texts: Risk vs benefit of using LastPass on Chrome in OS X?

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Some time ago I made the switch from Firefox to Google Chrome. When I was on Firefox I was a heavy user of LastPass. Part of the reason was that Firefox didn't use OS X's excellent Keychain Access program for password management. Is this still the case?

Now I've been on Chrome for quite some time and I am pleased with the way it integrates with OS X, exp. re: Keychain Access.

There is a LastPass extension for Google Chrome. I wonder if I'm missing out on much by not using it. I also wonder if, in some ways, my data are less secure if I put all my stuff out there 'in the cloud'. Thinking of recent missteps by Dropbox et al. makes me a little queasy. There are other concerns such as making a large number of highly random passwords and storing them in LastPass, only for LastPass to be sold. All of a sudden I'd have quite a task on my hands to get all those random passwords back.

With these things in mind, is it advisable to use, and rely upon, LastPass in a Chrome-only OS X environment? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Do I have to "flash" an NVIDIA GTX 10XX (1070/1080/1080ti) to get it to use PCIe 2.0 on a Mac Pro?

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According to MacVidCards.com, one must use a modified ROM on a stock PC video card to get it to use the PCIe 2.0 spec vs the PCIe 1.0 spec when installed on a Mac Pro.

A MacRumors post suggests that it is not necessary to use a "flashed" ROM on an NVIDIA 10XX card if using the web drivers as it will work in PCIe 2.0 mode without being flashed, but Windows will only work in PCIe 1.0.

I want to buy a GTX 10XX to upgrade an old, but nice Mac Pro 2009 model I have. I don't want to spend $700 or more on a "flashed" GTX 10XX if I can get the same performance using a same make and model non-flashed GTX 10XX.

While it would be nice to get PCIe 2.0 bandwidth in both Windows and macOS, I'll be spending most of my time in macOS.

Is it true that macOS will utilize PCIe 2.0 bandwidth using NVIDIA web drivers for a GTX 10XX GPU without being flashed?


texts: Attempting to restore .img files to disk causes corruption

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When I download .img files for writing to a CD or USB I've noticed a problem under OS X (including Mavericks). If Disk Utility recognizes the image and burns it, the resulting disk is corrupted. If Disk Utility doesn't recognize the image (e.g. a Raspberry Pi image) and I dd the image to a USB drive, the resulting disk is corrupted. Yet, I can take any of these images, download them to Ubuntu Linux and write them out perfectly.

I can't seem to get my head around why it doesn't work on OS X. I was hoping for some advice. In the course of writing this question I did notice some references on other Stack Exchange questions to hdiutil. Must I use that instead of the Disk Utility and dd?


texts: Mavericks update broke ssh key-based authentication

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I regularly ssh to one of my OS X boxes. I have configured ssh key-based authentication i.e. added my client-end ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to server-end ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 with restricted enough permissions. This setup has worked fine for years over multiple OS X versions.

However, upgrading to OS X 10.9 Mavericks broke this setup. ssh login prompts for password. Logging in with password works but I want passwordless key-based authentication.

(I know the solution to this now. Documenting it here in case it helps others.)


texts: I want to capture screen of my iPhone (video call). When i use quicktime, i get this horrible echo, so i can't listen to the call and record it simultaneously. Is there any way to overcome this echo?


texts: How to setup Mac mini server for remote access?

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I'm a web developer and I have a Mac mini (late 2009) that I can leave always on in order to run it as a web server for my clients' sites that I work on (before I upload them to their servers).

Do you know how can I set it up? Unfortunately I have dynamic IP. Basically, I want to access them remotely in order to show them to my clients and edit/develop them using my main Mac or my laptop.

It runs the latest version of OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 and I own macOS Server app v5.2.


texts: Does Apple's Open Source License permit static linking of a library?

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I have a closed-source project that I'm thinking of linking against one of Apple's open source libs, modified. As I understand it, I should publish my derived work under the same license stating the changes made.

But can I link it against my project statically, or is it limited to dynamic linking only?


texts: command + option + arrow keys (left or right) shortcut not working

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Suddenly the shortcut cmd + opt + arrow (left or right) stopped working. I used it to switch tabs in Chrome and move back and forth in code (IntelliJ).

I have tried resetting shortcuts and rebooting but this doesn't seem to work. It's just this one shortcut which is not working.

I am using macOS High Sierra 10.13.2.


texts: Office Mac - Open WebDAV URL as a command line paramater

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On Windows (and even with OpenOffice), you simply do something like:

WINWORD.EXE http://www.webdavserver.com/some/file.docx

and Word will open it off the server and allow you to edit it.

On Mac running

open "/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Word" http://www.webdavserver.com/some/file.docx

just opens a blank page. Opening a local file on the command line works fine.

Opening the webdav URL from the File->Open URL method works fine too.
Does anyone know of ANY sort of API or scripting solution to do this? Right now, I'm having to mount a folder (via mount_webdav in OSX) then pass the locally mounted file to Word, which works but is clunky as hell.


texts: login screen hangs when I try to switch users without disconnecting VNC client

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I'm fast-user switched to the login screen.  However, when I start to type my user name and password the keyboard input freezes before I am finished and I get the spinning beach ball and can't log in.  Sometimes if I hit any of the volume buttons the keyboard unhangs and I am able to log in, but this time this isn't working any more.

This only seems to happen if I forget to properly disconnect a VNC client before switching to the login screen.  I still have ssh but I am not sure what process to kill to resolve the problem.  There aren't any processes running the look like a VNC server.  I have looked for any process containing the substring "ARD", "VNC", "Lock", and "Remote" (case insensitive, e.g. ps aux | grep -i ...).


texts: Macbook Pro screen replacement doesn't display correctly

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I've tried to replace the display on my MacBook Pro (ME294ll/a) Late 2013 but the image is not displayed correctly. It looks like this:

My brother had the same problem:

…but he just reconnected the ribbon cable and the screen began to work correctly. I tried several times to reconnect the ribbon cable, but to no avail.

Does anyone know what could be the problem?


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So I've begun the long-awaiting switch from PC to Mac in the office and picked up a new Mac Mini yesterday.

We currently use dual screen on all machines in the office.

I'm wanting to hook these up to the mac mini and use dual screen.

The mac mini has thunderbolt and hdmi output.

I've done some research and what it looks like I would need is a:-

DisplayPort Thunderbolt to HDMI / DVI / VGA Adaptor (like the one pictured below):-

Yet, as I was about to purchase one of these adaptors, I noticed that the description said that only one of these outputs can be used at once (so I wouldn't be able to have one monitor plugged into the DVI and the other plugged into the VGA as per the above photo).

Is this right? If so, what is the recommended setup to have a working dual screen setup with the mac mini? Would I need to get two of these adaptors and plug one each into the two Thunderbolt ports that my mac mini has? Seems a bit overkill if you can't utilise more than one port on an adaptor at once.

Your advice or recommendations greatly appreciated.


texts: Why is my 'Harddrive' and 'User' folder shared when I turn on file sharing? Mac to Windows

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I entered some commands in terminal in efforts of disabling 'Harddrive' and 'Users' folder shared, did not receive much response. What exactly do the commands do?

command:

1$ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.smb.server VirtualAdminShares -bool NO
2$ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.smb.server VirtualHomeShares -bool NO
3$ sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.smbd.plist
4$ sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.smbd.plist

responce:

1$ "password?" (fill in password)
2$ "operation in process"
3$
4$

Bellow is the forum with the terminal commands.
https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/376494


texts: Get the Sound Output Device Name with AppleScript

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How can I get the current sound output device name with AppleScript?

For example, in my System Preferences: Sound pane "Internal Speakers" is currently selected. All I need to do is retrieve that device name -- "Internal Speakers" or "Headphones" or "Bluetooth Speakers" -- whichever is currently in use.

(I do not need a switcher/changer to another device.)


texts: Setting up bash_profile but alias not found?

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Trying to set up my bash_profile but I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

touch ~/.bash_profile

And...

open ~/.bash_profile

Save and close the .bash_profile.
Then close and re-open Terminal and I get this:

Last login: Sat Dec 12 12:52:20 on ttys000
-bash: alias: /Users/BilboBaggins/bash_profile’: not found

What am I doing wrong? The contents of my .bash_profile looks as follows:

alias bp='open ~/.bash_profile'


texts: iTerm2 - Disable same commands across tabs

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Terminal app in Sierra keeps crashing so I switched to iTerm. But iTerm tabs behave weirdly. Whatever I do in one tab automatically replicates across all open tabs! Am I missing some setting to turn this off? Please help.

Attached a gif showing that I open 1 file in tab 3, upon switching to tabs 1, 2 I see the same file open.


texts: Replace dead keys of default US keyboard layout on Lion?

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I've been trying to create a new keyboard layout using Ukelele on Lion. I want to replace some dead keys combination like option+e to option+'.

Ukelele seems to be the right tool for it. Problem is, since Lion, it doesn't support the "New from Current Input Source" option, which means I can't seem to simply edit the "US" layout to replace the dead keys I want.

Is there an already working keylayout that works on Lion and replaces the option+letter combinations with option+accent?

Is there another solution for this problem?

Where can I find the original Lion keylayouts? I've tried using old keylayouts (or automatically generated ones), but then a lot of subtle things breaking (like text selection on textmate).


texts: Where can I download iTunes 11? I have an older Mac, max OS X 10.6.8 and have problems with synchronising iPhone iOS8 and iPad iOS7 with iTunes 11.4 (the latest version on this OS X-system for this old Mac ;). Synchronise stays grey. So I searched and searched for answers. On the AppleSupport I found a solution: trash iTunes 11, empty the trash, restart, reinstall iTunes 11. Now I can't find iTunes 11 on the web(site) to reinstall.


texts: Universal method to record calls via Bluetooth in OS X 10.6?

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I am a freelance journalist who needs to record calls for accuracy and legal reasons -- I inform every person I record that I am doing so, so *PLEASE* do *NOT* post asking about the legality of recording calls. Don't even mention it. I don't give a rip. I've sat through more lectures on this topic than you — trust me.

My phone runs Android 1.5, and all of the call recording software sucks. Like, it isn't even serviceable -- all calls are recorded via the internal microphone, resulting in one needing to use speakerphone to even hear the other side in recordings. Apparently my HTC Dream uses two different circuits for each side of the conversation, making full-duplex recording on the phone itself impossible.

Given the general crappiness of these apps, I've started to look for workarounds. One idea I had was to use my laptop as a Bluetooth handsfree device, then using a separate program like Audio Hijack to record audio. I've tried Phone Amego and BluePhoneElite2; Audio Hijack somehow receives no audio data when hijacking both (and both inexplicably have no recording function).

Is there a piece of software that is able to record audio from Bluetooth handsfree?

I don't even need a full Mac OS X telephony suite; ideally, I'd be able to use my phone as normal, but record the call via Bluetooth on my Macbook Pro.


texts: MacBook Pro 13Retina -- dropped and screen won't work

texts: I dropped my computer no more than 3 feet. The screen wouldn't turn on at first. I tried rebooting with pressing shift right after the power button, then I tried NVRAM restart. At that point I started hearing the booting sound (the chime), which I wasn't hearing before. But screen is still black (on but black). An SMC restart did nothing. Connecting the macbook to an external screen worked only in safe mode but not normal. Help?


texts: External hard drive with iPhoto library doesn't open

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My son pulled out the USB cable while iPhoto was running from the external hard drive and a message came up when I plugged it back in that said there were inconsistencies that needed to be repaired. So I followed the instructions to complete it but it didn't work.

Next I used a new external hard drive to make a back up of the MacBook and a copy of the iPhoto Library.

Then the iPhoto Library msg said that it was either being used by another user or unreadable. I saw that there were 4 other options if you opened iPhoto while pressing command-option.

Once copied I tried to open the copy but kept saying it was unreadable still. Restarted etc., didn't work again. Tried the first option, repairing permissions... didn't work, next tried option 3, but then the message came up saying that it would only be available once Time Machine had finished. But Time Machine isn't on!

I'm not sure what to try next.


texts: How to rollback macOS Sierra Developer Beta back to El Capitan (without time machine)

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I can't reinstall El Capitan from AppStore because of this:

and CmdR only suggest to reinstall macOS Sierra.


texts: Data backup needed before Apple Store screen repair?

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My 2016 Macbook Pro screen has vertical stripes of bad pixels and I just scheduled to take it in for repair. Do they usually just fix the screen or do they replace the entire computer? I'm curious because I really want to know the following -

Although it's advised, do I actually need to back up my data before taking the computer in for a monitor issue?


texts: Fastest way to enabling screen mirroring on Sierra with the touch strip

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People,

The classical Command + F1 does not work to do screen mirroring macs with the touch bar running Sierra.

Also, although in the System Preferences I have "Show mirroring options..." enabled, the option still does not appear in the menu when I'm connected to an external screen with VGA.

Thus I have to every time go through: Open System Preferences -> Select Display -> Select Arrangement -> Click on Checkbox. This is horrible.

In the absence of the old shortcut, what's the fastest way to enable mirroring?


texts: The Mingler process periodically allocates most of the RAM I have on my MacBook Pro, bringing it to a halt. I have never just let it run, though I am doing that now just to see what will happen. I've read through discussions at support.apple.com and none of those helped. How can I control Mingler? More generally, is there a way to limit processes using a system resource on Mac OS X Lion?


texts: Export Folders as MBOX Files Using a Script

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You can manually drag your folders to desktop to create an MBOX file,
but need to create using  AppleScript.
please help me.

thanks


texts: Reliable ways to know the battery capacity of my iPhone 6s?

texts: I want to know the battery capacity of my iPhone 6s. What reliable ways are there ? Apps I have tried gave me — the same evening — different results : 1690 mAh, 1492 mAh, 1400 mAh.


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I have a couple of executables that I need to call, and within them some OpenCV functions are called, requiring camera access.
If I run the executable locally on Terminal from my machine, everything works as expected because I have given Terminal camera access. However if I run the same executable through ssh, or within a tmux window, then the OpenCV function fails as it is not given camera access. It is the same for other command line programs that need camera access, like for example imagesnap.

I have noticed that if I run a "screen" or "tmux" session on my machine locally, and then access it remotely over ssh, the camera access works, but if I create the session over ssh, and afterwards access it locally, it does not.

Is it possible to give tmux/screen/ssh camera access?

There was some talk about this here - How can I permit SSH connection terminal programs to access Camera? - but in the end the proposed solution didn't actually fix the problem, and it was just a workaround that works in specific cases.


texts: PDFs showing blank pages in all apps on El Capitan

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Hey I'm having an issue where if I open PDFs then sometimes the last few pages are just totally blank. Then sometimes it doesn't display any of the pages at all, and sometimes it works fine. I can't seem to find any reason this might be happening, I've tried a few different PDFs and it just seems random. Eventually the PDF does sometimes display properly, but only after a few minute. It happens intermittently on both Preview and Skim, but doesn't happen on the spacebar finder preview, which always displays it fine.

Here is an example. You can see that the table of contents in the sidebar are also "greyed out".

Here is the the same PDF in Skim. Showing all but the last few pages as working.

I've tried restarting and it didn't change anything.

Running El Capitan 10.11.1 (15B42)


texts: Will Find my iPhone app still run when my iPhone restarts?

texts: Will the Find my iPhone app stop when my iPhone 5s restarts?


texts:
The Get Info box for an external hard drive shows "Custom" under Privileges in section Sharing & Permissions. Interestingly this is for groups with these names

com.apple.sharepoint.group.6
com.apple.sharepoint.group.5

I have no idea how they were created, let alone what they are. Are these groups created as a result of any known process and what are these "Custom" privileges?


texts: Is my iPod Touch 2G supposed to be outputting audio over headphones and internal speaker simultaneously?

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I know this is an old device but I hope it's still okay to ask about it.
I got a 2nd gen (I think) 8GB iPod Touch from my partner last week. She forgot the pin so I just restored it in iTunes.
I loaded some of my music onto it and noticed today that the music was also playing from the internal speaker, as well as my headphones. Is this normal, or expected, behaviour for this device? It looks to be in great shape hardware wise (no external damage apart from the standard scratching of the back) and I haven't jailbroken it. It's running iOS 4.2.1.


texts: Macbook Pro Early 2015 13" Retina suddenly dead, no response

texts: I have an Early 2015 Macbook Pro retina that was running fine until yesterday. I was watching Netflix on it (running on battery) and it just died without any warning. It has no response at all. When I try the SMC reset, the charging light changes from Orange to Green on releasing the buttons. That is the only response I can coax out of it. It is a lightly used machine with no damage. What could I try before taking it to the Genius Bar?


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I'm trying to hook up dual monitors (Samsung CF390) to my MacBook Pro, but when I do, I only have the desktop image projecting on both screens. When I go into Settings > Display, the "Arrangement" option isn't available.

I have both monitors' HDMI cables running through 1 USB-C to HDMI adapter. (The adapter has two ports.)

Is the solution to this problem having two adapters? My thinking is even though the adapter has 2 ports, the MacBook hardware or software can't Fully make use of both displays.

What can I change to get three total displays working on macOS High Sierra (10.13.x)?


texts: How to build last version of Ruby for jailbroken iOS?

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I jailbrake my iPad and want to run Ruby in the console. I installed OpenSSH & Ruby from Saurik. But it is too old (1.9.2) & buggy.

I would like to compile and install the latest version of Ruby on my iPad. Help me, how to do this?


texts:
I’m trying to install macOS Sierra on VirtualBox, but can’t seem to make it work. For reference, here are the steps I took.

Downloaded the Install macOS Sierra app from the App Store.
Used the inbuilt media creation executable, CreateInstallMedia on a disk image.
Created a new VM with the default settings for an OS X El Capitan, plus 128 VRAM.
Since VirtualBox refused to accept the DMG, I tried splicing out the InstallESD.
VirtualBox now accepted it, but wouldn’t boot. I tried to boot through rEFInd, but still no luck.
I tried to patch it both ways (base system and ESD) with iesd. No luck.
When booting to GParted LiveCD, it flat-out refused to discover any of the installer CDs.

How can I patch the installer to work with VirtualBox? I don’t want to use pre-patched versions of either the installer or an existing installation, as though to avoid piracy.


texts: gfxCardStatus set preferences by application

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I use Adobe Connect for online classes, but for some reason it wants to use the discreet graphics in my 2011 MBP. I installed gfxCardStatus to force Integrated Only, but I'm wondering if there's a way I can limit the Adobe Connect application itself to Integrated, or at least write a script to force Integrated Only before launching the app.

I've written an email to the development team letting them know that Adobe Connect doesn't need the discreet GPU. They probably won't do anything, but it's work a shot.


texts:
I have two drives on my Mac which are always empty (I've enabled show hidden files in the Finder):

What are these drives for?


texts: Mail replies do not use the receiving address as the reply from address

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When I reply to a mail message, the reply is sent using the default email address as defined in mail.app, and not the email address that it was originally addressed to.

I have all accounts correctly set up and active.

To make it use the correct address, I need to manually select the account I want to send the email through. I am using OS 10.8 recently updated it. It did not happen with previous OS.


texts:
Cannot write on TimeMachine data disk - told "Don't have enough permissions to write to '/Volumes' - files say (unknown) read&write, staff read&write, everyone read&write

Details: I have a brand new laptop but am using an old AirPort TimeCapsule - I've been able to download files directly to it from my previous Mac, but not this new one. What should I do? I'm using uTorrent to download files.

I can't seem to add username to the Sharing & Permissions - and can't figure out how to change the Information / Access of the TimeCapsule drive either?


texts: What are water resistance specifications for Apple Watch?

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General note before getting into the Apple Watch:

No watch, not even a diver's watch, is "waterproof" in the sense that it can be taken to any depth of the ocean, no matter how abysmal, and remain intact, keeping out the water however there are certain standard degrees of water resistance. No watch is marketed as waterproof as far as I know; watches are marketed as water-resistant at the lowest level, and water resistant to XYZ depth for higher levels.

What is the overall outlook regarding swimming and the Apple Watch?


texts: I have an iPhone whose screen turns on but doesn't respond to touch. Could this be a software issue?

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This is my first post on this StackExchange community, so I apologize in advance if my post doesn't meet community standards.
An immediate family member recently started having a bizarre issue with her iPhone: its screen works, displaying the lock screen with no visible signs of damage after pressing the power button, but it doesn't respond to any screen input (touch, swipes, etc.). I've tried to force-restart the phone three times, but the screen is still unresponsive to input. I've also consulted this Apple discussions thread, but I'd like to rule out any software issues before seeking a repair with Apple.
Some specific details about the iPhone and the issue at hand:

The iPhone is a 64 GB iPhone 11 (not Pro).
The iPhone's iOS version (seemingly) can't be determined since I can't unlock the phone and hence access the Settings app or have it be detected by a computer. I'm guessing it's running iOS 13.x or 14.x.
The owner of the iPhone recalls the screen initially working perfectly fine, but ceasing to do so after pulling it out of her pocket.
The screen seems to be intact: no dead pixels, no obvious physical damage, etc.
All the buttons work.

Could this be an issue with the iPhone's software? If so, what are some potential causes, and how can I address them?
P.S: if you'd like more details or context, please don't hesitate to ask in the comments.


texts: El Capitan, Finder.app, and Fan Performance

texts: Since upgrading today to El Capitan, my fan has been going non-stop. Under "Apps that Use Significant Energy", Finder.app is the culprit. Does anyone have a solution for this issue?


texts: Macbook Pro camera still not working (green light on) - tried heaps of suggested solutions to no avail

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My macbook pro camera does not work in facetime, photobooth, zoom, etc despite the green light being on.

What I've tried so far to solve it which hasn't worked:

sudo killall VDCAssistant & AppleCameraAssistant command (returned "no matching processes were found")
Rebooted macbook in safe mode (opened Facetime and it said "No Camera
Available")
Repaired disk using Disk Utility
Reset the SMC

I have a feeling that it is a hardware failure. When I leave my laptop 1/3 the way open and tap the screen, the camera starts working properly (sometimes). However, when I then fully open it, the image freezes and returns back to a black screen.

My camera was working fine in January, however in February I updated from High Sierra to Mojave. But it was only until March I realised my camera no longer worked. Last week I updated from Mojave to Catalina, camera still doesn't work. I don't think updating my macbook was the reason but I just added this incase..

Is there anything to try short of hardware repair?


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When you create an empty folder on macOS Catalina (10.15.4) via Finder (Right Click > New Folder), and check its information (Right Click > Get Info), the "Size" attribute shows:

Zero bytes (Zero bytes on disk) for 0 items

However, if you create an empty folder via Terminal (mkdir folder), and check its information the same way, the "Size" attribute now shows:

Zero bytes (Zero bytes on disk) for 1 item

There doesn't seem to be anything hidden in the folder created from CLI.

Why is there such a difference ("0 items" vs. "1 item")?

For those who're interested, below is the ls -al output.

emreerokyar@MBP gui_vs_cli % ls -al
total 0
drwxr-xr-x@ 4 emreerokyar  staff  128 May  7 22:32 .
drwx------@ 5 emreerokyar  staff  160 May  7 22:32 ..
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 emreerokyar  staff   64 May  7 22:32 cli
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 emreerokyar  staff   64 May  7 22:32 gui
emreerokyar@MBP gui_vs_cli % cd gui
emreerokyar@MBP gui % ls -al
total 0
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 emreerokyar  staff   64 May  7 22:32 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 4 emreerokyar  staff  128 May  7 22:32 ..
emreerokyar@MBP gui % cd ..
emreerokyar@MBP gui_vs_cli % cd cli
emreerokyar@MBP cli % ls -al
total 0
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 emreerokyar  staff   64 May  7 22:32 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 4 emreerokyar  staff  128 May  7 22:32 ..
emreerokyar@MBP cli %

Below are some screen shots.


texts: OSX Yosemite Prohibitory Sign on Startup

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I performed hard restart on laptop after it froze during a restart.

When loading again, the apple logo displayed with a loader then displayed a prohibitory sign. After some time reading and many failed attempts, I have been unable to restart mac successfully -

I am unable to boot into safe mode or single user mode to run disk utility as suggested by other apple documents. I even tried a PRAM reset. Is there anything else I can try?

UPDATE: holding cmd+r on restart allowed me to properly enter disk utility.


texts: My problem is that I don't have any Windows install on my MacBook yet but for some reason the Windows Startup Disk keeps showing up when I hold down option key for startup. As far as I know, I have tried everything to remove it but it's not working, I tried look in Startup Disk under System Preferences but the only thing I see is the Mac OS, I even tried installing Windows then removed it but the bugged Windows is still there I really don't know what else to do.


texts: Google Chrome Starts With Hidden Instances

texts:
So - weird things today.

Because of another issue, I had to close google chrome and restart it. When it restarted, Pandora started playing - however, there is no pandora to be found. No window nor tab.

I thought I'd be able to figure out where or what was going on with the Activity Monitor - but I found very little to indicate which instance (if any at all) was hiding and playing pandora stations. So, my next step was to run ps aux|grep chrome -i with very little helpful information, just a slew of instances. Figured I'd try running ps aux | grep 'pandora' -i which returned nothing at all.

So - I have an invisible pandora tab playing pandora somewhere. Obviously I could try re-starting chrome, but that's not the point. The concern is that this is even happening at all. Is this a flash issue? Do I need to worry about youtube playing via mysterious phantom chrome instances?

If anyone can help me with this, I would be ever so grateful!


texts: Sharing a VPN connection using Internet Sharing (via Airport)

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Internet Sharing from my MacBook Pro (10.6.6) to other WiFi devices works fine.

But the moment I turn on the VPN connection (PPTP) on the Mac (which I would also like to share), the other devices cannot access anything anymore (everything works fine on the Mac itself).

What do I do?


texts: iCloud: How to rename a folder on macOS Sierra?

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I'm trying to rename a folder which I've kept in iCloud.

Mark the folder first and then press return as normal in Finder does not work.

I've tried to google some solution but haven't found anything which has worked.

Are there no way to accomplish that task?

Why is that made that difficult? I really got no idea ...

I'm using a Mac Mini with macOS Sierra.

UPDATE
I have now tried to rename the folder from an iOS device (iPhone).

There it is similar.
I get only options for moving and deleting the folder after selecting the folder.

No idea ... Why?


texts:
I was trying to remove some folders (python) via sudo rm in Terminal and got this message:

sudo: effective uid is not 0, is sudo installed setuid root?

I already tried to verify/repair disk permissions (only shows 1 error, apple's remote agent), but that didn't help.

$ sudo
sudo: effective uid is not 0, is sudo installed setuid root?

$ type sudo
sudo is hashed (/usr/local/bin/sudo)

$ ls -@@eil /usr/bin/sudo
2215747 -r-s--x--x  1 root  wheel  164560 Sep 10  2014 /usr/bin/sudo

$ md5 /usr/bin/sudo
md5: /usr/bin/sudo: Permission denied

OS X 10.10.4


texts: OS X Terminal fn+delete doesn't work, prints ~

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I recently did a fresh install of Mavericks, and ever since I haven't been able to use the fndelete keystroke in Terminal. On the command prompt, fndelete prints ~ and if I'm in vim, fndelete will capitalize existing characters.

How can I reset this in Terminal so it functions normally? (Terminal is the only place I have this problem.)


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I am on Yosemite 10.10.5 and just now I updated my outdated MySQL to the latest version. I made a copy of my existing databases /usr/local/mysql/data/ somewhere safe.

I have tried to setup MySQL both via brew & via the package installer, but seems I managed to mess up with both ways.

There is a new icon in preferences panel that was created via the package installer but it doesn't seem to start MySQL.

I tried running mysql.server start on terminal but i received the following error:

Starting MySQL
. ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file (/usr/local/var/mysql/myname.local.pid).

I tried brew services start mysql and I get:

==> Successfully started `mysql` (label: homebrew.mxcl.mysql)

But I can't access to it via Sequel Pro or via Terminal. Since brew services starts mysql, I try mysql but I get:

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

I have the following logs at /usr/local/var/mysql/myname.local.err

2016-03-30T21:58:53.6NZ mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data
2016-03-30T21:58:53.791807Z 0 [Warning] TIMESTAMP with implicit DEFAULT value is deprecated. Please use --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp server option (see documentation for more details).
2016-03-30T21:58:53.792478Z 0 [Warning] 'NO_ZERO_DATE', 'NO_ZERO_IN_DATE' and 'ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO' sql modes should be used with strict mode. They will be merged with strict mode in a future release.
2016-03-30T21:58:53.792493Z 0 [Warning] 'NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER' sql mode was not set.
2016-03-30T21:58:53.792573Z 0 [Warning] Insecure configuration for --secure-file-priv: Current value does not restrict location of generated files. Consider setting it to a valid, non-empty path.
2016-03-30T21:58:53.793639Z 0 [Note] /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld (mysqld 5.7.11) starting as process 5922 ...
2016-03-30T21:58:53.807159Z 0 [Warning] Setting lower_case_table_names=2 because file system for /usr/local/mysql/data/ is case insensitive
2016-03-30T21:58:53.829847Z 0 [ERROR] Plugin keyring_file reported: 'keyring_file initialization failure. Please check if the keyring_file_data points to readable keyring file or keyring file can be created in the specified location. The keyring_file will stay unusable until correct path to the keyring file gets provided'
2016-03-30T21:58:53.834848Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
...
2016-03-30T21:58:54.063594Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Loading buffer pool(s) from /usr/local/mysql-5.7.11-osx10.9-x86_64/data/ib_buffer_pool
2016-03-30T21:58:54.065139Z 0 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
2016-03-30T21:58:54.066443Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Buffer pool(s) load completed at 160331  0:58:54
2016-03-30T21:58:54.073134Z 0 [Warning] System table 'plugin' is expected to be transactional.
2016-03-30T21:58:54.081061Z 0 [Warning] Gtid table is not ready to be used. Table 'mysql.gtid_executed' cannot be opened.
2016-03-30T21:58:54.083246Z 0 [Warning] Failed to set up SSL because of the following SSL library error: SSL context is not usable without certificate and private key
2016-03-30T21:58:54.090221Z 0 [Note] Server hostname (bind-address): '*'; port: 3306
2016-03-30T21:58:54.090273Z 0 [Note] IPv6 is available.
2016-03-30T21:58:54.090299Z 0 [Note]   - '::' resolves to '::';
2016-03-30T21:58:54.090310Z 0 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '::'.
2016-03-30T21:58:54.091554Z 0 [Warning] Failed to open optimizer cost constant tables

2016-03-30T21:58:54.099383Z 0 [ERROR] Fatal error: mysql.user table is damaged. Please run mysql_upgrade.
2016-03-30T21:58:54.099725Z 0 [ERROR] Aborting

2016-03-30T21:58:54.099763Z 0 [Note] Binlog end
2016-03-30T21:58:54.100531Z 0 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'ngram'
...
2016-03-30T21:58:55.476257Z 0 [Note] Shutting down plugin 'binlog'
2016-03-30T21:58:55.476370Z 0 [Note] /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: Shutdown complete

2016-03-30T21:58:55.6NZ mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /usr/local/mysql/data/myuser.local.pid ended


texts: No menu items in Itunes's Account menu work. Can't sign into account

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I've recently migrated to a new mac, and since then I have not been able to sign into my account on iTunes. No items on the Account menu do anything when clicked. It also shows authorise this computer, and de-authorise this computer at the same time. Clicking any of these have no effect whatsoever.

When in the iTunes store, clicking on Account in the footer does nothing. When going through the Apple Music signup process in iTunes and click "Already have an account" does nothing. Any ideas what could be the issue here?


texts: Is media still displayed in 4k with a scaled resolution on an external 4k display?

texts:
I'm currently using a 4k display with my MBP. I scaled it a little since 4k is quite small on 27 ".

However, I don't really find information on whether scaling means real scaling or just using another resolution. Or to put it differently, when watching, let's say, a video in 4k, will it be 4k or in a different resolution fitting the "scaling"?


texts: Crazy Memory usage on Transcend 128GB JetDrive 130 Expansion Card for MBA

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I've just received my new JetDrive Lite 130 designed for Macbook Air. When I plugged it in, I was happy to see 128GB available on the empty card. However, I copied 16GB of files to it and the Finder now tells me only 89.3GB is available. That's 39GB less space for 16GB of usage! The folder itself shows 16m bytes and 25GB on disk, whereas on my ssd, it shows 16m bytes and 16GB on disk.

Has anyone else any experience of the same happening? I can understand some additional memory being used up, but 250%!!

I've also heard not to reformat these cards because there are speed optimisations applied during the factory formatting. Is this true?

I've emailed Transcend support anyway, so I'll post their response when I hear back.


texts: How to assign a service keyboard shortcut for a specific application (non global)?

texts:
I would like to assign a keyboard shortcut to an Automator created service.

This must be working only for the application the service was created for.
It should override the default application keyboard shortcut (if any).

Example: Using my text editor, if I press F5, I want it to launch a reload Chrome tab service as explained on Stack Overflow Mac: reloading document in Chrome or Firefox?, but without activating the normal function associated to this key in the software.


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Ubuntu has a command line mechanism for security updates:
sudo apt update

Does MacOS have a similar command line mechanism to provide updates without a release?
Update:
The scope is limited to the the operating system and I would like to understand what options are available the user has to task an update check & install. I am not aware of any pull that can be triggered from the command line. I am aware (and use) the home-brew package manager, however, I doubt it is intended for this purpose. I do keep Catalina up to date with Apple releases.


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I was sshing into my iPhone, and I added an app from my computer. Then I switched computers and was going to fix something in it, and it gave me a semi-disconcerting error message...

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@    WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!     @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.

What exactly has just happened, and why?


texts: Change function of Bluetooth headphone button

texts: Is it possible to change how macOS responds to a center-button press on a pair of Bluetooth headphones?  If it's not possible to make it do something else, is it at least possible to prevent it from opening iTunes?


texts: How to uninstall Java SE 6 on OS X 10.11?

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I found an old copy of Adobe CS4 that I had tucked away. I decided to install on my 2014 MBP as I was interested in running Illustrator for some vector images I was wanting to use. It required that I install legacy Java SE 6 runtime. I did so, but looks like I'm still having issues so I decided to get rid of it. I've uninstalled Adobe, but I'm not sure how to get rid of the deprecated java version as I have no other use for it.

There do seem to be guides on uninstalling Java, but I don't want to do this as I still need the current version for other applications.


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I bought an LG 27UK600 a while ago, to go with my 2016 Macbook Pro. It worked perfectly for about 3 months, until a few days ago, when the Macbook's display did something weird (some strange colors) and the external display didn't turn on anymore.

I thought at first that my cable was dead (USB C > DisplayPort), but after buying a new one, I see no change in behaviour.

When I remove the Displayport-side from the display, it recognises a cable is removed (or plugged in), so it doesn't seem to be the screen.

All USB-C ports on my Macbook can be used for charging, and my USB-dongle (3x USB 3.0, HDMI and SD card) works without hassle. Even the HDMI-output works perfectly fine on the display.

I have tried resetting NVRAM, booting in safe mode, resetting SMC and just regular rebooting, but nothing helps; when I plug the USB-C in, there is no reaction.

I'm going to do some more resets of the above, to see if I did it wrong in some way, but I would like to know if anyone has tried the same, or if there are some more things I could try?

Edit: After a comment, here are some screenshots from my "System Report". There's no change when I plug a USB-C-cable in.

Edit 2: I didn't power-cycle the monitor, because I figured the fault was on my Macbook Pro's side. However, after doing that, the monitor works like a charm again.


texts: How to connect an iPad Air to a Panasonic TV?

texts:
Is there a way to stream TV from my iPad to my Panasonic TV?

I am a relatively new iPad user with little expertise.


texts: Windows: Why does Bonjour's mdnsNSP.dll inject itself into every process?

texts: In Windows, why does Bonjour's mdnsNSP.dll inject itself into every process?


texts: OS X El Capitan no sound output device found

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Every time I start my Mac, there's no output device listed in system preferences > audio. In order to fix this, I have to reset SMC several times. I also tried to reset NVRAM. However, if I turn off the Mac and start it again the next day, the same problem appears again.
This problem first occurred, after I installed soundflower. But I uninstalled it already.
I'm using Mac Mini late 2012 with common Logitech loudspeakers.

When I run Apple Hardware test, it outputs this result:
4hdd/11/40000000: Sata(0,0)


texts: Is there a way to configure user account for different uses?

texts:
I am a marketer by profession and am currently learning to program in AngularJS. I also like to make music using various programs.

For marketing I need Evernote, Skitch, and TextExpander running in the background.

For development I use a pomodoro timer, Transmit and a few others.

During music production I want everything off to save memory / battery life.

Then there are times I'm traveling and have to turn everything off while traveling.

Without having to create separate user accounts, is there a way to quickly turn on / turn off all the required apps for each use case?


texts: Pages: Before/After Paragraph Space Not Working when followed by 2 Columns

texts: I have modified Heading 2 to be orange, 13pt, etc, and to have 10pt spacing after the paragraph. The spacing does not get applied, however, when a 2-column section follows it (see images below). The first image, where the H2 says 'Experience', shows the correct amount of spacing after the H2. The second image, 'Volunteering', shows 0 spacing after the H2, even though it is set to 10pt spacing after the paragraph. What can I do to get the 10pt spacing to be applied? I have tried to apply spacing before paragraph to the 2 columns but that doesn't work, and I would rather have the spacing applied to the H2 anyway. I could add a blank line after the H2 but again I would like this to be consistent across the document and this should not be difficult.


texts: Macbook Pro internal hard drive issues, any way to get this working?

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Apologies for myself, I'm a new member and clueless about Macs in general.

I have inherited a 2010 Macbook Pro and I've been hoping to use it for some light work.

The old password to the computer was lost so I figured I would just reinstall the OS. I don't have any install disks so I booted into Internet Recovery.

The High Sierra installation seemed to be going good, but about halfway through the installation, it would restart and give me the question mark folder.

I booted into disk manager and noticed the hard drive was not showing up. After a bit of research I saw that the hard drive cables were notorious for failing, so I ordered a new one and put it in along with an SSD I had laying around. I went back into disk manager but the drive still won't show up. Fair enough, I figured maybe the SSD wasn't compatible(?) so I put the original drive back in. After booting to internet recovery, it displays a loading bar, then when it finishes, it restarts and boots to the question mark folder, never going into the recovery menu.

I figured now my only option was to install the OS on an external drive. I tried the original drive in an enclosure and it would finally show up in disk manager, but after formatting it, the installer tells me the computer is "missing a firmware partition" A little more research tells me I need the firmware partition to be on an internal drive, which the computer cannot read.

I'm at a loss, I understand why the computer needs the firmware to be on an internal drive but I feel there's got to be a way for me to at least get an OS up and running so I can test the computer a little better.

Thanks so much for any suggestions!

EDIT:
I feel like a dope, I chose the APFS option when formatting and I think it's now able to install to the external drive. Not sure what the issue is with reading the internal drive still.


texts: Where does Chrome's Gmail Offline store its files on my Mac?

texts:
I have added Gmail Offline to Chrome on OS X Mavericks. Where on my Mac are the offline files (such as attachments) and the app itself stored?

Google nor StartPage are very helpful in finding any real answers.


texts: Why is the number of unread messages in Messages negative?

texts:
Occasionally, and with no apparent correlation with what is going on on other devices where I have Messages enabled, I get a negative count for my unread messages in Messages on OS X:

What could be causing this, and how can I prevent from happening in the future?


texts:
I had troubles installing node with Homebrew as Homebrew does something weird to the node install that installing Yeoman generators seems to be hindered a bit. My issue, however, is that I think Homebrew messed up my $PATH.

I installed node via the download from their site and it says:

  Make sure that /usr/local/bin is in your $PATH.

However when I go into iTerm and type echo $PATH I get:

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/git/bin

Is this normal, or do I have to fix something?

I thought it would just spit out /usr/local/bin/.


texts: Using a mid 2010 27" iMac as a second screen for a mid 2015 27" 5k iMac

texts: I would like to use my ageing 27" iMac (mid 2010 model) as a second screen for my mid 2015 5k model as my even older 24" Cinema Display finally gave up the ghost. I have tried hooking them up using a lightning cable and putting it in target display mode using the standard Command+F2 and also Command+Fn+F2 but nothing happens. Do I need a thunderbolt > mini displayport cable/adapter or mdp > mdp? It would be great if anyone can share any experience of this before I buy one. Thanks.


texts: Email is not an Apple ID or email is being used as an Apple ID?

texts:
I am getting these errors when trying to login with my mother's email.

Can it be a bug in Apple?


texts: Public Wi-Fi shows self assigned IP and does not connect

texts:
I tried to connect to a public Wi-Fi on my MacBook Pro but can't do that. When I opened the network configuration it says something like "self assigned IP". In the meantime my iPhone connects to that Wi-Fi just fine.

I've tried all methods that I can find online, including renewing DHCP, deleting preference files in system folders, rebooting, deleting access passwords. None of them worked. I'm not connecting via router/modem so can't reset/restart them.


texts:
I have a late 2012 MacBook Pro (13" baseline model), and it has served me well, but in the last few months it has been very slow. I'm pretty sure it's the hard drive that's slow, because I have tried to reinstall OS X, but booting, loading applications, etc. is still slow.

The first thing I thought of was getting an SSD (probably using one of those optical drive replacement kits) and I figured this would help to speed up booting and loading applications.

But the other problem is, since it only has 4GB of RAM, I often use a lot of it. I like to have safari open a lot of the time and it uses a lot of memory. However, the "memory pressure" in activity monitor is usually OK. Also, my thinking is that with an SSD, the RAM might not matter so much since the swap would be faster.

Would the speed of the SSD make up for the lack of RAM? What would you suggest?


texts: Headphone volume settings change after pressing play

texts:
Here's an annoying iPhone 6 interaction I have on a regular basis:

I plug my headphones into my iPhone.
I open Podcasts and browse for what I want to hear.
I use the volume buttons to set the headphone volume to a pleasant low setting.
I put the headphones in my ears.
I press play.
The headphone volume changes to 100% volume, and Marc Maron blasts holes in my ear drums before I can turn the volume down or pull the headphones out of my ears.

How can I set the volume before pressing play? Or at least how can I keep an app from resetting my headphone volume when playback starts?


texts: How to fix “watch later” button on safari

texts:
I have an issue with adding a youtube video to “watch later” playlist for safari. When I click the clock button (watch later), a tab opens. Then, several redirects are performed, and the tab closes. The clock button turns into triangle warning sign. No error messages are shown. But the video is not added to playlist. Clicking on the warning sign does the same.

The symptoms are similar to ones described at https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/a1cczs/comment/eapj6uc . I’ve tried everything from that thread (ignoring the fact that that is macos thread) and nothing helped me.

Workaround for the issue is to open video in app by clicking the title and add it to the playlist from the app. But this is inconvenient.

This functionality worked since ios7 and now it is broken. How can I fix that?

I am using iOS 12.


texts: Closing Terminal window does not kill script run with sudo

texts:
X-posting from unix.SE on recommendation.

I have a bash script called testing saved within /usr/local/bin.

In one Terminal window in macOS I run sudo testing. In a second terminal window, I generate a list of processes:

ps -axo tty,pid,ppid,args | { head -1; grep "bash\|testing" | grep -v grep; }

Which returns as expected:

TTY        PID  PPID ARGS
ttys000  73674 73673 -bash                              # login shell used to run sudo
ttys000  73701 73674 sudo testing                       # sudo process
ttys000  73702 73701 /bin/bash /usr/local/bin/testing   # "testing" bash script being run by sudo
ttys001   3714  3713 -bash                              # second login shell used to generate this process list

However, after quitting the first Terminal window (while testing is still running within it), the process list looks like this:

TTY        PID  PPID ARGS
??       73701     1 sudo testing
??       73702 73701 /bin/bash /usr/local/bin/testing
ttys001   3714  3713 -bash

As expected, the first login shell has been terminated and the second login shell is still running. But the sudo process and its forked (now-orphaned) child, the testing script, are still running!

I suspect this is because the user, not root, is the one closing the Terminal window, and as such does not have the necessary permissions to affect root processes. Is this correct? I feel like I'm missing something basic here. Is there some way to allow the root processes to be terminated by closing the Terminal window?


texts: iPhone 4s touchscreen not working on transportation

texts: My iPhone 4s' touchscreen is not working properly when I am on the transportation. It does crazy stuff by itself, e.g. if I want to click on app A it clicks on the app B, instead. If I want to open the browser it opens the Message or Call Contacts, etc. Basically, the touchscreen goes crazy when I'm on the moving transportation vehicle. It clicks on the places where I don't click. I just am not able to use it on a mobile vehicle. iOS 9.3.5, 16 GB iPhone 4s. Thanks.


texts: Can you install Google Chrome on an iOS Device

texts: Is it possible to install Google Chrome web browser on an iOS device?


texts:
Is there a way to find the read/write speed of the SDXC card readers on Macs?

I've been looking for it in System Information, or some chart on the web, to no avail.

(I'm specifically looking for rMBP Mid-2014 13", however the question is general so it is applicable to more people. However, if you happen to know the answer to this particular computer, please do share. :))


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Yesterday I was using my Mac mini as usual when the power went out.
When I was able to turn it on again, I noticed that the screen image was tinted in purple, as if the display color profile was miscalibrated.

I've already checked the VGA cable, and it is well attached in both ends.

This had happened months ago after when the power had gone out as well. But that time the screen was greenish rather than purplish. It seemed to fix itself after some days.

Does anyone knows what is the cause of it and how to solve it?

Update: I've managed to get another monitor to test, and looks it that's the issue. Gotta find a new one now :(

Update 2: today, again I had a power failure here, and after that the monitor is working fine again. But anyway, I'd better get a new one.


texts: Linux user doesn't have rare glyphs that Mac does. Can I add a glyph to a Mac HTML file. Verdy?

texts: In the left margin of the text of an HTML/CSS book, I use some HTML  entities (glyphs) as navigation buttons to jump to adjacent sections.  &And and &Or, a pair of nested v-s pointing up and down (which show up as symbols ⩓ and ⩔ on my screen), appear several hundred times in different company (and changing them would be a pain).  They work well in both Mac and apparently Windows, but not for all Linux readers, because these glyphs are included in only 6 out of 3,500 fonts.  Something Verdy P. wrote in Stack Overflow suggested that there might be a way to add glyphs to an XML file, with the implication that it might work for HTML also, but the jargon was impenetrable.  Is the iMac smart enough to attach these 2 glyphs to an HTML document?  Nobody else on Stack Overflow has suggested anything useful.


texts:
Can you guys help?
I decided to install VM rather than bootcamp.
But I'm having an issue (Mac High Sierra)

I tried installing Parallel, VirtualBox, and VMFusion, but all of them fail
It looks like a permission issue?

Everytime I install the app, Mac gives me a warning that it's unidentified developer, so I go to security>privacy and allow it
But it still fails (uploaded images)

A) Anyone experienced this? Can you give me a hand?

B) How do you view all the application you allowed from "Unidentified Developer" (Security>Privacy) Allow
    I want to disable some of the apps that I allowed and try allowing them again
    In terminal, I thought spctl list or spctl --list | grep UNLABELED is the solution, but doesn't seem like it


texts: Is there any shortcut/easy way to switch this system proxy settings?

texts:
Sometimes I need to send my traffic to a proxy, sometimes I don't.

Currently, I have to go to the settings every time to click it.

Is there any simple way for me to switch this? For instance, use a shell command to do this.


texts: Can I change which external monitor is considered the "secondary" monitor?

texts:
I've got a MacBook Pro, and two Thunderbolt displays. I'd like to be able to change the brightness on them individually, like so:

For the MacBook, I'd use the F1/F2 keys on its keyboard.
For the first Thunderbolt Display, I'd use the F1/F2 keys on my USB keyboard.
For the second Thunderbolt Display, I'd use CTRL+F1/CTRL+F2 on my USB keyboard, as outlined in this AskDifferent answer.

However: the CTRL+F1/CTRL+F2 keys on my USB keyboard currently map to my MacBook's brightness - so now I've got two ways to change my MacBook's brightness, and zero ways to change my secondary Thunderbolt display.

Is there a way to re-map the CTRL+F1/CTRL/F2 commands, so they control the secondary Thunderbolt display?


texts: Are there any ipad applications or utilities that allow you to enter handwriting into a text field?

texts:
I've seen various iPad applications that allow you to take notes in your own handwriting. I'm wondering if there are any options for allowing a user to input handwritten data into input fields on web page and convert the handwriting into text.

For example, Windows Tablet edition had this functionality built in. They had an "Input Panel" button, which resembles a small window with a pen over it. You would then write your text in the Input Panel window and the Tablet PC would automatically convert it to text after a short delay.

I'm hoping to find something similar for the iPad, if it exists.


texts:
Xcode is the default editor for many file types on Mac, and I'd like to switch these to VSCode.
While it's not difficult to manually change the default editor for a single file type, is it possible / is there a tool available for changing many? Even something as simple as "for every file type currently defaulting to Xcode, change to VSCode".


texts: How do I resolve FW800 daisychaining issues?

texts:
I use a MyBook 1Tb FW800 drive from Western Digital as my Time Machine backup, and I also have a FW800 Lexar CompactFlash card reader. My 2011 MacBook Pro only has one FW800 port so I have to daisy-chain the two devices, which both have 2 FW800 ports each.

However it seems to matter in which order I connect the items together. If I connect the drive to the Mac, then the card reader to the drive, the card reader might not show up, or the drive may dismount; I've not really had the time to tabulate all the possible permutations of chain order and port use. Are issues like this common with FW800, and is there some way I can resolve them?


texts: Windows Putty connect to OSX SSH Server with SSH key

texts:
Could someone guide me to setting up OSX (10.10 Yosemite) so that I can ssh from Windows using putty to Mac, but using ssh key rather than password.

On the Mac I've enabled remote-login under sharing preferences, but unsure how to setup the private/public keys.

All articles that I find on the web guide how to connect to Linux from Mac, but I want the other way round and where the client is Windows.

PS - I'm a complete noob when it comes to Mac and have only been using it for 2 days now!


texts: How do I edit PDF Annotation Text Properties after creation?

texts:
When I have a form that I don't want to print out and write on, I can simply use Preview.app's PDF Annotations feature in order to fill in the necessary fields, and print out the final result.

I have now done this and completely filled out a PDF file, but I'm making a few last minute changes and have run into a problem. The first couple of fields have an annotated text size that is nearly double that of the rest of the fields, and I wish to shrink them to be closer, if not exactly the same size.

But I am unable to do so;

If I click on the text field, as if to resize or move it, then open the Text Properties field and begin changing properties, they do not take effect. If I select text within the text field and again attempt to change properties, they still do not take effect.

Shy of deleting the field and re-typing it with the text properties adjusted prior to doing so, why am I unable to edit text color, size, etc.?


texts: How to disable boot sound that comes while starting MacBook pro

texts: I have macbook pro mid 2012 edition. I want to disable sound at the time of boot that comes while turning on..


texts: Bootcamp Refuses to create boot drive because iso is too large?

texts:
all.  I am a longtime bootcamp user and have dealt with a fair amount of its crazy errors, but this new one really has me stumped.  So I recently deleted my windows 7 partition because it refused to update, and decided to simply reinstall windows 7 from scratch from an iso that had the most recent updates installed, which would unironically take less time than trying to figure out how to make win update work.

Halfway through the normal process of creating a boot drive, bootcamp keeps giving me this error:

The usb I am using is an 8Gb Kingston that I have been using for bootcamp installations for a few years, but other usb's also exhibit this error, and other iso's I managed to find that also contain an updated win7 also don't work.  The only thing I can imagine causing this is the fact that the iso is bigger than normal, and the biggest file in it is 4.1 Gb.

Is there a way to make bootcamp maybe use exFat formatting or somehow else accept this iso?  I refuse to get win10, and a regular installation simply does not install security updates.

Any help at all would be informative and extremely appreciated by me. Thank you all sincerely in advance.

EDIT:  It seems that the larger file size is indeed what prevented the recovery drive from being made - I wish Apple had created a more specific error message in that case.  Formatting it to exFat does not work as bootcamp does not recognize it, sadly.  Thanks for the help anyway.


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The keys that were supposed to give tilde and back-tick in the keyboard are giving § ±, respectively. My input source is U.S, as you can see in the image, and my keyboard layout is the following:

I tried to format my mac but it didn't work as well.
What's is the problem that is occurring? Is there a way it can be solved?
Thank you!


texts: "Directory not empty" sudo rm -r -i "file name" not working

texts:
I tried moving some backup files to my trash so that I could free up some space on the backup drive. Using Finder, I was able to empty the trash can with the exception of one directory that remains even though emptying trash raises no error messages.

After searching around I found quite a few examples for forcing the trash can to empty. However I've tried several now and I'm getting the same message.

The directory looks like this:

Domain Users  102 Jan  6 10:35 .
Domain Users  102 Jan  6 10:35 ..
Domain Users  102 Jan  6 10:35 Local Storage

I ran this command to delete that Local Storage folder:

$ sudo rm -r -i Local\ Storage/

And this is the message I get:

rm: Local Storage/: Directory not empty

I also changed the permissions so that I own the folder but that didn't help.

This is the directory I'm working in:

/Volumes/BackUpDrive/.Trashes/862998330/2013-11-26-143907/Macintosh HD/Users/{user}/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Profile 1

I also tried deleting the entire "862998330" folder but that didn't work either so I moved onto deleting each directory and that's where I am now.

Machine stats:

• 27-inch, Mid 2011

• OSX 10.91


texts: Leave Apple Developer organisation and buy personal membership

texts: I have an Apple Developer Account, but it's in organization that I no longer work for. How I can leave this organization and buy my own membership in the Apple iOS developer program?


texts: Blank Notification Banner Stuck in macOS Sierra

texts:
This blank notification banner appeared out of nowhere, at the top-right corner, and won't go away even if I restart/shutdown the MacBook, kill Dock, Finder or Notification Center. It won't appear if I boot in Safe Mode though. If I have two desktops open by using Spaces, only the first one will have this on, but if I close it, the banner will move to the second one.

Has anyone experienced something like that? I'm on a 13" MacBook Pro running macOS Sierra version 10.12.5.


texts: Should I protect (encrypt) my app's database or is it automatically protected from other apps?

texts:
My app asks the user several questions then stores all the answers in a local sqlite database file (e.g. answers.db). No data is transmitted outside the phone but answers are stored to let the user reflect on her old/previous answers on a monthly/yearly basis. Some answers may include highly confidential / sensitive information (e.g. religion, health, etc.) and I am worried this file may pose a risk.

Can other apps installed in the same iPhone read this sqlite file? And can a file explorer copy/paste this file if the user connects the iPhone to her computer?

In summary: should I manually encrypt my app files or is Apple automatically taking care of this? I have browsed Apple security documentation and this information is difficult to find (for me).

Anyone knows?


texts: Command line developer tools missing after OSX update

texts: I have noticed that every time I do Mac OSX update the Command line developer tools is getting lost. I had to install it again after each OSX update. Is there a way to prevent this? Or Is there a way to automatically install it during OSX update?


texts: Fix fusion drive partition mess from bootcamp assistant

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I have a self made fusion drive on a 2009 iMac using a 256gb ssd and a 3tb hard drive. After the 10.8.3 update yesterday I tried to create a bootcamp partition but unfortunately it failed after hours. I had a look at the hard drive manager and the bootcamp partition (I've set it to 303gb) was already there. After having a closer look i noticed that the partition was in the middle of a 1.7 tb partition which was now used for the fusion drive and a 800gb partition that wasn't used anymore. It looks like the bootcamp assistant failed while moving the partition around on the drive.

I started the assistant again to make him remove the partition again which I did but still left the hard drive split into two parts - the 800gb part is still unused and unusable.

Here is what diskutil cs list says:

Does anyone have a hint for me how I can merge these 800gb part into my fusion drive again?


texts: Which 27" monitor for mac mini at lower resolution to look larger?

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I'm considering getting an HP Z27 (4K UHD) or HP Z27n G2 (QHD) for my mother.  She has a (2018?) mac mini.  I plan to turn it to a lower resolution so that everything looks larger, because it would help her to see.

If the resolution will be lower, is there any point UHD, or is QHD just fine?  Or does even QHD not work well if I turn the resolution down?


texts: Kernal Panic during Nvidia Driver update problems

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Today I updated my Nvidia Driver.  During the process the computer experienced a kernal panic.  But it seems to have installed the driver update.  But now the menu bar on the screens inactive looks like this.  If I switch to the light menu bar, the opposite happens.

And now while typing or moving the mouse around, the computer seems to stutter quite a bit.  I reset both SMC and NVRAM, also tried drive first aid but that didn't help either.

System is a Mac Pro 5,1(Genuine) 2x3.46 Ghz 6 Core, 128GB Ram, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080TI, Running High Sierra, Hard drive is a Sandisk Sata 3 1TB SSD connected via PCIe.

EDIT: Apparently multiple people have had the exact same thing happen today, it should be noted that the update occurred after being prompted that an update was available.


texts: Disable gatekeeper notarisation check without disabling SIP

texts:
I am running into this issue where MacOS does security checks on new executables over the network. This introduces a significant delay when first running a new executable. It's very annoying when developing code because the executables are almost always new.
Is there any way to disable this check without disabling SIP?


texts: Trying to install Snow Leopard from .cdr but nothing happens after reload

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I am trying to upgrade from Tiger to Snow Leopard. I'm using a .cdr file on a USB drive to do the install

I'm prompted to restart the machine to continue the install, but nothing happens after the restart.

Any suggestions?


texts: List calls together on iOS including inbound calls and outbound calls

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Is there a setting to group all calls, in and out, from the same number on my display?

For example if I send or receive calls from the same number regularly I want to make those show up in a single group instead of each call individually.


texts: Creating encrypted disk image passphrase in Keychain, and strange GUID account

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When a user persists an encrypted disk (or disk image) passphrase in the Keychain (e.g via Disk Utility as shown here, https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/229309/5392 or when setting up an encrypted Time Machine backup, possibly on a remote device), an entry gets created in either the login (via Disk Utility) or System (for Time Machine) keychains.

Examining such an entry with security provides the following data:

$ security find-generic-password -D "disk image password" -l "A65D7474-F452-51CB-9BCC-3D594C918978.sparsebundle"
keychain: "/Library/Keychains/System.keychain"
version: 256
class: "genp"
attributes:
    0x00000007 <blob>="A65D7474-F452-51CB-9BCC-3D594C918978.sparsebundle"
    0x00000008 <blob>=<NULL>
    "acct"<blob>="17F24503-E0E2-45B9-86EA-C79D857BA2AC"
    "cdat"<timedate>=0x32303137303131303132333130335A00  "20170110123103Z\000"
    "crtr"<uint32>=<NULL>
    "cusi"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "desc"<blob>="disk image password"
    "gena"<blob>=<NULL>
    "icmt"<blob>=<NULL>
    "invi"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "mdat"<timedate>=0x32303137303131303132333130335A00  "20170110123103Z\000"
    "nega"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "prot"<blob>=<NULL>
    "scrp"<sint32>=<NULL>
    "svce"<blob>="A65D7474-F452-51CB-9BCC-3D594C918978.sparsebundle"
    "type"<uint32>=<NULL>

The account's GUID matches none of the users that can be found via:

dscl /Search -list /Users GeneratedUID

The ultimate goal is to non-interactively create the necessary entry in the Keychain for Time Machine to pick up the password and attach an encrypted, size-limited sparsebundle disk image on a Time Capsule, for which this is the missing piece.

Unfortunately diskimages-helper is not allowed to mount it (observed via Console.app) when using the following command to create the entry:

sudo security add-generic-password -a "$username" -w "${passphrase}" -D "disk image password" -s "${sparsebundle}" -T /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskImages.framework/Versions/A/Resources/diskimages-helper /Library/Keychains/System.keychain

BTW this is on Sierra.

Additional references:

https://sliwinski.com/mac-osx-lion-secure-backup-to-time-capsule-wi/
How do I tell if a disk image (.sparseimage) is encrypted?
https://techanic.net/2012/10/14/programmatically_mounting_encrypted_disk_images_in_os_x.html
http://www.practiceofcode.com/post/749686705/encrypted-rotating-time-machine-backups-on-snow
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20080519051720677


texts: Command line utility for browsing Apple's Photos.app database like a filesystem

texts:
Is there a command line utility to allow browsing and editing photos in the Apple's Photos.app database like you would browse a file system? The Photos app is really terrible when trying to perform operations on large data sets (in my case, delete all of the thumbnails that I accidentally imported) as it foolishly tries to load all of the photo metadata into memory when making selections of matching files to perform any select and this brings my computer to a halt as it allocates 101 GB of virtual memory and it just sits there paging for hours.

I have tried to use third party de-duplication tools, but they are all terrible. I really just want to perform some basic operations on them using tools like exiv2 and GraphicsMagick to write some shell scripts to do get what I need done so I don't have to put up with Apple's nonsense with Photos.

Any ideas? I have not found anything yet. Honestly, a Fuse plugin would be ideal, but alas such a thing does not seem to exist.


texts: Only half of my contacts from iPhone 4 sync to iCloud

texts: I have an iPhone 4 with iOS 7.1.2 (latest available for my phone apparently). I have about 500 contacts on my iPhone, however only 203 of them appear on iCloud.com. I cannot get the rest to sync with iCloud and you can imagine that manually re-adding about 300 contacts, one by one, sounds rather terrifying. I tried all the tips I could find, i.e. turning off and on the "Contacts" in the iCloud settings on my phone, logging off iCloud on all devices, restarting my phone and Mac, etc. Nothing changed.


texts: How to add a wildcard host entry to Mac OS X Server's DNS

texts:
I have set up a Mavericks Mac OS X Server machine for my lab, and I am using the DNS service for my own domain. Without getting into too many complicated details, I need to populate this local DNS service with a wildcard host entry, and the Server admin GUI doesn't let you do that.

I've read through a couple of threads on Apple's own support forums, but they just conclude with "edit the bind configuration files manually." And worse, there was no follow-up on how that worked out for the original poster. Was it an easy fix? Or did the GUI fight back against having files edited underneath it?


texts: Can iOS 7 app get rejected due to custom popup?

texts:
I've submitted my first app to Apple and waiting for approval.

I've created a custom popup and used it within my app. The popup looks similar to alert view. Below is the screenshot. Are there any chances of app being rejected because of this?


texts: Why do system information and du show drastically different numbers

texts:
I'm getting messages that I'm running out of disk space. "About this mac" > Storage shows this:

Note that it says I have 172 GB available, over a third of the disk.

Assuming the messages about running out of disk space were correct I did a df and indeed that shows that I only have 15 GB available:

$ df -kh /
Filesystem     Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused               ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s1  466Gi  446Gi   15Gi    97% 1532132 9223372036853243675    0%   /

That's a huge difference. My trash is not the problem nor are local snapshots. Following https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/324443/233542, I deleted local snapshots and that only freed another 15 GB of data:

$ tmutil thinlocalsnapshots / 9999999999 1
$ df -kh /
Filesystem     Size   Used  Avail Capacity iused               ifree %iused  Mounted on
/dev/disk1s1  466Gi  431Gi   30Gi    94% 1532163 9223372036853243644    0%   /

du doesn't help me either:

$ sudo du -hs * 2>/dev/null
Password:
 16G    Applications
 17G    Library
  0B    Network
 16G    System
4.0K    TMVersion.ini
243G    Users
487M    Volumes
2.5M    bin
  0B    cores
4.5K    dev
  0B    etc
1.0K    home
  0B    installer.failurerequests
1.0K    net
177M    opt
7.8G    private
1.0M    sbin
  0B    tmp
10.0G   usr
  0B    var

That only sums to about 310 GB. That comes a lot closer to the About this mac storage output shown above.

If du doesn't show what is using this data, what can I use to determine the consumer of an unaccounted 140GB (172GB "About this mac" - 30GB shown by df) of disk space?


texts:
After I installed the last macOS updates in December it has been rebooting at random times when in sleep as per below:

Feb  5 09:51:38 alisons-iMac MDCrashReportTool[921]: 921:66097152|CrashReportCopierAFC.m:-[CrashReportCopierAFC copyAndProcessRemotePath:usingConnection:]| ERROR: Could not remove remote path at ./WiFi/WiFiManager/wifi-buf-12-27-2017__07:29:35.log
Feb  5 09:51:38 alisons-iMac MDCrashReportTool[921]: 921:66097152|CrashReportCopierAFC.m:-[CrashReportCopierAFC copyAndProcessRemotePath:usingConnection:]| ERROR: Could not remove remote path at ./WiFi/WiFiManager/wifi-buf-12-29-2016__17:24:37.log
Feb  5 09:51:38 alisons-iMac MDCrashReportTool[921]: 921:66097152|CrashReportCopierAFC.m:-[CrashReportCopierAFC copyAndProcessRemotePath:usingConnection:]| ERROR: Could not remove remote path at ./WiFi/WiFiManager/wifi-buf-12-31-2017__09:26:50.log
Feb  5 09:51:54 alisons-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent): Unknown key for integer: _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit
Feb  5 09:55:16 alisons-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent): Unknown key for integer: _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit
Feb  5 10:00:27 alisons-iMac syslogd[61]: ASL Sender Statistics
Feb  5 10:07:34 alisons-iMac com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent): Unknown key for integer: _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit
Feb  5 10:10:31 alisons-iMac syslogd[61]: ASL Sender Statistics
Feb  5 10:15:00 alisons-iMac timed[97]: settimeofday({0x5a782ea4,0xb889d}) == 0
Feb  5 12:19:30 alisons-iMac syslogd[61]: ASL Sender Statistics
Feb  5 12:19:38 alisons-iMac netbiosd[1002]: DEPRECATED USE in libdispatch client: Setting timer interval to 0 requests a 1ns timer, did you mean FOREVER (a one-shot timer)?
Feb  5 12:26:14 localhost bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1517833574 0
Feb  5 12:26:50 localhost syslogd[61]: Configuration Notice:
        ASL Module "com.apple.authd" sharing output destination "/var/log/asl" with ASL Module "com.apple.asl".
        Output parameters from ASL Module "com.apple.asl" override any specified in ASL Module "com.apple.authd".
Feb  5 12:26:50 localhost syslogd[61]: Configuration Notice:
        ASL Module "com.apple.authd" sharing output destination "/var/log/system.log" with ASL Module "com.apple.asl".

Any ideas please ?

Cheers

BTW it is running High Sierra 10.13.3


texts:
I recently purchased a new iMac.  I used the Migration Assistant to migrate users and applications from my previous iMac to this one.

Both are x86 based, and both running Snow Leopard, so as close as possible from that perspective.

While most things came across cleanly, it seems that programs that have lower-level driver like things did not.

My ScanSnap for example did not work, and had to be reinstalled from DVD.

My PL2303-based serial port seems to need a reinstall, and I have not yet tried the blackberry software.

Is the assistant supposed to migrate kext and low-level stuff like that?  If not, is there an easy way to find out what is missing?  Should I do something different in the future with respect to migration?


texts: Method to change macOS input source keyboard bindings?

texts:
Does anyone know how to change macOS keybindings quickly?  I'm hoping to redefine the following keys:

iMac KB Key      ->        Keycode on macOS
CAPS LOCK       ->         Meta
Fn -> Ctrl
LeftCtrl       ->          Ctrl
RightArrow       ->        Ctrl
Modifier + g,h,j,k ->  arrow key functionality

I'm trying to redefine keys to mimic Knight and/or Symbolics LISP Machine keyboards so I can edit LISP more efficiently in Emacs.  I have considered Karabiner-Elements, Ukelele and Apple Support pages for this.  Apple appears to have XML input sources for the keyboard, however I'm unable to find them on my Mac or find the description of the XML fields in the input source document.

I tried setting the following in Keyboard preferences and it improves the situation, however I still need the arrows on the right to act as Ctrl.  It seems by placing Ctrl and Meta out on these LISP keyboards it provides a bilateral method of hand rotation for touch typing.

Any guidance appreciated.


texts: How can I export an iMessage conversation to .txt or .pdf from Mac?

texts:
I need to export the chat history of an iMessage chat to either a text or PDF file.

I realize this is a common question, but I ask it again because preferably, each message should have beside it a record of:

The sender, and
a time/date-stamp for when the message was sent.

Is there a way to do this without having to download costly software? I am relatively experienced with Mac software and could potentially navigate scripting (I am most experienced with Python3, but have some limited experience with AppleScript), Terminal, and/or other techniques on the advanced side in this fix if walked through the steps.


texts: How do I jump to a line number in Safari 6 Web Inspector?

texts:
So I'm working on some javascript and I want to set a breakpoint on the line that I'm working on. It seems reasonable that I should be able to go into the Javascript debugger and jump to that line number without having to scroll to it manually.

I have read the documentation and have tried a few logical guesses but there doesn't appear to be a keyboard shortcut to jump to a line number. I can't believe that this would have been missed. Is there a way to jump to a line number?


texts: Colors on my MacBook wrong every morning when computer wakes up

texts:
Every morning, the colors on my MacBook are dim.  I can barely read the text on the screen.  This is true for both the built in screen and my external monitor.  If I go to the Display settings and change the color profile to something else, and then back to the normal profile, it fixes the problem until the next time.

NightShift schedule says Off, so I don't think that's it.  I've also tried choosing different profiles, and that didn't help.


texts:
I'm trying to troubleshoot speech recognition dodginess.

Executing ps -ax | grep audio I get:

ps -ax | grep audio
  130 ??         2:40.49 /usr/sbin/coreaudiod
  166 ??         0:00.02 /System/Library/Frameworks/AudioToolbox.framework/XPCServices/com.apple.audio.SandboxHelper.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.audio.SandboxHelper
  168 ??         0:00.47 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreAudio.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.audio.DriverHelper.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.audio.DriverHelper
 1931 ??         0:00.02 /System/Library/Frameworks/AudioToolbox.framework/XPCServices/com.apple.audio.SandboxHelper.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.audio.SandboxHelper
 1949 ttys001    0:00.00 grep audio

What is com.apple.audio.SandboxHelper?  Why would I need one, let alone two?


texts: How to get the amount of selected files in automator

texts:
I created a workflow to move items from one folder to another and I want to get a notification when it's done. I could create the workflow without problems but now I would like to show the number of moved files on the notification pop-up.

How can I get the number of files?

Basically I'm copying downloaded files to a "Downloads" folder on iCloud Drive. After the files are copied, I would like to show a notification saying "{NumberOfFiles} moved successfully."


texts: How to extract/rip audio contents of an .exe?

texts:
I'm not sure if this is possible, but I've looked around for a solution, but never got any where by chance.

Basically I need to rip or extract audio files from an PC executable file (.exe), there is Resource Hacker for PC but there isn't an equivalent one for the Mac.

It would be great if there's a decent app that can do what I wish to achieve - so, is there an app out there that can do this?

I'm using OS X 10.7.3.


texts: Messages in macOS Sierra incorrectly sends (back) to my account; works as intended in iOS 10

texts:
Config:

Me: Late-2013 rMBP running 10.12 (16A323)
Me: iPhone 5 running iOS 10.0.2
Me: iPad 2 running iOS 9.3.5
Wife: Mid-2013 MBA running 10.9.5 (criminy, I had no idea she was that far behind!)
Wife: iPhone 5 running iOS 10.0.2 (on same Sprint family account)
Wife: iPad Mini running iOS 8.2 (wow, she really doesn't like to update…)

Issue: When sending a(n i)Message to my wife in Sierra's Messages app, it actually sends it back to my account. When sending a(n i)Message to her in iOS's Messages app (on my iPhone or iPad), it sends correctly. I also do not appear to have any issues with using Sierra's Messages to send messages to anyone else.

What I've Tried: Searching (here, Google) pretty fruitlessly. (Would love it if Apple reconsiders naming apps after generalized terms)

This only started happening last night - to the best of my knowledge no related or tangential settings have been changed on any of our devices that would've prompted this.

If I do a new message, searching on my wife's name in (Sierra) Messages and select either to use her cell number or email address, everything looks good (her avatar shows as well as her contact info) - but once I send the message, the avatar in the left rail reverts back to me … and I get my own message (and she does not).
If I scroll back within my own messaging history to myself, I don't see any of our past exchanges before this started happening.
If when doing a new message by searching on my wife's name in (Sierra) Messages and her avatar comes up (as above), the messaging history is actually mine messaging with myself.
Quitting and restarting has no effect, as does rebooting.

It appears as though my messaging history with her is gone as far as Sierra's Messages is concerned, but doing a Spotlight search will find my chat transcripts with her.

Does anyone know any troubleshooting steps for Messages (such as analogous to rebuilding the iTunes DB)? I'm completely at a loss and given the app's name trying to search for anything meaningful is largely a fool's errand (unless someone has some serious Google-fu knowledge they can drop).

Thanks much in advance!


texts: Mission Control slow and jerky on 2011 MacBook Pros: any fix?

texts:
Mission Control has been horribly slow on my 2011 MacBook Pro 15" (2GHz quad i7, 8GB RAM, 256MB graphics, SSD) -- swiping up usually freezes the screen for 2 seconds, before showing me the Mission Control layout. I've tried switching to discrete graphics only, but the problem doesn't go away.

It seems others have been experiencing this, too, and it might be a video driver issue. Has anyone found a fix for this? One MacRumors forum post suggested disabling automatic scrollbar overlays, but that hasn't helped.


texts: localhost refused to connect after upgrading to High Sierra

texts:
After upgrading Mac to High Sierra and some other upgrades there is a problem connecting to localhost.
Actually, upgrading to High Sierra was OK but according to the Mac update history the last update was to MacOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Supplemental Update.  It was kind of strange because the problem started after I hit restart with update but this update required one more specific restart.

The Spring Boot applications work fine. I can connect to them from a test client using opened ports. A connection to the Apache server form the browser also works fine. However, the browser connections to my applications are not working


texts: How to view only my mail box and not the shared ones

texts:
I started a new job and the mail client has a lot of shared inboxes. How do I see the messages directed only at me? In other words, I'd like to filter out my own personal mail box.

I'm using Mac OSx 10.8.5 and the default mail app. If there's no way to select a specific mail box how can I filter out messages with my e-mail address in the to/cc/bcc field?

In the left column there's a MAILBOXES heading but only "Inbox" is beneath with no further selections.

In this screenshot I have Chats selected, which is empty, but if I go to Inbox there's a ton of stuff, not all of which is mine.


texts:
I'm trying to reinstall OS X Mavericks on a MacBook through internet the error that i receive is:
"This item is temporarily unavailable."


texts: Microphone not working on third party apps only (iPhone 6)

texts:
Recently my iPhone's mic has stopped working but solely for third party apps such as Whatsapp, Snapchat & Telegram.

I have tried the following:

Restarting my phone
Updating my phone to the latest version
Using compressed air to clear any debris

I have tested the mic via phone call, facetime & siri and these all work fine as expected.

Has anyone experienced this issue? The only remaining thing that I feel as though I can try is a factory restore which I'm trying to avoid.

Any suggestions would be helpful as I haven't found anything through apple support guides for this issue.


texts: Is there a limit on remembered Wi-Fi networks?

texts:
Is there a limit to the number of Wi-Fi networks I can save on my iPhone?

I travel a lot for work and want to save the Wi-Fi networks from all of those locations (over 100), so it automatically connects when I'm there.


texts: Keyboard shortcut for switching between open windows

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Best app to switch between all open windows (alternatives to Witch)

On Windows and Linux one can switch between open windows by pressing Alt+Tab. On the Mac pressing Cmd+Tab only lets one switch between windows of different applications. In order to switch between windows of the same application one has to press Cmd+` instead.
Is it possible to disable that behavior, and use Cmd+Tab to switch between all windows regardless of whether they belong to the same application?


texts: Pixelmator: I cannot open the image from Photos library that is on the external drive

texts:
My Photos Library is Inactive when I try to open an image from external drive, as it is on the image below.

What should I do to be able work with images from my Photos Library? My photos Library is located on the external disk.


texts: Do all magsafe power ports have the same form factor?

texts:
I have a MacBook6,1 with a 60W magsafe power adapter.  The cord on the adapter got chewed up by my rabbit (she's fine) and I would like very much to replace it.  But I really don't want to spend the $79 on the Apple Store!

I've seen magsafe adapters for as low as $27 elsewhere, but the connectors look different than mine.

This link, from Amazon, also 60W, claims to work for MacBooks (all of them, or some of them?), but is much less expensive: http://amzn.to/f3Xsc7

Inspecting the connector in the picture, the only difference I can see is mine is "L" shaped and the the one in the picture plugs straight in perpendicularly.  If the connectors have the same form factor and the power specs are the same, it seems that I could get away with the cheaper one.

So, will all magsafe adapters plug into my macbook and charge it?


texts: OSX HDD not working after I removed a partition on it

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I recently removed the Ubuntu disk partition from my macbook, now my osx or hdd is not recognizable and I am forced to perform the internet recovery mode to no avail.

Update:  I swapped out my original hard drive with a SSD that I recently bought.  My MacBook is up and running using the new SSD, however the original HDD when plugged in via USB appears in Disk Utility, but I am not able to use it.

Upon clicking 'First Aid' for either ASMT 2115 Media or the other two "--" below it I received the error message "First Aid process has failed.  If possible back up the data on this volume.  Click Done to continue.

This entire problem happened when I tried to erase my Ubuntu partition (which I believe is the 2nd "--" under ASMT 2115 Media.  Upon doing so, this is when this entire problem started.

Although I have a clean Sierra on my SSD, I would still want to be able to access this hard drive to see if I can salvage my photos, documents and programs already located on it.

Output of diskutil list:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.1 TB     disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Untitled                1.0 TB     disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            Untitled               +1.0 TB     disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 8CAA5C80-BB12-4432-9950-5DF80AA23AA8
                                 Unencrypted

/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *320.1 GB   disk2
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS                         302.6 GB   disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS                         17.1 GB    disk2s3

Here is the result of diskutil info /dev/disk2s2 which was my original HDD

Device Identifier:        disk2s2
Device Node:              /dev/disk2s2
Whole:                    No
Part of Whole:            disk2

Volume Name:
Mounted:                  No

Partition Type:           Apple_HFS
File System Personality:  HFS+
Type (Bundle):            hfs
Name (User Visible):      Mac OS Extended
Journal:                  Unknown (not mounted)
Owners:                   Disabled

OS Can Be Installed:      No
Media Type:               Generic
Protocol:                 USB
SMART Status:             Not Supported
Disk / Partition UUID:    000059E3-08FD-0000-6F45-0000C7470000

Disk Size:                302.6 GB (302643589120 Bytes) (exactly 591100760 512-Byte-Units)
Device Block Size:        512 Bytes

Volume Total Space:       0 B (0 Bytes) (exactly 0 512-Byte-Units)
Volume Available Space:   0 B (0 Bytes) (exactly 0 512-Byte-Units)

Read-Only Media:          No
Read-Only Volume:         Not applicable (not mounted)

Device Location:          External
Removable Media:          Fixed


texts: How to run a nightly backup job on Snow Leopard Server via launchd

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I have been trying to configure a nightly backup job on my Mac Mini server, and after a lot of Googling and digging and man-page'ing, I figured out that launchd seemed to be the correct too, and tried setting up my own plist fil. I've come up with this (stored in /Library/LaunchDaemons/dk.revealit.NightlyRSyncBackup.plist):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>dk.revealit.NightlyRSyncBackup</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/var/root/run-rsync</string>
        </array>
        <key>LowPriorityIO</key>
        <true/>
        <key>Nice</key>
        <integer>1</integer>
        <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
        <string>/var/root</string>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <false/>
        <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
        <dict>
                <key>Hour</key>
                <integer>3</integer>
                <key>Minute</key>
                <integer>15</integer>
        </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Problem is, it doesn't work. I can load it with launchctl, and it appears on launchctl list with exit status 0. But if I check my backup files, they are not updated.

Any clues as to what I'm doing wrong (assuming my backup script works as it should)?


texts: Apple Store Amazon app has an update but is not available anymore

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This is quite weird. Amazon had a recent update and when I tried updating it a message popped up saying that it is not longer available. However, the badge icon is always visible and it's stuck there waiting to be updated. Clicking on the app in the update page will prompt a message that asks to change store location because this item is not available in my country. But when I switch, it says I don't have an account/payment option for that country, and changes back to my home country.

I tried the following :

logging out and in from iTunes
deleting the app and reinstalling
restarting phone
updating app to another version released today
enabling/disabling automatic downloads
clearing cache in App Store

None of these mthods solved the problem. I still have a badge icon in the App Store. Any ideas how to fix this?

iOS 10.3.1 - iPhone 7 plus


texts: Can't connect to SMB share after Sierra upgrade

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After the upgrade to Sierra on my MacBook Air, I'm unable to connect to the NAS on my home network through Samba. When I try Connect to server and enter:

smb://x.x.x.x/MEDIA/

I get an error saying "this file server will not allow any additional users to log on. Try to connect again later." My Mac Mini, still on OS X 10.9, can still connect to the share.


texts: How does a generic bluetooth mouse / keyboard work with macos without installing any driver?

texts: Some generic brand bluetooth keyboard / mouse work fine on macos. Does macos have a built-in common driver api (for mouse and keyboard) that all these device use or is it some specification in the Bluetooth stack that allows this?


texts: HTML videos not playing on Sierra 10.12.6

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I'm using rMBP 13" mid-2014 and I'm NOT updating to High Sierra, but even good old Sierra is not as stable as older versions of MacOS.

Sometimes I can't play videos, I press play and nothing happens, YouTube, Vimeo, Netflix, everything is down. Usually restarting browser(s) helped and normally it happened only in one browser at a time but a few minutes ago I had to restart my Mac, because every single browser I have (Chrome, Opera, Safari, Firefox) couldn't play a thing and restarting them did nothing.

Is it a known issue? How to fix that?


texts: Could the padlock icon shown in the Safari address bar in macOS, be moved or removed?

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The address bar in Safari for macOS shows a padlock icon just left of the current website address. Is it possible to move or remove it altogether?
It's shown almost in the middle of the address bar, and I keep hitting it when I just want to enter new text in the address bar.


texts: How to export Google API keys automatically on every login for Chromium in Sierra?

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I have tried writing launchd.conf, but it is not working.
I have edited Info.plist, but no luck!
Writing launchctl < /etc/launchd.conf in .profile not working either!

How can we do this without exposing keys in .profile?


texts: How can I backup and restore Wi-Fi profiles in Lion?

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I want to reinstall my Macbook, but i do not want to loose all my saved WPA/WEP Wi-Fi profiles.

Is there a way to back them up and restore them after the reinstall?