texts: Disable user login MacBook Pro Yosemite 10.10.2

texts: I have a question. How can I disable the login on mac with os yosemite 10.10.2 Everytime when I want to start on the laptop I have to input my password and login. I want to disable this one. I tried to disable from security& Privacy section or users and groups but failure....can somebody help me please


texts: I deleted the update file for iOS 9.3. Is it possible to reinstall it?

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I was having trouble installing the new iOS 9.3 on my iPhone 5 and I got the advice that I should delete the update file and try to reinstall it. The problem is now that I have deleted the file I can't find the update file for iOS 9.3 again. I have restarted the phone but it didn't help, it says I have the latest update (9.2.1). Is it possible to install iOS 9.3 now?

Update: I got the new update today randomly. The installation of 9.3 went successfull.


texts: How to flag a single message in a thread?

texts: When I select a thread and click the flag button as shown in official guide, it flags all the messages in the thread. This is suboptimal when the thread is long and contains many messages. How can I flag one single message in a thread?


texts: How to access ITunes Store in foreign country

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Suppose I have an AppleID linked to my credit card in my country. Now I would like to browse the ITunes Store of another country.

I know I have to create another AppleID linked to a credit cards (or any other payment option) of that country. However I do not have such a credit card.

My question is: Can I browse or/and consume content in the ITunes store of a foreign country, where I have no credit card, bank account, etc. ?


texts: Trying to securely erase hard drive, but Security Options not available (Mavericks)

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Recently got a new Macbook Pro 13″ and I'm preparing my old Macbook Air for sale. I'm following steps in the Apple Support article on this topic (as well as other similar articles I've found).

I'm currently at the stage of Erasing the startup disk. I've booted my machine with ⌘R and am running Disk Utility. Initially I was able to set Security Options to Most Secure (7 pass zeros), but after I clicked Erase there was some error and it said it could not be completed.

Now Security Options is grayed out (unavailable), however Erase is still available.

The error occurred after only seconds, so I'm assuming it did not actually complete a 7 pass erase and rewrite before stopping. Guessing that means my data is still there and relatively accessible.

Is there anyway to re-access the Security Options and get this thing to securely wipe from this point?


texts: Why does Apple's website break with 2o7.net blocked?

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I have an /etc/hosts block on 2o7.net and it seems that Apple's metrics.apple.com is a DNS alias for 2o7. When navigating apple.com with Chrome or Safari, I get the following:

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found)
http://metrics.apple.com/b/ss/appleglobal,appleusmac,appleusmacbookpro/1/H.…er%3BQuickTime%20Plug-in%207.7.1%3BSharePoint%20Browser%20Plug-in%3B&AQE=1

Whenever I get this message Javascript seems to break and pretty much even link on the site is ignored. I'm not sure if this is a browser bug.

I don't want to unblock 2o7.net but would obviously like the site to work. Any ideas?


texts: Is the flash storage firmware update 1.0 for my MBA installed? How can I verify it?

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On  May 16th 2013 Apple released the MacBook Air Flash Storage Firmware Update 1.0. Since I have experienced the described symptoms I really want this update.

However, the Mac App Store will show that I can still update the Firmware (again) after a restart. Since I waited for one minute, as required in the update description, I do not know what's going on.

After three attempts to install the update the Mac App Store still offers to install it once again...

The update description also mentions:

  Boot ROM or SMC Version Information: After the update, you will have Revision TPVABBF0.

How can I check latter version information, in case this is a bug in the Mac App Store app only and the firmware update has been installed successfully?


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I had a few old backup drives from my Windows computer that I wanted to go through. They are 5-6 years old. And they are internal drives so I got a USB adapter kit from the brand Deltaco.

So far I haven't been able to get one of the drives to show up in Finder.

So my question is, if these drives haven't been broken by the years what is the best way to see if I can extract some info from them?

Is there any special extraction software I need or is it of no use if the drive can't be found in Finder?

Any other tips?

Appreciate all the help I can get in this matter!


texts: How to copy all content of a folder excluding one filetype?

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I have a folder containing 74 subfolders, that has a number of aliases strewn about within it.  I'm trying to copy the entire top-level folder (and all of its contents, obviously) over to Google File Stream, but GFS cannot store a mac alias.  The Finder copy will fail if there is an alias within the file set being copied.

How can I copy the top level folder and everything contained within, maintaining all structure, but skipping over aliases?  I'm guessing this would require some sort of terminal command.  GFS appears just as a normal network volume to the Mac so, I think there should be a way.


texts: How do I make automator only perform an operation on one file at a time?

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I have with 'Folder Action' that automatically runs a Photoshop script on each file that is added to the folder.

The folder action has two steps:

Open this file with Adobe Photoshop CC
Run the following AppleScript:

on run {input, parameters}

    tell application "Adobe Photoshop CC"
        do action "frame for print" from "Zak's actions"
    end tell

    return input
end run

This folder action works fine when only one item is added to the folder at a time, but if multiple items are added, the folder action fires on each of the new files almost instantaneously so they all open in Photoshop but the Photoshop action only runs on the most recently opened file. (I'm assuming that is because each time the Photoshop action is started it halts the execution of the previous instance)

I tried adding a pause after the AppleScript hoping that Automator was just thinking that the folder action was done after the AppleScript fired without waiting for it to finish, but even with the pause the folder action was activated for all new files at the same time.

Is there a way to make sure my folder action only runs on one file at a time and waits for the AppleScript to execute before moving onto the next file?


texts: How to create ISO from Application Bundle

texts:
I have Mac OS X Mountain Lion as Application Bundle file. Burning the application to a disk is just like a data disk compilation on Nero.

How do I convert this application bundle into ISO image so that I can burn it on a disk and boot it from there?


texts:
I've been try to download Xcode for work, but for some reason the Mac App Store is giving me a bit of trouble. Activity monitor shows some network usage, but in Launchpad it seems the download isn't moving.

When I go to the purchases panel of the Mac App Store, I see this.

No status, no pause button, in fact - the button has no text on it! I've tried restarting the App Store, restarting my computer, even removing the com.apple.appstore folder in /var/folders but alas, no luck.

Can anyone diagnose the issue? When I removed com.apple.appstore, Xcode still showed up on Launchpad, and clicking on it did nothing - it was frozen in time. So can I kill off this partial download and start new?


texts: iMessage shows the wrong name for a phone number

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My iPhone 4 with iOS 6 is playing up in iMessage.  For one person, it is showing their Facebook name (a pseudonym) instead of the name I entered in the contact list (their actual name.)

Additionally, when I type their name, it displays their home phone number as an option which is not stored anywhere in my phone anymore.

For example, say I type John into the To: field.  It offers:

  That Guy John
  mobile +61 4xx xxx xxx

  John Smith
  home 03 xxx xxxx

They're the same person on the same linked contact card.  I want it to use the name John Smith, but if I choose mobile, it uses That Guy John.  Additionally, I've previously deleted the home number from my phone, and it's not stored on Facebook, so I don't know how it's getting it.

Is there a caching issue?  How can I make iMessage display the correct contact names and phone numbers?


texts: Is it possible to hide the dock on a per-application basis?

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There's an app or two that I'd like to run fullscreen on my Mac. However, hiding the dock manually and unhiding it when I'm done gets tedious. I know there must be a way to get an application to hide the dock when it's active as iMovie 06 used to do exactly this. I also think that I read somewhere recently how to do it, but my search for the particular article comes up empty.

How can I get an app to hide the dock when it's active?


texts: Add a second signature in iPhone/iPad Mail

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I have 2 email accounts on my iPhone and iPad, a work and personal.

I have edited a signature for my work account but can only seem to have one signature.

I also use Mail.app on OSX which lets me change between accounts that automaticly reply/send with the correct signature.

The iOS app doesn't seem to match a signature to an account rather it looks as though it attaches the signature to the iPhone.

Is there a way to add another signature to Mail?


texts: How to determine if all items in a list are the same

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I'm currently in the works of an AppleScript calculator that extrapolates arithmetic linear sequences (sounds fancy but it really isn't). One of the processes it must go through is finding the common difference between each item. Plugging this difference (d) into the equation for arithmetic progression, along with the term you want to know (n) will predict the nth term in any sequence.
To determine the common difference, you must first find the local difference between each pair of numbers in the sequence. Then, compare every difference; if they're all the same, the sequence is linear and the common difference is equal to the local difference. If not, the sequence is nonlinear and there is no common difference. I've figured out how to find the local differences of each number, but the latter seems to be a bigger challenge. The code I've made to determine the local differences spits out a list of numbers. My theoretical process would just compare the first item to every other, and if every comparison returns as true, then set the common difference to the same as the local difference. Below is my way of finding the local difference of a list of numbers:
set sequence to {1, 2, 3, 4, 4}
set x to 0
set dif_check to {}
repeat ((number of items of sequence) - 1) times
   set x to (x + 1)
   set selected_item to (item x of sequence)
   set local_dif to ((item (x + 1) of sequence) - selected_item)
   set dif_check to dif_check & {local_dif}
end repeat
return dif_check
--> result: {1, 1, 1, 0}
(* Since every item in the resulting list isn't equal, it would be nonlinear and the common difference would just be n/a. *)

How would I determine if every item in a list is the same? I've tried numerous times, including this script I experimented with, but I realized it didn't get me anywhere closer to the resolution:
set dif_check to {1, 1, 1, 0}
set first_term to (first item of dif_check)
set x to 1
set common_dif_check to {}
repeat ((number of items of dif_check) - 1) times
   set x to (x + 1)
   (item x of dif_check) = first_term
   set common_dif_check to common_dif_check & {result}
end repeat
return common_dif_check
--> result: {true, true, false}
(* This takes the first item of the list and compares it with every item after, returning a true or false and adding the result to another list. I thought this would have solved it, but instead just turns out as the same situation as before. *)

To reiterate, how would I determine if every item in a list is the same? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.


texts: How to remap 'Context Menu' key on external keyboard?

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I'm using a Cherry G80 (excellent 'clicky' keyboard btw.) on my Macbook Air. Everything works fine, I can use and remap all keys using Ukelele1 or directly in Emacs.

The only key behaving strange is the Context Menu2 Key.

It returns the same Unicode sequence as Control-P.

This is the output of Key Codes3 when pressing the Context Menu key:

Key Down
Characters:
Unicode:        16 / 0x10
Keys:
Key Code:   110 / 0x6e
Modifiers:  256 / 0x100

This is the output for Control-P:

Key Down
Characters:
Unicode:        16 / 0x10
Keys:       ⌃P
Key Code:   35 / 0x23
Modifiers:  262401 / 0x40101

(Notice the difference in 'Keys')

My goal is to use it directly in Emacs or be able to swap it to some other (modifier) key. Is there any way to do this? I can't find a way to bring Ukelele to do that.


texts: How to delete Apple ID without password?

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How can I delete an Apple ID from an iPad without the password to the Apple ID?

I am purchasing a second-hand iPad from my friend's shop. The previous user of this iPad didn't reset all the content and I do not have his Apple ID password and his email.

Is there a way to delete previous owner AppleID account?


texts: Can I get my iPhone to AirPrint to my HP Officejet 6500 E709n

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I have an HP Officejet 6500 E709n.  It is not the exact model that is listed as "AirPrint" compatible.  Is there a way to get it to work any way?

I would love to be able to print from my iPhone.


texts: How do I tap multiple images to share them all at once with iCloud Photo Sharing?

texts: I can't reproduce Apple's first tip on their iPhone tips and tricks page. When they say tap multiple images I assumed them mean tap the 'Select' button in the upper right then select photos one by one but their screenshot shows photos selected while not in selection mode. The only way this screenshot makes sense to me is if they photoshopped the nav bar with the rest of the screen while in selection mode. Am I missing something?


texts: Cannot access directory through standard user even when permission is given

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I have a directory that I need to use to launch my OpenVPN client in my Mac. It is copied from my Raspberry Pi server through SSH protocol with my root user in Terminal with SCP. However, I need the files inside the directory to be accessed through my standard permissions user account. In Terminal, I ran:

chmod -R 777 /vpn/directory

and I copied the directory to the desktop of my standard user account. However, when I double click the directory, it gives me the error:

The folder can't be opened because you do not have permission to see it's contents.

What do I do?


texts: MacBook Pro 2018: macOS reinstall to Mac without existing macOS, admin account & startup disk

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I'm trying to reinstall macOS to seriously messed up MacBook Pro 2018. Apparently, problems  started initially when Big Sur update failed. Computer's disk has since been erased and all accounts have been lost. The computer shows question mark folder when it's started.
Here's what I've tried so far:

Started Mac to startup manager (press ⌥ in startup). No disks are showing, only option is internet recovery, which fails.
Started Mac in recovery mode and ran First Aid on the disk, which says that the volume appears to be OK. In addition to internal Apple SSD, there is macOS Base System Disk Image.
Also in recovery mode, I've ran command bless --info and bless --getBoot which both return Can't access "efi-boot-device NVRAM variable.
Reset NVRAM and SMC, which had no effect
Tried to install macOS from bootable drive, which fails because external boot is disallowed in Startup Security Utility. I cannot change the setting because there is no administrator account.
Tried to start into single user mode (⌘-S), to remove /var/db/.AppleSetupDone file in order to run Mac setup again and get new admin account. Logging into single user mode fails, apparently because there is no startup disk (based on this: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8448671).
Tried to set startup volume in recovery mode terminal by running command bless -mount /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/ -setBoot which returns the following:

Can't load /Volumes/Machintosh HD/usr/standalone/i386/apfs.efi
Could not load apfs.efi data from /Volumes/Machintosh HD/usr/standalone/i386/apfs.efi

Any ideas what I should do? I'm guessing that the first thing I need is to get startup disk working and create an administrator account. However, that seems to be easier said than done.


texts: messages are being sent which I am not aware from my I phone leading to deduction of balance

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I am not sending smses but am being charged for the sms being sent to some ISD number from my I Phone 4s. The number and message text supposedly sent does not appear in the sent items. How to stop messages being automatically sent to this number from my phone?
Service provider IDEA in UP.
Can anyone help solve this issue please?


texts: Password field in cleartext inside VPN Apple Mobile profiles

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I have here created a web site to deliver mobile profiles to BYOD Apple devices to configure our corporate VPNs.

The user as to authenticate in that site, his password is checked against our AD, and a signed mobile profile is then delivered.

In iPhones/iPads, the file is just used on the fly, and not saved. As for Mac notebooks, the file is used, but remains in the file system.

The security problem there is that password is in the cleartext for anyone that bothers to open the file.

The alternative to keep the web site, may well be not delivering the password in the profile.

Does mobile profile functionally support obfuscating the user password field in some way?

P.S. I am aware other alternative is to setup an alternative authentication scheme to users with non-critical passwords. It is not the answer that I am after on this context of Apple devices.


texts: How can I dismiss the App Store banner in Notification Center without taking an action?

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This is the notification that pops up from the App Store on Mountain Lion:

As you can see, the only options are Details and Update. Most of these banners have a 'close' button, to dismiss the notification without taking an action. On this one though, it seems like the only action I can take is opening the App Store with it.

Just clicking the x in the Notification Center list doesn't get rid of this actual notification.

How can I close this without taking the time to open up the App Store?


texts: The multi-touch functionality from my Magic Mouse is frustrating with Google Calendar. Can I disable it?

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...The tiniest swipe left or right changes the month. It makes using my calendar sooooo frustrating. Can I disable it? I would like to disable side-swiping in general. It mostly causes me frustration.

Is there a way?


texts: (AHT) Anatomy of the Apple Hardware Test error code

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I have these error codes from a Apple Hardware Test. After some research I found this and this which enabled me to translate the most essential facts behind them. However, some questions still remain, and I have, as yet, to find all the information I seek. I will illustrate those with the following ascii art.

         What is the meaning behind this?
       ╭───╮   ╭──────────╮          ╭╲──────╮
4SNS / │ 1 │ / │ 40000000 │ : VCOC - │ 2.026 │
       ╰─│─╯   ╰─────────╲╯          ╰───────╯
         └ And this?     And this?


texts: MacBook Pro is not displaying Wi-Fi networks

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Early 2010 MacBook Pro, with Yosemite is unable to lookup any Wi-Fi network all of a sudden.

Tried reseting SMC and NVRAM

It shows Wi-Fi: Looking for Networks... and then Wi-Fi: On. Does not list the available Wi-Fi Networks

Any pointer would be appreciated.


texts:
I am not able to see Accept/Decline option for the calendar meetings in Calendar app in my iPhone.

How to do i Accept/Decline meetings in calendar app in my iPhone?


texts: How can I disable the rubber band effect of the Preview program?

texts: According to other sources, I've disabled the NSScrollViewRubberbanding system option, and it works in my browsers and other softwares. But it doesn't work for the Preview program, specifically when I read the PDF files. How can I disable the effect for the Preview too?


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I've seen the system wide tools (that all seem to just manipulate the default key bindings) that allow you to swap keys around, but has anyone found a way to swap keys for just one application? (no, the app in question doesn't offer it, and the author was a bit of a prick about it when I asked if they could enable an option to adjust them.)

I'm talking about real keys like home, end, page up, page down... not shortcuts.


texts: Verbose Mode during startup not working on Apple Silicon

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I have a Mac mini 2020 (with the Apple Silicon M1 chip).
I want it to boot up in verbose mode, i.e. the details of the boot process should be logged as text on the screen during bootup.
The following command is recommended by several articles:
sudo nvram boot-args="-v"

And this does indeed work fine on my Macbook Pro 2018 and Mac mini 2018, however, it seems to do nothing on my Mac mini 2020.
I have confirmed using nvram -p (and System Information) that the boot-args property is indeed set to -v, but it has no effect.
Is there some way to get this to work?


texts: open .dv file from imovie '08 into imovie '09

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I have used iMovie '08 on a 2010 MBP to capture video from a Digital8 recorder through the Firewire port. It created this 25 GB file:

~/Movies/iMovie Events.localized/New Event 7-27-19/clip-135-02-05 05;27;15.dv

I have coped my entire ~/Movies directory to an external harddrive and moved it to a more modern MBP running iMovie '09.

Is there a way to import the .dv file into iMovie '09? When I use the Import iOS iMovie Projects menu option I can navigate to the .dv file but it appears greyed out.


texts: How to share internet with WPA/WPA2 security?

texts: I'm using a macmini with Mac OS X Snow Leopard to share a cable internet connection. Sharing works fine except that security is limited to 40/128 bit WEP that is insecure (can be hacked in minutes). Is it possible to share the connection via wifi with stronger WPA/WPA2 security? Maybe using some third-party internet sharing app?


texts:
I'm trying to move to Numbers instead of Excel for basic sheet stuff, as Excel is a pain in the ass to use on Mac. I'm trying to have some dates to look like dates and apply conditional formatting. The dates in the Excel are like:

01.26.2018 12:26:20 PM
01.07.2018 08:03:41 AM
01.13.2018 09:17:45 PM

When put this data in Numbers and I choose a column or a cell in Numbers, then switch the data type to Date & Time, nothing happens. I set up some conditional rules, those don't work either. Is there a way I could turn this into date format, so I can apply conditional formatting (like "if day is 5 days from now, be red")? I'm trying this that doesn't work:


texts: How to determine if my 2015 MacBook Pro can still handle current workloads?

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I work in a company since 2015 and when I joined I was handed over a new MacBook which was the latest at that time i.e 2015 Mid model i7 16GB Ram. This company does not have a rotation policy for the hardware allocated to employees at all. So they will end up repairing and replacing parts till its no longer viable.
My profession is mobile development so I would require the latest versions of macOS and Xcode all the time. Of late it has become difficult to work on the said MacBook and its sluggish all the time. I had put in a request to replace the Mac with the system team and it was simply shot down saying that the current config is good enough. I replied politely indicating the Geekbench scores for the 2015 model and the latest Intel MacBook. But again I was shot down just saying that 16GB Ram and i7 is more than enough. I understand that the current MacBook configs are not bad, but it is indeed slower than the latest ones and also 5 years old.
If not for geek bench scores how can I put a case to compare older Mac with newer ones ?

EDIT: My current macbook has been repaired a lot already and it still has issues w.r.t battery, heating issues etc ... Display,
Logic Board & Battery were already replaced last year. All those
repairs are pretty expensive, and yet for some reason this is the
route which they might want to take still.


texts: VirtualBox or Parallels: Great Visualization

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I decide to choose two virtual machines. VirtualBox and Parallels.

Issue:
Which of them good enough for visualization tasks? (GPU, games)

I want to install on my Macbook Pro 2011 more RAM: 4gb -> 8gb.
After that I want to install on virtual machine Win7 or Win8 with 4-5gb RAM.

As GPU I have AMD Radeon HD 6770M 1024 МБ

So, which of (VirtualBox or Parallels) give me more visualization performance?


texts:
What licenses are required to connect and communicate over a non-Apple hardware to and from iPad/iPhone?

I have non-apple hardware which I want to connect to iPad and communicate with it by writing a program.

Hence I want to know all steps to be able to do that and how much will it cost.


texts: Manually start Time Machine backup without menu bar icon

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The only way I know how to manually start a Time Machine backup is by showing the Time Machine menu bar icon (by enabling that option in System Preferences), and then choosing "Start Backup" from the menu bar icon's menu.

How can I manually start a backup without having to use the menu bar icon?


texts: Keyboard shortcut to switch screens on split view

texts: I want to know if there is any keyboard shortcut to switch between splits screen in all new El Capitan.


texts: Apple Mail keeps asking for google login since Sierra 10.12.4 Beta

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Apple Mail asks for Google login on a daily basis. This happens to both my personal and work gmail account. I tried generating app specific password but when i go to preferences -> account information: there is no field for a password.

This has been happening only since I have upgraded to 10.12.4.

I couldn't reproduce the issue easily - not until the next prompt for password shows.

Update

I tried deleting and re adding the accounts. It did not fix the issue. Worse, I could not log back into my account this time the google login prompts. It was stuck at a gray screen after entering the password.

However, updating to the latest public beta just now resolved the issue.


texts: Purchased Songs are not showing in iTunes, AppleTV or iPhone

texts: Why are some of my purchased song not showing in iTunes, AppleTV or available to play or download to iPhone.


texts: Mac OSX My picture folder says 200 GB although it is empty


texts: getting some information from activity monitor in mac pro

texts:
I am running a code in Ampl I want to make sure my code is running still ,( I can not see it from software). in activity monitor the %cpu for this software is 99.6 .

Is this mean the code is running?

isn't it too much for cpu? 99.6?


texts: I have two user accounts on my Mac, and I need the photo library (full of Photos) on the secondary account to be shared with the primary account. I can't use iCloud as the library exceeds 5GB and I can't buy more storage. Solution?


texts: Installing specific iOS version on iPhone 4S

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I've been asked to purchase an iPhone 4S for a team of developers for testing purposes. Two requirements that have been asked of the iPhone are:

it should run iOS 7.0 instead of the most recent 7.1 (don't ask me why, I'm oblivious to the reasons).
jailbreaking is unacceptable

My concern is: if I get an iPhone 4S with an older version of iOS will I be able to upgrade to version 7.0 specifically or will Apple force me to install the most recent 7.1?

Yes, I've seen some similar questions here, on Ask Different, but they were concerned rather with downgrading to a lower version of iOS (e.g. from 7 to 6, etc.) and thus do not seem to apply in my case.


texts:
How do I disable this annoying spam??

I've never used Apple Pay, nor do I have any intention of doing so. But apparently, after upgrading to an iPhone 6, Apple's gonna spam me every 24 hours?

There was some other garbage spam I had to disable too, but can't figure this one out... Pretty annoying that Apples so aggressively peddling their services these days. You'd think a simple opt in/out during onboarding would suffice.

Anyone have any ideas how to disable this? Thanks


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Create global shortcut to run command line applications

I want to assign a command to a certain key. This command will fire no matter what window is active. It will do the same thing as typing a certain command in terminal. I was able to do this in Linux, but how can I set this up in OSX Lion?

I want to run the terminal command without the terminal window opening up at all.


texts: I have a lots of book in a folder but they are all in the iBooks app. Can I delete them if they are in ? I have tried with one book look like nothing happens but I want to be sure before I remove this folder.


texts: My iPhone 4 running on 4.2.1 and I was wondering if I could restore the phone?

texts: My iPhone 4 running on 4.2.1 and I was wondering if I could restore the phone to the same firmware by dowloading the original firmware and holding SHIFT in iTunes and clicking restore???


texts: whenever the notification banner that appears on the top right of my screen appears, it's covered by a smudge. I can't find any other other answers online that deals with this problem and it's starting to really annoy me.


texts: Securely erase all user data on an old iBook

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I have an old iBook (Model A1007) that I would like to donate, but first I need to delete all of the last user's data so that it is not recoverable. With Windows machines, I usually do this by running a live Linux USB or CD and then using the "shred" tool to overwrite the hard drive some number of times with random data.

Unfortunately, I have been having trouble running live Linux on this Mac, as per this post: booting an iBook from a live linux usb drive. Booting from a CD instead hasn't seemed to have given me more useful results.

It seems that if I were to purchase the Mac OS 10.4 installer disk, it might be able to do what I need, though since I am doing this just to get rid of the computer, it seems like a bit of an excessive investment for what I am trying to do.

My problem is similar to this one: Securely wipe all user data from iBook G4 / OSX 10.4?. That user had three proposed solutions

Connect the computer to another Mac. I'd rather not, as I don't have another Mac.
Clone the entire computer to an external disk and then run it off that. This seems like it is going to likely be a big project involving lots of debugging (and somehow finding a blank external hard drive, which I would prefer to avoid as well).

So my questions are:

Is there some free way to either run Linux on this old iBook and use that to wipe the data?
If not, is there some other free way to securely delete the data from the iBook?
If neither 1 nor 2, is there a way that will minimize hassle and expense to clean this computer so that I can get rid of it?

I'm not above breaking this thing open and physically destroying the hard drive, if I must. I'd just rather use software means if its possible (and not too expensive).


texts: Enable/Disable Sharing (SSH/File) Based on Network?

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Is it possible to enable and disable the Sharing features (ssh, file sharing, etc) based on the current network?

For example, I want file sharing and SSH to be enabled on my trusted home network.  However, I don't want these enabled when I am connected to untrusted public networks.

Is it possible to set up this policy?  To differentiate between a home and public network?

I don't think this occurs by default because I often see shared folders and shared itunes libraries on public networks.  While they are protected by passwords, I would rather be completely sealed up on public networks.

Thanks!


texts: Does activating Find My Phone deplete the battery on an iOS device being tracked?

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My phone is currently riding around New York City under the seat of a taxi cab. I'm watching its progress with the Find iPhone app.

My concern is the phone may soon die and a rider or driver will not see the messages for assistance being sent.

Does tracking my iPhone with Find iPhone deplete the battery?


texts: Late 2011 Macbook Pro 13" FGHJKL Keys Intermittently Working

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My MacBook Pro, a late 2011 model running High Sierra has been giving me this issue where some keys - FGHJKL, aren't working sporadically. Sometimes it works fine for a while but then after some time now it starts to behave more sporadic until it works none at all.
I've read a lot of posts on this issue, but none offered any real help. Some say it could be that since the battery is swollen (which it is) then that could be the root cause, so I let it run without the battery and it didn't work fine without. Some say it could be a software issue, so I went ahead to resetting the SMC, PRAM, reinstalling the OS, clearing junk cache, and even clearing out some .plist files from the Library > Preferences folder.
My only remedy is to restart the computer where it works fine for a while. I'm also using karabiner to map combinations to the keys that don't work.
I've been having this problem from late December up until now. However, it's not the first time.
Last year around this time I had the same issue with it and I had to buy a new keyboard, but even so, the issue persisted. As time went by it went away until now. I'm not sure if Apple is screwing with my computer ( I'm getting pop-ups telling me I should upgrade the OS ) or this issue is legitimately either a software or hardware issue. I would like to know what I'm experiencing so I can act decisively. Any help is appreciated thanks.


texts: Yosemite freezing/lagging constantly on 13" MacBook Pro (Mid 2012)

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I'm running OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 on a mid 2012 13" MacBook Pro with the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 processor and 4GB of RAM.  The hard drive (the 500 GB, regular HDD) was replaced about a year ago (close to 10 months after purchase) following a failure.

One morning, after waking up and waking the computer from sleep mode I encountered a strange amount of lag.  It was bizarre because I was using the machine the night before without any problems, and now it was constantly stuttering while trying to play a movie on Netflix.  Sound would play while the video froze every few seconds.

I restarted the computer, and the problem persisted.  Moreover, it lags no matter what I do.  iTunes can't make it through a song without freezing up 6-7 times, VLC constantly stutters too. The rainbow wheel pops up and spins any time I load a new page in Safari or Chrome, search with Spotlight, change pages in SimpleComic, change tabs in Finder, try and drag a file from one folder to another, etc.

It's constantly stuttering, freezing, and hanging any time I try and do just about anything.  It usually only lasts 10-20 seconds, but it happens repeatedly.  I've tried every remedy I know: restarting, repairing disk/permissions, turning off transparency, reinstalling OS X, restoring a Time Machine backup from before the problem, even clean reinstalling OS X.  Nothing seems to work, there are no error messages, and I'm really annoyed.

I'd think it's a hardware problem, since a clean reinstall didn't work, but I ran the Apple Diagnostic Test and it found no problem.  Moreover, everything works, just with crazy lag system-wide.

I'm wondering if anyone else has this problem, knows what it is, or if there's anything I can try that I haven't.

--EDIT--

After a few tests, I've ruled out the logic board and HDD.  I tried running the hard drive through an older Macbook, and it seemed to work alright (a little slower than normal, but it's a 2008 machine that hasn't been turned on in about a year so that's to be expected).  I also started running OS X off an external hard drive, and it runs perfectly (which is why I think the logic board is fine).

Right now I think the issue stems from the SATA cable, which may be failing.  I've ordered a replacement and I'll update this again once I've installed it.

Thanks for all the help so far!


texts: Fix a sometimes happening prohibitory sign

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Well, I know there's an answer to a similar question here: Getting a 🚫 sometimes on boot, but this is slightly different.

My system is  running on external drive. Actually on an external drive partition. After I installed Waves plugins I encountered this error for the first time. So I booted in my main system on internal drive and used repair on that partition by sudo diskutil mountdisk force /dev/disk2 because partition didn't show up. That didn't help. So I used diskutil repairvolume /dev/disk2s4 and after repairing it helped and I was able to boot normally. It happened twice and each time at firsrt getiing  and after repairing a volume I was working fine (I'm running on this system now).

I tried reinstalling macOS – did nothing. I have an old backup that's lacking some files. So I guess, if I backup now it's going to backup the whole drive including system folders errors. Any ideas how to fix this without erasing/restoring onanism?


texts: Bootable USB created on Mac to format PC

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I'm trying to create a bootable USB in my mac to fix a windows PC. However I've tried everything and didn't find exacly the way. I've tried with boot camp but don't even appear the option to create a USB drive. I've tried with terminal (sudo dd if=/location/of/iso of=/dev/diskN) and after all the waiting i've only return with a message from my windows PC "create a bootable drive and insert it again".

Can you help?


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I'm running macOS Sierra 10.12.2 and am trying to get Python's IDLE to work properly with Tcl/Tk. This is the error message I'm getting when I open IDLE:

Python 2.7.13 (default, Dec 18 2016, 07:03:39)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 8.0.0 (clang-800.0.42.1)] on darwin
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
>>> WARNING: The version of Tcl/Tk (8.5.9) in use may be unstable.
Visit http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ for current information.

Visiting the link in the error message, I read the documentation and installed Tcl/Tk version 8.5.18.0 from this source. Perhaps it is important to note that I'm running a brew install of Python 2.7.13. After I installed the DMG for 8.5.18.0, the bash terminal and Python are not recognizing the Tcl/Tk upgrade (Note that it is recognizing Tcl/Tk (8.5.9) instead of 8.5.18.0. How can I get IDLE and the upgraded python install from homebrew to recognize the upgraded Tcl/Tk 8.5.18.0? In other words, how can I resolve the warning message?


texts: Upgrade iPad2 to previous iOS version (from 4 to 6, but not 7)

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I have an iPad2 with original iOS4.3.3, no jailbreak. Now there are several apps that require iOS 5 or above and I'm ready to upgrade. But I don't want to install yet the latest iOS7 (heard about some bugs, performance issues, etc.).

I backed up all the data and apps with iTunes (11.1) on Mac computer. But in iTunes I have only iOS7 as the option to upgrade. It's a pity I'm just a few weeks late, when this new os became available.

I've tried hard to google it, but all the links discusses just upgrade to iOS7.

Is there any way to upgrade to previous iOS6 now? Better without jailbreak, but if there will be no other choice I may consider ...


texts: Ho To Disable ssl3 in OSX Server (for mail and Web hosting)

texts: how do i Disable the ssl3 cipher in OSX Server so as to not be vulnerable for POODLE ?


texts: How can I restore an iCloud back-up to a new device when old device no longer works?

texts: My old device no longer works and I bought a new iPhone. Setting-up iCloud back-up to the new device requires the code provided to my old device (not working). Any help how to proceed


texts: Can anyone recommend a programmers' editor?

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I'm looking for a programmers' editor. I know Xcode and I use it for application programming but I'm looking for something that will:

Syntax highlight PHP, SQL, Javascript (including jQuery) and CSS not required but would be nice; also Lua, Python, and Perl
IntelliSense type stuff, start typing and get all the functions/objects/variables it could be and any parameters. Xcode does this well for C/C++/Objective-C but looking for languages that are listed above.
Would be nice if it worked with projects and not just files
Integrated with SVN, CVS, or GIT
Had upload-to-server functionality built in

I am aware of Coda but am looking for other options before I drop 100 bucks.


texts: iOS: Firefox - How can I delete a desktop bookmark

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I installed Firefox on my iOS device and logged into my Firefox (Sync) account. In the Bookmarks screen I have a "Desktop Bookmarks" folder with my normal bookmarks. Nice! On of them is my reading list, and when I am done with a bookmark I want to delete it from that folder.

Unfortunately when I open a bookmark from the "Desktop Bookmarks" folder, the "burger button" (three lines, middle button in footer bar) pane doesn't show a blue star with "Remove Bookmark", but an empty star with "Add Bookmark" - so I can not "unclick" it to remove my bookmark but I create a new bookmark on my smartphone, which is then synced into the "Mobile Bookmarks" folder to my desktop Firefox.

I also found no way to remove the bookmark in the bookmark menu itself - swiping, long click etc. do nothing.

The only workaround I found was to indeed bookmark the page again on Firefox iOS so it get synced back, then use the "Mobile Bookmarks" folder on desktop to remove both bookmarks in both folders. This works, but I have to remember to do this.

How can I delete a desktop bookmark via Firefox on iOS directly?


texts: I use my iPhone a lot while the charging cable is plugged in. I keep damaging my lightning connector internally, I suppose, by bending it too much while connected to my iPhone. I go thru a lot of cables and have tried many different brands. Can anyone suggest a lightning/USB cable that may withstand this use better? The damage must be where the connector and cable are connected.


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iPhone Photos is not finishing analysing faces. It says :

  6974 analysed photos. To finish analysing remaining photos (18002), lock your iPhone and plug it.

(Translated from French). Following these instructions doesn't help. Nor does rebooting or closing Photos and restarting it.


texts: Magic mouse 2 scrolling not working after installing windows 10

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I have installed windows 10 via boot camp. Now when i start up with windows , i can move magic mouse 2 on the screen but scrolling with mouse not working.
 When i start up with Osx 10.11.4 magic mouse 2 does not have problem.


texts: Can I force GPU rendering on my MBP when connected to a power source?

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OS X Lion is quite demanding for old Macs. Even though I own a 15'' MBP early 2011 with the 'powerful' Intel HD 3000 for integrated graphics, some animations just don't feel right (low fps).
This is especially very noticeable with Mission Control: It's choppy.
When ever discrete graphics are being used (e.g. QuickTime movie with GPU acceleration, Win7 in VirtualBox...) Mission Control is much smoother and easier on the eye.
Question:

Is it possible to force discrete graphics to be used when the MBP is connected to a power source?


texts: How can I type a § in a Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection window?

texts: How can I type a "§" in a Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) window? I am using the OS X client software to connect remotely to a computer running Microsoft Windows. In OS X Option ⌥+6 produces the symbol I want to be sent to the remote computer.


texts: iPhone 5s - What is the dot between rear camera and the LED flash?

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There is a visible dot on the iPhone 5s between the rear camera and the LED flash. What is it for? I imagine it is a sensor of some kind.

I'm concerned because my new iPhone 5s case covers it.


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I'm creating a presentation with my MacBook Pro and Keynote.

I'm using the theme Blackboard which uses the font Chalkboard.
When I import the presentation on my iPad Mini via iCloud the default font becomes Chalkduster and the presentation is messed up.

I noticed that the font Chalkboard is present in the iPad, however it would take a lot to change all the text fonts manually.

Why does the iPad Keynote change the font? Is there a way to prevent it?


texts: How to check what communication mode is being used with an external monitor over the USB-C/Thunderbolt plug

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If I understand correctly, if you connect an external monitor to a Mac there is more than one way the signals can be sent to the monitor.
It could be HDMI, it could be USB Two-lane Displayport, it could be USB four-lane DisplayPort Alternate Mode, it could be Thunderbolt Displayport, it could be Displaylink.
Is there some place on the Mac it will tell me which mode is being used?


texts: Remove 'Tags' section from macOS Finder right-click context menu

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When I right-click an item in Finder, the context menu has a Tags section containing colored tags:

  Tags...

In previous versions of macOS / OS X, the section was called "Labels".

I don't use Tags in Finder, so the Tags section adds 3 vertical menu items of wasted space. The colored tag dots also stretch small menus pretty far to the right.

Is there any way to hide the Tags section when right-clicking files and folders in Finder?


texts: Uninstall all programs installed by Homebrew

texts: I am wondering if there is a way to uninstall all "programs" installed by Homebrew? I was using it and installed programs that corresponded to programming or using C/C++ and used the terminal to compile it but will not be using it in a few months.


texts: What happens when PCIe boost circuits are overloaded?

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In my understanding, the 2010 Mac Pro is rated for 75W of power for each PCIe slot, plus 75W for each of the two 6-pin boost (aux) circuits.  I know it's possible to exceed these limits, because I do it regularly. At what point does it have some effect, and what is that effect?  I'd like a very specific answer, not just, "it crashes".  My guesses:

A thermal or power sensor trips and kills power to the offending circuit.
A sensor trips and kills power to the whole PSU
The motherboard traces melt and cause a fire
The OS kills the process that is over-using the GPU

Obviously, any of these options would cause the computer to crash.  My computer sometimes reboots spontaneously when I'm doing heavy GPU processing, and I just want to understand exactly what is happening.

Interesting sidenote:  after this type of crash, I always have to reinstall the Blackmagic Desktop Video driver before my DeckLink will be recognized.


texts: Weird character after pressing Esc in xcode

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Ever since I installed osx and xcode on my new macbook (about a year ago) I got this weirdest problem I can't get rid of. Anytime I press Esc key in xcode, one character gets printed. I can't copy paste it here (it won't paste anything), but it looks like upside-down question mark. When I paste it to the Pages app, it looks like ordinary exclamation mark, probably because of different encoding or something.

This is very annoying, how can I get rid of it? I sure hope it is not a desirable feature. Reinstalling xcode or upgrading from 4.2 to 4.3 didn't help, upgrading osx from 1.6 to 1.7 didn't help either. I would prefer to avoid reinstalling of osx if possible


texts: How does iTunes Match match the songs in your library?

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There seems to be a lot of information about iTunes Match, but I couldn't find any that describes exactly how the algorithm works. Is it something as simple as comparing song names/artists, or is some kind of checksum done?

I'm asking since I've got some music which isn't even properly tagged (titles/artists mismatched) and since iTunes Match is not yet available in Poland I can't really test how it would be behave with such files. So is it something really complicated and nicely done which involves music analysis or something as trivial as checking song names? Does anyone have detailed information on it?


texts: How to Fix Issue: Printer Will Not Print, Gets Stuck at 40%?

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I have a user who came across this issue recently with their hp officejet 8620 printer. The Printer will not print. No matter what we seem to try on the Mac it will not print.

When printing is tested from the Mac, the printer gets stuck at 40% after about 5 minutes an error is displayed "unable to verify, printer not responding". When printing from any other Mac or device, printing works.

Is there anything else I can try?

ATTEMPTS

rebooting Mac
rebooting the printer
resetting the printer to its factory settings
reset the printing system on the mac
clearing the queue
adding the printer by IP address
installing the HP SMART software
removing all traces of the HP printer from /Library/Printers, and the Trash

CONFIRMED

printer is on the same subnet
printer can be pinged from the Mac


texts: Lion changes the sleep behavior when closing the lid of a MacBook

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In Snow Leopard, whenever you close the lid of a MacBook, it puts it into sleep mode. Simple as that.

In Lion, it only puts it into sleep mode if it's running on it's battery. If it's plugged in it stays awake.

Does anybody know how I can get MacBook to start sleeping when I close the lid, regardless of charging state again?


texts: Mail crashes permanently - can't open it anymore

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I have a question and need a bit of help.
I do have my complete mails on my Mac since 2012. Now today Apple Mail crashes when I opened it. I looked up where the files are and I do have more then 105 GB of mails in the Library.
Now - YES - I could delete all folders - which would take away all my infos from the past.
I can't get in and archive or do anything.
Is there any fix to that or do I need to start new ??


texts: Uninstalling a Homebrew formula deleted the entire /usr/local directory

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I tried to uninstall Homebrew installed MySQL by running:

brew uninstall mysql

However, this command removed the whole /usr/local directory. I checked Trash, but unable to locate it.

Is there a way to get it back?


texts: 2010 MacBook Pro WiFi ignores DHCP answers only on a certain network

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I have a 2010 MacBook Pro with OS version 10.7.4
Recently, the wifi connection stopped working on my home network: it fails to get an IP address.

Everything's fine if I assign an address, the other devices on the network are working fine and the Wifi connects without problems to other networks.
Ethernet connection to the same network gets an IP address and works.
It's just WiFi on that specific network (which used to work, too).

Wireshark shows that the client is sending out discovers and the server is answering with a lease, but the dhcp client seems to ignore the lease.

I already tried the usual PRAM and NVRAM and PMU with no luck. I also tried to remove the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist, but with no changes.

Any ideas?


texts: External Monitor not working on MacBook Pro 2015 with HDMI-VGA converter

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I have an HDMI to VGA connector and a Samsung LED screen. The screen is fine, the VGA cable is fine, the connector is fine (tried with different laptops running Ubuntu and Windows).

The Problem:
I'm plugging the HDMI-VGA connector in my Macbook Pro 2015 but the display doesn't show on the external screen.

What I've tried:
I went in Displays and tried all given options like extend screen and more. The window also shows the name of the screen "SMB2230" on my Macbook and when I plug-in the HDMI, the screen flickers for a second and dock (on the right) disappears from the built-in display and I can move my mouse to the right and it also disappears but the external monitor shows the message "Check signal cable". I have tried restarting it as well but no luck.

Note: The screen is working with other laptops running Windows and Ubuntu with the same connector and the same VGA cable.

Please don't tell me that I have to use MiniDisplay port/wire from Apple.

here is an image


texts: define multiple release years for an album

texts: Is there a way to define multiple release years in the mp3 tags using iTunes? The reason I am asking is that I have a lot of "remastered" albums in my iTunes database that were released in the last couple of years but the original ones had been released much earlier. Now I would like to store the release year of the original album with it. So that for example I would be able to sort and search by original release year OR by acutal release year.


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As of about 4 hours ago, my iPhone has refused to charge and the battery has drained, every time it gets enough power to turn on it displays the lock screen and "9%" battery before promptly dying after a second or two.

I have never had any issues with my battery before today and i'm using the same charger i've always used

EDIT:

It is an iPhone 5s, I have had it for about a year but is second hand, iOS 8.X, it no longer turns on at all, just displays one or other of "charging" or "needs charging" and can not reach the lock screen, I have tried 3 different charger with 2 different cables.


texts: How to downgrade from iOS 6 to iOS 5.1.1?

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I made a huge mistake of upgrading to iOS 6 today. I hate the release and I want OUT. When I try to downgrade by restoring to IPSW for 5.1.1 it tells me that the device isn't eligible for the build. What do I have to do to make iTunes accept this IPSW file and run the install?

You can read how to downgrade to iOS 5.1.1 on my blog : http://antonpug.com/blog


texts: iPod Classic Playlist To Shuffle Through Tracks I Want to Listen To?

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I have some smart playlists defined thus:

designed with the goal of being able to shuffle through all my podcasts and various other audio that I want to listen to.

This works splendidly in iTunes.

However, when it syncs over to my 160 GB iPod Classic and I try to play the Playlist, instead of the 112 or so tracks that are currently in that Playlist showing up, only about 28 show up.

What's interesting is that the Playlist's count is correct before you start playing a track, and it does in fact contain all the right songs. I can select any one of my Podcasts, but I can't have them play continuously and I can't shuffle them. Selecting any track other than a Podcast will shuffle through the remainder of my non-podcast material.

Now I found one link awhile ago that told me that the problem was the Playlist being defined to include tracks whose Media Kind is Podcast. That apparently confuses the iPod classic. So I changed from doing that to using the Genre trick. That at least made the tracks show up. But it didn't make them shuffleable.

At this poin, I've discovered that I can play the Playlist straight through, but I can't shuffle it. As long as the iPod shuffle setting is set to none, the playlist when I try to play it will report 112 songs and will play them straight through. But this isn't what I want, I want it to randomly play through it.

So, is this possible to do?


texts: How to rm /Volumes/Free when it is really free?

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Short problem background

OS X version 10.10.5, running on an iMac with no problem (uptime = 101 days).
I had an USB key, named "Free" mounted on /Volumes/Free.
I wrote successfully a file on it, and verified it successfully with
Disk Utility.
Then I tried to eject it from the Finder. This operation fired the beach balloon but no message was written on /var/log/system.log.
After a while the Finder displayed me an error message telling me
my volume couldn't be ejected because in use.

Since I needed the USB slot to restart the copy operation on another
USB key, I ejected my USB key "Free".
And the Finder displayed me the usual error message because the volume
was unmounted incorrectly.

Problem seen actually

I have now a directory /Volumes/Free which stayed in place and which I can't easily remove.

••On_my_Mac••% ls -@del /Volumes/Free
d--x--x--x+ 2 root  admin  102 Jul 11 14:01 /Volumes/Free
 0: group:everyone inherited deny add_file,add_subdirectory,directory_inherit
••On_my_Mac••%

Neither Spotlight nor any other daemon stayed with this directory opened:

••On_my_Mac••% /usr/bin/sudo lsof /Volumes/Free
••On_my_Mac••%

Nonetheless I get the following error upon trying to remove it:

••On_my_Mac••% /usr/bin/sudo rm -rf /Volumes/Free
rm: /Volumes/Free/.autodiskmounted: Permission denied
rm: /Volumes/Free: Permission denied
••On_my_Mac••%

If I further try to analyze this filesystem problem, I get:

••On_my_Mac••% /usr/bin/sudo chmod u+rw /Volumes/Free
••On_my_Mac••% /usr/bin/sudo ls -@ael /Volumes/Free
ls: fts_read: Permission denied
••On_my_Mac••% /usr/bin/sudo ls -@del /Volumes/Free/.autodiskmounted
-rw-r--r--  1 root  admin  0 Jul 11 14:01 /Volumes/Free/.autodiskmounted
••On_my_Mac••%

I didn't try a reboot because this is not a short term an option on the server involved.

Which daemon is responsible of this situation?

How may I further analyze this problem?


texts:
Is there any way of convincing Safari to clear the cache when it quits? If not from Safari's options, then maybe an extension that does this?

I would use private browsing instead, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to work well for me (some sites say they can't use cookies, and a lot of functionality is broken with this enabled).


texts: Saving macOS Catalina Screen Recordings Cache to External Drive

texts:
Im macOS Catalina, screen recordings are temporarily stored in ~Library/ScreenRecordings before being saved on the target location. However, on systems with minimal available system storage, this can cause the recording to stop when disk space is full. Is there any way to link ~Library/ScreenRecordings to an external drive such as /Volumes/External\ Drive/ScreenRecordings?

I have tried using symbolic links, however the screen recording crashed immediately. Is there any other way to do this?


texts: How to upgrade macOS minor update without updating Safari?

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I want to upgrade to  macOS 10.14.6 from 10.14.5 but keep Safari 12.1.1 intact instead of Safari 13, which I guess comes with it.

Is there a way to upgrade macOS, but not Safari?

macOS Mojave (obviously), MacBook Air 2017.

Clicking the top "More Info..." takes me to macOS Catalina webpage.

Clicking the second "More Info" opens the tray below.


texts: Chrome continues running even when Mac should be is asleep

texts:
I have the latest version of Chrome running on my Mac. I've noticed that even when I close the old intending to put my computer to sleep, Chrome continues running. I know this is the case because I have a Google Voice extension installed. It makes a "ding" noise when I receive a text and that noise comes out of my Mac even when it's supposed to be sleeping.

How do I make Chrome go to sleep along with my Mac? It's sucking the battery dry!


texts:
I cannot pair my new Magic keyboard with my iPad. It shows up in the Bluetooth devices list as "Bluetooth Keyboard", but when I click to connect it I get the message:

  Connection Unsuccessful Make sure "Bluetooth Keyboard" is turned on and in range.

How can I pair the devices?


texts: error with automator applescript "do shell script" call (file not found) yet command line with same command works

texts:
I have a simple automator app that runs a simple script. It uses ssh to open a file on the local machine, MachineA, with an app on the remote machine, MachineB, and logs the ssh call.

on run {input, parameters}
    repeat with fn in input
        set fn to POSIX path of fn
        set fn to "/Volumes/MachineA" & fn
        set fn to "\"/usr/bin/open -a /Applications/Preview.app " & fn & "\""
        set cmd to "ssh -x MachineB.local " & quoted form of fn
        do shell script "echo " & cmd & " >> ~/cmd.log"
        do shell script cmd
    end repeat
end run

The log output is:

ssh -x MachineB.local "/usr/bin/open -a /Applications/Preview.app /Volumes/MachineA/Users/<USER>/Documents/<FOLDER>/<FILE>.pdf"

When I use the app to open a file (drag & drop), an error is thrown.

However, if I copy the output in the log file to the command line, success, the file is opened on the remote machine. Why the difference?


texts: Need to unblind Game of Thrones Conquest so I can transfer my game account

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GoTC is currently bound to FB and Game Center... using iPad Pro 12.9”, iPhone 6s Plus and also have iMac but don’t play this on it.

GoTC is the only game I’ve seen that doesn’t let you unblind within the game, so there should be a workaround, right? The new user wants me to bind it to her Game Center account so she can take it over. I just need to unbind it from my Game Center account first!


texts: I recently replaced my wireless router from Verizon.  I kept all the settings identical, and all the other wireless devices in my home connect with no problem (a pc, mac, ipad, etc).  However, my iphone is unable to connect.  It correctly identifies the wifi network, and I'm prompted to enter my password.  But even though I've entered the password correctly multiple times, it always returns "password incorrect".


texts: Is there a Terminal command or script that will close an app running under another user?  I’d rather close than kill, but if not possible, kill would work, too.


texts:
I have a new MacBook Pro running Big Sur. The sound effect for individual app notifications, such as Chrome or Slack, is much louder than other sounds on my machine and I would like a way to lower their volume without changing the system volume.
I have gone to System Preferences > Sound > Sound Effects and lowered Alert volume but it has no effect on these sounds. For example, if I move the 'Alert volume' slider all the way to the left to where I hear no sound at all from that panel, but leave the system volume around the middle, the notification sounds I get from, apps like Slack are still extremely loud. Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: OS X Yosemite: System slow and using a lot of RAM

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I noticed that my OS X sometimes goes very laggy and it does everything slowly. I opened up Activity Monitor and I saw that it's using a lot of memory.

Any ideas on how to fix this (because I guess it should't be using 3.98 GB out of 4 GB + 1.75 GB of swap memory)?

I'm using mid 2012 MacBook Pro.


texts: "Unable to verify macOS" when I try installing the OS on an external SSD

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Trying again multiple times didn't help. Any ideas? Filed in Feedback Assistant (FB7434412).

External drive is connected through USB-C.


texts: Latest WhatsApp Desktop from App Store crashes on High Sierra

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WhatsApp Desktop from the Mac App Store no longer launches after the July 20, 2020 update to version 2.2029.4.
System information:
MacOS 10.13.6 High Sierra with all system updates installed
WhatsApp for Mac 2.2029.4 (Mac App Store installation)

Symptoms:
A white screen opens then a message briefly appears "WhatsApp needed to restart because of a problem."  The application then quits. Sometimes it is accompanied by a Mac crash report.
Troubleshooting steps:

Deleting and reinstalling from the Mac App store does not resolve
Deleting ~/Library/Containers/desktop.WhatsApp and relaunching does not resolve


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I am a small business owner and I have been working and developing a property management system in Access 2017. It works great and I've invested years and sweat & tears over this system. I run Insightly, FileMaker Pro, JotForms and other Mac based business software platforms on my Mac with iOS Sierra. FileMaker Pro is the biggest pain when it comes to external connectivity where I have to use ODBC drivers that are propriety to the FMpro people and not generic like in normal Windows ODBC connections. Besides, nothing beats Access for ease of use, form design, database application design, etc without the need to learn ASP.net, SQL Server, programming, etc.

After reading this and this, I am thinking the answer to this question is simply, "No! There is no best way to run Access".

The ONLY way I've managed to run Access was to use Windows Remote Desktop, and actually run Access 2017 on a separate Windows machine. I've tried some "
"Windows" emulator programs on the Mac, and frankly they just don't have the smarts for running Access 2017 in Windows, with the ability to run Macros, or  VBA, which are designed into my ACCDB database file.

I hate to have to use RDT software to remote into a separate machine whether it’s on my local network or cloud based / remote.

Given that I already know I can remote out and have dismissed these options, How can I run MS Access on my local Mac with no network connection elsewhere?


texts: How do I increase the heap size for Netbeans and any app run via Netbeans?

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I'm trying to run a well-coded algorithm that tries to solve an NP-Hard problem via NetBeans but I'm running out of heap space.

Is the heap space I'm running out of specific to Netbeans? If so: how do I increase the heap space available to Netbeans?

Or is it specific to the app, as launched from Netbeans? If so: how do I tell Netbeans to launch it with more heap space?


texts: Is there a way to share the internet connection from mac to a iphone surpassing 802.1x protection without using vpn from the internet?

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I want to share my internet connection(ethernet) to my iPhone, but the network is protected by 802.1x so that I cannot do so. I have already know that I can share the internet connection with my phone using a VPN, but unfortunately the ISP blocks all VPN connections. Is there another way to achieve my target?

OS X 10.10 with iOS 8.4

Thank you!


texts: Is there a way to change which shares are shown on the bottom of the iOS 5 notifications screen?

texts: The bottom of the iOS 5 notifications screen show the Shares for some enterprises (Apple, Google, Yahoo!). Is there a way to configure which one I want to see?


texts: Starting page numbering on page greater than page #1 in Pages '09

texts: I want to add page numbers to the header of my document in Apple Pages '09. However, I would like the page numbering to start on page five; i.e. I want pages 1-4 to have no numbers, and for page #1 to start on page five. Is there any way to do this? I tried creating section breaks, but that has no effect on page numbers.


texts: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 occasional flickers

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I just installed a new Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 video card into my Mac Pro (5,1 mid-2012). It works great, except occasionally, perhaps once every hour or so, the screen flickers. By "flicker" I mean that the entire image becomes garbled for just a fraction of a second and then returns to normal. The card's single dip-switch is set for Mac compatibility. No other video card is installed and I'm only running a single 30" Apple Cinema HD Display.

Does anyone have any idea what might be causing these occasional "hiccups" and whether it is something that can be stopped?


texts: iPhone Apps section not showing up in iTunes

texts: I'm using the latest iTunes 12.7 and iPhone software (iOS 10.3.3). Any suggestions?


texts: Disable user-specific background programs/services

texts: On Mac OS X/OS X/macOS, there are some programs or services that run in the background and they usually have an icon up in the menu bar on the right. One example is Dropbox and another is VMware Fusion. My account runs slower than the others on this computer and I'm pretty sure it's because various background services/programs do not run on the other accounts. I do not see any item in the System Preferences program that allows me to switch these off. How do I switch them off? Is there a file in ~/Library that controls these things?


texts: How to increase Macintosh-HD main drive partition size?

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In my mac mini, It’s containt 500 GB HDD. It is a four partition and size described below. Please review below attached image.
    1.  Macintosh HD - 150 GB Main Drive
    2.  D-Drive - 125 GB
    3.  E-Drive - 125 GB
    4.  F-Drive - 98.6 GB.

Now, in this case i want to increase SIZE of main Macintosh HD drive if possible without formatting the the any drive. I want make it 200 GB+/-.

So, I have a extra free space in D-Drive and E-Drive. Can i merge these extra space in main Macintosh HD drive without data losses or formatting?

Please share your suggestion, tutorial and so on.

I have tried to do using Disk Utility but i am not succeed. Please help me.

Attachment:

Thank You!


texts: Is Java UDP communication broken on macOS?

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I've been trying to figure out why a Java program that uses UDP communication on Windows works 100% fine but seems to regularly drop packets on a macOS build of the JVM (8.x).

I saw another thread on StackExchange that was never really answered, but it appears that one of the people noticed a similar issue on OSX there as well.

I don't have the standard firewall enabled in preferences nor do I believe I have any special network settings which would interrupt UDP datagrams. As well, if I run the same program on a Windows 7 VM via VirtualBox on the same hardware, the program works just fine.

Any ideas of what to look for or if this is a known issue?

UPDATE 2018-11-24: More details. I'm running Java 1.8.0_92-b14 from Oracle on a MacPro3,1 and macOS 10.13.6. The program I'm running is ADTPro 2.0.2 as an ethernet server trying to communicate with an old Apple //e that has an Uthernet II running the other side of ADTPro. It is software to transfer disk images to/from the machines.

The problem is that transfers often timeout and abort and it appears that packets are getting lost and the code isn't sophisticated enough to error correct and resend/retry. Looking at the source code, it appears everything is in UDP which definitely raises suspicions. According to the maintainer on GitHub, the fact that it is using UDP is historical and nobody has done the work to convert it to TCP. Given that the software works just fine talking to a Windows machine with the same software and Java versions, I'm guessing it is something with macOS or the OSX Java build and asking if anyone knows how to determine for sure or otherwise. Does that help?


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How to use AirPods as a hearing aid?
Can I use AirPods as a hearing aid?


texts: How to remap finder folder navigation shortcuts?

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I don't like  the default finder navigation shortcuts command-up, command-down because you need to press 2 buttons instead of 1. On windows, delete leads to previous folder ("back") and enter enters the folder instead of renaming it like on the mac.

I have already tried in system preferences but mac os won't let me enter delete or enter as a valid shortcut key.

Thanks


texts: mail.app rejecting correct password for gmail accounts

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Mail.app has stopped accessing several of my gmail accounts.  It gives the generic error "Mail can't connect to the account "xxxx".  Enter the password for user "myusernamehere".  When I enter the correct password, it circles back to this error. Going directly to gmail, I can login with that same password.

One of the two accounts with this problem is a new one I was setting up, but the other is my "main" account which has been in use with mail.app for years.


texts: Preview freezes every time I restart it and open a file

texts: Every time I open a pdf or image file using Preview when Preview was not already open, Preview will freeze up for a few seconds. If Preview was already open, i.e. I already had a pdf open and opened another one, then there is no issue with opening the second pdf. I've tried resetting Preview by deleting its files in ~/Library, but the problem still persists.


texts: Is it possible to use the integrated gpu on MBP retina with Bootcamp?

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I came across this page which demonstrates that simply two lines need to be changed in order for Windows to detect the integrated gpu and use it: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Second-Life-Viewer/Enabling-Intel-Iris-Graphics-For-Bootcamp-Users/td-p/2535800

Does the above work and if so is it possible to manually control whether the integrated or discrete gpu is in use? Also, would it automatically switch over from discrete to integrated and vis-a-versa when the load requirements change?


texts: How to stop Mac App Store from downloading macOS Sierra?

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Today I've updated my 2011 15" MacBook Pro to macOS Sierra. After everything got updated, I've entered the Mac App Store in order to download Xcode. I saw in the "Apps Made by Apple" section the macOS Sierra, which seemed weird to be shown as downloadable, since I've already downloaded and installed it on my MacBook.
I thought maybe it's a minor update, so I clicked on Download button.

Since then, it is downloading the full macOS Sierra. The problem is that I can't stop it. I don't see it in the Purchases tab and on the button where it said Download earlier, it's says now "Downloading". When I press on the option key to cancel the download nothing happens.

Can you please help me to stop the macOS Sierra download? It is slowing the whole Wi-Fi...


texts: iPhone SE 2020 saves video files under random date

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My iPhone SE 2020 saves video files with a random / incorrect file date and time.
Neither date nor time (moment of the day) matches what is actually recorded. For example, I can have a late evening videos (with nearly dark background) saved with 09:55 AM time. As for date, differences are plus/minus 3-15 days from the actual moment of the day, particular video was really recorded.
The files are not only written to storage with a random / incorrect date, but in addition movies captured one-by-one can be saved with a dates different by a few days. For example, I have two movies captured with just a few seconds break (two movies capturing two phases of the same gymnastic evolution) which were saved by my iPhone SE 2020 under:

25.02.2021 09:24:48 and
28.02.2021 17:23:47

The actual date and time for both files is 24.02.2021 15:47:00, so neither date nor time matches.
I don't know, if file is actually written to storage with an incorrect / random date or maybe the movie is stored in some weird place, moved to actual storage (DCIM folder) just a few days later and that is causing date-time shift.
This problem occurs only to .mov video files. All .jpg image files are written with a correct date-time, very precisely matching moment (time of day) and date when image was actually captured.
Is there anything I can do about this?


texts: Removing "Quick Action" or "Services" form Context Menu

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I was just playing around with Automator and set up a simple workflow to convert an image to a JPEG.
However I now have that action available under the "Quick Actions" menu as well as at the very bottom under "Set Desktop Wallpaper".
How do I set this service to only show up under the "Quick Actions" menu, without the duplicate entry?


texts: What is the @ symbol in my terminal prompt? Where does this come from?

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In my research on command prompts, the examples all seems to show the computer name and username as the only thing at the "prompt", ie MacBookPro:Documents user$
However when I open terminal, the prompt reads:
codybugstein@TL-WA855RE ~ %

Where does this come from? How is it generated? What is the @ sign? And why is my router model in there?
Thanks!


texts: Why aren't mp3 files I deleted by accident showing up in the Trash?

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I accidentally deleted all the mp3 files on my computer (as opposed to just the ones in my downloads folder). There were a lot of files (around 2,000) so it took a while to delete but now, although at the bottom trash says it holds 2,500 files, they don't show up.

I need to drag these back onto my computer into their respective folders but I can't find them.

I am running Mac OS X 10.8 (Leopard) on an iMac.

Any assistance would be much appreciated!


texts: Murus firewall - redirect an ip to localhost web server

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Edited to simplify question:

using host file, we can redirect a domain (example.com) to localhost:

127.0.0.1 example.com

How can we redirect an ip (for example 35.166.133.11) to localhost (web server port 80) using Murus firewall’s custom pf rules?

Action: block, pass, rdr, rdr pass, dummynet, no dummynet
Direction: in, out
Protocol: all, tcp, udp, icmp, igmp, gre, esp
Interface: all, gif0, stf0, en0, p2p0, utun0


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I know there is a way in Keynote to print your slides with notes. However, on some of my slides I have notes that are VERY long (as in a couple of pages). I'd like to print these off as handouts, but after the text gets to this point (in length) the slide (when printed) will SHRINK the text to fit. I'd prefer if the overflow text would go onto a new page. So that when it prints I have one page with the slide at the top and then notes beneath and then the rest of the notes print on the additional pages.

Can this be done? If so, how?


texts: Using AppleScript to click radio buttons

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I think this is a bug in Mac OS X: with a dual monitor setup, the Dock switches to the 2nd (not main) monitor from time to time.

To fix this issue, I open the Dock, and click both the "Left" and "Bottom" radio buttons for the "Position on Screen" item.

I need to automate this with AppleScript. I could open the Dock using this script, but I'm not sure how to click the Left and then Bottom radio button in AppleScript.

tell application "System Preferences"
    set the current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.dock"
    activate
end tell

I tried to add some code in the script, but it does not work.

click radiobutton "Left"


texts: Key combination for selecting all the text in an edit buffer?

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I need combination for selecting all of the text in an edit buffer for an editor like Sublime Text.

On the Windows OSes I would use control + a. On OS X this combination seems to moves cursor to beginning of the current line.

So how do I select all the text in the buffer?


texts: Sierra - 'There is a problem...' when connecting to Windows Vista PC

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I'm familiar with how this should work, but for some reason it's steadfastly refusing to cooperate on my system.

I have an old Windows Vista system, which I just use for hosting an old Parallel Port thermal label printer, and I'm trying to connect to it from my macOS Sierra installation. It used to work - but recently broke.

The issue appears to be related to attempting to connect to a file share on the same machine via the Finder: I can see the machine in the Network browser, but when I attempt to connect to it, I get the message that:

  'There was a problem connecting to the server "". The server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again.'

What does work is:

Connecting to the file share using Command-K, and entering smb://.local;
Connecting to another SMB file share (a Synology NAS) on the network using the Network browser;
Other Macs on the same network.

Whilst I can happily use Command-K to connect to the file share, when it comes to connecting to the Windows printer share, I have no choice but to use the Network browser. For the record, I'm attempting to connect to the printer share by:

System Preferences > Printers & Scanners;
Press the + button;
Select Windows;
Navigate into 'workgroup', then into  - this brings up the same error as before.

I've already tried creating a new user account - same behaviour - and connecting using a Thunderbolt to Ethernet adaptor instead of Wifi - same behaviour.

Any ideas?! Thanks.


texts: Why do compilation albums sometimes show up as 100s of identical album covers?

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Does anyone know, why some compilation albums (purchased on iTunes Shop) sometimes appear as 100s of album covers in the album overview?   (as opposed to what one would expect, just 1 album or atleast 1 per CD)

(would have posted a picture here to show what I mean, but I am apparently not allowed to)

And, probably more importantly, what's the fix?   I've been meddling around with "compilation" properties on the songs, but that doesn't seem to help much. This is really annoying me lol, almost to the point of me considering just deleting the albums only to get rid of this...   hoping someone has an alternative suggestion ;-)


texts: How can I run JavaScript for Automation script from Python?

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With the py-applescript package for Python, it is straightforward to run an AppleScript from Python without having to run a separate osascript subprocess:
import applescript
applescript.AppleScript('say "Hello AppleScript"').run()

Is there a similar way to run JavaScript for Automation scripts from Python (i.e., without invoking osascript as a subprocess)?
Further elaboration: I'm asking how to run JavaScript (specifically JXA), not AppleScript, in a manner analogous to how you can interact with AppleScript via py-applescript or more directly using AppleScriptObjC . You can't hand JavaScript syntax to a call to the AppleScript function from the py-applescript package, but perhaps there is a different package, one that offers a Python-JXA interface, that I haven't found.  Is there one?


texts: Can I install my old OSX on a different computer after upgrading?

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I have a couple questions:

1) I currently have Snow Leopard on my one computer and on another computer I just have Leopard. I am purchasing Mountain Lion from the App Store today and am going to install it onto my computer with Snow Leopard. Can I then take my old Snow Leopard disk and instal it onto my other computer?

2) When installing Mountain Lion onto my computer, will everything (Files, applications, games, etc) remain? Or does it wipe everything out?

3) I ultimately want Mountain Lion on both of my computers, does that mean I need to buy two copy's? Or can I down the same copy of Mountain Lion from the App Store on both computer and install?

Thank you in advance, any help would be greatly appreciated!


texts: Help: spotlight can't see Firefox in Applications folder?

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(FYI, I'm using Snow Leopard.)  I used to launch Firefox using spotlight by just typing "Firefox" to locate it.  Since I didn't launch Firefox often, I didn't want it in my dock, so I just got in that habit.

For some reason, starting last week, spotlight can no longer find Firefox.  I type "firefox" and I get results (emails, jar files, and so on), but no Firefox.app.  It's still there, though, sitting my Applications folder and it launches fine when I click on it.

Did I do something to break spotlight?  And how should I fix this?

Thanks, Rob


texts: Flashing icons (crashing gui) in OSX Yosemite

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Since yesterday the icons on the top-right of my macbook (yosemite) are constantly flashing. Looking at system.log it seems like the gui is crashing and restarting every second. Here is a copy of the crash report.

This started happening quite suddenly, I didn't perform any system changed. The only thing I did recently is install a printer driver, but I doubt that that is related.

Jeroens-MBP:log jeroen$ tail -fn0 system.log
Jan 18 11:44:35 Jeroens-MBP Spotlight[341]: spot: agent checkin
Jan 18 11:44:35 Jeroens-MBP SystemUIServer[549]: Cannot find executable for CFBundle 0x7f8441e06120 </System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Clock.menu> (not loaded)
Jan 18 11:44:35 Jeroens-MBP SystemUIServer[549]: Cannot find executable for CFBundle 0x7f8441d0a530 </System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Volume.menu> (not loaded)
Jan 18 11:44:35 Jeroens-MBP backupd[136]: Property list invalid for format: 200 (property lists cannot contain NULL)
Jan 18 11:44:35 Jeroens-MBP SystemUIServer[549]: *** WARNING: Method convertRectToBase: in class NSView is deprecated on 10.7 and later. It should not be used in new applications.
Jan 18 11:44:35 Jeroens-MBP SystemUIServer[549]: *** WARNING: Method convertRectFromBase: in class NSView is deprecated on 10.7 and later. It should not be used in new applications.
Jan 18 11:44:37 Jeroens-MBP com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.ReportCrash[552]): Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.ReportCrash
Jan 18 11:44:38 Jeroens-MBP com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.SystemUIServer.agent[549]): Service exited due to signal: Segmentation fault: 11
Jan 18 11:44:38 Jeroens-MBP com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.SystemUIServer.agent): Service only ran for 2 seconds. Pushing respawn out by 8 seconds.
Jan 18 11:44:38 Jeroens-MBP ReportCrash[552]: Saved crash report for SystemUIServer[549] version 1.7 (410) to /Users/jeroen/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/SystemUIServer_2015-01-18-114438_Jeroens-MacBook-Pro.crash
Jan 18 11:44:38 Jeroens-MBP ReportCrash[552]: Removing excessive log: file:///Users/jeroen/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/SystemUIServer_2015-01-18-114110_Jeroens-MacBook-Pro.crash

With Problem (no icons showing)

as it should be (all showing)


texts: Is there a way to restart an iPhone or iPad instead of just "power off"?

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That's because currently, you have to press Home button and see the turning wheel for the shut down, and then wait, and then start the iPhone or iPad again.  Is there an obvious or hidden secret method to just restart (or reboot) it?

P.S. the current Android 7.0 actually has this option, and is handy if I can just choose it and not look at it or walk away and 1 minute later it is all ready to use.


texts: You can’t open the application “iTunes” because it is being updated

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After applying the 10.13.3 update, I am not able to open itune and xcode.

In lanuchpad I don't see any update is being applied to these applications

How can I fix this? I cannot afford to reboot again and again (There are too many applications I have to restart for work)

I have tried to download the itune installer from apple. The installer just showed an error message than quit.


texts: Importing macOS Caching server data from an external Mac caching server

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Apple Cache Manager Utility question. We have just bought a second newer Mac mini to act as my school's Primary Apple Caching Server for our ever growing fleet of student iPads (over 500 and counting). I wanted to transfer/import/absorb the Cache from our old (Secondary) server into our new server on the same network...
Wondering if anyone has ever successfully imported a Caching Server's cache from another using the commands provided by Apple in macOS Help?
https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mchla6d4541e/mac
I have used variations of this command but have had no success, even when the Volume is mounted remotely using AFP, using the command mount_afp (ref: How can I mount an SMB share from the command line?)
sudo AssetCacheManagerUtil absorbCacheFrom /Volumes/ServerHD-1/Library/Application\ Support/Apple/AssetCache/Data read-only

Would anyone know under what conditions the command from Apple can be used successfully?  Thanks in advance...


texts: Photo library won't import back on Mojave after Catalina

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I have downgraded to Mojave after the automatic installation of Catalina that have given me a lot of problems.
Now I have a Photo library that won't open back on mojave.
It's a 178GB library and I need it back.
Is there a way to do that?


texts: Verify disk reports error, recovery os repair + fsck says disk is fine

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After my time machine backups got stuck to finish at some point, I decided to do a disk check using disk util.

I'm getting the following output while running "verify disk":

The volume 86A26AC7-8D39-4917-AF77-2F25314852EA appears to be OK
Storage system check exit code is 0.
Verifying file system.
Using live mode.
Performing live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
(It should be 28985392 instead of 28450688)
File system check exit code is 8.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you see the Apple logo. When the OS X Utilities window appears, choose Disk Utility.

Unfortunately restarting into recovery mode and running "repair disk" doesn't find any errors at all. I've even booted into single user mode for running fsck also without any results - disk was reported as OK. It seems that the FS error only happens after regular booting up.

Disk is a SSD in MBP on Yosemite. Seems to work fine beside this error and stuck backups.

Any ideas to to fix this FS issue?


texts: Can Parallels and VMware Fusion use the same boot camp volume?

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I'm planning on installing the trial versions of both Parallels and VMware Fusion to try them both out. I have a Boot Camp partition which I want to use instead of installing another OS. My question is if both of these applications can use the same Boot Camp partition without modifying it; such that both could be installed at the same time without it affecting the other.

Update: I installed the VMware Fusion trial version. In order to enable many of VMware Fusion's features, they require that you install VMware tools on the virtual machine. I'm not sure if its compatible with Parallels or if Parallels has its own software they recommend you install on the virtual machine as well.


texts: Is there a way to find how much RAM is installed in my iOS device?


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Besides the thunderbolt displays by Apple, are there any other monitor manufacturers that make monitors with thunderbolt interfaces? I could only find the Apple thunderbolt displays and 1-2 models from LG.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Icons on menu bar redraw at each monitor change

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I have an issue with my setup that drives me nuts and is more and more annoying.

I have a 4 displays setup and each time I change of monitor most of the icons in the menu redraw and introduce lag before activation of the clicked window.

I have done some research and found this old post, it looks like it was a known bug of Yosemite which has been resolved since...

Has anyone the same issue ?

Do you have some workarounds to get rid of it ?

Currently, I tried everything, and only the option which "resolves" the problem is disabling "displays have different spaces" (in this case, there is only one menu bar on the main display). However, this in not an option for me because I use the awesome chunkwm which requires this option to be enabled.

Any clue ?

Thanks

--
EDIT1: Thx for the suggestions.

Running in safe mode doesn't seems to have the issue, however the display performance is so terrible that I don't know if this is a good test case for that issue.

Switching the theme to white didn't help, the redraw is still here.

I use Bartender but did some tests in a new session without any programs running except iStats menu to monitor what append and still have the problem.

It looks like that the bug arises only when I move the mouse from the MBP display to an external monitor and when the GPU memory reach around 50% usage. It looks like the more the GPU uses memory, the more the bug is present and painful.

I observed that GPU memory usage increases a lot over time and with the number of displays connected. But disconnecting/connecting an external display frees lot of memory.


texts: How would I get rid of ios app offloading?

texts: How to get rid of iOS app offloading ? I don't want apps to be deleted when there's little space left on the device.


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While using Safari, I accidentally three-finger tapped on a link and Preview of that web page popped up, like below. I think it's pretty useful.

Do you know any other hidden features of Safari?
I also, know that if you three-finger tapped in a word a dictionary definition pops up.

OSX 10.10.3 Safari 8.0.5


texts: What is the framerate of the macbook pro mid 2012 non retina facetime hd camera?

texts: I have a macbook pro mid 2012 non retina facetime hd camera. It is advertised as having a facetime hd camera however the frame rate seems to be very low (14.5 fps). Is this normal?


texts: Storage devices that work with both iPad and iMac

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I currently have a problem that my grandparents have an old Mac Mini (2007 or so) which is no longer fit for use. They generally just use an iPad now for all of their internetting/computing needs, however they have an abundance of files on their Mini that they want to keep, mainly photos.
I have suggested using cloud storage for it all, but they don't want to do that as they don't want to pay the fee they would need to for the amount of files they have. Also being old, they don't want all their files on the cloud and educating them otherwise is futile.
I have since moved all their files to my more recent iMac for the time being until I can sort something more permanent for them.
I'm looking for a physical storage device that can plug into both my iMac so I can transfer the files to it, and then plug into my grandparent's iPad, so they can view/open their files (photos and word docs occasional audio file) on their iPad.
I recently bought this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08G8HTR8T/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and they insist you download an App, called "CooDisk" which looked like a piece of rubbish! -- also the device didn't work when plugged into the iMac. And so I am returning it, I don't want to go off and buy a more expensive version of the same thing without someone recommending that it will do what I want it to do.
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017)
iPad 4th Gen
Is there such a device or even a completely new strategy that I can pursue to achieve what I need to above?


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I have the old (now discontinued) 30" cinema display, but I don't use it that much anymore so I'm thinking of converting it to a TV if possible.

Yes I could get a TV tuner but I'm not sure about the cables, how would it connect with TV tuners? I already have Mini-DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI cable, is there any TV tuner available that supports it?


texts: Which phone number is shared by Apple Pay in a dual SIM iPhone?

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When adding a card to Apple Pay, it says that your phone number may be shared with the bank who emitted your card. But in the case of a dual SIM phone which number is shared? If you have a personal phone number and another one, can you choose which one will be shared with the bank?
Have anyone a personal experience with a dual SIM phone and Apple Pay?


texts: What is this extra partition that has appeared suddenly in macOS and how to delete it?

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macOS BigSur 11.2.3 (20D91) / MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) has suddenly generated a new 22GB partition. I noticed this yesterday when 22GB suddenly disappeared and I started to receive low disk space warnings. It seems to me this partition is for some update that possibly has gone wrong?
I have upgraded Big Sur as soon as it was available so that is some time ago. This partition is more recent. A week ago I partiotioned some USB drives and this partition did not show up back then. Also I did reinstall XCode recently but it worked fine.
I cant remove it from he minus sign. Should I boot from network and delete this or will deleting it create problems? Is there a "correct way" to fix this?


texts: Upgrading to High Sierra or newer on 2013 MacBook Air with external SSD and missing OEM internal SSD

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Background: I have a mid-2013 MBA I was given a couple of years ago without its SSD. I used it with an external USB 3.0 HD and upgraded the OS each new version up to Sierra, but could never get High Sierra to install.
Now I've just bought a cheap external USB 3.0 SSD to get a speed boost and I've installed a fresh OS via the Internet Recovery. It only allowed me to install Mountain Lion, which I guess was the current OS when the MBA was new.
I've gone to the App store to update to Mojave, the only version they seem to offer. I download and ran the update and when it's time to choose the drive to install on, my new SSD, it told me "You may not install to this volume because the computer is missing a firmware partition."
One website said to install the firmware update from Apple's support site, but running it tells me I'm already up to date.
Some websites make it look like the only ways to solve similar problems requires the OEM SSD, which I have no access to.
I would prefer to have the latest OS but I'd settle for Sierra if it's utterly impossible to install anything newer. But I can only find Mojave on the App store.
(I do still have my external HD with Sierra installed but I thought a clean install would have some benefits.)

Output of diskutil list:
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *120.0 GB   disk1
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Mac USB SSD             119.2 GB   disk1s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk1s3


texts: How do I save terminal output to a file?

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How do I save the output of a command to a file from terminal?

That is if my command gives some output and it is printed directly on terminal but I want it in some text file or may be other kind of file.


texts: My new iPhone 7 was accidentally wiped by our IT dept. I have managed to restore everything except WhatsApp, which is just showing a cloud with down arrow. I have deleted it from my iCloud drive and rebooted the phone but still no joy. HELP!


texts: Apple Configurator Unable to conform Activation when preparing Ipad

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Hi, I have been trying to prepare two ipad2's via Configurator 1.7 on a mac with Yosemite and am constantly getting the error "unable to conform activation", further details show that "could not allocate a resource" code: -402653181 and domain: com.apple.mdk.amderror

I manage over 100 ipads via configurator and have not had this problem before. I have Ipad Air 1 which I have also prepared with no problems though I am yet to try an Ipad Air to see if this occurs.

The only change I know of is that configurator downloads the latest 9.2 ios update for the ipad and installs fine and gets to the "Hello" screen before it fails the activation via configurator. Configurator also does not allow me to change options to "never update device" unless I turn off Supervision.

I am wondering if anyone else is experiencing this problem or maybe its linked to 9.2 update which is not compatible with Configurator 1.7?


texts: How to modify Hardware UUID of a macOS Sierra Virtual machine in VMware fusion/parallel desktop

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I've got to have different Hardware UUID for software testing purposes.
When cloning a VM in Fusion pro 8.5, the clone gets a new MAC address but the hardware  UUID in system report in macOS doesn't change.
Any idea how I can assign a new UUID to virtual Mac guest OS?