texts: grepping /Library and "Too many levels of symbolic links"

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I'm trying to clean up remnants of an application that was removed:

$ sudo grep -R "iNet Network" /Library
...
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Home/lib/libmono-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Home/lib/libmono-2.0.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Libraries/libmono-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Libraries/libmono-2.0.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/3.2.1/lib/libmono-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/3.2.1/lib/libmono-2.0.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/libmono-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links
grep: /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/libmono-2.0.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.dylib.dSYM: Too many levels of symbolic links

It's an unrelated issue to what I am trying to do, but I'd like to clean it up. I believe libmonoboehm is an Apple framework.

From Too many levels of symbolic links, its likely that soft links point to one another.

Question: How do I clear this error?

A quick ls -l on the first directory reveals the following. It almost appears the softlink refers to itself; or its parent directory, which appears to be named the same.

$ ls -l /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Home/lib/libmono-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  29 Aug 14  2013 /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Home/lib/libmono-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM -> libmonoboehm-2.0.1.dylib.dSYM
$ ls -l /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Home/lib/libmono-2.0.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.dylib.dSYM
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  admin  27 Aug 14  2013 /Library//Frameworks/Mono.framework/Home/lib/libmono-2.0.dylib.dSYM/libmonoboehm-2.0.dylib.dSYM -> libmonoboehm-2.0.dylib.dSYM

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The problem is: It connects me to a WEP network but it does not allow me to enter the internet, I enter the correct password (I know what it is) but it gives me the following error:

The "XXXX" WiFi network requires a WEP password.

The WEP security system is not considered secure. Connection error.

If this is your Wi-Fi network, configure the router to use the WPA2 (AES) security type for this network.

Postscript / PD: I don't have access to the router.

How can I solve that?

I am on another pc. I have installed a version of MacOSX Sierra in the Virtualbox. I am trying to analyze the connections to which I have access as I would do in a Windows "cmd" console but I don't know certain commands.

I would like to translate this command to Mac terminal:

>netsh wlan show profile
>netsh wlan show profile name="XXXX" key="clear"

He tried the following commands but it doesn't work for me.


texts: Can't install Mountain Lion on a machine that has Mavericks installed, even on a separate disk/partition

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I have upgraded my Mac mini 2012 to Mavericks, and everything is running quite well.  However, it turns out that I need to also run Mountain Lion sometimes (a piece of hardware I need to use is not Mavericks compatible.)

I am attempting to install Mountain Lion on a 2nd partition on my Mini's internal hard drive by following the following steps:

used Disk Utility to repartition my mini's internal drive, creating a 100 GB partition to install Mountain Lion on
used DiskMakerX to create a Mountain Lion bootable USB key
rebooted machine while holding down Option

At this point the boot menu appears and I see icons for both my Mavericks partition, as well as the Mountain Lion installer USB key.  However when I select the USB key and try to boot from it, it does not boot; instead I get a gray screen with the universal "no" symbol (circle with a slash through it) on it.

I tested the USB key on another Mac and it booted fine, so there is nothing wrong with the USB key I made.  So it would seem that the Mountain Lion installer will refuse to run on a computer if it has a newer OS on it, even if the computer has a free partition (or drive) to install on to.

Is there any way around this restriction?


texts: Weird issue with Safari and some of my web services

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I have very weird issue with Safari which I have experienced for a long time now. I have a few servers which I actively manage, and sometimes I can't access these through Safari. I can access via Opera, Chrome, Firefox, curl and wget. Only Safari returns "unexpectedly dropped connection" and similar error messages.

At first this issue only occurred with one domain, and the server still worked fine via IP and still does. It happened after changing SSL certificate for that domain. (but I haven't heard that other people have this issue with Safari and this domain)

However, recently I have moved 15 domains out of Cloudflare and I did set up new SSL certificates (these are set correctly, checked via online tool, full cert bundles) but now I cannot connect only via safari to one server via:

Direct server IP
Any of 15 domains
http or https does not matter, both are not working

What is interesting though, that when I enable web debugging proxy on macOS (Charles Proxy) and enable this proxy to forward all system http and https connections - then all these websites and domains are working again in Safari! As well as in other browsers, this remains unchanged.

As soon I disable Charles macOS proxy, Safari stops working with these sites.

What I have tried already:

Updating all homebrew packages, including but not limited to openssl
Updating all macOS and applications updates, including Safari which is currently Version 11.1 (13605.1.33.1.4) but I've had this issue since El Capitan version of Safari or maybe earlier
I cleaned up some expired and weird looking certificates from keychain, but I can't tell that I removed all up until newly set system.
I did tried to clean all Safari data, many times, via Safari preferences, and with CleanMyMac.
I did removed all Safari data from ~/Library/Safari and then relaunch
I tried to access all these websites with direct ip from Safari on other macOS. This other machine did only actively work with one domain out of these 15. Only this one is broken and fails with the same exact issue while other works fine with all browsers on that machine.

I would highly appreciate help in resolving this weird issue as this is highly annoying, not sure whether I did something wrong or this is clearly bug in Safari?


texts: Is anyone else having signal strength problems on an iPhone 3GS since the iOS 4.1 upgrade?

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Since upgrading my iPhone 3GS to iOS 4.1, I've periodically seen 1 bar or "Searching..." at home and work where I used to have 4 or 5 bars.  And I've sent text messages with 4 bars, only to have it immediately drop to 1 and the text message error out.

I'm trying to learn if I'm alone with this issue (and should therefore bring my phone to my local Apple Store—after trying a restore just so I can say I did when they inevitably suggest that), or if this is a common problem (and we should then file bugs at bugreport.apple.com).

Update (to answer Louis Gerbarg's question): I've installed every new update, so I believe I upgraded from 4.0.2 to 4.1.  I think I noticed Apple's bar display calibration changes after the 4.0.1 upgrade, though the difference was subtle.  I did not have dropped call problems and errors sending text messages until the 4.1 upgrade.

Update #2: I restored my iPhone to factory defaults (but still with 4.1 installed), and still had the problems.  So I took it to my local Apple Genius Bar and explained this, and they exchanged the phone for a new one.  The new iPhone 3GS had 4.0.2.  But I still don't have the problems after installing 4.1.  This must have been a hardware issue.


texts: Why doesn't Automator service appear in iTunes?

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I'm trying to write an Automator service for iTunes so that I can immediately open a file from iTunes in VLC, so I don't have to do (show in finder, launch with other application, vlc).

I go to Automator, create a Service, in the top right dropdowns, I choose: "Service receives selected audio files in any application", and the script itself is just "Open Finder Items" with VLC.

However, the service doesn't appear. Not in finder, not in iTunes.. I'm very confused. Any thoughts what's going on? I tried restarting computer, restarting iTunes, all to no avail.

Thanks!


texts: Why does iCal often say "The server responded: 403 to operation CalDAVSetPropertyQueueableOperation."

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This happens on both my MacBooks running 10.7.3 and has done at least since 10.7 and with iCloud. My calendar seems to work fine from my iPhone.

This popup says "Access to account “iCloud” is not permitted." and gives the option to "Go Offline" or "Ignore" and if I ignore is seems to be fine for a while and then it comes back after a few hours.

I also have an Exchange calendar and some subscriptions but this error always reports as being from my iCloud calendar.

Any ideas how I can fix this?


texts: What are the differences between these two mail preferences within iCloud settings?

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In the System Preferences, we see a checkbox option for Mail.

If we click the Options button on the iCloud Drive item in that same list, we see another checkbox option for Mail.

➥ What is the difference?

What happens if I turn off the Mail checkbox in the iCloud Drive > Options dialog? iCloud has a habit of suddenly deleting all documents, so this makes me quite nervous.


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I am in US now and I need to call Ukraine, it would be way too expensive as I need to make a lot of calls (business related).

I have a friend in Ukraine so I though if there was a way to connect my phone from US to his phone in Ukraine and make calls from his phone so it’s cheap.

The requirements are:

an app that could transmit the call audio, from my phone to his phone to the final destination phone, back and forth.
less expensive than cellular service between US and Ukraine (but willing to pay in setup time, service or for an app if it will work)

Is there some way to do that with both of us using iOS and iPhones?


texts: Add access to the macbook camera for the terminal application

texts:
I am trying to run a OpenCV tutorial that uses the cv.VideoCapture(0). This does require permission from terminal to access the camera. Here is a blog description showing that they see the terminal app included in the Applications list:

But for me the Terminal is not provided as an optional App:

That is actually not at all surprising. But then how to add Terminal?  The apple docs only show this:  https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/control-access-to-your-camera-on-mac-mchlf6d108da/mac :

No mention of how to add other apps is included.  So how to add Terminal?  (Actually I would also be interested in adding for iTerm2 ..)


texts: Why is a Time Machine backup so slow over a fast network?

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Despite having a gigabit hardwired ethernet connection to my Macbook Air, when I have Time Machine backing up to an iMac also hardwired on the same switch in the same network, the transfer speed is often less then 1MB per second.
If/when I copy a file from the Air (Catalina 10.15.7) to my iMac (Mojave 10.14.6), I get a speed of about 65MB per second.  As it is, it takes about a month to get the 1Tb disk in my Air backed up, all that time sitting there with a wired connection and doing little else. If I could get 65MB/sec with Time Machine, it would take less than 5 hours to backup that 1Tb disk.
The backup disk is a 5Tb portable USB drive connected to the server (my iMac running Mojave) and configured to "share as a Time Machine backup destination".  Several Macs (High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina) are successfully (but slowly) backing up to it over WiFi.
How can I get the initial backup to go as fast as possible?


texts: Transferring macOS Messaage app conversation history to new iPhone (w/o backup)

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Short question:  I just bought a new iPhone and am can't figure out how to transfer my message history onto the new device from Messages.app on my Mac.

Long story:  My old iPhone had something corrupted in the OS so I didn't want to do a backup/recovery approach to the migration through iCloud to prevent the problem from coming along with the data.

I've setup new one using the New iPhone workflow and have connected to iCloud so all my contacts, calendar info, etc., are now on the new phone.

My problem is that the my (text) message history didn't make it over to the new phone.  It's still in the Messages app on my Mac but I need guidance on how to make it also show on the phone.

In case you're curious, the old phone has been wiped and traded-in.

Ideas?  Suggestions?  All help appreciated.

Thanks,

Steve


texts:
I need a new Battery for my late 2008 MacBook but Apple consider it as Vintage so stopped producing it.

I searched my new battery on eBay and I've found two alternatives at, more or less, the same price:

Original battery, never used but more than a year old (so it remained more than a year in his box).
Compatible Battery, so produced by who knew with who what but most recent.

So my question is: Is better a brand new compatible battery or an original but old one?


texts: How can I force an app to redownload from Mac App Store?

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I have purchased an app which didn't download successfully. I deleted the installer and tried to install it again from the Mac AppStore but the download button says "Installed".

I also still have the app icon in my Launch Pad with the download progress indicator on it.

I'm aware of the option + click on the "Installed" button and on the Purchases button, but neither works.

How can I reset this download process to enable me to download the app again?


texts: Will forcing integrated GPU mode prevent GPU panics? If so, how to do that?

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Context: My mid-2010 MBP 15" has started to get random GPU panics:

Anonymous UUID:       84FEDF51-A1D6-EDC2-CC8C-6B53B7959874
Thu Feb  5 09:29:06 2015
*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff7f9bbb0f63): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3: NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8134a1d000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl3.8.6/src/AppleMuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8137c5b590 : 0xffffff8018f2fe41

My system has two graphics subsystems: the built-in Intel HD Graphics and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M.  I've heard anecdotally that the NVIDIA 330M is problematic.  (I also heard that I just missed the deadline for an Apple warranty repair for that very problem...sigh.)

So I'd like to try forcing the system to always use the Intel HD Graphics and see if that makes the problem go away.

My questions:

Will forcing the system to use the Intel HD Graphics will cure the panics?
If so, is the gfxCardStatus app the recommended approach?


texts: Restoring data from Time Machine backup created on second Mac

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I have a desktop Mac and MacBook Air.

The MacBook Air has decided to die, so I want to restore the back up files in my Time Machine to my Mac desktop.

How do I do that?

It must be simple, but I can only get into the data for my Mac desktop.


texts: Where are the photos in Contacts stored on my MacBook (High Sierra)?

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Pretty much what the title says. I'm trying to find a photo I have as a contact photo to use in another app. Any ideas?

Thanks!


texts: Make the "Favorites" column on left, when you open a file in any Mac app, remember the width

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When I open a file in any app in MacOS Big Sur, the "Favorites" column is always too narrow to read the folder names. I have to manually adjust the width every time I open a file dialogue in any application. I'm not talking about the left column in Finder, I'm only talking about the "Favorites" column when you go to open a file, which you see in nearly any application "File > Open" dialogue.
I don't recall this width being so narrow, or forgetting what I set it to so often. Very annoying!
Anyone else figure out how to make the width of this "Open File" "Favorites" stay where you manually set it to once and for all?


texts: How to see / capture ALL SMB server log output in 10.12 and 10.13?

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Ever since the move away from SAMBA, I've been plagued by various oddities with SMB and both Windows and Mac clients.

Digging about /var/log used to do the trick, but it doesn't seem that the SMB server messages are really contained in their fully glory now.  How does one go about seeing all SMB server messages and output in 10.12 and 10.13?


texts: How can I delete all message attachments?

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I have years of messages on my iPhone 5s.  Associated attachments are taking up many GB on my phone.  I can see them in my Settings >> Messages >> Documents & Data, but I can't find an easy way to remove them from my phone.  As far as I can tell the UI would require me to individually click on every single item in order to delete it.

Is there any way to bulk-delete the Messages attachments from the phone without removing the message text?  (I.e., "Auto Delete Old Conversations" is not what I want.)


texts: I have Java 8. An app wants Java 6 (legacy one). Can I avoid that?

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My government made a Java app to submit tax documents.

That app, it's actually a very outdated version of Eclipse.

When I run this ugly mess, I get a dialog that prompts me to install Java SE 6 (Legacy) from Apple.

I'd like to avoid that, for security issues, and also because I don't want to mess my Java installation

How could I force it to run on my Java 8 jvm?

The app is this: https://telematici.agenziaentrate.gov.it/Main/Desktop.jsp


texts: How do I properly uninstall Kensington TrackballWorks from OSX Lion?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I uninstall a program completely on a Mac?

Kensington's TrackballWorks software does not seem to come with an uninstaller component, and is not compatible with my Kensington trackball model. Accordingly, I'd like to uninstall it. Can anyone tell me how to properly (thoroughly) uninstall this software from my OSX Lion installation?


texts: Android JPG images not opening in Photoshop

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I have problems opening JPG files sent by Android smartphones. In Photoshop it says that i's impossibile to open the image since it lacks SOFn, DQT or DHT marker before JPEG SOS marker.

In Lightroom these images are grayed out as not readable.

With Preview I can open these images.

Why not with Adobe apps? Any indication to solve the problem easily?
Thanks !

Mac OS 10.14 / Photoshop CC


texts: Outlook for Mac 2011: is there a way to make this calendaring dialog never appear?

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People often send me Outlook meeting invitations to give me a heads up about events (in this case, mostly video shoots) about which I need to be aware, but which I don't need to attend. For the others, these need to be set as "busy" with reminders. But, as I'm not busy during most of these, and as I don't need to be reminded about them, I modify the meeting settings (as well as set a category for them, so I can differentiate them from real meetings on my calendar).

Whenever I make these sorts of changes, Outlook presents me with this modal dialog, which I find needless and annoying:

Is there any setting or settings file hack which will make this dialog go away?


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I have a macOS Server setup which is connected to two RAID (0, I think) systems. One of them does not work anymore.
Disk Utility shows that one drive is missing/damaged. It is not missing, thus it must be damaged.
This RAID system was used for Backups, which we currently are doing somewhere else and therefore it is not necessary to get the data back, but welcome.
The drives are two Seagate Barracuda with 3000GB storage each. Taking the drives out of the case and plugging only one of them into the Mac produces the following behaviour:
With both drives macOS shows this error prompt:
 (The inserted media could not be read from this computer; Initialize/Ignore/Eject)

Powering up the drive makes a weird chirping noise. Initializing faulty drive shows up in disk utility, but apparently is 4.14GB big:

I can't use it (i.e. look at files on it) and it does not appear in Finder.
After some time (maybe 10 minutes) the drive disconnects. Hitting eject and Ignore obviously doesn't do anything.
Initializing working drive shows up in disk utility as well, but seems ok to me:
Similarly though, I can't use it (i.e. look at files on it) and it does not appear in Finder.
It does not disconnect. Hitting eject and Ignore obviously doesn't do anything.

My question: What steps should I take next, to investigate this issue without harming the failed drive further?

I assume the drive failure is a hardware problem and it is gone and can't be used in future.
I hope, there is a possibility to recover the data.
I believe I can continue using the LaCie 2big enclosure with a new drive. Does this have to be a Seagate Barracuda 3TB or would something else work as well?

If you have read through all this: thank you so much!


texts: Identifying and removing unknown Sound device

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Since I use my Mac for presentations at workshops and conferences, I've apparently picked up a whole bunch of "exotic" drivers that come as part of presentation AV equipment. The latest addition seems to be the "Data Source Item 0" in the Sounds-drop down. I think I found the culprit in the Audio MIDI Setup (at least there's an audio driver from one of those AV-rooms), but the - button is not available for any device.

How do I go about identifying where this is coming from and removing it?

As @Allan suggested, system profile below -- how would I go about axing the ESHOW-device:

$ system_profiler SPAudioDataType
Audio:

    Devices:

        Built-in Microphone:

          Input Channels: 2
          Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
          Current SampleRate: 44100
          Transport: Built-in
          Input Source: Internal Microphone

        Built-in Output:

          Default System Output Device: Yes
          Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
          Output Channels: 2
          Current SampleRate: 44100
          Transport: Built-in
          Output Source: Internal Speakers

        ESHOW录音:

          Default Input Device: Yes
          Default Output Device: Yes
          Input Channels: 2
          Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
          Output Channels: 2
          Current SampleRate: 44100
          Transport: Virtual
          Input Source: Data Source Item 0
          Output Source: Data Source Item 0


texts: Mac Google Chrome Not Responding; how to investigate and fix?

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Just now while using Chrome with an infinite number of tabs and windows, it stopped responding with a colorful spinwheel. The computer is still working, but every other application moves 30x slower whereby every action I make will be delayed by ~2 seconds, even if its a simple click. I waited for about 10 minutes to unlag but its still the same.

I opened activity monitor and started quitting all Chrome subprocesses. After about 3 minutes, computer is completely fine now, but Chrome main process is still showing as not responding:

How do I investigate what's going wrong? And how can it be fixed?

(Btw, I remembered having a similar issue 2 months ago and I managed to fix that one after much googling, but I can't remember how I fixed it.)


texts: Can't find Skype photos captured on Skype on my MacBook Air

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I have OS X 10.9.1. I captured a photo using Skype (skype 6.12) and I cannot find the folder holding my images.

I've tried looking for the answer on this website but couldn't find it.


texts: Is there any way to use a USB camera connected to an iPhone?

texts: I've got an iPhone and I've got a USB camera. Is there any way to plug the camera into the iPhone and use it as the source camera for Facebook Live or other camera related items?


texts: Find my iPhone can "online, location services turned off" show if someone has not turned off location services manually?

texts: Can "online, location services turned off" show if someone has not turned off location services manually? Is there any time that the location is unidentifiable, such as in a downtown area where GPS signals are not reliable?


texts:
I've read on Tom's Hardware that Intel HD Graphics 4000 supports three displays. Is that information valid for 2012 Mac Minis too? Does anyone have any information on what the Mac Mini's capability is with regard to maximum number of displays, resolutions and port limitations?

With regard to display ports, what would a DisplayLink type of connection be categorised as?


texts: Changing keyboard input language on Mac OSX

texts:
How do I change (switch) the input language in Mac OSX  (English->Russian->Hebrew).
In Windows it is done by pressing alt-shift.
What is the equivalent in OSX ?


texts:
Ever since upgrading to the new Music app on Catalina (or maybe was it when I copied my music in from a backup?) all of my album artwork is not visible on the album views:

The art is still attached to the individual songs, as evidenced by viewing the song information:

How do I get this song art (which clearly exists and is available) to show up on the album view?


texts: success with ASUS MB169B+ thunderbolt 2MBP?

texts:
Has anyone successfully used the ASUS MB169B+ with thunderbolt 2 Mac Book Pro? i personally have a late 2015 MBP and i see mixed reviews and explanations all over the place. i tried this before with no success. i know there are new solutions (display link drivers https://www.displaylink.com/downloads/macos) as of recently and im curious if the situation has changed.

What connector and cable and adapters have people gotten good results between this  monitor and Thunderbolt 2 MacBook Pro?


texts: Can I configure the relative brightness level that auto-adjust will set?

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I enjoy the Mac OS X brightness auto-adjustment on my MacBook Air, but I would usually prefer the screen dimmer than the level it decides on. This would also conserve some charge.

I don’t suppose there is a way to bump it down a few notches? (I have searched for this and found nothing, so I assume the answer is no. But it is difficult to pick keywords that will produce relevant rather than almost-relevant results so there is a slim chance that I am overlooking it, and I shall remain hopeful yet.)

This would be in 10.7.4, in case that is relevant.


texts: App store access when you already have an Enterprise Developer account?

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My company has been an Apple Enterprise developer for a number of years.  We've built a handful of apps that are used by the company's employees, and we distribute them using a system called AirWatch.  That's worked fine for us so far.

Now we want to also offer apps on the Apple App Store for the general consumer to be able to make use of.  I have, of course, been unable to publish to the app store using our Enterprise account.  That I understand, as the comparison matrix of account types clearly states an Enterprise Account can't distribute on the app store.

What I don't understand is why I am also unable to sign up for a new Developer account as an Organization.  Apple rejected our application citing our existing developer account.

The key phrase in the rejection notice is this:

  We’ve withdrawn this enrollment because MY COMPANY NAME is already a member of the Apple Developer Program. Companies may hold only one membership in the Apple Developer Program.

Is that it?  We chose Enterprise first, and we're stuck?  Is there truly no way to offer apps to your own employees and then allow customers to access a different application as well?  That seems rather short sighted.  Surely the big banks get around this somehow.

We've asked Apple, but so far have not received any answers.  This can't be as uncommon as it looks when I have searched Google for answers.

Here's the complete rejection notice:

  Hello XXXXXXXXX,

  My name is Kelsey with Apple Developer Program Support. I am
  contacting you regarding enrollment ID: XXXXXXXXXXX.

  We’ve withdrawn this enrollment because MY COMPANY NAME
  is already a member of the Apple Developer Program. Companies may
  hold only one membership in the Apple Developer Program.   Please
  contact the team agent of your company's existing membership to be
  added to the development team. If you do not know who the team agent
  is, please provide your contact information. I will forward it to him
  or her at your request.

  If you have any further questions, feel free to respond to this email
  and I’d be happy to assist.

  Best regards,

  Kelsey
  Apple Inc

I suppose it is possible that she is really saying that we already have an account in the regular Developer Program, and she is not referencing our Enterprise Program account at all.


texts: Using the iPad dock connector to connect cameras - airplane mode - no WiFi

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At my work we need to connect to a few IP cameras but it can not be wireless as the iPad must be in airplane mode, we must use the 30 pin dock connector and a wired cable.

We are installing cameras in the cabin on an aircraft and need to view it on the iPads on the flight deck. But certification rules will not allow us to use WiFi for this.

We are open to becoming enterprise developers because the software will be on a couple of thousand iPads.

Is this possible?


texts: iPad remote management, but not on apples DEP

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I have a dilemma. I work for a decentralized organization with independent business units.  We’re now starting to centralize the support of IT.
I have a few companies who bought their own iPads from like Best Buy, amazon and the Apple Store. I had read that you cannot enter consumer purchased iPads into the DEP program.
I have 20 iPads I want to manage and maintain, but it also seems like an Apple ID is a MUST to do literally anything. I read somewhere that an Apple ID has a max limit of 10 devices.
The other problem is when I add a new iPad it sends alerts to ALL the other iPads, which could interrupt or scare a user in a different location.

My question is, how best can I manage and maintain 20+ iPads? I’m currently using InTune, but features a limited without Apples DEP and still requires an AppleID to install any apps.


texts: Will an iPhone work and still have regular warranty if it's bought outside your country?

texts:
I did my research and some sources are saying there wouldn't be warranty if your iPhone is bought outside your home country. But I don't know if that rule still applies now.

I want to buy online on the US apple store 'cause its waaay cheaper than where I reside now.


texts: How can I update and jailbreak/unlock my iPhone 3Gs from 4.1 to 6.1.3?

texts:
I have an iPhone 3Gs running iOS 4.1 (baseband 06.15.00, serial number: 8704244TEDG).

I want to update it to iOS 6.1.3 instead of iOS 7. How can I update it, and unlock it using Ultrasn0w after updating?


texts: I don't need as far as I know “Microsoft AU Daemon” so how can it be disabled?

texts:
this message is annoying - can I disable it or remove the application as I only use Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Just to be clear this is on a mac with Sierra 10.12.5 and Excel 15.32 Cheers.

Note, I have asked this on Superuser as well.


texts: Disk repair failed after using OS X with hibernated Windows/Boot Camp with MacDrive

texts:
I forgot I just closed the lid of my MBP the last time I used Windows/Bootcamp (instead of shutting it down) and that triggered hibernation.
The next time I powered my MBP on, OS X started automatically and I opened some of the same files that "were already open" in the hibernated windows (on OS X main/boot partition, using MacDrive in windows).

That (or resuming the hibernated windows later) probably led to some data corruption that prevents the OS X volume from booting and neither the automatic repairing during booting nor disk utility (external hard disk drive or recovery partition) is able to repair it. I am not sure if there is any difference.
Booting in verbose mode shows the file names that were double-opened during repair attempts.

After booting OS X from an external hard disk drive, Disk Utility fails mounting the main OS X volume straight away. But succeeds with mounting it after a failed repair attempt. I only have read access then, though.

Bootcamp partition is still working fine.

I wonder if it is possible to gain write access somehow and if deleting just those "double-opened" files/the containing folder (which is saved on Dropbox, so I really wouldn't mind deleting them/it) would solve the whole problem or if i really have to reformat everything and spend 10+ hours to revert everything to the state before the data corruption.
If I have to reformat + reinstall, using migration assistant and the corrupted volume as source isn't a great idea, I guess? Are there any options to exclude some specific folders of the user folders?
Will the Bootcamp partition work after reinstalling OS X or do I have to winclone-it somewhere? Checkdisk says the volume is OK.


texts:
I'm seeing behavior from my mac mini that is confusing me, I'm hoping someone else has seen this before;

When connecting to my mac mini from my macbook pro, connecting to the computer name is instant but connecting to the IP takes several seconds (10-15). This seems counter-intuitive to me, because connecting to a name involves the extra step of looking up the name I would think that connecting to the IP would be instant.

Does anyone know why this is, or how to eliminate the delay?


texts: How to generate an automatic bash/script

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I'm new to terminal and unix like systems. I'm searching a way to automatically create a batch file.

Let's say I have a bunch of files in a folder, and I want to change the creation dates. As it is now, I have to touch -t 201704011215.00 Desktop/Old_cam_vids_converted_from_avi_to_mp4/file0001.mp34 for each file. What I would like to do is something like this: ls -lT /Desktop/Old_avi_to_conv/*.avi and have the date and time for each file as time-date parameter for the touch command.

How can I accomplish this?

Edit:
I hope the explanation makes it clearer. This is the scenario:

Two folders on the desktop containing video files.
one (folder_1) contains the original files (.avi)
the second (folder_2) contains converted files (.mp4)
all the files in the second folder have a newer sequential date, since the conversion tool made worked through a list of files.
I need to take the date/time stamp from the original file, in the first folder and assign it to the converted file in the second folder.
each file in the first folder has a different date, possibly days and months apart.
the files in the second folder have the same names than the ones in the first folder, except for the file suffix, e.g.:
folder_1/CIMG_0001.avi is the original of folder_2/CIMG_0001.mp4
folder_1/PIC_0003.avi is the original of folder_2/PIC_0003.mp4
folder_1/PIC_0015.avi is the original of folder_2/PIC_0015.mp4
folder_1/CIMG_003.avi id the original of folder_2/CIMG_0003.mp4


texts: mds uses disk even though Spotlight indexing is disabled for the disk

texts:
I have an external hard drive. I often eject it. I noticed that around 80% of the time I need to force eject the hard drive instead of manually ejecting it. I ran this command to see what was using my disk, preventing me from ejecting it:

sudo lsof -xf +d /Volumes/myHardDrive/

The only process that usually comes up is mds. Now, I've searched this up on multiple websites and it seems this process is solely related to indexing your disk so that you can use it with Spotlight.

The only issue is that I've disabled Spotlight for my hard drive (in System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy. mds shouldn't be causing any problems, but it does.


texts:
This is probably easy, but I don't know how to set it for all users.

So, when I run:

which php

it shows

/usr/local/php5-7.2.0-20171215-181251/bin/php

However I've just installed PHP using brew on MacOS Mojave and I would like now also in command line to point PHP to some other directory (/usr/local/Cellar/php/7.2.10/bin/php). How can I do it for all system users?


texts: In Grapher, can functions be used to define parametric curves?

texts:
I'm drawing a curve using matrices in Grapher, for instance:

However, any time I try to use a function (i.e. a(x)) as a matrix element:

I get errors:

I've looked through the unofficial manual, but it doesn't specifically say. If I'm not able to use a function as an element, I'd have to re-type the expression in multiple locations whenever I want to change it :(


texts: Can I buy and use a New iPhone 6 as an iPod Touch?

texts:
In a related question I asked about the functionality of an iPhone 6 as compared to iPod touch 5, The answer indicates there could be a significant difference.

The person I am asking on behalf of is currently using a tracfone for cell service and paying $80 per YEAR for more service than she uses.  It seems possible to purchase a iPhone and not get a data plan and to use old phone as an development device Apple even posts some about using a iPhone 3 without a plan.  I found an older post about switching SIM cards but I am not seeing anything about purchasing a brand new iPhone 6 to use as an iPod without a contract.  There are some options to use an iPhone on tradfone but again only with old phones that have expired contracts.


texts: How to tell which files are entirely or partly within a band of a sparse bundle disk image?

texts:
I have an image with an error in one of its bands:

/Volumes/twoz/macbookpro08-centrim.sparsebundle/bands/3252

The file system personality of the image is Case-sensitive Journaled HFS+.

Question

At the HFS Plus level:

how can I tell which files are entirely or partly within that band?

Names and paths of files will be ideal.

Background

The error is detected by ZFS and is permanent (I chose no redundancy for the pool). File system twoz is mounted by ZEVO.

At the root of the bundle there's probably nothing to help us:

sh-3.2$ sudo ls -ahl /Volumes/twoz/macbookpro08-centrim.sparsebundle
total 8952
drwx------@ 3 root  wheel    10B  3 Mar 19:38 .
drwxr-xr-x  7 root  wheel     7B  9 Dec 17:16 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   499B 30 Dec 12:20 Info.bckup
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   499B 30 Dec 12:20 Info.plist
drwx------  2 root  wheel    26K  3 Mar 08:16 bands
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   445B  3 Mar 06:48 com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.bckup
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   445B  3 Mar 06:48 com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   1.4K  3 Mar 08:20 com.apple.TimeMachine.Results.plist
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    11K  3 Mar 08:20 com.apple.TimeMachine.SnapshotHistory.plist
-rwx------  1 root  wheel     0B  9 Dec 17:16 token
sh-3.2$ sudo defaults read /Volumes/twoz/macbookpro08-centrim.sparsebundle/Info
{
    CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion = "6.0";
    "band-size" = 8388608;
    "bundle-backingstore-version" = 1;
    "diskimage-bundle-type" = "com.apple.diskimage.sparsebundle";
    size = 821820674048;
}

I expect the bands directory to contain nothing except bands.

An experiment with cat

sudo cat /Volumes/twoz/macbookpro08-centrim.sparsebundle/bands/3252

The result is mostly binary data and unsurprisingly, an I/O error seems to prevent completion of the command – so I aborted.

Interspersed with binary data, some content is human readable. Some of that readable content is almost certainly within one file (xulrunner) that suffered an I/O error when I attempted to restore data from the disk image.

I'd prefer a more direct approach – one that does not involve attempting to read all data from the volume.

Wonder whether an authoritative answer to this question will involve knowledge of the disk image driver or a private framework. In OS X 10.8.2 for example:

sh-3.2$ hdiutil info
framework       : 344
driver          : 10.7v344

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskImages.framework


texts: German keyboard Alt-D gives '∂' - how can I disable it?

texts:
It should be an easy thing to do if I only could find out how to change the symbol (e.g. from ∂ to € or so) - but as a programmer with a lot of shortcuts this is the only thing that keeps doubting me, if a Mac is the right choice.

It's a 10.10.3; I'm using Intellij and Emacs.

Btw: the same happens for lots of other keys (€®†Ω¨⁄øπ•œ@∆ºª) - this makes the alt-key almost useless.


texts: A couple of shortcut keys have stopped working

texts:
I have noticed that a couple of shortcut keys have stopped working. Thinking it could be another app using the shortcuts I've been into keyboard settings and restored all the default keys. This has not affected the problem.

The issue appears to be happening across different apps (I'm testing in Finder, Safari and my text editor).

Here are some examples: ⌘S for saving doesn't work, but ⇧⌘S for save all does work. ⌘N for a new window/file (text editor) doesn't work, but ⇧⌘N for new file(Finder)/new private window(Safari)/new window(text editor) does work.

Particularly ⌘S I use on a regular basis. I tried to add it again:

Keyboard preferences > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts > Add

and ⌘S is still not working.

I'm working on a MacBook Pro with an external keyboard. The situation is the same working with the external keyboard connected or directly with the MacBook's own keys.

How can I get the shortcut keys' functionality back?

OS version 10.10.2 (14C1510)

--update--

I have also tried swapping the modifier keys over, I set ⌘ to ⌥ and vice versa - didn't fix the problem.


texts: Numbers: How do I make it display the full year

texts: I have a Numbers spreadsheet that shows the date as 5/6/21, but I want it to display the dates as 5/6/2021, the full year. How do I do that?


texts: The "Esc" key in my bluetooth keyboard doesn't work, how to fix it?

texts: I'm using Mac mini, and bought this new bluetooth keyboard. It's not Apple production, but has Apple layout. The other keys all work except "Esc" in the left up corner. Obviously it won't be handy if this important key didn't work. How to fix it, please?


texts: Why does the Watch app on my iPhone state that my apps will need to be updated during setup when I already have the latest versions installed?

texts: When pairing an Apple Watch to my iPhone, I've noticed that even though the App Store lists all of my apps being up-to-date, the Watch app on my iPhone states that several of my iOS apps will be updated for compatibility before their watchOS counterparts will be sent over to my Watch. Is this a standard message that appears - even if all iOS apps on the paired iPhone are fully updated to the latest versions?


texts: Failed MacOS file sharing using wrong user account - how to reset?

texts:
I have two Macbook Pros:

Mac1 is 16' 2019 running Big Sur 11.2.3
Mac2 is 13' 2017 running Catalina 10.15.7.

I am encountering this weird problem while trying to access file on Mac1 from Mac2 via MacOS's File Sharing. In Mac2's Finder, I use smb://Mac1 to open Mac1, but although occasionally it is successful, most of the time it just times out before popping up saying 'connection failed'. However, I can open Mac1 from my iPad very easily. So I guess something wrong on Mac2.
I checked sys logs in Console app and found something maybe relevant:
KernelEventAgent   tid 657c52ee type 'smbfs', mounted on '/Volumes/mac1', from '//ABCD@ufo20mbp._smb._tcp.local/mac1', not responding
KernelEventAgent   tid 657c52ee type 'smbfs', mounted on '/Volumes/mac1', from '//ABCD@ufo20mbp._smb._tcp.local/mac1', dead

in which ABCD IS NOT the correct account name to login on Mac1. I highly believe this could be the reason why the connection fails, but I cannot find any place to reset the account name. I am not sure if I am correct but I tried smb://XYZ@mac1 in Finder, but no luck, in which XYZ is the right login account name on Mac1.
Please advice what I should be to fix this issue.


texts: Mid 2010 Macbook Pro goes into an unresponsive hibernate state for unpredictable amounts of time

texts:
When my macbook is in standby, and the battery dies it sometimes goes into an unresponsive state in which (after charging) it won't turn on. The power button has no effect, even in combination with any key, such as T for target disk mode. The machine will stay in this state anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks and then spontaneously boot and resume from a hibernation state. (grey screen and loading bar) One one occasion, about 2.5 weeks had passed and the machine spontaneously woke up while it was being disassembled and scrapped for parts. Also, on at least three occasions, the computer just crashed (instant black screen) and the power button didn't turn it back on for a few days.

I'm running Mavericks 0.9.1 (13B42)
The special diagnostics self test (boot while holding d) does not report any errors.

If anyone has ideas of what to check, please share. Thank you!


texts: Add password to keychain from command line without showing them

texts:
According to https://www.netmeister.org/blog/keychain-passwords.html

  Secondly, we are necessarily leaking the newly generated password into
  the process table as the shell expands the backticks (more details
  here). Sadly, the security(1) utility has no other method of
  non-interactively accepting a password but on the command-line[1]. For
  this reason, it may be preferable to create the secret using the GUI
  application.

Is it possible to programmatically add passwords to the keychain without leaking them to the ps -ef output?


texts: In Lion, how can I configure to not automatically re-open recent files that weren't closed?

texts:
For example: I opened some files in Excel, then I close Excel, without close each file (ex.: command + Q). In the next time that I will open Excel, it is going to open my recent files that weren't closed.

Is there someway that I can change this behaviour?

P.S.: This occurs with other apps too, for example "Preview".


texts:
I have an iPhone XS (bought brand-new, About section says limited warranty until 14 april 2020, the date I bought it) running iOS 13.2.3 When I took it out of the box it was running iOS 12 and I enrolled to iOS 13 on beta 6 and I kept updating betas when they came out. My battery is now on 90% of health which seems an excessive wear-off for 7 months. My charging habits are as follows:

One hour in the morning via CarPlay (after being left overnight a bit over 20%)
One hour in the afternoon via CarPlay (usually being between 30% and 70% due to the daily use)
Almost never left charging overnight (except one or two times but definitely not something repetitive)
Almost never left battery completely empty (as above, except one or two times)
For two or three months I used a wireless charger during the morning and I ocassionally do if I use the phone a bit more
I scarcely play games in the phone (say one or two times a month, while charging. The phone heats more than usual but it seems normal to me)
I use my phone for navigation, calls, social media, photography and messaging apps, with some apps doing background work to upload photos. iOS backup to iCloud is disabled (although I back up via iTunes weekly or more frequent)
I do not expose my phone to extreme temperature changes
The phone averages 30 hours of screen on per week
I use the original cable and two other ones that I bought from Amazon which claim to be "made for iPhone": one is Amazon basics and the other one is third party, the price made me think it is legit. However, I charge the phone the most while on CarPlay which is done with the original, shipped within the box. Those two cables are used almost exclusively on weekends.

I should mention that during a span of two weeks or so I updated to iOS 13.2.2 that shipped a bug which depleted the battery faster than normal (in adittion to the two charges, I had to add a third one in between because the phone dropped 30% overnight in airplane mode, which was fixed in iOS 13.2.3)

I do not believe this wear-off pattern is normal. Is there something in the listed above (which seems normal to me) killing my battery?

EDIT: adding battery info as reported by iBackupBot


texts: date add command Terminal: How to add time using `date`? (illegal time format)

texts:
I'm trying to add minutes to the current time using date. This works for adding 5 minutes:

$ date -v "+5M"

But if I try using -v with a formatting argument, it fails and prints the help menu:

$ date "+%r" -v "+5M"
date: illegal time format

Is it possible to use the %r formatting with -v?


texts:
I'm trying to help my brother transfer his contacts and photos from his old iPhone to his new one. He was using an old iCloud account, I made him a new one, put the same one on both Pphones (one 8 one XS) but nothing will appear on the new iPhone, tried logging in again on both, adding a contact to force it to refresh, but nothing!
I double checked everything is green to sync (especially the contacts he doesn't care about the rest.)
Any ideas?
Edit : It seems that the problem is that all his contact on his old iphone are bound to an old email which wad deleted, can we force sync contacts to his new email ? It doesn't seem to be working


texts: Did Apple remove the "AppleScript handler" option in macOS High Sierra?

texts:
I wanted to make a little script involving messages on my Mac and after some research I discovered it was indeed possible. The only problem is that the "AppleScript handler" option in Messages>Preferences>General is missing for me. This very option is listed right on the Apple website under the High Sierra heading.

This is what I'm expecting:

But this is all I see:

For what it's worth I'm running 10.13.4 Beta (17E160e). Is it possible that this feature has been removed?


texts: How to import WiFi passwords into KeyChain access from JSON file

texts:
I have a JSON file with a few <wifi_name>: <wifi_password> pairs that I would like to import into KeyChain Access. Is it possible to that from a command line?
I know it's possible to import passwords, but I think keychain access expects its own binary file format. I'd like to import from a JSON file, and to do it with terminal commands.


texts: Instead of using DiskMaker, is there another app to make Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5 (ppc) bootable without creating a bootable usb? I want to copy all the contents of the Mac OS X Install DVD straight to the external HDD and make it bootable when I put it into another machine.


texts:
I have a Macbook Air (with OS X 10.10 Yosemite). I've set the wallpaper to a folder and let the wallpaper change randomly every 30min. When I work at my desk, I have an additional external Display, and what I want is that that screen has the same wallpaper like the main display.

Is there a way to do this or do I miss an option?


texts:
I lost my iPhone after I checked it in find my phone it shows that the device is offline.

I want to know it means that the phone is 100% switched off or find my iPhone was not kept on in my iPhone [because I don't remeber correctly it was on or not]

Does find my iPhone works on International Mobile Equipment identity number or Subscriber Identity Module?


texts: Is Yosemite Mail caching signature files? How can I get around that?

texts:
I created a little script that looks up a random signature from an ever-growing list of quotes I have and modifies the HTML of my signature file to insert the quote into place.  I trigger this script via launchd every few minutes so that my signature is 'randomized' throughout the day.

Up to Mavericks, this worked fine.  Now, in Yosemite (10.10), the signature no longer gets updated.  If I go into Prefs -> Signatures and drag/drop the signature from the 'All' list on to my mail account again it will trigger it to update.  It also updates when I restart Mail.  It appears that Mail is now caching the contents of the signature file and only refreshes it when it gets 'triggered' to in some way.

I know that there are now two possible copies of the signature file - a local and iCloud version.  I've updated my script to make sure both are using the updated signature.  If I restart mail or do the prefs trick, it does show the updated quote in the signature, so I know my script is running properly.

Does anyone know anything about this cache and/or how I might trigger Mail to refresh the signature with my script or some other trickery?  I'm not even sure where to start looking for this sort of thing.


texts: Why does a Macbook pro's internal screen flicker ONLY when it is on a GPU?

texts:
I have a Macbook pro 2017 (15 inch, touchbar).
Since a couple of months ago, once the laptop is on GPU for a long time (at least 3-4 hours), the internal screen starts to flicker, like this:

The flickering gets worse until the internal monitor turns into blank screen (even though it is technically ON, the backlight is working, but it shows just a black image). The external monitors have no issues at the same time and show the correct image.
I took the laptop to Apple genius bar and showed a recorded video of the issue. Apple repair team could not reproduce the issue even after a video triage (because it only appears after some hours of use). Despite that, they REPLACED the Logic Board, the Top Case, the I/O Board, and the battery, hoping that the issue will never show up again.
Unfortunately, screen flickering re-appeared after receiving it back.
What could be the cause of this issue?
Here are my speculations:

It's NOT a GPU issue: The GPU is attached to the logic board and is recently replaced, while the problem persists. Besides, when the internal monitor starts to flicker, the  external monitors that use the same GPU (though, via USB-C) do not flicker. It only happens for the internal monitor.

It's NOT an internal MONITOR issue: Screen flickering appears only after hours of use, when the GPU is enabled (i.e. when the laptop is connected to the external display, OR if I disable the internal Intel graphics card in power settings). Interestingly, when the screen flickers, switching back to the internal intel graphics card resolves the flickering. I just have to detach the external monitors and/or enable automatic graphics switching, and the flickering disappears after a few seconds. Detach the external monitors and the internal monitor starts to flicker again.

It is related to heat but not all about overheating: The problem only arises after a few hours of use, but I don't think there is an OVERheating issue. When the screen starts to flicker, none of the GPU sensors shows a high temperature. The internal sensor reports a GPU temperature of at most 55°C.

What else could be the cause of the this? It's weird enoguht that half of the laptop is replaced but the issue is still there..
My own hypothesis is that:

The LVDS cable that transfers data from the GPU to the internal monitor is affected by heat or damaged... But I wonder... Isn't it the same cable that transfers data from the "Internal HD Graphics card" to the internal monitor? Why does it only happen when I am using the GPU? Is it easy/cheap to replace this cable?

Since the GPU is OK for the external monitors (all 1080p) but flickers for the internal monitor (2880-by-1800), then maybe the GPU cannot feed a high-resolution screen when it is warmed up (again, heating issue?)

What could be the cause if this mystery?
P.S. Resetting the SMC and PRAM did not work.
P.S. Apple diagnostics shows no issue.


texts: iPad Pro- backing up and restoring without wifi

texts:
I currently have no broadband at home - rather I use my iPhone as a reliable personal hotspot.
How do I restore my iPad and backup my iPad (iCloud) without WiFi? The iPad currently isn’t allowing me. The hotspot is very quick and reliable, but I am being prevented (apple knows best of course!)
COVID social distancing measures in my country make it difficult to visit a cafe to use their WiFi, though I doubt it would be faster or more reliable than my hotspot anyway!


texts: Downloaded app on iPad, now I cannot download it on iPhone

texts:
I downloaded cinemagram on my iPad2 running latest iOS5.1 - now I want to install it on my iPhone 4S running latest iOS5.1, the install is greyed out

I even deleted it on my iPad - that did not help.

UPDATE iCloud had instantaneously downloaded it onto my iPhone but on the other screen I never look at.


texts: How do you stop iPhoto/Aperture launching when you sync an iPad?


texts: Do computer mice really feel different when used on a MacBook? Will using a mouse specialized for Macs feel any different?

texts:
I own a new MacBook Pro and I've been using it without a mouse since I brought it out of the box.

I tried to use the wireless mouse (not Bluetooth, connected to the laptop using a receiver plugged in a USB port) I used on my old laptop. However, it felt different. It was somehow slower. The cursor didn't move as fast as  the cursor moves in Windows.

Is it really like this?

I found out that Apple sells a Bluetooth mouse called "Magic Mouse" for their devices. Will using that feel any different?


texts: Activity Monitor No Longer displays columns

texts:
I have a Mac Mini (late 2012) running Catalina (10.15.3).  I can't remember when I first noticed it, but for a while now, I cannot sort Activity Monitor's columns.  This is essentially what it looks like:

I've tried to find some way if I can perhaps reset its preferences, but google is not my friend.

Can someone help?


texts: When my computer reaches 4% battery, Virtualbox shuts off. How can I disable this or change when it happens?


texts: Automatically mount AFP for Time Machine (without saving a password in plaintext)

texts:
I have a Linux box running Netatalk that I use to store Time Machine backups. My machine running OS X sees this as an AFP service and Time Machine is happy with this arrangement. The only issue is that I need to manually connect to the Linux machine. I can do this by pressing buttons in Finder or I can do this form a shell with a command that looks like this:

mount -t afp afp://user:password@domain.tld/location /Volumes/mntpnt

This lets me automate connecting to the server but now I have a password saved in a plaintext shell script. What's a better way to automate this? My goal is to automatically allow Time Machine to access the Linux Machine if it can be reached.

To automate something like this with SSH I would authenticate with a passwordless key. Is there a way to do that with AFP?

I also have the password in my OS X keychain and I'm not prompted for a password if I go through Finder to connect to the Linux machine. Is there a sensible way to access to use this from a shell script?

I can provide more info about the Netatalk setup if that helps but it seems like the issue is on the client side.


texts: Folder action to append to Spotlight comment for files in Finder

texts:
I am using AppleScript and Python together to gather system information about the Macs in my stock as well as adding some supplemental info to the Spotlight comments field.

Specifically, AppleScript gathers the info on the Mac whose details I am capturing (whilst booted up to an external USB drive). I use dialogue boxes etc to gather feedback about OS version to be installed, the order number as well as the machine's actual marketing name (thanks to https://github.com/MagerValp/MacModelShelf), these are all saved as comments in the final System Profiler *.spx file that is generated/saved by the script.

I then use Dropbox to send the file back to my main Mac (which is running Filemaker). I use a rather complicated Python script to read the XML data of the system profiler file and to then paste the critical hardware info such as serial numbers, HD size and type etc into the relevant fields of the database.

I would like to parse the Spotlight comments of the spx file to get at the addition info e.g marketing name, Model Name and Order Number.

I try using (in Python script)

spotlightComments = 'mdls -raw -name kMDItemFinderComment ' + str(file_path)

to parse the comments. Even in Terminal as a standalone command this returns just a blank line, despite the comments being visible when I right click the spx file and go to 'Get Info'. N.B this is different from the "(null)" I used to get when using other Cloud services such as Sync.com which don't appear to carry-over file meta-data such as Spotlight comments.

If I open the edit the file's Spotlight comments and add just a single space " " character at the end of the string the command works - i.e I get back something like

iMac Late 2012 | 300001234 | 10.12

This can be further split up with the Python command

parts = spotlightComments.split('|')

Anyway back to AppleScript!

I've tried making a folder action to automatically append a single space/" " character to the end of a file's comments the moment something is added to the folder containing it, but nothing at all appears to happen.

Here is my script...

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items

    repeat with currentFile in added_items

        set TheComment to the comment of the currentFile

        set comment of the currentFile to TheComment & " "

    end repeat

end adding folder items to

Even when I swap out the appended string to be something far more obvious there is still no change. I've also tried using Automator.app's 'wizard' for making folder actions as well as manually writing the script, storing it in "~/Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts" and then connecting the folder to the script using "Folder Actions Setup"

How can I append text to existing comments in Finder via automation?


texts: Apple TV: Connect to multiple Home Sharings

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Is it possible to connect one Apple TV to multiple iTunes Home Sharings?

I have two Macs that are connected to different Apple IDs, and I want to access both of them via the Apple TVs Computers section. The problem is that I can enter only one Apple ID for Home Sharing on the Apple TV.

How do I connect to the second iTunes library without losing the connection to the first one?


texts: Is there a way to change the sounds for notifications from a HomeKit device? I have a flood device and want to make sure I don't overlook a notice.


texts: Are the little grey minimize header buttons gone?

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I have just noticed, that in Lion I no longer see any of those 'compact application header' little grey buttons on the right side, top of applications... (the opposite side to which the close and minimise window buttons are)

Have these been removed? Or were they more tied into the apps rather than the system.


texts: How to always reveal the Safari Downloads Folder despite it being on another desktop?

texts:
I use different desktops as project spaces.  This generally works great and feels organized.  I can work on multiple concurrent projects and context-switch at will when I want to resume work on a different project.  However, there's one problem when it comes to the downloads folder...

If I reveal a downloaded item (using Safari's downloads button and the magnifying glass icon next to a download), and then at some point switch desktops/projects, download a new file, and do the same thing to reveal the new item's location in the Finder, the Finder gets focus, but the front-most Finder window is whatever happened to already be opened on that desktop - not the downloads folder.  If there's no Finder window already open, the desktop gets focus.  That's because the downloads folder is already open on a different desktop.  I am forced to search through my desktops to find the already-opened downloads folder and either move it to the desktop I'm working on or close it, go back, and re-open it from Safari.  I suppose I can select the downloads folder from the Finder's Window menu, but I'd rather not have to switch desktops to get to the file I want.  Ideally, the downloads button/menu in Safari would just behave as expected.

Can anyone think of a way to get Safari's downloads button to always reveal an item's location and force it to open a new finder window if the current desktop doesn't have one already (but another one does)?  Can I force Safari to always open a new Finder window to the downloads folder?  Can I create my own downloads button in the Safari toolbar that does what I want?  Is there some good folder action to automatically close the downloads folder when some clever thing happens?  Is there a way to assign JUST the downloads Finder window to all desktops?  It seems silly that this isn't already handled intuitively by Apple.


texts: How do I organize screenshot based on window in Mac?

texts: I tried to write a custom service in Mac with Automator to organize screenshots based on the window that is screenshot-ed. For example, if I use dictionary app in Mac in a full screen mode, and do screen capture, I would want all the screenshots go to a folder, say /Users/me/Dictionary so that I can later refer to all of them.


texts: I'm sure that my Mac is filled with crap by now, being 2 years old. Is there an app that will clear the temp files away? Or is there a list of locations filled with TEMP stuff I can safely delete without killing my Mac?


texts: Can I install downloaded app even if it's not available on the App Store

texts: I have few app that was downloaded to my Mac, now there are not available on the iOS App Store anymore, so can I install them when I get a new phone even those app are not available on the App Store?


texts: Is X11 installed by default on Mac OS X?

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I'm asking this because I'm considering distributing a commercial Windows application to mac users. The application would run in WINE, but WINE depends on X11.

I've read that X11 is installed by default on OS X 10.5 and later, and available as an optional install on the installation dvd for OS X 10.4

Can I reasonably expect X11 to be available on most of the users' computers? If not, how difficult it would be to install for the user? Can I just provide them a link to download and install it from apple's website?


texts: I recently upgraded from Outlook 2011 to Outlook 2016.  I'm quite irritated that with the Reading Pane on the right (how I had it setup with 2011) that each message in the Item List takes up 3 lines.  If you hide the Reading Pane, or place it on the bottom, then each message only takes up one line.  I want the Reading Pane on the right, and the messages to only take up one line, but I cannot seem to find the right settings to achieve this.  Can anyone suggest how to make this work?


texts: Slow reboot after upgrading to OS X El Capitan

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I upgraded to OS X El Capitan a few days ago and was having issues with reboot and shutdown times. It could take up to a minute. So I cloned back OS X Yosemite from a backup and partitioned part of my SSD and installed OS X El Capitan to troubleshoot. Even on the partition OS X El Capitan still shuts down and reboots slowly. When it finally gets to the Apple logo it boots up fast.

Not that big of a deal, just was curious what was going on. OS X Yosemite works fine with no lag in reboot and shutdowns.

I have two boot volumes listed, El Cap that's on a partition, and Yosemite. I select the El Cap partition and it boots fine into El Cap after the restart. and when I'm completely shutdown and boot onto El Cap it boots fine, no lag. Its when I'm booted up into El Cap and do a restart or shutdown. That's where the lag is. I tried Verbose mode and when it started up, it did the white text on the screen then booted normally. I really don't know what I'm looking for here.


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Why is my Add Event plus sign gray and disabled? The calendar, add event plus sign should be red. This is usually top right like in the picture I added.

I tried refreshing and swiping down in the Show All Calendars. Hiding or closing did not work. I also tried switching iCloud on. These tasks are only a precursor to be able to add events again.

Until I realised that I had to reestablish or open a new Calendar because I had deleted it by not wanting iCloud anymore, a few minutes in frustration had passed. Adding my own Calendar again was my solution!!


texts: I've just upgraded to Yosemite. I'm trying to run the latest version of Eclipse but I get an error saying that Eclipse cannot run on Java 6. Running java --version on Terminal gives me Java 8. Why is Eclipse using Java 6?


texts: Digital Color Meter does not show all pixels. Is there a tool that does?

texts:
Digital Color Meter seems to drop pixels from the inspection window on retina displays. Here is what Digital Color Meter thinks the spotlight search icon looks like:

However, a screen capture PNG shows a much more detailed icon (zoomed up here to match the zoom level of Digital Color Meter):

The display on my macbook 13" has a native resolution of 2560x1600 but is scaled to 1440x900, so perhaps Digital Color Meter is dropping pixels to compensate for this. But I would like the meter to show actual pixels, like a screen capture shows. Is there a mode to do this? Is there an alternative tool?

edit: this is Sierra 10.12.3


texts: How do I get iTunes to take my security update info?

texts:
Recently, when attempting to make a purchase (or free download) on the App Store iTunes was requesting I update my security info. This is not the 3 digit code on my credit card, but the 3 security questions and a backup email that help with account recovery; as referred to in: Is this "Security Info Required" prompt legitimate?

I tried entering new security answers and a backup email but repeatedly (across an iPad, iPhone and iTunes on a Mac) got the following error:

"Your request is temporarily unable to be processed."

It is impossible to download new apps until it works. What is the trick to make this pass successfully?


texts:
How can I revert the Big Sur UI changes, especially Finder's?
While it looks cleaner, it now takes 2 clicks to change the Finder's view type of gallery, list, icons, or columns.
I would rather have the old UI and use 1 click.
How can I accomplish this?


texts: Problems Setting up an OS X Radius Server

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I have a Mavericks server running OS X server 3.1.2, and three AirPort Extreme APs.  My server is running Open Directory, and we would like to get the Radius service up and running.  I've been running through many other posts with similar problems, but have not found a solution yet.

One of the biggest issues I seem to be encountering is that (almost) every article I find says something like:

  You turn on RADIUS for OS X Server by selecting your Apple wireless device in the Server app's sidebar and selecting “Require user name and password login over Wi-Fi.”

My server does not show anything like that in the sidebar.  I have tried numerous configurations, with no luck.  Any thoughts?

What logs or additional data might help, at this point?


texts: How should I copy OS X server environment to another machine for update?

texts:
I have a server running Server.app (3.2.2) on Mac OS X 10.9.5. It hosts File Sharing, Mail, VPN, Websites, DHCP, DNS, and Open Directory etc. It also hosts phpBB3 bulletin boards.

Because the OX version is not up-to-date, I want to transfer everything to a new Mac mini running OS X El Capitan (10.11). I thought it would be safer to use another machine than simply updating the running server machine itself.

The server machine has two partitions and one is used for the Time Machine backup.

I thought a situation like this is not uncommon, and should be straightforward. But seemingly I was wrong... it might be more like heart bypass surgery.

My initial plan was to import the latest Time Machine backup of the old server to the new Mac mini with Migration Assistant.app. While both machines are connected to the same local network, I could not let Migration Assistant.app find the backup file. I chose "From a Mac, Time Machine backup, or startup disk" on the screen, but on the next screen the old server is not automatically shown, and I could not connect to the server manually through the "Other Server..." button either.

Then I tried to manually copy the Time Machine backup (Backups.backupdb) to a partition of the new Mac mini. Although the destination on the new Mac mini is formatted to OS X Extended (Journaled), Finder.app complains, "The operation can't be completed because it isn't supported."

So at the very first step of the long winding road, I'm already stuck. Could anyone advice me how to copy the old server to new machine to inherit the server function without causing a disaster? At the moment I have three scenarios.

Copy Time Machine backup somehow (I need to know how, though!) to the second partition of the new Mac mini and then use Migration Assistant to import it.  .... The backup is not the latest state of the old server, but most of data will be available. I don't need to stop the server while copying data (probably). Question is how to copy the backup file to the new desination.
Use Migration Assistant directly from the old server to the new server. (Have not tried yet).... Obiviously, I need to halt the server quit a long time to do this.
Just bluntly try to update the old server to El Capitan and install the new version of Server.app. Try to recover from Time Machine backup when failed. ... I thought this aproach is too risky.


texts: Can Node.js version be checked with AppleScript?

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Starting to use Node.js more I was wondering if Node.js could actually be tested with a do shell but I've run into an issue. I did a search to see if this was asked but closest result was "Automator - Running Node Command in AppleScript Error".

Here are my attempts:

tell application "System Events" to set username to name of current user
set nodePath to "/Users/" & username & "/.nvm/"
set nodeCommand to "cd " & quoted form of nodePath & " node --version"
try
    set result to do shell script nodeCommand
    return result
on error result
    return "ERROR:" & result
end try

my result is "".  Modified change to:

tell application "System Events" to set username to name of current user
set nodePath to "/Users/" & username & "/.nvm/"
set nodeCommand to quoted form of nodePath & " npm config list"
try
    set result to do shell script nodeCommand
    return result
on error result
    return "ERROR:" & result
end try

my result is "ERROR:sh: /Users/username/.nvm/: is a directory".  Is there a way to check Node.js version similar to the Terminals command npm config list or node -v?


texts: Terminal command to identify and clear runaway system storage

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Every few months I have moved data out of my mac computer onto a hard drive because of this problem. I now again have this alert in the Terminal: Your disk space is critically low. Older terminal scrollback contents may be automatically discarded to conserve VM backing store.:

And this one on the desktop: Your disk is almost full. Save space by optimising storage:

I click on Manage and see that system storage is taking 80 GB on a 128 GB SSD drive:

I cleared more files yesterday and had 6 GB of storage free. A few hours later, free space went down to 3 GB, all taken by system storage. I will soon have nothing left on the computer but system storage, and then have to reinstall it and go back to the more normal 10 GB.
I have run this command to find files larger than 1 GB; it shows only the Spotlight file with 4 GB.
$ sudo find /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/ -size +1G  2>/dev/null
Password:
/Volumes/Macintosh HD//.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/CA9AE856-FB94-4765-9028-38E04BEC9683/0.indexArrays

What Terminal commands could I run to identify the source of this runaway system storage and to clear it?
Note: Similar to the unanswered System storage keeps on increasing , except that I provided more textual details on the alert and that I am looking first to identify the issue with a Terminal command.


texts: My clock is slow over long period of time - Macbook Pro 2011 13"

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When i leave my macbook alone for a day (doesn't matter if it's asleep or off), and access it after, my clock is always slow about an hour.

I know this isn't an OSX issue, cause i use bootcamp too and the same thing happens there.

It also doesn't matter if i'm on battery or if i'm plugging in.

I'm certain it's not a time zone issue either... it can be slow 35 minutes, or slow 135 minutes, depending on how long i leave it alone.  Its like the macbook is living in another time dimension.

Some piece of hardware on the macbook that is responsible for keeping the time is messed up... but i don't know what that piece of hardware is and if i can replace it.

Can someone tell me?


texts: CMD+Left Arrow, CMD+Right Arrow -- Jump Word

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I've switched my Ctrl and Cmd key to replicate my hotkeys on Windows. I've fixed my home and end keys to behave as I'd like and now all that's left is remapping my Cmd+← and Cmd+→ to behave properly.

So far - tried a bunch of things suggested on StackOverflow and really can't get it to work. I've tried:

Possible to move the cursor word-by-word with Cmd+left/right instead of Alt+left/right? (accepted answer and KeyBindingsEditor program).
The following in my ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict (from http://heisencoder.net/2008/04/fixing-up-mac-key-bindings-for-windows.html):

{
"\UF729"   = "moveToBeginningOfLine:";                       /* Home         */
"@\UF729"  = "moveToBeginningOfDocument:";                   /* Cmd  + Home  */
"$\UF729"  = "moveToBeginningOfLineAndModifySelection:";     /* Shift + Home */
"@$\UF729" = "moveToBeginningOfDocumentAndModifySelection:"; /* Shift + Cmd  + Home */
"\UF72B"   = "moveToEndOfLine:";                             /* End          */
"@\UF72B"  = "moveToEndOfDocument:";                         /* Cmd  + End   */
"$\UF72B"  = "moveToEndOfLineAndModifySelection:";           /* Shift + End  */
"@$\UF72B" = "moveToEndOfDocumentAndModifySelection:";       /* Shift + Cmd  + End */
"\UF72C"   = "pageUp:";                                      /* PageUp       */
"\UF72D"   = "pageDown:";                                    /* PageDown     */
"$\UF728"  = "cut:";                                         /* Shift + Del  */
"$\UF727"  = "paste:";                                       /* Shift + Ins */
"@\UF727"  = "copy:";                                        /* Cmd  + Ins  */
"$\UF746"  = "paste:";                                       /* Shift + Help */
"@\UF746"  = "copy:";                                        /* Cmd  + Help (Ins) */
"@\UF702"  = "moveWordBackward:";                            /* Cmd  + LeftArrow */
"@\UF703"  = "moveWordForward:";                             /* Cmd  + RightArrow */
"@$\UF702" = "moveWordBackwardAndModifySelection:";   /* Shift + Cmd  + Leftarrow */
"@$\UF703" = "moveWordForwardAndModifySelection:";   /* Shift + Cmd  + Rightarrow */
}

Any ideas why this won't work for me?


texts:
I let iTunes copy the files i add to it into the iTunes Media folder. I have recently learned that I can delete songs from my mac once they are in iTunes. Having not known this, the amount of storage being taken up by audio on my laptop is huge. I was wondering, if there is a way through iTunes, or perhaps a AppleScript, that will locate all the original files of my iTunes and delete them as they are not needed as they are stored in the iTunes media folder. This would mean i have over 100GB of space saved on my laptop (Yes I have a lot of music).

Anyone able to help would be wicked,

Dan


texts: What is the latest iOS version for iPhone 4?

texts: I want to download the latest iOS version for offline restore for my iPhone 4. I want to know what is the latest iOS version and how can I download it?


texts: HDMI VGA projector cannot connect to Macbook Pro

texts: Why doesn't the projector find the Macbook Pro when connecting a VGA cable to the HDMI port on Macbook Pro via an adapter? It does work on a Windows machine. I know that to fix this problem one needs to connect the VGA to the Mini Display port (via an adapter of course). So is there another way around this? Or do we have to connect to the Mini Display port.


texts: Can two apps have the same name if spacing is different

texts: Can two apps have the same name in the app store as long as there is a slight difference? For example if there was an app that already existed called "FatCat" would an app get approved that was called "Fat Cat" with a space?


texts: Will iPhone change its timezone automatically if I fly on an airplane?

texts:
Let's say, I have time settings set to automatic update.

With airplane mode on and off (both cases), would my phone update timezone automatically?


texts: Running iOS apps on Apple Silicon leads to permission error

texts:
I am about to travel and wanted to try to fetch the Netflix app from my phone, following this tutorial. When I try to launch an app, I get the error "You do not have permission to open the application ___. Contact your computer or network administrator for assistance":

I tried several existing workarounds for the same message (eg. sudo chmod -R 755 on the executable), to no avail. Has someone managed to work around this before?


texts: Extracting data out of an old app on iOS

texts:
I have an app from which I'd like to extract some data, it's no longer being updated and will stop working as soon as I upgrade to iOS 11 due to sun setting of 32 bit support.

The app contains two files, one .bak and a .dat. Opening with a text editor shows the files to be SQLite related. (The first line states SQLite). Some of my data is visible in the file, but portions of it are in unreadable characters.

I tried using razorsql to convert the file into something I can query but no luck. Is there anything else I can try?

Edit:
The app is an expenses tracker, SpendingLite. I'm not sure what it used to store the data but my best guess would be either SQLite or Core Data.

I tried to import both the .dat and the .bak into razorsql as a SQLite backup. It showed the same scrambled text as I saw when I used a text editor to open it.

I also made a copy of the file and tried to convert it into CSV, no luck there either.


texts: How do the audio controls work on "The Daily"?

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The Daily, Rupert Murdoch's new iPad-only app, has a narration feature where a professional actor reads the stories.

I can't for the life of me figure out how it works. There is a headphones icon that starts it, and then you get a fast-forward arrow and a stop square. But the fast forward arrow just seems to activate the carousel, not jump to the next story. And the story you get when you press play seems random.

And I think there's only narration for some of the stories, but I'm not sure, since I can't find a controlled way to navigate.

Can anyone help to explain how this feature works in detail, so I'll stop feeling like my mom and cursing at the "broken machine"?


texts: Copy and move with Ultracopier without doing it through tray icon

texts:
So when you start Ultracopier this warning message shows up.

  The replacement of default copy/move system is not supported and blocked by finder of Mac OS X. You need do the copy/move manually by right clicking on the system tray icon near the clock (not the dock icon).

Is there a way of unblocking the default copy/move system and let ultracopier use it?


texts: Will Lion X be downloadable for everyone?

texts: I'm new to the Apple world. I was wondering if the update to Lion X will be free for users that has recently bought a new MacBook Pro (like me). If not, how much will it cost?


texts: [MySQL Server] MySQL Workbench can't find my.cnf on (clean installation of) Snow Leopard

texts:
I have a clean installation of Snow Leopard on a MacBook and I want to get a MySQL Server running on it. I downloaded and installed the .dmg file provided by the homepage of MySQL and installed it. I did not yet try to start the server. I installed Workbench and configured it to localhost (standard settings). Now Workbench keeps telling me, that it could not find the file /etc/my.cnf. I was able to start the MySQL-Server from within Workbench, though. Now **Workbench wants to add a /etc/my.cnf file. Shall I proceed or is the file somewhere else already?

locate my.cnf tells me

/usr/local/mysql-5.5.13-osx10.6-x86_64/mysql-test/include/default_my.cnf
/usr/local/mysql-5.5.13-osx10.6-x86_64/mysql-test/suite/federated/my.cnf
/usr/local/mysql-5.5.13-osx10.6-x86_64/mysql-test/suite/rpl/my.cnf

Is it possible, that it is one of those? I don't want to mess the configuration up by creating a new my.cnf so I hope for an inspiration by some expert. Thanks!


texts: What to do before you sell, give away or trade in your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch?

texts: I just upgraded to the iPhone 5 and plan on selling my old iPhone 4. However, I want to make sure I don't keep any personal information (photos, emails, contacts) on the device. Since both iPhones are synced with iCloud, I'm not sure that I am safe to just start deleting stuff without those same changes being synced to the new device. What is the appropriate way to clean up the old iPhone to be ready to sell?


texts: How to trigger iOS-Alarm to start another app in iOS Shortcuts-App?

texts: I am really looking for a Radio-Clock for my iPhone. This seems to be non-trivial looking at iPhone/iPad alarm clock app with custom radio stream support . All proposed solutions require the app to be running until the alarm goes off. Now that we have Shortcuts this should be a piece of cake: start Alarm -> when done -> play my favourite radio url. Or is it not? Is there a reason in case it is not (besides Apple did not implemented it)?


texts: Macbook startup problem. Once started is extremely slow

texts:
I have a serious problem with my Macbook pro retina 13" early 2015.

Some days ago, after a normal shutdown, the Macbook did not startup anymore. It emitted the short start sound and it went back to off state again. Yesterday, I realized the macbook is able to startup correctly only if the power button is held down for a long time (until the apple's logo appears). Nevertheless, the boot up takes long time and the system is extremely slow. From the activity monitor, I see that "kernel_task" (PID 0) is wasting lot of cpu.

Actually, the system is not overloaded since the battery lasts for many hours and the case is not heated.

I tried to update macOS to High Sierra but an error occurred while verifying firmware.

Hardware diagnostic, temperatures, fan seem to be ok.
I tried to reset the SMC and PRAM but nothing changed.
In safe mode is still slow.
The problem remains after erasing the hard disk and reinstalling El Capitan or Yosemite.

EDIT:

I tried this.
http://blog.kosmokaryote.org/2012/12/technology-kerneltask-consumes-almost.html

It works for me regarding the kernel_task problem.

Anyway, it is clear there is an hardware issue.


texts: Disable visual bell animation in Terminal

texts:
The title says everything, how can I disable the visual bell animation in Lion?

It is annoying and useless, visual bell should be fast, not fancy!

I don't want to disable the visual bell, just the fadin/fadeout animation.


texts: How to snooze reminders on the notification screen?

texts:
In iOS 7, when a Reminder notification showed up on the Lock screen, I could tap it to Snooze it.  Since I upgraded to iOS 8, the option is no longer there..

Am I missing something simple?  Or is it simply no longer there?


texts: How to install and maintain multiple clang versions?

texts:
On my MacBook Pro I have Homebrew as well as the CUDA toolkit. OSX and Homebrew prefer the 'latest' version of clang (currently version 9.0.0). Clang is used for several Homebrew packages that I need. Without a recent version of clang, those packages won't compile (and brew won't update). But for nvcc, I am forced to use the older clang version 7.3.1. So I think I need two concurrent versions of clang.

I know that I can install a different version of clang by downloading and installing the version I need from the Apple Developers site, as explained here, but there must be an easier way to work with two concurrent versions of clang (using some script to switch from one version to another).

I also found that, aside from using Apple's own commandline tools, I could use the LLVM package from brew, with the --with-clang option, as explained here.

So my question is: how to use and maintain two versions of clang?

PS: Just to show that I made the consideration: I know this question belongs somewhere in the grey area between Stack overflow and Ask Different. Please let me know by commenting if you think I am wrong to put it here; I'll move it to the other side if that seems to be the consensus.


texts: El Capitan folder permissions to make admin accounts read-only

texts: I have a folder with about eight sub folders which contain about seventy folders containing about 10,000 files. I want to give students read access to the files, but want to prevent them from accidentally or maliciously deleting the files. Although my admin account is listed as the "owner" of the top level folder and all of its sub-folders and contents, a student with an admin account of their own can drag one of these files to the trash and delete it by using their admin privileges. Is there any way to prevent this? Can permissions be set at a root level that would prevent deletion without running a terminal command?


texts: Is it possible to restart Mac into OS X once switched over to Windows but logged out?

texts:
Sorry if my question title seems confusing. I have a very specific situation here. My brother died and I have inherited his Mac. I don't know any of his passwords and can't access anything. His Mac itself is not password protected (I can use his computer) but to make any administrative changes/install programs/etc, I am prompted for a password. I don't know it, so I am unable to do anything admin-wise.

I recently tried switching over to the Windows HD side to see if there were documents or any important info he saved over there. However, the Windows side is password protected and I am unable to login.

So now, I am pretty much in a deadlock. When I restart the computer, it restarts in Windows of course. I am wondering if there is a way to restart into OS X with keyboard shortcuts or something?

I tried loading in a pw reset disk to do the windows pw recovery, but for some reason the computer is not identifying the disk.

I am totally stuck.

My brother was an engineer/programmer/developer. I am trying my best without him to be the family's IT person now.

I know he used this site a lot, so I figured if anyone could help, it's you guys. Thank you.


texts: Find My iPhone shows my Macbook as Online although it's in Sleep mode

texts:
This is a pretty weird 'problem' for me. I always only close the lid when leaving my macbook, today I did the same. After an hour or so, when I checked find my iphone, i saw my macbook as online, in my backpack at my dorm. I waited half an hour hoping that it'd show as offline, but whenever I checked it became online. I freaked out, thinking that it'd overheat and burn it mainboard inside my backpack. Apple help says that macs are findable if and only if they're turned on and connected.

Long story short, I ran to my dorm and my mac was kinda asleep, wasn't hot. Battery went down from ~30 to ~16. I tried to put my mac explicitly to sleep and check if I can see it's location from my iphone. Yes, I was able to see it as online.

Is this a problem?

TL;DR

Apple help says macbooks are online iff they're turned on and connected to the net, but my experience says they're also online when they're sleeping, draining battery.


texts:
How can I enable MAC Filtering on my MAC OSX 10.9.4?
I tried adding

<key>allow</key> <array> <string>0:17:43:a3:2d:45</string> </array>

to my /etc/bootpd.plist, but every time I change it and start Internet Sharing again, it gets replaced again. How can I change this permanently?


texts:
I'm on iOS12, my wife is on iOS 13, she's in my family group. Today, I decided to share photos for the first time. On my iPhone 6, I went to the photos app and created a new album in 'shared albums'. Then I added 128 pictures to it. I then got a window with a pie chart saying "Vorbereiten..." ("preparing"). It has taken a very long time to complete this process, so I assume the images are physically downloaded and re-uploaded.

Why doesn't icloud just give permission to the photos I share in my family group?


texts:
I want to stream all audio output from my iMac to iPad. By the way, I know, there are only app which named Airfoil for that functionality. But I'm searching inexpensive alternatives.

So do you know any alternative application or method for this topic?


texts: Services bug that prematurely activates an application

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I have discovered a very strange bug with Services.

To witness this behavior, please do the following:

Make sure that Safari is in your Dock.
Open Automator. Create a new Service.
Set the service to receive "no input" in "any application."
Insert a "Run AppleScript" action.
Paste the following into the action:

on run {input, parameters}

    delay 5
    display dialog "Hello"
    tell application "Safari" to activate

    return input
end run

Save the Service.
Close the Service.
Re-open the Service.
Automator should present you with a dialog asking, "Do you want to install the “ServiceName” service?" Click "Install."
When given the "Installation complete" dialog, click "Done."

Now, run the Service. To do this, click on the current-application title in the top-left corner of the screen (the second item in the menu bar). Then click on the Service title.

You will notice that Safari will immediately open (evidenced by the black dot underneath its logo in the Dock). Safari will open before the 5 second delay and before the "Hello" dialog is displayed.

Placing the activate statement in a subroutine does not fix the issue.

Can someone confirm that this is a bug? I am convinced that this is a bug with the Services feature because when you run the Service from within Automator (by clicking the "play" button in the top-right corner of the Automator window), the code runs correctly.

If this is a bug, does anyone have a workaround so that the application is not in fact opened before the previous code runs?

My Macbook Pro is running OS X El Capitan, 10.11.6.

The bug might be related to another piece of strange behavior that I noticed:

Quit out of Safari.app and Automator.app, if they are running.
Pull up the folder where the computer's Services are stored (/Users/Me/Library/Services/) in Finder.
Right-click the Service file and open the file with Automator.

You will notice that opening the .workflow file with Automator will activate Safari. It shouldn't do that.


texts: Some sites show illegible numbers after Catalina upgrade

texts:
After upgrading to Catalina I noticed that some sites were showing this weird text.  It looks like the site is showing characters that are not supported by the font, but this is not just one site, it is on several sites and they are sites that I have been to and had regular english text before the upgrade.

How do I revert them to normal ?


texts:
I would like to ask how to get Text Label in a loop？
I don't know how to iterate through each group.text in the group
group 1 has two children. every children is a group. it has a child which is static text.
I want every text.


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My IT dept will not let me use my Mac (personal computers in general) due to the inability to wipe my drive if I am let go/leave.

So I'm looking for option to offer them. I see iCloud has that ability, but obviously the computer is using my iCloud and such so this does not seem like an obvious solution.

Is there any standard way or software that can give them this control?


texts:
We have a domain on a Virtual Private Server hosted in GoDaddy and I have set up an email that forwards to a me.com email, the email gets delivered to the me.com email but when I respond from there I get a (This relay isn't allowed to send mail "From" me.com) delivery failure message.
How can I set up any arbitrary Mail client to send as me?


texts: In Preview, is there a way to change/edit the names of links in the Table of Contents of a pdf?


texts:
Recently, my Apple remote has stopped working from a distance of more than one meter. I thought maybe it was the battery, so I bought a new one, but nothing changed.
I thought I had broken the remote and could not pass a signal at a distance greater than one meter, but I did a test with my friend's Macbook and it works fine from this distance. So, I think that the problem could reside inside my iMac.
Does anyone know what's happening?


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I have aquired a macbook air from work after a collegue left.

I have tried, but I can't deal with the locked down nature and lack of customization available in OSX, so I want to get Linux on as soon as possible.

There seems to be two options, dual boot as I have on my other laptops, or running it in a virtual machine.

So will it be fast in a virtual machine? It seems to be reasonably recent, OSX 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion), 8gb Ram, 128GB SSD.  If I use a VM, do I still need to boot in OSX, and essentially have Linux running in "another window"? Do I loose out on anything hardware wise, or can I still access everything as I could from Linux?

Or would I be better with a normal install (this looks to be difficult from teh searching I have done so far). Assuming I partition the disk, will I be able to read / write both partitions from Linux easily?

I will likely use the machine for the usual websurfing, plus a bit of python development. Nothing heavy, and number crunching.

Any recomended tutorials to expalin how to do it along with your answer would be greatly apreciated.


texts: iMac G3 (Bondi Blue): What Kind of Plastic is the Shell?

texts:
I rescued an old Bondi Blue iMac and have plans to turn it into a terrarium.  I have all the internals taken out and I am left with just the plastic shell.  I would like to glue all the seams together so it will hold together tightly, but I am unsure what kind of plastic was used for the shell.  I understand that you need to match the adhesive to the exact type of plastic or it could form a weak bond or even melt the plastic. I've looked for the little recycling symbol, but I can't find one on it to rule out some classes of plastic.

Could someone tell me what kind of plastic material was used or how to determine this?


texts: How do I see the location path of an application?

texts: I need to check the path to a program -- I want to point to the binary, not to the ".app" which is a directory. How do I do this?