and Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil to play music through the network by connecting it to the TV through my network, but I'd rather be able to directly access the drive and my music through the Apple TV without using my computer.
I did try to plug the hard drive directly into the Sony TV's USB port, but it said the device was not supported-perhaps because it's too large?
Is there a way to access my music on the drive directly using the Apple TV?
Thanks in advance for any help and ideas!
marc


texts: Unify iMessage threads for the same contact

texts:
In Messages.app, if a user sends you an iMessage from their phone number, it'll start a thread that's tied to their phone number, and not their identity as a contact. Subsequently, if you start an iMessage through a share sheet to their e-mail address, it'll start a new thread that's tracked as a separate conversation in Messages. It results in a discordant and confusing experience as you see multiple instances of the same person in your Messages list, but with each major iOS version, figuring out which e-mail/phone that thread is tied to has become more obscure (and sometimes not discoverable at all in iOS 10).

Is there any trick to merging/combining/unifying iMessage threads with different e-mail addresses or phone numbers for a single contact? This bites my contacts all the time because I travel internationally and change SIM cards a lot, so I have to switch back and forth between messaging from my main phone number and my e-mail address.

Separately, has anyone speculated on why Apple has stuck with this shoddy UX for so many years now? It seems to me that it's a security measure, in case a single contact card erroneously had an incorrect e-mail address or phone number, two different people could contribute to the same message thread. I understand that'd be bad, but that's such an extreme edge case compared to the norm of seeing my spouse or brother show up twice in my message list that I'd gladly make the trade-off.


texts: How to debug zip files that won't open in Archive Utility

texts:
I have a zip file which:

was zipped on Linux using node-archiver
unzips fine on macOS High Sierra
does not unzip on macOS Big Sur using the build-in Archive Utility:

"Unable to expand "file.zip". It is in an unsupported format".

does unzip on Big Sur using unzip
Has "No errors detected" when running unzip -t on Big Sur

I'm aware there are issues with node-archiver on macOS, but we're already doing what's suggested in this answer, and our file isn't large (~5MB).
Obviously we'd like our users to be able to use the built-in tools provided with macOS. Is there any way to get a more detailed error from the Archive Utility?


texts:
I just got an iPhone 7 from my job. Being more of an Android/Linux guy, I am actually very impressed by this device. One thing is very strange though: I can't find/acces the iCloud Drive app! When I ask Siri, it says that it isn't installed, and suggests that I install it. When I click the linked provided, there is the little icon with an cloud, but it is "toned out" in the colors, and nothing happens when I click it. I don't understand what I'm suppose to do about this.

The reason I need iCloud in the first place is to backup my phone (also "toned out" in the Settings → iCloud menu) and to use the "Just Press Record" app, which requires iCloud, and when I start the app it tells me I need to enable iCloud Drive first. Which I can't do.

Update: Under settings, there is an iCloud settings, which informs me that I have 5 GB storage and that Photos is using a little bit of it.

Under "Restrictions", it doesn't have anything registrered (which is the only possible cause provided by Just Press Records support FAQ.

I am logged into my apple account. When I log onto icloud.com, and select drive, I get this:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/w1jxbhpn5ebr8o4/icloudtroubles.png?dl=0

...which tells me I should open the iCloud Drive app on my iOS device. So, back to square one, haha. Ever read the book Catch-22? Well, this is a Catch-22.

Thank you for your time,
Emil


texts: How to use internal HDD as a file sharing drive if I boot from external SSD on mac mini?

texts:
I'm running Mojave 10.14.6 on mac mini late 2014.
It has internal hdd drive. I bought an external ssd to speed things up and run everything from it, and use internal hdd as a data storage\time machine
I installed OS on ssd and am running the mac from it, but I can't seem to erase the internal hdd drive. When trying to partition it in Disk utility I'm getting an error
The volume “osx” on disk1s1 couldn’t be unmounted because it is in use by process 82 (securityd)

After this error happened, disk utility shows that hdd has two partitions, 500gb each (that's how I set it up on 'partitioning' step), but I can see only the partition that was there before, no new partition that I added. Might sound confusing - please see the screenshots here.
Now, I'm very sure that I run OS from external SSD, so I don't understand why any process would use internal hdd and what should I do from now on.
So the question is, how do I use internal hdd as a data storage drive, and erase the OS from it?


texts:
on my MacBook, I booted to RECOVERY TERMINAL.
I get this error “sudo command not found”
critical commands like sudo, brew, su and others are missing from
/bin
/usr/bin
/usr/sbin
i searched with
ls -la /usr/bin | grep sudo
Can a bad actor with physical access to my machine delete these from machine? (No Firmware Password Set)
how do I install them back?
When I boot my MacBook with my regular username, sudo and everything else works.
How do I make sure the system recovery software, boot loader and its components are updated.
P.S: I have upgraded to MacOS BigSur


texts: Mavericks Server: DNS: Increase forwarder timeout

texts:
The question:

How can I increase the timeout for querying the forwarder DNS on OS X Server 3.1.2 ?

I get DNS errors, which I believe could be solved by increasing the timeout for querying the forwarder DNS server.

My environment:

I'm using Mac OS X 10.9.5 with the OS X Server 3.1.2. I use the DNS service in the OS X Server. A forwarder has been set to my internet gateway (a FritzBox, which is a DSL modem plus tons of other features including a DNS server.)
EDIT: I set a second forwarder to 8.8.8.8 .

Consider this collection of things:

[MacBook Air] <--> [Mac Mini Server] <--> [Fritz!Box] <--> internet

The symptom:

I open github.com in the browser, it obviously cannot resolve the host immediately and waits... and waits... and finally shows the error that the host cannot be resolved.

The wireshark info:

On the MacMiniServer I ran Wireshark and could basically see this flow of packets:

[MacBookAir]    -> [MacMiniServer] : #1 : Ask for github.com
[MacMiniServer] -> [Fritz!Box]     : #2 : Ask for github.com
[MacMiniServer] -> [OtherDNS]      : #3 : Ask for github.com
[MacMiniServer] <- [Fritz!Box]     : #2 : reply with github.com IP
...

The fourth line occurred about 1.5 sec after the second line. So I assume that the DNS server saw the first query time out (#2) and asked another server. After 1.5 sec the FritzBox answered, but the MacMiniServer doesn't care any more and waits for the OtherDNS to answer. This repeats with many other DNS servers, and finally leads to a failed lookup.

Our connection quality is currently very bad at our place and things get worse, when I am downloading something. This seems to make the DNS roundtrip take longer than 1 sec and trigger lookup failures in many clients (computers, iPhones, etc.).

EDIT: After I added 8.8.8.8 as another forwarder in the OS X Server DNS, the following behaviour can be seen: The server forwards to the FritzBox. After a certain time, it forwards to 8.8.8.8. Then the responses come in from both FritzBox and 8.8.8.8 . However, the problem persists and from time to time, the system fails with name resolution. The problems mostly occur during times, when I assume that many households in the neighbourhood use IP-based TV.

How to fix?

I'd like to stay with the OS X Server solution and adjust the settings there. If this is not possible, I am willing to set up my own DNS server. (I did it on my FreeBSD server before switching to the Mac Mini Server, so that's an option, but I'd like to keep the "customization" of the server as low as possible.)

EDIT: I am a bit confused, as to why I am having these problems after switching over to a Mac Server (never occurred with the FreeBSD box). However, I could also imagine, that the region with its poor DSL quality is getting no attention by the ISP and things are just getting worse with increasing age of the cables and the switch to Mac is just a coincidence...


texts: Should virtualize within MacOS or use a Hypervisor like VMWARE ESXi

texts:
I have a Mac Mini late 2012, 16GB ram with 500GB disk, multiple (3) gigabit NICs, and some external USB3.0 drives.

My requirements for guest OS are:

One Macos High Sierra with Server.app
One pfSense linux guest (requirements are minuscule.  CPU 600MHz, 512MB RAM, and 4GB HDD)
Maybe a second Linux instance to tool around with - No windows guest VM

My research shows I don't need to use ESXi but it has a lot of features  I'd like to leverage, snapshots, Multiple test configurations and etc. Given that nothing else is running in the ESXi environment.

(the goal of knowing how to measure this lets me weigh if I upgrade to an SSD and or even bother to install ESXi)

I'll be using the ESXi6.7

Spec of the hardware, 16Gb Ram 500GB HDD or SSD

In your experience, how much (CPU/RAM) overhead would the virtualization layer add?


texts: How can I program my iPhone so it opens an app automatically when it connects to CarPlay or my car’s Bluetooth

texts:
How can I “program/setup” my iPhone so it opens an app automatically when it connects to CarPlay or my car’s Bluetooth?
Does Automator or shortcuts do that?
If yes, any recommendations/steps to follow?


texts: How to make the scrollbars appearing on demand on Lion

texts:
This is very neat to not always have the scroll bars displayed over every windows. I might be facing an edge case though: when opening a vnc session I sometimes need to scroll the window displaying the remote display but as expected it does not scroll when the cursor is inside the window as the mouse events are handled by the remote system. This means that to scroll I either toggle the show scroll bars to always or resize the window to make the scroll bars appearing a few moments.

My question: is there a way to make the scroll bars appearing without having always as  show scroll bars setting or resizing the window?


texts: Yosemite Finder spins endlessly when browsing NFS mounted folders

texts:
I have an NFS export on my Ubuntu 14.04 machine.  I can mount it just fine from the command line in Yosemite:
mount -t nfs -o rw server:/home/gbell2/iOS_apps /Users/Devel/iOS_apps

And immediately I can ls it.  No problem.
Problem is, when I go into Finder and browse it, the little gray wheel at the bottom spins forever.

I cannot browse or open files in that folder from Xcode either.
I do not have icon preview enabled.
My automount config just has Apple-generated stuff in it and while I know what automount is, these answers seem confused.
Another answer fingering automount isn't really clear either.
I've tried the mount options like rw,bg,hard,intr,noac,nfc,tcp with no change in behavior.
There aren't a large amount of files in the root folder of that share.
I'm not mounting in /Volumes because one of the above references indicates that doesn't work any more.
Mounting with SMB doesn't have this issue, though I'd like to avoid the permissions issues that I usually see when tying *nix systems together with SMB.
Any ideas or how to debug?


texts:
I try to install wine with osxwinebuilder. When I do, I get the following error:

...
checking if ccache g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if ccache g++ supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the ccache g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin12.2.0 dyld
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking ltdl.h usability... no
checking ltdl.h presence... no
checking for ltdl.h... no
checking that we can compile and link with libltdl... no
configure: error: cannot compile and link against libltdl
libgphoto2 requires libltdl (the libtool dl* library),
but cannot compile and link against it.
Aborting.

could not run configure command './configure --prefix=/Users/scott/wine/wine-1.5.16 --enable-shared=yes --enable-static=no --with-libexif=auto' in /Users/scott/wine/build/libgphoto2-2.4.14 - exiting

I am confused as what I should do. I have homebrew installed - should I install anything?


texts: Is it even possible? I have hundreds of books in all these formats sitting in my iBooks library on my Mac. Now, I do notice that I can safely delete my iBooks (purchased off iBooks Store) from my local library and the titles still show in my list, with a little cloud icon saying the book is still available for download off iCloud. Is there any way to do the same for books in other formats, i.e. PDF and ePub? I would love to move my entire library to iCloud and free up local space if this were possible.


texts: On-Board Display Issue with Weirdly Inconsistent Symptoms (Late 2016MBP)

texts:
Late 2016 MBP, MacOS10.13.4, Radeon Pro 460 4096 MB

Over a week ago, my inbuilt display stopped working. Specifically, only the top quarter inch worked. After a few reboots and connecting/disconnecting an external display (which works fine), the main display comes back up, and continues working.

Fast forward to Wednesday. Problem re-occurs. No amount of rebooting/display switching works. Do the NVRAM/SMC resets. Boot into Recovery mode. Nothing fixes it. Take it to the Apple Store, show the symptoms, and they're all, "We can replace the display for too much money to be worth spending on a nearly two year old laptop."

I postpone it, because I need to do some work this weekend. We close up my laptop, and I go home.

And here's where it gets weird. When they were inspecting my laptop, they plugged it into an ethernet cable and did something to force it into an in-store diagnostic mode. In store the display continued to not work. But after folding it up and walking home, when I opened by laptop the display worked. I could see the weird purple cube icon, but it wasn't accepting any inputs from the trackpad or keyboard. When I rebooted, I was back to "top quarter inch only" mode.

But the fact that it displayed at all implies that it isn't a hardware issue. I've reinstalled the OS and done a disk repair, just to eliminate anything there.

Other weird symptoms:

When I don't have an external display attached, the onboard display only shows the top 1/4"
When I plug in an external display in "extend my desktop" mode, it continues to display the top 1/4"
When I plug in an external display in "mirror desktop" mode the onboard display goes completely dark

So, in addition to any tips/advice for this problem, if anyone knows how to put my Mac into the in-store diagnostic mode, that'd be super helpful too, because I'd like to confirm that it re-enables my display.


texts: Problem with opening new window in Safari in Full Screen mode

texts:
When Safari window is in Full Screen mode there's a combination option+command+N to open a new window (not a tab!). But on my MacBookPro2020 it doesn't work sometimes. I can't figure out when it would work and when not and why there is such a problem. Is it just a bug or I'm going something wrong?

P.S.: I have this problem for several months. I reloaded my MacBook during this period lots of times and I still bump into it.


texts: I lost all of my pictures from my iPhoto after updating it to the newest version. How do I find them?


texts: How to remove "Beats 1" and manage list of radios in the Music app of iOS?

texts: How to remove Beats 1 from Radio in the Music app of iOS and more generally how to manage (add and remove) my list of radios ?


texts: TotalTerminal doesn't work with full-screen apps

texts:
TotalTerminal (former Visor) is an awesome plugin for Terminal that turns it into a Quake-style console that slides down on a key combination.

This is tremendously useful for development because I can type commands while writing code or browsing without extra window hustle.

Unfortunately, TotalTerminal doesn't play well with fullscreen apps. If I put Sublime Text in fullscreen mode and trigger Terminal, Mission Control will scroll to the nearest non-fullscreen space available, and only then will it show the Terminal.

This is very annoying. Is it possible to fix or work around this issue?


texts: MP3 player not able to play music (and not showing up in Finder or iTunes)

texts: I have a PoGo digital voice recorder. I'm trying to play the mp3s in iTunes. The device is not showing up in iTunes or in the Finder. Assuming that the cables are good, what else should I look for?


texts: How to restore Mac OS after installing Linux

texts:
I'm going to install Linux on a Macbook Air (from ~2013), and I plan on replacing the entire contents of the hard disk (OS, recovery partition, etc).

If I want to restore Mac OS, will Internet Recovery work? Do I really just need to hit Command+Option+R during boot? Should I back up something to make restoring easier?


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I have this issue with recently purchased iPhone 5, 16 GB, iOS 7.0.4. The original issue was with the battery dying a way too fast (would go down from a little over 90% to just under 70% while using the phone for about 10 minute navigation trip). After I brought it to the Apple Store, I was told it's not the battery, but rather to OS was corrupted and it causing the battery to drain. The fix is very simple, a restore to the factory default.

However, that's where I ran into issues. We have some photos on that iPhone we want to preserve, so I tried coping them over to my Windows 7 laptop using explorer (direct access to DCIM folder), using Windows picture export future as well as iexplorer software and Picasa to no real luck.

Now I should add that not all pictures are affected, just the ones that were transferred from the iPhone 4s. The pictures, taken by this phone, were copied with no issues.

Is there anything I can do to get those pictures off?

Update 4.II.2014 @ 9.50

I am sorry, I should have also mentioned what else, we have tried.  We tried installing both Dropbox and Google Drive apps in the hope we could copy pictures that way, it works on some, but both get stuck on a picture x and the app crashes.  When we go back into the app, it just keeps loading.

We also tried emailing the pictures, but that doesn't work (at least on the pictures pre-iPhone 5).

Update 5.II.2014 @ 11.30

Another, quick add to the description, any pre-iPhone 5 pictures (the ones that were transferred from iPhone 4s) crash upon opening in the iPhone (so we can't really view them in full screen).


texts: I'm using macOS High Sierra, and my Messages app keeps telling me that my talk.google.com password is wrong, even though I have been using the correct password. I've signed out in preferences, signed back in (and it accepted the password) but it won't let me connect. Anyone else experience this and figure out how to fix?


texts: Syncing Linux server data with data on my Mac

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I have a Linux server that stores some files, and I want to sync them with my Mac.
I can mount the directory of the server, so after mounting it's just  directory to directory sync. There are thousands of files, so the sync tool should be smart enough to sync only the changed files.

Is there any Mac software out there that does this automatically (or at a scheduled time)? The expected action is as follows:

Mount the directory in a server.
Sync intelligently.
Unmount.


texts: How do I invite a new connection on LinkedIn's iPhone app?

texts: I can't for the life of me figure out how to send an invitation to connect using the iPhone app for LinkedIn.  Is it not possible?  I'm using iOS 6.0 and LinkedIn's app version 5.1.


texts: How to install Windows 8 with BootCamp 5 Assistant via USB?

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I was able to put Windows 8 setup files on my usb from the installer. Now I just upgraded my machine to Mountain Lion. I have gone through the BC Assistant and it only asks for my Windows CD to be put into my drive. There is no longer an option to install via other media.

Anyone know of a workaround to install with USB stick?


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I have some PDF files that I want to open in preview, and others that I want to open in Acrobat. It would be nice if I could just set up that acrobat files with a different extention, say ".apdf" and have the mac automatically open anything with .apdf with acrobat, and anything with .pdf with preview.

But that doesn't seem to work, because I think that the filetype is actually part of the file, not just the filename...

any ideas?


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I don't see it listed under /dev. dmesg doesn't help. Apple diagnostics is missing from my computer and I believe there may be an issue with the hard drive so I was hoping to restore it from the install cd as per instructions elsewhere on the web.

I believe late 2007 iMac running 10.8.5

Just to be clear the iMac won't start up, not even in safe mode hence the single user mode reliance.